~TTGP IF Check In~

jaytee16 · February 2014

TTGP IF WEEKLY CHECK IN

This check in is meant for anyone on TTGP who has hit the 1 year mark of TTC (6 months if you’re over 35), has an infertility diagnosis, or are going through IF testing/treatment. It is meant to be a place for people to share and ask any questions who might not participate on 3T or IF who would like the company of others going through the same experiences.

If you would like to participate, please send me a PRIVATE MESSAGE with your info and I will add you on, and please feel free to post your intro. This will be posted every Monday. If you have any suggestions or would like something added, please feel free to post.

***Note: If you see a BFP or Loss I have overlooked l please let me know !***

How long have you been trying to conceive?

Do you have a diagnosis? If so; what is it?

Are you currently doing any testing or treatment?

Any updates?

QOTW: Inspired by how cold it is here today, what is your favourite hot beverage?

BFPs:

AngieV84

angelsnight

rrdiva

tinamorgan

sueann911

JulianneJacks

jschwind22

Rocknroll64

BurritosAtEveryMeal

talon1226

BrendaW09

Lola825

SweetTea420

Curlylocks3

Twinkie0612

HenHen25

Krdesi

kristi&p

gonzol

Tigger99

Honey127

BeckynSean11

AppleGrapeMSTK

chickinNH

Angel Babies:

Banker&BSN

HenHen25

gonzol

beckynsean11

kristi&p

sunlavender

Emejay

Twinkie0612

Pintobean39

Rocks526

Diagnosis:

MFI

FoxiePM

OtterPop1

Akiesha

Cindal

Jessieann1020

hahnycakes- low T

STBMrsMiller

Honey127

ky29

CiderWench

frenchy816- low T, hypogonadism

KendraL86

cr230

cls78

Bredins Wife

PCOS

AngieL444

CLECyclist- Non-IR + missing right tube

mmb248

madasm0530

TattooedLoisLane

MeatandBandP

LexiSophie55

Terrapantz

Mnerani

Diminished Ovarian Reserve

curlylocks3

BrazilianPeach

Jconno

WinningColors

Unexplained

Twinkie0612- with hostile CM

GermanGirl2007

TammyDoubleB- with hostile CM.

Mochadoodle

Wearebirds

Banker&BSN

gonzol

Mrs Castillo

SCSmith2011

doodlebug18

jaytee16 - with hypothyroidism

neilsixx

Spookster

Katiewest

Anovulatory

Spookster

Jellyfish42

Combo/Other

MrsM507- PCOS, Stage 2 endo, 1 blocked tube

tigger99- MFI+weak ovulation

beckynsean11- PCOS+2 blocked tubes+Low T

talon1226- MFI + PCOS and hypothyroidism

lorirachel- Unexplained+1 ovary+ high FSH

Milagros315- Suspected endo+questionable tube

Wolfette139- Unicornuate Uterus

Milagros315- Endo

EML2011- Endo, PCOS, septated uterus (mostly removed) & partially blocked left tube

bbg676- PCOS, complete anovulation, high T and DHEA, low Prog., Suspected Endo

ellaef1984- low prog

Jenn06L80- Low sperm count, one copy factor V Leiden

SnowflakeBride06- non-IR PCOs, missing right tube

HenHen25- recurrent biochemical pregnancies

Alicia_R1- non-IR PCOS, anovulation, low morph

ThoseThreeWords- MFI + DOR

Peedy- Elevated prolactin + TSH

prncessisadora- Mild MFI + Arcuate Ute

AmyC925- Endo + PCOS

NariaDreaming- PCOS + MFI

BellaLux - fibroids & tubal IF

NotElsie - IR PCOS/ High Testosterone

tippytoes06 - PCOS/IR-PCOS/Anovulatory

Teej526 – Stage 2/3 Endo

1 year and/or over w/ no DX yet

ellaef1984

cjchio

EmeJay

LW0605

CMSullivan326

Rocks526

amlrunner

ksuRN09

Macylynn

Slappalicious

Sugar4bri

Philleigh

NYGirl02

Pintobean39

KrissyLeighN

Packerfan4life

BlackBooks

SnakeFisherBub

SCSmith2011 · February 2014

Still doing estrogen priming for IVF #2.

