This is the place to update us on your IUI or break.
***Please note, if I don't see an update in 3 weeks, I will remove you from the list (you will see **4** before your name the week before I remove you)***
QOTW: Tell me about your tattoos! If you have them, what/where are they? If you don't, would you ever get one and if so, what would it be?
If you would like to be added please answer the following:
1. Where are you at in the IUI process? (2WW, meds, break, etc.) 2. Which IUI are you on? 3. Test/Beta day?
I'm 2dpiui. Feeling optimistic but not too much so. Relaxed the whole weekend. I'm not sure if it matters but it was nice. Finished binge watching Nurse Jackie and now I'm sad its over. I gotta figured out something to do so I don't get the 2WW crazies.
I don't have any tattoos. I would get one if I could think of something that I would like for the rest of my life. My husband has quite a few though. He's got sleeves. Sometimes people stare and it takes me a minute to figure out why. I just kinda forget they're there.
My E2, FSH and AMH all came back good. I had a second ultrasound today (First one was on Friday) 1 of 4 follicles matured enough and is at 22mm. So got trigger and DH and I will go tomorrow for IUI #1
I don't have any tattoos.
Me: 32 DH: 34 Married 7/08 DD Born 8/09
TTC#2 Since 2/13 (Secondary IF)
2/13 thru 2/14 - Year of charting, OPK and TI
3/14 thru 7/14 - Clomid cycles, DH SA came back good
I'm just chillin until January so no news to report. I'm not tempting or using OPKs this month so DH and I will just BD every-other-day-ish and hope for a surprise! Kinda nice to not have to worry about ultrasounds, specimens, meds, bloodwork, shots and procedures for a bit!
QOTW: No tattoos here but if I got one it would DEFINITELY be a fleur de lis. I have them on everything I own. Seriously. MH even has one tattooed over his heart. My love for NOLA runs deep!
Me (29) DH (37)
Married 7/11
Actively TTC 3/12
DX: PCOS
Current treatment: Break from IUIs until after the holidays
Test day is in 2 days! I'm not feeling hopeful this time around, I've POAS a couple times and they have both been negative, so while it's still technically possible that this cycle could have worked, I just really feel like it didn't. But I'm keeping my chin up and just really looking forward to taking a month off. With the busy season at work quickly approaching, going back to school, and some family members health problems, I'm just really overwhelmed and need to check out for a bit.
I got one tattoo in Vegas when I was 19 of a sun and moon. I still love it and want more but I can never decide what or where!
ME 28, DH 28
09/2007 Married
11/2007 TTC
03/2010 SA dx = low morphology
03/2014 RE dx Unexplained Infertility DH numbers are all up and look wonderful.
I am on CDay17, waiting for more/better follie growth after Femara/Letrozole in prep for IUI#6.
I had a monitoring appointment yesterday, and the largest follie was at 13mm, so my next appointment is on Thursday. Hopefully I will be ready to trigger then.
QOTW: I have no tattoos, but for a long time I really wanted one. I just couldn't commit to exactly what design I wanted, so I figured that it was best to skip it.
________ ME: 34, Atypical PCOS (lean, no O without meds) + unexplained; DH: 33, mildly low motility 09/2012: Start TTC after stopping NuvaRing. No cycles seemed to occur. 01/2013 - 05/2013: Tried Provera to "jumpstart" cycles. No luck. 12/2013- 01/2014: Clomid 50mg - no big follies, stepped to 100mg; One mature follie, Ovidrel (HCG trigger), IUI #1 completed - BFN 02/2014: Clomid 100mg; One mature follie, Ovidrel trigger, IUI #2 completed, Crinone - BFN 03/2014: Clomid 100mg -no big follies on 1st round, 2nd round prescribed;One mature follie, Ovidrel, IUI #3completed, Crinone - BFN 04/2014-05/2014: Letrozole 5mg + Ovidrel HG to prep for IUI #4 switched to TI, Crinone - BFN 05/2014-06/2014: Letrozole 5mg; one mature follie, Ovidrel, IUI #4.1 completed, Crinone - BFN 07/2014-08/2014: Letrozole 5mg; one mature follie, Ovidrel, IUI #5 completed, Crinone - BFN 09/2014-10/2014: IVF Prep - Insurance requires IUI #6; Letrozole 5mg -no big follies 1st round, 2nd round prescribed; IUI #6, Crinone - BFN 11/2014: "Break" - Letrozole 5mg to cycle before prepping for IVF - successfully O'ed, but BFN 12/2014: Extending 'break' one more Letrozole-only TI cycle for mental health break - BFN 01/2015-02/2015: Prep for IVF - BCP then Gonal-F, Ganirelex, Novarel trigger; ER scheduled 2/11! http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/4cf919 PAIF/SAIF Welcome.
December 3T Siggy Challenge: Favorite Holiday Movie
Nothing new here.. Still in 2ww. Test day is 10/3.
