TTC Check-in: 02/25/2019

sincethelastday

Hello ladies of the TTTC board! 

As always, please double-check your name and confirm your Dx & Rx. (Please let me know if I forgot anyone). 

@prpl11butterfly -  let me know when you feel comfortable with me adding your name to the graduate list; totally understand if you want to wait a bit. 

QOTW: If you could encounter any animal in the wild (safely that is lol), what animal would it be? 

2019 BFP Hall of Fame:

PAGING:

@aeb1116: dx: unexplained Rx: IUI
@allisona66: dx: waiting for testing
@amac2313: dx: unknown Rx: Clomid
@Asampson87: dx: unexplained + MFI  Rx: metformin + testing
@Bgreenfield10: dx: anovulatory PCOS, LPD Rx: Clomid + trigger
@Brooke4131: dx: Secondary unexplained Rx: in testing
@BenJay: Dx: PCOS/unexplained Rx. Metformin + supplements
@beec2421: dx: PCOS, hypothyroidism Rx: metformin, synthroid, clomid
@bbtobumpie - dx: irregular cycles, in testing. Rx: pending.
@ChristinaV2015: dx: blocked tubes, PCOS, endo + MFI  Rx: lap, OPKs + TI
@ChristenMA83 : dx: MFI Rx: IVF w/ISCI
@Charligirl28: dx: unexplained Rx: Clomid
@courtneyh2013: dx: MFI Rx: IUI + clomid
@drewsdarlin: dx: RPL, PCOS, Hashimotos, low vitamin D and Iron RX: ?
@echocharlietango: dx: Unexplained Rx: trying naturally
@emgem819 dx: PCOS, Rx: provera, femara + Bravelle
@emmasemm: dx: DOR & autoimmune Rx: IVF
@eranvo27: dx: anovulatory PCOS Rx: metformin
@floridanursegirl: dx: unexplained anovulation Rx:Metformin, IUI+Femara+trigger
@fluffybookworm: dx: Anovulation + insulin resistance Rx: Metformin + prometrium + testing
@hannahlce: dx: anovulatory PCOS Rx: metformin + letrozole
@Happyin14: dx: unexplained, RPL Rx: IVF
@inthewoods23 - dx:unexplained. Rx: IUI.
@jrm_14: dx: Adrenal/overian insufficiency, Borderline-low AMH, Low progesterone Rx: IUI w/ injectables.
@jmr1515: dx: Mild MFI/morph, fibroid  Rx: Surgery + TI
@kgabhart: dx: Unexplained/PCOS  Rx: letrozole + IUI
@Kate437: dx:anovulatory   Rx:Letrozole + trigger
@Knottie1467155066: dx: unknown Rx: letrozole + trigger + TI
@kls2016 - dx: in testing. Rx: pending.
@ladystout08: dx: unknown Rx: waiting for testing
@leafyarch: dx: MFI, no thyroid Rx: IVF
@linz36: dx: Low AFC, MFI  Rx: testing/IUI
@manhattanmama2: dx: unexplained Rx: IVF
@mirabelle33: dx: endometriosis/endometrioma, DOR, AMA, Rx: IVF
@meganttc3: dx: PCOS, unexplained Rx: waiting to test
@mrsjcrane: dx: unexplained Rx: femara + trigger + TI + 2nd HCG booster
@mighty-mouse: dx:pcos & HA Rx: provera/letrozole + trigger
@mackenzie07 dx: PCOS and Endo  Rx: metformin, letrozole, ovidrel
@MicahDahn: Dx: irregular cycles Rx: preparing for testing
@moloninge Dx:PCOS, hypothyroidism, insulin resistance, fibroids. Rx:Metformin,Synthroid,IUI w/letrozole, ovidrel, and progesterone.
@mandasand: dx: low AMH  Rx:IVF (Lupron, Menopur + Follistim)
@Mythril: dx: PCOS (anovulatory) Rx:levothyroxine, metformin and femara + TI
@nurseerin2012: dx: unexplained Rx: letrozole + IUI
@oklahomak: dx: PCOS Rx: metformin/letrozole/estradiol/progesterone+ trigger
@PoeMasque: dx: unexplained Rx: letrozole with TI
@rachlee2010: dx: DOR Rx: IUI
@rmarble23: dx: MFI Rx: IVF
@Samanthaarielxo dx: anovulation Rx: still in testing
@sarah0985: dx: PCOS, possible blocked tubes Rx: Lap
@SM746830: dx: PCOS, blocked tubes Rx: Surgery, Clomid
@starlitfae dx: MFI & balanced translocation, thyroid  Rx: ivf with pgd testing
@SP128: in testing/unexplained
@serownarain: dx: in testing
@sarahven dx:anovulation and PCOS. Rx: femara
@sincethelastday -  DX: irregular cycles and low morph RX: Letrozole 
@sailorariel - dx: fibroids. Rx: fibroid removal surgery.
@wishing-and-hoping: dx: unexplained rx: poss. IVF
@prpl11butterfly dx: RPL rx: TI with progesterone

