Well....it worked like an absolute charm. I went from having a count of 0 on yesterday's post-coital test to "too numerous to count" on today's test. Who knew?? I'm really encouraged - both by my chances now, and by my RE.
long story short: acidic mucus was killing all the sperm. Nurse told me to try a baking soda douche before sex. Everyone scratched their heads at that one (including me) but it did the trick.
My body was killing all the sperm before it even got to the cervix.
Oh, yes, totally, but if the same cervical mucus is in your cervix, I wonder if it will help.
It's definitely a step in the right direction :-) And you know that if it doesn't work, it's very likely that an IUI will bypass that last little bit since murdering sperm definitely would be a major obstacle to conceiving.
Lots of hope for now, and still lots of hope if the baking soda alone doesn't work!
Am I the only one who is secretly (now not-so-secretly) thinking about putting baking soda up their hoo-ha this cycle now?! I don't even know if I have acidic CM but this suddenly seems like a fantastic idea (obviously my desperate IF brain is running the show here).
@Ann612 do you mind sharing what the soda-to-water ratio was (JUST in case)?
Me: 27 DH: 35
TTC #1 Since
July 2013
Started RE
Testing July 2014
2 HSG tests: Right tube is blocked, possible endo.
TSH elevated, started Synthroid 25 mg daily.
October, 2014: Femara 5 mg + TI ---> 3 follies on blocked tube side ---> BFN
November, 2014: Femara + Ovidrel + IUI#1--2 follies (on the good side), 46 mil. motile sperm=BFN
Am I the only one who is secretly (now not-so-secretly) thinking about putting baking soda up their hoo-ha this cycle now?! I don't even know if I have acidic CM but this suddenly seems like a fantastic idea (obviously my desperate IF brain is running the show here).
@Ann612 do you mind sharing what the soda-to-water ratio was (JUST in case)?
I'm am seriously thinking about putting baking soda up my vagina. SERIOUSLY. I have pretty thick CM and a lot of it and think it is killing the sperm. I'm def going to do some more research on it and try it out next money.
TTC: 2 years Fertility blood tests all normal Tilted uterus 3 day ultrasound 17 follicles HSG: 11/13/13- tubes open DH SA: SUPER sperm (145 million, 84% motility, 22% morphology) All infection disease and immunity blood tests NORMAL FIRST IUI May 2014: 100 mg Clomid days 5-9, third ultrasound CD 13 revealed four follicles 27, 24 and 20 and 13mm. Trigger shot May 28 with IUI May 29 and 30 (fingers crossed) - BFN started spotting 11DPO
IUI #2 B2B 6/23 and 6/24, three mature eggs and 130 million sperm! FX this is the month! BFN 7/8
3rd cycle benched due to cysts - TI with OPK tests - BFN
3rd mediated cycle: Clomid+Trigger+TI (three follies left side, one on right as usual....what the hell right ovary get it together and produce some damn follicles!) 7DPO progesterone level 43 with NO suppositories YAY for a natural strong ovulation. Beta canceled started spotting 13DPO - Third time is not a CHARM! 14 day cycle WTF! Everything looks normal - RE wants to start injectables next cycle so this cycle I'm benched
Officially benched until March....but still plan on trying the baking soda douche due to my excessive and thick CM
JANUARY SIGGY CHALLENGE...This is so me!
Love this man....he was so before his time in his thoughts and ideas about the world....been obsessed about him lately bringing it back to the early 90s.
It was 2 tablespoons to a quart of warm water. My nurse said to do it roughly an hour before sex. I had never douched before, but it was pretty easy and painless. Just stood in the shower to do it.
Am I the only one who is secretly (now not-so-secretly) thinking about putting baking soda up their hoo-ha this cycle now?! I don't even know if I have acidic CM but this suddenly seems like a fantastic idea (obviously my desperate IF brain is running the show here).
@Ann612 do you mind sharing what the soda-to-water ratio was (JUST in case)?
I'm am seriously thinking about putting baking soda up my vagina. SERIOUSLY. I have pretty thick CM and a lot of it and think it is killing the sperm. I'm def going to do some more research on it and try it out next money.
I also have a lot. I should also mention that the baking soda was done in conjunction with taking Mucinex - 1200 mg twice a day (it's just one pill of the extra strength), and I was very specifically told it must be regular Mucinex, not the DM.
After it worked, I was told I would not have to do it again before doing the BD this weekend. But I was instructed to stay on the Mucinex. So it seems like doing it once several days before ovulation is what was needed.
