Fit For Future Families - August 2011

its a natural part of life so they will have to deal with it LOL

You're right! I have hired someone who was pregnant--it would not keep me from hiring someone who is the right person for the job. Pregnancy/maternity leave is temporary, and a natural part of life, like you said. I hope it does work out for you when the timing is right!

So I'm back- I hope! In true Luki fashion, summer vacation is always my downfall. Lots of new faces, I will try my best to get caught up and learn everyone's stories. so today is cd1 and it seemed right to get reconnected today. My diet has been horrible for the lady couple of months so my goal this week is to get back into tracking all foods and checking in daily with the group. Surprisingly i haven't gained any weight, just maintaining. For those of you that don't know me I'm a middle school math teacher and have been ttc for over 3 years. My husband and I are now looking into open adoption. But before we can totally get going on that we need to finalize his citizenship status in the USA . I've been on the board since the beginning of the year, but fell off at the beginning of June.

Hi ladies, Ill have to read the board to catch up. I hope everyone had a great weekend.

Im out of my fertile period, and I cant help but think Im pregnant. I hate this part too early to test and your mind plays tricks on ya. Heres hoping! Just have to wait a week and haldf to test. I hate this I just feel different, odd I guess. And food tastes a bit different too. Who knows. I just have to try to not get too attached to the idea untill I know. Thanks for listening

Name: Luki
Age: 29
Where you live: Oregon
Job: 7th grade math teacher
Length of time on the board: only 6 months due to my 2 months of slacking this summer
Marital Status: married for 3 years
Length of time you've been with SO: 9 years
Do you have kids: I wish!
Length of time TTC: 3 years, since my wedding day
Diagnosis: unexplained infertility...ummm, probably tied to my husbands newly diagnosed diabettes, but no clear connection made yet
Do you chart your BBT: yes for the past 3 months, it seems to be helping cause I feel I have more controll
Do you use OPKs: I did for the first time this past month, it was fun to finally get a positive test on something:laugh: It matched with my temps so thats good!
Are you on any meds for TTC: on vitamins- one a day for women, fish oil, apple cider, folic acid, and vitamin D
Height: 5-5
Weight: 139
Goal Weight: 135
and finally......
Weird Fact About Yourself: I can play the nose flute

Luki - welcome back!! Glad to have you back in the mix! I have a bunch of friends that are teachers and they are all dreading going back to work after having the summer off!

Karen - Any word? How'd it go? Ive got my fingers crossed for you!!

Pam - sorry to hear about the fight w your dad...family fights suck! My mom and I used to butt heads a lot and now we're closer than ever...hope things calm down and get resolved soon!

Emily - boo on unsupportive RL friends! I have a few friends who are also getting ready to start TTC so we're "racing" to see who gets preggo first! Hope she becomes more understanding and helpful once you do get preggo

Jalara - um did u miss the fact that I haven't "been w a man" for 7 months...that picture is like dangling a steak in front of a rabid dog! Haha

DC - as far as the job goes - why happens if the job falls thru (God forbid) and you've out TTC on hold for it...I'd just keep on keeping on and if you get preggo awesome, if not then you'll start the job THEN get preggo!

Kimberly - those look like great goals!!

Wait wait - how many Kim/Kimberly's do we have??? How are we supposed to decifer which responses go to who??

AFM - apparently this was a bad weigh in week for more than just me - I'm up 2.4 lbs but I was down 5lbs last week so im not too worried. I have two weeks left and I am doing really well and back on track (slipped up a few times last week).

Clomid question - I don't normally see a temp shift when I'm on the provera (progesteron to enduce AF) will I see a clear shift on the clomid showing I O'd? I assume so but it's been so king since Ive had a thermal shift I barely remember what one looks like!

