Trying to Concieve with IUI #1

I have been told to remove myself from infront of the TV and go to my room!!! My footy team is playing and not doing very well, and Belinda turns into hell women with the mouth of a sailor if the boys are not performing like I want them too (and yes I have promised Dh I will never coach our child's sporting team!)!! DH is still brooding over his teams loss, so I am annoying him!! Nicole, how is your house with the loss of the Dragons? Maroon5 was ok, they don't put on a very good stage show in a large arena. I saw them a few years ago in Atlanta and here in Sydney at smaller venues and they were much better then. But it did help me keep my mind occupied for a few hours at least.
Polly, I feel like I am Oing now. I have a niggling pain in my right side and I am really worried that I will surge and the iui will be too late. And of course we can't BD due to the 2-3 day rule!
Paula..it is great when you can pick the brain of someone who has had a BFP with IVF. I have a good friend who also had twin boys a few years ago so have asked alot of questions. And yes, there are pg women everywhere!!!
Kaydee, good luck for tomorrow, hope all goes well.
Wishing you all a wonderful Sunday, talk soon
B

Belinda,
Just wanted to let you know not to lose hope. I surged by myself last month,and even if you do you still have 24 hours to catch that egg. So today may be your day. Goodluck

Hey Ladies, woke up too early this morning to do DH company BAS...yeahh for me...very fun on a Sunday Morning!!
Belinda I'm sitting here looking at the clock knowing that in 45 min you will be hearing some great news and your IUI is only a blink away. :pray:
As for the football last night, sorry for your teams loss but there is nothing on with a bit of passion. I get like that when we go to a game..
DH was a little lost for words last night due to his teams loss....but a few beers fixed that ;)

Polly only 4 sleeps to go....I am staring to stress today, with all sorts of thoughts...if this doesn't work jump into IVF or another IUI?!?!?
I guess all will reveal in a few days time.

Paula, OMG 1 sleep, or should I say no sleep for you tonight :pray:

Kaydee, hope you had great results today!!

Well back to the book work for me, will check on you all a little latter..

Just a quick post to let you all know i am out!

Had some discoloured CM last night and straight away, the water works started and i completely broke down. DH was still hopeful as it wasnt complete bleed but this morning its here :cry:

Now i dont know what im meant to do?! Do i ring the clinic today and tell them or do i still go in tomorrow and tell them then? My appointment is at 8.10am tomorrow. I am also trying to work out with DH if we try IUI once more or go straight to IVF? but DH is also quite emotional and doesnt know what to do. He hasnt even gotten up this morning whereas he is usually the first one up on a Sunday. To be honest, it makes me more upset to see him upset. I feel like i have let him down.

So we will have to decide today what we are going to do. Hope you all have a good day :)

Ohh Paula, that AF is such a B***h!!
I'm so sorry that this has happened to you :cry:
On the other hand it's not over mate until they do the test. Allot of women bleed and are PG...I have read soo much over the past few months and have realised how different every women is.
I would defiantly ring the clinic, but if you're not up for that still go in tomorrow and do the blood test. They learn so much from our bodies each time something happens and I think it would be good for you to see it through to the end.
I think it is normal to feel that we let our partners down if it doesn't work out, I think it easier to play blame on ourselves cause you don't want anyone else to hurt as much as you do.
Remember there is only soo much Science can do and the rest is up to mother nature.
Try and keep away from why it didn't work out and as I say to myself and anyone else in this situation...look toward the end result...we are all a step closer to getting there.
Take care of yourself and remember this cycle might be over but the game is not over yet....

Paula..I am so sorry to hear that that witch showed her ugly face! I agree with Nicole, you should still go for the blood test tomorrow as you just never know. All us muskateers know exactly what you are going through and if you need our support we will be here:grouphug:

Belinda, how did you go?

Clinic just rang, all systems go for tomorrow! :clap::clap::clap:
Polly, didn't surge myself, still had to endure the dreaded ovidrel. That is the only injection I don't look forward to!

Thanks ladies.

Nicole you are so right with everything you said. Thanks for your wise words.

Belinda thats fantastic! Good luck for tomorrow. :dance:

Well i didnt ring the clinic. I thought i might as well go in tomorrow and play it by ear. Plus i might make an appointment to see FS and ask if we can go straight to IVF. Not sure we want to try IUI again. We still havent definately decided, but hopefully the FS will give us his opinion also.

