30 something and TTC #1 for a year

[GettingBroody]

Thanks girls!!

Aleja - I'm due June 4th. Lots of cramping and aches and pains the first week but they're mostly gone now bar the odd twinge. I had a small bit of brown spotting on Saturday but the nurse yesterday was totally unconcerned and said as long it's only spotting and not bleeding and not accompanied by painful cramps then it's nothing to be worry about. Had no nausea before today - just a very hollow feeling if I didn't eat when I was hungry followed by feeling light headed. Today I woke up feeling dizzy though and there's definitely a hint of nausea there. Looking forward to seeing what tomorrow brings!!!! As regards meds I was on a few starting the day of EC- flagyl (antibiotic suppository, the dr put it in when I was still knocked out), oxytetracycline (antibiotic, 4 times a day for 5 days), medrone (suppresses the immune system to help prevent embryo rejection, 1 a day for 5 days) and cyclogest (progesterone pessaries, twice a day - I'm still taking them). DH also had to take 10 days of antibiotics starting on the day I started stimms. Hope that helps some?! Were you not on any extra meds? It's so strange how much protocols vary from country to country and clinic to clinic

MrsG - Try not to give up Good luck tomor!

Mk8 - hi! When is your next apt with the FS? I've lost track!

Brassy - thats a bit strange about your reaction... Have you been taking those herbs for a while with no reaction? Is there anything else that could account for what happened? I would stop taking them until you speak to your acupuncturist just in case. In relation to the 2ww - I really don't know. My acupuncturist told me that the blend he was giving me was perfectly safe to take the whole way through my ivf cycle and wouldn't react with any of the western meds I was on but he said it was totally up to me to decide whether to take it or not. In the end I didn't, just in case....

 

[MrsPTTC]

GL with your IuI MrsG, got everything crossed for you!

Broody so pleased your scan went well, prob too early to see hb, our first scan I measured 7+2 & we saw it but it was literally just a tiny flicker.

Hi to everyone else :wave:

x

 

[mk8]

Feeling a wee bit sorry for myself right now. Man, why is it so hard for some of us to get our bfps?

Hope you're all ok.

Mrsg- good luck with this cycle. X

 

[brassy]

Mk8, I am wondering about that all the time! It's so unfair! When I am thinking about all those years I spent trying not to get pregnant...Me and Dh would have saved all that money spent on contraception! It is a tragic irony!

MrsG hope all goes well today! Let us know...

 

[mk8]

Hopefully it will be our turn soon brassy!

 

[brassy]

Let us know, when you can, how things went MrsG...

 

[MrsG2010]

Worse today 500,000

 

[GettingBroody]

 

[brassy]

MrsG you've got in total about 1.5 million. I have read stories about successful iuis with counts in the thousands.
Is DH on any supplements?

 

[snowflakes120]

Mrs G - I hope the IUI is a go for you. Remember it only takes one and they are putting his swimmers right where they need to be to make it nice and easy!! I too was a poor responder to Clomid and had a thinned lining (only 4.6mm on CD13!) & decreased CM that was already poorly to begin with. So I was switched to Femara (Letrozole) and the Ovidrel trigger. My lining increased to 8.9mm on my 1st cycle of Femara. My BFP cycle - I only had 1 mature Follie measuring 22mm as well and one that was only like 14mm. I know I was so bummed with only having one too!! So it def is possible with just 1!! Keep your head up girl!

Brassy - I know my Acu said it was OK to take the herbal drugs with my what my FS gave me but I was a bit leary and only took them for about a week and then stopped. If you had a bad reaction - I'd prolly back off them!

Aleja - Good Luck at your appt tomorrow! Keep us updated!

Mk8 - Hope you are doing well too!!

AFM, I have my US tomorrow and am nervous. At my 5w4d they could only see a Gest & Yolk Sac. Really hoping to see the heartbeat. Although a bit worried as I haven't had many symptoms... I guess we'll find out tomorrow!

 

[mk8]

Mrs g- this WILL work!!!!!!!! Stay positive. I'm truly praying for you and all of us waiting for our bfps! Whilst the nos aren't super high, it's still possible. As they say, it takes one and that chosen one IS amongst the 1.5m super swimmers currently doing the Olympic front crawl inside ya!

What kinda nos do they like to see?

