Murraycod - goodluck lots of . Waiting is such a hard thing to do.
Londonmiss - Thanks for that. I hope it works first time. But it won't be this month.
I had my scan and bt today and even though I have been on gonal- f 150 ui not much is happening. Only one small follicle and the bt didn't show any signs of an egg being there.
Don't quite understand. Anyway they have cancelled this month and I have to see the FS and take it from there. They said that they thought this might happen as my FSH this month was 14 when last month it was 4. Will my FSH level stay high or does it change?
Does anyone know why I am not going to ovulate this month even with the drugs?? Is it unusual?? Does it mean that this will happen every month.
Lucie- Why did they cancel 2 of your cycles??
sorry for all the questions I am just bummed out as I was really hoping to try this month.
Jilly I'm so sorry to hear that this cycle has been canceled
I honestly don't know the answer to your question about the FSH levels, I hope that you find your answer X
Good luck with the FS visit, hope things get back on track for you
jilly - sorry that your cycle was cancelled. I'm not sure about the answers to the questions you asked. What are your medical team like, can you ask them?
murraycod - how are you going? Is it around BT time for you now? (I have trouble keeping track, sorry). I'm that this cycle worked for you.
lucie - hi These forums are a wonderful support and I hope we can walk along this crazy road with you. Did you mention that you are doing icsi? Is that IUI or IVF?
AFM - we started IUI #3 on Monday and tomorrow I have my first scan to see how things are going. I'm a little nervous because for #1 we got 3 follies, but only one for #2, so I hope we have something to work with tomorrow. Other than that, I'm feeling quite complacent about this cycle and already a little sore (my ovaries already feel painful). We've already started looking into IVF "just in case".
Hi jilly - I use Puregon 50iu and then trigger with Pregnyl 5000iu and luteal phase support with two Pregnyl 1500iu. I've never used gonal-f and know nothing about it. Have you seen your FS yet to develop a plan?
Sal79 - We have an appointment on the 6th of October. I am guessing that as I didn't respond to the dosage last time they will probably increase it or change it - who knows
Hi girls thank god it's the weekend!! I only got Saturday off though......
Sal79 I'm on the exact same meds as you. My last Pregnyl 1500iu was monday, so glad the injections are over for the month!!! Untill BT anyway
Best wishes and truckloads of fresh babydust for you, hope third time is a charm for you.
October and November will be our 3rd and 4th try at IUI, then if no luck we are booked for IVF in January. Hope it doesn't get to that though, my EDD from my 1st pregnancy is middle of October and I was really hoping to be pregnant again by then, thinking it will make the month a little easier to get through
Jilly goodluck with the FS visit, not long to wait...........I say that but all we do is wait for one thing or another all month hey
I have BT on Wednesday, but am going to POAS before the BT so I can prepare myself for the phonecall if it is the dreaded BFN.
Last month I got AF the morning of BT so I already knew what the result was.
I'm completely ignoring everything my body is doing at ATM, can't trust what my body tells me anymore!!
Anyway enough abt me, have a great weekend everyone, GO THE SAINTS!!!
Murraycod - I am so sorry to hear that you have to go again. If AF hasn't arrived yet there may still be a chance. But realistically you know your body better than any test This is such a rollercoaster. There is the hope, the damm waiting then devastation then we pick ourselves up dust off the disappointment and begin the cycle again. Well like Sal79 for number 3. Like we said = threes a charm
While it's true that we know our bodies, sometimes we don't. Fertility treatment has robbed me of my ability to know and interpret my body. While it may be AF cramping, murraycod, don't give up hope until you have to. If it turned out to be AF, now that you are 14dpiui today, I'm sorry and
Thanks for your well wishes for our current cycle. I had the insemination today and it was like a strange kind of torture. The nurse couldn't tilt my cervix the right way and took three, rather painful, attempts to get it right. She was getting flustered and I was crying, only my DH stayed calm and managed to problem-solve for us! What a gem he is. I've never had it hurt so much, but this cycle has already been more painful than the last 2, so I suppose it's consistent. BT on 13/10. Now for some couch time...
Just dropping in to see how people are going. Sal & Murraycod, if you can, try and give IUI 4-6 goes at the minimum. This is how long, on average, it takes to succeed with this treatment (if there are no extenuating factors like PCOS etc). Remember - for folks not going through assisted conception, they are asked to take 12 months to fall pregnant. That equates to 12 IUI goes. My own clinic allows 12 months to achieve a pregnancy with this approach, which is very telling, don't you think?
Also, in terms of knowing what your body is doing, because you can know, and every woman should know, get religious about charting your basal body temperature. To help you understand how to read the results, grab yourself a copy of Francesca Naish's book, Natural Conception.
OriginalP thanks for dropping in on us X
Your kind words do mean a lot, and it is lovely to get words of encouragement to keep going even when times can be at their toughest.
Jilly and Sal thank you for your support XX
Sal I'm so sorry to hear that your IUI hurt today, I hope that youre resting up and not crampy too much.
I do have a TMI question though..........
After the IUI insemination is it ok to get up straight away after or rest on the chair thingy for a couple mins, because I get rushed to get up and dressed straight after and I feel like it comes out................As soon as I stant up I feel like I wet myself and I get quite a large wet patch on my nickers, enough to have to change my pantyliner as soon as I get home. Just clear watery stuff.
Can the sperm fall back out through the cervix when you stand straight away?????// What is the wetness I'm feeling????????????
Sorry for the TMI but it has happened both times.
