-:- 3T weekly check in -:-

ky29

Sorry this is so late! I've been visit f with family that's in town. So this will be an informal check in. Come and update us where you're at. Hope everyone has had a great weekend!!

nighthawk646wife

Af is gone and the fertility app is saying it's fertile time. Monday is supposed to be ovulation according to the app. Hubby is having some issues with the bd on demand thing so we're making a day off it tomorrow. romantic dinner, wine, candlelight ect...

.Mrs.Matt.

Patiently, or not so patiently, awaiting AF. She could arrive shortly or in about a week. My injects arrived for my next cycle, and I am SO ready to get this show on the road!!! Taking a break was great at first, but it is getting harder every day!

Good luck to everyone this week, hoping to see some BFPs soon!

shirleymaeby

Just had mid-cycle u/s yesterday.  They found three follies ready to go (20, 15, and 14) so they had me trigger last night.  We go in for IUI #2 tomorrow morning.  Pretty stoked about this cycle because all the follies were smaller when I triggered last cycle, and not as close in size as this month.  Hoping this is the one!

AnnaClaire256

I'm on CD 4. Baseline appt. went great and Im taking my second dose of clomid tonight. My first monitoring appt. is August 4th. This will be our first IUI!

jessimi06

Happy Sunday ladies! I had ER on Friday and am waiting for my day 3 fert report tomorrow. We had 6 eggs, 6M and 5F so were just waiting til the morning to see if we'll transfer tomorrow or Wednesday.

aves0708

2 weeks of BCP down and 1 to go.  I'm ready to be done with them, they are making me so sick to my stomach and the spotting/mid cycle bleeding is really annoying. 

I am going in for a repeat saline sono on Wednesday (I'm very much dreading it) to address some lining issues from my last IUI cycle.  I am so afraid she is going to find something and that we'll end up having to cancel our planned August cycle.  I just want Wednesday to be here and over with so I can know what to expect for August.

Kcheese

So not ready for the weekend to be over On the bright side I have my CD12 u/s tomorrow so hoping for good follies. IUI #3 here I come

brazenbiblio

CD 7 here. Taking letrozole and thankfully but feeling many side effects. Waiting for Saturday and my CD 12 appointment.

catlover790

@ky29 Hope you had fun with your family!

@nighthawk646wife‌ Hope you have a nice date day tomorrow!

@.Mrs.Matt. Good luck with the injects cycle!

@rainbowbridge14‌ I'm sorry you have to be on a break. I hope this next cycle is it for you!

@kmdecoux‌ Yay!! I hope this cycle is it! Good luck tomorrow!

@AnnaClaire256‌ Glad your baseline looks good; good luck!

@Buttmonkey34‌ Glad the meds aren't too bad for you!

@jessimi06‌ Good luck with your transfer!

@aves0708‌ I hope Wednesday comes quickly for you and that everything goes okay.

@Kcheese‌ Hope your ultrasound shows some good follies!

@DarcyHermione‌ I'm sorry you don't have much hope for this cycle. I'll hope for you! Good luck finding out about the HSG, I hope you have some coverage for it.

@awiley10 Good luck with your appointment this weekend!



I have my HSG tomorrow morning and I'm soo nervous!! The more I think about it the more nervous I'm getting! I don't want to go! On the other hand they are going to check on my follies (I hope I have at least one!) since it will be cd 10 so I hope I have one that is getting ready. I may have another ultrasound depending on how things are going and we will be having lots of sex this week (tmi sorry but that is on the agenda, haha).

theholmanherd

It looks like I will be staying at least another couple of weeks. With Abuela being terminal, my husband things it would be best if I stay until she passes and then he will fly out and drive me home (I have my car out here) after her funeral. It's weird talking about this when she's not even gone, but I have to be realistic. Anyway, that will set us back another month, but I don't really care about that right now. I'm just trying to enjoy each moment with her while I can.

