March 2010 Weddings
lauraNkieran
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Dear Community,
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
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Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
*SpceCadet*
just noticed your siggy in one of the threads ... good luck with clomid. are you doing just that or trigger as well? i finished up my second round of clomid last week. my u/s this am showed I have 4 eggs *almost* matured so i go back on thursday for the trigger shot and then get down to business lol if it doesn't work this cycle we are jumping to IUI for the next.
Re: *SpceCadet*
Clomid and I are currently not best friends. I took 50mg for CD 3-7, had one follie forming at 7mm last Monday, then a recheck on Thursday showed it had shrunk and disappeared. I started 100mg on Thursday and go for another check tomorrow. Thankfully I haven't experienced the side effects that other women have reported.
So far, the only thing discussed for this cycle has been Clomid. My RE said that if Clomid doesn't work this cycle (read: I don't produce a mature egg), he'll try one cycle of Femara then our best option would be IVF because I run a high risk of overstimulation on injectables.
We don't have any MFI anymore, so at least for this cycle we'll be doing TI unless it's highly recommended based upon the difficulty of me maturing an egg.
Good luck this cycle! I hope it's your last.
I mostly lurk but sometimes post on 3T and IF. Come join me! I'd love having a friend over there!
what's 3T? i usually don't go on the IF board only b/c I already have my daughter and that can be hard for others to deal with. most times i hang out on the Secondary IF board.
i'm like you and thankfully haven't had major side affects from the clomid, just a tad emotional towards the end of it.
Trouble TTC - It's kind of a mixed bag over there. There's a couple frequent posters who have secondary IF, but the majority are trying for #1.
I haven't "broken into the club" yet on either board. I think it has a bit to do with our total length of TTC (under a year) that might have rubbed the wrong way a bit. When we made the TTC decision, we went right to an RE with a referral from my endocrinologist. Endo had said there was little point in wasting a year trying on our own if we knew from the start that we would have a nearly impossible chance on our own. The year thing bothered the RE too, but after my lack of response to Clomid, his attitude changed realizing that I wasn't trying to just take a short cut using medication.
I think my biggest side effects have been insomnia and bloating. I'm a chronic insomniac anyway, so I can't tell if it's more or less than normal but the frequency is more consistent. The bloating is.the.worst. I'm not fitting into my summer shorts comfortably and it's 97 degrees here today! Nothing like wearing a sundress at the end of September.
Are you "in the closet" about IF or out? We're halfway in, halfway out. SIL knows, neighbor next door (who has donor egg IVF twins that are amazing!), BFFs know and my dad knows. It's strange as an adult feeling the same emotions my dad was feeling when he was exactly my age. He and my mom tried everything (literally everything) available and were unable to have children. They chose to adopt my brother and me after conventional treatments failed. It's given me a lot of hope and encouragement knowing my dad understands and is able to tell me about how he and my mom combatted the emotional rollercoaster. Female BFF has no idea how to relate (got PG on the pill), but she's been a big supporter too. Male BFF is supportive, but doesn't know what to say and is creeped out by female parts (he's super gay) and fertility talks.
The boards can really be a hard place at times .. there are women who have been trying for a LONG time yet feel that someone who hasn't been trying long shouldn't be there. Really a touchy place at times. Took me a long time to really post on the SIF board and even then I've found I'm more comfortable over on fertility friend. Even though I don't need to temp I still use the features to keep track of the exact dates I'm on meds or had procedures done.
We're kinda half in half out as well. Our immediate circle of friends know what we're doing - but thats also b/c I don't want to hear it from them all if we're out and I'm not drinking. My mother knows. I'm not sure if DH told his mom all the details or not, but I know his sisters don't really know. I did talk to our SIL about it b/c she used to work for an IF office. We're not hiding it per se but not making it the topic of conversation either. I just don't feel like getting into the details of all the appointments over & over & over with them.
There's a link to my blog in my siggy that follows along if you're interested in reading more.