@msstephanielynnSo sorry for your losses lately! I get your aggravation, my dr wanted to have tests done at first too. In hind-sight, I wish I had just gone to the RE right away and got everything started. My OB was sending me to a fertility place for HSG and tests anyways and felt they could have figured things out so much quicker since that's their specialty. I say do what your gut tells you, esp if you feel like there's more than can be done sooner.
TTC #1 since April 2015 June 2016 - CP 2017 - Medicated Cycles & IUI's IVF w/ PGS - January 2018 FET #1 - April 2018 - BFN ERA Cycle May / June 2018 ERA Biopsy June 2018 ~ Results: receptive (no change) FET #2 - July 2018 - BFP Beta #1 - 137 Beta #2 - 410 U/S #1 7wk1d - HB 144 U/S #2 9w1d HB 166 Anatomy Scan 1st 11/2/18 2nd AS 11/19 EDD March 28, 2019 Baby Girl born 3/26/19
@notamyrtle 8 is actually pretty average (trust me, I did my research!). We were told we'd get 12-14 at retrieval and ended up with 8. I was crushed, but we had 7 mature and 6 fertilized. We ended up with 3 on transfer day. we transferred the two best embryos and ****TW***** are now 10 weeks pregnant with one of those embryos. Our 3rd embryo degenerated the day after transfer. ****end TW****
It seems like most of the time women who have 20+ retrieved end up with maybe 4 to freeze or transfer (I have several friends that ended up with only 2 normal embryos after 20+ at retrieval) so I really think it's often quality over quantity that does the trick. Hang in there! I know how it feels to expect more, but 8 really isn't but bad
Me: 39 SO: 36
Dx: low progesterone, possible DOR - officially "unexplained"
TTC#1 since November 2015 9/16/2016 IUI#1 - BFN 10/12/2016 IUI#2 - BFN 1/21/2017 Clomid/IUI#3 - BFN March 2017 IVF: BFP! (beta#1 191, beta#2 378!) - it's a boy! DS born 12/6/2017
TTC #2 since July 2018 May 2019 IVF #2: BFP! (beta#1 346, beta#2 646) - vanishing twin at 8 weeks. Baby B still going strong - due 2/8/20!
*TW* Just got my latest Beta back and the number fell so we are officially out. I'm so frustrated that it's my 4th miscarriage since July. I'm starting to feel like it's never going to happen and I'm not sure how to handle that. Cherry on top the lady taking my blood this morning was like have a great Mothers Day. I wanted to yell at her you work in a fertility clinic perhaps saying have a good Sunday is more appropriate. Ass.
Me 36 DH 34 - Married May 2010 DX: PCOS/Unexplained Infertility/MTHFR Mutation TTC since December 2014 Fresh Transfer: Gonal, Menopur, Cetrotide. ~ Chemical Pregnancy FET #1: 1st Beta- 3,792~ 2nd Beta- 4,227~ BFP ~ Miscarriage at 8 weeks FET #2: 1st Beta 207~2nd Beta 235~ BFP~ Miscarriage at 6 weeks FET #3: 1st Beta 18~ 2nd Beta 44~BFP~ Miscarriage 5 weeks FET #4: 1st Beta 50~ 2nd Beta 97.7~ Miscarriage 6 weeks 5 days FET#5: 1st Beta 29~ 2nd Beta 109~ 3rd Beta 227~ 4th Beta 661~ Miscarriage 5 weeks 3 days Miracle Natural BFP Estimated Due Date June 2019~ God is good 2 snow babies
Ugh @Worldtravler0522 I'm so sorry and what a horrible thing to say in a fertility clinic!! I'll be thinking of you and your partner as you continue your journey and I am going to be lurking here, rooting for you along the way ❤️
Me: 39 SO: 36
Dx: low progesterone, possible DOR - officially "unexplained"
TTC#1 since November 2015 9/16/2016 IUI#1 - BFN 10/12/2016 IUI#2 - BFN 1/21/2017 Clomid/IUI#3 - BFN March 2017 IVF: BFP! (beta#1 191, beta#2 378!) - it's a boy! DS born 12/6/2017
TTC #2 since July 2018 May 2019 IVF #2: BFP! (beta#1 346, beta#2 646) - vanishing twin at 8 weeks. Baby B still going strong - due 2/8/20!