QOTW: I have 3 tattoos. I got one on my lower back when I turned 18 (haha a virgin with a tramp stamp). I don't regret it, because I can't really see it. Then some doves on my shoulder for my dad and sister who have passed, and a star on my foot. Like PP's said I've been wanting to get more, but I have a hard time committing to a design.. And I also can't get myself to spend the money on them.
:: Me: 30 ~ DH: 27 ::
:: TTC since Oct 2013 ~ NTNP since Dec 2010 ::
:: DX: PCOS Characteristics & MFI ::
~May 2014: 1st Consult with RE~
~SA #1/#2 (low on all #'s), HSG (found non-threatening uterine fibroid)~
I am 8dpiui and I am starting to feel the anxiety of the 2ww. I keep telling myself it is completely ridiculous to test now for two reasons: 1) It is way too early and 2) I would likely detect my trigger shot and get a false positive. I will likely not test until this weekend. My beta is not until Oct. 7th.
QOTW: I do have a tattoo on my back in the center but about 6 or 7 inches below my neck. The design is a Celtic seahorse that looks similar to this:
10dpiui and have been surprisingly calm during this 2ww. I didn't go into this cycle with a good feeling and I'm pretty sure it's a bust, but I'm trying to stay hopeful. My boobs are killing me (it hurts just to walk up stairs) but I think that's a side effect of the prometrium. I remember having tenderness last time I took it.
I have a tinkerbell tattoo on my right shoulder. It needs touched up and I've been thinking of adding a little scenery around it, like maybe add a flower she's resting on. I also have a butterfly on my left side. I really like the placement of it, but not the tattoo. It was an impulse I regret!
I'm 6dpiui. I have no symptoms or side effects even though I'm on prometrium. I guess that's a good thing? So I'm just waiting for time to pass so I can test. I'm trying to stay hopeful but I can't really even imagine actually getting a BFP.
I don't have any tattoos - I have too much commitment phobia to get something so permanent!
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Married in 2011, NTNP until early 2012, TTC since early 2012
My husband was diagnosed with state IV colon cancer in 2009. Surgery and six rounds of chemo left him in remission (yay!) but with low testosterone. He took Androgel for two years starting in Jan 2011.
-SA in Jan 2013: big fat zero; stopped Androgel
-varicocelectomy in June 2013
-SA in Dec 2013: 23mil/ml, really low morph
-SA in March 2014: Count doubled! Morphology apparently no longer an issue.
Treatments:
April 2014: hysteroscopy
June 2014: TI (clomid/bravelle/ovidrel: 2 folliclces) = BFN
July 2014: IUI#1 (clomid/bravelle/ovidrel; 1 follicle, 23mil post-wash) = BFN
August 2014: IUI#2 (clomid/bravelle/ovidrel; 1 follicle, 43mil post-wash) = BFN
September 2014: IUI#3 (clomid/bravelle/ovidrel; 2 follicles, 15mil post-wash) = BFN
October 2014: IUI#4 (clomid/bravelle/ovidrel; 1-2 follicles, 12mil post-wash) = BFN
November 2014: IUI#5 (clomid/bravelle/ovidrel: 1 follicle, 23mil post-wash) = BFN
December 2014: IUI#6 (gonal-f/ovidrel): 2 follicles, 55mil post-wash) = ???
Going in tomorrow for another ultrasound and hopefully scheduling trigger shot. Starting to feel like we're experts at this IF treatment thing and it's not such a big deal to us. Still isn't too fun BDing after an especially thorough vag cam appointment Sunday. It is frustrating to deal with missing work here and there because it makes me look so unprofessional. That's probably the biggest reason why I feel impatient for it to work this time around and not a few months later!
QOTW: Had the same idea for a tattoo for years and years...finally got it a couple years after we were married. It's my Chinese name but the characters are filled in with color to create an American flag. On my lower back - not to be trampy, but just so it stays for me only! DH wasn't a big fan but he's gotten used to it.
Last night was day 3 of my follistim injections. I'm still not used to getting a shot every night. I go in tomorrow morning for my first monitoring ultrasound. As of right now, not sure when the trigger and IUI will be.
I have one tattoo on my left foot...it's a black heart and there used to be a pink heart inside of it. I passed out after getting it lol the tattoo artist said "i've had people pass out before and during, but never after...this is a first" lol I was 19 and then I went tailgating after and I didn't tell my boyfriend at the time. I still really like the tattoo but I will never get it filled in or another one. I tried to get over my fear of needles and it didn't work lol
Heyyy ladies. @rainbowbridge14 I think I said this last week but we are on the same schedule! My beta is 10/8 too.. FX for both of us!
I'm 6dpiui and nothing to report. I had some annoying cramping the last 2 days but so far none today. I go to my acupuncture appointment in about an hour, so hopefully he can throw some needles in to help with that.
QOTW: I have a cross with shamrocks around it on my lower back (shout outs to all my tramp stamp girls). I wanted it in a place I wouldn't be able to see it all the time, and where I could hide it from my parents (I was 18). It has meaning to me because I got it the year my Dad was diagnosed with colon cancer. I don't necessarily regret it, but if I had to do it again I would get it on my foot or something.
