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IF/Testing Check In - Week of 3.20

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Re: IF/Testing Check In - Week of 3.20

  • @hartmich Ugh sorry it's playing games with you. I hate spotting in the LP, it's such a MF at any day. I hope your LP isn't shorter than normal this month! It really stinks, from a fellow short LPer. Progesterone has helped me immensely to lengthen my LP.

    @safire3 Sorry for the confusion with the SA, that is frustrating! I don't know much about SA so I can't give any advice, but I hope they can shed some clear light for you.
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  • @GiddyUp82 Oh holy crap!  I can't believe no one checked your thyroid levels as part of your IF testing.  What a scary moment!  I would definitely change doctors, stat!  And I'm not particularly litigious, but you may consider legal action since you wound up in the ER.  If nothing else, their office should cover any ER costs...I'm glad you're OK now.
    Me: 45 OH: 42
    Beloved SS: born 12/2011
    TTC my bio #1/our #2 since January 2016
    **TW** June 2016 had CP **end TW**
    August 2016 - dx with DOR
    Somewhere in here received recommendation to do IVF with donor eggs, elected not to; OH dx with Low T
    May 2017 - began freezing sperm
    June 2017 - OH began treatment for Low T
    July 2017 - began doing 1 IUI via a midwife and 1 at home insemination each cycle
    http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/6259ba
    July 2018 - exhausted frozen sperm, officially NTNP since OH is probably shooting blanks

  • OMG @GiddyUp82 I am so sorry that happened. I would be changing doctors as well. You could have had a fatal arrhythmyia! I am so happy you are ok. Good luck with the IUI tomorrow!

    @Aurora1973 There is no late with this thread. We are here all week lol. Sorry I have no advice for freezing sperm. Just wanted to say hugs to you too.
  • Thanks @safire3 <3
    Me: 45 OH: 42
    Beloved SS: born 12/2011
    TTC my bio #1/our #2 since January 2016
    **TW** June 2016 had CP **end TW**
    August 2016 - dx with DOR
    Somewhere in here received recommendation to do IVF with donor eggs, elected not to; OH dx with Low T
    May 2017 - began freezing sperm
    June 2017 - OH began treatment for Low T
    July 2017 - began doing 1 IUI via a midwife and 1 at home insemination each cycle
    http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/6259ba
    July 2018 - exhausted frozen sperm, officially NTNP since OH is probably shooting blanks

  • @aurora1973 sorry no advice on sperm freezing... the clinic should have the process down... I guess its mostly about stalking up enough to do as many IUIs as you need/want. The IUI itself is not usually a big deal. GL with everything!!
    @GiddyUp82 wow that's a lot to deal with! at least they caught the problem but I would definitely be switching doctors. as for a single follie. I've had 7 rounds of letrozole  at the same dose and produced anywhere from 1-4 follies. Your RE may also be conservative and only shooting for 1 to decrease the risk of multiples... I hope your feeling better soon and GL tomorrow
    *TW*
    TTC 1/2012
    Diagnosed : unexplained infertility
    6 rounds of IUI and a MC 2/2014, rainbow twins 4/2015
    TTC #3 5/2016
    Restarted Fertility tx
    IUI 2 rounds, baby girl 12/17

  • @wabash15 Thanks!  Yeah, we're thinking at least a dozen "loads" LOL.  The midwife that does at-home IUI does two, one at 6 am and one at 6 pm. Also, apparently when they freeze it, depending on volume, they can get up to 4 vials from one shot.  So we'll see how that goes...I'm not sure how many more cycles we'll try, but I want to have a good amount available.
    Me: 45 OH: 42
    Beloved SS: born 12/2011
    TTC my bio #1/our #2 since January 2016
    **TW** June 2016 had CP **end TW**
    August 2016 - dx with DOR
    Somewhere in here received recommendation to do IVF with donor eggs, elected not to; OH dx with Low T
    May 2017 - began freezing sperm
    June 2017 - OH began treatment for Low T
    July 2017 - began doing 1 IUI via a midwife and 1 at home insemination each cycle
    http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/6259ba
    July 2018 - exhausted frozen sperm, officially NTNP since OH is probably shooting blanks

  • @GiddyUp82 omg that is so scary! I don't blame you for switching docs either. I'm glad you're ok now. 
  • Hi Ladies, just jumping in. Have to tell you that reading this thread gives me much strength. Unfortunately most of the time I only magane to read through the posts and don't have time left to actually write too :( Cheers to crazy-crazy work.

