The Official TTC Thread!

[Loves Vintage]

Thank you,Kaleigh, Bella, Po, Bliss, Lucy, HMG, Geri, Noel, Hudson, DCGator, Kimberly, Parrot Tulips, Lili, Fisher, Icekid, Lulu and Plantationcatt for all of your kind wishes!!! I've really relied on this thread quite a bit over the past months! It has helped so much just to have *someone* to talk to, especially the people who understand or who try to understand even if they have not walked the same path as me. I really, really appreciate it!!

To answer some of your questions. I met DH at the door last night with a positive digi in my hand and a big smile on my face!! He is elated, of course. We had a quiet dinner at home, as we will tonight, and watched a movie. Then we cuddled and talked baby names, which is funny because we will never agree on one!

I went in and had my blood work done -- my HCG is low at 27, but it is only 12DPO, so I think I have some time for it to increase. I will have another level taken on Monday. The nurse told me that this is definitely not HCG leftover in my system from the HCG trigger shot 14 days ago.

Fisher, Yes, this was our first IUI!!!!!!!!!!!!! It worked!!!!! It was also my first cycle on Clomid (100mg) along with Estrogen and Progesterone supplementation after the IUI (both of my levels were low last cycle.)

I'm sorry to hear about your friend's loss. It is heartbreaking to have to experience such a loss once, but twice; it is so unfair.

 

[Bliss]

Fisher, 2010 is indeed your year! I can just tell!!! Maybe you will have twins! Wouldn't that be amazing?

Lucy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I hope January comes with a bunch of Jerkstores! Hope there's a JERK MALL!!!!

 

[lucy.lucy.80]

thank you all SO MUCH for all your kind words!!! as I was reading todays posts I started to tear up because there is such an outpouring of support in this forum. Its so nice to have a group of ladies who are experiencing/have experienced similar situations and so knowledgeable as well. I dont think anyone expects to be in this TTC forum for a long time (I know I didnt), but during that wait and long road for some, its comforting to know other people are walking down that road with you. (okay Im crying again...ahh!) Wish you all lots of success and BFP in 2010!!!

To answer some of your questions, I had my HSG this cycle, and it appears that did the trick! I am also really excited if everything goes well it will be a september baby since there are no september bdays in my family!! I left the + test on the bathroom sink- when DH came home he walked in the bathroom, saw it, and came running into the living room where I was watching TV and gave me a big hug and a kiss

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DH and I are CAUTIOUSLY optimistic as I am only 10DPO right now. Our first apt with the obstetrics coordinator is in 2.5 weeks and if everything is okay meet with my OBGYN in 3.5 weeks... was not expecting to have to wait that long, but hopefully the little bean sticks and time flies by.

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!

 

[Lanie]

Ok I have to ask...what does jerk store and jerk bodega mean? I have been following this thread pretty well and I''ve seen it come up but didn''t know what it was.

 

[HOUMedGal]

LUCY!! You too!?!?!?!?! WOW!!! Congratulations!!

I love all these BFP''s popping up together!!

AND I love all the positivity that the first day of the new year brings!! A fresh start, the promise of good things to come...Fisher, you''re right, 2010 will be a great year for us all.

I''m getting all misty-eyed just thinking about it.

 

[Lanie]

HOU--good to see you back. I read about your story on the other thread. I cannot imagine the emotions you have been going through this past month. I''ve been thinking of you all along. Take care of yourself and who knows? Maybe these two Houston gals will be preggers at the same time!

 

[HOUMedGal]

Awww, thanks Lanie. I know, maybe we will be preggers together! How fun!! Maybe we''ll have late 2010 or early 2011 babies....perhaps the first babies of the new year NEXT year! hehe!

 

[swimmer]

Wow LV! Awesome! On your first IUI too! the RE told us that there was only 14% chance of that, perhaps b/c of our different protocol?, but still a miracle, just so fantastic!

Congrats Lucy!

Fisher, I heard you had posted so dashed over here. 2010 is going to be your year lady. You have earned this! Yes, I think of blushing, festy, and tiffany all the time. Hoping the very best for all the veterans in this new year of promise.

 

[fisherofmengirly]

Hi Swimmer!!

Yes, I think having time away for a while was really good for me, for us. I do miss all the girls here, but I did lurk every now and then. I feel like I know so many of the girls here, and I know I've gushed on and on enough for people to know me pretty well, too.

I think of you and so many of the "graduates" from here often. I've tried to find you on FB, but if you're there, I've not found ya yet. I read that you found out the gender of your baby; I bet that makes it more "real" after the long wait getting to this point, huh? So excited for you... hoping there's a belly pic soon on the other thread! I still think I want to keep the gender for a surprise on our baby's birthday, but I don't know... I'm not a patient person. At all.

