46 BFPS and Counting -TTC Lucky Support Thread - newbies welcome!

[beemeck]

Squirrel that's great abou the follies! Two is the perfect number makes me feel relieved too that you o regularly and took the regular dose of clomid without becoming octomom lol. So excited for you ! Maybe your right ovary was working so much better making the months from your left a wash? Hoping this boost is it !!!!

 

[squirrel.]

Thanks ladies. I spoke to the nurse after I posted that and she says they'll have me back in on Monday for another scan and a trigger if the follicles haven't burst themselves yet. She also said my AMH test - ovarian reserve - from last time came back really high (58.1 - which is insane, as normal for my age is 2.0) and that my ovaries (and the high AMH) look like I have PCOS - new to me! Could explain why they hurt every cycle though. They seem quite happy with the two follicles, but keep warning me about twins. There's quite a low chance of twins though with two follicles I think.

Edit: after googling it looks pretty certain I have PCOS with that level of AMH and the many many smaller follicles that littered my ovaries. Maybe I just haven't been ovulating an egg these past many cycles?

 

[blablamana]

yay for two follies!
Too bad that they suspect PCOS. At least it's better to know than to stay in the dark about it I guess!
And hey, two follies is still a higher chance than one follicle!
You wouldn't mind twins right?


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[campn]

Squirrel- PCOS isn't really a big deal, even if you have it you can still have as many babies as you want!

2 follicles are NOT that many at all, even if both get fertilized against all odds and both implant it's still okay since you do want twins right!??

 

[squirrel.]

Really want twins but I'm trying to keep my hopes down. I don't even know if I can get pregnant on my own right now, not going to start expecting twins because I have two follicles I'm really happy about the trigger shot. I didn't think they'd do that. I hope that really makes me ovulate and get those eggs out there.

 

[campn]

Bla- That's pretty mean for a joke, I hope he just didn't think it through first and misjudged.

Speaking of April fools, I thought of sending my ex "I forgive you for everything I miss you and I love you" then later say "HAHAHA no just kidding I hate you forever!"

Wishful thinking right!?

 

[blablamana]

Bla- That's pretty mean for a joke, I hope he just didn't think it through first and misjudged.

Speaking of April fools, I thought of sending my ex "I forgive you for everything I miss you and I love you" then later say "HAHAHA no just kidding I hate you forever!"

Wishful thinking right!?

Hahaha wow.

And yes, I hope that he misjudged but on the phone he thought it was pretty hilarious that I was crying. So I'm done for a couple of days.

 

[Smille24]

I agree texas - I think it's going to happen with the way your temps are!

smille - actually I'm not sure of the dosage. I guess I assumed they were all the same? Did you have symptoms from the shot? It seems like there should be since it's HCG. I've been looking at a lot of IUI charts on FF and I see some BFPs around 11dpo or so. I thought the trigger was still in your system then - so I think I'm a little confused about that part!

Mine was 500mg. I had no symptoms from it, but I was also on progesterone shortly after. Typically, the shot will be out of your system within 9-11 days. 12dpiui would be safe to test.

 

[Smille24]

Thanks ladies. I spoke to the nurse after I posted that and she says they'll have me back in on Monday for another scan and a trigger if the follicles haven't burst themselves yet. She also said my AMH test - ovarian reserve - from last time came back really high (58.1 - which is insane, as normal for my age is 2.0) and that my ovaries (and the high AMH) look like I have PCOS - new to me! Could explain why they hurt every cycle though. They seem quite happy with the two follicles, but keep warning me about twins. There's quite a low chance of twins though with two follicles I think.

Edit: after googling it looks pretty certain I have PCOS with that level of AMH and the many many smaller follicles that littered my ovaries. Maybe I just haven't been ovulating an egg these past many cycles?

That's what they told me too. I had a ton of eggs, but none were maturing properly so when I ovulated they were bad quality. I was baffled bc with pcos you typically don't ovulate, but that's not always the case. Clomid did wonders for me and I really think it will for you too!

 

[Trr]

Hello Ladies!

