IF Testing & Treatment w/o 5.9

abjm0325

This is a place for those of us who have already started TTC, but have started infertility testing and/or treatments. You can express your thoughts, feelings, and frustrations on infertility. TTC can be a long journey naturally, then add in the difficulties associated with infertility, and it becomes a whole new ballgame. The road to infertility can be lonely, frustrating, and complicated, so let's make this a place where we can vent, ask questions, and support one another. Feel free to resurrect this thread at any point in the week if you have something to say. Treat this as an ongoing conversation.

Diagnosis (if you've been): 

Status (TI/ICI/IUI/IVF/FET/benched): 

What are you doing this cycle? (Testing? Treatment?): 

How are things going?: 

Any questions?: 

GTKY: What is your favorite dish to take to a summer picnic/potluck? Bonus point if you share the recipe.

optimistgardener

@abjm0325 hey thanks for starting the thread this week! do you think we could experiment with switching out our status options for TI/ICI/IUI/IVF/FET/benched? If you get a chance to edit the original post, that would be awesome. if not, no biggie we can try it next week.

and maybe if people are either in favor or opposed to the change or have other suggestions, they could comment on it in their status update.

ETA omg i said "this week" so many times in my post i can't deal. 5x!!! deleting 3 so i can live with myself.
also thanks again Abjm for editing the original thread.

abjm0325

@optimistgardener Sure, no problem!

Diagnosis (if you've been): Old, losses, maybe etc.

Status (TI/ICI/IUI/IVF/FET/benched): TI

What are you doing this cycle? (Testing? Treatment?): Today is my RE appt! I am excited we're moving toward answers, but still slightly depressed about the whole thing. DH is coming with me and I'm usually kind of private about health stuff so this should be interesting. I'm assuming it will all be mildly awkward, DH will crack an uncomfortable joke, and then we'll go home. 

How are things going?: Looking forward to getting a new game plan. I shared a portion of our fertility struggle on social media on Mother's Day and it was rather cathartic. I am a pretty private person, but I felt like sharing helped me let go some of the resentment I've built up towards insensitive people (ahem, SIL) during this process.

Any questions?: I've got my list of questions for the RE (thanks to those of you that sent suggestions!) so hopefully I'm good.

GTKY: What is your favorite dish to take to a summer picnic/potluck? Bonus point if you share the recipe. Make this and eat it all summer. You will not be sorry. 
https://www.seriouseats.com/esquites-mexican-street-corn-salad-recipe

anniemarie887

@abjm0325 oh i think that's great he can go with you! mine is next monday and will be a solo adventure, i didn't even think to ask if he could come.

Diagnosis (if you've been): uncooperative uterus/RPL... tbd

Status (TI/ICI/IUI/IVF/FET/benched): benched

What are you doing this cycle? (Testing? Treatment?): another monday, another HCG draw. RE appt is 5/16, really hoping HCG is at least 0 going into that appt. 

How are things going?: they are going, yesterday was bittersweet. **TW MC** my due date from my first loss was 5/5, and just knowing that i should have a baby in my arms or at least still be pregnant from the two subsequent losses hit me like a ton of bricks at the end of the day. i had a good cry with MH. i've also had some more spotting the last 4 days, so truly i am just hopeful this most recent messy loss is approaching the end**END TW**

Any questions?: natm

GTKY: What is your favorite dish to take to a summer picnic/potluck? Bonus point if you share the recipe. i love a good watermelon, arugula and feta salad. with a balsamic glaze. that's it! no recipe needed i cheat and buy balsamic glaze from TJs. i also love just simple cherry tomatoes, burrata, olive oil with salt and pepper. yum. love a simple salad. 

kiki047

Diagnosis (if you've been): RPL/RIF, PCOS, mild MFI 

Status (TI/ICI/IUI/IVF/FET/benched): FET

What are you doing this cycle? (Testing? Treatment?): Trying a new BCP/microdose lupron long downreg protocol for FET prep. Will be combined with the same kitchen sink protocol I was on before. 2 more days of BCP, first baseline appt is May 17th or CD3 if I get a withdrawal bleed (which they said I may or may not). 

