Clomid & male factor infertility

[pink32]

Hey Pink,

Not sure if you remember me from the Clomid Virgin thread....
Just reading through your thread and see that you are pregnant. Congratulations Wishing you a happy and healthy pregnancy!!

Yes ofcourse i do! thanks very much...how are you getting on? xoxo

 

[pink32]

Yay mirf! that is awesome news! i'm soo happy for you....you see they caught up - dont wanna say i told u so! but "I told u so!"

wont be long now! you will be pregnant in the next couple of weeks!

i've been feeling pretty good! you know i had morning sickness with both my boys and with this one - nothing! few waves of nausea but thats about it....nauseas today too but no real vommiting or anything....

I've been bloated from after the egg transfer and remained that way ever since. Have grown more than that too, but def think has alot to do with the meds - agree! i dont really care just want to get past this 1st trimester its driving me crazy - so stressful.....3 more wks till my scan - cant wait - just anxious and praying all is well....

i havent told work yet, and its quite hard as my belly is bigger and i've bought all these baggier tops to wear....Usually dont wear this sort of thing at all - my clothes are generally fitted.....a few people have looked at me (and my belly) they're probably thinking "She's put on weight"...

anyways keep me posted how you are progressing!!! xoxoxo

 

[Mamamirfy]

Hahaha- u did tell me so! I am eager to see what happens on Tuesday.

Maybe the lack of vomit means you're having a girl - that would be nice. Good to get a girl and good to not be sick to your stomach.

I bet your co workers will keep quiet about their thoughts of u being preg.....unless they're men and clueless. Hopefully just long enough til u get comfortable enough. Until then...... Keep the loose tops coming lol.

I love your ticker. We've moved up to a green olive now!

Hey, do u remembe if the trigger shot was pricey? They have added so many days that our bank account is running on fumes. I can't imagine it being too crazy. I'm just hoping it's not a $1000 injection.

 

[MySillyGirls]

Hey Girls!!! I am soo sorry I have been MIA... I had to travel for work and then turn in my laptop for repair. How are you??? Any news?? Miranda are you starting treatments??

 

[MySillyGirls]

FYI...on the trigger shot...I don't think it was all that expensive...maybe $100 or less and that is U.S.

So, I was going to have to pay for my meds out of pocket...or at least the big one...the follistim. Follistim was going to cost me about $4000. Guess what? My best friend from college is doing ivf now too. Her insurance covers all her meds and the doc recently changed her protocal so she gave me ALL HER FOLLISTIM!! We are thrilled...I can't believe how much this is saving us. Anyway, the bad news is that I just had another bad pap smear. UGH! But, it is just a mild change so I think we can move forward but we aren't going to start the cycle until late december/early Jan.

OK...I am going to bed now. LOL! but, I am back and will check in in the morning! Glad to be back!

 

[Mamamirfy]

HIIIIIIIIIII - We missed you. I almost called out a search party. That's awesome about the follitism meds. Those are sooooo $$$$$. Here's the latest. I just got back from my appt.

I went in for more blood work (day 12 of stims) and another ultrasound today, my follicles are growing still but they want to give it one more day of meds and I trigger tomorrow night !!!!! My uterine lining is "perfect and very fertile" he said which makes me happy because we still have a few hurdles and this makes me feel better about implantation. I'm having my egg retrieval on Friday (19) and hoping to put back 5 day blasts on the 24th. Is this all really happenening? I have one 18.5, 17, 16 ,15, 15 and im not sure of the rest...they'll be calling shortly and I'll get my E level and exact measurements. they were whispering them today so it was hard to get them all. They aren't even making me come back until Friday morning so this is awesome. He said " everything is great" which makes me happy because 4 days ago...there was talk of cancelling. Wooohoo! UPDATE: UPDATE: My estrogen level is at 3013 (up from 1894 two days ago) and I have 11 follies. Probably only 7 will make it for ER but I'm happy!

 

[MySillyGirls]

Miranda, trust me, some days, I want to send out a search party for myself. hahahaa!

Your numbers look really good!! I was a slow responder too...I was on the injectables for a full 12 days. I think it happens MUCH more than people think! Your follie #s are almost identical to mine! Keep in mind, I had viable embryo(s) to transfer, implantation just didn't work for me. Yours sound great HUGS!!!!

When I start my cycle, I will be on a different protocal. This time, we are doing Lupron, Follistim and Repronex

 

[Mamamirfy]

I can't wait for you to start. Now that I understand everything I'm soo happy you're back. I'm a bit worried bc I am fighting off a cold. I just need rest and nowthat I don't have to be up at 5am every other day to go to clinic I should getit. Today is my last day of meds and then just the op trigger tomorrow. So eager to not have to jab myself anymore

Anyone getting ready for the holidays? I put up my tree- helped occupy my brain from all this.I'm fully in christmas mode.

 

[MySillyGirls]

Miranda, I am so excited about your retrieval! How exciting! You have to take care of yourself! Although, I did hear that a lowered immune system (cold etc) could be good for implantation...

I am fully Xmas mode now also, but haven't put up the tree. We usually put ours up the day after Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is on 11/25 this year. BUT..I also love Black Friday..so, I will get up the day after Thanksgiving at 3am and go Xmas shopping and then we will buy a tree. I put up 3 full size trees! A live tree on our main level. A pretty artificial tree on our upper level and a tacky tree in our basement next to the bar

 

[Mamamirfy]

Wow!!!! I wanna see pics of all your trees. That's awesome. I have a dark purple artificial tree and wanted to put up a huge real tree this year but with all this I'm thinking I better save the money because I would have to buy all new decorations and everything. So, just the purple this year.