@chiblackhawkie - rx: Clomid, trigger, and ti 

@cigaline dx: unexplained/MFI rx: retesting before appointment 

@lg1218

@emily1052 - 

@Knottie1458606415  - Dx: unexplained and MFI  rx: Letrozole + trigger + TI 

@estherjvb - Dx: endometriosis, hydrospinx on right fallopian tube Rx: surgery consult 

NEWCOMERS:To be added to the Weekly Checkin, please answer the following:

1.  How long have you been TTC?

2.  What is your diagnosis?

3.  What is your current Rx?

chiblackhawkie

12 dpo as of today. Yesterday I had a few sharp cramp pains within minutes of each other, but calm the rest of the day. I'm assuming that means AF is on her way.. When she shows up, I'm going to also ask the clinic if those test results every came through and hopefully begin treatment for IUI.

QOTW: I love foxes (I have one tattoo'ed on my arm), so that'd be cool.

inthewoods23

@chiblackhawkie we had a mom and her babies in our yard once. DH thought they were kittens lol.

QOTW: If you could encounter any animal in the wild (safely that is lol), what animal would it be?
I'd love to encounter whales or dolphins. I've been whale watching before, but to get really close, swim with them, and to touch them would be amazing.

AFM, IUI #3 was on Saturday. Idk how it happened, but post-spern wash motile sperm was 17 mil this time instead of 3.4 and 3.7 like the first 2. Must be the vitamins I finally got DH to take on a regular basis. I'm super hopeful it will work this time around, but I'm also trying to tell myself to not count on it so much and to stop getting ahead of myself. I've already thought about how we could do the belly progression photos. *Sigh* but 5 times more chances for it to work!!

prpl11butterfly

@chiblackhawkie foxes are so cute! We had a family living in the neighborhood and they were so fun to see! Hopefully your set to go for IUI if AF does show up.

@inthewoods23 I saw your comments about YHs numbers in TTGP and wow! What a tremendous difference! I hope that that's all it takes!

Afm... had my 3rd beta this morning. They have skyrocketed to 19,356. I was blown away by that number. I'm still too scared to look back at my numbers from previous but I feel like this is the highest they have been at this stage (5+5). US is scheduled for 3/6.

inthewoods23

@prpl11butterfly if you don't mind me asking, what was the latest week in your previous PGs that ended in MC? Are you getting close to passing it? I'm so hopeful for you!

prpl11butterfly

@inthewoods23 not a problem at all! Will put in spoiler JIC others want to avoid it. And yes, I am getting close and that is definitely making me nervous. I will be 7 exactly at the time if US.

So my first one, the pregnancy never progressed passed 6+5. We didn't find out until 11wks. The second was a CP. The 3rd we were being monitored more closely. I'd had an US around 5+3 (maybe) and was measuring on track. Went in at some point after 7 and was told I was measuring 10days behind but there was a HB. It was on the low side but OB wasn't worried. At about 9wks I had some spotting and a small clott and just KNEW. It was confirmed in the ER that that pregnancy also stopped growing at 6+5.

inthewoods23

@prpl11butterfly hopefully you can keep calm for the next 2 weeks and beyond! GL!

sincethelastday

@prpl11butterfly - ah, that’s great news!! I’m so excited and hopeful for you! Hope everything goes smoothly at your US! 

