how many days after iui would you get pregnancy symptoms OPEN

[HudgWife]

Well am I glad I came across this forum :) In just the few minutes of reading I feel like I finally have a place where other people COMPLETELY understand.
We are ending our 2ww this week....and I Know this cycle ( like the 5 before ) did not work...Ive tested, its negative, and Im spotting and cramping...Bleh...I never though it would go this far! Im 25! Im sure you all have said the same things! This was our 6th! 6th IUI! I just feel like Im crazy! Now its onto injectibles...Another road ... Im in my " ok onto the next stage, we can do this" phase...a few days ago I was in the " I cant even do this anymore" stage...Im sure Im not the only one with these crazy roller coaster feelings :)

I have to wait out, see what the weekend brings, I know its going to bring my period, but now with injectibles ( gonal f pen ) all lined up, if I infact to get my period this weekend, they will want me in the office Monday for a baseline ultra sound and lab work...Here we go :)

My name is Jessica :) Its nice to have you all here to vent to, and read your vents in return and not feel like THE ONLY PERSON in the world ( well at least my little world ;)  )
going through this :) Hope to talk to you all soon :)

[Michelleinhawaii]

I'm sorry to hear about all that you have gone through :-(  It's really hard and I know how you feel about the people at work.  I have a girlfriend who is about to give birth any day and I can't help to feel sorry for myself and a bit jealous.  Every time I see someone who is pregnant my heart drops...I think why can't it be me?  I think it's a natural feeling and it is to be expected especially after we have been TTC for so long.

I'm hoping that this will be my month and I get my BFP so I don't have to have the laparoscopy or hear that I have yet another obstacle to overcome with a diagnosis of endometriosis.  I just keep thinking what are the odds my husband has infertility and now I will too?  That will probably be just our luck!  I'm trying to stay positive and you should too.  It will happen for the both of us and God has a plan for each of us.  He took that baby from you because after all your waiting he wan't you to have a perfect baby...the next one will be perfect.

Hang in there...where are you in your cycle?

[Michelleinhawaii]

Welcome Jessica! This is a great forum and everyone is very supportive.  we all have been TTC forever and know exactly how you feel and what you are going through.  You definately are not alone on roller coaster ride...and I personally way ready to get off!!!!

I am also in my 2ww.  I just had my 3rd IUI done yesterday and I will have another tomorrow...I just want one cycle where I can actually have my IUI's done back to back.  Every cycle seems to fall on a holiday or a Sunday when my RE's office is closed.

Hopefully your AF won't come, just try to stay positive although I know it's hard.

[hope_31]

i am cd26 and 14dpiui. i tested wed and bfn. i just think i want the lap now. if i tell the doctor this they should cooperate dont you think?i think i wont be happy til i am holding my baby in my arms. if i ever conquer ttc and get pregnant then i need to pray i stay pregnant. i just feel that nothing is easy for me. i guess i should be lucky i am faced with infertility rather then cancer. its just so hard. i hope it both are months. so you live in hawaii? beautiful!are you from there ?age?

[Michelleinhawaii]

I hear you!  I am probably gonna be so nervous once i actually do concieve. Do you have short cycles?  I was reading on the internet and they said that is a sign of endo, they also said periods that last 7 days or longer...I fit both of those :-(  I am really hoping that this works, I will be so sad to have to overcome another obstacle.  it really does not seem fair at all.  I ask myself  "why?" everyday.

That's good if you are 14dpiui and you still have not gotten AF...I'll be praying for you!!

I do live in Hawaii on Oahu.  We have lived here for  6 years, tomorrow!  I was born and raised in New Jersey and I couldn't wait to get out of that dreadful state, so as soon as I graduated college I was recruited by Hawaii to come here and teach special ed.  It was the best decision of my life.  We absolutely love it here.  I am 29 and my husband is 37, We have been married for 4 years and TTc for just about 2 years. we think it's so silly that for the 10 years we have been together we were so careful with birth control bills and condoms...what a joke!  Who knew?!?!?

[hope_31]

i hear ya,for years we all try to prevent conception then when we want it to happen no way!  well here is the weird thing, i have always and i mean always had a 28 day cycle and wether or not i was on bcp i always had a 3-4 day period. so basically sice i have been seeing my specialist my cycles started getting really short like down to 19 or 22 days totally out of the blue. they said a womans cycle can change at any time but maybe it has become out of wack because the endo is bad. i am 15dpiuiand i tested bfn. i told my husband that i just want to get the lap out of the way especially since we are moving september 1st.  i researched and started taking vitamin b6 to help my lutheal phase and it has slowly made a difference as the last few months i am back to a normal 27-29 cycle. although last cycle i got it on cd29 and it lasted 1 day so i thought it may be a good sign,it wasnt but it was really odd. i would love to visit hawaii someday when my budget allows.not sure if i could handle the plane ride as i dont enjoy flying too much. talk to you soon.~jess~

[singhshweta21]

well well i am in almost the same boat. My name is Shweta and I am from Nepal. I have had my first ever IUI done Last sunday and monday. I had it with chlomid,injectibles(HMG and HCG) and twice IUI respectively. Its my first ever one and am in the waiting phase...just cant wait tosee the results and passing my days has become so difficult. I keep googling for almost anything and everything related to IUI. I think I will sign in as a member too..I just hope it works out. I have been diagnosed with PCO and thats about it. have ben told that PCO do not lead to n baibees..so just waiting. Am 28 yrs old and have been trying to concieve naturally for the past 3yrs now. And went in for IUI this month. I wish ...just wish......

[Michelleinhawaii]

Well, I had the second IUI of my 3rd attempt.  My husbands count was 80 million for both of the IUI's and I had 2 eggs, so he said if this one does not work then I should get the laparoscopy to see what going on inside.  He said that something has to be wrong in there if it does not work this time...I feel sad cause what if this one does not work, they check me inside and find that I am not able to have kids...do you think that is possible?

I'm just really trying to stay positive that this one will work...it's gonna be a long 2ww that's for sure

[mary986]

Don't think negative... I remember when my cycle didn't work, you were one of the ones that helped me stay positive. Everything sounds really good this cycle so stay positive and keep busy the next couple weeks so u don't go completely insane. Don't look so far ahead.... Just wait for that BFP you will hopefully get in 2 weeks. I will be pulling for you. Hang in there.

[HudgWife]

The wait is the hardest part...The ups and downs, every little cramp you think " is it my period, or is something implanting!?" All of my IUIs have been soooo different, each time you get a " I think that was the one!" feeling...I Started my lovely DOT ( I wont give it the satisfaction of calling it by its name ;)  )  So its off to the Drs for me...Since this cycle did not work its time to leave the clomid and start with Gonal F...which entails a baseline ultrasound and lab work today so I can start them tomorrow...
I hear you...We've been trying for what seems like forever now...We concieved our first son while I was on the birth control pill! Now I get pumped full of fertility meds and Nothing! Ahh The Irony! :) You have to laugh...Well I have to ...because if I didnt I would probably cry a lot :)
So stay hopeful! It will work for you :) And Lots of Luck !

[HudgWife]

And Thank You For The Welcome Michelle!!

[Michelleinhawaii]

Thanks.  I know I have to stay positive, but I wish the dr. didn't say anything to me about laparoscopy or endometriosis because those 2 words are what's putting doubt in my mind.  Why didn't he wait till after I got a BFN to mention those words, why right after I go the IUI?  Way to help me stay relaxed! I go for acupuncture 2morrow and I am hoping that will help me.

Where are you in your cycle?  what's next for you?

[mary986]

Well they never make it easy for us. He should have definitely waited to mention that to you... but still be strong and show him a BFP! Don't give up. It is definitely good you are going for the acupuncture.. too bad it wasnt today.

I am no where in my cycle right now. I am just waiting. My sister is getting married on Friday and of course my cycle was right around the same time. There was no way I would have been able to get the injectables and the procedure done with the crazy schedule I have between the wedding, rehearsal dinner, bachlorette party.. so it was extremely difficult but i put it off for another month. I should be getting my AF around July 20th so I will start a new cycle then. I can't wait!!! I feel like I have been waiting forever because I didn't do a cycle last month because I had cysts. I do know one thing... I am drinking at this wedding lol

[Michelleinhawaii]

I remember you saying that...you should be ready to go for next month!! Sometimes a break is good.  I think a lot of the ladies on this thread are taking this month off.  I think I am the only one in the 2ww right now.  

July 20th is right around the corner...maybe I will have some good news by then.  This thread needs a BFstickyP, we have not had one in a long time and I think it's due!!

[Liv4Baby]

Mary – that’s funny about drinking at the wedding!  My brother got married a couple of weeks ago, and even though I was like 11 dpiui and got a BFN, I still didn’t know if I could drink.  So I didn’t, then got AF the next day.  :p   Enjoy yourself, have one for me too!!  

Michelle – PLEASE!!!  You are like, THE biggest worrier ever!!  You’ve decided after only two IUI’s that you’re completely unable to have children!!!  What about me then??  :p  We’re all fine, we’re just REALLY unlucky.  We just have to go through this until it happens.  Incidentally, my friend has both endometriosis and a son!  

I would like to join Michelle in welcoming the new ladies here!    

I went for another IUI this morning, so I’m back in the 2WW.  Feels like I’m always waiting for something with this!  Today went better than the last ones, and my husband took the morning off to come with me this time, which was nice.  The dr that did it today was SO awesome.  Unfortunately, he was filling in for someone else, so he’s not going to be back.  Wait, neither will I.  :p     

How ya feelin’ Michelle?

[Liv4Baby]

HEY!  All my smileys turned into question marks!  LOL!  

[hope_31]

i got my period today,cd29 and i feel horrible both physically and emotionally.and just to make sure i tested and bfn. so i am making an appnt to talk to the doctor and hopefully get the lap by the end of the month. i know how you feel i worry that the endo is gonna be so bad and i will wake up and they will tell me i either had or am going to need a hysterectomy. i just am so bitchy and sad all at the same time and i just want to know why,i know other than medical stuff there is no miracle answer but i want to be pregnant  with all of my friends and not watch their kids grow up and be the infertile physco who deep down despises everyone who could have what i never could.

[sagebrush]

I started my period today.  Totally stinks I am 18 dpo which is about 4 days late for me.  Totally thought that I was pregnant.  But nope.  Now my plan is to go to a fertility clinic instead of my GYN.  My gyn did 2 failed IUI's on me.  He never checked to see if I actually had follicles that were matured.  So I am questioning his expertise on infertility.  I made an appt today to go to Loma Linda University hospital on July 24th.  Then I go on vacation to relax and get excited about the next chapter in this rollercoaster ride.  Hopefully I will get more answers and success at the fertility clinic.  Wishing someone would get a BFP already!!!

[Liv4Baby]

Jessica - I am sorry about AF.  I hope that the group at least brings you the support you need.  I try to think of all my friends' kids as a learning experience!  I get to see what they go through and then do it right!  :)

sagebrush - Sorry to you too.  I didn't mention this before, but I really think you've been around the longest.  I once went back and read all the posts from early on, and your name was one of the first up that still posts.  I hope BFP's for all of us, and I am so glad you'll be going to a specialist now.  I think it will help you a lot.  Even if it's just the "now I'm doing all I can" factor, the road is a little easier with less questioning.  

