Prenatal's during IUI?

Re: Prenatal's during IUI?

• Pintobean39 member

  July 2014

  I started taking prenatals when I started TTC. I usually take the target brand with a separate DHA but Walgreens had a special on their brand a few months ago so that's what I've been taking.

  Fucking bump!!!!

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• Tiko99 member

  July 2014

  I take a prenatal and separate DHA supplement as well. I started taking it once I went off BCP four years ago.

  Me: 33, DH: 32

  TTC: 2 years
  Fertility blood tests all normal
  Tilted uterus
  3 day ultrasound 17 follicles
  HSG: 11/13/13- tubes open
  DH SA: SUPER sperm (145 million, 84% motility, 22% morphology)
  All infection disease and immunity blood tests NORMAL
  FIRST IUI May 2014: 100 mg Clomid days 5-9, third ultrasound CD 13 revealed four follicles 27, 24 and 20 and 13mm. Trigger shot May 28 with IUI May 29 and 30 (fingers crossed) - BFN started spotting 11DPO

  IUI #2 B2B 6/23 and 6/24, three mature eggs and 130 million sperm! FX this is the month!  BFN 7/8

  3rd cycle benched due to cysts - TI with OPK tests -  BFN

  3rd mediated cycle: Clomid+Trigger+TI  (three follies left side, one on right as usual....what the hell right ovary get it together and produce some damn follicles!) 7DPO progesterone level 43 with NO suppositories YAY for a natural strong ovulation. Beta canceled started spotting 13DPO - Third time is not a CHARM! 14 day cycle WTF! Everything looks normal - RE wants to start injectables next cycle so this cycle I'm benched

  Officially benched until March....but still plan on trying the baking soda douche due to my excessive and thick CM

  JANUARY SIGGY CHALLENGE...This is so me!

  
  

  
  

  Love this man....he was so before his time in his thoughts and ideas about the world....been obsessed about him lately bringing it back to the early 90s.

  
  

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• wanderlust508 member

  July 2014

  Started taking one since I started TTC. A naturopathic Dr I consulted recommended the brand Rainbow light which I've been ordering through Amazon

  **Formerly EastBayBride508**

  
  Me 34   Him 33

  
  

  Me - Left salpingo-oophorectomy at 19 due to large cyst/torsion  and 2 large uterine fibroids found at age 30

  Him - Borderline low sperm count (correcting through Fertility Blend supplement)

  
  

  Married 8/20/2011

  TTC #1 since Jan 2013

  First appointment with RE 10/2013.  

  April 2014 - Clomid 100mg CD3-7.  HCG shot CD10 IUI #1 done on 4/12/14 (CD12) ....BFN
  May 2014 - Break cycle to repeat saline sonogram and re-group.  Travel to Kauai 5/7-5/12 (Yay!!)
  

  June 2014 - Clomid 150mg CD4-8.  HCG shot CD14.  IUI#2 done on 6/9 and 6/10 (CD15-16) w/ Prometrium suppositories during TWW .... BFN

  July 2014 - Clomid 150mg CD3-7.  Ultrasound CD12 - 4 mature follies! HCG trigger shot CD12 AM.  IUI#3 on CD13 w/ Prometrium suppositories during TWW ....BFN

  July 2014 - Repeat ultrasound done to measure size of fibroid - 8x9cm (the size of a grapefruit!) Surgery referral made.

  August 2014 - MRI done which revealed 2 fibroids: a 13x15cm fibroid as well as an 8x7cm one.  Super freak out mode over surgery plan.  OB-GYN/surgeon said surgery would most likely have to be a laparotomy (open abdominal surgery)

  August 2014 - After a 2nd opinion, plan to take Lupron x 2 months to shrink fibroids then laparoscopic/robotic myomectomy.  Surgery date is set for Nov 21st!  

  November 2014 - Robotic myomectomy done (2 large fibroids removed, mild endo found).  Benched x 3 months

  
  

  PAIF/SAIF welcome

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• tweetyknicks member

  July 2014

  I've been taking prenates since I started TTC. Similac is my brand of choice--separate DHA and multivitamin. It's a bit pricey, but the $2 coupon in every box helps a bit. I also add calcium/vitamin D at my doctors recommendation and occasionally supplement with magnesium since I am fairly athletic.

  Click here for a great blog that explains things that many of you are confused and wondering about. Just check it out.

