Anyone LTTTC in Australia :) ?

[Jillie89]

Im good just started clomid today ready for round 3 of IUI, im so over it
Good news though im preparing to do ICSI pretty much straight away if this last round doesn't work, so hoping to start in June ( taking 1 month off in between). Soooo excited!!!
How are you feeling, much better after those numbers I bet....
Hey when you did ICSI did you discuss how many eggs to transfer back etc ? I want to do 2 but I have a feeling that isnt allowed in QLD.

Good to hear you have a plan to go straight to after this round. Hopefully you won't need to, but at least there are still options.

I feel ok. Happy that my numbers were good but still can't get too excited. Doesn't feel real yet and I don't think I will feel more confident about this pregnancy until I have a scan and then get to 12 weeks. The first trimester is the worst for worry with me.

My fertility clinic will just put 1 back most times. I asked if I could put back 2 and was told a big fat 'no'! I am young, hadn't had multiple failures and the risk of multiples and then complications in pregnancy with multiples was not worth it. Legally, they are allowed to put 2 in though but all depends on the circumstances.

 

[wantingbubba7]

Yeah exactly I found I handle things better when I have back up plans
Thats fair enough , getting over the 12 week hump would be a sigh of relief good luck with your blood test tomorrow... let me know how you go
hmmm im 29 so i think in the infertility world im still kinda young? I think? Haha ill have to see what my doctor says when we go see her !!

 

[Jillie89]

Hcg came back at 1660 today. Exactly 48hr doubling time. Progesterone 34. Nurse said all my levels are fine. Blood test Tues next week.

 

[wantingbubba7]

Thats awesome jillie.... glad to hear its going well.
As for me 3rd and final IUI today woo so glad its over , if this doesnt work then onto ICSI in june. Hubbys count was great at 77mill post wash today so hopefully third time lucky.
Hope you are well

 

[Jillie89]

Thats awesome jillie.... glad to hear its going well.
As for me 3rd and final IUI today woo so glad its over , if this doesnt work then onto ICSI in june. Hubbys count was great at 77mill post wash today so hopefully third time lucky.
Hope you are well

Thanks

Good luck for this round! Hopefully you won't have to go down the ICSI road, so crossing everything for your BFP for third time lucky.

I had bloods taken again yesterday and they had risen to 15600, so doubling fine, just my progesterone has dropped to 24. Nurse said it was nothing too bad and it can fluctuate at different times of day, but it is playing on my mind a bit. Worried something is going wrong. I am on progesterone twice a day already!

Our viability scan next week cannot come fast enough. It doesn't feel real yet and I just can't bring myself to get my hopes up even though it is all going well.

 

[wantingbubba7]

Hi Jillie,
Glad everything is doubling nicely for you. Everything I'm sure everything will be totally fine for you but when getting pregnant doesn't come easy and we go down these fertility assistance paths its probably totally normal to worry about these things as what you are holding is a precious little miracle literally...
I cant wait for my day to come
Good luck at your scan next week keep me updated.

 

[Jillie89]

Had our scan this arve. One little frosty in there measuring on track with a good heartbeat. Back to my obgyn when I am 9 weeks. My fs is testing my progesterone tomorrow though just to make sure it is still all good.

 

[wantingbubba7]

Good to hear Jillie, must have felt good hearing that little heartbeat
Hope your progesterone is good tomorrow too

 

[Jillie89]

Thanks Didn't get to hear it, but definitely saw it beating away. Only time I got to hear my daughters was at her 20w and 28w 3d scan. My fs and obgyn dont have u/s equipment that you can hear the heartbeat, just measure it. FS said everything looked fine. Crossing everything it keeps going ok. Still so scared

How are you?

 

[wantingbubba7]

Hey Jillie, just checking on how your pregnancy is going? Hope all is well!!

I'm finally starting IVF next week woohooo so excited.

 

[Jillie89]

Hey Jillie, just checking on how your pregnancy is going? Hope all is well!!

I'm finally starting IVF next week woohooo so excited.

Hey! Thanks for checking in on me

Exciting that you are starting next week. What is the protocol for this cycle???

