3 failed IUIs. How do you cope?

[Strawberry13]

Stay, I am stalking this thread just waiting to hear how your u/s went! Hope everything is good.

Ditto!

 

[Maverick007]

Pink, did you start your stims today??

 

[PinkPeony]

Day 3 today! So far so good. The first injections were a bit shaky but I'm getting a lot better. I have the gonal f pen which is easy and luveris which you have to mix in the cyringe. That one's a little tricky the first couple times. Tomorrow I go in for a scan to see how things are going.

 

[Breaking Dawn]

Hi ladies

I had CD3 appt today. We are doing an injectable only cycle and IUI.
Will be starting gonal F today. First time taking this...any tips?

Past IUIS have always been femera...and then 1-2 days of Puregon but I only ever got 1 follie.

I will be starting my 3rd cycle of gonal f injections tonight also. What dosage are you on?

Are you doing IUI too? I'm on 150IU but I go in for a scan for on Sunday. I like this pen better because I don't have to fill it like puregon. What dose are you talking ?

Breaking Dawn, good luck with your gonal f cycle! I didn't do any IUIs with Gonal F but I did use it for my IVF cycle. The vials I had were multi-dose vials and I found them very straightforward to use.

Yes I'm just going to take my shot soon and the pen is easier then puregon as its multi dose!

Yes, I'm on my 6th and last iui. I started with 300iu for 3 days and today I was supposed to do 150iu and I think i screwed up and injected less today because there wasn't a lot left in the pen. I have the one you mix and I have the pens so I been mixing it up, but the pen is so easy and less painful

I started 150IU for 3 days and now on 75IU for 2 days. I go in tomorrow for a scan to see how follies are doing...if I should continue with 75IU or not.

I'm on CD7 today (Monday). How far along are you? When will you O....usually I'm CD12-14.

 

[Breaking Dawn]

Pink, did you start your stims today??

Goodlck on your testing!!!

 

[Maverick007]

Aw, I am getting so behind on where everyone is! That is great though, good luck to you on your scan tomorrow! Can't wait to hear what's going on.

Good luck to you too BreakingDawn!!

 

[StayHopeful]

Wow, busy thread today! Sorry I'm late posting, after my appt I got roped into babysitting for my best friend and I'm just now getting a chance to get onto the computer. The scan went great and we saw our little one's heartbeat! They changed my due date to April 2, I'm measuring 6 weeks 5 days which they said is right on track. The heartbeat was 125. I go back again a week from Friday for my next scan. I was a nervous wreck last night and barely slept, so I am sooooo tired tonight.

Baby.wish, good luck with your retrieval tomorrow! Remember, it's about quality, not quantity. And it's such a major step when ER is over.

Maverick, Friday is almost here! I'm rooting for you I always tested before my beta too because I would always get the phone call at work and didn't want to fall apart in front of my students. As far as it being too early to test now, it's hard to tell... When did you take your trigger shot? If it's a week out from that, you might be okay. But I think a negative at this point wouldn't for sure mean a negative.

 

[PinkPeony]

Amazing Stayhopeful!! Congrats!!

I just got back from monitoring. I'm day 4.... They don't see much growth yet. :-/ Trying not to worry about it. My AFC was 25 and they said now there are about 6 follicles that are showing very minimal growth. The nurse wasn't too worried yet but do you guys think that's normal?

 

[Strawberry13]

Stayhopeful yay!!! So happy you were able to see your LO for the first time

Mav I probably would wait and test the day of the beta too... I just think that seeing bfns are the most depressing thing in the world.

Baby wish sending prayers your way let us know how it goes!

Pink it sounds like your AFC was really good and although I really don't know anything about this at all from stay and mavericks experience it sounds like its way too early to tell. How are you feeling otherwise?

 

[Maverick007]

Wow Stay that is awesome! Wonderful news. Keep growing little baby!

Pink, I wouldn't worry..I know how much easier that is to say than to do though, cause I worried about my first scan a lot. I think my AFC was 10 at first scan though they didn't tell me that at the time, and I had no measurable follicles at all. So I think the day 4 scan should almost be completely ignored, at least by us! I have a good feeling for you!

Strawberry, I think you're right. I've been mulling it over and I know I would be bummed to see a bfn at this point and I don't want to go into the beta feeling very pessimistic. Stay, I think my trigger shot was on July 31.

 

[StayHopeful]

Pink, I agree with maverick. It's so hard to tell anything from the first scan, I only had three follicles. And part for the point of the first scan is for them to see if they need to change anything with your dose.

