anyone over 35 going for fertility treatments this year? IUI, IVF etc

[sarahincanada]

Wow Sarah! That is amazing!! I didn't even realize you were at 12 weeks already. Time flies! Beautiful!!!

not quite....Im 11 weeks and 1 or 3 days depending if you go by transfer date or last measurements! It seems different people say 2nd tri is at different times, but someone told me 40 weeks pregnancy divided by 3 is 13.3, so at 13 weeks 4 days Im going to say Im 2nd tri. so thats in about 2 weeks. I think on bnb they say from 14 weeks.

 

[sadie]

Adorable pic Sarah! Baby looks like she is resting, contentedly! Or he.....

 

[DaisyQ]

Congrats Sarah! Beautiful!

 

[heavenly]

Heavenly - I would definitely explore your options because you want to feel the most comfortable you can with the choices that you make and that begins with the doctor / clinic. If you do egg sharing - then you will have limited eggs right? If you do egg donor, then you will have all the eggs she produces to choose from and to freeze. I think if I was going the expense of an egg donor, I want all the eggs that go with it!

Thank you. I am assuming that there would be a better success rate with using an egg donor, rather than sharing. But I would rather not assume, so will go and check out another couple of clinics.

 

[crystal443]

Sarah- lovely scan photo

Hockey- Glad your getting things going for your Fibroid surgery, and hopefully that does the trick for you

 

[GreenFingers]

Sarah that is just wonderful, so pleased for you x x

 

[Desperado167]

Sarah beautiful scan pic ,

 

[threebirds]

Wow Sarah, congratulations x

 

[manuiti]

Lovely scan pic Sarah - congrats!

heavenly - good for you going to check out a couple of other places. you always have to go with what feels most comfortable for you, and also give yourself the best chances.

afm - af arrived yesterday so I start stimming this evening. I'm very excited and a little nervous now.

:wave: to everyone else, hope you're all doing well and enjoying the weekend.

 

[sarahincanada]

yay manuiti, happy stimming! whats your protocol?

 

[manuiti]

whats your protocol?

I start on Menopur, then 1st scan on day 5, when they're happy I add Orgallutran, and then trigger shot of Ovidrel. They're currently guessing at ER on April 4th and ET on the 7th.

 

[Rona]

Good luck Manuiti. I am in my Day 7 stimming right now. Starting my Cetrotide yesterday. If everything okay, will have my ER on March 30, 2012.

I am using Bravelle (150) mixed with Menopur (150) daily. I stay on the same dose since my Day Stim 1. My protocol is:

Menopur + Bravelle
Cetrotide
Trigger

I start stim on CD3.

Good luck for all of us who still trying. I just turned 40 two weeks ago.

 

[sarahincanada]

yay rona glad to see you back! cant wait to follow you through your ivf. big and

 

[Rona]

Thanks Sarah

I hope I am as lucky as you! I did my baseline test, and all within the range. But I don't have many AFC (total about 8 to 9), my second US (Day 3 stims), I have about 8 total, few over 10mm.

I am nervous, scared and worry that my heart will break again.

 

[Buster1]

Wishing you lots of luck and baby dust Rona. Hope the rest of you lovely ladies are have a great weekend.

 

[DaisyQ]

Hi ladies. Sorry so MIA. I've been in a bit of a tailspin lately - I got a dreaded BFN on Friday, and AF arrived yesterday.

I'm starting another clomid and IUI cycle, but in my mind I'm already moving onto IVF. Largely because I am worried about wasting the majority of our 10K fertility benefit on IUIs and not having enough left over for IVF. I'm pretty sure we will be at least partially out of pocket and things are tight enough as it is. I have an appointment with the doc scheduled for April 10th, to discuss next steps. The cycle after this one is a bit up in the air. I was supposed to do a third IUI with injectables, but that won't work because I'll be traveling the first week of my cycle and won't be around to do CD 3 blood work or any monitoring. I could do a natural cycle of course. I am also interested in possibly starting IVF at this point...

Question, for those of you who did (or are doing) down regulation protocols, did you have to do any blood work or ultrasounds the first week of your cycle that you started birth control pills? I'm hoping that if my doctor agrees that IVF is the most cost effective route for us at this point, that we can start it next cycle, but it will only work if there is no monitoring during week one of my cycle...

 

[drsquid]

so i talked to him today. he said that at ucsf they did a sperm count on every sample everytime and it was pretty much always normal. that sperm donors are selected for their ability to produce super high counts. he apparently didnt realize that it was really bugging me and that the reason they dont do it is because it is a waste of money for the patient (greater than $100 lab charge for "analysis") and really doesnt mean much in terms of outcome (in that even if it is "low" for a donor, it is still high). that being said im still getting it checked next time.. i think a lot of my being upset was just a general hormonal depression/anger thing. usually when i get that way it is sort of free floating and this time i had something to point it at. he again told me what i pretty much already knew which is that i dont qualify as "infertile" as you have to have tried for 6 months and failed, which i havent, and i still fall in the range of statistically normal. he gave me the option of sticking with femara for another cycle or going on to injectibles. and i decided to go with the injectibles because apparently stats with femara are 5-10% per cycle and injectibles put it up to 20% or so. i feel a lot better

 

[crystal443]

Hi ladies. Sorry so MIA. I've been in a bit of a tailspin lately - I got a dreaded BFN on Friday, and AF arrived yesterday.

I'm starting another clomid and IUI cycle, but in my mind I'm already moving onto IVF. Largely because I am worried about wasting the majority of our 10K fertility benefit on IUIs and not having enough left over for IVF. I'm pretty sure we will be at least partially out of pocket and things are tight enough as it is. I have an appointment with the doc scheduled for April 10th, to discuss next steps. The cycle after this one is a bit up in the air. I was supposed to do a third IUI with injectables, but that won't work because I'll be traveling the first week of my cycle and won't be around to do CD 3 blood work or any monitoring. I could do a natural cycle of course. I am also interested in possibly starting IVF at this point...

Question, for those of you who did (or are doing) down regulation protocols, did you have to do any blood work or ultrasounds the first week of your cycle that you started birth control pills? I'm hoping that if my doctor agrees that IVF is the most cost effective route for us at this point, that we can start it next cycle, but it will only work if there is no monitoring during week one of my cycle...

There's no bloodwork in the first week of a down regulated cycle there's no monitoring until your ready to start your cycle and you have a baseline scan to see if everything is quiet...hope that helps

 

[DaisyQ]

Thank you crystal! (and congratulations!!)

 

[drsquid]

daisyq- just wanted to give you hugs and thank you for being so supportive across various threads.