Hi everyone I have been MIA due to work and school, but have reading up on everyone. I just finished my first IUI cycle; which was successful but I am cautiously optimistic since I have miscarried before. My test date was today but started testing since 11 dpo and just had my first beta yesterday; which was 116 I will go in tomorrow for another one. I asked nurse for my progesterone number and said she didn't have it since it probably and then what their machine would read. I am scared that its not a good thing.
I have no tattoos but will love to get one someday just not sure of what yet.
@angelina2404 Lol, YH has this down to a science! MH seems to have trouble sticking to the schedule when it comes to that so the first time we arrived late and the second time early...hopefully by now he knows how it goes.
January 3T Siggy Challenge - New Year's Resolutions
Me (29), DH (30) TTC actively 54 55+ cycles | All BFNs
I am on CD 9 of my first clomid/IUI cycle. Finished the meds on day 7 and the hot flashes seem to be improving. I go in for my first monitoring ultrasound on Friday.
I have one tattoo on my foot. It is a feather.
Married and started TTC in July 2013 "Diagnosed" with unexplained infertility Oct 2014 IUI #1: 100mg clomid/HCG trigger/2 mature follicles/18mil post wash sperm count: BFP!!!
Well I'm on an indefinite break unless DH's next SA looks better we are hanging up our IUI hats. Urologist has him on some vitamins so we will see if there's some improvement, if not we are hopefully moving on to IVF.
Tattoos: I have one on my lower back it is the chinese symbol for love and underneath it the scorpio symbol. I got it waaay back in college while on spring break in Branson MO. Those were the days....
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.
It's cd1 for me as we begin iui#2. I wasn't expecting af for a few more days as I didn't experience a lot of pms like normal. I did have one day of severe bloating which wasn't normal. Dh was extremely bummed about bfn. I'm so used to it anymore. I don't usually include him when I would poas. Doing this whole IUI kinda takes the possibility of a "surprise I'm pg" out of our lives. Hoping now that this is our second time around we know a little bit more of whats expected.
No tattoos here. I'd love to get one but I'm terrified that id later regret getting one and later have to laser it off. Haha
QOTW:
Tell me about your tattoos! If you have them, what/where are they?
If you don't, would you ever get one and if so, what would it be?
I have Kokapelli (Native American Trickster/God of Fertility) on my left
hip.I got the tattoo because I used to
visit my aunt and uncle in Arizona, and pick up a Kokapelli trinket from the
airport each time.My aunt died when I
was 18 and I got the tattoo to remember her.At the time I didn’t know the fertility connection.Now it is kind of ironic and saddening
because most of my issues are on the left side…
1. Where are you at in the IUI process? (2WW, meds, break, etc.)
Currently on my 10th day of Gonal F.I have another ultrasound on Thursday, but it
is looking like trigger shot will be that night with the IUI Sat morning.
I have a little paw on the back of my neck. I have long hair that I almost always wear down, so I usually forget it's there. I love tattoos on other people, but I am so indecisive that is all I've ever been able to get more. My two best friends are covered in gorgeous tattoos and I love all of them - I wish I had gotten more when I was younger but I kind of feel like that ship has sailed : )
I took my last femara yesterday. I had REALLY heavy bleeding on it, I'm wondering if it was just a coincidence or if that will happen every cycle? Either way, it has stopped now so I'm happy. I go in on Friday for an ultrasound/bloodwork, possibly triggering Friday with an IUI Saturday. I'm kind of hoping we have to wait a couple days, I am working 7pm-730am Friday through Sunday so the timing isn't great in that respect but I'll do what I have to! If I trigger on Friday, I'm considering skipping out on work for at least one of the days. My RE gave me a talk about how ovulation usually occurs between midnight and 4am and ovaries have melatonin receptors and how working overnights might be contributing to my irregular ovulation, so even with the trigger I'm a little afraid I'll mess things up with my backwards schedule this weekend. It seems like realistically it won't make much of a difference but this is my first treatment cycle and I'm being paranoid about everything!
Today was trigger shot day. Tomorrow we have IUI #2 at 10am. When I went in for my last ultrasound on Monday, she said "Oh wow, you sure have been active.... you have only been taking one Clomid pill a day for 5 days, right???" Then she gave me a prescription for Estrace which I didnt have to do last month. Its a tiny pill that she instructed me to use vaginally since it would be more effective than taken orally. Interesting.
I have been under an insane amount of stress the past few months, and it really came to a boiling point last week. I have issues with anxiety so I am hoping that won't affect me in a negative way as it relates to TTGP. Although if this cycle is a bust, I think its a conversation that we will need to have with the RE before moving right into IVF.
QOTW: I do not have any tattoos. I am scared to death of needles.