I also have a confession. Since 2008 began, I've been collecting things for the baby; mostly small things, things I find on sale, books I loved as a child, etc. I stopped doing that in September, or maybe October because I felt like it was adding to my stress about not having a baby yet. Again, glad I took the break--- too much thought on the topic (and one over which I've completely learned I cannot control) wasn't good for me, and it's a lesson I needed to learn. I feel so much more at peace about the whole thing now... that said, I have not lost hope, and won't, and tonight Paul and I went to Kohls (I totally adore that store, sales ALL the time!!) and the Kohl's Cares for Kids book theme is Dr. Seuess right now, and those were the first books I bought for our child, so I decided to take it as a sign of greater things to come this year and I bought all three of them, as well as one of the plush characters. (Paul picked out the character, from "The Thinks You Can Think.) It felt good to get something for our child again. Because one way or another, we'll be parents.

And a Dr. Seuss book for $5 and all procedes going to children's programs is awesome, so yeah. I guess the baby shopping has resumed.

I hope everyone has had a wonderful start to this brand new year.

Blessings are all around us!

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Since this is the TTC thread, I will add that I ovulated on CD 19 last cycle without any medication, and between 22-24 this cycle (was on vacation and didn't temp every day, FF says CD23, but I think 24 is more likely based on all the random things I've learned to observe in the past while....). I'm feeling really good about that, because 19-24 is a *lot* better than 40 plus, so I'm pretty convinced that chiropractic care has helped.

 

[swimmer]

Fisher! A book collection sounds great! I''m so glad life is going well and your cycles are getting regular, those are huge! I am on that site...mmm, are you friends with a blue shoe? Anyway, yes, finding out he is a boy was really important in making it feel real. My sis didn''t find out and I saw how family really wanted to know, how important it was for their bonding too so I really wanted to share that. Also I was getting name choosing pressures so that really lessened that. Still thinking...there is a group on that site that you could search for. So, many of my friends have not found out the gender, but I knew that DH needed to know, and he is totally not able to keep a secret from me...

Enough rambling from me, but awesome to "see" you! I''m going to go search now... Oh, and Kohls is good for so many things, but their maternity stuff just seems so short when you really want to cover up the belly. Hmmm, but you aren''t that tall, so it might not be an issue for you cutie!

 

[fisherofmengirly]

Not a blue shoe, but a girl in a baret, yes. Look for chalkboard graffiti as a profile pic.

 

[Loves Vintage]

Thank you, Swimmer!! So nice to see you again in these parts. I think the IUI worked the first time because of luck (first time I''ve experienced that in TTC''g!!) and because the three issues that I had - ovulating late, low progesterone and low estrogen - were all corrected with medications during the same cycle as the first IUI. The medications probably improved my chance of success dramatically. Who knows, maybe we could have conceived on the medications alone, without the IUI? That''s what we wanted to try for at least one more month, but when the RE saw that I had 3-4 mature follies just before the trigger, he strongly encouraged the IUI, so we went for it, and I''m so glad we did!!

Fisher, I''m glad to hear that you are seeing results from the chiropractic! That is amazing isn''t it? It sounds like the break was a very wise choice for you, though I have to tell you, I have missed you around here!!! I am glad though, that you are able to take time away and that you feel better for it! Here''s to 2010!!!

 

[Bella_mezzo]

So excited for all these BFPs

We''re on CD 12 (well I guess 13 now that it''s after midnight

)

We''ve been BDing every other day and plan to keep it up through CD 17.

This is our first cycle officially trying (though we haven''t done anything to prevent it up until now) so we''ll see what happens

 

[Loves Vintage]

Date: 1/1/2010 1:21:14 PM
Author: Lanie
Ok I have to ask...what does jerk store and jerk bodega mean? I have been following this thread pretty well and I''ve seen it come up but didn''t know what it was.

Lanie,

A jerk store is a girl who gets a BFP on her first try. A jerk bodega is the same thing, just a language variation. A jerk mall (very clever, Bliss!!) would be multiple jerk stores. As far as I can tell, this is a term used here only. I forget who originated the term.

 

[Bella_mezzo]

I was wondering that too. Thanks for clearing it up

 

[Kunzite]

I think I''m going to officially delurk now.

Hi to all of the TTC ladies and the recent graduates (congrats!!) Our official TTC schedule is going to be March. I''m excited but I feel like I have a lot of work to do on myself first. I want to try to lose weight so the new year is a good time to start I suppose! Did anyone else do some weight loss before trying? I don''t think I''ll be able to drop everything I want before the end of March but knowing that it can take a few months that will give me a little more time.

