IUI Jan/Feb/March/Apr/May 2012 - Status updates on page one 12 bfp

[oneof14]

Oneof14 - What is considered good lining?

Good Luck Everyone!!!!

Equal, I am Soo thrilled for you!! xoxo

Hopeful, is absolutely correct. That is what my office tells me. I am no sure why they even attempted to do the IUI with a lining of 5. It was my first IUI and I didnt even think to ask. AFTER the IUI the nurse tells me, well your lining is a little thin... Gee, thanks.

 

[isela]

tomorrow is CD10 and going to have a follie scand hoping to have two follies FX!!

Good luck, I'm right behind you, my CD10 scan is tomorrow!!

GL with you scan tomorrow, so this month we almost in the same days
I hope i dont ovulated early like last month

 

[oneof14]

tomorrow is CD10 and going to have a follie scand hoping to have two follies FX!!

Good luck, I'm right behind you, my CD10 scan is tomorrow!!

GL with you scan tomorrow, so this month we almost in the same days
I hope i dont ovulated early like last month

Yes, I am hoping to have the IUI on Tuesday and Wednesday. I hope not!! GL with your scans as well. I will update tomorrow.

 

[Pink Lolly]

Hi Girls - sorry I've not been in for a while

I'm just over half way through the 2ww now and feeling remarkably chilled out - had a few wobbles but mostly ok.

Hope everyone else is doing well - congrats to all those with I love seeing iui s! to those with and to everyone with me in the 2ww!

 

[diliapickle]

Feeling really down today. Just had IUI and only had 1.2 mil which is the worst we have ever had. And normally morning of IUI I get a + OPK but today it was negative and I do not feel any O pains like last time. I also saw a new doctor since mine is on vacation and he was not as nice and reassuring as mine is. Then I walked out to check out and someone had their baby with them and it was just too much. I barely made it to the car where I broke down. I know that we still have a shot tomorrow and that could be it. But I was just so devastated when I saw our numbers the lowest yet! trying to stay positive for tomorrows but having a rough time.

 

[bastetgrrl]

Pink Lolly - FXD for you. When is your OTD?

 

[Nicker]

Dilia. It only takes one. I have seen ladies get with such a count.

 

[drsquid]

ultrasound done. 3 follicles on each side in the greater than 10mm range. no dominant follicle. a few small ones. got e2 drawn and the doc will call me tonight. i go back monday for another us. i also remembered to ask about working out and as i suspected he said be careful with lots of jumping up and down but other than that, no big deal, the risk is super low.

oh and my lining was already pretty thick and trilaminar

 

[Pink Lolly]

Pink Lolly - FXD for you. When is your OTD?

It's next Thursday 5th April so I'm just ahead of you!

Fx for us both

 

[DaisyQ]

Squid, that's awesome! Grow follies grow!

Dilia - I have also seen success stories with counts of 1 million (and below). Look at it this way - you also have a shot tomorrow, right?

Also, for tomorrow, tell DH to take his time and "make it good" - there has been some research that the more turned on the guy is, and the better/stronger the orgasm, the better the sperm sample. Anecdotally, this was true for us. First SA was just a quickie, no muss no fuss - 70 something million. The second one he took his time and availed himself of the uh... materials provided, and 137 million - he almost doubled his count. It's worth a try anyway.

And as Nicker said, it just takes one.

My fertility place has a ban on bringing children. I kind of like it!

 

[bastetgrrl]

Dilia. It only takes one. I have seen ladies get with such a count.

Completely agree...it only takes one!

 

[diliapickle]

Squid, that's awesome! Grow follies grow!

Dilia - I have also seen success stories with counts of 1 million (and below). Look at it this way - you also have a shot tomorrow, right?

Also, for tomorrow, tell DH to take his time and "make it good" - there has been some research that the more turned on the guy is, and the better/stronger the orgasm, the better the sperm sample. Anecdotally, this was true for us. First SA was just a quickie, no muss no fuss - 70 something million. The second one he took his time and availed himself of the uh... materials provided, and 137 million - he almost doubled his count. It's worth a try anyway.

And as Nicker said, it just takes one.

My fertility place has a ban on bringing children. I kind of like it!