  
  

  
  

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  Me: 29; DH: 53

  TTC since February 2013 --- mild thin PCOS (or not, depending on which RE you ask), MFI

  
  

  TI#1: BFN (April 2014; Clomid 50mg x5 days, Estrace x5 days, Clomid 50 mg x4 days)

  IUI#1: c/p (May 2014; Letrozole 2.5 mg x5 days, Estrace x5 days, Bravelle 75 IU x10 days)

  IUI#2: abandoned... O'd early & DH hormone issues (June 2014; Letrozole 2.5 mg x5 days, Bravelle 75 IU x2 days)

  IUI#2.1: BFN (July 2014; Letrozole 2.5 mg x5 days, Bravelle 75 IU x4 days)

  
  

  Moving on to IVF. (Why we're moving on to IVF)

  
  

  IVF#1 (w/ICSI): BCP 9/9-9/23. Gonal-F, Ganirelix, Low-dose HCG (antagonist protocol). 41R/35M/32F... 2 transferred on 10/14, 14 frosties! On cabergoline to help avoid OHSS. BFN, possibly because of 90% drop in estrogen and progesterone a few days after ET.
  

  FET#1: Transferring 2 on January 8. BFP! beta#1 (1/17): 408, beta#2 (1/20): 1310, first u/s scheduled 2/5

  
  

    

       

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• lebradford member

  July 2014

  At the very least you should be taking folic acid. You really should be taking it, ideally,for a couple of months before you conceive, so you should start taking it ASAP.
  
  In terms of prenatals, the brand doesn't really matter in terms of nutrients, it's a matter of what you can tolerate. I take the Rainbow Lite kind from Target.

  **siggy warning**  **everyone welcome**

  
  

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  DS- 11.07.02

  DSS- 6.26.04

  Married- 6.29.13

  TTC Again- Sept. 2013

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  Test Results/Diagnosis- HSG & SA totally normal

  DX: 3/2014 Prolactinoma/Hyperprolactinemia- Started cabergoline 2/2014

  5/2014 Possible mild PCOS in addition to hyperprolactinemia??

  7/2014 Adding probable tubal factor to the diagnosis list

  9/2014 And now adding hypothyroid to the list- Started synthroid 9/2014

  Cycles 1-4 - Sept.-March- All Anovulatory 
  

  IUI #1 March/April-  Clomid 50mg + Clomid 100mg +Trigger + IUI #1 = BFN
  

   IUI #2 April/May-Clomid 100mg + Clomid 150mg + Trigger + IUI #2 + Endometrin=BFN

  IUI #3- June- Follistim 75iu + Trigger + IUI #3  Benched due to a 40 mm cyst. :-(

  IUI #3- July- Follistim 75iu + Trigger + IUI #3 + Endometrin = BFP! on 7/25/14
  

  Slowly rising betas - Ectopic suspected on 8/8/14 & confirmed on 8/11/14

  Methotrexate on 8/12/14 -HCG negative on 9/2/14

  IVF #1- November- Antagonist protocol: 11/1: start stims, 200iu of Follistim; 11/12 ER 17R/14M/14F; 11/17 5 day transfer of two blasts, 2 blasts and 2 expanding morulas frozen; 11/22 BFP!! (On FRER at 5dp5dt)

  Betas: 9dp5dt 205, 11dp5dt 497, 14dp5dt 1,709

  u/s at 5w0d- 1 sac; u/s at 6w0d 1 baby with heartbeat, another sac without a heartbeat

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• dirtyvegas member

  July 2014

  I've been taking them since we started TTC. My doctor recommended it because you should be taking them (ideally) a few months before you conceive. I buy the One a Day brand at BJs because they're cheapest and sometimes there's a coupon.
  
  
  

  ** Loss mentioned. **
  Me: 33  DH: 39
  Married July 2011
  TTC since July 2012
  
  Jan 2014: 1st RE appointment. BW, HSG, and SA are all normal. DX is unexplained infertility.
  Apr 2014: BFP that turned out to be a chemical pregnancy. HCG reached 2,035 at the high.
  Jul 2014: IUI #1 with Gonal F and Ovidrel.
  
  

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• emmuffy member

  July 2014

  If you are ttc you should take prenatals. If you haven't started now is the time! I'm currently taking centrum

  Official diagnosis: Unexplained IF. I am 32. I have low ovarian reserve (low AMH), and poor egg quality. I've also been diagnosed with mild glandular developmental arrest (lining problems, detected with EFT).

  We are using open ID donor sperm. IUIs #1-7=BFN. IVF September 2014 antagonist protocol, 8R,5M,3F, 5 day transfer of 1 morula = BFN. IVF#2 planned for January 2015 (antagonist protocol + HGH).

