Little dilema- What do you guys think??

[vsentz]

Well, here's a little update for the crazy mexican....

I've never taken clomid, I have read several cases where it does nothing for the girls here. I am very hesitant about ever taking it. I am going to see my RE to discuss the next step with me. I am planing to suggest about going to IVF directly! IUI is not covered by my insurance, I do not believe much in clomid helping me, and IVF is covered 100%!
I spoke with dh yesterday and he said he wouldn't mind twins at all! (I think i would, but if i was to chose to have twins, or no kids at all.......BRING ME A COUPLE BABIES!!! =))
So, i look forward to see my RE on the 7th, which is around the corner and get his 'go ahead' with IVF.......*cross fingers for me please!*

I am so sick and tired of all this, don't wanna pay 15k for IUI....when is not sure that it works. Of course, nothing is for sure, but at least the rate on IVF is a lot higher than IUI......

Dumb question- is it that difficult to be a mother of twins???? i would love to have several kids (i was an only child) but i always wanted with a couple of years diference........;)

What do you guys think???

[peekawho]

In general, Clomid is very helpful at inducing ovulation, and pretty inexpensive.  Unless you have some other problem, I'd think it would be worth a try.  IVF is no picnic!  

Where do you live that a simple IUI is $15K per try????  That's pretty expensive!!!!

[vsentz]

hahaha, OMG!!! my typing just sucks today! it is not 15,000! it is 1,500!!! lol....sorry! even still $1,500 is a lot to us.....
I know IVF is not picnic, but neither my very frustrated dream to become a mother, and get heart broken over and over again.
I want to give my best shot now and get over with this, and that's why I thought about IVF......., i can suck up physical pain. I am a chicken when it comes to more disapointing and suffering more miscarriages and infertility! =/

Oh lawd....., i guess i can give clomid a try.....if RE insists on it, but i feel is just gonna delay even more and i am gonna deal with nasty symptoms again for nothing.....

=(

[tina1111]

Clomid is an inexpensive place to start IF it is the right course for you. Do you o on your own normally? Either way, it could still be the best place to start. I did get a bfp on Clomid, even though the pg did not make it. I DID conceive. Sheila got pg on 1st round of Clomid also.  Both of us did o on our own b4 taking Clomid. I know a lot of unsuccessful Clomid stories is because they did not o and Clomid did not make them and they moved on to other treatments. I don't think I'd spend a full 6 mos on Clomid, but if it has a chance.....why not try it? It was cheap for starting.

[vsentz]

Oh really?
I didn't know clomid was given to women that did O on their own. I used to, but, after the lupron treatment I don't even know if i do or not now.....=/, so, that would be something to check first. But, of course, i have to sit down first and talk to my doctor, and see what's out there that would be right for my case. If we should bring AF first...or we should jump to something else.
I wanna know my options ahead of time tho, so when it comes to sit and discuss, i know what's going on instead of making a decision right then and there....
It would be cool if dh could go with me, but he's waaay too busy at work right now. =(

I really don't know if my problem is implantation or O, or both......or what! (lol) so im thinking going straight to IVF would save a lot of time and disapointment....?

How are you doing?????

[peekawho]

Right..if the RE feels it is indicated, why not try it for 3 months?  

[vsentz]

lol, i haven't even commented this yet to my RE!....im just speculating.....maybe he's gonna suggest something else....maybe Clomid, maybe he'll agree with my 'proposal'....
Like i said, i want to be 'prepared' and contemplate all my options to see what's the next 'best' step.
I guess i wouldn't mind to terribly much a couple of months of clomid.....but, i get sometimes to the point that i see myself so far from being a mother....that it gets very dificult and emotionally draining to bare with those feelings every end of cycle.
Ya know? =/

[peekawho]

You'll still have those feeling with IVF.  It may take more than one cycle.  Anyhow, your RE will undoubtably suggest whatever course of action is sensible and right for you.  