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Autumray

Hello my lovely ladies! Just over here on CD 15! I have my first RE consult on Thursday (WooHoo) Just natural cycling this bad boy til next cycle. Having some issues with DH DTD. I told him if it continues I will be asking for IUIs if we are going to spend all the money on medicated cycles and he cant perform when we need it I am not going to waste the money. So frusterating ugh! I hate to sound like a bitch but honestly what else am I going to do? He says he thinks hes still freaking himself out and afraid of having kids. Baby that ship has sailed.... LOL So yes just waiting and enjoying my super fabulous summer  

TTCBabyJ

This is our break cycle. I have two appointments with potential REs this week. I'm so ready to get a real second opinion....or actually a first opinion I just really feel like my first RE was just winging it. I have an HMO and you have to see the first RE first before you are able to get a referral to another (better) RE. Even though we are on a break we will still try naturally this cycle.

MrsLolaSky

Hmmm... I guess I'm in the TWW (although, after being at this for so long, I'm not going to get my hopes up). This is also our last month before we try a medicated IUI.

BunnyBerry

@nighthawk636wife LOL have fun!

@rainbowbridge14 There's a reason your RE is having you continue IUI! The chance might be a little lower at this point but still you have a real chance. Good luck.

@kmdecoux Great numbers!

@aves0708 So sorry about the sono...I hope this time it goes easily.

@kcheese Have fun seeing those follies!

@darcyhermione Insurance companies are the worst. I'm so sorry. I hope you get a nice surprise and some things are covered that you didn't expect.

@awiley10 So sorry Letrozole is giving you side effects. Hopefully they diminish as you get further in your cycle.

@catlover790 Hope your HSG went well and you have helpful results!!

@diordra Hope you get a chance to talk with the RE about your bloodwork soon. Don't they realize that they force us into the arms of Dr. Google when they make us wait??

@theholmanherd I'm so glad you are able to spend this time with your abuela. Such a blessing for both of you.

@snakefisherbub Hate that feeling of waiting for surgery!! I hope you find lots of fun things to distract yourself until the day. 

@ttcbabyj After your awful first RE experience, I think you deserve to now choose between two awesome, wise, kind REs.

Surgeries next Monday. Hopefully my imagination of what recovery will be like is exaggerated. I am really nervous about pain and being helpless for a while. I'm also really curious about when we're ever actually going to get an IUI. Perhaps before 2015?

Sewfie

Good luck on Wednesday, @SnakeFisherBub.

Keeping you in my thoughts, @theholmanherd.


C/P mentioned, having a bad IF day:




I'm in the 2ww. We had our IUI on Friday the 18th. With the last IUI, I had an hcg trigger shot and tested until it was gone (got a neg on 8dpo), then tested on 10dpo and got a positive. It ended in a chemical. In my mind, since I got a pos on 10dpo last time, clearly I should have the same result, so I tested this morning and it was negative. Last time I had fairly clear symptoms (nauseated a lot, super tired, super cranky), this time I really don't have anything. I mean, not to the same level (low level nausea, crankiness, only a little more tired than usual). But I'm also on progesterone. I know it's early, but I just don't have a lot of hope for this cycle and I'm so sad and frustrated. I feel like the c/p was my fault somehow, and that if I had just done this thing or that thing differently, I wouldn't have lost it. And now I have to sit at my stupid desk all day and deal with stupid people when all I really want to do is curl up in my bed and cry myself to sleep.

kushie77

Af came last week, exactly 30 days from last, which is a record for me.  No provera, nothing.  Woot!  Let's hope this trend continues.  And I actually noticed that I have CM the last few days, which I never see.  Maybe H can get one or two good swimmers and we can beat the odds this cycle.  Not that I see anything realistic about that, but one can hope and dream right?  

We have a meeting next Wed with the foster care people to see what they have to say.   

emmuffy

Started the Estrace/Androgel protocol, waiting to stim for IVF in Sept.

catlover790

@PeanutRN I'm sorry! That sounds just like me the past two cycle. You mentioned you'll be waiting a little bit to set up a RE appointment and you should do what you're comfortable with but just so you know there might be a wait to get in. For me I had a 2.5 month waiting list then since I wasn't ovulating I had to do prometrium and wait for a period before starting. I'm just in my first cycle now after calling the RE back in May. Just so you know it could take a little bit, but some people get in right away! Hope you have a fun vacay!