What vitamins did everyone start taking? I got prenatals from Target but I''ve heard whispers of fish oil and additional folic acid. Is there not enough folic acid in prenatals? Specific fish oil? I''ve got charting down but for some reason this whole vitamin thing is throwing me.

 

[Po10472]

Hi Kunzite

I''ve just dropped 30lbs and taken an 8 week course of folic acid as we''re going to ttc properly from this month. I aim to continue losing weight until I get my bfp and have just bought a 3 month course of pre-natal vitamins which include the recommended minimum of 400mcg of folic acid.

I read that you should avoid taking too much vitamin A and avoid eating liver products such as pate and no fish liver oils. Try to eat fish at least twice a week including some oily fish. But don''t have more than two portions of oily fish a week. This includes fresh tuna (not canned tuna, which does not count as oily fish), mackerel, sardines and trout.

If you''re trying to lose weight then try and eat the foods that contain folic acid naturally to supplement your vits such as spinach, broccoli, sprouts, green beans etc. And.....even if you can''t lose all the weight you want, focus on a 10% loss and that will make a huge difference to you.

Good luck with the weight loss.

 

[icekid]

Well, I suspect I ovulated on Jan 1-ish. Basically just monitoring CM; my job schedule is too hectic and unpredictable for charting. Is this my first two week wait?!?! eeeek.

Welcome, Kunzite

 

[Bella_mezzo]

Po10472-congrats on the weight loss and best of luck as you TTC!

IceKid-ohhh, the 2 week wait! Hope it ends up with a sticky bean

 

[icekid]

Date: 1/3/2010 10:46:03 AM
Author: Bella_mezzo


IceKid-ohhh, the 2 week wait! Hope it ends up with a sticky bean

The idea of actually BEING pregnant makes me so nervous! It seems you''re never REALLY ready, so might as well just go for it, right? eeek!! I keep telling my hubby that it will be crazy if we get pregnant; he replies, "no, it will be great." At least one of us is sane.

 

[Kit]

Hi Ladies,

CD 24 here, 9 DPO. Am feeling rather anxious today about whether or not this cycle worked. I hate the 2ww! I''ve had some mild cramping and boob tenderness, but no other symptoms. FF is giving me 49 points on the pregnancy monitor, whatever that means

. My temperatures are definitely up, but if the current trend continues I think I''ll be getting AF on Tuesday. If not, I plan to test on Wednesday morning. I am glad I temped this month, I am the kind of person for whom more information is better.

Fisher, nice to see you

Welcome newcomers! Kunzite, here''s what I''ve got on vitamins. My old OB advised taking 400 mcg daily while not preventing, just in case there was an "oops" as she called it. I think that taking 800 mcg if you are actively trying is best, especially based on what Mara recently shared that the fetal spinal cord is basically formed by the time you find out you''re pg so if you aren''t taking plenty of folic acid throughout your cycle you might have a deficiency. Then again, plenty of women don''t know they''re pg until they test, and these babies turn out fine. So, to me this is probably one of the areas that varies from person to person, and that doctors may not understand 100%, and so to be safe just take the 800 mcg.

My current OB said you don''t need to take DHA (fish oil) until closer into the 2nd trimester, not sure what others have heard on this, but for now I''m sticking to a generic prenatal vitamin and a B complex. HTH!

LV, how are you feeling? Any symptoms? Did you know that you were pg before you tested, or did you have no idea? I know you were on medications so I guess those could mask your natural symptoms.

Lucy, same questions to you. Did you have like a gut feeling one way or another? I am always interested in the women''s intuition side of things.

 

[Bella_mezzo]

I hear you Icekid! Especailly reading the preggo threads, being pregnant sounds a little like being possessed by an alien, and emotionally overwhelming...but I''m still looking forward to it

Also, I figure it will be the one time in my life where I don''t have to try and suck in my stomach

 

[HOUMedGal]

Date: 1/2/2010 5:34:14 PM
Author: Loves Vintage

Date: 1/1/2010 1:21:14 PM
Author: Lanie
Ok I have to ask...what does jerk store and jerk bodega mean? I have been following this thread pretty well and I''ve seen it come up but didn''t know what it was.

Lanie,

A jerk store is a girl who gets a BFP on her first try. A jerk bodega is the same thing, just a language variation. A jerk mall (very clever, Bliss!!) would be multiple jerk stores. As far as I can tell, this is a term used here only. I forget who originated the term.

JerkStore goes waaaaaaay back somewhere toward the beginning of this thread...I wouldn''t even know where to start looking!! Can''t remember who originated it either.....but basically it refers to the ladies who show up here, announce they are trying, then get their BFP right away!