Hello Everyone! I am brand new, this is my first post on the MFP boards

Here is a little bit about me:

Name: Amanda
Age: 30 (almost 31 )
Where you live: BC, Canada
Job: Sales & Technical Support (desk job)
Length of time on the board: brand new
Marital Status: none
Length of time you've been with SO: 10 years
Do you have kids: a 3.5 year old DS
Length of time TTC: 2 years (for #2 obviously), seeing an RE for close to a year
Diagnosis: unexplained secondary infertility, lots of tests, lots of procedures, lots of BFN’s
Do you chart your BBT: no
Do you use OPKs: tried for a few months early on, never got a + since I apparently don't ovulate anymore
Are you on any meds for TTC: have been on some combination of serophene, repronex, HCG trigger, prometrium, and estrace for 6 of the last 10 months
Height: 5'8"
Weight: 185 lbs
Goal Weight: 160 lbs
and finally......
Weird Fact About Yourself: related to TTC - got pregnant the first month trying with DS, never even heard of secondary infertility until I had it!

So we're on a break from TTC with ART because I'm waiting to get in for diagnostic laparoscopy (sometime mid-September) and since I'm off the fertility meds for 3 months straight I wanted to take the opportunity to work on my weight. Before TTC, after losing the baby weight from DS I was at about 165 without really having to work at it, just eating sensibly, going for walks, bike rides, etc. recreationally with DS & SO. I probably should have been closer to 150 but was just busy with life and satisfied to at least have lost the baby weight and of course planned to get pregnant again in the not too distant future. Once I started ART my weight shot up. I've read these medications can cause 10-15 lbs in weight gain per month, so I guess I'm lucky to have only gained about 20-25 over the past 10 months, but I still feel unhealthy & unattractive and that is the last thing you need when your hormones are going crazy. I was a little lost on the IF forum I usually spend time on, since we were not actively cycling when I found a thread there about dieting and exercise while TTC. This site was referenced and as soon as I downloaded the app I was in love! I have a profile for me and just for fun started one for SO (who gets to eat a crazy amount of calories because his job is at the high end of the activity scale). I'm just discovering the boards today and am so excited to have found this group!

For the past few days I have been just tracking what I normally eat to see where I stand. I'm seem to be typically over my goal by a few hundred calories which is a little discouraging but it's so neat to see where it's all coming from and what I should obviously cut out (like today's timbits). Honestly, I don't want to make too many drastic changes to my diet. What I'd really like to do is get a better exercise program going. I walk with my DS regularly, but that is sporadic at best. You really can't get a good cardio work out going when you stop to look at worms on the sidewalk or airplanes flying in the sky every couple of minutes! We are planning to get a Wii system and the Wii Fit program. I have heard great things about it and it's something I can do in the mornings when SO has already gone to work, before I wake up DS to get ready for daycare, or at night after they’ve both gone to bed!

Hey all-- BFN. Totally. Gambled and the house won. Back to square one. I don't think we will fit a treatment cycle in this month--because of vacation times we might not be able to get to all the "appointments". I go back and forth between feeling numb, feeling okay, and feeling like I have a 50 lb weight sitting on my chest making it hard for me to breathe and squeezing tears out of my eyes. Today was an exhausting day for me anyways, without the BFN news. I think I'll just go to bed soon.

E-Amanda, welcome to the forums. Your story sounds remarkably like mine, except my DS is almost 3. We are working with an RE, but we only have a cycle or so left to try before our funds run out for treatment, since we are paying all out of pocket. How much do you gamble with odds of 15-20%? It just feels incredibly unfair. But, that's life, I guess. Isn't it a total double-whammy when you don't have ANY trouble the first time around, and then the second time you are like "what the heck is going on?!?"

Meanwhile, I"m going enjoy not having to take progesterone tonight, and figure out a plan to get off the 4-5 lbs that seem to have creeped back up on me in the last month or two. Here's hoping the motivation comes back with a hormone-free cycle. We'll see......

