Calling all RMA Ladies (1st page updates)

[MissyMaddy]

P.s I kept the needle in for 15 sec after click.

 

[FurMama]

Happy Saturday all - Had my HSG on friday to check tubes - tubes nice and open (even though its probably we have to do IVF anyway due to low morphology) and I had a heart shaped uterus. Almost cute, but not - nurse said "septate" uterus. Going back in Monday for a saline sonogram. Anyone have septate uterus or the surgery to correct it? Having a bummy weekend. Enjoy yours!!

 

[MissyMaddy]

Hi FurMama. I am sorry I have no idea but good luck with saline sono. For me it was a piece of cake..

Today's shot went good no bleeding or leakage and I did it myself.

 

[Kins]

Hi FurMama. I am sorry I have no idea but good luck with saline sono. For me it was a piece of cake..

Today's shot went good no bleeding or leakage and I did it myself.

Hey fur momma I'm dealing with that now. As soon as AF comes I'm gonna get a hysteroscopy I think it's called to see how "heart shaped" it is inside
Because the hsg and MRI didn't give a clear picture. I had a miscarriage and the RE doesn't think it's related but we are doing the scope to see if I need surgery...I'm
Hoping not

 

[Kins]

Thank you so much ladies ♥♥♥

iheart.. aww thats amazing girl.. good luck with restaurant

Kins.. Best of luck with hystero.. Are they gonna remove that septum? I hope everything goes perfect for you..


So my u/s showed 12 antral follicles on right and 9-10 on left.. My estrogen was 16 (too low right? May be because I had been on bcps for two months?) And She said I have to take 37.5 iu of gonal f for four days and come back for U/S n BW on Tuesday. But based om my ridiculously low estrogen I think my dose is too low.. Dh gave me a shot but I bled slightly after that. Is it normal? And after withdrawing needle I saw a tiny bit of fluid leaked from pen. Is it normal? Sorry guyz i am going crazy I am already on low dose do not wanna waste a drop. Lol!!

She's gonna look first depending on how it looks they will bring me back if I need surgery

 

[FurMama]

Hey Kins,

Wow - that's the internal camera thing? I saw that septate and bicornuate can appear very similar but are treated differently. I think septum is a pretty easy surgery. So sorry about the M/C - We haven't done any cycles yet and I'm hoping to get this taken care of pretty soon to prevent m/c possibilites with our cycles (or at least the possibility due to the septum). Gosh, I feel like it's one thing after another!! :

 

[Poms Mom]

Thank you so much ladies

iheart.. aww thats amazing girl.. good luck with restaurant

Kins.. Best of luck with hystero.. Are they gonna remove that septum? I hope everything goes perfect for you..


So my u/s showed 12 antral follicles on right and 9-10 on left.. My estrogen was 16 (too low right? May be because I had been on bcps for two months?) And She said I have to take 37.5 iu of gonal f for four days and come back for U/S n BW on Tuesday. But based om my ridiculously low estrogen I think my dose is too low.. Dh gave me a shot but I bled slightly after that. Is it normal? And after withdrawing needle I saw a tiny bit of fluid leaked from pen. Is it normal? Sorry guyz i am going crazy I am already on low dose do not wanna waste a drop. Lol!!

I too had PCOS and always say many follies before using gonal. is this your first try on gonal f? they start you out really low to see how your body reacts to the gonal. there is a chance your follies will grow on a small dose. first cycle i did a lot of 35ui of gonal..got upped..btw my first cycle lasted 30 days of gonal! i hit 265ui and i overstimulated and ended up having about 8 eggs that were ready to ovulate...WAY TOO MANY to trigger! so we just cancelled cycle. 2nd cycle i started at higher doses and gonal cycle lasted about 14 days this time and had 2 mature follies at the end. got my BFP just one..but it worked.

If this your first time on gonal, you may expect to not have it work because your RE might be trying to figure out how your ovaries respond to the gonal.

Best of luck!

 

[iheartqueens]

Maddy - I don't think I ever knew what my estrogen was but it sounds like they don't want all of those follicles to mature. I can't remember my dose from my failed IUI in May but I was stimming for like 3 weeks because they want to take it slow so you only have 2 mature follicles at the end of your cycle. My doc ended up telling me when I went in for IVF in October that the reason whey it didn't work is because he triggered me early or else I would have had quadruplets. I think Poms is right in the fact that the first one is always an experiment to see how you respond to the meds.

As for the injection - yes many times I ended up bleeding and there was almost always a little fluid leaking out of the pen but I really wouldn't freak out about it. I bet that the manufacturers take those things into consideration when they make them. It was never an issue for me in my 4 injectable cycles.

Kins - Good luck with your hysteroscopy - I hope it gives you some answers!

FurMama - I wish I had some advice to lend you, good luck with the saline sonogram! On a good note it's not as painful as the HSG...

 

[MissyMaddy]

Poms. Your story gives me a lot of hope. . I always ovulated on low dose clomid or femara. How did you respond on them? Tomorrow is my u/s n bw again and will see hows it going.. Who's your doctor? Did you bd'ed on your cancelled cycle? Sorry so many questions

iheart.. Thanks for info.. Gonal f comes with only 7 needles. Where can I get more? Are they available in local pharmacies?

