LT TTC & taking Clomid/Metformin #5

[Keli]

Morning ladies,

It’s been a while so just thought I’d pop in to say hi to you all.

Porshce, yey 2 more weeks I’m anxiously but excitedly awaiting the good news. Will you find out what you’re having? OMG I hadn’t even thought of the name Hudson but I absolutely LOVE it, so beautiful! Lily is gorgeous too, I wanted to use it for a middle name but DH is not sure. Are your middle names after family members?

Tammara, OMG only 4 more weeks? That is so exciting! I remember when you announced your BFP, I remember crying at my desk at work, and then you all those scares you had along the way. Can’t wait for the wonderful, long awaited announcement of the arrival of Maddison Sheree, is she named after anyone?

Bec, yey for starting jabbing hun, YKWIM! So excited for you! It is totally your turn for that long awaited STICKY BFP! Can’t wait to hear how it all goes! Love your baby names too hun, Scarlett is just magnificent!

Liz, GL for round 3, fx’ed this is your month, this thread needs another boost of BFP’s. Hope your moods aren’t too bad. I always said to my DH well you think they’re bad??? Try living with them 24/7 like I have to, you only have to put up with them a few hours a day, lol! They’re not fun I know! PS: Your sister is so sweet, she must have known that was just what you needed. Nice to have people that not only listen but also act. Love your names too, Eden is very pretty, wow Lily seems to be a popular one!

N2L, GL with your FS app, let us know what the replacement thinks about another cycle. What’s the plan otherwise? Onto IUI?

OK so on the names subject, we don’t think we are going to have middles names, I don’t have one and DH kind of likes that. Also DH and I both lost our fathers within the past 3 years so would be hard to choose one and we don’t want to give bubs 2 middle names. So we’re thinking Oscar for a boy and Olive for a girl (no weird spelling), what’s everyone’s thoughts?

Well hoping, wishing and praying for lots of BFP’s this month, it’s way too dry in here at the moment, IYKWIM, lol! GL to all wherever you are at in you r cycle!

Xxoo

[Porsche]

Hi Ladies

keli - Nice to hear from you. You must be getting close?? Yes the middle names are family members. Judith is MIL (al though she hates it and is called Judy), Kay is my Mum and Donald is FIL. My Mum hasn't had a grand child named after her so I said to DH that we really should have Kay as a middle name as well. So I said Lily Judith Kay and we both agreed. Just have to figure out the spelling of Lily. There are 2 different meanings for the 2 different spellings.

Lily - Latin for Is a blossoming flower
Lilly- Latin for Is the flower

Now Hudson is because of DH being in the RAAF so go figure lol. DH says it will be a talking point in his adult years lol. I can see his point.

[lilminion]

Thanks for the well wishes, yep my sister is just the best, just knows what to say and do to make me smile. Just a quick one as I'm on my lunch break and need to get back to work soon. Well I went to the appointment this morning and he said that it was strange to get af so early and that this cycle I will have to use a gel in my whoha (sorry forget what is called) to put off af a little longer. I am also on 75iu per injection, which I thought I would be on. I am going back next Tues and taking DH with me so hoping I will get the trigger shot and FS wants to talk about the next step. The nurse also saw me this morning and had a chat about my weight (basically gave me a kick up the bum, lol) as I have put on weight since first seeing them, and she said if I get down to a BMI of 35 then I will qualify for 1 free IVF cycle with another specialist that works at QFG. As money will be a big issue for us to do IVF, she spoke to the specialist and he said he would be happy for us to do it, just need to loose the weight. So DH and I have some talking to do and decide on what we are going to do, I was thinking if we stop thinking about TTC and I focus on me for a while and loose the weight so it's not too much playing on my mind at once. Hoping that it won't get to that, but in the back of my mind I am thinking it will.

Sorry for the me post, but thought I would update what I am doing as prob won't be back for a little while, want to give my mind a break and need to sort out what to do next. Wishing everyone the best of luck for their cycles and having more BFP's on here.

[tammara]

Keli - we chose maddison because we like maddy and sheree is my cousins name - the one who made our maddy possible, she donated me her eggs. She doesnt know yet, to be honest im surprised i have kept it a secret from her for so long she will find out when she meets her

epayne - good luck with the weight loss, hopefully by changing your motivation to the weight loss and not ttc it will do the trick for you. I know a few people that have lost weight with the diet shakes but it does take alot of will power - i would be no good at it.

