September iui

[karenh]

I am on CD5 and day 3 of the femara. I haven't noticed any of the symptoms I had with Clomid. That is wonderful. My U/s is scheduled for the 24th. I can't wait. That seems like forever away.

 

[TTCisapain]

Minor cramping from IUI last night, but not too bad. Nothing like Round 2. And, for the first time me and DH were able to DTD the night of IUI, so at least theoretically the bases should be covered. Start prog supplements tonight and get my prog checked on 9/19. I am exhausted today!!

 

[alicatt]

Hey everyone!

So sorry I have been in hiding the past few days. This week has been a little stressful for me and I literally had so little time to do anything fun like post here

I had the ER (egg retrieval) earlier today (well I guess technically yesterday now). It went off without a hitch, although I did wake up in the middle of the procedure. Guess the anesthesiologist wasn't paying attention. I just remember waking up and saying ouch that hurts, and the Dr yelling at me to stop talking! Then I was back asleep. When I woke up the Dr told me that they had harvested 15 mature eggs, I didn't hear about how many immature ones they found. I guess it didn't occur to me to ask. Still 15 is a pretty good number, YAY! Now to wait to hear how many fertilize. I will know that later today. Did I tell you that they will be doing ICSI? It is the procedure where they inject 1 sperm into the egg, to help force it along. Then the plan is to do the embryo transfer on Monday.

everyone! I'll write more tomorrow.. need to try to get some sleep here! Silly pain from the egg retrieval keeps waking me up (it is now 2:30am).

 

[ILuvBabies200]

Hey everyone!

So sorry I have been in hiding the past few days. This week has been a little stressful for me and I literally had so little time to do anything fun like post here

I had the ER (egg retrieval) earlier today (well I guess technically yesterday now). It went off without a hitch, although I did wake up in the middle of the procedure. Guess the anesthesiologist wasn't paying attention. I just remember waking up and saying ouch that hurts, and the Dr yelling at me to stop talking! Then I was back asleep. When I woke up the Dr told me that they had harvested 15 mature eggs, I didn't hear about how many immature ones they found. I guess it didn't occur to me to ask. Still 15 is a pretty good number, YAY! Now to wait to hear how many fertilize. I will know that later today. Did I tell you that they will be doing ICSI? It is the procedure where they inject 1 sperm into the egg, to help force it along. Then the plan is to do the embryo transfer on Monday.

everyone! I'll write more tomorrow.. need to try to get some sleep here! Silly pain from the egg retrieval keeps waking me up (it is now 2:30am).

Did you have Twilight sedation?? I had that for the first 2 IVF's and would wake up here and there. The last one was with a different clinic and they knocked me out. We also did ICSI. Good thoughts for those embies!!!!

 

[alicatt]

Hey everyone!

So sorry I have been in hiding the past few days. This week has been a little stressful for me and I literally had so little time to do anything fun like post here

I had the ER (egg retrieval) earlier today (well I guess technically yesterday now). It went off without a hitch, although I did wake up in the middle of the procedure. Guess the anesthesiologist wasn't paying attention. I just remember waking up and saying ouch that hurts, and the Dr yelling at me to stop talking! Then I was back asleep. When I woke up the Dr told me that they had harvested 15 mature eggs, I didn't hear about how many immature ones they found. I guess it didn't occur to me to ask. Still 15 is a pretty good number, YAY! Now to wait to hear how many fertilize. I will know that later today. Did I tell you that they will be doing ICSI? It is the procedure where they inject 1 sperm into the egg, to help force it along. Then the plan is to do the embryo transfer on Monday.

everyone! I'll write more tomorrow.. need to try to get some sleep here! Silly pain from the egg retrieval keeps waking me up (it is now 2:30am).

Did you have Twilight sedation?? I had that for the first 2 IVF's and would wake up here and there. The last one was with a different clinic and they knocked me out. We also did ICSI. Good thoughts for those embies!!!!

Yes, it was twilight (propofol), which is probably why I woke up, but still! It was a little strange. The Dr didn't mention it to me, nor did the nurses, so I bet they are hoping I don't remember . Were you successful with your IVF? I got a call from the nurse to see how I was feeling. She mentioned that they may not call me until tomorrow I was like, nooooo you need to call me today to tell me how many embryos I have!

Congrats on your I hope to join you here in the next few weeks!

 

[MrsG2010]

goodluck alicatt my fellow south florida-er! I cant believe you woke up. Sounds a little traumatizing!?

 

[lady luck12]

OMG, it's mad they didn't tell you anything hun, I would have gone nuts waking up. Good Luck with it all xxxx

I'm feeling sick tonight, and that's before i inject myself..........it is Tuesday yet lol xxxxxxx

 

[karenh]

Ali: 15 eggs sounds great! can't wait to see how many fertalise! Yay! Crazy that you woke up, that doesn't sound fun at all.
Lady Luck: Sorry you aren't feeling well. Tuesday is almost here. Hang in there!

