As for my PCOS, it was devastating when I got the diagnosis last summer because I didn't really understand it. Once I started to educate myself on it, I realized that my PCOS is not as bad as it is for some people, and that since I was going to have to live with it I better start having a positive attitiude. I don't have problems with my weight and I always get AF, sometimes my cycles are a little long (30-45 days) but nothing like some people with PCOS have. At least through the 4 rounds of IUI I've had I know that medication will make me produce a mature follicle and that when I have a mature follicle and the IUI is timed perfectly, I get pregnant. We are 2 for 2 on that (with the 2 IUIs that didn't work the follicle wasn't mature when I started to get the LH surge), so at least at this point I have cleared the hurdle of wondering if I can get pregnant. So now I need to tackle step 2, which is getting one of these beans to stick! I am going tomorrow for bloodwork and they should have the results within a week. Where are you in the IVF process? I hope that this one is all it takes for you, I know several women who have gotten pregnant through IVF on the first one.
I had no idea that my ruptured appendix would cause any issues later in life. It was a complete surprise and it really pissed me off that the Dr.'s hadn't warned me. I could have been looking for signs of an ectopic instead of ignoring the MMC and shooting abdominal pain later. Then I probably would have had the metho shot earlier than 8w3d and I possibly could have saved my left tube and all the pain of having it removed. 
What's happened has happened and I too have learned to focus on the positive. I can get pregnant and I have great hormones, all I need is a little help 
I'm in the beginning of my IVF cycle. I start Lupron injections tomorrow and then Gonal-F on Sept. 8th. If everything goes to plan I'll have egg retrieval on Sept. 18th. Working with animals has been a lifelong dream, but I never imagined I would be my own boss! It's incredibly rewarding, and I don't mean to brag. I just feel like I'm the luckiest girl in the world sometimes. It's been a good thing to be able to submerse myself in my animals during these difficult ttc years. Baby animals help a lot when you're craving a baby human so bad it hurts.
Why have you chosen to do IUI's instead of ttc naturally? Is IUI expensive?
My situation actually sounds really similar to yours. I went for my 6 wk u/s thinking everything was fine, but they could see nothing on the u/s either in my uterus or in my tubes. They ran my blood work and beta at that point was only a little over 500, so they were a little less worried about the possibility of an ectopic and agreed to hold off on the mtx. When I went back for bloodwork 48 hours later my beta was over 800, and then the next day it was around 1100, so they did another u/s. That time they saw something in my uterus that could have been a sac, but it was too small to be sure. Still nothing in my tubes, so at least I started to breathe easier. That night I started bleeding and we all thought I would just m/c on my own. But my beta stopped dropping I think around 700. At that point they gave me the mtx, and I went back for bloodwork around 5 days later. My levels had started decreasing but not as much as they wanted, so I got a 2nd shot. My clinic actually has a 2 shot protocol for mtx, so they had told me from the get go that I would more than likely be getting 2 shots. A week or so after the 2nd shot, I actually ended up passing a small sac, and after that my hcg went right to 0. My first period came about 5 weeks after the 2nd shot. My FS told me that I had to wait 2 cycles (which took about 3 months) to start TTC again. It was not 2 cycles per shot of mtx. I started my fertility treatments up again with the 3rd cycle after the mtx shot.
But folic acid is serious business for the health of you LO and it's uber important to build it back up before ttc again. If you fell PG this cycle wouldn't you be so worried about their health? Of course you can do whatever you feel you must or want, but I was compelled to wait until I was absolutely sure I was all good to go.
TBH it was just as bad as I thought it would be. No fun at all. But I'm pretty proud of being able to stick my belly with that needle!!! There were a lot of tears and some moments where I didn't think I could, but it all worked out in the end. It stung for about 5-10 minutes and an hour later I still have an angry red mark 
I'm not looking forward to 21 more days of this, ugh. It's for a good cause, it's for a good cause, it's for a good cause. I can do this 
this morning(14dpo). I'm still in a daze. Im so really happy and excited but also really scared, i dont think i could go through another ectopic.
