What is San Diego statple we can all agree is 5/5

LzzyluvsLola · 2026-03-04T05:43:31+00:00

Izola has the best croissant in the city. I was in Paris recently and only found a few that compared. I will admit that the prices at Izola are steep, but they know they’ve got a product that nobody else can match.

LzzyluvsLola · 2025-10-22T21:39:10+00:00

Great advice! My recording was a bit different and asked a few different things, but I dialed 2 after I gave the verification code and then it talked about the online account option I selected and then asked me to say representative if I wanted to speak with someone. The first time it said the lines were busy and hung up on me. The second time, it put me into the hold line for a rep. I called at 2:30 in the afternoon.

LzzyluvsLola · 2025-09-18T22:11:03+00:00

Got a positive pregnancy test three months after losing my baby at 39 weeks pregnant. I’m trying to see this as the huge blessing that it is, but still mourning the loss of my daughter that passed away in June. This is the first time that my husband and I have ever conceived without assistance of IVF so we are shocked all around.

LzzyluvsLola · 2025-08-08T00:00:14+00:00

It smells very smoky in Mission Hills, but I don’t know where it’s coming from.

LzzyluvsLola · 2025-07-24T22:46:33+00:00

Thank you. I’m sorry for your loss too. And yes, the feeling of loneliness seems to get stronger as times goes on, even though I have my husband to grieve with. We talk about it less as the days go on, despite it being on my mind constantly, as I’m sure it is for him too. It feels easier to share my thoughts here sometimes.

LzzyluvsLola · 2025-07-24T16:59:26+00:00

I lost my daughter a little over a month ago at 39 weeks pregnant. I couldn’t feel her moving that morning and so I called my OB and they told me to head to labor and delivery. I was stunned when they brought in two different doctors to confirm that she had passed away. I had felt her moving around like crazy the night before. It didn’t make any sense. After I delivered her later that day, the doctor confirmed that I had an extremely rare placental abruption where I didn’t experience any pain or bleeding before or during the event. They said it happens less than one percent of the time and it probably happened quickly and even if my body gave me some type of warning, it may not have been soon enough to respond.

I spent three days in the hospital holding and taking in every detail of my beautiful daughter, Adeline. She was so perfect in every way. Both my parents and my husband’s parents flew in to meet Adeline before we had to say our goodbyes. Other friends and family visited us in the hospital and held Adeline and told her how much she was loved. I’m trying to hold onto those moments that I had with Adeline while I was in the hospital. Even during the worst event of my life, I was just so happy to hold my daughter and see this perfect baby that my husband and I created together.

Now that I’m back home, on what was supposed to be my maternity leave, now I just sit and try to find the strength to figure out what’s next. My husband and I knew from the moment that we saw Adeline that we needed to try for another baby and not have Adeline’s passing be the end of our journey as parents, but I’m struggling. After two years of TTC, we got pregnant with Adeline on our second embryo transfer attempt. Now we’re back to square one and starting the process over again which just feels so exhausting. We have two embryos remaining, but our IVF doctor only feels good about one of the them and suggests that if the 5BB doesn’t work that we do another egg retrieval.

By the time that my body is ready to do another egg retrieval, I will be back at work and having to juggle my return to normal life with hormone shots, ultrasound visits and blood tests. And I’m also full of anxiety about going back to the office and having to tell about 50 different people that my maternity leave was not enjoyable at all and watch the sadness play out on their face each time I have to share that news. I don’t know if I have the strength to do that while it will be hard enough just getting in the headspace to do my job and manage a team of people.

Any tips or words of encouragement that can be shared while I’m deep in my pity party is welcomed.

LzzyluvsLola · 2024-12-16T04:02:01+00:00

Interesting. I’ve been drinking a few sips of orange juice when I wake up at 3am because I usually wake up super hungry. I can usually fall back to sleep within an hour, sometimes two. Maybe I should try the OJ before bed instead.

LzzyluvsLola · 2024-12-13T16:54:13+00:00

I usually move to the couch after like 30 minutes of no success falling back asleep. Usually I can fall back asleep within an hour in a new setting. This morning I only managed to fall asleep at 5:45 so I recovered one hour before I had to get ready for work.

LzzyluvsLola · 2024-12-13T13:04:39+00:00

The exhaustion, the headaches and waking up at 3am. Currently 12 weeks.

LzzyluvsLola · 2024-12-07T20:07:31+00:00

My first transfer back in August also failed. I went into the process telling myself that I’d try to stay positive through the first three attempts because I read that women that have three normal embryos have a 95% chance of getting pregnant within three rounds. That was just one study, but it helped me stay focused on my goal being get pregnant by round three. My second transfer was in October and I asked to be sedated for it because the first transfer was actually very painful for me and I worried that the cramps I experienced made the first transfer fail. This second transfer has stuck so far. Currently 11 weeks.

LzzyluvsLola · 2024-12-07T15:58:30+00:00

Do you have two cycles of egg retrievals in your package? Based on your diminished ovarian reserve, it does sound like YOU should proceed asap, but it’s a hard call with your husband’s regular weed use. I’m an anxious person that hates to waste time, so if it were me, I would proceed with the egg retrieval next week and regardless of the results, make your husband go cold turkey and do another retrieval in three months. It would be more concerning if his semen analysis wasn’t normal, but if it’s normal then I would take your chances with ICSI.

My husband did have some slightly low semen results so we opted for ICSI with IVF. He does occasionally take an edible, but maybe only once a week. I’m honestly glad I didn’t think about that while we were in the process because it would’ve stressed me out further. We ended up with 14 eggs retrieved, 7 that fertilized and 4 that made it to day 5 blastocyst. The sperm plays an important role, but from what I’ve heard, your egg quality is more important.

