TTTC Checkin 01/17/2017

GoldenKeys · January 2017

Hey Everyone,

Congrats to any new BFP's and hugs to anybody who needs one...

Welcome @MountainLady, and @lindybird to the board!

Please note that I will be pruning the checkin list for anybody who has not posted in the last 2 months... if you're here but just lurking and want to remain on the list, please let me know.

How is everybody doing?

2017 BFP Hall Fame

Waiting for our first BFP of the year...

PAGING:

@Bababatty: dx:Low Motility Rx: Letrozole + trigger + IUI

@BecauseLove dx: amenorrhea, PCOS Rx: IVF

@blessedmomma88: dx: PCOS, anovulation Rx: Clomid, Metformin

@ChristinaV2015: dx: blocked tubes, PCOS, endo + MFI Rx: lap, OPKs + TI

@CrunchyBaby2: dx: Unexplained Rx: Clomid

@eadams08: dx: PCOS Rx: Clomid

@emgem819 dx: PCOS, Rx: provera, femara + Bravelle

@hoffmanr7: dx: unexplained Rx: Clomid + Estradiol

@iloverocksalot dx:High FSH/PCOS/Auto-Immunity, DH low morphology, Rx: DHEA + Microdose Lupron +

IVF/ICSI

@Jaje09182010: dx: Unexplained Rx: Clomid w/IUI

@jmr1515: dx: Mild MFI/morph, fibroid Rx: Surgery + TI

@jojomama25: dx: MFI Rx: supplements + TI

@JRB3: dx: PCOS Rx: Clomid

@Kay6519: dx: PCOS rx: testing

@lablover78: dx: unexplained/irreg and MTHFR

@mackenzie07 dx: PCOS and Endo Rx: metformin, letrozole, ovidrel

@madasm0530 dx: PCOS Rx: Provera+Femara+IUI

@MamaMunn: dx: PCOS Rx: Clomid 100mg + Ovidrel + TI

@mandasand: dx: low AMH Rx:IVF (Lupron, Menopur + Follistim)

@MandyBeeSLP: dx: low progesterone, borderline PCOS, vitamin D insufficiency Rx: metformin

@meli123k: dx unexplained Rx: IVF + ICSI

@Mlight28: dx Unexplained Rx: Clomid

@MrsM00re87: dx: DOR PCOS, low morph Rx: Femara + TI

@MrsMcMilkshakes: dx: cysts, testing

@MurphyGrace dx: Unexplained Rx: Letrozole + Menopur injections + Ovidrel+ IUI

@Mythril: dx: PCOS (anovulatory) Rx:levothyroxine to lower TSH

@NikkiPSU: Unexplained Rx: TI

@Plainjanie: DX- mild MFI. Rx- Monitored cycle with TI.

@pretzel2plus1: dx: Endometriosis Rx: laparascopy

@rachlee2010: dx: DOR Rx: IUI

@ReesaAnne16: dx: MFI, high DNA fragmentation Rx: Letrozole+ IUI

@Samanthaarielxo dx: anovulation Rx: still in testing

@sarah0985: dx: PCOS, possible blocked tubes Rx: Lap

@seethosestars: Dx: low AFC + MFI and Rx: letrozole + testing

@SM746830: dx: PCOS, blocked tubes Rx: Surgery, Clomid

@smokinangel: dx:possible PCOS, possible MFI Rx: Letrozole + IUI

@SoonToBeMommaHowe: dx: Unexplained Rx: Letrozole + IUI

@Starlight811 dx: DOR Rx: Menopur + Gonal F + Ovidrel + Progesterone suppositories + IUI

@starlitfae dx: MFI & balanced translocation, thyroid Rx: ivf with pgd testing

@vssbrm: dx: Minor Vercosis, morphology, high prolactin Rx: Clomid + IUI + ovidrel + prolactin meds

