@antoto Remind me....how many days of stims will that be if you do ER Monday or Tuesday? I feel like my last cycle I didn't stim for very long...but first timer so I have no clue if it was pretty standard
Me: 45 OH: 42 Beloved SS: born 12/2011 TTC my bio #1/our #2 since January 2016 **TW** June 2016 had CP **end TW** August 2016 - dx with DOR Somewhere in here received recommendation to do IVF with donor eggs, elected not to; OH dx with Low T May 2017 - began freezing sperm June 2017 - OH began treatment for Low T July 2017 - began doing 1 IUI via a midwife and 1 at home insemination each cycle http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/6259ba July 2018 - exhausted frozen sperm, officially NTNP since OH is probably shooting blanks
@laurad75 Sending you good vibes on your way as you start your journey! It's great that you're getting one message from both doctors and you have a clear path forward. I'm excited to hear your future updates
@eggplantface Sending all my sticky egg vibes for you! Can we get a grad up in here please? lol
@Aurora1973 I'm selfishly excited to have another dairy-free bumpie around here I had to cut it out because of my high T. But just like you, I feel so much better and my body is improving so much without it. I mentioned in healthy habits the other week that I tried this dairy-free, soy-free, gluten-free, vegan, etc. etc. mac and cheese and hand to God I cannot tell the difference. It is so frickin delicious. I'm obsessed. If you want to swap dairy-free war stories or recipes, I'm always here! You can do this
Me: 23 | DH: 30
Married November 2016 TTC #1 November 2016
Dx Anovulatory/NIR PCOS April 2017 50mg Clomid June 2017 BFP June, 21 2017 | EDD March 4, 2018
@laurad75 I will be here for you every step of the way in any way you need! I'm glad you got the peace from the second opinion that you needed. @Aurora1973 Danggg no dairy. Good for you though girl, seriously. These darn future babies have no clue just how much we went through to get them and just how much they will be loved. Now if they could all just SHOW UP AND LET US LOVE THEM.
My RE just sent the script over for my Letrozole, Follistim (or Gonal F, whichever ends up cheaper) and I still have my HCG trigger I never got to use last time. So once AF is here in two weeks or so, we are ago!
Me: 45 OH: 42 Beloved SS: born 12/2011 TTC my bio #1/our #2 since January 2016 **TW** June 2016 had CP **end TW** August 2016 - dx with DOR Somewhere in here received recommendation to do IVF with donor eggs, elected not to; OH dx with Low T May 2017 - began freezing sperm June 2017 - OH began treatment for Low T July 2017 - began doing 1 IUI via a midwife and 1 at home insemination each cycle http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/6259ba July 2018 - exhausted frozen sperm, officially NTNP since OH is probably shooting blanks
@antoto I am a prime example of early/quick response being a not so great thing. So hopefully you are growing lots of follicles slow and steady. I know how uncomfortable you must be but you are almost there! I hope the timing works out for you and you can enjoy the wedding!
@laurad75 That is so reassuring that he came to the same conclusion. I am happy it worked out the way it did!
@leekat14 GL at your appt tomorrow!! Sorry about the cost of the meds... it is seriously the worst.
@Aurora1973 You are on point with the gifs this week LOL!
@madspunk I spoke with the RE today who said that increasing the dose won't do as much of what we want than just adding in the injectible. My first and only month on Letrozole made just about 0 change to my body. I still only produced 1 egg and the others were far away from fertilization. She said the goal is to get more follicles and injectibles work better at achieving that. I'm honestly ready to just move forward at this point. We've taken it so slow, baby step by baby step. We did 4 months of just progesterone, 1 month of Letrozole and TI that had no affect whatsoever, and then had to take a 2 month break. I am ready to move on. And while I'm typing this I'm actually getting a teeny bit more excited about it all. All the hormones and shots scare the hell out of me, but if you ladies can do it, I can do it.
@antoto Slow and steady wins the race! FX for you for good timing with the wedding travels, come on body cooperate!
@laurad75 I am excited for you as you start on the new treatment with DE! New land with new possibilities! I don't know where you even start with that process, but I hope you get to start it soon!
@Aurora1973 Dang no dairy?! It will be worth it in the end, just hope you don't have to give it up for long!
@TravelingCouple It is exciting to have everything ready to go! Hope you get to start the new treatment soon!
@ramzlau Me neither but I'm not going anywhere so my IF/Testing sisters are going to learn everything they have wanted to know, plus some, about DE IVF.
