Poor sweet DH - funny
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I forgot to post how adorably ignorant my DH continues to be. I take for granted that he barely ever asks questions, so he likely doesn't understand as much as I think he does. He showed me just how much he understood with this first IUI.
So driving into the city, on the way to our IUI, DH asks casually "So, like, what are the stats for this? What are our chances?" I told him 10-20% according to our clinic. He just about stopped the car! "What? Only 10-20%?? Why are we even doing this then? Should we try one that's like 90%?" Bahaha. IF sucks so much. I had to tell him there isn't a 90% success rate for anything. He was so disappointed, lol.
Later on, I'm laying down waiting for the actual IUI and DH asks for a recap of my follicle tracking. I told him my right ovary was good with 3 follicles but my left ovary was lazy with just one little one. He thinks for a minute, then says completely straight-faced "So she should probably aim 'it' towards the right then, huh?" Oh dear sweetie. I had hide my laughter while I showed him the diagram on the wall... again.
I'm sure your DH's are all better educated about fertility, but any funny man-moments lately?
- Three rounds of clomid (50mg days 3-7) were useless.
- IUI#1 w/clomid & HCG in May 2013, BFN.
- IUI#2 w/clomid & HCG on July 23rd. BFN.
- IUI #3 in August cancelled last minute, due to lab error.
- IVF#1 - Started Gonal F stims October 13 2013 for IUI. Over-responded with too many follicles, so converted to IVF. Retrieval October 29th - got 5 eggs, 4 fertilized. Had 2 perfect little embryos transferred on day 3 (Nov. 1). The remaining 2 didn't survive to freeze. Got our BFN on November 13th 2013.
- IVF#2 - Started stims August 21st. Triggered with Suprefact, started on dostinex due to risk of OHSS. Retrieval September 5th - got 27 eggs! 21 embryos on day 3. Embryos deteriorated quickly. ESet 5day blast on Sept 10. No embryos high enough quality to freeze. BFN came Sept. 22.
Reserved a semi-known proven donor in August .
Waiting for consult/screening and protocols with estimated fresh cycle timing in October
Re: Poor sweet DH - funny
I love that, sometimes a little laugh in all of this is exactly what we need.
My husband is quite the opposite, he does nothing but research so half the time he knows more about things than I do.
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*** 12/2011: IUI #1 50mg Clomid = BFN ***
*** 8/2012: IUI #2 100mg Clomid = BFN ***
*** 11/2012: IUI #3 150mg Clomid & Metmorphin 150mg = BFN ***
*** 1/2013: Changed RE's & Urologists for more focus on MFI ***
*** 4/2013: IUI#4 Femara & Follistim = BFFN ***
*** 5/2013: IUI#5 Femara, Follistim & Bravella = BFFN ***
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This is a really cute story, and its sweet that your DH is engaging with the process!
Last cycle I was a little POAS crazy and by around 11 DPO DH was nearly forbidding me to waste the last one. We were being silly and I said if that was the case I would do it and not tell the results. He then said he would hide the last stick, wait for me to go in the middle of the night, and swirl it around in the toilet to find out! Yes . . that's how it works
We had a similar conversation about the chance that we have each month and he thinks it's just crazy there isn't something that is a guarantee haha, if only it were that easy :
It sounds like you have a great and supportive DH, very sweet story! And GL to you this cycle!
What fun stories. DH and I had a similar discussion recently when we were discussing IUI. I told him it was about a 20% chance and I thought his jaw was going to hit the ground.
My only really funny DH story through this journey is that his SA results are execllent. He asked the nurse to give make him a copy so he could hang them on the fridge. He said "we put all of our other accomplishements on the fridge and having super sperm is an accomplishment". I laughed out loud. But his SA results are still on our fridge.
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TTC since November, 2011
DH's SA : Excellent
Lap and Hysteroscopy June 2012
DX: PCOS, Stage III Endo, slight Adenomyosis, blocked tube, and probable LPD
Treatments: 6 Months Lupron Depot injections; 1500 mg metformin; 3 cycles of Clomid + TI = BFN
3 endometrial biopsies all were "out of phase"
September - December, 2013: Break to lose weight and get healthy
40 lb weight loss but still not ovulating "in phase"
February - March 2014: bcps + follistim + trigger + TI = BFP
Beta #1 (12dpo): 30; Beta #2 (18dpo): 500; Beta #3 (25dpo): 7,000!!!
1st u/s 4/16: One beautiful hb at 144 bmp
2nd u/s 4/29: hb at 166 bmp. Graduated from RE!!
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Baby girl arrived on Thanksgiving day weighing 7lbs 6oz and measuring 20 inches
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Problem: Irregular menstruation, unexplained
Nov&Dec-Provera because of no period after 35+ days
First RE appt 1/10/2013
Tests: TSH (normal), Prolactin (normal), SA (abnormal)
Hysteroscopy (normal) and PCOS labs (negative/normal) 1/15/2013
2/1/13- HPT BFP but Beta Hcg was negative
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