LTTTC #1 w/pcos - Buddies?

[sugarpi24]

I hope so too! Thanks pink I hope your cycle works out for you!! Sounds like you know what your doing!! btw on the opk thing...I talked to my nurse about using them and with PCOS we can get false positives and negatives I think...so unfortantely that could be it do you have a test date yet?

 

[pinksprinkles]

I'm going to wait to decide on test date once my temp rises. It was going to be Valentine's Day, but that is going to be too early.

I still can't believe the trigger may have actually failed! In the past when I had a 20mm follicle and no trigger, I O'd 4 and a half days later, which, based on my 20mm follicle last Friday morning would be tonight. So maybe the trigger failed and now my body is O'ing by itself? I really hope so. I mean, not that I hope the trigger failed, but that I do O at some point. This is totally crazy. With the trigger, my temp should have been high today.

 

[karenh]

I hope so too! Thanks pink I hope your cycle works out for you!! Sounds like you know what your doing!! btw on the opk thing...I talked to my nurse about using them and with PCOS we can get false positives and negatives I think...so unfortantely that could be it do you have a test date yet?

The trigger also throws off the results because of the hormones in it. My dr told me not to test after the trigger. Good luck Pink.

 

[karenh]

So it apperes that the methotrexate is dispelling the ectopic pregnancy. I am not back to zero yet, but I am going down. Also, no bleeding yet. After I reach zero I will be on birthcontrol until at least April per doctors orders. Looks like no 2013 baby for us.

 

[pinksprinkles]

Aw, Karen. That is crappy news. Do you think you will continue with IUI's? Or will you maybe try your hand at IVF next? I'm really sorry this is taking so long to resolve. I'm keeping you in my thoughts, hun.

AMF- Looks like the trigger did fail but that my body was able to O naturally anyway. Thank goodness! My temp is finally up now, so that's good. Hoping for good news in a couple weeks!

 

[Ap0107]

Hi Everyone,

I hope it's not too late to join. I was wondering if anyone here has a luteal phase defect and PCOS? Is it implied that if you have PCOS you have a LPD? I was diagnosed with PCOS when I was 15 and only recently noticed on my charts that my lp is 8 days. Been waiting 6 months to see a specialist and still have until March 27th to wait. Is there any advice someone can give me? I'm starting to feel like it's hopeless.

 

[pinksprinkles]

Ap0107- I don't have any advice on luteal phase defects and haven't heard about them being specifically tied to PCOS, though with how PCOS can mess up your hormones I guess it is possible. My luteal phase keeps getting longer as my PCOS gets worse. It used to be 13 days and over the last year it has gotten up to 17 days. Maddening as there is less than 1% chance of getting a healthy BFP after gett a BFN on day 14. So I spend a few days each cycle unable to do anything and feeling massively depressed. Oh PCOS, how I despise you!

There are herbal supplements that can help increase progesterone during the luteal phase and I've heard that B vitamins help as well, but honestly, I would wait until you have had a chance to talk to a doctor. I tried to self-medicate with herbs last year and ended up stopping ovulating. (3 months of herbs = 8-9 months of no O! Worst. Thing. Ever.)

 

[karenh]

Aw, Karen. That is crappy news. Do you think you will continue with IUI's? Or will you maybe try your hand at IVF next? I'm really sorry this is taking so long to resolve. I'm keeping you in my thoughts, hun.

AMF- Looks like the trigger did fail but that my body was able to O naturally anyway. Thank goodness! My temp is finally up now, so that's good. Hoping for good news in a couple weeks!

Thanks, we are going to try more iuis since this one technicly worked, just implanted in the wrong spot for some reason. That is what the doc suggested that and we agree. We are really hoping we don't have to go to IVF.

 

[karenh]

Hi Everyone,

I hope it's not too late to join. I was wondering if anyone here has a luteal phase defect and PCOS? Is it implied that if you have PCOS you have a LPD? I was diagnosed with PCOS when I was 15 and only recently noticed on my charts that my lp is 8 days. Been waiting 6 months to see a specialist and still have until March 27th to wait. Is there any advice someone can give me? I'm starting to feel like it's hopeless.

Welcome to the group. I know Clomid can help with Luteal Phase Defect, but your doc would need to prescribe it. Can you look into seeing a natural path before you dr appointment?

 

[Ap0107]

Hi Everyone,

I hope it's not too late to join. I was wondering if anyone here has a luteal phase defect and PCOS? Is it implied that if you have PCOS you have a LPD? I was diagnosed with PCOS when I was 15 and only recently noticed on my charts that my lp is 8 days. Been waiting 6 months to see a specialist and still have until March 27th to wait. Is there any advice someone can give me? I'm starting to feel like it's hopeless.

Welcome to the group. I know Clomid can help with Luteal Phase Defect, but your doc would need to prescribe it. Can you look into seeing a natural path before you dr appointment?