All this being said, please check with your RE too!! I wouldn't want to point anyone in the wrong direction.
Am I the only one who is secretly (now not-so-secretly) thinking about putting baking soda up their hoo-ha this cycle now?! I don't even know if I have acidic CM but this suddenly seems like a fantastic idea (obviously my desperate IF brain is running the show here).
@Ann612 do you mind sharing what the soda-to-water ratio was (JUST in case)?
I'm am seriously thinking about putting baking soda up my vagina. SERIOUSLY. I have pretty thick CM and a lot of it and think it is killing the sperm. I'm def going to do some more research on it and try it out next money.
I also have a lot. I should also mention that the baking soda was done in conjunction with taking Mucinex - 1200 mg twice a day (it's just one pill of the extra strength), and I was very specifically told it must be regular Mucinex, not the DM.
After it worked, I was told I would not have to do it again before doing the BD this weekend. But I was instructed to stay on the Mucinex. So it seems like doing it once several days before ovulation is what was needed.
All this being said, please check with your RE too!! I wouldn't want to point anyone in the wrong direction.
Thanks for the info I appreciate it! My RE doesn't do the post coital test (grrr) but I have my suspicions my CM is a problem. I'll mention it to my RE, but if he isn't on board I'm going to try any ways Thanks again!!!!
Me: 33, DH: 32
TTC: 2 years Fertility blood tests all normal Tilted uterus 3 day ultrasound 17 follicles HSG: 11/13/13- tubes open DH SA: SUPER sperm (145 million, 84% motility, 22% morphology) All infection disease and immunity blood tests NORMAL FIRST IUI May 2014: 100 mg Clomid days 5-9, third ultrasound CD 13 revealed four follicles 27, 24 and 20 and 13mm. Trigger shot May 28 with IUI May 29 and 30 (fingers crossed) - BFN started spotting 11DPO
IUI #2 B2B 6/23 and 6/24, three mature eggs and 130 million sperm! FX this is the month! BFN 7/8
3rd cycle benched due to cysts - TI with OPK tests - BFN
3rd mediated cycle: Clomid+Trigger+TI (three follies left side, one on right as usual....what the hell right ovary get it together and produce some damn follicles!) 7DPO progesterone level 43 with NO suppositories YAY for a natural strong ovulation. Beta canceled started spotting 13DPO - Third time is not a CHARM! 14 day cycle WTF! Everything looks normal - RE wants to start injectables next cycle so this cycle I'm benched
Officially benched until March....but still plan on trying the baking soda douche due to my excessive and thick CM
JANUARY SIGGY CHALLENGE...This is so me!
Love this man....he was so before his time in his thoughts and ideas about the world....been obsessed about him lately bringing it back to the early 90s.
I will admit the thought crossed my mind even though we have no sperm to murder!
****SIGGY WARNING****
Hashimoto's with irregular cycles DH- 37 Severe oligoasthenoteratozoospermia
TTC since May 2012
HSG- all clear
March 2014 - RE appt. April 2014- Saline sono all's good, terrible SA results - 8 sperm found all abnormal May 2014- Fert Urology- Bilateral varicoceles, recommend Donor Sperm
Re: Baking Soda Update
Me: 27 DH: 35
TTC #1 Since July 2013
Started RE Testing July 2014
2 HSG tests: Right tube is blocked, possible endo.
TSH elevated, started Synthroid 25 mg daily.
October, 2014: Femara 5 mg + TI ---> 3 follies on blocked tube side ---> BFN
November, 2014: Femara + Ovidrel + IUI#1--2 follies (on the good side), 46 mil. motile sperm=BFN
Nov-Dec 2014: Femara + Ovidrel + IUI #2 (1 follie, 76 mil. motile sperm) + Endometrin=BFN
January, 2014: Femara + Ovidrel + IUI #3 (1 follie, 38 mil. motile sperm)=???
New RE appt. scheduled for 1/14.
3T January Siggy Challenge: New Years Resolutions
Mine: Lose the weight I put on from booze and cookies over Christmas.
PCOS | Anovulatory | Metformin + Letrozole
Glad to hear it's on the right track! It's one hell of a cheap fertility treatment if that's all it takes :-)
***** GRAD / TICKER WARNING *****
Off birth control March 2012 - Actively trying Sept 2012-April 2014
BFP on May 5th after Follistim & IUI #3
It's definitely a step in the right direction :-) And you know that if it doesn't work, it's very likely that an IUI will bypass that last little bit since murdering sperm definitely would be a major obstacle to conceiving.