History and blog link in spoiler
2016 - dx with super low ovarian reserve; failed cycle with clomid, failed IUI, 2017 - egg retrieval #1 - 3 eggs, 0 embryos appropriate for transfer; ER #2 2 eggs, 0 embryos on day 3; ER #3 1 egg 0 embryos moved to donor egg in summer 2017; 35 eggs retrieved; 19 fertilized; 9 total embryos Fresh transfer Dec 2017= BFP! baby boy born 8/22/18
May 2019 - surprise natural pregnancy ended in MC Nov 2019 FET; MC at 9 weeks May 2020 FET; BFN July 2020 FET; CP treated with methotrexate Oct 2020 BFP!
@TravelingCouple I'm glad you are excited about moving forward with injections! I went through 2 dosage increases of Letrozole and they didn't do anything for me. Added the injections and WHAM! Follicles! I hope it's the same for you. You can totally do it!
@leekat14 Well today is day 8 of stims so Monday would be 13 and Tuesday would be 14.
@madspunk Yep! I go in every day now I think. Unless they tell me not to when they call with my blood work today. I wouldn't be surprised if they want me to continue with every other day since I'm behind.
Transfer went well! I'm at home "taking it easy" and watching general hospital
Me: late 30s | H: early 30s TTC #1 since April 2015 RE Dx: Fibroids, surgery Jan 2016 IUI #1 and #2, Nov/Dec 2016, BFN IVF March 2017: ER - 5R/3M/3F, 1 PGS normal Polyp removed May 2017 FET May 2017 - BFP! Baby boy born 2/2/18
Me: 45 OH: 42 Beloved SS: born 12/2011 TTC my bio #1/our #2 since January 2016 **TW** June 2016 had CP **end TW** August 2016 - dx with DOR Somewhere in here received recommendation to do IVF with donor eggs, elected not to; OH dx with Low T May 2017 - began freezing sperm June 2017 - OH began treatment for Low T July 2017 - began doing 1 IUI via a midwife and 1 at home insemination each cycle http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/6259ba July 2018 - exhausted frozen sperm, officially NTNP since OH is probably shooting blanks
Beta is June 13! There's no way I hold out that long. I'll probably test 6dpt. It's a 5 day blast, so that should be long enough, right? I haven't taken an HPT in so long, this is exciting! Unless it's negative, in which case stab me in the face.
Me: late 30s | H: early 30s TTC #1 since April 2015 RE Dx: Fibroids, surgery Jan 2016 IUI #1 and #2, Nov/Dec 2016, BFN IVF March 2017: ER - 5R/3M/3F, 1 PGS normal Polyp removed May 2017 FET May 2017 - BFP! Baby boy born 2/2/18
YO that Ganirelix shot is blunt AF and super painful. Good lord WTF.
Also, do my LFAF badges look weird as hell to anyone else? I haven't changed the formatting but they look really huge and stretched out on my comp. TF, TB?
@heatherdubrow We only had one embryo, but we also had it PGS tested so we know it's normal.
Me: late 30s | H: early 30s TTC #1 since April 2015 RE Dx: Fibroids, surgery Jan 2016 IUI #1 and #2, Nov/Dec 2016, BFN IVF March 2017: ER - 5R/3M/3F, 1 PGS normal Polyp removed May 2017 FET May 2017 - BFP! Baby boy born 2/2/18
YO that Ganirelix shot is blunt AF and super painful. Good lord WTF.
Also, do my LFAF badges look weird as hell to anyone else? I haven't changed the formatting but they look really huge and stretched out on my comp. TF, TB?
So glad they didn't give me that medication, I feel like mine are bad enough! My lupron felt like a dull needle so maybe it is similar, it was the worst!
@laurad75 so glad to hear that you got some confirmation after getting the same message from both doctors. So excited for you and btw that mug is badass.
@eggplantface yay girl so glad it went well fx so hard for you!!!
Appointment this morning was good, other than the first nurse missing my vein. Start meds tonight..150 menopur and 450 gonal f. Appointments next M-W-F for monitoring. I really hope my ovaries decide to do something this time around.
@ramzlau so sweet to check in! I go tomorrow for another check. On Tuesday I had 2 follies on my left and one on my right. 10.5, 12, 13 (ish, I can't remember the 3rd one). Hoping for anow iui some time between Monday and Wednesday which is much later in my cycle than I typically O but of course this cycle would be the one where it's different haha!
