Friday TTC Post. (who is making a baby?)

Hi girls. I have the updated list. Welcome to our new posters. How has this week gone for you all?? If anyone has changes to the list or wants to be added, let me know. Shari

Vicki ~ Welcome to the list and good luck!!

Sara ~ Hope this cycle is going better. Should be close to o. Good luck hon.

Cathie ~ Been praying for you this week. I know it is a hard decision to come to. I pray you are one of the ones that when you stop 'trying' it just happens. If I know you, you will still kind of be trying, at least to catch the timing. Good luck and kup okay.

Maryn ~ I saw a bfn post, but wondering if af did show after all?

Jackie ~ Welcome to the list. And yes, like I tell all my mommies of youngins... you are crazy. Lol You posted somewhere that you miss having an infant and I just had to laugh...hon you still have an infant, a tiny little one! And it is tough having 2 close in age. Prepare for no sleep. But, more power to ya. Who knows...if I were younger... Good luck! kup


TRYING TO CONCEIVE LIST:::

ak_lisa ~ TTC 7yrs, on BC (for next 9mths), PCOS
Aleta ~ TTC #1 since 6/08
Amanda G ~ TTC #1 since 4/09 with 3 MC + uterine septum
Amber R ~ TTC #1 since 12/09
Angie ~ TTC #1 5/08. PCOS and on metformin.
Anita C ~ TTC #1 since 04/08
Barb ~ TTC #1 since 10/09
Cheri ~ TTC with PCOS, soon
Courtney ~ TTC#2 since 6/10
Danielle ~ TTC #2 since 9/10
DunnyBoctor ~ TTC since 11/08
Erika E ~ TTC #1 since 5/09 with PCOS
Holly ~ TTC since 12/07 with losses'
Jackie ~ TTC #2 since 3/11
Jennifer ~ TTC #2 since 3/09 currently on Femara
Jersey ~ TTC using ivf /icsi/cgh
Jessica ~ TTC #2 since 9/10
Jessica K ~ TTC #2 since 3/10
Julia ~ TTC #1 Since 3/09 with PCOS currently on Metformin and Clomid
Karen ~ TTC #2
Kelly ~ TTC
Kim ~ TTC #1 for 5 years, currently on Clomid
Kim ~ TTC #1 since 2/10
Kristen ~ TTC #1 since 4/10
Lindsey ~ TTC #1 since 6/10 with provera/clomid
Lisa B ~ TTC #2
Maelena ~ TTC#1 on Fortamet (metformin) PCOS
Malena ~ TTC #2 since 4/09
Mamasanny29 ~ TTC #3
Maryn - TTC #1 after a MC in 12/10.
Mickey ~ TTC #1 since 7/05 with unexplained fertility-on a break from 9/0-6/09.
Nicole ~ TTC #2 with TESE/IVF/ICSI
Nikki ~ TTC #1 since 5/15/10 (Currently on hold after revision surgery)
Pam P ~ TTC #1 since 3/09
Pokie 123 ~ TTC
Renae ~ TTC again since 9/09
Renee ~ TTC #1 since with IVF
Reyna ~ TTC
Robyn ~ TTC #1 since 12/09
Samara ~ TTC #2 (assisted with meds)
Sandra ~ TTC #2
Sandy~ TTC #3 (#1 for hubby) since 1/06 after mc with PCOS.
Sara ~ TTC #2 with pcos 4/11, but not preventing now
Shana ~ TTC #1 since August '09. First round of Clomid January 2010.
Shannon1 ~ TTC #1 since 4/07-starting clomid/iui on 1/09, on to injectables/iui in 08/09.
Sherry-Lynn ~ TTC#1 15years PCOS on Metformin & Clomid.
Tami ~ TTC #2
Tanya ~ TTC with AI
Tracy G. ~ TTC #2 since 1/11
Trouble256 ~ TTC #2 since 12/4/10
Vicki ~ TTC #1
Violet ~ TTC #3 since 10/10




Some common terms:

TTC - trying to conceive
BFP - big fat positive (positive pregnancy test)
BFN - big fat negative (negative pregnancy test)
CD - the day of your menstrual cycle
O - ovulation
DPO - days past ovulation
LP - luteal phase (time from ovulation to period)
AF - aunt flow ( your period)
PG - pregnant/pregnancy
MC - misscarriage
RE - reproductive endocrinologist
OPK - ovulation prediction kit
CL - coverline ( for those taking their temps to confirm ovulation)
Met - metformin or glucophage ( a diabetes medication sometimes taken to help hormone levels and ovulation)
BD - baby dancing ( having timed intercourse)
DTD - doing the deed
IUI - inter uterine insemination
IVF - in vitro fertilization
PCOS - polycystic ovarian syndrome
POAS - pee on a stick (taking a pregnancy test)
2WW - two week wait...time from ovulation until you can test for pg

Hahaha! Yeah it will be hard at first...But my hubby is 42 and we want to be done. I'm actually TTC number 3!

Thanks, Shari- going to test either Monday or Tuesday if AF doesn't show her ugliness!

You can add me to the list. I was cleared to go ahead and start TTC, waiting for AF now.

Thanks Shari! I appreciate your support. 

Hi Shari,

BUST!!!  CD2, here we go again!!!  Off to get my clomid tomorrow, we'll see what this cycle brings

just letting you all know im about to start my second round of AI on the 25th of march......fingers and toes crossed. and wishing all you loverlys out there lots and lots of sticky baby dust :)

Hello... good morning! wanted to let you know.. we are doing a 2nd treatment...
this time was clomid, follistim and Ovidrel is tonight...
Numbers were much better this time around... please send me some baby dust....

Yes, AF showed up the day after I got the BFN.  So we are going for it 1 more cycle on our own (well... sort of!) before we head to the fertility clinic.  Problem is that my ovulation ranges from day 14-18. O can't 2 days earlier than expected last time and we AI'd after I O'd.

So this next cycle we are DETERMINED to get pg.  Jill is lining up several donors and we're going to AI daily for literally 8 days!  We won't know exactly who the bio father is but we don't care at this point.  We are READY to get pregnant!

Hello!! Wow, it's been a long time since I've posted on a TTC board. Unfortunately, TTC is on hold for us because im a baby post-op (just had RNY on 3/16/11) and my surgeon advised me to wait at least two yrs before trying again. So, I'll be rooting you all on while I focus on weight loss and health gain! BUT, becoming parents is something we have been trying to achieve since 1998, and I'm hoping that my fertility will improve with the weight loss, which is why I'm here to see how WLS may have changed your lives for parenthood.

Here's a little about me:

My name is Chanel and I'll be 31 in a couple weeks. I was diagnosed with PCOS in April of 2002. I've tried clomid (which almost ended very badly for me. I developed endometrial hyperplasia and nearly lost my uterus! I had 3 DNC's to clear that up...very scary for me. This was 2006). I was put on Metformin to help with my insulin resistance, which was a major contributor to my weight gain. In 2008-09 I was on Follistim injections. We tried 3 rounds. First round no follies, second round I had follies but none really wanted to mature, and then the third round I got ONE 18cm follie...but it didn't take. That was our last round of injections. After that, my job at the time changed insurance carriers and fertility treatments were no longer covered :( So, we were forced to stop and go back to hoping it will happen naturally. Of course it didn't, but what did happen was I came off ALL the meds and during the course of that unmedicated year I gained over 100lbs!

So, last March, when I finally was able to obtain some insurance coverage, I had enough of all my health problems. Things became increasingly difficult and it seemed to creep up on me. My legs developed pitting edema, I had hypertension, pulmonary hypertension, EXTREME hypoxia and sleep apnea...I was in the worst shape of my life. I walked into my local clinic and simply said, "I need WLS, tell what I need to do to get it." And here I am today. I cannot WAIT until I can stop taking all these medications, can take a shower without feeling like I just ran a marathon, and can move around without feeling so yucky...

And of course, I'm hoping and praying with all my might that in a couple years, when I'm down to my goal weight and my body has evened out and is healthy enough to carry a pregnancy, that I will in fact concieve!

I am noticing that there's still a lot of trying here, so I'm wondering...has losing the weight not helped? Or are there other conditions still preventing conception in some? Forgive me, I do not want to offend anyone, it's just that my hopes were pretty high that fertility will drastic increase with WLS and I want to hold on to that hope and actually LIVE it in a couple years.

Thanks for listening, I'm sure I'll be hanging out here a lot!

Kor