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I found you Tenk - good idea starting a new thread. Things are pretty "normal" here lately. I am still trying to lose about 10 pounds - I have lost 2.5 - which stinks. I don't know if any of you ladies shop at Old Navy but I just bought about $400 worth of stuff for $110 - they are having major clearance sales. I bought Raegan a winter coat, snowpants, LOTS of other clothes and Tyler about 6 pair of pants, Bill 3 pair of pants, me 2 pair of pants, plus some other stuff for all of us. It was ridiculous - shirts for Tyler for $1.97 - WHAT IS THAT???? I stocked up on pants for next year for him - you can't pass up those kind of prices. Raegan has decided that she would rather play t-ball/soccer than dance class - which suits me just fine - those dance moms are NUTS. I walk the track while she dances - I just can't be a part of that! :) I hope I didn't offend any of you - not all dance moms are NUTS, but a lot of them where we go are - they are more into it than their kids. I am looking forward to t-ball & soccer! :) Well girls - I hope you are all having a good week so far - I need to get stuff ready for tomorrow. Have a good night.

Oh I love shopping, and especially shopping for my kids, and old navy....nice stuff in there. Good Job! I did up the new thread, but obviously can't count b/c I put 5 and the last one was 3....what's that about? Oh well....GUESS WHAT.....I finally got a +++ OPK tonight!!! YAY!!! Hi everyone!

Hey Tenk thanks for starting the new thread. Yeah, I didn't think we were up to 5 yet. I wondered if I'd missed #4 altogether. LOL! No biggie! Maybe we can go all odd #'s then. Next thread can be Ohio Ladies--Part 7. How 'bout that? JSmith--Way to shop! $400 for $110, impressive. I'll have to check out Old Navy myself, maybe hunt down a bargain or 2. Dance moms are nuts huh? LOL! I hate to say it but you'll probably find those kinds of moms everywhere, in every after school type activity. But hopefully they'll be much fewer in soccer/T-Ball.

Oh and Tenk, yay on the +++ OPK! Go catch that eggie! Let the marathon BD sessions begin. :) Nada for me on the AF front. Done with Prometrium & AF is still a no show. I know it can take several days, but grrr! Mommy--You're done with the Provera now right? AF show for you yet? Ah the joys of irregular AF. :)

I'm ok with the odd numbers thing.....then I won't feel so silly about missing the number all together. I do hope that AF shows for you and for Mommy so we can get the next cycle on the road. GL and thank you for the YAY~

Ah don't feel silly about the #5 thing. Really, not a big deal. I made a mistake once myself. It was 1997 I believe. Ha, just kidding. I've made a few more since then too. But not as many as DH would tell you I have. Men! But that's what we'll do, only odd #'s from now on. :) Thanks! Yes, getting the next cycle on the road sounds good to me. And you're welcome for the "yay!"

I think your right, I remember the 1997 thing, but I don't believe you've done anything wrong since then...not that I remember at least. He must be mistaken...we'll let him slide this time but next time....that's it...he's cut off....Oh can you stick to the plan...I mean cutting him off that is.......I have no control over that....but that'll show him.....thinking you would make a mistake.....huh....we'll show him. LOL! I like Odds! ;-)

Hey guys! Found ya! Tenk---yay on the + opk......get busy!!! Jsmith-- awesome deal at Old Navy, their clearance is always the best! I went to Jeffersonville Outlets this weekend, anyone familiar? I got some really good buys down there too. I am in a slump this week girls. I am 2 weeks away from my 30th bday.....YUCK.

