TTC after Methotrexate shot

[JPARR01]

Wooooohooo! Congrats! Xoxo

 

[Bells n Bump]

Congratulations TrAyBaby!! Wishing you a happy and healthy nine months xxx

 

[Hpyns4life]

Congrats! H & H 9 months!!!!

 

[PreshFest]

Ok, so I just wanted to share what happened today.

I did go see a different doc and she said the same thing as the other 4 or so doctors said to me. After one period, I am safe to start trying. The doc today said that the only reason to wait is to make sure your uterine lining is built back up, so having one period proves that. She also said that one dose of mtx will NOT deplete all of your folic acid, but it will bring it down a little. I also talked to my pharmacist about it and he said the same thing.

Then, I was still feeling unsatisfied with all of this, and very uncomfortable with trying this month. So I called my husbands friend who is an orthopaedic surgeon. The second he heard what happened and that I had been given methotrexate, he said to wait to try. And then he said, "You don't want to f**k with methotrexate." His exact words... He said that, yeah, I'd probably be fine, but that the chances of miscarriage are increased and so are the chances of spina bifida, etc.

So, thanks to all of you lovely ladies, and my husbands doctor friend, I have officially decided to wait until October. I'm such an impatient person when it comes to this stuff, but I feel good about this decision.

 

[epump]

Congrats, TrAy!!! What wonderful news!! Hoping for a lovely sticky bean in your uterus!!

 

[Michelle78]

Tray, Congrats!

Presh, that's awesome that AF came on time. For me, once AF came I started to be able to feel like myself again. I'm glad that you have a reached a decision that you are comfortable with about when to TTC again. Its so hard when there is so much conflicting information out there.

Hpyns, I know, if we just combined my normal tubes with your normal cycle we would be good to go! LOL. You will do fine with the injections I am going to be doing injectibles with my next IUI, which will be during my next cycle, so probably at the end of September. My doctor is going to use Gonal F, so you have to keep me updated about how that goes. I don't have any side effects with clomid, so I am hoping I don't with the injectibles. I know what you mean about animals, they are the best. DH and I have 2 Alaskan Malamutes, and we love them to death. When I am having a bad day its like they sense it, because they'll just come up and sit quietly with me. Normally they are quite high energy! I can monitor my LH surge like anyone else, using OPKs and keeping an eye on my CM. The CM is a dead give away for me, I've gotten pretty good at guessing when the OPK will be positive before taking the test. But my body will sometimes produce the LH surge even though there isn't a mature follicle. Basically with my PCOS, my body has more than one follicle that starts to mature, unlike normal women who usually just have 1 follicle that takes the lead. The combined amount of estrogen that the maturing follicles are producing makes my body think that there is already a mature follicle and so I get the LH surge, even though each follicle is not yet mature. Before going to a FS last fall, we tried 3 cycles on clomid alone with no success. Once we got to the FS, he went straight to clomid with a trigger shot to force ovulation and IUI. My insurance covers 50% of my fertility treatments, so each round has run me an average of about $500. This next round will be more expensive because the injectible meds are not covered by insurance. DH has excellent insurance, so when open enrollment comes around (I think its in November) I will be getting on his insurance. His insurance has 100% coverage for fertility treatments, so if we are looking at IVF come January at least we will have coverage for it. I know we are so so lucky to have that option to fall back on! If you don't mind my asking, how long have you been TTC? I can't believe that my 1st appt with the FS was almost a year ago. Never would I have thought that a year later all I would have to show for it would be 2 miscarriages

 

[Hpyns4life]

Presh: I'm glad you went out and did your own research. It helps us all understand it a bit more and it reinforces what the other women's Dr.s have been saying. It's scary when there's so many different levels of advice out there, you don't know which ones to follow. I'm glad you feel confident in your decision.

