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This or That?

Wine or beer?

Beach or pool?

Salty or sweet?

Spring or Fall?

Books or movies?

Early bird or night owl?

Dancing or singing?

Cats or dogs?

Sunrise or sunset?

Introvert or extrovert?

City or suburbs?



Cheering on all of my 3T ladies!  DX with PCOS - 11/2012 DH S/A & HSG - Normal - Too many rounds of Clomid = BFNs - New RE 5/2014 - Repeat Testing - Losing 40lbs before injects/IUI



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  • nfp147nfp147 member
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    Wine or beer? Wine

    Beach or pool? Pool

    Salty or sweet? Mostly salty, but I love sweet too

    Spring or Fall? Spring

    Books or movies? Books

    Early bird or night owl? I'm afraid I'm becoming an early bird

    Dancing or singing? Dancing

    Cats or dogs? Both

    Sunrise or sunset? Sunrise

    Introvert or extrovert? You know, I've never been able to figure this one out.  I'm a bit of both. I'm not sure I fall into one completely.

    City or suburbs? I live in the suburbs, but I love hanging out in cities.
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    February 2013: IUI #1 = BFN 
    October 2013: We made the decision to stop TTC and live without children.

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  • Wine or beer?  You really think I could choose between the 2?  That's not possible.  Today it would be beer.

    Beach or pool?  Pool

    Salty or sweet?  Sweet

    Spring or Fall? Fall

    Books or movies? Movie

    Early bird or night owl?  Night owl during the week, early bird on the weekends. :-)

    Dancing or singing? Dancing

    Cats or dogs? Cats

    Sunrise or sunset? Sunset

    Introvert or extrovert? Extrovert

    City or suburbs? Neither. Rural.  I would choose city though if I had to live in one or the other.

    TTC since 1/13  DX:PCOS 5/13 (long, anovulatory cycles)
    Clomid 50mg 9/13 = BFP! EDD 6/7/14 M/C 5w6d Found 11/4/13
    1/14 PCOS / Gluten Free Diet to hopefully regulate my system. 
    Chemical Pregnancy 03/14
    Surprise BFP 6/14, Beta #1: 126 Beta #2: 340  Stick baby, stick! EDD 2/17/15
    Riley Elaine born 2/16/15

    TTC 2.0   6/15 
    Chemical Pregnancy 9/15 
    Chemical Pregnancy 6/16
    BFP 9/16  EDD 6/3/17
    Beta #1: 145 Beta #2: 376 Beta #3: 2,225 Beta #4: 4,548
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  • Wine or beer?  Usually wine, but sometimes beer

    Beach or pool?  Pool

    Salty or sweet?  Usually sweet

    Spring or Fall?  Spring

    Books or movies?  Books

    Early bird or night owl?  Neither? Maybe more of a night owl than an early bird, but I don't/can't stay up super late.

    Dancing or singing?  Dancing!!

    Cats or dogs?  How am I supposed to pick between my furry babies?!?

    Sunrise or sunset?  Sunrise, although I rarely see it.

    Introvert or extrovert? Introvert

    City or suburbs?  Suburbs...close enough to the city to still enjoy all it has to offer and only having to drive a few minutes to get anywhere!
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    TTC since July 2012
    BFP #1: 11/9/13; spontaneous m/c at 6w2d, 11/25/13
    BFP #2: 12/31/13. B/w 12/31: betas >1000, progesterone 13.6; B/w 1/2: betas 3065, progesterone 10.2
    B/w 1/8: betas 17,345, progesterone 25.6
    Progesterone suppositories started 1/2. Please stick, baby!!
    Fiona Elise born 9/9/14 - welcome beautiful girl!
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  • lfk2013lfk2013 member
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    Wine or beer? Wine. Always wine.

    Beach or pool? Beach. Hands down.

    Salty or sweet? This is tough. I like both together, but today I have to say sweet.

    Spring or fall? Fall! This is one of the main reasons I moved back to VA.

    Books or movies? Today, books.

    Early bird or night owl? Early bird. DH complains that I get up too early.

    Dancing or singing? Am I drunk? :) Dancing.

    Cats or dogs? Dogs. Specifically, beagles.

    Sunrise or sunset? Sunrise.

    Introvert or extrovert? Introvert...although once I get familiar with someone, I don't shut up.

    City or suburbs? Suburbs. That way you can still go to the city if you want.
    Anniversary
    Married: 10/13/2013
    TTC #1: Mirena removed 5/26/2015; DH - normal SA, me - diagnosed with PCOS 8/4/2016 - on Metformin;
    BFP - 10/29/2016!!!, EDD - 7/8/2017
  • Wine or beer? WINE!!!

