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

[sarahincanada]

Nope. Not painful at all... Or at least I'm not feeling it yet ;-)

were you completely out for the retrival or did you feel some of it?

 

[LLbean]

out completely, not full on anesthesia but I was out!

 

[sarahincanada]

so just got back from my CD3 blood & ultrasound apt....my ovaries are silent so my cyst has gone and I am switching to Gonal F just injected 75 iu and am doing the same till CD7, then go back CD8 (sunday) for an ultrasound. I purchased 2 Gonal F pens which were $334 each so $668. Thats enough for 8 days @ 75 iu, so Im hoping thats all I need and I dont have to purchase another pen! but I will probably need one more. Anyone else done Gonal F with IUI? I will go and ask this question in the assisted folder.

 

[Rashaa]

All went well. Got 18 eggs! Feel fine but still sleepy so I will write more later.

LL that's a good number of eggs!!! Good Job!

 

[readyformore]

so just got back from my CD3 blood & ultrasound apt....my ovaries are silent so my cyst has gone and I am switching to Gonal F just injected 75 iu and am doing the same till CD7, then go back CD8 (sunday) for an ultrasound. I purchased 2 Gonal F pens which were $334 each so $668. Thats enough for 8 days @ 75 iu, so Im hoping thats all I need and I dont have to purchase another pen! but I will probably need one more. Anyone else done Gonal F with IUI? I will go and ask this question in the assisted folder.

Great news Sarah! How nice that you were able to do it quickly. And the cyst is gone! Wonderful.

I have my first scan tomorrow morning. I'm also thinking of switching from femara to clomid (see panty checkers thread) next month.

 

[sarahincanada]

so just got back from my CD3 blood & ultrasound apt....my ovaries are silent so my cyst has gone and I am switching to Gonal F just injected 75 iu and am doing the same till CD7, then go back CD8 (sunday) for an ultrasound. I purchased 2 Gonal F pens which were $334 each so $668. Thats enough for 8 days @ 75 iu, so Im hoping thats all I need and I dont have to purchase another pen! but I will probably need one more. Anyone else done Gonal F with IUI? I will go and ask this question in the assisted folder.

Great news Sarah! How nice that you were able to do it quickly. And the cyst is gone! Wonderful.

I have my first scan tomorrow morning. I'm also thinking of switching from femara to clomid (see panty checkers thread) next month.

yes it was a good visit and Im feeling much more hopeful! I hope this works, if not I am really trying to find the money for IVF asap!!

I saw your post, too bad about the headache, I hope I dont get one on the gonal f. Good luck tomorrow, what kind of results did you have before on scans?

 

[onmymind17]

Sarah, sending you big hugs, and to tell you not to give up, Clomid can mess with you big time, you probably ovulated later than you thought, its common with clomid to ovulate later than you normally would. As for the CP, i never rely on it, mine goes all over the place. I think your temps being higher is a good sign, i know that clomid can raise your temps, but this is not your first cycle using it, so higher temps are great. I know quite a few people that did not get their bfp's until way later. I even had that happen, out of my 4 pg, 3 of them i got a bfp on 10dpo, but one of them did not show up until 14dpo. Just remember with IUI's its still a natural thing, and that eggie could have scooted clear across to the other side before it implanted, that could be why its taking so much longer. Fingers are crossed for you hon, as they say its not over until AF shows, and i am praying that she wont show for 9 months for you!![/QU
thank you clomid has been great to me first 2 months, temps seemed ok (I only temped the first clomid month) and cycles were normal 13LP. but this month I had a cyst so not surprised the whole cycle might be messed up. also I had my natural surge not the trigger...so I wonder if I didnt ovulate or it tried and then did it later. Next time Im going to insist on the trigger even if theres just 1 follicle (this time she wanted to wait to see if my 2nd follicle would grow, and in those 2 days I got my natural LH surge).

my dad is probably sitting up there with your dad thinking silly girls, its going to happen soon

Awwww they probably both are, both of them are probably smiling down on us saying just relax, your time is comming soon.