Michelle: What a relief that your insurance covers at least some and soon all of your fertility treatments! I'm under my DH's and it covers nothing except the normal meds like doxycycline, BCP, etc. We've been ttc since Sept 2009, I started charting March 2010, conceived with my ectopic July 2010. I got 2 metho shots in Aug. and my tube ruptured Sept. We started ttc again in Jan 2011 after I had healed from surgery and had an HSG scan (we were advised to ttc naturally for 6 months). July 2011 we sought out a 2nd opinion on my remaining tube, FS said it was most likely at least partially blocked and highly recommended IVF. So that brings us to now.

The Gonal-F shots are quite a bit bigger so that worries me. I'll start those Sept. 8th so I'll let you know how it goes.

 

[Bells n Bump]

Hi ladies, I know its off the subject of ttc but I thought this was the best place to ask.

Does anybody find that the area where the Mtx was injected is occasionally painful and aches?? I have been getting this aching lately around the area, I had it in the top of my right buttock (tmi) and I sometimes find it gets tender when I sleep on that side, am I alone in this??

Thank you xxx

 

[Hpyns4life]

Hey Bells, I did not have any achy feeling in the injection sight. I believe the metho shot is always given in the top of the buttocks since that's the easiest IM injection sight. I'm sure everyone reacts differently. Is it just achy like a bruise? Maybe the nurse moved a bit when she injected it and did leave a bit of bruising on the muscle? No redness or swelling right? I hope it feels better soon

 

[Bells n Bump]

Hey Bells, I did not have any achy feeling in the injection sight. I believe the metho shot is always given in the top of the buttocks since that's the easiest IM injection sight. I'm sure everyone reacts differently. Is it just achy like a bruise? Maybe the nurse moved a bit when she injected it and did leave a bit of bruising on the muscle? No redness or swelling right? I hope it feels better soon

Thank you for your reply, I had the injection in Feb i was a bit sore at the time but soon got better. There is no bruising or any kind of mark there it just starts aching from time to time like there is a bruise there but like I said the actual injection was 6 months ago now, I'm ever so confused about why it keeps doing this?!? I dont think its owt to worry about I just wondered if anyone else was experiencing the same. Xxx

 

[New Yorker]

Hi ladies, I know its off the subject of ttc but I thought this was the best place to ask.

Does anybody find that the area where the Mtx was injected is occasionally painful and aches?? I have been getting this aching lately around the area, I had it in the top of my right buttock (tmi) and I sometimes find it gets tender when I sleep on that side, am I alone in this??

Thank you xxx

Hi Bells n Bump,

I had my injections on both of my arms and it did not hurt me at all like some injections I have gotten in the past (based on the type of medication given). I am a nurse and I personally hate getting shots on my butt because for me I'm just more sensitive there. But when I give shots to patients on their buttocks it must be in a certain area because we can potentially hit a branch of nerves. Don't know if that is your case but it could have been. Sorry that it keeps bothering you.

 

[Renzalxx]

TRAY! SOOOOOOOOOOOOO EXCITED FOR YOU... will be thinking of you and sending you all the good luck vibes I can for a nice sticky bean in your uterus...

Presh, congrats on getting AF... i know exactly how you feel when it comes to TTC again.. it is a scary situation and I too am so impatient... better to be safe then sorry and good on you for looking into things...

HappiGail pointed me to this website which answered all of my questions and put my mind to rest.... hopefully might help you too... xxxx

https://www.ectopic.org.uk/index.php/...-methotrexate/

Keep smiling

 

[New Yorker]

Congrats to TrAyBaby! Great news!

PreshFest, congrats on getting AF!!

 

[PreshFest]

TRAY! SOOOOOOOOOOOOO EXCITED FOR YOU... will be thinking of you and sending you all the good luck vibes I can for a nice sticky bean in your uterus...

Presh, congrats on getting AF... i know exactly how you feel when it comes to TTC again.. it is a scary situation and I too am so impatient... better to be safe then sorry and good on you for looking into things...

HappiGail pointed me to this website which answered all of my questions and put my mind to rest.... hopefully might help you too... xxxx

https://www.ectopic.org.uk/index.php/...-methotrexate/

Keep smiling

That website doesn't work for me for some reason! I'll try again later, just in case.

