Update: I am 3 dpiui #2 on 100 chlomid w/ ovidril shot and was finally able to produce 2 follicles. I feel like it will be a miracle to get a bfp this cycle since I did my shot like 20 minutes late, pushed to hard and some of the med came out and our sperm count was only 12 mil down from 30 something last time. Good #'s otherwise. I have decided to pos to see when the hormone is out so here is to a long 2ww.
QOD: Don't really have a fav book. Movie National Treasure Fast food Taco Bell anything Drink a good Pinot Grigio cold.
2) When did you start TTC (month/year)? December 2009
3) What is your diagnosis, if you have one? Unexplained in June 2011
4) What treatments have you done? 3 cycles of clomid/100mg/ Ovidrel and IUI followed by Prometrium. 1 cycle of FSH/Ovidrel and IUI followed by Prometrium. Currently waiting on results of cycle #4.
Started TTC December 2009
DX: Unexplained by RE in June 2011
IUI #1 - Clomid and Trigger - BFN(July 2011)
IUI #2 - Clomid and Trigger - BFN(August 2011)
IUI #3 - Clomid and Trigger - BFN(September 2011
IUI #4 - FSH(Bravelle) and Trigger - BFP (10/21/11) M/C 10/31/2011
IUI #5- FSH(Bravelle)and Trigger- BFN
Taking a break before heading own the ivf road.
Update: Still working on our adoption home study. We hope to be approved by the end of January at the latest.
QOTW: Book: At the moment, Kushiel's Dart. Movie: Princess Bride. Fast food meal: Grilled cheese, fries and chocolate shake from In N Out Burger. Alcoholic drink: Gin and tonic with extra lime
Trying to grow our family with both fertility treatments and adoption since March 2009
1)
What is your name (if you want to share)? Faith
2)
When did you start TTC (month/year)? No birth control in June 2010, TTC in September 2010
3)
What is your diagnosis, if you have one? Diagnosed w endo in 2000, slightly elevated FSH Sept. 2010, waiting on DH's SA results.
4)
What treatments have you done? So far we have done CD 3 and 10 BW, Clomid Challenge, SA, HSG (all clear) and I've been doing acupuncture since the beginning of September. If this cycle is a BFN, we will be moving on to IUI assuming my husband's SA comes back OK.
QOTW: Recommend your favorite: Book? Movie? Fast food meal? Alcoholic
drink? Book: The Hunger Games Trilogy, Harry Potter, To Kill a Mockingbird, Pride and Prejudice, The Name of the Wind/ Wise Man's Fear
Movie: Amelie
Food: Chik Fil A nuggets!! And we don't have it over here so I live for traveling to see my family.
Update: Still waiting for first AF post m/c. If it doesnt come by wed I have to go see the RE. I have been doing OPK to see if I O'd but nothing so far.
Book- Pride and Prejudice
Movie- Sound of Music, Legion, Constantine.
Fast Food- I dont eat fast food.
Drink- I stopped drinking 3 years ago, but when I did, it was whiskey on the rocks. I liked Crown Royal and Jack Daniels. And I love Southern Comfort.
Update: Today is CD 1, cycle 15 for me. I will be going for a CD 3 u/s Wednesday to try out my 2nd round of clomid.
QOTW: I read the book 'Heaven is for Real' this summer and it was amazing! I actually started reading it a few days before my 2nd m/c began and it truly brought me some peace. Highly recommend it!
QOTW: Recommend your favorite: Book? lol don't really have one!
Movie? Easy A---love., love, love this hilarious movie!
Fast food meal? Wendy's frosty, burger, and fries
Alcoholic
drink?Midori Sour
TTC #1 since April '09
Dec '09 Laparotomy & laparoscopy for large cyst &
HSG all clear
August '10-June '11 TTA for hip surgeries
Cycle #23...Dx: MFI, low p4
2 rounds of Clomid (50 mg) = BFNs...October SIS & 2nd HSG all clear
Plan after saving: repeat s/a + Clomid + Novarel + IUI
Nothing new really hoping to O this week. F(irst cycle without Clomid).
QOTW: Recommend your favorite: Book? lol don't really have one!
Movie? Easy A---love., love, love this hilarious movie!
Fast food meal? Wendy's frosty, burger, and fries
Alcoholic
drink?Midori Sour
TTC #1 since April '09
Dec '09 Laparotomy & laparoscopy for large cyst &
HSG all clear
August '10-June '11 TTA for hip surgeries
Cycle #23...Dx: MFI, low p4
2 rounds of Clomid (50 mg) = BFNs...October SIS & 2nd HSG all clear
Plan after saving: repeat s/a + Clomid + Novarel + IUI
Update: Nothing new...still waiting for first injects cycle for IUI#3 in January. I just started cycle 32 after finding out friend got PG with my RE on her second IUI, I've been off the boards a bit since then to have a little "mad at the world" time. I'm back to happy Kati and will be posting more this week than last week.
