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

[Indigo77]

Ready....Would you do IVF?

 

[readyformore]

Ready....Would you do IVF?

Maybe.

It depends on a multitude of factors.

 

[sarahincanada]

Ready....Would you do IVF?

Maybe.

It depends on a multitude of factors.

ready good luck tomorrow at your IUI, wishing you millions of healthy, motile

 

[dachsundmom]

Sarah, anything new to report with the new protocol?

 

[sarahincanada]

Sarah, anything new to report with the new protocol?

just lots of nausea! Im very sensitive so its probably just a reaction to the stronger meds.

 

[dachsundmom]

Sarah, anything new to report with the new protocol?

just lots of nausea! Im very sensitive so its probably just a reaction to the stronger meds.

Clomid did that to me; funny how we all react differently to the meds.

Have you told your doc? Maybe the dosage is too much for you or is 75mg the smallest dose available?

 

[sarahincanada]

Sarah, anything new to report with the new protocol?

just lots of nausea! Im very sensitive so its probably just a reaction to the stronger meds.

Clomid did that to me; funny how we all react differently to the meds.

Have you told your doc? Maybe the dosage is too much for you or is 75mg the smallest dose available?

I did call and leave a message, Im hoping I will get used to it! Ive heard of people having a less dosage, and people having more. They were quite aggressive putting me on 100 clomid straight away so glad they didnt give me 150 gonal f! if on sunday I have lots of follicles growing it will all be worth it
how are you doing?

 

[crystal443]

Just had my scan.
2 follicles. 1 measured 20 and another was 14.5.

Nurse told me to trigger tonight and then have IUI friday morning. She said they have the best success with IUI 36 hours post trigger.

Ok, but I was worried I'd completely miss the egg! I have had ov pain the past 2 days, temp was really down today (although I know this is somewhat unreliable with femara), and my follicle was a fabulous size at 20. I was afraid I'd ov tomorrow and have zero chance if I waited 2 days for IUI.

So I compromised. Trigger this am (I must admit, I give a fab shot, lol!), then IUI tomorrow morning 24 hours post trigger. I figure hopefully the sperm will live a few hours (nurse said they'll live 36 hours. I'm assuming this is post wash stats). I'm sure I have a better chance with that then having IUI a day after ov!

DH said he's okay with whatever as long as I start talking to him. I told him no problem, I'll talk to him as long as he gets his junk into the cup!

I swear to all that is holy, if he can't make it work and leave me a great sample, he's going to be sleeping in that new camper of ours.

Good Luck Ready!!!!

 

[dachsundmom]

I'm just here and my PMA is dead, lol.

 

[crystal443]

Sarah and DMom- We were told about both cycles, however we were told that a Flare(short protocol) seems to work best for women 35+ I'm not sure why..Dr. Google will probably know, however we were also told if the Clinic was having a really busy month we may have to do a long cycle which really means I would go on BCP and when they're ready for me I would stop the pill and start stimming. So basically they can control your cycle. I do think it depends on the Clinic and what they're beliefs are though because there are lots of 35+ women down reg. before stimming.

yay just found out my FS apt has been moved from October to Sept 28...so I can ask all the questions regarding what if on CD1 in November I wanted to switch to IVF. Im hoping they will say yes and order whatever tests for me to do in October. Depending on when my IUI is I might know on the 28th if this cycle has been successful or not.

That's great news I didn't do a whole lot of testing for IVF..I had some blood work and a scan completed for a baseline and that was it I hope you get your answers soon and you get anice surprise this cycle

 

[onmymind17]

I asked about the AMH test today and she said they order it if theres a concern with bloods, my FSH was 5 and 3.5 one time, but Id like to know my AMH so may ask for it.

hockey24 thats so exciting, I just know this thread is going to be full of BFPS beftween now and december

I notice you are on BC pills for a month, why is that? I was hoping in November on CD1 if I wanted to I could switch from IUI to IVF, LL you mentioned they could probably do that if I have a couple of tests ahead of time. But I hear of people on BC pills for a month before and wondered why. If my 1st injectable cycle doesnt work Im asking next month. Im desperately trying to find the $ to do IVF in November but not sure if I will be successful.

