IUI December Buddies

[Kat S]

Congratulations BMA! That is amazing! Good luck at your Beta tomorrow!

Sorry I have been MIA. I have a nasty cold and it took over. Started the crione today.

That's to help with progesterone, right? What does it do exactly?

AFM, I have been taking my prenatal vitamins, my DHEA pills, my baby aspirin, and using a heating pad for 20 min and night before bed and 20 min in the morning after I wake up. I drank 8 glasses of water yesterday as I heard water is good for, well, everything. I miss my Coke!! LOL!

My castor oil pack kit should come today. Here's an article about it to explain:
https://laurasfertilitysupportinfo.blogspot.com/2012/05/castor-oil-packs.html

Sounds messy, but I'll do anything.

Looking forward to Friday morning to see if any of this stuff has had any effect. I hope it doesn't take weeks to make a difference as I was hoping it would help with follicles right now for this cycle.

Husband hit a surface vein when he gave me my injection last night and ...uh...it got messy. He's such a bull in a china shop!! I'm ok, though.

 

[Bma11]

Thank you!

Hope you get to feeling better!!

 

[karenh]

How did you girls' appointments ngo this morning?!?

Kat sorry about the vien, that would not be fun.

 

[Bma11]

Kat- I've known a few girls on bnb to do the castor oil pack. Hethir Rodriguez (google her) also has fertility massage and shows you how to use the pack as well!

Karen- how are you feeling?

AFM- I got my beta results in today and it is at 191

 

[Kat S]

Kat- I've known a few girls on bnb to do the castor oil pack. Hethir Rodriguez (google her) also has fertility massage and shows you how to use the pack as well!

Karen- how are you feeling?

AFM- I got my beta results in today and it is at 191

Yay for a + beta!! I hope it keeps going up!!

Thinking of you, Karen

AFM, I'm working on my PMA. I will have two or more mature follicles!! There is a baby in my near future!

 

[karenh]

It sounds like things are going well for you girls! BMA those are great numbers, when is your next beta? Kat good luck with your PMA, and I keep up the good vibes! There is a baby in your near future!

AFM: I am starting to feel better from my cold. I am in the middle of my tww and it is going so much smoother than my last one. I am not symptom spotting because I know anything I think is a symptom is probably caused from the trigger. Let me tell you, my nipples were so sore for a little bit I couldn’t even sleep on my stomach. I can now, but they are still sensitive. Yikes! My beta is Monday, but I am going to POAS Sunday and hope I have a great Father’s Day present for DH. It will take a miracle.

 

[Bma11]

Karen- I had my second beta today and my number went from 191 to 599. I feel so much better but I still can't believe this is real. I go in for another beta on Thursday and then next Tuesday we will go for an ultrasound. She said we should be able to see something in my uterus.

I hope you get a bfp!!! Sunday can't come fast enough. I'm a POAS addict and currently still POAS!

 

[Kat S]

BMA, that is so exciting!! I can't wait until your u/s!!

Karen, you are so strong to not symptom spot! I need to learn to stop doing that. I try every time, but then I get so hopeful and excited that I fall under the symptom spotting spell. I get hurt every time!

AFM, I'm still chanting for multiple follicles and drinking my water and taking my pills, but I admit that after one night of that icky, sticky castor oil pack, I didn't do it again. I will feel really guilty about it if my follicles don't improve.

 

[karenh]

Karen- I had my second beta today and my number went from 191 to 599. I feel so much better but I still can't believe this is real. I go in for another beta on Thursday and then next Tuesday we will go for an ultrasound. She said we should be able to see something in my uterus.

I hope you get a bfp!!! Sunday can't come fast enough. I'm a POAS addict and currently still POAS!

That jump is great! I am so excited for you! I really hope everything keeps going so well. I can't wait for your first ultrasound!

 

[karenh]

BMA, that is so exciting!! I can't wait until your u/s!!

Karen, you are so strong to not symptom spot! I need to learn to stop doing that. I try every time, but then I get so hopeful and excited that I fall under the symptom spotting spell. I get hurt every time!

AFM, I'm still chanting for multiple follicles and drinking my water and taking my pills, but I admit that after one night of that icky, sticky castor oil pack, I didn't do it again. I will feel really guilty about it if my follicles don't improve.