Belinda, great news for your IUI tomorrow...good luck :dance:
Paula, glad to hear that you are still going to have your bloods tomorrow and making an appointment with the FS is a great step.
I too am unsure if I will do another IUI after this but we have an appointment with our FS on the 14th of this month if we need up with a BFN.
The best thing we can do is be guided by them...
Hope you all have a nice Sunday evening....we have just come home from a friends daughters 1st Birthday...you gotta love those lolly bags ;)

Paula, sorry to hear the wicked witch has shown her face.:( Glad you are continuing to go ahead with your blood test. When my Feb cycle didn't work, I knew about a week before the pg test was scheduled so nurses told me not to worry about coming in for the test... obviously it would have been neg. but I felt like I didn't really complete the cycle. All the steps that were supposed to be done, weren't done. Sounds a bit silly. Hopefully a talk with your FS will give you some guidance about what you want to do next... Such an emotional rollercoaster!

Nicole, I spoke to the nurse the other day about how many cycles of iui we do before progressing to the next step of ivf. (Not wanting to sound doubtful about my current cycle but I wanted an indication of "what happens if...") She told me they like to have 3 to 4 completed cycles before looking to referring us back to FS. I was kind of hoping she would say it was completely our choice when we were ready to move on... Has anyone else had the same talk with FS or nurse at their clinic?

Belinda, good luck tomorrow.. fingers are crossed for you.

Polly & Nicole, rest up! Only a few days to go...

Blood test this morning showed levels were high. In for U/S tomorrow. Hope we don't have too many follicles so iui can go ahead. :pray:

Hi Ladies,
Paula: I'm so shattered, god hunny i really thought you had it in the bag. I am so sorry to hear that you are in pain and hurting emotionally at the moment i so wish i could give you a huge hug:hug:. Baby try and be strong and just love and nurture each other. :kiss:
Belinda:Yipee on not surging yourself. The ovidrel isnt that bad,certainly not if it does the job anyway. Congratulations on iui tommorow,will that be cd 15? Goodluck with it and i hope hubby produces nice high numbers for you.:pray:
Nicole: the waiting is totally killing me. Booo to doing bas on a Sunday morning-that sounds like hardwork. I hope you got something special off hubby to make up for your hard work.Things have been very strange here;we have all swapped beds. My back has been playing up and i accidently fell asleep while i was reading in bed to my 11 year old during the week;well i had the best sleep of my life! I bounced out of bed in the morning and i dont do mornings ever.:o Let alone without coffee. Ever since me and df moved into the smaller double hard bed i have slept like a baby. My son thinks its SWEET because he now has the king bed and ensuite. I get tummy pains and i think oh god AF???? Please no. And pimples like Af,please no.... But she isnt due till the 11th. So i shouldnt have pains yet. I'm still painfully cheesy especially in the morning and that is very abnormal. But i put that down to getting great sleep. But if thats the case how come i fell asleep on the couch today at 1.30 till 4. I woke up so confused. Went and saw my sister today her belly is sooo round. She looks super cute. Only 5 weeks maximum till i'm an aunt. Today at my sisters she said i'll make you a coffee and i said no its ok have you got milo?She just looked at me weird. I said "WHAT" cheekily. She said "WELL". I said nothing to report.... I keep talking to my tummy(when i'm alone)-ok i'm not a psycho!!!! :redface:Just so hopefull and praying that there is a little baby growing in their who wants to stay and grow with us. I too am undecided whether to bother with iui again or go straight to icsi(which is more of a guarantee)-(not that ivf ever is). God we all want this so much. God Nicole hang in there. I came so close to testing this afternoon but quickly threw myself out of the bathroom.:confused: Maybe i should put the test in the bin to remove the temptation,but i'd only get another one from work tommorow so thats pointless.Maybe if i tell the girls to not let me buy it at work. Ohhhhhh
Anyone heard how Kaydee is?