 

[lady luck12]

Thanks Karen, how are you doing ?
Looking forward to see how everyone else is getting on with IUI xxxxx

 

[alicatt]

Ali: 15 eggs sounds great! can't wait to see how many fertalise! Yay! Crazy that you woke up, that doesn't sound fun at all.
Lady Luck: Sorry you aren't feeling well. Tuesday is almost here. Hang in there!

Found out today that only 7 of the 15 fertilized and they did the ICSI to ensure that they got good numbers. HMM.. I want to know why we didn't even get 50%. Oh well, 7 embryos is still a good number, and depending on how they do over night, we may do the transfer on Monday, or the Dr may opt to wait until Wednesday when they will be blastocysts. I would prefer Monday to get it over with (and I have planned to take Mon/Tues off), it will be a pain to have to rearrange my schedule to get Wed/Thur off if they move it until Wednesday. The Dr wants me on bed rest for 2 days after the transfer.

I wonder if the Dr's didn't want to say anything about me waking up in hopes that I wouldn't remember? I did remember, and will say something when I see them for the transfer. It was kind of funny actually!

 

[mrsjennyg]

Well ladies... had my u/s and wasn't the best news but was good news in a way I guess. First, last time on the clomid my lining wasn't even 3 and this time on Letrizole my lining was almost 6, which they said 7 was optimal so that's better. Last time in clomid I has 6 big follies (4 on my non tube side) but this time I only have one big one...and it's on the non tube side so the IUI is cancelled for this month. They said to BD because there is a very small small chance that the egg could travel over to the good side...but I'm not holding any stock in that. I have 3 small follies on the good side but she doesn't think they are going to mature. Gah this so majorly sucks. I wasnt prepared for this news because I just assumed I would have good follies on both sides. I asked about the baby aspirin for my lining since I heard about it on here winkwink and she said that there aren't enough studies to suggest it helps but it couldn't hurt. So. Yeah. As of last week all of my friends are pregnant or have had babies... When I say all I am not even exaggerating. 6 of my friends went though IF for various reasons but I dont feel like they understand what I'm going through anymore because they have gotten their "golden ticket.". Haha. I know they are supportive and care but it has turned from being a mutual shoulder to cry on to being "there's always next month!!!!!". Cripes. Please don't get me wrong, I am over the mood excited for the all but it just gets to the point of when the F am I going to catch a break? When is it going to be our turn? I'm sorry to rant and I really try to be positive... but right now I just can't. :/

 

[adroplet]

Alicatt - I'm glad you think it's funny.
I'm sorry but I didn't, I woke up in the middle of a colonoscopy. It was the most traumatizing medical event for me and like your doctor, nobody mentioned it. Coming back to my room i did notice all the nurses staring at me, made me feel weird. It wasnt until that night, trying to go to sleep that it all came back to me, it was bad for weeks. no sleep, depression, anxiety, crying. I had to say something, so I made a formal complaint with Kaiser and then they gave me BS about it saying it didnt happen cause it was not on my chart. BS!!! Everyone was trying to cover their ass! I regret it I didn't do it then, but I should have filed a lawsuit. Now, i can't, can't file after 1 year.
Sorry to be ranting here but your post just brought back some aweful flashbacks, I hope nobody else goes through that.
Good luck with your transfer!!! I hope it all goes well

 

[alicatt]

Alicatt - I'm glad you think it's funny.
I'm sorry but I didn't, I woke up in the middle of a colonoscopy. It was the most traumatizing medical event for me and like your doctor, nobody mentioned it. Coming back to my room i did notice all the nurses staring at me, made me feel weird. It wasnt until that night, trying to go to sleep that it all came back to me, it was bad for weeks. no sleep, depression, anxiety, crying. I had to say something, so I made a formal complaint with Kaiser and then they gave me BS about it saying it didnt happen cause it was not on my chart. BS!!! Everyone was trying to cover their ass! I regret it I didn't do it then, but I should have filed a lawsuit. Now, i can't, can't file after 1 year.
Sorry to be ranting here but your post just brought back some aweful flashbacks, I hope nobody else goes through that.
Good luck with your transfer!!! I hope it all goes well

WOW! Sorry to have brought back such horrible memories. It just wasnt such a big deal to me I guess. I woke up and it hurt for a sec and then I was out again. I'm sure your situation was much more traumatic! I can only imagine.

 

[lady luck12]

How's everyone today?

I'm still having awful headaches, and noticed when doing my injections tonight, that last nights jabs have bruised; just hope I'm doing them right.

Only one lot to do tomorrw now, then scan. Hopefull, I won't have to take any more then, but we'll see.

