Entering the world of Assisted Conception...like it or not...

[lemon_tree]

Woo!! Congrats, Miranda! Such awesome news! There are DEFINITELY lines there!

 

[Hiker1]

Holy Crap Miranda!!! It worked!! I'm so happy for you!! Yay!! Please keep us updated with your progress and doctors appointments. You must be just over the moon!!

So as for me (I'm going to copy paste from another thread since it's kinda long and I'm pressed for time...)

I'm 14dpo today, and caved in and tested this morning. Unfortunately it was negative. No AF yet, but I just wanted to know. I called the fertility doc to let them know, and the nurse said next cycle I'll be on injectibles and she's going to start the ordering process for me since I need to start them on day 3. I asked if I should wait first to see if AF comes, but she said its very unlikely that the test would change to +, since if I was pregnant, it definitely would have shown it today. She said that with my low AMH (diminished ovarian reserve), that many people respond to the injectibles better than regular oral hormones, so that's good I guess.

Side story, I had dinner with a friend of mine who is 42 last night. She has 2 children, 11 and 12 and always has wanted a third. At 38 and 39, she had 3 miscarriages in a row. The last one they tested and it had chromosomal abnormalities. She went to a fertility doc and was told she had Diminished Ovarian Reserve (like me), and was told to get a donor egg or quit trying. She also suggested taking CoQ10. So, 2 years later, turns out she is now like 15 weeks pregnant, and this one they tested and all is normal and healthy!! So she said to me (and this goes for everyone), we all have so much time. Even though we think we don't, and things aren't possible, they still can happen. She isn't sure it's the CoQ10, but I've ordered some and will start taking it - surely can't hurt.

In the meantime, I am just waiting for AF so I can start the next round of "fun."

I'm slightly relieved too because we haven't gotten my hubby's genetic testing back yet, so hopefully we'll know before the next IUI. If it's questionable then we'll go straight to IVF so we will be sure any embryos are 100% healthy at the start.

 

[Smille24]

Hiker- like I said in the last thread, I am so sorry. You're on the right track and your dr sounds great. You will have a bfp soon, I know it!

 

[lemon_tree]

Hiker, I'm so sorry but so glad you have a plan. And soon you'll have those test results and can move forward with out worry!

 

[Hiker1]

Thanks guys. AF just showed. Meds on the way and will be doing day 3 ultrasound and bloodwork.

 

[bookworm0511]

Hello! Just wanted to introduce myself. I've been hanging out in the 2WW forums for a while, but as of today when my DH and I officially went to a fertility doctor, I think I need to accept that I am no longer part of the group of folks who will be conceiving the good, old-fashioned way. A little about me - 34, married for a year and a half. TTC for 1 year. I have hypothyroidism and it was determined a few weeks ago with diminished ovarian reserve (FSH of 12.8), had a clear HSG test done, and was referred to a fertility clinic by my obgyn. Would love to have some buddies to go through this with, especially someone who is just starting on this journey like me!

To fill you in on the doctor's plan: (he said we need to be "aggressive" when talking about the measures we need to take to get me pregnant and to do so ASAP because of the ovary situation)

This next month, I'll be put on a series of oral meds (Letrozol), then take a shot of Ovidrel, then we'll be doing IUI. After just 1 month of that, if that doesn't work, we'll move to some kind of injections with IUI, and not sure how long we have to try that, but then it will be onto IVF.

There is still a chance (we'll see in a week or so) that we got pregnant on our own this month, but I'm not holding my breath, if all the letdowns from this past year are any indication. In general I am still is shock, disbelief, and disappointment that this is happening. If not, I do feel somewhat empowered that we have a plan, and good doctors and amazing science so we can hopefully have a baby. I've told myself to try to stay unemotional about it, be realistic, and try one thing at a time. Hoping to find some friends on here to go through this with! Thanks for letting me share my story!

Hello! I have hypothyroidism as well and half of a uterus, no Fallopian tubes, low ovarian reserve and moderate endometriosis. I started my first IVF cycle Jan 19th, just started down-regulation injections two days ago and will start stims Feb 18th! I'm part of an IVF support group on FB you should join if you go that route. If your tubes aren't blocked they might make you try IUI first. Best of luck and baby dust to you! XXX

 

[bookworm0511]

Hello! Just wanted to introduce myself. I've been hanging out in the 2WW forums for a while, but as of today when my DH and I officially went to a fertility doctor, I think I need to accept that I am no longer part of the group of folks who will be conceiving the good, old-fashioned way. A little about me - 34, married for a year and a half. TTC for 1 year. I have hypothyroidism and it was determined a few weeks ago with diminished ovarian reserve (FSH of 12.8), had a clear HSG test done, and was referred to a fertility clinic by my obgyn. Would love to have some buddies to go through this with, especially someone who is just starting on this journey like me!

