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

[1Son]

I did clomid for almost a year before I got preggo the 1st time. I really want my son to have a playmate so I went back on the clomid. Have done about 5 months so far with no luck. My progesterone level is low and I am beginning to get discouraged. Most of the months I have been on 100mg until this month when it got upped again. Hope everyone else gets their dream!

 

[dachsundmom]

I did clomid for almost a year before I got preggo the 1st time. I really want my son to have a playmate so I went back on the clomid. Have done about 5 months so far with no luck. My progesterone level is low and I am beginning to get discouraged. Most of the months I have been on 100mg until this month when it got upped again. Hope everyone else gets their dream!

Lots of dust to you! How long will your doc let you stay on Clomid?

 

[mrsdh]

I'm ok thanks fallen ambers. Just waiting for af now as tested bfn again today, 12dpo. I have the next 2 cycles clomid free until I see the fs again in September. I shall be keeping my fingers crossed for you lovely ladies during your iui process. It will be lovely to have a few bfps on here again xx

 

[sadie]

Hi fallen. Clomid just gave me lots of twinges and pangs in my uterine area. Hopefully month 2 will be just as symptom free!

I am still doubting which day was day 1 of cycle. I did days 4-9 last month because i messed up my calculations.

Sarh,can u change me to days 5-9 please? Thats where i should be. Thanks!

 

[sarahincanada]

As for me, all went well this morning at my appointment- my doctor forecasted an IUI for either Saturday, Sunday or Monday, so depending how I do in the next few days, will decide when the IUI will occur.
I had a follie that was already at 24.7mm, so that one is a bust, however, I have 1 at 12mm, 1 at 11.8, 1 at 11.9 and 1 at 10.5mm. I also have several at 8mm and 9mm.
The doctor was really pleased with my response to the protocol- everything is coming together nicely he said.

Tonight, I only took 225 iu of Follistim and 1 syringe of Ganirelix (to prevent any ovulation)
Tomorrow evening, I need to take 150 iu of Follistim and another syringe of Ganirelix. Then on Wednesday morning, I go once again, for bloodwork and an ultrasound.

I feel good about things and I can't help but to be excited!! But I'm more excited for Sarah right now

Does anyone else feel achey & tired??

yay glad everything is looking good for you. So when you say your 24.7 is a bust thats because it will grow too big before the weekend right?....but how big is too big? as I have the 23, 25 & 26 with 2 days for them still to grow so just wondered.

I never knew you could take something to prevent ovulation so I learnt something too, glad we can learn off eachother

too be honest the nurses remark wasnt really snide just a bit non-committal if thats the right word. but its more the comments Ive read on here that other nurses say, plus my nurses comment, that got me thinking. Redclaire was told by the nurse during her IUI that they dont have a good success rate so that upset her, but she got pregnant that cycle so

I have been a little more tired since going on the clomid and going for all the appointments....its the having the blood done and injecting things that I dont love! I hope the IUI doesnt hurt tomorrow, as it will be hard to go do it every month if it is.

so tomorrow is a big day for both of us.....do you think you will need to go for another ultrasound on friday as well? so excited for us!!

LL I cant wait to hear how your numbers do.....hope they go up and up!

 

[LLbean]

I will report for sure!

 

[sadie]

Hi all.
This might seem like a silly question, but i will explain as much as possible. OH and i live in different countries for the moment, but right now we are together for the summer. I will start my second round of clomid on thursday( first round, the timing was all off. I Oed too soon). I should O about 10-11 days from today, which may or may not 'take'. If it doesnt take, we will have one more chance tp try on clomid before i go 'home'. Then he will be to me at the end of september, or in october.
So, knowing our time constraints and what we have left to work with, should we see a fertility specialist here? Mine at home has a colleague here who can maybe squeeze us in...... I here many of u talking of injections and IUI and I am wondering if we can do anything to try to move things along.
We havent checked his sperm nor my tubes.... My eggs are v good.

Thats all. Any suggestions based on your experiences are helpful. Also, should I have him start asap on vitamins? Anything he should/should not be eating? He doesnt smoke, but we do drink at least 2 glasses of wine a day. My friend suggested feeding him pineapple, but i have yet to research that one!

Thanks in advance. I feel under the clock! 2 cycles left.

Thanks ladies!

Sadie.

 

[sadie]

Hi all.
This might seem like a silly question, but i will explain as much as possible. OH and i live in different countries for the moment, but right now we are together for the summer. I will start my second round of clomid on thursday( first round, the timing was all off. I Oed too soon). I should O about 10-11 days from today, which may or may not 'take'. If it doesnt take, we will have one more chance tp try on clomid before i go 'home'. Then he will be to me at the end of september, or in october.
So, knowing our time constraints and what we have left to work with, should we see a fertility specialist here? Mine at home has a colleague here who can maybe squeeze us in...... I here many of u talking of injections and IUI and I am wondering if we can do anything to try to move things along.
We havent checked his sperm nor my tubes.... My eggs are v good.

Thats all. Any suggestions based on your experiences are helpful. Also, should I have him start asap on vitamins? Anything he should/should not be eating? He doesnt smoke, but we do drink at least 2 glasses of wine a day. My friend suggested feeding him pineapple, but i have yet to research that one!

Thanks in advance. I feel under the clock! 2 cycles left.

Thanks ladies!

Sadie.

 

[sarahincanada]

Hi all.
This might seem like a silly question, but i will explain as much as possible. OH and i live in different countries for the moment, but right now we are together for the summer. I will start my second round of clomid on thursday( first round, the timing was all off. I Oed too soon). I should O about 10-11 days from today, which may or may not 'take'. If it doesnt take, we will have one more chance tp try on clomid before i go 'home'. Then he will be to me at the end of september, or in october.
So, knowing our time constraints and what we have left to work with, should we see a fertility specialist here? Mine at home has a colleague here who can maybe squeeze us in...... I here many of u talking of injections and IUI and I am wondering if we can do anything to try to move things along.
We havent checked his sperm nor my tubes.... My eggs are v good.