Since we're talking about it, I've always thought that "Status" and "WAYDTC" are kind of asking the same thing, don't you think? One is asking you to pick from a list and the other basically asks you to spell it out? 

How are things going?: I think the hormonal shit storm is over so now I'm just left with the aftermath of feeling walloped by Mother's Day and trying to wrap my head around this upcoming FET. NGL, I'm not feeling too hopeful about it but I'm happy to be trying something new. I also kinda sorta officially "came out" on social media in a vague general sense about our losses and IF, just making reference to how hard Mother's Day is/can be for loss Mom's and those of us who have been at this for as long as we have with seemingly nothing to show for it. I will say, I had some really nice responses from that and a few people surprised me and checked in with me yesterday in really touching ways, while others (like our immediate families) chose to ignore it completely. I say it was surprising because they weren't necessarily people I was expecting to hear from, like MH's (male) cousin, who sent me a post that said "We see you - to the mother dealing with infertility, to those yearning to be mothers, to the mother living through miscarriage, to the mother who lost a child, to those with difficult mother relationships, to those who lost a mother". I kind of thought I'd hear from some of my closest friends and when I didn't, I really wasn't expecting him to be the one to reach out. It was really sweet. I wish I had a single girlfriend to play matchmaker, he's one of the good guys. 

Any questions?: NATM. 

GTKY: What is your favorite dish to take to a summer picnic/potluck? Bonus point if you share the recipe.
Since MH and I are usually hosting these kinds of things, we usually do most of the food prep. I can do a little bit of everything, my specialty is baked goods but I usually ask if I can fill in any gaps. Besides some of my cold salads (that I don't have recipes for), These are some of my other faves that I draw inspiration from:

Puff Pastry Pinwheel appetizers - this particular recipe is for jalepeno popper pinwheels but we've done cheese/bacon/chive, mushroom, pizza, etc, the possibilities are endless. It's not specifically summery but the possibilities are endless. https://www.thebittersideofsweet.com/puff-pastry-jalapeno-popper-pinwheels/#mv-creation-533-jtr

After I just said I'm a baker I have to admit that sometimes I cheat - this is a boxed cake mix hack but this super easy bundt cake is made with cake mix and instant pudding. If I'm short on time or low on ingredients this is so easy to just whip together in a pinch. You can use just about any cake mix/pudding combination. Other favourites are a butter pecan cake mix/butterscotch pudding, cherry chip cake/vanilla pudding, chocolate devil cake/chocolate pudding. https://thegoldlininggirl.com/2016/02/lemon-blueberry-bundt-cake-with-lemon-glaze/ 

mambo5-2

Diagnosis (if you've been): RPL, MFI, Possible Funky Blood

Status (TI/ICI/IUI/IVF/FET/benched): IVF 

What are you doing this cycle? (Testing? Treatment?): BCP start on Wednesday!

How are things going?: I made it into the IVF calendar! Tentative Retrieval Date June 16-17

Any questions?: No, I don't think so

GTKY: What is your favorite dish to take to a summer picnic/potluck? Bonus point if you share the recipe. Strawberry Pretzel Salad, it so yummy and not really a salad and not really a dessert. 

kiki047

@abjm0325 ummm how did you know I have some leftover grilled corn on the cob in my fridge? I know what I'm going to be making with it this week. MH will be so happy. I've made a version of that salad before but just kinda made it up as I went lol. The addition of mayo is interesting, I will try that. Hope your appt goes well today! 
@anniemarie887 hugs, friend. Yesterday was such a heavy day for so many of us. I mostly coped by hiding and crying and eating a pint of gelato by myself. FX for that beta # today, I feel like I'm holding my breath for you every Monday now... 
@mambo5-2 now I'm intrigued, what is a pretzel salad? I'm picturing a sweet/salty kind of concoction, with a nice textural element from the pretzels. 

