Let us know how you're doing!
Status (WTO/TWW/Benched/in process of testing or treatment):
CD, CD/DPO (if applicable):
What are you doing this cycle? (Testing? Treatment? Vitamins/supplements?):
Rants/Raves:
Questions for the group:
GTKY: Thinking back, what has been your most favorite vacation?
Re: TTCA35 weekly check-in: 9/11/17
CD, CD/DPO (if applicable):CD12
What are you doing this cycle? (Testing? Treatment? Vitamins/supplements?): went in for follie check today had 2 on right side a 20 and 24 so prob ovidril tonight and IUI on wed. Prenatal,vitamin D, Cosq10
Rants/Raves: I hate how emotional this journey is and the fact since going thru treatments everyone and thier uncle is pregnant.
Questions for the group:
GTKY: Thinking back, what has been your most favorite vacation? My favorite place to visit is Gatlinburg Tennessee my favorientation vacation would have to be Riviara maya mexico. My husband and I went just the two of us first time out of the cointro and first time that just him and I went away ourselves.
Status (WTO/TWW/Benched/in process of testing or treatment): I got my IVF calendar Friday so I'm on BCP for 3 weeks, starting last Thursday.
CD, CD/DPO (if applicable): CD6
What are you doing this cycle? (Testing? Treatment? Vitamins/supplements?): IVF4, prenatal, vitamin D, overhauling diet for more antioxidants, Brazil nuts, red raspberry leaf tea, no processed foods, no refined sugars or carbs, all organic (as much as possible)
Rants/Raves: Shopping organic is pricey!!! But I'm hoping worth it.
Questions for the group: Anyone know where I can buy acai berry in a juice versus a pill? I'm not a smoothie person but would drink juice. Otherwise I'm probably good with my daily blackberries and strawberries but the RE's nurse mentioned acai is being studied for fertility.
GTKY: Thinking back, what has been your most favorite vacation? A transAtlantic cruise where we flew to London then had a day in Lisbon and a day at the Azore Islands before heading back to Florida. Love being at sea!
Someone on here has to get a bfp soon!!! But then I remind myself, this group is small in part because we had several bfp's a couple of months back so they've moved on. So it does happen, we have to remind ourselves that!
@Momifbysea are they changing your IVF protocol at all?
CD, CD/DPO (if applicable): NA
What are you doing this cycle? (Testing? Treatment? Vitamins/supplements?): IUI with injectables- my meds arrived on Saturday which just made everything very real. 900 ius of gonal-f and 250 mcg of ovidrel for the cycle also taking prenatals, CoQ10, metformin and vitamin D
GTKY: Thinking back, what has been your most favorite vacation? Disneyland is always my favorite vacation, i also went on a Caribbean cruise in 2010 and that was a lot of fun
TW:
HSG/FSH/AMH/E2/SA all normal DX: unexplained IF
spontaneous BFP 01/01/2017- Alexander was born sleeping 04/13/2017 at 19w1d ic/chorio
September 2017 HSG #2 & Gonal-F/Femara/Ovidrel/IUI #1 = ep (Salpingectomy of left fallopian tube)
spontaneous BFP 01/02/2018 EDD Aug 30th It's a GIRL!
Cerclage placed on 03/02
Good luck moving forward with your IVF this round. Your time is due for a BFP. Does your office do a guarantee program?
@harleyquinn0621 no they're not changing my protocol at all because the re is satisfied with the number of eggs they're getting, it's just they're of poor quality. Which is what has led me to trying the new diet to see if I can turn back my clock a bit. That and prayer!
well ladies CD1 has arrived- so i need to call my RE today and make an appointment for my baseline ultrasound. I know they prefer CD2 but i have a couple of major meetings i can't miss at work in the morning and the morning is the only time my RE does ultrasounds so we are going to have to settle for a CD3 baseline scan
TW:
HSG/FSH/AMH/E2/SA all normal DX: unexplained IF
spontaneous BFP 01/01/2017- Alexander was born sleeping 04/13/2017 at 19w1d ic/chorio
September 2017 HSG #2 & Gonal-F/Femara/Ovidrel/IUI #1 = ep (Salpingectomy of left fallopian tube)
spontaneous BFP 01/02/2018 EDD Aug 30th It's a GIRL!
