July IUI, anyone?

[sweetc]

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!

 

[KBrain3377]

We did our first IUI yesterday morning - I wasn't expecting it to be so quick and easy! The most time consuming part was waiting for the sample to be washed, the lab was running behind and it took almost two hours, but my DH did great with number through the roof, so I'm grateful for that. Now I'm startig the tww - and hoping you ladies can keep help me keep my sanity and maybe keep me from testing wayyyy to early, like I always do. I had three mature follicles after Femara and Manopur, so we'll see what happens. I was debating whether I want to test the trigger shot out, or just refrain all together. My nurse told me not to test for 16 days from yesterday - is she kidding? So not gonna happen...

 

[WishesK]

Wow everyone seems to be in the tww! Fingers crossed for all of you ladies.
Sweetc- with three follies you don't need a miracle- that's awesome! My re was happy with our 5mil post wash count last cycle- so I think you've got a great chance
Kbrain- aaah the struggle of to test or not to test. I always start off strong in tww and slowly lose rationality and control lol. Last time I did well though and only tested before beta, just so I'd be prepared. Whatever you choose to do/ end up doing keep us updated!

 

[ILuvBabies200]

CD 10 Follicle Scan Tuesday... I feel nothing so I'm betting I need more time.

 

[tlm]

Good luck Kbrain and sweet! We can wait together!!!

I go in Tuesday for p4 and then the following Tuesday for my beta. Fx that I can hold off on testing until as least Friday!!! I would like to not test at all until my beta, but I think that's going to be hard!

 

[jen1019]

We did our first IUI yesterday morning - I wasn't expecting it to be so quick and easy! The most time consuming part was waiting for the sample to be washed, the lab was running behind and it took almost two hours, but my DH did great with number through the roof, so I'm grateful for that. Now I'm startig the tww - and hoping you ladies can keep help me keep my sanity and maybe keep me from testing wayyyy to early, like I always do. I had three mature follicles after Femara and Manopur, so we'll see what happens. I was debating whether I want to test the trigger shot out, or just refrain all together. My nurse told me not to test for 16 days from yesterday - is she kidding? So not gonna happen...

That is great that you had three mature follies! I am really keeping my fingers crossed for you. That definitely increases your chances! And seriously, she doesn't want you to test for 16 days? Does she not know how crazy some of us TTC ladies can be? Good luck on holding off on the testing!

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!

Good luck! Glad you had some good looking follies. Not quite sure on my DH's sperm count yet. He had an infection a couple months ago, so I have no idea what his count is like. I am definitely keeping my fingers crossed that it looks good. With three follicles I think you still have a good chance, though.

Finally, a positive OPK! Going in tomorrow for IUI #1.

Good luck!

I go back in to the RE in about an hour for another ultrasound. Hoping that I haven't ovulated yet (haven't had major cramping yet, and don't usually until CD16 and I'm on 15 so I think we're still good...). Hoping my follies have grown, and that we can trigger today for IUI tomorrow. Keeping my fingers crossed that everything goes smoothly! I will update you ladies once I know.

 

[Aisak]

Fingers crossed for all you ladies! Lots of us in the tww

The IUI went well...like KBrain said, the longest wait was for the sperm wash. My DH is in the military and works shift work at a base 3 hours away from "home" so he worked all night, got off work at 7am, drove to meet me at the clinic, made his "contribution" and then right after the IUI he had to jump in the truck and drive 3 hours back to the base to work another night shift! Poor dude.

It was interesting (and comforting) to find out his count though - he had a SA done through the military/small town hospital that came back saying he had below average motility and morphology. When the RE did a couple counts he said his SA was great and that the hospital didn't know what they were doing. At the IUI they showed us the SA of his sample - and apparently DH has super sperm - everything is much above average. Which is a relief. Now if my body would just cooperate...

i know several of you are taking clomid. This was my first round and i wasn't finding the side effects toooo bad (a few headaches and hot flashes while taking it, very thirsty, some mood swings). The days leading up to O/+OPK i could FEEL my ovaries - very tender every time i changed position. The evening of the IUI my abdomen felt progressively worse and worse - i couldn't even stand up straight i was in so much pain and so bloated. The pain was comparable with that of CD1 (which is pretty bad for me - they suspect some endo). i'm guessing it was because i was ovulating as i feel much better this morning.

Any one else experience this?

 

[alicatt]

Morning Ladies,

WOW! So many IUIs in the past few days, that is awesome! Looks like we'll have lots of symptom chatting since there were so many IUIs performed in such a short time!

