Fit for Future Families - February 2011

Erica – I am hoping to hold out until Tuesday. It is really hard this time. Have fun at the poker tournament. I love poker! DH doesn’t let me play with his friends any more b/c I always win. If you just eat a little of each thing, you can have your variety and not too bad with the calories. I have to stop looking at my chart b/c that is getting my hopes up. FF gave me 47 pregnancy pts. That is the highest I have seen it go for me.

Karen – that is weird with the spotting on CD 19. Usually the Clomid will regulate you to about a 28 day cycle. I wouldn’t count yourself out yet. I tried to get up to go exercise outside today but it was too hot by the time I got out there, so I just decided to sit in the sunshine for a while.

Heather – I know the scale is so hard to look at even though they tell us not to rely too much on it. I think I agree with the physiologist. I think it is the same philosophy with eating too few calories.

Pam – I hope AF shows up for you. The sooner she does, the sooner you can move on. When is your appt?

AFM – Thanks for all the encouragement. I really wanted to go to the beach today but DH was not for it. It is 80 degrees here today. So instead I am sitting here researching everything I can about early pregnancy symptoms. I am driving myself crazy. I don’t know what I am going to do the rest of the day but if I don’t do something, I am going to go crazy for sure. Tomorrow is the Daytona 500. We used to be big NASCAR fans but not as much anymore. But we are having some friends over and DH wants to order pizza. Pizza is my weakness. If I can just eat one piece and a side I will be doing good but I really think I could eat half a pizza.

Pam the loss of motivation is without a doubt the Clomid. It did this to me last time as well. It is so very good at zapping every good positive thing about you and making you a whiner who only wants to sit on the couch and eat.... Just gotta push through the Clom-ID. But I do plan on easing up a little just to see if it helps with the weight loss.

History I switch up my workouts so that is not the issue, it is that I workout for up to over 3 hours a day sometimes. I'm a fitness nut but evidently being so does not guarantee being "thin" (which is all a matter of perspective I believe). Spaghetti squash is squash that has the consistency of angel hair pasta once cooked and shredded with a fork. It tastes so good with meatballs and pasta sauce or just pasta sauce and is sooo very healthy! It is like pumpkin or any other squash where you have to remove the seeds.

A good friend of mine whose husband flies with mine asked me tonight to do dinner with her and her two girls (whom I adore) since her hubby is out of town for the Army (he is at the course my husband is going to in 3 weeks). He has been gone for several weeks now so they like to get out. So DH and I are going to go have Mexican with them and then go over to her house and play Just Dance 2 with her and the girls. It is unplanned but as a friend I know she needs it. I'm still under my calories so I feel okay with the decision.

Good morning everyone! Just a quick check in...
I have my fingers crossed and prayers out for all of you!

I am up at my in-laws and the kids are pulling me in every direction possible! It's a blast. :happy: The bad thing is that a snow/ice/sleet/rain storm is heading our way. Doesn't look good at all! We will have to drive back home (2 hours) right after it's done, but then that means it will be complete ice. I don't really want to go back anyway. I'm trying to convince DH to stay at least another day.
My eating is absolutely TERRIBLE! My MIL is an amazing cook and I can't stop myself! LOL:laugh: And exercise is non-existent. Even with all the kids around we aren't doing much running around. I think we are going to hook up the Wii tonight and do a little Just Dance Kids.
Gotta go...TTFN!

Morning ladies.

Welcome Shann.

Kim - hope you avoided driving back in the ice.

Erica - awesome win and so nice of you to give it to someone else.

Pam - yay for a fresh start.

Kah - big hugs hun. Hopefully tomorrow will be a better day for you.

AFM - got a BFN this morning. AF is only due today so who knows. Both Miss 3 and Angel Baby took 4 days post AF being due before a BFP showed up so I'm going to retest on Thursday and hope for a better result.

Update: I told my parents. Couldn't figure out how to, so I wrote them an email. I just couldn't find the words to say, so I decided to write. Got a call 5 minutes later (that was fast), and they asked if they could bring a pizza over for dinner. So, they came over and we ate pizza and played with my son, and talked some about this whole infertility mess, and some about other things in life. My mom said she isn't going to bring it up, but that she will want to hear whatever I feel like telling her. It was good. I'm glad I did it, and I think I'll sleep well tonight.

So, nothing has changed really, but my perspective. I guess sometimes that's all you can ask for, and sometimes, it's enough. Have a good Monday everyone.

