LT Trying to Conceive with IUI #5

[Lullaby]

Hi Lullaby - there's not chance the Pregnyl won't work, and even if it did, with a follicle at 20mm, it will pop on its own within 24 hours. Here's hoping your clinic has their timing right.

Many of us have discussed at length on this forum taking an active interest in all results, understanding what they mean, and always questioning your clinic's methodology and approach - then asking for something else if you don't believe they're on the right track. It's your treatment, your body and your money - ask questions, questions, questions - knowledge is power.

And good luck for your IUI today! Same goes to Loops and anyone else IUIing this week!

:-)
P.

Thanks Original P. I guess its all about the waiting game. Well i had my 1st IUI today, it was a bit uncomfy,but nothing as bad as that HyCoSy (Tubal test) yikes, that was a shock to my system lol

One thing i dont get it, The nurse that did my U/S told me i have 1 20mm follie in my Left ovary, with nothing in my right. I only produced 1 follie. Is this normall under Puregon treatment? I always thought the drugs would stimulate more.

Then todays nurse told me it was a follie in my Right Ovary..strange.

Thanks for your help, i am trying to read up on all the threads, so i can follow others journeys on Belly Belly

[OriginalP]

Welcome Kittycat - and thanks for the question about Femarra. I don't think anybody on this thread has used this drug before, so it's most interesting (to me) to find something new to research.

I found this website here, which I think you should definitely read to understand the drug you're being treated with:
Letrozole Femara infertility

My first question to your clinic would be why they chose Femarra instead of Puregon. I don't think there's anything wrong going on here! :-) But I for one would want to know why they chose a relatively new and untested drug over one that's been around for some time and has very good stats for success.

:-)
OP.

[OriginalP]

Hi Lullaby!

"One thing i dont get it, The nurse that did my U/S told me i have 1 20mm follie in my Left ovary, with nothing in my right. I only produced 1 follie. Is this normall under Puregon treatment? I always thought the drugs would stimulate more.

Then todays nurse told me it was a follie in my Right Ovary..strange. "

You know, our FS teams aren't infallible. When my guy did the hysterosalpingogram in my investigations, I always thought he got the results backwards. Ie - dye spilled freely from the left tube not the right as he noted. And he lost the actual picture so the dispute could never be resolved.

The main thing is, you've got one follicle, and if it implants, when they do your seven week scan, there'll be a corpus luteum on whichever ovary produced the egg, which will then prove which side it came from.

:-)
OP.

[Loops12]

Hi Ladies
Looks like I am going to be in TWW sooner than I thought. I had thought I was coming on to ovulate as I had a lot of *cough* mucus and I was right. My U/S today showed that I was just about to ovulate so its another 2 hr drive back tomorrow to have the IUI done. Im very excited. The U/S showed 3 big follies (sorry can't remember size but nurse was very happy), 1 on the right and 2 on the left I think it was and 2 smaller ones that wouldnt catch up. I have a good feeling about this. We've also just bought a house so I am hoping that was the start of positive things to come.
Thanks for all your spport in here and good luck, hope we all get there this year, sooner than later.

[Kurby]

Awsome Lou, this time sounds VERY promising!
Kaz and i will be at work thinking of Yez today.
Cant wait to hear the good news

P.S i finaly wrote back to your post in the Men's forum, lol sorry it took so long :P

Best of luck you guys!

[Mummawannabe]

Hey my fellow IUI buddies.......
I had my DAY 11 scan today which showed at least two good follies (one on each ovary), but it also showed some fluid up around the top of one ovary........any clues as to what that fluid is and why it would be there? FS didnt seem fazed by it - but i dont think anything would faze him either.
I remember i had fluid show up on a scan is a similar spot(to confirm a miscarriage) months ago.
Hope someone can help!

[OriginalP]

I'm horrified this morning to read this story in the Daily Telegraph:

Baby bills up $2000 as Medicare Safety Net cut | The Daily Telegraph

If the Government reduces the safety net percentage for fertility treatment and pregnancy related medical rebates, firstly it is a direct discrimination against women. Secondly, it will directly impact the demand for services in public hospitals. The Royal Hospital for Women in Randwick has already indicated it has more bookings for births this year than it is equipped and funded to handle. New mothers are being sent home as early as four hours after giving birth as a result. Next door at Prince of Wales Private, they are shuffled off to a local hotel! All in the name of saving money and keeping beds available. We urgently need to repopulate to replace the tax payers who are retiring. Population begins with conception and birth. This, at least, is one fundamental truth that the Howard Government understood.

OP.