   

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• shay062 member

  July 2014

  Thanks everyone- I am off to buy some tomorrow!!!!

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• jaco0207 member

  July 2014

  I also take the rainbow light brand, and started about 6 months before we started TTC. 

  Me: 40, Hypothyroidism, well managed, TSH 1.99

  DH: 44 Fine except for low morphology

  TTC since 02/2013  

  08/13: Day 3 tests (ESTRADIOL 20.8; AMH 1.1; FSH 6.2)

  12/13 HSG, all clear

  11/13-5/14 - IUIs #1-3, BFNs, 

  6/14 to present: Taking a break, getting healthier, researching IVF

  Planning for IVF in late summer 2015

  
  

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• juneroses member

  July 2014

  I got a prescription from my doc - she said thy had higher levels of iron & folic acid. Plus, the schnucks grocery stores in mo & il don't charge for them b/c it is part of their strategy to try to take pharmacy business away from wallgreens. So you might check to see if they are even free with a prescription. They are horse pills, though.

  Me (33), PCOS. Bloodwork normal, AMH slightly high, HSG clear 

  DH (40) SA good 

  Trying since 1/2012, RE 6/2014 

  Letrozole & TI June 2014-September 2014 -BFN

  October 2014 - IUI #1, lertozole - BFN

  November 2014 - IUI cancelled due to holiday, TI & Lertozole - BFN

  December 2014 - TI 

  January 2015 - IUI #2 - ?

  
  

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• TTCBabyJ member

  July 2014

  I've been taking prenatals since we started this journey...about 18 months ago. I used to take them at night but I find that they make me jittery at night.

  Me: +35 DH: +35

  TTC: Since January 2013 

  DX: PCOS. Severe Endometriosis, Unicornuate Uterus w/only left tube and left ovary, Pedunculated fibroid (on the outside of uterus) and Anovulation. All conditions diagnosed 8/13

  TX: Metformin

  DH DX: MFI - low morphology, low motility

  Ultrasound shows both kidneys in spite of UU. 

  HSG showed clear tube on the left side. 

  Lap Surgery performed 1/9/14 to remove fibroid and endo (Stage 3)

  • IUI# 1 June 2014 started 100 mg of Clomid - 7dpiui Progesterone: 13: BFN
  • IUI#2  July 2014 started 100 mg of Clomid - 7dpiui Progesterone: 5.75: BFN
  • Natural Cycle - so shocked to be in 2WW - 7dpo Progesterone: 15.5: BFN
  • Working with new RE starting injectables in late August.
  • IUI #3 August 2014  w/ Menopur: BFN
  • Finally ovulating on my own!!

  Waiting to start IVF hopefully

  **********All Are Welcome**************
  

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• RNCrystal member

  July 2014

  I take a prenatal and rx folic acid 1mg every night before bed - less bothersome to my stomach then

  Married July 2 2011
  

  Not trying Not preventing since 2011
  Me: Ovulate on my own (but poorly) DH: Low count and poor motility
  Oct 2013 Uterine polyp removed
  Feb 2014 First round Ferama, trigger and IUI...BFN
  March 2014 Second round Ferama, trigger and iui
  Waiting....
  

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• BunnyBerry member

  July 2014

  I took them for years (Centrum brand), but now am on so many meds that the doctors and I have come up with a cocktail I can tolerate. A very pared down multi (with like 12 or 15 vitamins/minerals, and no iron), then added D and B12, plus 1mg folic acid which is like $6 every 3 months as a prescription. Not ideal, but I get enough from diet than iron levels are on the low end of normal still. 

  January 3T Siggy Challenge - New Year's Resolutions

  
  

  

  
  

  Me (29), DH (30) TTC actively 54 55+ cycles | All BFNs

  MFI (low everything) | Endo Stage 1 & Stenotic Cervix (treated) | PCO

  Married - July 2008 | Started TTC - Jan 2009 | RE Visit #1 - Mar 2014 

  IUI #1 ICI #1 - June | IUI #1.1 Laparoscopy - Aug

  IUIs #1.2, 2, 3 - Sept, Oct, Nov (Letrozole) - BFNs 

  IUI #4 - Dec (Bravelle) | IUI #5 - Dec/Jan (Bravelle) - 5 follies + TI - BFNs

  IUI #5.1 - Jan (Bravelle) Cancelled 

  Planning to start IVF in March!

  ***All Welcome***

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