August IUI

meredithj123

Hi guys! I didn't see an August iui board so I figured I would start one!

Let's introduce ourselves

Number of cycles : 2 (July 7, July 31)
Anticipated IUI: hopefully not another one! If I need a 3rd it will be last week of August 

Good luck to everyone this cycle!

tosh24

Number of cycles : 4th IUI...sticking with the femara but this time adding Gonal
                               F as well.
Anticipated IUI: Probably somewhere between Aug 25-28

Hopefully August is a lucky month for us all!

marfi236

Hi ladies, I'm back!

Cycle #: 2 (first was in July)

Anticipated IUI: Aug 13 - 14

I'm ready for this cycle!  Have my U/S next Thursday on the 10th!  Next Wednesday is our 4th anniversary so I'm also exited about that!

roxarn87

Cycle #1.
Anticipitated: August 28-30 
Was supposed to have #1 in July but my ultrasound showed 5 mature follicles between 17-20mm so it got put on hold.  Clomid worked too well!! Lower does this time!!

Labluver2

Cycle #4

IUI prob around 18th of Aug

Tomorrow is cycle day 3 BW and US 

Hoping Aug is our month

manders85-2

Hi everyone! This is technically our 2nd IUI. 1st was back in March. We had an incomplete cycle before that where we never did the insemination. Apparently I needed more Clomid to make my follicles bigger before they put me on the estrace to thicken my lining.

Now I am on 7 full days of clomid plus trigger. We have our follicle check in two days on Aug 8th. IUI will likely be Aug 10th!

Fingers crossed this time. I've been doing a lot of de-stressing activities like traveling for work less, eating better, walking, yoga everyday.... I'm hoping that helps this time. 

amanda0435

I just had my first IUI on August 6th. I did Clomid 100 mg days 3-7 and ovidrel trigger. We've been trying to conceive for 5 years.

roxarn87

Does anyone else feel like the are 2-2WW? Lol. Since we couldn't do our iui last week, now we have to wait for af and start the vicious cycle again... I feel like my life is going by in 2 week increments now lol ugh...  I'm feeling good about August for all of us!  Fx for everyone

kaitlin_c

Hi everyone. I'm new to message boards and still trying to figure out how to post! I acvidently started a discussion. Oops!

Anyways, starting IUI cycle #3 after getting AF this morning.

I'll have BW and US on Thursday and should start follistim that night.

Fingers crossed for a positive August cycle!

puppyluv13

Hi everyone! I've been on a Bump hiatus for a little while, so I'm just getting back into the swing of things. And this looked like a great post to start with

Cycle #5 >> IUI #3
Anticipated IUI Date >> In about 2 weeks 

Good luck to everyone this month!!!

str14

Hi everyone, I am in my first cycle, was doing IVF but got canceled due to only 2 follicles responding. I am triggering tonight and doing IUI on Thursday. I'm scared and nervous, which I'm sure everyone is at this time. 

Good of luck to everyone, looking forward to following everyone's journey

marfi236

IUI #2 is tomorrow!  I was not expecting to get a positive OPK today as it's CD 13 and I usually don't get them until CD 16 or 17.  I went in for my monitoring US today (the nurse misheard me when I called at the beginning of my cycle and thought I started Sunday rather than Saturday so she thought that she was scheduling on CD 12 rather than CD 13) and had a 23x21 mm folicle on the left and a 19x18 mm on the right (last month I had 11x11 mm and 14x14 mm on CD 12)!

str14

Fingers crossed! I had my first iui today, im
very uncomfortable tonight. We will be in this awful 2 week wait together 

marfi236

@str14 I don't remember being uncomfortable last month (but maybe I'm just blocking it out) but I do remember being super tired.  I took a super long nap after mine last month!  Then again, maybe the time I was uncomfortable was while I was asleep and so I didn't notice it as much!

cassafrass15

Hello all!

Cycle: #2
Anticipated: Aug 16th

Here's hoping this is everyone's month!

str14

@marfi236 you have your beta today, don't you? Lots of prayers your way. 
Im feeling better now, maybe I just needed some sleep! Now the waiting begins.....

marfi236

@str14 I wish it was betas because that would mean the TWW is over!  I have my IUI in about a half hour!

meredithj123

@marfi236 good luck today! hoping this is your cycle!! 

