UGH you Guys I’m sick! Allergies and asthma(I’ve had it my whole life) I was prescribed some inhalers(advair and pro air), singular and cough medicine. The inhalers I’ve discuss with my nurse before and they are not an issue but I’m not sure about the cough medicine and allergy meds. My guess is since my transfer is still 10 days away it shouldn’t be an issued anyone else have any input I’m all ears.
I’m sorry your sick lady! Speaking from someone with bad asthma I take singular and Allegra 24 every single day of the year and have an inhailer and all are safe now through pregnancy. Now I don’t take advair - the steroids anymore but as far as allergy those are safe. Now the cough I thought wasn’t safe? I could be wrong I know all decongestants are bad which is why they made me stop taking anything with the D in it.
Married: 5/09 ~ TTC Since: 10/10 ~ PCOS ~ Progesterone from 10/10 - 2/11 ~ HSG on 3/18 - Clear ~ Started Metformin 1000mg & Clomid 50mg 2/11 ~ Metformin upped to 1500mg 4/6 ~ 6/7 Now going to SG and put on Clomid, Ovidrel, Gonal F, Prometrium, Estrace ~ IUI #1 7/2 = BFP!!!!!! March 6th our little man was born.
6/17/13 - Ovidrel, Follistim, Prometrium ~ IUI #1 7/2 = BFP! March 17th our St. Pattys day baby arrived
10/29/17 - Started process for IVF, got pregnant & miscarried a 2nd time since summer. 2/22 started stims - Menopur, Gonal F, Cetrotide - retrieval 3/6 - , PIO, estrace 3xday - FET 4/18 = Beta 1: 616; Beta 2: 1342 = BFP
funkykey That's like when my husband wants me to get excited about some ancient amplifier... I mean, its cool and all I guess, but I'm not about to get enthusiastic about it! I'm like: mmm...interesting LOL boys and their weird pastimes!
Ew my husband is going to watch the draft tongiht and tomorrow. You can’t pay me!
Married: 5/09 ~ TTC Since: 10/10 ~ PCOS ~ Progesterone from 10/10 - 2/11 ~ HSG on 3/18 - Clear ~ Started Metformin 1000mg & Clomid 50mg 2/11 ~ Metformin upped to 1500mg 4/6 ~ 6/7 Now going to SG and put on Clomid, Ovidrel, Gonal F, Prometrium, Estrace ~ IUI #1 7/2 = BFP!!!!!! March 6th our little man was born.
6/17/13 - Ovidrel, Follistim, Prometrium ~ IUI #1 7/2 = BFP! March 17th our St. Pattys day baby arrived
10/29/17 - Started process for IVF, got pregnant & miscarried a 2nd time since summer. 2/22 started stims - Menopur, Gonal F, Cetrotide - retrieval 3/6 - , PIO, estrace 3xday - FET 4/18 = Beta 1: 616; Beta 2: 1342 = BFP
@funkykey my dh loves to fish also. It’s just starting to warm up where we live so he’ll be trying to go soon. I’ve never gone with. He usually goes with his buddies! I usually try to get him to go really early morning when it’s still dark out so we have the rest of the day to enjoy!
Thanks, Everyone! **TW** I lost a pregnancy (I was four months) in January. I really really wanted to be pregnant again before my due date, and I am so relieved that it happened. It's been really hard holding it together, and while I know that the week of my original due date will still be really awful, now I feel like I will get through it.
Holy cow @morganelizabeth123 that’s so awful and traumatic I can’t even imagine. I’m so happy this is happening for you and hopefully this is a much better experience for you. That day will come and you will be emotional but hopefully tears of joy that god sent you someone in his or her place. Good luck lady
Married: 5/09 ~ TTC Since: 10/10 ~ PCOS ~ Progesterone from 10/10 - 2/11 ~ HSG on 3/18 - Clear ~ Started Metformin 1000mg & Clomid 50mg 2/11 ~ Metformin upped to 1500mg 4/6 ~ 6/7 Now going to SG and put on Clomid, Ovidrel, Gonal F, Prometrium, Estrace ~ IUI #1 7/2 = BFP!!!!!! March 6th our little man was born.
