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August IUI's

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Re: August IUI's

  • @KidShrink yes I went in Monday for blood work and an ultrasound. The nurse called me later that day and told me to trigger between 6 and 8pm on Tuesday, and then come in between 7 and 7:30am on Thursday for bloodwork. Then my IUI will be at 11am on Thursday.
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  • Good luck!
  • @jlynn330 then you should be fine. They typically grow 1-2 mm each day at that point. They must not have seen your Lh surge. I get monitoring every day from day 9 til I trigger, so it's easier to know exactly when is the right time, but if that's their procedure, they must know what they're looking for! FX for you tomorrow!
  • @jylnn330 I will be on a similar protocol using Letrozole CD 3-6 and on Day 6 begin100 Iu's Follistim. This will be my 8th procedure 2 IVF's and 6 IUI's (My last 2 were canceled cycles) I am a VERY poor responder and so we are trying to a do a Micro Dose protocol, my last IUI I was taking 300Iu's of Follistim and 75 Iu's of menopur. So this will be a lot less meds for me. I have never taken Clomid or Letrozole so I am very interested to see if I even respond to this. Fingers crossed and good luck to all of you on this board!
    ME- 35    DH- 40
    TTC #1 
    IVF#1 w ICSI- 4/20/11 ER, 6 Eggs, 4 Fertilized, 4/25/11 5 day ET, 2 blasts- 5/4- Beta= BFN- No Frosties 

    IVF #2 w ICSI-6/21/11 ER, 4 Eggs, 2 Fertilized, 6/24/11 3 day ET 2 embryos- Beta 7/5/11- BFN- No frosties.
    NEW RE
    IUI #1- started 50ius of follistim 1/25, IUI 2/3/12 - BFN
    AMH-0.73- DOR 2/2012

    IUI #2- 3/17/12 started 200ius of Follistim , 3/24/12 added ganirelix, 225ius Follistim and 75ius of repronex, IUI- 3/30/12, Beta April 13, 2012-BFN

    Appointment with Dr. Schoolcraft at CCRM July 18, 2012
    WAITING ON A MIRACLE AT THIS POINT
    AMH tested again 1/2013- 1.4!!!!
    IUI #3- 1/14/13 started 200ius of Follistim, 1/20/13 added menopur and ganirelix, IUI 1/25/13. Positive HPT 2/6/13- Beta #1- 193- BFP!!! 2/8/13-Beta#2-426.6
    2/26 ultrasound #1- TWINS!
    Delivered a healthy beautiful baby boy on 10/17/13 10ls. 2 ounces

    TTC #2 
    AMH .75 VERY POOR RESPONDER
    IUI #4 cancelled due to only one egg responding 
    IUI#5 cancelled on CD 10,  (3) follicules were still very small even on 300 IU's of Follistim. Also found fluid in my uterus from C-section scar
    BFP- 8/9/15 
    Beta #1 8/10/15 13DPO-   9.2 (fingers crossed this sticks)
    Beta #2 8/12/15 15DPO   39- progesterone 18 
    Beta #3 8/14/15    111- progesterone 17.5
    Ultrasound August 31- 


    PAIF or SAIF Welcome


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  • I'm now 5dpiui and this wait is killing me! How do y'all survive??? I thought all the months just doing things naturally had painfully long 2ww...wrong! Every thing is a symptom to me and then I remind my self 1. I'm delusional and 2. It's the trigger shot.

    GAHHHHH

    I have been testing out the trigger. Gets lighter and lighter each day. I kind of wouldn't mind if it just stays like it is and then starts getting darker in a few days lol!

    Anyone else already in their 2ww and dying?

    Me: 26 DH: 27
    TTC: October 2014
    IUI #1: July '15 - BFN; IUI #2: Aug '15 - BFN; IUI #3 Oct '15 - BFN; IUI #4: Nov '15 - BFP
    1st Beta: 57. 2nd Beta: 177. 3rd Beta: 6563
    12/18/15: 6week Ultrasound - ONE STICKY LITTLE NUGLET!!!

  • I have exactly a week to go and haven't tested at all yet.
  • @kgbbsc7 ow! That sounds terrible...my HSG was bad but my IUI last month I barely felt. Is it the practitioner or us? I've only had one so could it hurt next time? Yikes!
  • HBamama2B - Well they want to get as far up as they can into the uterus, so I guess it's good the got all the way up there!!  I think I was more unprepared and shocked about the pain, since it was mostly pressure up until then (like the HSG).  She also had to mash on my belly several times to get it threaded in there, so maybe I am funny shaped or something. 
  • @kgbbsc7 Ouch. That does not sound pleasant. Hopefully it will be worth it!!


