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New member!! Need advice

kealeycaseykealeycasey member
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Hey everyone :) 
I'm new here and didn't really know where else to turn too. Been ttc with my husband and has so far been unsuccessful. 
Sorry if this is TMI, but i was wondering if there is anyone on here that gets blood clots during their period. I know to an extent their normal but mine are large. My doctors are adamant it shouldn't affect my ability to concieve but it just doesn't seem healthy to me. Anyone else struggle with this??
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Re: New member!! Need advice

  • optimistgardeneroptimistgardener member
    edited June 2022
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    kealeycasey said:
    Hey everyone :) 
    I'm new here and didn't really know where else to turn too. Been ttc with my husband and has so far been unsuccessful. 
    Sorry if this is TMI, but i was wondering if there is anyone on here that gets blood clots during their period. I know to an extent their normal but mine are large. My doctors are adamant it shouldn't affect my ability to concieve but it just doesn't seem healthy to me. Anyone else struggle with this??

    Hi @kealeycasey thanks for dropping by our board. please have a look at our board rules, prominently posted at the top of the board in the Newbies, Read This First thread, and consider introducing yourself in our weekly newbies thread! We don't typically do one-off posts like this, but usually keep our conversations more organized. This is a good question for our questions/chart stalk thread or in the daily chats. But since you're here: I often have pretty significant clots in my period fluid, I don't think this is particularly abnormal. Really large clots, associated with very heavy menses, might be a sign that you're dealing either with fibroids or with endometriosis (I had 2 major fibroids removed surgically back in 2019 and it really improved my menstrual symptoms, including size and frequency of clotting). Have you had an ultrasound or other diagnostic work done? Finally, you don't give your age or how long you've been trying to conceive, but even couples without anything unusual going on sometimes take as long as a year to be successful. If you're older than 35, doctors usually encourage you to get a workup after 6 months if you haven't been successful.
    History
    I am doing this on my own. Left ovary and fallopian tube removed due to cyst/necrosis just after birth. Right ovary and tube still purport to function.
    Began TTC in Aug '18 @ age 35
    5 or 6 (or 7?!) cycles using frozen donor sperm, ICI. All BFN
    Mar-Jun '19 IUIs, all BFN
    Began process of referral for RE in spring of '19, blood tests confirm low AMH (.54) but all else is good.
    May '19 HSG shows open tube, but ultrasound suggests fibroids
    MRI in June '19 confirms two large fibroids, one growing through wall of uterus
    In June '19 I move from California to Oregon, disrupting my insurance, referrals, etc. 5 months spent piecing it all back together.
    Nov. '19 attempted myomectomy (vaginal approach) failed. 2nd surgery using laparoscopic method in Jan '20 is successful.
    April '20 --> June '20, natural IUIs, all BFN.
    July? saline ultrasound and bubble test demonstrate open tube
    July '20 clomid cycle cancelled for thin lining
    Aug-Oct, 3 femara cycles, all BFN
    RE referral. While waiting to set up an appointment Nov-Jan,I continue with natural cycles and ICI, using a known donor, BFN...
    Jan '21 more bloodwork, AMH is worse (.30), FSH high albeit not catastrophic at 13.2. hysteroscopy all good. "looks cozy!" says the RE.
    Feb '21, injectables (menopur, novarel), iui, BFN (doc said the frozen donor sperm sample had the "best numbers she'd ever seen!")
    Mar '21, injectables, iui cancelled due to lack of follicles, converted to at home-insem. BFN
    May '21, first IVF round cancelled due to cyst.
    July '21 IVF: standard antagonist. 225menupur/225gonal-f/cetrotide/5000u trigger, AFC 7; 6 days of stims. 8 eggs retrieved, 7 mature, 5 fertilize, 4 made it to blast. 3 are 4AB, 1 is 4BB. PGT-A results all abnormal.
    Oct '21 somewhat improved AMH (.51) and significantly improved FSH (8.9). Maybe it's all the pills I swallow.
    Dec -21, standard antagonist. 225menupur/225gonal-f/cetrotide/5000u trigger, AFC 5; 11 days of stims. retrieval yields 5, 4M, 2 reach day-6 blast (4AB & 4BB). 1 low-level mosaic (chr. 3 deletion), 1 complex abnormal.
    Feb '22 FET (low-level mosaic): CP.
    May '22 egg retrieval, lupron flare protocol. HGH priming for 1 month before stims; md lupron 20/20u daily; menopur 225, follistim 225, 10k trigger after 8 days of stims; AFC 10; 13 retrieved; 10 mature; 8 fertilized. All frozen at 2PN for later thaw, grow, and biopsy.
    July '22 egg retrieval same protocol: 9 days of stims; AFC 8; 10 retrieved, 8 mature, 4 fertilized and frozen.
    Sept '22 ER same protocol: AFC 10; 12 retrieved, 11 mature, 11 fertilized.
    From the 3 retrievals, 7 survived to day 5-6 blastocyst, from which I have 2 normal embryos!
    Jan 20, Fully medicated FET, baby aspirin, dexamethasone, acupuncture, and as much woo as I can stand (which isn't very much). BFN.
    July 23, Natural FET + baby aspirin. BFN.
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