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Trouble TTC
bumpuser5823822
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Hi! I'm New Here!
bumpuser5823822
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in Trouble TTC
Hello Ladies!
I've been very briefly lurking but after my appointment today decided to come out of the shadows. I'm a 24 year old nurse. My husband is 26 and works for a payroll company. We have been married over 2.5 years and together for just short of 9 years. We have one fur baby, Mozzie, who is a Caryn Terrier & Schnauzer mix.
We have been TTC for 9 months or 10 cycles. My husband's SA came back normal and healthy. I have been charting BBT, OPKs, CM, etc from the start back in April. My cycles are pretty regular except for the fact that I spot for multiple days during my luteal phase (but no doctor has seemed worried about that yet). I've also tried a few cycles on some all natural supplements for different aspects but it didn't seem to help so I stopped. My medical history includes Crohn's Disease. In December of 2006 (at the age of 16) I started a year long flare which ended in surgery to remove 10 inches of my small intestine in May of 2008. When the doctors brought me out of surgery they said that my nasty, inflamed intestine had been laying directly on my right ovary (which in turn was inflamed) but couldn't tell me at the time whether that would have any impact on my fertility. I've had concerns for awhile but my OBGYN seemed to not be. We had our first visit with a RE today, however and he seemed pretty concerned. Due to my surgery down by my ovaries (and a fistula I also had there) he felt like there was a good possibility that my tubes were blocked and said that even if they were not blocked that he would have concerns about how good of shape they are in. He stated that if they were blocked, he really would not want to risk going in and clearing them either for fear of all the scar tissue and further damaging my intestines or the wall of my abdomen,etc.
The plan is for us to complete the HSG sometime between January 13-20. I had blood work drawn today, I want to say AMH? To see how my eggs would respond to stimulation medications. On the day he does the HSG he said he would give me answers immediately and then take us upstairs to discuss the plan. If the tubes are blocked: IVF. If they are open: a few rounds of meds followed by IVF if that fails.
Today has been super overwhelming, but I am glad to have a plan in place and to be making progress. I am scared of IVF but that is a post for a different day.
Looking forward to getting to know you all!
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Re: Hi! I'm New Here!
My Ovulation Chart
***TW****MC mentioned & BFP mentioned***
TTC#1 since July 2014
AMH 0.1, DOR, Poor responder
Moved to Prague, Czech Republic for IVF
DE attempt in Czech Republic!!
March trip to Prague canceled due to Pancreatitis.
Headed to Prague April 30
3 different donors resulted in 1 PGS tested embryo and 1 fresh embryo
BFP on 5/15/16 at 5dp5dt
My blog: www.wearethehammitts.blogspot.com
I'm not the only one with Crohns?? I may be totally excited by this!
I went on a little rant about how no one cared about my justified concerns with my tubes until him who had concerns right away. He loosely went in to defend them by saying something about how if you follow what the textbook tells you about TTC then they say that etc. So lame! Not everyone is textbook!
Mozzie is a great mixture of fun energy who loves to run and play and the guy who will nap in your lap with a blanket all Saturday long!
I am so intrigued! Thanks for the info. I will have to do some more research on that.
Glad to have a fellow Chrony!
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=
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
Side note-I am also a nurse & it seems like I'm the only nurse who can't get pregnant sometimes. Damn, nurses are fertile which can be so frustrating
09/28/2015- Surprise! Conrad and Hudson born at 35w6d!
Welcome! Hope it doesn't get to IVF but if it does, don't be scared! Your RE seems to be on top of things and finding an RE that you feel you can relate to is super important. I went through 3 before I finally decided on one. I do have one DS and he is a product of IVF. While it is no walk in the park, I promise you it's worth it. Glad your RE already has a plan in place.
I was 23 when I started the diagnostic process and 24 when I did IVF and had my DS. Hoping that by some miracle we can resort to something a bit less invasive and inexpensive this go around.
TTC since 10/2010 (Rhythm method since 2007)
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,
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