Tenk--I am odd! So there ya go, that's why I like the odd # thing. I prefer the word "kooky" though. LOL! No, I try hard to "cut off" my DH from nooky when he's naughty but he laughs b/c my drive is as high maybe higher than his even so I punish myself too. But maybe I will cut him off this week. :) Actually he's been sick so I'm the one cut off this week. I threatened him last night though, said he'd better get well by this weekend b/c I plan to BD his brains out. Mama needs some lovin'! Way too much TMI for y'all...You're right, now that I remember that truly was my LAST mistake, back in 97. It was a doozy though. But no more since then. Tenk you always crack me up! Nikki--Wow, 2 weeks til the big 3-0, huh?! Have any fun plans to usher in the new decade, what will most likely be your best decade?! A baby filled decade, I hope! You'll discover on day 2 of being 30 that it was much ado about nuttin' I'm sure. I actually found 29 worse than 30. But then we established I'm odd. Er kooky...Yeah, I like Jeffersonville. What stores did you clean up in? What were some awesome deals to be had there? The first time we had our meeting at Eastland town center, I made a quick detour to Jeffersonville on my way home.

Well, my DH is throwing a party for me at our house. It should be a good time, but it's always a rough clean up the next day. And, the next day is Super Bowl Sunday.....so there will be party #2 going on! lol I really hope that this will be my baby filled year....it would be a great way to ring in the new decade! Jeffersonville- I hit my usual favorites: Gap, Banana Republic, Coach (nothing bought this time though at Coach), and Pottery Barn. I got a few shirts for very good prices. I didn't do too much damage this time around. The weather was really yucky and we had the in laws with us, so I was kinda rushed! I will head back down there soon though :)

Every time I see that "part 5" thing it cracks me up...LOL. I finally O'd yesterday or last night.....negative OPK today and nice temp rise to boot. YAY! me! Hehe, how's everyone doing? Oh Mega, we'll be in Cincy in March probably around the 16, 17, and 18th. Kam's funeral was the 18th of March so I want to be near her for her birthday....that weekend was as close to the 11th as we could get for now. She's in Spring Grove Cemetary in the infant section. I've only been once since we don't live there, and it was when she would have been 6 months old. It's almost been a year since my beautiful daughter passed away and I still can't believe it happened to us. Even then it seemed like a bad dream I was going to wake up from and then never did. Strange....to have such a bad dream huh. At least I can think back and remember all the details now of what people said and did those few traumatic days. Ah, I'm feeling ok, I am working from home today because of light snow, but might head in later. ttyl

Hey girls! Nice job on the new thread tenk. I was wondering how I missed a whole thread though. I went back and started looking through the pages, I thought I really missed something! LOL!
Hope everyone is doing well. Tenk congrats on your +opk. Hopefully you will have a bfp next month! JSmith you crack me up with your dance class moms. I think sports parents can me crazy no matter what sport their kids are in. We went to my cousins gymnastics meet on Mon and the parent behind us was one of "those" She kept yelling at her daughter to pay attention and what was she doing. I was like leave the girl alone, she is doing her best, let her be! Besides it was h.s. gymnastics it wasn't like she was going to go to the olympics or even get a college scholarship for gymnastics. Whatever! And great job on the shopping! I am trying hard not to shop before the baby shower, so I can see what I get then I can figure out what I still need. I can't believe the shower is in a couple weeks Feb 4th. At that point Colton will be due in one month! It is really getting close now! I have been so tired lately though. It is almost like the beginning when you get really tired. I am also having this terrible pain where my leg meets my vajajay- groin like pain. UGH !! Sometimes it hurts so bad I can barely walk. I guess it is my pelvic bones getting ready to let that big head through!! YIKES! Well other than that I am feeling very well, in good spirits, really looking forward to SEEING this little guy! Again hoping you all are doing well. Anyone heard from mommy lately. I haven't seen her post lately. Have a good thurs!