Sal yes today is 14DPIUI, and I have had STRONG AF cramps since 12dp. Thisafternoon I spotted the tiniest bit, only when I wiped, but nothing since, so I'm sure AF will greet me in the morning.
Thank god I have 2 days off to mope around!!
DH gave me a great pep talk thisafternoon after a HUGE cry outburst from my spotting, and I am oficially dusting myself off and am going to soldier towards another cycle, no3.
I hope and pray that 3 is a lucky number for all of us, may October bring some BFP's our way XXXXXX
OriginalP - thanks for popping in and for your advice. Our FS has advised that we give IUI three attempts before considering IVF and my DH (who looooves statistics ) thinks that three attempts are best for us. I've started B6 in the last cycle...so hopefully I'll swear by it too!
murraycod - sorry to hear about your cramping, as a sufferer of endo I sympathise! I wondered about your question too, and in fact asked my DH (who is a doctor) about it the first time it happened. He said that the wet stuff is most likely the lubricant used on the speculum, and I think is a similar medium to what they use to wash the sperm with? (but don't quote me on this last point, I can't remember the details). I don't think it's necessary to lie down for a prolonged period after an IUI like after usual intercourse when people swear by raising their legs in the air. We have utilised a far more high-tech version of legs in the air- we get a catheter to put the sperm right in the cervix!
AFM - I've been surprisingly emotional and cranky since Monday, I think slightly traumatised by the procedure. I feel a bit unwell too today, but am not sure whether it's due to MIL's unsafe kitchen procedures when cooking (or rather undercooking) chicken last night, or an anxiety-produced psychosomatic stomachache from worrying about the said chicken! I've got so much I should do today, but I just know I'll end up on the couch...again...
HeHe Thank's Sal,
Yeah I wen't to Mildura today to FS to pick up my next rounds of Puregon, and she said that the sperm canno't get back through the cervix so it must be the lube...... Lovely!
Anyways I hope that youre still cruising along not straining yourself at doing too much, EEEEWWW to the half cooked chicken!!!!!!!!!
Hey murraycod - I lived in country SA for 3 months earlier this year and my DH took me on a surprise weekend trip to Mildura. It was great fun. We had a great lunch at Trentham's and then dinner at Stefano's and then a movie of my choice. I was spoiled! Maybe each FS visit of yours should include dinner at Stefano's?? Wouldn't that be great.
I'm 3dpiui today (barely in the 2ww) and going ok. This cycle I've promised myself that I will not attempt any interpretation of my body and symptoms. So far, so good. I'm hoping that I make it to BT this cycle and that AF doesn't beat me to it! Tonight I (read DH) will inject me with Puregon 1500iu. Usually they hurt a little, but I discovered with the trigger injection to leave it out of the fridge for 90 mins and then it didn't hurt a bit, so I'm going to do that again. Does anyone else get pain and redness at the injection site for a few days afterwards?
Sal79- Hope you are over the procedure. I probably wouldn't want that nurse again and it is your right and money to say so. I am that everything goes will and that there is a BFP this month. So that would mean no more uncooked chicken
Murraycod. How are you doin? Did AF arrive? If you do have to do another cycle do they wait a month for a cycle without drugs??
Original P - It is great that you popped in. From the past messages I can see you are a wealth of info. I am actually taking the vitamins and supplements you mentioned before. The only ones I could'nt get hold of was the bioceutical innatal and infamaze. Do you think they are neccessary to help improve quality of eggs since mine are soooooo old
My for you all.
AFM - Still waiting for FS appointment in a few days.
Good luck with the FS visit Jilly I hope all goes well for you.
I can have bach to back IUI with meds each month so I guess thats lucky for me, I'd hate to have to wait every second month it would kill me!!!!
Sal I have found that with the Pregnyl, esp the 5000iu trigger, that the slower it's given, the less it hurts. Like I mean really slow, my girlfriend (who is also a nurse) gives me the Pregnyl shots and she takes forever to give them, but way less pain.
I still get reddness and a bit of pain after it though.
The first time I got a Pregnyl shot the girl at work gave it quite quickly and it stung like acid.....
Tonight I have my 2nd lot of Puregon 50iu, have a long ways to go this month, just at the begining!! God help me......................
Goodluck to everyone XXXXXXXX Fresh baby dust XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXx
Jilly- We attend a very small clinic with only 2 nurses, so there isn't a lot of choice. I do like the nurse who did the procedure, although she often seems full of nervous energy that stresses me out. I prefer the other nurse, she seems calmer, but she was away on holidays. Good luck with your FS appointment tomorrow. Let us know how it goes.
murraycod- I found by my third cycle of Puregon I got very complacent with dialing the dose, so I ended up overdosing myself twice! Whoops I got only one follie, but it was the biggest one yet! that 3rd time is the charm for both of us.
AFM - I had my last pregnyl injection last night and boy was I hormonal afterwards! Today my BBs hurt like they never have before and I felt queasy this morning. I'm sure that will wear off as the drugs wear off and I'm sticking to my resolve to not analyze my symptoms this month.
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. Waiting is such a hard thing to do.
that this cycle worked for you.
These forums are a wonderful support and I hope we can walk along this crazy road with you. Did you mention that you are doing icsi? Is that IUI or IVF?
: and stickyvibesgirl:
This is such a rollercoaster. There is the hope, the damm waiting then devastation then we pick ourselves up dust off the disappointment and begin the cycle again. Well like Sal79
) thinks that three attempts are best for us. I've started B6 in the last cycle...so hopefully I'll swear by it too!
that everything goes will and that there is a BFP this month.
So that would mean no more uncooked chicken
I got only one follie, but it was the biggest one yet!
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