    Beach or pool? Beach

    Salty or sweet? Sweet

    Spring or Fall? Spring

    Books or movies? Books

    Early bird or night owl? Early Bird

    Dancing or singing? Singing

    Cats or dogs? Dogs

    Sunrise or sunset? Sunset

    Introvert or extrovert? Introvert

    City or suburbs? Suburbs

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    TTC 19 months ~Started RE in March 2014~
    DH was not ready for IUI so we waited
    ~Started acupuncture in  May 2014~

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    BFP 7/6/14~~~EDD 3/14/15~~It's a girl!!~~
  • Wine or beer? Wine

    Beach or pool? Beach

    Salty or sweet? Sweet

    Spring or Fall? Spring

    Books or movies? Books

    Early bird or night owl? Night owl

    Dancing or singing? NOBODY wants to hear me sing, trust.

    Cats or dogs? Dogs

    Sunrise or sunset? Sunset

    Introvert or extrovert? Extrovert

    City or suburbs? City



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  • abt8113abt8113 member
    Sixth Anniversary 2500 Comments 500 Love Its Name Dropper
    Wine or beer? Wine. I am a total wino.

    Beach or pool? Pool. I like to walk on the beach, but lay at the pool.

    Salty or sweet? Sweet

    Spring or Fall? Fall

    Books or movies? Books. They are always better than the movie anyway.

    Early bird or night owl? Early bird

    Dancing or singing? Dancing

    Cats or dogs? Dogs

    Sunrise or sunset? Sunset

    Introvert or extrovert? Extrovert, but I have grown to enjoy my alone time

    City or suburbs? Suburbs, but still close to enjoy everything a city has to offer. I don't like to live in rural areas.

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  • abt8113abt8113 member
    Sixth Anniversary 2500 Comments 500 Love Its Name Dropper
    edited May 2014

    The whole questionnaire now has me wanting wine, on the beach, during sunset, while reading a book....

    Don't forget to add a sweet treat! And me!
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    Cinnabun and Junebug say, "Go Wildcats!"

  • Wine or beer? Wine for sure

    Beach or pool? Pool. I love being near beaches and they're beautiful but I love pools more.

    Salty or sweet? Salty most of the time.

    Spring or Fall? Fall

    Books or movies? Boooooooooooooks!!!

    Early bird or night owl? Closer to an early bird. I rarely go to bed later than midnight, and that's on a weekend! Weeknights it's 9:30 max.

    Dancing or singing? Both at the same time.

    Cats or dogs? I love all my pets equally but in general am more of a dog person.

    Sunrise or sunset? Sunset.

    Introvert or extrovert? More of an introvert actually, which people are surprised about. With my friends and family I'm an extrovert but when meeting new people or facing new situations, I'm definitely more of an introvert.

    City or suburbs? The burbs.

    Cheering on all of my 3T ladies!  DX with PCOS - 11/2012 DH S/A & HSG - Normal - Too many rounds of Clomid = BFNs - New RE 5/2014 - Repeat Testing - Losing 40lbs before injects/IUI



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  • Wine or beer? Wine

    Beach or pool? Pool

    Salty or sweet? Sweet

    Spring or Fall? Fall

    Books or movies? Books

    Early bird or night owl? Night owl

    Dancing or singing? Singing

    Cats or dogs? Cats

    Sunrise or sunset? Sunset

    Introvert or extrovert? Introvert

    City or suburbs? Suburbs

    ...hello out there!
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    dx with anovulatory PCOS 2005
    off bcp 11/11
    a few rounds of clomid and femara... no response.
    injectables/IUI 12/12... BFN
    Feb 13 IVF cycle converted down to IUI due to low follicle response... BFFN
    one last IVF attempt April/May 2013: 19 retrieved. 10 fertilized. 2 transferred in a 3dt. 4 frosties... BFP!!
    EDD: 1/21/14... Induced early at 36+6. Our LO was born 12/30/13
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  • Wine or beer? Both

    Beach or pool?  OMG POOL all the way.  Fuck sea creatures

    Salty or sweet? Both.  Sometimes at the same time.

    Spring or Fall? Spring

    Books or movies? Books!  All the books.

    Early bird or night owl? Night owl.  Fuck mornings.

    Dancing or singing? Singing alone in the car.