    Good for you @Drove2u for not testing early! I hope I have your will power when I am in my 2ww! It's a good idea to wait.


    @tbyars07 I think a lot of others test out their trigger shot too. I am going to try to be like @Drove2u though and wait it out. Fx crossed for the both of you that you get your BFPs.

    Me: 31

    DH: 29, SA - Great

    Married: June 12,2011

    TTC #1: 1/2014

    Diagnosis: Hypothalamic Amenorrhea

    Treatment: Clomid:  50mg, 100mg, 150mg - not successful and not monitored

                      Menopur 75ml (upped to 112.5ml), Ovidrel, & IUI  IUI #1 8/31/2015

    9/15/2015: BFP HCG - 400, 9/17/2015: HCG - 827, 9/21/2015 - HCG 3,327!
    Heartbeat 10/2/2015: 118bpm
    DS: 5/27/2016

    TTC# 2: 12/2017
    BFP: 4/20/2018
    EDD: 12/29/2018
  • Thanks @AdorkablePixie I'm trying to hold out until Monday at least. :-)
  • @kgbbsc7 my first IUI went the same exact way! She hit the top of my uterus and I saw STARS! :-t Lol
    Me 30 || DH 36
    Unexplained Infertility- Postive for MTHFR Gene Mutation

    Natural cycles with 1 miscarriage
    -3 IUI's w/ Clomid= BFN 
    -IVF #1-Follistim and Menopur= BFN
    ***11 Eggs, 10 mature, 8 fertilized, transferred 1 (day 5) 2 made it to freeze
    -FET #1- Transferred 2, day 5 embryos =BFN
    -IVF #2- Follistim and Menopur = BFN
    ***11 retrieved, 8 mature, 6 fertilized, transferred 2 (day 3), 4 made it to freeze (Follistim and Menopur) = BFN
    -FET #2- Transferred 2, day 3 embryos = BFN
    **Changed doctor**
    -IUI #4- natural cycle = BFN
    -IUI #5- Follistim (5 eggs) BFP- lead to Miscarriage  :'(
    -Laproscopic Surgery for Endometriosis, Polyp removal and Cyst removal. 
    -IVF #3- Menopur, Follistim, Lupron, Ganirellex- BFP lead to Eptopic Pregnancy  :'(
    ***11 Eggs retrieved, 10 Mature, 8 fertilized, transferred 3 embryos (day 3), 0 made it to freeze
    -Lapropscopic surgery- Removal of Fallopian Tube
    -IVF #4- Estrogen Priming with Vivelle dot, Menopur, Follistim, Ganirellex- BFP  :)
    ***15 Eggs retreived, 11 mature, 11 fertilized, 2 embryos transferred (day 3), 2 made it to freeze
    Found out I was positive for MTHFR Gene Mutation during TWW of IVF #4

  • Colleen0516 - glad I wasn't the only one.  Glad she got it way up there, but holy moses, I wasn't expecting stabbing pain. 
  • @tbyars07 I'm in the 2ww as well. I've got another week or do to go. Waiting is tough. I'm trying not to test.
  • @Drove2u GL! You've gone this far, I know you can do it. :)

    Me: 31

    DH: 29, SA - Great

    Married: June 12,2011

    TTC #1: 1/2014

    Diagnosis: Hypothalamic Amenorrhea

    Treatment: Clomid:  50mg, 100mg, 150mg - not successful and not monitored

                      Menopur 75ml (upped to 112.5ml), Ovidrel, & IUI  IUI #1 8/31/2015

    9/15/2015: BFP HCG - 400, 9/17/2015: HCG - 827, 9/21/2015 - HCG 3,327!
    Heartbeat 10/2/2015: 118bpm
    DS: 5/27/2016

    TTC# 2: 12/2017
    BFP: 4/20/2018
    EDD: 12/29/2018
  • Lol thanks @AdorkablePixie I don't even have any on hand. And they're really expensive in the stores so don't want to waste money. Although I did consider getting them online for cheap.
  • @meganfauer Good luck to you this cycle! Now I'm really nervous for my IUI tomorrow because some of you ladies are saying it was painful. I hope it's not like that for me
  • @Drove2u online is the way to go! I have a bunch of wonfo (or something like that) ones that I got off amazon. That or the dollar store has cheap ones! @jlynn330 I've heard it's not as bad as the hsg so it can't be too bad. Take some Advil before if you can, maybe that will help!

