Trouble TTC
Sarahlou614
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TTC since 5/2011
Officially diagnosed w/ PCOS 10/2011
4 clomid cycles (50MG - 200 MG): No Response
2/2012-Femara (5MG):No Response
4/2012:Bravelle+Ovidrel+Endometrin=BFN
5/2012: Bravelle (24days)+Lupron trigger+ IUI #1+estrogen and endometrin=BFP!!!!
beta 1=18, beta 2=90, beta 3=201, beta 4=520...m/c on 6/18
HSG to check for possible damage from ectopic-all clear!
7/2012 through 9/1/2012: forced break to recover emotionally
9/2012: Femara+Follistim+Ovidrel+IUI+Endometrin=BFP!!!
Beta #1-223, Beta # 2-470
EDD: June 12, 2013
Started injects today and off to a good start
Sarahlou614
member
in Trouble TTC
Went to the RE today for my day 3 monitoring and go ahead to start injects. The bravelle rep had just been in yesterday so he gave me 10 vials for free! Gotta love that! He apologized for not being able to give me more but I'm not upset at all, actually thankful that I got any 
The nurse gave me my first shot and it burned a little...she said that's normal..?
What kind of side effects have any of you guys experienced on Bravelle?
TTC since 5/2011
Officially diagnosed w/ PCOS 10/2011
4 clomid cycles (50MG - 200 MG): No Response
2/2012-Femara (5MG):No Response
4/2012:Bravelle+Ovidrel+Endometrin=BFN
5/2012: Bravelle (24days)+Lupron trigger+ IUI #1+estrogen and endometrin=BFP!!!!
beta 1=18, beta 2=90, beta 3=201, beta 4=520...m/c on 6/18
HSG to check for possible damage from ectopic-all clear!
7/2012 through 9/1/2012: forced break to recover emotionally
9/2012: Femara+Follistim+Ovidrel+IUI+Endometrin=BFP!!!
Beta #1-223, Beta # 2-470
EDD: June 12, 2013
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Re: Started injects today and off to a good start
That's awesome-anything free is great!
When I started stims I was mixing menopur (which I've heard burns) and bravelle-it definitely burned a bit. I didn't have any side effects really (i think i was lucky!)
TTC since 5/2010
DX with Diminished Ovarian Reserve - AMH of 1.1 - 7/2011; AMH of .42 8/2012BFP 9/1/10-M/C confirmed 9/8/10-Methotrexate 10/6/10
IUI #1 (w/clomid)-9/5/11-BFN ; IUI #2 (w/clomid)-10/5/11 - BFP - 11/1/12-No sac seen; 11/2/11 and 11/9/11-Methotrexate
IVF #1- ER 2/2; ET 2/5;-Two 8 cell embryos transfered = BFFN
Surprise BFP - 5/7/12
U/S on 6/8/12 - H/B at 128 BPM; U/S on 6/14/12 @ 9wks-No H/B-D&C on 6/17/12
IVF 2.0- ER 10/17; ET 10/20-One 12 cell, one 10 cell and one 8 cell embryo transfered
BFP! 11/16/12 U/S- Two nuggets with perfect heartbeats! EDD 7/10/13
5/31/2013- My miracles arrived at 34w2d! Welcome to the world Harper and Nolan!
My Blog- http://waitingonaangel.wordpress.com/
I started in Bravelle, and then they threw in Menopur a couple of days in...as for side effects, I was bloated as all get-out, and just felt like my ovaries were the size of baseballs, so everything in that general abdomen area was just really tender.
Sept '11-April '13 ~ Testing, failed multiple MFI treatments, saving & TONS of praying
January 2014 ~ IVF/ICSI & PGS ~ no response to stims ~ converted to IUI ~ BFN
February 2014 ~ On to donor embyros ~ 5 blasts!!!
March 2014 ~ FET #1 ~ Transferred 2 blasts ~ BFN
July 2014 ~ Kliman's mock cycle with endometrial function test
Sample too small for EFT, HE slide showed immature cells
New protocol planned, saving for another biopsy for EFT
January 2015 ~ Considering adoption options
April 2015 ~ Privately arranged adoption of planned pregnancy
DD#1 ~ Lillyana Violet Marie born 6/15/16, Finalized adoption 12/20/16
July 13, 2018 ~ BFP....WTF?!?!
7/16 Beta #1 ~ 466...7/18 Beta #2 ~ 1,077...7/23 Beta #3 ~ 5,291
7/23 US #1 ~ 1 gestational sac seen and yolk sac
7/30 US #2 and 1st OB appt ~ 1 perfectly round gestational sac, 1 perfect yolk sac and 1 teeny tiny heart beat seen!!!