3 failed IUIs. How do you cope?

[ttcmoon]

PinkPeony - Glad to know about your scan.Bad that your hubby could not make it.Why did not they provide any scan picture?

Luciola - FET's have great success rate.Fingers crossed for you.All the best for your stim!

baby.wish- Your transfer is not far away!I too will pray for you so you get pregnant in this cycle.I am also in same boat as you were in, but we thought of giving IUI another try and my doctor is not willing to go for IVF.I hope it works this time.

StayHopeful - I am so excited for the gender party!Sounds great.I too wish to have one soon! But here in India they do not reveal gender till end as many people kill female babies inside womb.

Mav - I never heard of heart issues with IVF babies.FX'd for you

 

[PinkPeony]

Not sure why they didn't give me a pic. I didn't even ask. In Canada it's public healthcare so you kinda get what you get IYKWIM. I did get a report with all the measurements and info from the scan, which is probably all very important... but I'd rather have a pic lol!

 

[March312]

Hi ladies...I've been reading all the posts but haven't had time to post recently. Maverick/Pink/Stayhopeful/Strawberry so happy to hear everything is going well in your pregnancies. Stayhopeful gender reveal party sounds like such a fun idea. Welcome to all the new ladies on here I want to send baby dust to all that are trying for their little one

Luciola I know exactly how you feel, we were in the exact same boat do we do another IUI or just go directly to IVF. In the end we decided to do IVF as financially and emotionally I felt drained and just wanted to get on with it. Unfortunately our first try at IVF resulted in a chemical pregnancy but we are now trying a frozen cycle. I go in tomorrow for a lining check and if all goes well the transfer will be next Friday the 15th. Please pray for me ladies!! I'm soooo scared and very anxious, I am really worried that if the first round didn't work and the embryo stopped growing the same will happen again as they are from the same batch. I know that type of thinking is not going to help me . On a positive note I have started accupuncture and I feel relaxed after I leave every appt. He is also going to be there to do accupuncture before and after the transfer. Thought I would try something different this time around. I pray by Christmas I am pregnant. Fingers are tightly crossed.

Hi babywish! I really hope it works for you this time! Try to stay positive. I know it has to be hard since it didnt work last time. Keep us updated! I am looking into starting ivf in December if I get one more bfn!

 

[March312]

Welcome march312, looks like we are on same boat.I too have PCOS.I guess, with PCOS egg quality is not good.My hubby has low morphology.I am sorry for both of us and all other ladies going through the pain of failed fertility treatments and draining money.But there are so many supporting ladies with live success examples.IVF/ICSI appears to be the last and lucrative option for us.I hope it happens even before that.FX for you and me.

TLM - Great story, gave me some hope.Thanks for sharing.

stayhopeful - Thanks for the motivation hun.Your real life example gave me so much of hope.We are planning to do 2 more IUI's and then move to IVF. your kind words were much needed!

I'm glad we can go through this together! What meds are you on now? What cd are you on? I am waiting on af. Should be here tomorrow or Sunday. I just want it to come already so we can get started !

Its CD9 for me.Did you get your AF?
I am glad to get you with me

Yes I am on CD6 today. Right behind you! I'm glad we can go through this together too. It's hard to talk about ttc with my friends that aren't going through this. We haven't really talked to our parents about it because we wanted to surprise them. If we have to go to ivf we will let them know then.

 

[Maverick007]

march and ttcmoon- praying and very hopeful for these IUIs! lots of baby dust your way!

luc., do you have a gut feeling either way? it could be theoretically better to wait for the dr. w/ more experience, but i would listen to your gut feelings about it. i was w/ a particular dr. the whole way (who had a bit less experience) and she did the retrieval, but then i ended up w/ a different dr. for the transfer (who had been doing it a lot longer) so in the end, i'll never know if it would have been any different of an outcome, but i was glad it worked out that way. i am very hopeful for you and excited you're getting started!

pink, great news that everything looks good in your scan! that's exciting you got to see the beebies too! i haven't seen ours since 8 weeks so i'm pretty much dying until the 21st!

strawberry, glad everything is going so well with you too!!

stayhopeful, the 16th is coming up so soon, definitely keep us posted when you find out the gender.

babywish, im' so glad that your FET is underway! i know it cannot be easy to have a positive attitude all the time, but i am in agreement with everyone else that FETs have a higher success rate and seem to be so much easier on you physically and emotionally. i am crossing everything for you and keeping you in my prayers.

hope i didn't miss anyone, i can hardly keep up these days!

 

[Luciola]

Thank you everyone! I started Gonal-F 225iu this morning on my left side tummy! (I live in GMT+8 - so it is already 8th Nov morning now). It was not the pen-style injection but a proper syringe! Hubby acted like a real nurse.