6/17/13 - Ovidrel, Follistim, Prometrium ~ IUI #1 7/2 = BFP! March 17th our St. Pattys day baby arrived
10/29/17 - Started process for IVF, got pregnant & miscarried a 2nd time since summer. 2/22 started stims - Menopur, Gonal F, Cetrotide - retrieval 3/6 - , PIO, estrace 3xday - FET 4/18 = Beta 1: 616; Beta 2: 1342 = BFP
@kristimh80 - we're from up north. Right now, his focus is on "tidal waters fishing" - so like, shellfish. It's more trapping than anything else, unfortunately for me. Bait, trap, wait a day, check, repeat. He likes to start as early as he can, and he switches between different kinds of fishing during the season. .... Yep.
@funkykey Silver lining...you don't have to sit all day on a boat waiting in quiet But I get it...my husband likes to do everything on the weekends with me as well since he's out of town a lot. Usually, just do them because the thought of shopping on a weekend makes me cringe as well
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
Married: 5/09 ~ TTC Since: 10/10 ~ PCOS ~ Progesterone from 10/10 - 2/11 ~ HSG on 3/18 - Clear ~ Started Metformin 1000mg & Clomid 50mg 2/11 ~ Metformin upped to 1500mg 4/6 ~ 6/7 Now going to SG and put on Clomid, Ovidrel, Gonal F, Prometrium, Estrace ~ IUI #1 7/2 = BFP!!!!!! March 6th our little man was born.
6/17/13 - Ovidrel, Follistim, Prometrium ~ IUI #1 7/2 = BFP! March 17th our St. Pattys day baby arrived
10/29/17 - Started process for IVF, got pregnant & miscarried a 2nd time since summer. 2/22 started stims - Menopur, Gonal F, Cetrotide - retrieval 3/6 - , PIO, estrace 3xday - FET 4/18 = Beta 1: 616; Beta 2: 1342 = BFP
@mcgeeva@J1006@morganelizabeth123 when I first saw it I felt like Like just blank... but you guys are making me start to feel like It’s so hard to feel happy, but you guys help so much
@dragonette505 it means this embryo is not messing around! What is your due date?
I don't know if @dragonette505 remembers, but we were in a small ivf board together last October. I had no clue what I was doing and she gave me a list of questions I could ask my doctor. It was amazing. While I was sorry to see us both still struggling I was relieved to see a familiar face when I got to this board. So I was thinking, should we add a field to the spreadsheet for where we are going next? Some of us will be going to May or June FET or IVF boards and some will be going to December or January baby boards.
I'm undecided about where to go. The dr hasn't given me a due date, but according to calculators it's Jan 1st. Last time I was also due very early in the month and so I always felt like I was already passed whatever the group was talking about. I may pick December so I can be a bit behind instead of way ahead.
@morganelizabeth123 I do remember we’ve been on a board together (love your screen name!) but don’t remember giving you a list..... but I 100% believe I gave you a list because I love lists!!! Lolol i haven’t had the nerve to look at my possible due date so far (but I will!) but I guess I always figured I’d be in January? once you get to the bmb’s there ends up being a ton of ppl who are at the same place (but we just never saw them post before). i think adding where we are headed is a lovely idea!!!!
dragonette505 lol! Your definitely due in Jan if that calculator thing is right. Mine says Jan 3 which for me will probably be mid December. So I am still POAS daily to make sure it's still there. I got a big fast question mark this am wit a stupid old digital. So broke the sucker open and then it turned to pregnant. Let's pray that thing isn't jacked. I need to fast forward to Tuesday. My house is dropping like flies from germs. I was home sick wed and last night up till 1 with a sick kid. Off to the doc at 9 wooo! I need to get through this last damn shower this weekend.
Married: 5/09 ~ TTC Since: 10/10 ~ PCOS ~ Progesterone from 10/10 - 2/11 ~ HSG on 3/18 - Clear ~ Started Metformin 1000mg & Clomid 50mg 2/11 ~ Metformin upped to 1500mg 4/6 ~ 6/7 Now going to SG and put on Clomid, Ovidrel, Gonal F, Prometrium, Estrace ~ IUI #1 7/2 = BFP!!!!!! March 6th our little man was born.
