Trouble TTC

TTTC quick check in - 10/19/2016

Hello all,

Sorry for the delay on this week's check in. I'm battling the flu and sleeping all day.   I'll combine the updates next week. 

How is everybody doing?


Married for 7 years, TTC for 4 years
dx:  Diminished Ovarian Reserve
2 Clomid IUI's + 4 injectable IUI's= 5 BFNs and 1 mc




Re: TTTC quick check in - 10/19/2016

  • Sorry you have the flu seems to be going around. 

    Went in for my HSG today have a cyst causing particial blockage. Meet with my RE on the 31 to go over everything and what the next step is 

    Guessing I will have to have it removed.
  • @GoldenKeys Hope you feel better soon.

    Not much going on for me.  Just in the TWW and trying to get through the work week without losing my mind.  It's going by so slow this week. Ug.
    Me:33, DH:38 Married: 8/2/2014
    TTC #1 Since: April 2015
    Unexplained Infertility

    Cycle 1&2 : Clomid 50mg- BFN
    Cycle 3: Letrozole 2.5mg- BFN
    Cycle 4: Letrozole 5mg- BFN
    Cycle 5: HSG-normal
                  Clomid 100mg+ Estrace- BFN
    Cycle 6: Letrozole 5mg+Trigger shot+IUI+Progestrone- BFN
    Cycle 7: Letrozole 5mg, Cyst found during follicle check
    Cycle 8: Birth control to treat left ovary cyst
    Cycle 9: Letrozole 7.5mg+Trigger shot+IUI+Progesterone- BFN
    Cycle 10: Letrozole 7.5mg, 2 Cysts found during follicle check
    Cycle 11: Clomid 100mg+Estradiol+Trigger shot+IUI+Progesterone- BFN
    Cycle 12: Clomid 100mg- BFN
    Cycle 13-16: Natural attempts while awaiting IVF 
    Cycle 14: IVF-BFN

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  • Feel better soon, @goldenkeys!

    @labluver2 I'm sorry to hear about the cyst and that you'll likely need surgery. I'm glad it sounds like something they can fix.

    Nothing much going on for me. 8DPIUI, just hoping that if AF shows, she holds off until after my half-marathon this weekend. I have never successfully exercised on CD1. Oh the cramps! Meanwhile, I keep poking my boobs to see if they're sore, which actually just makes them sore. Must stop.
  • flu is the worst!  hope you feel better soon @GoldenKeys

    @Labluver2 hope the appointment with the RE goes well - sorry to hear about the cyst and the blockage but hopefully they can get rid of it an open that tube up!

    @hoffmanr7 yay for the TWW and work crawling.. ha.

    @Bababatty I am never good for exercise on CD1 either!

    I need a serious chart-stalk! I took letrozole CD3-7.  I got a dark but not positive OPK on the 12th (marked it with a HIGH even though it wasn't an advanced monitor).  I also had cramps that day but it was the day after my HSG so there's that.  I then proceeded to have a climb in my temps but with no EWCM and negative OPKs until the 15th!  I'm worried that FF won't have any idea when I O'd because of all these conflicting signs.  Any advice or interpretation is welcome!  Sorry if the image is huge.


    Married since 2011

    TTC since Oct 2014
    DOR + MFI
    3 failed IUIs; IVF August 2017
    FET January 2018 - BFP
  • @GoldenKeys feel better!!! @Bababatty I'm doing the same thing

    TWW over here. Beta on Saturday & I'm wedding dress shopping for my friend all day so I think I'm going to shut my ringer off and wait until we are done shopping so I don't ruin her day if it's a negative. Will they leave this info on my voicemail? 
    TTC since May 2013
    Mild PCOS, Compound Heterozygous MTHFR
    No Folic acid/pharmaceuticals/supplements (too many to list- private message me if interested), IVIL infusion
  • edited October 2016
    @GoldenKeys - Feel better soon. Sending you some virtual chicken noodle soup.
    Image result for chicken noodle soup gif

    @Labluver2 - Sorry to hear about the surgery. FX the wait for your RE appointment goes quick and FX for a quick recovery.


