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Jumped the gun...lol

MissK23MissK23 member
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So I feel pretty silly! I totally thought AF was here so I called my RE, scheduled my ultrasound, put in for time off work as did my hubby and filled my prescriptions! I was so excited to get my first Letrozole cycle going.....

Welllllll...I guess I was just spotting cause AF went away? I am so embarrassed to now have to call my RE and be like nvm, jk, false alarm...ever happened to anyone else?? Or is it just me, Mrs. PCOS who's had so few cycles in my life that I don't even know the difference between spotting and day 1? Lol

TTC since Jan 2013      Me=25   DH=26


 Me: PCOS; I do not ovulate on my own...like ever. All other tests came back good. 

Hubby: SA came back in the normal range.


Medicated Cycle #1: Letrozole 5mgs days 3-7, trigger when eggs are ready: total bust...u/s 12/23-lots of little follies. u/s 12/26 follies grew 1mm 1 in each ovary. u/s 12/28 no growth. OPKs for hopeful ovulation, if not progesterone on CD35 to induce next cycle w/5mg letrozole CD 3-7, add follistim CD 8. UPDATE: Positive OPK 1/1 and 1/2, very unexpected and unlikely that I'd ovulate this cycle! :)

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Re: Jumped the gun...lol

  • MissK23MissK23 member
    Rumbera28 said:

    Trust me... they've gotten that call many times!  Don't worry about it ;-)

    Thanks, that makes me feel better!

    TTC since Jan 2013      Me=25   DH=26


     Me: PCOS; I do not ovulate on my own...like ever. All other tests came back good. 

    Hubby: SA came back in the normal range.


    Medicated Cycle #1: Letrozole 5mgs days 3-7, trigger when eggs are ready: total bust...u/s 12/23-lots of little follies. u/s 12/26 follies grew 1mm 1 in each ovary. u/s 12/28 no growth. OPKs for hopeful ovulation, if not progesterone on CD35 to induce next cycle w/5mg letrozole CD 3-7, add follistim CD 8. UPDATE: Positive OPK 1/1 and 1/2, very unexpected and unlikely that I'd ovulate this cycle! :)

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  • Bizzy4BabyBizzy4Baby member
    Thats crazy that you bring this up because i am going through a ccct test right now and im supposed to call on CD1 to schedule my hsg and on CD3 get labs and so forth. So im waiting for my cycle to come on so that i can get this cycle over and done with. So last night i spotted a bit and thought that AF was finally here and turns out it was just a (TMI) wipe of blood... one time and thats it... Nothing else! no AF no spotting today which im on like CD39 and still no AF! so that leaves me pondering, because there are numerous amounts of reason why this could be happening and i dont want to even start thinking about IB because that would make me go crazy so... my cycles are usually 35-40 days long sometimes shorter sometimes a bit longer (PCOS) but idk I just have to wait it out and see what happens!!! but good luck! we should def keep each other posted!
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  • deelopi9deelopi9 member
    True story - happened to me last month. The last time it happened was 2 years ago.
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    TTC since 10/2010 (Rhythm method since 2007)
    Me (33) Sept 2012 - DX Low ovulation/progesterone, Luteal Phase Defect. HSG 5/2012: both tubes are open, cervix and lining look good;
    September 2014 DX Hashimoto's; November 2014: PCOS IR
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    DH (37) Sept 2012 SA Normal; October 2014 Mild MFI count 42 Million, Motility 36%, Morphology 2%. Clomid 50mg,
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    2004 Cyrosurgery, LEEP
    May 2012 - HSG Clear; June 2012 - Appointment with RE
    July 2012 - October 2012 - Clomid 50mg W/ TI & Progesterone 3 mature follicles- BFN
    January 2013 IUI #1 (900,000 post wash) Clomid 50mg, TI & Progesterone 2 mature follicles - BFN
    February 2013 IUI #2 (1.3 Mil post wash) Clomid 50mg, TI & Progesterone 4 mature follicles - BFN
    March 2013 IUI #1-3 (2.5 mil post wash) Clomid 50mg, Baby Aspirin (lining thinned) TI & Progesterone - 2 mature follicles BFN
    April 2013 Benched due to cyst, May 2013 WTF appointment
    June 2013 DH SA mild MFI break for 2 months to re-test; August 2013 - DH SA 36 Mil count, 36% Motility, Morp 2%
    September - December 2013 - Mental sanity Break
    January 2014 - IUI #4 switches to natural due to scheduling conflict Femara TI & Progesterone - 1 mature follicle - BFN
    May 2014-June 2014 - DH Appointment w/ Urologist to check Bi-lateral Varicocele; 2nd opinion w/ another urologist - bi-lateral varicocele dx is slight no surgery
    July 2014 DH starts clomid 25mg daily SA 53.8 Mil count, Motility 37%, Morph 3%;
    September 2014 DH Repeat SA after being on clomid for 3 months 42 Mil Count, Motility 36%, Morph 2%
    October 2014 Me: Hashimoto's DX, DH taken off clomid;    November 2014 Me: new RE PCOS IR Diagnosis
    December 2014: IUI #4 Follitism 75iu 7 days, TI, IUI & Progesterone, BFMFN
    January 2015: IUI #5     Gonal-F 75iu 7 days, TI, IUI & Progesterone, Another BFMFN onto IUI #6
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  • LindseyM2012LindseyM2012 member

