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[TWINKLES80]

Twinkle I am so excited to say Congrats to you and your hubby

Thank you Mrs. Truth. How are you? Hope you are doing well!

 

[pinksprinkles]

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[TWINKLES80]

Yay Twinkles!!!!! I am so, so, so happy that your numbers are looking good!! That is wonderful news!! Many congratulations to your and your DH. What a great way to start the New Year! You best start a pregnancy journal that I can stalk!

I'm on 11dpo today, but I'm not really feeling this cycle. I haven't even had my normal symptoms. I usually have extreme PMDD that requires medication, but I haven't had any of that this cycle. Not even sore bb's or a single mood swing. Very odd!! I'm wondering if it is a side effect from the trigger shot...???? The only things I've had to deal with were hot flashes for the week after the trigger, but that too has gone away. Now there is nothing. This has been a really weird cycle to say the least!

Thank you so much Sprinkles.. i guess the worrying doesn't stop! Someone once told me that babies are 5 minutes of joy and a lifetime of worries (good worries as a parent that is). I won't be at ease till this bugger is seen on the u/s.

To be honest with you.. i didn't have very much symptoms compared to the months that i "thought" i was pg. You never know! I'm not sure how religious you are, I'm not very, but have a new found appreciation to christianity. I prayed a lot for this baby, since if you recall i was set to start treatment.
Also, about symptoms, they come and go! I can say that from experience I'm feeling ok.. minus crazy bloatedness..

 

[Ingodshand]

So I am out this month my temp dropped yesterday am and I just knew that it was a bad sign. I stated spotting around 11 am and by 5 was full blown. I an so sad and just mad at the world. going to call my doctor and see how we can be more aggressive and maybe go straight to ivf since our insurance will pary for it. oh and this is the worst flow and cramps I have ever had which makes it all when worse.

 

[Mrstruth]

I am sorry Pink and ingodshand. Pink Maybe like twinkle stated you aren't out. How are your temps looking?

Ingodshand I am sorry, what meds etc did you use with your IUI. I am afraid I won't get a BFP with my IUI either

 

[TWINKLES80]

So I am out this month my temp dropped yesterday am and I just knew that it was a bad sign. I stated spotting around 11 am and by 5 was full blown. I an so sad and just mad at the world. going to call my doctor and see how we can be more aggressive and maybe go straight to ivf since our insurance will pary for it. oh and this is the worst flow and cramps I have ever had which makes it all when worse.

I'm sorry gods hand I know how hard it is to get af.

Just wanted to give you guys an update. I'm happy to say that my obsession to researching and reading has paid off a little. I demanded my progesterone levels get checked and so glad I did. It was low

Switched re's now, I feel a lot better. Not all re clinics are created equal!

I'm on suppositories now so hoping it will help. Betas again tomorrow

Praying for all of us here. It's been such an emotional ride! I hope you girls are ok.

 

[uwa_amanda]

If it's okay with you ladies, I'd like to join this thread.

My husband and I have been trying to conceive for over six years. We are still kind of in limbo. We recently found out that my insurance covers visits to an RE. I am suspicious that I have PCOS and want to see a doctor that can help me figure it out. We can't afford anything above what we've already tried as of right now. We have ruled out IVF because we just don't think it's fair to blow half a year's salary on something that doesn't have great odds for success. Right now, we're still up in the air about how far we want to go due to money, insurance, etc. I'm sure y'all know what I mean.

 

[Prayerful]

11 dpiui... only 3 left until testing.. I am way tired and my bb's are so sore and heavy I wanna cry when I take my bra off (sorry) and heart burn might as well be my middle name, i am a little bloated.... a few twinges of pain here and there... PRAYING SO HARD right NOW!!!!! Please God let this be our month.....

Good luck Cindy!

Prayerful- Did you ovulate well on the Femara but just not fall PG? I've O'd twice on Clomid now, and something just doesnt feel right about it, like my intuition is telling me there is just no way it will work. Is that how you felt on Femara? I've heard that it one doesn't work for you, the other often does. I so hope we both get out BFP's be our new goal dates. I am resetting mine to be pregnant by 30.

AFM: I guess the other half of it is that I'm having spiritual issues with having a doctor do the insemination. This is the main reason why we called off the IUI last month. I'm not sure what part of it bothers me precisely, but I strongly feel that, for me, I am just not okay with having the doctor do it. If my husband is able to do the IUI,I think I can do that. (My husband has had similar reserves last month, hence our joint decision.)

