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~The Benched Check-in!!~ 16/Apr/14 (Bringing it Back!)

SweetieShellieHSweetieShellieH member
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I hope no one minds that I am bringing back the benched check-in. Seems there are a few of us!
Here it goes! Remember, I'm new at this :D


~ Welcome to "The Bench" ~

A place for those of us who have to delay IF treatments, for whatever reason! 
If you've been benched - come on over, have a seat, there's plenty of room :)

Newly Benched?

1. What brings you over to the bench? 

2. How long will you be staying with us?

3. How do you feel about being benched?


QOTW: What's the oldest piece of clothing you own, and still wear?


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Re: ~The Benched Check-in!!~ 16/Apr/14 (Bringing it Back!)

  • SweetieShellieHSweetieShellieH member
    edited April 2014
    1. What brings you over to the bench? 

    IUI #2 was a bust, so RE thought it was best to NOT proceed with a 3rd, and to put DH on Arimidex for 3 months to see if it might improve his #'s. If not, it's IVF with ICSI for us. 

    2. How long will you be staying with us?

    3 months minimum. Unless a natural miracle occurs, but I don't see that happening.

    3. How do you feel about being benched?

    It sucks. I wish I knew if we were moving on to IVF right now! The up-side is DH doesn't have to stress about "making love to a cup" for a while. Especially when for both IUI's they made him provide a second sample not even an hour after he provided one because the numbers weren't good.

    QOTW: I have a GAP sweater that I got when I was 14. And now the sweater is 14 years old too LOL It's in pretty good condition, it has a little hole on the cuff of one of the sleeves but other then that it's still functional. It is a little snugger then it was 14 years ago though :P

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  • FutureMrsBaldwin2012FutureMrsBaldwin2012 member

    We are benching ourselves this cycle due to finances and waiting for our next WTF appointment.  Our IUI#1 was a bust and now that we are completely OOP I want a more aggressive plan of action.  We have some money set aside and I want to optimize that to the fullest.  I am thinking that we will probably start injects with IUI since that had been previously offered to us.  It was a very hard decision to come to but I know that it was the right one for us.  I need to get healthy physically and mentally.  I am making it a goal to lose 5 lbs over next cycle and to become more active.

    QOTW: I have a PINK hoodie from Victoria's Secret that I bought when they first introduced PINK.  It's big and cozy and I just can't seem to part with it!

    Married 12/4/12

    Began TTC 11/2012

    Diagnosed as anovulatory 7/2013

    Round #1 Clomid 50 mg 8/2013= BFN

    Round#2 Clomid 50 mg 9/2013=BFN

    First appointment with RE 9/27/2013

    HSG showed left tube completely blocked, diagnosed with hypothyroid and began 50 mcg Synthroid, Vitamin D level low and began 2000 iu Vitamin D, Hubby's SA showed "super sperm" according to RE

    Round#3 Clomid 50 mg + Ovidrel trigger 10/2013= BFN

    Round #4 Clomid 50 mg + Ovidrel trigger 11/2013=BFN

    Round #5 Clomid 50 mg (no trigger, on vacation) 12/2012= BFN

    Round #1 Femara 2.5 mg, no trigger, IUI cancelled due to early ovulation 1/2014= BFN

    1/25/2014= BENCHED for the first time (two leftover follies on the right)

    2/7/14 Diagnosed with MTHFR/Benched

    4/2014 Round #2 Femara 5mg, IUI #1=BFN

    4/28/14 positive opk with no treatment while on break, confirmed with ultrasound= BFN

    5/16/14 5mg Femara + trigger + TI=  BFN

    6/2014 5mg Femara + trigger + TI= BFN

    Awaiting IVF consultation appointment on 7/29/2014

    8/8/14 Began BCP's to prep for IVF

    9/16/14 Began Lupron injections

    9/25/14 Began stimming for IVF #1 with Menopur and Bravelle

    10/8/14 10 eggs retrieved

    10/13/14 2 embryos transferred

    10/21/14 BFP!!!

    11/24/14 confirmed that baby stopped growing at 6 weeks, d&c scheduled 




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  • kushie77kushie77 member
    1. What brings you to the bench

    Sucky SA results have us here, his count came back at 400 with 48 alive and 8 moving.  So basically he had 8 swimmers.  

    2. How long will you be here

    No clue, waiting for labs to come back, appointment with fert urology is in the works too, I imagine we'll be here for at least 3 months

    3.  How do I feel about being benched

    Pissed off, I'm constantly being reminded that I'm going to be 37 we need to hurry up, but yet here we are on the bench.  

    QOTW:  I have a baseball hat that I wear when I go running that I've had since high school.  It's a Colorado Rockies hat, I don't even watch baseball, I bought it because I liked the colors.  

    ****SIGGY WARNING****


     Hashimoto's with irregular cycles  DH- 37 Severe oligoasthenoteratozoospermia

    TTC since May 2012

    HSG- all clear

    March 2014 - RE appt. 
    April 2014- Saline sono all's good, terrible SA results - 8 sperm found all abnormal
    May 2014- Fert Urology- Bilateral varicoceles, recommend Donor Sperm
    12/2014-  Surprise natural BFP  EDD 7/31/15 Plan:  Starting foster to adoption, natural cycles




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  • SweetieShellieHSweetieShellieH member

    @FutureMrsBaldwin2012 those decisions aren't easy, but glad you came to one that's best for you  :)


    @kushie77 MFI is nothing fun. I guess your DH feels as horribly about it as mine? I think I would have rather it have been all my physical issues then him. I know he feels less "manly" because of it and I hate seeing him beat himself up over it :(

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  • pmpknbridepmpknbride member
    edited April 2014
    1. What brings you over to the bench? Cysts, and lots of them!  I had my CD3 monitoring appointment yesterday to start my next IUI with injects cycle and I had so many cysts on my ovaries there was no way I could move forward.  I lost track as the RE was spouting out numbers but I probably had about 6 cysts with some being in the 20s and 30s mm.  I'm on BCP for the month.

    2. How long will you be staying with us? FX they are cleared up by next month.

    3. How do you feel about being benched? I'm super bummed, IUIs are obviously not working and I just want to move onto IVF but need to complete 3 IUI with inject cycles before I get a approved for IVF. I was going to push through with these cycles B2B but now I have a feeling I'm going to get benched in-between each and every cycle making these 3 cycles take 6 months!!  I'm so impatient.  Trying to stay positive - I luckily didn't have a meltdown in front of the doctor - I just booked it out of the office ASAP LOL


    QOTW: What's the oldest piece of clothing you own, and still wear?  It's a tie I have a pair of Old Navy Fleece pants and American Eagle Boxers from my HS days.  They have to be 14 years old.
    *** SIGGY WARNING ***

    Happily Married Since 10.2006  •  TTC since 07.2012
    HSG Good & SA mostly Normal  •  DX lean PCOS
    MAR - NOV 2013  •  5 Cycles Clomid + TI = 2 Late O's/BFN & 3 Big Fat FAILS
    DEC 2013 - FEB 2014  •  IUI #1-3  •  Femara 5mg + Trigger = 3 BFNs
    MAR 2014  •  IUI #4  •  Follistim + Trigger + Crinone = BFN
    APR 2014  •  Benched  •  BCPs to clear up Cysts

    MAY 2014  •  IUI #5  •  Follistim + Ganirelix + Trigger = BFP
    E.D.D. 2/18/2015
    6/11 +HPT • 6/13 BETA 447 • 6/16 BETA 1535
    6/23 U/S Adorable Little Bean • 6/30 U/S Beautiful Strong Heartbeat

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