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Re: WTO and TWW- Week of 11/21
rant: i am tired and behind at work, but what is new? lol
@sunshine134 do you have your chart to share? sometimes it helps to have another set of eyes on it
I am happy to share my chart, and I'll share my OPK pictures too. Any insight would be appreciated!
Month/Cycle: Cycle #2 (officially)
CD (/DPO if applicable): CD 19 (35 day cycles)
What's coming up? (FW, testing, etc.): waiting for positive opk.
R/R: eh nothing.
CS/Q: I tested positive for covid on 11/10 a few days after returning from my honeymoon. My BBT has been a little erratic, so I assume it’s from being sick. But worried I won’t ovulate this month. Thoughts?
TTC: Sept 2016-Oct 2017
BFP Oct 2017. DD born July 2018.
TTC: March 2020. BFP March 2020
Due date was Nov 2020
DS born Sept 2020. DS passed away Nov 2020 due to prematurity and birth trauma.
TTC: March 2021
IUI #1 Nov 2021, BFN
IUI #2 Dec 2021 BFP. MC Jan 2022
IUI #3 Aug 2022 BFN
IUI #4 Sept 2022 BFN
AMH test came back at .081. Was going to move on to IVF with DE, but have decided not to. Will be leaving it up to the universe now.
I don't know if I have ever had a true positive OPK. I *think* my peak is lightening fast. I will definitely be adding a midday test this coming cycle. I'm worried I don't actually ovulate. Thanks for your feedback!
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@stephmars13 I hope you feel better soon!
@anniemarie887 So so happy to see you here!!! Yay to TTC again!
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@stephmars13 i've covid 3x (yes, vaxxed) and for me it never affected my cycle. the booster shots did though.
@bearmomma1 my OBGYN says EOD day 10-21 if you don't feel like tracking!
@britters314 that's wild that you have possibly sorted this out, i hope that is the solution for you guys
@wanderlustsoul i know that HCG drop game well, will your OBGYN check it again?
@maggiemadeit thank you!
Another BFN this morning for me. I think I'm out. AF should be here soon, and based on how grouchy I am, I'd say today or tomorrow.
Oct '21 somewhat improved AMH (.51) and significantly improved FSH (8.9). Maybe it's all the pills I swallow.
Dec -21, standard antagonist. 225menupur/225gonal-f/cetrotide/5000u trigger, AFC 5; 11 days of stims. retrieval yields 5, 4M, 2 reach day-6 blast (4AB & 4BB). 1 low-level mosaic (chr. 3 deletion), 1 complex abnormal.
Feb '22 FET (low-level mosaic): CP.
May '22 egg retrieval, lupron flare protocol. HGH priming for 1 month before stims; md lupron 20/20u daily; menopur 225, follistim 225, 10k trigger after 8 days of stims; AFC 10; 13 retrieved; 10 mature; 8 fertilized. All frozen at 2PN for later thaw, grow, and biopsy.
July '22 egg retrieval same protocol: 9 days of stims; AFC 8; 10 retrieved, 8 mature, 4 fertilized and frozen.
Sept '22 ER same protocol: AFC 10; 12 retrieved, 11 mature, 11 fertilized.
From the 3 retrievals, 7 survived to day 5-6 blastocyst, from which I have 2 normal embryos!
Jan 20, Fully medicated FET, baby aspirin, dexamethasone, acupuncture, and as much woo as I can stand (which isn't very much). BFN.
July 23, Natural FET + baby aspirin. BFN.
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@kiki047 got the new apple watch that has a temp sensor, any thoughts on it kiki?
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I'm so sad today. Every month I try not to get my hopes up, and every month I fail. Thank you all for being here on this journey.
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Oct '21 somewhat improved AMH (.51) and significantly improved FSH (8.9). Maybe it's all the pills I swallow.
Dec -21, standard antagonist. 225menupur/225gonal-f/cetrotide/5000u trigger, AFC 5; 11 days of stims. retrieval yields 5, 4M, 2 reach day-6 blast (4AB & 4BB). 1 low-level mosaic (chr. 3 deletion), 1 complex abnormal.
Feb '22 FET (low-level mosaic): CP.
May '22 egg retrieval, lupron flare protocol. HGH priming for 1 month before stims; md lupron 20/20u daily; menopur 225, follistim 225, 10k trigger after 8 days of stims; AFC 10; 13 retrieved; 10 mature; 8 fertilized. All frozen at 2PN for later thaw, grow, and biopsy.
July '22 egg retrieval same protocol: 9 days of stims; AFC 8; 10 retrieved, 8 mature, 4 fertilized and frozen.
Sept '22 ER same protocol: AFC 10; 12 retrieved, 11 mature, 11 fertilized.
From the 3 retrievals, 7 survived to day 5-6 blastocyst, from which I have 2 normal embryos!
