3 failed IUIs. How do you cope?

[Bma11]

Stay hopeful- I too, didn't feel a thing. The progesterone didn't even give me any symptoms. I felt a twinge or a pull one day... And then nothing. My boobs didn't start hurting until a few weeks ago. I've had a million symptoms every other month and the one month I was ever pregnant I had nothing. It sure is a bummer but it is normal not to feel anything until 6 weeks. Stay strong! Another girl on bnb had to do a microcode shot of ovidrel (hcg) and she just tested it out of her system. That was torture as well.

Stay strong!!!!

 

[Chris_25]

Hi ladies I have to catch up with you. I just did my 5th IUI today and I am pretty much whatever about it this cycle. I'm so tired of being hopeful

 

[Strawberry13]

Although I don't know much about it I agree with all the other girls on here that it seems like everyone says the month they don't feel anything is the month it happens. Hang in there stayhopeful!

Chris I'm in an identical spot as you- just had my 5th iui today also and definitely feeling just whatever about it. When do you plan on moving to ivf(if that's your plan)?

 

[Chris_25]

Although I don't know much about it I agree with all the other girls on here that it seems like everyone says the month they don't feel anything is the month it happens. Hang in there stayhopeful!

Chris I'm in an identical spot as you- just had my 5th iui today also and definitely feeling just whatever about it. When do you plan on moving to ivf(if that's your plan)?

Oh wow i'm not alone and we can be buddies!
I will be doing 1 more IUI next month and then do IVF right after that. I see that you will be doing it also?

 

[Strawberry13]

Yup in September hopefully! Sounds like Our cycles are synced so we can be buddies for the next few months

Question for gals who temp: I took the trigger midnight on Saturday and had my iui at noon yesterday so exactly 36 hrs. However my temp didn't go up this morning as much as it usually does the day after ovulation. Do you think the temp was possibly off, or did I potentially not have the iui timed right? We BD'ed last night and this morning to cover our bases but I don't know if I should ask my dr if we should do another one today? I really don't feel like it to be honest since its likely a waste of $. Grr all this for such a small chance of success, so frustrating!

 

[Chris_25]

Yup in September hopefully! Sounds like Our cycles are synced so we can be buddies for the next few months

Question for gals who temp: I took the trigger midnight on Saturday and had my iui at noon yesterday so exactly 36 hrs. However my temp didn't go up this morning as much as it usually does the day after ovulation. Do you think the temp was possibly off, or did I potentially not have the iui timed right? We BD'ed last night and this morning to cover our bases but I don't know if I should ask my dr if we should do another one today? I really don't feel like it to be honest since its likely a waste of $. Grr all this for such a small chance of success, so frustrating!

I don't temp so i'm not too sure.

 

[Maverick007]

Strawberry,

I didn't temp but I have heard that the trigger is very reliable and that it's extremely unlikely that it did not force you to ovulate after 36 hrs. Not sure if that gives you any comfort but I specifically asked my RE that and she just acted like it was almost impossible that the trigger would not work. Of course nothing is foolproof but just it's probably a very miniscule chance.

 

[Maverick007]

Pink how are you doing? Did you start BCPs yet? Hope you're feeling good.

Chris, hoping for the best for you, good luck to you on the 2ww.

 

[PinkPeony]

I'm doing good. I have started bcp which feels sorta surreal. I start stims on Aug 10. It's perfect bc my big, stressful project at work is finishing up and I won't have nearly as big a workload once it's done. I work from home too so it seems like it's going to be great timing in that sense.

StrawB - Re your temp... I found I always got a slow rise after ovidrel. Went thru that every month thinking we didn't time it right. My DH's count is low so once we had the IUI there wouldn't be enough swimmers for extra bd or a 2nd IUI so it always freaked me out. I just think it's not that reliable to temp when doing all these meds.

 

[Chris_25]

Pink how are you doing? Did you start BCPs yet? Hope you're feeling good.

Chris, hoping for the best for you, good luck to you on the 2ww.

Thank you and i wish you luck with your IVF process!

 

[Strawberry13]

Thanks for the advice girls Re the temping ill try to not think about it, would've probably been better if I just didn't temp on assisted cycles at all... But I'm kinda OCD, so, yeah.

Maverick good luck at your sono tomorrow!

Pink so happy you're starting, you are so close to stims and everything being underway. Hang in there before you know it it'll be Labor Day and you'll be practically done with everything! Glad you get to work from home that must be a big relief!

