Who's with me on my 2WW?

[plumber43]

Hello my Medhelp sistas,
     who's with me on my 2WW? My betas on 2/28/11.
SSBD to Us All!
Melanie

[illsurvive]

i m 10/11 dpo. and waiting is killing me.

[echoecho9er]

Well its been quiet on our little 2ww thread here hasn't it! I'm sitting at 8dpo now soon to be 9dpo since its almost bed time here : ) I had my U/S today and had a really great tech who showed me both my ovaries and said it really looked like my RIGHT ovary was the one that Ovulated!!! Yahoo. So I guess my O pains were just tricking me and I did O on the side with my tube : ) My left ovary was just this circular white type mass, and my right ovary had this huge almost bubble coming off of it, black inside meaning no fluid, just a burst follicle so she said I can't quote her, which I understand because the u/s techs have to be careful with what they say...but she said her professional opinion is that it was definitely the right side. And after seeing it, the left was just this little unassuming white thing and my Right one definitely looked like it just saw some action.  It was funny because when she asked me where abouts in my cycle I was she was absolutely shocked when i said 8 days past ovulation...she said she never hears anyone come in and know exactly where they're at right to the day, I laughed and said ya I'm pretty on the ball about that, and I do opk's and also bbt. To me it seems almost more foreign that someone WOULDN'T have a good idea where they're at...but I guess if you're not actively trying it makes sense.  
So anyways, now I just sit back and wait, I'm not testing, I'm going on vacation in 9 days so I'm not testing til I get back, that is of course if I don't get AF next Weds when its due.  So I guess fingers crossed, to be totally honest I'm okay either way this month, and that's a good place to be at : )
How is everyone else doing? Where is everyone else at?
Rm-how are you?

[rmmoye]

Echo I am on Gonal F each time i do my iuis. it seems to wook well for me. get get at least 2 follicls each time. usally 3-4. I dr likes the injectables better also. They cost a little bit more but it appears they up your chances and work a lot better.

I havent heard anything from her. She may have decided to take a break. I did for a few months after my last mc.

[echoecho9er]

BTW, anyone heard anything from cminamyer? She hasn't dropped in for a long time and I've been wondering how she's doing???

[echoecho9er]

Ok to be honest I don't know much about meds yet, but my RE told my bff that he doesn't like clomid, and usually prescribes Gonal-F.  Again I don't know much about this, but it is an injectable!  Anyone know anything about that drug?

[rmmoye]

Hoping i hate this for u. I was hoping for a bfp. IF it were me i would do what would give me the best chance. I do injectables with my iuis. i figured if i am paying that much for iui then 500 more is not a lot if it gives me several more follicles (sp). Good luck with whatever u decide.

[hoping34]

rmmoye - good luck with the visit. I think it's the right thing to do but I would probably really struggle with it if it were me. The way I look at it is sometimes you need to do things you don't want to, but at least you will not regret not doing them 10 years from now.

No symptoms on this end. Actually, it looks like my af is coming to a slow start. Sigh. At least I don't have to be kept in suspense for another 4 days. One more iui left and we're debating whether to use the clomid again or not. I was told that it only increases chances by 5% but we did get a BFP after a natural cycle.

Keeping my fingers crossed for everyone else out there in the 2ww. It's so great to be able to talk with people who understand.

[rmmoye]

I would love to tell u i know what was wrong with him but i dont even think he knows. I know he wasnt always this way but from 4 to 27 it has been 1 let down after another. U r correct. I should go see him for my sake. i will let u know how he is.

I had a step father come in to my life at 12 and he is a good Dad. that is what i call him Dad. Step dads are blessings from God to us and our moms.

[echoecho9er]