Thanks! I hadn't heard about being more turned on can help but I will make sure to tell him to take his time tomorrow! Anything to help

And I am feeling better and more positive now, I think the extra hormones I did this cycle might be messing with me extra this month! I am not normally a crier so having that reaction shocked me!

 

[DaisyQ]

It's totally understandable. These hormones are NOT playing around. I teared up at some commercial or preview at the movies last weekend - SO unlike me. My emotions are just so near the surface.

 

[L4hope]

Feeling really down today. Just had IUI and only had 1.2 mil which is the worst we have ever had. And normally morning of IUI I get a + OPK but today it was negative and I do not feel any O pains like last time. I also saw a new doctor since mine is on vacation and he was not as nice and reassuring as mine is. Then I walked out to check out and someone had their baby with them and it was just too much. I barely made it to the car where I broke down. I know that we still have a shot tomorrow and that could be it. But I was just so devastated when I saw our numbers the lowest yet! trying to stay positive for tomorrows but having a rough time.

Hope you have good numbers for tomorrow! I wish my doc did two doses of IUI, we only get one. I think no babies at the office is a great idea. I have a bridal shower to go to tomorrow and I know my friend is bringing her baby along. As emotional as Ive been this week I'm sure the sight of her will make me cry! We just have to keep the positive energy flowing that out time is yet to come! (hopefully sooner rather than later)

 

[haj624]

Sorry it took me some time to write, I think I was just absoribing everying the past day or so. So I went back to the RE on Tuesday and got all of our blood results back. My husbands blood work all came back fine. Then he got to me. Well my CD 21 bloods confirmed that I'm not ovulating on my own. He said I may once in a while, but I'm not all the time. Then he told me I have a blood clotting issue. I have something called MTHFR (I know...when I looked at it I thought the same thing). It's a gene mutation that causes my blood to clot at a higher rate. So he put me on 4 more mg of folic acid a day, so I'm taking 5 mg total with my prenatals. Something interesting he also told me was that when I was little I got my measels mumps and rubella shot, either it didn't work or somehow the rubella part is not longer in my body. He said I needed to get that shot done before I could get pregnant. He also said within two months of getting that, I wasn't allowed to conceive. My heart sank to the ground when he said that. I know two months isn't a long time but in ttc world it seems like forever. Although we started discussing our next steps and he said since I have already done IUI and clomid he thinks the best bet for us would be IVF with ICSI due to dh's morphology. Which essesntially is they actually insert the sperm into the egg. He said due to my PCOS we would do a long protocol of medicine and realistically since we're doing that, getting the shot is only pushing us back a few weeks. He also told me losing a little weight would be a good idea to get a better handle on my PCOS. So he told me to call when I got my period and we would see if we could start medication this month or the following cycle.

So I headed home and when dh got there I was trying to explain everything to him. He had questions about MTHFR that I didn't have answers for so we looked it up online. WORST IDEA EVER!!! The first thing that pops up is MTHFR and pregnancy. In it it says that woman with MTHFR are more like to miscarry and are more likely to give their child chromosonal deformities like down syndrome. Well with that the flood gates opened and I was sobbing in his lap. My main thing was if thats the case that I could give our child chromosonal deformities like that, could I really do that to a child?? But in the same token I felt like my doctor would have brought it up if it was that great of a chance.

The next morning I woke up with AF in full force. So I called the doctors office and scheduled a sonogram and blood work . I asked them about what I found online and I spoke to the nurse and she said yes, that is a possibility but thats why the doctor but me on more folic acid to reduce to risk greatly. That made me feel a little better. I called my primary doctor to schedule getting my Rubella shot. I told her about the MTHFR and she told me yes, you will have to be on blood thinners when you get pregnant. Now, I was very confused about that because my RE told me on Tuesday night that they wouldn't put me on blood thinners. Soooo thats something I will have to address when I got to my RE tomorrow.

I also spoke to the RE's office about how much this was all going to cost. Our insurance covers 3 IVF in your lifetime and they cover 75% of it. So they told us, our total due would come out to about $2000 per cycle. Which in the scheme of things isn't that bad...but it doesn't include any medications. She also told us it all has to be approved by the insurance first. I asked my Mom about that because she deals with health insurance stuff at work all the time and she told me that is totally normal. I can't imagine why they wouldn't cover it. The woman told me she was going to put the paperwork in yesterday and we should know within 2 days. So I'm hoping we have answers on that and whether or not we're starting meds or not this cycle by Monday.