As far as I know, I ovulated each time on Femara but I only recently started using OPKs. Also, I used trigger shots 2/3 cycles on Femara. I definitely didn't have any complaints about the Femara. My RE just moves quickly to other doses/treatments if what was done and used on the previous cycles didn't produce BFP. I too have heard that if you don't respond well to Femara you will to Clomid, and vice versa. Praying for both our BFPs!! Good luck with your new goal, and remember that you're not out yet this cycle until AF shows her ugly face!

I've never looked into doing IUI at home but I wrestle spiritually sometimes too with the implications of assisted conception. I still haven't fully decided how I feel about it all, especially IVF. I just want this so badly though and am afraid that is my only option.

I'm so excited to tell you ladies that it more than doubled. Thank you lord..

CONGRATULATIONS Twinkles!!!! Prayers that things continue to go smoothly.

So I am out this month my temp dropped yesterday am and I just knew that it was a bad sign. I stated spotting around 11 am and by 5 was full blown. I an so sad and just mad at the world. going to call my doctor and see how we can be more aggressive and maybe go straight to ivf since our insurance will pary for it. oh and this is the worst flow and cramps I have ever had which makes it all when worse.

So sorry InGodsHand. Praying that things go better next cycle.

 

[Prayerful]

Welcome, Amanda! I hope the RE is able to help you determine what is causing your infertility, and that it is able to be corrected or treated.

 

[Cindylou777]

tested today BFN af showed right after.... but I know God is listening.. I had one great follie that is more then I have EVER had and not only that but I know I ovulated which hasn't happend in 4 years.. and AF showed WITHOUT MEDS this time.. Seeing the BFP would have been the best, but knowing that we are all these steps closer excites me as well!!! ON to IUI #2

 

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[Prayerful]

Cindy - Sorry for the BFN but so happy for you on the ovulation. Good luck with the next cycle!

Sprinkles - Sorry to you too for the BFN. I had never heard those statistics before. 82% chance of miscarriage with implantation at 12dpo is a bit scary!

 

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[uwa_amanda]

uwa_amanda[/COLOR]- Welcome, lady! My RE had me get a bw panel that screened for PCOS and insulin resistance. It took a couple hours to do the glucose test part of it, but it wasn't bad at all. All I had to do was ask and he had me in there for bw immediately. BTW: Have you tried Femara yet? I'm switching to it this month. I've been on Clomid a couple rounds and it's really not working for me. I've heard that Femara has a higher success rate, and that many ladies who are unsuccessful on Clomid do much better on Femara.

That is one of the things I am going to talk to the RE about whenever I figure out a good day to take off to see this doctor. He is supposed to be one of the best in the state, so hopefully, I can start getting some answers besides "lose weight." I know that's a given but hell...the weight's not budging! I was ready to completely throw in the towel. My mama said, "You should try that other medicine you told me about. Maybe that will work for you." My mama wants a grandchild so bad. I feel bad that I can't give her one.

I had a screwed up dream that woke me up this morning. I guess I'm back to having baby/pregnancy/labor dreams again since I've been thinking about it more and more lately. All in all, I'm still very apprehensive about going through all the emotional roller coasters again. But I also know I'm not getting any younger. I sank really deep into a funk back in October/November as I came to the realization that I wasn't going to have a baby by my 30th birthday. I was so upset. I figured we would have our two kids by now and be completely done with the TTC crap. But nope...Right now, I'd be happy with one. I hope that I could just get pregnant naturally and not worry about fertility doctors and all that. It's very frustrating and each and every one of you here know exactly what I am talking about.

 

[TWINKLES80]

Ingodshand- I'm sorry AF got you (and that she's worse than usual). If your insurance covers IVF and you're up for it, I say go for it. The success rates are just so much higher. I've heard as high as 60-70% a cycle. Those are some good odds!

Mrstruth- How are you doing today, hun?