@Mrs.RedHead dx: Unexplained Rx: Testing with RE

@PoeMasque dx: unexplained Rx:Clomid + IUI, acupuncture, supplements

@Labluver2 dx: testing

@avocuddle dx: testing

@laurad75 dx: possible DOR Rx: IUI + trigger + acupuncture

@Worldtravler0522 dx: PCOS/Unexplained Rx: IVF

@funkykey dx: unexplained Rx: Clomid + IUI

@kmallery08 dx: unexplained Rx:Clomid, GonalF, Trigger Shot, IUI and Progesterone

@greenange dx: anovulatory PCOS w/insulin resistance Rx: Metformin, Letrozole, trigger + TI

@KariShoe dx: Unexplained Rx: Preparing for testing

@kaitlink33 dx: IR pcos Rx: Femara + trigger + TI

@Spaniard: dx: unexplained Rx: Clomid + IUI

@notamyrtle: dx: unexplained Rx: IUI + injects

@BunnyW23: dx: vasectomy (reversal) Rx: IUI

@kyersten: dx: Scar tissue Rx: IVF

@RunsUponATime: dx: in testing Rx: Clomid

@whenwillieversleep: dx:low progesterone Rx: Testing, suppositories

@MountainLady: dx: Unexplained, Rx: Letrozole

@lindybird: dx: low hormone levels Rx: homeopathic treatments

NEWCOMERS:

To be added to the Weekly Checkin, please answer the following:

1. How long have you been TTC?

2. What is your diagnosis?

3. What is your current treatment plan?

QOTW: What do you do if you're forced to sit next to a "man spreader"?

a) Make myself as small as I can and allow him to take up part of my chair space.

b) Give him a dirty look but curse him out in my mind. Later, wish that I had spoken up.

c) Ask him politely (or aggressively) to move his leg to his own zipcode.

d) Start crying silently about the injustice of it all.

e) Other. (explain)

hoffmanr7 · January 2017

Still on our break. I keep trying to talk myself down over the last few days because I had a very short AF of 2 days, plus a little spotting which is very abnormal for me. Every period, every time, minimum 3-4 days. This was 2 days and then like nothing but the occasional spot. So I kept thinking maybe it was implantation bleeding. 3 BFNs later, and I think I have finally convinced myself I'm not pregnant.

QOTW: I would like to think I would politely ask him to move his leg, but I would probably be more like to give him a dirty look and curse him quietly.

kaitlink33 · January 2017

Still waiting for af. This cycle was unmedicated and I'm waiting on af so that we can start a medicated one and get this show on the road, but she's being stubborn as I'm on cd34. I thought maybe she was coming a few days ago because of cm then nothing, then last night I couldn't quit crying over stupid stuff and I was craving chocolate soo badly so I thought for sure she was coming along with the slight cramping I've had off and on all week....nope still nothing. Why is this so frustrating.

Qotw: I'd more than likely just give him a dirty look and curse him silently....or push into him until he moved...depending on my mood

kyersten · January 2017

We have been benched this cycle because I had to get the rubella vaccine. One more "natural cycle" (period is due by this weekend) before I start BCP (Feb) for preparation for IVF!

Edited to add QOTW: I am bad about knowing what to say or do until later - so I would probably just suffer silently and then later think of the perfect thing I should've said!

Bababatty · January 2017

Hi all,
Just waiting for AF since we missed most of my FW this cycle. Only a couple more and I think we can restart IUIs, depending on how DH does on the clomid.