Sarah- the BCP are for down regulating..which means the BCP gives your ovaries a rest before stimming. The full IVF cycle is longer as well..I think with down reg a cycle is 6-8 weeks and a Flare Cycle or short protocol is about the same time as a normal cycle so about 28-30 days.

ok I will definitely ask them if this cycle doesnt work and if Ive managed to scrape together the money and thinking of proceeding in Nov. I wonder how they decide someone needs to down regulate or not. If I can have all the tests on october and be ready for nov if I choose, that would be great.

Sarah, i am hoping that i wont have to do BCP, my cycles are great and i dont want to mess them up, on friday when i talk to the doctor i am going to ask her about it, i have also heard that they put you on the BCP's so that they can sync you up with their schedules, and this way they have a bunch of women doing the retrevials all at the same time. Ugh this IVF stuff is so confusing lol.

 

[onmymind17]

Just had my scan.
2 follicles. 1 measured 20 and another was 14.5.

Nurse told me to trigger tonight and then have IUI friday morning. She said they have the best success with IUI 36 hours post trigger.

Ok, but I was worried I'd completely miss the egg! I have had ov pain the past 2 days, temp was really down today (although I know this is somewhat unreliable with femara), and my follicle was a fabulous size at 20. I was afraid I'd ov tomorrow and have zero chance if I waited 2 days for IUI.

So I compromised. Trigger this am (I must admit, I give a fab shot, lol!), then IUI tomorrow morning 24 hours post trigger. I figure hopefully the sperm will live a few hours (nurse said they'll live 36 hours. I'm assuming this is post wash stats). I'm sure I have a better chance with that then having IUI a day after ov!

DH said he's okay with whatever as long as I start talking to him. I told him no problem, I'll talk to him as long as he gets his junk into the cup!

I swear to all that is holy, if he can't make it work and leave me a great sample, he's going to be sleeping in that new camper of ours.

Oh wow, i cannot believe they told you to trigger tonight and then IUI on friday!!! I have done 5 IUI's and every one of them you do the trigger that night and IUI was early the next morning and then they did a second one the day after. I think you made a wise decision in doing the trigger in the morning, you dont want to miss that egg!!! Good luck honey!!

 

[JanetPlanet]

Hi everyone! I took a lil break from all the baby-making obsessing for the past day or so. Thank goodness I’m back in here, because all the ladies in their 20’s were depressing me! I totally understand their frustration, and I feel for them. But I have to say that it’s a different feeling when you’re older and trying to conceive. I kept wanting to type (scream), “YOU’RE ONLY 25, YOU HAVE TIME ON YOUR SIDE!!!” Yeah, I know, that’s not nice, that’s why I kept my fingers quiet. But I still thought it.

Good luck, and I would love to see your dog!!!!

onmymind17, I would love to show her to you if only I knew how to do that! Lol

You need to force them to tell you the information!!!

Well, I wish it were that easy. At my CD2 u/s I said, “How many follicles do you see?” and she said, “Some, but they’re very small.”

Um, that doesn’t tell me anything. I am not a shrinking violet by any means, I ask a million questions, I just don’t get specific answers.

yes they will wash the sperm right there, they only have a small time window

I was just wondering about what other doctors do. My doctor’s office is about 20 minutes away from Stanford hospital so we have to drive there, make a deposit, wait around for 1-1.5 hours for the deposit to be washed, then take it back to the doctor’s office for the IUI. My doctor used to work at the Stanford fertility clinic so I’m trusting that he knows what he’s doing. The problem is that my A-type personality doesn’t trust anyone or anything.

So I took my four days of Femara and have done two nights of Follistim shots. I’ve had a headache (not horrible) for the past several days, and have felt a bit nauseous the past couple of days too. I have another u/s tomorrow early a.m.

My blood work is great, FSH and AMH etc are wonderful. Everything but my progesterone is great. But that being said, it took me 2.5 years to get pregnant (m/c). So numbers aren't everything. The first FS we went to said point blank, the chances of my getting pregnant without IVF were slim and none. But I got pregnant a year and a half after that conversation. The doctors only know what their statistics say.

Good Luck Ladies! I'm thinking about you!

