Bellyrubs and Babydust!!
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CC - February 14

Tracy, so glad your tubes are open! Phew! That is a great relief, or at least it was to me. Just one less problem to have to worry about. I also didnt realize how small the tubes were. Our bodies are pretty amazing, even when they dont work the way we want them to! GREAT job on the n/s ! Only having one is a huge improvement so you are on the right track. Excellent news, and I am proud of you!! You are doing your body good woman! Lynn, sorry about AF. I am glad you arent giving up (neither is Lori, she just feels like it right now!). This month we will root for your left side. If this is your last cycle of femara, I hope this does it. Femara works, look at jcr! Glad you are keeping the hope alive. I too wanted to quit this month with everything going on, but realized it isnt going to happen unless I keep it going. There are times when you just want to throw in the towel, but you just cant. d, dont know about the spotting..It sounds to me like your cycles are changing a little, which can happen as you get older. If you continue spotting, I think its a sign of low something or other (anyone else know?) and you should have it checked out..Lori, how are you today? EMM ? Lulu ? Where are you girls hiding??!

 

d - February 14

Hey ladies. tracy glad to hear the tubes are ok and for the smoking good going for only one in a week. the most i can go with only smoking one cigg is 13 hours. No more spots for me. What is it with men? Do they realize what valentines day means to women????? I am just curious. Today is my dad and brothers' birthday. just another day too me. I should have not thought that dh would have sent flowers to me or anything of that sort cause he is always too busy. I am sorry it is the little things that mean a lot but just valentines day is just a day for advertising and money making for companies. I got dh a card and have a special dinner planned for the two of us tonight at home. and what does he want to do he wants us to go out with his mother. I can't do that. I am sorry. we did that last year. can't we alternate every other year. I am pretty sure we will have a baby next year so this would be our last v-day alone. Am i mean, wrong a bitch or what? I feel bad but at the same time i feel angry. I haven't told dh what is bothering me. I am just not really speaking to him. HELP ME... so the witch is a week away. I wonder. I really didn't think much of ttc this month. dr told me stop trying so hard. Hope everyone is well. Bellyrubs and Baby Dust

 

jcr - February 14

Tracy congrats on the n/s!! I am glad everything is clear and in tip top shape! Now there has been a path blazed for that sperm to swim up!! Get ready for the o' and treat yourself like you are pg and really pamper yourself. It is YOUR time! CC, how is your father? My thoughts are with you and hope your trip planning is going ok. Lori, I hope you are ok, I am thinkiing of you girl. I know there are agencies that will do probono work, my dh is an attorney. It is just a matter of calling and asking lots of questions. Like I said many will do a free consultation for you too. Hang in there, my thoughts are with you. Lynn, Sorry the hag showed up, now is the time to get your body ready for the good side to get primed up!!! D, hang in there, you never know the spotting may have been a great thing?? Hope Dh, comes around for Valentine's Day. Ours has become so casual since Ryley, that Dh said he'd try to come home a little early. How romantic huh??? He's usually pretty good when it comes down to it. My bloodwork came back good yesterday. Thank goodness. I threw up last night for the first time. I waited until I was too hungry before I ate. Yuck! Today I am really dragging my feet and have to take Ryley to the park then find something for dh for Valentine's! I would far rather pull the covers over my head and sleep!! I stay on the progesterone supositories and metformin through the 1st trimester and with RE until I am about 12 weeks and we see a good strong heart beat and everything looks good. That is the nice thing about concieving with the help of RE, the really monitor everything closely so I feel a whole lot better. Hang in there Ladies, Big hugs and bellyrubs. I think this is going to be the lucky thread and there is going to be 2 or more bfp's this month. Babydust!!

 

SashaP - February 14

Hey jcr I'm glad your feeling better. I figured I'd finally pop over to this thread. I hope your right and it's the lucky thread.

 

SashaP - February 14

Well maybe not better but hopefully it won't get any worst.