You know what's funny?? I swore your Thanksgiving was this past weekend. I forgot to PVR my hubby's show (Boardwalk Empire) and then to get myself outta trouble I said "don't worry, i'm sure it was rerun, it's Thanksgiving in the States." Where did I pull that out of? I must have seen a commercial on TV advertising the Black Friday sales and assumed it was that weekend. LOL. That's so funny. I'm glad I didn't wish my American cousins a Happy Turkey Day on facebook.

My cold has gotten MUCH worse....I'm drinking a butt load of water and hot liquids and taking this vitamin c hot drink thing. I can't really take any other meds. I'll kick it by Friday...I'm just nervous that if I don't they will cancel.....I think it's more about being by the transfer date.......what do you think? Interesting about the implantation part..I'll tell DH, he is freaked right out now about me being sick but it's good because he's being super sweet and butler-ish

 

[MySillyGirls]

Isn't it great when dh waits on you!? It was my bday last friday...sigh, yes, I am officially 38...and dh had to wait on me all weekend! FEEL BETTER!! Take care of yourself, but don't worry. I am certain a cold wouldn't affect your EC...ET would be more concerning.

hahaa @ Thanksgiving It is next Thursday and we LOVE Boardwalk Empire! We haven't watched it in 3 weeks though but we have On Demand so we will have a marathon this weekend. It has been soo crazy, but, this weekend will be nice. Although, my sis in-law, her dh, and their three crazy kids (ages 8, 4, 2) are spending a night with us Saturday night. Sigh. Her kids, especially the middle one are terrors. They might make me reconsider another child. Their middle kid (4 yrs old), they had to place locks on the OUTSIDE of their windows as he breaks out of the housel. NICE

My good friend gave birth yesterday. She will be 42 in december and it was fully a natural pregnancy. Her first...

 

[Mamamirfy]

Happy Belated Birthday!!! I hope you had a lovely day filled with lotsa love and laughs


OH MY LORD! Locks on the outside of the windows??? Yup, that would make me re think a number three too. That should be an interesting Saturday night LOL. We seem to like all the same shows....gotta love HBO Sundays. I think I should be able to catch it on On Demand too, thanks for the tip.

42 and a natural pregnancy? That's awesome. She must be thrilled. I love hearing stories like that...everyone just assumes that if you're over 40 you have to have IVF.

Pinky??? Did you dissapear now? Are you guys the same person? I can only chat to one of you at a time LOL.

 

[pink32]

happy belated birthday silly and welcome back!!! im not missing yet , had so much crap to do at work - but im baaaaaaaaaack!!!!!

mirf hope you're cold is getting better babe.....so excited for you, nearly time for EC....how are you're little follies getting along now....numbers etc?

i would love to see your xmas trees over there...because we have xmas in the summer we only get artificial trees and it's so not the same thing....when i went to europe for one xmas it was so beautiful and so much nicer having a real tree....

mirf you have a purple one? sounds great! send some piccies girls...if you can - would love to see.....

i have my scan tommorow, so will report back on that too..\

i've been a bit worried lately about babies conceived thru ivf. theres a radio host here in oz (jackie 0) and she is spending the remainder of her pregnancy in hospital (6wks left) because apparantly her baby is too small and that's apparantly due to ivf....so obviously stress head me started googling reading etc...apparantly women who have fertility issues are more prone to having issues but still i think and pray all turns out well and the baby is of a normal size......always something to think about......

 

[Mamamirfy]

I actually feel a bit better than I did this morning so I think two more nights of good sleep will have me back to normal. Ok my numbers (as of yesterday morning) were R:18.5,17,15,12.5,12,12,10 L:10.5,13,12,9. They said that one more day of meds (last night) and then there will be 3 days until Egg Retrieval that the smaller ones should catch up. It's not going to be a huge number but better than what they originally thought.

I'll attach a couple pics of tree and bannister (first time i decorated it so im feeling very adult). Some artificial trees look very real...gotta spend money but they last forever. My purple one DOES NOT look real lol. Lesley...you have to show us yours when you put them up.

Try not to worry about the stuff you hear. There's always gonna be something. Did the radio host have her own issues or was it her hubby? You'll be fine!!!! Don't stress. Can't wait to hear about your scan of your little olive. Are you going to find out the sex?

I can't figure out how to attach a pic...let me investigate

https://i1120.photobucket.com/albums/l493/msuzick/P1010234.jpg

https://i1120.photobucket.com/albums/l493/msuzick/P1010233.jpg

 

[MySillyGirls]

Hey girls!! Glad to hear you are feeling better Miranda! Your follie counts look great! Pink, don't worry! My daughters' best friends across the street are both ivf babies and they are now amazing 6 and 8 year olds.

Thank you for the Birthday Wishes! It is a dubious honor since my age seems to be working against me. Anyway, I am going to try to figure out how to post some pics from last year. Let me work on this...

 

[MySillyGirls]

Pics of last xmas!

 

[MySillyGirls]

tried again..

 

[MySillyGirls]

I can't figure out why i can't make my pics larger like yours Miranda

 

[pink32]

hey girlies,
you're trees and decorations are fantastic!!!!!!!!!! very nice...i cant put up any deco's this year as we are selling our place and we are moving so really not going to do anything...Next year!

glad your follies are progressing well Mirf - not long now.....

so do you guys now if that is true that ivf babies are smaller or u think just a myth! silly i know you said you know ivf babies who are great but were they born smaller? look at me fully obsessive such a moron i am i know...

 

[Mamamirfy]

Lesley-I put mine on photobucket, maybe thats why?

Your tree is gorgeous! My mom just came by and changed stuff ( she can't help herself) lol.

Pinky. I think it's a myth, but I'll google to make sure.