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Trouble TTC
SweetieShellieH
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~[The Benched Check-in]~ June 11th 2014!
SweetieShellieH
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in Trouble TTC
~ 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? Welcome! Here's some questions for you below 
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?
With us last week? Update us on how you're doing, whether it's IF related or not Remember you're one week closer to being off the bench!!
Remember you're one week closer to being off the bench!!QOTW: It's dinner time! Tell me about some awesome dishes you make at home!
*** If you want to know where I (and soo many others) have gone, click here ***
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Re: ~[The Benched Check-in]~ June 11th 2014!
I can join this check in for now
DH (29): SA Perfect
TTC Since Jan '13, First RE Appt Jan '14
DX: Unspecified Ovarian Dysfunction, Long Cycles
May '13 BFP, C/P 4w3d
Apr '14: 50mg clomid + ovidrel + B2B IUI #1=BFP, Natural M/C 6.5wks
Oct '14: 100mg clomid + ovidrel + IUI#3 =BFN
Nov 14: 100mg clomid + ovidrel + B2B IUI#4=slow response, bad lining, cancelled
FU with RE, more bloodwork: Anticardiolipin +
Dec 14: 5mg Letrozole+baby aspirin +ovidrel + B2B IUI#4.1=BFFN
Jan '15: 5mg Letrozole +baby aspirin + ovidrel +B2B IUI #5= BFP!!
1. What brings you over to the bench? A 40mm cyst on my baseline ultrasound last week.
2. How long will you be staying with us? Hopefully just a few more weeks! I have 15 days of BCPs left, and if my cyst is gone, then I'll start my first injects cycle with IUI 3.1.
3. How do you feel about being benched? I'm pretty bummed. I was so, so upset at first. I've stopped crying and am trying to pass the time, but I'm definitely counting down the days.
QOTW: It's dinner time! Tell me about some awesome dishes you make at home!
My specialty is enchiladas! I dip both sides of a flour tortilla in enchilada sauce, wipe off the excess sauce, fill it will filling and then roll it up. Then I pour extra enchilada sauce over the top and top with some cheese and bake for 30 minutes at 350 degrees! For the filling I have done ground beef with sautéed onion, or shredded chicken with sautéed peppers and onion with seasoning. The possibilities are endless. :-)
@SweetieShellieH I'm glad you're getting close to another SA! Will you be off the bench completely if the results are good??
@aves0708 I'm so sorry about your loss. I agree, it is hard to wrap your mind around being benched for more than a cycle. I hope they let you start trying ASAP!
1. After nearly 3 years of TTC, 4 IUIs, 3 fresh IVFs, and one FET with donor embryos, we've decided it's time to look into further testing before doing any more treatments. I am waiting for my appointment with Dr. Kwak-Kim a Reproductive Immunologist. Once those tests are back and she gives us a treatment plan we will move on to a frozen donor egg cycle. Our eggs are being donated privately, so right now I am also working with a lawyer to draw up a transfer of ownership agreement.
2. Hopefully only 5 or 6 months. My appointment with Dr. KK is August 27th and my follow up is October 3rd. Since my clinic does batched cycling, the earliest we could cycle is November, but it will depend on if Dr. KK's plan requires treatment before cycling.
3. I hate treatment breaks, I feel like I am not doing anything productive. I had a 6 month break between IUI #1 and #2, but at least then I had RE consults and testing that needed to be done.
QOTW: Yesterday was rainy and dreary out so I decided to make Chicken Cassarole. It was yummy and I have leftovers for lunch today.
TTC #1 since August 2011
My Blog
September 2012: Start IF testing
DH (32): SA is ok, slightly low morph, normal SCSA Me (32): Slightly low progesterone, hostile CM, carrier for CF, Moderately high NKC, High TNFa, heterozyogous mutated Factor XIII, and +APA
October 2012-May 2014: 4 failed IUIs, 3 failed IVFs, and 1 failed FETw/donor embryos
November 2014: IVF w/ICSI #4 Agonist/Antagonist with EPP and Prednisone, Baby Aspirin, Lovenox, and IVIG for immune issues. Converted to freeze all due to lining issues. 2 blasts frozen on day 6!
January 2015: FET #2 Cancelled due to lining issues
April 2015: FET #2.1
PAIF/SAIF Welcome!
Our camping trip and a work trip are scheduled right in the way of treatments for the next two cycles. We are waiting until January to move forward with IVF anyway, so slowing down treatments and trying a couple more IUI's over the next 5 months is probably best anyway.
Until August, hoping to dive into a femara/inject IUI immediately after.
QOTW: Can't think of anything in particular, but I do love when we make pulled pork nachos...mmmm
Unexplained IF, Hypothyroidism
IUI's 1 - 3: Femara + Ovidrel = BFN
IUI's 4 - 5: Femara + Gonal F + Ovidrel = BFN
IVF Jan 2015. 21R/18F/15 still growing on day 2
Transferred two beautiful embies on day 2, beta 1/29
1. Switching RE's for insurance and money purposes + I was starting to doubt my RE a little too much!
2. I should only be here for 3 weeks!
3. I'm okay with being benched this cycle...going to enjoy some drinks and month with no meds or shots!
QOTW: I just made the best lasagna yesterday for my family!! Yum!!
***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