Fit for Future Families - February 2011

Thank you ladies so much. I'm feeling better today (but then again I just woke up so...lol). I love the benefit of Clomid (if it results in a baby of course), but the side effects drive me nuts (almost literally). So today I've got my appt to talk to the doctor about doing a day 21 progesterone (for my sanity) and recheck my blood sugar to make sure the amount of Metformin I'm taking is helping with the insulin resistance as well as putting me on progesterone after I ovulate. I'm gonna ask her about the mycoplasma infection as well. She is only a family practitioner but would be my doc when I get pregnant/deliver and then the baby's doc after.

Erica I do feel lots of bloat. I weighed myself this morning and I am still at 146lbs so maybe I have dropped some weight but the bloat isn't letting it show on the scale! lol! Congrats on your NSV! I get motivated by watching Nike women's commercials as well as looking through my Women's Health or Fitness magazines while listening to good music. That is awesome that you accomplished that goal for the day!

Pam you are absolutely right....I do feel a million times better when I eat healthy then when I just eat junk. I have energy, I'm happier, I feel thinner (even if the scale disagrees), and I believe that it is increasing my fertility health. Sometimes it is easy when you feel like you are going above and beyond (what anyone else is doing) and not seeing the results to get discouraged. This is how I feel with losing weight and ttc. I'm on a mission now to try and stay positive and know that God has a plan...even if in the meanwhile that plan results in me being a little hormonally imbalanced and "crazypants" as my DH calls me! lol! Hope you don't end up getting sick! No kissing!

Alisa again I hope all is well. You are in my prayers!

So I have a question for everyone! When are you planning on testing this month? Tues March 1st looks like the date for me.

By the way, I had ordered Preseed online and was worried it wouldn't get here in time for babydancing which is to commence shortly...but it did get here! Yeah! And it came with this little packet full of sparkles and baby shaped "sprinkles" and on the packet said "Baby Dust"...almost made me cry (yup, can you tell I'm a little unstable?! lol!). Hoping this baby dust does it's magic this month!

Hope you all have a great day!

Heather- How long left do you have on Clomid this month? I want to second what Pam said, you’re eating habits and exercise are what I strive to attain. I know it’s hard to put so much work into something and not see as huge of results as someone else would have for only making half the choices you have, but I assure you that your body and future baby benefits from it!

FC for you Andrea, and try to forget about TTC while on your trip, just enjoy yourself, I know it’s easier said than done, but try 

Pam – 15hrs is a long day! I hope you don’t have too many of those because you might be setting yourself to catch that cold your husband is getting. Take care of yourself!
When is your appointment? I’m curious to know the results of both the surgery and to see what they suggest next for you now that you o’ed twice in a row!

Erica – I loved your non-scale victory! What a great attitude, most people (including myself) would just wish I looked like her then stuff my face with salty or sweet snacks!

AFM- On the weight loss side of things, I’m not actually doing so great this week, this makes me upset with myself because I did so well last week and had the scale to show for it. After my appointment Tuesday I’ve kinda aloud myself items that I normally don’t have too often such as coffee and alcohol. I think it’s because the realization that I may not have either again for the next year at least, so I’m taking it all in now!
On the TTC front, I’ve been freaking myself out about the IUI! Every little mini cramp I have I’m freaking out that I’m potentially o’ing early and will loose my chance this month! I’m also curious as to what we should do on the DB front, I’m thinking we should BD either tonight or tomorrow morning before my U/S (but that’s at 6:45am) then hold off till the IUI to be sure the sperm count is at its highest, then BD every second day afterwards incase. Does this sound logical? Also does anyone have any suggestions on what we can do to help increase our odds before the IUI? Any suggestions are welcome, one of my friends is really big into crystals and gemstones and has suggested I wear a certain type of stone that helps with fertility, so I’m looking into it.

Ashley,

The IUI can be as early as Monday so we just wont BD Saturday or Sunday (48hrs ish), as for the accupunture i have no ideas where to look for one let alone know if i could get an appointment, but I'll look anyway. I'm probably going look into some yoga poses too. Thx for the suggestions

Thx Erica, I'm making a list of questions to ask my Dr. for tomorrow morning and will confirm with him. I also find it weird that every site says that after a shot of Ovidrel I should have the IUI 24-36 hours later yet i'll have close to 72 hours in between if he gives me the shot tomorrow morning and i dont have an IUI till Monday. We'll see!

I thought of that too, it's the only thing that makes sense to me, but wow do i not want to give myself a shot and DH will never do it. I have two RN's in the family but they dont know we're TTC and they both have big mouhs so they're not options either.

Oh! so glad to have found this thread! My hubby and I would like to start TTC in September 2011, and I have been overweight for too long. I've had some kind of sleep thing for almost 2 years now (they called it Idiopathic Hypersomnia, which translates to "You sleep too much and we don't know why.") I fall asleep in the middle of the day most days.
I'm hoping that exercising and eating better will increase my energy level where I don't have to sleep extra hours. I can't wait to start a family, and I REALLY want to have the energy for it!!
I'm starting out at about 230 (depending on which scale I use), and I'd like to get to 150. I'd like to be less than 200 when we start TTC. Guess I can't continue losing once pregnant, right?
Love to hear anyone else's motivation! Anyone in NH?
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Good morning everyone!

Thanks for all the encouraging words everyone, it really helps calm the nerves!

Kcurtis – Any news about your niece?

Andrea – FC for you, enjoy the weekend!

Heather – I love the new pic, you look beautiful!

Alison – Where are you? I hope all is well with you! I know your TTC is on hiatus till your hubby is back home but how have you been?

