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courtneyh7138
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Newbie saying hi! (Trigger - Failed IVF mentioned)
courtneyh7138
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Hi! My name is Courtney and my husband and I live in San Diego. I am 38 and he will be turning 40 in October. I'm from Boston originally and he was born and raised here in San Diego. We have been married for almost 8 years and have been TTC for 7 of those years. We were trying casually at first and didn't start to get concerned until about 3 years in.
We sought help in 2018 and it was recommended that we try IUI. We did a round of IUI with clomid in August of 2018 and that failed. The doctor changed the protocol slightly, but kept me on protocol and I responded really well the second cycle. We ended up with 4 mature follicles that were all the same size and the doctor cancelled our cycle because we was worried about the risk for multiples... had we all known then what we know now, we never would have cancelled that cycle, but he made the best decision he could at the time.
We took some time off and then in 2019 we started working with an RE that was recommended to us by a friend who had a successful IVF with her. We worked with her for a while and completed one round of IVF with her that was unsuccessful and then we moved on to IVF. She used birth control to gain control of my cycle and then we did the Long Lupron down regulation protocol. In June of 2020, we had our first egg retrieval. Without reliving all of it, my experience with this doctor was not great. Communication was terrible and I was stressed the entire time over it. There were many times we almost stopped working with her, but ultimately stuck it out. All through the stimulation process, she wasn't very transparent about what she was seeing, but I didn't know what I should be asking or expecting, so I didn't say anything. Then I was shocked and heartbroken to learn right before our retrieval that she only saw 1 viable follicle. We decided to move forward with the retrieval to get the 1 and she ended up retrieving 4 eggs. Again there was a major breakdown in communication, but what we believe to be true is that we had 4 eggs, she said they were all mature and that I would get a fertilization report the next day. I never got a call until day 3, when I learned from the embryologist that all 4 had disintegrated before day 3. I'm not sure that they ever fertilized or what really happened. We were told it was an egg quality issue.
Again, we took time off to focus on supplements and getting healthier. Never heard from that doctor again. I had to follow up with her when we were ready to move forward with our next IVF round late in 2020. We met with her for a consultation and to hear from her what she thought happened last time and what she would do differently. She believes the down regulation protocol suppressed me too much and said she would use a different protocol. We didn't get the best feeling and ultimately decided to go back to the doctor that did our first two IUI cycles.
After waiting for our turn (backlog due to Covid), we finally started our cycle in May. We did estrogen and testosterone priming for 3 weeks and then started stimulation. We used Follistim, Menopur, Clomid (which I had to stop because of vision issues), HGH, and Dexamethasone. We had 13 follicles at baseline and then ended up with 7 that were ready at retrieval. 5 were mature and fertilized, 3 made it to day 3, 1 made it to day 5, and then came back Complex Abnormal - not compatible with life.
Now here we are. We are moving on to Donor Egg IVF and will be doing IUI while we navigate through that process since our insurance covers it and why not? We may get lucky! We have selected Utah Fertility Center to do our DEIVF cycle through and we are just so excited to get started.
We sought help in 2018 and it was recommended that we try IUI. We did a round of IUI with clomid in August of 2018 and that failed. The doctor changed the protocol slightly, but kept me on protocol and I responded really well the second cycle. We ended up with 4 mature follicles that were all the same size and the doctor cancelled our cycle because we was worried about the risk for multiples... had we all known then what we know now, we never would have cancelled that cycle, but he made the best decision he could at the time.
We took some time off and then in 2019 we started working with an RE that was recommended to us by a friend who had a successful IVF with her. We worked with her for a while and completed one round of IVF with her that was unsuccessful and then we moved on to IVF. She used birth control to gain control of my cycle and then we did the Long Lupron down regulation protocol. In June of 2020, we had our first egg retrieval. Without reliving all of it, my experience with this doctor was not great. Communication was terrible and I was stressed the entire time over it. There were many times we almost stopped working with her, but ultimately stuck it out. All through the stimulation process, she wasn't very transparent about what she was seeing, but I didn't know what I should be asking or expecting, so I didn't say anything. Then I was shocked and heartbroken to learn right before our retrieval that she only saw 1 viable follicle. We decided to move forward with the retrieval to get the 1 and she ended up retrieving 4 eggs. Again there was a major breakdown in communication, but what we believe to be true is that we had 4 eggs, she said they were all mature and that I would get a fertilization report the next day. I never got a call until day 3, when I learned from the embryologist that all 4 had disintegrated before day 3. I'm not sure that they ever fertilized or what really happened. We were told it was an egg quality issue.
Again, we took time off to focus on supplements and getting healthier. Never heard from that doctor again. I had to follow up with her when we were ready to move forward with our next IVF round late in 2020. We met with her for a consultation and to hear from her what she thought happened last time and what she would do differently. She believes the down regulation protocol suppressed me too much and said she would use a different protocol. We didn't get the best feeling and ultimately decided to go back to the doctor that did our first two IUI cycles.
After waiting for our turn (backlog due to Covid), we finally started our cycle in May. We did estrogen and testosterone priming for 3 weeks and then started stimulation. We used Follistim, Menopur, Clomid (which I had to stop because of vision issues), HGH, and Dexamethasone. We had 13 follicles at baseline and then ended up with 7 that were ready at retrieval. 5 were mature and fertilized, 3 made it to day 3, 1 made it to day 5, and then came back Complex Abnormal - not compatible with life.
Now here we are. We are moving on to Donor Egg IVF and will be doing IUI while we navigate through that process since our insurance covers it and why not? We may get lucky! We have selected Utah Fertility Center to do our DEIVF cycle through and we are just so excited to get started.
Re: Newbie saying hi! (Trigger - Failed IVF mentioned)