Cerclage placed on 03/02
What are you doing this cycle? (Testing? Treatment? Vitamins/supplements?):
PNV, fish oil, vitamin C, CoQ10, Maca Root - DH is taking vitamin, maca root, coq10, vit C
Rants/Raves: My new Jade yoga mat came in a couple days ago so there are no toxins in my mat. I finally nailed the inversion transition I've been working on for quite some time - classic headstand into forearm stand.
Questions for the group: Is it better to drink Red Rasp Leaf or take it in a capsule form. I'm one of those people that would rather take a pill.
GTKY: Thinking back, what has been your most favorite vacation? Hawaii without a doubt - 1 week in Oahu and 1 week in Kauai for our honeymoon.
@Momifbysea - I think you'd really benefit from reading that egg book. It's all about egg quality. I'm really only doing the supplement stuff. I don't want to change up my diet because we can't afford organic at this time and I'm in a happy spot so I don't want to feel stressed worrying about every little thing. Honestly you really should be taking coq10 ubiquinol form every day for egg quality if you aren't yet.
I don't know about the red raspberry lead yes versus pills being better but I have trouble swallowing pills any bigger than BCP, seriously, so for me it has to be the tea. Okay so week two of this new diet and I feel so much healthier! Don't know if it's just in my mind but I'll take it! Question does the coq10 come in anything I don't have to swallow in big pill form? I would even rather inject it if I could and that's saying a lot cuz I hate needles!
@Momifbysea my Dr also thinks mine is egg quality as well. I've been drinking the rasberry leaf and taking Cosq10 also eating healthier I don't always eat organic tho bc I can't obsess over every little thing. I also do yoga but can't stand on my head lol.
@harleyquinn0621 I normally go for baseine on cycle day 3 so you should be ok. Good luck this cycle.
@labluver2 good luck on your tww!!
I'm so nervous about this cycle but trying to relax- I'm scared it won't work and then I'm scared it'll work too well; RE is trying for 3-4 follies.... multiples with my history of cervix issues would be a huge problem but she knows of the issues and thinks it'll be ok so... here goes nothing
TW:
HSG/FSH/AMH/E2/SA all normal DX: unexplained IF
spontaneous BFP 01/01/2017- Alexander was born sleeping 04/13/2017 at 19w1d ic/chorio
September 2017 HSG #2 & Gonal-F/Femara/Ovidrel/IUI #1 = ep (Salpingectomy of left fallopian tube)
spontaneous BFP 01/02/2018 EDD Aug 30th It's a GIRL!
Cerclage placed on 03/02
CD, CD/DPO (if applicable): CD26/13DPO, annoyingly I've started spotting in the days before my period the last three cycles - but I mostly blame coming off of drugs and then trying vitex to regulate things because I ovulated way late (for me) the last two months - then a day early this month.
What are you doing this cycle? (Testing? Treatment? Vitamins/supplements?): Upcoming cycle will be IVF#4 - natural start microdose lupron flare, which scares me for many reasons including zero suppression that could lead to a dominant follicle, the flare which includes LH flare which some think is bad for egg quality early on in stims for AMA, and potential to ovulate thru MDL - but hey, I guess we won't know till we try it. Trying to trust...I *think* almost worst case (second to no response) would be that we convert to IUI - which we've never tried and is actually covered by insurance.
I've actually cut back on my supplements, though it doesn't seem like it
Rants/Raves: Two things: Yay for insurance still covering my meds (despite having a two cycle insurance lifetime cap on IVF)! So grateful. I wasn't sure they would be (because for my last OOP cycle we just piggybacked off of the previous cycle's meds prior authorization, but just this morning confirmed my glorious $0 copay (hit my OOP max for the year long ago with all this business) with the pharmacy. So just paying for the omnitrope, which makes it a bit less painful, especially with high stims.