Heather – I’m making spaghetti squash tonight too! But it’ll be the first time for me! As for the advice to slow it down on the exercise, try talking a lesser impact exercise so that you still get the feeling like your doing something without putting too much stress on you body. Yoga, Pilates, and Ballet conditioning would all be good for you and keep your body lean.

History – I started on FF this past month too, I’m still learning the ins and outs of the site, I have the same user name though. I was just tracking my temps myself because I didn’t have much of an opportunity to be on the site daily till I found the iphone app.
So sorry to hear about the BFN, but its not over till AF shows up!

Erica – Those are great signs! This could totally be your month, I actually think quite a few of us have a really good shot this month! Sounds like luck is on your side right now with winning the $200, and then to add good Karma on top of that! I really hope you get your BFP!

Pam – I’m so jealous that you get to have family day off, QC having to always be different (and lets face it… difficult too :laugh: ) have to work today. Congrats on AF, you’re that much closer to IVF! Let’s keep the O’s happening for this cycle!

Karen –I’m so sorry to hear you had to go through that rollercoaster, but thumbs up for your hubby for being supportive. The hardest thing about all this is not knowing how to stay positive without getting your hopes up too much, especially when we’ve all experienced the let down month after month. I’m so glad that your mom was supportive; DH and I are in the same boat, with the exception of my cousin no one in either of our families know, I’m positive my mother is suspicious but knows enough to not ask.

Katie – I’m so jealous that it’s warm where you are, its freezing here (literally)! Enjoy the pizza, everyone’s entitled to a cheat meal!

Welcome Shann! If you figure out a way to relieve the TTC stress please let me know :laugh: This thread is the closest thing that helps me because I get to be reminded that I’m not alone and the things I’m stressing about are normal. Feel free to jump into to the conversation here, there’s a fountain of knowledge between everyone here!

Kim – Enjoy the dancing with the kids and be careful about driving in that weather!

AFM – My cramping lasted a bout 2hours or so on Friday and then just went to mild cramps and now I feel absolutely nothing. I didn’t go home early but made sure to rest for the rest of the evening. Now that I’m 2dpiui and have till March 5th (DH wants me to wait for the Saturday so that he’s there with me) until I can test, I feel like I need to be doing something. So my goals this week are 1) stay positive 2) light workouts 3days this week 3) no coffee or alcohol 4) avoid eating out and lastly to drink lots of water! Hopefully I can focus my attention on my health (because 1 gained 3 lbs in the past 3 week but haven’t updated my ticker) and alleviate the helplessness I’m feeling about TTC.
Question for those that are used to O’ing, I’m still getting eggwhite CM even though I know that I O’d on Friday, does this make sense or could the trigger shot not worked and I didn’t O till after? My temps started rising after the IUI, so that indicated it happened then. BTW I feel oddly exited about the fact that my iui was on a full moon, I know it doesn’t change the odds, but I cant help but feeling like it’s a positive sign!

Ok, I’ve written enough! Baby dust to all that need it!
Ash,

Hi all!

AF decided to show herself Saturday. At least I didn't have to waste a pt. That made it a 26 day cycle for the month. Here's to a new cycle!

Good luck everyone I will try to catch up more soon:0)

Erica, it’s not over until AF arrives! I know it’s so easy to think that yet again it hasn’t happened, you almost start expecting the disappointment (you never do get used to it though) and it makes it that much harder to stay optimistic. The reality is that it can still happen for you this month, and I have my fingers crossed for you!

I did think of the possibility of the second follicle, it was at 13mm Wednesday and so maybe the shot made it grow? And it released an egg after the 18mm follicle? DH and I have been keeping up with the BD’ing just incase, I didn’t want to take away any chances we get.
I have to wait 14dpiui before I can even take a test because the trigger shot can apparently give you a false positive (my cousin suggests I take one now so that I get to experience the feeling of a positive PT ), and I only go in after that to either take another PT at the clinic or to set up a new month of trying. I actually told DH that if it doesn’t happen this month, I don’t want to do another iui next month, it’ll be too much of a let down that I’ll want at least a month to regroup my emotions, he was not pleased by this.

So sorry to hear about AF visit Nichole, best wishes with next cycle!

Welcome joeylu!

Pam soy and corn will be the death of us! lol! And people wonder why we have so many healthy problems these days. Have you ever watched "Food Inc"? It is pretty interesting and eye opening.