@Worldtravler0522 I'm so sorry you had to deal with that. You should have told her how you felt, it would have been granted under the circumstances and the fact where she worked.
@SoonToBeMommaHowe I'm glad to know I'm not the only one that does that! I stuck out of a party at my husbands family last night because I could fake nice anymore and needed to be home.
TTC #1 since April 2015 June 2016 - CP 2017 - Medicated Cycles & IUI's IVF w/ PGS - January 2018 FET #1 - April 2018 - BFN ERA Cycle May / June 2018 ERA Biopsy June 2018 ~ Results: receptive (no change) FET #2 - July 2018 - BFP Beta #1 - 137 Beta #2 - 410 U/S #1 7wk1d - HB 144 U/S #2 9w1d HB 166 Anatomy Scan 1st 11/2/18 2nd AS 11/19 EDD March 28, 2019 Baby Girl born 3/26/19
@Worldtravler0522 I'm so sorry that is a terrible thing to say at a fertility clinic. She should be more aware. 10 minutes after finding out about my impending loss the lady who took my blood was all like oh what a beautiful day, how are you? Have a wonderful afternoon the weather is so great...blah, blah, blah. I was just trying not to burst into tears the whole time.
@kristimh80 - thank you so much! I can't get in any earlier than mid-June, so I guess I'll just go anyways
@worldtravler0522 I'm so sorry. I'll be thinking of you. Not that it will make anything better, but my blood draw lady said "oh well CP's are so common, that's why you shouldn't be testing so early" Oh ok, screw off lady! Sometimes people have no compassion or understanding.
@msstephanielynn are you kidding me?! I can't believe some people's nerve. It's like look lady, if you've been waiting months or years for a BFP you'd be wanting to test early too. Screw off. I just wish people wouldn't say anything if they don't know what to say.
@worldtravler0522 Oh no, I am so sorry to hear this!! You've been through so much this past year. I really hoped this was the one. And how rude of that woman! I know it's something that slips out, but you'd think there'd be more awareness in a fertility clinic!
@worldtraveler1234 I am so sorry for your loss. I teared up when I read that. I wish I had something to say that would fix it or help you feel better but I don't. (((((Hugs)))))
Me: 34 - SO: 40 TTC #1 since 8/2016 FINALLY diagnosed with anovulatory PCOS 11/2016 (Insulin resistance and multiple cysts on both ovaries) Miscarriage on 7/19/17 at 7 weeks Miscarriage on 10/16/17 at 5 weeks
@SoonToBeMommaHowe I am 11dpiui. I was weak and broke down and tested this morning....with a BFN. I keep telling myself it might have been too early but to be honest, I'm not feeling very hopeful. Fx for Thursday for you.
Thank you for the support ladies! I'm sad but I was skeptical it would work because of the small numbers but was hopeful this one was it. We're going out of town next week so I'm greatful it happened now at least.
Me 36 DH 34 - Married May 2010 DX: PCOS/Unexplained Infertility/MTHFR Mutation TTC since December 2014 Fresh Transfer: Gonal, Menopur, Cetrotide. ~ Chemical Pregnancy FET #1: 1st Beta- 3,792~ 2nd Beta- 4,227~ BFP ~ Miscarriage at 8 weeks FET #2: 1st Beta 207~2nd Beta 235~ BFP~ Miscarriage at 6 weeks FET #3: 1st Beta 18~ 2nd Beta 44~BFP~ Miscarriage 5 weeks FET #4: 1st Beta 50~ 2nd Beta 97.7~ Miscarriage 6 weeks 5 days FET#5: 1st Beta 29~ 2nd Beta 109~ 3rd Beta 227~ 4th Beta 661~ Miscarriage 5 weeks 3 days Miracle Natural BFP Estimated Due Date June 2019~ God is good 2 snow babies
@moofish2364 I think that I can push some compassion to people that have no experience with infertility, but a medical professional - I feel like that should be part of their training, esp in an IF clinic!!!
@MooFish2364 I don't know if it's will power as much as it is just being frustrated with seeing a BFN every month for nearly 2 years And when I test early I keep telling myself maybe tomorrow it will be positive, maybe tomorrow and then end up taking numerous tests and making myself feel bad. I'm sure a lot of us do this to ourselves.
