39 and trying to conceive:-(

[BabyBean14]

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[mom2pne]

LeeC I am so sorry for your losses! I had a friend that had recurrent m/c's and she tried acupuncture and got pregnant with twins in late 2008. She just had her third daughter 2 months ago. I hope things improve for you and you get a sticky baby!

I'll be 39 at the end of next month and hope I get my cycles back by the end of October as i am not getting my next depo shot at the end of this month.

 

[LeeC]

Thankyou mom2 and Kismet.

I have had 9 miscarriages and 1 ectopic Kismet, I pray I get my sticky and never make it to 15, I'm not sure I could carry on if I suffered another loss and think I would really need to resign myself that my journey is over.

Mom2, I have heard great things about accupuncture too, I tried it before but not for fertility issues, I may revisit this. Do youknow when your friend actually had the accupuncture.
I am just waiting for AF any day and wonder if it may be worth a shot before I ov again in 11 or so days time.

Thank you ladies xxx.

 

[Bonnie1990]

Hi lee. I'm going into my 8th cycle- with acupuncture. I has also used it for other things so decided to give it a try for this too

Sticky dust to you

 

[mom2pne]

LeeC This is the message she sent me about it.

I went once per week for almost 3 months. I started the beginning of October and got my BFP in the beginning of January. I did not go during the 2nd week of my luteal phase. I also followed the diet she wanted me on, so no dairy, no wheat and a lot of certain foods. The foods needed and the foods taken away depend on what is going on in your body. If you haven't read it, you should read Dr. Randine Lewis' The Infertility Cure. It's very informative about this stuff.

 

[Bonnie1990]

So today with the doctor did not go as planned. He will not go forward with anything without results of DB's S/A. That means no clomid this cycle.

He also does not want to do the clomid without IUI. Says there is not point because of the reduction in cm caused by the clomid. He listed out all of the risks of taking clomid and doesn't think its worth it without IUI.

He is going to consult his friend who is a FS at a center in Connecticut to see if there is newer research that he has not heard of to support the use of clomid without IUI. That should be mid-week next week

No insurance coverage for IUI....$500 each round.

So i came home and dumped the news on DB....that he needs to go do sa and he is willing. It wont be this week as we have the kids and next week I need him for ov so maybe the next week after ov. Explained the IUI situation and he didn't freak out-it was less than he thought it would be so it may end up being an option.

continuing with the status quo this cycle again....i did decide screw it and upped my dhea to 75mg

 

[BabyBean14]

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[trying4four]

Hi everyone! Back from vacation. Great time but not for BDing. Couldn't do it with all the kids in the same hotel room. Oh well.

I think your Dr is right Bonnie, you should get the results of the SA before you do anything more drastic. That's what we're going to do.

Welcome LeeC!!

 

[LeeC]

Mom2.

Thank you so very much

I have a manual I purchased on line all about TTC/infertility and chinese medicines and accupuncture, it was by Lisa Olson. It's called Pregnancy Miracle. I am going to read it now.
If anyone would like a copy, please let me know and I am happy to email.

I am CD 3 now, the boring bit. Going to order my preseed and buy some Robitussen as def think I need to improve my CM.

Has anyone else found CM drying up at 38/39 years old?

 

[PositiveUs]

Bonnie: sorry about the clomid and no SA yet.
Trying4four: that sucks about not being able to BD cuz of kids!
LeeC: have you had any lab tests done for why you might have recurrent mc? Or an endometrial biopsy? There are so many antibodies that our bodies can produce that would look at the embryo as foreign and kick it out and there are treatments for that.

Good luck everyone!

I don't get to BD until at least this sunday or so.
My period was so f'in painful for 24 hrs that I could not believe it! Adenomyosis sucks!

The ob/gyn was so positive, telling me he thinks i can get prego naturally in the next 3 months. And that over the next 6 months i have the best chance while the endo is gone. He was sweet but he isn't an RE so he doesn't quite get the whole picture (amh, fsh, age, etc.) But I am a believer anyway.

Bought red sheets and am painting a chinese fertility sign for under and or over the bed. Bought preseed. Have mucinex. Taking co q10, primrose, royal jelly, l-arginine, prenatal, sometimes maca root, acupuncture weekly, chinese herbs given to me by my acupuncturist. I will take baby aspirin after O just in case. Idk what else to do! Maybe some castor oil packs to the abdomen before O, maybe try the maya massage pre O. Oh...... just started reading about and practicing meditation (the Universal Mind) and all that stuff - very interesting regardless.