 

[Chris_25]

Hi ladies

I had CD3 appt today. We are doing an injectable only cycle and IUI.
Will be starting gonal F today. First time taking this...any tips?

Past IUIS have always been femera...and then 1-2 days of Puregon but I only ever got 1 follie.

I will be starting my 3rd cycle of gonal f injections tonight also. What dosage are you on?

Are you doing IUI too? I'm on 150IU but I go in for a scan for on Sunday. I like this pen better because I don't have to fill it like puregon. What dose are you talking ?

Breaking Dawn, good luck with your gonal f cycle! I didn't do any IUIs with Gonal F but I did use it for my IVF cycle. The vials I had were multi-dose vials and I found them very straightforward to use.

Yes I'm just going to take my shot soon and the pen is easier then puregon as its multi dose!

Yes, I'm on my 6th and last iui. I started with 300iu for 3 days and today I was supposed to do 150iu and I think i screwed up and injected less today because there wasn't a lot left in the pen. I have the one you mix and I have the pens so I been mixing it up, but the pen is so easy and less painful

I started 150IU for 3 days and now on 75IU for 2 days. I go in tomorrow for a scan to see how follies are doing...if I should continue with 75IU or not.

I'm on CD7 today (Monday). How far along are you? When will you O....usually I'm CD12-14.

They now have me only on 37.5iu last night and tonight tomorrow I go for a scan I think i'm just about ready to ovulate though! I am on CD 9 possibly IUI will be by the end of this week. Any updates on you?

 

[Chris_25]

Wow, busy thread today! Sorry I'm late posting, after my appt I got roped into babysitting for my best friend and I'm just now getting a chance to get onto the computer. The scan went great and we saw our little one's heartbeat! They changed my due date to April 2, I'm measuring 6 weeks 5 days which they said is right on track. The heartbeat was 125. I go back again a week from Friday for my next scan. I was a nervous wreck last night and barely slept, so I am sooooo tired tonight.

Baby.wish, good luck with your retrieval tomorrow! Remember, it's about quality, not quantity. And it's such a major step when ER is over.

Maverick, Friday is almost here! I'm rooting for you I always tested before my beta too because I would always get the phone call at work and didn't want to fall apart in front of my students. As far as it being too early to test now, it's hard to tell... When did you take your trigger shot? If it's a week out from that, you might be okay. But I think a negative at this point wouldn't for sure mean a negative.

Congrats! That's wonderful news!

 

[PinkPeony]

Thanks so much you guys. You made me feel a lot better. It's so weird when you're doing all these injections ya know? I just though my ovaries would be having a party or something.

 

[StayHopeful]

Don't worry, you'll start feeling that party soon enough! A week from now you'll be bloated and uncomfortable and soooo ready for ER and this first scan will be just a distant memory!

 

[Maverick007]

lol! i like that image of our ovaries having a party. even for me, with only 13 eggs retrieved, i had noticeable discomfort towards the end although it didn't get that bad for me at all. i think around day 8 was when things started picking up for me.

 

[SashimiMimi]

Hey Pink, it's all about quality not quantity! I met someone on here who had 3 eggs retrieved and now has twins. And like I keep saying, I only had 1 embryo survive after an extremely fertilization rate and that's all I needed!

Sending positive thoughts to everyone going through IVF cycles. It was a year ago this month I did mine. I know what you're all going through and really wish there was something I could say to help ease the anxiety. Good luck ladies!

 

[Sunshine24]

Just wanted to let all of you know I am thinking about you!! Stay strong, try to remain positive, and BELIEVE it will happen.

Last year at this time I was in an incredibly desperate, hopeless place....and now I am 25 weeks pregnant. It WILL happen for you and you will be able to look back and be so grateful for how far you have come.

xoxox

 

[Maverick007]

Thanks Sashimi + Sunshine. AFM, just feeling a lot of doubt right now and just doing my best to stay positive.

 

[Bma11]

Maverick- it's so easy to get down. Is it because you don't feel anything?
I didn't start to feel anything until after 6 weeks. Not even my boobs hurt or anything. The day of transfer and the two days after that on bedrest I maybe felt one twinge... A twinge I felt every other time. In fact I had more "symptoms" every cycle except the cycle I got pregnant. It's easy to get down and I think it is also a coping mechanism we all go through. We are all wishing you and everyone else the best!

Only a few more days to go!