3 failed IUIs. How do you cope?

Strawberry- that's the first I've heard of a dr wanting to go through IUI before ivf. I hope today you are feeling better. Do you think your RE would deny your request to move straight to ivf ASAP? I'd call and talk to the clinic and tell them you want to do ivf. It's your life, and your money and your decision.

Yes exactly my point! It's actually more complicated I didn't want to bore everyone with the details-basically they're trying to determine if my DHs results improved or not since he's been on medication (we're 90% sure they didn't but are checking some lab work). If they did, he wants to do 1 or 2 more iuis (kill me now), if they didn't then pending a few more tests he'll let us do ivf possibly beginning next cycle. So I'm gonna hold off on the arguing until everything is confirmed.
 
Baby wish glad to hear the embies are doing well. Do they know of its a 3 or 5 day transfer yet?

Pink phew glad everything is ok! Those sneaky little follies were hiding on you. When is your next scan?
 
I am right pumped!!! On CD3 I only had an antral follicle count of 6. I was devastated! (I usually start my cycle with about 14.) I have been on the bcp since CD 5 and just stopped it a couple of days ago. I went for my day zero U/S and B/W today and I now have 22 follicles!!! Yay! My estrogen was 69 and my LH was 3.6. I was so worried this cycle was gonna get cancelled but I am seeing a glimmer of hope now. I start stims (225 units of Puregon) tomorrow. :)
 
I am right pumped!!! On CD3 I only had an antral follicle count of 6. I was devastated! )I usually start my cycle with about 14.) I have been on the bcp since CD 5 and just stopped it a couple of days ago. I went for my day zero U/S and B/W today and I now have 22 follicles!!! Yay! My estrogen was 69 and my LH was 3.6. I was so worried this cycle was gonna get cancelled but I am seeing a glimmer of hope now. I start stims (225 units of Puregon) tomorrow. :)

woohoo! awesome!
 
I am right pumped!!! On CD3 I only had an antral follicle count of 6. I was devastated! )I usually start my cycle with about 14.) I have been on the bcp since CD 5 and just stopped it a couple of days ago. I went for my day zero U/S and B/W today and I now have 22 follicles!!! Yay! My estrogen was 69 and my LH was 3.6. I was so worried this cycle was gonna get cancelled but I am seeing a glimmer of hope now. I start stims (225 units of Puregon) tomorrow. :)
Great news! I guess the moral of the story for this board is to not get too concerned too early in the cycle :)
 
Great news, Mrs. T!

Strawberry, I feel like it should be your decision, not the doctor's. He/she can give you recommendations, but it's your body and your money.

Maverick, so excited for you! I have to admit I was selfishly happy you tested this morning because I'm going back to work tomorrow and wouldn't be able to stalk this thread. :winkwink: I'm still looking forward to finding out what awesome beta numbers you have when I get home tomorrow, though!:thumbup:
 
Strawberry - that's frustrating. I think a lot of doctors underestimate the emotional/psychological toll that IUI's take. My doc would have had me keep going on them too. I just told her no. Since then 2 different docs have told me after reviewing our IUI history if they were going to work they would have by now.

Chris - I keep meaning to say good luck with the IUI!

Maverick - can't wait to hear about your BETA tomorrow! I'm starting to go in every morning for scans from now on. Don't worry guys - I won't bore you with the details of each one lol! But I'll let you know if anything interesting happens. Hopefully no more freak outs but I can't promise anything.



GROUP :hug:
 
Wow that is great..2-3 maturing!!

I'm goin in first thing tomorrow as well...my LH starts to surge as early as tmrw CD10 then maybe IUI on friday.

This will be my first IUI with more then one follie as last cycles I was on femera. Go injectables!!

Goodluck tomorrow keep me posted!


I hope this injectable cycle works for you! How many iui's have you done? How long have you been ttc? Went for blood and my scan this morning and 2 follies were at 20mm and there was another 1 smaller, but will possibly make it. I have to wait for the call later on today to tell me if I should trigger tonight and do my IUI tomorrow. Keep me posted

This is IUI #5...the previous ones were all femera amd 1-2 puregon so I may had one follie. We have been ttc of and on months leading up to a polyp and chemical and now 8 months with an FS.

How about you? Ooh so exciting....did you get the trigger?? Good luck tmrw if you did, let me know.

I had blood and scan today...CD10..,3 leading follies.... 2 of them are over 15mm and one is just Under. Gong back tmrw...I go a call today to stop gonal f....I think LH surge tmrw and IUI on sat+sun.
 
Hey PinkPeony, what's the name of the hotel next to LifeQuest?

It's the Eaton Chelsea.

There's also a good cafe for breakfasts & lunch by the building. It's called Sliced and it's on the southwest corner of Bay and Elm. DH and I always make it a treat to go there for breakfast when he comes along to appts.
 
Pink you crack me up! It gets hard keeping a positive attitude (I found) when going for scans every day, I think I did 3-4 straight days of it at the end and I was honestly just sick to death of it. I hope the party gets started w/ those follies very soon!

I'm actually very nervous about my beta still even after the hpt yesterday...I guess that's normal. I keep thinking someone's going to pull the rug out from under me! Gah. I think she said she'd try to call between 1-2pm (eastern). I'll be counting the minutes!
 
Eek so excited for you mav! Will be stalking today....

Pink you won't bore us at all! How did it go this morning?

Any other updates? Baby wish when is your transfer?
 
Maverick waiting for your beta number!

Strawberry my ET is this Sunday. They are going to call me today for one last update on the embryos and then Sunday they go back in. I am sooooo nervous!! How are you doing? Any updates from the RE??

Pink don't ever feel you are boring us, I think we can all agree thats what we are here for to support one another.

So ladies any helpful tips to pass the time after ET until beta test. Anything you guys did to help with implantation?? I know bed rest for the first couple of days but anything else?? Were you told by your nurse no lifting, twisting, housework or intercourse lol??
 
You guys are the best. I would seriously be going mental if I didn't have you guys to chat with through all this.
Well this morning went much better. I now have 9 iddy biddies instead of 3 lil iddy biddies. :thumbup: so the nurse said my ER will probably be a couple days later than what was expected. That is A-OK. It'll give my notoriously thin lining time to beef up too.

Babywish - hang in there girl!! Pretty soon you'll be PUPO!
I found this great blog post about passing the IVF TWW:
https://www.fertilehealing.com/two-week-wait/

Mav - no need to worry. That was a dark ass bfp. :happydance:
 
Ohhh I am so happy for you Pink!! Sooo relieved to hear things are looking up.

babywish, how were your embies looking today?

good luck to you ladies who are about to do an IUI!!
 
Pink so happy that everything is looking good now! So does that mean ER will be around next weekend?

Baby wish good to hear! Will be praying for you on Sunday. I'm doing ok, I'm going to see my RE on Tuesday, we've spoken to the office on the phone and it sounds like all signs are pointing to no more iuis so I'm going to confirm that with him on Tuesday and hopefully we can move on for next cycle!
 
So today I have One Grade 1, Two Grade 2, and Three Grade 3's! I'm so happy I have at least one Grade 1. The embryologist said that from day 3 to 4 is when some slow down and don't make it. She also said something funny she said right now its all mom now the dad's DNA kicks in could explain the slowing down hahahaha.

PinkPeony thanks for the blog link
 

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