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

[hockey24]

Had my 2nd ultrasound today before IUI and they saw a small fibroid in one of my ovaries. Not sure what that means as I don't know much about fibroids but I guess I now have something new to obsess over!

Hopefully it doesn't cause any issues with implantation!

 

[LiSa2010]

ladies! Im 8dpo/dpiui/10dpt

doc prescribed Estradiol and Prometrium... started taking them on Friday... I go in Wednesday for repeat hormone levels and possible HCG test... pray for me.. I will update as soon as I get results...

 

[hockey24]

Had my 1st IUI this morning. Hubby's sperm came in at 2 mil after the wash with 65% motility.

Such a quick and easy procedure! Hope it does this trick on the 1st go round!!

 

[sarahincanada]

good luck hockey24!!! hope you are one of the lucky first-time-IUI-BFPers!!!
I had my ultrasound yesterday and not responded as well this cycle and I still have a cyst (that might be why the lower response), I just have 1 follicle at 20mm, then 1 follicle at 13mm they hope will grow. So I have to test my LH today and wednesday and go back on Thursday if no surge. I hope the 2nd one grows! I was a bit rushed at the apt so I didnt ask about the cyst...hope it wont cause problems and goes away. The other problem is that my hubby cannot make it to the clinic on friday so if that ends up being the IUI day then we will have to skip this month. Im ok with that though...if I have to skip a month Id prefer it this month, as I dont really want a May birthdate as its SIL wedding.

sorry I wont be on much these next 2 weeks as my family is here from england good luck everyone! I miss you all

 

[hockey24]

It only takes 1 follie so I wouldn't give up hope! But I hope the timing works out this week for you. I never realized how much TTC would consume every day life but all worth it in the end.

Good luck Sarah - get your surge!!

 

[sarahincanada]

urggh Im so over this cycle!! so as mentioned I had my ultrasound on CD13 and had 1 mature follicle and 1 smaller one, so they said they wanted to wait see if that caught up and to do LH sticks tues & weds and then come back on thursday if no surge. So I did the sticks yesterday and this morning and nothing so I called that in to the clinic answer machine, but I just did a stick and got my smiley face so what happens now...will I ovulate tonight and tomorrows ultrasound will be too late?? or will tomorrows ultrasound show I havent yet, but that means it will happen tomorrow so do we do an IUI tomorrow??!! I dont know if they can schedule them that quickly.

trouble is...to add to the confusion I had forgotten to ask about BDing and abstaining so had left a message on Tuesday....we had BD'd on Saturday thinking IUI would be wednesday, so now we had to wait I was like hmmm what did we do. they phoned back last night and said they want 2-4 days of abstaining, so I was like shoot I need to get hubby to release as saturday to thursday will be too old. So we BD'd this morning before I got the smiley face as I was assuming nothing was happening and I would get my trigger shot tomorrow and IUI 2 days later so perfect timing for abstaining. but now I have the smiley face what if they want to do IUI tomorrow and now we havent abstained grrrrr its so annoying!!

sorry, Im sure none of you understand what Im trying to explain oh well, if it shows I ovulated tonight at least we got in one BD, and this month I dont care about as much as I normally would as its the may birthdate I dont really want, but its still annoying.

thanks for listening

 

[Cypress]

Sarah i totally understand your frustrations (my cycle this month has also been a weird one) - but the good things are that you have at least one follicle, you got a smiley-face, and you've got at least one good BD under your belt in the fertile window - these are all great things!! Good luck over the next few days, if they do the IUI, then onto the dreaded 2ww - lots of baby dust x

 

[dachsundmom]

 

[crystal443]

urggh Im so over this cycle!! so as mentioned I had my ultrasound on CD13 and had 1 mature follicle and 1 smaller one, so they said they wanted to wait see if that caught up and to do LH sticks tues & weds and then come back on thursday if no surge. So I did the sticks yesterday and this morning and nothing so I called that in to the clinic answer machine, but I just did a stick and got my smiley face so what happens now...will I ovulate tonight and tomorrows ultrasound will be too late?? or will tomorrows ultrasound show I havent yet, but that means it will happen tomorrow so do we do an IUI tomorrow??!! I dont know if they can schedule them that quickly.

trouble is...to add to the confusion I had forgotten to ask about BDing and abstaining so had left a message on Tuesday....we had BD'd on Saturday thinking IUI would be wednesday, so now we had to wait I was like hmmm what did we do. they phoned back last night and said they want 2-4 days of abstaining, so I was like shoot I need to get hubby to release as saturday to thursday will be too old. So we BD'd this morning before I got the smiley face as I was assuming nothing was happening and I would get my trigger shot tomorrow and IUI 2 days later so perfect timing for abstaining. but now I have the smiley face what if they want to do IUI tomorrow and now we havent abstained grrrrr its so annoying!!