Also, recreational adult ballet class is so fun! I recently returned to it after over a year and a half away (last time I'd gone before recently was before I was married) and really enjoy it. Sometimes the disconnect between what my head wants my body to do and what my body will actually do is a little frustrating, as is my rusty dance brain, but overall it's a lot of fun.
Questions for the group: Has any of you tried any of the Circle and Bloom meditations?
GTKY: Thinking back, what has been your most favorite vacation? This would have to be our honeymoon last year - before *TW* loss and all of this stuff... We went to Melbourne and Cairns and Sydney - it was a long flight over for the first time DH and I flew together! We'd been on trips together before, but driven or for some reason flew separately or some asynchronous combination of driving/flying.
@labluver2 Hope the TWW goes quickly for you!
@harleyquinn0621 GL with this IUI cycle!
Married 6/18/16 (Me 42, DH 44), TTC #2
***TW***
As of 12/2016: AMH 1.42, FSH 6.1, AFC ~10
Self-benched Nov-Dec 2016 for
IVF #1 Jan-Feb 2017 (OCP, testosterone primed antagonist w/HGH - ER 2/2/17 - 12R, 7M ICSI'd, 3F, 0B)
IVF #2 Mar-Apr 2017 (testosterone primed agonist/luteal lupron w/HGH - ER 4/8/17 - 10R, 8M, 8F, 5B, 1 PGS normal)
IVF #3 May-Jun 2017 (testosterone primed agonist/luteal lupron w/HGH - ER 6/4/17 - 14R, 5F, 3B, 0 normal)
**New RE**
IVF #4 Sept 2017 (natural start microdose lupron flare w/HGH - ER 9/28/17 - 33R, 18F, 10B, 4 PGS normals!)
FET #1 (medicated) of one PGS normal 4AA XX 11/2/17 - Beta #1 11/11/17 (153), Beta #2 11/13/17 (324), mc at 5w1d on 11/19/17
IVF #5 Dec 2017 - Insemination of 9 frozen eggs from 2012 (8F, 1B, 0 normal)
Jan 2018 - Natural cycle ERA (normal/receptive) & stimming for
IVF #6 Jan-Feb 2018 (natural start microdose lupron flare w/HGH - ER 2/3/18 - 17R, 6M, 4F, 0 blasts)
IVF #7 Feb 2018 (natural start microdose lupron flare w/HGH - ER 2/26/18 - 19R, 9M, 9F, 4B, 2 PGS normals)
FET #2 Apr 2018 (natural cycle w/o trigger, w/P4 support) of one PGS normal 4AA- XX 4/5/18 - Beta #1 4/14/18 (67), Beta #2 4/16/18 (231)
Rainbow baby girl born 12/16/2018 (via c-section, induced at 39 weeks)
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TFAS!
FET #3 Dec 2019 (natural cycle w/o trigger, w/P4 support) of one PGS normal 3BB XY 12/16/19 - Beta #1 12/24/19 (139), Beta #2 12/27/19 (482)
TW:
HSG/FSH/AMH/E2/SA all normal DX: unexplained IF
spontaneous BFP 01/01/2017- Alexander was born sleeping 04/13/2017 at 19w1d ic/chorio
September 2017 HSG #2 & Gonal-F/Femara/Ovidrel/IUI #1 = ep (Salpingectomy of left fallopian tube)
spontaneous BFP 01/02/2018 EDD Aug 30th It's a GIRL!
Cerclage placed on 03/02
TW:
HSG/FSH/AMH/E2/SA all normal DX: unexplained IF
spontaneous BFP 01/01/2017- Alexander was born sleeping 04/13/2017 at 19w1d ic/chorio
September 2017 HSG #2 & Gonal-F/Femara/Ovidrel/IUI #1 = ep (Salpingectomy of left fallopian tube)
spontaneous BFP 01/02/2018 EDD Aug 30th It's a GIRL!
Cerclage placed on 03/02
i didnt realize there is overfill in the gonal-f pens...they ordered me 3 300 iu pens and the nurse said there is like 100 iu extra in each that they will draw out for me later....that's like a free pen! Haha I was so excited
when is your beta draw ?
