Fit For Future Families - August 2011

Jammie - my DH's count is <1m......that could be 1 or could be 999,999, they aren't willing to say when it's so low so I can understand...."normal" is around 150M (how do they all fit without bumping into one another!!!!)

Julia - good luck with the testing

Mae - When my cycles started regulating (and I knew we had 0 chance of conception) I'd get so excited when AF showed when I said she would!!!! that's huge!!!! You can absolutely ovulate on a 41 day cycle.....especially if that's the norm for you! Sounds like you're not quite sure what your norm is yet though but you can assume you did (if your cycle shows a pattern). You'll not know for sure without hormone testing though....I'd like to know the tips you get on reducing the water weight too....I'm having the same issue with the bras!!! Gosh....I was wearing these bras the last time I was at this weight and they weren't so tight!!!!

Cupcake - I don't unfortunately....I think it depends on the kind of infertility. I know of some good PCOS ones, but not for general infertility....

AFM: Today was a really bad day!!! Good news is I didn't do a lot of snacking. Bad news is I came home at 4pm and literally crashed into my bed and only just really woke up (7 hours) and I'm ready for bed again.........exhaustion and I wasn't particularly tired last night.......So between sleeping, I had horrible food choices. Going to try a new workout program this week, see if I can get back some energy to handle myself!!! Plus I'm going on Monday for my B12 shot again.....I was going to go last week, but my doctor's office was closed and it's been more than 2 weeks now

Thanks for the replies. I would rather not post my chart...seems a bit TMI to share in a public forum, but I feel pretty sure about it. I bought the ovulation test strips too, so I am going to try those this next cycle too, just to have another source of confirmation. I'll just have to see how it goes this cycle.

Hey all! Happy Sunday.

Cupcake--I'd suggest www.resolve.org--they have resources there--might be a book that looks good. I got one, but it's about secondary infertility, so unless that's your boat, i wouldn't bother. If anyone wants to know about the one I have, just ask.

GodBless-yeah--the progesterone bloated me up. I just stopped measuring/weighing, etc--I knew it wouldn't be good. Good news is, I seem to have leveled back out--I've been on it for 7 days now, and don't seem to be having many side effects anymore. "Knock on wood."

I had a bunch of other comments but I can't remember them anymore. Blergh. I don't write them down. Sorry guys.

AFM: A week since the IUI. One more week till the blood test. I'm convinced that it didn't work, but since I don't know for sure, I can't stamp out that little last shred of hope, ya know? Ahhh, my defense mechanisms at their best (or worst depending on how you look at it.)

Yesterday we went swimming with one of my hubby's cousins/college friend of mine and her son. She is about 3 months pregnant. Going on and on about morning sickness, and then asks me "So, how are things going for you?" It was all I could do to not give a bitter bitter reply along the lines of "Well, I'm halfway through an agonizing 2WW to see if the IUI that I paid lots of money to have done actually worked since we are having difficulties getting pregnant and I'm listening to pregnant people complain about being pregnant. How do you think it's going?" But, I managed to keep it to myself and it didn't ruin the day for me or anything, so all in all, I consider it a success. Now I just replay it over in my head as if I had said that and look at the shocked expression on her face and chuckle. I'm warped, I know. Again, the coping mechanisms at their best or worst depending on how you look at it.

My goals during this 2ww have been to :Take all my prenatals and meds without forgetting (I have a bad habit of doing that.), exercise 30 minutes a day (trying to get all the positive endorphins I can!), and work on cultivating an "attitude of gratitude". No weight loss goal. So far I've been doing pretty well, I think. I hope this week goes quickly.

Hi again everyone! Thanks for being welcoming.
Jalara- I looked on your page but it was private so I tried searching for the abbreviations with not much luck :laugh: I think I'll be able to catch on though!
Kah- Wow you're story about hearing a pregnant woman complaining about being pregnant really hit me. I was definitely that person, and after reading your story I hate that I didn't even think about it. Love you're positive attitude though! That's something I definitely need to work on!

This morning when i got on the scale I had lost 1.4 lbs since last week. But this has been a stressful week for me, so I don't even feel excited about the loss. My husband just got his work schedule changed to working 12 straight days on then 2 days off. He gets to come home every night which I'm grateful for (especially after reading about Julia's situation, my heart goes out to ya girl!) but he comes home, eats dinner, then falls asleep on the couch around 8:30. Today I've been feeling lonely and frustrated and I ate my feelings. Didn't make me feel better though :ohwell: I don't have any close friends here, and I think thats part of my problem. I need to get out there and socialize! Tomorrow I'm taking my daughter (Olivia) to a nearby town for a Kindermusik demo class. Should be fun! Here's my goals for this week
-Walk 30 minutes everyday
-Strength exercises 3 days
-96oz of water everyday
-NO BINGEING!

Hope you all have a great week! Will check back tomorrow

I guess I was just extremely tired, but I have no reason to be....and then this morning I woke up and I hurt from head to toe like I overdid a killer workout, but I've been doing really low impact exercises, nothing new......If this keeps up, I have to see the doctor.......

yuck! how are you feeling today? i hope it was just a 24-hour-bug and that you are good as new right now.