[vsentz]

Oh, I am sure. Nothing is 100% effective. Although I think that given the 50% success rate that IVF has compared with 20% with IUI/Clomid (and paying out of pocket), I would jump straight to IVF.....but, then again, im no professional, he is.
Anywho, thanks for the opinions!! =)

[tina1111]

I'm doing much better now. Started feeling human late Friday night. Then realized today I'm already in the tww, lol. Even on death's door step, we bd'd every night. I thought my temps were off, but today is still high. 3dpo already and I wasn't even counting, lol.

Yeah, I was surprised when she put me on Clomid and I always o. I take it cd2-6 which makes for more eggs released and increases the chance of catching one of them. My insurance doesn't cover IUI nor IVF so I'm trying the least expensive and working my way up.

[vsentz]

OMG! hahah it passed right in front of you huh?? well, good thing you bd'ed all the time! you are so covered!!! =) i am rooting for you this month!
Before they put me on Lupron, the RE saw a corpus luteum. So he was happy i was actually o'ing. Now, with all this i went thru, i am not sure if I am o'ing or not....i usually had 2 days of + OPK....and now i have had just one......*shruggs*
We have payed so much out of pocket it's ridiculous.....(Lupron shots were 700 a pop)! then again, what it is a lot for us, might be nothing for other people.....;)
I really feel is unnecesary to pay for IUI if we have the option to go for the best shot...for free!!!! =))
Clomid does sound nasty sometimes. Some girls comments about the side effects......, im just tired of side effects without EFFECTS! ;) that's why i wanna skip clomid......, but if i have to.....then ok....i'll give it a try.........we'll see what RE has to say.......

Plus, i am posting my resume out there, my boss is quitting and maybe i'll have a better oportunity somewhere else (since there has been some trouble since she's leaving here....) and im affraid if i get a new job, it won't be covered....so i wanna squeeze all the juice while i have lemons! =)

[tina1111]

I've been pretty fortunate witht Clomid. I only got the hot flashes. I live in FL so it's hard to tell sometimes if it's me or the weather, lol. I would love to do IVF and wouldn't have any problem getting cleared for it. Just no coverage and we don't want to spend it if we don't have to. We'd have to take a 2nd mortgage on the house and that's hard to do without any guarantees. If I knew for sure I get a healthy baby out of it, I'd do it in a NY minute. But, that kind of money on a gamble is hard to do. I'm hoping by the Grace of God, I'll get it done without moving on to something else.


Why did they put you on Lupron? I know you've said, but my memory sucks these days. Is it 6mos from when you last had it until you can try again?

[vsentz]

Oh girl.....I wish you would really have IVF covered!!!!! i know, like you said, is not for sure it'll work out....but at least it's 50%!...that's better than my 0% i've had this past year and some! =(
i know what you mean about the money.....boy! a 2nd mortgage!!!.....i am rooting for you girl! it happened once, then it happened again......this one will happen! and it WILL stick!!!! (((HUGS)))
RE decided to put me on lupron after he found a fibroid the size of  a tennis ball in my uterus, tilting it and blocking tubes....
Altho, he wasn't sure if it was a fibroid or remaining products of my last conception, he told me this new procedure they are doing with patients with fibroids, endo and stuff like that.....: Lupron....
It shrinks them. And in my case the two months actually desapeared the fibroid! But when he went in (lap) found stage 1 endo.....(uterine ligaments and base) argh.....!

I don't have to wait 6 months, actually in my post op app. he told me: Well, the only thing you have to do now: IS GET PREGNANT! lol.....(ASAP since endo and fibroids could come back...)

That's why i don't wanna wait, it might come back after few months....and then it wouldn't be all worth it!, and also, as you know, is emotional wrecking........=( seeing BFN's over and over......

Is there any kind of IVF aid around your area that you might get in (God forbids) case you would have to move to that????

[tina1111]

I read that Lupron helps a lot with endo as well. Hopefully, that's the case. I hope it happens soon for you. A month or two on Clomid may not be such a bad thing if the recommend it. There are LOTS of women it did/does work for and it really isn't bad at all. A few days of sweating, lol

[vsentz]

Oh boy......i think instead of clomid, at this point, i need zoloft......


=)


I prefer sweating than shaking anyways! =))

Do your hubby have a male factor at all??