    @hoffmanr7 - FX for your TWW

    @Bababatty - FX AF hold off. I am good for nothing activity wise on CD1

    @seethosestars - Wish I could give you input but I;m not great at reading the charts


    As for me, I am hanging out on the WTO thread because I don't know if I should move to TWW. I was going to move to TWW because I got a positive OPK on CD12 (today is CD 14) when I tested at 5 pm but then when I tried testing again that night I got a negative OPK so I am not sure if I botched the 2nd test / got a false positive / OR if I have a super short surge. So I am testing once a day now to see if I get another positive OPK.

    I put why I am confused as a spoiler if you want to read about it:

    I think I either got a false positive or botched my 2nd OPK test because I took an OPK on CD 11 about 5:00 pm (using a cup method) and it was negative. On CD 12 while at work I took at test (not using the cup method) around 5 pm & got a positive. I wanted to check again when I got home & I think I may have botched the test because it wasn't in the urine (non-cup method) for the full 5 seconds so I stopped midstream (yes I know that's bad) and of course that one was negative so I tried it one more time with another one which was negative too. (Sigh) This is my 1st time using OPKs so please don't laugh at me. BUT on the slight chance I just have a really short LH surge and did O, I hope I am okay because DH and I BD CD 11 early morning and today.  DH said maybe taking my PNV 2 hours before my 2nd OPK on CD 12 may have been the reason for the negative. I told him I doubt that's it though. I will continue testing with OPKs in case it was a false positive.

    Me:35 | DH: 32
    Married: 06-2024
    TTC #1: Since November 2015
    Restarted TTC "count" Oct. 2016
         due to previous issues.
    ***TW***
    BFP: 11/4/2016 
    BFP: 07/17/2024
  • @GoldenKeys hope you feel better soon. 

    @seethosestars that is a tough chart for sure. You have fertile signs all over the place but the don't seem to matchup with each other.

    good luck at your ultrasound @BWhitta!

    im currently sitting at 4dpo. We ended up having -3, -2 & -1 for timing so we did what we could and now we wait! I gave up temping as soon as I got my CHs. It makes me so anxious I can't sleep and then I over analyze my chart constantly for 2 weeks, I'm over it. So test day will be 10/29 and until then I'm just gonna treat my body as if I'm KU, can't hurt right.
    DH - 34, Me - 32
    Married 7/13
    TTC #1 since 10/13
    BFP 2/4/15, MC twin boys at 18w3d 5/15
    IUI #1 2/25/16

  • @seethosestars Wow, I'm not sure how to interpret your chart. I'd say maybe around CD15 based on OPKs, but see if your temps stay up. Did you get any monitoring while on femera/letrozole? I ask only because that might help pinpoint.

    @lablover78 I hope we can stop compulsively bruising our boobs. :-) Good luck with your beta! 

    @SaphireSweetie Maybe you started surging after your test on CD11, which could explain the negative after the positive on CD12? I think if you did surge on CD11/12 your timing would be ok. Are you confirming with temps? I can't remember.

    @BWitta Good luck with the u/s! So happy for you!

    @soontobemommahowe Great timing! Good luck with your TWW!


  • @Bababatty and @lablover78 I'm right there with you at 7dpiui and definitely also poking the boobs, but feeling nothing. I successfully transported my progesterone to WI and back and forth between families, but realized the dose is super low....wondering if it's doing anything at all....other than making me feel constantly greasy down there. 

    FX for your US @BWhitta!

    so sorry to hear you're sick @GoldenKeys :( hopefully it's a quick recovery! 
    Me: 39 SO: 36

    Dx: low progesterone, possible DOR - officially "unexplained"

    TTC#1 since November 2015
    9/16/2016 IUI#1 - BFN
    10/12/2016 IUI#2 - BFN
    1/21/2017 Clomid/IUI#3 - BFN
    March 2017 IVF: BFP! (beta#1 191, beta#2 378!) - it's a boy! DS born 12/6/2017

    TTC #2 since July 2018
    May 2019 IVF #2: BFP! (beta#1 346, beta#2 646) - vanishing twin at 8 weeks. Baby B still going strong - due 2/8/20!
    Pregnancy Ticker
  • @Bababatty

