Anyone TTC #1 and 30 or older?

[star_e]

Star_e that's so exciting! 12 is a lot, no? Is that it now, like those 12 are ready to go, or is something else down with them? And how many get transferred? The rest remain frozen for potential future cycles? Sorry... so many questions

12 is a good fert report so we were super thankful! it was a great day. now those 12 are freezing. we did not do pgs testing, which tests to see if they have the right number of chromosomes and maybe some other things, not totally sure. we didnt do that b/c its another cost and we thought we would just let nature takes it course. so i am waiting for AF to show and then doc will scan me to check for cysts. if cysts, then i wait a month and honestly, i think given the number of follies i had, im probably likely to have cysts. if no cysts, which would be awesome, then i start taking estrogen for two weeks and then they thaw the embies and insert either one or two good ones (i think we will prob decide to transfer two) and then we pray and hope for the best. the others we save for future cycles.

 

[JoJazie]

Hi ladies, I'm 2 mth from TTC, but am very much ready and counting days. My plan was to complete studies before I could think about babies 😊 As you know, there's a lot of work involved! Hehe. So now I've been working and licenced for 12 mth and just waiting for health insurance to kick in. I'm 34. I'm following your thread because I'm SO nearly there and it's exciting to follow your news!! I hope you don't mind? So happy for you all.

 

[star_e]

welcome jo jazie! i hope you get your bfp soon. good luck with the cycle!

 

[MissDoc]

Star, how are you doing in your process? Did you get scanned for cysts yet? Fingers crossed for you!

AFM, just 4DPO here. I hate days 4-9 of the two week wait. They just drag and drag and there's no use symptom spotting or testing, so it's just a weird pergatory. Lol.

 

[JoJazie]

Thanks Star, very exciting

MissDoc I hope you get some symptoms soon. Remember to follow your own advice to clients - keep busy, don't focus on it too long and keep doing other things you enjoy

 

[MissDoc]

Hello ladies! It's been a while. I got the most amazingly glorious BFP, naturally! We hadn't started the RE's treatment plan yet, and were so surprised to get our BFP right before intervention! Awesomeness. I found out early at 8 dpo, and today is 15 dpo and lines are getting stronger. I've had two betas so far, and they almost tripled in 48 hours, so so far-so good. But I'm still hugely nervous about a loss because it's early. But for now, my life is complete and I will revel in it until/unless I get bad news.

I really hope you all are doing well. And that there are more BFPs!

 

[Gagrlinpitt]

AF got me finally 5 weeks after mc..

 

[KatO79]

Huge congrats MissDoc, FXed that this is your sticky BFP

 

[MissDoc]

GaGrl, so glad to hear your cycle is back on track and out of limbo after the loss, but of course a positive would have been even nicer. I really hope you get that next BFP again really soon. So far your body has proven it can get pregnant quickly and recover quickly. Good news!


And thanks so much, Kat!!! I see your little one is almost here! Excited for you!!!

 

[KatO79]

And thanks so much, Kat!!! I see your little one is almost here! Excited for you!!!

Thanks Yep should be around 4 more weeks if baby arrives on time (which I know is unlikely and I'll most likely go over), wow have they gone by quickly! Trying to savour the last few weeks despite the discomforts But it will be exciting to finally have the gender revealed when baby comes

 

[MissDoc]

Oh that's so cool, I didn't realize you guys were waiting to be surprised at delivery. That'll be a really special experience! Question for you, did your RE keep you for the first part of your pregnancy? When did they release you back to your OBGYN? Even though I hadn't started the actual intervention/treatment with my RE, he is keeping me until 10 weeks.

 

[KatO79]

Oh that's so cool, I didn't realize you guys were waiting to be surprised at delivery. That'll be a really special experience! Question for you, did your RE keep you for the first part of your pregnancy? When did they release you back to your OBGYN? Even though I hadn't started the actual intervention/treatment with my RE, he is keeping me until 10 weeks.

Yep, we felt that it took us a little over 2 years to get this baby so gender wasn't and isn't important. We've just been thrilled that at every scan and midwife appointment that everything has looked so great and baby appears to be healthy

I live in Denmark so it may be different here. My RE did an 8 week scan to see if baby looked viable (approx. right size and good heartbeat). When things looked good from that scan, she released me and I went over to my own GP and to the hospital's Gestational Clinic (not sure what it'd be called in other countries) although we moved when I was just shy of 12 weeks so started right away with transferring to the hospital closest to our new house. The NT scan isn't until around 13 weeks here so it was no problem on that front and I got away from my previous GP who was an arrogant jerk which was great!

 

[greenarcher]

Just had my 30th, so I can join this thread now

Hope you're all doing well. I'm on my 6th cycle TTC, and I think I've resigned myself that this is going to take a while. I've never had a MC or chemical, so I'm not sure what my body is capable of.

Where is everyone else on their journey?

 

[Angel5000]

Gagrl - So glad that you can actively start looking forward again.

MissDoc - Congrats!!

Kat - good to see you!! Can't believe it's almost time for you LO to arrive!