Lots of hope for now, and still lots of hope if the baking soda alone doesn't work!
Off birth control March 2012 - Actively trying Sept 2012-April 2014
BFP on May 5th after Follistim & IUI #3
Me: 27 DH: 35
TTC #1 Since July 2013
Started RE Testing July 2014
2 HSG tests: Right tube is blocked, possible endo.
TSH elevated, started Synthroid 25 mg daily.
October, 2014: Femara 5 mg + TI ---> 3 follies on blocked tube side ---> BFN
November, 2014: Femara + Ovidrel + IUI#1--2 follies (on the good side), 46 mil. motile sperm=BFN
Nov-Dec 2014: Femara + Ovidrel + IUI #2 (1 follie, 76 mil. motile sperm) + Endometrin=BFN
January, 2014: Femara + Ovidrel + IUI #3 (1 follie, 38 mil. motile sperm)=???
New RE appt. scheduled for 1/14.
3T January Siggy Challenge: New Years Resolutions
Mine: Lose the weight I put on from booze and cookies over Christmas.
Me: 33, DH: 32
TTC: 2 years
Fertility blood tests all normal
Tilted uterus
3 day ultrasound 17 follicles
HSG: 11/13/13- tubes open
DH SA: SUPER sperm (145 million, 84% motility, 22% morphology)
All infection disease and immunity blood tests NORMAL
FIRST IUI May 2014: 100 mg Clomid days 5-9, third ultrasound CD 13 revealed four follicles 27, 24 and 20 and 13mm. Trigger shot May 28 with IUI May 29 and 30 (fingers crossed) - BFN started spotting 11DPO
IUI #2 B2B 6/23 and 6/24, three mature eggs and 130 million sperm! FX this is the month! BFN 7/8
3rd cycle benched due to cysts - TI with OPK tests - BFN
3rd mediated cycle: Clomid+Trigger+TI (three follies left side, one on right as usual....what the hell right ovary get it together and produce some damn follicles!) 7DPO progesterone level 43 with NO suppositories YAY for a natural strong ovulation. Beta canceled started spotting 13DPO - Third time is not a CHARM! 14 day cycle WTF! Everything looks normal - RE wants to start injectables next cycle so this cycle I'm benched
Officially benched until March....but still plan on trying the baking soda douche due to my excessive and thick CM
JANUARY SIGGY CHALLENGE...This is so me!
Love this man....he was so before his time in his thoughts and ideas about the world....been obsessed about him lately bringing it back to the early 90s.
Never thought I would like long hair....
Me: 33, DH: 32
TTC: 2 years
Fertility blood tests all normal
Tilted uterus
3 day ultrasound 17 follicles
HSG: 11/13/13- tubes open
DH SA: SUPER sperm (145 million, 84% motility, 22% morphology)
All infection disease and immunity blood tests NORMAL
FIRST IUI May 2014: 100 mg Clomid days 5-9, third ultrasound CD 13 revealed four follicles 27, 24 and 20 and 13mm. Trigger shot May 28 with IUI May 29 and 30 (fingers crossed) - BFN started spotting 11DPO
IUI #2 B2B 6/23 and 6/24, three mature eggs and 130 million sperm! FX this is the month! BFN 7/8
3rd cycle benched due to cysts - TI with OPK tests - BFN
3rd mediated cycle: Clomid+Trigger+TI (three follies left side, one on right as usual....what the hell right ovary get it together and produce some damn follicles!) 7DPO progesterone level 43 with NO suppositories YAY for a natural strong ovulation. Beta canceled started spotting 13DPO - Third time is not a CHARM! 14 day cycle WTF! Everything looks normal - RE wants to start injectables next cycle so this cycle I'm benched
Officially benched until March....but still plan on trying the baking soda douche due to my excessive and thick CM
JANUARY SIGGY CHALLENGE...This is so me!
Love this man....he was so before his time in his thoughts and ideas about the world....been obsessed about him lately bringing it back to the early 90s.
Never thought I would like long hair....
TTC since May 2012
HSG- all clear
March 2014 - RE appt.
April 2014- Saline sono all's good, terrible SA results - 8 sperm found all abnormal
May 2014- Fert Urology- Bilateral varicoceles, recommend Donor Sperm
12/2014- Surprise natural BFP EDD 7/31/15 Plan: Starting foster to adoption, natural cycles