Infertility Check In

FishyMom · August 2021

After reading all the intros it seems like there are a lot of infertility moms. Which I love!

I’m not sure if y’all are interested in doing an IF check in, but I thought I’d post and see what y’all think.

Tell me about your journey?

kiwi2628 · August 2021

Oh heyyyy!!

So our story is wild. We started TTC in 2016. Tried for a year and nothing so we went to our RE where I was diagnosed with unexplained IF. I did 3 medicated IUI cycles, none of which worked. My insurance is great and actually paid for most of our IF but it did require we do 6 medicated cycles prior to IVF so my next 3 cycles I pretended to take the meds (I knew it wouldn’t work, my RE knew it wouldn’t work so he looked the other way and I wanted to minimize unnecessary drugs) and just did TI while we waited for IVF benefits to kick in. In late 2017 I did my first IVF cycle which was cancelled prior to ER because I had such a poor response which SHOCKED my RE because my AMC was like 2. So in Jan 2018 we did a microflare lupron protocol and I got 10 eggs which turned into 5 embryos. We did a fresh transfer that became my son in September 2018.

6 months later I felt weird. My period hadn’t even come back from PP as I was still breastfeeding but I felt weird. And I took a test and it was positive. I was pregnant again. WTF. Those were my first words.

Anyway in Feb 2020 my daughter was born. Shortly after my husband had a verse ring because we only wanted 2 and were done.

Cut to March 2021 I change my mind and I want a third. H is ecstatic because he always wanted 3 so we did an ET in July and here we are!

FishyMom · August 2021

@kiwi2628 that’s crazy! So do you still have 3 embryos remaining?

FishyMom · August 2021

::TW MC::

I have been on this ride for a long time and owe a lot to the The Bump for getting me thru. I used to be very active in 2013-2014 and then again in 2017.

I was told by a horrible doctor that we were male factor and that we should just adopt because biological kids are not in our future. I found the bump where’s was educated on IVF and that it could work.

So I did a cycle and got upwards of about 20ish eggs. We wanted to only fertilize half and they talked us into doing about 15.

We did a fresh transfer and that ended in a MC at 6weeks.

FET 2 was a bad thaw.

FET 3 resulted in my daughter (2014)
FET 4 resulted in my second daughter (2017)
I was done but we still had 6 embryos left, and my husband wanted 3. So we started again several years later we started and we got canceled due to Covid. So I’m June 2020 we transferred again.

FET 5: ended in MC
FET 6: put back 2 resulted in MC
FET 7: thawed remaining 3 embryos (2 were very poor quality) and 1 survived the thaw.. and here we are.

I am sad we waited so long and the gap is large, but I am also relieved to have used all of my embryos.

Avrilmai · August 2021

We started TTC in 2016 did year with no success. OB ordered labs and didn't see any issues. Did 2 medicated cycles with no success. Moved to the RE dx with unexplained IF. Did 4 IUI cycles (one was cancelled) with no luck. I had also requested an AMH test during our IUI cycles and it came back extremely low. Still considered unexplained bc my FSH was normal.

Moved to IVF in late 2018. First was a standard protocol, but I was maxed out on several meds bc of my low AMH. We got 6 eggs, one made it to blast. that one was PGT normal. took a month off went on vacation, then did a second ER with a Lupron Flare protocol. 8 eggs, but only 2 made it to blast, after PGT we were left w/ one. So we had 2 embryos.

DS was born in 2019 he was an FET from our first ER.

2nd FET was in July and here we are.

monstera13 · August 2021

@FishyMom What a long (and I’m sure heartbreaking) journey you’ve been on. That’s so great that you got to use all the embryos though!

kiwi2628 · August 2021

@fishymom we will have 3 embryos left, all PGS tested

laurazainab · August 2021

Hey! My background -

got married in 2010 and started ttc right away. After 13 months of ttc we were blessed with ds1- he was born in May 2012. Shortly after he was born we started ttc - after a a year off ttc on our own we moved to fertility treatments. I was diagnosed with pcos and didn’t ovulate on my own most of them time. We did 1 year of timed intercourse with medicated cycles at the clinic. Needed a break and decided to take some time off fertility treatments. 3 months into our break I found out I was pregnant with ds2- he was born December 2015 after almost 2.5 years of ttc total.

Shortly after ds2 was born I was diagnosed with Wegeners granulomatosis an auto immune disease in the Vasculitis family that is most similar to lupus. It. Early killed me and I was medicated with biologics and heavy dose steroids for almost 5 years. Once I was stable for a while we decided to start ttc #3. We tried for about a year on our own again but as my husband is 10 years older then me (he will be 45 in feb) we didn’t want to wait too long to get pregnant. After about a year ttc we decided to move straight to ivf since ovulation induction never worked even after a year of trying it last time. I did my egg retrieval May of this year was lucky enough to get a good number of frozen embryos (18 total frozen day 5 embryos) but had to take a full month off inbetween because I developed ohss. Had my first FET on August 2nd and transferred an untested 5AB embryo and got my first faint positive on August 6th. Had my first beta yesterday at 9dp5dt and it was 420. Second beta is tomorrow 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 Praying for a good doubling time.

FishyMom · August 2021

This is the only group who would understand… but I decided to take a shower, I take off my bra where I had been warming my pio and crash… I broke a brand new vial of pio on my bathroom floor. Thank goodness I have more… but I had just gotten that vial on Friday. Now I’m going to have to call and see if I can get another one before the time frame.

Avrilmai · August 2021

@FishyMom oh no! were you able to talk to the pharmacy/RE about another vial? (side note, why have I never thought to warm the PIO first?!?!?)

jennykatedvm · August 2021

Oh no!! Were they able to get you another vial? And @Avrilmai - warming the PIO helps a ton. Goes in much easier, and still sore afterwards but not as bad.

jennykatedvm · August 2021

Hi! The first time I tried to send this it didn't post, so I'll try again!
We started TTC before our first son back in 2016. After a little less than two years we went to the RE and diagnosed with unexplained IF but my fertility numbers looked good back then. We started with a few medicated cycles, then IUI. Our second IUI attempt resulted in our first son born in Nov 2018.
In early 2020 we were surprised to get pregnant naturally, but had a MMC at 9wks after seeing a good HB on US at 7wks.
After 6 months of TTC we went back to an RE and my numbers were significantly worse. Tried a few medicated cycles and 4 IUI with no success, so started IVF. 1st round with an antagonist protocol only resulted in 6 eggs and 1 blast (PGS normal). FET was unsuccessful. 2nd round with lupron flare gave us 10 eggs, but only 7 mature, and 5 (!) made it to blast. 4 were PGS normal. The first FET with this batch (grade 5AA male) stuck, and here we are! Just had my second beta today and it tripled from the first on Monday, so fingers crossed. First ultrasound on 9/3. First tested at home a week ago and got a faint positive at 5dpt, and I've been a basket case since.

jennykatedvm · August 2021

@laurazainab How did your second beta go?

laurazainab · August 2021

It went great! First beta was at 10dp5dt and was 420, second at 12dp5dt was 900. So it doubled nicely

ultrasound is next Friday and I’ll be 6w2d and I am terrified. Praying it goes well.

jennykatedvm · August 2021

@laurazainab Good to hear! Such a relief when the second number is rising well ☺️. Mine at 10dp5dt was only 119, but on 12dpt it was 365. Very similar to my results from a few yrs ago with my DS, so I think I'm just always on the lower end at first.
Will be thinking of you Friday!
Mine isn't until 8/1 when I'll be 6w3d.
Wish we could fast forward past this early tense part.

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