Married 5.21.2011
TTC Since October 2012
Me: 36, all normal, DH: 43, MFI
IUI #1 & #2 - Sept & Oct 2014, BFN
IVF with ICSI #1 January 2015 - BFP, M/C Feb 2015
FET June 2015 = CP
IVF #2 September 2015 - Discovered during ER I had ovulated early, 0 retrieved
Welp, I'm officially out this month. We have an appt. next week to discuss moving to IVF, but are taking at least one month off treatment. I guess this means I'm leaving this check-in already
@hrushka Your tattoo sounds beautiful, it's got me scowering pinterest for lotus tattoos!
so late this week! I have been out of town. But today was supposed to be test day. Started spotting on Monday and full on AF yesterday =( We are going to take a break until after the first of the year. I just don't want to be going through all of this during the holidays. So, gonna get healthy and try to lose some weight and start back in January or February!
QOTW: I have 2. one is a heart on my tata (the first tattoo I ever got and I hate it! Im gonna have it removed one day) and then I have the Chinese symbol for Loyalty on my neck. DH and I have the same one
Whenever we finally have a baby I want to get the infertility symbol that connects to our baby's first heartbeat on my wrist!
Emma- so sorry to hear about AF. That really sucks. I don't blame you for taking a break over the holidays though. That's my plan too if need be.
So we are officially in the tww again. We had back to back iuis today and yesterday. Everything looks good, but then again, everything looked good for the last two cycles as well. My estradiol level is a lot higher than last time and the nurse said this was a "good cycle" so we'll see. My husband also had good numbers again so I'm being cautiously hopeful. : )
I have 5 tattoos. I have tiny hearts, an arrow, a tiny paw print, the words let it be, and the words time in a bottle (a song that played at my dad's funeral). They all have meaning to me in some way and I'd love more. I'm thinking of a dogwood flower next, but not any time soon bc I definitely can't afford it without all this fertility stuff.
CD 5 here! CD3 appt went well. So our last IUI cycle has begun.
QOTW: I don't have any tatoos. I'm to chicken to go through with it. But if I were to get one, I'd want to have a Purple ribbon tattooed around my ankle extending onto my foot. with angel wings above it. I'm involved a lot with Relay For Life, so it being on my ankle represents walking for a cure, the purple ribbon represents the fight against all cancers and the angel wings represents my reason for fighting (My Mom)
Siggie Warning, BFP/Loss mentioned
Me 31 DH 35 Married since 4/16/11 NTNP since 2008 Actively TTC # 1 since 4/16/2011
Sept 2012- Change Gyn after 3 yrs with no Diagnosis Oct 2012- Dx PCOS April 2013- 50mg Clomid.....BFN May 2013- Referred to RE Sept 2013- Clomid 50mg (no response), 100mg (2 mature follies), Trigger, TI.....BFN Oct 2013- Clomid 100mg, 2 Mature follies, Trigger, TI....BFN Nov 2013- Break to discuss IUI and other options Dec 2013- Clomid 100mg, Brevelle 75iu (CD 9,11,13-15) 112iu (CD 16-21) 150iu (CD 22-24) 2 Follies vanished, Cycle scratched Jan 2014- Provera, awaiting AF Feb-Mar 2014- Gonal F 150iu (CD 3-9) 187.5iu (CD 10-12) 225iu (CD 13-22), 3 Follies, Trigger, IUI....BFN April 2014-Gonal F 225iu (CD 3-17), 1 Follie Trigger, IUI....BFP!! Ectopic ( Break after Ectopic May-Aug 2013 Sept 2014- Fermera (CD 3-7), Pregnitude, 1 Follie, Trigger, IUI...BFN Oct 2014-Fermera (CD 3-7), Pregnitude, 2 Follies, Trigger, IUI...BFP!!! Beta #1: 144 Beta #2: 365 Beta #3: 1278 Miscarriage @ 6wks
Going in tomorrow for another ultrasound and hopefully scheduling trigger shot. Starting to feel like we're experts at this IF treatment thing and it's not such a big deal to us. ... @dharmachick We are on the same schedule! Here's to nice mature follies and a BFP for both of us.
I hope that you had better luck than I did! My follies shrank and my estradiol dropped. I'm on another round of Letrozole starting tonight. Weird, b/c I responded fairly predictably in previous Letrozole cycles.
________ ME: 34, Atypical PCOS (lean, no O without meds) + unexplained; DH: 33, mildly low motility 09/2012: Start TTC after stopping NuvaRing. No cycles seemed to occur. 01/2013 - 05/2013: Tried Provera to "jumpstart" cycles. No luck. 12/2013- 01/2014: Clomid 50mg - no big follies, stepped to 100mg; One mature follie, Ovidrel (HCG trigger), IUI #1 completed - BFN 02/2014: Clomid 100mg; One mature follie, Ovidrel trigger, IUI #2 completed, Crinone - BFN 03/2014: Clomid 100mg -no big follies on 1st round, 2nd round prescribed;One mature follie, Ovidrel, IUI #3completed, Crinone - BFN 04/2014-05/2014: Letrozole 5mg + Ovidrel HG to prep for IUI #4 switched to TI, Crinone - BFN 05/2014-06/2014: Letrozole 5mg; one mature follie, Ovidrel, IUI #4.1 completed, Crinone - BFN 07/2014-08/2014: Letrozole 5mg; one mature follie, Ovidrel, IUI #5 completed, Crinone - BFN 09/2014-10/2014: IVF Prep - Insurance requires IUI #6; Letrozole 5mg -no big follies 1st round, 2nd round prescribed; IUI #6, Crinone - BFN 11/2014: "Break" - Letrozole 5mg to cycle before prepping for IVF - successfully O'ed, but BFN 12/2014: Extending 'break' one more Letrozole-only TI cycle for mental health break - BFN 01/2015-02/2015: Prep for IVF - BCP then Gonal-F, Ganirelex, Novarel trigger; ER scheduled 2/11! http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/4cf919 PAIF/SAIF Welcome.