To fill you in on the doctor's plan: (he said we need to be "aggressive" when talking about the measures we need to take to get me pregnant and to do so ASAP because of the ovary situation)

This next month, I'll be put on a series of oral meds (Letrozol), then take a shot of Ovidrel, then we'll be doing IUI. After just 1 month of that, if that doesn't work, we'll move to some kind of injections with IUI, and not sure how long we have to try that, but then it will be onto IVF.

There is still a chance (we'll see in a week or so) that we got pregnant on our own this month, but I'm not holding my breath, if all the letdowns from this past year are any indication. In general I am still is shock, disbelief, and disappointment that this is happening. If not, I do feel somewhat empowered that we have a plan, and good doctors and amazing science so we can hopefully have a baby. I've told myself to try to stay unemotional about it, be realistic, and try one thing at a time. Hoping to find some friends on here to go through this with! Thanks for letting me share my story!

Hello! I have hypothyroidism as well and half of a uterus, no Fallopian tubes, low ovarian reserve and moderate endometriosis. I started my first IVF cycle Jan 19th, just started down-regulation injections two days ago and will start stims Feb 18th! I'm part of an IVF support group on FB you should join if you go that route. If your tubes aren't blocked they might make you try IUI first. Best of luck and baby dust to you! XXX

I just read through the other posts (silly me) I hope everyone's medicated cycles go well and congrats Miranda! I did a failed cycle of clomid before I found out I don't have any Fallopian tubes so I went on a two year wait list for IVF and I'm finally doing it, I'm hopeful and excited but nervous about the low ovarian reserve because my cycle will be cancelled if they cannot collect at least 6 eggs. 😳

 

[miranda007]

Hiker I'm glad to hear u guys have a plan. So they said to do the genetic testing because your husband hasn't got the best sperm? That's what they said to us because of my husband's low motility or it was because of something we're at the higher risk for him to have the CF gene. So we did the testing. And on the embryo too. I definitely think the coq10 worked for that.

Hopefully u get them back soon. They take a while.

I also loved what your friend said. It gives me hope when I'm older o have anther one! I also was on the Coq10 - we both were since we got his results back last May.. So we were on it for a while. We got it from iherb.. ubiquinol coq10 Jarroh something brand. It's an organise label. That one is more bioactive for your body. I also sprinkle bee pollen on my oats and gave for years before we started TTC. Everyone talks about the wonders of Royal jelly blah blah, but it's hard to find.

Thanks for all the congrats guys.. Still don't believe it and had to do another test today just to see those two lines. I need to hear that beta test on Monday be good. But hard to be happy yet we've got so many more hurdles to jump through.

 

[Hiker1]

Hiker I'm glad to hear u guys have a plan. So they said to do the genetic testing because your husband hasn't got the best sperm? That's what they said to us because of my husband's low motility or it was because of something we're at the higher risk for him to have the CF gene. So we did the testing. And on the embryo too. I definitely think the coq10 worked for that.

Hopefully u get them back soon. They take a while.

I also loved what your friend said. It gives me hope when I'm older o have anther one! I also was on the Coq10 - we both were since we got his results back last May.. So we were on it for a while. We got it from iherb.. ubiquinol coq10 Jarroh something brand. It's an organise label. That one is more bioactive for your body. I also sprinkle bee pollen on my oats and gave for years before we started TTC. Everyone talks about the wonders of Royal jelly blah blah, but it's hard to find.

Thanks for all the congrats guys.. Still don't believe it and had to do another test today just to see those two lines. I need to hear that beta test on Monday be good. But hard to be happy yet we've got so many more hurdles to jump through.

Hi Miranda,
They are doing genetic testing on my husband because my genetic testing showed I am a carrier for cystic fibrosis. So if I'm a carrier, we need to see if he is one too. If he is, I think we go straight to IVF because our child would have a 25% chance of having the disease. If he isn't, there's nothing more we need to do. I'm hoping he doesn't.

 

[Hiker1]

Hello! Just wanted to introduce myself. I've been hanging out in the 2WW forums for a while, but as of today when my DH and I officially went to a fertility doctor, I think I need to accept that I am no longer part of the group of folks who will be conceiving the good, old-fashioned way. A little about me - 34, married for a year and a half. TTC for 1 year. I have hypothyroidism and it was determined a few weeks ago with diminished ovarian reserve (FSH of 12.8), had a clear HSG test done, and was referred to a fertility clinic by my obgyn. Would love to have some buddies to go through this with, especially someone who is just starting on this journey like me!