QOTW: Recommend your favorite:
Book? The OUTLANDER series by Dianna Gabaldon (Or Pillars of the Earth by K. Follet)
Movie? Shawshank Redemption, Back to the Future or The Usual Suspects
Fast food meal? McDonald's Quarter Pounder w/ Fries meal. Or the Chicago Dog from Sonic
Update: I'll start Lupron later this week or next week to start prepping for FET #1.
QOTW: Recent favorite book(s): I loved The Hunger Games series and The Help. Movie: It changes all the time! Fast food: Whataburger Alcoholic beverage: I can't drink due to an enzyme deficiency but I'd probably like something fruity if I could drink.
Had HSG- no blockage! SA revealed low morphology. Getting another test done next week. 1st RE appointment scheduled for November
QOTW-- Book: Catcher in the Rye; Movie: Not really sure; Fast food: McDonalds Cheeseburger meal only ketchup, with a large coke zero; Alcoholic beverage: Bud Light (and I am going to have one right now and watch the Bears win!)
I'd like to be added if it's not too late!
We started TTC in Aug 2010.. Diagnosed with MFI (low morph) and we have tried 1 IUI + Clomid cycle. Looks like we will be starting the IVF (with ICSI) process next month!
Favorite book: Something Borrowed, Movie: Sex and the City, Fast Food meal: Chicfila chicken sandwich, alcoholic drink: Fresh lime margarita (no margarita mix.. Yum!)
QOTW: Book - anything Jon Krakauer. Movie - Elf. Fast food - Chipotle. Alcoholic Drink - not really a big drinker.
TTC since August 2009 Clomid for 6 cycles starting August 2010- O but no BFP SA Septemeber 2010 Looking good HSG September 2010 All clear 1st RE visit May 2011 - IUI#1 June 20, 2011: BFN IUI #2 July 31 2011: BFP - m/c @ 5w1d Surprise BFP on a break cycle 10/4/11, Due June 4, 2012, Born 6/9/2012 TTC Blog TTC#2 : Cycles 1-3 Protocol 1500mg Metformin Daily, Femara + Ovidrel, Progresterone support
Re: **3T Weekly Check-In**
Update: I am 3 dpiui #2 on 100 chlomid w/ ovidril shot and was finally able to produce 2 follicles. I feel like it will be a miracle to get a bfp this cycle since I did my shot like 20 minutes late, pushed to hard and some of the med came out and our sperm count was only 12 mil down from 30 something last time. Good #'s otherwise. I have decided to pos to see when the hormone is out so here is to a long 2ww.
QOD: Don't really have a fav book. Movie National Treasure Fast food Taco Bell anything Drink a good Pinot Grigio cold.
1) What is your name (if you want to share)? Tia
2) When did you start TTC (month/year)? December 2009
3) What is your diagnosis, if you have one? Unexplained in June 2011
4) What treatments have you done? 3 cycles of clomid/100mg/ Ovidrel and IUI followed by Prometrium. 1 cycle of FSH/Ovidrel and IUI followed by Prometrium. Currently waiting on results of cycle #4.
Update: Still working on our adoption home study. We hope to be approved by the end of January at the latest.
QOTW: Book: At the moment, Kushiel's Dart. Movie: Princess Bride. Fast food meal: Grilled cheese, fries and chocolate shake from In N Out Burger. Alcoholic drink: Gin and tonic with extra lime
2) When did you start TTC (month/year)? No birth control in June 2010, TTC in September 2010
3) What is your diagnosis, if you have one? Diagnosed w endo in 2000, slightly elevated FSH Sept. 2010, waiting on DH's SA results.
4) What treatments have you done? So far we have done CD 3 and 10 BW, Clomid Challenge, SA, HSG (all clear) and I've been doing acupuncture since the beginning of September. If this cycle is a BFN, we will be moving on to IUI assuming my husband's SA comes back OK.
QOTW: Recommend your favorite: Book? Movie? Fast food meal? Alcoholic drink?
Book: The Hunger Games Trilogy, Harry Potter, To Kill a Mockingbird, Pride and Prejudice, The Name of the Wind/ Wise Man's Fear
Movie: Amelie
Food: Chik Fil A nuggets!! And we don't have it over here so I live for traveling to see my family.
Drink: Pinot Noir!
Update: We have our FET schedule. If all goes as planned we will be doing the transfer on Nov. 10th.
QOTW:
Book--Middlesex by Jeffery Eugenides
Movie--Pride and Prejudice, the A&E version with Colin Firth
Fast Food--cheeseburger with everything except mayo, plus jalapenos at Five Guys Burgers
Drink--margarita on the rocks with salt, but only if it is made with lime juicke and not mix
TTC #1 since 2009 with unexplained infertility
IUI#1-4 Jan.-Apr. 2011 = BFNs
IVF#1 Aug. 2011 = c/p, FET #1 Nov. 2011 = c/p, FET #2 April 2012 = BFP!
