BFP! (begging to be fat and pregnant)

[Juniper]

Thanks for the info guys... I have been taking cranberry pills and I think I am getting better today... I am having a hard time keeping sane this cycle. HELP! I am trying to keep my mind on other things...

 

[mrskcbrown]

Thanks for the info guys... I have been taking cranberry pills and I think I am getting better today... I am having a hard time keeping sane this cycle. HELP! I am trying to keep my mind on other things...

Juniper Im glad you are feeling a bit better. Ive never had a UTI so I couldnt comment. I didnt find much on it either. I hope that this is your BFP trying to find you!

 

[Kat_F]

Hello ladies!

Stace so nice to see you xoxox Gonal is a treatment that makes your follicles grow so you get good eggs. Sounds like they have a plan of action for you sweet xoxo I have my fingers crossed for you hun...

Hugs to all the preggo ladies Look forward to those scan pics xo

Juniper I used to get UTI all the time. My body is really sensitive! Plenty of cranberry juice should help, sometimes antibiotics will be the only answer but that usually follows with a bout of thrush yuk

My story has changed so much over the last two months and I've been keeping it very quiet but I guess now is the time to tell you all what has been going on with me.

After an initial meeting with the obst/gyny he sent DH off to have count test and told me he wanted to do a lap and dye on me as my cycles seemed normal and my uterus and ovaries also looked normal on ultrasound.

Well I stressed about the op until DH results came back.
The count was V V low... So we were referred to another gyny at a specialist clinic. I went to this guy sure he was going to tell us that IUI was the answer for us - but it turns out he told us that ICSI is the way we have to go now given DHs numbers (3 million where 20 million is considered normal). ICSI is basically IVF but they actually choose one of DH's good sperm and put it in my egg. Traditional IVF they just put the sperms and egg together in a test tube and let them all do their thing. With ICSI, the sperm actually has to be PUT in the egg.

So anyway, I start treatment on Day 21 of this month (which will be CD21 for me - what a coincidence!) and have to use nasal spray to turn off my hormones. Then when my period arrives I have to go on an injectable drug called Puregon once a day to make my ovaries produce more than one follicle and hopefully 6-7 good eggs. Stace, on my sheet of drugs I have to take, Gonal is listed next to Puregon, that's how I'm guessing that it makes you grow good eggs.

Once I start to grow the eggs, they have to monitor them through blood tests each day and also ultrasound. I have to make between 6 - 10 eggs for it to be successful. If I only make one, that cycle is cancelled and we try again with a higher dose next time. Also if I make too many like 30, that cycle is cancelled and the dose is lowered next time.

Pretending everything goes to plan, and I have grown 6 or 7 good eggs, they give me a trigger injection to finish off the growing of the eggs and then I go into a day op where they remove the eggs from me through a very fine needle (This goes in through the vagina so they don't cut me at all). DH gives a sample on that same day and they go about fertilising all of the eggs collected. The embryologist then watches the eggs closely for the next five days to ensure they are all surviving, which ones are the best ones etc. After five days of the embryo growing, I come back and they put back only one (the best of the bunch) embryo back in me, the same way they put sperm in an IUI. The others if they are any good get frozen to be used for next time if need be. Then I take Progesterone to try and hold onto the blastocyst (which is a 5 day old fertilised egg) and hope that it sticks to make a baby.

Two weeks after that I have a blood test (and will probably POAS too haha) and see if we are successful! The process costs $3500 each time But I can claim back on my tax so not too worried about the money at this stage. And you can only try minimum once every two months because they give your body one month after IVF to go back to normal. And they will not do IVF/ICSI again until your body is functioning normally on its own.

So I guess I haven't even bothered charting since we heard the news because my cycle will be regulated by the drugs and not my own body when we go through the process. And I have an answer on why we were doing everything right during my cycle yet not getting the BFP we were hoping for.

Sorry for such a long post - but after my absence I thought I'd better explain myself. I'll keep you updated when we start on the journey

 

[NGRidley]

Wow Kat

that must have been a lot to take in.
I am sorry about your DH SA results

Kinda sucks that you have to go through this, but just keep imagining the wonderful gift you will get at the end of it!!!!
I hope you all the luck with your ISCI and I HOPE that it will happen for you first try!!!

 

[BWilliams]

Yay Kat that is wonderful i hope it works!!! Well i went to my appt this morning and talked to the doctor about all my problems and he is running test on me to test for PCOS and/or Endometriosis they gave me meds to jump start my period when cd1 comes i have to call and get blood drawn on cd3,13,21 and then next sat i have a pelvic ultrasound...they did blood work today and took 5 1/2 tubes of blood :-/ but this doctor is my new doctor and i just LOVE him i get the best vibes from him and he seems so willing to help and he wants dh to come in soon to get a sperm sample from him lol

 

[NGRidley]

thats great Brooke
I hope that whatever they find it is something that is fixable so you can finally know what your body is doing.

