Anyone LTTTC Number One?

[ashknowsbest]

duck - Having stats always makes me feel better, I think it just ... gives us LTTCer's a concrete way of looking at things. Do you know what protocol you'll be on for you IVF cycle?

 

[ttcbaby117]

Ash that is great news....it is great to hear your positivity again. How will the ICSI help?

 

[ashknowsbest]

Well with ICSI there is a 90% chance of all of the embryos fertilizing whereas without ICSI ... I'm not sure exactly what the chance is but it's much lower. So ... more fertilized eggs ... more blasts (a good quality embryo) and a better chance of success and maybe frosties

How are you doing? You're getting ready to do another IUI right?

 

[ttcbaby117]

so if you dont do ICSI then they just put the sperm in the dish with the egg and hope for the best? Well I would probably go for the ICSI then.

I am doing ok....I am about 8 dpo and once my af shows I will be doing my IUI. I will do the same drug combo...femara and gonalf....I will probably do IUI right before Xmas....I hope ti works but if not then IVF here we come. I will depend on your expertise at that point cuz I am sooooo naive with the IVF thing.

 

[ashknowsbest]

You're exactly correct about the no ICSI. That's what we did last time and less than half fertilized so I'm really keeping my FX'd that with ICSI we get a lot of embryos that grow and are healthy!

A christmas BFP would be amazing! I will be keeping my FX'd so tightly for you that this last IUI works because IVF ... while it's not that hard to be honest, it's just ... not something I would want anyone to go through! Sorry if this is a little personal but did you and your DH try this cycle? Just curious because you know ... we could be trying this cycle too but I feel very like ... I don't want to because I know the odds are so shitty!

 

[fisher640]

i know, i just saw that
FFS sake, married for 10 mins and up the duff
lucky bitch
xx

I know I thought that!!! Another couple that wasnt even married when we started TTC and they are up the duff before us . . .

My opinion exactly. Although, I'm sure it wouldn't have gone any other way with all the "perfectness" in their relationship, and aside from that even if they had trouble they're rich& famous so they could do IVF for 20+ cycles if need be.

 

[ttcbaby117]

Ash - well i guess because of the fert drugs I took last cycle....it caused me to ov extremely early...cd11...so while we did bd on cd10 we didnt realize I would be oving so soon. Before that we didnt do anything much....so the answer to your question is no we were ttc this month...I just mentally needed a break. Is there a chance....yes...but I am not holding my breath. Do you think maybe that is why you have not been getting pregnant.....its fertilization issue? I wonder if maybe that is what is happening with me? I guess if it is...then IVF here I come! I really do hope not to have to go through IVF also only because of its cost....as of right now I will do anything to get pg...so if I do have to go through with it...I will!

 

[fisher640]

Ash- sounds like you had a great appointment, even though I know you would rather have skipped it all together it sounds like he was seriously listening and gave you lots of good info... I feel like they don't always do that. And it's nice to have a solid plan with a couple changes.

Lucy- thanks for asking, I'm 23 weeks now and starting to feel a bit better, it's been probably 1.5 weeks since I've needed nausea medicine to get by. So far so good.

Duck- hiiiiii *waves* no worries, I'm somewhat in the outskirts now, just hanging around to cheer you all on cause you're all still my favorite thread. I want all of you to have your babies in the worst way.

 

[ashknowsbest]

ttc - See that's how I'm feeling too, like I kind of need a break but I hear of people getting pregnant between their IVF cycles so I don't want to waste it but ... to be honest, this sounds horrible, but I don't want to have sex .... ah sounds so awful! IVF will definitely solve the fertilization issues if you have any, especially if you do ICSI! I wanted to do ICSI the first time around but Copperman didn't think we needed it. I just think that, for me, since my insurance covers it we should pull out all of the stops and idk with the fertilization rates of ICSI ... I don't really get why anyone wouldn't do it! Does your OH have low count/motility? I really do wish you the best of luck, infertility isn't fair and we all deserve our babies!

fisher - Oh yeah I have a wonderful doctor. I really do like him and my OH and him get a long so well because they're both uber dorks! My OH is a technology geek and copperman is too so they always have lots of talk about other than infertility ... kind of annoying sometimes but I'm really happy they get along! He always listens and provides good advice and what not. I'm just ready for something to work for us! How is your pregnancy going?!

 

[ttcbaby117]

Nope he has a perfect sperm count. His sperm has been through the ringer and all has come back above normal. We know it is me....when I spoke to my Dr after this last failed iui she said that maybe the perm and egg aren't connecting which led her to believe that maybe it is a fertilization issue....so she said if we do Ivf then she would probably do icsi...though she didn't call it that. I am just hoping that regardless of what I do that I will be pg soon. You are right infertility is nothing I would wish on my worst enemy. I can understand how you feel about sex. I have had months like that...but sometimes doing it whether you want to or not keeps that closeness with your oh, which is important. This month is the first month I have actually enjoyed bding. I guess because we went thinking about TTC. I was only tracking my cycle so I knew when my AF would start and could estimate the start of my next cycle and buy my plane tix over to Florida. I leave on December 17th and hopefully will do my iui that following weekend before Xmas.

