March 2018 TTC & 2ww thread

[Pbn3]

Verena post a pic of your new test as I'm usually quite good at squinters! Also don't read anything into your hcg quant. at the moment as its so early and you literally may have just implanted the two days prior to testing and first bw. I can see your hpts say a sensitivity of 10mIU which is super sensitive and could explain why you're seeing something so early.

Good to know your doc said under 3, as far as I've always been told it was 5 [emoji848] so that's a good sign! Oh and that progesterone result sounds fine!

Looking forward to some more pics!!!

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[Pbn3]

Star we are going good thank you! Had a hiccup for a couple days that resulted in a serious lack of sleep [emoji42] but my eyes are slowly recovering and getting some white back through the bloodshot [emoji23]

So does that mean you'll try 2-6 next cycle?! Sorry I need to go back and reread your post again [emoji85]

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[Pbn3]

Thank you! I go in tomorrow to get my progesterone levels checked and will test sometime next week. Most likely I will test early! ��

Feel free to post any squinters here if you test early! We love them [emoji3]

Are you getting your progesterone checked to confirm o? Have you been trying for awhile or do you suspect you're not ovulating?

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[emshe]

Ladies, for those of you pregnancy testing I am keeping my fingers crossed so very tightly that these are indeed you BFP’s.

Star, I truly hope your RE can give you the answers you seek & your journey becomes much easier, how frustrating & difficult the hurdles can be.

Pbn, being with your baby girl must be incredible! Congrats. I’m fairly new to the swaying ttc forums so I’m trying to catch up on one everyone’s stories!


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[Lmboschma]

Feel free to post any squinters here if you test early! We love them [emoji3]

Are you getting your progesterone checked to confirm o? Have you been trying for awhile or do you suspect you're not ovulating?

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I had two miscarriages, one in October and the other one at Christmas. Before our four boys, I had a miscarriage as well. Had some testing done and they all came back normal. My doctor put me on Femara this cycle and they want to check to make sure I ovulated. I was doing opk strips and ovulated on Monday, which is over a week earlier than normal!

[Pbn3]

Ladies, for those of you pregnancy testing I am keeping my fingers crossed so very tightly that these are indeed you BFP’s.

Star, I truly hope your RE can give you the answers you seek & your journey becomes much easier, how frustrating & difficult the hurdles can be.

Pbn, being with your baby girl must be incredible! Congrats. I’m fairly new to the swaying ttc forums so I’m trying to catch up on one everyone’s stories!


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Thank you emshe! It is incredible mostly just the fact I actually get to do this baby thing one more time [emoji16] I'm so very thankful especially as I conceived her the cycle after happily giving up. I'm loving this experience and savouring it as much as possible [emoji173][emoji173] My long story short, started le diet early 2015, began ttc mid 2015, stopped swaying (and coincidently fell pregnant) december 2016, found out I had low ovarian reserve after first emc Jan 2016 hence the clomid. Lost another pregnancy both June and December 2016. Had my last cycle (and 5th clomid one all up I think it was) March 2017 that was bfn, gave up ttc and fell pregnant from a random (drunken) bd in April as in it was the only time we dtd that month [emoji23] So she is pretty much a miracle on every sense!!

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[Pbn3]

I had two miscarriages, one in October and the other one at Christmas. Before our four boys, I had a miscarriage as well. Had some testing done and they all came back normal. My doctor put me on Femara this cycle and they want to check to make sure I ovulated. I was doing opk strips and ovulated on Monday, which is over a week earlier than normal!

I'm very sorry for your losses [emoji22]

Yay for femara as it sways pink! And an earlier o is awesome [emoji3] Will have everything crossed that your bfp is literally around the corner and this will be your sticky (pink but ultimately healthly first) bean [emoji173][emoji304]

Look fowsrd to hearing your prog result!!

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[gafan]

Heres what all went on yesterday: My doc (obgyn) immediately came into my exam room saw down and said, "well, based on your progesterone levels, I don't believe you ovulated this month... and since we are doing everything we possibly can here, I'm going to go ahead and refer you out to a reproductive endocrinologist for further testing to determine what's going on here". I prepared myself with all my charts and a list of things I wanted to bring up about hashimotos and testing my thyroid. So I said responded to his statement with, "well, let's take a look at my charts. 1st round was perfect- I ovulated, and it was a "normal" cycle. Onto the 2nd round- 17 days long and progesterone dominance during estrogen stage which would say I have low estrogen, onto 3rd round--20 days long again with progesterone dominance during estrogen stage, now this 4th cycle-- I have no idea what is going on- although with my progesterone test it came back very low so we know that progesterone isn't dominating anymore". And he nodded his head the entire time. I then asked if he could do a complete thyroid panel on me to test my T3 and T4 levels with my TSH again.... and he told me that my TSH was. 66 back in August and that it was all within normal range. THEN I said, likely those have changed bc levels change monthly, and when I was researching thyroid facts, doctors like to see it at a 2.5 or more! Mine is at .66!!! I told him how I really feel that something else is the underlining cause and that's why the Clomid isn't working. I told him that I'm always tired, cold, I have irregular periods, thinning hair, foggy brain, a range of emotions, and that something else is surely going on. He told me that he's still going to refer me bc although he can check all of that, that it's out of his offices realm... and that they don't have the equipment to check what they need to-- like follicular checks, and people to do trigger shots, but that the RE will be able to do all of that... He said he doesn't want to continue doing something that isn't working. So I'm glad he recognized my concerns and was honest about what his practice cannot do or check. He wasn't going to give me anymore Clomid but I almost started crying... My eyes teared up and I said can you please consider giving me another round of Clomid until I can get into Magees in April bc I don't want to waste any more time. And he agreed. Thank God! Yesterday was rough... I'm still adjusting to the fact that I have to go to the next step. I'm terrified of getting in the position of only having IVF as our only and last option bc insurance doesn't cover it.... it's sooooo expensive. My husband is trying to convince me that this next step is really good, and that we will get more answers but I just feel so broken!

I had called a RE last month when I was having anovulatory cycles and I set up a new consult appt and they were already booking in April... My appt is set for April 12th, but my doc office is going to call them today (yesterday my appt ran late and the office they needed to call was already closed) so hopefully they'll be able to get me in sooner. 🤞🤞 I would like them to keep trying Clomid and a trigger shot to see if that'll help. I can't help but get a little excited about the possibility of twins on Clomid, so femara would be my last choice (if I was given one).

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Sounds like you really advocated for yourself- good for you! Are you in Pgh? I go to Magee.

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[gafan]

My doc said, under 3 would mean not pregnant... But I know the value is really low and I'm trying not to get my hopes up too high. My progesterone was 16.4, do you know if that's too low as well?

I just made a pm test and the line is deffo darker than in the am. If I'm lucky maybe it will be dark enough tomorrow with fmu so that I can post a pic :-)

6c8b58 Ovulation charts on FertilityFriend.com

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Rooting for you Verena! I hope that works out for you this cycle.

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[gafan]

Swaying pink. One attempt at positive opk, for now with a little lubricant. Walking on elliptical about an hour 6 to 7 days a week. Folic acid, coffee, wine or beer. Modified diet, to regulate any potential blood sugar issues and keep healthy ovulation (one miscarriage in November 2017) and because I had a sway opposite a few years ago. Started this way January 1st, February first attempt. Positive wondfo opk day 15 first cycle and day 17 second cycle. Will try to start temping this cycle.

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