[Michelleinhawaii]

hope 31 ~ That stinks and I'm so sorry :-( I know your post was not meant to be funny, but I swear if I don't laugh I will cry!!! I'm really at my breaking point too and  I know exactly how you feel and it's very frustrating.  One of my best friends had her baby yesterday and we were TTC before them...they got pregnant and had their baby and we are still TTC :-p  The whole infertility roller coaster *****...I keep telling them upstairs that I want to get off already, but nobody up there is listening.  And I don't think they would do a hysterectopy without your knowledge...they would let you know of the situation first.  That would be terrible.  

Jessica and sagebrush~ Sorry about your AF and DOT...maybe next month will be the month you get your BFP's!  Someone's gotta be getting a BFP in here soon!!!  We are way over due

Liv4baby ~  I am a terrible worrier and a hypocrodriac, all someone has to do is plant the seed and I will make it bloom, that's for sure.  My husband was so upset at the RE when he said the words "laparoscopy surgery" and "endometriosis"...he knew I would obsess about it for the next 2 weeks.  I feel fine.  My cervix was not open for the first IUI, so I was poked and proded at again.  The second one was better, but I spotted for the last 3 days and it finally stopped today.  How are you feeling?  I guess we are in the 2ww again this month.  I am 4dpiui.  How many IUI's have you had anyways?

[mary986]

hope 31, sagebrush, and anyone else that got AF (feels like so many, i cant keep track :-(
Sorry to hear that you got AF. Hang in there and be strong... your time will come.

Michelleinhawaii - I think when I get my period and can finally start my cycle.. I will be saying Congrats to u!!! Try and stay strong, take your mind off things and get thru this 2ww thinking positive. I am excited for you and can't wait to hear your BFP.. Everything this cycle sounded really good!

Liv4Baby - too bad you didn't get AF the day of or before the wedding so you could drink.. Well actually i wish you didnt get AF at all but if you were going to, too bad you didnt know so you could have drank at the wedding. I am going to do it up!!! Then after that, i have a little over a week til I start my cycle. I cannot wait!!!

Someone send a BFP PLEASE... Too many BFN and we need some hope here. :)

[hope_31]

goodnite ladies, i need to curl up in the fetal position and not think about how empty i feel. talk to you after work tomorrow nite. ~jess~

[Michelleinhawaii]

How are you doing today? Hang in there!!!!!!!  You can do this...just think in the end you WILL have a beautiful healthy bouncing baby and you WILL be a mom.  You have to fight.  If you  just give up then you won't get what you want.  A lot of people are fighting this battle and you're not alone.  Maybe after you get the laparoscopy, you will get your BFP the next month.  I have been doing research and that happens a lot.  The  lap gives you a nice clean start. I met a lady who had 7 laparoscopies for her endometriosis and she has PCOS, she's fighting her battle really hard!!!!  We will all get our BFP's I know it!!!

[Michelleinhawaii]

btw, I'm feeling much better today and I have been rejuvinated with positive energy :-)

[QTIP27]

I am brand new at this. I have been ttc for 2.5 years. I just had my first IUI on Monday. I have been on the internet more than ever. I am a roller coaster of emotions. I can empathize with every one of you from having friends that are pregnant to wondering if that cramp was something good. I have been diagnosed with unexpalined fertility and it is so hard to get a hold of. This 2ww is something. It is only day 1 and I am consumed with this. I don't know how I am going to make it through the next 13 days. It is nice to see the comments on here. May God Bless everyone in their challenges.

[eclarky]

I wanted to tell you that it's good to take some time to be sad, and then you can come back rejuvenated and ready to try again.  you are in my thoughts and I'm hoping that you're able to get the lap soon and have some answers.  Hugs to you!

All, I'm still lurking here during my off months and wishing for some BFPs!  Anyone testing soon?

[hope_31]

thanks guys! i am usually at my worst the 1st few days leading up to af and then after i accept i am back to feeling more positive. i have an appnt next wednesday and hopefully i can get the lap soon. so after the lap we can ttc asap? i wasnt sure if we needed to wait a few months to let things heal. i sure hope we dont have to wait. do you think after we should go right towards ivf or try a few more iui"s? i guess the doctor will shed some light on that too. i have a killer headache from af and just feel ugh!!!! how is everyone? thanks again for all of your support. bobby laughs at me when i "blog" and i tell him how truely cathartic it is to be able to talk with wonderful woman who have the same battles as me and understand me. he is really great and all but sometimes i feel that i am the only one putting my heart and soul into this. maybe just because we as woman are the ones who have to go through al of this emotional and physical **** each month.

[sagebrush]

Liv4baby: Thanks for your nice thoughts!  I have been on this site for awhile now.  It really keeps me pushing forward when I am down.  I have also learned a lot about what other people are going through.  This has helped push me to going to the specialist.  My GYN has never done an ultrasound on me so I am not even sure if I am producing mature follicles and they are releasing the egg.  He only has me use the Ovulation pred. kits to tell if I am ovulating.  So i am thinking that we will probably try a few more IUI's at the specialist with more monitoring.

Thanks to everyone else that gave me such kind remarks!  It was just really hard this month because I was 4 days late.  My college roommate was visiting and we couldn't even go out drinking like old days!  I got AF the day that she left.  Oh well.

[Vaninaren]

i completely understand your state of mind. i have undergone mine 22nd iui and guess what i am still -ve. so good luck keep up the spirits (hard i know) and keep going at it

[yeehaw06]

Hello Everyone, Thought I'd jump on the boat! I've been TTC for a little over a year, been married for 2 yrs and I'm 25 yrs. old. I'm on my 2nd, 100mg cycle with clomid, but I really think we need to try an IUI. I was wondering, How much does it cost you? (I know it will be different depending on insurance, but I wanted to get an idea.) Thanks for the info.

[Michelleinhawaii]

My dr. charges 286$ for 1 IUI, HCG shot, and ultrasound monitoring or 314$ for 2 IUI's back to back during 1 cycle, HCG shot, and ultasound monitioring.  Then we have to pay for the sperm washing, which is 70$ for each IUI.  Hope this helps!

[hope_31]

i am so lucky that our insurance covers both iui and ivf and it is unlimited! thank god for that.

[hope_31]

quick question! if i am on day 3 of my cycle,a very short one lasting a day and a half mind you. and i take a opk test and there is a definite second line not nearly as dark as the test but oh its there what does that mean? i tested with an hpt monday and it was negative. what do you guys think?

[Liv4Baby]

Yeehaw06 - My insurance covers most of my IUI charges.  I end up paying about $90 to the doctors for each cycle.  

Michelle - Glad you're feeling better!  I freaked out today because I SNEEZED TOO HARD!!  LOL!  I thought for sure this month was shot now.  :p

Jessica - Look at the picture on the box.  There is almost always a light line - not NO line at all.  See if yours looks like the box.  I find that the line gets darker for me each day until it matches the control strip.  

[Michelleinhawaii]

Yeah, mine usually have a line and it progressively get darker.  Then it's darker than the test line for 2 days usually.  After that it just gets lighter again...but I usually always have 2 lines.  

I have heard some perople say that they use the OPK's instead of HPT's to predict pregnancy since they are cheaper, but I don't really knwo how they do that????

I don't know about a day and a half AF?  

[eclarky]

I can't remember, are you medicated this cycle?  If not, then that line should not be there on CD 3!  This may be TMI, but answer to yourself, did you have regular or heavy spotting, or full flow?  A short cycle is not totally uncommon, but if it was spotting I would definitely do an HPT in the morning.

***WARNING, THIS MAY GET YOUR HOPES UP*** It's so funny that you're talking about a 1 1/2 day cycle, b/c a friend just found out she's due in Nov.  She had 1 1/2 days of spotting and thought it was AF.  They were in the process of moving and finishing the school year, so she wasn't surprised to be tired and all.  When she missed AF this month, she tested and got a BFP.  Imagine her surprise when went in for u/s and found out she was 14 1/2 weeks instead of 8!  

Test again, good luck!!

[MonaLisaSmile]

I had my blood test today, this was my second IUI...and to my complete surprise we got a BFP!!  I hyperventalated at work!!
I am in shock.  We really weren't expecting it as we had just found out that my husband has more problems then we thought, and our probability went way down.  They want me to test again in two days, not sure if that is normal.  They were getting us ready basically for IVF, I don't think my doc even thought it was going to work!  After trying to get pregnant for 4 years it's going to be a nice change in mindset.

Baby dust to all....There is hope, you just need to believe!!

[Liv4Baby]

CONGRATULATIONS!!!  I am so happy for you!!!  :)   I hope you will keep in touch, and let us know how you're doing!!  

Take care of both of you!! :)

[hope_31]

well i dont ever just have a faint line its just there as i approach ovulation. so i did a hpt and ut was bfn. so i called the nurse and she said its possible to detect a faint surge so just have sex anyways and see what happens. that would be my luck to conceive at a weird time right before planning a lap. i did wake up this a.m. with some stretchy cm and i have o type pains.hmm. i am just all out of wack,lol. how is everyone tonite?

[eclarky]

Mona, WOW, that is so exciting!!  You must be so thrilled, definitely keep us posted!  Hopefully the BFP's continue!

Hope, that is totally weird but what about this experience isn't?!?!  At least you'll have a really short cycle this time and you wont' have to wait as long!  

Like Hope, I seem to be having a shorter cycle than usual and ovulating soon (I'm on CD 12, I usually don't o until CD 16 or 17).  After so long on Clomid, i shouldn't be surprised that my body is confused I guess...

good night everyone!

[Michelleinhawaii]

CONGRATS!!!  I'm so excited for you and I think you brought some positive vibes to this forum...it's been so long since we've had a BFP!!  Yeah!!!  Definately keep us posted and let us know how you're doing.

[Michelleinhawaii]

very weird, but good...maybe you won't need that lap after all.  won't that be great :-)

[singhshweta21]

just updating my status....am 12DPIUI..have sore bbs, lower abdominal cramping or d u call it a pin dont know..especially on the left side...urinate a lot but then i drink water a lot too so dont really know..tested 10DPIUI and it came in negative...dont want to try again....am due for my Af on around 18/19 July 2008.(As if i start dot on time lol)..i never do...lets see have my everything crossed and all the best to u all...

[HudgWife]

Im heading out for a follicle check...I guess thats what it is?!? First round of Gonal F...so Im not really sure what they are looking for today? This is suuuuuper early for me to be having a follicle check...I dunno :) I do what Im told :)
Ill let you know the findings when I return! Have a lovely day ladies! Congrats to the BFP!

Lets Keep The Trend Going!

TTYS!

[bibi22]

Hello everyone, I am back on the field for a home run this month...
I started "gonal f" on Tuesday for ovarian stimulation...2 injections a day. All the things you do for baby, I dislike needles really bad. Anyway I have a total of 14 shots, no more clomid for me because I had it for a couple of cycles. Does anyone have more experience with gonal? I always have a crazy burning sensation after the shots. It literally feels like the injection site is on fire.
On 7/15 I have my US to check on the follicles.

HudgWife- hi just realized you are on gonal f as well. I had it as a booster shot last cycle. It is for the follicles. I am eager to hear how the follicle number turns up. How long did you have to inject and how often?

MonaLisaSmile- WOOHOO!!!! Congrats to you and your hubby! This is great wish you all the best. And yes getting another blood test is normal, they make sure your hormone levels go where they want them. So no worries, mommy-to-be ;0)

[matty1972]

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

Happy/Healthy 8/9 months to you!

[Liv4Baby]

I am SO depressed today.  I'm only 4dpiui, and already I know I'm not pregnant.  This happened to me last time - I got horrible cramps four days in.  Then 8 days later I got AF.  So I guess now I'm just waiting for that.  How many times am I going to have to do this??