    @GiddyUp82 Wow that's awful, you had to go through that! I hope you are going to be okay now that you are off levoxyl. On the other hand, GL with your IUI today! :) Omg the first, how are you holding up? Maybe it is a stupid question, but are you nervous? Let us know how it went.

    @hartmich  So sorry about the bfn yesterday. How are you today? *hugs* Sometimes I too wonder, why could it be happening to us. Like @JuneRoseRuby  I try to find reasons behind it. Sometimes I console myself by realizing the our relationship, and bond with DH got so much stronger during all this. That we have a soo solid ground now to build a family on.. But of course at other times this doesn't help at all.

    @kiki75-2 How was your HSG? I wanted to write to you about mine, so if you are still ahead: the only thing I wish someone had told me before was that the pain will be sudden. I wasn't expecting that, and even though my doc was great and reassuring I got scared a bit, like mabye it doesn't suppose to hurt like that. But as others said before, they were done quickly and after that the pain went away as quickly as it came.

    Me: 33, DH: 38
    Married: May 2015
    TTC since September 2015
  • @tamalahoops Thanks for the tip! I'm going to call them as soon as they open today. 
  • @hartmich sorry for messed up LP this cycle :( It can be so frustrating when even what you thought was a stable element misbehaves. But again, our bodies are very complex, hopefully it is just a one-time-mishap. As for being busy: I always say that I'm lucky to have a job that I love enough to sacrifice things for it - but after almost 3 months of this, to be honest, I wouldn't mind the work crazy to dial down a bit :D 
    Me: 33, DH: 38
    Married: May 2015
    TTC since September 2015
  • @madspunk - Ohhh I love that. <3
    TTC #1 since September 2014
    Diagnoses: RPL, Endometriosis, MFI (count, morph, DNI, DNAS, multiple bilateral subclinical varicoceles), low progesterone
    Check out my Infertility blog 
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    Loss History (TW):
    BFP: 3 May 2015, loss confirmed 4 June 2015
    BFP: 15 August 2015, loss confirmed 23 August 2015
    BFP: 16 November 2015, loss confirmed 22 November 2015
    BFP: 18 July 2016, loss confirmed same day
    BFP: 04 March 2018, loss confirmed 23 March 2018
    BFP: 12 June 2018, TWINS; D&C 06 July 2018
    TTC History (TW):
    3 losses in 2015
    Met with OBGYN in January 2016
    Me: all clear, H: OAT
    November 2016: HSG = All Clear!
    January 2017: H tested again,  High DNA fragmentation and stainability
    February 2017: Clomid + TI + Progesterone = BFN
    March 2017: Clomid + HCG + IUI + Progesterone = SA/wash: zero count on attempt #1, <1,000 on attempt #2= BFN
    Varicocele Embolization- 5 May 17
    December 2017 SA: Zero improvement after embolization
    January IVF- 25 retrieved, 11 mature, 8 fertilized, 3 frozen day fives (3AA, 3AA, 3AA), 1 frozen day 6 (5BB), 1 frozen day 7 (3CC)
    Three PGS normal (3AA, 3AA, 5BB), one inconclusive (3AA)
    FET #1: 27 February 2018, 3AA & 5BB, one stuck! BFP 04 March 2018.... Loss confirmed 23 March 2018
    May 2018: SHG/SIS = all clear "beautiful uterus"
    FET #2: 04 June 2018, 3AA PGS normal embryo, 3AA PGS hatching inconclusive embryo. 
    BFP: 12 June 2018, EDD 20 February 2019
    Ultrasound, 25 June 2018: There are two
    Lost Baby A 02 July 2018
    Baby B not growing, D&C 06 July 2018
    Laparoscopy, hysteroscopy, chromotubation: 23 July 2018: blocked right tube, heavily inflamed, covered in endo. Removed right tube. Removed more endo from uterus, tubes, ovaries. Endo remains on bladder and bowel. 
    Next Up:
    TTC Naturally, possibly IUIs for remainder of 2018. 
    ER#2 ~Jan 2019
            