    Me: 31

    DH: 29, SA - Great

    Married: June 12,2011

    TTC #1: 1/2014

    Diagnosis: Hypothalamic Amenorrhea

    Treatment: Clomid:  50mg, 100mg, 150mg - not successful and not monitored

                      Menopur 75ml (upped to 112.5ml), Ovidrel, & IUI  IUI #1 8/31/2015

    9/15/2015: BFP HCG - 400, 9/17/2015: HCG - 827, 9/21/2015 - HCG 3,327!
    Heartbeat 10/2/2015: 118bpm
    DS: 5/27/2016

    TTC# 2: 12/2017
    BFP: 4/20/2018
    EDD: 12/29/2018
  • @jlynn330. I hope your experience is a positive one. I did two days of the iui and it was very quick and painless. I hope your experience is the same!
  • It's official! Day 3 bloodwork is in and I'm back on letrozol-5mg for 5 days. US/ trigger scheduled for the 14th. Anyone else doing the mid month IUI bus with me? :)
  • @HBamama2B I am! I'm on day 5!
    Me 30 || DH 36
    Unexplained Infertility- Postive for MTHFR Gene Mutation

    Natural cycles with 1 miscarriage
    -3 IUI's w/ Clomid= BFN 
    -IVF #1-Follistim and Menopur= BFN
    ***11 Eggs, 10 mature, 8 fertilized, transferred 1 (day 5) 2 made it to freeze
    -FET #1- Transferred 2, day 5 embryos =BFN
    -IVF #2- Follistim and Menopur = BFN
    ***11 retrieved, 8 mature, 6 fertilized, transferred 2 (day 3), 4 made it to freeze (Follistim and Menopur) = BFN
    -FET #2- Transferred 2, day 3 embryos = BFN
    **Changed doctor**
    -IUI #4- natural cycle = BFN
    -IUI #5- Follistim (5 eggs) BFP- lead to Miscarriage  :'(
    -Laproscopic Surgery for Endometriosis, Polyp removal and Cyst removal. 
    -IVF #3- Menopur, Follistim, Lupron, Ganirellex- BFP lead to Eptopic Pregnancy  :'(
    ***11 Eggs retrieved, 10 Mature, 8 fertilized, transferred 3 embryos (day 3), 0 made it to freeze
    -Lapropscopic surgery- Removal of Fallopian Tube
    -IVF #4- Estrogen Priming with Vivelle dot, Menopur, Follistim, Ganirellex- BFP  :)
    ***15 Eggs retreived, 11 mature, 11 fertilized, 2 embryos transferred (day 3), 2 made it to freeze
    Found out I was positive for MTHFR Gene Mutation during TWW of IVF #4

  • I'm on day 2 of my Femara and looking at a mid month IUI! Good luck!!!
  • anyone have a weekend IUI?   Just wondering because this morning the Doc said I would go back most likely tomorrow if not sat for another ultrasound....     our bodies can't be m-f ready lol 
    TTC since 2013 (loss mentioned)
    IUI #1 and 2 BFN
    IUI #3 BFP - miscarried at 7 weeks
    started IVF cycle Feb 2016
    2/19 ER-- 20 Retrieved 12 fertilized 6 tested 
    2/26 -- 3 normal, 2 abnormal, 2 unconfirmed 
    4/3 transfer
    4/29 - Miscarried
    8/25 - transfer
    9/3 - BFP  -- fingers crossed...
  • I might! Depends on how things go on my follow up on Friday. I'm assuming it'll be early nezt week though.
  • My body hasn't been listening to me for two years, so I don't expect to all of a sudden start collaborating with my schedule ;)
  • I am jealous of all of you..I am still waiting for AF to show up after my BFN last month and stopping my progesterone and estrogen..once AF shows up we are starting on IUI cycle #2 so I will still be in August but i just want it to come already so we can get started.  The only time in my life I wish for my period is when I know i'm not pregnant and want to be.  Good luck to those of you who already had your IUI or are just about to have yours.  
  • Both of my IUIs have been on the weekend. I actually prefer that because then I don't have to take off work.
    TTC #1 since August 2013
    Unexplained/ Endo
    Medicated IUIs # 1-3 BFN
    IVF #1- BFN
    FET #1- BFP; Ectopic pregnancy found at 7wks
    FET #2- February 2017 BFP  Beta #1- 119 (8dp5dt) Beta #2- 475 (12dp5dt)
  • jdl330jdl330 member
    edited August 2015
    Just got my IUI done. Pretty easy except I felt a little poking when the nurse was trying to get it all the way through. So glad it's done!
  • @HBamama2B I am in for mid month IUI! Went in this morning for my day 5 u/s. I'm a little slower this month egg development so another apt Monday 8/10 and then procedure at the end of the week. 

    @jlynn330 I am glad it went well! 
  • @AMT&THC hooray! We can bite our nails together!

