Blocked tubes and other infertility factors...

[Ilovetomatoes]

Axl, yaayy for the appt! I understand the mixed feelings but on the other hand....no more stark white test strip!

Aidensmommy, I wrote the wrong thing on my previous post. Couldn't remember what my procedure was called. I didn't have my tubes tied. I had tubal ligation where the cutoff part of the tubes. My doctors already told me that it's irreversible. I actually had to go to my OB to do that since my RE no longer does tubal ligation plus it's cheaper & covered by my insurance. When it comes to TTC, I no longer have the option to be scared unfortunately . Although, I'd probably take some time of BnB after embryo transfer so that I won't get to stress out reading other people BFN. Have you find out when is your HSG?

 

[aidensmommy1]

Axl, yaayy for the appt! I understand the mixed feelings but on the other hand....no more stark white test strip!

Aidensmommy, I wrote the wrong thing on my previous post. Couldn't remember what my procedure was called. I didn't have my tubes tied. I had tubal ligation where the cutoff part of the tubes. My doctors already told me that it's irreversible. I actually had to go to my OB to do that since my RE no longer does tubal ligation plus it's cheaper & covered by my insurance. When it comes to TTC, I no longer have the option to be scared unfortunately . Although, I'd probably take some time of BnB after embryo transfer so that I won't get to stress out reading other people BFN. Have you find out when is your HSG?

Yeah, I cannot wait for my HSG, I'm so sick of guessing every cycle!!! I just want answers so we can move forward in our plans. I dont know when the repeat will be yet. I'm going to mention it again when I go in for my repeat 7dpo bloods. She wanted to check everything else out before repeating the HSG but mainly she jus wanted to see how my uterus looked on u/s, which was perfect, so now she should set the darn thing up! Ugh. Only about 9 days left and hopefully ill know when to expect my repeat HSG by then FX!!!
Hm, I wonder why your doctor wouldn't remove ur tube. As I said, we all have dif conditions so thats why they have many different procedures, thankfully. I do know, normally, you dont need your tube for your ovary to get blood flow, thankfully. Now I want to research it for my own personal knowledge, as ive read many blocked tube threads and have never heard of a doctor saying it cuts off the blood supply. My doc said alls u need is a healthy uterus and healthy sperm for IVF to work lol. Either way, it sounds like ur doc has ur tubes under control already . You dont NEED to have a tube removed but having it tied OR removed can def up the odds, either or . I'm definitely grateful we still have IVF or idk how I would have dealt with the news of my original bad HSG results. I'm very thankful for science today! And I totally agree, id stay away from bnb during transfer time and such. You def want to be as relaxed as can be that TWW! I wont even be on pregnancy boards when my bfp comes...not early on at least. Too scary with m/c's and such. I couldn't handle the pregnancy boards without driving myself nuts and causing stress, u know? This site is certainly addicting tho!

 

[Ilovetomatoes]

Aidensmommy, you know...I usually research everything but on this one I didn't! Honestly, we didn't do any research on which IVF clinics we should go to. I think we have at least 5 IVF clinics available to us in our area but it's much easier to go to our current RE because he has access to our records. It's part of the hospital/insurance that we have. But, we still have to pay everything for IVF. Anyway, we were told that they have the highest success rate compare to other clinics. I just did a bit research and quite happy w/ my current RE. The most important thing to me is my relationship w/ my RE. He did say that he was going to go aggressive because of my age, 39. He wasn't kidding! I compared the meds that I have to take w/ other ladies on the Assisted board. I think we have to take a lot more meds. Yes...hubby needs to take a couple meds himself. Total meds was almost $4k. eeekk.

So far, there are no other issue beside the tubal and maybe a little spermie issue. Regular SA for DH came back fine and excellent. But, we had to do a specific SA for the IVF so that they know whether or not they need to do ICSI. The result wasn't so good. So we might have to do IVF w/ ICSI but I think I want to have them do half natural and half w/ ICSI. I don't know..I am still deciding but in the end, I'd agree to anything lol.