    I am not confirming with temping since I'm not 100% sure how that works (please don't laugh). I have thought about it though but haven't started
    Me:35 | DH: 32
    Married: 06-2024
    TTC #1: Since November 2015
    Restarted TTC "count" Oct. 2016
         due to previous issues.
    ***TW***
    BFP: 11/4/2016 
    BFP: 07/17/2024
  • Thanks, everyone!  The us looked good but we were not able to see the heartbeat yet :neutral: the doctor wasn't worried especially since we aren't 100% on when I actually conceived...so he said since it's grown so much and I'm not bleeding or anything it should be fine but ugh!  I just want things to go smoothly for once!  We can see the little tadpole on the us which is pretty incredible...just have to wait until Tuesday to *hopefully* see that little heartbeat!  
    Married for 5 years, TTC for 3 years
    PCOS, Low AMH, Endo, Uterine Fibroids, Low Estrogen...
    and a Partridge in a Pear Tree. 
    3 Losses, 8/16 11/16 and 6/2017  o:)
  • @GoldenKeys - Hope you are on the mend!

    @Labluver2 - Sorry to hear about the cyst. Hope the RE gives you good news on treatment. 

    @Bababatty - OMG, I do that too! Glad I'm not the only one that does the "boob check". 

    Good thoughts to everyone in the TWW! CD 26 for me. I'm away on a long weekend with DH celebrating our second anniversary. Hiking, beer tasting, and hot tubbing will distract me.
    Married 4 years, TTC 3 years
    Dx: Unexplained infertility, hypothyroidism/Hashimoto's, MTHFR Mutation
    DH - low motility
    Rx: Levothyroxine, misc supplements



  • BWhitta said:
    Thanks, everyone!  The us looked good but we were not able to see the heartbeat yet :neutral: the doctor wasn't worried especially since we aren't 100% on when I actually conceived...so he said since it's grown so much and I'm not bleeding or anything it should be fine but ugh!  I just want things to go smoothly for once!  We can see the little tadpole on the us which is pretty incredible...just have to wait until Tuesday to *hopefully* see that little heartbeat!  
    FX for Tuesday!! @BWhitta
    Me:35 | DH: 32
    Married: 06-2024
    TTC #1: Since November 2015
    Restarted TTC "count" Oct. 2016
         due to previous issues.
    ***TW***
    BFP: 11/4/2016 
    BFP: 07/17/2024
  • BWhittaBWhitta member
    edited October 2016
    Oh my goodness @meli123k congratulations!  I KNOW how you are feeling bc I'm feeling it now too, I doubt it ever gets easier :smile: just try to take deep breaths and trust that you are literally doing everything you can to have a healthy baby and at some point there's just nothing we can do except be patient and have faith!!!!!  FX crossed for you!!!!!!!!!!
    Married for 5 years, TTC for 3 years
    PCOS, Low AMH, Endo, Uterine Fibroids, Low Estrogen...
    and a Partridge in a Pear Tree. 
    3 Losses, 8/16 11/16 and 6/2017  o:)
  • @meli123k Congratulations!!!!! I hope this is a sticky bean! Yayayay
    DX PCOS + mild male factor
    TTC since Dec. 2015
    Current Treatment: Metformin, Provera, Letrozole, Trigger, IUI
    Past Treatment: Clomid + Metformin x 3 BFN
    Letrozole 5 mg + Trigger shot + IUI = BFP!
    Beta confirmed 8/22
    EDD 5/1/17
  • Congratulations @meli123k! So exciting! 
    DH - 34, Me - 32
    Married 7/13
    TTC #1 since 10/13
    BFP 2/4/15, MC twin boys at 18w3d 5/15
    IUI #1 2/25/16

  • Yay! Congrats @meli123k!! 
    Me: 39 SO: 36

    Dx: low progesterone, possible DOR - officially "unexplained"

    TTC#1 since November 2015
    9/16/2016 IUI#1 - BFN
    10/12/2016 IUI#2 - BFN
    1/21/2017 Clomid/IUI#3 - BFN
    March 2017 IVF: BFP! (beta#1 191, beta#2 378!) - it's a boy! DS born 12/6/2017

    TTC #2 since July 2018
    May 2019 IVF #2: BFP! (beta#1 346, beta#2 646) - vanishing twin at 8 weeks. Baby B still going strong - due 2/8/20!
    Pregnancy Ticker
  • @meli123k - omg, so very happy for you! Congratulations! Sending good thoughts your way.