Well I'm officially in the August cycle now. First US should be Monday the 21, with IUI likely the 25. This is our last cycle so hoping it works!

kaitlin_c

Had US and BW yesterday for day 3. My uterine lining was thick (Which is normal for me since my periods are super long!). They also found a cyst on my left ovary which my nurse said is my follicle from last month that didn't fully ovulate. My estrogen levels were still high and I still had my ovidrel shot in my system from last cycle. I go for monitoring BW and US tomorrow morning. Hoping my cyst is gone and my levels are where they need to be so I can start my injections tomorrow!

Good luck everyone!

manders85-2

Hi Everyone. Today we did our second IUI. Count was great at 37 million post-wash with 85% motility. They don't test for morphology before an IUI so not sure about that this time. The nurse had a super hard time locating my cervix and asked if my bladder was full, it wasn't. They didn't tell me to have a full bladder beforehand. Oh well. She found my cervix, inserted the catheter and bam, we're done. Three follicles this time. I am on estrace to thicken my lining and doing acupuncture which is really helping me relax. I'll test on August 26th. Let the two week wait begin!! 

bpietronicco

I am on CD 9 right now- 6th cycle of medicated cycles but will be 5th iui. Just started fsh injections last night and go for BW and US Wednesday. I am thinking iui will probably be end of this week, beginning of next.  

manders85-2

Goodluck, @bpietronicco! Baby dust to you! 

kaitlin_c

Started follistim on Saturday, but my ovaries are being stubborn this month and my follicles dont want to grow faster lol hoping for better news tomorrow morning at BW And US. Hoping to have 3rd IUI scheduled for the beginning of next week.

Again, good luck to all  

husewife

I had my 2nd IUI this afternoon! (First was July 12.) I did 5 days of 100mg of Clomid on CD 4-8 and another 5 days of 150mg of Clomid on CD 11-15. I ended up with a 19mm follicle on the right and a 21mm and 13mm on the left. I've been on estrace since CD 4 this time around. I triggered last night and went in today for the IUI. DH had 120 million count post wash and such (doctor fist bumped him, he's obviously not the issue!) I'll start on progesterone in 2 days and go in for a blood test on August 29! Fx that it goes better this time!!

puppyluv13

@meredithj123  Cycle sisters! I also have my US on the 21st, and IUI will likely be around the 25th... 

*tw* I had my baseline US yesterday and everything is a go... But they mentioned a slightly blocked tube, which is new to the mix. *sigh* They said it wasn't anything they would be concerned with at the moment since I got a BFP last month, so they think it should be fine but they are "watching it". We're skipping the Letrozole this time around and going straight for the Follistim. I'm staying hopeful this time around... FX it works!!! 

bpietronicco @amanda0435 @husewife @manders85-2 @marfi236 @str14 GL to you!!!!!!!!!

Labluver2

Had my follie check today I have a 2 20 and 18 I had a 15 and a 13 waiting for call prob trigger tonight and iui on Friday. This is my 4th one. The nurse who did my us said it took her 6 iuis and she ended up preg so it gave me a little hope. 

Fx to everyone!!!

bpietronicco

Yay @Labluver2 that's sounds promising!  I have a 22 1/2 and a 17.  Right tube is blocked but only had little ones on that side.  Waiting for nurse to call but I am thinking the same! 
GL to all!!

MrsWhite518

Hi Ladies. I never really wrote in the forums and then I had taken a Bump break but I'm back. 

So I did my first insemination on August 14 (my birthday) so I'm hoping to have some birthday magic work in my favor. This 2WW is horrible though. 

Good Luck Ladies! My fingers and toes are crossed for us all.

Labluver2

@bpietronicco office called back I wasn't ready to ovulate and the Dr wants to give it one more day so back tomorrow for a recheck then prob trigger and IUI Sat. Or if I'm ready to ovulate then IUI friday. 

bpietronicco

@Labluver2 I am triggering tonight- getting hcg levels checked tomorrow to make sure trigger worked (first iui I surged on my own when TW I got a bfp but ended in CP End TW and iui Friday morning.  This is my 5th so I want to make sure this trigger is working. Also, This time around they are going to wait for me to start progesterone so they can check my levels. 

str14

I had iui on 8/10, started progesterone 8/12. Is it normal to feel progressively worse? Each day my boobs are more sore, I'm more nauseous and generally feeling like crap and it's seems like each day is worse. This is my first round btw! Thanks for any input

mrsmeettherays

I had my second IUI (100mg clomid/ovidrel trigger) yesterday with 6 mature follicles (17, 18, 19, 21, 21, 22 or something like that) and our donor vial. First was 7/21 with 2 mature. Progesterone was 37.8 last round so we'll wait until next Friday to test again - works much better with my work schedule. I had really bad cramping last night from the Dr. having trouble finding his way "Oh it's really curved!" and "Are you sure your bladder is full?"<- I couldn't help but laugh and think of the song Knockin' on Heaven's Door. 

