Infertility MARCH Check in

kms456

With the suggestion from @laurenlalap, decided to make an Infertility thread over here in N16 so we can catch up. Congrats ladies! Worth the wait! So What do you all have happening this month?
Anything you are nervous for?
Anything you are excited for?

kms456

So I'm 4w5d today. Had two betas already that look great. U/s scheduled for 3/25.  Since this was an "off month" for us, I almost feel more nervous than I was with DD#1. Still very much feeling the "this can't be real" feeling.

kms456

where are my other IF mommas. I know some of you are here!

NordyMN89

Good Morning!

I'm 5w6d along and super excited and nervous for our first u/s on the 29th. I've had 2 betas and they looked great. I'm taking progesterone twice a day. I POAS this morning because I'm crazy, but was relieved when I saw the BFP I'm still in shock and probably won't believe it's real until the u/s.

I removed all my treatment info from my siggy...but in short, we tried for 14 months before getting a BFP, 4 cycles clomid, 1 with letrazole and 2 IUIs. I couldn't be happier to be here with such an awesome group of women!

ShallowSeas

Good Morning!

6w2d and today is our first u/s. I'm both nervous and excited. I can't wait to see what's going on with Baby.  Not sure when I'll be released from my RE to a regular OB(that I still have to find)...i'm a little nervous for some reason.

kms456

@NordyMN89 congrats on your BFP!! I feel like I also want to POAS but ran out . I don't think I'll feel settled until after the ultrasound. Having some mild cramping today isn't helping anything.

@ShallowSeas I got released with DD#1 around 7 weeks after a good u/s. Assuming it will be the same this time.

rchef21

hello!  I'm 5w 3days (I think)  We had been on Clomid for four months until January and then in February we did Letrozole protocol.  IT WORKED!  Here we are PG and Happy!   I've had to beta checks (1st - 70, 2nd - 307) we will have on more tomorrow, and then that will determine when we can get in for an US.  We are hoping for an US next week so we can announce to our family at Easter.  

I've been nervous about miscarrying, I think it's because I'm 7 years older than I was when I had my DS.  And I'm 34 years old!  I know it's not old, but I definitely feel older!!!!!  Wow!  I'm tired!  

Good luck to you all!!!!

AandDM2014

Hey ladies! I'm over here from the infertility forum. Our trek is in my siggy, I was part of the February FET board, of which there were I think 2 positives.

I go in for a second U/S on Friday, which seems like an eternity from now! I can't imagine what it'll be like when I get released to m OB and only get like 2 or 3 more U/Ss the entire rest of my pregnancy. I'm mostly just worried that emby has stopped growing. I think that is a natural fear most newly pregnant ladies, especially the infertile ones, feel.

Based on where I measured last Friday I should be 6+3 today.

@ShallowSeas good luck at your U/S today!!

ZoeFer

Hello all, thank you @KKamm917 for starting the post. I am so happy to meet you over here.
I am 5wk today (i think). I had four betas and when they saw that it reached 2000 this sunday i had an early ultrasound on Monday. They said that the sac is at the right place and i saw the huge corpus lutheum cyst on my right ovary and it explains my right ovary pressure. 
I definitely share your fears and anxiety, i am also so nervous about everything. And my next appointment is on 25th , waiting until next friday feels like eternity.
As my IF journey, i removed my signature but shortly i have pcos and DH had low sperm numbers and kinda low motility. We were TTC for over 1.5years. I responded well to letrozole and DH's SA improved over the year and i got the first ever BFP at our 5th cycle. I had tried IUI in november and we were waiting for our second iui cycle in March and i got a surprise bfp. I feel very lucky because we do not have any ivf coverage and we had started to save /borrow money to have an ivf. 
Good luck with the ultrasounds this week @AandDM2014 and @ShallowSeas ! Looking forward to keep hearing good news
PS: I think i had a mild food poisoning monday night, i woke up with a terrible feeling on Tuesday and i have been having loose stool last two days. I feel extremely weak. Do you think if this could be related to pregnancy and i should talk to my RE or just wait this to be finished? I guess there is not much to do at this point.

laurenlalap

Hello everyone! So nice to see familiar people

I'm so happy we're in this BMB together and I hope everyone is feeling well. 

I I don't have my first ultrasound for another 2 weeks. The waiting is torture! I'll be exactly 7 weeks then. 

AandDM2014

@ZoeFer I would definitely suggest asking your RE team. When I was sick last week with a fever I emailed my nurses right away to let them know. It made me feel better knowing that I had told them what was going on, even if there was nothing for them to do about it.