hoping34- oh good luck girl!!!!! When are you testing? We need some bfp's! Keep us updated! Are you having any symptoms?
Juana- good luck to you too!!!! You don't have betas til the 15th...wow that seems so far away!! : ( We're here for you on the wait, and hoping you get your bfp!!
LC-So sorry about the crappy beta. Also really annoying that it affected your cycle. I know how frustrating that is..after my hsg my period was late and I was so upset. You just wanna move on and you can't! I know the feeling. Hopefully with these meds it comes sooner than expected and you can move on quicker. keep us posted and let us know how it goes!
Rm- Thats a crazy story. I had my stepfather in my life since age 2, and lost complete touch with my BioF when I was in gr.7. I didn't get back in touch with him until about october of last year when he moved back here. I never missed him to tell you the truth cause my stepfather has been my dad for as long as I have been alive basically. It was really really awkward to be honest when we met up again for the first time, like I didn't know him at all. He had never met my kids and I'm sure it was awkward for him too. We stay in touch via email and visit every once in a while. Its hard because I feel like I don't really know him, its forced, he really has never been my dad, and because of my stepfather being so amazing, I never lacked for a father.  But I feel like I have to make the effort to keep him in my life for my kids sake and because he is my biodad.  I know it will get easier and more natural but that will take years!  Like you, I felt like he was the adult and HE should've kept in touch, that it wasn't my responsibility, but I can't change that now so I have to move forward and try at least.  That being said, my dad hasn't said the ridiculous things your dad has said, and has genuinely made the effort all around, not broken promises since he's been back etc. So you have every right to want to turn around and walk away. I do think though that you should visit him in the hospital. You will truly feel awful if something happens and you didn't go see him.  It sounds awful, but you should do this for yourself more than anything...you will need some kind of closure, and god forbid something happens you will feel terrible.  Unfortunately as its gone with the rest of your life with your father, you need to be the bigger person.  You don't have to let him in again, just go see him and go slowly from there.  What is wrong with him if you don't mind me asking?  

[rmmoye]

I dont understand my dr's office. I started today and they still wont cancle my appointment. It is required that they follow it up in order to ensure my health is where it should be and that i dont still have anything going on in me. GRR!!!! IF i started them i am not prego!!! My levels have already dropped on one blood test.


now for so true venting. My bio father(bf) has not really been there for me my entire life!!! When is started dating my dh he wanted to have something to do with me and dh because he thought dh's family had money. (They are middle class.) He said infront of dh girl lock your claws into that one his family is rich. I regreated at that point trusting him again and letting him back in. Dh and i had been dating for about a year and that was the first time he had meet him and the second time i had seen him in that year. After several more let downs i just cut him out of my life! After 20+ years of broken promises u just learn to say i have had enough. Well the first time i got prego BF decided to contect me and beg me to forgive him. it took me some time but i decided i would communicate through emails. well when i lost the baby he disappeared again. Now i get a phone call from his wife saying he is in icu and wants to see me. I dont know what to do. He only cares when it effects him. it Hurts me!!! He is 30 minutes from my house in the hospitle. Do i go see him? i know i will regreat it if he dies but i dont want to get hurt again. I dont want to let him in just to have him do his normal thing and when he gets better he says i care but U have to do all of the work even though i am the father. Ok i am done venting and taking up your time.

[juana105]

Hi,
I'm after first IVF ( one embryo transferred) and my beta is on 04/15.
I enjoy reading all of these posts about your experiences, share your joy and sadness.
Glad that there is a place like this where you can speak and be understood...
Good luck to all of you!

[rmmoye]

LC I was hoping that u would tell us that it was +.  My heart breaks for u. I hope it does work for u this time. Have u talked to your Dr about using injectables with the iui before u move on to ivf? Clomid didnt help me. I am doing injectables and they have done the trick 2/3 iui's. They are more expensive but cheeper then ivf.GL girl.

Hoping34 I hope u get a bfp. keep us updted. This group of girls is wonderful at helping u get through the tough times.

[LC55]

Well, my beta test on Monday was negative. I'm really frustrated because before taking clomid, my af was never late. Now I have to take Norethindrone for 10 days to start my af again. Has anyone here taken Norethindrone before?

Once I get my af, I will start clomid again and have IUI #3. It will be our final attempt at IUI then it's onto IVF. I really hope it works this time around. I just glad I'm not waiting anymore. My 2ww turned into a 3ww. lol

Good Luck to all. Hopefully we will have lots of BFP's this month. :0)

[hoping34]

I am new to this and was so glad to find it. I am 10 dpiui and I am going nuts waiting to test. This is our 5th iui and our first with clomid. The thrd time worked but we lost it at 7 weeks. The doc is only giving us one more shot and then it's onto ivf. I have had some cramping for the past 2 days and don't know what to think of that. Time goes by so quickly normally but these 2 weeks are always the slowest.

[rmmoye]

it depends upon the women and the cycle. it also depends upon the meds she is on. i was on shots. they know i had 3 with in the size to go but they are never sure if they actually all get fertlized or if they will latch. U never really know.