Me: 32, DH: 31 Together: 11/2008, married: 3/2014 DH: Type 1 Diabetes, (dx 4/15) Celiac Disease (dx 11/14), Treatment induced Neuropathy of Diabetes (dx 7/15) DH SA: 11/16: low count and low motility DH SA: 12/16: borderline low, count and motility 1/20/17: BFP, 1/24/17: CP 5/17:low AMH (0.89) 6/17: first IUI cycle, 50 mg clomid + ovidrel + IUI: 2 follies, BFN (count 58 million, 97% motility) 7/17: second IUI, 2.5 letrozole, OPK, IUI: 1 follie, BFN (count 9.5 million swimming- dont know percentage) 8/17: third IUI, 5.0 letrozole,
@ramzlau thanks for thinking of me! I had my IUI this morning and it was quick and painless! They had me lie down in the room for a few minutes after listening to relaxing music. The nurse seemed optimistic about everything and I don't know if that's because she's trained to act that way or she really is optimistic about it but I'll take it! Now for the longest TWW ever!!!
TTC History
Me: 35 DH: 34 Married 07/2012 DD born 07/2014 DD2 born 10/2018 DS born 10/2022
IF history: TTC #2 since January 2016 June-Aug 2017: 3 IUIs w/Clomid = BFN Sept 2017: Dx w/Endometriosis Oct 2017: IUI w/Letrozole = BFN Nov 2017: IUI w/Letrozole = BFN Dec 2017: pre-IVF testing Jan-Feb 2018: IVF--17 eggs retrieved, 13 fertilized, 9 frozen and 1 transferred on 2/10 = BFP on 2/19!!! EDD 10/29/2018 FET Oct 2021: BFP on 10/31! MC at 5 weeks FET Feb 2022: BFP on 2/15! EDD 10/29/22
@ramzlau lots of IUIs on the board soon! Thanks for thinking of me. I have a follie check tomorrow. I'll let you all know how it goes. Ramzlau, are you getting a beta draw or testing at home this cycle?
@WillRunForWine21 3 follies is great! Hope tomorrow's appointment goes well too!
@shortstack930 yay! I am right there with you on the tww. Trying to distract myself.
@madspunk definitely let us know how it goes tomorrow! No beta, just at home test, a week from Sunday probably.
On another note, has anyone heard of sock buddy for IF? If you google it you will end up with some about parrots, but I heard about it on Beat Infertility and it is a sock exchange, but it is linked to Facebook which I would rather not do. Anyone hear of one not associated with Facebook?
@TravelingCouple By googling I found this blog post kind of explains it best from an IF point of view. It is more of a support thing than an actual physical need of socks, but the thought is that socks are one of the few items that you can where during an ER and ET? Not sure if this is accurate. I have also heard of keeping your feet warm during TWW, but I don't have scientific studies to back that. https://www.bubblesandbumps.com/finding-my-dream-sock-buddy-and-surviving-the-big-chill-not-me-my-embryos/
Re: IF/Testing Weekly Check-in Thread 5/29
@Aurora1973 No, not dairy!!! I do hope that it helps you but I couldn't imagine giving it up, it's everywhere!
@antoto I'm glad to hear that your doctor said you're responding well. Can't wait for your ER, I'm so excited for you!
"It's time to try defying gravity."
Married 6/11/16
TTC Since 6/2016
12/2016 RE appt; 1/2017 SA & HSG results - all normal
3/2017 Dx Hyperprolactinemia; 5/2017 Prolactin levels normal; 8/2017 Low Ovarian Reserve
8/2017 TTA for personal reasons; 10/2017 NTNP; 12/2017 Re-start TTC
7/2018 Clomid+IUI
11/2018 Letrozole+TI
12/2018 Letrozole+IUI
2/2019 NTNP
5/2019 Stopping all TTC efforts; living Childfree
@lulu1180 Thanks...I felt the same way until I made the decision, haha.
@antoto A slow response is still a response...so glad you got good news, and I hope it works out timing wise with your travel!!
@eggplantface Sending you sticky ute vibes today!!
Beloved SS: born 12/2011
TTC my bio #1/our #2 since January 2016
**TW** June 2016 had CP **end TW**
August 2016 - dx with DOR
Somewhere in here received recommendation to do IVF with donor eggs, elected not to; OH dx with Low T
May 2017 - began freezing sperm
June 2017 - OH began treatment for Low T
July 2017 - began doing 1 IUI via a midwife and 1 at home insemination each cycle
http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/6259ba
July 2018 - exhausted frozen sperm, officially NTNP since OH is probably shooting blanks
Edit...stupid bump
@eggplantface Sending all my sticky egg vibes for you! Can we get a grad up in here please? lol
@Aurora1973 I'm selfishly excited to have another dairy-free bumpie around here
TTC #1 November 2016
50mg Clomid June 2017
BFP June, 21 2017 | EDD March 4, 2018
@Aurora1973 Danggg no dairy. Good for you though girl, seriously. These darn future babies have no clue just how much we went through to get them and just how much they will be loved. Now if they could all just SHOW UP AND LET US LOVE THEM.