That said, I just read through last week's check-in and I really appreciated the convo @notamyrtle started about focusing on the cons of having kids. We just spent the weekend with a toddler and infant, who pretty much ruined the grand plans we had for winter fun, and I came away feeling really negative about the idea of having kids--and asked DH if it was really worth it to continue these treatments if this was the end result. I just kept thinking how much more we could do. Of course, I'm also easily agitated now because AF is imminent and I realize these feelings probably have a lot to do with that. Anyway, it was helpful to hear that others have also struggled with similar feelings. Sometimes it seems like when you've been trying for so long, you should want kids more. But for me it can make me second-guess whether this is the right path. As others suggested, I'll try not to dwell too much on the cons and think more about the pros--and such experiences also help me think about what I'd do differently as a parent. :-)

QOTW I'm fairly passive-aggressive, so I'd make annoyed faces, curse him out in my mind, and shift around to make him move. When I see a manspreader taking up two seats and I want one, I do also start to sit down right next to him and he usually closes his legs.

limeburst · January 2017

@hoffmanr7 I had a few cycles like that as well. Normal for me is 5 days and I had a few that were 3 and pretty light. Naturally I thought the same thing, must be implantation bleeding (spoiler alert: it wasn't). When I brought it up to my GYN she didn't seem concerned. She said as long as there was a flow at all then its nothing to worry about. Bodies are weird.

1. How long have you been.TTC? 9 months/8 cycles

2. What is your diagnosis? MFI - low count.

3. What is your current treatment plan? We haven RE appointment in March, so just trying to make healthier lifestyle choices until then and hoping it helps.

QOTW: Probably pretty similar to @kyersten. I would roll my eyes silently and then come up with the perfect thing to say later!

SoonToBeMommaHowe · January 2017

1. How long have you been.TTC? 3.5 years but only 18 months post MC

2. What is your diagnosis? Unexplained

3. What is your current treatment plan? Waiting for AF to show up, which should be in 2.5 weeks and then we'll begin our first IUI cycle. I'm nervous/excited to start actual treatment because I feel like trying on our own was getting so frustrating and my very positive/upbeat husband kept saying "I can feel it, we're getting close"...that was driving me nuts

laurad75 · January 2017

Hi all. @GoldenKeys - can you change my status to IVF? My last dose of bc will be Sunday night and then I'll wait for AF to get started with stims on CD2. I'm very excited and crazy nervous. We have an appt with the RE on Thursday and my orientation/ injectibles training is next Monday.

QOTW: I'm also somewhat passive aggressive. I would probably do what I could to make it clear to the spreader that he was making me uncomfortable but probably wouldn't say anything.

funkykey · January 2017

Day 3 of cycle 16, so started clomid again today, which means our IUI will be on the 27th or 28th. Luckily, the clinic will be open this time.

I'm surprised how unhopeful I am for this upcoming IUI. I was so certain I was pregnant last month, and so excited to finally be on clomid... I'm not as down as I was 2 days ago, but I am feeling dejected still.

I had a conversation with a friend the other day. I'd complained about the cost of IVF - which we haven't done or decided to do yet- and she was chiding me, like: "I can't believe you're complaining about this." We realized after that we'd been coming at it from different perspectives - she's confident that we are going to have a baby, and I'm not. As others have said, if you could be guaranteed a baby, the cost of IVF would be fine, of course you'd pay! But it doesn't work like that...

I think all this trying and failing has gotten to my head - I'm starting to think that everything we try is going to fail. Grr.

QOTW: depends on my mood. Like others, I'd probably say nothing, but if he got me on the wrong day, I might "accidentally" whack my laptop on his crotch. Oops.

Once, when I was much younger, on a subway, a clothed man pressed his his penis against my upper arm. To this day, I regret not jerking up my elbow and wailing him. What a fucking creep!

BenJay · January 2017

AF is on her way. Spotting started today and feeling crampy, coming down off of my Clomid + Ovidrel hormone high. My anxiety and blood pressure is through the roof thanks to that and my new job.

Sad news: My 34th birthday is soon. Totally thought I'd be done with pregnancies by 35. So, kind of not excited to celebrate that milestone.

Good news: Taking a couple months off while DH gets his sperm count up. We call the urologist the "junk doctor" which makes us laugh like middle schoolers, making it slightly less terrible that it's happening. His appointment is on the 23rd. Even better news, my brother-in-law should be moving out by the time we start trying again, so I might actually feel 'spontaneous' instead of awkward about our marital relations.