[Michelleinhawaii]

Come on....4dpiui and you "already know"?!?!?  You can't possibly know already.  Every one of my IUI's have been different do far and I don't think there is anyway to know at 4dpiui.  You know your gonna get AF when she arrives and up until that minute you have to be positive :-)

I saw a shooting start on my way home last night, so I just know that was my baby saying hi to me....am I a freak or what?!?!?  Something to keep me going I'm 8dpiui and I have no symtoms other than my bb's are getting big, just like they always do a week before AF, but I'm staying positive cause I saw the shooting star :-)

[Michelleinhawaii]

Did you know this site has an ovulation tracker chart?  I love the thing it's great...you can track everything from your IUI's to skin break out's on it

[yeehaw06]

Hello. My husband an I went to the hospital today for a day 12 ultrasound and I had 4 great eggs!! Exciting! Now the sperm just needs a road map I guess?! Wish us luck. This is getting so expensive!

Mona: Congrats!! So exciting I would imagine.

[Kitten524]

I had my first IUI on 6/23 and received my BFN on 7/7. My cycle started yesterday and tomorrow I start round 2 of clomid then go for my day 12 ultrasound on 7/21.  I'm really hoping this works.  I was so disappointed when I got my results on Monday.    :*(

[HudgWife]

Ugh...Is all I can Say at this point....

I need space, time, a break I dont even know...My ultra sound went great apparently...Follicles were growing, one dominant one which is good...they dont want hyperstimulation. This is our 1st round on the  Gonal F pen, and apparently Im pretty nieve to all of this...I only have one 75 dose left in this pen...which means I have to buy ANOTHER ONE tonight for the rest of the weekend...I could just throw up right now...

Can I be blunt and ask how all of you are affording this?!? Im getting so stressed, and that doesnt help anything...ugh...I figured " one pen a cycle"...boy was I wrong...I know this is all worth it, but for how long you know? How much time and energy and MONEY does a couple have to go through before its their time...Im just a little overwhelmed with it all right now...I always wanted lots of children, a big family and that will never happen now...This is insane ...

How is everyone elses day going?!

To BiBi...This is our first cycle on injectibles...its been all clomid before this...Im a newbie! We did the ovidrel injections with clomid, but this is the first with the Gonal F...

Hope You Are All Having a Wonderful Day :)

Ahhh yes and to top it off Im having EXCRUCIATING pain in my jaw...Went to the dentist as well today and I will be getting my wisdom teeth out on Thursday! Lets cheer to blowing money! WOOO HOOO! ;)

[yeehaw06]

Wow, do I know how your feeling. Money is going fast and I'm only taking Clomid right now. My insurance only pays 50% which sounds good but it's not so great. People are so lucky who have insurance that pays for everything unlimited. It's so hard for me because the doctors just think I need to give it time, I'm only 25, and my cycles are producing multiple mature follicles....so there is no reason why I shouldn't get pregnant. So frustrating! I feel like my life has been on hold for a year now, cause I might be pregnant, but never am. So many friends and family members that have long since gotten pregnant and have their babies. I feel so alone in this struggle. Husband is caring but just has no idea!!

Good luck with those wisdom teeth. You'll feel ok in a day or two.

[sagebrush]

My insurance pays for NOTHING!  They did cover the lap because I had a family history of endiometriosis.  I worked summer school this year purely to be able to afford all of this.  I am also planning on using my economic stimulus check to help get me preg.  So far i have only been on clomid with IUI.  But I am going to a fertility clinic on the 24th for the first time.  The big money is going to start really soon!

Congrats on the BFP! We all really needed to hear that positive news.

[yeehaw06]

You mentioned you are going to Loma Linda  University Hospital right? That's where we go  too. It's expensive! I haven't walked out once without leaving $200 at the front desk. It's so sad, it's like for nothing....no baby yet : (

[lolagirl212]

Mona Lisa - YAY! So happy to hear the wonderful news!! Hoping for many many BFPs to follow on here!

Just popped back on to see how everyone was doing and glad to see some positive things.

Good luck to ALL..I'm still hanging in and waiting for August for my next try ;)

[matty1972]

Hey girl,

How are you?  Are you still away on business?

[sagebrush]

We are going to Loma Linda for the first time on the 24th.  My husband did see a urologist there so we kind of have an idea about the money.  How much do they charge for an IUI?  We are concerned about the money but we both feel that we need to go full force ahead.  We are trying not to think about the money.  I just don't want to have any regrets that we didn't try hard enough.  Which dr. are you going to?  Do you like your dr. there?  What about the office staff?  How long have you been going to Loma Linda?

[Michelleinhawaii]

I feel the exact same way...do you know every passing month I think I "could be" pregnant, so I have to pass up on that glass of wine or that cup of coffee.  And now that the acupuncutruist put me on my "pre-conception" diet I can't have any of that stuff until I conceive...it's nuts!  One of my best friends just gave birth to her baby last week.  They started TTC after my husband and I and they got pregnant and had their baby already and we are still TTC.  I began to look at it like it's something I just can't control...you can do everything right, go to school, get a good job, get married, wait to have children until you are financially stable...but it's not really our decision "when" we will have our children.  It's completely out of our hands and there is nothing we can do about it except spend endless amounts of money on fertility treatments and just "hope" that this will be our month.  It's going to happen for all of us, it's just a matter of "when" it's our time.

[lolagirl212]

Hey Girl!

Yep, still away on business, back a week from tomorrow and then I have my 1st appt with a new fertility Dr on the 21st. Excited to get back in the game for August.

How are you doing? Are you getting revved up for August?? Summer going well? Hey, are you involved in any online groups that are geared for single moms in the process of trying to get preggers? I haven't been able to find any.

To All - Today I worked with a model who is 3 moths preggers (I am a Producer for a women's clothing catalog and travel on photo shoots frequently) She told me about her journey thru fertility issues, and tried for 3 years to get pregnant and went thru 8 IUIs and hit it on the last one. She said she was absolutely going to give up, but decided ONE MORE TIME. Now is is happy and on her way to being a mom.

So for everyone reading and dealing with this..let's not give up hope!! It's gonna happen!!! ;)

[yeehaw06]

HI, we have been going to Loma Linda for only a few months. My assigned Dr. is Dr. Wong, who I saw for my consultation, but since going back 2 more times for day 12 ultrasounds, I've been seen by other doctors because he only works there Mon/Thurs. He also has a practice at Kaiser, where I've seen him as a Reproductive Endocrinologist. I'm also a hypothyroid patient. (My Kaiser insurance doesn't allow me fertility coverage so I could only see him because of the thyroid problems affecting my chances to conceive.) Anyway, using my employer's insurance 50% is covered, but I'm not sure about the cost of an IUI because we haven't gotten to that stage yet, although I do want to proceed to that in Sept. if the Clomid alone doesn't help. Everyone there has been great, although the process getting approved to go there felt like it took forever!! I was feeling so desperate at x-mas time I open the phone book and started calling "fertility clinics" in my area, but they were no help at all, the ppl answer the phones had no idea what they were talking about. When I finally called Loma Linda, it was like "Finally someone who will listen to me and is so greatful to try to help me!" So they have been great so far, really quick and nice about scheduling appointments. So, if you have any other questions, I love to help you in any way I can. Since you are going there specifically for IUI, maybe you could tell me the info on that.

[yeehaw06]

Thank you for the comment!! It's good to get the feeling that I'm not alone. It is so true that getting pregnant is something we can't really control, which is so hard for me. I consider myself and my husband to be very goal oriented people, who are successful, so this is so hard. We both are teachers and have master's degrees, have bought a home, and basically just are able to accomplish what we set out for, so this is so depressing and rejecting for me. At the school where we work, the past three years, there is always someone pregnant!! We just had a triple baby shower last month! So ppl are always bugging us, "It's your turn!, When are you going to have kids?, What are you waiting for?" It's hard. Thanks for the support! I have four good mature eggs this month. Maybe they all will get fertlized and we can be done with this craziness! One baby would be ok too!

[hope_31]

can i start ivf right after my lap? i refuse to do any long term "menopause" treatments. i just want to get pregnant asap afterwards. i am sure the doctor will tell me but if anyone on here has started treatments like iui or ivf right after i would love to know.

[sagebrush]

My dr. is going to be Dr. wong too.  Thanks a bunch for the info.  I will definately keep you updated on what we find out on the 24th.  I have a feeling that we will probably have to do some more testing before IUI there.  I feel like we will need to move backwards to move forward.

I am a teacher too.  So I completely understand about everyone getting pregnant but you.

[Marynaz]

Hello All,
I really missed talking to u all. I was here during my second IUI 2WW which your support helped me a lot. After I got BFN in May I changed my RE and started to think about IVF as I am 36 and not have that much of time to waste. Anyway now I am on Medication and will transfer on August 1st. I will let you know the result. baby dust to all of you.

[mary986]

MonaLisa
Finally a BFP!!! I am so happy for you and your husband. Keep us posted and let us know how it goes. Thanks for the hope... I think a lot of us on here needed it.

Michelleinhawaii-
I sooo know what you are talking about. My best friend and I have been doing everything around the same time.. Not purposely, just happens to fall around the same time. We have been friends for years. We ended up getting married 2 months apart from each other.  We both tried getting pregnant at the same time (just happened that we were both ready at the same time)... We were so excited because we said our kids would grow up together, we were hoping to be on maternity leave the same time, and hoping we can be 1st time parents together. Well that didn't quite work and it wasnt nearly as easy as i thought. She got pregnant the 1st month she tried. Now she has a 3 month old baby girl and here I am still struggling to get pregnant. It is so tough. There were 6 people at my job pregnant at work. I heard comments like, "dont drink the water or u will be pregnant too"... Trust me I drank the water every day and it still didnt work for me. My older sister just had her 3rd kid too... We thought that we would have babies at the same time. It is so difficult but we just have to stay strong and do the best we can. I figure they all had their time, now its my turn soon... lol hopefully.

[Michelleinhawaii]

mary989 ~ yes, it will be our time...one of these months or years, LOL!!  If we stick with it then it will happen.  We just have to work harder than some people and getting pregnant and other people have to work harder at other things, like getting a good job or buying a house, or whatever their challenges may be.  I figured that was a good way to look at it.  

Liv4Baby and hope31  ~ how are you guys doing? hanging in there?

marynaz ~ good luck with your IVF...sending you lots of baby dust!!

[hope_31]

i guess no one has any feedback on my question.

[Liv4Baby]

Marynaz - Good luck with your treatments!  I hope you get your BFP!!  :)

Jessica - Sorry I can't help you, I thought I'd answer directly so you'd know I'd read your question.  :)

Michelle - I'm okay... Haven't tested yet!  LOL!  I can't wait forever you know!!  How are you doing?  When are you planning on testing?

[bibi22]

I am so crushed! I had my ultrasound this morning after completing the 7 day gonal f treatment and there is one good size follicle but with fluid in it, two more "things" that may be collapsing follicles or something different and two small cysts or too small follicles...Two other gyns and a midwife looked at it and they are not certain what is going on BUT they all agree with my docs opinion NO IUI this cycle.
Not only does my belly look like I fell on a pin cushion but now I also feel it was all for nada.
I think the worst about it is, they don't even know how to explain this and/or being able to tell what we are looking at here. I asked if it could be due to the miscarriage prior after the last iui but no. They say it should not be related to that at all.
Anyone had alike experiences with gonal f or in general?

HudgWife- How much did you have to pay for the gonal f pen? I am just wondering if you got really bruised and got the "pin cushion" look with it. On the other hand after this cycle, I am not even sure if I will be put on gonal f again...