 

[mandygk]

I haven't posted in a while, but here's an update.
My hypothyroidism is under control with my levels going from 6.05 to 2.33, I still exhibit some symptoms that bother me (exhaustion, foggy memory, long cycles 50 to 55 day cycles) and I would like for that number to be slightly lower. I just was able to get my FSH day 3 tested, and my results were the following: FSH level of 6 mIU/ml
...What does this mean?! Did I ovulate?
I keep looking up info about it and for the most part it says it's normal-ish anything below 6 is great so I am assuming 6 is just good enough?
No I am on CD4 waiting for it to be over so I can try tracking when my next ovulation is and get my Progesterone test...

 

[Ella_Hopeful]

Had my HSG done, the dye wouldn't go into one tube - the doctor didn't know if it was a tube spasm or an actual blockage. Trying to make an appointment with my normal gyn. doc to see what's next.

Oh, and it hurt quite a bit.

 

[ickle pand]

FSH levels won't tell you if you ovulate, it's far to early in your cycle for that. FSH is what makes the follicles grow though so that they will ovulate. Here's a link that explains it all - generally though they want it to be below 15 and the lower the better from what this link says.

https://www.fertilitycommunity.com/fertility/what-is-significance-of-fsh-levels.html

 

[Razcox]

Ash - Great news about the IVF, we had ICIS and 7 of the 7 fertilized so it does seem to have a better success rate then standard IVF. Will be keeping everything crossed for you xx

Ella - Sorry the HSG was painfull and has left you with more questions then answers. Where are they going from here now??

Mandy - As Ickle says FSH is follicle stimulating hormone so its what you need to start egg production. As you get older the levels of FSH are higher as your body has less eggs and so needs more stimulation to spit on out. 6 is fine though and in the normal range x

AFM - Well called the hospital and we have no frosties so this is our only shot at ICIS with PGD, however as 5 of the 7 eggs were normal I feel brave enough to have another go naturally if it doesnt work. Fingers crossed though it works and in a few days i get that bfp.

 

[pinkfee]

Firstly WOW wannabe thats fab news! congratulations hun... after all you've been through i'm so happy

Raz - good luck hun in your tww - congratulations on being PUPO!

TTC - the way ICSI verses normal IVF was explained to me is that they like to leave the eggs/sperm fertilize naturally where possible (i.e. no significant probs with sperm) as that is still nature choosing which is the fittest sperm to do the job! ICSI is an embryologist choosing which sperm to inject, so while it has a higher fertilization success rate, its more interference and i suppose ICSI hasn't been around long enough for them to know if this creates any issues further down the line! so both good, I had normal IVF the first time and conceived only to loose the baby at 9weeks, 2nd IVF we had ICSI as i only had 4 eggs and OH sperm on the day wasn't as great as they wanted. And just had my 21week scan confirming both babies doing good.

I hope you don't have to go down the IVF road either, but i thought fertilization was our problem as well, so i think its the only thing that would have worked for us.

Ash - they changed my dosage for the second round as well to make the quality of eggs better and i really think thats what did it for me. Good luck

Ella - sorry the HSG hurt but hopefully its giving them knowledge of what might be wrong and how they can fix it.

 

[ttcbaby117]

Raz - so excited for you....I am crossing everything in the hopes that you get your BFP...when are you testing?

Ella - sorry to hear that hun! I hope they figure out that is was just a spasm.

afm - not much going on here...af will be in about a week and then i will start my IUI cycle.

 

[Dazed]

Sorry about not having frosties Raz, but I'm so happy you are PUPO! I've associated with you on other threads for so long now, you totally deserve this. If PADBRAT can have hers, you can definitely have yours.

 

[Razcox]

Raz - so excited for you....I am crossing everything in the hopes that you get your BFP...when are you testing?

Ella - sorry to hear that hun! I hope they figure out that is was just a spasm.

afm - not much going on here...af will be in about a week and then i will start my IUI cycle.

If my IC arrive tomorrow or I can find an odd one knocking about I will test again tomorrow . . .

 

[ttcbaby117]

Raz - I cant wait to hear about your bfp!

 

[wannabeprego]

@Ella, I am so sorry that the HSG didn't go very good and that it was painful!! Big hugs to you!!! I know for me what came next when one of my tubes didn't have dye flow through during the HSG was a laparascopy surgery. They can get in and try to get the dye to flow through to unblock the tubes from both ends. I had to have a hysteroscopy with my surgery at the same time because of the polyp in my uterus as well. Good luck to you.

@Raz, good luck for when you test next time. I hope you get your BFP!!!