Femara Friends!

[beaniekins]

Cridge - yes it is my first cycle after a m/c. I was surprised they didn't want me to sit out a cycle but they said I could go ahead. I too think my hormones could be affected by it (and also b/c I took femara evenings of days 6-10 instead of 5-9 due to holiday schedules), but yesterday the nurse told me neither of those should affect my cycle.

I took 5 mg of femara. What is strange is that she recommends I do next cycle with metformin only to see how I do on it alone. I am impatient and think upping my dosage of femara would be a better bet!

PS, I am also in Colorado

 

[beaniekins]

IWantMy Turn - how exciting! You will start your two week wait today or tomorrow. In one week you will go back to have your progesterone tested to make sure you ovulated and then another week from there you will take a pregnancy test (you would be about 14 dpo at that point).

It is possible to have a positive OPK and then not ovulate I had two of them this cycle. This happens when you have a surge of LH but your body doesn't follow through and ovulate. It is apparently pretty common in people with PCOS.

I wish you luck!!

 

[LolaM]

Hey ladies!!

SOOOO....I'm so excited...LoL...
My RE appt was at 10am this morning...before I left (around 9) I decided I would just take an OPK before I went...and can you believe I thought it was POSITIVE! Whoa! I questioned myself, as I thought my eyes were tricking me! (plus, I switched OPK's from the digital clear blue easy with the smiley face to the other clear blue easy ones that just show 2 lines..)

So, instead of calling my RE, I just decided to go to my appt anyway, even though it's about a 1/2 hour-40min drive..and in this crappy snow/sleet weather we are having..LoL)

Got to the office, waited and waited. Got taken in, and got undressed for my U/S and then when my RE came in I said " I want you to look at this OPK test for me...I decided on a whim to take it before I left home". He looked at it and said "why are you here! You just saved yourself $307" as he chuckled the whole time!


Anyway! with all that said, I didn't even bother to ask if I should keep taking my OPK's??? I think I will, just to say I did. LoL. And how does it work for the TWW?? Do I wait until my bloodwork to confirm, and start counting from there, or??? And it is possible to get a positive OPK, but a confirmation from blood work that I didn't ovulate, correct?? I was so excited at the office, that I didn't even think to ask these questions!

My dr said, once you get a postive OPK you can stop testing, the test makers just tell you to keep testing so you will buy more of their product. How exciting, you have changes in your OPK...I need to still do my OPK for today but I dont have to PEE! Figures. I had change in my OPK but I dont have any CM, that makes me nervous but I refuse to think of it that way, maybe my body is keeping all the CM inside to make ready for zee bay-bees!

 

[courtneycvt12]

this week is going by soooo slllooooowwwwww. i'll never make it to jan 30th for a pg test.

 

[IwantMyTurn]

IWantMy Turn - how exciting! You will start your two week wait today or tomorrow. In one week you will go back to have your progesterone tested to make sure you ovulated and then another week from there you will take a pregnancy test (you would be about 14 dpo at that point).

It is possible to have a positive OPK and then not ovulate I had two of them this cycle. This happens when you have a surge of LH but your body doesn't follow through and ovulate. It is apparently pretty common in people with PCOS.

I wish you luck!!

ohhhh...the TWW starts tomorrow then...whoa!!! LoL. I sure hope I ovulate! Maybe I should've asked for a trigger shot anyway?? Now I'm gonna be dying waiting for the blood work results!

My RE did say though, that since I started the OPK's on CD11 and have been consistantly negative, that this was a good sign...so I guess we will see soon enough....oh the waiting...hoping the femera does what it's supposed to!

Thanks for the luck! Right back at you! And all the other ladies!

 

[IwantMyTurn]

Hey ladies!!

SOOOO....I'm so excited...LoL...
My RE appt was at 10am this morning...before I left (around 9) I decided I would just take an OPK before I went...and can you believe I thought it was POSITIVE! Whoa! I questioned myself, as I thought my eyes were tricking me! (plus, I switched OPK's from the digital clear blue easy with the smiley face to the other clear blue easy ones that just show 2 lines..)

So, instead of calling my RE, I just decided to go to my appt anyway, even though it's about a 1/2 hour-40min drive..and in this crappy snow/sleet weather we are having..LoL)

Got to the office, waited and waited. Got taken in, and got undressed for my U/S and then when my RE came in I said " I want you to look at this OPK test for me...I decided on a whim to take it before I left home". He looked at it and said "why are you here! You just saved yourself $307" as he chuckled the whole time!