@laurenlalap Yay on having nicely increasing betas! I can't imagine having to wait another two weeks, but from first beta to first U/S I did wait exactly two weeks. Now I get to go every week, which seems like an eternity when you don't know what is going on in there! I have a feeling I'll be one of those people who buys their own fetal heartbeat doppler and uses it every day!

STBMrsMiller

Hi, ladies!  I haven't been active on IF/3T/3PR for 2 years, but I hope you'll welcome an IF grad into the check in.  I'm feeling super anxious and hope the first ultrasound with the RE next Monday helps calm me down and this will finally sink in.

ficbot

Is this group open to anyone who underwent fertility treatment, even if they weren't on another board? We had male factor issues, did the whole process and had the frozen embryo transfer in February. I can post more if I would be welcome here :-)

AandDM2014

@ficbot yes, definitely join us! Anyone who has done IVF definitely dealt with infertility!

ficbot

Our background---husband and I together about four years, trying actively for about two years. He has a kidney transplant and some of his internal plumbing has been redirected :-) But he did have a child in a previous relationship so when we had trouble, I thought it was me.

Finally got referred for testing---I was fine (in fact, above average in everything they tested) but there were some male factor issues. They told us at that time that the province was on the cusp of announcing funding for IVF treatment. We were getting married (finally!) in October so figured we would wait. If there was no funding by October, we could use wedding gift money to pay for it.

Funding announced just after the wedding. Our clinic sent out an email saying they would take people as they called to report their day 1. My day one was miraculously the day that email went out! When I went in to get the orders done, things moved very quickly.

Went on the pill over Christmas and had a miserable time with it. Stimulation cycle in January. I had ovarian hyperstimulation so they made the decision to freeze the embryos, induce a period, then do a frozen transfer. I had so many embryos due to the hyperstimulation that they waited until day 5 to freeze them. From 24 eggs, we got 9 embryos. They used ICSI to do it.

Embryo transfer mid-February and now here we are :-)

charleybau

Hi ladies! I had a failed IVF last January, but tried for a second round in late February. We discovered that the 2 blastocysts that were transferred successfully implanted! I'm here at 5w5d. I go in for my third B-HCG level check and U/S tomorrow. Hope everything progresses nicely. Sending out lots of love to all the ladies who are struggling with IF. You're definitely not alone in this!

kms456

How do you pass the time? Don't see RE for u/s until 3/25 (6w5d) and that feels like FOREVER away. Thinking about asking them if they can move it up any. My patience is nonexistent.

ficbot

Had my ultrasound this morning. I was so scared I would go in and they'd be all 'what baby?' But it's there and I saw the heartbeat! I have to take the Estrace and Prometrium for 3 more weeks. They are referring me to a real OB. It's really there!

rchef21

I had my 3rd beta draw yesterday............  1st (15 dpo) - 70, 2nd (18 dpo) - 307 and 3rd (25 dpo) - 5,495!!!!!  I called my Dr. yesterday after I got it back and he seemed very surprised.... His reaction was....... 495? and I said no, 5,495, he said. WOW, Whoa, that's huge!  That's great numbers!  Lets schedule an US!!  So, I'm scheduled for Monday the 21st!  I'll be 6 weeks exactly! 

I'm hopeful we see a heart beat!  Our thoughts are we want to tell our son and the family at Easter time.  So, it would be great to have some more reassurance!

FX to all you!

kms456

@ficbot congrats on a wonderful ultrasound!!
@rchef21 great beta numbers!!!

ficbot

I also accidentally told my mom. Husband is not quite ready to tell people. But my mom wormed it out of me. She knew something was up that I wasn't telling her and she kept asking me what was going on :-)

ZoeFer

@KKamm917 How are you today ? Did the spotting stop completely ? I hope you are feeling better already.

kms456

@ZoeFer thanks for checking in on me ☺️. Bleeding stopped completely. They are hopeful everything is okay because it was primarily brown and not as much as they'd expect to see if it were trouble...but of course I'm still a bundle of nerves. And still having period like cramping. U/s not for another week! Ughhhh the waittttt

dreamcatch-her

Hi ladies! It's nice to see some familiar faces, and some new ones as well. Still just currently in limbo waiting on my first ultrasound next Monday. This wait is almost as bad at the TWW. Then a whole 9 months? What torture  

praying for strong heartbeats for all of you ladies, and a h&h 40weeks.

