..~:: IUI & Clomid ::~.. anyone?

[Oculi83]

Kindmomma, welcome! I wish I could help. What does your RE think?

Strawberry, my ER is on Tuesday. So, one more day to go.
Good luck for your IUI!

Cjohnson, that's awesome! Good luck to you as well!

Lucinda, It's great that you're getting a second opinion and totally understandable that you're a bit upset. I hope the new RE will be able to shed some light on what went wrong!

Missy, I had to go to the clinic for the trigger shot coz it was given intramuscular. Last time I had a trigger shot, they injected it into my bum. Was a bit painful but not that bad. This time they injected it into my thigh muscle. Boy, that hurt! Next time I'll ask them to inject it into my bum again.

 

[Cjohnson13]

First iui was today, 29.5 million post wash!

 

[missy545]

Missy, I had to go to the clinic for the trigger shot coz it was given intramuscular. Last time I had a trigger shot, they injected it into my bum. Was a bit painful but not that bad. This time they injected it into my thigh muscle. Boy, that hurt! Next time I'll ask them to inject it into my bum again.

Ouch! At least you didnt have to do it yourself like a friend of mine

First iui was today, 29.5 million post wash!

Sounds good!

 

[Cjohnson13]

2 nd iui done! 14 million today!

 

[Oculi83]

Cjohnson, those are great numbers!!!!!! I'll keep my fingers crossed for you!

missy, oh wow, goodness! She had to do it herself???? Don't think I could have gotten myself to do that!

AFM, I had ER today. I'm glad it's over. I still feel kinda dizzy and sleepy and I got some mild cramps. On Thursday morning, I'll go in for the ET (that is, if I have any embies left by then). They'll only tell me on Thursday how many of them were mature, how many fertilized and how many have survived.

 

[Strawberry13]

Hi guys happy Tuesday! Oculi congrats on your ER being done. That must be a relief as I've heard that is the worst part. Did they tell you how many eggs total?

Cjohnson those numbers sound good! Now we go into tww. Ugh! but we'll get through it!

Afm I did not have a good weekend with my iuis-my poor DHs count was significantly lower than what it has been. this was such a disappointment and I spent 2 days just crying. They think he must have some kind of infection since his white blood cell count was high so they're going to test him for that. Still kinda makes this cycle a bust so we're really upset right now. Esp since this one wasn't covered by insurance .

 

[Lucinda7981]

Yey for ER being complete and best wishes for Thurs!

 

[Cjohnson13]

Strawberry it only takes 1! Don't give up hope

 

[Oculi83]

Strawberry, thanks! it wasn't that bad. I slept through the whole thing even though before the procedure the anesthesiologist told me I'd probably be aware of what's going on. Lol!
If I remember correctly they retrieved 14 eggs.

I'm sorry to hear your numbers weren't that great. :/ how many post wash?
Stay positive, even with low numbers you can still get your BFP!

Lucinda, thanks! keep us updated on how things are going with you, ok?

 

[Oculi83]

Strawberry, thanks! it wasn't that bad. I slept through the whole thing even though before the procedure the anesthesiologist told me I'd probably be aware of what's going on. Lol!
If I remember correctly they retrieved 14 eggs.

I'm sorry to hear your numbers weren't that great. :/ how many post wash?
Stay positive, even with low numbers you can still get your BFP!

Lucinda, thanks! keep us updated on how things are going with you, ok?

 

[kindmumma]

So i am on my second cycle with IUI using clomid and Ovidrel Trigger. The last scan measured my endometrium to be 5.8mm in thickness.

I am concerned that the second cycle with Clomid will thin it, as ive had a lot of cramping with this lot of clomid.

I have 3-5 days until scan so hope to thicken it by then.

I have been trying to thicken my endometrium by taking (since yesterday)
*Red clover tea
*Raspberry tea
*1 x 100mg asprin per day
*Dong Quai

I read a lot of online blogs etc about how to thicken it , and these things seemed to be the most popular.

Il let you know how it goes !!

 

[Strawberry13]

Oculi those numbers are great! Lots if luck to you. Are you def doing a 3 day transfer or are they gonna see how it goes and let you know later which day they'll transfer?

My numbers were 5m and 12 m motile post wash so def not very good but not completely hopeless. The other thing was that they did them at 24 and 48 hrs post trigger but on the second one the dr showed up obnoxiously late so it was really 50 hrs and I'm afraid the eggs have died by then. Sigh. I guess I'll just try to keep my mind occupied the next 2 weeks...

Kindmumma did your dr say that you should continue on clomid despite the lining decrease? I've heard there are other drugs that don't have that impact on your lining did your dr recommend those for next time? Either way sounds like what you're doing is maximizing your chances!!