Kt – I didn’t realize it was in the stomach, and as for FF I’m so new to it myself I have a few questions of my own, but if I remember correctly there is a tab for meds and HCG is one of the options. My account currently has me ovulating on CD9 when I know I didn’t (it was the day of my sono, so I’m positive) but I can’t seem to figure out how to override it.

Welcome Whitelion!

Pam – The weirdest thing happened last night, you were in my dream, which is really weird because we’ve never met! In my dream I was in TO for work (plausible because our other office is on Bay St, and the vendor I work closely with is in Mississauga), and of course like most dreams a bunch of weird stuff happened at work, but then I was having lunch with you and your husband, we were meeting for the first time and you were introducing me to your newborn daughter! She was beautiful by the way, and thing I remember so vividly was how she had that wonderful baby smell.

AFM: A bit of sad-ish news from my appt this morning, the follicle is still too small so I’m going back Monday morning to do another U/S and if they’re bigger then they will give me the Ovidrel shot. This isn’t bad news, and I should have known everything was working so fast and easily that a delay had to occur, but I can’t help but be slightly disappointed that the IUI won’t happen on Valentines Day. Oh well, I guess I need to wait and see, it’s turning out to be the story of my life!

Ashley,

abeare - Sorry that your follicle isn't big enough, but maybe now you can have the doctor give you the trigger shot and you won't have to worry about it.

Welcome whitelion!

My DH is sick (again). He's such a baby when he doesn't feel well. I really hope he doesn't share this bug. I'm still not 100% from the last one. And that means our Valentine's plans on Saturday are probably shot. :ohwell:

Hi gals! Well, my Clomid moods are cycling very rapidly right now. One minute I'm fine, the next I just feel like a pessimistic bump on a log. For those of you who aren't on Clomid or might be at some point, I hope our Clomid stories don't freak you out. I hear that lots of people don't have any side effects, so not everyone goes crazy, and when I'm in a decent mood, it really doesn't seem that bad. Hahaha. I'm hoping to ovulate this month...but no signs of it so far. Oh wellll-not holding my breath.

Sounds like we have some good shots for some of us to come up with a BFP this cycle!!! I'm all twitterpated with the possiblities--even if it's not for me. Yay! My OBGYN told me that her secret to getting pregnant was Clomid and Margaritas. So, we got some margaritas (hubby was all over trying that)....I just have to try to save the calories for them! Sigh...sometimes I would just rather eat chocolate. Oh well. Good luck everyone!

As for me, at my weigh-in this week, I was down by over a pound. Ka-CHING! I have no idea how or why...but I'll take it. Maybe all of the emotional cycling burns calories. Maybe it will be back next week, but I'm taking it for this week!

Gotta run....

Thank you ladies so much for the sweet words! We were on vacation last August in Destin Florida and it was such a wonderful, relaxing vacation. Just needed to remind myself in the midst of the dead of winter that there is a light at the end of the tunnel!

Erica sorry to hear about your hubby being sick. No smooching and wash your hands a lot! We are planning on dinner tomorrow on the Plaza in KC (which I'm sure everyone else is planning the same thing). I'm sure it will be crowded so I don't think you'll be missing out too much by not going out this weekend. Pizza and a movie in the house sounds just as nice.

Kah again you sound just like me. Some moments are better than others for sure! Good job on the loss this week. I'm still the same, which I feel is a success since last time I was on Clomid I gained 10lbs that month! Are you doing an OPK? I've not gotten my yet but I'm only on CD11 so I'm not worried. I usually get a positive OPK on CD 15 or 16. I'm also thinking margaritas this weekend sounds like a GREAT plan! lol! Hoping it will be the last alcoholic beverage I have for at least the next year!

Andrea I hope you have a wonderful time! Just relax and enjoy yourself! Looking forward to hearing all about it Sunday!

Ashley you aren't out of the game yet! Still sounds very promising. Still keeping my fingers crossed for you!

Pam I'm really hoping this PCOS diet works well for you. I've learned that I don't stick with anything that restricts me to eating meat and salad. I love salads in the summer but I get burnt out very quickly. 2 weeks isn't too long but I hope that after that you can phase in a more "for life" eating plan. That is what I love so much about the plan I follow. I feel like I can truly eat like this for the rest of my life. I don't feel like I'm on a diet. I really do wish you success. I know how important what we put into our mouths is, even more so with us PCOS ladies!

Welcome newbies!

As for me I'm feeling a little run down today (maybe it is the hour and a half of spinning last night...ugh. my new HRM is going to be the death of me, now I find myself staying for another Spin class because I "only burned 400cals" after 700cals I decided I was "good" ugh. even I drive myself crazy sometimes). Besides that not much else is new. I'm going for acupuncture here shortly. If nothing else I feel like it gives me even the tiniest sense of control over this situation. I truly feel like I'm doing EVERYTHING I can for this baby. So I guess in a way that makes me feel one step closer to the baby. Silly I'm sure. Well I'm off! Have a wonderful Friday!

Morning ladies (for me anyways, lol). I haven't had a chance to read through the three pages since my last post yet. Anyways, CD18 & 3 DPO today for me. Just ten days to go to find out if AF is making an appearance this month. Trying to keep my mind from worrying over it though as I have had issues with my body playing false pregnancy tricks on me in the past.

I keep eating over my calorie count this past week, I have just been so hungry that I keep snacking on the goodies in the cupboard. None of which are particularly healthy in large portions so I think I may have put on weight this week. Nor have I done as much exercise as should have. Not particularly happy about that.

Anyways, going back to read all the other posts now, lol.