[Keli]

Ohhhhh Tammara that is beautiful, I thought that may have been the case. Your cousin will be so excited. Does she know you're having a girl?

GL Liz, hopefully focusing on something else it just what you need right now, as hard as I know that can be at times. GL hun!

[tammara]

yeah she knows its a girl. Ive not been able to keep anything secret too excited, thats why im surprised i have managed to keep it from her. She will have a cry when we tell her
Ive had to tell her a lie about the middle name because from day one hubby had always said leslie for middle name -girl or boy. So i told her that i am trying to get hubby to have anne as middle name - (that mine and sherees middle name) just incase she got something made for her with her name on it

[Keli]

Lol I'm sure she will, great idea!

[becnxavi]

Keli- I love Oscar and Olive they are both lovely! With our DS, he ended up with two middle names to cover both sides of the fam. So he's Xavier (all his) Leo (DH's Grandfather) William (my dad's middle name, and his dad's etc). DH's dad name is Lawrence Walter, so we may have to use one of those if we had a nother boy (I'm not a fan of either!)

Porsche- I like Lily with 1 l but both are nice. It would be easier to find stuff with her name on it with Lily! Next year at school we have a Lili, Lilie and Lilia starting as well as a Leila who likes to be called Lily! It's very popular at the moment!

Tammara- that is a super special surprise for your cousin, but fitting since she helped make your beautiful baby girl possible. She will be thrilled I bet!

Liz-I know what you mean about the wake up call. My FS basically said it was every likelyhood that my weight is causing my miscarriages...harsh. But it gave me the goal I needed. GL with whatever you decide. I'm on 75 of gonal as well. With the puregon you can refill the cartridge part instead of getting a new pen each time, so I guess that's where the mix up was. FS probably assumed I already had it! Let's make this our last month of jabbing!!!

Hi everyone else! How are you travelling?

AFM: Nothing new. Still bloated but not as bad as yesterday, must have been a first jab thing! Will have a scan next Thursday or Friday, but it would be a welcome surprise to actually o around CD14! Never, ever happened before...
I'm off to cook dinner and then have a nice warm bath!
Bec
P.S. I also love the name Piper for a girl, and Willow. I don't know if I would actually use them, but I love them both!

[RhiChiChi]

Hey all,

Just a quick one before I head off the yoga..... love all the baby names talk All the names everyone have picked I really like!

Bec - Love Piper & Willow - DH doesn't and love your boys names....

Porsche - Hudson is awesome, love it! For Lily - I love this meaning the best, so that is why I would choose that spelling!

Tam - Love your story behind your name choice - so lovely

Keli - Olive is becoming more popular atm, although I don't think it is in the top 10....

We have Kiera for a girl and maybe Louise for the middle name (not too sure). For the boy, we had to change our boys name - we had Luke but a gf has a Lucas and my cousin will probably name her baby due in Dec Luca (sp?), so that is a no go. We have also had Mitchell, Callan or Callum. Found it tough for boys names.......

Crap! gotta go to yoga, hope to be online more often

Hi to everyone else I have missed
x

[nothing2lose]

Hi all

Dont have much time - lots to do before bed! Just wanted to post an update re: my fs appointment today. As it turned out my usual fs was back from the conference so I saw her. I have one big fat follicle on my right ovary (that's the only ovary that has done anything on any of the three clomid cycles). The follie measured 23mm. I'm cd16 so I'm pretty happy with that. My uterine lining was 11mm which isnt so good apparently. It is a little on the thickish side. She thinks I may have endometrial hyperplasia (which means the lining is thick because it never completely "empties out" during AF). I have to have a scan on the first couple of days of AF so the FS can get a "baseline" for the endo thickness (unless, of course, I get UTD this month).
Other than that she gave me another script of clomid with two repeats...I just asked her and she gave it to me...!!! But DH and I have an appointment with her on November 10 to determine plan of action. Most likely this will be antagonist cycle of IVF because, in her words, "I dont want to miss the boat" with less effective treatments if the clomid doesnt do the job.
Anyway, three nights of bumping uglies for me. I guess sometimes you just have to take one (or three) for the team lol
Oh yeah, had to give myself another trigger shot of ovidrel tonight. Didnt hurt a bit! I may have a future career as a nurse
Will post persies when I have more time!

