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RE: *Struggling* to conceive... - 6/5/2008 4:58:10 PM
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pumpkin
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well, today is officially day 2.
I had an appointment this morning. This period is very heavy flow so far, and lots of cramping/clots/etc... I still had to have an ultrasound because there is tenderness in the area... to be certain there is not another cyst... which thankfully there was not.
She said that it looks like I did ovulate from my left ovary. (Isn't it wild that they can tell?) She also said that I was correct in that my period is heavier than normal... and that I can expect it to stay that way for a couple of days at least. She said the uterine lining was really nice and thick, and that everything looked good.
She gave me another prescription for clomid, and told me that since we now know that I'm ovulating with this dosage, she needed to let me know that 3 out of every 6 clomid cycles they like to do IUI's. (man 'donates' sperm, they 'wash' it, then inject it into the woman - obviously all timed around ovulation) She said if we want to schedule that to just let her know, but if we just want to continue with what we're doing that's fine too... just to keep it in mind and think about it.
Hopefully we won't have to go there, and God will bless us with a baby soon. I really didn't feel that I was pregnant this past cycle, even with "good timing" and such... so, I guess I know my body pretty well. =) I would have been utterly shocked if I was pregnant, because nothing said "maybe you're pregnant" about this cycle.
Maybe this will be our month... I shall try to remain hopeful anyway. =)
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RE: *Struggling* to conceive... - 6/5/2008 5:09:30 PM
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Well, congratulations are in order, Gina. And no, not because you are pregnant (as you've already addressed)....but because your body now seems to be working properly!!!! That is definitely a PRAISE!!!
Remain hopeful...keep the FAITH!!! God will bless you with a child when He decides the time has arrived!!!
Now...it's your job to remind me of this in a couple of weeks if DH & I don't have a BFP. From what I've seen/observed so far, I don't think we will. It seems like God is good at surprises though so I'm not going to rule anything out 
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RE: *Struggling* to conceive... - 6/5/2008 5:14:15 PM
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Megan,
It is a praise... although I could use less cramping and just general ickiness. =) I am thankful for the body doing what it's supposed to do though. =)
Well, my hubby should be home within the next half hour. Usually his first question is "what do you want for dinner?" I guess I ought to figure that out. Right now the only think I want is chocolate ice cream.... or maybe guacamole.
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RE: *Struggling* to conceive... - 6/5/2008 6:36:51 PM
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Guacamole....you could build from that. Maybe have tacos or burritos. I think in the TTC thread (or maybe even earlier in this thread), someone (Erin maybe?) talked about guacamole being good for you. From the reading I have done in the dieting thread, it is full of "good" fats!
I hear you about less cramps and generally ickiness, but in general that goes with being a woman. (I think?) Do you take a multivitamin or Pamprin/Midol? From my understanding, those can help. (Calcium in the multivitamin). It would be worth a shot!
Twenty minutes before I go get my last paycheck...then I will go to the bank and promptly spend it to pay rent 
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RE: *Struggling* to conceive... - 6/6/2008 3:49:57 PM
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we ended up having salad, with avacado slices on it. Then, because I still wanted the guacamole, I made some, and had some with chips. =)
Pain is still bad today, and the flow is heavy. Really.
I do take a vitamin, and I use ibuprofen. Nothing has ever fully helped my cramps. I just have bad cramps, I've been checked and rechecked for things, and I just plain have bad cramps.
Tonight I start clomid again. Oh joy... mood swings, hot flashes, seeing things (like bright spots), etc...
I didn't exercise Wed., or Thurs. or Today. I was only scheduled to do so on Wed. and today, but today is weird, and I had to work this morning, and I have to work tonight, and I took zyrtec last night, and I didn't think I'd make it through without a nap... which I am about to go take. =)
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RE: *Struggling* to conceive... - 6/6/2008 6:57:40 PM
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Gina, I hear you on the nap. I am SO tired today & I'm not really sure why...
Ugh to starting Clomid again. I haven't ever taken it, but from what everyone says...I'm not sure I want to. Still need to go see an endo to have things checked out.
Tomorrow is my exercise day. I'm hoping that by taking cinnamon, exercising, and eating better that I will lose weight & conceive. Guess we'll see, huh? Oh...we're also praying every night
I am not looking forward to another heavy cycle. Last month's cycle was so heavy at times it scared me as my cycle isn't usually that heavy. I guess we'll wait and see what happens. Still praying for that BFP and then I won't have to worry about AF for 9 months.
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RE: *Struggling* to conceive... - 6/8/2008 1:37:13 PM
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clomid... It scared me to take it. I've definitely taken things with worse side effects. I don't enjoy the ones that it gives me, but they are tolerable. =) So far only 1 hot flash this time, but headaches that don't like to go away have been present. *I* don't think I'm being more moody, but I guess you'd have to ask those around me that question. =)
yeah, heavy periods are not nice to deal with. Mine this time was/is very heavy... esp. as compared with my "normal." I made mention of it at my doctors appointment, and all she said was "that's normal" and did the ultrasound and said, "you're right, it is heavier this time, and it will likely be that way for several more days." It scared me too... but she just kept saying that it was all normal... and good.
nothing else new going on here...