[mary986]

Sorry to hear that your cycle is being cancelled. That *****. I did not have any fluid follicles during my actual cycle but I did get fluid cysts after my 1st IUI and they had to cancel my 2nd IUI once i got the 1st u/s done for it. Did you talk to the doctor or did u talk to a nurse? I don't see how they can't explain why this happened. It has to be from the medication... thats what happened to me but i didn't get it in the middle of the cycle like you did.
Hang in there and hopefully they can give u different meds for your next cycle. I know it *****, but at least you didnt go thru the whole cycle and go thru the dreaded 2WW and then get this news.

[Liv4Baby]

How horrible for you!  You've just been experiences one huge disappointment after another!  :(   I'm so sorry for you.  I hope that this is just a very temporary streak of horrible luck you are having, and that you're "paying your dues" with all this.  I really hope that everything is fine in a few weeks when you can try again.  Feel better.

[bibi22]

Thanks ladies. You are right, mary, I could get those news after 2ww but I also had my hopes set on this cycle. At least if they could explain what this is supposed to be...
Three docs and one midwife looked at the u/s pics. None of them was sure what they are seeing other then the follicle w/ fluid whcih they were certain about. All the other "things"; they were undecided. Great, that sure does make you feel like todays odd ball.
Well, oh well, some time it will work and we all can tell our sweet baby stories instead.
LOL

[Michelleinhawaii]

Well...I have some more bad news to join with bibi22...AF showed up, 12 dpiui, just like last month!!!  I'm so sad :-(  I guess I have to have that laparoscopy now...just wondering when I will get to be pregnant already, when is it gonna be my turn??????

[HudgWife]

Hey Lady :(

Im so sorry about this cycle for you...I would flip my $H*T if that happened...I tend to freak out and cry hahahah

Ahhh...I also had to prepare myself thoug that something along those lines would happen using the pen...thankful right now it did not though...

We were prescribed the Gonal F 300 pen, seeing as how my dose was to be 75...well 2 pens later at $ 250 EACH ( and in the same week I might add ) ughh... My husband was a little " WTF!" We're nieve! We thought 1 pen 1 cycle! HA!

Im not trying to be cynical...its just tough I guess :) Planning it all out....

Im getting pretty good with my injections and havent bruised...but EVERYONE is different! Some people just tend to bruise with needles! Try not to be discouraged! I Know this can just blow! But things will look up...Im day...oh good lord! What Day am I... Im day 11 today and we will be doing our ovidrel injection tomorrow night and IUI Friday morning 8am! Ive been for...hmmm 5 ultra sounds and labs every other day on the pen to make sure I wasnt hyperstimulating and my estrogen levels were ok :) I thought they were NEVER going to say " OK TRIGGER TIME!" ...but finally low and behold today I got the magic words :) Im a worrier about missing the ovulation :) so I asked about 10 times " Are you SURE if we dont trigger tonight we wont miss it??!?!!!"

So here I am...sooo tired...soo many appointments :) Im just ready for this part of the journey to be over with :) I am so grateful for all the work and help...but its time :)

[Liv4Baby]

Oh Michelle, I'm SO sorry.  I was so hoping it would be your turn THIS time.  You and I keep going through the 2WW together, and I actually worried about how I'd feel next month when I had to go through it without you!!  I just figured, it was your turn this month.  :(  When will you find out about the next step?  I am pretty sure for me they are going to go up to injections next time, but who knows.  One person says one thing, another says something else.  I hope they get you going on the next procedure (notice how I'm trying not to spell it!!) right away so you don't have to wait around doing nothing.  I am still in the 2WW right now, 8 dpiui.  I either have until Saturday to get AF, or Monday to test.  You know me, I won't wait that long.  :p

[eclarky]

michelleinhawaii-I'm so sorry, I was really hoping this was your month!  Hang in there...I may have to do a lap in the near future, so I'll be interested to hear about your experience

Liv4Baby and all who are in the 2ww-good luck!  I am just entering the 2ww during this month's natural cycle.  Try to keep busy, that's my plan:)

[mary986]

I am so sorry you got AF....  Unreal how everything sounds so good and then the disappointment sets in again. Hang in there. We are all here for you. I think you definitely deserve to have a drink, or two. It scaries me to see how this procedure doesn't work for so many people. Makes me wonder if its worth me going thru it again. I pay over $5,000 out of pocket each time because of all the meds and monitoring. My insurance pays nada.
Hang in there... And think of this as your next step to reach your goal. You will be in all our prayers.

[bibi22]

Sorry about your news. Why do you have to have the laparoscopy? I had a uterine polyp removed prior to my first IUI. I got to start the IUI cycle right after the polyp removal.
Hang in there, you are not alone - we are all "sisters in arms" so to speak!
Thinking of you and God bless!

HudgWife- Thanks for the info. I am pulling for you big time!!! Remain strong. Baby dust to you and everyone who is 2ww!

[Liv4Baby]

Well I tested.  I know, 9 dpiui is too soon.  But I did it anyway.  :p  So of course I got a BFN.  But I'm starting to get cramps anyway, so I'm not feeling really hopeful.  I will test again on Saturday I guess.  If no AF by then.

[Michelleinhawaii]

bibi22 ~ I have to have a laparoscopy since the last 3 cycles have looked great and it didn't happen, so my RE thinks I may have endometriosis and the laparoscopy is the only way you can identify it. He says there has to be something going on in there because statistically our IUI's ahould have worked.  The lap is a one stop shop...he can also check my tubes and make the opening to my cervix bigger since it's so tiny.  

Liv4baby ~ Why did you test?  Way too early...you have to be strong and wait until you miss your AF.  Now you are just going to obsess that this IUI did not work when you really have no idea.  Stay strong!  Someone in here has to get their BFP very soon, maybe it's your turn :-)

[Liv4Baby]

I have a stupid question... You and I seem to have a lot of the same stats as far as this goes... I think I've even had more eggs than you did at one point.  So why are they assuming that you have some other problem when they're telling me to be patient?  Do you think I should get a second opinion?

[bibi22]

Honestly, I would talk to your doc about it. Hopefully it's only a patience deal but you also need to have any of your concerns put to rest. Have they ever done any check-ups on you? Like a special u/s for even more "simple" issues, f.e. a uterine polyp, what they found in myy case. After all you are the paying patient! If your expert is just talking your concerns away, get a 2nd opinion.

[Michelleinhawaii]

I don't know?  Our infertility has been contributed to male factor so far and I guess with our case the IUI's should have worked by now.  I am only 29 years old, produce my own eggs, my husband has good count/motility/morph and we are both healthy. Oue cycles have looked like this:
~3rd cycle I had 2 eggs and my husbands count was 80 million...we did 2 IUI's back to back, so we have 160 million swimmers up there.  
~2nd cycle I had 2 eggs, my husband had a count of 35 million and 40 million for our bak to back IUI's
~  1st cycle we only did one IUI and I had one egg and DH had  80 million count.  

With that being said, the dr. thinks I may have something else going on...endo that could be preventing the egg to implant.  He says the average healthy couple should concieve within 3 or 4 IUI's.

He's one of the top dr.'s in Hawaii and is on the FDA board for fertility drugs, I think he is more aggressive than most doctors and really wants to get us pregnant.

[MaryC22]

Hello Ladies. I had my first IUI w/Clomid done on June 30, so right now Im in that 2WW, however I go to the doctor tomorrow, and hopefully I get a BFP!! I have had 2 surgeries for endometriosis in the past, I have also had a lap done too for abnormal paps. We know that I still do have endometriosis I have been trying for about a year and half. What are my chances of getting a postive tomorrow? For the last 2 days I have been feeling sick, but I think im just stressed out. Cramping I have had constantly, backaches, headaches, and some nose bleeds!! Help.

Mary 22

[Liv4Baby]

Bibi22 - Thanks for the advice.  I often feel like an idiot in there, they're the ones who are supposed to know what they're doing, so I let them tell me whatever they want to.  I know I should question things more, but I feel like I should just go with the flow.  But this time I'm going to go in prepared.  If they don't tell me what I think makes more sense, then I'm going to go somewhere else.  There are fertility clinics all over the place on Long Island.  I could go to any one of them.

Michelle - I'm glad you have a doctor that you consider "aggressive."  My doctor is not so.  At first I liked that, because I wasn't exactly eager to jump into the hardest treatment possible.  But now I am, and where is she?!  LOL!  Thanks for putting your info up there all in one place so I could compare!!  :)   I had two eggs, then three, then I don't know because I skipped out on this month's monitoring.  But I was taking Clomid so I must have had at least one!  There is no male factor at all for us -- my husband is fine.  I'm the one not producing eggs.  So here's my problem -- if I have MORE THAN ONE, why are we not getting pregnant?!  (That question wasn't for you, BTW, it was for my doctor.)  LOL!  

I feel really crampy, I just know AF is coming.  :p

MaryC22 - Good luck to you!!  I hope you get a BFP!  :)

[Michelleinhawaii]

I know...it S U C K S!  It's time for all of us to get our BFP, but for some reason God wants to challenge us and make us stronger?  I live my life so carefully, so that I will never get hurt and I don't have to go to the ER...I have never broke, sprained, or even had stitches, no surgeries, nothing.  I try to avoid hospitals, needles, and blood at all costs.  I pretty much tip toe through the world and now look.  Who would have thought not being able to concieive would lead me to having to have surgery.  My thoughts are God wants to make me stronger...if I panic at a simple blood test, how on earth will I be able to push a watermelon through a pea sized whole, LOL!!!  That's my logic.

[Liv4Baby]

I agree, I live my life really carefully too.  I am really healthy.  I eat right, work out often, do whatever any doctor ever tells me to do... I know so many people that LIVE on McDonald's (which I wouldn't touch with a ten foot pole), smoke, drink, whatever... And THEY have babies!!  :p  That makes me a little upset.  But I think my kids are going to know how badly I wanted them.  They won't question if they're loved or not.  I hope.  :)   And I know what you mean about the whole "watermelon" thing!!  I always think "I have to tolerate the pain of the IUI or the cramps or whatever, because if I can't take this, I can't give birth!!"  And I think that the reason you need surgery and whatnot is to prep you for all the **** involved in pregnancy!  You'll think "This is nothin'!!" when you have to get tests and stuff!  :)   It's all just prep work for that pregnancy.  :)

[hope_31]

hi ladies!

[Liv4Baby]

Hi!  How ya doin'?

[hope_31]

i am hanging in. i went to the doc wed and have to wait til someone calls me fri to set up a lap surgery but they are booking in sept which ***** so the doc said after my next af to start bcp til surgery to help the endo and then try a few more iui's. i am so frustrated since he said i responded so well last month so why things are not making the connection is beyond me. i am in a lot of pain and i have a cyst on my left ovary. the last thing i want to do is bcp and wait til sept to have it done but i guess it is really out of my control. how are you?

[HudgWife]

Starting the 2ww again today :) Isnt it funny how every cycle seems so different :) Every cycle I find myself saying " This is the one" ...I guess its a good thing :) Im still looking onto the bright side!
This past IUI and this one today I am so super crampy...and EXAUSTED. Its really a good thing my IUIs have fallen on days off because I literally came home from my appointment this morning, threw on the A/C in our room, turned it into an icebox and fell asleep for HOURS!
Im going to be a very good girl this cycle and stay strong and not test until after AF should have come...because it wont come this time around! Shes not visiting anymore! ;)

Im so blah! Crampy..tired...hair all over the place! I look like a homeless person seriously...I think Ill head back to my napping spot :) TTYS!