December 3T Siggy Challenge: Favorite Holiday Movie
So, I'm currently 7 dpiui. It's making me crazy. I've been crampy pretty much the whole time since IUI but more "twinge-like". I didn't have any cramps my last two rounds, but I also switched meds this round (clomid this time). I'm hoping cramps are a good sign?? Also, more CM than usual. Anyhow, hope everyone is doing well, wherever you may be in your journey!
P.s...no tattoos for me
DH & I married 12/17/2012
Me (31)-dx w/PCOS 2007, when married to ex-husband after MC
10/2014-benched due to RE out of town, tying naturally!
11/2014-benched due to cyst
12/2014-Femara 5mg + stair step with additional 5 days Femara 5mg + trigger + IUI=BFN
01/2015-Femara 5mg + Gonal F 25 units + trigger (plus additional Gonal F 100 units on trigger night) + IUI= BFP!!! Twins due 10/2015 09/28/2015- Surprise! Conrad and Hudson born at 35w6d!
Today was trigger shot day. Tomorrow we have IUI #2 at 10am. When I went in for my last ultrasound on Monday, she said "Oh wow, you sure have been active.... you have only been taking one Clomid pill a day for 5 days, right???" Then she gave me a prescription for Estrace which I didnt have to do last month. Its a tiny pill that she instructed me to use vaginally since it would be more effective than taken orally. Interesting.
I have been under an insane amount of stress the past few months, and it really came to a boiling point last week. I have issues with anxiety so I am hoping that won't affect me in a negative way as it relates to TTGP. Although if this cycle is a bust, I think its a conversation that we will need to have with the RE before moving right into IVF.
QOTW: I do not have any tattoos. I am scared to death of needles.
I just wanted to say I also took estrace vaginally this cycle to thicken my lining. It did work so that's a positive (no pun intended). Also, where are you in OH? I'm in a suburb of Dayton
DH & I married 12/17/2012
Me (31)-dx w/PCOS 2007, when married to ex-husband after MC
10/2014-benched due to RE out of town, tying naturally!
11/2014-benched due to cyst
12/2014-Femara 5mg + stair step with additional 5 days Femara 5mg + trigger + IUI=BFN
01/2015-Femara 5mg + Gonal F 25 units + trigger (plus additional Gonal F 100 units on trigger night) + IUI= BFP!!! Twins due 10/2015 09/28/2015- Surprise! Conrad and Hudson born at 35w6d!
Just as I suspected... BFN... gearing up for IUI #5 (#3 with medication... 50 mg clomid)
Going to add one extra day of no bedroom time before Ovidrill shot next week, to hopefully increase counts (post wash 6 million last month). The last natural IUI cycle before I started taking meds he had his highest count ever when we had a full 3 day window (post wash 30 million)... The nurse said it couldn't hurt to try! Has anyone else done this?
QOTW: I'm not sure if I could ever get a tattoo.. I Love them (DH has 3) but I just think these days I'm more unique NOT having one
10/2014-benched due to RE out of town, tying naturally!
11/2014-benched due to cyst
12/2014-Femara 5mg + stair step with additional 5 days Femara 5mg + trigger + IUI=BFN
01/2015-Femara 5mg + Gonal F 25 units + trigger (plus additional Gonal F 100 units on trigger night) + IUI= BFP!!! Twins due 10/2015 09/28/2015- Surprise! Conrad and Hudson born at 35w6d!
@sweetball33 - we abstain various days/hours to get a good post wash number. We've tried the 3 days and my husbands post wash numbers were 30 million + but we felt like we were losing a possible ovulation window. We just did 24 hours this last time and his post wash numbers were only 5 million. Not sure if it's because of him getting wasted on his birthday celebration 2 days before the IUI or not abstaining as long or what. he was freaking out but my DR said he is still very happy with 5 million post wash.
@lisa89760 That's EXACTLY what's going through my head... I'm concerned I'm going to miss the window, but I also feel like it has to be more beneficial for us to try have a higher count at IUI, because a) timing is hopefully pinpointed and b) it clearly hasn't worked for 2 years of having sex with low count religiously during the window! That being said, I know it's very possible to get BFP with a low count...UGH
Re: ***IUI Check-In 9/29***
I don't have any tattoos. I would get one if I could think of something that I would like for the rest of my life. My husband has quite a few though. He's got sleeves. Sometimes people stare and it takes me a minute to figure out why. I just kinda forget they're there.