@hoffmanr7 Im sorry about your BFN. I also don't feel overly hopeful and I have a concerned friend who keeps asking me if I'm having any symptoms which is nice but just a reminder that nope, no I'm not having any symptoms. And nothing is pointing to this being a BFP cycle.
@Worldtravler0522 Ugh, I am so sorry for the loss and for your long journey. And that's ridiculous about what that phlebotomist said - like seriously, some people are incapable of putting two and two together.
@PoeMasque - Thanks so much for your input. I actually thought of you after hearing that I got only 8. I was really crushed after my ER on Thursday. Part of it was that my estradiol was ~5000 and so I thought I'd clear 10 eggs, easily. But nothing in IF goes as expected. I'm really happy for your success - like you said, quantity isn't everything. Did you end up doing ICSI? I can't recall...
So I finally summoned up the courage to look at my fertilization report. Of 8 eggs, 7 were mature and 4 fertilized normally (we didn't do ICSI - maybe next time we will given our small egg hauls). Tomorrow we'll find out if any survived to day 5. It's been a nerve-wracking day.
Me - 35 (DH - 33). TTC since May 2015. Saw RE in July 2016. 11/16: IUI #1= BFN. 1/17: IUI #2 = BFN. 5/17: IVF #1. 'long lupron' protocol. E2 = 4800, 'freeze-all', 8R, 7M, 4F, 4B. 8/17: FET #1. Thus far - 'unexplained'.
After one of my losses the whole RE's office was awkward and didn't know how to talk to me. I was young so they all made comments about how this would be so easy for me and they weren't worried so when I lost the first pregnancy they just kept saying sorry and looked at me like i was abnormal. Ugh the medical profession can be so socially awkward.
@notamyrtle oh man, I remember those days waiting for the day 5 call....hardest wait of our whole journey, hang in there! We did ICSI, my SO's sperm had some issues with antibodies being stuck on them (something to do with being exposed to his blood and it thinking the sperm were foreign) so they said we would have had lower fertilization rates without it, but that once the sperm was injected into the egg the antibodies wouldn't hinder anything....kind of fascinating because we'd had four SAs prior to that where no one said anything about this whole issue.
Me: 39 SO: 36
Dx: low progesterone, possible DOR - officially "unexplained"
TTC#1 since November 2015 9/16/2016 IUI#1 - BFN 10/12/2016 IUI#2 - BFN 1/21/2017 Clomid/IUI#3 - BFN March 2017 IVF: BFP! (beta#1 191, beta#2 378!) - it's a boy! DS born 12/6/2017
TTC #2 since July 2018 May 2019 IVF #2: BFP! (beta#1 346, beta#2 646) - vanishing twin at 8 weeks. Baby B still going strong - due 2/8/20!
@PoeMasque Thanks for the details - really helpful in case we do another cycle. My DH has not been checked for antibodies and I have wondered about them.
It was definitely a tough wait. We ended up having 4 embryos frozen- I assume they were day 5's but will find out in a month at our follow-up.
Me - 35 (DH - 33). TTC since May 2015. Saw RE in July 2016. 11/16: IUI #1= BFN. 1/17: IUI #2 = BFN. 5/17: IVF #1. 'long lupron' protocol. E2 = 4800, 'freeze-all', 8R, 7M, 4F, 4B. 8/17: FET #1. Thus far - 'unexplained'.
Did my retest today....I have really begun to dislike peeing on sticks. It used to be so fun. Anyways, as I expected another BFN. DH asked if I had gotten AF yet and when I said no, he said "So there's still a chance". I tried to explain to him that the progesterone usually makes me start later. The ever optimist. He thinks I'm too negative, but I call it being realistic. Plus, I don't think he really understands just how hard it is every time I let myself hope and then get disappointed.
I'm so sick of this whole process and am starting to loose hope. I just don't see how we can have 3 huge follicles and have nothing come of it. I'm starting to feel like we will never get pregnant.
Between that and some frustrations at work, I am a bit of a wreck. I need a good cry and a stiff drink...but that will have to wait for later this evening.
@hoffmanr7 DH is like Pollyanna and it makes me want to punch him in the face. I adore him and appreciate him during this horrible process but when I'm feeling down I don't want sunshine and rainbows. I'm so sorry you're going through this.