 

[HOUMedGal]

Date: 1/3/2010 10:37:49 AM
Author: icekid
Well, I suspect I ovulated on Jan 1-ish. Basically just monitoring CM; my job schedule is too hectic and unpredictable for charting. Is this my first two week wait?!?! eeeek.

 

[Loves Vintage]

Kit, I have my fingers crossed for you. The 2ww is the worst! At 9DPO, you''re well on your way though!!!

As far as symptoms, I had really notable bloating and slight cramping. At maybe 9-10 days past ovulation, I was having random back pain, that would come and go, very inconsistent. I also had some slight breast tenderness. Because I had the flu and was taking progesterone and estrogen, I really tried not to read into these symptoms, like I had every month prior. The random back pain is what started to make me think maybe I was pregnant.

I am feeling ok, quite normal, no new symptoms. I am quite tired though, but because of the holiday, I haven''t had to work since Weds, so I''ve been taking it easy and napping here and there as I wish. I do not look forward to going to work tomorrow, but hopefully, I will not be too tired. I will get my second beta tomorrow. I am looking forward to that.

 

[fisherofmengirly]

Hope everyone''s 2010 has started out well. I''m enjoying many blessings, and just looking forward to all those yet to come.

It''s been COLD here; Paul and I took a bike ride yesterday and I was so bundled (two pairs of socks, thermals, cords, two shirts and a hoodie, beanie, with my helmet on top and gloves)---looked like a moron and wasn''t even warm! But it was SO good to ride with Paul; he''s been looking for a bike since May and he finally found one that met all of his criteria (he''s not an avid bike rider; most of his requirements revolved around color, height of the seat, and number of speeds, oh yeah, and the tires. Not sure why that mattered though, because I assume you can change tires out pretty easily). I tried to talk him into another ride today, but he vetoed that. It''s colder today (it''s 27 degrees with wind chill of 14... not something this Cali transplant is used to, and also not something all that familiar to her GA native hubby).

Swimmer, no luck tracking you down. All I know to look for is MASS and that doesn''t narrow down anything! Maybe one day.... You know my name, and my second name listed starts with the first letter from "Lions, Tigers, and _________."

RE: DHA, my Dr. suggested Expectra and I take one every other day (they''re expensive, about 10-12 dollars for a pack of 30 and considering the length of time I''ve been TTC, I just can''t think to pay that each month!! Once we get our positive (SOON), I''ll take them daily. No fishy taste, I have no issues with them whatsoever.

I also have been advised to take in 800 mg of folic acid daily; look for that in your prenatal (I''ve been on a prenatal for two years almost and my nails grow *so* fast on them! My hair, too. I like it!!

 

[icekid]

Date: 1/3/2010 2:29:37 PM
Author: HOUMedGal

Date: 1/2/2010 5:34:14 PM

Author: Loves Vintage

Date: 1/1/2010 1:21:14 PM

Author: Lanie

Ok I have to ask...what does jerk store and jerk bodega mean? I have been following this thread pretty well and I''ve seen it come up but didn''t know what it was.

Lanie,


A jerk store is a girl who gets a BFP on her first try. A jerk bodega is the same thing, just a language variation. A jerk mall (very clever, Bliss!!) would be multiple jerk stores. As far as I can tell, this is a term used here only. I forget who originated the term.

JerkStore goes waaaaaaay back somewhere toward the beginning of this thread...I wouldn''t even know where to start looking!! Can''t remember who originated it either.....but basically it refers to the ladies who show up here, announce they are trying, then get their BFP right away!

I''ve been lurking here for waaaaaaaay too long, but I believe it was Mela who coined jerkstore.


Bella_mezzo- I didn''t realize you had gotten married so recently! My wedding was a few years ago now so my BWW time is limited. But your wedding photos...

gorgeous!

 

[icekid]

grr double post.

 

[Bliss]

Loves Vintage, thanks for explaining about the Jerk stores! I remember being confused by that term and other terms and wound up reading the whole thread. I can't remember who introduced it, but it was an inside joke in her family. The term just took off on this thread! It's funny, I know! Pandora came up with Jerk Outlet and I loved that one. I think I put bodega in there because there are so many in NY. I'd never even heard of the term before I moved here.

I hope this place turns into a Jerk Mall!

Good luck, Kit! *dust*

icekid - DUST TO YOU, too!

Bella_mezzo - maybe you'll get to be the first New Year's Jerkstore!!!!!

I feel like 2010 will be full of little bubs!

 

[Bella_mezzo]

Thanks Icekid-We had a great wedding

We dated for 8 years, so we kind of feel like old married people

but we are really loving bring married!