I've just had my final blood test......I'm trying to remain positive! It's hard to remain even when the nurse handed me a booklet on early pregnancy!!! you don't want to get your hopes up!! phone call in a few hours will clear all that up for me!!!
Big CONGRATS WBM!![/SIZE]
Wishing everyone all the best - those waiting etc
AFM - I was in TWW but AF visited on the 4th - early. Trying IUI again in March. Too many other things to think about at the moment such as bushfires which is keeping my mind off it all. Its all just so tragic here in Victoria.
Good luck Baby2bee! Make sure you ask them your actual levels when they give you the results. Knowledge is power. You want to know the beta hCG levels and the progesterone levels. You're looking for over 40 for prog and over 100 for beta hCG. Fingers crossed for you!
Loops, sorry to hear about AF. FYI, from what I've seen, IUI can take 4-6 goes to get across the line (much the same as natural conception). For me it took 5 goes. Very good luck with your next round, and stay safe in the disaster down there. The whole country is shocked by what's happened.
Damn! Another BFN!! I am actually feeling ok about it. I'm having a phone consult tomorrow to see if we can skip the 3rd IUI (its normally standard practice to do 3 rounds) and move straight onto IVF.....hopefully a better chance! thanks for all the well wishes....Bring on round 3 I say!!!
What!!?? No! That's a total bummer b2b. Did you get the levels by any chance? They really help you understand where things are at.
Also for the next round, ask what the progesterone levels are on Day 21. Does your clinic do day 21 bloods? It lets you know if you ovulated, gives you a rough idea of how many follicles produced an egg (one per about every 30 points), and also points towards the luteus corpum producing enough hormones to support implantation.
Of course everyone has got to make their own choice, but I do think IUI works in time. My friend took four rounds, as did a stable mate at the same clinic. For me it was 5. I think IVF people are always keen to push you onto the bigger treatment, and Diamond and I had long discussions about the commerciality of this medical advice in the previous version of this thread if you want to check back...
Hey girls sorry i havn't been around been a roller coaster week.... PLus i stopped getting notifications
I got a BFP last Thursday and went straight for a BT cos the line was so light, got results Friday morning and they were bad only 6 so pretty much a negative, i was shattered and had to go home from work, got my period on SAturday it was almost normal just not as heavy.. I kept testing and the line got darker not lighter, so MOnday i rang the clinic and told them they were just going to let it go going by the BT results but i pushed it because i was due to start teh clomid today...
Soooooooo yesterday i get my results and it has gone up to 46 :shock: now things are up in the air until i have another BT tomorrow hoping it doubles + a bit more if it has gone up slowly then it looks like an ectopic pg ... Sooooo frustrating i can't be excited but i can't get on with things either.. I worked hard all weekend to get past the sadness as much as i could so i was all ready for the next IUI and this happens gahhhhhhhhhhhh.... Just 1 step at a time now and see what life brings me....
CONGRATS WBM!!!!!!!!
And Good luck to everyone else sorry im at work and kids are about to walk in the door so i havn't got time to read everyones i will later...
ok so I had the phone consult yesteday with FS to see if I could start IVF (just finished 2nd round of IUI). He said tubes are all clear and the IUI round I just had, I had a magnificent surge of hormones, DH produced 12 million Grade A soldiers........so no he wouldn't move me to IVF. We are going for round 3 of IUI now.....using Purgeon instead of Gonal F. Let's see if that makes a difference. Fingers crossed for round 3 ding ding ding!
Sorry I've been offline for so long! Thankyou all for your good wishes, it's all very exciting. Janeo - that does sound like a rollercoaster! So another lot of bloods today? I definitely have my fingers crossed for you that it all works out - remember sometimes strange things happen in early pg, I had pretty intense cramping and kept waiting for AF/mc to arrive and freaking out a bit, but it hasn't so I remain positive! Let us know when you get some news!
B2B - that's good news for you too, I know it can be frustrating doing the same thing a few times around, but I'm sure you'll get your BFP before too long - especially with the news that your tubes are great and DH is certainly doing his job!
Best wishes all around, I don't have time for too many pms - good luck for your 2WW though Shades! Take care all and I'll try to drop in soon. Trying not to concentrate too much on my news or I'll wind up telling people!
I just saw your post and wanted to send you big hugs. What a frustrating time for you. I went through something similar on my first IUI cycle, got a very low hcg reading and basically had to wait it out. It was a hard thing to go through, something I didnt expect, it wasnt a certain neg and it wasnt a certain pos. But in your case 46 is a high number at this early stage in the game, and I am hoping your b/t results show a big increase from there.
Am thinking of you....
Baby2Be - soory for the BFN. Sounds like you have a good game plan to continue forward though.
Howdy Shades - hope you are doing well.
Hi to anyone else I have missed and good luck where ever you are in your cycle
B2B! I couldn't be happier to hear your FS give you that advice! At last in IVF FS that recognises things need time to work.
It's also excellent to hear you and DH did so well in the stats department. Very good luck in the next round - remember, you tried more than twice naturally, so it makes sense that ANY treatment is also going to take more than a couple of goes too.
Keep up your vitamins, and give B6 a go if you haven't already.
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OP.
B2B - So sorry about your BFN. Good luck with your round 3 of IUI. I am starting my 2nd round in March. Finers crossed for you x
Janeo - Sorry about your rollercoaster ride, i hope it all works out for the best. I really hope its not an ectopic - will be thinking of you and have everything crossed for you that it is a BFP. Stay positive x
OriginalP - thanks for your support. I will try as many times on IUI as I can I think
Goodluck with whereever you are up to. x
Hey girls well the roller coaster has been in full force the past 48hrs.... I ended up heading to Ballarat Wednesday arvo to see Dr Dalton i started having pains at work so we thought best to head there, he did an u/s and couldn't see anything (you would expect that though so early and all) did see some fluid in behine my uterus he also redid BT which we had to then hang around Ballarat for the results which came back as 146 so sent me to emergency cos he was worried about ectopic.. I got put in hossy straight away had another BT and i found out today it came back at 113 (how weird within 2 hours the results were different) anyhoo they wanted to observe me and retest Friday morning.... Yesterday they came to see me and said that if it doubled then it could be a viable pg and not ectopic at all......
So i had a BT this morning and it has gone up to 265 so they discharged me saying that it could be a viable pg and it isn't ectopic YAY!!!! Although Dr Dalton had been in earlier and said it is unlikely it is viable as the levels are so low and not to get my hopes up, i told him trust me i learnt a long time ago not to get my hopes up!!!! I then went back to the clinic to follow up with them and the nurse informs me that there still is a chance that it could be ectopic GAAAAAAHHH........
So now im waiting ill have another BT on Monday morning and then again Wednesday.. I have to keep watching for ectopic pg signs which is doing my head in every twinge.. I had heaps of twinges with my last pg so im ignoring them at this stage but if i have intense pain ill head back to hossy........
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... Sooooo frustrating i can't be excited but i can't get on with things either.. I worked hard all weekend to get past the sadness as much as i could so i was all ready for the next IUI and this happens gahhhhhhhhhhhh.... Just 1 step at a time now and see what life brings me....
this is an honest-to-goodness BFP that was just slow to catch on, and not something nasty
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