Hey Kaydee,
Looks like i missed your post while i was typing mine. great to hear your coming along nicely. Iui shouldnt be far away. Grreat.
Yes i have had the dreaded what if chat with my FS, he said it was really up to me because of my age. I will have done iui twice he said normally they would do 4 iui's but given my age he would be happy to do 3.Or less if i so wanted. I'm contemplating things alot at the moment. i'm doing all this privately and have no private insurance so it is a little costly. If i go as a public patient at the RWH in melbourne the ivf or icsi is pretty much free. I think you pay for your meds and ultrasounds?and anaesthitist but that the rest is bb under medicare. So might be out of pocket about 400. Down side is seeing a different fs every visit. Not sure that thats a bad thing as every doctor brings something different to the table. It sure would save me coming up with $3,500 then having to be reimbursed by medicare. The whole being put to sleep thing freaks me out as i have had a few surgeries and hate the sleep feeling. Also dreading the synarel-one of my colleauges at work used it before her epu cycle and she said it turned into a kamikaze biatch on wheels. So much to consider?

Great news Kaydee!! Good luck on your US tomorrow...
Well Polly I think I'm going to be out before BT...Have had lower tummy pains today mainly on my left side...I think I'll be waking up tomorrow and AF will be there.
I feel sick to my stomach... I want this so much...maybe that's half the problem.
Still have a weird taste in my mouth for the past few days but am sure AF is nearly here.
Anyway of to bed and :pray: that she will stay away.
Sweet Deams All.. :asleep:

Hey Nicole,
Just saw your post. I'm praying that that isnt the case with AF, and its just implantation pain. :crossfingers:That could be more than possible. One little embie getting all warm and snugly in your lining.:stickyvibesboy: Nothing wrong with wishing. Af stay away from me and Nicole.:SAAF:In fact you stay away from everybody-OR ELSE. (do you think my threats will work?)

Thanks Polly, she hasn't showed up as yet....but can still feel something going on.
As for your threats...you got me scared :D
:SAAF::SAAF::SAAF::SAAF::SAAF:
It's the start of a new week, have a great day ladies.

Morning ladies

Kaydee best of luck with your U/S this morning.

Belinda best of luck with the IUI today, hope the TWW goes quick for you!

Polly i love reading your posts. Your hillarious. Not long for you now either. Hand in there and dont test! Let it be a suprise.

Nicole dont worry too much about the pains, most women get AF pains whens its due and even once they are pregnant they always feel uncomfortable around the time AF would be due. Hang in there and im sure you will be getting great news very very soon. You must be getting excited!

Well after a very emotional day yesterday DH and i have finally decided that we are moving onto IVF. We feel that we need to boost our chances and it is said that IVF more than doubles your chances compared to IUI so we are going for it. It took lots to convince DH because he doesnt like the whole idea of IVF. He has always hoped that it would have happened naturally. Hearing all this from him upset me even more yesterday. He didnt say it to upset me but i just felt guilty and bad for him. He understands that its not just my PCOS, its also his slightly lower than average motility and morphology so he doesnt blame me at all but i just felt like it was all my fault. But we talked lots last night and im feeling much better today.

This morning i had the blood test. The nurse told me i did the right thing by going in because they still like to check the hormone levels in case of a really late implantation. I mentioned to her that DH and i have decided to move onto IVF. They had pretty much told us it was our decision if we continue with IUI or move on. My FS was in at the time and he saw me straight away which i thought was nice of him. He explained the process and off we go! I start on the pill today and we go from there.

So i dont really belong in this thread anymore but im still going to hang around to hear everyone's wonderful news if thats ok?!

Hey Paula, great to hear that you and DH have a plan.
I wish you all the very best success and glad you will still be hanging around....after all you are still a musketeer.

With IVF are they making you do any counselling or anything?

I, I fellow musketeer.. haha

No we arent doing counselling, i think you only do it if you ask for it.

Oh I thought that they made you do counselling.
So what happens from here anyway, do you take the pill for a month and then start meds?

Hi Girls,

Firstly Paula, sorry to hear that it did end up a BFN. I am so glad you have got straight back into things with the IVF cycle. PLease make sure you visit us here often, we would love to hear about your progress.

Nicole..you hold on babe!! The cramping could mean anything, our bodies are just a mystery. I have actually had some cramping in the past 24hrs which I am assuming is ovulation pain. First time for eveything! I am just doing a mantra for you :SAAF::SAAF::SAAF:

Polly and Kaydee, hope you are both well. Any news yet Kaydee on a day for the IUI?