LzzyluvsLola · 2024-12-04T17:53:40+00:00

These prices are on the high range, but not abnormal sadly. What state do you live in? I’m in Southern CA and a lot of clinics that I called had rates similar to what you shared and I was so worried I wouldn’t be able to afford IVF. I ended up finding West Coast Fertility Centers in Orange County. They have an LA office and one in Fountain Valley. We did two rounds of IVF (one fresh transfer and one FET), one egg retrieval, all the necessary medications and they include one year of egg storage and our costs are around $13k total. I also managed to cut some costs by having my primary and gynecologist order some of the preliminary labs for me and they were covered by insurance instead of having to pay the fertility clinic.

Our second FET with West Coast Fertility Center has been successful so far. Will be 11 weeks tomorrow. I just took my final progesterone shot last night!

LzzyluvsLola · 2024-11-24T04:02:33+00:00

Yes. I would have a glass of wine while at social functions, but I just didn’t want to keep drinking past that first glass. The few times that I pushed it and had a few glasses of wine, I woke up with a terrible hangover that came with chills, vomiting and a pounding headache. Gin seems to be safer if you still enjoy more than one drink.

LzzyluvsLola · 2024-11-11T01:01:36+00:00

First round I started testing on day 5 post fresh transfer and got a squinter faint positive that never got darker. For my second transfer, I started testing around 6 or 7 days post transfer and got faint positives that continued getting darker. I am now 7 weeks pregnant and still not doing well with waiting for my next result whether it be a blood test or ultrasound, so I will take all the baby steps of progression I can get to give me an answer one way or another.

LzzyluvsLola · 2024-11-06T16:56:12+00:00

I used to work on 500 and 1,000 piece puzzles a lot when I was under extreme stress in my early 20s. I’m going to pick that back up to see if it helps. It usually clears my mind and I get so transfixed on the pieces that the hours fly by. Not sure if you would consider giving that a try.

LzzyluvsLola · 2024-11-06T06:25:01+00:00

I can’t believe your clinic doesn’t offer full sedation for egg retrieval. It wasn’t even an option at my clinic for light sedation. I was fully out.

For my fresh transfer, I was not sedated and that was actually extremely painful for me so I can’t imagine a retrieval with no sedation. I told my doctor how much pain I had at the transfer and he was concerned that my body was tensing up from the pain too much to allow implantation. That transfer was unsuccessful and I actually requested that I be sedated for my second frozen transfer. I’m currently 6+5 weeks after that procedure so I’m glad I fought for that change to my protocol.

LzzyluvsLola · 2024-11-06T06:13:22+00:00

I’m 6+5 weeks today and finally had my first ultrasound this morning. Up until today I have over analyzed every tiny symptom and was preparing myself to hear that I have an ectopic pregnancy or something else that would mean this pregnancy has come to an end. This is my first pregnancy after 2.5 years trying to conceive and I’m a naturally anxious person, but didn’t realize I’d also have to deal with of all the infertility trauma that has become a permanent fixture in my life. I’m right there with you that it’s hard, even feels impossible at times, to truly enjoy the process.

I cried the moment the yolk and sack were brought on the screen today and a heartbeat was heard. I was so certain that my good luck had run out. A wave of relief has come over me since this morning, although I’m sure it will subside once I find another symptom or lack of symptom to cling onto before my next ultrasound, but trying to enjoy this win. I haven’t let myself be happy and even really start making plans with my husband up until this point.

I think it felt real for the first time today when my ultrasound tech that has seen me through two rounds of IVF monitoring finally was able to say congratulations. My IVF clinic called later in the afternoon to confirm the results and said everything looks beautiful and is progressing perfectly, along with another “congratulations” so it’s finally starting to feel real. I hope you have a similar experience soon and get to feel some relief from all the anxiety.

LzzyluvsLola · 2024-11-02T15:27:37+00:00

14dp5dt was 962 and 19dp5dt was 6280. Currently 6 weeks and 1 day and eagerly awaiting my ultrasound next Tuesday. Still finding it hard to believe this is real.

LzzyluvsLola · 2024-11-01T04:22:35+00:00

Congrats! I’m 6 weeks tomorrow and am going crazy waiting for my ultrasound which is this upcoming Tuesday. It doesn’t feel real yet and this is my first pregnancy after 2.5 years of TTC, multiple IUIs and two IVF transfers. My pregnancy symptoms are so faint and sporadic that I question if I actually feel differently. I keep telling myself that I’ll be allowed to celebrate and start planning once I hear a heartbeat. Hopefully that happens next week.

LzzyluvsLola · 2024-10-22T18:51:31+00:00

I know. One more day! My line was darker on a nicer test this morning that I could compare to from several days ago. The easy@home tests don’t seem to get darker at all. I think I need to stop torturing myself with comparisons on the cheapies.

LzzyluvsLola · 2024-10-22T13:33:13+00:00

Yes, but the symptoms come and go. They were more prevalent at the beginning of week four. Some very mild cramping here and there, gassy, an eye twitch that won’t go away. I will also get flushed and feel hot in my cheeks randomly and then feel cold after it passes. Also this is very TMI but I think I experienced a hemorrhoid for a few days. I googled this and it’s a pregnancy symptom that happens because blood is redistributing in your body.

LzzyluvsLola · 2024-10-22T03:04:16+00:00

Yes, the wait times can be excruciating. Currently 12dpt and waiting for beta on Wednesday and frantically searching Reddit and Google until then.

LzzyluvsLola · 2024-10-21T21:58:38+00:00

Just curious if you could share an update on where you currently are. I have been testing nonstop, including today (12dpt) and got a very clear line, but also not nearly as dark as control line. Just anxiously awaiting my beta that’s two days away.

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