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ajidil -> RE: Struggling* to conceive...* (9/16/2008 3:10:43 AM)
Been quiet here... how is everyone? Gina, your 2WW is about over, isn't it? How are you feeling? Megan, I was stalking your chart, which looks really "normal" this month, compared to the past 2... how are you doing? Everyone else?

pumpkin -> RE: Struggling* to conceive...* (9/16/2008 5:03:41 PM)
yes ma'am... my 2 week wait is almost over. I have very little "hope" for this cycle. My temps have been all over, but that is due in part to the need for a new battery in ye old thermometer. My chart has no crosshairs, even though I've been faithfully taking my progesterone. I fear I may have a cyst. I'll take a test in a few days if nothing happens first.

daughter_of_faith -> RE: Struggling* to conceive...* (9/17/2008 12:01:05 AM)
I'm doing all right....just hanging in there. Thinking O was yesterday (maybe today)....will know more in a few days when the crosshairs form. How about you, Lydia? Gina, hope ya have a BFT this month!

not_the_first -> RE: Struggling* to conceive...* (9/18/2008 2:08:27 PM)
I've been better....why is it 1 step forward and 3 steps back these days? I found out this week that I have a 1 cm cyst or lesion of some sort on my thyroid. I am seeing an endocrinologist who will most likely do a biopsy. AF should arrive any day now, but with this new information, the last thing on my mind is TTC'ing right now. Please pray that I can get an appt with the endorcinologist as soon as possible. I should hear back today from my doctors office who is working on getting me in. Gina, keep up the hope for this cycle!

ajidil -> RE: Struggling* to conceive...* (9/19/2008 2:34:45 AM)
Oohh, that does not sound fun! Praying you get into the endocrinologist asap!!! Megan, I stalked your chart... yeah, I would have guessed you o'ed on the 12th as well, but then that dip. Maybe it's a "fall-back rise"? Your temps have been pretty stable this month, though, unlike past ones... do you feel any different? Maybe from lack of so much stress with moving and such? What do you think? How you holding out Gina? Getting ready to test soon? I'm ok... just hanging out, waiting for O to come... probably another week yet. It's ok cause my OPKs are in the mail, so hopefully they will make it here in time! Wouldn't you know it... my fertile window looks like it will be the week we're packing and moving. Fun, fun. [:)]

ajidil -> RE: Struggling* to conceive...* (9/22/2008 4:51:53 AM)
Started taking my B6 today... I really hope it helps. I'm feeling oddly optimistic about this cycle... maybe because I feel like I'll have some tools to help me more. Sure hope it's also God's prep for me! How's everyone else doing?

pumpkin -> RE: Struggling* to conceive...* (9/22/2008 1:55:15 PM)
I'm on CD3, with a cyst... so I "get" to take birth control pills again.

ajidil -> RE: Struggling* to conceive...* (9/23/2008 2:54:05 AM)
Ugh... so sorry! [:(]

not_the_first -> RE: Struggling* to conceive...* (9/23/2008 8:42:08 PM)
I'm sorry Gina [:(] ok here, on CD 4. I saw the endocrinologist and things are ok. Thyroid nodules are somewhat normal. I have two, but neither of them have any "worrysome" charactersitics. I have a follow up appt. in 6 months. I have my yearly gyn. appointment in December, and I think we are going to consider clomid at that point if we aren't pregnant by then. It's hard to believe that is really only like 3 cycles away.

pumpkin -> RE: Struggling* to conceive...* (9/23/2008 9:44:45 PM)
Noelle, I would like to advise you to discuss all your options that you are willing to do/use before you have an appointment about clomid. My doctor wanted to discuss all options at the same time. He informed us of what each of the options included, and what course he likes to take. (generally an IUI 3 out of ever 6 clomid cycles is what he strives for) David and I were uncomfortable with IVF, and anything surgical... basically. So this limits our options to clomid, shots, and IUI's. Plus, you'll need to know how often you would want to do the IUI's if you decided to go that route. anyway... just wanted to mention that as something to keep in mind... but try not to stress about it. =) Clomid isn't that bad on it's own, I guess.... it's kinda weird for me as I have different side effects each time I take it... or rather a different combination of side effects. =)

not_the_first -> RE: Struggling* to conceive...* (9/25/2008 10:55:39 PM)
Thanks Gina, that is good advice. We have thought a lot about it, but we definitely need to meet with her first, go over all options and come up with a plan. Does anyone see a fertility specialist, or just your regular OBGYN? I am thinking about asking for a referral to a fertility specialist.

ajidil -> RE: Struggling* to conceive...* (9/26/2008 2:31:57 AM)
Nope, don't go and haven't been to s specialist... still trying to figure out if I can even get into an obgyn in this country...

spitzu -> RE: Struggling* to conceive...* (9/26/2008 11:44:08 PM)
Just wanted to give Gina a (((((hug))))).