Me 36 DH 34 - Married May 2010 DX: PCOS/Unexplained Infertility/MTHFR Mutation TTC since December 2014 Fresh Transfer: Gonal, Menopur, Cetrotide. ~ Chemical Pregnancy FET #1: 1st Beta- 3,792~ 2nd Beta- 4,227~ BFP ~ Miscarriage at 8 weeks FET #2: 1st Beta 207~2nd Beta 235~ BFP~ Miscarriage at 6 weeks FET #3: 1st Beta 18~ 2nd Beta 44~BFP~ Miscarriage 5 weeks FET #4: 1st Beta 50~ 2nd Beta 97.7~ Miscarriage 6 weeks 5 days FET#5: 1st Beta 29~ 2nd Beta 109~ 3rd Beta 227~ 4th Beta 661~ Miscarriage 5 weeks 3 days Miracle Natural BFP Estimated Due Date June 2019~ God is good 2 snow babies
Ugh @hoffmanr7 I feel like I could've written your exact post. My husband tells me I can't keep being so negative and after every BFN He'll say to me "I guess we'll just have to wait and see"....well with a BFN at 16dpiui there's only one thing we're waiting for. And then I feel guilty for being negative but like you when I let myself feel hopeful then the disappointment is overwhelming. IF really blows and I'm sorry you're having such a bad day. Please have all the stiff drinks you need.
Thank you for the kind words everyone
DH - 34, Me - 32 Married 7/13 TTC #1 since 10/13 BFP 2/4/15, MC twin boys at 18w3d 5/15 IUI #1 2/25/16
@hoffmanr7 I'm sorry DH just acts like nothing is going on. I leave the pee sticks in the bathroom for him to see and then he throws it out so I know he saw the negative. He always comes and hugs me but I couldnt stand his positive comments when he doesn't understand how things work. or when he use to say it's ok next month. Ugh Next month felt like a year away.
@SoonToBeMommaHowe - Ugh, I'm so sorry. I'm going to keep my fingers crossed that something awesome happens (like you win the lottery), and you don't have to wait the full two years. Sending lots of good vibes your way, hang in there.
@hoffmanr7 - I'm sorry. If it makes you feel any better, I know exactly how you feel with the multiple mature follicles, IUI, and still no BFN. It sucks so much/so bad. In fact, I'd say it's some serious bullsh*t.
@hoffmanr7 I'm so sorry about the BFN. I completely understand where you're coming from. Just the other day I was thinking, "I'll never be pregnant. That's not a thing that will ever happen for me. Will never see that double line. How do people even get pregnant in the first place? Doesn't seem possible." Seriously, how is it that you can create a perfect environment, provide multiple targets (follicles), literally put the sperm at the gates, and millions of sperm STILL can't hit them? It's amazing we've lasted this long as a species.
@Bababatty, I've had the same thought... how can human reproduction be THIS inefficient and there are 7 (or 8?) billion of us? Arghghgh.
Regarding DH Polyannas, my husband literally doesn't believe it when I tell him I got my period. He's always like, "it's too early... that could be implantation bleeding". Always pisses me off - I'm like, dude, are YOU the one who's been menstruating 20+ years??
Me - 35 (DH - 33). TTC since May 2015. Saw RE in July 2016. 11/16: IUI #1= BFN. 1/17: IUI #2 = BFN. 5/17: IVF #1. 'long lupron' protocol. E2 = 4800, 'freeze-all', 8R, 7M, 4F, 4B. 8/17: FET #1. Thus far - 'unexplained'.
Re: TTTC Checkin 05/09/2017
June 2016 - CP
2017 - Medicated Cycles & IUI's
IVF w/ PGS - January 2018
FET #1 - April 2018 - BFN
ERA Cycle May / June 2018
ERA Biopsy June 2018 ~ Results: receptive (no change)
FET #2 - July 2018 - BFP
U/S #1 7wk1d - HB 144 U/S #2 9w1d HB 166
Anatomy Scan 1st 11/2/18 2nd AS 11/19
EDD March 28, 2019
Baby Girl born 3/26/19
It seems like most of the time women who have 20+ retrieved end up with maybe 4 to freeze or transfer (I have several friends that ended up with only 2 normal embryos after 20+ at retrieval) so I really think it's often quality over quantity that does the trick. Hang in there! I know how it feels to expect more, but 8 really isn't but bad
TTC#1 since November 2015
9/16/2016 IUI#1 - BFN
10/12/2016 IUI#2 - BFN
1/21/2017 Clomid/IUI#3 - BFN
March 2017 IVF: BFP! (beta#1 191, beta#2 378!) - it's a boy! DS born 12/6/2017
TTC #2 since July 2018
May 2019 IVF #2: BFP! (beta#1 346, beta#2 646) - vanishing twin at 8 weeks. Baby B still going strong - due 2/8/20!