mambo5-2

@kiki047
https://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes/strawberry-pretzel-salad/376aa27c-19a2-4114-9c80-20a431fc269b 

mambo5-2

So talked to the nurse today about starting BCP right, that is the plan, then they were like we need to put you on blood thinners with the BCP and I was like, uh... no I thought they decided I didn't need blood thinners.  The poor nurse was so confused, I was so confused. There is so much confusion. 

kiki047

@mambo5-2 well that is not at all what I was picturing LOL but it looks/sounds delicious! Why on earth is it called a salad? I'd call that some kind of freezer/lush cake. Also, wtf about the BCP/blood thinners. I would think baby aspirin is sufficient in this case especially since they reneged your clotting dx. 

anniemarie887

@mambo5-2 those dishes with either strawberry or raspberry are super popular in Ukrainian communities. and oh man, that's a big thing to be confused about!! i hope they sort it out!

@kiki047 i'm so glad you felt like sharing, i do think there's some catharsis in that. i'm sorry that immediate family didn't acknowledge, that always stings. 

thankfullyamama

Diagnosis (if you've been): anovulatory PCIS

Status (TI/ICI/IUI/IVF/FET/benched): WFAF

What are you doing this cycle? (Testing? Treatment?): I’m going to inquire with work about potentially flexing my hours to accommodate a monitored cycle! If not the play is continue taking metformin, once I have my withdrawal bleed (9 more days of BCP) start clomid 100mg CD5-9 (which I have to confirm because I’ve always taken it CD 3-7) and if I can do monitored I will add in a trigger shot of ovadril and still so TI either way! 

How are things going?:  I am loving my new job for the hours abs the ability to workout every day on my lunch break! Also being able to get up and put on makeup and nice clothes is such a mood booster for me after being in scrubs and never wearing makeup for the last 5 years lol 

Any questions?: anyone have any insight on taking clomid or letrozole CD5-9 VD 3-7? 

GTKY: What is your favorite dish to take to a summer picnic/potluck? Bonus point if you share the recipe. I love making deviled eggs! I just use miracle whip, green onions and smoked paprika! Always a hit! 

mambo5-2

@kiki047
That stuff is delicious but yes definitely not a salad, I didn't name it.  Yes I am super confused in general about this. Realistically I think they should just put me on baby aspirin since I have to be on it when I am pregnant because of my history. 

optimistgardener

i'm waiting till tomorrow to do my proper check-in but for now, @tryingktogku i could be wrong about this but my sense of when people often take either clomid or letrazole in a cycle is typically about whether one is trying to recruit 2 or more follicles (so assuming a normal, ovulatory cycle you'd want to start your drugs earlier in the cycle before the body auto-selects a lead follicle) vs trying to plump up/improve maturation of a single follicle (which i've never done but i presume that would be the later calendar option). I have no idea what difference it would make for you, since you're normally anovulatory. maybe the idea is that your body needs more help later on in the process? do you happen to know whether, when the docs look for them, you tend to have countable antral follicles?

bearmomma1

@abjm0325 ha I literally made that salad for cinco de mayo this year! It was soo good! I hope things go well today!

@anniemarie887 fingers crossed so hard for a 0 count today.

@kiki047 It is quite amazing to see who does and who doesn''t reach out. Those you think would don't, and those you'd never think about do. Yesterday was so triggering for so many reasons. I'm glad you reached out and got some good responses.

@mambo5-2 horray for retrieval calendar! I might have to make that strawberry concoction.

@tryingktogku lunch break workouts for the win! also putting on makeup on the reg. I almost didn't wear any makeup for 2 years, and now doing it at least twice a week when I go in the office. Feels so nice.

Diagnosis (if you've been): DOR, luteal phase defect

Status (TI/ICI/IUI/IVF/FET/benched): TI

What are you doing this cycle? (Testing? Treatment?): lots of clomid, triggered on Saturday night today should be O day. We've definitely done our homework. I've been a little crampy but not my usual crampyness when ovulating, which of course has me thinking the trigger didn't work, just like the clomid didn't really work either. I think I'm going to start the progesterone tomorrow.