Echo I am so glad u are 1 day past Oing. That is exciting. Maybe this will be the month for u. Maybe it was from the right side and u r just having pain on the wrong side because because u oed from both sides. GL girl.

[echoecho9er]

So you have to be monitored to make sure its going down all the way to zero right? I guess its for your own safety in a way to make sure its not stuck anywhere which could be dangerous!
With IUI is it common for that many eggs to expell? I don't know much about it, I was asking my friend the other day because she has done IUI's before and she wasn't 100% sure. I didn't know if you have like 3 or 4 around the right size, will they all go? Or will only the largest one or two?

On an unrelated topic, I'm 1dpo now, had my pos opk 2 days ago and yesterday and temp went up this morning so I'm guessing I O'd yesterday sometime. We Bd'd so far at all the right times I guess and used pre-seed since again I had zero cm, at least externally I had none! Again I had cramping, twingy pains on the side with no tube for the second month.  The first month I had no pains on that side at all, and now two in a row Ovulation pains on the wrong side.  I'm frustrated beyond belief but I know at this point I have done all I can do in terms of doing everything right...if my body doesn't want to help me out there's not much I can do with only one tube but hope that maybe next month finally I will have better luck. I also know the only true way of knowing what side ovulated is with U/S...I'm not hopeful, but at least I know whatever I could've personally done this month has come and gone.    

[xrayz]

So sorry to hear what you are going thru. :(

[rmmoye]

I have no nausa today. I am going in for blood work on friday. I think it is crazy but dr requires it and dh said that we needed to do it so he would keep seeing me. Plus poor thing is hoping that maybe 3 eggs were attached and only two were lost. I feel bad that he still has hope. I know Friday is going to be a let down for him.

[rmmoye]

Thanks u r correct. I will let u know how the next visit goes.

[echoecho9er]

Its totally normal to have that issue of not bonding right away. I think maybe people (not you) go in thinking there's gonna be this connection, but a lot of times even with really little ones bonds have to be built and sometimes worked at.  I'm sure you learn about bonding and stuff in your classes.  And I know you understand its hard to judge things from one visit too right. But you've also been through a lot emotionally lately even if you think you're just fine now!  Give yourself a bit of a break emotionally to get back to where you need to get and keep up with the visits IF that's the direction you decide to go. Whatever you decide we're here for you and always willing to give you the support you need : ) Best of luck R.          

[rmmoye]

for now they are not offically up for adoption yet. just in foster care. we neither one know how to feel about it.  Ther was not that instant connection. they were cute and fun to play with but it didnt bother me to leave them. i guess it could be because it was my first time meeting them. i will keep u up dated. we also go to our final class for the baby adoption Friday. So that door is open also.

Lc Let us know how the blood test turns out.

Thanks for all of the prayers ladies.

Mommy of 7 I am not giving up just having doughts as to if it will ever happen. most women progress a little each time. i am actually degressing and they say nothing is wrong. I feel blessed i didnt have to go through what u went through. My heart breaks for you. How were u so strong?  

[LC55]

rmmoye - I can't even begin to tell you how sorry I am to hear about what's happening. I will continue to pray that things will work out. It's really great to hear that you might have the option to adopt. What a special gift. :0) Please let us know how you are doing and if you had an opportunity to adopt your two little boys.

Update - Well, I'm 20 dpiui and af still hasn't arrived. :0/ I had very light spotting on Tuesday and Saturday. I thougth it could be af but then nothing arrived. I have tested several times all BFN's. I decided to wait until Monday and if no af, then I will have a blood test. This is driving me crazy!!!!

[Mommmyof7]

Wow, very sorry to hear rmmoye, I was rooting for you along with others.  You are very right though it is better now.  I have had 5 losses all in my second trimester. 20 hours of labor each and three days in the hospital of hearing babies crying and congratulations to everyone else cause you are on the baby ward no fun at all.  It is so hard but a little easier.  I don't want you to give up though.  you can take a break, you can look to adopt but i know you can pull through at the end.  I did with my sixth.  Please keep me posted and Good luck to all that you choose.

[tweet25]

im sorry about what happened and you have to go through it all again, i was happy when i saw one of us got a bfp.
you seem strong, so carry on being string i know its hard, but all of us must be strong to go through this every month.
good luck in what you choose to do next.