So at the moment, I think we'll be looking at a late May/late June IVF....let's hope this is the first step to my success story

 

[Hopeful42nd]

Haj- I am so sorry you are facing so many issues
You are handling it like a trooper too! I cant see why your insurance wouldn't cover it, as you have proven documentation it's necessary and tried the other means available already. I think things are going to work out fine for you, just your road has a bit of a detour on it.
Nothing I can say will make it easier but I feel for you and your DH. This is going to make you two stronger as a couple. I sincerely hope you keep us posted when you get back on your ttc journey.

 

[Hopeful42nd]

Feeling really down today. Just had IUI and only had 1.2 mil which is the worst we have ever had. And normally morning of IUI I get a + OPK but today it was negative and I do not feel any O pains like last time. I also saw a new doctor since mine is on vacation and he was not as nice and reassuring as mine is. Then I walked out to check out and someone had their baby with them and it was just too much. I barely made it to the car where I broke down. I know that we still have a shot tomorrow and that could be it. But I was just so devastated when I saw our numbers the lowest yet! trying to stay positive for tomorrows but having a rough time.

Hope you have good numbers for tomorrow! I wish my doc did two doses of IUI, we only get one. I think no babies at the office is a great idea. I have a bridal shower to go to tomorrow and I know my friend is bringing her baby along. As emotional as Ive been this week I'm sure the sight of her will make me cry! We just have to keep the positive energy flowing that out time is yet to come! (hopefully sooner rather than later)

Sorry, but I wholeheartedly disagree with you that the very goal of each and every person in that fertility clinic seeks (a baby) should be banned from it. Most likely that child was created because of that staff, and that person still has fertility issues and has as much a right as anyone to be there seeking help again, child in tow. Yes it's an emotional thing to be going though, but you can't simply turn off the world because you don't wish to face it.
I'm not trying to be rude to anyone and I totally understand as I've been there, twice now, it's simply my personal point of view.
I didn't attend a baby shower when we had a failed IUI because my emotional state. That was my choice and I still sent along a gift and saw her myself later.

 

[diliapickle]

It's totally understandable. These hormones are NOT playing around. I teared up at some commercial or preview at the movies last weekend - SO unlike me. My emotions are just so near the surface.

Thanks, yeah I forget what these hormones do to us and forget sometimes that I have even taken them and then they come and surprise me and I remember oh yeah... haha

Hope you have good numbers for tomorrow! I wish my doc did two doses of IUI, we only get one. I think no babies at the office is a great idea. I have a bridal shower to go to tomorrow and I know my friend is bringing her baby along. As emotional as Ive been this week I'm sure the sight of her will make me cry! We just have to keep the positive energy flowing that out time is yet to come! (hopefully sooner rather than later)

Thank you! I do feel much better knowing that i have another shot tomorrow. And that one will hopefully be just after ovulation so the timing will be better anyways!

Dilia. It only takes one. I have seen ladies get with such a count.

Completely agree...it only takes one!

Thank you both!

 

[DaisyQ]

Haj, wow, that's a lot to deal with. if it makes you feel any better, ive seen lots of women with that mutation go on to get bfps and healthy babies.

You should ask your doc about baby aspirin.

 

[fertilesoul]

Feeling really down today. Just had IUI and only had 1.2 mil which is the worst we have ever had. ...But I was just so devastated when I saw our numbers the lowest yet! trying to stay positive for tomorrows but having a rough time.

Diliapickle, I'm so sorry dear. I was stunned and speechless when my IUI had a count of 1.2 million as well. I had NO hope it would work and even my doc started telling me how to get on the IVF program once my period came. He pretty much did the IUI and said sorry for the bad news. So you can imagine my surprise when I got a BFP 14 days later! The only reason I took an HPT was to get the torture over it because I had AF symptoms and no pregnancy symptoms. Also my clinic doesn't let us to more than one IUI per cycle so that 1.2 million sperm were my only shot that month. Wishing you the best outcome and a BFP very soon.