How are things going?: Going ok! We've done all that we can I think. Going to Disneyland on Sunday so it'll be a nice distraction for the time I'd usually start SS and testing early. We'll be flying home on 10 DPO so I'll test when I get home.

Any questions?: Anyone heard of a trigger shot not inducing ovulation?

GTKY: What is your favorite dish to take to a summer picnic/potluck? Bonus point if you share the recipe. We are usually the hosts of most summer bbq/parties. I love smoking ribs with homemade mac n cheese

mamanbebe

*lurking*

@kiki047 I think the salad part comes from the general midwestern use of “salad” = miracle whip + anything (macaroni salad, broccoli salad, etc) and in dessert form, it is jello/cool whip + stuff. This is my MILs #1 dessert that she likes to make. 

thankfullyamama

@abjm0325 hoping you have a great first appointment and DH is supportive! 

@anniemarie887 Ou I love a good watermelon salad!


@kiki047 that is so sweet to have had him reach out like that. Sometimes it is the people you least expect it from! However it is still okay to feel disappointed by your close family and friends not acknowledging it either 


@mambo5-2 yay for having a plan!

@optimistgardener all my cycles have been unmonitored so i really have no idea what my follicles are doing lol 

@bearmomma1 I’m so sorry the clomid didn’t do what it’s supposed to for you but Fx the trigger did it! I am not sure if triggers don’t work but from those I’ve interacted with I’ve never heard of it not working!

mambo5-2

I got my PIO today at the local fertility pharmacy. The lady at the pharmacy called and was very concerned because they usually get more meds called in and wanted to make sure they weren't missing prescriptions, talk about customer service. 

anniemarie887

@kiki047 I feel like I glossed over your one point “Since we're talking about it, I've always thought that "Status" and "WAYDTC" are kind of asking the same thing, don't you think? One is asking you to pick from a list and the other basically asks you to spell it out?”
so i see that, but I also think WAYDTC could be useful, I know for me benched might feel like I’m just sitting here waiting, when I’m doing things like bloodwork and acupuncture and oddly still temping. I haven’t listed all the things out of late, but that’s just my .02 on it still being useful. 

@tryingktogku  I’m glad you are liking your new job so much!

@bearmomma1 I hope you have the best time in Disneyland! It’ll be a solid distraction for you!!

Well, labs dropped in a few minutes ago. 17. I feel despondent. Which is exactly the message I just fired off to my OB. Week by week: 127 - 82 - 57- 49 - 39 - 37 - 33 - 18 - 17

(edited for weird spacing)

 

optimistgardener

@anniemarie887 UGGHHH i'm so so sorry. sending a big hug. at what point does your doc decide this process isn't happening fast enough?

@kiki047 it's funny last week when we were having the discussion about the different cycle status options i typed a whole thing out about how i was sort of confused as to whether we even needed the WAYDTC line now that our cycle status options are on the path to being more appropriate. i thought for a long time about it and wound up going back to past weeks to see how we all use the two lines in our updates. it seems to me like the cycle status is usually pretty short, maybe just a word or two; by contrast our WAYDTC line almost always winds up being people's longest paragraph. Obviously we could just fold that paragraph into the status line, but I wonder if there's something about the way it is phrased that feels like an invitation to explain or to vent or whatever. I also wonder if there's something productive about being asked that parenthetical (testing? treatment?)?  like: hey, where are things headed, friend? how are you feeling? We could certainly think about ways to rephrase it but I also think it (intentionally or not) winds up serving as a productive prompt.

@bearmomma1 i know it's easy to worry that things aren't working the way they should (i'm the queen of worry), but i would feel pretty confident that your trigger shot did what it is supposed to do. the same drug is used to induce ovulation in IVF cycles and, despite my aggressively lurking basically every IVF-related board on the internet, I've never heard of a trigger shot not working in those circumstances. my understanding is that it provokes a series of chemical chain reactions that force the final maturation phase and follicle release. the trigger shot dose is high enough that it's pretty overwhelming.

bearmomma1

@anniemarie887 noooooooooooo!!! wtf!! I'm so sorry. Last weeks drop and bleeding seemed so promising.