Well you can count me in too! I went down to have a US this morning, and I have one pretty follicle at 18mm on the left, and nothing on the right. I am un-medicated this month so 1 is just fine! She tested my blood and my E2 was in the 600s or maybe 700s I can't remember and my LH was 26, so she said I'm already starting to surge and that I should come back in tomorrow morning at 9 for the IUI. She gave me HCG to trigger tonight, but said that I didn't need to do it, it was up to me. What do you guys think? Should I trigger or not? Last month I used the HCG shot and ovulated 12 hours later. I'm worried that I might ovulate too soon again? She did say that I could bring the shot with me and she could do it at the time of the IUI. Decisions, decisions!

 

[greyhoundmom]

Wow! Lots of IUI's for July already - GL to all!

I just went in for my first US for this cycle. I'll get my medication instruction later today. It will be a mix of Follistim and Microdose Lupron again.

 

[WishesK]

Guys- Need help. I have tonight to decide whether to cancel my IUI or convert to IVF.

I have overresponded to a very low Gonal F dose and currently have 5 follicles at 13-14mm and about 8 less than 13mm on CD 10 . Doc is upping my dose to 150 tonight, and we are meeting early tomorrow to decide whether to convert to IVF or cancel. She will not proceed with IUI.

Things to consider

1) Money. If we convert this cycle I would save approximatley $2000 vs. doing an IVF in the future. This is big b/c we are out-of-pocket and not rich.

2)Egg number/quality. Doc says she always prefers going into a cycle knowing its a IVF because the meds are 'right' from the beginning which may lead to better number of mature, good quality eggs.

I want to convert, I think. But I don't want to be stupid and make decisions out of impatience or recklessness.

Any thoughts, advice & what would you do??

 

[alicatt]

Guys- Need help. I have tonight to decide whether to cancel my IUI or convert to IVF.

I have overresponded to a very low Gonal F dose and currently have 5 follicles at 13-14mm and about 8 less than 13mm on CD 10 . Doc is upping my dose to 150 tonight, and we are meeting early tomorrow to decide whether to convert to IVF or cancel. She will not proceed with IUI.

Things to consider

1) Money. If we convert this cycle I would save approximatley $2000 vs. doing an IVF in the future. This is big b/c we are out-of-pocket and not rich.

2)Egg number/quality. Doc says she always prefers going into a cycle knowing its a IVF because the meds are 'right' from the beginning which may lead to better number of mature, good quality eggs.

I want to convert, I think. But I don't want to be stupid and make decisions out of impatience or recklessness.

Any thoughts, advice & what would you do??

WishesK..

I'm a newbie at all of this stuff so I can't really help. Why does she want to cancel the IUI? Is it because you will likely have too many follicles? If that is the case then I could understand doing the IVF. Since you want lots of follicles to harvest the eggs. But then again, isn't CD 10 really early? I had 3-4 follicles in that size range on CD 10, and another 6-8 in the slightly lower size range but still over 7mm and I was un-medicated, and only 1 is mature now at CD 15. I would ask her what the pros/cons are and make an educated decision based upon her suggestions. Did she give you any advice?

 

[jen1019]

Morning Ladies,

WOW! So many IUIs in the past few days, that is awesome! Looks like we'll have lots of symptom chatting since there were so many IUIs performed in such a short time!

Well you can count me in too! I went down to have a US this morning, and I have one pretty follicle at 18mm on the left, and nothing on the right. I am un-medicated this month so 1 is just fine! She tested my blood and my E2 was in the 600s or maybe 700s I can't remember and my LH was 26, so she said I'm already starting to surge and that I should come back in tomorrow morning at 9 for the IUI. She gave me HCG to trigger tonight, but said that I didn't need to do it, it was up to me. What do you guys think? Should I trigger or not? Last month I used the HCG shot and ovulated 12 hours later. I'm worried that I might ovulate too soon again? She did say that I could bring the shot with me and she could do it at the time of the IUI. Decisions, decisions!

There have been a lot of IUI's already. I actually go for mine tomorrow, too! I have two healthy follicles, one in each ovary. Both of them between 20-21mm. So they gave mt he trigger shot in the office, and I go back at 11:45 tomorrow (after DH's drop off at 8:30). It's gonna be a busy day. I hope that all goes well for you, whatever you decide! Did you ovulate too soon last cycle?

