only advice with the metformin i can offer is to make sure you definately take the tabs with food. i also had the upset tummy and my bum and the toilet were best friends when i took them without food. i also am a big girl but i had no probs getting the clomid. for the girls looking to lose weight i got some excellent advise and it really does work, if you dont have any carbs after 3pm it helps with the weight loss. i lost about 3kg in a month, not a HUGE amount but better than nothing. that was before christmas though i need to get off my but and get back on the wagon.
have a great weekend everyone, i have decided this weekend is all about meeeeeeeeeee hubby will be working away for the next month (coming home for the ivf) so i will have plenty of time to do things around the house no more rambling night
Tammara, fingers crossed that your cusins follicles are going nuts this weekend and growing out of control I am so keen to hear how it all goes for you, please keep us up to date.
Porche, so glad to hear that you have recovered nicely from your op. My bleeding lasted for a few days but I'm pretty sure that mine was infact my AF too, will find out tomorrow as I had a blood test on Friday. Good luck with your BFP very very soon :-)
Bec, Good luck with your op this week, sending your quick recovery vibes. Hope it all goes well. So what's the plan after this? Is it straight back into TTC? What has your FS said? Sorry about all the questions, just interested.
Got1want1more, that is fantastic news that you ovulated. It's so nice you find out that at least there is a chance you could be UTD, no eggs no UTD hey!
Berenice, I got my referal for my lap from my gyno. We have been trying for 3 years and had finished 5 rounds of Clomid with no result so the lap was the next step. As for clomid when overweight I'm not sure, I'm sure there is other girls on this sight that have been overweight and been able to get it though so maybe one of them could refer you to there contact? Just a thought. It must be so hard having to deal with TTC and tring to loose weight with PCO all at the same time, you poor thing, the last thing you need is people refusing you the drugs that help you concieve. They just dont get it do they!
Mez, good luck with your 2WW dont you just hate it? Glad to hear the DH made it home in time, it must be hard having him away alot!
Good luck to all with the stages that you are al!
Keli
So I had what you'd probably call a major meltdown on Friday. Went to see my gyno for my follow up appointment from my lap. Wasn't expecting to be told anything I didn't already know cos my surgeons had already told me what happened after my lap (or so I thought).
Basically I have just found out that my left tube is totally blocked, they pretty sure that its endo and they cant do anything about it, hmmmmmm. So in short where this leaves us now is........well I'm not totally sure just yet, still trying to digest it all.
Gyno has requested that I go on clomid for 2 more months (even though I should O without it cos I had golfballing done), she just wants to make sure I dont miss out on a chance of getting preggas naturally (as I do still have one viable tube). But then we will be moving onto IVF. I know it's not the end of the world but it cerntainly feels like it at the moment. I am 25 (nearly 26) DH is 34 we have been TTC for 3 years now and I just didn't expect to be on IVF at the age of 26, I thought that there were a lot more steps between where we are and IVF.
Arrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!
Sorry ladies just having a bit of a **** time trying to digest all of this. It's a little overwelming. And then there's the $ side of it. I mean I would pay anything to have a bub and thankfully DH and I have good well paying jobs but we have also just bought our first home and had no intention of going to IVF for at least another 12 months.
Tammara, looks like we may be on a similar path soon. Can you tell me what it is going to cost you both "in full" and "out of pocket"? Do you know? I know mine will be a little different cos as far as we know my eggs are viable the little buggers just cant get down one of my tubes.
Ok well I think that is my vent for the moment, thanks to this forum it has been my lifesaver. Before finding it I trully did think that I was the only person in the world going through what we go through. So thanks!
Have you talked to your dr about intra uterine insemination (IUI)? this is what i tried before the ivf, basicly you take the same medications as you do on ivf to get your folicles ready and when they are the right size you take a trigger injection to get you to ovulate then the insert the sperm. This is much cheaper than IVF i dont know the full amount of it because i only paid for the medication which cost about $300 but i think from memory it was under $2000 for everything.
With my IVF it is dearer because i am using an egg donor (which i dont see why it should be cos they are still doing the exact same thing just using 2 people) anyway i have paid $9067 up front and i get approx $1500 back, not sure about the refund as yet. Looking at the price list mine is called: stimulated donor egg cycle - initial cycle and the one i think that is just standard is alled stimulated ivf cycle - initial cycle $4216.
If you are actually ovulating then i think you should look into IUI - i am only doing IVF because my folicles never grew.
Hi girls,
Keli- after this we should be able to TTC either this month or after one normal period. Apparently it depends when the bleeding stops. FS is confident that this shouls stop the m/c, so fingers crossed that I'm allowed to stay on clomid, becasue lucky for me it has made me o each time at 100mg dose. As for your situation, hopefully you can do the IUI thing that Tammara mentioned, I've heard people have had good success with that. Don't panic though, lots of people get pregannt with only one tube working, so try not to lose hope. We all have our meltdowns though!
Tammara- my FS told me that follies grow between 1-2mm every 1-2 days, so follies could be viable soon! Hope all is well on Monday.
Got1want1more- so glad you o'd! =Sending Babydust your way!
Everyone else- hope you're all travelling well. Good luck to anyone 2WWing, FX for you.
Keli, I have only 1 tube and I got pregnant with my DD by complete surpise 5 yrs ago (she's 4.75 yrs now lol) so it is possible. However we r now having problems ttc#2
Keep trying and dont forget there r plenty of options out there u dont have to do IVF straight away
Do a little research and see what options r good for u
Thanks Bec I am hoping it worked but if it doesn't its ok
I have 1 more round of clomid and a FS appt for March
no more rambling night
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