DX: PCOS/Unexplained Infertility/MTHFR Mutation
TTC since December 2014
Fresh Transfer: Gonal, Menopur, Cetrotide. ~ Chemical Pregnancy
FET #1: 1st Beta- 3,792~ 2nd Beta- 4,227~ BFP ~ Miscarriage at 8 weeks
FET #2: 1st Beta 207~2nd Beta 235~ BFP~ Miscarriage at 6 weeks
FET #3: 1st Beta 18~ 2nd Beta 44~BFP~ Miscarriage 5 weeks
FET #4: 1st Beta 50~ 2nd Beta 97.7~ Miscarriage 6 weeks 5 days
FET#5: 1st Beta 29~ 2nd Beta 109~ 3rd Beta 227~ 4th Beta 661~ Miscarriage 5 weeks 3 days
Miracle Natural BFP Estimated Due Date June 2019~ God is good
2 snow babies
TTC #1 Since: April 2015
Unexplained Infertility
Cycle 1&2 : Clomid 50mg- BFN
Cycle 3: Letrozole 2.5mg- BFN
Cycle 4: Letrozole 5mg- BFN
Cycle 5: HSG-normal
Clomid 100mg+ Estrace- BFN
Cycle 6: Letrozole 5mg+Trigger shot+IUI+Progestrone- BFN
Cycle 7: Letrozole 5mg, Cyst found during follicle check
Cycle 8: Birth control to treat left ovary cyst
Cycle 9: Letrozole 7.5mg+Trigger shot+IUI+Progesterone- BFN
Cycle 10: Letrozole 7.5mg, 2 Cysts found during follicle check
Cycle 11: Clomid 100mg+Estradiol+Trigger shot+IUI+Progesterone- BFN
Cycle 12: Clomid 100mg- BFN
Cycle 13-16: Natural attempts while awaiting IVF
Cycle 14: IVF-BFN
TTC#1 since November 2015
9/16/2016 IUI#1 - BFN
10/12/2016 IUI#2 - BFN
1/21/2017 Clomid/IUI#3 - BFN
March 2017 IVF: BFP! (beta#1 191, beta#2 378!) - it's a boy! DS born 12/6/2017
TTC #2 since July 2018
May 2019 IVF #2: BFP! (beta#1 346, beta#2 646) - vanishing twin at 8 weeks. Baby B still going strong - due 2/8/20!
i snuck out the side door at church today so I didn't have to deal with "nice", but rude, comments.
Married 7/13
TTC #1 since 10/13
BFP 2/4/15, MC twin boys at 18w3d 5/15
IUI #1 2/25/16
@SoonToBeMommaHowe I'm glad to know I'm not the only one that does that! I stuck out of a party at my husbands family last night because I could fake nice anymore and needed to be home.
June 2016 - CP
2017 - Medicated Cycles & IUI's
IVF w/ PGS - January 2018
FET #1 - April 2018 - BFN
ERA Cycle May / June 2018
ERA Biopsy June 2018 ~ Results: receptive (no change)
FET #2 - July 2018 - BFP
U/S #1 7wk1d - HB 144 U/S #2 9w1d HB 166
Anatomy Scan 1st 11/2/18 2nd AS 11/19
EDD March 28, 2019
Baby Girl born 3/26/19
@kristimh80 - thank you so much! I can't get in any earlier than mid-June, so I guess I'll just go anyways
@worldtravler0522 I'm so sorry. I'll be thinking of you. Not that it will make anything better, but my blood draw lady said "oh well CP's are so common, that's why you shouldn't be testing so early" Oh ok, screw off lady! Sometimes people have no compassion or understanding.