QOTW: Probably A because I hate conflict or feeling awkward, even at my own detriment. (This is from years of fat shaming, I don't always feel entitled to "enough room") But if it were really uncomfortable, I'd ask politely for more room.

notamyrtle · January 2017

@Bababatty Glad to not be alone in these feelings. Children are wonderful but all the yearning and anxious pacing and freaking out I've gone through on this journey has started to wear on my soul, and I start to put on the self-protective "I'm sick of caring" guise or think about the perks of being childfree to try to cheer myself up. When becoming a parent suddenly requires heroic measures, it's only natural to think hard about one's desire to parent, what emotional or financial lengths one is willing to go to achieve it, under what parameters (i.e. biological or not), etc etc. Obviously stuff that most people don't ever really think about, lucky them.

@funkykey Yeah, my (very awesome but not infertile) close friend likes to refer to my future parenthood status (drops 'when you have kids' type comments), and I have to bite my tongue from reminding her that we don't know what the future holds. I don't want to be that bitter person who's constantly reminding others of their infertility.

I told her I was nervous about IUI #2, and she said, "It's understandable to be nervous about a huge life change!!" I'm like, umm, I'm actually nervous it's NOT going to work. She's an amazing friend but it's hard for those who aren't in our situation to understand our headspace.

So yeah... my update is that I had my first scan to start IUI #2. The cysts are gone, yay, but my antral follicle count is low (9), and that bummed me out, even though I know it doesn't mean much for IUI. I don't think most clinics even do antral follicle counts for IUIs. Mine seems to bounce around - last month it was 17. Not sure how I could have had more follicles in one ovary last month than I had in both ovaries today, but oh well. I just need some follies to stick around if we get to IVF... Shrug.

I keep saying, I'll eat my hat if this IUI works. Sorry to be wallowing in a little puddle of pessimism right now. It is hard to fathom treatments actually working, though I KNOW that's the wrong way to think. There's a reason these doctors stay in business... they must actually succeed every now and then.

QOTW: A polite shove or two?

notamyrtle · January 2017

@BenJay happy almost birthday! Definitely shared the 'not excited to hit that milestone' feeling. It's also hard once you get into the assisted reproduction arena, and you keep hearing that all our eggs automatically self-combust into a cloud of smoke the moment we turn 35, or whatever that statistic is. (Just kidding - exaggerating a bit for effect, but you know what I mean).

mountainlady · January 2017

@kaitlink33 curse those long cycles...when you think you know your longest cycle, a new longer one comes along!

@laurad75 good luck next week!

@funkykey that would have been a fabulous response to the creepy guy... oops!

@BenJay comiserations on the birthday... my 34th is weeks away too

but excellent news you get your space back!

I have just finished my first round of Letrozole and think I ovulated in the last day or so... my optimism is annoyingly high!

Has anyone had any experience with Letrozole/Femara and the Clearblue Advanced Fertility Monitor (CBAFM)? It's my first month using it, and I figured I'd give it a go despite medication (that machine is expensive, damned if I'm not testing it out!). It hasn't detected an LH surge yet... but my regular OPK detected one yesterday. Will the CBAFM just not work with the mess?

QOTW: I'm generally the idiot that has to say something... I'll plan it in my head, say it our loud and then get really embarrassed for making a fuss! To be fair, manspreading is really comfortable... though I'd never do it if someone else was sharing our space!

kaitlink33 · January 2017

@MountainLady my longest cycle since I've been getting af on my own has been 42 days, but that was in the very beginning and I was hoping it was gonna stay "normal"ish especially since I'm itching to start my medicated cycle.

mountainlady · January 2017

@kaitlink33 42 days

that must use up a lot of patience! Hang in there!

