Welcome! So sorry you have to be here, though. Hopefully not for long!
If that's CD9...perhaps call the office and see if they will do your ultrasound and bloodwork ahead of the consultation, so you can hit CD2-4 which is a required step? Also, perhaps you could let them know that you'll be meeting the RE on CD9, and see if they would get you on the schedule for an HSG in the window (which typically closes CD10 or CD12, if I remember correctly).
Or, just enjoy the consult (it felt like such a relief for us to put our worries in the hands of an expert!) and talk through the steps of testing before getting it all going. We did a couple of testing cycles and although I got impatient, it was also nice to start slow and get used to the pace of treatments.
January 3T Siggy Challenge - New Year's Resolutions
Me (29), DH (30) TTC actively 54 55+ cycles | All BFNs
Thank you for the comments ladies! I'm sad to be hear, but happy to get to know you.
@BlueFairy5 They did mention a bunch of tests over the phone, but I'm not remembering what they said. I was very nervous to call so I think all the blood rushed to my head!
@BunnyBerry I'm actually switching over to MH's insurance with the new year as my current insurance covers nothing for fertility, including testing. We're planning to use all the testing to go towards the deductible and then we have a specified amount of coverage for treatments and what not. So I won't be able to do anything before 01/01. We've budgeted for January to be the basics and discussing options. I'll be starting slow like you and have to wait until my next cycle for the rest of the testing.
Welcome! Good luck and I hope you feel better after getting a plan going with the RE.
**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
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!
Welcome! Sorry you find yourself here, but there is no better group of ladies to find for support through all this. @Bluefairy5 and @Bunnyberry covered all the testing. Definitely like Bunny's idea of trying to get some of the early cycle testing in before the consult!
Hopefully you'll figure out what's going on and get a plan together. You made the right move going to an RE! Hopefully you won't have to hang here for long.
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+
Married 9/2010 TTC 10/2013 RE Help from 10/2014-10/2016 (11 failed IUIs, a corrective surgery, and a donor embryo cycle) 9/2016-transferred two donor embies BFP 9/29/26 EDD June 11
Hi and welcome! I'm sorry you have to be here, but glad you found us. Hope your stay with us is a short one.
3T January Siggy Challenge: New Years Resolutions 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 *** DH (37) Sept 2012 SA Normal; October 2014 Mild MFI count 42 Million, Motility 36%, Morphology 2%. Clomid 50mg,
*** 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
Married: 12/15/2012 TTC: 08/2014 Husband: 26 SA: normal Me: 23 Low AMH and damaged ovaries due to chemotherapy. No AF or O in 3 years. HSG showed a slight T shaped uterus.
High Risk OB 9/29- got the ok to get pregnant. RE Appt: 10/28/ U/S showed follicles, but also small damaged ovaries. B/W results CD0: all normal except low AMH at 1.3 Cycle 1-November (TI)- Femera 2.5mg, 2mg Estradoil, and Trigger=BFN Cycle 2-December (TI)- Femera 2.5 mg ,4mg Estradoil, and Trigger= No O Cycle 3-January (TI)- Femera 5 mg, 2mg Estradoil, and Trigger=
Re: Intro - I think I go here now
PCOS | Anovulatory | Metformin + Letrozole
Me 34 Him 33
May 2014 - Break cycle to repeat saline sonogram and re-group. Travel to Kauai 5/7-5/12 (Yay!!)
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!
Hopefully you'll figure out what's going on and get a plan together. You made the right move going to an RE! Hopefully you won't have to hang here for long.
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
TTC 10/2013
RE Help from 10/2014-10/2016 (11 failed IUIs, a corrective surgery, and a donor embryo cycle)
9/2016-transferred two donor embies
BFP 9/29/26 EDD June 11
TTC since 10/2010 (Rhythm method since 2007)
September 2014 DX Hashimoto's; November 2014: PCOS IR
***
DH (37) Sept 2012 SA Normal; October 2014 Mild MFI count 42 Million, Motility 36%, Morphology 2%. Clomid 50mg,
2004 Cyrosurgery, LEEP
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
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
Husband: 26 SA: normal
Me: 23 Low AMH and damaged ovaries due to chemotherapy.
No AF or O in 3 years. HSG showed a slight T shaped uterus.
High Risk OB 9/29- got the ok to get pregnant.
RE Appt: 10/28/ U/S showed follicles, but also small damaged ovaries.
B/W results CD0: all normal except low AMH at 1.3
Cycle 1-November (TI)- Femera 2.5mg, 2mg Estradoil, and Trigger=BFN
Cycle 2-December (TI)- Femera 2.5 mg ,4mg Estradoil, and Trigger= No O
Cycle 3-January (TI)- Femera 5 mg, 2mg Estradoil, and Trigger=
My Ovulation Chart