Jess

[mary986]

I am glad to hear that you r thinking positive.  It's awesome that your IUI fell on off days so u can just come home and relax. Hang in there getting thru the 2ww. We will all be pulling for u to get a BFP!

[Liv4Baby]

Jessica, you have to wait until SEPT just to get ready for the next step??  That's terrible!!  :(   I'm sorry.  Well I hope you'll enjoy the rest of your summer doing things that you can't do during the 2WW!!  Even though that's little consolation.  I get pissed off just waiting for AF when I know an IUI hasn't worked because I want to start again already!  That's kind of where I am right now.  Even though I did test again today at 11dpiui!  :p  Sue me.  I have to do SOMETHING!!
Good luck, Jess!  I won't tell you not to test since I obviously cannot talk!  LOL!

[MonaLisaSmile]

Thank you for all of your well wishes!!  It really does mean a lot.  We are still in shock, partly I guess b/c it took us 4 years to get to this point.  I am doing well.  Nauseous and tired, but defenitely taking it a day at a time.  We want to enjoy every miunte of this blessing, good & bad.  
I really wish I could make this feeling happen for all of you.  Believe me though, once it is here all of the pain we had gone through seems like a life time ago.

Hang in there, and let yourself have your down moments, but always keep positive and look ahead.

Best wishes to all, health and happiness!!

[yeehaw06]

Hello everyone. I'm also enduring a 2ww, at 6dpo. I have plans to go to Disneyland for my birthday tomorrow but I'm worried about the fast, jerky rides affecting implantation. Is that totally silly? Has anyone ever asked a doctor about that? What do you think? Thanks for the help.

[Liv4Baby]

So yesterday I tested and I got the faintest little glimmer of hope that I might get a BFP... Today I tested and I got a much darker, but not quite a BFP.  I called the doctor and they said that because I don't get a trigger shot, that light pink line was in fact, a BFP.  :)  So Tuesday I go in for bloodwork!  I'm still crampy, and I am rather nervous, but I can't help but be excited!  

[mary986]

yeehaw06 - I think you should check with your RE. I know I would be scared to go on rides but who knows. I wouldnt want u to miss the fun either if you could go on rides.

Liv4Baby - Awesome news!!!! Good luck and keep us posted when you go for the blood work tomorrow :-)

[matty1972]

Many congratulations to you.  Happy/Healthy 8/9 months to you!  Its so great to read a success story!

[mary986]

Hello ladies... I have a question I hope someone can answer. I am about to start my new cycle. I got AF yesterday morning but it was more spotting than any flow. They tell me that day 1 does not start until I have a "full flow". So since it really wasnt much but spotting yesterday i considered today day 1. Because of my cysts, etc, i have been on birth control pills for 2 months so now my AF is not as heavy as it normally is.... So i am not sure if today should be considered day 1 or yesterday. I tried to explain this to the nurse over the phone and she told me to just come in Wednesday and consider that day 3. Thats fine with me, but i am just concerned if yesterday was really day 1 and i am calculating wrong, will it mess my cycle up if i start my meds a day late?
Help.. i am really excited to start trying again after 2 months off... and I am already stressing about the 1st step. lol

[sagebrush]

I asked my dr. the same question.  He said that it doesn't really matter.  Different dr. will tell you different opinions.  I always count the day that the flow touches my underwear.  Whether it is a light flow or heavy.

[Michelleinhawaii]

Congrats...wanted to post up here too, so I don't seem like a jealous envious bioch, LOL!!  Just kidding...I'm so happy for you and know mine will come soon enough :-)

[Michelleinhawaii]

yeah, my dr. still does my bloodwork even though it's just spotting...he must count spotting as AF??  

[eclarky]

Congrats, that is so exciting!!!!  You must be so relieved and thrilled:)  Yay, I'm so glad to have more BFPs recently!

[wanna_be_preggers]

Hello, I am a new member!  I am 34 years old.  Took 4 years to conceive my daughter after finally having a laparoscopy.  She was born 11/16/05.  Was shocked to finally be pregnant.  We tried on our own for about 3 1/2 years and finally saw RE.  Diagnosed me with PCOS (even though I'm thin, don't fit the typical profile) My cycles are weird from the PCOS.  Had mild twisting of right tube so the lap supposedly fixed it.  DH has varicocele and lower count.  He had varicocele repair and within 6 months of both of our surgeries we were pregnant. His counts range from 10 mil up to 32 mil.  Been ttc since daughter was 6 months old (5/06).  Had 1st IUI April 08, negative.  Went back for second one in may, husband's count was too low (500,000) He saw urologist and found out the fever he had a few weeks before killed his sperm count.  Skipped June and started new cycle.  Just had IUI done Jul. 14.  Count was 10 mil.  My RE hasn't done any US so I have no idea how many follies were there.  So I'm 7 days post iui.  Since I've been pregnant already, I know how I felt when I was pregnant.  I was so tired I couldn't stay awake past 7 pm.  I was bloated and gassy.  I'm feeling the same thing but I'm so afraid I'm not pregnant.  The 2ww is so hard.  I've been reading all of your posts and find it incredibly comforting!  I'll keep all of you posted as to what happens with me.  AF is supposed to come 7/28.  We'll see what happens.  Good luck to everyone!   I know how hard it is because I tried for 4 years and I simply was shocked when I actually did become pregnant so I know it can happen!  

[Liv4Baby]

Thanks for all your support and congratulations ladies!  :)  I wish we were all going through the same thing.  But I guess I learned that it takes time, so keep doing whatever it is they tell you to do.  Even though it is really hard.  I feel a little guilty, because I don't think it was my turn, but I hope at least it helps to know these IUI's and meds and whatnot are in fact working.  

I have my bloodwork appt tomorrow  morning, then I'm going to my nutritionist.  I'm going to do EVERYTHING I can to make sure this sticks.  

BTW Michelle - good idea congratulating me -- you totally would have looked like a biotch!!  LOL!  

[HudgWife]

I was just wondering what you did for meds and stuff for this cycle?

[mary986]

Thank you both for the advice. I actually woke up this morning and AF was gone. I cannot believe how short and light it was since I was on the pill. I didn't know what to do so I just went to my doc's office this morning to see if I should be getting the blood work and u/s done. They said since I pay out of pocket to come back tomorrow in case it is too early. They said it wouldn't be a big deal if it is actually day 4 instead of day 3. Jeez, I really hope this is the worst part of this cycle. lol

[Liv4Baby]

Mary, I'm so sorry that you're having so much trouble already!  I hope you're right and that this is the worst part.  :p  Who needs all that?!

Hudgwife - I did 50 mg Clomid for days 3 - 8 for this cycle.  I don't get a trigger shot or anything else.  I don't know how many follies I had since I skipped out on the monitoring this month (like an idiot).  Now I'll never know how many it took to get results from me.

I went and had my bloodwork done this morning and they called me a little while ago with the results.  She said "Everything looks great!"  So I guess I'm okay!  I have to go back on Thurs to check again.

[Dimples_805]

Hi i'm new, I just had my first IUI on July 12 I had the shots along with the trigger shot, these days have been the logest of my life!!! I have taken 2 pregnancy test since the 12 one of them just last night and both of them were negative.I think it isnt going to work for me!!! Can some of you ladies give me gidence and let me in on some of the lingo words? I have no Idea what they mean.

[Michelleinhawaii]

Liv4baby ~ Yeah....that's great!  I told you everything is going to ne fine, just stay relaxed and you will be perfect :-)

mary 896 ~ I'm sure it will be fine, they will know if the numbers are a little bit off then they did not take it at the right time.  I think if the numbers are way off then they will suspect a problem.  The dr. said the last time my numbers we a little off, but he never gave me any meds, so I guess he figured the timing must have been a day or 2 off.  I always get confused when my CD1 is cause I will spot with red and then the next day it will be gone and then spot the next day and then heavier and then she will be gone, so it's really confusing to me.

wanna_be_preggers ~ My situation is similar to yours.  My husband has hyospadius and as a result of the surgery he had when he was 5 year sold, he has variocele with a low sperm volume his range is around 30-40 mil, but he recently started taking a vitamin RX from my acupuncturist and his count for our last cycle was 80 mil!!  Amazing, huh..it doubled!!  I am also scheduled for a lap on Friday to see what else may be preventing us from concieving since the dr. says after 3 cycles of IUI's for a total of 5 IUI's (we did back to back for 2 cycles)...one of them should have worked.  So hopefully I will get a BFP shortly after the lap like you ;-)  And hopefully they won't find too much going on in there.
Good luck to you this cycle.

[Michelleinhawaii]

Rule number one....do not test until 14dpiui (14 days past IUI) you will make yourself nuts, ask Liv4baby (hehehe) , and waste a lot of money.  especially since the trigger shot can stay in your system for quite a long time and it could give you a false positive.  You're better off to just wait until you miss your AF (Aunt Flow, period) and then test, even though it's really hard.

That's my $0.02

Good luck and welcome!

[Dimples_805]

Thank you for you input, even though its hard, I will try not to test till Saturday. Is it normal thou to get negative results instead of a false positive?

[mary986]

Michelleinhawaii
Thanks again!.. I just got a call from the nurse and she confirmed I will be coming in tomorrow. She told me not to worry that even if it is day 4, they will count it as 3 and I should be fine. I am a little nervous about going in for the bloodwork and u/s tomorrow. I haven't been thru the IUI in 2 months and I want to make sure everything will be good to go. Once I get that ok, hopefully i can remain calm and just go along with the cycle.

Dimples_805,
Listen to Michelle... Testing just makes you question even more. And yes, you can get a false negative because there is not enough pregnancy hormones in your body yet to give you the positive. Just hang in there and don't test until day 14piui.. It will help keep some of your sanity. lol Good luck and keep us posted.

[Dimples_805]

Thank you!!! Day 14 for me is this Saturday, I can't wait. I'm really blessed to of came upon this site!!! You gals make me fit right in like family!!! thanks again!!

[HudgWife]

Ahhhh! Im only 5 days into my 2WW and already Im anxious! Probably more so because this was our first round with the injectibles and everything " looked so great!" as our Dr put it :)
Isnt it awful how the symptoms of your period can be the same as pregnancy symptoms! As if all of this wasnt enough...lets just add a few more confusing things for ya ;)
Im soooo super tired, which could be hormones...period...the heat! And the twins on my chest are already sore...ouch...which tends to happen to me either way...pregnant or incoming AF...

I told myself I was going to be a very good girl :) Especially now that I have found this forum and you girls :) THOU SHALL NOT TEST UNTIL AUNT FLO IS DUE! Is my motto :)

Lets pray I can stick to it and make it through the rest of these 2 weeks!! Ahhhh!

Liv4Baby : And a HUGE Congrats! Im sorry I didnt say it earlier ...Now I look like the jealous one ;) Muahahaha!

Dimples : Welcome Aboard!

Michelle : I know Ill say it again but goodluck with your lap on Friday! I had mine way back in September :) You'll do great :)

TTYL Ladies!!

[Michelleinhawaii]

I forgot to tell you before, but don't feel like "it's shouldn't be your turn"....I think every one of us in here deserve it to be "our turn" and I don't think any of us deserve to be labeled with "infertility" and we definately should not have to do all of this, IUI, clomid, IVF, injection **** just to get pregnant.  So you should absolutely be thrilled that you got your BFP....you deserve it!!!  You worked really hard for it ;-p

[Liv4Baby]

Michelle - Thanks, I think the feeling is like - it should be ALL of us.  It's like, I don't want to win the lottery and be rich while all my friends can't pay their bills... It's the same kind of thing!  :)   i know that it's different in that, eventually all of us here WILL win, so it's just a matter of it being the right time I guess.