sorry, Im sure none of you understand what Im trying to explain oh well, if it shows I ovulated tonight at least we got in one BD, and this month I dont care about as much as I normally would as its the may birthdate I dont really want, but its still annoying.

thanks for listening

Its the cycles that seem crazy and everything goes wrong that are usually the most successful I hope this is your month

 

[sarahincanada]

just a quick update:

my bloods/ultrasound apt was this morning: so as soon as I got in the room I said to her that Id done a LH test and got a surge later yesterday and it was positive (even though negative in the morning), and she immediately said 'you shouldnt test at night, only morning'. so I was like ok, but the trouble is that I will probably ovulate today and can we do the IUI today. she said no, we cant do the IUI today as they have to see the bloods first which wont be back till the afternoon, and that IUI will probably be tomorrow. So I said I cant do tomorrow, thats the only day that hubby cannot come during the whole month. So she was like 'ok do you want to switch to an intercourse cycle' and I was like why cant we just do the IUI today if I know my surge has started. So she was like we have a protocol here that we follow blah blah blah and I shouldnt be testing at night they get so many people paging them panicing blah blah blah making me feel crazy. I felt a bit teary and was about to say ok then it will have to be an intercourse cycle when my clever hubby said 'look I cant come tomorrow but can I give my sample today' and she was like hmmm that might work, let me see. So long story short hubby gave a sample today which will be frozen and my IUI is tomorrow at 11am (they just phoned to confirm my surge was in my bloods).

so my worry is that I will ovulate tonight (usually my surge to ovulation is short) and that the IUI tomorrow will be redundant, but Im going to try it anyway. the other not so great thing is I only have the 1 follicle and seeing as we BD'd yesterday I wont have as many sperm as last time. But it should still be a few million. and the good thing is now that he has given his sperm we can BD tonight to give an extra helping.

anyway Im really not enthused about this cycle and fully expect it not to work...of course it could be 'my' cycle but Im not expecting anything as nothing has gone my way!!! Im sure Im going to ovulate today, I just hope the egg sticks around till tomorrow at 11am!

 

[Cypress]

....
so my worry is that I will ovulate tonight (usually my surge to ovulation is short) and that the IUI tomorrow will be redundant, but Im going to try it anyway. ...
Im sure Im going to ovulate today, I just hope the egg sticks around till tomorrow at 11am!

Wow a dramatic day! It sounds to me like the timing might be very good, all sources seem to say the egg lives for 12-24 hours after ov. So if you ov tonight, you should still be in the lower 12-hr window, and well within the 24-hr window. Another thing I've read (have others?) is that the spun/washed sperm they use in IUI only live 12 hours in the woman's body, not the normal 3-5 days of normal sperm, so you wouldn't want to IUI too early. Makes the timing seem very hit and miss. Good luck tomorrow at 11am!!

And hockey24 good luck after your IUI!

 

[LLbean]

Sarah...hang in there...it will work!!!

 

[Indigo77]

Calm your shit down Sarah!
You r losing perspective.

What will be, will be.....if not this cycle, then the next....

 

[sarahincanada]

Calm your shit down Sarah!
You r losing perspective.

What will be, will be.....if not this cycle, then the next....

haha its ok, Im not going crazy, tried to add some !!! to my rant to show Im not angry!

after tomorrow I can forget about this silly cycle and by the time my family leaves my next one will start, so its all good.

where is everyone else in their cycles? I feel so out of it not being able to come on here much and read all the posts.

 

[Indigo77]

Calm your shit down Sarah!
You r losing perspective.

What will be, will be.....if not this cycle, then the next....

haha its ok, Im not going crazy, tried to add some !!! to my rant to show Im not angry!

after tomorrow I can forget about this silly cycle and by the time my family leaves my next one will start, so its all good.

where is everyone else in their cycles? I feel so out of it not being able to come on here much and read all the posts.

.....

I am ovulating....

 

[dachsundmom]

Sarah...

I am so sorry for the frustration that you have ging right now, but you've got a good game plan going! Like you say, you WILL be a mum, you just don't know when.

 

[LLbean]

well I got all my meds ready to go...just waiting for the witch to show her ugly face to start the protocol...IVF bound!

Lupron injections every day for 11 days
Gonal F Injections twice a day for 10 days
Antibiotics for hubby and me for the first 7 days of my cycle
Prednisone daily
Heparin after Embryo transfer
HCG trigger before retrieval
after conception I believe...Progesterone daily until 7 weeks pregnant LOL

 

[Indigo77]

R u excited or nervous or both, Winnie?

 

[LLbean]

Both lol... Worried about my husband having to inject me part lol

 

[Indigo77]

Well, did he go to the appt to learn how to do it?