3 failed IUIs. How do you cope?

[Nicedips]

Mav - praying for you
Breaking dawn - I know how you feel, I used to think I am a failure too but ttc is something we cannot control. If we cannot control how can we fail right ... Thats my theory of staying strong on these failed IUI cycles.
Strawberry - I think our cycles are few days apart but we can be cycle buddies, when is your next RE appt?

My RE nurse called yesterday and asked me to take doxycycline, was at work couldn't ask what that was for, but I said yes they know better

 

[baby.wish]

Well ladies it looks like we are going to continue. Spoke with RE who said its quality not quantity. In the end it was up to us and we decided no matter the number we are going to have some great follies when they come out and to remain positive. Thanks for all the kind supporting words! I'm hoping after reading Maverick and Stayhopeful's post this is an early scan and things will change like it did for them.

Mrs. T, we can do this!

 

[Strawberry13]

Ok so since we've had some new faces here, I figured it would be good to have a summary of who's on here and where everyone is in their process. Let me know if I got any of this wrong!

baby.wish-IVF#1 Aug 2013, currently doing stims

Nicedips-IVF#1 scheduled for Sept 2013. Sonohystogram in Aug 2013

Mrs. T-IVF#1 Aug 2013, currently doing stims

Breaking dawn-IUI#4 Aug 2013

Maverick-IVF#1 July/Aug 2013-transfer on 8/7

Pinkpeony-IVF#1 Aug 2013, starting stims 8/10

Stayhopeful-IVF#1June/July 2013-preggo!!!

Bma-FET June 2013-preggo with twins!!!

Strawberry-IVF#1 Sept 2013

Did I miss anyone?? Btw Breakdown I TOTALLY get what you're saying about not ever thinking you'd need to be there. When all of our tests came back last fall as normal, I was like, thank god the worst it'll be is a few IUIs. Boy was I wrong! Baby.wish-so happy that you guys are moving forward, I'm hoping for super-star eggs for you!

 

[Strawberry13]

Mav - praying for you
Breaking dawn - I know how you feel, I used to think I am a failure too but ttc is something we cannot control. If we cannot control how can we fail right ... Thats my theory of staying strong on these failed IUI cycles.
Strawberry - I think our cycles are few days apart but we can be cycle buddies, when is your next RE appt?

My RE nurse called yesterday and asked me to take doxycycline, was at work couldn't ask what that was for, but I said yes they know better

Yes-we are totally cycle buddies... I have my RE appointment a week from today... AF is due in the next few days, and I'm hoping since I've already done a million tests he'll let us start on our next cycle, which would be right around labor day.

 

[Mrs. T]

Well ladies it looks like we are going to continue. Spoke with RE who said its quality not quantity. In the end it was up to us and we decided no matter the number we are going to have some great follies when they come out and to remain positive. Thanks for all the kind supporting words! I'm hoping after reading Maverick and Stayhopeful's post this is an early scan and things will change like it did for them.

Mrs. T, we can do this!

baby.wish, when is your next u/s? Mine is on the 15th. I was hoping to have one this week but they said not till next week. Boo! I was really hoping for some good news on an updated follie count. But this whole thing is all about waiting isn't it?

I am on the bcp right now then I will start Puregon next week after my u/s and they are anticipating E/R Aug 28th and a 5dt.

Where do you live? I'm in Thunder Bay but I have to go to T.O. for the procedures.

 

[baby.wish]

Mrs. T, I think I am a little ahead of you, I am already on stims and will have egg retrieval next week. If you havent started stims i wouldnt worry you will have more follies once you do. for me i was upset as i'm on day 5 of stims and had low follicle count. I have another U/S tomorrow praying for more to show up some how.
I live in Vancouver

 

[Mrs. T]

Good luck!

 

[Maverick007]

Hi everyone, will have to catch up on everybody's progress tomorrow as I'm still a bit out of it, this thread has been busy! Strawberry, thank you for making that list!! I was just thinking yesterday that it's getting hard to keep track of where everybody is in their cycles.

Just wanted to pop in and say that transfer went great today, we transferred one perfect blast and another has already been frozen (YAY!). They will monitor the last three over the next day to see if they can be frozen too. Thanks for your thoughts and prayers, it feels good to finally be done w/ the process itself. Now we wait!

