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Trouble TTC
Liz629
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Just Joining
Liz629
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in Trouble TTC
Someone on the TTGP suggested I look at this board as well, so here is what I posted:
Well, my DH & I have been TTC since Oct 2008 and now we are finally going to start getting the fertility tests, so I figured that some support would do me good since it has been an emotional roller coaster. I am 28 and DH is almost 31. Me and my OB/GYN are pretty sure that I am ovulating because my periods are very regular and the OPKs seem to be working. So, I am scheduled for an ultrasound and am going to have an HSG test after AF and my DH is going to get a SA. I am kind of freaked out by all the tests that we have to do, but I know that it will all be worth it in the end. Hopefully AF doesn?t come and none of the tests have to happen.
I also mentioned that the temperature tracking didn't work out so well for me because my temperatures were all over the place due to the wide variation of when I wake up in the morning.
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Re: Just Joining
Hello! Welcome. I am sorry you have to be here, but these ladies are pretty awesome.
You said charting didn't work for you because wide variation of waking time....Do you work odd schedules?
IVF #1 w ICSI in July 2010 = BFN
IVF #2.1 in Oct 2010 converted to IUI = BFN
IVF #2.2 w ICSI in Dec 2010 = BFN
Met with new RE in new city on 1/31/11.
IVF #3 w ICSI in April 2011. HPT on 5/9 = BFP!
Beta #1 on 5/10 (10dp5dt) = 99.4. Beta #2 on 5/12 = 284. First u/s on 5/26. = Fraternal TWINS!
Twin boys born & lost on 8/16/11 at 18w1d due to PPROM & preterm labor.
IVF #4.1 in Jan 2012 converted to IUI on 1/7/12 = BFN
IVF #4.2 w ICSI in Feb 2012. Lupron on 2/10. Stims on 2/18. ER on 2/29- 7R,6F
ET scheduled for 3/5/12- nothing to transfer
Dh seeing new MFI uro & Dh starting meds- June 2012.
IVF #5 in Dec 2012 = BFFN.
IVF #6 planned for Spring 2013. Praying for our take home baby/ies.
**P/SAIF and P/SAL always welcome!**
Jan to April 2010 - Clomid - All BFN
June 2010 - IVF - BFN
Oct 2010 - FET #1 - BFN
Dec 2010 - endometrial biopsy
Jan 2011 - Surprise BFP! - m/c at 6w5d
March 2011 - FET #2. Thawed 11 Day 1 embryos; 5 'exploded' / possible lab error?
ET 4/2/11 transferred 1 blast & 1 morula
Beta#1 10dp5dt =81; Beta#2 12dp5dt =222 Beta#3 16dp5dt =1337
It's a BOY!!!
Welcome! Hope your stay here is short!
The HSG wasn't that bad for me, but that varies from person to person. It will be worth having all tests done though and then figuring out a plan. I would definitely suggest seeing an RE if you're not doing that already.
~SAIF/PAIF/Everyone Welcome~
Me= 37 and DH = 41
Dx: DOR, Endo, APA+ (really high beta 2 glycoprotein antibody and high everything else tested), heterozygous MTHFR mutation, positive for lupus anticoagulant, high FSH, low AMH and both tubes blocked (per HSG on 3/8/11)
IVF #1 - long lupron (with HGH, intralipids, lovenox and BA); 4 retrieved, 3 fertilized; ET 2 blasts and 1 frozen = BFN
IVF #2 - a version of antagonist with EPP (with HGH, intralipids, lovenox and BA); 6 retrieved, 4 mature, 3 fertilized, 2 blasts and 1 frozen blast transferred on day 5 = BFN.
IVF #3 April was postponed to May, May was canceled. June/July was canceled. Had a cyst aspiration and then began IVF #3 in August. ER on 8/22; ET on 8/24 with AH. +HPT on 9/5. Beta #1 (11dpo) = 3; Beta #2 (15dpo) = 29; Beta #3 (17dpo) = 60; Beta #4 (19 dpo) = 118. Heartbeat at 6 weeks 6 days =132. Lil is here!
TTC#2: Trigger + TI = BFN; Clomid + Trigger + IUI = BFN.
IVF #4: BCP + MDLF + Lovenox = 7R, 1F = Transferred 1 6-cell embryo on day 3 = BFN
IVF #5: MDLF + Lovenox = 4R, 1F = Transferred 1 10-cell compacting embryo on day 3 = BFN
IVF #6: (New RE): Long Antagonist November 2014 (transferred two 8 cell grade 1 embryos and froze one blast) = BFN
FET#1: BFN
Thanks for the well wishes everyone.
Ams8009 - charting doesn?t work for me because I get up at different times every day. It?s not shifts, but more like some days I have early meetings and go to work early, and sometimes, I sleep in. I like my sleep too much. After thinking about though, I am going to chart again.
illinigirl ? We have the same anniversary and have been TTC for the same amount of time too!
Liz, I have a varying schedule like you but I have my alarm set for 6 am every day so that I can temp. If I have to get up, I go ahead and do that at 6. If I get to sleep in, I just take my temp and let the thermometer store it and go right back to sleep.
The 2-3 minutes it takes to temp in the morning doesn't disturb my sleep. Sometimes I don't even remember taking my temp because I am still half asleep while doing it.
Good luck!
ETA: In your situation, even though you have somewhat regular cycles, it's important to be able to see the thermal shift so you can determine when you ovulated. You could be ovulating later in your cycle and missing the window of peak fertility because you aren't charting your temps. OPKs don't always work for women with PCOS either, but it doesn't hurt to continue to use them and enter the data with your BBT chart.
I always wake up at different times each day and I was still able to chart. I just set my alarm for an hour before the earliest time I ever needed to wake up and temped at that time. I would just go right back to sleep after temping. It was pretty easy.
Good luck with all the testing.