It's going to be so hard to stay away from BnB during the wait since there are so many super awesome ladies here. But I know myself, and know that I'd get stress out. My cycle was cancelled and am still following the thread I was on. It was heartbreaking to see so many BFNs for the ladies. It scares me alright...IVF is not a guarantee success.

Hope your HSG is soon and your b/w come back w/ some awesome numbers!

Axl, Cheetah, and Aidensmommy..I kept forgetting to mention that if you ladies are starting in January, we have a thread starting on Assisted Conception section. Come join us whether or not you are starting in January .

 

[spottedd]

Hi ladies! It's Cheetahspotss here, I had to make a new account because I got a new phone with a new email and I couldn't remember my last password so I made a new account. Which is spottedd anyways, I know I haven't been on for awhile, my mistake. I was supposed to have my HSG done but I decided to cancel it. I KNOW, what the H*LL right? When that happened, I stopped visiting BnB for awhile. I realized that I was under way too much stress on worrying about having a baby and my fertility...it was making me MAD. That's why I decided to call off my HSG and I didn't want you girls to be disappointed in me in not finding out. Please don't be disappointed, I guess you ladies have a better time dealing with it all. I just wanted to relieve some of the stress. And what if finding the results out made me stress even harder than before knowing my chances of conceiving on my own were little to none without IVF? Which (as I said before) SO and I can't afford. I know there's grants...but still it stresses me out. So that's why I decided to do what I did. I went back to being if it happens it happens even though i've never seen a BFP. I came back on for a couple of reasons...1: to check up on how you ladies are doing and 2: to talk to you all about my current situation. I see that we have a new lady who has joined us, welcome! Axl and ILT CONGRATULATIONS on starting that's awesome news. I'm very happy for you both. I hope you both get your BFP's! I'll be here for whatever the outcome is. IVF is such a long road but worth it to the most fullest extent. ILT, it's completely understandable that you want to stay away from BnB during the transfer..I would too! Aidensmommy, I hope you got your HSG done and everything went fine. I'm too much of a stress case to put myself there. So as for me, i've got a bit of news. My LMP started on the 7th of Oct and ended on the 12th. I usually have my normal 28-29 day cycles. I never go over 29 days. On CD 40 which was the 21st of Nov I believe, I realized that I never got my period. I actually totally forgot about my period until then haha. And this was the time I wasn't even thinking about having babies and stressing over it. On saturday the 22nd, I decided to test. Sat would have put me at one week and 2 days late. I tested at night and it came up negative. Now today, which is CD 44, I still haven't started. I've had a few cramps here and there but nothing. All I have is a clear or white discharge. Sorry if TMI. My breasts are a bit sore. What i'm planning on doing, is testing again after Thanksgiving if I still haven't started. I've never been this late before! So i'm hoping it's a good sign. If it's negative, I will be going back to my OBGYN to see what's up. I've never had a problem with my cycles before so i'm not sure. All I know is that this is my first time being this late. Maybe i'll just pull up my big girl panties and actually go thru with my HSG. Wish me luck though! I'm praying that this is a BFP...I wouldn't be far along whatsoever and i'm wondering if the HCG levels are too low to be detected but I could be wrong. As i've been wrong before lol! I know the possibility of having an ectopic pregnancy so if I ever get an BFP, i'll make sure to get that ruled out. Sorry if this was very long, I just wanted to say hey and to let you know that i'm still here. I can't lie either, I just wanted to share some of my excitement. Baby dust ladies, baby dust!

 

[Axl2]

Hey Spottedd, I am not disappointed in you I know the struggle. I didn't go get checked for a year, cause I really didn't want to know the results. You have to do this when your ready not when everyone else is ready. Go see the dr and see what he says about you missing your period maybe you are pregnant.

Update I go to the IVF clinic in Feb to do the seminar, and to do another HSG test, scan, and my husband has to sperm sample. Not excited at all, but at least we will find out our options.