I had a bunch of other comments but I can't remember them anymore. Blergh. I don't write them down. Sorry guys.

i don't know how you guys do it! i have to go with the individual reply, or i would respond to only two or three people because i can't keep that many conversations going in my head (or remember who said what).

Happy Monday Ladies! A slow morning at work (super yay after last week!), so I actually have some free time to check in with y'all. Warning, long post.

Kimberly, Let me know how it goes with the Wii Zumba. Wii active games have actually been a big part of my exercise plan. They're really great fillers when it's too late to go to the gym and for when DH is busy and I just feel like being by myself. I haven't gotten the Zumba one yet, but am definitely interested.

Welcome to Beth, Jammie & 9Honey! Glad to have you join us!

Bonnie, There are a couple of gals on here who are doing vow renewals soon. Hopefully y'all can share ideas! (And pics later for the rest of us!)

Ashley, Hope you had a great time camping. I'm sure you're going to be migrating over to the Pregnancy board soon, so have to give you a good shout out on here before you go.

Alisa, Sounds like you have been soooo busy! I'm sure it's going to make the time before Hawaii pass really quickly.

Julia, Sending you lots of strength through this transition for your family and keeping my FC that the TTC will be quick & effective!

Mae, Glad you're getting the charting figured out. I have never really mastered that - thank goodness for OPKs. As far as the water retention, I don't know what will work for you, but I recently eliminated diet sodas and really upped my water intake and I think that has made a big difference. I do drink iced tea a few times a week and maybe coffee once a week.

Cupcake, sorry, no ideas on good infertility reading. In general I've been pretty disappointed with a lot of the literature that's out there. It feels so formulaic and as we are all aware, we each have very unique circumstances. That's one of the reasons that I really like this board - it's real women, with real perspectives. Do let us know if you find something good though.

Pam, Hang tough! I'm sorry you're feeling so yucky. Hopefully your new workout plan this week will help. Good luck!

Amanda, Welcome back from your vacation. Glad you had a good time at least for some of it, and super happy for you that you're done with the prednisone.

Karen, Girl, you are a rock and I'm so proud of you! Keeping my FC for you.

Destiny, Great goals this week! I'm particularly impressed with your water goal. That's a lot of ounces!!

PanteraGirl, I've never heard of that issue before, so sorry, no good advice. I do hope you figure it out and it is nothing serious.

Oh & GBOH, I take notes as I read. Keeping up with this awesome bunch of ladies is tough.

AFM, weigh in day...

MFP SW (March 2011): 211
Calendar week 28: 179.6 (-1.8)
Calendar week 29: 178.6 (-1.0)
Calendar week 30: 178.8 (+0.2)
Calendar week 31: 179.8 (+1.0)
Calendar week 32: 177.0 (-2.8)

With all the other stress of last week, I just pushed hard through the workouts, and I think it helped. This week my goals are to keep up with my normal calorie, water and exercise targets and then also to get more sleep. That last part is going to be the hardest. I'm a confirmed night owl.

Hoping y'all have a great week!
Stephanie

Man, I've been out a week on vacation and missed so much! To everyone who suffered a loss, my heart goes out to you. To everyone who experienced a joy, I couldn't be happier! To all those in limbo land...I'm right there with you!

This week my goal is to REHYDRATE! I spent the week in Disneyland and I KNOW I'm so dehydrated. My body is hating me right now. (Speaking of which I better fill up my water bottle right now!) I've been feeling "weird" the last few days -don't know how else to describe it and a small part of me wants to think it means what I want it to mean...but the logical part of me knows it's because I need water, have been eating crap my body isn't used to anymore, and that my sleep is all wacked.

I'm just glad my fertile days came BEFORE the trip...it's a little hard to take advantage when you're sharing a hotel room with teenage siblings.

Thanks to, I think it was Jalara, who recommended early-pregnancy-tests-.com. The OPKs and PTs are so affordable! I just ordered a bunch with a BBT. Last month I used OPKs, but never got a positive test. I'm not sure if I just missed it (quit testing too early?)- I apparenly have irregular cycles (blah!) so I'm hoping this time around with the BBT tracking I can get a positive and pin point my O day. I'm still not sure how long my luteal phase is since I haven't been able to figure out exactly when I O.

Hi girls! There are so many of you I want to thank for the kind words of support. We're talking about it more and more and were trying to get everything ironed out.
With the last deployment, we though we were ready (but had only two weeks) This time we have several months so I can really go into this strong mentally.
I'm puttin my game face on and I'm going to be motivated and positive. That is what has to happen, it's whats best for our son and future baby.
I'm also going to be putting in my heart and soul into working out these next few weeks to shed the stress away. I'm also trying to seriously downgrade my caffeine consumption, which is hard when I get up at 4:45.
Hope everyone is having a great week!
Oh and Ashley, CONGRATS