    (Thank you for the anniversary wishes!)
    Married 4 years, TTC 3 years
    Dx: Unexplained infertility, hypothyroidism/Hashimoto's, MTHFR Mutation
    DH - low motility
    Rx: Levothyroxine, misc supplements



  • @meli123k Congratulations!! Such wonderful news! 
  • @meli123k Congrats on your BFP!
    Me:33, DH:38 Married: 8/2/2014
    TTC #1 Since: April 2015
    Unexplained Infertility

    Cycle 1&2 : Clomid 50mg- BFN
    Cycle 3: Letrozole 2.5mg- BFN
    Cycle 4: Letrozole 5mg- BFN
    Cycle 5: HSG-normal
                  Clomid 100mg+ Estrace- BFN
    Cycle 6: Letrozole 5mg+Trigger shot+IUI+Progestrone- BFN
    Cycle 7: Letrozole 5mg, Cyst found during follicle check
    Cycle 8: Birth control to treat left ovary cyst
    Cycle 9: Letrozole 7.5mg+Trigger shot+IUI+Progesterone- BFN
    Cycle 10: Letrozole 7.5mg, 2 Cysts found during follicle check
    Cycle 11: Clomid 100mg+Estradiol+Trigger shot+IUI+Progesterone- BFN
    Cycle 12: Clomid 100mg- BFN
    Cycle 13-16: Natural attempts while awaiting IVF 
    Cycle 14: IVF-BFN

  • lablover78lablover78 member
    edited October 2016
    Ugh negative beta followed by AF on Sunday. I have an enlarged follie/cyst so they are putting me on BCP for 7 days. Trying to stay positive and to keep on truckin'
    TTC since May 2013
    Mild PCOS, Compound Heterozygous MTHFR
    No Folic acid/pharmaceuticals/supplements (too many to list- private message me if interested), IVIL infusion
  • @BWhitta- Awww. I'm glad you could take video of it

    @lablover78 - Sorry to hear that. Hugs.
    Me:35 | DH: 32
    Married: 06-2024
    TTC #1: Since November 2015
    Restarted TTC "count" Oct. 2016
         due to previous issues.
    ***TW***
    BFP: 11/4/2016 
    BFP: 07/17/2024
  •  @lablover78 I am so sorry to hear that, sending lots of hugs and peaceful vibes your way.
    Married for 5 years, TTC for 3 years
    PCOS, Low AMH, Endo, Uterine Fibroids, Low Estrogen...
    and a Partridge in a Pear Tree. 
    3 Losses, 8/16 11/16 and 6/2017  o:)
  • So sorry, @lablover78! Sometimes it feels like you can't catch a break. Creepy Internet hugs for you. 
  • @lablover78 *Hugs* Sorry to hear
    Me:33, DH:38 Married: 8/2/2014
    TTC #1 Since: April 2015
    Unexplained Infertility

    Cycle 1&2 : Clomid 50mg- BFN
    Cycle 3: Letrozole 2.5mg- BFN
    Cycle 4: Letrozole 5mg- BFN
    Cycle 5: HSG-normal
                  Clomid 100mg+ Estrace- BFN
    Cycle 6: Letrozole 5mg+Trigger shot+IUI+Progestrone- BFN
    Cycle 7: Letrozole 5mg, Cyst found during follicle check
    Cycle 8: Birth control to treat left ovary cyst
    Cycle 9: Letrozole 7.5mg+Trigger shot+IUI+Progesterone- BFN
    Cycle 10: Letrozole 7.5mg, 2 Cysts found during follicle check
    Cycle 11: Clomid 100mg+Estradiol+Trigger shot+IUI+Progesterone- BFN
    Cycle 12: Clomid 100mg- BFN
    Cycle 13-16: Natural attempts while awaiting IVF 
    Cycle 14: IVF-BFN

  • So sorry @lablover78. BFNs have become my #1 least favorite thing. 
    DH - 34, Me - 32
    Married 7/13
    TTC #1 since 10/13
    BFP 2/4/15, MC twin boys at 18w3d 5/15
    IUI #1 2/25/16

  • @lablover78 so sorry about AF, I'm and right there with you at CD1 today. 