    You're clearly not the only one! I actually had heavier-than-spotting-but-not-heavy-enough-for-CD1 bleeding a couple cycles ago that lasted several days. I do not get my period without Provera when I'm off BC, so I had no idea if this was just random heavy spotting or the beginning of a period or what the heck was going on. My RE actually had me come in for an u/s to check what was going on. Looked like it was just random spotting that was heavier than usual because I was on CD 70-something. I kept telling the u/s tech "I know this sounds so dumb, but I have no idea what's going on. I'm so sorry." She said they see it all the time.


    Our stupid PCOS bodies throw curve balls at us all the time (so do non-PCOS bodies) and fertility treatments force us to learn all of our idiosyncrasies. Its a process that includes many "What the heck is going on" moments. 

    Me: 28  MH:35

    Married September 2012. TTC since September 2013

    June 2014 - Dx w/ significant PCOS and referred to RE.

    July/August 2014 - Testing complete: Testosterone & AMH very high, FSH slightly high, Vitamin D low, tubes and lining all lovely. DH SA: A+

    Cycle 1 (Nov 2014): 2.5 mg Letrozole/Ovidrel/TI = BFN

    Cycle 2 (Dec 2014): 5 mg Letrozole/Ovidrel/TI - BFN

    Cycle 3 (Jan 2015): 5mg Letrozole/Ovidrel/TI - BFN

    WTF consult scheduled for 1/29

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  • PeonyPopPeonyPop member
    Hahaha, well sounds like you're prepared now :)  
    ***everyone is welcome***
    Me: 31 (PCOS) ; DH: 30 (Low Morph 1% Completely Normal!)

    Off BC - Dec 2012
    Jan 2014: Letrozole, 2.5mg
    Feb-Mar 2014: Letrozole, 2.5mg - no response, stair-stepped clomid and responded
    Mar-Apr 2014:  Letrozole, 5mg
    May 2014: Natural Cycle (45 day cycle)
    Jun-Jul 2014: Gonal-F/Ovidrel - over responded/cancelled
    Jul-Aug 2014: Gonal-F/Ovidrel - 1 Follie, BFN
    Aug-Sep 2014: Gonal-F/Ovidrel - over responded/cancelled
    Oct-Dec 2014:  Natural cycle - started Metformin November 3 (67 day cycle)
    Dec 2014:  Natural Cycle on Met (34 day cycle)
    Jan 2015: Letrozole/Gonal F/HCG - IUI#1