Babywish so glad you're moving forward!!

Breaking Dawn, i'm so sorry to hear about the latest IUI not working. I also know exactly what you mean about feeling like a failure sometimes because of IVF. i have felt that way too, but i really liked what Nicedips said about it being out of our control. Seems obvious but I forget that a lot. Best of luck to you.

 

[baby.wish]

Maverick I hope everything went well for you today and you are resting. Here comes the hard part, waiting

 

[PinkPeony]

Yay! Mav! You're officially PUPO!!!

 

[Strawberry13]

Congrats maverick! So glad you had such great quality embryos on day 5.

 

[Maverick007]

Thanks Strawberry!

I'm truly sorry to hear about your official bfn Looking forward to cheering you on w/ your IVF cycle though!

 

[Bma11]

Congrats on being PUPO, Maverick!!! I can not wait to hear of your BFP!!!

 

[StayHopeful]

Glad everything went well today, Maverick! When is your otd?

 

[Maverick007]

Thanks guys!

OTD is next Friday Aug. 16! It seems so much faster than I expected, I guess b/c of it being a 5 day transfer?

 

[PinkPeony]

Thanks guys!

OTD is next Friday Aug. 16! It seems so much faster than I expected, I guess b/c of it being a 5 day transfer?

 

[SashimiMimi]

Good luck Maverick! The TWW after IVF is so hard. It was a year ago this month that I started my IVF cycle and it still seems to surreal to actual have a real baby now! Just remember to do what feels best during this TWW. I spent the whole time resting and watching TV shows that made me laugh. I watched all seasons of Arrested Development on Netflix and I think just having a stress-free time really helped me stay calm. I feel very positive for you!

 

[Maverick007]

Thanks Sashimi! Very good advice...I personally LOVE Arrested Development and rewatch all seasons at least once every year or so, not many shows/movies make me laugh as hard as that one.

I am just feeling a peace about this and overall my hope is to just be able to accept the outcome whatever it may be. Learning we ended up with 2 frosties this morning really helps.

Hope you and your little one are doing great!

 

[Chris_25]

Ok so since we've had some new faces here, I figured it would be good to have a summary of who's on here and where everyone is in their process. Let me know if I got any of this wrong!

baby.wish-IVF#1 Aug 2013, currently doing stims

Nicedips-IVF#1 scheduled for Sept 2013. Sonohystogram in Aug 2013

Mrs. T-IVF#1 Aug 2013, currently doing stims

Breaking dawn-IUI#4 Aug 2013

Maverick-IVF#1 July/Aug 2013-transfer on 8/7

Pinkpeony-IVF#1 Aug 2013, starting stims 8/10

Stayhopeful-IVF#1June/July 2013-preggo!!!

Bma-FET June 2013-preggo with twins!!!

Strawberry-IVF#1 Sept 2013

Did I miss anyone?? Btw Breakdown I TOTALLY get what you're saying about not ever thinking you'd need to be there. When all of our tests came back last fall as normal, I was like, thank god the worst it'll be is a few IUIs. Boy was I wrong! Baby.wish-so happy that you guys are moving forward, I'm hoping for super-star eggs for you!

me I will be doing IVF with you in September, well i'll be starting Lupron in September.

 

[Chris_25]

Hi everyone, will have to catch up on everybody's progress tomorrow as I'm still a bit out of it, this thread has been busy! Strawberry, thank you for making that list!! I was just thinking yesterday that it's getting hard to keep track of where everybody is in their cycles.

Just wanted to pop in and say that transfer went great today, we transferred one perfect blast and another has already been frozen (YAY!). They will monitor the last three over the next day to see if they can be frozen too. Thanks for your thoughts and prayers, it feels good to finally be done w/ the process itself. Now we wait!

Babywish so glad you're moving forward!!

Breaking Dawn, i'm so sorry to hear about the latest IUI not working. I also know exactly what you mean about feeling like a failure sometimes because of IVF. i have felt that way too, but i really liked what Nicedips said about it being out of our control. Seems obvious but I forget that a lot. Best of luck to you.

Congrats so happy everything went well for you!