Wow! Lots of IUI's for July already - GL to all!

I just went in for my first US for this cycle. I'll get my medication instruction later today. It will be a mix of Follistim and Microdose Lupron again.

GL! I hope that it works for you.

As I mentioned to Allicat, everything looks good for the IUI tomorrow. We scheduled the appointment. I have two healthy follicles, and he said the uterine lining is exactly where it should be. I am feeling extremely hopeful. The hardest part will be not testing. She said that with the trigger shot it can give false positives, so if I haven't gotten AF in two weeks to call for a blood test.

It'll be nice to share tww with so many others.

 

[WishesK]

Yes- she would cancel because too many follicles, right of multiples too high.
She would cancel now because of how quickly they grew in 1 day, and this is a repeat of what happened in Cycle #1. I was in the exact situation, she kept going and had i think 15 follicles total when she cancelled. No dominant follicles emerged.

Because its medicated, it is unlikely (impossible) that 1,2 or 3 will emerge as dominant. They are all around same size and will grow almost uniformly til ovulation.

Ok-This is where I know what I probably *should* do. She said she would prefer to go into a cycle knowing its IVF from the start. So in a roundabout way she is saying she would prefer to cancel.

I don't want to cancel. I don't want quintuplets. I don't want a bad IVF. i am really stuck.

Thank you alicatt. I will be making a pro/con list with dh tonight. I already called my mom and she's on the fence too. I want to go in the doc's office with an idea of what we have decided.

 

[sweetc]

Yes- she would cancel because too many follicles, right of multiples too high.
She would cancel now because of how quickly they grew in 1 day, and this is a repeat of what happened in Cycle #1. I was in the exact situation, she kept going and had i think 15 follicles total when she cancelled. No dominant follicles emerged.

Because its medicated, it is unlikely (impossible) that 1,2 or 3 will emerge as dominant. They are all around same size and will grow almost uniformly til ovulation.

Ok-This is where I know what I probably *should* do. She said she would prefer to go into a cycle knowing its IVF from the start. So in a roundabout way she is saying she would prefer to cancel.

I don't want to cancel. I don't want quintuplets. I don't want a bad IVF. i am really stuck.

Thank you alicatt. I will be making a pro/con list with dh tonight. I already called my mom and she's on the fence too. I want to go in the doc's office with an idea of what we have decided.

That is totally a tough call. I think I would personally move forward with the IVF as to not "waste" anything -- because then at least the chance is something would happen. But a pro/con list sounds like the right way to go.

 

[sweetc]

Fingers crossed for all you ladies! Lots of us in the tww

The IUI went well...like KBrain said, the longest wait was for the sperm wash. My DH is in the military and works shift work at a base 3 hours away from "home" so he worked all night, got off work at 7am, drove to meet me at the clinic, made his "contribution" and then right after the IUI he had to jump in the truck and drive 3 hours back to the base to work another night shift! Poor dude.

It was interesting (and comforting) to find out his count though - he had a SA done through the military/small town hospital that came back saying he had below average motility and morphology. When the RE did a couple counts he said his SA was great and that the hospital didn't know what they were doing. At the IUI they showed us the SA of his sample - and apparently DH has super sperm - everything is much above average. Which is a relief. Now if my body would just cooperate...

i know several of you are taking clomid. This was my first round and i wasn't finding the side effects toooo bad (a few headaches and hot flashes while taking it, very thirsty, some mood swings). The days leading up to O/+OPK i could FEEL my ovaries - very tender every time i changed position. The evening of the IUI my abdomen felt progressively worse and worse - i couldn't even stand up straight i was in so much pain and so bloated. The pain was comparable with that of CD1 (which is pretty bad for me - they suspect some endo). i'm guessing it was because i was ovulating as i feel much better this morning.

Any one else experience this?

I definitely had this. I did do an IVF before, and it was really comparable to that (I had only six follicles then). You basically can just feel how "heavy" the ovaries are. I felt SO much better once I ovulated.

 

[greyhoundmom]

Yes- she would cancel because too many follicles, right of multiples too high.
She would cancel now because of how quickly they grew in 1 day, and this is a repeat of what happened in Cycle #1. I was in the exact situation, she kept going and had i think 15 follicles total when she cancelled. No dominant follicles emerged.

Because its medicated, it is unlikely (impossible) that 1,2 or 3 will emerge as dominant. They are all around same size and will grow almost uniformly til ovulation.