6/17/13 - Ovidrel, Follistim, Prometrium ~ IUI #1 7/2 = BFP! March 17th our St. Pattys day baby arrived
10/29/17 - Started process for IVF, got pregnant & miscarried a 2nd time since summer. 2/22 started stims - Menopur, Gonal F, Cetrotide - retrieval 3/6 - , PIO, estrace 3xday - FET 4/18 = Beta 1: 616; Beta 2: 1342 = BFP
I got Jan 6 or Dec 16 for twins... what a spread! i feel like I’ll be lucky to make it to beta! And of course I’m also poasing daily (twice a day if I can’t help myself)
Does anyone's butt itch really bad at the PIO injection sites? My butt is so sore from all the bruises but now super itchy on top of it. Wth??
Married: 5/09 ~ TTC Since: 10/10 ~ PCOS ~ Progesterone from 10/10 - 2/11 ~ HSG on 3/18 - Clear ~ Started Metformin 1000mg & Clomid 50mg 2/11 ~ Metformin upped to 1500mg 4/6 ~ 6/7 Now going to SG and put on Clomid, Ovidrel, Gonal F, Prometrium, Estrace ~ IUI #1 7/2 = BFP!!!!!! March 6th our little man was born.
6/17/13 - Ovidrel, Follistim, Prometrium ~ IUI #1 7/2 = BFP! March 17th our St. Pattys day baby arrived
10/29/17 - Started process for IVF, got pregnant & miscarried a 2nd time since summer. 2/22 started stims - Menopur, Gonal F, Cetrotide - retrieval 3/6 - , PIO, estrace 3xday - FET 4/18 = Beta 1: 616; Beta 2: 1342 = BFP
@mcgeeva my tummy used to itch after a few days of injections during ivf, but I feel like this numbing cream takes that away for the most part too! No pain, no itch!
What's it called? I swear I look like a crazy person scratching my butt
Married: 5/09 ~ TTC Since: 10/10 ~ PCOS ~ Progesterone from 10/10 - 2/11 ~ HSG on 3/18 - Clear ~ Started Metformin 1000mg & Clomid 50mg 2/11 ~ Metformin upped to 1500mg 4/6 ~ 6/7 Now going to SG and put on Clomid, Ovidrel, Gonal F, Prometrium, Estrace ~ IUI #1 7/2 = BFP!!!!!! March 6th our little man was born.
6/17/13 - Ovidrel, Follistim, Prometrium ~ IUI #1 7/2 = BFP! March 17th our St. Pattys day baby arrived
10/29/17 - Started process for IVF, got pregnant & miscarried a 2nd time since summer. 2/22 started stims - Menopur, Gonal F, Cetrotide - retrieval 3/6 - , PIO, estrace 3xday - FET 4/18 = Beta 1: 616; Beta 2: 1342 = BFP
So I took another HPT today. Still a stark white. Ugh.
Obviously I'm going to keep medicating until the beta, but I'm trying to figure out the plan for after beta day. I'm not hopeful about these results.
As expected, there's a part of me that's really angry at the universe. I keep thinking about my diagnosis and situation and just thinking: "how have I done this much and am still not KU-ed?" I feel a little like a medical anomaly, in a bad way. I'm jealous of the medical miracles out there- the good anomalies. Like those women who just get pregnant after doing an IVF cycle but before they transfer.
Another part of me isn't thinking about justice or fairness or anything like that. I'm just thinking about the statistics and trying to figure out if we can pay for another round of IVF and when. And I'm thinking about what's right for me and this journey.
Sooo yeah. I mean, maybe I will be surprised on Monday, but it is NOT looking good. No good news from me today.
@dragonette505 congrats!!! So happy for you!!! FX for a strong beta!!
@mcgeeva yes, my butt was itchy the first few weeks of PIO. I even had mosquito like bites on top of it. I’m not sure what helped it go away. But it did go away after few weeks of injections.
