I'm 13 dpiui, 12 dpo according to my chart.

AF won't show on her own because I'm taking progesterone suppositories. I'm supposed to test on Friday (15 dpiui, 14 dpo) and stop the progesterone then, if its negative. AF should show ~36 hours later.

I do all my monitoring in NYC, because I work in NYC. It's just a long commute from nj.



I know there is still a chance, but it's pretty small.

Hi all,
First time posting on any TTC forums I usually just read the posts and compare them to myself BUT I felt I just had to reply here because:

I am a fellow RMA'er in PA I go to multiple offices depending on available appts. There are four offices offiliated with my doctors in the Philadelphia area.

Anyway all these terms even after I look them up are so confusing.

At this point my husband and I have been officially trying for about 9mths. 11mths since off birth control.

We have been going to RMA since December. So far Clomid failed me and the doctors started me on Lotrizole no results the first try. Not sure if they are going to increase the dose or try injectibles.

My gut is telling me they want to switch to injectibles. I am currently taking my provera pills to bring on my AF. But mean while the NP said my doctor wants to have a "conference" yikes that doesnt sound good.

Anyway my DH still needs to get his tests done. I guess we were delaying it b/c I clear was the issue. I dont get AF's so I assume I never have ovulated never have unless I was on birthcontrol.

Anyway that is my story.

We shall see wha the next step is.

Everyone on here keeps mentioning that IUI is very expensive. Anyone have a guestimate of cost?

I dont think I will do IVF. Just a personal thing for me.

Kins - A "conference" is a good thing. That is your game plan for getting pregnant. DH should be tested bc it is so easy for them to do a SA and find out if he had any issues. If he does, he can start working on them with a urologist or vitamins or whatever they advise. I don't find the IUI's to be that expensive. For us, it was $300 for the IUI, $300 for the BW and U/S and another $150 for the meds. If it works, it is not a crazy price to pay. It is possible they will move to injectibles as the next step but not sure. Sounds like you're on the right path and taking action. GL!

Thanks Marie. So far I have been lucky and only had to pay $10 per doctor visit for b/w and u/s and my prescriptions for pills have be $5 or less. I did get the ovidrel inj they said to have it on hand in case. That was $15.


I'm glad there are discussion boards like this, I havent told our friends/family we are trying because i dont want the "so hows it going..." questions all the time.

Welcome Kins!

I am sorry you are having such a hard time. I also agree that a conference is good because you can figure out a game plan and after DH has his SA you can have an even better idea of what the game plan might be.

It seems like the next step would be injectable meds. For me (In NJ) we did not have any insurance coverage for our IUI's so we had to pay totally out of pocket. For everything excluding meds it was $2400. That includes all the u/s bloodwork and back 2 back IUI's. Our insurance covered some of the meds but if it didn't it would have been another $2000.00. Hopefully your insurance covers something. If you are not interested in doing IVF I would say IUI would be a good choice, expecially if your DH has no issues then the chance should be pretty good.

Wow, our prices were a lot different. I did skip a few of the "recommended" appointments like Day 3 bw and I really only had 1 u/s and the iui. I was out of pocket for my first 2 IUIs so I tried to do the minimum. My cycles are really regular so I think he let me slide. I agree, huge difference in price from clomid to injectibles as I'm finding out with this IVF. My insurance is going to cover 1/2 of the first IVF and then nothing after that so I will probably be out 10K from this cycle & if it is a BFN, we're screwed!

Marie, when do you go for your beta? Have hope! I am sure it worked all my fingers and toes crossed for you

Thank jchic! I am hoping it worked! I'm surprisingly feeling pretty positive and excited despite having no pg symptoms whatsoever. There's no need to be miserable right now when I have no reason to be. My beta is Tuesday 3/27. I'm hoping to get the best news of my life! GL with testing!

you definitely will Keep your positive attitude and keep yourself busy this weekend!!!

Marie - I wanted to ask you about your IVF cycle Were you on long protocol? I am still confused about the long and short protocol. My re told me I would start BCP and then Lupron injections. Did you do this?