Beta #1 = 153, Beta #2 = 269, Beta #3 = 675
1st U/S = TWINS!! EDD 12/29/12
my blog: Journey to Somewhere
~~PAIFW/SAIFW~~
April IVF Spring Chicks
Update: Still waiting for first AF post m/c. If it doesnt come by wed I have to go see the RE. I have been doing OPK to see if I O'd but nothing so far.
Book- Pride and Prejudice
Movie- Sound of Music, Legion, Constantine.
Fast Food- I dont eat fast food.
Drink- I stopped drinking 3 years ago, but when I did, it was whiskey on the rocks. I liked Crown Royal and Jack Daniels. And I love Southern Comfort.
DX: PCOS/Recurrent losses/MTHFR mutation (compound hetero)
5 hysteroscopies/2 surgical
3 Inject IUIs = 2 m/c's and 1 BFN
IVF #1= BFP. m/c at 7w6d. Needed 2 D&C's and scar tissue removal. Mild OHSS
IVF #2 = BFP. Severe OHSS. 4 Drainings. TWINS!
Update: Today is CD 1, cycle 15 for me. I will be going for a CD 3 u/s Wednesday to try out my 2nd round of clomid.
QOTW: I read the book 'Heaven is for Real' this summer and it was amazing! I actually started reading it a few days before my 2nd m/c began and it truly brought me some peace. Highly recommend it!
QOTW: Recommend your favorite: Book? lol don't really have one!
Movie? Easy A---love., love, love this hilarious movie!
Fast food meal? Wendy's frosty, burger, and fries
Alcoholic drink?Midori Sour
Dec '09 Laparotomy & laparoscopy for large cyst & HSG all clear
August '10-June '11 TTA for hip surgeries
Cycle #23...Dx: MFI, low p4
2 rounds of Clomid (50 mg) = BFNs...October SIS & 2nd HSG all clear
Plan after saving: repeat s/a + Clomid + Novarel + IUI
QOTW: Recommend your favorite: Book? lol don't really have one!
Movie? Easy A---love., love, love this hilarious movie!
Fast food meal? Wendy's frosty, burger, and fries
Alcoholic drink?Midori Sour
Dec '09 Laparotomy & laparoscopy for large cyst & HSG all clear
August '10-June '11 TTA for hip surgeries
Cycle #23...Dx: MFI, low p4
2 rounds of Clomid (50 mg) = BFNs...October SIS & 2nd HSG all clear
Plan after saving: repeat s/a + Clomid + Novarel + IUI
QOTW: Recommend your favorite:
Book? The OUTLANDER series by Dianna Gabaldon (Or Pillars of the Earth by K. Follet)
Movie? Shawshank Redemption, Back to the Future or The Usual Suspects
Fast food meal? McDonald's Quarter Pounder w/ Fries meal. Or the Chicago Dog from Sonic
Alcoholic drink? Margaritta's or Cosmo's!!
IUI#4 1/23/13 on 75iu x9 Follistim = BFP then chem preg m/c (Feb 2013)
IUI#5 BFN (April 2013)
S/PAIFW , S/PALW
My Blog
Update: I'll start Lupron later this week or next week to start prepping for FET #1.
QOTW: Recent favorite book(s): I loved The Hunger Games series and The Help. Movie: It changes all the time! Fast food: Whataburger Alcoholic beverage: I can't drink due to an enzyme deficiency but I'd probably like something fruity if I could drink.
Had HSG- no blockage! SA revealed low morphology. Getting another test done next week. 1st RE appointment scheduled for November
QOTW-- Book: Catcher in the Rye; Movie: Not really sure; Fast food: McDonalds Cheeseburger meal only ketchup, with a large coke zero; Alcoholic beverage: Bud Light (and I am going to have one right now and watch the Bears win!)
Favorite book: Something Borrowed, Movie: Sex and the City, Fast Food meal: Chicfila chicken sandwich, alcoholic drink: Fresh lime margarita (no margarita mix.. Yum!)
Update: Got a BFP 10/4!
QOTW: Book - anything Jon Krakauer. Movie - Elf. Fast food - Chipotle. Alcoholic Drink - not really a big drinker.
Clomid for 6 cycles starting August 2010- O but no BFP
SA Septemeber 2010 Looking good
HSG September 2010 All clear
1st RE visit May 2011 - IUI#1 June 20, 2011: BFN
IUI #2 July 31 2011: BFP - m/c @ 5w1d
Surprise BFP on a break cycle 10/4/11, Due June 4, 2012, Born 6/9/2012
TTC Blog
TTC#2 : Cycles 1-3 Protocol 1500mg Metformin Daily, Femara + Ovidrel, Progresterone support