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RE: *Struggling* to conceive... - 6/9/2008 9:46:58 AM
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Well, it's a relief to know that heavier CAN be normal. It's just hard when that hasn't been the case for the past several years, KWIM?
Noelle, how are you doing?
Status quo: still in that wait period. Someone else was waiting with me, but I forget who now. Mostly I just keep observing body to see what it's going to do. It'll *most* likely be plain in a few days whether AF is on the way or whether I need to test for pregnancy.
Sometimes my body doesn't cooperate, but usually it lets me know when AF is making her descent into my life.
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RE: *Struggling* to conceive... - 6/9/2008 11:04:37 PM
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Hang in there Megan, hopefully AF won't come!
I had my follow up visit with my doctor. The plan is to do nothing for the next 3-4 months and see if we can get pregnant naturally. I am going to go back for an HSG in July, so that will tell us if my tubes are working and at least rule that out as a cause for concern. my dr. thinks that they will be fine.
One weird thing about the cyst they removed, the pathology report did not show any endometrioses. My doctor thinks that it was an endometrial cyst, but has been around for so long that it became dormant, she was completely shocked that is was negative. I had all the signs of having endometriosis though, so she thinks that maybe I haven't had a flare up of it in a while.
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RE: *Struggling* to conceive... - 6/10/2008 11:19:08 AM
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Thanks, Noelle! I really do pray & hope that AF will stay away.
The last few days I've been exhausted, but then again, I haven't been getting enough sleep lately. I began an exercise program last week so I'm probably making adjustments. Between the tiredness (and hormones?)---I've been very cranky.
Noelle, that's interesting about your cyst. I don't know much about endometriosis, but if you haven't had a flareup in awhile...that's a good thing, right? (Ugh, I have so much to learn about the human body.)
That would be really neat to conceive naturally. DH & I are going that route now.
Post-surgery question for Gina as you had surgery before me : After surgery, did your pain issues resolve? (If you had pain). If so, when? There are times when I have pain off & on. I guess that's to be expected (maybe) as surgery was only 2 months ago. It just seems like longer....
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RE: *Struggling* to conceive... - 6/10/2008 3:07:19 PM
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my doctor advised me that I would still have pain from the surgery itself up to 6 months, or possibly more. He said it should be "mild" after a couple of months, and it was.. but it definitely lasted a very long time. I still felt "sore" at times for about 8 months.
I did not really have any pain prior to surgery... which is kinda hard to believe since my cyst was the size of a grapefruit... or a little tiny bit larger. It just didn't hurt. It may have been different if it had been on my ovary, but it was on my fallopian tube instead, and so..... I don't know... no pain from the cyst. Anyway, I don't know if that helps you any or not.
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RE: *Struggling* to conceive... - 6/10/2008 7:35:09 PM
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Thanks, Gina. It helps to know that some pain is "normal" and that it will cease. I guess I thought that once I healed I would be pain free. Healing just takes longer than I thought!!!
And I'm still tired. 
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RE: *Struggling* to conceive... - 6/11/2008 10:44:19 PM
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Most of my pain has gone, but I do have a little soreness on my left side where the cyst was. My incision areas (there were 4) are almost healed except the one under my belly button. Did that one take a while to heal for you both also? Every once in a while I'll feel a weird twinge of pain, but it is fleeting. I am hoping to get back to exercising next week.
Gina, I really didn't have any pain with my cyst either. Weird how our bodies work.....
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RE: *Struggling* to conceive... - 6/12/2008 8:24:15 AM
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funny you should mention the belly button incision. I had sort of temporarily forgotten, but yeah... it took what seemed forever to heal. Then just when it was really starting to feel healed, a piece of the plastic thread that is supposed to dissolve inside... dissolveable stitches... started poking out through my belly button. It was red and irritated, and I just knew that if I went to the doctor and asked him about it, he would get something like tweezers, pull it up and cut it off... and I didn't want that. I just wanted it to go back inside, and to dissolve like it was supposed to. The bad thing is that if my clothing got near it, it sort of almost caught on it, and made it hurt worse. After about 2 weeks since it had made it's appearance it went away though.... and in the meantime we did peroxide twice a day, and did antibacterial ointment twice a day as well... and so it was really really really clean. When I went to the doctor, I told him about it, and he said that if I had come in he would have just cut off the pieces that were sticking out, and if it happened again, to just come in and he'd do that for me. I thought, "um, no, that's ok." =)
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RE: *Struggling* to conceive... - 6/12/2008 10:01:25 AM
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I didn't have that problem with my belly button incision; in fact, I think it was the one that gave me the least amount of pain. There were 3 "incisions" with my surgery (belly button, low pelvis, and left side). The low pelvis was rather bruised and took FOREVER to heal. Okay, not forever, but it sure seemed like it!