Thanks! Believe me it is really just all from God and him knowing that last month litteraly was all I could handle and this month I needed a break. However, what I am currently doing is trying my darndest not to think about anything going on with my body unless it relates to my cold. If anything pops into my head I just blame it on the trigger and move on. I hope I can stay this calm and controled as the weekend gets here.


So sorry the caster oil packs weren't for you. When is your follicle check?

 

[Kat S]

My follicle check was this morning. I seem to have one at 15mm and two others that are smaller and we're not sure if they'll surge or not. So it looks like one for this cycle. Two more days of injectables and I go back Thursday for another check.

 

[karenh]

My follicle check was this morning. I seem to have one at 15mm and two others that are smaller and we're not sure if they'll surge or not. So it looks like one for this cycle. Two more days of injectables and I go back Thursday for another check.

Ugh! I am so sorry! It is so frustrating to only get one. Hopefully on Thursday one or more catch up. Are you thinking about next cycle yet or just hoping this one works?

 

[Kat S]

Wait, unexpected good news! Doc called with my estrogen levels, and they are already way better than trigger day last month! They think another follicle might come out from behind. That would be amazing! So it turns out the Bravelle is helping after all. I feel much better

 

[karenh]

Wait, unexpected good news! Doc called with my estrogen levels, and they are already way better than trigger day last month! They think another follicle might come out from behind. That would be amazing! So it turns out the Bravelle is helping after all. I feel much better

That is amazing! Wonderful! I hope this is really it for you.

 

[Kat S]

My appointment is in just over an hour. I feel the same way I did in school right before a big test! I've "studied" and done all I can to prepare. Soon I'll know if I got one follie (please god, at least!), or two (preferred, obviously).

I know it is more likely that I only have one, but I admit I'll be crushed. My hopes are up for two ever since the office called and said my estrogen was at 300-something on Tuesday, when last month it was only at 212 on trigger day. I wonder, if there is only one, do my raised estrogen levels mean it's a good egg? Maybe that other follie didn't even have anything in it last month? I'm not sure how that works. Can a follie "mature" if there's nothing in it?

 

[karenh]

My appointment is in just over an hour. I feel the same way I did in school right before a big test! I've "studied" and done all I can to prepare. Soon I'll know if I got one follie (please god, at least!), or two (preferred, obviously).

I know it is more likely that I only have one, but I admit I'll be crushed. My hopes are up for two ever since the office called and said my estrogen was at 300-something on Tuesday, when last month it was only at 212 on trigger day. I wonder, if there is only one, do my raised estrogen levels mean it's a good egg? Maybe that other follie didn't even have anything in it last month? I'm not sure how that works. Can a follie "mature" if there's nothing in it?

I don't know a whole lot about estrogen leves, this was my first cycle they even monitored them. On trigger day with my one follicle I was at 300. I had some othered that had grown some but not big enough to be mature, so I don't know if that effects it or not. I think it is possible to there to be follicles withouth eggs in it becuase friends going in for egg retrieval say there were 20 follicles, they got 18 eggs, 15 were mature... things like that. I hope you have two big juicy follicles in there and that this is it!

 

[Kat S]

True about follicles with no eggs! They did tell me that numbers don't lie and if your estrogen is 200-300, you've got an egg in there

So I had FOUR growing follicles!! 2 at 18 and two more that are close behind. I'm so thrilled! So another night or two of Bravelle and IUI Saturday, I think!

 

[karenh]

True about follicles with no eggs! They did tell me that numbers don't lie and if your estrogen is 200-300, you've got an egg in there

So I had FOUR growing follicles!! 2 at 18 and two more that are close behind. I'm so thrilled! So another night or two of Bravelle and IUI Saturday, I think!

That is awesome! Congratulations! This is so going to be it for you!

 

[Kat S]

I hope so!!

They just called with this morning's estrogen levels, and I'm at 562. She said I'm likely to end up with 2-3 mature follicles by Ovulation. So happy!! I just hope the side with two mature follicles is the side that ovulates.

 

[karenh]

I hope so!!

They just called with this morning's estrogen levels, and I'm at 562. She said I'm likely to end up with 2-3 mature follicles by Ovulation. So happy!! I just hope the side with two mature follicles is the side that ovulates.

That is great! You can ovulate from both sides you know!