Anyway! with all that said, I didn't even bother to ask if I should keep taking my OPK's??? I think I will, just to say I did. LoL. And how does it work for the TWW?? Do I wait until my bloodwork to confirm, and start counting from there, or??? And it is possible to get a positive OPK, but a confirmation from blood work that I didn't ovulate, correct?? I was so excited at the office, that I didn't even think to ask these questions!

My dr said, once you get a postive OPK you can stop testing, the test makers just tell you to keep testing so you will buy more of their product. How exciting, you have changes in your OPK...I need to still do my OPK for today but I dont have to PEE! Figures. I had change in my OPK but I dont have any CM, that makes me nervous but I refuse to think of it that way, maybe my body is keeping all the CM inside to make ready for zee bay-bees!

Well that makes sense now doesn't it. LoL. Anything to get people to spend more $$.
Good luck with your OPK's! And BPF of course

 

[LolaM]

My test lines were darker today but still not a positive, but I have "movement" and that makes me happy. Now--I have kept testing to see how long it would stay positive, I typically get 2+ before the lines start to go out on me again. And also, my OPKs say that they must be used within 30 days of opening the tube but ive found that to also be a scam, they work just fine past the 30 days.

 

[Mrs.Stinski]

Hi girls! Wow - we've been chatty! I had to take notes.

MrsC - Sorry af found you!! That stinks! I would think that with what you're taking, your LP would have actually been longer...??? I've had many cycles of clomid where I had shorter LP's than what is typical for me and I just figured it was poor follie/egg quality leading to low progesterone.

Yes, I'm planning on doing gonal-f next cycle...which should start Jan. 29th if I have my proper 16 day LP.

Beaniekins - welcome! Is this cycle your first after a m/c? I'm so sorry!! My thinking is that the m/c has messed with your hormones and is delaying ovulation at this point. I think you'd be fine if you ovulated late, but if I were you, I'd probably start a new cycle just to get my hormones on the right track again. What dose of Femara did you take this cycle? Maybe try a higher dose..?? I'm on a very high dose of metformin (2500mg) and I haven't seen any real benefits from it - I've been on it for about 2 years now. But some women do ovulate just from metformin and if you typically ovulate on your own, I think your chances are far higher to ovulate with help.

MrsStinski - CD -6?? That seems really strange to me that your doc wants you to discount your current bleeding and wait until you're done with the prometrium. What if you finish bleeding and don't bleed again? That seems really strange to me. BUT, I've never taken prometrium. I always use NPC and stop using it as soon as I start to bleed. How many days do you have left of it?

Cyndy - no O pain isn't a bad sign! Last cycle I had absolutely no ovary pain, whereas I usually have lots, and I had the best, most perfect cycle of my life. So that convinced me that no O pain is actually a good thing! I've had lots of pain before and had an u/s which showed absolutely nothing going on, so I'm no longer convinced that when my ovaries are achy that means anything...?? But that's just me. I have my fx'd for you for a good ovulation!

Shareena - GL testing on Monday!! Fx'd for you!!

IWantMyTurn - good luck with your u/s today! I can't wait to hear about it! I don't tend to get + opt's, so hopefully they'll find nice fat follies and they can trigger you!

MK - I don't mind those that get bfp's to stick around! They can feed our obsession to know all the details of what it took for them.

s08 - sorry it looks like af is finding you! Argh!!

AFM - 5 dpo. Not obsessing, thank goodness! My temps are fabulous so far, so I'm pleased.

It was the nurse I spoke to, and I too thought that was really strange for her to say not to count it yet. I was suppose to have 2 more days of it but I decided to stop taking them so my "real" AF will get here before this bleeding stops...hopefully. Im thinking it should start around Friday. I do have to say that this weird bleeding I have going on right now is not like a normal period for me. I spot in the morning, bleed for a couple hours, spot for about another hour, then its gone until the next day. The cramps come and go with the bleeding. Usually when I havent had a cycle in a few months its one killer witch, and TMI: clots the size of golf balls, and since I havent had that yet, Im assuming that is what to come. I guess I thought it might be different this time because my last dr gave me 200mg once a day of prometrium for 10 days and my new dr gave me 200mg twice a day for 10 days. So...I guess we will see in a few days.

 

[LolaM]

I am still not experiencing any PMS symptoms hehehe 6 more days

yeahhh..I just realized that I am about to ovulate and i have had NO cm at all , so I think I might have to visit my dr and see whats going on there and what I can do about that

 

[Cridge]

Cridge - yes it is my first cycle after a m/c. I was surprised they didn't want me to sit out a cycle but they said I could go ahead. I too think my hormones could be affected by it (and also b/c I took femara evenings of days 6-10 instead of 5-9 due to holiday schedules), but yesterday the nurse told me neither of those should affect my cycle.

