LTTTC #1 - Support Group *Please share your story

[Miskas mommy]

Do you ladies mind if I join you? We have been trying for 13 months. This month was our second round of femara, AF was 2 days late and just started tonite. I am gutted... I was sure it had worked this time.... Im ready to give up hope...

 

[Myshelsong]

Hi Miskas, and welcome. Hope this journey ponds soon for you.
I noticed Femera increased my LP as well. Sorry for your negative.

Well I am five days past IUI and cannot keep my mind off of it. Guess this is going to be the longest two weeks of my life. On another note, I am crazy emotional again. Stupid progesterone and life sucking so hard! Oh well, started a painting today. Hoping it will help get my mind off of things.

 

[Miskas mommy]

So I was Sure AF was starting last night, but today it seems to be gone? just a light pink when i wipe.... Temp did take a pretty big drop today so i am not holding out much hope for this cycle... But i did get my blood work results back today from my factor five leiden test. It came back Not Present!!! YAY!!!!!

 

[dede3124]

Not sure what I am looking for but maybe I will find it lol just finished failed cycle 15. We have seen an ob and have tested ok on an sa, cd3 blood, cd 21 blood, and hsg. I temp and opk so I know I ovulate. Have 27-29 day cycles with 13-14 day lp. Have done acupuncture for months. I had a us done and they think they found polyps. I have surgery planned to look, but they are not sure. I was starting to get excited thinking maybe I could be successful is our attempts for a bfp. However, last month I spotted two days before my period, that has never happened before. This month my cycle was only 24 days long, that has never happened either. Currently worried that even with my procedure I will still struggle as my cycle is now messing up. I don't want to live in the perpetual cycle of failed cycles anymore, but don't want to give up either. Hoping!

 

[Stine]

Miskas- Welcome to the group I too have begun to lose hope but try my hardest everyday to keep my head high in hope that one day I will have my BFP.

Myshel- What are you painting? I am super emotional right now too at 9DPO. I need to find something to keep my mind active like you with your painting. Ive been going crazy during this tww.

Dede- OMG I totally understand having everything positive but still no BFP. DH had his SA yesterday and everything came back normal. All my test have been normal but still no BFP. I am about to have my 5th HSG if I dont have my BFP this month. I had my last one done over 7 years ago which should everything was fine but my current RE thinks my tubes might be blocked due to some surgeries that might have caused issues over time.

As I mentioned Im now 9DPO and I started spotting this morning so with my track record I know I wont get my BFP this month. I tend to spot every month and I think I have a LP defect but the Dr's think I am fine. Can't convince them to test my progesterone or check for a LP defect so IDK what more to do. If my HSG still comes back good then Ill start Letrozole in March with my IUI since 6 rounds of Clomid didnt work for me last time.
Anyone ever try Letrozole? Just want to know what to expect. Never had an IUI either so Im very nervous about that. Any advice you ladies can share with me would be so helpful. Im a ball of nerves right now.

 

[Stine]

So, I'm silly. I just realized Letrozole is Femara. Still, what can I expect?...

 

[crystal8]

So, I'm silly. I just realized Letrozole is Femara. Still, what can I expect?...

I like letrozole much better than clomid. I get almost no side effects on it. I take it right before bed. I occasionally get night sweats on it, and some mood swings. I'm on 5 mg this time instead of 2.5 mg so we'll see if there's anything different.

IUI's are pretty fast and painless, at least in my experience. If you've already had HSGs you've had way worse. It's the monitoring that I find time consuming and stressful. The actual procedure is nothing to worry about.

 

[KatO79]

Stine: IUIs are not that bad. The worse part is the monitoring and if you're on injectables, the shots I don't know how they Work entirely where you live but I can tell you how my IUI#1 in Denmark was:

They started off with an U/S on CD2 (norm is either CD2 or CD3) to see if I had any ovarian cysts. Then, since I was going to go on injectables, tought me how to give myself shots. They scheduled the next U/S for CD9 (norm is between CD8 and CD10) to see how my ovaries where reacting to the meds. This time they saw 2 large follies in my left ovary and only very small ones in my right ovary. She felt I was ready to trigger due to the follies sizes and how thick my lining was so ordered me to take the trigger shot on CD10 (the next day) at 11:30 PM and scheduled my IUI for CD12 at 11:30 AM. They did one last scan to measure the 2 follicles one last time and then she stuck the tube up in me with DH's and injected them into the uterus. That was it. She gave me an HPT and told me to test 16dpiui and call the clinic with the answer so if it's a BFN, they're ready to run IUI#2 when my AF shows up (if it hasn't at that point already). If it's a BFP, they'll want to schedule a scan at 8 weeks along to see if it's a viable pregnancy or not.

 

[Miskas mommy]

i start my 3rd dose of femara in 2 days... hopefully this damn cold will get out of here so that we can get some BDing in!! thanks for the chin up ladies...

 

[KatO79]

Well AF showed up in her full glory today so we'll be starting on IUI #2 right away

Called the clinic today and got an appointment for U/S #1 tomorrow afternoon. Good thing I took an HPT anyway early this morning because she asked me if I had. Why did I have a sneaking suspicion they would ask Totally crazy since I'm bleeding waaay too much (plus I'm cramping) for it to be anything but AF They must've been busy this morning since I was on hold for like 6 minutes.

So here we go again!

 

[Myshelsong]

Hi Kat, Sorry to hear about the negative. I am glad you are remaining positive and ready to move onto the next cycle. I spent the whole day sulking and crying after my first failed IUI.

Miskas - How is the Femara treating you?