I've considered seeing a naturalpath but my husband thinks they're hokey and it isn't something that we can agree on right now. I've been trying to lose a little bit of weight before we go see the specialist and I'm hoping that will help with some of this. I'm already 10lbs down! From what I've read so far I don't think that weight has any bearing on lpd's but losing some can't hurt!

 

[karenh]

Hi Everyone,

I hope it's not too late to join. I was wondering if anyone here has a luteal phase defect and PCOS? Is it implied that if you have PCOS you have a LPD? I was diagnosed with PCOS when I was 15 and only recently noticed on my charts that my lp is 8 days. Been waiting 6 months to see a specialist and still have until March 27th to wait. Is there any advice someone can give me? I'm starting to feel like it's hopeless.

Welcome to the group. I know Clomid can help with Luteal Phase Defect, but your doc would need to prescribe it. Can you look into seeing a natural path before you dr appointment?

I've considered seeing a naturalpath but my husband thinks they're hokey and it isn't something that we can agree on right now. I've been trying to lose a little bit of weight before we go see the specialist and I'm hoping that will help with some of this. I'm already 10lbs down! From what I've read so far I don't think that weight has any bearing on lpd's but losing some can't hurt!

Congrats on the 10lbs! DH and I are the same way with the naturalpath so I haven't seen one either, I have friends who do though and love it. Good luck.

 

[pvsmith12]

Hey ladies. Sorry, once again, for being MIA. I have just been so disinterested in life in general lately. My job has been going terribly, I have been super stressed out for the past month - eye twitches, mood swings, broken sleep... the whole 9 yards. As a result I haven't been on here much, although I do miss you guys!

If you want you can PM me and we can do an e-mail swap - I check that faithfully everyday, so we can still stay in touch when I go on Hiatus from BnB.

 

[pinksprinkles]

pvsmith12- Hey hunny! Good to see you back, even if only for a moment. I'm sorry your feeling so down. I've been getting the same way pretty regularly ever since I started on fertility meds. I'll shoot you a message with my contact info.

 

[MrsChaffin]

Hey ladies! Long time no talk it's been a rough week for me.. I lost my job on Thursday so I've been really stressed out.. DH doesn't make a ton of $ so were worried about our house payments. But I think we'll be ok if I find something else soon. In other news, I'm 10dpo and I tested today... Bfn hopefully its just too early, right? I'm so tired of bad news!

Hope you all are getting by

 

[pinksprinkles]

So sorry about the job situation, hun. I really hope you find an awesome new job asap.

As far as BFN's, 10 day is still sooo early. BFP's generally begin to fade in between 9-14dpo, so stop worrying! (Okay, I know that's too much to ask!) You're nowhere near out yet.

 

[MrsChaffin]

Thanks for the reassurance how are you doing in your TWW?

 

[karenh]

Sorry you guys are having such a rough week. Goodness, you don't need all that on top of TTC. Good luck these next few days!

 

[Natashaa1]

Good luck MrsC with the job hunt, try to stay positive I do like to try and believe that everything happens for a reason so fingers crossed you'll find a job you love. How's everyone else doing? We've almost finished our kitchen extension and should have a fully operational kitchen by the end of the week yippee!! We have been kitchenless since the new year. I'm waiting to O but we've having a month off this month. I've schedule an acupunction appointment ahead of starting our second iui round. This will be our last attempt before moving onto ivf!!

 

[pinksprinkles]

Sooo... pics of your new kitchen?

AFM- Today is 6/7 dpo and I have the one symptom that I know isn't related to progesterone for me- cramps. I never symptom spot because I know that all those "early symptoms" are nothing but a response to normal progesterone, but never in my life have I had cramps during the TWW, and I can't think of any way progesterone could cause it. So I am going to believe that this is definitely implantation and that IUI's really ARE the answer we've been looking for. I know the chemical pregnancy stats, so I'm not getting my hopes up this early on, but I do feel like DH and I made a good decision doing the IUI's. Very happy. Even if I don't get a full on pregnancy from this (like I said, I know the early miscarriage rates), I am happy to know that IUI is the way to go for us. Woohoo!

 

[MrsChaffin]

Natasha- cant wait to see pics of your kitchen

Pink - I hope this was your cycle! And if not, at least you know IUI works for you!!

Karen - any news on your beta levels yet?

AFM - I got my "cd21" b/w back, and ovulation was confirmed with a progesterone level of 8.3! I don't think it was a "strong" O, but at least I O'd at all! I'm so excited. I'm 12dpo, got a bfn this morning... AF is supposed to be here tomorrow but I'm crossing my fingers she won't show. Do you ladies have any experience with the Wondfo hpts? Those are the ICs I'm testing with - should I be using frers? They are just so stinking expensive...

Hope you all are having a good Tuesday