I took 5 mg of femara. What is strange is that she recommends I do next cycle with metformin only to see how I do on it alone. I am impatient and think upping my dosage of femara would be a better bet!

PS, I am also in Colorado

Yay for colorado! Are you north or south of denver? Or I guess you could be east or west as well.

I think you're fine to have not waited a cycle out before trying again, but in my totally non-professional opinion I would say your hormones are just trying to get things figured out after the m/c. If it were me, I'd want to do another cycle with femara as well, but that's because I have experience with metformin not working. It might work for you! Maybe it would be good to give your body a rest cycle...???

Good luck with whatever you decide to do! Our bodies are so hard to figure out!

 

[beaniekins]

We are north, between Denver and Boulder. Love it here although it was cold today!

 

[Mommyagain]

Well just an update: cd34 today. No af and tested with dollar store test that claims to detect 25miu yesterday and got bfn. Didnt bother testing this morning. I dont know whats going on. On clomid whenn I ovulated I would start by now.

 

[MKHewson]

OMG my head cold wont go away, I caved and took some sinus meds LOL I could not go another night.

 

[MrsCompass]

Hello Ladies - Good Morning!!!!!!

Went in today for my u/s and b/w. Follies check .. we have 10+ on each side.
Got my Femara and I will be taking 2.5mg each night for the next 5nights until Sunday.
Here we go again ...

 

[MKHewson]

Hello Ladies - Good Morning!!!!!!

Went in today for my u/s and b/w. Follies check .. we have 10+ on each side.
Got my Femara and I will be taking 2.5mg each night for the next 5nights until Sunday.
Here we go again ...

Fingers crossed that this month is your month Mrs. C I am 10 dpo.....no sign of anything LOL

 

[IwantMyTurn]

Hello Ladies - Good Morning!!!!!!

Went in today for my u/s and b/w. Follies check .. we have 10+ on each side.
Got my Femara and I will be taking 2.5mg each night for the next 5nights until Sunday.
Here we go again ...

Good luck Mrs!

And this may be a dumb question, but is 10+ good? I know nothing about follies at this point, as this is my first medicated cycle.

 

[Mrs.Stinski]

Im calling this CD 1. Called and scheduled my CD 12 scan for the 29th. And just because I feel the need to tell someone.....I am so bloated I feel like a freaking house and I have cramps the size of Texas.

 

[MrsCompass]

@itwantmyturn: yes, 10+ follies on each side is very good. I wish I knew the exact number. I've had 15 on each side before and released 2 mature eggs. I hope out of those 20+ follicles, I will get 1 good mature and release it for my IUI. HCG Trigger Shot should help.

I'm going back on Monday for more u/s and b/w. I will let you know the size of the follicles.

@MK: I like no sign of AF for you!! Fingers crossed, and toes and eyes too!!!!!!!!!!! May this be your month!!!!

@MrsStinski: Welcome to DAY#1! Let the fun begin and may this be the beginning of your BFP! Grab a hotpack .. it should ease the cramps a bit. If you're not at home, maybe use a water bottle as a hot pack? But YAAAAAHHH!!! for Day #1!

 

[jchic]

Hey All!

I had my back to back IUI's this week! Monday and Tuesday - although I think I timed them wrong Monday I got a +opk on the digi and went in for the first IUI at 2pm. Tuesday got another +opk on the digi and went in at 10am. I thought for SURE I Ovulated yesterday BUT today no temp rise....I did have a negative opk today so I think I may have been ovulating late last night into this AM....we did BD last night for insurance and will again tonight as well...thoughts?

 

[Mrs.Stinski]

@itwantmyturn: yes, 10+ follies on each side is very good. I wish I knew the exact number. I've had 15 on each side before and released 2 mature eggs. I hope out of those 20+ follicles, I will get 1 good mature and release it for my IUI. HCG Trigger Shot should help.

I'm going back on Monday for more u/s and b/w. I will let you know the size of the follicles.

@MK: I like no sign of AF for you!! Fingers crossed, and toes and eyes too!!!!!!!!!!! May this be your month!!!!

@MrsStinski: Welcome to DAY#1! Let the fun begin and may this be the beginning of your BFP! Grab a hotpack .. it should ease the cramps a bit. If you're not at home, maybe use a water bottle as a hot pack? But YAAAAAHHH!!! for Day #1!

Thanks!! Im excited about this cycle because I wasnt being "watched" so to speak by my old doctor, but Im a bit nervous about the new meds and the whole 12 day scan thing...can you tell me about it?