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Trouble TTC
tklouda
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Just having a really awful day...
tklouda
member
in Trouble TTC
Sorry, this is going to be a big update... A few weeks back, my husband and I found our dream home. We are/were so excited to start this new chapter in our lives and decided that we'd take a break for a few weeks in trying since it is a lot of work, a big expense and we were under a lot of stress and pressure which might not even make everything worthwhile. I've been off the board for a few weeks, or even months because I was starting to feel overwhelmed when it came to my fertility.
On the fertility front... (all during the house craziness...) My doc wouldn't order our SA because I had been dx PCOS and she said we had to get me under control first. I was starting to feel like I wasn't getting the answers I needed so I got a copy of my bloodwork and nothing was out of balance... When I asked the doctor, she said my LH and FH were normal levels, but that in relation to each other, they had missed the "normal" point by a nominal .01. She said in combination with the fact that my cycle has been abnormal, she can dx me PCOS. I demanded an ultrasound (she pushed Clomid before getting the full picture, which upset me...) Ultrasound came back great-- no visible red flags... When we talked about my ovulation tracking (I thought I've been ovulating due to OPKs, BBT and CM), she told me there's no way I've been ovulating or I would be having my period naturally. No ifs, ands or buts. She told me "when you are ready to get pregnant, let me know and we'll start you on Clomid." I've been going to see an acupuncturist who pushed me to get copies of paperwork and tipped me off that things probably weren't being approached the way that they should have been... Thank God for him! Decided to change doctors, but first I pushed and got DH in to do a SA and we just got the results... abnormal morphology. I know it isn't the worst thing we could have heard, but it is still a downer...
And the icing on the cake? We just got a call that we're not closing on our house today because the seller neglected a piece of paperwork that normally takes 3 weeks to obtain. We're getting kicked out of our current home on Wednesday and with Memorial Day weekend, everything gets pushed back even further.
I wish we could afford (both time wise and money wise) to just get out of town this weekend. Two bad phone calls in the course of an hour? Time to start the waterworks...
On the fertility front... (all during the house craziness...) My doc wouldn't order our SA because I had been dx PCOS and she said we had to get me under control first. I was starting to feel like I wasn't getting the answers I needed so I got a copy of my bloodwork and nothing was out of balance... When I asked the doctor, she said my LH and FH were normal levels, but that in relation to each other, they had missed the "normal" point by a nominal .01. She said in combination with the fact that my cycle has been abnormal, she can dx me PCOS. I demanded an ultrasound (she pushed Clomid before getting the full picture, which upset me...) Ultrasound came back great-- no visible red flags... When we talked about my ovulation tracking (I thought I've been ovulating due to OPKs, BBT and CM), she told me there's no way I've been ovulating or I would be having my period naturally. No ifs, ands or buts. She told me "when you are ready to get pregnant, let me know and we'll start you on Clomid." I've been going to see an acupuncturist who pushed me to get copies of paperwork and tipped me off that things probably weren't being approached the way that they should have been... Thank God for him! Decided to change doctors, but first I pushed and got DH in to do a SA and we just got the results... abnormal morphology. I know it isn't the worst thing we could have heard, but it is still a downer...
And the icing on the cake? We just got a call that we're not closing on our house today because the seller neglected a piece of paperwork that normally takes 3 weeks to obtain. We're getting kicked out of our current home on Wednesday and with Memorial Day weekend, everything gets pushed back even further.
I wish we could afford (both time wise and money wise) to just get out of town this weekend. Two bad phone calls in the course of an hour? Time to start the waterworks...
*SIGGY WARNING*
Our journey has been shorter than most, and for that we are thankful. Hoping that everything continues as it should and that we have a healthy baby coming our way!
Together since 3/2/2010
Married 10/2012
TTC 6/2012
Stopped Ovulating 11/2013
DX PCOS 1/2014
Started Metformin, Provera 1/2014
Started fertility diet and fertility massage to induce ovulation 1/2014
Successful Ovulation 2/2014!
Missed period, BFN 3/2014
Provera round 2, 3/2014
New RE 7/2014
Remove scar tissue 7/2014
BFP 8/2014!
Our journey has been shorter than most, and for that we are thankful. Hoping that everything continues as it should and that we have a healthy baby coming our way!
Together since 3/2/2010
Married 10/2012
TTC 6/2012
Stopped Ovulating 11/2013
DX PCOS 1/2014
Started Metformin, Provera 1/2014
Started fertility diet and fertility massage to induce ovulation 1/2014
Successful Ovulation 2/2014!
Missed period, BFN 3/2014
Provera round 2, 3/2014
New RE 7/2014
Remove scar tissue 7/2014
BFP 8/2014!
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Re: Just having a really awful day...