Jan 20, Fully medicated FET, baby aspirin, dexamethasone, acupuncture, and as much woo as I can stand (which isn't very much). BFN.
July 23, Natural FET + baby aspirin. BFN.
I'm loving the Apple Watch Series 8 so far. I honestly don't have many complaints about it at all, other than I wish all of the Apple products had better battery life in general lol. The one thing that I do hope they'll figure out how to integrate is actually syncing this data with their fertility tracker in their native Health app. This doesn't give me a specific temp to input, so I need to pick an arbitrary baseline and add/subtract the variation from the baseline in order to enter it into any of my fertility trackers. I just don't bother and refer to this chart instead.
Here's an example of a snippet of my wrist temperatures this cycle - you can very clearly see the temp shift Nov 15th (and I'm relatively certain I ovulated this cycle, whereas I don't think I did last month and my temps reflect that). I used to temp vaginally with a BBT and while I was pretty good about it and got into a routine, having a wearable is honestly SO much easier. Especially one that I would be wearing anyway because it tracks other metrics in my sleep like RHR, my breathing, and sleep patterns.
*Edited to correct watch series, it's series 8 not 7.
TTC History:
Me: 36 MH: 39, TTC since Dec 2017
Aug '18: PCOS dx
Nov '18: MH SA - 19mil
Dec '18-Mar '19: Letrozole + TI - all BFN
Apr '19: Letrozole + TI, - BFN. Repeat SA (27mil) & DNA fragmentation test (17%)
Aug '19: Letrozole + HCG trigger + IUI + prog supp - BFN (MH: 16mil)
Sep '19: 2nd IUI, same protocol - BFN (MH: 16mil)
Dec '19: IVF #1 w/ICSI, PGT. 5 retrieved, 4 fertilized, 3 blasts, 3 PGT-A normal.
Mar '20: FET #1, perfect 5AA blast transferred. BFN.
Sept '20: FET #2, 5BB tsf. 9/18/20 BFP!! EDD: 5/27/21. MMC 11w
Feb ‘21: FET #3, last 6BB blast transferred. BFP, EDD 11/2/21. MC 5w3d.
May '21: IVF #2 w/ICSI, PGT. 8R, 7M, 6F, 6 blasts - 3AB, 3AB, 3BB, 4BB, 5BB, 6BA. Fresh tsf 5/13/21 - BFN.
June '21: PGT-A results = 3 abnormal, 1 low level mosaic. Referred to new REI, had consult with 2nd RE in between.
Sept '21: RPL, immune testing normal
Oct '21: IVF #3 w/IMSI, PGT. 33R, 26M, 23F, 9 blasts (7 day 6, 2 day 7). PGT-A = 5 normal, 1 mosaic
Dec '21: Positive for endometritis, RX Flagyl & Keflex
Jan '22: FET #5 - Kitchen sink immune/RIF protocol incl. PRP, intralipids, prednisone, medrol, nivestym, fragmin - CP
Feb '22: FET #6 - Kitchen sink immune/RIF protocol w/higher doses of pred & fragmin - BFN
Mar '22: Mock cycle for ERA - cancelled, repeat endometrial biopsy instead. Still positive for endometritis. RX ciprofloxacin & amoxicillin.
Apr '22: IVF #4 w/IMSI, PGT. 28R, 23M, 16F, 11 blasts. PGT-A = 6 normal.
June '22: FET #7 - Microdose lupron downreg w/kitchen sink immune/RIF protocol - double embryo transfer. BFN.
July '22: FET #8 - Mini stim w/Puregon + trigger, kitchen sink immune/RIF protocol. BFN.
Sep '22: Taking a break
Dec '22: Attempted abdominal myomectomy, fibroid too close to cervix and major blood vessels. Wasn't removed.
Feb '23: FET #9 - Modified natural w/baby asp, HCG trigger, PIO, PRP, Medrol, HCG wash, embryo glue - BFP!! EDD 11/11/23
The one positive thing about this cycle is I confirmed I have 14 day luteal phase. I was worried with short cycles I might have a short lp but that doesn't seem to be the case.
I also have an appt Dec. 5 with my OB so hopefully I can convince her to run some tests to check my hormones.
Onward and upward...
TTC: Sept 2016-Oct 2017
BFP Oct 2017. DD born July 2018.
TTC: March 2020. BFP March 2020
Due date was Nov 2020
DS born Sept 2020. DS passed away Nov 2020 due to prematurity and birth trauma.
TTC: March 2021
IUI #1 Nov 2021, BFN
IUI #2 Dec 2021 BFP. MC Jan 2022
IUI #3 Aug 2022 BFN
IUI #4 Sept 2022 BFN
AMH test came back at .081. Was going to move on to IVF with DE, but have decided not to. Will be leaving it up to the universe now.
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