I am almost 16 weeks now. Seems to be going fast but slow at the same time. Everything going well so far. Still sick with morning sickness. Middle of the day is worst for me. Other day I was out, felt sick, had to do a dash to the toilet with my daughter and ended up throwing up on her as I put her down. OOPS! So then I was having to hold her while she was trying to crawl away covered in my vomit while I continued to throw up in the toilet... was not a pretty sight. Hubby thought it was hilarious when I told him the story. Hopefully the sickness will ease up soon.

My 12 week NT scan went well with all good results. My ob has me on low dose asprin at night in an aim to help prevent pre-eclampsia this pregnancy. Feels strange to not be on the progesterone morning and night and my estrogen 3 times a day anymore. Back to see my ob next week at 17 weeks. We would LOVE to find out the sex if he can see it on the ultrasound, but if not we have to wait til 10th July for my 20 week scan. As long as bub is healthy, we don't mind whether boy or girl.

I invested in a doppler from my friend who was getting rid of hers, so hubby and I listen to Frosty each night before bed. Takes a bit of my worry away for a while.

 

[wantingbubba7]

Glad to hear all is going well Jillie
Haha that is so funny about throwing up on your daughter - least you know the bubbas nice and strong if you still have morning sickness
Wow that is a great idea listening with the doppler each night before bed ~ I think I will do the same when I am finally pregnant - just because I wont be able to actually believe I will be pregnant haha
I didnt know that asprin can help with pre-eclampsia, do you normally get high blood pressure or anything? Or was just a pregnancy thing?
The reason i ask is I tend to get white coat syndrome and my blood pressure tends to go up at Dr's appts and things.

I will be doing a short protocol so I will be doing 200 of Gonal F and then 250 of the Orgalutran. The nurse said because I have a high AMH I may overstimulate on these so may need Lucrin after egg pick up which will stop the over stimulation but means I wont have a fresh transfer but a FET the following month. If I dont overstimulate then I will have Ovidrel (I think thats what it was called) and will do fresh transfer. Hope all of that made sense

Glad you are well and good luck at your 17 week scan, hope you can see what you are having... talk again soon! !

 

[Jillie89]

Pretty much same meds I was on, except I had a slightly lower dosage of Gonal. Hopefully you respond well and get some wonderful healthy mature eggs at pick up with no OHSS. Keep me posted!!!

Apparently the low dose asprin helps the blood vessels, especially to the placenta and can help stop or delay onset of pre eclampsia. Pre eclampsia is pregnancy related. Only way to cure is to deliver baby. For me my blood pressure shot up suddenly and I had high amount of protein in my urine. Def signs of it. Some people get swelling too but I didn't.

 

[MissCassie]

Hopefully joining you ladies with being bump buddies!!

I started my injections yesterday
150 gonal f and then 250 orgulatran my first scan is next Wednesday hopefully I have some nice follies growing..

Although my nurse said there is a chance it may not even work due to having no response from 200mg clomid? But I am staying positive that this will work!

 

[Jillie89]

Hopefully joining you ladies with being bump buddies!!

I started my injections yesterday
150 gonal f and then 250 orgulatran my first scan is next Wednesday hopefully I have some nice follies growing..

Although my nurse said there is a chance it may not even work due to having no response from 200mg clomid? But I am staying positive that this will work!

I never responded to 200mg clomid... took 300mg for me to ovulate for 3 cycles then it stopped working for me. Some people are just clomid resistant. Fx for you responding well to the Gonal F. My fs said they can increase it and keep you on it longer if need be. I was lucky 150 seemed to do the trick just fine.

 

[MissCassie]

Hopefully joining you ladies with being bump buddies!!

I started my injections yesterday
150 gonal f and then 250 orgulatran my first scan is next Wednesday hopefully I have some nice follies growing..

Although my nurse said there is a chance it may not even work due to having no response from 200mg clomid? But I am staying positive that this will work!

I never responded to 200mg clomid... took 300mg for me to ovulate for 3 cycles then it stopped working for me. Some people are just clomid resistant. Fx for you responding well to the Gonal F. My fs said they can increase it and keep you on it longer if need be. I was lucky 150 seemed to do the trick just fine.