Looks like we have failed another IUI. Took and Early pregnancy test and came back negative, but will go into the clinic tomorrow for Beta confirmation. Not sure how I feel about this right now. Well I am devastated, but am I surprised? We had another not great SA and I only had one Follicle .... oh well.
Taking a month break and going to enjoy the sun and sand in Cuba next week. After that we are going on Gonal-F and fingers crossed with the vitamins and luck our SA motility and numbers will jump up.

Here is to hoping!

 

[KatO79]

Hi Kat, Sorry to hear about the negative. I am glad you are remaining positive and ready to move onto the next cycle. I spent the whole day sulking and crying after my first failed IUI.

Miskas - How is the Femara treating you?

Looks like we have failed another IUI. Took and Early pregnancy test and came back negative, but will go into the clinic tomorrow for Beta confirmation. Not sure how I feel about this right now. Well I am devastated, but am I surprised? We had another not great SA and I only had one Follicle .... oh well.
Taking a month break and going to enjoy the sun and sand in Cuba next week. After that we are going on Gonal-F and fingers crossed with the vitamins and luck our SA motility and numbers will jump up.

Here is to hoping!

I guess I feel like there's no use in thinking too much about it and just need to move forward. We did the blame game for a little while yesterday (DH blaming himself and me blaming myself) when I started spotting and having very light cramping and knew it was AF. So that's that. DH and I have made a plan that I'm not to be stressed this cycle and he won't be doing anything physically straining for his back (so he doesn't have problems and spil some of his sample again) the 2-2½ weeks. I'll also try and be even more positive mentally and try some visualation exercises I've read about online e.g. while the IUI is happening imagine the follie(s) getting fertilized. We're hoping it'll all help things and I'll get my BFP this time. I'll be on a slightly elevated dose of Puregon, will know tomorrow how much they're raising it from the 50 IU I was on before.

So sorry Myshelsong But it sounds like a good plan to try with injectables. I think it gives a slightly higher success rate. Will you be trying 3 IUIs with injectables than? I don't think success and follicle amount always is so tight knit. I've read of people having 3 follies and getting a BFN and then next cycle having 1 follie and getting their BFP. I think it's partly dumb luck. Hope you have a great trip and that it's your lucky IUI next time

 

[wannabemummyb]

Myshelsong and Kat, sorry for your negatives ladies. It never gets easier! Xx

 

[crystal8]

Looks like we have failed another IUI. Took and Early pregnancy test and came back negative, but will go into the clinic tomorrow for Beta confirmation. Not sure how I feel about this right now. Well I am devastated, but am I surprised? We had another not great SA and I only had one Follicle .... oh well.
Taking a month break and going to enjoy the sun and sand in Cuba next week. After that we are going on Gonal-F and fingers crossed with the vitamins and luck our SA motility and numbers will jump up.

Here is to hoping!

I struggle with male factor as well. For my first three IUIs I had only 1 follie for IUI and not so awesome sperm motility/count. Adding gonal f on top of the letrozole finally got me two follies. So hopefully it will work for you as well. Mine ended in a loss but it had nothing to do with the meds or iui. I had a nice break before iui #4 and it was good to have that time to refocus. I really want to try gonal f again but my RE won't do it until we see how my body reacts to letrozole post mc.

 

[Renaendel]

Hey, two years past LTTTC it is probably time I posted here. Yay year 3.

Two major losses, one gtd ectopic, lost my right tube. One suspected ectopic, and was placed on MTX to terminate the pregnancy. A few lines that have vanished and I suspect were chemical pregnancies.

Right now I am on femara 5mg, and have been since Mayish. But with only one left side ovulation in that time we are looking at upping my chances using Follitism or something equivalent. I find out on the fifth what she wants to do. Three years feels like a long time to wait for a pregnancy, but I know some of you have been here longer and I am sorry.

I am greatful that I can get pregnant, I just wish my eggs were tougher and had better direction sense.

I do see some familiar faces in here from throughout the years. Hello!

 

[KatO79]

So just got back from the clinic and they've put my dose up to 66 IU this time. So we'll see. Maybe there will be 3 follies this time instead of 2 No cysts apparently so that's good, otherwise they wouldn't let me start IUI #2 this month.

The nurse was actually in a better mood today (was the same one I've had the last 2 times I was there) and said that IUI #1 didn't go according to plan apparently So she's hoping our luck is much better this time

Injection #1 starts tonight and my U/S #2 will be next Tuesday at 1 PM. This will be of course the most exciting one to see how many follies there are and if I'm ready to trigger

 

[wannabemummyb]

Hi Renaendal. Welcome to the thread. Sorry to hear about all your losses.

Kat that's good news, have everything crossed for you x

 

[Myshelsong]

Ten ... Sorry you have had such a long journey. I'm about 3 1/2 well maybe a little bit more than that now but the three-year mark was the hardest for me personally. So I know how you are healing and I hope that this thread help you through this journey and get A positive soon!

Good luck Kat! This is your month!

Crystal when is your next cycle? Sorry to hear about the mc

Wannabe how are you doing??

AFM I am waiting for confirmation from the beta before I uncork this bottle of wine on my coffee table. Going to try to have a good relaxing day.

 

[KatO79]

Thanks Myshelsong We're hoping that our game plan for IUI #2 will help us this time: me not stressing one bit and DH not doing anything that would hurt his back. I think we lost some there and his SA is borderline so that probably didn't help things

I'm hoping that IUI with injectables is the way for you to go as well If the beta test come back as you expect, I hope you enjoy that wine

 

[wannabemummyb]

I'm good mysheldong, thank you for asking. Had a 28 day cycle this month, although AF has been light. We decided not to try last month as I was put on so many different meds for diabetes and newly discovered hypothyroidism that we wanted to make sure the drugs had settled. Back on it this month, using CBFM for the first time.

We've been trying 5 years, hitting the 3rd and 4th year anniversaries was super hard, this one wasn't as bad for some reason. I still felt down but it was manageable. X