 

EMM - February 14

Hello all! I hope that things are going well. I am waiting for a phone interview at 1:00. I am so excited because I really need a job. How the heck will we pay for any treatment without a second income. Another thing that I am thinking is that getting a job could be the beginning of good luck for me. You know the whole when it rains it pours theory. I know it is true when it comes to bad luck, so now I am hoping for it to come through with good luck. I have a funny story that is off the topic. Sunday morning (4:00 a.m) I had a complete mess on my hands. My husband had to work some weird shift at work for the computers to be worked on. He decided to sleep downstairs since he got home at 2 or so and he didn't want to disturb me. At 4:00 am I heard him screaming!! I really thought that someone was killing him. It was horrible. I almost threw up with nerves. He comes running up the stairs screaming about spiders! He is like "sleep running" or something. He tells me not to go down there it is huge! Then when he comes to he says, "Well maybe it was a dream." Needless to say all the running upstairs from spiders has resulted in a broken foot. Another medical bill!! Now though it is hilarious to me....spiders. I hope you all found it comical, I certainly did even if we had to pay $100 copay at the ER. Have a great day. Going to wait for the phone call, and I will check back later.

 

jcr - February 14

Hi Emm, Glad to see you are back!! Sorry about the dh's foot and the HUGE spiders at your house!! LOL How did your seminar go?? Lori, Tracy,D and CC are under the thread Bellyrubs and babydust!! I as you can see am on both :)! Hope you have a happy valentine's Day with Dh and your toddler!!

 

jcr - February 14

Emm, forget the above posting!! I saw Sasha's name and thought were were on the other thread!!! Yikes, brain dead, I was afraid of that! Sasha welcome to this thread, everyone is wonderful here!!! Again sorry everyone about my strange posting above, lack of sleep!! Bellyrubs

 

Tracy - February 14

Yeahhhhh!!!!! I felt like everyone was gone for a while there.....you are all here!!! Welcome Sasha. Thanks guys for all of your praise. I am working hard at this and now have to tackle the exercise issues I have. One at a time though. I need to lose some weight. The doctor said yesterday that he's not really sure my weight gain is from the clomid, but I have read that it may be a side-effect. So I don't know what to think about it. JCR--glad to hear you are puking!!! This is the only place on earth that being sick is a positive thing. Emm, that story is funny and I'm glad you shared it. It is something that I will be laughing about for days everytime I picture it. Last month at this time I laughed about falling down the stairs!!!!

 

CC - February 14

d, you need to tell your DH that you want to spend V-day w/ him only. You can do something w/ his mom tomorrow night. I bet if you explain it to him, he will understand. We are going out w/ my FIL, SIL, and my dh! Its a family V-day in this house this year. Its a nice day for everyone, but its not really that big of a deal to me. jcr, I too am glad you are sick and feeling like crap! Only on this thread could we say that, but you know those are great signs! Sasha, welcome. EMM-That story was pretty funny about dh. I bet he will never live that one down! Thanks for the diversion and the laugh. Thanks everyone for asking about my Dad. We are leaving tomorrow night on a red eye (ouch) and will get into Philly @ 5:30 Thur morning, then drive the hour to my Dad's. I will feel better when I am there. The hospital is having to call me for consent on every procedure that they do for him, my "step-mom" and he were never married, have just been together for over 20 years, so they need a family member to give consent. What a nightmare that has been, so we are going to try to get that taken care of when we are there, so my stepmom can give the consent herself. Anyway-needing to call RE today, no one ever called w/ results of dh's most recent s/a, dont know whats happening w/ the insurance and my meds, and the financial counselor never called me back. AUGH!! They dont even know I started my period over 2 wks ago!

 

Lynn - February 14

Hey girls....Happy Valentine's Day!!!!!!......EMM, I can totally relate to a sleep walking dh. I have one who sleep walks and talks all the time. Not to be mean and I am sorry he broke his foot over it but.....it was a good laugh for us here. Did you go to the infertility talk yet? D.....I don't think men understand sometimes how the little things are for us (maybe because they think we are such drama queens). I vote with CC about talking to dh and telling him how you would really like to do tonight with him and later with his mom. I am sure he will understand. Tracy.....yeah on the non-smoking and it is okay to break a little. That just means you are human. It is the same for us dieters and the need to satisfy a craving. jcr.....yeah, vomiting. gosh how nice that sounds...lol. maybe soon we will need to rename us to something related to that. CC....we pray you have a good flight and get everything done needed. When you return, let us know how your dad is. Lori....hope your checking today and doing a little better. Let us know how you are. Sasha...welcome! Well...RE appointment on Feb 24th to see if follies are growing on my left side. Gosh I hope and pray. Now...I get meds and take femara. Oh, jcr...my RE and OB said I would also take glucophage through 1st trimester but progestrone is up for discussion still. check back later...making a good dinner for hubby tonight.