My doctor also wants DH to go to his doctor to the an SA as well.

 

[jrc10]

I called to talk to my doctor today and find out my results...it's been a week and I was supposed to get a call BY today.

The administrative assistant told me they didn't get my results yet, but she would call the hospital...

2 hours later she called to tell me that they had my results, but there was no doctor in to sign off on them, so she couldn't tell me anything until Monday morning.



Now, I'm feeling worried.

Kat & BWilliams - God bless you both! I really hope you have luck with your new strategies. Fingers crossed!

 

[Jolene]

Don't worry Jrc, they work like that over here too. My docs assistant couldn't even give me simple info like my pap smear results. It's part of the rules and regs wether it's good or bad news.

Brooke, I'm glad they're getting the ball rolling for you!

Kat, I can't believe all you have to go through but I am so happy that they have pin pointed the problem and you can work towards getting your little bundle of joy! That is really a lot of money so I'm hoping it works quickly for you - it sounds really positive from here on

Woohoo Jenn, 7DPO today, come on

 

[BWilliams]

Thanks girls i really hope i get answers soon and i hope its something that can be controlled so i can maybe one day have a but if thats not Gods will were open to other things....Jrc im sorry they are keeping you waiting just try not to stress it to much!!! Juniper honey I hope everything is going ok with u i didnt really know what to say about the uti thing cause i have never had one but hopefully its a sign!!!

 

[NGRidley]

that sucks JRC.....
you should call first thing in the morning....just to make sure the results get signed and you will definitely get them on monday

 

[Juniper]

Kat - I and hoping and praying for you! I am so happy that you found out the problem and are work toward your dream! I have my fingers crossed for you!

Jrc - Don't worry hun, that is a liability thing... nothing to do with what the results actually say. Praying that all is good news!

Brooke - how are you doing? Anymore weird symptoms? I am full for them.. I am going crazy trying not to read too much into everything. I really hope this is it for both of us!!

Jolene - lol... I didn't even realized that I am at 7 dpo! I hope that you are right about that bfp!!

 

[BWilliams]

Idk juniper i started taking the stuff to jump start my period and i kinda feel like im out this month But i know what you mean about looking into stuff to much lol but i REALLY hope you get it this month! :babydust:

 

[Kat_F]

Best of luck JRC with your results xox

Juniper and Brooke... I hope this is the BFP month for you! xo

NG how is everything with you?

Thanks everyone for your support also Funnily enough DH and I are pretty excited about being able to access the cutting edge of technology to help us have our LO

 

[Pelle]

Dear Kat! I am very happy the docs found out the obstacle in the way, because when you know what you have to treat you have already won the battle, ICSI is a wonderful achievement in medical science, I am looking forward to your baby news! I am very certain you feel aready more relaxed and content that everything is in order now, everything is treated as it should be!

JRC, I can tell the same to you. It is always better to get tested for these things and find out if there is something in the background that needs some assistance (treatment). I am looking forward to your lab results!

Juniper, I visit the bathroom so often since I am pregnant I cannot count))

 

[Juniper]

Good Day Ladies!

Man, I slept almost 12 hours last night!! I have been feeling so exhausted though, so hopefully this will help.. I am officially in the 1ww!! I gave my box of tests to dh last night and he is going to hide them from me. I have been having such a hard time fighting the compulsion not to test. With dh's help, hopefully I can wait till 16 dpo to test..

Amber - how are thing going for you?

 

[NGRidley]

things are kinda meh for me right now.
As of right now I have not O'd and I havent temped in the last 2 days. I have a strong feeling that this is another anovulatory cycle for me which kinda sucks.

Also DH and I havent really had sex in for like ever.....so even if I did O....its not like anything would come of it.

 

[mrskcbrown]

@Juniper: Im glad you gave tests to DH. They are good for holding onto things. Hopefully the 2WW will go by quickly. Also you needed the rest!

 

[jrc10]

Thanks for all the encouragement ladies. It means a lot. I will post ASAP after I speak with them.

Hope you all have a great week.

 

[BWilliams]

Jrc- Any news yet? How is everyone today?

 

[FutureMommie]

Hi ladies, would love to join your group, this is my O day I think, I'm not using any opk's I can usually tell by the ovary pain. I have regular cycles around 28 days and I usually o day 14. I'm trying to be calm this cycle and hoping after of 2.5 years of ttc our first that we get our BFP