Holiday 2005 Still At It

[SAI Ladies]

This thread is for people who have been TTC for an extended period of time (6 months or more) and/or for those with known/diagnosed infertility issues. The and/or is the important statement here. ;) We welcome you to join whether you're trying to conceive for the first time, already have children, have suffered miscarriages, you're seeking treatment or not.

For non-members:
We always welcome supporters and cheerleaders! Please understand that this is our own safe place to discuss infertility and our feelings about it, and keep your comments supportive and on-topic. Thanks!

Table of Contents for Page 1:
Post 1: Members (part I)
Post 2: Members (part II)
Post 3: Members who are expecting
Post 4: Members' BABIES! (part I)
Post 5: Resources (including HPT Sensitivity Comparison)
Post 6: Links to old threads, recent congrats & condolences


Your current threadmistress is Cts_Punkin - please try post all updates in red so that they're easier to see!

Still At It...Membershttp://www.webmuseum.com/blove/ttc.gif
in alphabetical order by user name

ag05
Me: 32
DH: 30
Married 5/01
TTC since 1/04
Clomid 50 mg 5/04
Clomid 100 mg 6/04
Clomid 150 mg 7/04
Clomid 150 8/04 - pregnant
11/04- missed miscarriage w/ D&C (13 weeks)
Clomid 150 mg 2/05 - pregnant
2/05 - miscarriage (6 weeks)
Started seeing RE 5/05
Known issues - Compound heterozygeous MTHFR, mild PCO pattern
8/05 Femara 5 mg/Ovidrel shot
9/05 Femara/Ovidrel shot

Alioop12345
TTC #2 since 5/05
On: Estradiol, Gonal F, HcG and Progesterone supps

Bumble
Me – 29 (for 12 more days)
DH - 33
Married – 8.31.03
Charting – 1.05
TTC – 4.05
Off BCP - years
Issues - impatient-ness trying for 7 months
m/c in June 05 @ 8wks

bunky
Me: 30
DH: 31
Married: 10/02
TTC: since 09/04
Off BCP: since 03/04
Charting: since 02/05
Irregular cycles
12/04: CD 3 bloodwork showed slightly elevated LH
05/05: DH's SA normal
05/05: Clomid 50mg - ovulated on CD 16
06/05: Clomid 100mg - ovulated on CD 20
06/05: HSG showed left tube blocked, bicornuate uterus
07/05: MRI shows septate uterus, not bicornuate
07/05: Laparoscopy/hysteroscopy removes septum and endo
09/05: 2nd HSG shows normal uterus and both tubes open
09/05: First cycle with RE; Clomid 50mg/trigger/IUI
FF Chart (http://www2.fertilityfriend.com/home/91107/)

Cath
Me: Catherine, 32
DH: 34
Married: 11/01
TTC: 11/03
Diagnosed w/PCOS in July 2004
Clomid didn't work, now Follistim
3 failed IUIs
1 chemical pregnancy a month we were taking a break(10/05)[/size]

CTs_Punkin
Me - MMT (33)
DH - CT (36)
Married - 11/2004
Charting - 1/2005
TTC - 1/2005
Off BCP - 11/2004
Issues - HSG results - possible left tube blocked - Seeing RE in Jan
Not ovulating - starting 50mg Clomid Dec 05
bloodwork came back normal
DH to have SA soon

DaniML
Me: Daniela - 29
DH: Ross - 36
Married: 04/13/03
TTC: 06/04
11/04: Cervical Ectopic (2 shots of methotrexate to terminate)
TTC again: 01/05
11/05: Dx: Borderline diabetis (weight related) & PCOS, Metformin (850 mg twice a day, but changing to 500 mg twice, and then later 3 times, a day because they are making me sick)

DallasLady
Me - Giovanna (25)
DH - Tony (39)
Married - 9/01
Charting - 11/2002
TTC - 1/2005
Issues - Low sperm count (14mil/ml) and low morphology (6% Kruger)
First IUI cycle 11/2005- BFN

Elenna
Me: 31
DH: 33
Married: 9/11/04
Off BCP since 7/04
TTC w/ Charting since 11/04, SWH for 4-5 months in the middle of that time
Chart: http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/4b883
Known issues: S/A results are abnormal 9% morphology and low (24%) motility. Family history of progesterone problems.