To fill you in on the doctor's plan: (he said we need to be "aggressive" when talking about the measures we need to take to get me pregnant and to do so ASAP because of the ovary situation)

This next month, I'll be put on a series of oral meds (Letrozol), then take a shot of Ovidrel, then we'll be doing IUI. After just 1 month of that, if that doesn't work, we'll move to some kind of injections with IUI, and not sure how long we have to try that, but then it will be onto IVF.

There is still a chance (we'll see in a week or so) that we got pregnant on our own this month, but I'm not holding my breath, if all the letdowns from this past year are any indication. In general I am still is shock, disbelief, and disappointment that this is happening. If not, I do feel somewhat empowered that we have a plan, and good doctors and amazing science so we can hopefully have a baby. I've told myself to try to stay unemotional about it, be realistic, and try one thing at a time. Hoping to find some friends on here to go through this with! Thanks for letting me share my story!

Hello! I have hypothyroidism as well and half of a uterus, no Fallopian tubes, low ovarian reserve and moderate endometriosis. I started my first IVF cycle Jan 19th, just started down-regulation injections two days ago and will start stims Feb 18th! I'm part of an IVF support group on FB you should join if you go that route. If your tubes aren't blocked they might make you try IUI first. Best of luck and baby dust to you! XXX

Hi Bookworm, and welcome to our little thread! Sounds like you have quite a few things stacked against you, but that's great you are still able to move forward with IVF!! I wish you the best of luck. If it turns out I have to do IVF, I'll definitely join your support group. This month, I have to do suppositories, injectable hormones, and a trigger shot for IUI. I am not sure how many times we try this before moving to IVF.

 

[miranda007]

Hiker I'm glad to hear u guys have a plan. So they said to do the genetic testing because your husband hasn't got the best sperm? That's what they said to us because of my husband's low motility or it was because of something we're at the higher risk for him to have the CF gene. So we did the testing. And on the embryo too. I definitely think the coq10 worked for that.

Hopefully u get them back soon. They take a while.

I also loved what your friend said. It gives me hope when I'm older o have anther one! I also was on the Coq10 - we both were since we got his results back last May.. So we were on it for a while. We got it from iherb.. ubiquinol coq10 Jarroh something brand. It's an organise label. That one is more bioactive for your body. I also sprinkle bee pollen on my oats and gave for years before we started TTC. Everyone talks about the wonders of Royal jelly blah blah, but it's hard to find.

Thanks for all the congrats guys.. Still don't believe it and had to do another test today just to see those two lines. I need to hear that beta test on Monday be good. But hard to be happy yet we've got so many more hurdles to jump through.

Hi Miranda,
They are doing genetic testing on my husband because my genetic testing showed I am a carrier for cystic fibrosis. So if I'm a carrier, we need to see if he is one too. If he is, I think we go straight to IVF because our child would have a 25% chance of having the disease. If he isn't, there's nothing more we need to do. I'm hoping he doesn't.

Ah that's right I remember reading earlier on the thread. That's another reason why we did the genetic testing too to see if we were CF carriers. It was expensive $750 Australian for both of us. But so worth it! I remember my husband said we probably don't need it because what are the chances and then I said.. well what if something happened we would kick ourselves for not having done it! Hope you get them back soon!

 

[Hiker1]

Yes it's a little nerve-wracking knowing this is a potentially something our children could have, but I'm glad we are doing it. People who have kids "naturally" certainly wouldn't have the luxury of genetic testing, unless I guess they pay out of pocket or have some hereditary reason to do it. No one in our families has any kind of strange medical condition to indicate an issue.

Went to the fertility doc yesterday. The results had not come in yet on hubby, but hopefully soon. I had my day 3 ultrasound, bloodwork, and we were given lessons on how to give my Follistim injectables. I'm a little nervous about the potential for multiples while on this drug. I read this is how John&Kate got their 6 kids was on injectables! Here's hoping my doc wont allow us to proceed on a given cycle if there are too many. I could be ok with twins I think, but triplets or more?? woah.

Well I probably should stop (literally) counting our chicks before they hatch, but I am very excited that perhaps this actually might work for once! Miranda, or anyone else who is doing IVF, did you do injectables first? And if so, what were your experiences with them?

 

[lemon_tree]

Hi, bookworm! I'm so glad you get to move forward with IVF. Fingers crossed for you that you get plenty of lovely eggs collected!