I just saw a colleague I used to work with and she's 8months preg. Happy for her and wondering when it will be me next. I've decided it's this month! I'm going to get my bfp this month! Grrrrrrrr

 

[mk8]

Hey snowflake! Best of luck tomorrow! Question- what was the ovidrel for? Remind me, did you have ov issues?

Brassy- I'd stay away from the herbs personally. Chinese meds are not regulated (at least not in the uk) and whilst I am all for tcm, I can't say for sure if the practitioners use good stuff! My acupuncture lady told me to use teas, when I asked what's in it, she said its her secret recipe! No thanks! I stuck to Acu only. She might have been ok and tbh I know a lot of people don't share prescriptions as they're scared u will buy the stuff for a lot less but I didn't want to risk it. I'm addition the herbs can potentially not balance with the western meds. Do u know what's in the teas?

 

[cupcakesarah]

Good luck MrsG, one of those little spermies will find it's way to the egg
X

 

[brassy]

Hello ladies!

MK8, during the summer he would give me the recipe and I would buy it from a herbal store, so I knew exactly what was in there. During the past month he would make the recipe in front of me since he brought new stock from China. He would tell me if I asked. Anyways, I shared my concerns with him so this time I got something in pill form which as he said is much lighter. It is called bu zhong yi qi wan.
Also, yesterday I told him I was post ovulation and I was concerned about needles in my belly, so he didn't insert any there so that I wasn't stressed. Also this time he didn't massage my belly afterwards, he just left a heating pad on during the session.
I am hesitant to take any herbs in tea form in the future. I know what you mean about them not using the best stuff. At least he has been open about what was in there!

GL with this cycle. I really hope this is THE month for you....
We all deserve to be mothers after all this time, stress, tears and longing...

 

[brassy]

Good luck tomorrow snowflakes!!! Hope you see the heartbeat!

 

[mk8]

I like the sound of your Acu guy brassy. Best of luck this cycle. You're not on any other meds are you?

Cupcake- hope you're ok Hun.

 

[brassy]

Thanks Mk! I hope the best for all of us.

I am not on any other meds, not yet. Just supplements. I am taking fresh royal jelly, pregnacare conception tablets and q10. I have also bought some wheatgrass in powder form, but I am hesitant to take it. Could it be too much? My ob/gyn wanted us to try on our own for at least two cycles post polypectomy (this one and the next) and then clomid with monitored follicle growth would be the next step. I hope I don't need to do any of that...
And you, are you on any meds or supplements?

 

[MrsPTTC]

MK & brassy for feeling so down.

MrsG but I'm sure those numbers will do the trick!

Snowflakes GL with your scan! I never really had any symptoms either until the 7 or 8 week mark & tbh have had a pretty good pregnancy so far (except my back pain.)

Hi to everyone else

x

 

[aleja]

Hi gals,
Mrs G, you know what Brassy is right. you got the best of the best spermies up there at the moment. one just has to catch the egg and presto!

Brassy, i took some herb powder from my acu lady during my first FET. I swear it gave me the worst PMS symptoms I felt so sick for days. I told myself never again. If you have a regular cycle, your own body regulates the hormones. I think the vitamins are a good idea though.

Broody, thanks for sharing your cycle info. I wrote the names down for future reference!
I had no meds - only the injections during the stim cycle, and clomid during the FETs. Yes it drives me insane how there is so much differences between protocols.

MrsP and Snowflakes its great to hear things are going well. GL with the scan snowflakes!

MrsP, what was your lining like with the clomid? I remember you took it for a few cycles..did it make a difference to your lining?

MK, i feel like you everyday. its tiring....*sigh* I am sure we will all get there one day very soon hopefully.

hi cupcakes - how are things for you?
and to anyone else I missed

So today I went to see FS and asked him if he had anymore tricks up his sleeve!!!
I actually asked him if I could just move onto a new fresh cycle and he advised against it. He said it would be harder in the long term when I have completed my family (ha!) then having to decide what to do with the two embies...he has a point as I couldn't just leave them there all alone..

He agreed to do a double FET transfer though (with the final 2 blasts) and I am having an endo biopsy next week to check out what is happening in my endometrium. It gets tiring to be told that i have perfect cycles, perfect hormones, perfect embryos and then no implantation. He can't really explain either!!!!!

 

[GettingBroody]

Aleja - maybe you should ask him about progesterone supplements after the FET? I don't know about the other meds but everyone in the ivf thread I'm in was on some sort of progesterone during the 2ww - some were on pessaries, some had gel and others had injections... Seems strange that you weren't given any.