July IUI, anyone?

[WishesK]

TTCisapain- glad you got the green light to proceed! I've had residual follicles/cysts at the beginning of each cycle- scared me too but I'm happy you can start!

I hope I can joing you all in the tww~!!

Thanks everyone for your responses. We decided to convert to IVF this morning (!!) However, as seems to be par for the course with me, I got a call from the Nurse literally 1 hour after the appointment saying my bloodwork showed my LH was starting to rise, I needed to take a shot of Orgulatron (sp?) ASAP- so I did it in the bathroom at work. Classy. Tomorrow hopefully it will have worked, if not the nurse said IVF will be cancelled. If i wasn't so emotionally drained, I would laugh. Oh well what can you do!!

Thanks again to you all for your responses/help!! muchos appreciated

 

[tlm]

Hang in there WishesK! Fx that the shot works and you can proceed tomorrow!!

 

[jen1019]

Keeping my fingers crossed! I just had my IUI a bit ago. Everything went well. No infection in DH's SA this time- 12mil. So everything was looking good. I have a good feeling, and hoping this will be it. No to be patient for two weeks... Like that's gonna happen!

Hope everyone else is hanging in there!

 

[alicatt]

Hey ladies!

I just had IUI#2 (IUI #1 was last month and was not successful). This time I did it in Canada, and the experience was way more intimate, and exciting. The clinic I went to is in a smaller town so they do things in a little more relaxed fashion. They gave me the vial of my donor sperm to hold while it defrosted, I guess the warmth of my hands helped it along. As did my talking to them! HEHE. Telling them to swim long and hard! LOL Then she pulled out the microscope and put a small amount on there to make sure that they were active and motile. I got to take a peek too! How cool is that? They were like little silver tadpoles wiggling around. It was an awesome experience, and I am feeling really good about this month!

 

[alicatt]

As for the rest of you all!

jen1019 - looks like we can be 2WW buddies, since we both had our IUIs on the same day. That is way cool

WishesK - I think you made the right decision to try the IVF, and hopefully before too long the implantation will occur! I guess if you were starting to surge, then they probably wanted to stop the surge, so that they had time to harvest them? FX'd and GL and

fisher640 - when was your IUI? How many DPO are you? So happy to have others that are in the same boat and doing the 2WW!

Any to everyone else.. HI! I hope you are all doing well and you are progressing along really well in the cycle!!

 

[greyhoundmom]

WishesK - FX'd for you!!!

Jen1019 - GL! As Tom Petty says - the waiting is the hardest part

Alicatt - Yay! Glad you were able to get it done in Canada and it sounds like a good experience overall.

I just started my follistim shots this morning - woo hoo (sarcasm...)
I'm doing 225 of follistim am and pm and 20 units of microdose lupron am and pm. Hopefully 3rd time's a charm for me!

I only read the last page so I don't know what everyone else is up to - hope you are all doing well.

 

[sweetc]

WishesK - best of luck on your IVF conversion!

And FX for everyone else on the thread...I'm in for a long two weeks as it is only 3dpo and I'm already going nuts!

 

[KBrain3377]

Fingers crossed for everyone. We just did our 3rd IUI this morning (CD15) and first with clomid. We had three matures follies, and one medium one at our ultrasound on CD14. DH's total motile sperm count was 5.2 million, which is disappointing, but we'll hope that a miracle happens!

Sweetc - good luck with your IUI this cycle, maybe 3rd time will be a charm? I really enjoyed reading your blog that you have linked on here - this ttc business is so frustrating and I would not wish it on anybody, but it's nice to know there are other people out there in the same boat who are willing to share their experiences. Thanks for that!

 

[tulip1975]

Wow - we are getting busy on this thread....IUIs happening daily. FX'd for all of you ladies!

Not much new is going on with me. 3 days left before I test. Most of my progesterone side effects have waned, except the fatigue and terrible skin.

 

[tulip1975]

Alicatt - your story is amazing. What a fantastic experience!

