Early 30's TTC #1

[MrsPTTC]

MrsP - yay for your appointment. I would guess they will suggest IUIs next - do you have an idea about what you want next?

AFM - feeling good. Just trying to njoy these next 2 weeks until I start with the drugs. I have a week off next week and Dh and I go away to Jersey for a long weekend on Friday. Cant wait!!!! Gotta work at keeping Dh out the sauna and the Jacuzzi though!

I’m thinking IUI! Unless he wants to try me on some other drugs first and maybe some follicle tracking. I know he can’t leave me on the clomid much longer though. He did say around the 9 month mark (since starting clomid) we’ll be looking at IUI/IVF but he didn’t say what would happen in months 6-9!

Why can’t DH go in the jacuzzi? Are you needing to keep his in tip top condition for the IVF? I know if you use saunas/jacuzzi’s a lot it can kill off sperm as it’s too hot . Where are you in your cycle hun? It says Day 3 in your ticker – did come or have you tested??

MrsP - yay for getting your next FS appt. Then Turkey is getting close. It is definately sounding like a good year.

AFM - nothing is really happening. Have ordered OPKs for the first time in this journey. It has been 12 months now since I was pregnant so I am can now seek further referral from my doc but I am going to wait and deal with all that after I get back from my holiday. Can't be arsed doing anything now with less than two months to we go to Hawaii - just want to enjoy our holiday and go from there. Maybe I will get lucky and come home with a holiday BFP. Who knows

Thanks hun! Hopefully it’ll be our last holiday abroad in quite a while!! Oh wait! We said that in October ha ha So Rosa and I were right, is is you going to Hawaii! How fab! I’ve always wanted to go there. It’s funny you’re starting the OPK’s and I’ve just ditched them! I know what you mean about not being arsed. No matter what our FS recommends in April, nothing is starting until after our holiday, no way! I’m happy to get the appointment over and done with though so hopefully when we’re back off holiday we will have some action!

x

 

[mrsmax]

Hey Mrs P - IUI worked for Hopeful so seems like a good first step for you. We had to bypass it as I am so old at 35. Grrr.

Af did arrive a day or so late, but that's ok. Just gearing up for IVF now. start taking meds on 10th March and have my protocol appointment next Thursday. Getting excited!!

Not sure about the jacuzzi thing - I think heat kills sperm. Dh has a good count, but want to keep him in tip top condition

 

[MrsPTTC]

Ah I bet you're glad she came so you can start the IVF! So exciting!

Yeah I've heard a few IUI success stories lately! x

 

[rosababy]

MrsP, we would have done an IUI as well, but my tubes were damaged. I have a few friends irl that have had success as well. I was so geared up for doing one myself, and then the bomb was dropped after my lap.

Mrsmax, VERY exciting!!!! Can't WAIT for you to get started and to get pregnant already! Let me know if you have any questions.

How is everyone else doing? SB, how are you doing with your jabs?

 

[Soleil Breeze]

My estradiol has more than quadrupled since Sunday. Not good. I will probably get a lot of eggs, but they will be very immature. I need to speak to the doc to see whether it makes any sense to continue with the cycle. I would rather cancel and stand a better chance at fewer, more mature eggs, later on than have a bunch of eggs that are tiny and don't go anywhere.

Hell, I don't even know what size the follicles are. All I know is my estradiol is nuts for a person who only stimmed for three days. THREE DAYS. I can't find any information online on any person who began coasting on the fourth day of stims.

Girls, I promise I will be back on tonight to respond to your posts. I have to dash to yoga right now. xx

 

[mrsmax]

SB - I am shooting off to work but wanted to say we are thinking of you. Yoga sounds perfect though!

 

[Soleil Breeze]

So I didn't make it on last night, but here I am this morning! Going in for blood work again tomorrow AM. It will be the fifth day since I stopped stimming and E2 should have dropped. Fingers crossed.

As for you gals, Pink80 - I think that is incredibly good news that the metformin has you Oing earlier on in the cycle and on a more regular basis. You really should feel like things are looking up!

Crumbs - congrats on the girl, chica! She will be just beautiful! My eyes are welling up with tears at the thought!

MrsPTTC- question, what does the P in PTTC stand for? Also, what is a "CBA mood"? Maybe I am in one?! I am really excited for you to have your FS appt. all sorted out! As an aside, they started me on a very low dosage of the stims. I guess it doesn't take much for my body to rev into action (a lot like me, I get passionate/riled up quickly ). Annnnd, IUI might just work for you! Fingers crossed! It did for us the first time. I can't wait for you to try!

MrsMax - so do you have a date then for the egg collection? And are you all on track now for that? I think you said that you are beginning meds the week after next, right? Make sure that you don't wait until the fourth day to go in to the RE after taking stims. Insist on a second or third day check-up. I personally think I'm in this situation now because my RE didn't call me in for my first check up until the morning of the fourth day of stimming. Have fun in Jersey, but, yes, keep your man away from the heat! Seriously!

Readyornot - how did the scan go? How are you feeling?

MsJMouse - I really hope that you will end up being one of those stories where the couple had been trying for a while, end up forgetting about it all while on vacation, and then get pregnant! Hopefully your fertile window will be around holiday time.