    Cats or dogs? Dogs

    Sunrise or sunset? Sunset, because again, fuck mornings.

    Introvert or extrovert? Introvert

    City or suburbs? City
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    "I DO NOT love that you think so many things revolve around you.  I know you're bitter.  I get it.  But I'm over your feelings." The best person on the internet ever!
  • Wine or beer? Both

    Beach or pool?  OMG POOL all the way.  Fuck sea creatures

    Salty or sweet? Both.  Sometimes at the same time.

    Spring or Fall? Spring

    Books or movies? Books!  All the books.

    Early bird or night owl? Night owl.  Fuck mornings.

    Dancing or singing? Singing alone in the car.

    Cats or dogs? Dogs

    Sunrise or sunset? Sunset, because again, fuck mornings.

    Introvert or extrovert? Introvert

    City or suburbs? City
    Ahahahaa I think the general consensus on this one was

    FUCK MORNINGS!

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    Cheering on all of my 3T ladies!  DX with PCOS - 11/2012 DH S/A & HSG - Normal - Too many rounds of Clomid = BFNs - New RE 5/2014 - Repeat Testing - Losing 40lbs before injects/IUI



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  • Wine or beer? Both


    Beach or pool? Beach! Well, ocean. Fuck sand (not literally. That would hurt)

    Salty or sweet? Sweet

    Spring or Fall? Fall

    Books or movies? Books

    Early bird or night owl? Night Owl

    Dancing or singing? Singing, but I dance in the cat.

    Cats or dogs? Dogs

    Sunrise or sunset? Both

    Introvert or extrovert? Extrovert

    City or suburbs? City.


  • Xan921Xan921 member
    Seventh Anniversary 5000 Comments 500 Love Its Name Dropper
    edited May 2014
    Wine or beer?  Beer (FFC, I don't really like wine that much.  I can drink it but it's definitely not my drink of choice)

    Beach or Pool?  Beach

    Salty or sweet?  Salty

    Spring or Fall? Fall

    Books or movies? Books

    Early bird or night owl?  Middle of the day person?  I'm grumpy in the morning and sleepy at night 

    Dancing or singing? Singing

    Cats or dogs? Cats...100% cats

    Sunrise or sunset? Sunset

    Introvert or extrovert? Extrovert

    City or suburbs? Suburbs
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    TTC since March 2012 w/irregular and anovulatory cycles.  
    Moved to an RE October 2013  HSG- All clear , S/A- Normal , Bloodwork -Normal
    Uterine polyp found-  Hysteroscopy and D&C 12/6/13  DX w/complex endometrial hyperplasia
    Endometrial Biopsy 3/21/14 - Hyperplasia still present  Endometrial Biopsy #2 6/24/14 - All clear!
    IUI #1  w/stims and trigger - Started stims 7/7/14 - IUI 7/24/14 = BFP 8/7/14
    Beta #1 8/8 - 47  Beta#2 -137  Beta#3 - 96 Beta#4 -287 Beta#5 -519 Beta#6 121 = early miscarriage 5w4d
    Nestie Besties with Nfp147 
  • Wine or beer? Both

    Beach or pool?  OMG POOL all the way.  Fuck sea creatures

    Salty or sweet? Both.  Sometimes at the same time.

    Spring or Fall? Spring

    Books or movies? Books!  All the books.

    Early bird or night owl? Night owl.  Fuck mornings.

    Dancing or singing? Singing alone in the car.

    Cats or dogs? Dogs

    Sunrise or sunset? Sunset, because again, fuck mornings.

    Introvert or extrovert? Introvert

    City or suburbs? City
    I can't help but point out that you are a sea creature.
    Look, I was SCARRED by the amount of crab and jellyfish I saw last week.  And no to fish.  Seahorses are the only things from the sea that are okay, and they are still shady as fuck.
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  • Well, that's the last time I get you on a whale watch!
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    Wine or beer? wine

    Beach or pool? pool

    Salty or sweet? salty

    Spring or Fall? fall

    Books or movies? books

    Early bird or night owl? night owl

    Dancing or singing? singing

    Cats or dogs? dogs

    Sunrise or sunset? sunset

    Introvert or extrovert? err introvert

    City or suburbs? burbs



  • tdmd09tdmd09 member
    Ninth Anniversary 2500 Comments 25 Love Its Name Dropper
    Wine or beer? Beer

    Beach or pool? Beach

    Salty or sweet? Sweet

    Spring or Fall? Spring

    Books or movies? Books

    Early bird or night owl? Neither?