@theholmanherd‌ I'm thinking of you.

@Sewfie‌ I'm so sorry for your cp. I'm sorry about the bfn too, hopefully it's just too early.

@amylev80‌ I'm sorry you're having a bad day. Maybe a little break will help you feel better!



Update on me:

Just got home from HSG appointment; I was really nervous and I think that made it a little worse because I was so tense, but overall it went well!! The nurse got me set up so the RE didn't spend too much time down there (I was nervous about that lol) and he said everything looks "perfect"! Yay! I'm so happy that there wasn't anything wrong because at my first appointment they couldn't find my left ovary and I was nervous something was wrong with it.

They took a look at my ovaries after with the vag cam and it looks like I have two follies that are growing! I'm only cd 10 so they think it does look like the letrozole is working and hopefully these two mature. I go back on Wednesday to see, and I will trigger hopefully by the end of the week! The nurse was really nice and she gave me samples of endometrin for this cycle so I'm saving a little money too! Although this appointment was nerve-wracking I'm glad I got it over with and have some good news. Right now I'm having some cramping and a little spotting but I'm treating myself to hot cocoa and relaxing today! Thanks for all,your support everyone!

athlete010688

CD 3 for me.  I need to get back into the habit of temping.  I was pretty bummed when AF showed up (early in fact).  We had decent timing I thought.  Ugh!

Sewfie

@catlover790, thank you. I'm glad your hsg went well!

BunnyBerry

@iputketchuponketchup Great news! Glad you like the office so well. Wow, it's mindblowing that you have 2 utes equally able to carry a pregnancy! Good luck with testing.

shirleymaeby

@iputketchuponketchup - Good luck!!!

Just got back from IUI #2.  DH's sample had fewer swimmers this time (23 million vs 44 million last time), but the morphology and speed were better than last time so we're still quite hopeful.  I had three large follies at my u/s on Saturday and two were pretty close in size.  I always have mild ovulation pain on whichever side I am dropping the egg on and this month I am getting the "pinch" on both the left and the right so I am hoping to drop an egg from each side to double my chances.

FX this is the one!!!

LindseyM2012

**Step child briefly mentioned later**

CD 24 here.  I finished this round of testing to confirm PCOS a couple weeks ago.  Everything turned out just like it did when my ob/gyn ran the tests.  So I'm going to count that as a good thing because that means nothing changed and no surprises were found by the RE - she knows what she's treating so that gives me some hope.  I have stopped expecting that I ovulate so I am not even thinking about testing this cycle.  The last 2 cycles have been 60+ days and I've had to trigger my period both times.  Its strange, but I'm not even keeping track of what CD it is (except when I just counted them for this update) or anything.  IF by the grace of God I magically ended up ovulating and got pregnant, I'll be that much happier.  I'll likely start medicated cycles in September.

My husband's SA is tomorrow so **fingers crossed** that things are good there.  He is quite masculine and proud so I would HATE if his numbers were poor.  I can cope with what is going on with me (even though I don't cope well some days), but I don't want to have his masculinity take any sort of hit.  He already has a child and if anything he is healthier than before (stopped smoking cigs and cut WAAAAYYYY back on the marijuana) so I'm hopeful it is fine.

My thoughts are with you ladies who are in the waiting phase (waiting to start medicated cycles, in the 2WW, waiting for news on anything).  That is the worst part of this whole IF stuff (in my opinion anyway).  And fingers crossed for all of you who are testing soon!! 

juneroses

CD 8 here on letrozole. Nothing much to report.

TiffW2012

Good luck to everyone going through cycle testing--I know the wait can be long and painful.

CD27 for me, which will make tomorrow 14DPO.  I had held off on buying any tests so that I wouldn't test early.  I just picked a pack up at CVS and plan on testing tomorrow.  I have absolutely no symptoms, but do have some hope.  We hit O-3, O-2, O-1, O, and O+1.  FX that this cycle works!

catlover790

@TiffW2012‌ Good luck testing! FX for you!

catlover790

@triathlete23‌ Good luck at your monitoring appointment! I hope you can do IUI soon!!