[Loops12]

Thanks Kurby
I am now in the madness of TWW. I am nervous and excited at the same time.

Thanks to you and Kaz for all your support and goodluck to you guys with the IVF.
We'll get there.

to everyone else in here. Hope you are all well.

[Olin]

Hi Everyone,

I had the iui yesterday..oh felt cramp but only 2-5 mins and the pain gone.
So i will start to inject the Pregnyl on monday, thurs, sun, wed and on 20th i will have a blood test to find out if it positie / negative..i guess i become 2weeks waiter now

This morning i felt like im gonna vomit and bit dizzy..is it normal?
and what do and dont after you have iui?

Thank you,

[Loops12]

Hi and welcome Olin. You are in TWW with me. Last IUI I had I was more dizzy than I am this time. You can get those symptoms you described from the Pregnyl. So my advice is don't get your hopes up too much - as hard as that is but stay positive. Some people on here say just ignore all sypmtoms if you can.
I think really the best way of knowing is to do HPT once the Pregnyl would have worn off and of course from the BT. I have my BT of the 16th but I will probably do a HPT on the 14th I recon.
GL and I hope you get a much deserved BFP and that we can be pregnant together.

All the best

[OriginalP]

Girls, I can't advise enough against using HPTs. Anyone on any kind of fertility drug will not get an accurate reading. Even the blood tests aren't conclusive when you use Pregnyl. On my third and fourth IUIs the BTs showed a beta hCG of over 40 which is technically a positive result - but the lack of progesterone said otherwise. Then I did an HPT after my last IUI and it was negative. Four days later the BT showed up positive - and now I'm 22wks.

HPTs do nothing but upset girls like us. The TWW is awfully hard to get through, and this forum is here to help you cope. But stay away from the HPTs. They are wrong so often, it's just not worth the heartbreak.

[Loops12]

Thanks OP
Im trying very hard not to do HPT's because I realise they do give a positive reading when using Pregnyl or others.

I think if I was throwing up then I might know Im pregnant but realise probably the only way to know for sure is to have the proper tests done. I know my body pretty well - so I may have some idea but not for certain.

Hope things are well for you. Thanks for your advise and support.

[Mummawannabe]

Hey girls,
I'm currently in the midst of my TWW as well - DAY 24 today........dont really have any hopes up this cycle - im finding that with IUI and everything being much more out of our control,i find its a heap less stressful...ie not worrying about timing or whether i have good follies or a good lining or whether DH's sample was up to scratch cos these things are all known when you do IUI.....does that make sense?
I still am thinking about it constantly - but not as stressed.....weird.

Loops 12 and Olin - good luck!

[Loops12]

Hi Ladies
Its BFN for me. Probably will be moving into IVF now.
Good luck to you all x

[janeo]

BIG HUGS LOOPS!!!!!!

Good luck MWB!!!

Well ladies i come with good news...... Surprising but good for us... Im pregnant found out after scan today im 7 weeks and 2 days pregnant bubs has a gorgeous little heartbeat but im still terrified as you can imagine..... I found out Saturday week ago i was pregnant only tested to rule it out before starting on the provera as my period hadn't been.. We were in shock it had happened naturally and that going by when we knew we DTD that i was already over 6 weeks pregnant going by ectopic operation date... We had DTD twice but honestly had no idea i was ovulating..... We are both really happy but nervous and really want to just wake up at 15weeks pregnant so that every niggle doesn't do my head in.......

I want to send all my baby dust to all the wonderful ladies on here..... I wish you all the best for what the future holds and will remember to pop in and check how your going....

[GlitterMum]

Oh my god Jane
Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wooh hooh
So stoked for you, what a great surprise

Hopefully we get our BFP this month as well I'm 7DPO (Dont know how to fix my ticker hahaha)

Will post longer when I have a chance.

[Loops12]

WOW Congrats Janeo! What an awesome surprise to conceive naturally after having assisted. All the best for a healthy and happy PG.

afm - I may have been wrong, AF still hasnt showed up I really just thought all sign were pointing to BFN but now not 100% sure. My BT is tomorrow.

Thanks for your support x

[Baby Dreamtime]

Hi ladies,
I hope you don't mind me dropping into this thread, I recently had an IVF cycle converted to a IUI. I have a question re the trigger injection and a HPT BFP. I had a 5000iu pregnyl trigger injection on Friday morning 3rd March, IUI on Saturday 4th March, I did a POAS yesterday approx 11.5 days past trigger. What are your thoughts on the 5000iu trigger being out of my system by then? Especially if testing with a Lullaby Conceptions that reads as low as 10 hcg?

Your thoughts would be much appreciated, TIA.