Hiker, hope you get the results soon! I didn't realize that was how John and Kate get their 8. I hope it works wellfor you but perhaps not in those numbers.

My AF just started (at about 6 in the evening over here! It took its sweet time!) which means I get to call tomorrow for my own set of day 3 blood work and the ultrasound. This is my first go round with this so I'm a bit nervous. I'm also curious about if they'll still treat today as day 1 and have me go in on Tuesday, or if it's something they'd move to Wednesday since I got AF so late. We are going to try to get a time for my DH to go in for his SA that same day. I can't believe this is all finally happening!

 

[Hiker1]

Lemon, so my clinic considers a period that starts full flow before noon day 1. I started Thurs at 630pm so today (Sunday )is my day 3. They were closed Sunday so they took me yesterday. I'm sure your place has a similar definition of "day 1". I'm really happy you guys are starting your journey. It is really empowering to have a team of medical professionals on your side helping you.

Funny side story you guys. I'm at a super bowl party right now. We had to do my first injectable tonight between 6 and 9. Bad timing. So packed my shot in an ice pack in my purse and hubby and i had and elaborate plan where i went up to the bathroom and he joined me a minute later. Got the shot done in the bathroom 'haha! Success!! Too bad our hostess caught us both coming out of the bathroom and said what were you two doing in there?? We just smiled and said my hubby was looking for his keys. Oh well. Almost undetected.

 

[lemon_tree]

Ooh that's good to know! Thank you! Now I can start to plan ahead for Wednesday.

Hope you're enjoying the party! The hostess probably thought you were making out in her bathroom!

 

[Smille24]

Lemon- I'm sorry about af, but you will definitely be on the right track and have a plan in place soon enough. Trying to get pregnant is now your dr's worry and it's a huge relief. Good luck with all of your tests and keep us posted.

Hiker- how funny! I doubt your dr will allow you to go through with the IUI knowing you'd be at high risk for lots of multiples, especially if that's a huge concern for you. I really hope this cycle works out for you hun.

You both deserve a bfp after a long struggle and you're in my thoughts.

 

[lemon_tree]

I made my appointment, I go in tomorrow for my day 3 blood work and ultrasound, and then next Friday for my HSG. DH is also doing his blood work and SA tomorrow. I need to schedule an appointment with the clinic for the follow-up. They said it could be any time from the week of Feb 22 onward. I feel so impatient and ready to move forward, but also scared of what the results may show.

 

[TinyLynne]

Hello ladies,

Trying to find somewhere to fit in! I have read the entire thread and I feel so much for all of you. It's like I can read your sad stories and get tears in my eyes and read your angry stories and have smoke coming from my ears! And your happy stories... So excited for you all, you bring us back hope. And I'm sure you all know exactly how I feel too. It's a crappy community to have to be in, but it is so nice that there are people who understand.

DH and I are doing our first IUI tomorrow afternoon. Tomorrow will be CD17, on CD12 we had a scan that showed a 17.5 and an 11mm follicle. Nurse did not think the 11 would catch up, and also insisted that I pay for a weekend IUI (higher price) before I left because she was so sure I'd be ovulating then. I kept telling her that I know my body, and it will be CD17, and it looks like I was right (people always think they know your body better than you do). So I hope that our little 11 caught up. We did 5mg Femara days 2-6. We could really use more than 1 mature egg as DH has a balanced translocation that will affect most embryos. We decided that the IVF route isn't for us because I just can't risk that amount of money when our chances of normal embryos are so crappy.

Nervous/excited/scared/sad/angry/a little hopeful.

So that's how I feel today (and most days).

How are you all doing? And congrats to all of our pregnant ladies!

 

[lemon_tree]

Hi, Tiny! :wave:

I agree, I was so happy to find this thread. It makes a huge difference, talking to other women who get it.

Good luck on your IUI tomorrow! How frustrating to have to pay the weekend price. I'm crossing my fingers for you. Please share how the experience goes!

 

[Hiker1]

Hi Tiny! Welcome! We are so glad to have you with us. I'm glad you found us and we are all here for you while you go through this frustrating but hopeful time. Sounds like you and i are on about the same track. I too was married in June 2014. Good luck with your first iui! Hopefully you'll be like Smille and the first time will be it for you!

My first did not work so we have started injectables. I have a 645 am appointment for bloodwork and ultrasound tomorrow . I guess they need to monitor things really closely with injectables so I don't end up like octomom! Will let you know how it goes.

Lemon, I know it's scary but you will have lots of information and hopefully answers soon. This is all good things they are having you do. After it all, you can start with a plan. Try not to get too scared. Sounds like you are in good hands with the docs, and we are here for you too!!