IF Testing & Treatment w/o 3/20

bearmomma1 · March 2023

This is a place for those of us who have already started TTC, but have started infertility testing and/or treatments. You can express your thoughts, feelings, and frustrations on infertility. TTC can be a long journey naturally, then add in the difficulties associated with infertility, and it becomes a whole new ballgame. The road to infertility can be lonely, frustrating, and complicated, so let's make this a place where we can vent, ask questions, and support one another. Feel free to resurrect this thread at any point in the week if you have something to say. Treat this as an ongoing conversation.

Diagnosis (if you've been):

Status (TI/ICI/IUI/IVF/FET/benched):

What are you doing this cycle? (Testing? Treatment?):

How are things going?:

Any questions?:

GTKY: Happy first day of Spring! Do you have a garden? What's your favorite thing to plant/harvest?

dmcg17 · March 2023

Diagnosis (if you've been): No diagnosis, just no luck.

Status (TI/ICI/IUI/IVF/FET/benched): TWW 😬

What are you doing this cycle? (Testing? Treatment?): First round of Letrozole, OPK, and trying to time the fun times.

How are things going?: Feeling hopeful because I saw my first peak ever on OPK. Now we anxiously wait.

Any questions?: None at this time.

GTKY: Happy first day of Spring! Do you have a garden? What's your favorite thing to plant/harvest? I’m really bad at gardening, but I always try! I usually plant a bunch of hot peppers, tomatoes, and some other veggies.

bearmomma1 · March 2023

@dmcg17 horray for your first peak! Did you feel any other symptoms of O?

Diagnosis (if you've been): Biologically old as F. LPD, DOR

Status (TI/ICI/IUI/IVF/FET/benched): TI

What are you doing this cycle? (Testing? Treatment?): Absolutely nothing this cycle, except for DTD. This will be my first cycle in 2 years that I'm not even OPKing. I used my last one OPK of the funky batch right as I got a surge last cycle, and we decided we're done with those. Taking our slow steps to eventually bring this ride to a halt. My H had gotten really tired of playing by the "stick rules" so we're just going to have fun now. I also didn't take any progesterone supps the last few cycles to see what happened, and I ended up having 10-11 day luteal phases, which is pretty cool. Like @optimistgardener said, I'm not even sure I belong here anymore, but I'm still lurking on the daily and figured I might as well contribute since we're not not TTC.

How are things going?: Things are good! Our primary bathroom is finally done being remodeled, I've been focusing on my health and fitness and have dropped some lb's and gained some muscle. I'm so so happy winter is over and am ready for some warm sunny days. Tax season is starting to slow down for my H. Work's been insanely busy but solid.

Any questions?: Nope.

GTKY: Happy first day of Spring! Do you have a garden? What's your favorite thing to plant/harvest? I do have a garden! I'm so excited to get it all setup again. I have 2 raised garden boxes that need some major work before we plant anything. I have good luck with tomatoes and zucchini's, peppers are hit or miss, We planted a bunch of berry bushes around the yard last year and hoping they all come back and produce something.

optimistgardener · March 2023

*lurky lurk from the deep deep bench* to send hugs to @bearmomma1. i see you.

maggiemadeit · March 2023

@dmcg17 Excited for you! I hope that letrozole does the trick!

@bearmomma1 Good for you looking after your health! I’m trying to get back into weight loss mode but I am finding it harder this time around.

Diagnosis (if you've been): RPL, unofficially “old eggs” and “bad luck” 🙄

Status (TI/ICI/IUI/IVF/FET/benched): Waiting for my first RE appointment in 2 weeks

What are you doing this cycle? (Testing? Treatment?): Trying naturally with support from acupuncture

How are things going?: OK. I’m glad we’re going down this path to get some more testing done but I’m not overly optimistic that I have a diagnosable and treatable fertility issue. I think I might just be old 🤷🏻‍♀️

Any questions?: What was your first fertility appointment like? Anything I should know or ask?

GTKY: Happy first day of Spring! Do you have a garden? What's your favorite thing to plant/harvest? I have a big old garden and I add a little more to it every year. I am mostly in it for the raspberries, asparagus, tomatoes and peppers, but in the last few years I’ve discovered the absolute joy of home grown potatoes and cabbage. I really love just rolling out to the garden before a meal and getting exactly we need. It makes my heart happy.

dmcg17 · March 2023

@maggiemadeit Your garden sounds amazing and I’m super jealous! As for the doctor, I don’t know if we really had a “first” fertility appt. TW: When I had the CP, my doctor was basically like, “Well I think you’ll be pregnant again by the end of the year and if not, we’ll do testing.” My cycles were all out if whack after that, so we did testing in Jan and now here we are. I think we just kept asking what next steps would be. Like if this doesn’t work, what comes next?

@bearmomma1 I honestly don’t even 100% know what to look for other than the peak in OPK, raise in BBT (which I can’t do because I’m up like every 2 hours), and egg white CM (I did have this too!).

halfanewt · March 2023

@maggiemadeit your garden sounds lovely! I’m a spot to actually have a bit of a garden this year and I’m so excited! For your other question - my first RE was very frustrating. Felt very “by the numbers” and took a little shopping around before we found someone that felt like a good fit. So, trust your gut! This can be an intense process and for me feeling heard by the RE was important.

@bearmomma1 congrats on bathroom remodel! i bet thats such a relief.

@dmcg17 love growing tomatoes! someone shared a Mr. Stripey variety with me last year that was surprisingly delicious. I've been trying to find it to grow again this year.

halfanewt · March 2023

Diagnosis (if you've been): unexplained

Status (TI/ICI/IUI/IVF/FET/benched): WFFET

What are you doing this cycle? (Testing? Treatment?): natural cycle FET. I say natural. We pushed the cycle back with about 10 days of BCP, then are hoping it just picks back up. RE says it works, but I’ve been iffy coming off BCP in the past. So fx my body does what it’s supposed to do!

