3 failed IUIs. How do you cope?

[Strawberry13]

Stay i'm so sorry to hear about all of that. I hope you use your days off to relax and recoup, your body probably needs it, and when else do you get an excuse to watch TV and veg all day? 😄

Sono went well this morning, still 3 or 4 dominant follicles over 10 and a bunch that aren't far behind, they're thinking 3 or 4 more days of stims. Last night was the first night if ganerelix and menopur, the menopur hurt! Any tips for me? I tried ice and it didn't help 😒

 

[Maverick007]

Stay i'm so sorry to hear about all of that. I hope you use your days off to relax and recoup, your body probably needs it, and when else do you get an excuse to watch TV and veg all day? 😄

Sono went well this morning, still 3 or 4 dominant follicles over 10 and a bunch that aren't far behind, they're thinking 3 or 4 more days of stims. Last night was the first night if ganerelix and menopur, the menopur hurt! Any tips for me? I tried ice and it didn't help 😒

I wish I had a good tip for you, that shot hurt me too and I dreaded doing it each night. It just stung a lot. For me it helped a little bit to do a quicker jab to get the needle in but then slowly injecting the liquid. It sucks but at least it's temporary right?

 

[StayHopeful]

Thanks, ladies. They did put me on a different nausea med and so far it seems to be helping. Hopefully that and rest will do the trick!

 

[Strawberry13]

Ladies I need some encouragement. Feeling a bit down in the dumps after my scan this morning... There were still only 4 above 10 and he said I'll need to keep stimming for 3 or 4 days so all the other small ones can catch up. I asked how many eggs total he thinks there will be and all he said was, there should be a decent amount. I know a lot of you guys didn't have a whole lot at the beginning, but I've been on follistim 5 days (started at 200, then they moved me to 150, now im on 75) and menopur 2 nights. I feel like I should be getting more by now... Help me not be crazy!!

 

[Maverick007]

hey girl, i still think it sounds like everything is going great! just remember the average time stimming is 9-11 days. i did 11 days. so if you have done 5 so far, worst case you could do 6 more days which would still be considered typical.

4 above 10 is good, plus the 'several' more that will catch up. and don't forget that even after trigger, you have 2 more days where growth will continue before ER...i know the uncertainty is so stressful, but have hope that this will turn out great. we are all pulling for you!!

ETA: I forgot to mention, the fast growth seems to happen towards the end!

 

[PinkPeony]

Yup ^^^ Everything Mav said. I had the same freakout. I thought nothing was going on and then a few days later there were lots of eggs popping up. It's sorta slow at the beginning and then it starts to go much faster. I did 11 days of stims as well plus a big boost at the end. Just keep the faith for a couple more days and you'll start to see more action. I know it's a weird feeling when you're shooting yourself up with all these meds and then it doesn't look like anything is happening on the dang ultrasound. Hang in there girl.

 

[SashimiMimi]

Hey Strawberry it really is about quality not quantity. You can have a lot of eggs like I did but if the majority of them are poor it's useless. It's better to focus on a small amount of strong eggs then lots of so-so ones. I'll say it again, I had 1 embryo survive at transfer who is now my 4 month old son. He is absolutely perfect and I know now he had to be that egg and that sperm in order to be who he is.
I remember freaking out big time with only having 1 but I should have just trusted my doctor. I also met someone on here who only had 3 eggs retrieved and she is now a happy mom of twins!
Just trust in the process!!!

 

[Bma11]

Strawberry- I agree with everyone. And I stimmed for 12 days. FX for you!!!

 

[Strawberry13]

Thank you everyone! You guys are the best . When my nurse calls later ill ask what the progress is on my e2 and stuff, if that keeps raising it means something has to be happening right? I'll try to stop freaking out but it's really hard not to!

Stay hopeful- are you still home from work? How are you feeling?

 

[Maverick007]

Thank you everyone! You guys are the best . When my nurse calls later ill ask what the progress is on my e2 and stuff, if that keeps raising it means something has to be happening right? I'll try to stop freaking out but it's really hard not to!

