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chorona: don't worry about the shots. i used follistim. u can either put it in your stomach or thigh. i get shots daily in my stomach, so i tried the thigh out of curiosity and it was sooo much better. i barely felt anything at all. let me know what u think when u try it. good luck.
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Hey guys..it's been a while! I've been trying to not think too much about fertility issues so I've not done any internetting regarding it. I am on day 7 of my cycle and took my last clomid dose. I go in on tuesday morning to have an ultrasound and then hopefully our second IUI on wed! I'm excited.. but my goal this time is to not think about it too much at all because for me, thinking = stressing. I am just praying that my DH's count is much higher (1.3 million washed). We live in the south and my husband is in the military and works in planes where it's over 100 degrees in the summer. The Dr. believes that is why his count was so low in July. It was really hot this last month but my husband spent the worst of it in germany where it was much cooler. Let's just hope his little swimmers aren't cooked! Sorry about this last cycle chorona. The worst part of feeling you are, when you aren't, is it makes us feel like we can't even trust our own feelings and bodies. I hate that. Good luck to all who are waiting!
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ATTENTION: Good Luck to ALL women who are coming to the end of their 2 week wait this week! I know there are quite a few!! **Sticky Babydust** to everyone! I'm praying for LOTS of BFP's this week!! Stay positive and SMILE, your in the home stretch!!!!! :D
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So here is the deal. Tuesday morning I took my pregnancy test and it came back negative. However, I was supposed to start my period on Sunday and AF never came. So today I was beginning to get very hopeful as I was 5 days late. Then, wouldn't you know it, AF came. I am so bummed! I have tried to stay positive and this is killing me. I don't think I can do anymore IUI's. I have been through 3 and I can't keep doing this to myself or my husband. Good luck and baby dust to all!
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2ww wait is finally over...and with a BFN! On to the next cycle. This will be IUI #3.
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2ww is finally over...and with a BFN! On to the next cycle. This will be IUI #3.
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I have not written in a while. After 7 attempts at IUI we were finally pregnant!!! Very sadly we had a miscarriage on Aug. 06. It has been the most heartbreaking experience of my life.
Now that we know it is possible, we can't give up!
So tomorrow we have a sonohystogram and hopefully we start injuections of Menopur by the weekend.
Fingers crossed and lots of baby dust to everyone out there!!!
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Hi ladies,
GraceL, good luck with this cycle. I hope that you can do the IUI and have better results this time around. I'm praying for you!
Whitney412 and jenicholtns, so sorry to hear about your BFN. I feel your pain. I guess it wasn't in the cards for any of us this cyle. Hopefully the next one is better.
Whitney are you saying that you are giving up trying? I know it's hard to go through this, I've gone through 3 IUIs as well but you can't just give up. It will happen, you just need to hold out hope. Sometimes I think that I just want to go straight to IVF but that is so invasive and costly. Give it a few more tries. You never know!
secondfam, I'm so sorry that your baby didn't stick. I can imagine how happy you were to find out you were pregnant and than have it taken away. I pray that you get your sticky bean.
I go in tomorrow for CD 3 u/s and b/w. Hopefully by the afternoon the nurse will confirm that I can start the Puregon injections and then we're on to IUI #4 next week. I am keeping my fingers crossed. I have also been taking Bromocriptine to lower my prolactin levels (high because of PCOS) and tested last week. My levels are at normal range but only because of the meds. Hopefully I won't have to take this for too long now. And I'm also hoping that the lower levels will help conception as well.
I know that none of us got what we were looking for this time but I have faith that it will happen.
BABY DUST TO ALL!!!!
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well might as well add me to the BFN list. AF came today. :( i'm not as upset as i thought i would be, but i'm getting really tired of all this trying and nothing happening. i was really hoping that my endometriosis surgery and my uterine suspension was going to do the trick. i just don't get why it is so impossible for some to get pregnant.
off to another cycle. start femara sat. good luck to everyone.
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So I'm officially in my 2ww! On tuesday I had my ultrasound.. 3 mature follicles and a lot of tiny ones that aren't viable. We had high hopes for my husbands count this time, but it was the same as last time... 1.3 million post wash. It was a bummer but oh well... that's still much more than what usually gets into the uterus with normal intercourse! I have really been focusing on finding my joy in Christ instead of trying to find my lifes happiness in my husband, family, having children, etc. All those things/people at some point will let me down, but God will always be there to comfort me and that is what keeps me going!! Good luck to you all, don't give up!
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so today i went to the dr for a baseline ultrasound. both ovaries are covered with large cysts. dr cancelled this cycle and put me on birth control pills to hopefully shrink them. it just seems ironic that my fertility specialist is putting me on birth control.
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Wow, none of us had any luck this last cycle. What a bummer. It will happen, we just need to keep the faith.