 

[Poms Mom]

Poms. Your story gives me a lot of hope. . I always ovulated on low dose clomid or femara. How did you respond on them? Tomorrow is my u/s n bw again and will see hows it going.. Who's your doctor? Did you bd'ed on your cancelled cycle? Sorry so many questions

iheart.. Thanks for info.. Gonal f comes with only 7 needles. Where can I get more? Are they available in local pharmacies?

Maddy,

I never did clomid or femara...my RE jumped right into gonal once i did all the scans and xrays and bloodwork. i did have to take metformin for insulin resistance. it was so trying injecting and just going up doses a little bit. DH did the shots for me. I tried once and it hurt like hell. Tehre were times it hurt when he did it, but i bled slightly a few times. the gonal did let out some hormone at the end. I think what screwed me too was during the first cycle, we took a trip to towards the end of the cycle and i overstimmed on vacation. and had to see RE's in other states to make sure i dont OHSS. My RE was Dr. Gulati in West Orange. I guess we BDed on our cancelled cycle. we cut it close because we were scared. good thing we did, i dont thing we were ready for 8! the second cycle was a breeze and kept it quiet..first cycle everyone knew we were trying. 2nd cycle, no one had a clue.

 

[MissyMaddy]

Hey Poms thanks for responding.. Dh gave me 1st shot and I am injecting myself after that.. I have so many stretch marks from previous pregnancy I have to watch out before injecting.. congrats on your bfp How exciting. . God is great..

 

[iheartqueens]

Maddy - I never ran out of those needles but I did run out of the lupron (insulin) needles and the nurse at RMA had plenty of extras for me. I doubt that you'll find them at the pharmacy so just ask a nurse tomorrow!

 

[FurMama]

Had my saline sonogram - which to me, was far worse than the hsg. The only thing that bothered me about the hsg was the insertion of the catheter and inital cramping. Injecting the dye didn't hurt at all. But the saline sonogram? That wand against my cervix with the catheter...oh my gosh. Could not stand it!

In any case... it was confirmed I have a septate uterus and will need the surgery and at least 3 polyps that need removed as well. Yay for me. Scheduled surgery for February (canceling our 1st IUI/Clomid ) but you have to do what you have to do. I'm grateful it's operable, and that we found it now instead of suffering multiple miscarriages and then trying to figure out why.

Hope you all had a wonderful day.

 

[iheartqueens]

FurMama - Huh, I was completely the opposite I guess, the HSG was terrible and I cramped for hours! Anyway, I am really glad that you got the answers that you were looking for and hopefully this will make your delayed IUI more successful. I don't have any experience with that surgery but the laparoscopy surgery was miserable Good luck with it, just remember that the pain is temporary and soon you'll have your baby!!!

 

[Poms Mom]

Maddy,

No problem. I try to share my experiences so maybe someone can get something out of it. over a year we were doing the tests and monitoring..with breaks in between to travel and get things done. It is all worth it when you get that BFP at the end.

AFM - the HSG was more uncomfortable. from what i recal they clamped you down there so it was like tugging ur hoohoo! and i did both hsg and saline in one day..leavng the hsg for last thank god.

 

[Hopeful_NJ]

Ok, so this m/s is really making me depressed!! I've had hardly a moment of relief and have lost almost 10lb. I feel like 12 weeks can't come soon enough, at least I'm hoping its over by then!!

On a better note, got to see HBs again the other day at the perinatal specialist office. Twins at 154bpm & 149bpm, baby 3 at 155bpm. Dr. did scare me a bit with the talk of TTTS. Last visit to RMA will be tomorrow

 

[Kins]

Hopeful what is Ttts?

 

[Hopeful_NJ]

Hopeful what is Ttts?

It's twins twins transfusion syndrome. It's when one twin is getting to much blood while the other is not getting enough. Because they share a placenta ( which they think is the case right now) there is a chance of the circulation not happening evenly. I read it only happens about 10% of the time, but it can be fatal to both babies. They will have to monitor closely, so if they see signs, it can be treated.

 

[Kins]

Oh wow. I will be praying for you and the babes

 

[FurMama]

Hey everyone, baby dust to all and hope you are having a great week!

So it's looking like we're going straight to IVF due to only having 10% chance of IUI working due to husbands morphology. My head is in circles over the financial part. I have $15,000 lifetime max through Blue Cross Blue Shield of Iowa, so far my diagnostic testing has eaten up about $1,000 of that. The financial advisor today at RMA told me the insurance has maximum allowable fees for the CPT codes, but when I called BCBS they would not tell me what they were. So my question here is - does anyone have BC/BS and can give me any idea (I don't need exact numbers) of what the max allowable fees are?

For example, ICSI is billable to insurance. They charge $2500. Insurance will only allow a charge of X amount and I am responsible for 20% of that X amount. In addition to the IVF and normal medications, I am also doing ICSI and assisted Hatching. We're also doing PGD and Freezing (not billable to insurance)

Hope this makes sense and someone can help! The cycle should be between 25-26k total ($11,725 for IVF, 4-5k for meds, $2500 ICSI, $500 Assisted Hatching, $1,000 Cryopreservation and $4500 PGD) and if the insurance is only going to allow a certain percentage, that is a financial relief for us!

Thanks!