@sugar4bri‌ I really hope this cycle is successful for you!! FX!!

TLooney17

I am in the 2ww (8 dpiui)  for iui #2. I had 4 lovely follies at my mid cycle scan, but unfortunately DH's post wash count was only 900,000 . I am praying for a miracle, but I have a consultation scheduled with our RE for 8/6 to talk about our next steps. We just aren't sure that trying a 3rd iui is a good idea since our post wash counts have been so low.

Good luck to everyone in the 2ww! Hugs to those who need them!

catlover790

@TLooney17‌ I'm sorry the counts weren't that good for your IUI. FX one of those made it!

@irishtheatrechic‌ I'm glad your HSG came back good! Good luck with the next steps!

thirtyninetoforty

Hello Ladies!

I'm in my 2ww and trying very hard not to think about it.  Last time I was all "yay, it's gonna be great" and this time, I doubt it will happen and am going to make my mammo appt for the week AF is to come so I can have that done and be ready to talk about IVF. 

TiffW2012

Well I tested this morning @ 14 DPO and got a BFN.  Now just waiting for my period to start so we can move to the next cycle.  I think that we will do one more cycle of TI, and then in September we will take off because we are going on vacation.  Then maybe in October we will start IUI cycles.  

MrsS728

I'm on CD 3. Starting #3 on CD5 and then consultation appt on CD 9.

catlover790

@thirtyninetoforty‌ I'm sorry you are having a tough 2ww this time.

@TiffW2012‌ I'm sorry about the bfn.

@MrsS728‌ Good luck!

catlover790

Can I be an AW today?? I just had a monitoring appointment on cd 12. I have two follies that are 16.5 mm each!! My trigger is arriving today and I'm so excited that I can probably trigger on Friday! I'm sorry to be AW about it I just had all these fears that the femara wouldn't work for me and I wouldn't even have a chance is cycle. I'm just so happy that I'll (hopefully) ovulate for the first time in 8 months! Friday is also one year exactly of TTC so I hope that this time it will be a better year. Thanks for letting me update! I promise to wait until the next check in after this!!

TiffW2012

@catlover790 Good luck to you!  FX that it all works out

shirleymaeby

@TiffW2012 - Sorry about your BFN.

@catlover790 - Good Luck!!

drstef

Hi all,

CD13 for me. I had my mid-cycle u/s yesterday and things looked good for IUI#3! Uterine lining is ready to go, 2 dominant follicles and 1 smaller in the right ovary, and 1 dominant in the left ovary. I will be triggering tonight and have the IUI on Friday (8/1).

I really hope this cycle works because if not, we will be taking a break. Keeping everything crossed on my body that it takes this time.

Any possible cycle buddies to help keep sanity during the 2ww???

catlover790

@drstef‌ Good luck! FX this cycle works!

Radiantly

drstef - I'm not IUI but will be O'ing tomorrow or Fri so we will be 2WW cycle buddies!

I've hit a new place, ladies - and feeling pretty positive that it WILL happen eventually...

I got all my results from the RE yesterday.   I have endometriosis which has gunked up my right tube so only my left is open. The RE said my left might be gunky too but my egg reserve is good so I can give it a few more months of trying before laproscopic surgery to remove the endo & open tubes. And if that doesn't work then move to IVF. DH sperm are great which is a relief. And out of the 130 genetic test markers I only had ONE positive - something about bad eyesight. My uterus looks good and has no polyps. 

I'm on CD14 today and my left O is gearing up to ovulate tomorrow says the RE. He could see it yesterday in the saline sonogram. The nurse said many people get pregnant after the saline b/c it clears out the pathways. AND ladies I finally have eggwhite CM this cycle. So we are BDing finally.

I'm really hopeful for this cycle. Now that I know only my left side is open, I know only half my cycles are chances. So since my left side is gearing up, this cycle is a possibility!

I'm leaving for the weekend on Saturday - Monday w/o DH so I'm happy to hear I'm O'ing a little early this month to get in our BDing.  Really hope this 2WW isn't excruiating.