Hi!, saw a link in another thread. I was diagnosed with PCOS early this year after Gyno suggested for years I might have it. Wasnt till my second D&C for heavy bleeding was I referred to an endocrinologist. The last 6 months have been getting regular (28-45 day cycle) compared to 2-3 month cycle. Lost close to 20lbs since January. Not sure if I am ovulating wanted to lose 30lbs and get my iron levels to normal before starting clomid. Working with a nutritionist, dont really have a goal weight so put what I weighed in college.
Name: Neka
Age:34
Where you live: Dallas,TX
Job: Government
Length of time on the board: a few days
Marital Status: Married 8 years
Length of time you've been with SO: 10 years
Do you have kids: No
Length of time TTC: casually 4 years, 2 years charting
Diagnosis: PCOS and high prolactin level/ irregular cycles
Do you chart your BBT: Yes
Do you use OPKs: Starting next cycle
Are you on any meds for TTC: Metformin
Height: 5'1
Weight: 229
Goal Weight:160
and finally......
Weird Fact About Yourself: Speed reader

Sorry. Re-post. I hate it when my Internet acts up and everything posts twice!

So sorry Karen.

Alisa - So exciting that you're getting to the end of deployment! My cousin is deployed right now and his wife is a good friend of mine, and I can see how much it hurts to be so far apart and with so much worry. I'm happy you guys got a chance to talk it all out, too. It's always nice to finally get things all out on the table.

Jalara - Definitely wait and weigh in later. That's kind of a huge jump for just one day, right? And yum yum regarding that pic.

Emily - I have friends like that too... Every time I start saying I might want to, they jump to ridicule and divorce statistics. All except one friend who tends to commiserate and then remind me why we are waiting... Though I am seriously beginning to rethink that right now. I'm sorry your friend is being such a drag. I mean, best friends are supposed to support. It's one thing to speak your mind (once) but another to be a jerk about it. No fun.

And good luck to everyone in the waiting time!

And cupcake - My fam is in southeast KY too. Super cool!
AFM...

Last weeks goals MOSTLY went well. I definitely drank 64 oz or more of water every day and I did not drink soda at all... Oddly enough, it was the water drinking that helped with that... I was just never thirsty enough to want soda! But... not so great on the work outs. Only 2 out of 5. I stayed exactly the same weight, which was not so happy. Keeping on track last week was not easy. I was on my period, which means super intense chocolate cravings constantly for me... Which I didn't give into to my detriment TOO often. And then, we randomly have a friend visiting until Tuesday (he's been here since Friday) and he literally told me I should forget about my diet for a weekend (easy for him to say!). I didn't forget about it, but I haven't been as careful as I'd like.

So Goals for this week:
Continue with the 64 oz of water each day.
Continue no soda for at least 7 days (after today, because I let myself cheat for good behavior)
4 workouts
Get on prenatals

Also - darnit! I'm always the shortest person. :-/

Beth-Thanks for keeping up with posting your goals it always reminds me to post (or even come up with) mine. And thanks for the encouragment

Welcome to all the new people! I hope you find everyone here welcoming and find the support you need.

Kah- Hang in there! *hugs*

AFM-I THINK I am in my 2ww, but I'm going to keep trying just in case I miscalculated. I am very glad that I will be gone at childrens camp next week, that will keep me from going overboard with trying to figure out if I'm pregnant or not. Earlier this week I was feeling like this is the month, today not so much but I guess we shall see.

My goals for this week:
Drink 64+ oz water
NO fast food
Get on prenatals (thanks Beth for that one!)
Stretch nightly (I've been real bad about this one)

So sorry to hear that Karen!! xo

Hello Everyone! Just a little about myself

Name: Kristi
Age: 25
Where you live: Louisville, KY
Job: HR Assistant
Length of time on the board: 2 days
Marital Status: Married
Length of time you've been with SO: 3 years
Do you have kids: No
Length of time TTC: 6 months
Diagnosis: All tests came back fine. I was not having regular periods and/or ovulating
Do you chart your BBT: No
Do you use OPKs: Yes (2 months in a row with positive OPK's!!!)
Are you on any meds for TTC: Femera and Metformin
Height: 5'5''
Weight: 223
Goal Weight: 145

I am so glad to see that there are other ladies out there going through some of the same things!!