Freckles
WC Name: ilovepac
ME: 29
DH: 36
Married since: 2/1/03
Off BCP since: Never really on BCPs
TTC since: 6/04
Charting since: 9/04
Known issues/test results:Too many issues to list here, but suffice to say I am taking a drug cocktail of clomid 100 mg, progesterone, and estrogen.

gator97
Me: Kristen (30)
DH: Peter (30)
Married since: 11/06/04
Off BCP since: 12/04
TTC since: 2/05
Known issues/test results: dx stage 2-3 endometriosis/adenomyosis 8/05
9/05 - Chem PG

gigglespca
Me: 36
DH: 40
Married 10/01
TTC since 1/02
prescribed Clomid 50 mg 1/05 by obgyn then went to RE for fear of cysts
Clomid 50 mg 1/05
Clomid 50 mg 2/05 - pregnant
4/05- missed miscarriage w/ D&E (12 weeks)
6/05 Trying again! Clomid 50 mg
RE appt 7/1/05 17mm follicle on left side no trigger shot due to size
Currently on 200 mg of prometrium orally twice a day after ovulation

graciebella
Me: 34
DH: 30
Married 10/04
TTC since 10/04 with a break 3/05 to 10/05
Clomid 50 mg 10/05
Known issues - 1 blocked tube, irregular ovulation
Hysteroscopy/Uterine Polypectomy 6/05
previous pregnacy no issues 3/92

Gymwidow
ME: 29
DH: 29
Married since: 6/03
Off BCP since: 2/05
Charting since: 2/05
TTC since: 7/05
Known issues: PCOS diagnosed 9/05, HSG clear 10/05, SA normal 11/05
Treatment: 11/05: 50 mg Clomid = 1 good follie, late O ~CD20, short LP

Happy1
Me: Nikki
DH: Tim
Married: June 8, 2002
Forever in our hearts: Jacob John born and died
10/6/03 at 35 weeks due to genetic issues.
TTC #2 since: January 2004
Known Fertility Issues: DH has an extremely low sperm count which we just found out about a month ago. He has seen a Urologist but there are no physical signs that would explain the decrease.

jjsanner
Me - Jen (31)
DH - Eric (33)
Married - 4/03
DS - Elijah 2/04
Charting - 10/2004
TTC #2 - 4/2005
Issues - None known, late ovulation, currently on 1st cycle 50mg Clomid w/ Metformin

jlp
Me: 31
DH: 40
Married: 01/04
TTC: since 07/04
Off BCP: since 03/04
Diagnosed with PCOS: 10/04
Irregular cycles, multiple cysts
04/05: Clomid 150mg - small follies/O on CD21 - failed
05/05: Clomid 200mg - 3 large follies/HCG shot on CD 18 - failed
06/05: Clomid 200mg - 2 medium follies/repeat U/S 7/1 - HCG shot

julesp313
Me: 34
DH: 39
Married: March 2003
Charting: September 2003
TTC: December 2004
Issues: None known
BFP - 12/2005
M/C - 12/05 @ 6w


KaliLily
Me: 32
DH: 32
Married: 8/16/97
TTC #1: On Prometrium now to induce period, will begin Clomid 100mg on CD5
Issues: PCOS (Diagnosed 1996)

Katmg
Me: 26
DH: 30
Married: 11/08/03
Off BCP since: 5/04
Charting since: 8/04
TTC w/ Charting since: 1/05 (took a break when I started a new job) 05/05
Chart:
Issues:Male factor/low sperm count/morphology.