Biggest concern now is the donor sperm - 14 million count but 30% motility this time and 35% the last round. This was the one stat we weren't really focused on during our search, hopefully it's not the holdout. We only purchased 2 vials and if this IUI doesn't work we will take a break to build up some more babymaking savings.

tosh24

@MrsWhite518 @mrsmeettherays @husewife @manders85-2 @marfi236 @str14
Good luck in your TWW ladies! FX for some great news!

@str14 Yes, pretty common to feel progressively more symptoms from the progesterone during the TWW. For me, the first few days I feel relatively normal, but then the mild achiness in my ute starts, and then my boobs start to swell, and then they start to hurt (and depending on how many follies I had, sometimes they REALLY hurt), and let's not even get started on the moodiness. By the middle of the second week I'm totally cray cray



AFM: CD 3 yesterday and I started my letrozole and Gonal F. My doc upped my letrozole to 5 mg and is only starting me off on 50 IU of Gonal F (first time on injects). I'm super worried about overstimulating and getting cancelled so FX for no more than 4-5 good follies. We're also adding in Orgalutran because I have short cycles and trigger by day 10 so hopefully we can get my eggs to mature a bit longer.  

Labluver2

Went back for recheck my 20 follie is now 23 and my 18 is now a 20 so 2 good follies trigger tonight IUI Sat Morning then the awful TWW.

Good luck everyone

@bpietronicco good luck with your IUI tomorrow we will be a day apart.FX. I was talking to the nurse yesterday she told me she got preg her 6th iui so it can happen to give others a bit of hope. 

husewife

I don't remember being in this much pain last month after my first IUI! Yesterday, I barely got off the couch and used my dog as a heating pad. I've spent more time in a ball than I have since I was in utero. Tylenol isn't touching the pain. I'm just going to pretend that this is the same as working out and no pain, no gain applies!!! 

[Yes, this was just a rant, but since we're not talking to our friends and family about the process (too difficult after last month when everyone was just as bummed as we were), you all get to hear about It! And y'all are more likely to understand!]

Labluver2

@husewife I'm on my 4th and I have noticed with each one it seems like I'm in more pain cramping and bloating. Hope it goes away soon so your comfortable. 

puppyluv13

str14 said:

I had iui on 8/10, started progesterone 8/12. Is it normal to feel progressively worse? Each day my boobs are more sore, I'm more nauseous and generally feeling like crap and it's seems like each day is worse. This is my first round btw! Thanks for any input

Progesterone kicks my butt too... For me, it's the boob swelling, tiredness, bloating, and mood swings that are the worst. My advice - the heating pad, Tylenol, and Netflix are your friends lol. Oh, and ice cream. Ice cream makes everything better. Hang in there!

str14

Thank you @tosh24 & @puppyluv13 I'm reading how many ladies do this over and over, as much as I want another child, I don't know if I can do this again if this doesn't work. I feel horrible and I'm so sad, trying to be grateful for the opportunity and insurance but this is a lot! I feel like this is the focus of my entire life and everything else is on hold. Is this normal? How do you cope?

mschmitt17

Number of cycles : this is #2 
Anticipated IUI: last cycle it was on CD 14 which would be August 23rd

We did have to decrease my letrozole dose to 5mg this month - was on 7.5 mg and 2 days before IUI had 8 follicles (19, 17, 17, 16, 16, 15, 13, 13) apparently number doesn't matter because here we are again. Trying to stress less and stay more positive. 

Good luck everyone!

husewife

@Labluver2 Thank you! It's definitely subsiding some today. Good luck on Saturday and with your TWW.

husewife

@str14 I am right there with you. I don't have any advice because I am experiencing the exact same thing. My SO and I have decided that we'll be trying 3 times in a row and then taking a break (going on a road trip and not going to think about it...as little as we can at least) and concentrate on enjoying our relationship for a little bit. Because it feels like for the last 19 months everything has been about trying to get pregnant. It's exhausting! Good luck