WishesK - good luck with your IVF!

 

[Aisak]

Sweetc, really enjoying your blog

 

[ILuvBabies200]

2 10's and a 12 today along with dozens of small ones of course. Bumping up my dose to 2 1/2 amps with another scan Friday! Hoping for a Monday IUI.

 

[TTCinTexas]

Nothing major to report here...I've been sitting on the sidelines I guess.
I finish my last two femara pills tonight and my ultrasound is on Sunday. Normally, I can tell when my ovaries are doing their thing, and I thought I should feel something with this femara, but I haven't felt anything different. Maybe things are happening and I'm just not supposed to feel them. I guess I'll find out on Sunday.

Just looking forward to my IUI so I can have that wonderful

 

[KBrain3377]

Good luck! I was going to respond that I would have converted to an IVF too. Sending good vibes your way for tomorrow, let us know how it turns out. FX!!!!!

 

[KBrain3377]

So I'm not sure if I'm DPO 3 or 4 - I had the IUI on Saturday, but my opt had been positive for a few days due to the trigger shot (grrr, so annoying that it reacts to that, and has been showing a steady positive for the last 4 days!). So I'm not all that sure as to my exact ovulation date, since I stopped temping due to my obsessive personality But I'll say it's DPO 3. Do any of the other ladies here in the tww want to start in on any symptom spotting? So far I've only had slight cramping, mostly on the left side, and not much else. Not very exciting, but I'm just trying to pass the time. Join me if you're in ttw too!

 

[fisher640]

Ali I'll be 4dpiui in the AM.
I'm pretty sure I O'd the day before. They swear to come in the day after the positive but I seem to O every day I get a positive. :-/

 

[KBrain3377]

Wow - we are getting busy on this thread....IUIs happening daily. FX'd for all of you ladies!

Not much new is going on with me. 3 days left before I test. Most of my progesterone side effects have waned, except the fatigue and terrible skin.

Tulip I can't believe how patient you're being, I wish I had that kind of will power! I'm also on progesterone, using the Crinone gel and not really sure if it gives me any side effects or if its in my head. Good luck to you!

 

[LaurenM.]

So I'm not sure if I'm DPO 3 or 4 - I had the IUI on Saturday, but my opt had been positive for a few days due to the trigger shot (grrr, so annoying that it reacts to that, and has been showing a steady positive for the last 4 days!). So I'm not all that sure as to my exact ovulation date, since I stopped temping due to my obsessive personality But I'll say it's DPO 3. Do any of the other ladies here in the tww want to start in on any symptom spotting? So far I've only had slight cramping, mostly on the left side, and not much else. Not very exciting, but I'm just trying to pass the time. Join me if you're in ttw too!

I, too, had positive OPKs for 4 days with my trigger shot. I tested my trigger out, first negative hcg test two days ago at 7/9 - 6dp trigger. Had my IUI 7/5 so that makes me 6 dpiui. I have had severe bloating. Which is kind of unusual for me. I've had this at an increasing rate since 1dpiui. Weird vivid dreams. Last night I was nauseous and this morning I have heart burn. Will start testing daily on Sunday ( who am I kidding, probably Saturday) at 9-10 dpiui.

 

[sweetc]

Thanks for the nice notes on the blog! It is pretty therapeutic to write.

I have a weird 2ww symptom (??) - itchy feet! When I did IVF, we thought I was allergic to the oil in the progesterone shot since I got these horribly itchy feet when taking it. However, I noticed that on natural cycles after that, I'd get mildly itchy feet only at night about 7dpo that trailed off until my period started - so I think may be allergic to my own progesterone. However, this time, I'm 3/4 dpo and my feet are driving me crazy even during the day. Probably not a pregnancy symptom, but maybe it means more than one egg (and therefore more progesterone)?

Weird, I know

Other than that, I feel twinges here and there, but really nothing of substance.

 

[KBrain3377]

Sweettc - that is a new one, made me laugh! But you never know, could be a symptom.