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Trouble TTC
IUI#3 tomorrow
Just got back from monitoring appointment. I have two follicles, one on each side. One is 22 and the other is at 21. My nurse said lining looks good, so i did blood work and got trigger shot. IUI is scheduled for tomorrow and Friday.
I'm really struggling this month to be positive and i'm not sure why exactly. My nurse was very optomistic, saying these are the best looking follicles we've had so far and that my lining looks better than in any past cycles. But inside, i'm so afraid to actually be optomistic. I feel like it makes the fall of a BFN that much harder. With this many BFN's under my belt, i think i'm starting to expect that rather than expecting this to work and get a BFP.
How do you guys keep your emotions in check; staing positive but not being unrealistic? Is there something you tell yourself?
~Jen
4/12: HSG All Clear
5-1-12: DX of PCOS
5-4-12: DH S/A all normal.
5-16-12: Offically start IUI#1-->Clomid(50mg) + Trigger + IUI + progesterone supplements=BFN
IUI #2-same treatment-->BFN
July IUI#3-same treatment--->BFN
Aug 22, 2012-Laparoscopy Found/Removed extensive endometreosis.
September 2012-IUI #4-Same treatment as before. BFN
October 2012-forced break/Surgery to remove abnormal cells in left breast.
November 2012-First Injects Cycle (IUI #5)! 225IU Follistim CD 3-5, then monitoring appointment. 20+ follier & e2 >2000-Mild OHSS
December 2012-#2 Injects + IUI#6): Beta 1/18/13-BFN!
Jan 2013-Starting IVF!!! BC starts Jan 17/Lupron on Feb 13/Stims on Feb 18/ER on March 1 IVF Protocol: Lupron 10 units in am until stimms. Then 5 units of Lurpon in am, 150iu of Follistim and 1 unit of Menopur in pm. Holding dosage throughtout since response has been great. Thought we would be freeze all due to OHSS, but ended up getting more follicles then expected! 14 total!!! 12 mature and 11 fertilized. Dr calls for a 5 day transfer!!
Will freeze remaining.
With Love & Strength, Hope Grows!
WHEN, not IF!!!
4/12: HSG All Clear
5-1-12: DX of PCOS
5-4-12: DH S/A all normal.
5-16-12: Offically start IUI#1-->Clomid(50mg) + Trigger + IUI + progesterone supplements=BFN
IUI #2-same treatment-->BFN
July IUI#3-same treatment--->BFN
Aug 22, 2012-Laparoscopy Found/Removed extensive endometreosis.
September 2012-IUI #4-Same treatment as before. BFN
October 2012-forced break/Surgery to remove abnormal cells in left breast.
November 2012-First Injects Cycle (IUI #5)! 225IU Follistim CD 3-5, then monitoring appointment. 20+ follier & e2 >2000-Mild OHSS
December 2012-#2 Injects + IUI#6): Beta 1/18/13-BFN!
Jan 2013-Starting IVF!!! BC starts Jan 17/Lupron on Feb 13/Stims on Feb 18/ER on March 1 IVF Protocol: Lupron 10 units in am until stimms. Then 5 units of Lurpon in am, 150iu of Follistim and 1 unit of Menopur in pm. Holding dosage throughtout since response has been great. Thought we would be freeze all due to OHSS, but ended up getting more follicles then expected! 14 total!!! 12 mature and 11 fertilized. Dr calls for a 5 day transfer!!
Will freeze remaining.
With Love & Strength, Hope Grows!
WHEN, not IF!!!
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Re: IUI#3 tomorrow
Hi Jen,
Good luck tomorrow
I'm the worst person in the world to answer your last question (at least right now). Tomorrow is my BETA for IVF 1. I have not POAS once b/c I am too afraid of a BFN. Not sure why I think a call from the nurse with results will make it any better, maybe I just want to drag it out as long as possible, The worst part is that when the cycle began I was totally mentally OK with it not working.
All I can say is trust in your dr and their staff. I have found that a relationship with an RE is like no other dr, as you really have to trust them. With IVF - they called ALL The shots, I was like a by-stander. If she's positive - allow yourself to be positive, THEN make yourself super duper busy during the 2WW so you don't think about it and obsess!
"I won't give up on us, even if the skies get rough, I'm giving you all my love, I"m still looking up."
TTC #1 since August 2011 MFI Diagnosis - April 2012
IVF #1 - July 2012 - Stims start 7/2, ER 7/12, 20 retrieved, 16 mature, 13 fertilized!
ET - 7/17 - 1 blast transferred. Beta - 7/26 273, Beta 2 7/30 - 1143. Beta 3 8/6 - 11,597
12/25 - Santa tells us "IT'S A GIRL!" EDD - April 4th
Our Little Easter Bunny has arrived!