Thank you Hudgwife... I know everyone in here is supportive - you don't have to say it!  :)

BTW, testing early is NOT A CRIME!!   :p  If it were, we'd ALL be guilty, so get off your high horses!!  LOL!  But yeah, she's right Dimples -- I tested early and got a few BFN's this time around, and lo and behold, I still eventually got a BFP.

[wanna_be_preggers]

Wow!  What supplement did he take?  I would like to get some of that!  My DH count has never been over 39 mil.  I would love to know what Vitamin RX the acupuncturist gave you!  Thanks!

[yeehaw06]

It's CD 23 for me. Yesterday was my birthday and what a great gift a pregnancy would be. I asked for the same thing last year. Haha! It's so comforting to come to this chat everyday, even if I don't say anything, to just read the conversation, and not feel like I'm the only one out here dealing with all this! Everyone is so kind and encouraging. Thanks everyone for sharing!

[mary986]

Happy Belated Birthday!!!

[kramik107]

Hello all -- I have been trying to stay away from these forums and not think about TTC for a little bit -- but that is soo hard to do -- I took a break from the meds this month -- I finally detected my surge on 7/19 so I guess I now am in the 2WW.  Since I wasn't doing any meds and my dh was so upset that I didn't give it 1 more try -- I did promise him that I would do the OPK.  SO much for not trying  -- HA HA

HOw is everyone doing?  

[janine1971]

Hi - I'm new to the board.

I'm in my 2 ww.  I have a dd who is 4 (conceived w/IUI - 1st time).  Got pg last Sept. again via IUI (1st try) had a m/c at 16 wks.  Finally ready to try again.  Had IUI on the 11 & 12 of July.  Made the mistake of testing early.  Got a negative at 10 & 11 post IUI.  I'm just really sad.  I will test one more time and if it's still a BFN I'll go off of the progesterone and wait for a/f to arrive.  I know we'll try again but I'm almost 37 and I feel like I've been in family planning limbo.  I'm sorry to vent but no one can truly understand unless they've been through it.  I wish you all the best of luck and lots of baby dust.  Thanks.

[Dimples_805]

Okay, so i'm a little slow with all the BFN & BFP. Michelle filled me in with the A/F. will some one please fill me with lingo??

Janine1971-
I'm in the same boat, I know how you feel. I tested 2 days ago and got negative! I also got my IUI on the 12th of july

[kramik107]

BFN = Big Fat Negative

BFP = Big Fat Positive

[Dimples_805]

Thank you

[Michelleinhawaii]

janine1971 ~  Welcome and I think everyone in here knows exactly what you have been going through TTC, although we all have different stories and different challenges, but we are all TTC with the help of IUI's and/or meds of some sort.  feel free to vent here whenever...we all do.

kramik~ Welcome back and I hope this will be your lucky month going au naturale...I am taking this month off to have a laparoscopy.  My RE thinks I may have endometriosis since the IUI's keep failing.  My surgery is on Friday...hopefully he will fix me up and I will get my BFP in late August or September.

[lolagirl212]

A belated CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!
I was also staying off the board for awhile, like Kramik, but snuck a peak recently, was so happy to hear your news!!!!

I'm hoping to have my 3rd IUI in the next two weeks. However, I got slightly dishartening news from my new fertility Dr. He told me that I have aprox 1% chance of conceiving. I was floored! The guy was awful, no bedside manner, never let me get a word in, and barely looked at my chart with my numbers. I think he took one look at my age (42) and gave me a speach about my lower than low odds. I live in NYC and everywhere you look it's older Mom's to be in their 40s. I'm going to ignore him, and go full steam ahead!

[janine1971]

My sister lives in NYC and just had her second baby at 40.  She did fertility w/ #1 and loved her Dr.  His name  is Sammy David.  Just in case you want to ditch the negative dr.

[janine1971]

Hi.  We had our IUI on the same day.  When are you going to test?  I'm going to test on Sat.  I'm soooooooo bummed that I tested early.  I will not make that mistake again.  I've been in a total  funk since testing.  Will you try again right away?  I wish you the best of luck. :)  

[lolagirl212]

Hi,
Thanks so much for the referral! I'm definitely going to look into this Dr. I think a lot of this is about Drs wanting to keep up their success rate averages and if they see a new case walking thru the door that they just assume won't be an easy one (due to age) they discourage you from continuing..perhaps he wanted me to say "1%? Ok, forget it" so he could move onto someone a little more promising..who knows..just a theory.
I love hearing about older women like your Sister, I have a friend who is 43 and just conceived naturally there there ya go ;)

[Dimples_805]

Hi, I'm bummed myself !!!!  I tested twice and both came out negative. I should test on Saturday that would be day 14th for both of us!!!. Honestly, I don't know if I can wait that long! I have a feeling it didn't work. My husband thinks it did, but what does he know!! he doesn't feel what i'm feeling!!! (Sad)  Where are you from? is this your first time?

[yeehaw06]

I too will be 14dpo this weekend. Just found out my progesterone level was 30.9 on cd21, so thats good. I've been having some light cramping the past few days and now this afternoon some dark discharge/spotting! I don't know what to think. Cramps and spotting for period or pregnancy?!?!?

[janine1971]

Hi - I'm from NJ originally but have been living in CA for the past 6 yrs.  No, this isn't my first time w/ the whole fertility thing.  If you read my earlier post you'll get the entire story.  It's just too long to repeat here.  I am fortunate enough to have a wonderful 4 yr old daughter who I conceived via IUI.  

I'm just waiting until Sat. I can't bear the false hope any longer.  Whatever it is on Sat. at least I'll know that it's accurate.  What a crazy ride.  Only 2 more days.  I swear, this week has gone on forever!!!

[HudgWife]

Ohh Ladies...Im almost done with week 1 in the 2WW...Tomorrow will be the end of week one...This is Hard! I think I forget how hard the waiting is each time! Im hoping this next week wont be so bad waiting wise...I have to work today, then I have 3 days off :) So thats always nice! And keeps my mind off of things! Then Ill work Mon/Tues/Weds...Again keeping my mind off things! Its Thursday & Friday next week Ill be jonsin to test!
Like all of my other cycles Im crampy...really sore BBs...tired...and its confusing! I try not to read into it, but its hard not to :( So Im counting my days until I miss AF and can test! Think Positive! As hard as each cycle is, I think this one might just be a little easier to deal with because I can come here and read & vent :) So a big thank you to you :)

Have a great day everyone! Ill be thinking BFPs for those of you coming to an end to your 2WW's!

[dolly150]

i have not forgotten every body,i have you all in my prayers,just like GOD did for me and liv4baby,he will do it for you all.i wish everyone aBFP sooner than you think.
i am fine,over 3months now,no morning sickness except for tiredness,baby is fine,just one but don't know the sex yet.

to liv4baby--CONGRATULATIONS AND ENJOY EVERY MOMENTS OF IT.

[Kitten524]

I had my second IUI yesterday. I had cramps for a good part of the day and now nothing. Last time I had cramps on and off for the full two weeks. Is this ok? Does it mean something? I am really hoping this works. My progesterone last time was 47.5% and there was a 13% increas in sperm this time!! Maybe no cramping is a good sign!?!??!

[janine1971]

Good luck!!  Sending lots of baby dust your way.  I never had cramping w/ any of my  IUIs so I have no advice on that.  Keep us posted:)  I'm supposed to test tomorrow.  Had my two IUIs on July 12 & 13.  Yikes!

[janine1971]

Well, this morning  I tested and got a BFP:)   I've already been to the Dr. and am waiting the results of the blood test.  I'm keeping my fingers crossed, but I don't feel that I can truly get too excited after what happened last time.  If it is + I'll have to do injections of blood thinner for the entire pregnancy as the feel a blood clot cause the late m/c last time.  Has anyone heard of anyone else w/ this condition?  I will let you know what happens.  Another wait...

[Dimples_805]

I'm soooo, happy for you!!!!! I hope evrything turns out just perfect!!!

[wanna_be_preggers]

congrats to janine1971!  How exciting!  I also tested early.  My IUI was July 14 (monday).  My 2ww wait is up monday the 28. I tested day 10piui yesterday and knew I shouldn't have. BFN.   I am having sore tingling bb's, tiredness, gassy, I normally run 3 times per week and last night I had a strange twinge on the lower left and felt tired and could not run.  I'm going to wait for my period Monday but sure hope I''m pregnant.  This is our 3rd try with IUI (first one didn't work, second one count was too low, third time's a charm hopefully).  ttc 2 years since daughter was 6 mos old, took us 4 years and 2 surgeries before we had her.  I'll keep you posted. I'm hoping it was an early false negative.  Babydust to everyone!

[mary986]

Congrats!!! I am so happy you got BFP! I don't know anything about the blood thinner but i would think that because of what happened last time, this time they would know how to prevent that. Good luck.. Keep us posted.

[eclarky]

I'm so glad you are the latest BFP!  It seems like we've had a few recently and hopefully the trend continues!  

It's been a relaxing month, not doing an IUI or meds, and I've enjoyed the rest.  AF is due on Wed.....maybe we did it ourselves this time, but I'm feeling the usual sore bbs and crampiness, so I'm thinking not.  At least the break has allowed me to focus on other things, my hope aren't up this time:)  Hang in there everyone!!

[janine1971]

Thank you for the well wishes.  Dr. called (finally!!) and it is indeed ++++.  He wants to see me back in 4 days to make sure the numbers are doubling as they should.  Waiting to find out about blood thinner injections. Not so thrilled about that but hopefully it will help prevent a clot this time around :)  I will keep you posted.  Good luck to all those waiting to test!

[sagebrush]

Congrats to all of the BFP's out there!  I have had 2 failed IUI's.  Just switched to a fertility clinic.  They finally confirmed that I do have PCOS.  Dr. said that now I am going into unexplained infertility because I am ovul. but no pregnancy.  So I am going to start with injections + IUI next time.  Then if it doesn't work we will probably go straight to IVF.  Has anyone found a discounted pharmacy in CA for the meds?  I can't believe how expensive they are!  Good luck to everyone!  I think our luck on here is starting to turn around. YEAH!

[yeehaw06]

Unfortunately, not looking so good for me this time. Cramping and spotting and it's only 12dpo! Don't know if I should even waste a pregnancy test tomorrow as I planned. So depressing : (    

[janine1971]

We also did the IUIs w/ injections.  I know, the medicine is crazy expensive.  When we had our daughter, our insurance covered up to $5,000.  Now, the cover nothing.  Where in CA are you located?

[Michelleinhawaii]

Hi all....Congrats on all th BFP's!!!  That's so exciting, maybe this is turning into the lucky forum :-)  

[sagebrush]

I am in the Palm Springs area.  We are going to Loma Linda fertility clinic.  They gave us a list of pharmacies to try but I thought maybe someone on this forum would have some suggestions too.  It is encouraging that someone got preg. doing IUI's w/ inj.  It is well worth the money.  It just doesn't seem fair that we have to pay a fortune to have a child when other people get pregnant without even trying.

[wanna_be_preggers]

Well, did another hpt this am 12dpiui.  BFN.  AF is supposed to come Monday.  I go from totally thinking I'm pregnant to thinking there's no way I could be pregnant.  I feel pregnant in the evenings then by morning I don't feel pregnant. It's crazy.  I'm having menstrual cramps this morning.  Good luck to everyone!  Hopefully we'll have more BFP's!