@inthewoods23 - that’s great to hear about YH’s sperm motility!! I get you with trying not to be hopeful, but still succumbing to day dreaming and such. I think it’s almost impossible to balance the hope and trying to be grounded in the present. However, I am really hopeful that this good news will be the ticket to success! When do you go in for testing? 

@chiblackhawkie - I hope you get a response soon from your clinic in regards to the test results. Hopefully you can start IUI soon as well - that would be great if everything could line up so you could start IUI with this upcoming cycle! 

@cigaline - any update on when you can be seen by your clinic to start taking about IUI? 

AFM: AF arrived last week and I’m on my fourth day of Letrozole. The earliest I could get seen by my RE is April 2nd due to her being away for most of March. So we most likely will have one more cycle after this one and then will start IUI. I’m nervous that my RE is going to want to do retests, because I just want to get going here! I am actually okay with having one more cycle before being seen because DH and I have just decided to take that cycle off as a break. So that’s the plan for now. 

QOTW: I’m totally in the same boat as you @inthewoods23 about wanting to see and swim with whales! I’ve never been whale watching, but definitely have it as something on my bucket list! 

inthewoods23

@sincethelastday I go in for testing on the 11th. I'm out of town on the 9th when they would normally ask to test so it had to get pushed to the following Monday. I plan on bringing an HPT while I'm gone. There's no way I want to get the news for the first time on a Monday!

The RE might not ask you to retest if it's been recently done. That may also depend if the RE is part of the same healthcare group as your OB. My RE had access to my HSG results from my OB so I didn't need to do one with her. I know in the past year they've tested me 2 or 3 times for STDs though.... Pretty sure if I wasn't infected then, I wouldn't be now, especially since DH is the only person I've been with! But that was part of all the additionally things I've never been tested for.

sincethelastday

@inthewoods23 - yeah, totally understand how you wouldn’t want to wait till Monday!!

Since it was my RE who scheduled the HSG and STD, etc blood work, I’m hoping she won’t ask for it again. It was done last October I think. Yeah, it is kind of stupid the whole STD testing; like if we can both confirm that we’ve just been together, it would be nice if they could just skip all that retesting. But I guess they won’t take your word for granted on that type of thing. 

sailorariel

Hi everyone, I'm still benched but check in here from time to time to see how everyone else is doing. Hoping for good news from everyone. @inthewoods23 and @prpl11butterfly I have FX for both of you.

So updates on me. Finally recovered from my surgery, it took three weeks but since then I've been fine. Happy to report that my first AF post-surgery was normal! After the first surgery, every month was super painful and heavy, so I was really dreading it. Such a relief to just have the usual cramps that I could handle with pamprin. On CD23 I'm scheduled for a blood test to confirm ovulation but otherwise I don't have anything else for a few months.

Going forward, DH and I decided to stay benched until June. It's a little hard to wait but honestly, not thinking about TTC constantly has been a welcome relief. After 3.5 years of trying I think a break is healthy. The one thing I am thinking about is researching supplements for both of us so we can start taking them 3 months before we get back to TTC. Since the OB said try for six months and then move on to IVF, I want to do everything I can to give us the best chance. So I'm looking at supplements to boost my egg health and Dh's low sperm count/motility/morphology. Does anyone have specific recommendations? @inthewoods23 you mentioned that YH boosted his count, was it just a normal men's vitamin he took or a specific fertility blend? My surgeon said her husband used ProXeed but from what I've seen online it's not as highly rated as FertilAid for Men.

QOTW: This will sound weird, but I love sharks and I want to see them in the wild. Top of my list are whale sharks and great white sharks. I have actually been in a tank with whale sharks at the Georgia Aquarium, which was amazing, but not quite the same as in the wild. As for great whites, I was in a diving cage once for a tour that was supposed  to include great whites but there were no sharks! All we saw was a juvenile gray whale. I can say that being in the water with a whale is totally different from watching them on a boat. They're so much bigger in person and it made me feel really small.

inthewoods23

@sailorariel glad to hear you are doing well! I had DH finish the bottle of FertilAid and a bottle of Rainbow Light Men's One (a regular multivitamin). He's currently working on a bottle of SmartyPants Men's multivitamin (gummies). My guess is any one of them has helped. I didn't really see a difference in quantity or % motility in the pre-wash section of the report, but I think they are much stronger swimmers so more survived the wash. No way of knowing if his morph got better.