As far as I know I've never ovulated on my own and need help to get the follies to grow. This month my body decided to play tricks on me and started to actually work!!! I've been taking Bromocriptine to lower my prolactin levels for the past month and I think it's contributing to the spontaneous workings. :-)
On cd 3 I went in for the usual b/w and u/s and already I had 2 follies growing at 10mm and 8mm!! I was in shock, this has never happened before (at least not since I've been at the clinic). I started 75iu of Puregon on Friday and have been taking it every night since. I went to the clinic yesterday for CD 6 monitoring and already 1 follie at 16.5mm and 2 smaller ones at 10mm. Keep in mind this is day 6! Today went in again and it grew to 20mm, the smaller ones have not changed at all. The nurse was a bit stumped because they weren't expecting such a big follie on day 7 but this is what's happening. They're not going ahead with an IUI this cycle, they are switching us to timed intercourse. The reason being because the Puregon was supposed to give me 2-4 follies and it hasn't worked. It seems to be a waste with only one follie, so we're on to the good ol' fashioned way. :-)
Here's what I think is happening. The Bromocriptine is helping my body regulate itself (yay!!!) and the low Puregon dosage isn't doing anything at all. If it were working then the smaller ones would be bigger by now as well, and they haven't changed. It's weird because I'm kind of relieved that we're not doing IUI. It puts so much pressure on us and this is a welcome break. Granted we will still have to time intercourse but it will feel more natural, and I don't think I will get pregnant this way but it doesn't hurt to try. If it doesn't work then we have to skip the next cycle because DH will be in Dublin around the time that he would have to do his thing so we'll have to wait until November.
Is it weird that I actually feel a sense of calm and relief? And for the first time since we've been getting help I feel calm and not stressed out over this. It's a very strange feeling for me because I tend to panic all of the time. Oh well, if it's meant to happen then it will happen. I think I've actually come to terms with the fact that I won't be pregnant by the end of this year.
GraceL, good luck! Let us know when you get your results. I'm rooting for you!!!
Baby dust to all!
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So I got a call from my doctor today and I got a.... BFP!! In total shock still! My levels were at 410 which the doctor said was kind of low, but I go back on Friday for another baseline. Praying for a sticky bean through this whole 9 months!! Do not give up hope ladies! It will happen for every single one of you!! God works in mysterious ways and miracles do happen. I wish you all TONS of BABYDUST!!
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Congrats a1koolstarz!!! That's awesome news, hopefully today they further ocnfirmed it.
As for me, I am officially in my 2ww! Yes, on cd10, ovulated on my own and already on 2ww. It's crazy. Every cycle is competely different.
No IUIs this cycle we did it the way nature intended it. BD last night, tonight and tomorrow for good measure.
What's going on with everyone else?!?!
Baby dust to all!!!
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Thank you chorona! Today when I went in and my hcg level was at 1,366 so we are making great progress. Ultrasound on Tuesday, by then I should be roughly 5 weeks 2 days.
I hope this cycle works for you chorona!! We need more BFP's on here!! Good luck and hang tight for these next few weeks. SMILE and stay Positive! :D
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wow congrats a1koolstarz!!!! that's so amazing! Keep us updated on your progress.
Chorona, I don't think it's weird that you were relieved to take a break. We need to have a break from our hopes being SO high. Plus, your body was being good to you! that is always exciting and encouraging! I've heard that happening a lot actually. women never or rarely ovulating, and they take drugs, don't get pregnant, but when they go off them they start ovulating on their own and get pregnant. It's like it kickstarts your body. I've been told that taking anxiety/depression meds can eventually train your body to start making more seratonin on it's own, so why can't fertility drugs? Good luck Chorona, I hope this is the cycle!
According to my last iui, I should be getting AF tuesday (tomorrow), and be able to test wednesday, the day after, if I don't get AF I am soooo nervous! Ok so I have tried so hard not to look into any symptoms but let me tell you guys what i've dealt with so far that has been out of the ordinary. 5 days ago I started getting REALLY bad acid reflux...and I had it for 3 days whenever I would eat almost anything, like a brownie. But the same day that I had it from the brownie, my husband wanted to grab food while we were out and we went to a chicken place and I was instantly craving spicy buffalo tenders. I don't normally eat a lot of spicy things and they sometimes give me hearburn so i don't know what I was thinking. I got them, they were wonderful and i didn't get heartburn from it. Then, yesterday we went with a new couple from church to get japanese and I was looving the spicy sauce they brought and dipping like everything in it. still no acid reflux. Later in the day we went to the grocery store and we needed american cheese... i was looking at the section and my eyes went to a pack that said jalapeno cheese and I was instantly like "ooo that sounds soo good" my husband made fun of me but I still ended up getting pepperjack cheese instead of the kind i've always bought in the last 4 years. OK that was really long winded... but does anyone think that this could be a sign of pregnancy?? I know i only have a couple days to wait but still, haha
good luck to everyone and I'll post an update in a couple days! hopefully a good one!
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