My E2, FSH and AMH all came back good. I had a second ultrasound today (First one was on Friday) 1 of 4 follicles matured enough and is at 22mm. So got trigger and DH and I will go tomorrow for IUI #1
I don't have any tattoos.
Me (29) DH (37)
Married 7/11
Actively TTC 3/12
DX: PCOS
Current treatment: Break from IUIs until after the holidays
-----All Welcome----
~~~January 3T Siggy Challenge: New Year's Resolutions~~~
(I don't do resolutions...so I stole T-Rex's)
I got one tattoo in Vegas when I was 19 of a sun and moon. I still love it and want more but I can never decide what or where!
I had a monitoring appointment yesterday, and the largest follie was at 13mm, so my next appointment is on Thursday. Hopefully I will be ready to trigger then.
QOTW: I have no tattoos, but for a long time I really wanted one. I just couldn't commit to exactly what design I wanted, so I figured that it was best to skip it.
ME: 34, Atypical PCOS (lean, no O without meds) + unexplained; DH: 33, mildly low motility
09/2012: Start TTC after stopping NuvaRing. No cycles seemed to occur.
01/2013 - 05/2013: Tried Provera to "jumpstart" cycles. No luck.
12/2013- 01/2014: Clomid 50mg - no big follies, stepped to 100mg; One mature follie, Ovidrel (HCG trigger), IUI #1 completed - BFN
02/2014: Clomid 100mg; One mature follie, Ovidrel trigger, IUI #2 completed, Crinone - BFN
03/2014: Clomid 100mg - no big follies on 1st round, 2nd round prescribed; One mature follie, Ovidrel, IUI #3 completed, Crinone - BFN
04/2014-05/2014: Letrozole 5mg + Ovidrel HG to prep for IUI #4 switched to TI, Crinone - BFN
05/2014-06/2014: Letrozole 5mg; one mature follie, Ovidrel, IUI #4.1 completed, Crinone - BFN
07/2014-08/2014: Letrozole 5mg; one mature follie, Ovidrel, IUI #5 completed, Crinone - BFN
09/2014-10/2014: IVF Prep - Insurance requires IUI #6; Letrozole 5mg - no big follies 1st round, 2nd round prescribed; IUI #6, Crinone - BFN
11/2014: "Break" - Letrozole 5mg to cycle before prepping for IVF - successfully O'ed, but BFN
12/2014: Extending 'break' one more Letrozole-only TI cycle for mental health break - BFN
01/2015-02/2015: Prep for IVF - BCP then Gonal-F, Ganirelex, Novarel trigger; ER scheduled 2/11!
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PAIF/SAIF Welcome.
QOTW: I have 3 tattoos. I got one on my lower back when I turned 18 (haha a virgin with a tramp stamp). I don't regret it, because I can't really see it. Then some doves on my shoulder for my dad and sister who have passed, and a star on my foot. Like PP's said I've been wanting to get more, but I have a hard time committing to a design.. And I also can't get myself to spend the money on them.
I am 8dpiui and I am starting to feel the anxiety of the 2ww. I keep telling myself it is completely ridiculous to test now for two reasons: 1) It is way too early and 2) I would likely detect my trigger shot and get a false positive. I will likely not test until this weekend. My beta is not until Oct. 7th.
QOTW: I do have a tattoo on my back in the center but about 6 or 7 inches below my neck. The design is a Celtic seahorse that looks similar to this:
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TTC #1 since June 2012
Current Status: IVF with ICSI and PGS
Genetic, RPL, SA and Fertility testing = Normal/Good HSG = All Clear
BFP #1 12.30.2012 || Blighted Ovum 02.05.2013 || D&C 02.11.2013
BFP #2 09.10.2013 || c/p 09.12.2013
BFP #3 12.1.2013 || mm/c 01.15.14 || D&C 01.21.14 chromosome abnormality
May 2014: Residual HCG and retained tissue found
05.13.2014: Hysteroscopy D&C to find and remove retained tissue
June 2014: Tissue sample results indicate a partial molar pregnancy
May - Aug 2014: TTA for monitoring and testing
08.21.2014: Hysteroscopy to remove minor scar tissue - the result of 3 D&Cs
Sept/Oct: IUI #1 Femara + Bravelle + Ovidrel = BFN
Oct/Nov: IUI #2 Femara + Ovidrel = BFN
Nov/Dec: IUI #3 Femara + Bravelle + Ovidrel = BFN
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I have a tinkerbell tattoo on my right shoulder. It needs touched up and I've been thinking of adding a little scenery around it, like maybe add a flower she's resting on. I also have a butterfly on my left side. I really like the placement of it, but not the tattoo. It was an impulse I regret!
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I have one tattoo on my foot. It is a feather.
Married and started TTC in July 2013
"Diagnosed" with unexplained infertility
Oct 2014 IUI #1: 100mg clomid/HCG trigger/2 mature follicles/18mil post wash sperm count: BFP!!!