They found stage 2 endometriosis in the pelvic cavity. I saw pics of small brownish spots on my bladder, pelvic wall and some other places. They took all of it out. But of course they cannot take out adenomyosis, so....... I will try naturally this month and then move on to second try at IVF (if everything goes well) by september. If this time doesn't work I am going to do donor egg I think. They have a deal that runs out by january, $6000 for 5-6 donor eggs, after 2013 it goes up to $8000!

 

[BabyBean14]

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[LeeC]

Hey positive.

Yeah I've had tests for everything including NK cells, everything is normal so I am one of the unexplained statistics.
I have a medical plan in place as a just incase, includes progesterone, aspirin and steroids just need to get preggo now.
It's 16 months since my last BFP

Going to try soy iso, EPO, Robitussin and Preseed this month I think.
Any other suggestions welcome.

 

[Bonnie1990]

Mom2.

Thank you so very much

I have a manual I purchased on line all about TTC/infertility and chinese medicines and accupuncture, it was by Lisa Olson. It's called Pregnancy Miracle. I am going to read it now.
If anyone would like a copy, please let me know and I am happy to email.

I am CD 3 now, the boring bit. Going to order my preseed and buy some Robitussen as def think I need to improve my CM.

Has anyone else found CM drying up at 38/39 years old?

LeeC-
i would love to read that if you dont mind--
I am on cd4---tick tick---we wait for ov them we wait for bfp....always waiting for something!

I know someone who said green tea is also helping her cm. I might try robitussin this cycle. do they make in in caplets? i am such a wimp with liquid cough meds--- they make me gag! also how much do you take and when?

...i guess i dont see clomid as drastic......i see ivf as drastic.....oh well---nothing i can do now but wait....again with the waiting-lol

at least it is the first new cycle after HSG---i have that to look forward to!

 

[LeeC]

Hey Bonnie.

If you email me your email address I'll send it straight across to you.
I'm on CD 3 started soy ISO tonight. Will start Robitussin on CD 5 I think. Not sure of you can get it in pill form. I hate cough medicine too but it's only for 6 days. I'm going to take 2 teaspoons 3 times a day, seems ro be the norm.

Good luck, hoping for a May baby for both of us x

 

[Bonnie1990]

Hey Bonnie.

If you email me your email address I'll send it straight across to you.
I'm on CD 3 started soy ISO tonight. Will start Robitussin on CD 5 I think. Not sure of you can get it in pill form. I hate cough medicine too but it's only for 6 days. I'm going to take 2 teaspoons 3 times a day, seems ro be the norm.

Good luck, hoping for a May baby for both of us x

blahhhhchhh i may puke on all of that-----ick
must look for a pill form

thanks-i will PM you my address!

 

[PositiveUs]

I just take the ingredien in the robitussin that acts to thin the mucus which is Mucinex (Guaifenesin) and get it in a tablet by itself so it has no other ingredients.

 

[PositiveUs]

I read that robitussin has a lot of citric acid and that citric acid could make the CM more acidic which you don't want, so I just bought the active ingredient by itself. Who the hell knows!!!

 

[PositiveUs]

I am on cd5. I O early, like day 11 and 12. I plan to start BD cd 9, 10, 11 and 12. I only take the mucinex when we are going to BD, it works for 12 hrs, so twice a day during O time is what I do. I have pretty good CM. Is it possible to thin cm out too much? Who the hell knows!!!

 

[Bonnie1990]

Hey Bonnie.

If you email me your email address I'll send it straight across to you.
I'm on CD 3 started soy ISO tonight. Will start Robitussin on CD 5 I think. Not sure of you can get it in pill form. I hate cough medicine too but it's only for 6 days. I'm going to take 2 teaspoons 3 times a day, seems ro be the norm.

Good luck, hoping for a May baby for both of us x

im also in cd5 today
i usually ov on cd13 so hope to bd on 11,12,13
we are away for a concert the night of 13 so it will be interesting as we will be very tired after. may decide on 10, 12 & 13 instead? idk
i guess i will see what the opk does and what DB will put up with

 

[LeeC]

I also ov early, usually CD 11 or 12, quite a few of the girls I know on pregnant after recurrent losses thread got pregnant taking Robitussin and using Preseed or Conceive Plus, so def worth a shot. Looks like we will all be bd'ing around the same time.
Hope we all get lucky x.