sincethelastday

@sailorariel - really glad to hear that your surgery went well and that AF has been kinder to you post-surgery compared with last time. I also think that sounds like a good plan to have a break until the next step of possibly IVF and to spend that time doing everything you can and want to do to improve your chances. To add to @inthewoods23 list, my DH takes an Omega 3 vitamin each day which is linked to improved overall sperm health (morph and motility). Hope you find a plan that works for you during these next several months! Keep us updated! 

cigaline

Hello all, 

@prpl11butterfly Great news re the exploding beta numbers! Thinking of you in this nerve-wracking but exciting time and really hoping for a great scan :-)

@inthewoods23 Really happy for you about the post-wash numbers! That sounds really promising and got lots of fingers crossed for you. 

@chiblackhawkie if AF has arrived, hope you’re able to move on to IUI soon. I’m not sure how much there is to set up before the cycle starts and if there are meds to be taken from day 1?

@sincethelastday Sorry to hear that AF was true to form :-( that means that we must still be on pretty much the same cycle though?

@sailorariel Glad to hear things are a bit better for you. DH took Condensyl for 6 months which was supposed to help with DNA decondensation but I’m not sure if it’s available outside France and we haven’t yet seen any evidence of the benefits ;-)

AFM, DH has got his tests booked in for next week (after ovulation seemed sensible) and I should be able to get mine done within the next week too. Annoyingly though, although our consultant has availability in 2 weeks, we probably won’t have the test results, which means we won’t be able to see her until the week after, which will probably be day 3 or so of my next cycle... so I assume we’ll then have to wait another month. Suppose it’s not a big deal, I’m just beginning to be more and more aware of my age and the chances of being able to have 2 children seem to be slipping away :-( (yes, at this stage I probably shouldn’t be greedy and thinking about more than one but we’re both from small families and it’s likely our future child would have only 1 cousin, which seems rather sad. So it seems all the more important to me for there to be at least 2... ;-)

Anyway, so now entering the fertile period so no time for moping, need to get busy!

QOTW: not sure about this although I do love animals... agree dolphins would be pretty exciting, but anything slightly exotic would be amazing. Our main source of excitement at the moment is the red squirrels that periodically make an appearance in our garden - there are practically none in England (and not many here) so seeing one is a special event!

sincethelastday

@cigaline - yeah, I think we must still be twinning in our cycles as I’m heading into the fertile period as well. It sounds like we may be in a similar boat as well with waiting on our clinic to finally start IUI as by the time I see my RE another cycle will have passed. I’m nervous that she’s going to ask for repeat blood and SA work which will delay us yet another cycle. Is that why you’re getting the SA and blood tests done again, your clinic asked to get repeats? I get you with the whole impatience thing with just wanting to get moving here! And I totally think about the same thing with wanting more than one child. I don’t think it’s being greedy at all as I think all of us deserve tons of babies with what we’ve all gone through lol. I would love it if you wouldn’t have to even think about IUI because this cycle will be the one! FX for you! 

chiblackhawkie

@inthewoods23 That's really cool! I've seen a fox or two on one of the running trails I frequently run on. They're such pretty and fun creatures to watch.

I hope with those numbers this is the month for you!

@sailorariel Good to see your body is slowly starting to work as it should! I also think I'm going to try to convince my husband to start taking some kind of vitamin to help our chances.

@sincethelastday Hopefully you don't need to repeat blood tests and can get into the swing of things!

@cigaline I don't think you're greedy at all! Whether you have 0 or 1 kids, it's still frustrating to have to wait and wait for your chance for a new loved one.

AFM: Went in for my US today and they found a cyst. I'm being put on birth control and was told to come in 3 weeks from now to check in on it's progress, hoping it goes away on its on.

I'm very frustrated, especially when I wanted to start IUI last cycle. I maybe taking a hiatus from the board until we get things going again. I do want you ladies to know that I'm keeping you all in my thoughts and prayers... Hoping for your success!

sincethelastday

@chiblackhawkie - ugh, how incredibly frustrating!! I hope the BC obliterates that cyst and you can move on as soon as possible! Understand if you want to take a break, but feel free to jump in and out as much as you need! Wishing you the same success!