Greenarcher - Welcome! I got my first bfp my 7th month TTC. In my case that one ended up not sticking due to low progesterone, BUT it just goes to show it can take a little while for the process to work. Have faith. I'm currently 23wks pregnant after 14months TTC and finding out that low progesterone was the reason mine weren't sticking. I still stick around because this group was there for me through most of those 14 months and I these ladies.

What are you doing in terms of tracking? Are you taking the natural route, or using temps or OPKs or anything? Just curious.

 

[MissDoc]

Hi greenarcher! Happy belated 30th! I just got my first ever BFP about 10 days ago, still very early in so cautiously optimistic. It was our 5th month of actively trying, but we were NTNP before that for a good amount of time. I was starting fertility testing, with some problems noted in bloodwork with egg reserve. Got over to the fertility clinic and was going to do HSG and fluid sono next, and planned to start IUI with medicated cycles in a couple months, but we conceived just a few days after the first appointment with the RE.

Currently I'm mega fearful of a loss. These early days are just so scary. I get the results of my third beta test this afternoon though, so I'm really hoping that provides some reassurance for me, even if it's just a little!

 

[greenarcher]

You guys both give me hope, thank you for all the info and welcome!

Doc - I'm glad you get your 3rd betas today, hopefully that will put your mind at ease. What were your first 2 values? It's so funny how your BFP was just after your RE consult. Clearly our body is terrified of being poked and prodded and finally agrees to cooperate

Angel - lucky number 7! How did you know you had issues with low progesterone? Do you know the gender yet?

I quit birth control end of February and temped for 2 cycles to confirm ovulation. After that, I wanted to stop obsessing over TTC, so I stopped testing and just did OPKs. I tend to O late (CD16-18). This past cycle was a weird one. I must have had late ovulation because I was 10 days late for AF (I tested often, all BFN). It was also very very light, like maybe one day filling one tampon and the rest not needing anything, just some spotting. It was a rough month, so I'm hoping it was just due to stress and I won't have a repeat performance this month.

 

[MissDoc]

What a strange cycle you had last time, Green. I'll hope for your sanity's sake that it chills out this go round and works like clockwork. OR that your period stays away for a MUCH better reason. ;-)

It's so true that I think the RE visit was the "talking to" my body needed to straighten up and get its act together, haha! I had my first beta on 3 wk 4 days and it was 122, then second on 3 wk 6 days and it was 361. Today is 4 wk 4 days, and the doc says anything over 1000 will be okay, preferably 1400 or higher. He said it doesn't actually have to double every 48 hrs to be healthy, just go up by 60% or so... but I'm still hoping for doubling or more. I want any and every little reassurance I can get right now.

 

[KatO79]

Hi Angel :wave: Yeah despite my best efforts, this pregnancy is just flying by Really want to enjoy it as we don't know if we can conceive naturally after this (since we needed IVF and turned 37 in May) so this could be my only shot at pregnancy. Already had one of DH's friend's wife start badgering me about when we're going to have baby #2 almost 1 month ago

 

[Angel5000]

GreenArcher - I suspected low progesterone a long time ago because I was having very short LP (when I stopped bcp my LP was only 7-8 days, 9 at the longest and my cycles were close to 40 days long so I was ovulating REALLY late - around CD30). That's where my first CP/MC came from. The second one was a couple months later, also very likely from the low progesterone. I asked my doctor if they would test me but he refused until I reached 12 months. So I used vitex and vitB to increase my LP (and help regulate my long cycles). I also changed doctors shortly after (unrelated, my doctor retired). After a few months of that when I was nearing my 12th month I stopped the supplements because I wanted everything out of my system for when I started testing. After stopping my cycles continued to be fairly regular on their own, so I think my body just needed a lot of time and maybe a little boost to start to regulate but my LP was still short. My new doctor put in the referral at 11 months TTC, met with the RE the next month, and we started testing my 13th month (had issues scheduling with my schedule before that). After a series of tests, lots of blood work, an HSG (which my husband swears is what got us pregnant ), we got our bfp. Ith appened to be on the same day I was going in to discuss our test results from the month, and I told the dr and he immediately put me on a LARGE dose of progesterone because he said at my 7DPO blood work test my progesterone was down to 5, and they want it above 12 at that point and they really wanted it above 20 now knowing I was pregnant. Honestly, the doctor was pretty sure if I hadn't gotten that bfp at that point there was a very good chance I would have lost this one too because I wouldn't have gotten the progesterone soon enough (they had said that for future cycles I would take a progesterone supplement after Ovulation to make sure I was getting enough to hold the pregnancy).

And that's my fertility story. It's been a rollercoaster of a time. I'm so glad I made it to this point. We found out a few weeks ago that we're having a little girl. We're very excited. Can't wait to meet her.

Sounds like your last cycle was a mess. Hopefully this one is better! Good luck!



Kat - already!? Wow! At least I don't have to worry about that yet! So far people are just exclaiming over my large belly.

 

[greenarcher]

Oh wow, those were crazy cycles! What awesome timing with the progesterone!

I've decided to temp this month since last cycle was so weird. And, I had an almost positive OPK on what would have been CD4! I'm wondering if maybe I didn't ovulate at all and the bleed was a light withdraw bleed. It was ridiculously light.

*shrug* we'll see what temps show!