 

[PreshFest]

I was able to see the info by going to that website and searching methotrexate! Very helpful information there!! Thanks for sharing that.

So it said to wait two full cycles or three months, whichever comes first. Since you have to ovulate in order to get a period, do you start at ovulation? SO the third time I ovulate since methotrexate will be the time that we try. Which will be after two periods. It will only be 2.5 months from when I actually received the mtx, though. I'm probably thinking this to death, but I can't help it! It's only a 2 week difference, so I'm sure it's no biggie. But I don't really want to wait another month. It just doesn't seem necessary, ya know?

 

[ster1234]

My hcg went from 780 to 1300 in 4 days, so I got my second shot of Methotrexate 2 days ago. I had some extremely painful cramps yesterday. I'm also having heavy bleeding. I was on the verge of going to the ER. All I could do was lie in bed and pray for the pain to away. Since I can't take nsaids, I was taking Tylenol, but that didn't help much. I feel better today, but it seems like I'm having these bad cramps every couple of days. Should I be concerned? At what point should I worry that's something's wrong? I would know if a tube ruptures, right? I had these cramps even before my 1st mtx shot, so I don't know what's going on. I just didn't expect the cramping to be this bad. Did anyone else go through this?

 

[Hpyns4life]

ster1234: I'm sorry you're going through so much pain During my metho treatment I only had 2 days of pain and they were about 2 weeks apart, but the pain lasted for a few hours and all I could do was lay in bed and wait it out. My numbers were something like 4800 up to 5300 then started coming down. That's when my tube ruptured and it was the worst pain I've ever been in in my life. I broke out in a sheen of dripping sweat, thought I had to diarrhea, was delirious, was puking, and ended up writhing and screaming in pain on the floor. It was pretty obvious that my tube had ruptured.

I hope you never experience that. If it's more than cramps your feeling then call your Dr. and let him know! He should be able to help guide you. They can always check you again to make sure you're okay. It's a very scary time A natural way to help your body pass the rest of what's in the uterus is to put a spoonful of castor oil on your bare belly skin and rub it in, lay a towel over the top and then a heat pack. Lay down with this for at least 30 minutes. This will help to soothe your uterus and allow some of the castor oil to be absorbed into your abdomen which will help reduce inflammation and let the blood and clots move on their way. Don't ingest any of the castor oil, it should only be on your belly. This is also a natural remedy for helping to conceive in the future (taught to me by my naturalist and midwife). I hope you feel better soon.

 

[Renzalxx]

TRAY! SOOOOOOOOOOOOO EXCITED FOR YOU... will be thinking of you and sending you all the good luck vibes I can for a nice sticky bean in your uterus...

Presh, congrats on getting AF... i know exactly how you feel when it comes to TTC again.. it is a scary situation and I too am so impatient... better to be safe then sorry and good on you for looking into things...

HappiGail pointed me to this website which answered all of my questions and put my mind to rest.... hopefully might help you too... xxxx

https://www.ectopic.org.uk/index.php/...-methotrexate/

Keep smiling

That website doesn't work for me for some reason! I'll try again later, just in case.

Hi Presh

Sorry the page has moved somehow on the site try this link (altho the same, seems to work):

https://www.ectopic.org.uk/index.php/patients/treatment/medical-treatment-methotrexate/

Actually just read that you found it... should read the posts first hahaha

 

[ster1234]

Thank you for sharing your experience, Hpyns4life. Do you think the extremely painful cramps are normal? They are the worst pains I have felt in my life. Should I go to the doctor tomorrow and ask for b/w and u/s? My 2nd shot was Saturday, so I don't know if that's enough time for hcg to go down. I'm just scared that something's really wrong because the pain is so bad.

 

[TrAyBaby]

Thanks for all the well wishes but it was not meant to be. I started spotting yesterday so rushed to the hospital. They confirmed a m/c. I cannot believe it. I'm so completely lost now, I just don't know what to do. I really thought this was my forever baby