TWINKLES80- VERY glad you were able to catch that and get progesterone suppositories. And good on ya for switching RE's. You need someone who knows their stuff at LEAST as well as you do!

uwa_amanda- Welcome, lady! My RE had me get a bw panel that screened for PCOS and insulin resistance. It took a couple hours to do the glucose test part of it, but it wasn't bad at all. All I had to do was ask and he had me in there for bw immediately. BTW: Have you tried Femara yet? I'm switching to it this month. I've been on Clomid a couple rounds and it's really not working for me. I've heard that Femara has a higher success rate, and that many ladies who are unsuccessful on Clomid do much better on Femara.

Prayerful- I agree. The moral implications are just a lot to deal with. I am already having to reach out of my comfort zone just going in for all the ultrasounds, and we are only on our second medicated round with our current RE. At this point DH and I have decided to do 3-6 IUI rounds on our own at home. (Hopefully we only need 1!) We haven't picked an exact number yet, but once we're done, if I'm still not PG, then I think IVF will be our only option. I really hope I do not get to that point. I don't know if I would be able to go through with it. I think that if it did get that far though, I may have a new perspective. I just want to make sure, after all is said and done, I can look back on my decisions knowing I made the best choice I could. I hope you as well find peace in whatever decisions you make.

Cindylou777- I am so sorry AF got you, but I am so, so, so happy for you that you got to O. I didn't O from February to November last year. I can't imagine what 4 years must have been like! Congratulations to you for your forward progress!


AFM: So today is now CD14 and I got one last BFN. So I'm out this cycle. AF should be here in a couple days. I know what you ladies are thinking, that I'm not out until AF shows, but statistically speaking, I'm pretty much out.

I've been doing some research and here's what I found out: The later the implantation date, the higher your chance of early miscarriage. It turns out that late implantation often means that there is a genetic problem with the egg/sperm. Statistically speaking (via a large controlled study) the rates of miscarriage within 3 weeks of implantation are as follows 4-8 dpo Very Low, 9dpo 15%, 10dpo 25%, 11dpo 52%, 12dpo 82%. (You're also less and less likely to implant after 9dpo.)

As it takes an average of 2 days after implantation to get a BFP on a FRER, that means a BFP on CD15 (the earliest I could get one at this point) would put me at a 13dpo implant, which is a minimum of 82% chance of miscarriage. I'd honestly prefer not to deal with odds like that!

In other news: DH and I ordered our IUI supplies today. We'll be all set to go by the time O arrives next cycle.

Cindy - Sorry for the BFN but so happy for you on the ovulation. Good luck with the next cycle!

Sprinkles - Sorry to you too for the BFN. I had never heard those statistics before. 82% chance of miscarriage with implantation at 12dpo is a bit scary!

HI Ladies! Just wanted to let you know i'm still here lurking and fx'ing for all of you.. just trying to calm down and not worry...

But I'm still thinking of you ladies.. thanks for all your support!

 

[Ingodshand]

Thanks for all the sweet messages that I am now just reading. this last BFN was really hard since they say that I had three eggs and still no bfp. I am now on CD5 of my new cycle and feeling better. I have decided to focus on eating healthy and working out this month. Maybe if I do not obsess so much it will happen... At least one can hope! Good luck to all if you still in this month!!

 

[Cindylou777]

Thanks ya'll for all the support.. I am on CD5 and Dr. started me on Femara yesterday... Said we would be a little more aggressive this cycle seeing as it's our last until DH returns. GREAT NEWS is I 100% ovulated and NO cyst was left behind which is a BLESSING all in it's self. I love that my body is responding well and so Thankful for all Gods blessings.......

 

[pinksprinkles]

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[TWINKLES80]

Hey ladies! Sorry for not being around lately. I needed a bit of a breather before my new cycle. That BFN was harder on me than I thought it was going to be. I was feeling pretty down.

Today is now CD3. I started my Femara this morning. 2 pills a day for five days. I am very glad to be off the Clomid. Over two cycles it destroyed my uterine lining. I went from a 6-7 day period (including spotting) to 3 days including spotting. I only had full flow for 24 hours this cycle; I normally have it for 72+! I know that Clomid can stay in one's system for up to 3 months, so I really hope it doesn't affect my lining this cycle. I'm a little concerned about it. Nothing I can do though, so I just hope the Femara works.

So how is everyone doing today?

Sprinkles:

I know how hard it can be. I'm hoping your femara works well. I'm sorry if I've asked before but have you done an hsg?

I got my bfp the same month I did it.

I'm wishing you lots of luck sprinkles!

 

[pinksprinkles]

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