Ok-This is where I know what I probably *should* do. She said she would prefer to go into a cycle knowing its IVF from the start. So in a roundabout way she is saying she would prefer to cancel.

I don't want to cancel. I don't want quintuplets. I don't want a bad IVF. i am really stuck.

Thank you alicatt. I will be making a pro/con list with dh tonight. I already called my mom and she's on the fence too. I want to go in the doc's office with an idea of what we have decided.

You are in a tough spot. It seems like nothing IUI/IVF related goes 100% perfectly, a pros/cons list sounds helpful. Good luck with your decision - whatever you choose, just trust that it will be the right decision for YOU.

 

[TTCisapain]

Guys- Need help. I have tonight to decide whether to cancel my IUI or convert to IVF.

I have overresponded to a very low Gonal F dose and currently have 5 follicles at 13-14mm and about 8 less than 13mm on CD 10 . Doc is upping my dose to 150 tonight, and we are meeting early tomorrow to decide whether to convert to IVF or cancel. She will not proceed with IUI.

Things to consider

1) Money. If we convert this cycle I would save approximatley $2000 vs. doing an IVF in the future. This is big b/c we are out-of-pocket and not rich.

2)Egg number/quality. Doc says she always prefers going into a cycle knowing its a IVF because the meds are 'right' from the beginning which may lead to better number of mature, good quality eggs.

I want to convert, I think. But I don't want to be stupid and make decisions out of impatience or recklessness.

Any thoughts, advice & what would you do??

What CD do you usually O on? I am not sure why she she wont proceed w/ IUI but it depends on the CD. My doc wants follies over 18 before IUI so your follies are not too big? I normally O at CD 12 or 13 so they do my u/s on CD 11 or before if I get a +OPK. This seems a bit early, unless she is concerned that you have too many follies that she thinks will grow to 18+ before you O. My Dr wont do an IUI on anymore than 3 large follies, but prefers to do 2 just b/c of multiples.

The only advice I can give you is to pray on it and think about what feels right in your heart. It is a lot of money, but you should feel comfortable with the decision. Hope everything works out, and I will be praying for you!!

 

[TTCisapain]

Yes- she would cancel because too many follicles, right of multiples too high.
She would cancel now because of how quickly they grew in 1 day, and this is a repeat of what happened in Cycle #1. I was in the exact situation, she kept going and had i think 15 follicles total when she cancelled. No dominant follicles emerged.

Because its medicated, it is unlikely (impossible) that 1,2 or 3 will emerge as dominant. They are all around same size and will grow almost uniformly til ovulation.

Ok-This is where I know what I probably *should* do. She said she would prefer to go into a cycle knowing its IVF from the start. So in a roundabout way she is saying she would prefer to cancel.

I don't want to cancel. I don't want quintuplets. I don't want a bad IVF. i am really stuck.

Thank you alicatt. I will be making a pro/con list with dh tonight. I already called my mom and she's on the fence too. I want to go in the doc's office with an idea of what we have decided.

I should have read this first, before responding to your other one. If it were me, I would cancel and see if Dr can prescribe something other than Gonal F. Not an expert, but that is supposed to be the drug that does formulate more follies than Clomid or other drugs. I am sure there is a reason you are on it, but my Dr gave me information that multiples is 20% on Gonal F as opposed to 8% on Clomid and other pre-O drugs

 

[TTCisapain]

Had baseline U/S today. Gotta bit of a scare this morning, b/c I have residual follies on the Rt side (32 and 20 mm). Nurse told me she had to consult with the Dr b/c 30 is usually their cutoff before continuing on fertility medication this cycle.

So, all day I had my mind made up that I would just have a natural cycle and being a little bummed out. My Dr doesnt do IUI on natural cycles b/c results have not been that successful so it would be cancelled before it has even begun.

However, the Dr gave me the go ahead today since I have 16 mini follies ready to be developed and I dont have any abdominal pain. I am taking Clomid day 4-8 this time b/c he wants me to take as early as possible,also 81 mg of baby aspirin today. OPK testing and estragen suppositories start on CD9, and u/s on Monday CD11. So, we will see then if I have too many follies. She did say that the 35mm and 20mm are probably just empty at this point so they wont be counted on my 2nd U/S.

Here goes round #2 ... cool thing is ... If we are on the same cycle as last month, my IUI will be on our 3 year anniversary!!

 

[fisher640]

I'm so glad to have so many TWW buddies this go round

Regarded the IUI convert to IVF, I think id do it. Convert that is.