Well ladies AF is almost here. I say almost because it's not full flow yet. YEAH!! On with the show. I don't know what or if I will try anything this month and let my body take a "medicated break" or what. I'll talk with DH and see about this thoughts. I am so sick of Clomid so I want to nix that drug. I only responded on 200mg anyway. I wonder if I can do a gonadatropin cycle with intercourse before I try IUI. See if that helps. I still think that DH might be the problem. I forget what his numbers were for everything but I can get a copy of his results from my RE I guess. I don't know if I should consult with them and find out or what. I am at a stall really. Can't afford right now another SA because of DH working under the table while on lay-off and also not being able to work in the day off. UGH!! So frustrating. I hate trying to call my doctor's office at work because EVERYONE can hear. I don't want the world knowing what I am doing. None of their business I say. What do you think I should do? I am kind of scared of gonadatropins because of the severe chance of multiples more than twins. Scary. Mega, is there higher doses of those types of drugs or are they all the same. If different maybe I can start off on the low dose. I don't know and don't know what to do. I feel like because of where we are right now that this will never happen because of his work. If I ask him if he still wants this to happen he says yes but if I REALLY want to talk about it he gets upset and starts saying this is the same stuff over and over and if I don't talk about it, it's like it's not exsistant. KWIM!! Men! Show some damn emotion won't you. LOL!! Girls, I am at a stall out, what are your suggestions. I want to kind of gather your thoughts before calling my RE.

Tenk--That's good that you'll be able to get up to Cincy to be near Kamryn this year. I hear Spring Grove is beautiful, a well-kept cementary. Yes, no one can ever imagine they'd have to live through such a tragic loss & I'm so sorry it happened to you & your DH & family.

Tenk--Yeah, I heard NC was getting snow. We're dry here in Cincy, & "warm" for Jan. at high of 41. Whacky January weather. BabyRN--I'd wondered where you were, not posting all of part 4! I'd thought you'd slept thru the entire thing. Ha, ha, ha!!! Mommy--Glad AF is almost here for ya. Send her my way when you're done PLEASE!!!! Basically the skies the limit when it comes to doseage options on injectibles. However dr's usually have very set thoughts on how much to begin a patient on. It's all based on response etc & you typically don't stick to the same doseage of injectibles the entire cycle like you do with Clomid. For example on Repronex I didn't respond well when I did 150 amps of Repro (2 vials a night), but the 2nd cycle my dr did 3 vials a night the first 3 nights, did really well so after that I was bumped back down to 2 then maybe 1 vial the last night. For Follistim I did 150 ius doseage for the first 7 days or so, then was bumped down to the very odd dose of 113, then 50 I think for my last night. So really you won't have much of a say in dosing, the e2 levels determine that. But you can ask maybe to start lower, see what happens. When you call the dr at work, are there any tiny meeting rooms or anything in your office building? I usually go to one of those empty rooms to make my fertility related calls. Otherwise do you have a cell? The only thing that stinks about that is usually I have to leave a message, & they almost always call me back when my coworkers are nearby. :) I usually have to give them my cell # & duck into a private room when it rings. Yeah, working with a RE can be a full time job in & of itself. When does your DH go back to work then? Around April? Nikki--Wow, so your b-day weekend will be almost a non-stop party for ya. :) Fun! Yeah, I love Jeffersonville's Pottery Barn outlet. I'll have to hit Coach next time too. I wasn't for sure if they had a Coach outlet there or not. Good to know. Though I doubt my DH would lump that info into the "good to know" category! Ha! Well he's got a bonus coming up in April. LOL!

Today is going so slow. I am ready for it to be tomorrow 1 because it is Friday and 2 because AF will be here full force I hope and I can map out my cycle this month maybe. I finally buckled down and called my RE office and my nurse is gone till Monday so I'll just get in touch with her Monday. It said to leave a message and one of the other nurses will call back but I don't really know them yet so didn't want to get to involved with them for them to just pass me back to my nurse. I love my nurse and my RE. They are great. I'll probably have to go to another consultation I am supposing but if that happens who knows when I'll get in and that'll put this cycle at a bust if he did want to do something. UGH!! So annoying. I made a new thread on this forum "vent about your infertility here" so if you need a really good vent section go there too. Of course post it here but then go post there to for some more sympathy. LOL!! OK, I guess I should really get to work. Not done two dollars worth of work today. I am usually really good about working but today I am off. Maybe because of AF pending. Later!!!