I didn't respond to any doses of clomid, do you have high amh If yo don't mind me asking? Mine is at 94 and last year was 134.. so it's gone down but still quite high.

I love seeing success stories like yours

 

[Jillie89]

Hopefully joining you ladies with being bump buddies!!

I started my injections yesterday
150 gonal f and then 250 orgulatran my first scan is next Wednesday hopefully I have some nice follies growing..

Although my nurse said there is a chance it may not even work due to having no response from 200mg clomid? But I am staying positive that this will work!

I never responded to 200mg clomid... took 300mg for me to ovulate for 3 cycles then it stopped working for me. Some people are just clomid resistant. Fx for you responding well to the Gonal F. My fs said they can increase it and keep you on it longer if need be. I was lucky 150 seemed to do the trick just fine.

I didn't respond to any doses of clomid, do you have high amh If yo don't mind me asking? Mine is at 94 and last year was 134.. so it's gone down but still quite high.

I love seeing success stories like yours

Couldn't tell you my exact AMH but it was on the higher side. I was at risk of OHSS so they started me on 125 gonal first ivf cycle but bumped me up to 150 my second which got me more eggs. Apparently I made good quality eggs. Cycle 1 - 4 eggs all mature, all fertilized, all reached 5 day blasts. Cycle 2 - 10 eggs, 7 mature, 5 fertilized that all made it to 5 day blasts.

 

[MissCassie]

Hopefully joining you ladies with being bump buddies!!

I started my injections yesterday
150 gonal f and then 250 orgulatran my first scan is next Wednesday hopefully I have some nice follies growing..

Although my nurse said there is a chance it may not even work due to having no response from 200mg clomid? But I am staying positive that this will work!

I never responded to 200mg clomid... took 300mg for me to ovulate for 3 cycles then it stopped working for me. Some people are just clomid resistant. Fx for you responding well to the Gonal F. My fs said they can increase it and keep you on it longer if need be. I was lucky 150 seemed to do the trick just fine.

I didn't respond to any doses of clomid, do you have high amh If yo don't mind me asking? Mine is at 94 and last year was 134.. so it's gone down but still quite high.

I love seeing success stories like yours

Couldn't tell you my exact AMH but it was on the higher side. I was at risk of OHSS so they started me on 125 gonal first ivf cycle but bumped me up to 150 my second which got me more eggs. Apparently I made good quality eggs. Cycle 1 - 4 eggs all mature, all fertilized, all reached 5 day blasts. Cycle 2 - 10 eggs, 7 mature, 5 fertilized that all made it to 5 day blasts.

I'm so glad that it worked for you

Hopefully I respond and get some good eggs.

Thank you for your help

And hope all is going well with bubs.

 

[wantingbubba7]

Hey MissCassie, I am starting injections on Monday I think if AF starts tomorrow. We are at the same clinic too so would be so cool if we could be bump buddies hehe first timers get the first BFP's together eeeeek
Do you live in Brisbane or are you travelling?

Is it strange that he started me on 200 of Gonal F straight up? My AMH is 52 so high but no hugely high.

My last doctor had be on 50mg of clomid and never did an ultrasound to check on follies etc only did blood tests to confirm ovulation. Does this sound strange to either of you?

Scan next week Jillie hopefully you can see what it is !!

 

[Jillie89]

Thanks Wantingbubba We hope we can find out too! I am guessing another girl, hubby is guessing a boy. One of us in the end will be right lol. Either way, I will be very happy and no more babies for us after this.

Seems like all doctors go about things their own way. My obgyn started me on 50mg clomid, no scans, but blood test for ovulation day 21. Then repeated this process on 100mg, 150mg and 200mg. I never responded. So then he did my ovarian drilling and put me on 300mg. Never scanned again, just checked bloods for ovulation. Other clinics I know they are always scanned on any clomid dosages. I don't think work would have given me more time off for scans, so in some ways it was good that I didn't get monitoring scans on clomid.

As for starting on 200 Gonal F, don't worry. Your blood E2 levels will tell them how you are responding during your stimming. They can always get you to drop back or even go up on dosages, and if needed, keep you on longer to get those follicles to a mature size. I remember I had 20+ follicles on each side... so obviously a lot of mine did not even contain eggs!