Well, my iui was a bit of a drama this morning. As the speculum was inserted and opened it scratched me. So as the nurse was trying to get catheter in there was to much blood for her to see properly. So out comes the first speculum and in goes a second, then a wad of swabs were needed to wipe away the blood. Then she another go at it and was successful. So here I am again, in the TWW.

Yes i start the pill today then on the 20th April i introduce the Synarel nasal spray twice a day. I stop the pill on the 27th April but continue with the Synarel and i should get my period a few days later. Then its pretty much like the IUI cycle in the sense that i ring the clinic on the first day of my period, organise to pick up the meds and take the injections from CD5 etc. My FS basically said that the only differences with IUI and IVF is the Synarel spray and the egg collection.

Belinda, this cycle has not been the best for you mate....but just think with all
the crap that you have endured...how great the story to your BFP will be.
Hope you are not in too much pain .....did you have to go to work today or are you sitting back and relaxing with your feet in the air. :lol:

Hi girls... Paula, so sorry to hear about AF arriving. It is great to hear that you are able to start straight away on the IVF. Sounds like you are doing a down regulation cycle like what I am scheduled to do. I should be getting AF sometime this week and then starting on the pill then the sniffing etc. So we may end up doing our first IVF cycle quite close together! So bring on AF for me, and make sure that wicked witch stays away from all the lovelies in this thread.

Janie xxx

Hi girls... Paula, so sorry to hear about AF arriving. It is great to hear that you are able to start straight away on the IVF. Sounds like you are doing a down regulation cycle like what I am scheduled to do. I should be getting AF sometime this week and then starting on the pill then the sniffing etc. So we may end up doing our first IVF cycle quite close together! So bring on AF for me, and make sure that wicked witch stays away from all the lovelies in this thread.

Janie xxx

Belinda i agree with Nicole, just think about the BFP that is waiting around the corner for you. Best of luck!!

Janie that would be great to have a cycle buddy. Hope your AF turns up soon so we can be close in our cycle and who knows, even get our BFP together.

Good Evening Ladies,
Paula i do hope that you and janie do go through this at exactly the same time. It would be nice to have a caring and sharing buddy. Can i ask either of you ;especially Janie as she is in melbourne but what is the upfront fee for the ivf?I was under the impression its about 3000 dollars. Ouch. One of my girlfriends at work is also doing ivf and has had to use the synarel spray. God how i empathise with you girls having to use this dastardly thing. Yet there is the possibilty i will find myself in the exact same situation next month. although i'm still praying that that isnt the case.
Nicole:I have thought of you a lot today and wondering how you are feeling?I still am not sure how i'm feeling.-I know that sounds totally bizarre. Still no good with the coffee. But i did find out why i got the tuna idea. i have started to take anothe new supplement and bingo it has tuna oil in it. so i'm not crazy. I'm so happy at the moment,still sleeping well once i get to sleep but so much tossing and turning before hand.
Belinda:I can't believe they got you with the speculum. Crikey. Did it hurt much or was it more of an ouch?Isnt that going to put you out of dtd action? Geez i hope not. That would be disastrous. i imagine you will be a busy girl over the next few days and hubby will be loving it.Enjoy!
Kaydee:
When is your iui? How was the ultrasound?

Hey Polly, still no sign of AF.....so maybe she listened to you :pray:
No feeling today that she might show up which is weird, checked my diary tonight and she is due on Sunday....however on this day last cycle I did start to spot so I hope nothing happens tonight.
Had a good think today and decided that one more IUI is worth a shot if this one ends up in a BFN.
Glad to hear you worked out the tuna thing but coffee still sounds very promising....

Hi girls... Ultrasound today went well. One dominant follicle so the trigger injection went ahead. Isn't that a treat of a needle?! IUI tomorrow afternoon. Woo hoo! :dance:

Belinda, you must be relieved to have the iui over and done with after the interesting lead up you've had. Looks like we'll be passing the TWW together. Hoping we both end up with BFP.

Paula, Chances are higher with IVF. It's another step forward. Best wishes to you and your dh.