 

[readyformore]

Just had my scan.
2 follicles. 1 measured 20 and another was 14.5.

Nurse told me to trigger tonight and then have IUI friday morning. She said they have the best success with IUI 36 hours post trigger.

Ok, but I was worried I'd completely miss the egg! I have had ov pain the past 2 days, temp was really down today (although I know this is somewhat unreliable with femara), and my follicle was a fabulous size at 20. I was afraid I'd ov tomorrow and have zero chance if I waited 2 days for IUI.

So I compromised. Trigger this am (I must admit, I give a fab shot, lol!), then IUI tomorrow morning 24 hours post trigger. I figure hopefully the sperm will live a few hours (nurse said they'll live 36 hours. I'm assuming this is post wash stats). I'm sure I have a better chance with that then having IUI a day after ov!

DH said he's okay with whatever as long as I start talking to him. I told him no problem, I'll talk to him as long as he gets his junk into the cup!

I swear to all that is holy, if he can't make it work and leave me a great sample, he's going to be sleeping in that new camper of ours.

Oh wow, i cannot believe they told you to trigger tonight and then IUI on friday!!! I have done 5 IUI's and every one of them you do the trigger that night and IUI was early the next morning and then they did a second one the day after. I think you made a wise decision in doing the trigger in the morning, you dont want to miss that egg!!! Good luck honey!!

Thanks!
I'm happy about only 1 IUI. I recall with my first son doing IUI, we did 3 days in a row. The first 2, I could tell were too early for my body. Finally, by the third day, my body was ready, but DHs count was in the toilet after 3 straight days of 'samples'. His count was always the best on the first day. In fact, when I did get pregnant, I told them I was skipping the first 2 IUIs and going soley for the the last day.

At any rate, I still have great Ov pain and I noticed a bunch of ewcm tonight. IUI is in 12 hours, so I feel the timing is spot on! (I've trained myself to stalk DH with these obvious signs, so I'm trying to keep my hands to myself, lol).

Honestly, I'm so anxious about someone spilling that dang cup, that I don't know if I'll sleep, lol.

 

[sarahincanada]

I'm just here and my PMA is dead, lol.

awwwww

 

[dachsundmom]

Sarah, I'm working on it, lol!

Hopefully by tomorrow I won't be the bitter hag I feel myself becoming!

 

[sarahincanada]

Just had my scan.
2 follicles. 1 measured 20 and another was 14.5.

Nurse told me to trigger tonight and then have IUI friday morning. She said they have the best success with IUI 36 hours post trigger.

Ok, but I was worried I'd completely miss the egg! I have had ov pain the past 2 days, temp was really down today (although I know this is somewhat unreliable with femara), and my follicle was a fabulous size at 20. I was afraid I'd ov tomorrow and have zero chance if I waited 2 days for IUI.

So I compromised. Trigger this am (I must admit, I give a fab shot, lol!), then IUI tomorrow morning 24 hours post trigger. I figure hopefully the sperm will live a few hours (nurse said they'll live 36 hours. I'm assuming this is post wash stats). I'm sure I have a better chance with that then having IUI a day after ov!

DH said he's okay with whatever as long as I start talking to him. I told him no problem, I'll talk to him as long as he gets his junk into the cup!

I swear to all that is holy, if he can't make it work and leave me a great sample, he's going to be sleeping in that new camper of ours.

Oh wow, i cannot believe they told you to trigger tonight and then IUI on friday!!! I have done 5 IUI's and every one of them you do the trigger that night and IUI was early the next morning and then they did a second one the day after. I think you made a wise decision in doing the trigger in the morning, you dont want to miss that egg!!! Good luck honey!!

from reading on here Ive noticed the most common is to take the trigger at night, say 10pm, then go in 2 days later about 11am. Thats about 36 hours after and what my clinic had me too. Ooooh ready you naughty thing but that makes sense! I always worry that the IUIs are too late myself, but I suppose I have to go with their protocol. They dont do double IUIs at my clinic as they found they were no more effective. But I might ask for my last IUI before I do IVF can I do 2, one the day after the trigger and one the usual 36 hours (like you had onmymind). Ive always read its the sperm up there before that wins so wondered why IUI is always so close to ovulation, but I know my clinic is one of the best in Canada and does everything from studies so assume its the most effective.

this month Im going to time BDing with hubby 2 days before the IUI, just so we have something up there too! when he abstained 4 days we had 29 million, 1 day was 5 million, so Im happy with something inbetween.