My RE just sent the script over for my Letrozole, Follistim (or Gonal F, whichever ends up cheaper) and I still have my HCG trigger I never got to use last time. So once AF is here in two weeks or so, we are ago!
@laurad75 That mug is hilarious! It's great you were able to get a second opinion and found the REs are on the same page.
@zwink1 sorry to hear AF hit you hard this cycle. Hugs. COme on YH - finish up that testing!
@leekat14 Sorry to hear your meds are more now.
@antoto slowly but surely you'll get to that ER! GL at your next follie check (tomorrow?)
@TravelingCouple so it sounds like there's a good chance you will be adding in injections? Are they going to try increasing your letrozole dosage?
@travelingcouple That's what I've been thinking!!
Beloved SS: born 12/2011
TTC my bio #1/our #2 since January 2016
**TW** June 2016 had CP **end TW**
August 2016 - dx with DOR
Somewhere in here received recommendation to do IVF with donor eggs, elected not to; OH dx with Low T
May 2017 - began freezing sperm
June 2017 - OH began treatment for Low T
July 2017 - began doing 1 IUI via a midwife and 1 at home insemination each cycle
http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/6259ba
July 2018 - exhausted frozen sperm, officially NTNP since OH is probably shooting blanks
@laurad75 That is so reassuring that he came to the same conclusion. I am happy it worked out the way it did!
@leekat14 GL at your appt tomorrow!! Sorry about the cost of the meds... it is seriously the worst.
@Aurora1973 You are on point with the gifs this week LOL!
@laurad75 I am excited for you as you start on the new treatment with DE! New land with new possibilities! I don't know where you even start with that process, but I hope you get to start it soon!
@Aurora1973 Dang no dairy?! It will be worth it in the end, just hope you don't have to give it up for long!
@TravelingCouple It is exciting to have everything ready to go! Hope you get to start the new treatment soon!
2017 - egg retrieval #1 - 3 eggs, 0 embryos appropriate for transfer; ER #2 2 eggs, 0 embryos on day 3; ER #3 1 egg 0 embryos
moved to donor egg in summer 2017; 35 eggs retrieved; 19 fertilized; 9 total embryos
Fresh transfer Dec 2017= BFP! baby boy born 8/22/18
May 2019 - surprise natural pregnancy ended in MC
Nov 2019 FET; MC at 9 weeks
May 2020 FET; BFN
July 2020 FET; CP treated with methotrexate
Oct 2020 BFP!
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Thanks @madspunk!
@madspunk Yep! I go in every day now I think. Unless they tell me not to when they call with my blood work today. I wouldn't be surprised if they want me to continue with every other day since I'm behind.
TTC #1 since April 2015
RE Dx: Fibroids, surgery Jan 2016
IUI #1 and #2, Nov/Dec 2016, BFN
IVF March 2017: ER - 5R/3M/3F, 1 PGS normal
Polyp removed May 2017
FET May 2017 - BFP!
Baby boy born 2/2/18
Thanks @saralee797-2 !!
Beloved SS: born 12/2011
TTC my bio #1/our #2 since January 2016
**TW** June 2016 had CP **end TW**
August 2016 - dx with DOR
Somewhere in here received recommendation to do IVF with donor eggs, elected not to; OH dx with Low T
May 2017 - began freezing sperm
June 2017 - OH began treatment for Low T
July 2017 - began doing 1 IUI via a midwife and 1 at home insemination each cycle
http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/6259ba
July 2018 - exhausted frozen sperm, officially NTNP since OH is probably shooting blanks
TTC #1 since April 2015
RE Dx: Fibroids, surgery Jan 2016
IUI #1 and #2, Nov/Dec 2016, BFN
IVF March 2017: ER - 5R/3M/3F, 1 PGS normal
Polyp removed May 2017
FET May 2017 - BFP!
Baby boy born 2/2/18
Together: 11/2008, married: 3/2014
DH: Type 1 Diabetes, (dx 4/15) Celiac Disease (dx 11/14), Treatment induced Neuropathy of Diabetes (dx 7/15)
DH SA: 11/16: low count and low motility
DH SA: 12/16: borderline low, count and motility
1/20/17: BFP, 1/24/17: CP
5/17:low AMH (0.89)
6/17: first IUI cycle, 50 mg clomid + ovidrel + IUI: 2 follies, BFN (count 58 million, 97% motility)
7/17: second IUI, 2.5 letrozole, OPK, IUI: 1 follie, BFN (count 9.5 million swimming- dont know percentage)
8/17: third IUI, 5.0 letrozole,
@adirat still sending you bloody vibes. Wonderful that your doctor was receptive and hopefully the acupuncture works!
