LTTTC #1 - Support Group *Please share your story

[flou]

Thanks ladies for welcoming me. I'm starting to look forward to my IUI tomorrow morning. I have been off fertility meds for 2 years, so I'm praying this 1st Femara round is successful.
How is everyone?

Good luck with the IUI. Fxd for a bfp soon!

 

[Swtpinkbabi]

So had IUI this morning. Hubby's count was great 64mill. Now for the waiting game I've been feeling the ovary pains for a while this morning, so I'm sure ovulation is getting started.

 

[Myshelsong]

Good luck with the iui!

Started spotting today so I am probably out. We had a stressful month with house shopping and not the best timing so I didn't expect anything but was really hoping this fertilaid would work a miracle. Ugh, maybe next month!

 

[dovkav123]

Sorry myshelsong Maybe you should take fertilaid for 3 months and than you'll see some results. You can change the quality of your eggs in 3 months. Your hormones need some time too.

SWTm, welcome to 2ww. Did you see on u/s how many follicles did you produce? Did you trigger with HCG?

After 2,5 years of TTC we got lucky.
I have made a list of things what we did different this IVF. It may be useful for a natural TTCers too. I hope you'll find this helpfull.
My embryo quality was not better this cycle. It is always A or B. This one was B.

1. No castor oil packs this cycle
2. we did assisted embryo hatching
3. we BD'ed before ET and after ET(embryo transfer) (w/o orgasm)
4. I walked slowly but long after ET, staying active always, no bed rest
5. aspirin 100mg enteric coated started after ER, quit a day for ET(procedure could cause bleeding) and now I am taking it every evening with food and water
6. I ate lots of fish. I am taking 3g fish oil a day
7. 1000mg green tea extract with vitC after ET till BFP. (reduces inflammation responce)
8. Black carraway oil 20 drops a day. now I slow down to 3 drops
9. spoonfull avocado oil
10. pinapple and pinapple core after ET till BFP
11 increased vit D from 2000iu to 3000iu a day
12. iron 100mg a day, quit after BFP
13. Green chlorella increased from 1 pill to 3 pills a day
14. Probiotics one pill a day from ET til BFP
15 Buckthorn and lemon juice
16. dandelion salat
17. alfa alfa and sweet peas sprouts
18. layed down 30min after ET
19. eating dried plums and abricots
20. ginger root tea, clove, and cinammon
21. water soaked walnuts and brasil nuts
22. I have used organic menstrual pads for 2 months.
23. banana a day(aspirin can thin my intestines and banana thickens them)
24. spicy food, hot peppers in 2ww

I did a lot. I'll never know what helped us this time

 

[TTCabundle]

I'm really struggling today babies are everywhere right now and a good griend has requested 2 baby blankets off me, so making them all i can think of is how i should be making my own by now

 

[TTCabundle]

So had IUI this morning. Hubby's count was great 64mill. Now for the waiting game I've been feeling the ovary pains for a while this morning, so I'm sure ovulation is getting started.

Good luck hun! x

 

[TTCabundle]

Good luck with the iui!

Started spotting today so I am probably out. We had a stressful month with house shopping and not the best timing so I didn't expect anything but was really hoping this fertilaid would work a miracle. Ugh, maybe next month!

Sorry hun ! I have everything crossed for you for next month! x

 

[Swtpinkbabi]

Sorry myshelsong Maybe you should take fertilaid for 3 months and than you'll see some results. You can change the quality of your eggs in 3 months. Your hormones need some time too.

SWTm, welcome to 2ww. Did you see on u/s how many follicles did you produce? Did you trigger with HCG?

After 2,5 years of TTC we got lucky.
I have made a list of things what we did different this IVF. It may be useful for a natural TTCers too. I hope you'll find this helpfull.
My embryo quality was not better this cycle. It is always A or B. This one was B.

1. No castor oil packs this cycle
2. we did assisted embryo hatching
3. we BD'ed before ET and after ET(embryo transfer) (w/o orgasm)
4. I walked slowly but long after ET, staying active always, no bed rest
5. aspirin 100mg enteric coated started after ER, quit a day for ET(procedure could cause bleeding) and now I am taking it every evening with food and water
6. I ate lots of fish. I am taking 3g fish oil a day
7. 1000mg green tea extract with vitC after ET till BFP. (reduces inflammation responce)
8. Black carraway oil 20 drops a day. now I slow down to 3 drops
9. spoonfull avocado oil
10. pinapple and pinapple core after ET till BFP
11 increased vit D from 2000iu to 3000iu a day
12. iron 100mg a day, quit after BFP
13. Green chlorella increased from 1 pill to 3 pills a day
14. Probiotics one pill a day from ET til BFP
15 Buckthorn and lemon juice
16. dandelion salat
17. alfa alfa and sweet peas sprouts
18. layed down 30min after ET
19. eating dried plums and abricots
20. ginger root tea, clove, and cinammon
21. water soaked walnuts and brasil nuts
22. I have used organic menstrual pads for 2 months.
23. banana a day(aspirin can thin my intestines and banana thickens them)
24. spicy food, hot peppers in 2ww

I did a lot. I'll never know what helped us this time

We did a scan on cd13 and had 2 follies, 18 and 19 one on each side. We did the trigger that evening. I only have the left tube, but my RE said the one tube can pick up on either side so we went ahead with IUI. We really were hoping for more follies on the left side, but fingers crossed Femara works on the first try.

