IUI Buddies

[ILoveme29]

@TTC welcome and sure you can join, has your Dr. discussed other meds for you?. after trying Clomid twice it didn't work then moved to Femara (letrozole) and got my first ever bfp, unfortunately ended in MC but it did work, I think 5 tries on one medication can be a bit much. have you done iui before?

 

[TTC_Monsie]

@ILove no I haven't done iui before that will be our first go on it. The Dr's said I have pcos but it can't be too severe as my cycle regulate a bit more. With my previous meds my cycles was all messed up so hopefully if it makes me ovulate because I did ovulate irregular but atleast I did the last few months. Heheheh and how r u ladies doing? Any good news?

 

[ILoveme29]

@TTC okay so iui increases your chances wish you the best with that. I have mild PCOS as well, normal menstrual but fail to produce a mature follicle (that sucks). I know this may seem difficult but patience is what it takes

AFM no symptoms which is extremely odd. but don't want to think too much of it 7 more days until testing.

 

[amanda1235]

Bey all, unfortunately no good news for me. Feeling a bit better about it now then when I found out Tuesday, but still devastating every time. This next cycle will be skipped, as my clinic is closed for the holidays, so next round in January. How do all you ladies cope with a failed cycle? I've had 3, and still not getting the hang of it hehe.

 

[Hope16]

sorry to hear that amanda. It never gets easier. My past three medicated cycles have been negative. I'm on my third IUI this round and knowing my follicles aren't responding the way I hoped already has me on the verge of tears everyday. There isn't any great advice to be shared other than to look at each new cycle as another chance for that bfp. It's like the same reason people like new years...it's a chance for a fresh start! Feel free to join a group I started...it's Cheers to bfps in 2016. Maybe next year will be our year!

 

[amanda1235]

Great! Will do.
How far along are you in your cycle?

 

[Hope16]

Cd15 for me. I have 3 10mm follies on right and one 13mm on left. They want me back Monday for more bloodwork and ultrasound. I will probably have my IUI next Wednesday. Hopefully these smaller ones grow!

 

[TTC_Monsie]

Goodluck ILove hope u het a big fat bfp!!!!

 

[Hope16]

I went to the doctors this morning and I will be triggering tonight, IUI Wednesday. I've never read about someone getting their bfp with just one mature follicle but I'll just have to keep my fingers crossed a little tighter this time around.

 

[ILoveme29]

@Hope you have to remember the normal for each person is only 1 follicle w/o meds, usually on meds you produce more but it only takes one to make it happen. what size was your follie?

 

[Hope16]

I had two 10mms and a 12mm on my right and an 18mm on my left. The follicles on my right have stalled out. My lining went from a 6.9 to a 7.3 which isn't very good either. Hopefully the 18mm should be about 22mm by Wednesday (my iui day).

 

[ILoveme29]

@Hope Good luck with this cycle and your iui, have you tried Femara plus injections before?

 

[Hope16]

I appreciate the well wishes. They've had me on Gonal F injections. I did one IUI with the ovidrel trigger (it never made me ovulate) and then they switched my trigger to pregnyl and it worked. So I will be doing the pregnyl trigger again. I'm not sure what the differences between the femara and the gonal f are. I wonder what they are going to give my next month for my IVF cycle.

 

[ILoveme29]

@Hope hoping that this cycle works for you, but I know with ivf they will prescribe injections, because they want many follicles and femara and clomid cant do as many as the injections.

 

[amanda1235]

For my IVF I was on menopur and bravelle, as stims, and then orgalutran and ovidrel for ovulation. Lots more injections and appointments for the IVF, but the injections weren't too bad. For my IUI they put me on Gonal F and levaris. Not sure what the difference is, I THINK they are the same class of drugs.

 

[Hope16]

@Amanda.... I see in your signature you did one round of IVF?? How many follicles did you produce? Did you stim for long?? At what point do they decide to remove the follicles? Sorry for so many questions...I plan on doing IVF next month and I'm curious to know.

 

[amanda1235]

No problem for the questions! I stimmed for 7 days, and had 13 eggs at retrieval on day 10, 12 mature. I do have a shorter cycle though (23-26 days) so that may be why I reaponded so early. They wait until you have follicles at at least 18, then trigger and do retrieval 36 hours later. Also as soon as you have follicles over 14mm, you start taking another injection to STOP you from ovulating until trigger time. I'm happy to answer any IVF questions, lol I was a nervous wreck before the first one. So anything to help! Do you mind if I ask what your fertility diagnosis is?

 

[Hope16]

I guess it's unexplained infertility. My doctor mentioned it could be borderline pcos but I don't have all the symptoms that go along with it (not obese, no facial hair etc). I just don't ovulate every month and my cycles are normally long and unpredictable. Plus my hormone levels are confusing. They fluctuate randomly throughout my cycle and its been giving my doctors a difficult time at pinpointing my LH surge. At the beginning of every women's cycle, their LH is 0. Mine this cycle was 15. When most women hit an LH of 20, they ovulate. Mine has a surge at 20...but then keeps surging at 30-40. Every month I start off between 20-30 follicles in my ovaries. So they keep me at a very low dose of gonal f (I've tried 50iu, 62.5iu and 75iu) to make sure I don't become overstimulated. But even so, I'm lucky to see 1 or 2 become mature. The rest never do anything. So I'm hoping they give me a higher dose of the gonal f and give me a better chance at a higher retrieval number for the ivf.

 

[amanda1235]

Oh wow, that's a really high Antral follicle count! I think mine is about 11. I'm sure they will adjust your dose, and they will completely control your ovulation so that won't be a worry. Maybe they'll even switch your meds to something different. Over stimulation is not fun (so I've heard), but they'll monitor it, and there are ways to deal with it if you do get it also. Very exciting to be trying something new! I would have continued IVF, but since the government cut the funding after my frozen cycle, we decided that since we were going to switch to using a donor anyways, we might as well try at least 3 cycles of IUI first since it's still covered under Medicare.

 

[KatieSweet]

Hi ladies, can I join in too?

My name is Katie (32; DH38). We've been TTC since April '14. Got my BFP Jun '14 but sadly ended in MC. Haven't been able to conceive on our own ever since.
Was diagnosed with endometriosis stage 2-3 this summer and had a laparoscopy to confirm it. Currently have an endometriosis cyst (endometrioma) on my right ovary, but my tubes are wide open so we've started IUI.

This is my first cycle (Clomid 100mg on CD3-7) and I'm currently on CD12. There's a trigger shot in my fridge. I usually ovulate around CD15/16.
Two follies were detected on Monday, 12mm and 13mm. This morning I had another scan, and now I have a total of 6 follies, all still under 14mm.. my lining is 6.6 now. I'm being closely monitored (another scan tomorrow) to see if they progress beyond that. In my country it's normal to cancel a cycle if there are more than 3 mature follies. At this point I'm just hoping for one of them to mature.