My favorite hot beverate is good hot chocolate. But of course coffee is a close second. And with being sick for the last month I have actually developed a love for hot tea. I never liked it before.

Pintobean39 · February 2014

FX @meatandbandp

My US revealed I had 2 beautiful follicles this morning one on the right at 17 and left at 16. My estrogen is 652 and LH is 7. No clue what that means but they said everything looked good. They have me doing 2 more days of 200 iu of Gonal and 1 day of Ganirelix and then I'm triggering Wednesday morning. How can you not get your hopes up?

Also my lining is 11.5 so that's good too I think.

ETA: I love me a good tea with cream and honey. That's my afternoon treat but I've given it up this cycle because of the caffeine. Or chi tea with baileys, yum.

SCSmith2011 · February 2014

MeatandBandP said:

We just had IUI #4 this morning. Post wash numbers were amazing 71 million, I had 4 good sized follies, and my lining is the thickest it has ever been 10mm. I have my hopes up just a little bit, which I know is a dangerous thing.

QFTW: I am a coffee addict

Good luck! FX so hard for you.

jaztastic · February 2014

I guess I never noticed this check in before. Im a regular on 3T and IF. Quick into... Ive been TTGP since 08. Found out in '11 I had metastasized tubes from endo and had to have them removed. DH has MFI. I just finished a stim cycle only IVF and am currently taking BCP getting ready for my FET in late March. Best of luck to all those TTGP!

QOTW: I love hot chocolate. I makes me feel like a big kid.

SCSmith2011 · February 2014

Wolfette139 said:

On day 3 of stimming for IVF #1. Cutting out the Follistim for two days to try and keep my E2 in check. Follies are still small, will hopefully see some growth at the next appointment on Wednesday.

QOTW: Hot chocolate, preferably with a splash of mint chocolate Baileys

FX for you this cycle. I hope March is a lucky month for us Shamrocks!

Pintobean39 · February 2014

MeatandBandP said:
FX for the shamrocks @SCSmith2011 and @Wolfette139 i really hope this is it for both of you!

FX @Pintobean39 , your E2 number corresponds with your follies and the number will help your RE to decide when its right to trigger you. I don't know too much about it but I believe the number is between 400-600 for each mature follicle you have. Someone else who is more knowledgeable please chime in if I am off here.

Last month I had 1 follicle at 18mm with a E2 at 268. They made me wait 2 days to trigger then too. I thought 200 meant mature but not sure, I'm still learning. I don't know what the LH is for. I tried searching but can't figure out if 7 is good bad or ugly.

jaytee16 · February 2014

FX for the lucky shamrocks, @SCSmith2011 and @Wolfette139!! I'm keeping everything crossed for you ladies!

@MeatandBandP - Sending so many good vibes your way, I am praying this is your cycle!

@Pintobean39 - yay, this cycle is sounding great! I believe they're looking for a range, I've heard as low as 150 and as high as 600 per mature follie.

@jaztaz1 - wishing you lots of luck in your upcoming FET cycle!

@Snakefisherbub- good luck at your appt next week!

AFM, I'm CD3, heading in tomorrow to get this cycle started. We will be doing injects + IUI#3 with rather tight timing - H is currently on a plane to China, home next Mon. I am hoping I can start the injects as late as possible this week to ease the stress of timing the IUI.

QOTW: cappuccino, or as a treat, Starbucks caramel macchiato.

Twinkie0612 · February 2014

I had my first sort of second opinion consult last night when I was able to talk to the head RE at the clinic (my doctor is an attending physician, he has his own practice and then uses the clinic for his IVF cycles). She was really nice and we talked about her feelins on our failed cycles and what she would recommend for us moving forward. She didn't say much about my poor response to stims or the fact that I always end up with fewer eggs than we expect, but she did say that she didn't think my poor embryo quality was protocol related (which I think was a nice way of saying that my eggs are crappy since for embryo quality 80% is egg and 20% is from the sperm). Since my husband's SAs have always been normal, there is probably only a small chance that our quality issues are from a sperm issue.