 

[onmymind17]

Just had my scan.
2 follicles. 1 measured 20 and another was 14.5.

Nurse told me to trigger tonight and then have IUI friday morning. She said they have the best success with IUI 36 hours post trigger.

Ok, but I was worried I'd completely miss the egg! I have had ov pain the past 2 days, temp was really down today (although I know this is somewhat unreliable with femara), and my follicle was a fabulous size at 20. I was afraid I'd ov tomorrow and have zero chance if I waited 2 days for IUI.

So I compromised. Trigger this am (I must admit, I give a fab shot, lol!), then IUI tomorrow morning 24 hours post trigger. I figure hopefully the sperm will live a few hours (nurse said they'll live 36 hours. I'm assuming this is post wash stats). I'm sure I have a better chance with that then having IUI a day after ov!

DH said he's okay with whatever as long as I start talking to him. I told him no problem, I'll talk to him as long as he gets his junk into the cup!

I swear to all that is holy, if he can't make it work and leave me a great sample, he's going to be sleeping in that new camper of ours.

Oh wow, i cannot believe they told you to trigger tonight and then IUI on friday!!! I have done 5 IUI's and every one of them you do the trigger that night and IUI was early the next morning and then they did a second one the day after. I think you made a wise decision in doing the trigger in the morning, you dont want to miss that egg!!! Good luck honey!!

from reading on here Ive noticed the most common is to take the trigger at night, say 10pm, then go in 2 days later about 11am. Thats about 36 hours after and what my clinic had me too. Ooooh ready you naughty thing but that makes sense! I always worry that the IUIs are too late myself, but I suppose I have to go with their protocol. They dont do double IUIs at my clinic as they found they were no more effective. But I might ask for my last IUI before I do IVF can I do 2, one the day after the trigger and one the usual 36 hours (like you had onmymind). Ive always read its the sperm up there before that wins so wondered why IUI is always so close to ovulation, but I know my clinic is one of the best in Canada and does everything from studies so assume its the most effective.

this month Im going to time BDing with hubby 2 days before the IUI, just so we have something up there too! when he abstained 4 days we had 29 million, 1 day was 5 million, so Im happy with something inbetween.

See i never understood why they say back to back IUI's are not effective, i mean the more little guys you have up there the better, and if you cover both days, this way there is bound to be some of the little guys just waiting for that egg. All i know is for me 3 of the 5 IUI's worked that way, so i say go for it!!

 

[readyformore]

I always worry that the IUIs are too late myself, but I suppose I have to go with their protocol.

Eekk! Absolutely not! YOU are paying a ton of money for this. YOU know your body. Speak up for yourself my friend. If you want an earlier IUI, or 2 back to back, then do it.

I swear the only reason my IUI cycle with my son was successful was because I interfered. I never asked to have 1 IUI on a specific day. I told my doc, "I only want 1 IUI and I want it on cd....". She didn't even blink, she just said "OK".

As a nurse and a woman that had success after 4 IUIs, I'm telling you to do what you think you need

 

[readyformore]

So, I'm back from my IUI!!!!!

He got it into the cup, it wasn't dropped, sperm is inside the uterus; I am SOOOOO relieved, lol.

The nurse that did the IUI was really very excited. She was super happy with my ewcm, and she was super thrilled with DHs SA. His count was 33 million pre-wash and 32 post-wash, and 93% motility. "All gold medal swimmers" she kept saying.
I admit, I'm happy with the results, but she was nearly giddy. It's not like he had 150 million or anything. Maybe she has just seen a lot of bad SAs lately.

On another note, this was after 6 days of abstinence. We had been arguing, and not having sex. It is VERY unlikely for us to go 6 days without. So, maybe we've been having too much sex? I try to keep it no more than every other day (that's how dd was conceived), and only 1 ejaculation per encounter. But, it's difficult to make it happen exactly that way.

Here's to hoping!