    @mummysmomma My US/ trigger are scheduled for Friday the 14th, so my IUI will be Sat or Sunday if all looks good. The docs at my office rotate, so I'll have whoever is doing that weekend day. I think they take turns. :)
  • Hey y'all!  I just had my 4th IUI yesterday, so may I join in?

    I've had three medicated IUIs so far.  I took last month off to get an HSG (painful, but good results, and possibly flushed some gunk out) and to start acupuncture and TCM herbs.  I don't know what to think about the acupuncture, but my RE is really enthusiastic about this particular practitioner and says that all the clients they share have gotten pregnant, so we'll see!

    This cycle, I had femara and finished it off with bravelle.  I had 5 follies total, but 2 were way too small to do anything (avg 8 or 7) on the left, with (I think) a 11, a 15, and an 18 on the right, at my ultrasound on CD 10.  I triggered the morning of CD 11, and had the IUI 26 hours later on CD 12.  Today, CD 13, my temperature jumped a bit!  I also think I felt ovulation cramps around 5pm yesterday, 8 hours after the IUI, which is a pretty good time for the sperm to swim up the tube, though with frozen sperm, I'm worried about their lifespan (I've heard 6-12 hours).  I also had some good EWCM yesterday.

    So it appears that the stars have aligned to give me good conditions!  I only have to wait now.  I'm 1DPO, and it feels like this TWW will take FOREVER!!

    Also, I'm 38 with low reserve, and gay (so relying on frozen donor sperm).  I have a few challenges on my plate, but I'm feeling positive.
    Me- 39 (turning 40 in April), TTC for the first time ever (since Jan 2015), low ovarian reserve
    Married 3/14/14 to my wonderful wife, but her sperm count is rather low
    TTC with frozen donor sperm and science

    7 IUIs, 7 BFNs.
    2 IVF attempts, both cancelled and converted to IUI, both BFNs.
    Decided that my tired old ovaries are ready to retire.
    Next step- reciprocal IVF, using my wife's eggs, my uterus!  
    fresh 5 day transfer (2 embryos) 4/17/17- BFP! 
    Identical twins "due" 1/2/17 (but anticipated arrival sometime December)

  • Welcome @KLake42! Good luck to you! I am so glad that the conditions are good this month :-) The 2ww is one of the hardest parts. I am on medicated IUI #6 just starting (day 5). So, I'm a tad behind you, but not by much! 
  • @rachlee2010 how long have you been off the med's? Why isn't AF coming?
    I seriously might have issues and be an eternal optimist but... Was your beta too soon? Could it be?
    Me 30 || DH 36
    Unexplained Infertility- Postive for MTHFR Gene Mutation

    Natural cycles with 1 miscarriage
    -3 IUI's w/ Clomid= BFN 
    -IVF #1-Follistim and Menopur= BFN
    ***11 Eggs, 10 mature, 8 fertilized, transferred 1 (day 5) 2 made it to freeze
    -FET #1- Transferred 2, day 5 embryos =BFN
    -IVF #2- Follistim and Menopur = BFN
    ***11 retrieved, 8 mature, 6 fertilized, transferred 2 (day 3), 4 made it to freeze (Follistim and Menopur) = BFN
    -FET #2- Transferred 2, day 3 embryos = BFN
    **Changed doctor**
    -IUI #4- natural cycle = BFN
    -IUI #5- Follistim (5 eggs) BFP- lead to Miscarriage  :'(
    -Laproscopic Surgery for Endometriosis, Polyp removal and Cyst removal. 
    -IVF #3- Menopur, Follistim, Lupron, Ganirellex- BFP lead to Eptopic Pregnancy  :'(
    ***11 Eggs retrieved, 10 Mature, 8 fertilized, transferred 3 embryos (day 3), 0 made it to freeze
    -Lapropscopic surgery- Removal of Fallopian Tube
    -IVF #4- Estrogen Priming with Vivelle dot, Menopur, Follistim, Ganirellex- BFP  :)
    ***15 Eggs retreived, 11 mature, 11 fertilized, 2 embryos transferred (day 3), 2 made it to freeze
    Found out I was positive for MTHFR Gene Mutation during TWW of IVF #4

  • @Colleen0516  I have been off everything since sunday night.  They say it can take a few days for all the hormones to get out of my system and signal AF to show up.  And some people just do it faster than others.  I have no idea why it hasn't shown up.  I don't think my beta was too soon. It was 16 days after my IUI.  If I don't have my period by tomorrow afternoon I'm supposed to call the dr and they want me to come in on Saturday to get checked.  I think they want to make sure I don't have a cyst that could be giving off hormones preventing my period I guess but as of last monday (not this one the one before) I didn't have a cyst and I had ovulated so not sure what's going on.  It would be awesome if somehow I was miraculously pregnant but I don't think that is the case
  • Our first IUI will be on the 14th/15th assuming the ultrasound shows I'm ready for the trigger shot.