[yeehaw06]

I know there was a lot of people testing this weekend, so good luck to all of you. Hope some more BFP show up!! I didn't have to test because a very painful AF came so BFN for me! My past two cycles with Clomid have caused really bad cramping compared to my normal cycles. Has anyone else experienced that? CD 1 is so painful physically and mentally! Hope to hear some BFP today!!

[eclarky]

I definitely had worse periods and cramping on Clomid.  One of the months was the worst cramps I've EVER had!!  Hang in there, I know today is tough, hopefully you'll be able to regain your positive outlook:)

[yeehaw06]

Thanks for the reply. I guess it's good to hear these cramps are "normal". I'm just glad I got them over the weekend, when I don't have to work. Just spent the day cleaning the house like crazy and don't notice the pain so much. Just kinda of sad cleaning the spare bedroom that I wish was a nursery!

[wanna_be_preggers]

So at the waterpark today I go in the bathroom (2 days before AF is supposed to arrive), I'd been having mild menstrual like cramps all morning.  I look in the toilet and see a small amount of blood.  Luckily I brought some tampons just in case so I put one in.  Was crushed because my period came.  Was at the waterpark all day.  Took the tampon out and there was hardly anything on it, just brownish on the tip.  Now I'm having just pink discharge and nothing at all when I pee. Just when I wipe it's a little pink.  This has been for the past almost 8 hours.  I don't even have a tampon in, just  a little panty protector and it just has a little pink on it.  So gosh darnit, I'm thinking this could be implantation bleeding.  So of course I'm googling it like crazy and trying to find out if it is.  I'm afraid my period will come full fledge tonight or tomorrow.  This is so darn confusing.  I'm holding on to a small glimmer of hope that it's not actually AF.  Thanks for letting me vent.  It's crazy how I cannot even seem to concentrate on anything.  I keep checking my undies and go the the bathroom every 15 minutes.  I'm feeling nauseated and just not feeling well.  Maybe I'm sick with some sort of weird virus, maybe I'm pregnant.  I just don't know.  Thanks for letting me vent.  I'll probably be posting again soon to vent about my real period actually finally starting.  This is probably just the beginning and it's teasing me.  But it normally does not do this.  Weird.  Ok I'm really done venting now.  Thanks for listening.

[wanna_be_preggers]

well, af arrived.  will keep trying though.  Just a little bit crushed but I'll get back up and try again.  I was certain I was pregnant.  This sure is some crazy stuff we go through.  Good luck to everyone, I will be checking in and posting again.

[yeehaw06]

The same thing happened to me last month. I spotting very lightly from 10dpo for a few days, then one day no spotting at all. I had made it to day 32...thought for sure I was pregnant even though hpt was BFN. Then that evening it hit! SO devastating and confusing. Why do period and pregnancy symptoms have to be the same. SO UNFAIR!

[mary986]

So sorry that AF arrived. Hang in there. It definitely is not easy on us. Last IUI for me, i went thru the same confusing roller coaster. When I was supposed to get AF, I had the cramps and everything and never showed. I was 4 days late, so I thought for sure I was pregnant. I went to the dr for bloodwork and would you believe I started to spot on my way home from the bloodwork. Then, 1 hour after I got the call back from them telling me BFN, I got the full AF..
It's very frustrating. I cannot wait until we all get BFP... It is well deserved to everyone on this forum. We defintely go thru enough.

[wanna_be_preggers]

thanks ladies for the comments.  I'm so glad everyone understands.  It makes us all feel less alone.  We need each other during these times!

[HudgWife]

Im bummed already and I know I should wait it out...Ive been good :) I havent tested, but after today Im thinking " why even waste a test"...My bbs arent sore anymore...I was crampy last night, gone this morning...Our 2WW is over on Friday, but Im already feeling like this one, like the rest, didnt work...Im really getting frusterated with it all...over a year on meds now...7 IUIs later and still nothing...What the hell is going on inside there...People have gotten pregnant and already had their babies...and Im STILL left trying...ripping my hair out....ugh
Im beginning to wonder if my little eggs are just empty :( If this one didnt work we need to take a cycle off...I have an appointment to get my wisdom teeth out...I was really hoping to be able to cancel it due to a pregnancy! But no luck yet...How is everyone else holding up?? Anything new with anyone??

[yeehaw06]

Well feeling about the same as you! Have to go back to work, I'm a teacher, in two weeks, still not pregnant. It's so hard at work because people that I wish not to discuss my personal life with are so nosey! I really just don't want to talk to any of them, so I'm so anxious about going back to work. I'm going to call today and see if my doctor will rush order an IUI. I was suppose to wait another cycle before moving on to that but I don't want to wait! AND this is my last chance to get pregnant and deliver before I have to be in a wedding next May! Anyway...it's not over for you yet...hang in there.

[Dimples_805]

Saturday was day 14th for me. I tested BFP, I was soo happy!!! I called my doctor & schedule a blood test for Sunday. I waited paciently for 4 hr. Fanally the nurse called me, I had a possitive, but a low possitive.. the numbers were really low. She also asked me if I was bleeding, I said no. She scheduled me for anothe blood test for tuesday, so they can make sure the numbers are multipling.This morning I started to bleeding wich scared me! I called my Dr.said that because of the numbers i got yesturday My pregnancy problably did not inplant. But he also said it might be a late inplantaion and thats why the numbers were really low. I got a 6 and they should be at 100. i kept me appointment for tomorrow so I will know for sure! Plaese keep me in you prayers.

[mary986]

Good luck!!! please let us know as soon as you get the results. Hopefully it is just a late implantation... You will def be in my prayers.

[janine1971]

Good luck!  I will definitely keep you in my prayers :)  I know we did our IUIs around the same time.  My numbers were nowhere near 100 when I went for my blood test on Friday.  I didn't remember where they should be but I thought mine were low too.  I too, have to go in for a repeat test on Tuesday.  Please let us know how everything goes.  

[Michelleinhawaii]

dimples~ I'll keep you in my prayers and hopefully the pregnancy sticks!!

yeehaw ~ I know how you feel I did 2 failed IUI's over the summer break, went back to school for the first day and now had to miss the first days with my students due to the lap surgery...the only good part was that I missed the teacher meeting day where I am sure I would have been asked at least a half dozen times if I got pregnant this summer.

Liv4baby ~ How are you feeling?  You  still around or you graduated yourself to the pregnancy forum ;-p

I can't believe how many BFP's there have been this month...this was the lucky month and of course I had to take this month off, LOL!  

I'm doing good...still recovering from my laparoscopy.  I'm going to take one more day off to recover and return to work on Wednesday.

[mary986]

Glad to hear you are doing good. Hopefully, the BFP will continue for us.

[mary986]

Since this month seemed so lucky for a lot of people, think of your Laparoscopy as the lucky thing that will get you a BFP.... Hopefully this procedure will be the lucky part of your new beginning.

[Liv4Baby]

I'm still here!  I just haven't posted because I don't want to be the pregnant one who is like, on the outs!  LOL!  I still know what you're all going through -- I didn't forget!!  

But since I am posting now I can say this finally!  GOOD LUCK Dimples_805 and Janine!  I really hope your numbers go up quickly.  

Everyone who got AF, DO NOT GIVE UP!!!  It is so easy to believe that it won't happen, but it so will!  

Thanks for asking Michelle, I am feeling okay - morning sickness is a lie, it happens in the afternoon.  :p  I'm five weeks now, and get to have my first ultrasound on Friday.  :)  At this point I actually get nervous about going too far from the bathroom.  :)   You'll love it - it's a constant reminder of what you EARNED!!  Next month is going to be your month, I just know it.  Do you know when your next cycle will be?

[wanna_be_preggers]

Just wanted to say I had a laparoscopy in 2004 and 6 months after that I got pregnant with my daughter.  It took us almost 4 years of trying from 2001 through early 2005.  I believe the lap made a difference, I had some scar tissue and twisting of the tube.  We were pregnant on our own after 6 months.  By the way, we just love Hawaii.  We've been there 4 times and I want to go back.  Been to Oahu, Maui, Kauai and Big Island.  Just love Hawaii.  What a beautiful place to live!  (and conceive!)  It will happen for you.  I never, ever, ever thought I would get pregnant after 4 years of unsuccessfully trying and I was beginning to get angry at the world and hated people asking me when we were going to have a family.  Then it happened.  It just came out of nowhere when I was least expecting it.  That's what I'm trying to remind myself this time.  It will happen again.  For you and for me and for the others on this forum.  It just feels like it won't.  But I'm confident it will!  Because it's happened to me!  Hugs to everyone.

[Dimples_805]

I just heard from the Dr.... the pregnancy did not implant. I'm soooo sad, all i want to do is cry!!!!! i will start the whole cycle tomorrow

[eclarky]

I am so sorry - it's bad enough to get AF, so I can't imagine how you feel.  Cry it out, grieve, you owe it to yourself.  I wish you good luck with this cycle!  Hang in there!

[hope_31]

so how did it go? is it endo?  i am gonna start a new thread cuz this one is sooooooo long!

[HudgWife]

I was VERY naughty today...I think I had to just get it out of my system...Im a HUGE POAS-aholic! I had one from our last cycle so I peed on it today...It was of course positive...I thought it might be...its still too soon to test, and I know the Ovidrel is more then likely still in my system giving me a false positive...So now I wait :(
I still dont think this one worked like I said before...Im sooo crampy...

Ehhhh We'll see I guess! SYMPTOMS SHOULD BE TOTALLY DIFFERENT! LOL No Fair!!

How is everyone doing tonight?!?

[Michelleinhawaii]

dimples ~ so sorry :-( Crying is good.

Liv4Baby ~ We like having you here...it's a reminder that we will get our BFP's too, one of these days

hope ~ It is endo...I'll find out all the details on Saturday when I go for my follow up appointment.  You should have warned me about the bathroom situation, LOL!  I'm doing well and am going to return to work tomorrow.  lap, yeah,  I'd rather not go throught that again, but I guess that is unavoidable. I gots my self a whole new belly button, an inny (I always had an outy)  How are you doing?

mary986~ I sure hope this is a new begining for me and hoping the BFP's will continue in here.

GREAT NEWS!!!  We officially have a house being built, we secured a lot and now we get to pick out our cabinets, flooring, and countertops, ect. We will close and move in by February/March 2009....so exciting.  No we just need to have some babies to fill the 4 bedroom house, LOL!!!  

[sagebrush]

I will be taking the month off due to a vacation planned a long time ago.  My RE wants me in the office CD 2 or 3 and I will be on my trip.  So we will wait until Sept. to start injections + IUI.  My husband started taking Vit. C & E too to increase motility.  So it is good that we are waiting to get the full effects of the Vitamins.  We only have one more chance of IUI's then we need to move onto IVF before the money runs out!

[mary986]

Dimples_805 - Sorry to hear the news. That is disappointing. Get all your crying out and then think positive again as you try a new cycle.

Michelleinhawaii Congrats on the house... Hopefully that is something that can keep your mind off all this and keep you busy. 4 bedroom house, yeaaa i think you definitely need a baby to fill one of those rooms. Keep us posted when you get more details on Saturday.