Polly and Nicole, doesn't time pass so slowly when you're waiting for something??!! :SAAF::SAAF:

Woo Hoo Kaydee, all the very best for IUI tomorrow.
As for the trigger....she is a B***h of a needle :rolleyes:

Hi Girls,
I have spent the day laying on the lounge reading trashy gossip mags. DH (after performing his man duties twice!) cooked dinner and then promptly fell asleep on the lounge watching Monday night footy! I have a little bit of cramping, almost the same type of cramp as I experienced day 1 of my AF.
Polly, the speculum incident didn't hurt at all, in fact had the nurse not told me there was blood, I wouldn't have known it happened. And there was no more bleeding after DTD which is good.
NIcole, I have also been thinking for the past 24 hrs what my next step will be if this cycle is a BFN. I have decided I am willing to give the IUI one more go aswell. Did the clinic make your followup for the FS at the time of the IUI? I was told by Jessie to make an appointment for 4 weeks time. If I do this I will miss out on next month for another cycle. Think I will ring clinic tomorrow to make an appointment for day after pregnancy test.
Paula, so happy to know that you will have a new cycle buddy in Janie.
Well, I had better go wake the DH and get back to it!!! Wishing you all a wonderful night and :SAAF: for Nicole and Polly - stay away!!!
Good Night
B xx

Hey Belinda, FS rang me after the first failed cycle and asked me to call the next day and make an appointment 4 weeks from day 1 of AF.
We are due to see him next Monday if we end up with a BFN.
Good idea to ring and make the appointment, as they can be hard to see.
Have fun DTD :dance::dance:
I told DH to enjoy it while it lasted...once that window is closed its closed till next month :dance:

Goor morning ladies :hello:

Kaydee best of luck with your IUI this arvo. :D

Belinda way to go with all the DTD! Thats a fantastic effort. :clap: Best of luck for a great result in two weeks time.

Nicole, only two more sleep.. How exciting!! How you feeling?

Polly i havent had to pay anything as yet and to be honest not sure EXACTLY how much it will be but FS told me around $3500 of which i will get 80% back because ive already reached the threshold from the IUI cycle.

Hey Janie, any sign of AF yet?

Hi girls...

Paula I've started spotting this morning, so have to ring clinic once free flowing, but looks like will be today/tomorrow! Hooray!!!

Polly, I am going to MIVF at Freemasons. A standard stimulated IVF cycle costs about $2,800 up front. Once you reach safety net threshold you are out of pocket about $680. You need to be able to wear the cost until just after your cycle finishes as that is when they send you an itemised statement to take to medicare. The cost above covers everything except for the pill (if on a down reg cycle) and the Syneral (which is quite expensive at $90 for a bottle that has 60 sprays in it).

Hope you are all well
Janie xxx

Oops sorry I forgot to mention above that the other thing not covered in the IVF costs is the hospital bed for the egg retrieval. At Freemasons this cost is about $700 and RWH it is about $300. If you have good cover your private health insurance should cover this.

Sorry hope I didn't confuse!

Janie xxx

Hi Ladies!!

Kaydee... good luck for today. Looking forward to you joining me in the TWW and :crossfingers: for our BFP this cycle.

Nicole.. How are you feeling? Hoping the wicked witch is bypassing your door!!!

Polly... you hanging in there? Also hoping the witch stays away from you!!

Janie.. So glad to hear you are ready to go! :goodluck:

Me..just chilling, doing some admin for work. Waiting for DH to get home so I can jump him again!!!

Good afternoon ladies, :hello:
Just a quick post...hope you are all having a great day!!
Belinda, perfect day in Sydney for a bit of BD
Kaydee, hope your IUI went well today...and have fun DTD for the next few days :dance:
Paula, great to see you checked in this morning...I am very excited that you have taken the next step and :pray: that you get your BFP very soon.
Janie, yeahhh on AF so you can get started...it must be a strange feeling wanting her to show up..Good luck mate...
Polly, only 3 sleeps for you and 2 for me....the waiting is going to kill me.
AF still a no show which is a good thing so :crossfingers:

Hi Nicole,
I made a call to Castle Hill Rooms this morning re a follow up appointment if this cycle is a BFN. It amazes me how different each Dr is even when they all work for the same clinic. I won't have an appointment with my FS until day 6 of my next cycle which basically rules out a back to back cycle for me. I'm a little annoyed.

Hey Belinda, I too checked that if this cycle ends with a BFN and AF shows up on Thursday, my appointment on Monday will be my day 5. But I am confussed cause when they do the PG test it will only be day 26?!?!?!

Do any of you have private health cover for IVF.
I have private cover but need to upgrade if I want IVF cover...
Oh yeah there is also a 12 month waiting period for mine