How are things going?:trying to be cautiously optimistic because of math and statistics, etc, but also trying to be fully believing it will work to not jinx it. So, rational and great 😂

Any questions?: nope

GTKY: Happy first day of Spring! Do you have a garden? What's your favorite thing to plant/harvest? Tomatoes usually do well for me. Also trying rhubarb, strawberries, and carrots this year since I finally have some garden space!

charmedlifex3 · March 2023

I’m back- formerly known as the road to Oz or whatsbumpinpumkin

Diagnosis (if you've been): unexplained RPL, occluded left tube, ama

Status (TI/ICI/IUI/IVF/FET/benched): benched tw- loss

D&c scheduled for Friday. Trying to hang on to the fact this pregnancy WAS intrauterine which means my right tube is still open, so I CAN get pregnant.

Then one full cycle we can try naturally (which won’t likely work) and we can do femara again. If we haven’t had success by late summer OR have another loss before then we are moving to IVF so we can do genetic testing.

What are you doing this cycle? (Testing? Treatment?): benched.

How are things going?: pretty awful. This is the worst month of my life.

Tw death-

My MIL passed away unexpectedly - pretty much the same day as my pregnancy stopped progressing. God wanted to give her one more grand baby angel to take with her to heaven to spoil I guess. She LIVED for her grandkids so I’m 💯 sure she’s got him in her arms.

Any questions?:

GTKY: Happy first day of Spring! Do you have a garden? What's your favorite thing to plant/harvest?
Im terrible at plants unless they are ridiculous overly fussy plants. Mint? Crispy. Orchid? Growing like wild. 🥴😂🤦‍♀️

@d@dmcg17 I feel like “what’s next?” Is the question I’m always asking. The thing I hate the absolute most about TTC is the absolute lack of control. Dear universe- I’d like to place an order? Here are my specifications… 😂😂😂 Nope.

@b@bearmomma1 glad you are focusing on yourself and your health. It’s SO important. I made some snarky comment to my doctor about how we weren’t TRYING but we weren’t doing anything besides old age and infertility to prevent - she said “well. That’s trying.”

@m@maggiemadeit that garden sounds like GOALS
my first RE appointment we talked a lot, then things moved quickly- We have insurance coverage for infertility so she outlined what we need to do to get coverage for moving on the each step. My very first appointment was in Jan 2020, and we did a hysteroscopy within a week or two(they shoot water up in your tubes) and that procedure was able to reopen my right, but unable to push through my left. If there is something physical they try to identify it right away. There was some signs that some of my losses had likely been ectopic on that side. Which was a weird feeling - grateful they passed naturally with just scarring, mourning. We started medicated cycles, planning to move on to ivf after three months. The blocked tubes meant we’d skip IUI and there was something like a 30% chance my right would reseal after 3 months. Spoiler - LC

We were successful April of 2020, with the whole world imploding around us 😂 on our last cycle before moving to IVF

This time I spoke with my OB and given my history she had us try femara instead of clomid, so when we see the new RE we’ll already be “qualified” to move right to IVF. They’ve never done any kind of sperm analysis given my history of loss.

So just a heads up, if you have insurance coverage that may dictate the treatment you receive as much as what the doctor thinks will work. Sorry that was a novel! I just remember how much going the first time felt like this big unknown.

@ha@halfanewt I’m a total data nerd (I’m a financial advisor) but I feel like in TTc it’s like “there’s a 2% chance this will go wrong… soooo I guess I should definitely plan on that happening l 🤦‍♀️😂” I hope it does work for you!!! Math is on your side ❤️

anniemarie887 · March 2023

Lurking @bearmomma1 sending you a big hug

maggiemadeit · March 2023

@halfanewt @dmcg17 @charmedlifex3 Thank you all for sharing your RE experience. It’s really helpful to hear your experiences and advice and I feel a bit more prepared now.

There is only 1 option for us, unfortunately, due to location and insurance, so hopefully it will be a good fit. I went down the rabbit hole of reading reviews for the clinic and they were overwhelmingly negative, which made me even more nervous. But the actual doctor we’re seeing has wonderful reviews, so here’s hoping 🤞🏼

maggiemadeit · March 2023

@halfanewt I’m rooting for you and your FET! When’s the big day?

@charmedlifex3 I’ll be thinking of you tomorrow.

mambo5-2 · March 2023

Diagnosis (if you've been): RPL, MFI, Possible Funky Blood

Status (TI/ICI/IUI/IVF/FET/benched): WTO

What are you doing this cycle? (Testing? Treatment?): Natural Cycle

How are things going?: Fine I suppose, second SA was good motility is still low.

Any questions?: Nope

GTKY: Happy first day of Spring! Do you have a garden? What's your favorite thing to plant/harvest? .... I have a brown thumb. My grandfather had the most beautiful garden for years and he passed last year. He was a botanist that grew up on a farm and taught biology.

halfanewt · March 2023

@maggiemadeit glad your RE gets good reviews! Fx it’s a good fit!

Not sure on timing. Natural cycles are variable 1 depends on your cycle progression. Have an US to check in on Sunday and should get a better sense of timing then.

@charmedlifex3 thinking of you today

charmedlifex3 · March 2023

It’s done.

My body didn’t do well coming out of anesthesia (bp dropped low, lots of pain and was vomiting) so they kept me for a bit, but I’m home now, and feeling better. Taking the weekend to recover.

bearmomma1 · March 2023

@charmedlifex3 i hope your weekend is chill and helps you recover.

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