TW:
HSG/FSH/AMH/E2/SA all normal DX: unexplained IF
spontaneous BFP 01/01/2017- Alexander was born sleeping 04/13/2017 at 19w1d ic/chorio
September 2017 HSG #2 & Gonal-F/Femara/Ovidrel/IUI #1 = ep (Salpingectomy of left fallopian tube)
spontaneous BFP 01/02/2018 EDD Aug 30th It's a GIRL!
Cerclage placed on 03/02
My Beta is on the 27th hopefully I make it that far I normally get AF 2 days before my Beta so I never make it that far. Only my first cycle did I make it for my beta and that was the cycle where I just did femera aND not gonal.
@Momifbysea Thanks for the well wishes
Married 6/18/16 (Me 42, DH 44), TTC #2
***TW***
As of 12/2016: AMH 1.42, FSH 6.1, AFC ~10
Self-benched Nov-Dec 2016 for
IVF #1 Jan-Feb 2017 (OCP, testosterone primed antagonist w/HGH - ER 2/2/17 - 12R, 7M ICSI'd, 3F, 0B)
IVF #2 Mar-Apr 2017 (testosterone primed agonist/luteal lupron w/HGH - ER 4/8/17 - 10R, 8M, 8F, 5B, 1 PGS normal)
IVF #3 May-Jun 2017 (testosterone primed agonist/luteal lupron w/HGH - ER 6/4/17 - 14R, 5F, 3B, 0 normal)
**New RE**
IVF #4 Sept 2017 (natural start microdose lupron flare w/HGH - ER 9/28/17 - 33R, 18F, 10B, 4 PGS normals!)
FET #1 (medicated) of one PGS normal 4AA XX 11/2/17 - Beta #1 11/11/17 (153), Beta #2 11/13/17 (324), mc at 5w1d on 11/19/17
IVF #5 Dec 2017 - Insemination of 9 frozen eggs from 2012 (8F, 1B, 0 normal)
Jan 2018 - Natural cycle ERA (normal/receptive) & stimming for
IVF #6 Jan-Feb 2018 (natural start microdose lupron flare w/HGH - ER 2/3/18 - 17R, 6M, 4F, 0 blasts)
IVF #7 Feb 2018 (natural start microdose lupron flare w/HGH - ER 2/26/18 - 19R, 9M, 9F, 4B, 2 PGS normals)
FET #2 Apr 2018 (natural cycle w/o trigger, w/P4 support) of one PGS normal 4AA- XX 4/5/18 - Beta #1 4/14/18 (67), Beta #2 4/16/18 (231)
Rainbow baby girl born 12/16/2018 (via c-section, induced at 39 weeks)
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TFAS!
FET #3 Dec 2019 (natural cycle w/o trigger, w/P4 support) of one PGS normal 3BB XY 12/16/19 - Beta #1 12/24/19 (139), Beta #2 12/27/19 (482)
TW:
HSG/FSH/AMH/E2/SA all normal DX: unexplained IF
spontaneous BFP 01/01/2017- Alexander was born sleeping 04/13/2017 at 19w1d ic/chorio
September 2017 HSG #2 & Gonal-F/Femara/Ovidrel/IUI #1 = ep (Salpingectomy of left fallopian tube)
spontaneous BFP 01/02/2018 EDD Aug 30th It's a GIRL!
Cerclage placed on 03/02
Status (WTO/TWW/Benched/in process of testing or treatment): sort of a TWW supposed to get AF next week but wasn't 100% trying
CD, CD/DPO (if applicable): DPO 6
What are you doing this cycle? (Testing? Treatment? Vitamins/supplements?): Taking prenatal vitamins
Rants/Raves: none yet lol
Questions for the group: WHY AM I ALWAYS GETTING FAINT LINE ON MY OPK?? Do I drink too much water? I test 3 times a day this cycle and never got a full matching line. Before there was nothing than 5 days leading faint lines then absolutely nothing! I am charting my BBT too so I kinda think I O around CD 18-20. Cycle usually 29-32 days
GTKY: Thinking back, what has been your most favorite vacation ?
Summer gallivanting around Europe south of France is awesome!!