[hope_31]

thats good that now you know. the bathroom situation? i poas this a.m. and bfn i am not due til sun give or take but i doubt it. so i will start bcp the 1st sun after af starts. everyone heals different but i figured you would not be up for any kind of work the mon after the lap. i am nervous for my lap,you know the fear of not waking up! i remember the last lap 9yrs ago i was sitting on the edge of the bed waiting for the wheelchair to go home and i turned white as a ghost and felt extremely nauseated and thought i was gonna faint. i couldnt press the "call nurse button" fast enough. i didnt puke or faint but what a horrible feeling. i am surrounde by boxes as we move aug 29th and then lap sept2nd.

[HudgWife]

Well I Tested Again today....Twice actually....I Know I Should Wait Until Friday...But Since I tested last night and got a Positive,I wanted to REtest today and compare them...See if yesterdays was infact what I thought ...A false positive from the meds...But to my surprise today I got another Positive....and For ***** and giggles I tested again tonight and got yet another Positive...Soooo My question to you ladies is

Do you think its still too soon and these are all false from the meds?!? After going through this for well over a year and a half now, I DEF Dont want to get my hopes up...What do you think??

Im def calling the office and just asking if they can send a lab order for an HCG level to be drawn on Friday anyway...That will be the official end of the 2WW...I mean its Weds night?? Still too early you think???

GAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

[hope_31]

if your time is up friday i would def say consider it a bfp!!!!!!!!!! i mean if its only a matter of a couple days then i would think the shot would be out of your system. when i did my 2 iui's and used ividrel i tested lesss then a week later just to gage when its out and i got bfn's both times so i knew for sure that when i did test at the end of the 2ww it would either stay bfn or i would be pregnant. never got pregnant and i go on bcp in august and have a lap sept2nd. good luck and i hope you get confirmation of what we think we already know.
~jess~

[janine1971]

Hi All -

Hudgwife - I'm keeping my fingers crossed for you :)  Best of luck.

Dimples - I'm so sorry.  

Michelleinhawaii - congrats on the house - that's awesome.  I'm so jealous!

I went to the dr. yesterday for another blood test.  My #s are rising as they should which was a huge relief.  I started my blood thinner injections last night.  I thought after all the fertility shots I was finally finished.  I have to do these once a day for the whole 9 mo and then for 6 wk after. I'm not letting myself get too excited, which is sad, but I just can't after my m/c in dec.  I'm just thinking of each apt. as a baby step and looking no further.  I hope everyone is well, feeling good and keeping spirits up.  Hoping for more BFP real soon.

[Liv4Baby]

sagebrush - Have fun on your vacation!  I hope you'll be well rested and ready for September!  :)

Michelle - Thank you, I like being here too.  :)   BTW, it is REALLY easy to fill up a four bedroom house, let me tell you!  LOL!  I actually have one of the bedrooms all painted and ready as a nursery.  :)   That way the fourth bedroom never felt like something we lost when the baby finally did come!  Congrats and enjoy planning your new home... Take my advice, PLEASE -- take your time choosing.  I got rushed into picking my countertops and I freakin' HATE them now.  :p   But be careful if you get granite because I've read that they often have high levels of radiation emitted from them.

Hudgwife - Good luck!  I really hope it keeps coming up a BFP!!!  But you are totally psycho - twice in one day?!  LOL!!

Janine - I really hope everything continues to go well for you!  It can't be much fun to have to take those shots, but think of what each one means.  :)

Good luck everyone testing this week!

[Michelleinhawaii]

sagebrush ~ Have fun on your vacation!  Your husband may want to add selenium to his vitamin list...my husband has been taking Selenium, vitamin E, vitamin C, and zinc and his sperm count doubled with the last IUI from 40 mil to 80 mil, so definately worth a try.  

hudgwife ~ sounds like a BFP to me...I'll keep you in my prayers :-)

Janine ~  shots, no fun :-(  Just think it will all be worth it in the end...that's what helps me get through all the shots, procedures, and especially my surgery.

Liv4baby ~  We have until October to decide on the countertops, but the cabinets have to be picked out by August 20th...YIKES!  I don't think we'll do granite, too much $  I think we'll do Corian.  Your nuts, you already have a nursery!!!!!!  How long have you had that for?  With a crib and everything?  I don't own one baby thing, not even a onesy....I'm really supersticious and I don't need to bring any more bad luck on myself . My grandma filled my head with a superstition for everything at a very young age...some as ridiculous as don't put shoes on a table or you'll have bad luck!

[Michelleinhawaii]

Just hang in there.  At least you have a plan with the lap scheduled and you know how much better your chances of concieving will be once you have everything cleaned out and fixed up in there.  Lap's stink though...so sad knowing that I will probably have to experience this again.  I went to work today and I think I pushed it a little too much...I started to bleed again.  Is this normal? It wasn't much, but I had a lot of "pulling" and when I went to the bathroom it was there.  I think I was just doing too much bending over, sitting on the floor/standing back up, driving...I came home early and put myself back to bed.  

[mary986]

Things definitely sound positive to me... When was the last time you took any medication and what medicine did you take?

[mary986]

Hang in there... Try and take it easy this week... I know thats hard to say when you have to go to work.

[mary986]

I am very glad to hear that your numbers are looking good. Try and stay positive and enjoy the pregnancy. I know thats easy for me to say because i have never been through a m/c. Try and keep the past out of your mind. Good luck and keep us posted as you have your appts.

[mary986]

I just got the call from my dr's office. I am going tomorrow and Saturday for my IUI's. I am so excited. I have been on the DL for 2 months and I finally get to try again.
Just wondering if there is anyone else scheduled for an IUI this week?

[eclarky]

did you test again today?  I would think the BFP should be pretty reliable, and I'm sure your DR will want to do a blood test.  Good luck!!!

[jwbaby]

hi im new here my name is jenelle i had my first iui with no meds done june 30 didnt work and i didnt feel anything when i had it done like i thought i would have and of course it dint work but now this month i went and ha dit done on tuesday and i had the worse cramping ever so i hope that is some kind of sign. we have bee ttc for 3 years finally got pg about 2 years ago and i had a mc and have been trying ever since and it just wiuldnt work so they tested my husband again and come to find out his motility was only 25%. i hate the waiting game. i didnt no their were so many people out their all doing this i felt so alone and no one to talk to besides my husband about it because he is the only one that really nos how i feel. good luck to everyone
lets all hope for a good month!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[HudgWife]

eclarky : Yes I did test again today...2x actually just to make sure that my first mornings urine wasnt just SUPER concentrated and there were still meds in it...it was positive again....and I just tested again for the 2nd time and again positive...I'll call tomorrow to head in for labs :)

Mary986: The meds I took this cycle were Gonal F Pen @ 75 ( what is it micromiligrams?) And I did that from Days 3 through 10 I do believe and then on day 11 which was Weds July 16th I had my Ovidrel Injection...Which can cause a false positive...Which HAS happened to us before...But I had only gotten 1 positive and then about 6 negatives...And AF followed soon after
Tomorrow marks the official end of our 2WW...2 weeks from our IUI...and I havent had one negative...The only reason I kept testing was to un-psych myself...When I saw the positve Tuesday night I thought FOR SURE it was a false + from the Ovidrel...So then I tested again to compare...and since then the line has only gotten darker on the tests
But seeing the road I have traveled for far too long now...I still cant believe it, so off for some blood work tomorrow :) Maybe THAT will put my mind at rest :)

Thanks for all of your input ladies! It helps so much :)

[yeehaw06]

Hey, I'm getting my first IUI next Friday! So we are nervous. I've gotten some price quotes from the doctor's office but it seems like more tests and what not keep coming up and it's going to cost a lot more then just the IUI price. Like, I don't even know how much the shots are going to cost. Do you know how much FSH/LH and hCG shots costs? Insurance isn't coving anything to do with the IUI! I've been responding really well to Clomid, and that is only $4 a cycle, so that helps!

Anyone that has any shot giving or IUI advice I love to hear it!  

[janine1971]

Last night I spoke with a friend of mine and she was telling me about a friend of hers (who I know) who had been ttc for years with no luck.  She did countless IUIs and nothing.  Mind you, she is 46 years old.  She finally decided to try and egg donor just assuming her eggs were old & dusty.  But before doing it she did IVF (I believe once) and is now 3 mo. pg w/ twins.  I heard this and just thought wow.  She wouldn't give it up and I'm sure she thought it was never going to happen.  I hope this story gives some hope that things can work out.  Have a good day :)

[lolagirl212]

Hi,
THANK you for this! As an "older woman" on this board (42) I have felt up against a wall so to speak, and many Drs don't give us much hope (My new Fertility Dr gave me a 1% chance of conceiving!) I'm going in for my 3rd IUI next week and will not give up! I'm happy to hear that your friend's friend knew what she wanted and went full steam ahead no matter what the odds, I'm going to do the same!

[mary986]

I think you can definitely say you have a true BFP... I am always hopeful that we keep getting BFP on this website so I decided to look up how long the medicine you took stays in your system. I read that it stays in your system for 10 days after the shot. If you took the shot on the 16th, that means that it will be in your system until about the 26th. That means that tomorrow is a full week it is out of your system. Thats so exciting. Good luck with your blood work tomorrow. Let us know :)

[mary986]

I totally understand the stress of paying for the IUI completely on your own because insurance doesnt cover anything for me either. For a complete cycle, it costs me over $5k each time. The medicine costs about $3,000 and then all the monitoring is so expensive. The actual IUI procedure is the easy part, that only costs me $300 each IUI ($600 total -my doc does 2 back to back days). My DH and I will not even discuss what we are going to do if this month doesn't work because there is no way we can pay for another month. Your RE should give you a estimate of how much it will cost you before you start. It all depends on how much medicine you need and also how much monitoring your RE does. Mine has me in the office almost every other day while I am on the medicine to make sure that I don't over stimiulate. Each day it costs me $600 for the blood work and u/s. When you do that every other day, it adds up quick. Good luck. I hope yours does not cost as much as mine.

[HudgWife]

Well....Its a definate BFP :)

And I am speechless....And of course cautious :)

We had HCG & Progesterone Levels drawn today :) I didnt ask the number of the Progesterone level, but they said it was PERFECT and not to worry :)
Our HCG level was 288! I am just so excited! I am SOOOO Excited! I still cant believe it...As much as I am happy, Im of course on the nervous side...We were pregnant in December and M/C'd very soon after..only about a week into the positive HCG...but in Dec my level was only reading 77 and in 48 hours had only gone to 133 or something...so I think it was off from the start...
It was SUCH a relief to hear 288 on the phone today! I wasnt expecting a call back from the office until Monday! So when they called back this afternoon I was so worried something was wrong ( you know how we think ) but they called to tell me the results and that the Dr wants an U/S in 2 weeks..
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

I looked up hcg levels, for where it should be around at 14 days PO...I found various charts...I know I had 2 dominant folicles on the day of the IUI...both the same size and both looked ready to go...Im just wondering if 288 seems high? If theres one baby or two? Ohh good lord... I cant even believe it!!!!!!!!!!!

I honestly thank you ladies...This site has helped me to calm down and vent it out to  people who TRULY get it...Thank you all for listening, reading and writing back :)

COME ON BFPSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!

[Dimples_805]

I'm sooo happy for you and your husband! Best of luck!!!

[janine1971]

Congrats HudgWife :))))  Believe me, I know it's hard to relax even now, but just take it one day at a time.  If it is twins, well, that would just be a double blessing.  Keep us posted.

[wanna_be_preggers]

Congrats!  I'm soooo happy for you!  

[yeehaw06]

Congrats! You give us all hope! It does happen!!

[aggie26]

many congrats!!!it's realy great news to hear those new.good luck and take of your self and the baby