 

[Swtpinkbabi]

Good luck with the iui!

Started spotting today so I am probably out. We had a stressful month with house shopping and not the best timing so I didn't expect anything but was really hoping this fertilaid would work a miracle. Ugh, maybe next month!

Sorry to hear that. Dont give up, I pray we all get bfp soon.

 

[Myshelsong]

AF has come with a vengeance and lucky me agreed to babysit a friends little girl today. Going to wallow in bed for a little bit before I start to get ready.

Thanks for the support ladies!

 

[flou]

AF has come with a vengeance and lucky me agreed to babysit a friends little girl today. Going to wallow in bed for a little bit before I start to get ready.

Thanks for the support ladies!

I'm sorry AF arrived. I hope you have better luck next cycle!

 

[Swtpinkbabi]

AF has come with a vengeance and lucky me agreed to babysit a friends little girl today. Going to wallow in bed for a little bit before I start to get ready.

Thanks for the support ladies!

Wish you luck next cycle, baby dust!!!

 

[Bluebearmummy]

Swtpinkbabi - hi, welcome! :wave: Im so sorry to hear about your stuggles ! Im also on metformin and it makes me feel really sick and horrible too. I dont have any experience with IUI so I cant really advise you on anything, but some of the lovely ladies here im sure can help you. I really hope you get your BFP soon

Bluebearmummy - Welcome :wave: Unexplained infertility must be extremely frustrating, im so sorry youre going through this! I dont have much advice with unexplained fertility, but i know a lot of ladies have had success with certain natural medicines you can buy OTC, I hope someone here can advise you on things tomtry and i hope you get your BFP soon xx

Thank you for your wishes! I hope. I can find hope too. X

 

[pipilotta]

Omg, Dovkav, I only just read you post. Congratulations!
It's so nice to hear one of the LTTC ladies is pregnant.
I wish you all the best and that everything goes smooth.

I'm very run down at the moment, only managed to bd once in the fertile window. I work too much and now I have a nasty yeast infection. Sorry Tmi. I haven't had one for about 10 years.
Anyway, I try and get some rest and try and eliminate sugars for a while.
I hope everyone is having a good weekend.

 

[dovkav123]

Omg, Dovkav, I only just read you post. Congratulations!
It's so nice to hear one of the LTTC ladies is pregnant.
I wish you all the best and that everything goes smooth.

I'm very run down at the moment, only managed to bd once in the fertile window. I work too much and now I have a nasty yeast infection. Sorry Tmi. I haven't had one for about 10 years.
Anyway, I try and get some rest and try and eliminate sugars for a while.
I hope everyone is having a good weekend.

Thank you, pipilota. I hope you all follow my steps very soon.

I am talking with the girls who had IVFs. Many of them are unexplained. They took aspirin and got BFP.
They think it's circulation problem. Symptoms: cold hands and feet, pale and blue rings under the eyes, blood pressure is on the lower side. BINGO!!!!! I have all those symptoms including high resting heart rate 80-90bpm. My iron and thryroid levels are always great. High cholesterol runs in my family. I have a problem too, I manage with a diet.
I think aspirin is a life maker. Maybe we would be preggo months ago if we took it.

 

[Sabster]

dovkav: that's crazy because I also took aspirin when I got my BFP, mind you I forgot a few days here and there but I think it must have helped too.

I also get cold hands and feet and have very low BP in general ( 90/60 average...) but no other problems. I have excellent cholesterol levels its all the avocados!

Please keep us posted on the progression of the pregnancy

I will be 10 weeks this sat, and symptoms are in full gear. specially my sense of smell.

 

[Myshelsong]

Omg I also have low blood pressure and cold hands! I am going to try the asprin this month along with the fertilaid.

Final days in the house, hubby coming home just in time for ovulation. Feeling really emotional but excited about the new chapter!

How is everyone doing?
Pipi are you feeling any better? Being run dowm is the worst

 

[Myshelsong]

Final days in the house and I found an old pregnancy test that I purchased when we first started trying. It has now expired. I cant believe how upset this had made me today. Maybe it is also because I am packing up our house, but holy molly has this just punched me in the gut.
I feel like mourning the last three years of my life and move on from this horrible dream.

Wow Debbie downer much?

 

[Sabster]

You are opening a new door and phase in your life. So exciting and unknown but hang in there and keep fighting for what you want

 

[flou]

Hopefully new house new baby!