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  • pinkdoggiepinkdoggie member
    I hear ya. When I got off BC I was spotting every other month and I convinced myself everytime (when it turned out to not be AF) that it was implantation bleeding. Blech. PCOS sucks!
    Me: 25 Dh: 25 Married since July, 2011
    Diagnosed with PCOS 2010
    TTC since December, 2011 (SA is Normal)
    2012-tried natural w/Metformin 1500 mg
    11/12 -Saw an OB, bloodwork revealed everything normal except for highish blood sugar levels
    1/13: Clomid 50 mg - No response
    2/13: Clomid 100 mg O'd BFN
    3/13: Clomid 100 MG O'd BFN
    4/13-6/13: Clomid 150/200 mg O'd BFN 
    Stopped treatment because of money issues and began to try naturally again from June-October 2013
    Benched until November 2014 - Started seeing RE, discovered that lining was very thin
    November 2014: Started Femera 5 mg -No response BFN >:(
    December 2014: Upping Femera, injectables are the next step if I respond 
    Also: Changed RE, first appointment on Friday, so treatment is subject to change this month


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  • Tiko99Tiko99 member
    I totally did that...I was spotting, called for an appointment and actually went in for an ultrasound and STARTED clomid on what I thought was day 3, but it was really day 1! I was so embarressed that I never told the RE and proceeded with the cycle. Well that cycle was a bust!

    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

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  • MissK23MissK23 member
    Bizzy4Baby said:

    Thats crazy that you bring this up because i am going through a ccct test right now and im supposed to call on CD1 to schedule my hsg and on CD3 get labs and so forth. So im waiting for my cycle to come on so that i can get this cycle over and done with. So last night i spotted a bit and thought that AF was finally here and turns out it was just a (TMI) wipe of blood... one time and thats it... Nothing else! no AF no spotting today which im on like CD39 and still no AF! so that leaves me pondering, because there are numerous amounts of reason why this could be happening and i dont want to even start thinking about IB because that would make me go crazy so... my cycles are usually 35-40 days long sometimes shorter sometimes a bit longer (PCOS) but idk I just have to wait it out and see what happens!!! but good luck! we should def keep each other posted!

    I think it's official to say I'm CD 2 today, which means I'll be in for an u/s and hopeful trigger shot on the 23rd...great timing! Oh well I just want to get his show on the road!! You still waiting?? Or did AF show her lovely face??

    TTC since Jan 2013      Me=25   DH=26


     Me: PCOS; I do not ovulate on my own...like ever. All other tests came back good. 

    Hubby: SA came back in the normal range.


    Medicated Cycle #1: Letrozole 5mgs days 3-7, trigger when eggs are ready: total bust...u/s 12/23-lots of little follies. u/s 12/26 follies grew 1mm 1 in each ovary. u/s 12/28 no growth. OPKs for hopeful ovulation, if not progesterone on CD35 to induce next cycle w/5mg letrozole CD 3-7, add follistim CD 8. UPDATE: Positive OPK 1/1 and 1/2, very unexpected and unlikely that I'd ovulate this cycle! :)

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  • MissK23MissK23 member
    pinkdoggie said:

    I hear ya. When I got off BC I was spotting every other month and I convinced myself everytime (when it turned out to not be AF) that it was implantation bleeding. Blech. PCOS sucks!

    I'm the same way! PCOS really sucks!

    TTC since Jan 2013      Me=25   DH=26


     Me: PCOS; I do not ovulate on my own...like ever. All other tests came back good. 

    Hubby: SA came back in the normal range.


    Medicated Cycle #1: Letrozole 5mgs days 3-7, trigger when eggs are ready: total bust...u/s 12/23-lots of little follies. u/s 12/26 follies grew 1mm 1 in each ovary. u/s 12/28 no growth. OPKs for hopeful ovulation, if not progesterone on CD35 to induce next cycle w/5mg letrozole CD 3-7, add follistim CD 8. UPDATE: Positive OPK 1/1 and 1/2, very unexpected and unlikely that I'd ovulate this cycle! :)

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  • SweetieShellieHSweetieShellieH member
    My clinic wants you to call them even if it is spotting. They go ahead with blood work and ultrasound and say if any of that shows it actually isn't the beginning of your cycle, they will let you know before you take any medications. They'd rather you come in too soon then too late. But I don't have to pay for bloodwork or ultrasounds where I am in Canada so that's probably why my clinic does that.
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