TTC history in spoiler box:
Me: 42, single Hysteroscopy: 2013 IUI #1-2: 2013 BFN Surgery 10/2015: Planned to start trying again but had a surgery. (Not related to fertility) Surgery 5/2016: Planned to start trying again but had another surgery. (Not related to fertility) IUI #3-5 (with Clomid): summer 2016 BFN IVF #1: 11/2016. 30R; 21M; 20F; 8B (6 day5 & 2 day6); 4 normal after PGS Medicated FET #1: 1/31/2017 transferred 1 embryo 3AA. BFP. Embryo stopped growing at 6w 1d. MUA at 9w 3d. Medicated FET #2: June 2017 - cancelled... Hysteroscopy #2: June 2017 Medicated FET #2: 8/7/2017 transferred 1 embryo 5BB. BFP. Ended in CP. Medicated FET #3: 10/11/2017 transferred 1 embryo 3AA. BFN ERA: December 2017 - need an extra 12 hours of PIO Medicated FET #4: 1/24/2018 transferred 1 embryo 4AA. BFN Out of embryos. IVF #2: 03/2018.
funkykey Ugh... unexplained is the worst... I always think that's obviously not real. It just means they haven't found the reason yet. I am keeping my fingers crossed for you for Monday! prudence9-2 Thanks.... So nervous!!
@Funkykey please keep your
hopes up, hope sometimes is all we got in this IVF world and that translates
into positive thinking. I know is hard
when you don’t see anything but there are so many stories about negatives until
BETA and yours is still 4 days away. If
you think it can help, listen to guided meditation, you can find a lot in
youtube and there is also a free app: mindful IVF. Hugs!
@funkykey You're not out until beta says so! So try to keep your spirits up. I know it's very difficult...everything you have said about this whole thing is EXACTLY how I've felt lately! But you still have a chance and aren't out of the game How many snowbabies do you have left? We have 1, so why I'm doing an ERA cycle next so know that my FET day is correct. If you have to figure out a plan, maybe it's something you can bring up to you doctor as well? There's a 20% chance that a lot of women are doing FET on the wrong day and need extra progesterone or less. I pray you don't have to worry about that though. But thought I'd throw it out there. I know, for me, having a "plan" helped me a lot. Sending lots of hugs!!!
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
AFM
– Do you also have this feeling that you can call your nurse to tell her your
right ear just fell off your head and you can picture her rolling her eyes and
then she is like…”that is normal” let’s wait until your BETA…uggghhh
So
this is why I called….Last night about 3.00 am I woke up with a lower back pain
and cramps, very much like the kind of pain I had during the MC, of course not
as intense but still strong enough to wake me up. I have had no spotting and I know today is
2DP5DT but supposedly its implantation time already. Last time I had very very mild cramping and no
lower back pain during implantation. Has
anyone experienced something similar and got a BFP? I haven’t HPT yet, and I am
not planning on doing it until Monday, which would be 5DP5DT (not that I don’t want
to, but I KNOW it will be BPN and also I already marked all 10 HPT with dates
and my OCD wouldn’t let me open one on a different date).
mama2b1974 I hate to tell you but that is a classic post transfer experience.. both with the nurse and with the cramping. The first days after transfer (both times) I woke at weird times with cramping and insomnia. I had more cramping last fet but what you are saying sounds like what ive read and what ive experienced.
funkykey I'm trying to be happy today... especially since I spent Wednesday sobbing and telling my dh it didn't work
Enjoy this time!!! You have worked so, so hard for this! And been through so much! Keeping FX for your beta!.. But yeah, I have been there. IF is my least favourite roller coaster.
And yes, unexplained sucks. I often have to remind DH of that - that something is wrong, they just can't explain it yet. But it is a weird mental trip to constantly have "excellent" test results, for everything to be graded well, and to still struggle. Unexplained feels insidious - like this diagnosis creeping in the shadows. My RE reminds me that "unexplained" can also mean that nothing "major" is preventing us from conceiving, but I'm getting to a point now where I'm like: "Well, if that's true, why aren't we pregnant, Einstein?"
I also often feel that, because we don't have a concrete diagnosis and so many of our test results come back great, my clinic isn't as aggressive with the treatments as they could be. Because of my age and because of our diagnosis, we were TTC for the year before being considered "infertile" and then spent 6+ months doing IUIs, and sometimes I look back on that time and I wish we could have saved ourselves a year of that. But then, hindsight is 20/20.