Shawnee11507

Hi ladies! I have had undiagnosed secondary infertility for the past 3yrs. We have changed insurances 3x and moved to another state during all this. I got tested for thyroid issues and PCOS in July and came back with a clean bill of health. We were looking to get DH tested soon (he works A LOT), but finally got a BFP! I also go for my first u/s on Friday 3/25. I am so nervous I could vomit (but otherwise no symptoms except fatigue & increased smell).

mskeenan

Hi ladies !! I hope it's ok I join here . I found out last Tuesday I'm pregnant after my first round of IVF . My first beta (11dpfet ) came in at 500 something . My second beta two days later was 1308 . I have my ultrasound this Wednesday ! I'm so nervous ! 

dreamcatch-her

@mskeenan Welcome! Happy to see you here and congrats on your BFP and high betas  

lovelifewife

Hi! It's been months since I posted on infertility. I was just too overwhelmed and emotional to keep up with the group, but went through 3 IUIs with femara for unexplained IF after 6 months of clomid and 1year trying following mc x2. Well this year I finally took the leap to laparoscopy and had endo removed, and I'm now 4 weeks! Can't believe it and so nervous! Congrats to all that are on this side of the journey- keeping you all in my thoughts! 

ZoeFer

Congrats again @mskeenan ! And congrats @lovelifewife ! 
@KKamm917 happy to hear that spotting stopped and i hope everything is great. I also have AF cramps sometimes, i do not know if it gives any comfort
My u/s is on Friday morning and i do not know how i am going to survive this week. I understand you @alqizwik .I am glad i m busy at work. 
Best of luck to everyone who are having the first u/s this week, fx for strong heartbeats !!!

MrsMac0513

Hi ladies! I wasn't active on the IF boards, but long story short we did our first IVF cycle using DE and it worked! We're 6 weeks today with great betas (1st = 200, 2nd= 2567) and our first ultrasound coming up on Thursday! So excited! It's great to see so many ladies here that have suffered from IF! 

KilgraveMadeMeDoIt

Hi,

I wasn't on the IF board here, but I have dealt with infertility. I have PCOS. It took us two years, three losses, and clomid to conceive our second. She had a twin who we also lost at 7w. This time around, we started trying in March 2014. I wasn't ovulating and couldn't see anyone to get clomid again because we were back home in a very rural area and the only OBs there were only taking pregnant patients. Bit of a kick in the teeth, that. I started myself back on Metformin in Aug 2014 which did start getting me ovulating again. Had two CPs (Sept and Nov 2014) and then an ectopic pregnancy (Jan 2015.) I stopped ovulating for six months after the EP. 

We moved to Ontario in August of 2015 because of my schooling and as soon as we got OHIP (Ontario provincial health plan; it covers much more IF-wise than our home province) we got referred to an RE. We saw him first at the end of January to start my evaluation cycle. 

He he decided he'd make it a combined assessment/attempt cycle since we'd already been trying for nearly two years and so he put me on letrozole. I had an SHG mid-cycle and there was a problem with my uterine cavity; adhesions everywhere. I have apparent Asherman's (can't be diagnosed for sure without the hysteroscopy but it was pretty clear on the scans I had), which goes a long way to explaining the recurrent loss. I had really significant uterine trauma with my first delivery and again with my second. 

My endometrium was a mess. The standard for good implantation is the 'three stripe' endometrium. I didn't even have a single stripe, just an interrupted dashed line because of how stuck together everything was. I was scheduled for surgery (hysteroscopy with adhesiolysis and septoplasty) for May 9th and was told that I'd have to avoid pregnancy between then and the surgery because I would likely not be able to sustain a pregnancy and would be at high risk of another ectopic because of the state of my uterus. This was after I'd already ovulated so it was just assumed that cycle wouldn't work and it was too late to do anything anyway. 

To everyone's surprise, we actually did conceive. And the pregnancy isn't ectopic. And seems to be progressing well. I'll be 7w tomorrow. I'm suspecting the SHG itself may have helped deal with some of the adhesions. 

Im so, so thankful we had access to an RE here. Our home province has precisely no resources for fertility so we were up the creek. I'm hesitant to be too excited, but I'm thrilled things are progressing. 

Sorry for the book! I haven't put my whole story in one place in a while and I left a lot out. 

MrsDepo

Hi all! I breifly participated on the IF board here but got overwhelmed with how fast it moved. I was diagnosed with LPD in August after a 6 day LP preceded by 4 other cycles with 10 days or less. I knew there was no way I was going to get pregnant like that! First we tried just progesterone but that only lengthened my LP by a day. Starting in December we tried Femara 2.5 with progesterone, and added a trigger shot in January because my ovulation was still too weak. 