Me: 36 DH:35
Married: 7/10/2016
TTC#1 - May 2016
BFP 9/6/2016 - Missed MC 10/20/2016
BFP 5/5/2017 - CP
IVF #1 - June 2017 - Transferred 1 fresh 4 AA embryo. 7/9 Beta #1 - 161
Married 7/13
TTC #1 since 10/13
BFP 2/4/15, MC twin boys at 18w3d 5/15
IUI #1 2/25/16
Me: 34 - SO: 40
TTC #1 since 8/2016
FINALLY diagnosed with anovulatory PCOS 11/2016 (Insulin resistance and multiple cysts on both ovaries)
Miscarriage on 7/19/17 at 7 weeks
Miscarriage on 10/16/17 at 5 weeks
TTC #1 Since: April 2015
Unexplained Infertility
Cycle 1&2 : Clomid 50mg- BFN
Cycle 3: Letrozole 2.5mg- BFN
Cycle 4: Letrozole 5mg- BFN
Cycle 5: HSG-normal
Clomid 100mg+ Estrace- BFN
Cycle 6: Letrozole 5mg+Trigger shot+IUI+Progestrone- BFN
Cycle 7: Letrozole 5mg, Cyst found during follicle check
Cycle 8: Birth control to treat left ovary cyst
Cycle 9: Letrozole 7.5mg+Trigger shot+IUI+Progesterone- BFN
Cycle 10: Letrozole 7.5mg, 2 Cysts found during follicle check
Cycle 11: Clomid 100mg+Estradiol+Trigger shot+IUI+Progesterone- BFN
Cycle 12: Clomid 100mg- BFN
Cycle 13-16: Natural attempts while awaiting IVF
Cycle 14: IVF-BFN
DX: PCOS/Unexplained Infertility/MTHFR Mutation
TTC since December 2014
Fresh Transfer: Gonal, Menopur, Cetrotide. ~ Chemical Pregnancy
FET #1: 1st Beta- 3,792~ 2nd Beta- 4,227~ BFP ~ Miscarriage at 8 weeks
FET #2: 1st Beta 207~2nd Beta 235~ BFP~ Miscarriage at 6 weeks
FET #3: 1st Beta 18~ 2nd Beta 44~BFP~ Miscarriage 5 weeks
FET #4: 1st Beta 50~ 2nd Beta 97.7~ Miscarriage 6 weeks 5 days
FET#5: 1st Beta 29~ 2nd Beta 109~ 3rd Beta 227~ 4th Beta 661~ Miscarriage 5 weeks 3 days
Miracle Natural BFP Estimated Due Date June 2019~ God is good
2 snow babies
@hoffmanr7 Im sorry about your BFN. I also don't feel overly hopeful and I have a concerned friend who keeps asking me if I'm having any symptoms which is nice but just a reminder that nope, no I'm not having any symptoms. And nothing is pointing to this being a BFP cycle.
All the hugs to you @Worldtravler0522
Married 7/13
TTC #1 since 10/13
BFP 2/4/15, MC twin boys at 18w3d 5/15
IUI #1 2/25/16
@PoeMasque - Thanks so much for your input. I actually thought of you after hearing that I got only 8. I was really crushed after my ER on Thursday. Part of it was that my estradiol was ~5000 and so I thought I'd clear 10 eggs, easily. But nothing in IF goes as expected. I'm really happy for your success - like you said, quantity isn't everything. Did you end up doing ICSI? I can't recall...
So I finally summoned up the courage to look at my fertilization report. Of 8 eggs, 7 were mature and 4 fertilized normally (we didn't do ICSI - maybe next time we will given our small egg hauls). Tomorrow we'll find out if any survived to day 5. It's been a nerve-wracking day.
TTC since May 2015.
Saw RE in July 2016.
11/16: IUI #1= BFN.
1/17: IUI #2 = BFN.
5/17: IVF #1. 'long lupron' protocol. E2 = 4800, 'freeze-all', 8R, 7M, 4F, 4B.
8/17: FET #1.
Thus far - 'unexplained'.
@Worldtravler0522 I am so sorry for your loss.
::Tw::
After one of my losses the whole RE's office was awkward and didn't know how to talk to me. I was young so they all made comments about how this would be so easy for me and they weren't worried so when I lost the first pregnancy they just kept saying sorry and looked at me like i was abnormal. Ugh the medical profession can be so socially awkward.