    I have a small cyst on my left ovary that they saw today too, but it's small enough they aren't worried. Starting Letrozole tonight..


    Faith, trust, and baby dust!

    ---Trigger warning---

    Me: 31 DH: 27
    TTC since April 2013
    Two cancelled IUIs in Aug and Sept '15 due to low motility/count
    IVF round 1: January 2016
    ER: February 17, 2016; 9 retrieved, 7 mature, 7 fertilized
    Day 5 Blastocysts: 5 BB, 1 AB, all normal from PGS
    FET date: May 11, '16; transferred 1 AB embryo
    First beta: May 23, '16: 998!!  Second: May 25, '16: 1648
    EDD: January 27, 2017
    BabyFruit Ticker
  • Had IUI#2 on 8/5 with Beta scheduled on 8/19...not sure I can wait that long...any tips to fight the urge?
  • Navarro1126 - hey we are close!!  I had IUI on Tues 08/04 with blood draw on 08/17!!  No advice other than stay busy!!  I'l probably start POAS on 08/15 (after testing out of course)
  • SO I get to do my first trigger shot tonight.  And IUI sat and sun.  They said that there are at least 3 follicles that are good - but chance of multiples.  I am a little freaked by that.  They said I could cancel if I wanted to...  I said no I want to go ahead.  BUT AHHH  lol   I will obviously be happy if I get a BFP this time around at all... but it still a nervous thought lol  

    Tomorrow 7:30 AM!!   
    TTC since 2013 (loss mentioned)
    IUI #1 and 2 BFN
    IUI #3 BFP - miscarried at 7 weeks
    started IVF cycle Feb 2016
    2/19 ER-- 20 Retrieved 12 fertilized 6 tested 
    2/26 -- 3 normal, 2 abnormal, 2 unconfirmed 
    4/3 transfer
    4/29 - Miscarried
    8/25 - transfer
    9/3 - BFP  -- fingers crossed...
  • @mummysmomma they told me the same thing. I had 8 follicles and three or four were huge. They asked if I wanted to cancel too and I said no. Honestly once I went through the iui and got in my car I freaked out. I was like what the hell did I just do? I could have triplets. Lol. I won't find out if it worked until next Friday but the doc said I have a bigger chance of it not working since it was my first iui vs. having triplets. So we wait and see.
  • @Drove2u thank you :)     I know I would be happy to get a positive at all... but still scary haha!! 

    Good luck!!  :) 
    TTC since 2013 (loss mentioned)
    IUI #1 and 2 BFN
    IUI #3 BFP - miscarried at 7 weeks
    started IVF cycle Feb 2016
    2/19 ER-- 20 Retrieved 12 fertilized 6 tested 
    2/26 -- 3 normal, 2 abnormal, 2 unconfirmed 
    4/3 transfer
    4/29 - Miscarried
    8/25 - transfer
    9/3 - BFP  -- fingers crossed...
  • @KLake42 That's great! Fx for you.


    @rachlee2010 I am waiting for AF as well, right now I feel like it is never going to happen. I just want to be able to start treatment! My temp spiked yesterday so I thought I was getting there (I don't ovulate, or haven't been, and my temp spikes for about three days then AF comes), but this morning my temp was back down to normal. Even though Fertility Friend is saying I ovulated based on my temps, I think it's confused.


    @mummysmomma Good luck this weekend!! Do they count both IUIs as two? I am just wondering because that sounds like a great idea, but if I did that then I may only have four IUIs after the first time instead of 5 because my insurance only covers 6. Does that make sense?

    GL and FX for everyone.

    I am so anxious to start treatment, I am a little envious of everyone already in the process!

    Me: 31

    DH: 29, SA - Great

    Married: June 12,2011

    TTC #1: 1/2014

    Diagnosis: Hypothalamic Amenorrhea

    Treatment: Clomid:  50mg, 100mg, 150mg - not successful and not monitored

                      Menopur 75ml (upped to 112.5ml), Ovidrel, & IUI  IUI #1 8/31/2015

    9/15/2015: BFP HCG - 400, 9/17/2015: HCG - 827, 9/21/2015 - HCG 3,327!
    Heartbeat 10/2/2015: 118bpm
    DS: 5/27/2016

    TTC# 2: 12/2017
    BFP: 4/20/2018
    EDD: 12/29/2018
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