Fit For Future Families - July 2011

GBOH – what thread did that happen on? We should all go over and give her a great big !!! She sounds like a real peach.
So when is(was) AF due to show? I’m not sure if I could restrain from testing – I’m not very good at that! I’m a pee-pusher for sure!

it was a 'childless by choice' thread. i really should not have wondered in there at all but i was surprised by the number of response so i wondered if it was a debate. it wasn't, but the many comments about how they knew so many people who 'wouldn't do it over again' forced me to comment that i thought that was sad and all of the sudden i'm being insulted about not knowing how to use birth control and rethinking about having kids. honestly, i think parents should want their kids, so if they know they don't want kids and don't have them, more power to them. i am glad my first child was an accident and second one a surprise because i had never planned on them originally and i would have missed out on so much!

based on a 28 day cycle, aunt flow should arrive sunday/monday, but i've never had a 28 day cycle (even before going into premature menopause) so i don't have a clue. if i am not pregnant this month, we have to wait until the end of october to try again.

Sorry ladies Im still a newbie, just wanted to say Im having some major frusterations. I couldnt track my LH surge last cycle but did it on my fertile days. So I dont even know if I ovulated. Now Im 5 days late no sign of my period, no symptoms and neg preg tests. Frick I just wish it would come so I could get it over with.

Hi all. Had my pre-treatment bloodwork and sonogram today--ironically, the sonographer couldn't find one of my ovaries very easily. Luckily it's the same one that seems blocked, so I still have one side that is rockin. Just took my first of 5 days of Clomid--100 mg. My husband asked me if that meant I'd be cuddly for the next week or two. I told him it would probably vacilate between that and wanting to bite his head off and eat everything in sight. But, that pretty much covers it.

Yeah, about the Clomid--my advice is, don't go in expecting bad side effects, but if you notice that you are more irritable, emotional, eating, etc, then you can probably chalk it up to that. A lot of people don't have any trouble with it at all, so don't set yourself up to expect things that may never come, but at the same time, be prepared. I don't get crazy crazy, but I just lose most of my self-control. I say things I wouldn't normally say, and I want to eat everything. I call it Clom-ID, because I just feel like it makes my ID run rampant--my ego and superego have no input. It brings out my inner-Hyde, when I'm usually a Dr. Jekyll.

But, I know what to expect this time, so I'm trying to keep my expectations realistic. Some people say that it takes 4-6 weeks for the clomid effects to go away. I'd agree--it wasn't like I ovulated and it was done. I was just glad when I stopped taking it because I gradually felt more like myself again after that.

We are out of town tomorrow for a cousin's wedding reception--so It'll be a few days before I'm back. Toodles everyone!

Hi, there. Would like to join your group. Have been having trouble TTC for about 3 years and looking for some people who can relate and won't tell me to "just stop thinking about it".

Happy Sunday! Hope everyone is ready for the week!

Yesterday my best friend flew in from virginia beach! It's so nice to have her here. We have been best friends since we were 13. We haven't seen each other in 2 years yet now that she's here we've picked up right where we left off! She flew into San Francisco (about 3-4 hours north of where I live) even though there is an airport abut 45min from my house bc A. It was about $100 cheaper and B. We knew that if we flew her in closer to my house we would talk about going some place like LA or San Fran but would never make the time to go. So I picked her up at the airport at 11am and immediately went to a resturaunt I have been DYING to try. It's called Wich'Craft and it's owned by Tom Calliccio(sp) one of the head judges on Top Chef on bravo. It's a gourmet sandwich shop. I got a pork loin pressed sandwich that had brazed kale and provolone cheese. Very simple but OMG the best thing I may have ever eaten. I shared mine w P (my 5yr old son and he loved it!) My girlfriend got a marinated zucchini pressed sandwich....between the two they were amazing. Hers had marinated sautéd zucchini and onions w mozzerella cheese, again simple but amazing. Then we decided we wanted to see the golden gate bridge but we didn't want to take my car out of one paid parking lot just to pay for parking somewhere else. So I plugged golden gate park into the GPS on my phone and we walked. 3.7 miles to goldengate park (1 mile was COMPLETELY uphill) only to realize that golden gate park is NO WHERE near the bridge...with blisters on our feet from walking and having 3 kids (ages 8,6 &5) we called a cab to take us back to the parking garage. When we told him what happened he took us by the bridge and Alcatraz and gave us a person tour of the city. It was awesome! I did really good eating in the city! I was ready to gourge! But I only ate half my sandwich and half a cheese burger for dinner....today we hit up olive garden and we were ready for a hard core cheat meal but filled up on soup, salad and our sampler platter appetizer that we brought our meals home and are planning on eating them for dinner.

Alisa--Golden gate park is no where near the bridge--you are totally right! I learned that one the hard way too--sans kids. I lived for a year across the Bay, so we'd take day trips into San Fran. I love that city.

As for me: Today will be day 4 of Clomid--one more tomorrow. So far I'm not feeling out of control, which is good, but I am getting dizzy spells every once in a while, which the meds warned me about. I'm taking it at night before bed, and I am not sleeping well at all. I'm just tossing and turning, waking up every hour or so. I don't know if it is the Clomid or what, but I have been very careful the last two nights to cut out all of the usual sleeplessness culprits for me: caffiene, chocolate, etc. So, I dunno. We'll see. Last time I took it, it was in the morning, so maybe it is affecting me differently. It might all be in my head too. Haha.

Hope everyone is staying cool--it is hot as heck here, and humid too---trying to exercise in this weather is just a complete excercise in insanity. I got up this morning at 5 to get some in in front of the TV and air conditioner. I'm not attempting anything else today, unless it involves jumping in a pool!

Happy Monday everyone!

Welcome mightymae, this is a great group full of very supportive women. I’m sure you’ll get lots of support and encouragement on both the weight loss and TTC process.

Alisa, Sounds like you had a great time with your friend, you deserve it! I’m glad to see the taxi driver was super helpful, you’d never find that here in Montreal

Karen, wishing your sleepless nights to be over! Maybe you should attempt to work out in the heat, you’ll be so tired afterwards that you’ll just pass right out :laugh:

AFM, I weighed in this morning at basically the same weight as last week. This is a bad thing for me because up until Friday I was down another almost 2 lbs! But with the wedding on Saturday and the busy Sunday filled with eating out, I seam to have put it back on. I’m really hoping its water weight and will be re-weighing myself tomorrow to see. It would really such to have worked my butt of (quite literally) all week, just to have it ruined by two days of bad eating!
Oh and by the way, my new profile pic is from this weekends wedding, first good picture of DH and I in a really long time.

So sorry to post and run, but I'm in the middle of packing now!

Just wanted to let you all know I've busted my plateau and finally lost an additional 2 pounds after almost 2 months of no weight loss. So now that's 11 lost since joining MFP, but 15 total! 24 to go!

This week's goal for me is to get in some solid workout time despite boxing up, packing, throwing out, cleaning...I'm soooo tired!!!

Packing sucks!!! But, it could be the packing that has pushed you past your plateau. Hope everything goes okay. (Did I mention that I hate packing?) :-P

still negative and no symptoms. my hope diminishes more each day. plus, another friend announced their pregnancy on facebook this morning.

still negative and no symptoms. my hope diminishes more each day. plus, another friend announced their pregnancy on facebook this morning.

Aww boo. Was really hoping for a BFP. I also hate the FB preggo posts make me so angry!