Together: 11/2008, married: 3/2014
DH: Type 1 Diabetes, (dx 4/15) Celiac Disease (dx 11/14), Treatment induced Neuropathy of Diabetes (dx 7/15)
DH SA: 11/16: low count and low motility
DH SA: 12/16: borderline low, count and motility
1/20/17: BFP, 1/24/17: CP
5/17:low AMH (0.89)
6/17: first IUI cycle, 50 mg clomid + ovidrel + IUI: 2 follies, BFN (count 58 million, 97% motility)
7/17: second IUI, 2.5 letrozole, OPK, IUI: 1 follie, BFN (count 9.5 million swimming- dont know percentage)
8/17: third IUI, 5.0 letrozole,
Also, do my LFAF badges look weird as hell to anyone else? I haven't changed the formatting but they look really huge and stretched out on my comp. TF, TB?
TTC #1 since April 2015
RE Dx: Fibroids, surgery Jan 2016
IUI #1 and #2, Nov/Dec 2016, BFN
IVF March 2017: ER - 5R/3M/3F, 1 PGS normal
Polyp removed May 2017
FET May 2017 - BFP!
Baby boy born 2/2/18
Yes they are stretched out @antoto, I'm sure it's TB being TB
@eggplantface yay girl so glad it went well fx so hard for you!!!
Start meds tonight..150 menopur and 450 gonal f. Appointments next M-W-F for monitoring. I really hope my ovaries decide to do something this time around.
"It's time to try defying gravity."
Married 6/11/16
TTC Since 6/2016
12/2016 RE appt; 1/2017 SA & HSG results - all normal
3/2017 Dx Hyperprolactinemia; 5/2017 Prolactin levels normal; 8/2017 Low Ovarian Reserve
8/2017 TTA for personal reasons; 10/2017 NTNP; 12/2017 Re-start TTC
7/2018 Clomid+IUI
11/2018 Letrozole+TI
12/2018 Letrozole+IUI
2/2019 NTNP
5/2019 Stopping all TTC efforts; living Childfree
@shortstack930
@WillRunForWine21
@madspunk
Together: 11/2008, married: 3/2014
DH: Type 1 Diabetes, (dx 4/15) Celiac Disease (dx 11/14), Treatment induced Neuropathy of Diabetes (dx 7/15)
DH SA: 11/16: low count and low motility
DH SA: 12/16: borderline low, count and motility
1/20/17: BFP, 1/24/17: CP
5/17:low AMH (0.89)
6/17: first IUI cycle, 50 mg clomid + ovidrel + IUI: 2 follies, BFN (count 58 million, 97% motility)
7/17: second IUI, 2.5 letrozole, OPK, IUI: 1 follie, BFN (count 9.5 million swimming- dont know percentage)
8/17: third IUI, 5.0 letrozole,
Married 07/2012
DD born 07/2014
DD2 born 10/2018
DS born 10/2022
IF history:
TTC #2 since January 2016
June-Aug 2017: 3 IUIs w/Clomid = BFN
Sept 2017: Dx w/Endometriosis
Oct 2017: IUI w/Letrozole = BFN
Nov 2017: IUI w/Letrozole = BFN
Dec 2017: pre-IVF testing
Jan-Feb 2018: IVF--17 eggs retrieved, 13 fertilized, 9 frozen and 1 transferred on 2/10 = BFP on 2/19!!! EDD 10/29/2018
FET Oct 2021: BFP on 10/31! MC at 5 weeks
FET Feb 2022: BFP on 2/15! EDD 10/29/22
@shortstack930 yay! I am right there with you on the tww. Trying to distract myself.
@madspunk definitely let us know how it goes tomorrow! No beta, just at home test, a week from Sunday probably.
On another note, has anyone heard of sock buddy for IF? If you google it you will end up with some about parrots, but I heard about it on Beat Infertility and it is a sock exchange, but it is linked to Facebook which I would rather not do. Anyone hear of one not associated with Facebook?
"It's time to try defying gravity."
Married 6/11/16
TTC Since 6/2016
12/2016 RE appt; 1/2017 SA & HSG results - all normal
3/2017 Dx Hyperprolactinemia; 5/2017 Prolactin levels normal; 8/2017 Low Ovarian Reserve
8/2017 TTA for personal reasons; 10/2017 NTNP; 12/2017 Re-start TTC
7/2018 Clomid+IUI
11/2018 Letrozole+TI
12/2018 Letrozole+IUI
2/2019 NTNP
5/2019 Stopping all TTC efforts; living Childfree