Tattoos: I have one on my lower back it is the chinese symbol for love and underneath it the scorpio symbol. I got it waaay back in college while on spring break in Branson MO. Those were the days....
No tattoos here. I'd love to get one but I'm terrified that id later regret getting one and later have to laser it off. Haha
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QOTW: Tell me about your tattoos! If you have them, what/where are they? If you don't, would you ever get one and if so, what would it be?
I have Kokapelli (Native American Trickster/God of Fertility) on my left hip. I got the tattoo because I used to visit my aunt and uncle in Arizona, and pick up a Kokapelli trinket from the airport each time. My aunt died when I was 18 and I got the tattoo to remember her. At the time I didn’t know the fertility connection. Now it is kind of ironic and saddening because most of my issues are on the left side…
1. Where are you at in the IUI process? (2WW, meds, break, etc.)
Currently on my 10th day of Gonal F. I have another ultrasound on Thursday, but it is looking like trigger shot will be that night with the IUI Sat morning.
2. Which IUI are you on?
First IUI
Me: 28 DH: 28
Married: 6 years
TTC since: Sept 2010
Diagnosis: Stage 4 Endometriosis, Hashimoto's
Treatment: Lupron (3/2010 – 9/2010 & 7/2013 – 2/2014)
April 2013 - BFP – missed mc confirmed 5/08/2014. D&C 5/22/2014
Sept/Oct 2014: IUI #1 (Gonal F + HCG) = BFN
Oct/Nov 2014: Temporarily Benched due to multiple cysts on each ovary.
Nov 27: IUI #2 (Gonal F + HCG) = BFP
I am way late to the game here....
Today was trigger shot day. Tomorrow we have IUI #2 at 10am. When I went in for my last ultrasound on Monday, she said "Oh wow, you sure have been active.... you have only been taking one Clomid pill a day for 5 days, right???" Then she gave me a prescription for Estrace which I didnt have to do last month. Its a tiny pill that she instructed me to use vaginally since it would be more effective than taken orally. Interesting.
I have been under an insane amount of stress the past few months, and it really came to a boiling point last week. I have issues with anxiety so I am hoping that won't affect me in a negative way as it relates to TTGP. Although if this cycle is a bust, I think its a conversation that we will need to have with the RE before moving right into IVF.
QOTW: I do not have any tattoos. I am scared to death of needles.
Married 5.21.2011
TTC Since October 2012
Me: 36, all normal, DH: 43, MFI
IUI #1 & #2 - Sept & Oct 2014, BFN
IVF with ICSI #1 January 2015 - BFP, M/C Feb 2015
FET June 2015 = CP
IVF #2 September 2015 - Discovered during ER I had ovulated early, 0 retrieved
IVF with ICSI #3 January 2016 - BFP! Beta #1 - 839, Beta #2 - 3,192, Beta #3 - 15,000+ = TWINS!
EDD 10/12/16
Hi! I'm new and would like to join in.
1. Where are you at in the IUI process? (2WW, meds, break, etc.)
CD12. Just took my trigger shot. IUI scheduled for Friday morning.
2. Which IUI are you on?
#2
3. Test/Beta day?
Probably around the 17th
TTC since May 2013
Me: 31, blocked tube
DH: 35, azoospermia
IUI #1 (50 mg Clomid, Ovidrel) on 9/7/2014: BFN
IUI #2 (100 mg Clomid, Ovidrel) on 10/3/2014: BFN
IUI #3 (100 mg Clomid, Ovidrel, Estradiol) on 11/1/2014: BFN
First RE appt. on 11/11/2014
November 2014: Benched due to cyst
IUI #4 (5 mg Letrozole, Follistim, Ovidrel, Crinone) on 12/26/2014: BFP!!!
Beta 1 (1/9/2015): 292 Beta 2 (1/12/2015): 843
Sawyer Ryanne due Jan 1, 2017
So we are officially in the tww again. We had back to back iuis today and yesterday. Everything looks good, but then again, everything looked good for the last two cycles as well. My estradiol level is a lot higher than last time and the nurse said this was a "good cycle" so we'll see. My husband also had good numbers again so I'm being cautiously hopeful. : )
I have 5 tattoos. I have tiny hearts, an arrow, a tiny paw print, the words let it be, and the words time in a bottle (a song that played at my dad's funeral). They all have meaning to me in some way and I'd love more. I'm thinking of a dogwood flower next, but not any time soon bc I definitely can't afford it without all this fertility stuff.