@funkykey Awe I didn't know Even if our ERA comes back normal...we are still struggling with the idea of doing any ER or go ahead and transfer our last one as well. This whole process can be so cruel. Praying for you that this cycle works and your mind can be happy and free from all the stress
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
Re: APRIL FET
Married: 5/09 ~ TTC Since: 10/10 ~ PCOS ~ Progesterone from 10/10 - 2/11 ~ HSG on 3/18 - Clear ~ Started Metformin 1000mg & Clomid 50mg 2/11 ~ Metformin upped to 1500mg 4/6 ~ 6/7 Now going to SG and put on Clomid, Ovidrel, Gonal F, Prometrium, Estrace ~ IUI #1 7/2 = BFP!!!!!! March 6th our little man was born.
6/17/13 - Ovidrel, Follistim, Prometrium ~ IUI #1 7/2 = BFP! March 17th our St. Pattys day baby arrived
10/29/17 - Started process for IVF, got pregnant & miscarried a 2nd time since summer. 2/22 started stims - Menopur, Gonal F, Cetrotide - retrieval 3/6 - , PIO, estrace 3xday - FET 4/18 = Beta 1: 616; Beta 2: 1342 = BFP
boys and their weird pastimes!
Married: 5/09 ~ TTC Since: 10/10 ~ PCOS ~ Progesterone from 10/10 - 2/11 ~ HSG on 3/18 - Clear ~ Started Metformin 1000mg & Clomid 50mg 2/11 ~ Metformin upped to 1500mg 4/6 ~ 6/7 Now going to SG and put on Clomid, Ovidrel, Gonal F, Prometrium, Estrace ~ IUI #1 7/2 = BFP!!!!!! March 6th our little man was born.
6/17/13 - Ovidrel, Follistim, Prometrium ~ IUI #1 7/2 = BFP! March 17th our St. Pattys day baby arrived
10/29/17 - Started process for IVF, got pregnant & miscarried a 2nd time since summer. 2/22 started stims - Menopur, Gonal F, Cetrotide - retrieval 3/6 - , PIO, estrace 3xday - FET 4/18 = Beta 1: 616; Beta 2: 1342 = BFP
@ndz2018 hope you get better soon!
**TW**
I lost a pregnancy (I was four months) in January. I really really wanted to be pregnant again before my due date, and I am so relieved that it happened. It's been really hard holding it together, and while I know that the week of my original due date will still be really awful, now I feel like I will get through it.
Married: 5/09 ~ TTC Since: 10/10 ~ PCOS ~ Progesterone from 10/10 - 2/11 ~ HSG on 3/18 - Clear ~ Started Metformin 1000mg & Clomid 50mg 2/11 ~ Metformin upped to 1500mg 4/6 ~ 6/7 Now going to SG and put on Clomid, Ovidrel, Gonal F, Prometrium, Estrace ~ IUI #1 7/2 = BFP!!!!!! March 6th our little man was born.
6/17/13 - Ovidrel, Follistim, Prometrium ~ IUI #1 7/2 = BFP! March 17th our St. Pattys day baby arrived
10/29/17 - Started process for IVF, got pregnant & miscarried a 2nd time since summer. 2/22 started stims - Menopur, Gonal F, Cetrotide - retrieval 3/6 - , PIO, estrace 3xday - FET 4/18 = Beta 1: 616; Beta 2: 1342 = BFP
....
Yep.
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
Married: 5/09 ~ TTC Since: 10/10 ~ PCOS ~ Progesterone from 10/10 - 2/11 ~ HSG on 3/18 - Clear ~ Started Metformin 1000mg & Clomid 50mg 2/11 ~ Metformin upped to 1500mg 4/6 ~ 6/7 Now going to SG and put on Clomid, Ovidrel, Gonal F, Prometrium, Estrace ~ IUI #1 7/2 = BFP!!!!!! March 6th our little man was born.
6/17/13 - Ovidrel, Follistim, Prometrium ~ IUI #1 7/2 = BFP! March 17th our St. Pattys day baby arrived
10/29/17 - Started process for IVF, got pregnant & miscarried a 2nd time since summer. 2/22 started stims - Menopur, Gonal F, Cetrotide - retrieval 3/6 - , PIO, estrace 3xday - FET 4/18 = Beta 1: 616; Beta 2: 1342 = BFP
Like just blank... but you guys are making me start to feel like
It’s so hard to feel happy, but you guys help so much
I don't know if @dragonette505 remembers, but we were in a small ivf board together last October. I had no clue what I was doing and she gave me a list of questions I could ask my doctor. It was amazing. While I was sorry to see us both still struggling I was relieved to see a familiar face when I got to this board. So I was thinking, should we add a field to the spreadsheet for where we are going next? Some of us will be going to May or June FET or IVF boards and some will be going to December or January baby boards.