 

[Cjohnson13]

Oculi those numbers are great! Lots if luck to you. Are you def doing a 3 day transfer or are they gonna see how it goes and let you know later which day they'll transfer?

My numbers were 5m and 12 m motile post wash so def not very good but not completely hopeless. The other thing was that they did them at 24 and 48 hrs post trigger but on the second one the dr showed up obnoxiously late so it was really 50 hrs and I'm afraid the eggs have died by then. Sigh. I guess I'll just try to keep my mind occupied the next 2 weeks...

Kindmumma did your dr say that you should continue on clomid despite the lining decrease? I've heard there are other drugs that don't have that impact on your lining did your dr recommend those for next time? Either way sounds like what you're doing is maximizing your chances!!

My re says she likes to see 5 million but 10 is great! So def do t count yourself out! And remember u may not even ovulate till 24-48 hours after trigger

 

[missy545]

missy, oh wow, goodness! She had to do it herself???? Don't think I could have gotten myself to do that!

Yup -- they had told her to do it herself, but her aunt (a nurse) came to help her. Mine was subcutaneous, luckily!)

Hi guys happy Tuesday! Oculi congrats on your ER being done. That must be a relief as I've heard that is the worst part. Did they tell you how many eggs total?

Cjohnson those numbers sound good! Now we go into tww. Ugh! but we'll get through it!

Afm I did not have a good weekend with my iuis-my poor DHs count was significantly lower than what it has been. this was such a disappointment and I spent 2 days just crying. They think he must have some kind of infection since his white blood cell count was high so they're going to test him for that. Still kinda makes this cycle a bust so we're really upset right now. Esp since this one wasn't covered by insurance .

It really does only take one! Think happy thoughts!

Strawberry, thanks! it wasn't that bad. I slept through the whole thing even though before the procedure the anesthesiologist told me I'd probably be aware of what's going on. Lol!
If I remember correctly they retrieved 14 eggs.

14 is awesome! Im trying to play catch up after being MIA for a while, when do you find out how many fertilized?

Oculi those numbers are great! Lots if luck to you. Are you def doing a 3 day transfer or are they gonna see how it goes and let you know later which day they'll transfer?

My numbers were 5m and 12 m motile post wash so def not very good but not completely hopeless. The other thing was that they did them at 24 and 48 hrs post trigger but on the second one the dr showed up obnoxiously late so it was really 50 hrs and I'm afraid the eggs have died by then. Sigh. I guess I'll just try to keep my mind occupied the next 2 weeks...

2 weeks always feels like forever...good luck and make lots of plans@!

 

[missy545]

So i am on my second cycle with IUI using clomid and Ovidrel Trigger. The last scan measured my endometrium to be 5.8mm in thickness.

I am concerned that the second cycle with Clomid will thin it, as ive had a lot of cramping with this lot of clomid.

I have 3-5 days until scan so hope to thicken it by then.

I have been trying to thicken my endometrium by taking (since yesterday)
*Red clover tea
*Raspberry tea
*1 x 100mg asprin per day
*Dong Quai

I read a lot of online blogs etc about how to thicken it , and these things seemed to be the most popular.

Il let you know how it goes !!

so sorry, but I know nothing about this!

 

[Oculi83]

Hi ladies,

Just a quick update: just got done with the embryo transfer.
They let us wait for 2 hours and all this while I had to have a full bladder!
Anyway, they transferred 2 embies. I had 14 eggs, 13 were mature, 10 fertilized, 3 were good enough for transfer and 4 are under observation. So, as of now, I got one frostie and if the 4 others do well, they'll freeze them, too.
I didn't get the report yet so, I've no idea abt the grading of the embies.

 

[Cjohnson13]

That's fantastic ocu!

 

[Oculi83]

Cjohnson, I guess it's ok. I'll see what happens. how's everything with you?

Strawberry, those numbers are not too bad! How's the morphology and motility?

kindmumma, I think I read somewhere that viagra is good for thickening the endometrium. Maybe you wanna ask your doc abt it and see if It's an option for you.

How's everyone else doing?

 

[Strawberry13]

Oculi that's great that they had 2 good ones for your transfer! Now you're in the tww with me and cjohnson I'd imagine we're all gonna find out at the same time!

The 5m and 12m were at 100% motility with 3 out of 4 forward progression. They didn't check morphology. Yesterday they had me start on prometrium supplements orally to keep my progesterone high-I slept like a baby! Lol. Have you guys been in those?

Missy I forget where are you at right now with everything??

 

[Cjohnson13]

They put me on progesterone suppositories I think I'd rather do oral meds