 

[Orchid6]

Hi Ladies, I finally got my first OMFG BFP this morning after 17 or 18 cycles+ (lost count).. .. Which included three failed iui/clomid cycles. I'm in shock, no clomid/no iui and it was my last cycle before suppression stage. I was scheduled for a hysterscopy and ivf injection teaching tomorrow, also was supposed to start Birth Control this week.

It's so early so I'm prepared if it doesnt work sadly, but I'm so grateful that something finally worked!!! Weird thing is that I had no obvious symptoms..

You ladies have been so amazing, Thank you for all your support. Wishing you all the best and Sending you all lots of baby dust! Xoxo

 

[StayHopeful]

Congrats, Orchid!!!

 

[baby.wish]

Orchid that is amazing news! Congrats! I guess it shows the rest of us things happen when they are meant to.

Stayhopeful, you must be sooo nervous right now. Even after IUI's i remember the wait to test was always the hardest.

Maverick when did you start your stims? I start mine on Aug 2 very nervous. I will be doing Gonal-F and Menopur and then add in Cetrotide around day 7. I guess its the antagonist protocol.

I also go in for a hysteroscopy on Friday to remove the polyp, I hope everything goes ok and I can proceed on the 2nd. I asked the RE if it was ok to proceed so quickly and if the uterus needed to heal, he said the uterus heals fast and I wouldnt actually be needing the uterus until we did the transfer in another few weeks.

 

[Strawberry13]

Orchid how wonderful! Congrats!! Gives me hope I'm hoping for a very uneventful 9 months for you!

Baby wish good luck these next few weeks I hope your polyp removal and stims all go according to plan.

Stay hopeful how are you feeling today?

 

[baby.wish]

For all of you that have got your BFP's on IVF cycles did you change your lifestyle and diet? Any suggestions?

Did any of you take extra supplements while on BCP? I'm currently taking Prenatals, and COQ10. Someone mentioned Royal Jelly for egg quality. Anything else??

Did you get off caffeine? No alchohol after stims??

Thanks for all the help

 

[Maverick007]

Wow!! Orchid that is awesome! Congratulations, so happy for you!

baby.wish, i started my stims on the 20th so tonight is day 4 (i inject around 8:30pm every night). i'm also on an antagonist protocol - menopur and follistim, and then i will start ganirelix potentially in the next few days. i know it's nervewracking but honestly it has not been as difficult as i thought it would be...i am still sort of early in the process so i don't know yet what tomorrow will bring (first scan) but last night i was able to do a perfect injection (not even a tiny spot of blood) so i was pretty proud of that! i hope your procedure to remove the polyp goes smoothly and that you can start stims as planned.

 

[StayHopeful]

Baby.wish, I changed things slightly during BCP but didn't really cut out everything until I started stims. While I was on BCP I still had the occasional drink with alcohol or caffeine, though I did try to do it in moderation. I stopped both completely once I started stims. I also cut back on my exercise, my FS said to keep my heart rate under 140 and I started paying more attention to that during my BCP weeks. Once I started stims all I did was walking, and I only did that until I started to get uncomfortable. As far as extra supplements, my FS had me taking a prenatal and calcium. I also take a folic acid supplement because I have a FA deficiency, but that's not a standard thing.

Maverick, congrats on your perfect injection It's the little things that get us through this!

I'm soooooo nervous. I just want to find out if it worked. I keep going back and forth between being super hopeful and feeling like it didn't work yet again and it's never going to happen. I mentioned to DH that I might test tomorrow, but he talked me out of it. I think it's too soon anyway because of my hcg booster last Wed. My blood test is Monday, so maybe I'll do an hpt on Sunday morning or something. Part of me wants so badly to test, and part of me is absolutely terrified. I don't know what I'll do if I only see one line again

 

[Maverick007]

Stay, praying for you that you will feel better during the last part of the 2ww, I feel very positive for you though, I have to say!

Not sure if anyone has advice and I really don't have enough info yet to probably even ask this question, but my scan showed small follicles this morning (largest 6mm) but I am unsure of count or blood results yet. I've taken 4 days of low dose stims so perhaps this is normal, but of course I am slightly worried I am not responding quickly enough. Anyone have any idea what to expect? The nurse who did the scan said the E2 levels will let them know whether those follies are growing or will be growing.

 

[Bma11]

Maverick- your levels will tell them how you are responding. If you aren't responding how they want you to then they will up your dosage of meds to make you produce more. But 6 follies right now sounds good! keep us updated!!!