BenJay · January 2017

@notamyrtle - OMG, I have seen that everywhere as if you hit 35 and poof! Well, it seems like my eggs are still good, at least until that "fresh by date"

@MountainLady - Well, happy 34th birthday to you soon.

I did take comfort in the fact that I can have all the birthday drinks I want. Silver lining!

kaitlink33 · January 2017

@MountainLady it sure does! Quite frankly, this whole ttc thing is weighing on my patience anymore. Lol thanks for the positive vibes!

MandyBeeSLP · January 2017

I am CD 6 today. I has my HSG yesterday and it was so incredibly painful. Apparently my retroflex uterus is to blame because just getting the catheter into place caused tears and then I had to go through all the cramping from everything else. My left tube was clear and my nurse said "if my right one wasn't it is now" because apparently it took extra long for the solution to come through on that side and that could mean it was blocked before. So, now I'm optimistic I will benefit from that increased success rate they see after HSG. I'm doing Letrozole this month as well. @GoldenKeys could you add that to my status? I realized I never even asked you to add Clomid. Whoops.

On another note my sister-in-law came over and she had been clearance Christmas shopping recently. She came in so excited and showed us a 3-month old onesie that said something about being spoiled by auntie. She proceeded to say "So this is for, like, 10 years from now or whatever when you decide to have kids. If you could just make sure they were 3-months old at Christmas that would be great! I just couldn't pass it up."
She was pretty much joking and I tried to pass it off as a joke. We haven't told her about infertility treatments or even that we have been TTC so she has no clue, but, wow, that was a punch in the gut.

QOTW: I would probably glare at him and put myself in a position where it would make it uncomfortable for him to continue to sit that way. I have very low tolerance for inconsiderate people, but I also probably wouldn't say anything.

Mythril · January 2017

QOTW: What do you do if you're forced to sit next to a "man spreader"?

a) Make myself as small as I can and allow him to take up part of my chair space. I don't really take up that much space despite how big I am.

So, I started a cycle with provera and it was my first with levothyroxine. Since that first forced cycle I have had 2 on my own. It has been emotional, and weird, and no one is as excited as I am about it and that's depressing and frustrating. The first cycle was 23 days and I didn't see a temp spike because I lost my thermometer. The second cycle was 28 days and the temp spike happened on CD 24, so my LP was not very long. This cycle my temps are so much higher than they usually are, it's confusing. And my period only lasted 3 days and was very light. So now, after all the excitement and hope of maybe getting regular cycles, I'm not sure I'm going to get another. I just have to wait and see.

funkykey · January 2017

@BenJay - ugh re: the birthday. I hope you get KU-ed for your birthday, but if that fails, I hope your DH does something really nice!

@MountainLady - I posted a whole thread on my thoughts on the Clearblue Advanced Fertility Monitor. It definitely has some drawbacks. I no longer use my first morning urine, and test instead around 10am, and that has definitely helped. You can read the thread here:
https://forums.thebump.com/discussion/12697400/reasons-i-hate-the-clearblue-advanced-fertility-monitor

@kaitlink33 FX AF comes soon. That is a LONG time to wait!

@MandyBeeSLP - FX you get KU-ed after HSG! Hahaha re: nurse and right tube. I hope she's right and now you have doubled your chances!

But on a more serious note, if my SIL did that, I would be so upset.

@Mythril - good luck! I hope your cycles continue! Kudos to you on all the temping, I have no patience for that.

BenJay · January 2017

@funkykey - "I hope you get KU-ed for your birthday..." Never once have I thought that anyone would say that to me and that it would make me so happy.

Oh, my 30s have been so very different from my 20s.

kaitlink33 · January 2017

@funkykey thanks. I'm still impatiently waiting on CD 35 so far with a stark white bfn.... ugh.

Worldtravler0522 · January 2017

Had our transfer today and we transferred the two embryos above.