TTC#1 since November 2015
9/16/2016 IUI#1 - BFN
10/12/2016 IUI#2 - BFN
1/21/2017 Clomid/IUI#3 - BFN
March 2017 IVF: BFP! (beta#1 191, beta#2 378!) - it's a boy! DS born 12/6/2017
TTC #2 since July 2018
May 2019 IVF #2: BFP! (beta#1 346, beta#2 646) - vanishing twin at 8 weeks. Baby B still going strong - due 2/8/20!
It was definitely a tough wait. We ended up having 4 embryos frozen- I assume they were day 5's but will find out in a month at our follow-up.
TTC since May 2015.
Saw RE in July 2016.
11/16: IUI #1= BFN.
1/17: IUI #2 = BFN.
5/17: IVF #1. 'long lupron' protocol. E2 = 4800, 'freeze-all', 8R, 7M, 4F, 4B.
8/17: FET #1.
Thus far - 'unexplained'.
on to two years of waiting and saving money. GL to everyone here! I hope you get your BFPs soon
Married 7/13
TTC #1 since 10/13
BFP 2/4/15, MC twin boys at 18w3d 5/15
IUI #1 2/25/16
I'm so sick of this whole process and am starting to loose hope. I just don't see how we can have 3 huge follicles and have nothing come of it. I'm starting to feel like we will never get pregnant.
Between that and some frustrations at work, I am a bit of a wreck. I need a good cry and a stiff drink...but that will have to wait for later this evening.
Pity party over.
TTC #1 Since: April 2015
Unexplained Infertility
Cycle 1&2 : Clomid 50mg- BFN
Cycle 3: Letrozole 2.5mg- BFN
Cycle 4: Letrozole 5mg- BFN
Cycle 5: HSG-normal
Clomid 100mg+ Estrace- BFN
Cycle 6: Letrozole 5mg+Trigger shot+IUI+Progestrone- BFN
Cycle 7: Letrozole 5mg, Cyst found during follicle check
Cycle 8: Birth control to treat left ovary cyst
Cycle 9: Letrozole 7.5mg+Trigger shot+IUI+Progesterone- BFN
Cycle 10: Letrozole 7.5mg, 2 Cysts found during follicle check
Cycle 11: Clomid 100mg+Estradiol+Trigger shot+IUI+Progesterone- BFN
Cycle 12: Clomid 100mg- BFN
Cycle 13-16: Natural attempts while awaiting IVF
Cycle 14: IVF-BFN
@hoffmanr7 DH is like Pollyanna and it makes me want to punch him in the face. I adore him and appreciate him during this horrible process but when I'm feeling down I don't want sunshine and rainbows. I'm so sorry you're going through this.
DX: PCOS/Unexplained Infertility/MTHFR Mutation
TTC since December 2014
Fresh Transfer: Gonal, Menopur, Cetrotide. ~ Chemical Pregnancy
FET #1: 1st Beta- 3,792~ 2nd Beta- 4,227~ BFP ~ Miscarriage at 8 weeks
FET #2: 1st Beta 207~2nd Beta 235~ BFP~ Miscarriage at 6 weeks
FET #3: 1st Beta 18~ 2nd Beta 44~BFP~ Miscarriage 5 weeks
FET #4: 1st Beta 50~ 2nd Beta 97.7~ Miscarriage 6 weeks 5 days
FET#5: 1st Beta 29~ 2nd Beta 109~ 3rd Beta 227~ 4th Beta 661~ Miscarriage 5 weeks 3 days
Miracle Natural BFP Estimated Due Date June 2019~ God is good
2 snow babies
Thank you for the kind words everyone
Married 7/13
TTC #1 since 10/13
BFP 2/4/15, MC twin boys at 18w3d 5/15
IUI #1 2/25/16
@hoffmanr7 - I'm sorry.
Good luck to you these next couple of days.
@Bababatty, I've had the same thought... how can human reproduction be THIS inefficient and there are 7 (or 8?) billion of us? Arghghgh.
Regarding DH Polyannas, my husband literally doesn't believe it when I tell him I got my period. He's always like, "it's too early... that could be implantation bleeding". Always pisses me off - I'm like, dude, are YOU the one who's been menstruating 20+ years??
TTC since May 2015.
Saw RE in July 2016.
11/16: IUI #1= BFN.
1/17: IUI #2 = BFN.
5/17: IVF #1. 'long lupron' protocol. E2 = 4800, 'freeze-all', 8R, 7M, 4F, 4B.
8/17: FET #1.
Thus far - 'unexplained'.