Where is everyone else in their journey, keeping everything crossed for those who are in the tww xxxxx

 

[JandK]

AF came today. On to the next cycle

 

[karenh]

Alicatt: 7 embrios sounds great! This is so exciting. I hope this is your month!

Mrsjennyg: Since the egg was on the wrong side this month does that mean it will be on the right side next month and give you a better chance? I hear you about your friends. I teach the 1 ½ to 3 year olds at church and ALL of my friends have a kids in that class and one less than a year or are preggers. So hard. Three of them had troubles getting pregnant and used Clomid or Femara, but it is still hard to really feel like they know what you are going through. We are here for you.

Lady luck12: Only one more and then tomorrow you have your scan! I hope it goes well. Let me know! Sorry about your headaches.

JandK: Sorry about AF.

AFM: Took my last dose of Femara last night. I am on CD 8 and I am so tired of bleeding. It is making me irritable. I am made at DH because he doesn’t get it. I really think he should have to go through this. It is his turn. I have my U/s next Monday. Feels like forever, but I am excited! Can’t wait!

 

[mrsjennyg]

JandK I'm sorry about AF I will be seeing you in the Oct IUI thread. Are you going to try different meds?

Karen- my FS recently told me that your cycle doesn't work like that, I totally thought if I ov on one side one month it will be on the other side the next month. Nope. I had no clue!

...with that being said...AFM my nurse just called and the FS wants me to do injectables for Oct. EEK! Since I only have one tube and since it looks like the side without the tube is the one that produces the most follies and is the most domminent (go figure) he wants me on the injectables to have a better chance of producing more follies. She isn't sure if it's going to be FSH or Gonagal F but I will be using a Crinone gel, which is for progesterone. I have to watch a couple of online videos and also talk with them about it too. So since this months IUI was canceled I guess I have some stuff to keep me busy... I'm not sure when/how long I use them though. So you ladies that do injectables, any advice? Any side effects?

 

[alicatt]

JandK I'm sorry about AF I will be seeing you in the Oct IUI thread. Are you going to try different meds?

Karen- my FS recently told me that your cycle doesn't work like that, I totally thought if I ov on one side one month it will be on the other side the next month. Nope. I had no clue!

...with that being said...AFM my nurse just called and the FS wants me to do injectables for Oct. EEK! Since I only have one tube and since it looks like the side without the tube is the one that produces the most follies and is the most domminent (go figure) he wants me on the injectables to have a better chance of producing more follies. She isn't sure if it's going to be FSH or Gonagal F but I will be using a Crinone gel, which is for progesterone. I have to watch a couple of online videos and also talk with them about it too. So since this months IUI was canceled I guess I have some stuff to keep me busy... I'm not sure when/how long I use them though. So you ladies that do injectables, any advice? Any side effects?

Hey..

I tried that last month. It wasn't that bad. Gonal F is FSH, there are several brands, Gonal F, Follistim and Bravelle are a few. Then there is Menopur which is a combination of FSH and LH. Since you are not doing an IVF cycle you probably won't be on too high of a dose, but hopefully high enough that you will get a few nice follicles on your good side. The injections are not too difficult, nor do they hurt that much, and you will probably only have to do them for 5-7 days. During that time they will monitor you very closely and possibly increase or decrease your dose. Then when you are ready they will give you a shot of hCG (or another drug) to make you ovulate and then they'll do the IUI. The crinone will be taken from the day after IUI (or perhaps a few days after) until you find out you are pregnant or not. Then you will continue to take it if you are pregnant. I had to use crinone, and hated it. It was worse than the shots. Its a suppository and that part isn't too horrible. It is the residue that is left up there that is a little gross. Sorry if that is TMI, but you'll understand what I mean when you see it!

 

[mrsjennyg]

Thank you so much Ali! I'll be sure to let you all know once I know for sure which meds. I have done progesterone suppositories in the past and those were kind of gross. She said that this is a gel and my friend who is newly preg (we went to the same FS clinic) is on it now and she says it isn't that bad. We'll see!
Any news on when you go back to get those eggies implanted?

 

[alicatt]

Thank you so much Ali! I'll be sure to let you all know once I know for sure which meds. I have done progesterone suppositories in the past and those were kind of gross. She said that this is a gel and my friend who is newly preg (we went to the same FS clinic) is on it now and she says it isn't that bad. We'll see!
Any news on when you go back to get those eggies implanted?

YEP! Since all 7 embies got to 4 cells yesterday, they wanted to give them more time to develop before we transfer so my transfer is set up for Wednesday morning. This is good for me too since I've had mild OHSS and feel horrible (bloated and crampy) so it will give me an extra 2 days to get better before we get those embryos inside me. So on a day 5 transfer, the hope is that they all survive and make it to a blastocyst. Then the extras, if I have any, they will freeze for a future cycle.