    Dancing or singing? Dancing

    Cats or dogs? Dogs

    Sunrise or sunset? Sunset

    Introvert or extrovert? Introvert

    City or suburbs? Suburbs
    BFP 9/22/10, missed m/c 11/1/10 at 9w3d, D&C 11/3/10, diagnosis: trophoblastic hyperplasia
    BFP 6/18/11, missed m/c 8/16/11 at 11w2d, D&C 8/17/11, diagnosis: baby girl with Trisomy 21
    BFP 5/29/12, healthy baby boy born 2/12/13 at 40w5d :)
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    Congrats to both my TTC buddies, Amberley18 and sb2006 on their beautiful babies!
  • Wine or beer? Wine

    Beach or pool? Beach

    Salty or sweet? Sweet with a little salt

    Spring or Fall? Spring

    Books or movies? Movies

    Early bird or night owl? During the week - early bird, weekends - both

    Dancing or singing? Singing

    Cats or dogs? Dogs

    Sunrise or sunset? Sunset

    Introvert or extrovert? Extrovert

    City or suburbs? Suburbs, but close to the city
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  • Wine or beer? Wine

    Beach or pool? Beach

    Salty or sweet? Salty

    Spring or Fall? Fall

    Books or movies? Books

    Early bird or night owl? Night

    Dancing or singing? Singing

    Cats or dogs? Dogs

    Sunrise or sunset? Sunset

    Introvert or extrovert? Introvert

    City or suburbs? Suburbs


    I could hold you for a million years
    To make you feel my love.
  • Wine or beer? Wine...although I'm not a huge wine drink either.

    Beach or pool? Pool

    Salty or sweet? Salty

    Spring or Fall? Spring

    Books or movies? Books

    Early bird or night owl? Night owl

    Dancing or singing? Dancing in public, singing in private

    Cats or dogs? Cats

    Sunrise or sunset? Sunset

    Introvert or extrovert? I think I am in the middle.

    City or suburbs? Suburbs...but close to a large city.




    Me: PCOS and Hypothyroidism.
    Currently on Metformin and Synthroid
    BFP: 10.7.14
    EDD: 6.15.15

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  • Wine or beer? Hands down, wine. Lots of wine.

    Beach or pool? Beach ---- I'll accept pool if I can't get to the beach.

    Salty or sweet? Both! Mmmmm Salted chocolate dipped caramels....

    Spring or Fall? Spring because it leads to the best season, SUMMER!

    Books or movies? Both. I love both equally.

    Early bird or night owl? Depends on the day really! Tomorrow I need to be both.

    Dancing or singing? While drunk, I do it all! Sober... sometimes dancing.

    Cats or dogs? Doggies, doggies, everywhere!

    Sunrise or sunset? I love both as well! I'm clearly not an either or person!

    Introvert or extrovert? Introvert, unless drunk or with people I know REALLY well.

    City or suburbs? Suburbs. If this was rural or city, I'd pick rural. DH and I are not big city people. But we love the food!
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    TTC 24 months, IUI #3 BFP 6/4/14 Beta 6/5 58, 6/9 508, 6/11 1227 TWINS! EDD 2/15/15
    With heavy hearts, we said goodbye to our precious angels on 8/12 at 13 weeks 2 days.
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    IVF #1 Lup/Brav/Meno, ER 11/28 10R/10F, ET "Rudolph" 4AA embryo 12/3, 7 frosties.
    BFP! Betas: 12/12 225, 12/15 706, 12/17 1512. EDD 8.21.15
    12/29 hb 120. 1/5 perfect, GRAD DAY! 1/15 perfect at OB. NT 2/6 PERFECT, HB 158!

    Baby Girl born 8.9.15 at 38.2 due to IUGR 4lb7.8oz 17" 
    Our princess is being watched over by her older siblings every day <3
    Anniversary 

  • Wine or beer? All the wine

    Beach or pool? Beach

    Salty or sweet? Salty

    Spring or Fall? Fall

    Books or movies? Books

    Early bird or night owl? Early bird

    Dancing or singing? Dancing

    Cats or dogs? Dogs

    Sunrise or sunset? Sunset

    Introvert or extrovert? Introvert

    City or suburbs? Burbs

    **Signature Warning**

    Dx PCOS August 2012
    Clomid x4 = BFN
    Femara+Follistim IUIs x 6 = 3 BFN, 2 C/P, 1 early miscarriage
    IVF June 2014- 43 R, 34 M, 24 F, 12 blasts frozen and severe OHSS
    FET September 12, 2014!
    Beta #1 12dp5dt- 724
    Beta #2 14dp5dt- 1631
    Beta #3 20dp5dt- 12,813
    EDD 5/31/15 until OB tells me otherwise. Grow babies grow!

