Good morning! I am new to forums but have been TTC since August 2009. My story...
I was married in March 2009 and hubby and I decided to stop birth control in August of that same year. I got pregnant immediately. At my first appointment (middle of October) there was no baby
My OB thought I had already miscarried and sent me home. She did call me in for blood work every couple of days and my levels kept rising so she sent me to the hospital for an ultrasound and there discovered the baby was in my tube. At this point I was 9 weeks. I had surgery to remove the baby from the tube and during the surgery she discovered I have endometriosis. My right tube was completely destroyed b/c of the ectopic so I now have one tube. I started treatment in December 2009 (Lupron injections) and ended those in March 2010. My doctor prescribed Clomid for me and I did that for three months. We took a break b/c my father was diagnosed with cancer and it was a stressful time for me. My father passed away in November 2010 and I wanted to give up on having a baby. (My dad was my buddy and was going to be my baby sitter. He wanted me to have a baby more than I did, I think!) We decided to start trying again in June of this year and in July I had another laparoscopy to verify the endo wasn't back. My RE cleaned up the endo and I started Follistim injections at the end of August. During my first cycle I ovulated on the right side and since there is no tube there, we did nothing.
This cycle was on my LEFT!!!! I had 3 nice follicles in my left ovary. I received the HCG trigger shot on Sunday, 10/16. Thankfully, my hubby's swimmers are perfect and we had our first IUI last Monday, 10/17. As of today, I am 9DPO. My symptoms are: nausea, tender breasts and sensitive nips, creamy CM and low back pain. The low back ache has been off and on since 7DPO. I am starting to wonder if it's a good sign but not sure at this point. I have 28 day cycles so AF should arrive on 10/28. I plan on testing 10/29 (12DPO) but my RE suggested waiting until 11/1 to test. I am so nervous about this and have been obsessing over every symptom. It is so nice to see other women going through this. It makes me feel like I am not that crazy!