Anyone doing IUI?

[Savasanna]

Welcome Wolf! Wow - that distance between you and your RE must really complicate things! I work an hour away from where I live/my clinic and I find that to be a challenge sometimes! Here's hoping this third IUI is the one, although I'm sorry you're dealing with CD1 today. It can be so frustrating.

Secret - Not sure when IUI day will be but I'm thinking maybe somewhere in the vicinity of the 11th. Ultrasound and follicle check is the 8th so I can't imagine it will be too much past that. It would be convenient if it happened over the weekend due to the aforementioned distance between work and the clinic. If I'd guess, I'd say they'll have me do an ultrasound on CD12, another on CD13 and then trigger that night. My only worry is that I've previously had +opks as early as CD11 so I hope the CD12 ultrasound isn't too late. But.. I'm trying not to overthink it and just go with the flow of it all.

 

[S_secret]

K I thought I was playing it all cool but I don't know if I can wait two more days to test. This is all I am thinking about all day. Sigh

 

[Savasanna]

lol - I can barely wait to get home just to pop some hormones! TTC sure does make sane people oh so very wacky.

 

[S_secret]

I feel like a nap for distraction but I have so much anxiety I feel all jittery lol

 

[Montana]

I don't know how you're waiting s_secret. I would have been peeing on a stick by now! Glad your temps are still up.

Hi Wolf, so glad you joined us!!! Really hoping that clomid works for your 3rd round. With my second, I did clomid for 7 cycles, went to injectables for 1 and then back to clomid for my 9th cycle and got my BFP. I actually think the break from the clomid for one cycle is what did the trick. Clomid thinned out my lining too much. Are you having any bad side effects from the clomid?

 

[Montana]

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[Montana]

How's the clomid going, Savasanna? You're a few days in right? What does are you on?

 

[S_secret]

Well looks like it didn't work based on my giant temp drop

 

[Savasanna]

How's the clomid going, Savasanna? You're a few days in right? What does are you on?

I'm well. Last night was only day three so I'll be taking my second dose tonight, I am already tender in the left ovary, which I wasn't expecting to happen so soon. But I'm just happy and excited to be in the game.

I'm actually really curious to see if/how clomid impacts my lining. When I was taking it before, we weren't doing monitored cycles so I always wondered if it thinned the lining too much to implant. I'm so happy to have a monitored cycle this month.

Secret - I'm so sorry to see that.

 

[S_secret]

Well now I again all over the place. I went back to sleep after crying a bit this am and when I woke up I tested again and it was 36.87. So I took a test and bfn. Then I proceeded to google the heck out of 11dpiui temp dip and look at a million ft charts so I have officially filled my hope meter half full again. DH says one day at a time babe and don't worry it will all be fine. He's too sweet. Half of my brain says it's gonna work and the other half says don't be stupid it's been too long it's never going to work. FML

 

[maybe_baby_]

Hi all- can I join you? It's always better to be able to share these TTC experiences with those who get it, because not everyone does!!

DH and I are prepping for our first IUI cycle. He has low morph (about 1% normal forms) but no other issues between us. We were TTC for a year before we started seeing a RE in October. Luckily, since my cycles are regular, we were able to move through testing pretty quickly and get to treatment quickly, too. I am CD 8 today and did 4 days of Gonal-F 75IU. I had a scan yesterday and the doctor saw one 13mm follicle on my right and 18 total smaller ones, so she upped my dose to 100IU for last night and tonight. My nurse called it 'one tiny follicle', but I thought 13mm was pretty good for CD7! She also said my lining was pretty thin, but again I probably wouldn't have expected a beautiful lining on day 7? Haha.. I go back tomorrow for monitoring again, so hopefully they will see some good progress!!

 

[Savasanna]

Secret - I know it's hard not to be disappointed but your DH is right, one day at a time. You're never out until AF shows, and while 11dpiui is enough for some bfps, there are certainly plenty of bfps that show later than that. Just try to breathe and get through the day. These last 5 days of the tww are the absolute worst! We're all here for you!

Welcome Maybe! That's cool that you're monitoring so much in this first week so you're able to adjust the medication levels. For this month, we're doing our first monitoring on CD12 and, I would assume, just going with whatever they find. If I respond poorly I wonder if they'll try something different for next month. We're only 4 days apart from one another! Cheers to this month!

 

[Montana]

I'm so sorry s_secret. Infertility just sucks. You're definitely still not out though. Dont have any expectations and try to distract yourself if at all possible. Let us know.

Savasanna- yes, it will be interesting to know. Hopefully it doesn't, but it's pretty common. Crossing my fingers for you!

 

[Savasanna]

So what do they do if your lining is too thin?

 

[S_secret]

Morning update. AF is here full force two days early.

 

[Savasanna]

Sorry to hear that, Secret. What's the plan? Are you doing another IUI this month?

 

[S_secret]

No. not another one. I am going to start birth control tonight with the plan being Ivf in Jan. Freaking out.

What's going on with you?!?

 

[maybe_baby_]

Ugh, so sorry to hear that Secret. What are your next steps?

As for me, I'm 2dpt, so expect to ovulate today . I had a scan on Saturday which showed I had one 18mm folicle and another 13mm. RE didn't think the 13 was going to make it, but said the larger one would be ready to go. Lining also improved significantly.. I believe it was over 8, so I was instructed to trigger that night. I had plans to see a play with my family, so I had to trigger during intermission. Nothing like sticking yourself with a needle in a playhouse bathroom to make you feel like you're in deep TTC

We had IUI yesterday morning and this morning, with a total count of 20 million motile (my RE only gives us the motile count, so no idea what the overall count was. I guess the motile count is more important anyway ). With DH's low morph, that means about 200,000 good ones are just waiting to meet the egg. Fingers crossed that one of them finds his way! I go back on Thursday for blood work so that they can check my progesterone levels, but as of today, I am in the TTW! Who's joining me?!

 

[Savasanna]

Congrats on being in the TWW, maybe! I'll be right there with you soon! I'm guessing I'll end up triggering Friday night and having the IUI on Sunday. We'll see what they say on Thursday, though.

Secret - here we go 2017! I was originally planning on IVF Jan 2017 as well, however we've since decided to try two monitored IUIs before moving on to IVF. So I'll be following suit in Feb/March.

 

[Montana]

I'm so sorry S_secret. Why are you taking birth control on your month off? Could you try naturally for the month before IVF? They gave me a 20% chance of BFP with IUI. I didn't know that this was the same chance as a women without infertility has each month. No wonder why the average time it takes a couple without any issues to get pregnant is a year!

How's everything going Savasanna?

Hey Maybe_baby! So funny about triggering during intermission. I have had to give myself injections in my car while parking in a parking lot before. I have also done them in the kitchen while my kids are eating lunch. Haha! Anyways, I'm glad your lining thickened up, that's great! I triggered last week and am now 5dpt. Don't know if I will test before beta. What will you do?