3 failed IUIs. How do you cope?

[Maverick007]

Strawberry that's great that it sounds like the direction is IVF!!

Babywish, soo great they are all sticking in there and there is a grade 1 so far! Can't wait to hear what happens!

AFM, beta is 165!!!!! This is me right now I am beyond happy and as far as I'm concerned have won the lottery!! Next beta on Monday morning. Not that I'm leaving or anything, but thank you ALL for the support through this, it's meant a lot!!

 

[Bma11]

Let us know the next beta too!!

 

[Molly575]

I am going through the same thing. This is my third IUI and in currently in the 2 week holding pattern. I can test on Wednesday next week. But I'm not hopefully because I have no symptoms other than a few twinges. I'm trying really hard to keep myself busy and not think about it but its so hard when it's all u want! I've been meditating every day and I think that has helped my stress levels. My next step after this is a lap as well then possibly IVF. I told my employer and it wa the best thing I did she is so supportive and it is making re process so much easier without having to sneak around. It's an extra stress u don't need. Not sure if any of that helped but I'm thinking of you and wish u all the best x

 

[PinkPeony]

Welcome Molly! Hope this is it for you. it's so tough to keep hope alive.

Mav! Congrats on your positive beta!

That's great news Babywish! And very interesting about the dad DNA.

Sounds very positive Strawberry. Don't be afraid to advocate for yourself if you need to. Bring you DH along for muscle.

 

[Strawberry13]

Yayy awesome maverick! Are you going to tell anyone yet or wait till your scan?

Molly welcome! I hope that iui works for you this time around... It is such a tough process and seems to get harder to deal with every month. Keep us posted on what happens.

 

[StayHopeful]

Pink, you won't bore us! We'd love to hear how things are going. It's a nervewracking, overwhelming process and we're here to help you through it.

Breaking Dawn, great news about the IUI! FX for you!

GL with ET, baby.wish! My doctor had me on bed rest for the day of the transfer and the two days after. Then I was able to get up, but I still took it pretty easy. I didn't excercise at all, I didn't do any cooking or cleaning, and I didn't lift anything heavier than 5 pounds. No intercourse, either. We actually just got the go-ahead on that at my last visit when we saw the baby's heartbeat, but so far I've been so nauseous it's still a no-go.

Strawberry, great news about IVF! FX that the process goes quickly for you.

Maverick, CONGRATULATIONS! You're pregnant! That's a great beta, definitely let us know what the next one says. Now you settle in for your next two week wait until the first scan...

 

[StayHopeful]

Welcome, Molly, I hope this TWW ends happily for you and you don't have to continue down the road of laps and IVF.

 

[Mrs. T]

I finished bcp on Monday and started stims today. I just went to the bathroom and when I wiped I saw a brown blob of old blood (sorry TMI). WTH? Is this normal? Can AF come at this time? I am so confused!

 

[Mrs. T]

Full AF now....

 

[Maverick007]

MrsT - wanted to give you some comfort b/c my experience w/ AF after bcps was very similar. They told me AF should start 'shortly' after I stopped bcps and i kept waiting and waiting. but they said it wouldn't prevent me from starting stims if it didn't start first. so i stopped bcps on the 18th of july, started stims on the 20th and didn't get AF until the 22nd! so i was like a little freaked out but the only thing they ever said to me was as long as i wasn't still bleeding around the time close to ER, it was okay so they kept asking me if i was still bleeding. i too had the 'old blood' thing happen. so i would just confirm w/ them that it's fine but for me, it was A-OK!

Molly- welcome! and best of luck to you w/ your 3rd IUI. the wait is so incredibly hard and we can all relate b/c we are all here because of the same...some did more or less IUIs, some have moved on to IVF, but we are definitely here to support each other.

Thank you Strawberry and StayHopeful! I'll def check in on Monday after the beta. We did tell our immediate families as well as the handful of friends who knew about the IVF and were praying for us everyday. We will wait for the 12 week mark before a wider audience...I've been having quite a bit of cramping going on which is normal but always a little freaky!

 

[Mrs. T]

Thank you so much cause they never mentioned any bleeding to me at all. So I was like "What is this?!".

 

[PinkPeony]

Thank you so much cause they never mentioned any bleeding to me at all. So I was like "What is this?!".

I had the same thing. It was my DH asked me actually if I would get AF after the BC. I was like - No! Duuh
But then when I actually thought about it I realized that probably should happened. My clinic didn't mention it either so I had to ask the nurse. If my DH hadn't said anything I would have been like WTF.

 

[Mrs. T]

Thanks! And the nurse just called me and was like "Oh that is totally normal" and I was like maybe somebody should've warned me.

But now I can relax!

PinkPeony, wow your husband is a smart guy. I am impressed.

 

[PinkPeony]

Yeah he really is. I felt terrible for totally blowing off his super smart question. He's been very engaged in this. He was pretty blasé during the IUI's but I think he's learned along the way that I handle these things a lot better when I don't don't feel I'm on my own. He's a good egg.

 

[Maverick007]

babywish, just wanted to wish you a very easy and successful ER tomorrow!!

 

[Maverick007]

DUH. I meant transfer! When you're feeling good let us know how it went.

 

[baby.wish]

hi ladies

ET we went well this morning. We transferred two embryos and looks like we will be able to freeze one. I'm feeling ok, just a little crampy but other then that fine. Taking it easy for the rest of the day. Already anxious and I know this is just the start hahah. Beta test Aug 27th...

 

[StayHopeful]

Glad everything went well, baby.wish! GL and !

 

[Strawberry13]

Glad it went well yesterday baby wish! Aug 27 is right around the corner.

Pink any updates for you, do you know your ER date yet?

Mrs t good luck and keep us posted on your sonos, ect.

 

[Breaking Dawn]

Hi ladies...Been having a very busy few days. but did catch up on this thread today!

AFM..just had 2nd of 2 IUIS today..first one wax yesterday.

This gonal F cycle really got the follies moving. I had 2 at 21mm and 1 at 17mm. Dr wanted me to trigger bc i had more little follies as well. So we triggered with ovidrel on saturday , 250IU.

This was a first for me never took trigger before.

DH did really well, 70mil swimmers at 90% motility day 1 and 34 million day 2.
With stats like this if we don't get pregnant i feel like we have to move to ivf.

Goodluck to ladies doing ETS this week!!!