QOTW: I don't have any tatoos. I'm to chicken to go through with it. But if I were to get one, I'd want to have a Purple ribbon tattooed around my ankle extending onto my foot. with angel wings above it. I'm involved a lot with Relay For Life, so it being on my ankle represents walking for a cure, the purple ribbon represents the fight against all cancers and the angel wings represents my reason for fighting (My Mom)
Me 31 DH 35
Married since 4/16/11
NTNP since 2008
Actively TTC # 1 since 4/16/2011
Oct 2012- Dx PCOS
April 2013- 50mg Clomid.....BFN
May 2013- Referred to RE
Sept 2013- Clomid 50mg (no response), 100mg (2 mature follies), Trigger, TI.....BFN
Oct 2013- Clomid 100mg, 2 Mature follies, Trigger, TI....BFN
Nov 2013- Break to discuss IUI and other options
Dec 2013- Clomid 100mg, Brevelle 75iu (CD 9,11,13-15) 112iu (CD 16-21) 150iu (CD 22-24)
2 Follies vanished, Cycle scratched
Jan 2014- Provera, awaiting AF
Feb-Mar 2014- Gonal F 150iu (CD 3-9) 187.5iu (CD 10-12) 225iu (CD 13-22), 3 Follies, Trigger, IUI....BFN
April 2014-Gonal F 225iu (CD 3-17), 1 Follie Trigger, IUI....BFP!! Ectopic (
Break after Ectopic May-Aug 2013
Sept 2014- Fermera (CD 3-7), Pregnitude, 1 Follie, Trigger, IUI...BFN
Oct 2014- Fermera (CD 3-7), Pregnitude, 2 Follies, Trigger, IUI...BFP!!!
Beta #1: 144 Beta #2: 365 Beta #3: 1278 Miscarriage @ 6wks
ME: 34, Atypical PCOS (lean, no O without meds) + unexplained; DH: 33, mildly low motility
09/2012: Start TTC after stopping NuvaRing. No cycles seemed to occur.
01/2013 - 05/2013: Tried Provera to "jumpstart" cycles. No luck.
12/2013- 01/2014: Clomid 50mg - no big follies, stepped to 100mg; One mature follie, Ovidrel (HCG trigger), IUI #1 completed - BFN
02/2014: Clomid 100mg; One mature follie, Ovidrel trigger, IUI #2 completed, Crinone - BFN
03/2014: Clomid 100mg - no big follies on 1st round, 2nd round prescribed; One mature follie, Ovidrel, IUI #3 completed, Crinone - BFN
04/2014-05/2014: Letrozole 5mg + Ovidrel HG to prep for IUI #4 switched to TI, Crinone - BFN
05/2014-06/2014: Letrozole 5mg; one mature follie, Ovidrel, IUI #4.1 completed, Crinone - BFN
07/2014-08/2014: Letrozole 5mg; one mature follie, Ovidrel, IUI #5 completed, Crinone - BFN
09/2014-10/2014: IVF Prep - Insurance requires IUI #6; Letrozole 5mg - no big follies 1st round, 2nd round prescribed; IUI #6, Crinone - BFN
11/2014: "Break" - Letrozole 5mg to cycle before prepping for IVF - successfully O'ed, but BFN
12/2014: Extending 'break' one more Letrozole-only TI cycle for mental health break - BFN
01/2015-02/2015: Prep for IVF - BCP then Gonal-F, Ganirelex, Novarel trigger; ER scheduled 2/11!
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PAIF/SAIF Welcome.
Anyhow, hope everyone is doing well, wherever you may be in your journey!
P.s...no tattoos for me
09/28/2015- Surprise! Conrad and Hudson born at 35w6d!
Also, where are you in OH? I'm in a suburb of Dayton
09/28/2015- Surprise! Conrad and Hudson born at 35w6d!
Married 5.21.2011
TTC Since October 2012
Me: 36, all normal, DH: 43, MFI
IUI #1 & #2 - Sept & Oct 2014, BFN
IVF with ICSI #1 January 2015 - BFP, M/C Feb 2015
FET June 2015 = CP
IVF #2 September 2015 - Discovered during ER I had ovulated early, 0 retrieved
IVF with ICSI #3 January 2016 - BFP! Beta #1 - 839, Beta #2 - 3,192, Beta #3 - 15,000+ = TWINS!
EDD 10/12/16
Just as I suspected... BFN... gearing up for IUI #5 (#3 with medication... 50 mg clomid)
Going to add one extra day of no bedroom time before Ovidrill shot next week, to hopefully increase counts (post wash 6 million last month). The last natural IUI cycle before I started taking meds he had his highest count ever when we had a full 3 day window (post wash 30 million)... The nurse said it couldn't hurt to try! Has anyone else done this?
QOTW: I'm not sure if I could ever get a tattoo.. I Love them (DH has 3) but I just think these days I'm more unique NOT having one
09/28/2015- Surprise! Conrad and Hudson born at 35w6d!
Married 5.21.2011
TTC Since October 2012
Me: 36, all normal, DH: 43, MFI
IUI #1 & #2 - Sept & Oct 2014, BFN
IVF with ICSI #1 January 2015 - BFP, M/C Feb 2015
FET June 2015 = CP
IVF #2 September 2015 - Discovered during ER I had ovulated early, 0 retrieved
IVF with ICSI #3 January 2016 - BFP! Beta #1 - 839, Beta #2 - 3,192, Beta #3 - 15,000+ = TWINS!
EDD 10/12/16