 

EMM - February 14

Hey everyone. I am glad that the spider story was a hit. I thought it was hilarious...after the initial peeing my pants because I thought we were being robbed or something. The infertility seminar is Thursday, but so far we can't find a babysitter. I feel kind of weird...want to go to infertility talk, but can't find a sitter...I don't know just sounds weird to me. We are still trying though. CC- I hope that things get better too! Lori- Try your best to stay calm during your drama. Somehow things usually turn out okay. Oh, and welcome Sasha! Forgot....I got a job offer today, and hopefully after reviewing the contract and such I will finally be employed. Are any of you getting close to O time? I will start testing on Thursday.

 

CC - February 14

EMM-Congrats on the job offer!!!

 

CC - February 14

UGH. Just got a call from RE. Not only is DH's motility low, so is his morphology. I didnt ask a lot of questions, I am so overloaded w/ bad news I could scream! I just took the info. All she said was they like to to be over 14% and his was 4%. She said both motility and morphology are workable for IUI because his count is so high, but I dont know. Dh is now worried we are wasting our money w/ IUI and thinks we should just save the money for IVF. There is a big $$ difference in the two. I am just so deflated, I feel like a balloon right now! Will still do 1st IUI in March if all goes well w/ my Dad, the insurance, the medication, the way the sun is shining on that day, and whatever else needs to be right, but I am feeling down about it all now. I know we wont know until we try, which is what I told dh, but I wish I believed it as much as I want him to. Just venting, no need to reply..We'll just have to wait and see what happens. I think if I ever have a baby it will be a true miracle at this point!

 

Lori - February 15

Hi everybody. CC - I am going to respond to your last post. Your DH's s/a sounds exactly like my husbands. I kept my appointment with the RE today and we discussed EVERYTHING. We talked about the motility & morphology in relation to the age of my "eggs". The RE said that with IUI the quality of the eggs is more of a factor than the morphology of the sperm. They do not check morphology with the speciman for the IUI, it would take too long to process. The will give you figures for quantity and motility, pay attention to the % of motility, that is what is important. If I remember correctly, anything over 50% is considered good (but maybe it is 75%, Lynn do you know?). But in any event, if the quality of your eggs are good, you have a good shot with IUI. As for me, we are med free this month, but I am going in for an u/s on Friday to see if I have any follicles on a med free cycle. The RE recommended one or two more rounds of 50mg clomid (I responded very well), then injectables for 3 cycles ( he gave us an 8% chance of success with injectables vs a 3% with clomid). After that it is either IVF with donor egg or adoption. But on the upside of IVF I again brought up the fact that I am 43, and how long do I have if we couldn't afford IVF say for a year or two, he said that is fine it would still be 70% chance of success probably up to the age of 50!! It might sound strange, but that was like a weight lifted off my shoulders, it took the pressure of "time" off of me. Now I can concentrate on this legal mess that we are in. By the way, I just want to say THANK YOU!! (Tears in my eyes), I truly do not think that I would make it through this without having all of you to be there with me. Even though I do not personally know any of you, the mere fact that I am able to share with you all, helps me soooo much!!! I only hope that I can help any of you who may need it the way you have helped me. Sorry so sappy and emotional... just the way I am these days!!

 

Lori - February 15

EMM - congrats on the job offer!! Your story about your DH put a smile on my face, although I must say "the poor guy!!" My DH whimpers in his sleep, and it makes me feel sad for him, what is he dreaming about that makes him "cry"? Tracy - so glad to hear that your tubes are clear!! 3 months of increased fertility for you, girl!! JCR - glad to hear you are not feeling well, but I hope that it only lasts a short time for you so that you can enjoy the rest of your pregnancy!!! Also glad to hear that your #s are good!! D - be thankful that you have someone to spend V-day with, my DH is already in bed and it is only 7:30 pm!! But, I do know that it can be disheartening when you expect to spend the day a certain way and it doesn't happen. CC - I wish you a safe trip on Thursday. My thoughts are with you that all goes well.

 

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