I was pretty upset about the timing but I talked myself out of it: 1/ it won't be so stressful and allows me to recover from egg retrieval (under general anesthesia and I reacted pretty badly to it when I had my lap); 2/ it won't interfere with my work nor the holiday season, imagine I have to bed rest for X'mas? not ideal!

Although I was still a bit unsure, as I noticed Stay's transfer was on Day 6 (am I right, Stay?), my RE will be available on Day 6 therefore I am wondering if this can be my case as well?

Mav, I know what you mean, and yes my gut feeling is - I want my initial RE to do the replacement; further he says that good replacement technique is one of the key factors to success. So I just think that everything happens for a reason. Let's go step by step.

 

[Maverick007]

Luciola, I think that sounds like the stars are aligning then and everything makes sense to wait for your regular doctor. I can't imagine having to be on bed rest over Christmas either!

 

[ttcmoon]

Luci - Lucky girl to have a caring hubby.Bed rest over christmas sounds bad!I hope things get sorted out soon!

PinkPeony - In case if you get the scan pics, post it here.I would love to see your small one

March - Yes we are almost going together in this cycle.I hope we both get BFP's together!Won't it be a fun???

 

[March312]

Luci - Lucky girl to have a caring hubby.Bed rest over christmas sounds bad!I hope things get sorted out soon!

PinkPeony - In case if you get the scan pics, post it here.I would love to see your small one

March - Yes we are almost going together in this cycle.I hope we both get BFP's together!Won't it be a fun???

I really hope so! Have you had any more scans lately? Tonight was my 3rd night of injections... Ugh. I procrastinate every time hubby is ready to give me the shot. I hate it but I know I have to do it if I want a baby!

 

[March312]

Thank you everyone! I started Gonal-F 225iu this morning on my left side tummy! (I live in GMT+8 - so it is already 8th Nov morning now). It was not the pen-style injection but a proper syringe! Hubby acted like a real nurse.

I was pretty upset about the timing but I talked myself out of it: 1/ it won't be so stressful and allows me to recover from egg retrieval (under general anesthesia and I reacted pretty badly to it when I had my lap); 2/ it won't interfere with my work nor the holiday season, imagine I have to bed rest for X'mas? not ideal!

Although I was still a bit unsure, as I noticed Stay's transfer was on Day 6 (am I right, Stay?), my RE will be available on Day 6 therefore I am wondering if this can be my case as well?

Mav, I know what you mean, and yes my gut feeling is - I want my initial RE to do the replacement; further he says that good replacement technique is one of the key factors to success. So I just think that everything happens for a reason. Let's go step by step.

When do you think your egg retrieval will be? I hope everything works out with your doctor.

 

[ttcmoon]

I too hate the shots March...but anything for the little one.

Tomorrow is my IUI!Yesterday was cd13 and I had 3 mature follicles of - 19mm,18.5mm and 18mm.I got the hcg trigger at night.My RE is still not happy with my lining though.It was 9mm yesterday but the appearance is patchy rather.
I am still keeping my hopes up.I have seen so many "perfect" cycles failing for me.So I just hope this not so perfect one does the trick.Pray for me!

 

[Luciola]

Hey ttcmoon, those are great numbers! FX for you...!

I just had my first IVF soon today - Day 7, after 5 days of stim, I had 7 follicles on left side and 4 on right side. about 4 were above 10mm, 4 of them were 8-9mm, 3 were small ish around 5-6mm. Lining being 7.1mm.

My E2 was 2401 today.

RE said it looked fine, I don't know what I should expect - are those OK follies? I will carry on my 225iu for the next 4 days until my 2nd sono and add Cetrotide the antagonist.

I pray hard for the follies to grow, the jabs start to get on my nerves every morning...

 

[ttcmoon]

Luci,I am not aware of IVF protocols..but cd7 is pretty early and follicles have ample chance to grow still...FX'd for you.

 

[PinkPeony]

Luci - that's a great response! After a couple more days stimming you'll get more popping up, but that's a really good start.

 

[Luciola]

Thank you ttcmoon and Pink - I really start to hate needles and hope I won't have to do it again and again! Grow grow my follies... (sounds weird!)
Pink - My husband's family is from Toronto, too

 

[ttcmoon]

luciola - You won't have to do it again.I can understand how promising an IVF cycle is with the amount of money spent and hopes held.It has worked for many and will definitely work for you too.

 

[baby.wish]

hi ladies,

good luck today TTCMOON! Luciola your follie numbers sound great you are well on your way. Sending both of you babydust!

So I had my lining check and got the go ahead for FET transfer Friday. I'm sooo nervous!! I reallllly pray this is my time.

 

[PinkPeony]

I really hope this is it for you too Baby.Wish!!!! Good luck!!

 

[Maverick007]

Good luck ladies!! So hopeful for you all.

 

[Chris_25]

Hi ladies have to catch up with all of you. Hope your doing well!
I can't believe the time has come and tomorrow is my ER! Ah so excited and nervous!