    "I might have to wait. I'll never give up. I guess it's half timing, and the other half's luck. 
    Wherever you are, whenever it's right, you'll come out of nowhere and into my life." ~ Michael Buble

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  • @BruinsBabe33 - I'm really hoping you meant 'car' instead of 'cat.'  Otherwise I'm going to have to ask if you attend the furry convention they have here in Pittsburgh every year.  It's a little frightening...
    Dancing or singing? Singing, but I dance in the cat.

    As for me...

    Wine or beer? Neither - girly drinks.  I'm a wuss when it comes to tasting alcohol...cover it up with something fruity and I'm good to go.

    Beach or pool? Beach

    Salty or sweet? Sweet

    Spring or Fall? Fall

    Books or movies? Books

    Early bird or night owl? Used to be an early bird but it seems now that DH is on midnights, I'm up til midnight or later every night.

    Dancing or singing? Neither unless I'm drunk.

    Cats or dogs? Dogs

    Sunrise or sunset? Sunrise

    Introvert or extrovert? Introvert

    City or suburbs? Burbs all the way although I'd love to live a double life of living in the city and just walking to work.  Fancy loft apartment...just saying.

  • Wine or beer? Neither

    Beach or pool? Beach

    Salty or sweet? Sweet

    Spring or Fall? I like both equally.

    Books or movies? Movies

    Early bird or night owl? Night owl

    Dancing or singing? Dancing

    Cats or dogs? Dogs

    Sunrise or sunset? Sunset

    Introvert or extrovert? Little of both, depends on the day.

    City or suburbs? Suburbs

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  • AimothyAimothy member
    10000 Comments Seventh Anniversary 500 Love Its First Answer
    Wine or beer? Wine

    Beach or pool? Either.

    Salty or sweet? Salty

    Spring or Fall? Fall

    Books or movies? Books

    Early bird or night owl? Night owl

    Dancing or singing? Dancing

    Cats or dogs? Cats

    Sunrise or sunset? Sunset

    Introvert or extrovert? Extrovert.  I think the real word I am looking for here though is narcissistic. 

    City or suburbs? Suburbs

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  • Venti29Venti29 member
    500 Love Its 1000 Comments Third Anniversary Name Dropper
    Wine or beer? Wine

    Beach or pool? Beach

    Salty or sweet? Both!

    Spring or Fall? Fall

    Books or movies? Neither

    Early bird or night owl? I guess early bird.

    Dancing or singing? Both!

    Cats or dogs? Both.

    Sunrise or sunset? Set

    Introvert or extrovert? Both

    City or suburbs? Suburbs.

    TTC 10/2010 DX with PCOS 01/2012 Metformin 05/12. Clomid 07/12 50mg- Bust,no response. 8/12 100mg 0 on CD20=BFP. 9/24-56 9/26-125 10/1-2100 B/G Twins, EDD 05/2013 "It's funny they give you a drug to help get you pregnant, but it makes me not want to have sex with you" -DH. Lilypie Pregnancy tickers
  • BruinsBabe33BruinsBabe33 member
    10000 Comments 500 Love Its Fourth Anniversary Name Dropper
    edited May 2014
    simsk3887 said:

    @BruinsBabe33 - I'm really hoping you meant 'car' instead of 'cat.'  Otherwise I'm going to have to ask if you attend the furry convention they have here in Pittsburgh every year.  It's a little frightening...
    Dancing or singing? Singing, but I dance in the cat.

    As for me...

    Wine or beer? Neither - girly drinks.  I'm a wuss when it comes to tasting alcohol...cover it up with something fruity and I'm good to go.


    Beach or pool? Beach

    Salty or sweet? Sweet

    Spring or Fall? Fall

    Books or movies? Books

    Early bird or night owl? Used to be an early bird but it seems now that DH is on midnights, I'm up til midnight or later every night.

    Dancing or singing? Neither unless I'm drunk.

    Cats or dogs? Dogs

    Sunrise or sunset? Sunrise

    Introvert or extrovert? Introvert

    City or suburbs? Burbs all the way although I'd love to live a double life of living in the city and just walking to work.  Fancy loft apartment...just saying.

    WHAT I DO IN MY SPARE TIME IS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS! ;-) @lilliesandvino is taking me to the furry convention.
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