Success came with our third cycle, right before we were going to move on to IUI! EDD based on my trigger is 11/27. Beta #1 was 21.9 and beta #2 today was 109.2, so almost quadrupling. I'm not super worried about twins both because my first beta was at 12 dpo (14dpt) and it probably rises faster in the first couple days, and we only had one follie on the scan. My progesterone was 23 the first beta and 32 this one, so I'm still on suppositories but there is no worry about progesterone levels for once in my journey!

My first U/S is March 29th at 5+2 and another a week after. I'm feeling every so slightly nauseous but that could be nerves. I'm super tired though, I took a 2 hour nap yesterday and today, and I think this will become a daily occurrence. I can't wait to get to know you all better!

JenMc12

Hi Ladies- I am also new here. I was active on another site but have moved over since getting my BFP.  I am 7w6d today and a bundle of nerves.

We have been trying for over 1.5 years, done clomid cycles, 3 iuis, and 3 ivfs (1 fresh, 2 frozen). I got 2 BFPs but never made it to 6 weeks. We did genetic testing and a fresh round of IVF in February and were luckily enough to get some normal embryos.  My first beta was only 13 so I was sure I was going to lose this baby too, but it's doubled (slowly!) and we met every milestone so far- saw a sac, then the baby, then saw a heartbeat and last Friday heart the heartbeat. I "graduated" from my IVF doc and have an appointment with my regular OB on 3/25. Even though we keep getting good news I can't help but be a nervous wreck and terrified of things going wrong.  I analyze every symptom that seems to come and go and am having a hard time "enjoying" the moment. I am hoping this fear goes away at some point so I can enjoy myself a bit!

KilgraveMadeMeDoIt

@JenMc12 I know how you feel! Even in the face of good news, it's awfully hard to believe it after everything. 

ficbot

JenMc12, I can relate! I am a natural worrier anyway, and this has just magnified everything. Plus, we told parents (they suspected something was up and they were prying) and everyone is so excited. I can't even imagine having to un-tell them if something goes wrong.

We have a dear family friend who is a therapist and he has been talking some of this out with me. One thing he said which reasonated with me was this: if you start going down the road of things which can go wrong with a kid, it is a very long road and you will be on it for a very long time :-) So try not to worry too much :-) Fwiw, my husband was a lot more blunt about things. When I saw one tiny spot on the toilet paper one day and had a freak-out, he listened, then gently said 'well, think of it this way: the baby doesn't want to have a crazy mom.' :-)

kms456

I'm with you, having a hard time not having anxiety. Never had this with DD#1.  But now because we were on an off cycle, I keep believing that this can't be true. Just keep waiting for the other shoe to drop. Spotting doesn't help the situation - but it has stayed at bay and I just keep clinging to that. Boobs were sore last night so I just keep clinging to symptoms. FX ladies!

aquasocks

Wow I'm late to this but I completely missed this thread. I'm another one who was not on the IF boards but hope I'm welcome here!

Here is my brief history:
TTC in 2010
Dx PCOS 2011
Began seeing RE 2011
BFP #1 March 2012 - Miscarried @ 9 weeks
BFP #2 Dec 2012 (Bravelle, Novarel, IUI, Crinone)
Baby born Sept 2013
TTC again Sept 2014
Began seeing RE Sept 2015
BFP #3 Jan 2016 - Chemical pregnancy
BFP #4 Feb 2016 (Follistim, Ovidrel, IUI, Crinone) - Due Nov 2016!!

During my IUI monitoring, my doctor saw that one of my tubes was blocked and full of fluid. So he was moving us to IVF in March but here I am! 

Our treatments were emotionally less stressful this time around, but physically more difficult! I can thank my toddler for that haha! 

kms456

@aquasocks congrats and welcome!

ZoeFer

Congrats @aquasocks and welcome ! 
I think few ladies were having their u/s this week, how is everyone doing ? I am going to have my u/s tomorrow ( I think 6w2d), I am super anxious but excited too.  

aquasocks

Good luck tomorrow @ZoeFer ! We had our first last week at 6+3, I posted in the u/s thread but all is well and HB was 120! Another u/s next week.

tvh1982

Hello lovely ladies, I'd like to join in.
My story is still in my siggy, will remove it once I'm back on a computer.
Seen some familiar faces in this thread.
Had experience some bleeding last week with an us at 5w5d and no heartbeat. That didn't take my worries away. But a new us at 6w4d showed a much bigger snowflake and a heartbeat, so mamma was relaxed
New and first official us on 4th April. Can't wait!