@optimistgardener Thank you for the reassurance. I ended up cramping harder in the afternoon. It's gone away now, so I'm assuming that was the ovulation. I also have noticed a bit of spotting when I wiped. I'm hoping it's just ovulation spotting? I've been know to start my period the day after getting a LH surge (my cycles are super wonky) so I hope it's nothing more. I'm not starting progesterone until tomorrow night considering how late in the day I ovulated today.

*edited for better words

abjm0325

So the appointment with the RE went…okay. He is an odd fellow, but my only option nearby so we’ll deal with his quirks for the time being. He wants to bench me this month, do an HSG the following month, and begin Clomid the month after that (assuming the HSG looks good). In my gut I feel like an HSG is probably unnecessary. Physically everything seems to still check out okay (regular periods, regular ovulation, no excessive pain), so I kind of don’t want to waste two cycles waiting to move on. Anyone have any thoughts on this? Is an HSG definitely necessary and I should just bite the bullet? Or should I just push to start Clomid next cycle? I have no idea if he would even let me do that, but it is frustrating to be benched two cycles and pay out of pocket for a procedure I think will produce no results.

 

@anniemarie887 Friend, sending you all the hugs today. None of this (the empty due date, stubborn HCG, etc.) is fair and it shouldn’t have to be like this.  

@kiki047 I’ll kind of agree with optimist here that while I totally get what you’re saying, people seem to respond to the two prompts in different ways. I’d be fine to re-word though if we want to differentiate them more. It is revealing the people that respond to vulnerable posts. I’m sorry some of your closest friends didn’t step up to support you, but that is so sweet that your H’s cousin did.

@mambo5-2 Yay for making it on the IVF calendar! Sorry for all the confusion with the blood thinners though.

@tryingktogku I hope flexing your hours will work! I don’t have any insight into the timing on the Clomid, but I would think it would be very reasonable to reach out to your doctor and request an explanation.

@bearmomma1 Corn salad is delicious! But now that I posted it I want some… I hope O happened on schedule like it was supposed to and that the spotting stops soon.

mambo5-2

@abjm0325 I have had two HSG and both have been fine but I wouldn't skip it just in case there is something that is a little funky. I also respect not wanting to be benched, its the balls. 

@anniemarie887 I am crushed for you.  This whole situation sucks.  I don't have any words to make it better.  Girl it blows, be angry, be sad, be whatever you need to be.  We are here for every vent. 

@tryingktogku
I have no insight on clomid timing, I've taken clomid in the past and I think I started it CD 3 but it was like 8.5 years ago. 

anniemarie887

thanks everyone. i am waiting on her to get in touch with me, i mean i guess technically it is a drop? this just seems insane at this point, so we shall see. as much as i don't want another d&c or methotrexate, i need this to be over. 

edit to add and clarity bc forming sentences is hard: she's sending me for an u/s which i was able to book for tomorrow, labs again next monday, and having another one of the OBs review everything. the head of MFM for the hospital, and head of OBGYN is part of their practice. so it is nice that someone with extra knowledgeable eyes to take another look.

mambo5-2

I'm looking at IVF reddits and I don't know if that is helping or making me more anxious...

thankfullyamama

@anniemarie887 I’m so sorry. Hopefully your doctor can provide you with some more assistance and this is over for you soon. Sending hugs. 