See i would defiantly get the trigger next time, thats what i worry about, is if i ovulated for sure, i mean you never know. I saw that the beta was negative, i am so sorry honey. My thoughts and prayers are with you that the next one works for you. Have you thought about doing injectables with IUI, i know for a lot of women the injectables work way better, and they dont have any side effects, especially the thinning of the lining that clomid causes. I know for me i tried clomid several times, and only the injectable cycles worked. Just a thought for you.

 

[onmymind17]

Hi Everyone, can I squeeze in here?

I am doing Femara and Follistim with and IUI this month. Anyone else using this protocol?
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Best of luck to everyone!

p.s. onmymind17, my dog looks just like yours!

Welcome Janet, great to see you here, and of course you can squeeze in lol. I did 5 IUI's i used Gonal F which is the same as Follistim, but the cycle i used it with clomid did not work for me. I have heard of several ladies that did this protocal and it worked wonderfuly. Good luck, and i would love to see your dog!!!!

 

[readyformore]

Good luck tomorrow, what kind of results did you have before on scans?

Well this is my first medicated cycle this time ttc. 9 years ago, clomid thinned my lining, and gave me 3 follicles.
Femara is not supposed to interfere with the lining and should give me 1-2 follicles, as opposed to 3.

So, I guess I'm looking for a good lining with 1-2 follies, lol. Also, doc told me I should ov later on femara so I imagine that I'll need to go back multiple times for scans.

I really am hoping not to hear the words "Oops, it looks like you've already ovulated." lol.

 

[sarahincanada]

Sarah, sending you big hugs, and to tell you not to give up, Clomid can mess with you big time, you probably ovulated later than you thought, its common with clomid to ovulate later than you normally would. As for the CP, i never rely on it, mine goes all over the place. I think your temps being higher is a good sign, i know that clomid can raise your temps, but this is not your first cycle using it, so higher temps are great. I know quite a few people that did not get their bfp's until way later. I even had that happen, out of my 4 pg, 3 of them i got a bfp on 10dpo, but one of them did not show up until 14dpo. Just remember with IUI's its still a natural thing, and that eggie could have scooted clear across to the other side before it implanted, that could be why its taking so much longer. Fingers are crossed for you hon, as they say its not over until AF shows, and i am praying that she wont show for 9 months for you!![/QU
thank you clomid has been great to me first 2 months, temps seemed ok (I only temped the first clomid month) and cycles were normal 13LP. but this month I had a cyst so not surprised the whole cycle might be messed up. also I had my natural surge not the trigger...so I wonder if I didnt ovulate or it tried and then did it later. Next time Im going to insist on the trigger even if theres just 1 follicle (this time she wanted to wait to see if my 2nd follicle would grow, and in those 2 days I got my natural LH surge).

my dad is probably sitting up there with your dad thinking silly girls, its going to happen soon

Awwww they probably both are, both of them are probably smiling down on us saying just relax, your time is comming soon.

See i would defiantly get the trigger next time, thats what i worry about, is if i ovulated for sure, i mean you never know. I saw that the beta was negative, i am so sorry honey. My thoughts and prayers are with you that the next one works for you. Have you thought about doing injectables with IUI, i know for a lot of women the injectables work way better, and they dont have any side effects, especially the thinning of the lining that clomid causes. I know for me i tried clomid several times, and only the injectable cycles worked. Just a thought for you.

Ive switched and did my first injection today

 

[onmymind17]

Do your doctors give you all the info you want? I find that I have to beg to get any information I want. I had my u/s yesterday to start Letrozole and she literally said nothing except "Looks fine.". WTH? TELL ME EVERYTHING!! I had a big cyst last month when I was pregnant using Clomid and she didn't even mention it.

Sorry, I had to let that out. And I'm really curious if it's just doctors that I see, or if this is common. I always read women saying..."my follicle was only 16" or whatever. My doctors don't tell me anything. As a matter of a fact, I'm going to have an IUI, but we literally didn't talk about that at all yesterday!