Stay hopeful- are you still home from work? How are you feeling?

yep, if they are happy with your e2, then things are happening.

 

[Jlh1980]

Babywish how are you doing

 

[Mrs. T]

So I have been testing with FRERs up until yesterday which was 8dp5dt and it's a bfn for me! I cried for two days straight. I do not know where to go from here.

Pink who is your doctor and why did you switch to him?

 

[PinkPeony]

Oh no! I'm so sorry Mrs. T. I've been thinking of you and wondering how you're doing. I'm really gutted for you.

I'm with Hannam fertility. I see Dr Redmond there. The only reason I switched was bc my doc only did IUI's and stuff and not IVF. I think she's friends with Dr Redmond and they're in the same building so she was able to get me in without much of a wait. There are 2 doctors at Hannam - Dr Hannam and Redmond. They're both really good. In general it's a nicer experience at their clinic than it is at Lifequest.

 

[Strawberry13]

Mrs t I'm so so sorry. When is your beta? It is still a little early to test so try not to lose hope just yet. Thinking and praying for you.

 

[SashimiMimi]

Mrs T I'm really sorry about the FRER. But don't lose all hope until the BETA. I'm also in Toronto and went to the Create clinic. I saw Dr Baratz there. He was very results driven and genuinely seemed to care about success of his patients. I would highly recommend him.

 

[Maverick007]

MrsT, I'm crushed..sending you big hugs!! But I agree w/ the others, please try to wait until the beta before completely losing hope...I know that is really hard to do.

 

[StayHopeful]

So sorry about the bfn, Mrs. T. But I agree with the other ladies, wait until the beta. FX that it's a pleasant surprise for you!

Strawberry, I didn't even have my first ultrasound until I'd been stimming for 5 days and I only had 3 follies above 10mm. And I ended up with 36 retrieved. So much growth happens at the end and like everyone's said, it's about quality. Those early scans are scary but you'll be surprised how much things change in a few days.

I'm still home from work, hopefully the last day (and then of course I have the weekend). I went back in yesterday for a urine culture and things look so much better than they did on Tuesday, I'm no longer dehydrated or malnourished. I felt pretty lousy Tuesday and Wednesday, it was like when I stopped and rested my body told me how awful I was actually feeling instead of trying to hide it while I worked through it. But yesterday I started getting a little energy back. And this new nausea med is working so much better, I haven't thrown up at all since I started taking it. I'm just a little frustrated that I've had to take so much time off work. And I have my first OB appointment on Monday afternoon, which means taking another half day... I was going to wait a little longer to tell my students, but I think I'm going to have to tell them when I get back.

 

[Chris_25]

Ladies I need some encouragement. Feeling a bit down in the dumps after my scan this morning... There were still only 4 above 10 and he said I'll need to keep stimming for 3 or 4 days so all the other small ones can catch up. I asked how many eggs total he thinks there will be and all he said was, there should be a decent amount. I know a lot of you guys didn't have a whole lot at the beginning, but I've been on follistim 5 days (started at 200, then they moved me to 150, now im on 75) and menopur 2 nights. I feel like I should be getting more by now... Help me not be crazy!!

Try not to stress it. I'm sure they will grow a lot more the next few days! Like Sashi said it's about quality not quantity! Keep me posted!

 

[Chris_25]

So I have been testing with FRERs up until yesterday which was 8dp5dt and it's a bfn for me! I cried for two days straight. I do not know where to go from here.

Pink who is your doctor and why did you switch to him?

I'm so sorry! ugh Don't give up hope just yet

 

[Strawberry13]

Thanks Chris and stay! I had a talk w the dr today about it, he said that he's only measuring the bigger ones and that there will likely be even more on that day, same as what you guys were saying so it made me feel better

Stay so happy you're feeling better sounds like some rest and water is what you needed. I can't believe you're almost at the 12 week mark!! Good time to tell your students anyway what grade do you teach?