New here!!

lisa89760

Hi! I'm new to the TTTC board, but I was on some board on the knot when planning my wedding 3 years ago.  

I'm 29 and my husband is going to be 32 in September.  We have been together since meeting in the summer of 2007 right before my last semester of college!  We just bought our second house on a lake so we are really enjoying boating and doing other lake activities and we LOVE sports! 

We decided to wait a year before even starting to TTC.  We decided to start in December of 2012 and that's when I stopped taking the pill.  We tried for all of 2013 with no success.  I got my first ultrasound done in October of 2013 for some abnormal bleeding.  Nothing out of the ordinary was found.  Between Christmas and New years of 2013, we did the first round of testing.  My husband got his sperm count checked and his numbers looked great.  I got another ultrasound (no issues again),  HSG (minor dipping in my uterus but nothing of concern according to several doctors), and blood work (thyroid, prolactin and progesterone)  I had slightly elevated prolactin levels and had to do a fasting blood test where the levels went down but were still considered elevated.  I'm terrified of needles so this has been a journey for sure!

We met with our RE in April of 2014.  I was put on Parlodel for my elevated prolactin and I started Clomid with a trigger shot. We did two rounds of that and then we started IUIs.  We just completed our third IUI last week.  This cycle I was on Femera instead of Clomid.  I also had a Hysteroscopy done a couple weeks ago to look at the slight dip and the DR decided not to operate. 

It's been a very frustrating journey and you all know.  I'm looking forward to getting to know everyone

BunnyBerry

Welcome! Sounds like a very romantic love story.

So sorry you haven't found a clear answer yet. May I ask, did you get an MRI to see if a pituitary microadenoma could explain your elevated prolactin levels before starting on a med? I had the same situation as you, the levels were still too high after the fasting test (and no boobie touching for 24 hours, Lol!), but since the MRI showed all clear and I do ovulate, our RE decided not to treat it with meds. Just curious about your RE's process compared to ours.

So glad you didn't need surgery for the "slightly dippy" uterus!

Good luck for this cycle.

lisa89760

They tested my prolactin right after starting the meds and my prolactin dropped a lot so I'm back in the normal range.  I still ovulate on my own pretty regularly, but my doctor said they just want to take away the chance of elevated causing issues with TTC.  So I'm still on a really low dose of parlodel to keep the levels down.  

lisa89760

boob touches can lead to elevated prolactin levels...the stuff you learn

BeckyM613

Sorry you have made your way to this board, but you are in the right place. The women here are supportive and offer a ton of great information.
Best of luck to you and I hope your stay here is short!

dancerspose

Welcome.  Sorry you're here, but you'll find this to be a great place for support!  Hope your stay is short.

BunnyBerry

@buttmonkey34 Any nipple stimulation can increase prolactin levels, so for the repeat test, DH was not allowed to come near my chest for 24 hours, and I couldn't even touch my chest or let any water hit it in the shower.

He was ready to die because when I went for my bloodwork, I realized that I'd followed all those rules but forgotten to fast, which was also, necessary, so we had to do it all over again.

JericaLH

Welcome to 3T! I'm sorry it has been such a rough road. Hopefully you can get everything worked out and your stay here will be short! Good luck!

BunnyBerry

Sorry, OP, for usurping your discussion.

@buttmonkey34 - Nothing special, I think they're just like a blankie for him or something. And of course, they are the one awesome thing to come out of gaining a bunch of weight!

lisa89760

haha its ok!  

Pintobean39

Welcome and good luck!!

saritacw

I'm new too -- will do my intro after this -- and it sounds like you and I are very similar in our experiences so far, you're a little ahead with the IUI but otherwise the timeframe and challenges are similar. Good luck to you! I'll cheer you on!

lebradford

Welcome! I have hyperprolactinemia also. Good luck!