I'm leaning more towards AF coming this weekend, but I really pray that's not the case.
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RE: *Struggling* to conceive... - 6/12/2008 2:22:19 PM
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oh, I seriously had bruises still showing up from the surgery 2 months later. They were deep... and I still looked like I'd been beaten up when I went in for the check-up at about 6 weeks post surgery. The doctor just said everything looked good. (incisions and such) It was about 2 weeks or so later that the stitches started sticking out of my belly button. I didn't do back. =) (not for that anyway)
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RE: *Struggling* to conceive... - 6/12/2008 2:28:03 PM
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Hmmm....our procedures must have been a lot different. Or at least differently done. I went back for a check up a few days after surgery, then I was back 2 weeks later. After that, he didn't want to see me for 2 mos. My appt. isn't until the 7th of July.
I *guess* I've decided that if we aren't expecting this cycle, I need to have my ob/gyn call in a referral to an endocrinologist. It needs to be done BEFORE I leave Cali. Once we move, I'm not sure what kind of insurance we'll have. Right now, we currently have an AWESOME health insurance policy through DH's work. After we move, the insurance will be through my work.
I'm still feeling fairly tired & did have quite a bit of pain at times earlier this morning. Now the pain is gone though. Praise God!
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RE: *Struggling* to conceive... - 6/12/2008 2:30:20 PM
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oh, I had those "early" appointments as well. One was exactly 1 week after the surgery, and the next was about 2 weeks after that, then about 2 months after the surgery.
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RE: *Struggling* to conceive... - 6/12/2008 2:37:43 PM
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Ah, ok, Gina. I was just a tad confused for a few. LOL
Minor vent: one of my friends was discussing that she is having a sitter come over tomorrow night all night. This followed her discussion that all of her friends have recently had their 5th child or are pregnant with #5. Anyway, she was saying that maybe baby #5 wasn't too far off (she had number 4 around a year ago). Then she brought me up and said that she wasn't trying to be insensitive or whatnot to me....she prays for me. I just took things really personally...especially when she pointed it out that we've been trying without success. Does that ever happen to you?
Also: a minor hurt....but...a lady who doesn't know me that well asked me today if we were going to have anymore children. I just responded that we were planning to & left it at that. Does it ever bug you when others ask about your plans for children? I know this lady didn't mean any harm...she was just making conversation. She's always been super sweet to me and if she knew our struggles I don't think she would have even mentioned it. But we were sitting together watching the preschool graduation practice.
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RE: *Struggling* to conceive... - 6/12/2008 2:48:49 PM
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quote:
ORIGINAL: ajidil
So this month has been a kind of "practice run" for us. LOL
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ORIGINAL: daughter_of_faith
I was just looking at the calendar to see when I would test if I thought I was expecting....and....it's on Father's Day. That would be neat if it were positive. I'm trying really hard not to get my hopes up though because things have been stressful, etc.
Oh my! That's awesome! When I read that I had to go check my charts and I would test around then, too! Oh, what an awesome Father's Day present that would be!!! 
How is your practice run going? I probably won't test until next weekend (the 22nd)...if AF is late. Seems like she is right on course for over the weekend though.
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RE: *Struggling* to conceive... - 6/12/2008 2:54:26 PM
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whenever people talk about infertility I get sensitive, but try not to show it. It's a bit hard when they are talking about how they feel for someone, but they don't really understand it. I just don't chime in at all. I sit there quietly... unless someone specifically says "Gina, you're struggling with this, how do you feel?" I don't feel the need/desire to share with lots of people, I also know that some people do feel that need/desire... I just know that I'm not one. =)
Most of the time I get asked, "so do you have any children?" My reply, "no, not yet." Then the inevitable, "oh, how long have you been married?" (thankfully I look young) Then I reply with "oh, about 5 years." Then they normally ask... "do you want children?" I say "yes, whenever God allows." The questions usually stop there. Thankfully.
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RE: *Struggling* to conceive... - 6/12/2008 5:05:51 PM
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Yeah, I hear you there, Gina. I didn't get asked any more questions after that...which was a HUGE relief!!!
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RE: *Struggling* to conceive... - 6/14/2008 8:30:52 AM
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Status quo: Day 2. No Father's Day announcement for me. Oh well
Gina, are you using the OPKs again this month? Just curious as it's almost time to break them out if you are.
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RE: *Struggling* to conceive... - 6/14/2008 11:31:37 AM
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yeah, I was calculating last night to see if I needed to start using them today or Sunday. I have to go buy some...
Today is our 5th anniversary. (just thought I'd share that info I guess...) =)
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