Take care all

n2lx

[redgum]

Hi All,

Just checking in to say I am thinking of you all - desperately hoping for some BFP's

Bec - I am doing well thanks - just got back from 5 days in Noosa, I am 16 weeks on Saturday - time has gone so fast. I also love Piper and Willow, actually our girls names are Willow Rose and if we have a second it is Harper Hunter, but we would consider Piper too. I think we are on the same wave length re: names as I love Xavier too We have Archie if this one is a boy.

Kris - Good luck this round hun - I hope you get a good prog number and catch the egg this month!

Liz - Sorry AF arrived, how frustrating - sounds like it is a good idea to take a mental break and focus on you for a while, hopefully you don't need it but would be good to get 1 free cycle!

Keli - How far along are you hun?

Tammara - good luck with the birth, and I love the reason you chose that name, I am sure she will cry - just wonderful xxx

N2L - good luck with your scan hun, I hope that you get the all clear and it isn't endometrial hyperplasia.

Shan - how are you going hun?

Porsche - good luck for your NT scan, although I am sure it will all go super well!!

I am sure I have missed someone - hello!!!

Sending heaps of

[wannababymumma]

Hi All,

No persies today. Just a quick note to let you know that I am still waiting for AF. Based on the midcycle bleeding I had, I am guessing that if I ovulated, it was around day 17, so If AF is going to arrive, she should be due about nowish, but still waiting! Will wait another week and then do a pregnancy test (who am I kidding, I will do another 50 tests before then) and then if I don't have a positive by then will go to plan B and force the next cycle.

Hope you are all well and goodluck for your scan Porsche!

[Keli]

Just poping in to say hi to all,

WBM, Lol at your next 50 tests, hopefully they will show up a BFP, fx'ed hun!

Pumpgirl, wow I cant believe you are 16 weeks already, that is so exciting. I am 31 weeks, so counting down the weeks now, getting very excited though.

N2L, GL with your next round, sounds like your FS is happy for you to stay on Clomid at this stage so fx'ed it works for you!

Rhi, hope you are doing well.

Porsche, GL for your next scan, looking forward to GREAT new from it.

Bec, hoping your bloating has gone down as you draw closer to O'ing, GL for this month hun!

[RhiChiChi]

Hey all,

Thought I'd pop in & say Hi! It is raining in Melbourne today - steadily, so DD & I have been housebound :S Kept myself busy doing housework but now am bored! lol Anyway, hope you all enjoy your weekend

[1 more please]

Hey all,

Thought I'd pop in & say Hi! It is raining in Melbourne today - steadily, so DD & I have been housebound :S Kept myself busy doing housework but now am bored! lol Anyway, hope you all enjoy your weekend

Hi everyone, I was hoping i could join in. My name is Rai, I'm 36 and my partner is 40. We have 2 children, my DS is 17 and DS is 3. I have been trying to fall pregnant with my 3rd for 28 very fustrating months. I have been on clomid for 9 months last year and back on it again for 5 months so far this year. Hope everyone is enjoying there weekend its finally nice weather in QLD )

[RhiChiChi]

Hi Rai,

Welcome to BB & this thread. Sorry to hear you have had no success on Clomid. Any plans to try something else or are you best to stick with Clomid?

Hi to everyone else, hope you are all well!

[1 more please]

Thank you so much for the welcome. Yes at the moment i'm going to stick with clomid oh and metmorphin. I'm thinking i will have to try IUI sometime soon.

[Lady_Tess]

Hello Girls.

To answer your question Becnxavi: no idea if I ovulate on clomid, this is only my second round, but this month they are testing.

Rough results of the follicle scan was as follows. CD14: roght ovary only had about 3 follicles with one dominant one being about 1.85cm. But the left was more active with 7-9 follicles and 2 dominant ones ( 2.35 and 2.87cm ) can someone tell me if this is ok???

Hope everyone is ok.. Baby Dust to all .

Tess