vineyard
Mom of twin girls!
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My signature pretty much tells all. But, we tried for 12 months prior to seeing a specialist. After running blood work (and semen analysis) and talking with a fertility specialist it was decided that I didn't ovulate consistently and my husband's sperm didn't swim (some did, but most didn't)--16% motility.
She immediately started us on the IUI protocol. We did that IUI with 100 mg of Clomid and an HCG trigger with progesterone support following the IUI. However, we only got 1 follicle out of that. There were also only 3 million sperm that were viable (5 million are suggested for IUI & 10 million are needed for natural conception). Result= negative.
We decided to give it another try. The second IUI we did 100 mg of Clomid with 2 vials of FSH which gave us 3 mature follicles (several little ones too). We also did progesterone support following the IUI. Again, the analysis came out as only 3 million sperm but we were still hopeful. Result= negative.
The doctor said they usually do IUIs 3 times but we decided that with the numbers being so low and with it costing around $1000 per try, we'd rather apply that money to IVF/ICSI. We almost immediately started the IVF/ICSI protocol. We did FSH and Menopur with Lupron prior and during. We got 16 eggs, 11 mature, and 9 fertilized. On day 3 8 of the 9 were still going. On day 5 only 3 made it. The FS said that 1 was perfect quality and the other 2 were mediocre so we decided to transfer all 3. Needless to say we were disappointed to not have any to freeze.
I was also on aspirin (81 mg daily) and progesterone support (100 mg twice a day) through the 12th week.
Well, the end of March we got our
. 11DPO beta= 15. 13 DPO beta= 70. And 23 DPO= 5500. Our 7 week scan showed TWINS!!!
We are now 19 weeks pregnant with twins! They are both doing well and Twin A started kicking last week and Twin B started kicking in the past few days. We find out genders on July 14th.
Best of luck to you all. It will happen and when it does, it'll make the journey so worth it!!!
She immediately started us on the IUI protocol. We did that IUI with 100 mg of Clomid and an HCG trigger with progesterone support following the IUI. However, we only got 1 follicle out of that. There were also only 3 million sperm that were viable (5 million are suggested for IUI & 10 million are needed for natural conception). Result= negative.
We decided to give it another try. The second IUI we did 100 mg of Clomid with 2 vials of FSH which gave us 3 mature follicles (several little ones too). We also did progesterone support following the IUI. Again, the analysis came out as only 3 million sperm but we were still hopeful. Result= negative.
The doctor said they usually do IUIs 3 times but we decided that with the numbers being so low and with it costing around $1000 per try, we'd rather apply that money to IVF/ICSI. We almost immediately started the IVF/ICSI protocol. We did FSH and Menopur with Lupron prior and during. We got 16 eggs, 11 mature, and 9 fertilized. On day 3 8 of the 9 were still going. On day 5 only 3 made it. The FS said that 1 was perfect quality and the other 2 were mediocre so we decided to transfer all 3. Needless to say we were disappointed to not have any to freeze.
I was also on aspirin (81 mg daily) and progesterone support (100 mg twice a day) through the 12th week.
Well, the end of March we got our
. 11DPO beta= 15. 13 DPO beta= 70. And 23 DPO= 5500. Our 7 week scan showed TWINS!!!We are now 19 weeks pregnant with twins! They are both doing well and Twin A started kicking last week and Twin B started kicking in the past few days. We find out genders on July 14th.
Best of luck to you all. It will happen and when it does, it'll make the journey so worth it!!!
whahoo xxx