Is it ok to BD the day before the IUI/sperm washing? Is the sperm washing lab at the Dr's office?

Sorry your beta was neg sarahincanada.

You need to force them to tell you the information!!! Your paying them for a service, its not like they are doing it for free, i would tell her, look, i dont know what i am supposed to do, and i am not wasting money for nothing. My doctors office told me everything, every time i went in there not only did the u/s person tell me the quantity and size of the follies, but they also sent a message after 3pm with the blood test results, and all the follies and sizes. As for the IUI, you need to abstain from sex for at least two days, but no more than 5, and yes they will wash the sperm right there, they only have a small time window, so for me what we would do is DH would go in at 7:30am and do his thing, and then I would go in either 9am or 9:30am and they would perform the IUI. Honey dont let them not tell you anything, that would be like you going to dinner and the waiter just gives you whatever he feels like rather than asking you what you want. Good luck, i sure hope this IUI works for you!!

 

[onmymind17]

All went well. Got 18 eggs! Feel fine but still sleepy so I will write more later.

Wow, 18 eggs, thats fantastic honey!!!! way to go momma!!!!!

 

[onmymind17]

so just got back from my CD3 blood & ultrasound apt....my ovaries are silent so my cyst has gone and I am switching to Gonal F just injected 75 iu and am doing the same till CD7, then go back CD8 (sunday) for an ultrasound. I purchased 2 Gonal F pens which were $334 each so $668. Thats enough for 8 days @ 75 iu, so Im hoping thats all I need and I dont have to purchase another pen! but I will probably need one more. Anyone else done Gonal F with IUI? I will go and ask this question in the assisted folder.

Me me, i did gonal f with IUI for 4 of my 5 IUI's the very first IUI (They started me on gonal f, not on clomid) did not work, but the 3 after that did, and the gonal f does not have any side effects, except majorly sore overies becasue you have so many eggies in there lol.

OK ignore my other post, i am catching up here and just saw that your way ahead of me and already on injectables lol.

 

[LLbean]

Gonal_F is what I did too for IVF but my dosage was WAY higher (225) and no headaches so ...and I also hear Follistim STINGS like a mofo...so I am happy I got the Gonal-F instead

Yes there were 18 eggs...out of those 13 were mature enough to Fertilize...out of those 8 are developing nicely...waiting to hear tomorrow

 

[hockey24]

Well ladies, I'm joining the IVF club!

Got my AMH test results today and was at 0.68 which is low so doctor recommended IVF asap!

I'm a little freaked out at the low reserve and the quick jump to IVF! Just makes me so mad that doctors don't offer this test at pre-TTC meetings. I would have gladly paid to know my egg count so I could have known that I had limited time!

So starting BCP's tonight and start injections / IVF in October.

 

[LiSa2010]

Hi ladies! I had a quick question.

can we still ovulate on our own while taking fertility meds? Im not 100% sure but I swear I feel like Im ovulating right now and Im scheduled to take the trigger tomorrow at 4pm....

any help is greatly appreciated

 

[Indigo77]

GL!

 

[LiSa2010]

Im doing follistim and it isn't bad at all...

hockey, good luck!

 

[Rashaa]

Well ladies, I'm joining the IVF club!

Got my AMH test results today and was at 0.68 which is low so doctor recommended IVF asap!

I'm a little freaked out at the low reserve and the quick jump to IVF! Just makes me so mad that doctors don't offer this test at pre-TTC meetings. I would have gladly paid to know my egg count so I could have known that I had limited time!

So starting BCP's tonight and start injections / IVF in October.

good luck hockey...did you get the fibroid sorted? or has it already been removed?

all the best

 

[hockey24]

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good luck hockey...did you get the fibroid sorted? or has it already been removed?

all the best [/QUOTE]

I had the saline ultra sound this morning and the doc thought it was small and implanted in the wall far enough to not have a huge impact. He thought surgically it would be tough to remove

So no surgery! But the news I wasn't expecting was - your running out of time (like I didn't already know that) much sooner than you thought so time to be aggressive!