    So IUI#2 was a bust. We now have to start down the IVF road.....we will only be able to afford one round and if that's not successful it will mean draining our savings for nothing, so today was a really rough day for both of us. There were tears for the first time in a year.....from both of us. 
    Me: 39 SO: 36

    Dx: low progesterone, possible DOR - officially "unexplained"

    TTC#1 since November 2015
    9/16/2016 IUI#1 - BFN
    10/12/2016 IUI#2 - BFN
    1/21/2017 Clomid/IUI#3 - BFN
    March 2017 IVF: BFP! (beta#1 191, beta#2 378!) - it's a boy! DS born 12/6/2017

    TTC #2 since July 2018
    May 2019 IVF #2: BFP! (beta#1 346, beta#2 646) - vanishing twin at 8 weeks. Baby B still going strong - due 2/8/20!
    Pregnancy Ticker
  • @BWhitta Yay, so glad to hear the good news!! That's great you could video it for your husband :)

    @lablover78 So sorry about AF *hugs*

    PoeMasque Very sorry to hear your IUI didn't work. Best of luck as you begin IVF, and FX for a very successful cycle!


    **tw**
    Thank you all so much for the kind words! I got my beta today and the numbers were good, so I'll be going in Thursday for more bw :)
    Me: 30 DH: 33
    Married June 2012
    TTC #1 since Oct 2014
    Dx: unexplained infertility (+ treated for hypothyroidism)
    March 2016: IUI#1 w/ Clomid, Ovidrel, Progesterone, Estradiol - BFN
    April-May 2016: treatment on hold due to bad thyroid levels, adjusted meds
    June 2016: IUI#2 w/ Clomid, Ovidrel, Progesterone, Estradiol - BFN
    July 2016: on hold again due to thyroid
    July 13th: IVF consult
    August 2016: IUI#3 w/ Femara, Ovidrel, Progresterone - BFN
    Sept/Oct 2016: IVF + ICSI

  • @PoeMasque

    I am sorry about CD1 and that IUI was a bust :'(

    Hopefully IVF will work for you. FX as tight as I can for you.
    Me:35 | DH: 32
    Married: 06-2024
    TTC #1: Since November 2015
    Restarted TTC "count" Oct. 2016
         due to previous issues.
    ***TW***
    BFP: 11/4/2016 
    BFP: 07/17/2024
  • ReesaAnne16ReesaAnne16 member
    edited October 2016
    I'm sorry @PoeMasque I would be so upset as well. It's such a hard decision on whether to risk the cost of IVF. Is there any option to do a shared risk plan where you pay more initially but it covers extra rounds if needed (one I was reading about covered up to 3 cycles over the course of year) and then refunds you half if those don't work? 

    Take time for yourself, you deserve some pampering this week. Thinking of you. 

    Me 34 DH 36 Married since July 2010 
    MFI (High DNA Fragmentation) & Mild endometriosis
    TTC #1 since June 2015 
    Aug 2016 - May 2017  6 IUI's with letrozole - BFN
    April 2017 - laparoscopy to remove mild endo
    June 2017 - Mini IVF letrozole 12.5mg, Gonal-F 75IU - Cancelled early ovulation, no eggs retrieved. 
    Aug/Sept 2017 - Mini IVF letrozole 12.5mg, Gonal-F 75IU, cetrotide - 13 eggs retrieved, 11 mature
    5 eggs ICSI'd 6 eggs frozen - 1 day 5 blast transfered, 2 expanded blast frozen - BFP!
    May 2018 - Baby girl born - Our Joy

    TTC #2 since July 2019
    July 2019 - FET - BFN
    Jan 2020 - FET - canceled due to family health issues
    Mar 2020 - FET - low beta - chemical pregnancy
    July 2020 - ICSI'd remaining 6 eggs - 3 fertilized - 2 survived to early blast stage, transfered both - Chemical Pregnancy


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