@abjm0325 so I also felt like the HSG was a complete waste of time and I was benched for almost three months due to it being rescheduled a bunch of times because of Covid and then it was honestly a super painful procedure for me but my clinic would not move forward with treatment until I had it which I understand because it does usually aid the clinics funding AND they often feel it’s useless to start treatment when your tubes COULD be blocked. Like it would be an equal waste of time if you ovulate but the egg isn’t getting to the uterus and then doing medicated cycles etc. so I empathize with your feelings right now! It wouldn’t hurt to reach out and see if they would move forward without out but it’s also good to know that everything checks out too before moving forward with treatment!

bearmomma1

@abjm0325 are you benched in that they won't start any treatment or did he tell you to abstain? Could you still try on your own next month? I don't see how that would hurt anything. Also, I think I've heard somewhere after an HSG you might be more likely to get pregnant that cycle?

abjm0325

@bearmomma1 He told me to absolutely not get pregnant until the results of the HSG come back. Which seemed pretty extreme to me and means I'm benched a minimum of two cycles. I appreciate that he is concerned about another loss, but that definitely feels like my risk to take or not take and his adamancy surprised me. Feels like a total waste of having taken letrozole this cycle to not even try. 

thankfullyamama

@abjm0325 it makes no sense to me for him to bench you as they only do it in the follicular phase of your cycle. Aka right after your period ends so you are not pregnant lol but to take two months off just to wait doesn’t make sense to me 

bumblebee0210

*lurking* 
@anniemarie887 I'm so sorry this is the world's longest CP.  It's possible they will also give you the option of taking misoprostol, if that is at all more appealing to you. Don't get me wrong, it's not a fun experience, but you can do it at home, and after a day of *serious* cramping (and some fun gastrointestinal side effects), it's over. It's definitely less of a thing than a D&C in my experience. And fewer side effects. I guess the downside, relative to a D&C is that there is no way to be sure that everything is out, but it might be worth a shot. I'm so sorry-- what an absolute mindf*ck for no apparent reason. 

anniemarie887

@bumblebee0210 i always appreciate your lurks, the convo my OB and i started having i guess 2-3 weeks ago was about it being a partial molar and needing methotrexate. and then it took a massive dive, and we thought there was a light at the end of the tunnel. i think after tomorrow and getting some images it'll help formulate a plan, i'm glad to live in a metro area with a huge hospital system and access to get care so quickly. she was very um, graphic, in her description of misoprostol when i had the MMC in jan.... granted that was much further along, so knowing that it isn't a 100% success rate was also why i was like just do the d&c. but yea, at this point i'd rather try lower interventions before jumping to another d&c so quickly.

optimistgardener

@abjm0325 i'm sorry your RE appointment wasn't more reassuring. it seems to me like the insistence on an HSG before you're allowed to try again is weird/you don't need to abide by his commandment on this. It seems like whatever is going on, it is unlikely that it is a physical impediment stopping sperm from meeting egg, and that is usually what an HSG would show them. I would say do what seems comfortable under the circumstances.

@bumblebee0210 👋 friend!

@mambo5-2 the various infertility r e d d i ts can for sure be kinda disconcerting. on the one hand, there is an absolute wealth of information to be had there (check out the wikis over in the infertility sub, for ex, and the IVF sub if I recall has similarly useful wikis on drugs, protocols, etc.); on the other hand, people's stories are intense and the stress levels feel super high. i try to limit the amount of time i allow myself to lurk over in that world.

AFM:

Diagnosis (if you've been): decrepit lonely ovary, endo

Status (TI/ICI/IUI/IVF/FET/benched): IVF

What are you doing this cycle? (Testing? Treatment?): starting drugs tomorrow!

How are things going?: I had my baseline ultrasound and bloodwork this AM and I am cleared for takeoff! The good news is that I had a higher AFC (10) than I have previously had at the start of an IVF round. My E2 is at 27, so nice and low. My only worry is that my largest follicle is already at 8mm, and I have had runaways in the past. The doc seems unworried, noting that I had several other follicles that were also in the 5-7mm range, which he felt reduced the risk of a runaway. I start my MD lupron tomorrow and then the gonadotropins the day after.

Any questions?: Does anyone happen to know what the MD lupron is likely to do with respect to either goosing or repressing follicle growth tomorrow?