My lining was measuring at 16 so I'm hopeful we can finally get our sticky baby or babies!

Question- I'm passive aggressive and would push back a little but I'm not brave enough to speak up.

kaitlink33 · January 2017

@Worldtravler0522 fx for a sticky bean/beans!

funkykey · January 2017

@Worldtravler0522 so exciting!!! They are beautiful! FX FX FX for you!

mountainlady · January 2017

@Worldtravler0522 eek!

Worldtravler0522 · January 2017

Thanks ladies! I'm really hopeful! Our last two transfers were rough so it would be nice for our third time to be the charm.

limeburst · January 2017

FX for you @Worldtravler0522!!

greenange · January 2017

This cycle we tried Clomid, after three cycles of Femara with no follicle growth. Finally my follicles showed some growth by cycle day 12! Sadly after that the growth just stopped. Finally I'm feeling like we may be getting somewhere. I'm scheduled to go in on Friday (cycle day 18) to check for more growth for the last time before starting Aygestin again on day 22 (if there's no growth). I'm hoping that those follicles have been growing like crazy since my last ultrasound on Monday.

QOTW: Definitely B. I live for giving strangers dirty looks when they annoy me. I'm not big on confrontation, but I hate inconsiderate people!

Bababatty · January 2017

@Worldtravler0522 GOOD LUCK!!! I'm rooting for you so hard!

@greenange I'm sorry for all the frustration with your follies. I really hope they've picked up the pace and you have a good appointment tomorrow. Let us know.

pawcall · January 2017

New Here

1. We have been TTC for about a year. Really targeted timing for about 6 months.

2. Still undergoing testing for me - I have an STP scheduled for Monday. There is MFI identified - low morphology.

3. Current treatment plan - as long as the STP isn't concerning, we'll go forward with an unmedicated IUI at the end of the month. I'm pretty much equal parts terrified and excited. It will be our first IUI, our first anything with the RE.

QOTW: What do you do if you're forced to sit next to a "man spreader"?

I'd find a sudden interest in standing...

notamyrtle · January 2017

@Worldtravler0522
Wow, those are some awesome looking embryos. Rooting for you !!!

notamyrtle · January 2017

@MandyBeeSLP Aww, that is awkward with the sister-in-law. Obviously it's one thing if they don't know what's going on... the optimistic comments when they DO know what's going on are also still awkward.

@greenange Good luck with those follies!
@pawcall Welcome. As they say, sorry you have to be here, and hope your stay won't be long.

Worldtravler0522 · January 2017

Thanks @notamyrtle I'm hopeful we get our sticky baby or babies from this FET!

limeburst · January 2017

I just got a call with the results of my vaginal ultrasound from a few weeks ago, and it turns out I have a cervial polyp. I did a quick google search and it seems that it can cause difficulty TTC. Apparently the odds are not in our favor.

Eta: (TB ate my post) At least it seems to be easy to remove polyps, but I am frustrated with this whole process at the moment.

Anyone have any experience with cervical polyps?

PoeMasque · January 2017

@Worldtravler0522 I've been thinking about you! Sending all my good vibes to those beautiful little
embies!!

This has been the longest wait to O ever! Clomid CD 3-7, then flagyl from CD7-14 (yay for BV!), and the last two days I've been battling thrush thanks to the flagyl - currently sitting here with a purple tongue, hoping gentian violet does the trick.

We did IUI this morning (my SO's numbers were amazing!!) and the RE did not want to do progesterone, he wants to see if the clomid fixed it, so I go back for bloodwork in a week. If it's low then he said we will do meds.

Anyone else have awful O pain from clomid?! I usually get a stitch in my side, but this is like a knife in each ovary. Yikes! Really hoping this means we have several eggs floating around in there!

Worldtravler0522 · January 2017

@PoeMasque thanks!! I'm crossing everything I have that we get our BFP that sticks this time. Hope your IUI is a success and gets you your sticky baby!

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