I'm undecided about where to go. The dr hasn't given me a due date, but according to calculators it's Jan 1st. Last time I was also due very early in the month and so I always felt like I was already passed whatever the group was talking about. I may pick December so I can be a bit behind instead of way ahead.
i haven’t had the nerve to look at my possible due date so far (but I will!) but I guess I always figured I’d be in January?
once you get to the bmb’s there ends up being a ton of ppl who are at the same place (but we just never saw them post before).
i think adding where we are headed is a lovely idea!!!!
Married: 5/09 ~ TTC Since: 10/10 ~ PCOS ~ Progesterone from 10/10 - 2/11 ~ HSG on 3/18 - Clear ~ Started Metformin 1000mg & Clomid 50mg 2/11 ~ Metformin upped to 1500mg 4/6 ~ 6/7 Now going to SG and put on Clomid, Ovidrel, Gonal F, Prometrium, Estrace ~ IUI #1 7/2 = BFP!!!!!! March 6th our little man was born.
6/17/13 - Ovidrel, Follistim, Prometrium ~ IUI #1 7/2 = BFP! March 17th our St. Pattys day baby arrived
10/29/17 - Started process for IVF, got pregnant & miscarried a 2nd time since summer. 2/22 started stims - Menopur, Gonal F, Cetrotide - retrieval 3/6 - , PIO, estrace 3xday - FET 4/18 = Beta 1: 616; Beta 2: 1342 = BFP
i feel like I’ll be lucky to make it to beta!
And of course I’m also poasing daily (twice a day if I can’t help myself)
Married: 5/09 ~ TTC Since: 10/10 ~ PCOS ~ Progesterone from 10/10 - 2/11 ~ HSG on 3/18 - Clear ~ Started Metformin 1000mg & Clomid 50mg 2/11 ~ Metformin upped to 1500mg 4/6 ~ 6/7 Now going to SG and put on Clomid, Ovidrel, Gonal F, Prometrium, Estrace ~ IUI #1 7/2 = BFP!!!!!! March 6th our little man was born.
6/17/13 - Ovidrel, Follistim, Prometrium ~ IUI #1 7/2 = BFP! March 17th our St. Pattys day baby arrived
10/29/17 - Started process for IVF, got pregnant & miscarried a 2nd time since summer. 2/22 started stims - Menopur, Gonal F, Cetrotide - retrieval 3/6 - , PIO, estrace 3xday - FET 4/18 = Beta 1: 616; Beta 2: 1342 = BFP
Married: 5/09 ~ TTC Since: 10/10 ~ PCOS ~ Progesterone from 10/10 - 2/11 ~ HSG on 3/18 - Clear ~ Started Metformin 1000mg & Clomid 50mg 2/11 ~ Metformin upped to 1500mg 4/6 ~ 6/7 Now going to SG and put on Clomid, Ovidrel, Gonal F, Prometrium, Estrace ~ IUI #1 7/2 = BFP!!!!!! March 6th our little man was born.
6/17/13 - Ovidrel, Follistim, Prometrium ~ IUI #1 7/2 = BFP! March 17th our St. Pattys day baby arrived
10/29/17 - Started process for IVF, got pregnant & miscarried a 2nd time since summer. 2/22 started stims - Menopur, Gonal F, Cetrotide - retrieval 3/6 - , PIO, estrace 3xday - FET 4/18 = Beta 1: 616; Beta 2: 1342 = BFP
https://youtu.be/DUF1b6vENeo
Obviously I'm going to keep medicating until the beta, but I'm trying to figure out the plan for after beta day. I'm not hopeful about these results.
As expected, there's a part of me that's really angry at the universe. I keep thinking about my diagnosis and situation and just thinking: "how have I done this much and am still not KU-ed?" I feel a little like a medical anomaly, in a bad way. I'm jealous of the medical miracles out there- the good anomalies. Like those women who just get pregnant after doing an IVF cycle but before they transfer.