I havent checked in in weeks and I feel like such a dick about it. Life has been very overwhelming the past few months. We are renovating to sell our house and looking for a new one, getting a puppy in a few weeks and I'm working crazy shift work.

On a good note, I'm still pregnant and had my NT scan on Wednesday. I have a little kicker in there. Attaching a pic.

So happy to hear all is going well with you ladies. The few posts I was able to catch up on look very promising.

Hoping to be around a lot more as I'm starting to balance things better now.

 

[TexasRider]

TRR yay for a healthy baby! I agree life gets waaaay overwhelming sometimes. I feel that way now. I barely respond anymore. Partly cause I'm super busy and partly cause I feel kinda down. I haven't O'd yet which isn't a huge deal I guess as long as I actually do. I seem to have more ewcm today and yesterday that I have previously so maybe that means I'm about to O. We be last night and I used some preseed but I would think by now all that is gone so what I am actually feeling when I do a cm check is for real ewcm...Fingers crossed anyways.
Gonna take my little girl outside to play when it warms up some more. We got her a little tykes bounce house type thing and she loves it!

 

[Trr]

TRR yay for a healthy baby! I agree life gets waaaay overwhelming sometimes. I feel that way now. I barely respond anymore. Partly cause I'm super busy and partly cause I feel kinda down. I haven't O'd yet which isn't a huge deal I guess as long as I actually do. I seem to have more ewcm today and yesterday that I have previously so maybe that means I'm about to O. We be last night and I used some preseed but I would think by now all that is gone so what I am actually feeling when I do a cm check is for real ewcm...Fingers crossed anyways.
Gonna take my little girl outside to play when it warms up some more. We got her a little tykes bounce house type thing and she loves it!

Looks like your temp is due to go up soon. Hoping for that temp rise.

Preseed is very deceiving. If I know I'm ovulating then I use it but it's really hard to tell the difference between EWCM and that. Hope it's not one of those super long cycles.
I'm a cervix checker so I rely a lot on that and I found that I wasn't getting EWCM after my chemical so preseed to the rescue and it worked for me first time

The kid in me wants to come jump in the bouncy house as well. Enjoy.

 

[BabyForIris]

Sorry I'm been MIA everyone. But it's been a strange month. I pop on now and then to check to see how everyone is and to catch up. I'm so excited for all the amazing things happening on here.

As you know for me, they found that polyp on CD5 for me. And I was devastated. I later found out it's very very small and would only need monitoring. But we got even more bad news. Hubby had his physical a few weeks back and asked our family doctor for a SA who was happy to send him for it since we aren't spring chickens. (we are both mid 30's)

Anyway, we got the results and it was so low they basically told us we will only ever have a baby via IFV. They suggested we retest just in case however. So he has a new appointment for a second one later this week. Of course we had already stuck to our usual "BD as much as we want" routine before we got his results. So I assumed I was out.

BUT!!! AF was due yesterday. And..she never showed. And my temps went back up (see chart) so I finally caved and POAS and dear mother of god...I'm pregnant. !!!!!!

I literally can't believe it. I stared at the test saying "no....nooooo. No?" As the line got darker and darker. I have no symptoms. None. Maybe some really mild cramping which I assumed was AF making her way here. And that's it! I feel good (so far).

I know I'm not on here very often. But I wanted to say I truly know that reading all your updates and having all your input had kept me sane the past few months. Miracles do happen. They will happen for everyone else trying on here right now. I can feel it.

Major baby dust for everyone. I'll be around and will keep updating everyone. Please send sticky vibes my way. I need it!

Here's some line porn for you all. This was taken today CD28 or 12 DPO. That's 1 day late for me. Came up right away and no mistaking if it's there or not.

 

[blablamana]

Congrats Iris!
Trr: Yay for healthy baby!

I'm in a foul mood.
So sorry, I'll reply to everyone else later!

 

[campn]

Trr- Beautiful scan!

Baby- Yay! Congratulations!! Beautiful line for sure!