pumpkin -> RE: Struggling* to conceive...* (9/27/2008 3:57:22 PM)
Thanks Crystal. =)

pumpkin -> RE: Struggling* to conceive...* (10/3/2008 5:02:11 PM)
sigh my cyst is gone. YAY!!! The doctor and I discussed many things, and he feels that it's not such a bad thing to take a month off. So, we're going to take a cycle off, and just stop thinking about it for a bit. He's funny, he said that he's actually had some patients that were really stressed about taking a month off, because they felt like they were prohibiting conception, only to have them come back pregnant. He said it's kinda funny how often he's had that happen. Anyway, I haven't told David yet. I know, that sounds bad, but it's not. He was encouraging me to take some time off of the hormones, and just be for a little bit, then go back to it if necessary. He'll be ok with whatever I decide. =)

ajidil -> RE: Struggling* to conceive...* (10/5/2008 7:15:35 AM)
Glad to hear a good report for you! I haven't been on much as we're in the midst of a highly stressful move, plus a lot of emotional issues with many around us. I'm also sick right now. Blah. Still waiting to O this cycle. Taking forever. Hope everyone else is doing well. :)

pumpkin -> RE: Struggling* to conceive...* (10/8/2008 2:56:54 PM)
sigh I have been having horrendous cramps and pain. I think that last night was the absolute worst of it though, because today has not been too terrible so far. Perhaps my cyst burst? I don't know... all I know is that there was a ton of pain. I was crying and didn't want to move. I was originally thinking that I would feel like there was little hope this cycle, since there is no medical intervention going on.... oddly enough, I still feel the same hope, just lots of questions. =) I'm not looking for answers, just posting some of the questions: How will I know if I ovulate? What if I don't ovulate? What if I ovulate later? What if I ovulate, get pregnant, then something happens because I wasn't taking my progesterone? Should I take my progesterone? I would have to take it after I'm sure that I've ovulated... so that brings me back to the beginning... how will I be sure that I have ovulated? Some of it is plain silly, since I do still temp and chart, and I also track my cervical mucous... so... I will know something just that I won't know when to expect it this time around. =) Anyway, as soon as I am feeling back to normal (I'm assuming that I will be there by the beginning of the week) I will go back to exercising regularly, and trying to watch what I eat...

not_the_first -> RE: Struggling* to conceive...* (10/19/2008 8:00:00 PM)
How is everyone doing? I am ok. CD 7. I found out today that two women I know are expecting and neither of them are married. It was hard not to be angry and upset. DH got me some Haagen-Dazs chocolate ice cream and I am feeling better now.

pumpkin -> RE: Struggling* to conceive...* (10/19/2008 9:54:42 PM)
I'm on CD 19. Lots of cervical mucous, and I'm exhausted... but I've been sick, so the exhausted may not mean anything. Just kinda waiting to see what's going on this month. (unmedicated)

pumpkin -> RE: Struggling* to conceive...* (10/26/2008 7:50:01 PM)
well, today is CD 23, and I'm still just kinda hanging out wondering what's going on. =) How is everyone else doing??

not_the_first -> RE: Struggling* to conceive...* (10/26/2008 8:08:15 PM)
Ok. CD 14. I never really got a strong positive on my OPK's so far. I think it may have been positive around CD 9? You know how those things are. I don't know, I am emotionally having a rough cycle this time and feel like I'm ready to just give up. Maybe we are just meant to be childless and I should get used to the idea.

daughter_of_faith -> RE: Struggling* to conceive...* (10/26/2008 9:42:27 PM)
Gina, wouldn't you be on cycle day 26? If not, then maybe the post from the 19th has the typo. Today is CD 27 (for me). According to FF, I'm 10 days past O. We'll see what the next week brings. (((Noelle)))---I've been battling some of those same feelings, hun. Hang in there---let God's will to reign & the rest will fall into place. That's often easier said than done. ((big hugs)) and prayers for both of you ladies...

pumpkin -> RE: Struggling* to conceive...* (10/27/2008 9:28:31 AM)
yeah, the 19th was CD 16.... must have looked at the chart in a funny way to type that... oh well. =) I told David the other day that I'd be happy without children, except I wouldn't be happy without children.... he said he understood. It's a tough thing... this infertility stuff.

daughter_of_faith -> RE: Struggling* to conceive...* (10/27/2008 12:43:14 PM)
Trust me, Gina. I understand that statement completely and all too well. It's crazy stuff. I was just in the teacher's lounge and some of the teachers were talking about pregnancy/conception, etc. The teacher who is pregnant due any day (prolly next month sometime)....got pregnant just shortly after stopping breastfeeding. It wasn't planned...she calculated her days wrong something as they were trying NOT to conceive. sigh

pumpkin -> RE: Struggling* to conceive...* (10/27/2008 2:03:49 PM)
yes, and people truly don't always think before making statements. I was in Sunday School a couple of weeks ago, and we were talking about Hannah, and that was all fine and good. Then a couple who are new to the department were talking, and the husband said with a snicker(while the wife looked horrified) "please pray that my wife's womb would be closed".... ha ha. I didn't laugh. Several did, David and I were a bit hurt. But what were we to say after that... "and please pray that Gina's will be opened?" We just didn't say anything, and haven't yet (in that setting) about our struggle.

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