ETA I did my own research on my question, and in case anyone is curious, it will goose everything. it's like my body is just gonna pour out its own FSH/LH making potential in a little flash flood for a few days and then when my stash is dried up I won't have enough left later on in the cycle to spark my own ovulation process.

GTKY: What is your favorite dish to take to a summer picnic/potluck? Bonus point if you share the recipe.

Back when I actually had time in my life, I would probably have baked a fresh loaf of sourdough bread, but nowadays I don't even have time to keep a starter culture going. So here's an alternative: I made a big batch of fresh spring rolls once last summer for a little afternoon party, and I'm thinking of doing it again soon. I don't usually use a recipe, but this looks more or less on target: https://cookieandkate.com/fresh-spring-rolls-recipe/

thankfullyamama

Anyone have any insight on whether or not you have to take the full 21 days of BCP? I missed two pills somewhere I think these last couple of weeks and I’ve planned my cycle appointments out already so that means I’ll have to stop taking the BCP after 19* days instead of 21. I feel like it shouldn’t be an issue and I should still get a withdrawal bleed? My clinic was not helpful and just said to finish the pack and I said I know but then I can’t do a monitor cycle which I would like to do

edit to add I have no idea how I missed two pills (I’ve literally never missed a pill in my life) but I guess sh*t happens when you’re going through major life changes lol (aka new job!)

mambo5-2

I started BCP today.  I feel very strange about this because I haven't taken BCP since I got married, 10.5 years ago.

optimistgardener

@tryingktogku usually (as with @mambo5-2) BCP are used not only to control the date at which a treatment might begin, but also to stop the recruitment of antral follicles and "deaden" the hormonal cycle with a steady dose of combined hormones. In your case, the goal seems to be to produce a stable plateau of hormones that can then be withdrawn, creating a crash that will provoke a bleed. In the former situation (e.g. Mambo's), forgetting pills would potentially allow a follicle to "escape" and start growing, producing its own hormones, and resulting in a rogue ovulation or a cyst. In your situation, it would seem that the main issue would be ensuring that you have a stable level of hormones in your system to provoke the desired hormonal cratering. 1 or 2 missed pills seems like it probably wouldn't make a difference, but i can't say that for sure.
@mambo5-2 welcome to the weirdly taking BCP to try to get preggers club! i'm always so weirded out picking up my prescription and having to bite my tongue when i find myself tempted to explain to the pharmacist (who clearly does not care) that these are not for that it seems like they're for.

mambo5-2

@optimistgardener I was just like so confused and I was like of all the meds I've picked up in the last couple of weeks the BCP were free. 

mambo5-2

Now I have a question for my IVF friends.  I have my ultrasound June 3 and I'm trying to figure out when my injections start (calendar is in the mail per clinic) we are supposed to go out of town that weekend and I have to figure out if I need to cancel the trip or just take meds with me. 

thankfullyamama

@optimistgardener that is super helpful thank you! I also apparently just seriously miscounted and did not end up missing one so crisis averted lol 

@mambo5-2 I have a hard time taking the BCP to TTC because it’s likely what caused my PCOS (was on it from my first period) but yes it so weird taking BCP to TTGKU

inthewoods23

*lurking*
@mambo5-2 I started the IVF meds the following day after my ultrasound when I got the green light to start the process. I can't recall if I was specifically told to do the injections in the evening but that worked best for me since I wouldn't be sleeping, in the middle of getting ready for work in the mornings, or at work during that time. I pretty much stuck with 7pm for all PM injections.

Take the meds with you. If I can do my very first IVF injections in the dark/by flashlight in a tent while at a Relay for Life event, you can do them wherever you're going haha.

optimistgardener

@mambo5-2 what @inthewoods23 said. it's standard protocol to start meds the day after your baseline ultrasound. my ultrasound was yesterday and i started shots this morning, with injections every 12 hours until trigger for the next week and a half or so.

mambo5-2

@inthewoods23 and @optimistgardener perfect I will take them with me.  DH will definitely be able to help me with them.  We are staying in a hotel in St. Louis so shouldn't be a problem.