  • @safire3 wow going from zero sperm to 9 million is a massive jump! Clearly there is some issue getting out but that seems like something they can work with! At least you won't have to do the TESE/TESA now. 

    @GiddyUp82 how terrible! I am glad everything is okay now though! Heart conditions are scary. 

    32 years old (both H and I)
    Dating 7/2008
    Married 7/2014
    H Type I Diabetic
    TTC 1/2016
    12/2016 mental break from TTC-NTNP
    1/10/2017 initial appt with RE (all BW results WNL)
    1/17/2017 SA DX Virtual Azoo (3 sperm 0%morph 0%motility)
    1/18/2017 STP tubes clear
    2/1/2017 initial appt with Urologist
    2/15/2017 DX H Robertsonian Translocation
    H is on clomid and Theralogix Supplements
    6/26/17 repeat SA: 47 sperm 0% morph 13% motility
    7/26/17 IVF Consult, repeat SA (4 sperm)
    8/21/17 Starting IVF cycle with Donor Sperm backup
    9/1/17 ER ICSI PGS: only 2 donor embryos made it to freeze
    9/13/17 Started cycle for IUI with donor and clomid
    9/27/17 IUI canceled for overstim
    October Plan IUI with donor and low dose clomid

  • @kiki75-2 We all can do it!


    Me: late 30s | H: early 30s
    TTC #1 since April 2015
    RE Dx: Fibroids, surgery Jan 2016
    IUI #1 and #2, Nov/Dec 2016, BFN
    IVF March 2017: ER - 5R/3M/3F, 1 PGS normal
    Polyp removed May 2017
    FET May 2017 - BFP!
    Baby boy born 2/2/18

  • @wabash15 Ugh, that sucks, I totally understand! My left ovary is up high so the U/S techs have to push the wand way up there and it's incredibly painful. They're always like "Sorry" and I'm always like "DIAF."
    Me: late 30s | H: early 30s
    TTC #1 since April 2015
    RE Dx: Fibroids, surgery Jan 2016
    IUI #1 and #2, Nov/Dec 2016, BFN
    IVF March 2017: ER - 5R/3M/3F, 1 PGS normal
    Polyp removed May 2017
    FET May 2017 - BFP!
    Baby boy born 2/2/18

  • Like this? Lol
     @eggplantface
    <img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/5020794/uploads/editor/d8/tdwpsqb8aaed.gif" alt="">
  • @eggplantface Hahahaha. I'm going to save that and keep it as my rallying cry from now on. 
        
    Me: 34 DH: 38
    Married: June 2011
    TTC since Feb 2016
    BFP#1: 7/7/16 MMC: 8/16/16 
    BFP#2: 5/8/17 - CP
    BFP#3: 6/27/17 EDD: 3/10/18
  • @kiki75 - I'm glad your HSG went well! I was also so nervous about pain before mine because I had heard horror stories (thanks Google). But it wasn't that bad. Went to work a little after. As to your uterus shape, I'm not super familiar with those terms, but I have heard being tilted isn't unusual. 

    @eggplantface - I had to google "DIAF", Love it! Yes, thats how I feel too!
    Me: 28  DH:33
    Dating: Sept 2009
    Married: April 2014
    NTNP/TTC Since Dec 2015

    Living on a little farm!  :)
  • Like this? Lol
     @eggplantface

    New favorite gif!
    Me: late 30s | H: early 30s
    TTC #1 since April 2015
    RE Dx: Fibroids, surgery Jan 2016
    IUI #1 and #2, Nov/Dec 2016, BFN
    IVF March 2017: ER - 5R/3M/3F, 1 PGS normal
    Polyp removed May 2017
    FET May 2017 - BFP!
    Baby boy born 2/2/18

  • @wabash15 FX for you this cycle! I hope all goes according to plan.