She also said that if we plan on cycling again, we should do some alloimmune testing since we have had a few failed cycles. I didn't know much about alloimmune testing (DQ alpha match) so I read up a little on it last night and it is kind of depressing. In a nutshell everyone has two DQ alpha genes, one from your mother and one from your father. If you and your husband have one gene that is the same that is a partial DQ alpha match, if both of your genes are the same that is a complete DQ alpha match. What happens when an embryo that has the same DQ alpha genes as you enteres the uterus, it triggers an autoimmune response and activates NK (natural killer) cells. These cells attack the embryo causing implantation dysfunction and has a higher incidence of miscarriage. With a partial DQ alpha match half of your embryos will be a match, which effectively lowers your success rate by 50%. With a total DQ alpha match, your only options are either donor sperm or a gestational carrier, because every embryo will be a match. Donor egg doesn't help because the sperm will still match your uterus, so every embryo will still cause implantation dysfunction.

The best course of treatment for a partial match is a single embryo transfer (transferring more than one increases your risk of transferring a matching embryo and causing implantation issues with all embryos) and CGH testing on the embryos so that you only tranfer normal embryos. Other than that you do intralipids for the NK cell activation and hope that the embryo sticks. The best odds of success is to have lots of blasts because you will lose some to CGH testing and then statistically half of the normals will be a DQ alpha match. Not very feasible if you only get 1-2 blasts per cycle.

So yeah DQ alpha match would definitely kill our odds of ever having biological children. Since right now we are leaning towards moving on to donor embryos anyway, we don't plan on doing the testing. If we did decide to pursue IVF again (or donor eggs) we will probably have it done.

I have another consult Wednesday with R.MA NJ and my consult with FI.RM about their donor embryos on Monday. This definitely gives me more to discuss with R.MA NJ. I also have my first appointment with a therapist that specializes in infertility on Thursday.

QOTW: Coffee hands down. I really like lattes and all of the fancy coffee drinks, but most days I just have plain old regular coffee.

Milagros315 · February 2014

FX for you @MeatandBandP and @Pintobean39!!

Good luck with your IVF/FET cycles @Wolfette139, @SCSmith2011, and @jaztaz1!!

I hope your consult goes well and/or makes it easier for you to make your decision @Twinkie0612!

Good luck @jaytee16 - I hope the timing works out okay!

AFM: We're on a break cycle right now since IVF #1 was a failure and our WTF appointment isn't for another two weeks. I guess I'll temp and use OPKs if for no other reason than I don't want to go crazy if my cycle is jacked up from all of the meds I took last month.

QOTW: Either regular plain coffee (preferably Guatemalan cafe con leche) or salted caramel hot chocolate!

AmyC925 · February 2014

@meatandbandp @pintobean39 FX for you guys! FX for the lucky shamrocks @wolfette139 and @SCSmith2011 @snakefisherbub GL at your appointment! @jaytee16 I hope this cycle is it for you and timing works out! AFM, I posted in the bitchfest. I had a 23.5mm follie on the right and nothing over 7 on the left. They are unhappy with my response to the 7mg Femara and that it's causing me to not sleep so they are pulling me off of it. They want to move to all injects. I have to talk to DH, but we aren't sure what to do. I really want to move forward, but I think it might also be a good idea to break for a few months and focus on ourselves and getting healthier and saving more. I'm so confused. All I can do is hope this works so I don't have to make a decision. QOTW: tea with cream

FoxiePM · February 2014

1st RE visit is in T minus 7 days. We know what the issue is, just hoping there is a plan that doesn't involve IVF.

I O'd on Friday or Saturday and SO said he was putting in the "baby batter". I heart him! Let's hope he is right!

QOTW: Strong Coffee with peppermint mocha creamer...a must have every morning!

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