2008: HSG (normal), couple rounds of clomid through gyno
2008 - 2010: dragging my feet out of fear and procrastination
October 2010: first consultation with RE, dx PCOS and fibroids (DH slightly low count/motility)
Oct. 2010 - Dec. 2012: In DENIAL! avoided the issue because I was scared of surgery
January 2013: returned to RE, fibroids grew significantly
February 2013: second HSG, fibroids pushed on tubes which blocked them somewhat
March 2013: MRI to determine what type of surgery may be necessary
July 29, 2013: fibroids (5) removed via robotic laparascopy
August 2013 - Nov 2013 : benched due to recent surgery
IUI #3, Feb. 25, 2014 BFN
IUI #4 canceled due to lack of response to letrozole
IUI #4.1 April 28, 2014, BFN
May 16, 2014: wtf consult, start prepping for IVF in June and add injects for one last IUI in the meantime
IUI #5 started letrozole and bravelle but canceled after HSG led to new diagnosis
May 21, 2014: third HSG, tubes blocked, one at the beginning, one hydrosalpinx??
IVF #1 August 8, 2014 - 3dt of 2 embryos, BFN
September 17, 2014 - 4th HSG, the right tube is very patent (open!!) dye went straight through this time. Weird!
October 2, 2014 - started metformin treatment
November 14, 2014 - blood work, brought A1C down from 5.8 to 5.5
November 26, 2014 - RE finally back from vaca and reviewed my chart, no more IVFs for rest of calendar year
December 1, 2014 - Right after Thanksgiving, I called a new clinic and got in right away! Plan for IVF
December 17, 2014 - ER! 29 retrieved (!!), 16 mature, all 16 fertilized (ICSI)
IVF #2 December 20, 2014 - 3dt of 3 embryos, BFN
We are done with treatment unsuccessfully.
Trying to have baby #1 since April 2013
DH SA March,May 2014 - Low motility and shape issues. On vitamins per RE to help
Me testing April 3, 2014 - FSH and LH good, HSG showed blocked right tube
April 29, 2014 - First RE appt., right tube needs to be removed and possibly left also if
it's bad too. RE suggests going straight to IVF
June 4, 2014 - LAP/HSC and unexpected endo. removed but tubes got to stay!
June 13, 2014 - Post-Op appointment. We decide where to go next since main issue
is MFI influenced. Trying naturally until decision... Repeat SA in September. Aiming for IUI #1 November 2014.
***SIGGY WARNING***
me: 28 - all test normal
DH: 33 - SA normal
*unexplained*
TTC since September 2011
2011-Oct.2013 - trying off and on, ob/gyn, no meds
November 2013-December-EOD, ob/gyn, no meds
January 2014- ob/gyn ordered Clomid (50 mg) unmonitored, EOD-BFN
February-Clomid 50 mg. unmontiored, EOD - BFN
March-Switched to RE
April- 100 mg Clomid/Ovidrel-BFN
May - 100 mg Clomid/Ovidrel-BFN
June-*BREAK/Switch RE*
July- 5 mg Femara/Ovidrel + IUI #1- BFN
August- 5 mg Femara/Ovidrel + IUI #2 - BFP!!!!
EDD: May 7th, 2015: Team PINK
*************Siggy Warning. Loss mentioned.************
Me: 36, DH:37
Married 4/2010, TTC since 7/2011
Dx: Officially Unexplained (I have Polycystic Ovaries diagnosed via ultrasound, but few classic PCOS symptoms, he has mild MF issues. So... not issue free, but nothing so severe as to explain IF)
I also deal with post-surgical Hypothyroidism following Thyroid Cancer in 2009, but under control with Levothyroxine
4 months Clomid (thinned lining) and 10 months Letrozole (every indication that I responded perfectly)
6 failed IUIs in 2013, 3 with trigger
IVF #1 in March 2014
ER 3/21/14, 31R/21F, 12 frosties!
ET 3/26/14, 1 perfect blast transferred: BFN
FET#1 5/28/14, 2 "beautiful" early blasts transferred. BFP!!
Beta #1 (6/11/14) 798; Beta #2 (6/18/14) 7,966.
1st u/s (6/25/14) showed 2 sacs, 1 empty & 1 with a beautiful little bean doing what it needs to do!
EDD 2/14/15, missed miscarriage, DX: Trisomy 21. D&C 8/1/14
FET#2 Transferred 3 embies, 2 looking pretty good, one not so much. BFN.
IVF#2 January 2015, tentative ER 1/23
Me: 30 DW (aka C): 29
Together since 2/15/11 ~ Legally married in NY on 9/29/12
***CP mentioned***
We've been working on baby #1 since July 2013 using Open ID donor sperm. 8 IUI attempts with 5 actual IUIs and one chemical pregnancy. We have one fresh IVF cycle under our belts as well as a FET. I have endometriosis and a uterine septum that was corrected via surgery in November 2013.
11/14/14 - Second HSG shows that tubes are still clear and ute is looking good.
12/6/14 - Started BCPs in prep for IVF #2
12/22/14 - Saline u/s and endometrial scratch (All was clear and OUCH!)
1/2/15 - Began stimming for IVF #2
****All Welcome!****
We are Mommas to four fur babies - 3 dogs and 1 cat.
Me (30) DH (31) Married 5/13, TTC since 2/13
BFP # 3, EDD 2/21/15 * please be our rainbow*BFP #1 Blighted Ovum resulting in D&C on 11/1/13
BFP #2 Ectopic Pg, lap surgery on 3/12/14, R tube removed
DH: 9/1986
Together 1/2011
Chemical pregnancy: 8/2009