LT TTC with IUI #6

[RhiChiChi]

Hi there Garfield & Linette!

Garfield - sorry to hear you didn't get a 'natural' IUI. How are you feeling this cycle?

We decided to sneak one in this cycle & will know next week but I am not hopeful - bbies feeling less & less sore as the days go on...

[garfield13]

I honestly have no idea how im feeling, im in some weird emotional limboland. As soon as i feel a little bit hopeful, the thoughr of it not working creeps in and a just cannot bear that thought, im going to be shattered. So im just sort of ignoring the tww, whole its never far from my mind at the same time- i sound like a crazy lady now?????
Tomorrow is 8dpo. I have to have another hcg booster (i had one at 4dpo) so im going to start testing tomorrow morning, that way i can see how much of the last one is lingering and tgen see this second one fade out. I dont have my beta until 7th march

whens your beta?

[RhiChiChi]

You are not crazy - whoa then I am too! lol I feel the same - I want to be hopeful & positive but am scared that if this one doesn't work the harder I'll fall so I am trying not to get my hopes up I wish we didn't have to do this

Beta not until Friday the 4th - I won't bother testing prior to that b/c I get false positives due to the booster

[garfield13]

Yep i hear you, i wasnt going to test at all and had no tests but then a friend just gave me a bunch of hpt so i knew id cave having them so i decided to test the boosters out. I have no idea how long theyll hang around as my booster from 4dpo was still there at 10dpo last time - theres a saying we've got in another buddy group -****balls, just sums thisall up well

[garfield13]

Rhi - good luck for your beta tomorrow

my boosters have faded down little by little each day, still super faint today so i expect af on sat

[RhiChiChi]

hey ya, I ended up cancelling the beta b/c AF showed up yesterday :/ So we have an appt on Tuesday with the FS to discuss going to IVF now. Probably won't be able to start until May as we have missed doing it this cycle & we are away in April..

Sorry to hear AF is probably going to show up

What is your next course of action?

[garfield13]

so sorry, it sucks

We're on a similar time frame. Dh goes away for work next week for a month so next cycle is off, im going to make an appt with the fs to see if he thinks we should bother with one last iui before ivf or not (ive got questions about dh counts post wash)
So depending on what he says we will either do one last iui in april, then ivf in march. Or have march & april off, then ivf in may. Cant do ivf in april as with dh away we wont be able to do the ivf counselling in time for april

[RhiChiChi]

Oohh, we could be doing IVF at the same time then! (not sure why I am excited about that???!!!) You know I wish I knew what the damn issue is with us - sperm count after wash for DH was really good... I think I O PRIOR to AI though.....

[garfield13]

Its so annoying not having an answer why. I think this is why im lokking at dh sperm as i need a reason, but ill see what the fs says. Our first sample was frozen so that caused it to be low, but our second fresh sample went down by 80% post wash when its meant to be around 50%. the one thing the makes me lean towards one more iui is leaving the same period of abstaining as we did for the sa where his count was 113 mil. I really hope the fs has a firm do this or that, i would just really like to be told what to do next as i dont have the energy to think about it

[lilminion]

Rhi and Garfield I was so sure I was going to come on here and see that one of you had posted a BFP. Best of luck with your decissions and starting your IVF cycles my thoughts are going to be with your both.

Well in the last 6 weeks I have lost 3.5kg and starting to feel happier than I have in quite a while, with not having the stresses on TTC. Dh and I went to see our fs last week to have a catch up with him since we haven't seen him since before xmas. We had a great chat about our plans and IVF. We have decided that we are going to stop everything until next year and I am going to work on loosing 40kg Our fs said that if we don't fall pg and have to go back to him that we can start IVF as soon as we go back and not have to worry about trying clomid and IUI first, which is a relief.

Well I wish you guys all the best and hope you don't mind that I check in everynow and again to see how you ar going.

[RhiChiChi]

Hi Liz,

Well done on the weight loss! I have heard only 5% loss of your body weight can make a difference to improving your fertility. I hope that you continue doing well with the weight loss - I am sure giving yourself nearly 12 months to lose 40 kgs is doable! FX you get a 'natural' BFP prior to IVF.

I am sort of on the weight loss track too, although I have a knee injury and it is preventing me on doing my usual exercise but I have been trying to eat well.

Garfield - Hope you are well & will pop in once we chat to the FS on Tuesday and let you know our plans. x

[becnxavi]

Hi ladies!
I was wondering if I could join this thread? I'm feeling a little bit lost because I don't have a 'home'. I'm not on clomid, not IVF (yet) and I'm doing injectables but without AI so it's basically the same as IUI but BD at home instead. Does that make sense?

Hope that's ok...I'm a little lost!

Bec

[kerbear]

Hey Bec I would say you found a good forum for you, I didnt know which ones to go on but everyone helped me with suggestions. I haven't been on for a long time, we have been having a break and now I need surgery after some issues. How is yours going?

[Doodlebug]

Hi girls,

Can I join you in here? I'm kinda like you Bec, I don't quite have a definite 'home' as such.

We ttc for 12mts to fall naturally with our first 1 week before we were due to meet with the fs.
Started trying when he was about 2yrs, had a miscarriage, ttc for about 7mts on our own, did 3 rounds of OI then were very lucky and fell on the first round of IUI. Our ds2 is now 15mts and we've made the appt to go back to the fs in a couple of weeks.

Fingers crossed we can jump straight back into IUI without having to go down the OI road. I'm so impatient... I want whatever is going to bring the result the fastest!

Good luck to you all on your journeys, I look forward to hearing about them and seeing all the BFP's along the way!

xx

[Maruschke]

Anyone in here at all? taps fingers....

[sarah4kurt]

Count me in hey IUI girls im here to join u i alos am starting my first IUI Cycle next month due to loa AMH results and DH working away regularily missing o ... will post all about it as i go xxxooo let me know how you go too Maruschke

[RhiChiChi]

Hey ladies,

I am ntnp atm prior to starting IVF, so no longer part of this group. I wish you all the very best x

[Maruschke]

Count me in hey IUI girls im here to join u i alos am starting my first IUI Cycle next month due to loa AMH results and DH working away regularily missing o ... will post all about it as i go xxxooo let me know how you go too Maruschke

Welcome! I hope you have first cycle success. IUI isn't too physically stressful, more emotionally draining for me. CD1 today so I start clomid tomorrow and I've got my first scan in a week.