Rosa - I think it's so funny that you said you had a cat-like dog. We have two dog-like cats! They fetch! They like to hang out with new people (not scared-y cats at all!), and they act like guard dogs when people they don't know come over And yeah, the way you described how you felt during stims is pretty much me right now. Bending over? What a joke! You should have seen me in yoga last night - I took more breaks than I ever have! So many things that I could do last week just weren't in my repertoire of poses this week! Ugh.

 

[MrsPTTC]

Hi Soleil, Sorry things are going so great with the stimming .

Lol the P is my surname but MrsP was taken so I had to improvise! It's a family thing, DH's late grandma used to call herself MrsP & I call DH MrP when talking about him on Facebook. As for CBA = can't be arsed! . Hun remind me - you did IUI & got a BFP but had a MC? Why no more IUI's & on to IVF? Sorry I'm so forgetful!

Great to hear you know of success stories with IUI Rosa!

x

 

[readyORnot]

Had my 20 week scan yesterday. All appears to be well with baby and we've decided not to find out the gender. I have another scan in 8 weeks to monitor my fibroids then another 4 weeks after that.
I'm now on cyclizine for my NVP and it seems to be working okay but with a few side effects (dizziness, lethargy,numbness down my right leg).
I'm going to the antenatal clinic tomorrow because I've been having regular contractions all day so we need to check it's just normal braxton hicks.

Hope everyone's doing okay!

 

[MrsPTTC]

Gosh, 20 weeks readyornot! Glad everything is well. What is NVP hun?

A girl on my spotting thread has just announced a BFP, IUI & twins!! Bring on the IUI!!

x

 

[readyORnot]

NVP = nausea and vomiting during pregnancy

 

[rosababy]

Ready, Team yellow then! Sorry you're dealing with side effects and contractions. That sucks! You poor thing.

SB, I'll be thinking good thoughts for you and your E2 levels. I think you said this but when are you having the bloods done? Ie: when do you find out the results? I'm sure everything will be fine, but just remember that now your docs know how you will react and will be able to do things differently next time.

 

[hopefulmama2b]

Soliel- Oh you poor thing. I hope that your doc gets everything figured out that would give you the best number and quality of eggs for the best chances of success! It sounds so painful! I'll be checking in to see how you're progressing!

MrsMax- Looks like you are about to start the IVF journey too!!! This is so exciting!!! I can't wait to hear how things progress!!

MrsPTTC- Good luck with whatever path your doc decide to take you next! Something new is always good and brings hope!

 

[MrsPTTC]

Yay hopeful, you're back chick! How are you? How's the bean? x

 

[Soleil Breeze]

(melodramatic music please). So my estrogen was nearly 5,000 on Weds. It has fallen to just under a 1,000, which is good news. I won't get OHSS. Crappy news is my follicles have been subjected to the death penalty. RE is waiting for them to go away; hence no stims, still just taking Lupron.

Apparently I am not coasting. Coasting only applies if it's done before an egg retrieval. We are not retrieving my eggs. Because I got hyperstimulated, RE doesn't want to proceed with the follies that are there. What's weird, though, is that he's keeping me on lupron, having me in for blood work a WEEK from today (to make my estrogen is as low as it can go) and then restarting me on stims! Do any of you know of anyone who was stimmed, stopped, and then restimmed in the same cycle?

Lawd. Nothing is ever simple for me, ay? RE says he has a couple of cases like me in a year. It's rare. He told me today that I was given the dosage that the 20-something yr. old egg donors are given by the clinic, and that I responded better than they do! Grrrreeeaaat. Will I know have the remnants of these executed follies clogging up my new follicles the week after next?!

Another long-ass cycle in the making. I hope my lining will still be in good shape if I ever get to the transfer stage!

 

[Soleil Breeze]

MrsPTTC, yes, I got pregnant with my firt IUI in April of last year (miscarried at nine weeks). IUIs #2 and 3 were not successful. We just figured we'd up the ante and try IVF. So far the ante has been upped, but well, you know, we're not pregnant yet!

MrsMax, this is going to be a riot! I could be restimming around the same time as you!

Readyornot, how did the clinic appt. Go?

Hopeful & Rosa, I'm going to dip into your journals right now.

 

[readyORnot]

was admitted onto labour ward yesterday lunchtime with strong, painful contractions but thankfully my cervix was still closed. They're monitoring the contractions and giving me meds. Thankfully the contractions seem to be stopping now but they're going to keep me in for observation - if I go into labour now the baby would not be able to survive.

 

[MrsPTTC]

Oh no hun how awful!!! Hope & pray everything is ok, keep us posted xx

 

[rosababy]

Ready, oh my gosh! How scary. I hope everything works out, keep us updated.

Sb, so ur not doing a retrieval? I guess I don't understand why. Follies don't look good? Now ur waiting for them to be normal so u can stim again? Is that right? Well at least now the docs know how ur body will react and can adjust the meds accordingly. remember this round was a trial run! Will they consider this all one round or a cancelled round?

 

[rosababy]

Btw I do not know of that happening to anyone but I'm sure it has. Post a thread on the assisted conception board.