Molly Mildred born 03/31/13
TTC A Sibling....... FET #1 11/14/14, Transferred one beautiful blast
Remaining four frosties arrested due to "embryologist error"
Plllllleasssee stick little icicle.....Beta 11/23...BFN
Starting ALL over with a fresh IVF cycle
Stims start 11/28/14, ER December 10th, 13 eggs retrieved, 11 mature, only 4 fertilized
1 Blast Transferred on December 15th..... Beta Christmas Eve... Please Santa, bring me a baby!
Beta #1 345.....Beta #2....750/ First U/S 1/13/15/HB 131....EDD 9/2/2015
I dont have any words of advice for you because I have yet to find a way to stay optimistic and positive. I just wanted to say good luck and hope this is lucky number 3 for you!
Good luck! I wish there was a secret I could share on staying positive, but as you know, some days are just hard! Allow yourself to feel what you need to feel, pray (if you are a spiritual person), and more often than not the next day will be better!
Perfectly normal to build a defense mechanism with so many let downs.
My Blog!
TTC #1 since 11/1/2011
Me: 28 DH: 29
DX: Hypothyroidism (2004) & Possible PCOS (2/2012)
CD3 b/w: Elevated LH:FSH ratio HSG: All clear! Y-shaped Uterus; SA: Normal
Round 1 of Clomid (50mg) 8/28-9/1: BFP!
BFP #1: 9/23/12 Edd: 6/4/2013. M/C 9/28/12 @ 4w4d
Round 2 of Clomid (100mg) 10/3-10/7: BFP!
BFP #2: 11/3/12 Edd: 7/16/2013. mmc discovered at 18w2d (our baby girl stopped developing at 15w3d due to Down's Syndrome). d&e 2/15/13
3/28/13: "quite a few" uterine polyps and scar tissue discovered.
Hysteroscopy (4/16/13): Polyps, Scar Tissue removed. Septate confirmed & removed.
Appt with new RE 5/30/13
Surprise BFP (with no treatment!) 6/30/13
Our perfect little boy was born 3/11/14 - 9lbs 2oz, 21 1/4"
Good luck!!
I have to tell you that this was my cycle where I struggled and I wasn't positive and I didn't pay attention to phantom symptoms and I still bawled like a baby when I saw the BFN this morning. It's hard to stay optimistic but I think I prefer being optimistic to how I felt this month. I thought if I kept my emotions in check that it would help me deal with a BFN, but it didn't... it still sucked just as bad, if not worse. I'm sure we will all have our down months, but we need to try to believe that all of this can work and will!!
Hopefully 3rd time will be the charm for both of us. FX for you!!!
BFP #2: EDD 9/3/13~~Slow HB at 1st U/S~~MMC -Loss on 2/13/13
TTC #1** Went off BCP July 2011
Me: 31 DH:31
Jan 2012 Dx PCOS by OB/Gyn
July 2012 - Tests with RE confirmed PCOS and annovulation
Good Luck!!!! I hope this is lucky #3 for you!!!
To tell you the truth the way that I try to stay positive is to not even think about it. I have been loading myself up with some many other things to think about that I hardly have time to think about where I am in my cycle. When I do think about where I am in my cycle I just tell myself that it had to work because I don't want to think about what is next if it didn't.
I think that's what i'm going to do. Make a list of things i want to accomplish in next two weeks and focus on that instead. Plus, i'll have something to show for it in two weeks! LOL
Thanks everyone for the well wishes. I guess just having an off/blah day.
4/12: HSG All Clear
5-1-12: DX of PCOS
5-4-12: DH S/A all normal.
5-16-12: Offically start IUI#1-->Clomid(50mg) + Trigger + IUI + progesterone supplements=BFN
IUI #2-same treatment-->BFN
July IUI#3-same treatment--->BFN
Aug 22, 2012-Laparoscopy Found/Removed extensive endometreosis.
September 2012-IUI #4-Same treatment as before. BFN
October 2012-forced break/Surgery to remove abnormal cells in left breast.
November 2012-First Injects Cycle (IUI #5)! 225IU Follistim CD 3-5, then monitoring appointment. 20+ follier & e2 >2000-Mild OHSS
December 2012-#2 Injects + IUI#6): Beta 1/18/13-BFN!
Jan 2013-Starting IVF!!! BC starts Jan 17/Lupron on Feb 13/Stims on Feb 18/ER on March 1 IVF Protocol: Lupron 10 units in am until stimms. Then 5 units of Lurpon in am, 150iu of Follistim and 1 unit of Menopur in pm. Holding dosage throughtout since response has been great. Thought we would be freeze all due to OHSS, but ended up getting more follicles then expected! 14 total!!! 12 mature and 11 fertilized. Dr calls for a 5 day transfer!!
With Love & Strength, Hope Grows!
WHEN, not IF!!!
Six months of Metformin=BFN, Six rounds of Clomid=BFN
October 2012: Follistim, Ovidrel and 1500MG Metformin = BFP!
11/20/2012: Beta #1- 176! 11/23/2012: Beta #2- 738!