    @kiki75 I'm glad the HSG went well.  Also I don't think the tilted or arcurate uterus should cause any problems. They are just normal variants. 

    @GiddyUp82 I'm glad the IUI went well. We can always trust the DHs to bring the humor into every situation :)  FX this works for you!
  • @kiki75 Glad your HSG went well and it wasn't painful. As for the tilted uterus: as far as I know we are all different a bit, so if your doc said it's not a problem, probably it is not. Maybe you can talk about it more during your next visit?

    @GiddyUp82 Glad the IUI went well. As for not getting our hopes up.. I feel you. I decided not to get mine up for this cycle for nothing, but hey, only lasted til 5 dpo. :D Yesterday I started cramping and found myself SSing :P I give up, seems like I'm  hopeless dreamer (after 19 months it seems pointless to believe in natural conception any more).
    YH sound fun, glad he was there to lighten the mood :) If you don't mind me asking: was he there with you during the procedure itself? We will have our first IUI in April (at least that's what I'm hoping for) and I'm not sure what to do. I've been thinking probably DH shouldn't be in the room for the actual procedure, because, if it is anything like the HSG was, I'm note sure I want him to preserve that image in his mind. On the other hand, if he is not in the room, then he is practically not there for the beginning of our potential child's life.. I hope I'm making myself clear - language barriers are getting to me now :) Sorry.

    Actually, FOR THE WHOLE GROUP: for those of you who did IUIs: was YH in the room with you for the procedure? (see above)
    Thanks for the input, girls.

    Me: 33, DH: 38
    Married: May 2015
    TTC since September 2015
  • @Anna_1021  DH was in the room for my first IUI. It's really similar to getting a pap done. My HSG was really painful but my IUIs were just a bit uncomfortable. The nurse gave DH the option of pushing the plunger once everything was in place but he passed. He didn't come to my other IUIs because his schedule didn't work out 
  • @Anna_1021  DH was in the room for my first IUI. It's really similar to getting a pap done. My HSG was really painful but my IUIs were just a bit uncomfortable. The nurse gave DH the option of pushing the plunger once everything was in place but he passed. He didn't come to my other IUIs because his schedule didn't work out 
    I think this depends on your cervix and how much fluid is in your bladder.  My first IUI was nothing, but my second two were horribly awful and painful.  My cervix is a real B though, so I don't think this is super common.  It might help to have a slightly full bladder when you do it.
  • @safire3 I'm so sorry, it sucks so much. And I'm sure a part of you still holds on to hope, despite what the doctors say. So it's still that roller coaster of 'maybe?' and then the let down. We are here, be kind to yourself
  • @safire3 I am so sorry you are hurting. I think you are incredibely brave and strong for toughing it out for DH. It can be lonely so I hope you have someone to do talk it over when needed. MH is an eternal hopeful type, even though we can talk about everything, once I was so upset over cd1, felt hopeless and before I knew I even managed to drag my full-of-hope H with me. It was and awful couple of days, seeing him down. So ever since he got his hope back, I too do my best to let him keep it. Hugs for you. Cd1 sucks, no matter what the chances are. 
    Me: 33, DH: 38
    Married: May 2015
    TTC since September 2015
  • @safire3 lovely!  You just got your news kinda? I mean it takes time.   Hopefully you won't be in limbo too long, either (((hugs)))  dint get me wring, I still kinda freak out on pretty much a daily basis, just in other ways lol
  • @BusinessWife yep this was our first cycle knowing all our diagnoses and all the reasons we are not getting KU. For some reason I thought it would be easier now that we have an explanation. 

    @Anna_1021 my H is exactly the same. I hate seeing him down because I rarely ever do. I feel like if he's down then the world must really be ending!
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