 

[TexasRider]

Iris- great news!! I hope you have a fast 9 months and have a healthy baby to show for it!!!

Blabla- sorry you're in a foul mood. I hope it gets better.

Afm- I had a lot of ewcm yesterday and my temp is up slightly however daughter woke up at 3 so I got up briefly and settled her and then passed back out till 5:30 when I took my temp and it was 97.21. So i didn't get the at least 3 solid hours I needed so im not sure how accurate it is. Gonna do a cm check later and see if I still Have some ewcm. Hoping I O soon though. I think it's close. If I didn't O last night then maybe it will be today

 

[squirrel.]

Babyforiris: congratulations that's amazing! Happy and healthy nine months!!

Trr: fantastic news about your scan. That's a beautiful baby you have in there!

Texas: I hope that was ovulation yesterday or if not that it's happening today for you. How frustrating waiting around for ovulation when it's late for whatever reason!

Campn: that's a great new avatar picture! You look beautiful and glowing!

Bee: how's the femera going? Hope you don't have any side effects! When is your first scan to check follicle growth?


Cd10 here and have had lots of EWCM the last two days. I'm thankful for that as I hear clomid can dry you up. I have my scan tomorrow to check on those two follicles from Friday. I really hope they both continued to grow (and maybe got joined by one more I'm not greedy or anything!!). Looking forward to getting the trigger shot. I don't know why but I feel like that may make a difference.

 

[Hiker1]

Bee, just a little advise with the trigger- make sure to get all the air out first by pushing the plunger up to get it all out. When the nurses taught me, they didnt mention that, so it really hurt when my hubby injected me - and now I know it's because we didnt get the air out of the syringe first. Good luck!!

I can't remember if I updated on this thread - I am hopefully going ahead with IVF this month! Right now I'm on birth control pills, and will be until next Sunday. Wednesday I go in for a sonohyst, where I have to drink a ton of water (but not pee) and they will be mapping out the route for the egg retrieval. Sometime like April 14/15th I'll be starting back on injections. They have to get all the women at my clinic on the exact same cycle because they do all the retrievals at the same time. Depending on how many eggs they get and how many good embryos there are we may implant this cycle, or freeze them all and do another retrieval in a few months when we are on my husband's insurance (who has much higher IVF coverage). We want to retrieve as many as possible so we can have more than one child and have some "insurance" in case something should go wrong. With my DOR, the doc is thinking we should do all the retrievals as possible now while I am still responding well to meds. There is no guarantee that after one child, for example, that I'd respond as well then. So it's an exciting time because I feel like it could be as soon as this month or as late as August that I could actually get pregnant. I'm very excited but know there will be lots of challenges ahead. Got my big box of meds which was insane. I thought injectable meds was overwhelming! My hubby looked at it all and said "if this doesn't get us a baby, I don't know what will!" Hope you are all well. What a crazy journey this has been.

 

[Smille24]

Baby- congrats on your miracle! Drs are sometimes so quick to say "ivf is your only option" when in reality it's not.

Texas- lets hope you O soon hun. You guys are doing great keeping up the bd.

Squirrel- clomid definitely dried me up, but I'm glad that isn't the case for you! Fxd for great news tomorrow!

 

[trixiesmith]

oh my goodness ladies, I'm so excited for so many of you!

Bee and squirrel - I'm feeling absolutely optimistic and positive about this cycle for both of you. Looking forward to the updates and eventual bfps from you girls. I must admit, reading your past few updates makes me feel like a newbie at ttc lol.

Iris - congrats! Sticky dust sent your way.

Camp - thanks for the idea from before. Holidays are paid, but we decided we'll bd the days leading up to him leaving, and I'll take one or two days off to go spend with him to try catch the eggy. Gorg photo btw. You're so pretty.

afm: af should be gone by tomorrow. I went out and got robitussin to try this cycle. And I'm back on my tea. I found that by taking it from cd2/3 up to O left me with a lot less cramping, less clots and a somewhat lighter flow. I'm wishfully thinking that means my body is gearing up for something good to happen soon lol.