Thats all. Any suggestions based on your experiences are helpful. Also, should I have him start asap on vitamins? Anything he should/should not be eating? He doesnt smoke, but we do drink at least 2 glasses of wine a day. My friend suggested feeding him pineapple, but i have yet to research that one!

Thanks in advance. I feel under the clock! 2 cycles left.

Thanks ladies!

Sadie.

if you can get squeezed in then I say go for it! although they might want to do some tests before they suggest anything and those can take time to do and get the results. but its worth going and asking. You already have clomid, is that just from a dr not a FS? I understand your feeling of urgency, I had a plan not to do IUI till the fall and Im already doing it. I feel if Im already on clomid and travelling 1-2 hours to each appointment and having bloods done and giving myself HCG injections might as well go one more step.

it wouldnt hurt to have your hubby take vitamins. my hubby doesnt but eats quite well and only drinks here and there. your hubby should stay away from hot baths / saunas, cycling, tight pants too.

 

[sadie]

My gym prescribed the clomid and then i went and saw an fs and he agreed with her. He also did my day 3 bloodwork.
I will start him on vitamins and will keep him away from what you mentioned. I think i will send fs an email to see what he recommends and to get the contact info for someone here.

Any other tips?

Thanks sarah, for your thoughts!

 

[dachsundmom]

Good luck today Sarah!

 

[Indigo77]

GL, Sarah! FXed for IUI success!

 

[LLbean]

Sarah best of luck and do keep us posted!

 

[hockey24]

Finally got an appointment with a FS for Monday morning with authorization to start monitoring. I can finally start finding out some of the information I have been reading about on this thread with follicles, etc!

I'm so excited! Information is key so I'm happy to finally be on this path and wouldn't have known I had these options if it wasn't for this thread!

Thank you ladies and to all!

And good luck today Sarah! Have everything crossed for you!

 

[dachsundmom]

Finally got an appointment with a FS for Monday morning with authorization to start monitoring. I can finally start finding out some of the information I have been reading about on this thread with follicles, etc!

I'm so excited! Information is key so I'm happy to finally be on this path and wouldn't have known I had these options if it wasn't for this thread!

Thank you ladies and to all!

And good luck today Sarah! Have everything crossed for you!

Very excited for you!

 

[sarahincanada]

Im bacccckkkk from my IUI!!!! thank you all for your thoughts

it went great, not painful at all .....similar to a pap smear, then a small uncomfortable cramp feeling and I was done! I now have 29 million of my hubbies washed sperm in my uterus!!! they said it a great number as they are highly motile (i think they separate them from the non motile). She said they hope for 1 million at least. I noticed people on here having between 10-20 mil so I think its good.

So fingers crossed, Im going to lie down for a while now. Im soooo glad its over, I was really nervous as I hate things 'down there' but I would totally do that again every month until I get my bfp. Cost us $325.

will catch up with everyone later

editing to add: I forgot to mention that the washed sample had 79% progressive motility and 95% normal morphology. that was of the 29 million. the overall sample before washing had lower.... 241.25 mil total sperm count, 24% progressive motility and 15% morphology). so it shows they really do extract the better spermies.

 

[dachsundmom]

Im bacccckkkk from my IUI!!!! thank you all for your thoughts

it went great, not painful at all .....similar to a pap smear, then a small uncomfortable cramp feeling and I was done! I now have 29 million of my hubbies washed sperm in my uterus!!! they said it a great number as they are highly motile (i think they separate them from the non motile). She said they hope for 1 million at least. I noticed people on here having between 10-20 mil so I think its good.

So fingers crossed, Im going to lie down for a while now. Im soooo glad its over, I was really nervous as I hate things 'down there' but I would totally do that again every month until I get my bfp. Cost us $325.

will catch up with everyone later

 

[sarahincanada]

Im bacccckkkk from my IUI!!!! thank you all for your thoughts

it went great, not painful at all .....similar to a pap smear, then a small uncomfortable cramp feeling and I was done! I now have 29 million of my hubbies washed sperm in my uterus!!! they said it a great number as they are highly motile (i think they separate them from the non motile). She said they hope for 1 million at least. I noticed people on here having between 10-20 mil so I think its good.

So fingers crossed, Im going to lie down for a while now. Im soooo glad its over, I was really nervous as I hate things 'down there' but I would totally do that again every month until I get my bfp. Cost us $325.

will catch up with everyone later

did you test???? your chart still looks amazing!!!!

 

[LLbean]

Im bacccckkkk from my IUI!!!! thank you all for your thoughts

it went great, not painful at all .....similar to a pap smear, then a small uncomfortable cramp feeling and I was done! I now have 29 million of my hubbies washed sperm in my uterus!!! they said it a great number as they are highly motile (i think they separate them from the non motile). She said they hope for 1 million at least. I noticed people on here having between 10-20 mil so I think its good.

So fingers crossed, Im going to lie down for a while now. Im soooo glad its over, I was really nervous as I hate things 'down there' but I would totally do that again every month until I get my bfp. Cost us $325.

will catch up with everyone later

that is AWESOME! Hope you get that BFP now!

 

[dachsundmom]

Sarah- I did test and they are on the POAS thread; there are lines, but I am scared to trust them. I just cracked the test open and there really is something there, IDK. I am going with the BFN for now; will test again in the morning...I have to, Indigo will club me if I don't, lol!