Another part of me isn't thinking about justice or fairness or anything like that. I'm just thinking about the statistics and trying to figure out if we can pay for another round of IVF and when. And I'm thinking about what's right for me and this journey.
Sooo yeah. I mean, maybe I will be surprised on Monday, but it is NOT looking good. No good news from me today.
@dragonette505 congrats!!! So happy for you!!! FX for a strong beta!!
@mcgeeva yes, my butt was itchy the first few weeks of PIO. I even had mosquito like bites on top of it. I’m not sure what helped it go away. But it did go away after few weeks of injections.
Hysteroscopy: 2013
IUI #1-2: 2013 BFN
Surgery 10/2015: Planned to start trying again but had a surgery. (Not related to fertility)
Surgery 5/2016: Planned to start trying again but had another surgery. (Not related to fertility)
IUI #3-5 (with Clomid): summer 2016 BFN
IVF #1: 11/2016. 30R; 21M; 20F; 8B (6 day5 & 2 day6); 4 normal after PGS
Medicated FET #1: 1/31/2017 transferred 1 embryo 3AA. BFP. Embryo stopped growing at 6w 1d. MUA at 9w 3d.
Medicated FET #2: June 2017 - cancelled...
Hysteroscopy #2: June 2017
Medicated FET #2: 8/7/2017 transferred 1 embryo 5BB. BFP. Ended in CP.
Medicated FET #3: 10/11/2017 transferred 1 embryo 3AA. BFN
ERA: December 2017 - need an extra 12 hours of PIO
Medicated FET #4: 1/24/2018 transferred 1 embryo 4AA. BFN
Out of embryos.
IVF #2: 03/2018.
prudence9-2 Thanks.... So nervous!!
@dragonette505 love the pregnant pic!!
@Funkykey please keep your hopes up, hope sometimes is all we got in this IVF world and that translates into positive thinking. I know is hard when you don’t see anything but there are so many stories about negatives until BETA and yours is still 4 days away. If you think it can help, listen to guided meditation, you can find a lot in youtube and there is also a free app: mindful IVF. Hugs!
@funkykey You're not out until beta says so! So try to keep your spirits up. I know it's very difficult...everything you have said about this whole thing is EXACTLY how I've felt lately! But you still have a chance and aren't out of the game
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
AFM – Do you also have this feeling that you can call your nurse to tell her your right ear just fell off your head and you can picture her rolling her eyes and then she is like…”that is normal” let’s wait until your BETA…uggghhh
So this is why I called….Last night about 3.00 am I woke up with a lower back pain and cramps, very much like the kind of pain I had during the MC, of course not as intense but still strong enough to wake me up. I have had no spotting and I know today is 2DP5DT but supposedly its implantation time already. Last time I had very very mild cramping and no lower back pain during implantation. Has anyone experienced something similar and got a BFP? I haven’t HPT yet, and I am not planning on doing it until Monday, which would be 5DP5DT (not that I don’t want to, but I KNOW it will be BPN and also I already marked all 10 HPT with dates and my OCD wouldn’t let me open one on a different date).
And yes, unexplained sucks. I often have to remind DH of that - that something is wrong, they just can't explain it yet. But it is a weird mental trip to constantly have "excellent" test results, for everything to be graded well, and to still struggle. Unexplained feels insidious - like this diagnosis creeping in the shadows. My RE reminds me that "unexplained" can also mean that nothing "major" is preventing us from conceiving, but I'm getting to a point now where I'm like: "Well, if that's true, why aren't we pregnant, Einstein?"
I also often feel that, because we don't have a concrete diagnosis and so many of our test results come back great, my clinic isn't as aggressive with the treatments as they could be. Because of my age and because of our diagnosis, we were TTC for the year before being considered "infertile" and then spent 6+ months doing IUIs, and sometimes I look back on that time and I wish we could have saved ourselves a year of that. But then, hindsight is 20/20.
@mamab1974 - thank you for the kind words.
@kristimh80 - we did an ERA last cycle. $1500 to find out that again, there was nothing abnormal and I was responding as expected to the medication.
We have one embie left, but if this transfer turns out to be an official fail, that will be my third. I might take a couple of months off to recoup.
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