Kemorr
Me: 29
DH: 31
Married: 1/5/2002
TTC: September 2004
known issues: short LP, spotting, low forward progression, low morphology.
HSG normal, day 3 bloodwork normal, 7 DPO progesterone normal except for most recent cycle - slightly low.
Clomid 50 mg 4/05 - BFN, Clomid 50 mg with IUI, trigger and progesterone
6/05 - BFN
7/05 - Clomid, HCG trigger and IUI - BFN
8/05 - chemical pregnancy
9/05 - injectibles with IUI, BFN and 10/05 treatment break, laparoscopy and hysteroscopy
10/05 - Laparoscopy and hysteroscopy, stage 2 endo diagnosed and treated.
10/23 IUI with injectibles BFN

kischer
kisch
WC name- kisch
kischer=ME (31)
hubby=DH (31)
Married- 10/6/01
TTC- 5/02
HSG- tubes clear
SA- normal
Off BCP- of course
M/C's - 7/04 & 12/04
RE - since 9/04-
Clomid - 7 cycles, 2 OBGYN, 5 RE, I think
HCG - 2 cycles
Acupuncture - yes- 4 cycles
back at the RE - 10/05
Letrozol/Femara - 10/05

klav
Married: 10/03
TTC: since 1/04
Off BCP: since 1/03
MC: 11/04
regular cycles: about 28 days but have been fulcuatio sence MC in Nov
Laperoscapie: 02/03?? could not find anything causing pelvic pain
HSG:7/05 thought there might be a blocked tube but to know they would have to do another Lap. not interested because they said everything was fine before??with the first Lap.
All Blood work done for IUI: 6/05
06/05: Clomid 50mg , Estrodil and progesterone - failed
010/05: Clomid 100mg, Estrodil and progesterone will only be one month. Oct
Will begin IUI class in Nov
Currently: Waiting to O at the present time
Chart (http://www2.fertilityfriend.com/home/21291)

knoelani
Me: K / 29
DH: B / 33
TTC: 12-2001
Dx: Late ovulation, PCO w/ 80% of symptoms of PCOS, SA issues
1-05: 50 mg Clomid
1-28-5: HSG, all clear
2-05: 100mg Clomid, 1500 mg Metformin
3-05: 100 mg Clomid, 1500 mg Metformin
4-05- DH SA poor results, clomid break, still taking 1500 mg Met
5-6-5: DH SA & urologist appointment: A okay, could be improved slightly
with lifestyle changes
6-16-05: 1st RE appointment
7-05: 100mg Clomid
8-05: 150mg Clomid, 1st IUI - Failed
9-05: 150mg Clomid, 2nd IUI
IUI #2: Failed
10-05 to end of year: Break from all things medical

[SAI Ladies]

Members (continued)

La_bride_2004
me: 32
DH: 36
TTC since Feb 04
HSG, all tests normal
Dx: male factor, poor SCSA
CC1, 3 IUI's- all BFN
IVF #1 Dec 04: OHSS/biochem/m/c
FET#1 June 05: biochem/m/c
Aug 2005- varicocele repair surgery for DH
Status: waiting to TTC in 6 months or whenever we get a good SCSA!
Chem pregnancy # 3, 11/05

Lucy Van Pelt
Me: Ginger - 35
DH: Brad - 30
TTC: 3/04
Dx: PCOS 1/05 (no reg periods since I started menstruating at age 12 - usually 6-8 months apart)
4/05: HSG - all clear, SA - perfect (of course, as DH put it, "even my sperm are over achievers")
5/05: 50 mg Clomid - nothing
6/05: 100mg Clomid - ovulated, but had horrid migraines
7/05: Femara
8/05: BFP
9/05: m/c at 6 weeks
10/05: Femara
11/05 BFP
11/05 m/c at 6 weeks
12/05 Metformin


Marteneym
Me: 23
DH: 27
Married since: 10/4/03
Off BCP since: 9/04
SWH since: 10/04
TTC since: 12/04
Fertility Blend cycles 4,5,6
Known issues: Delayed Ovulation, SA issues, Varicocele possible
9/05 Clomid 50mg
9/9 FSH and Rubella- NORMAL
9/12 SA ABNORMAL- count 30mil/
motility 30%
10/05 Clomid 100mg
11/05 Chlomid 100mg
12/12 IUI #1- failed
SA IMPROVED
count 30mil/Motility 70%
12/05 Chlomid 100mg

MrsSmith
Me: 25
DH: 26
Married: 3/2003
Issues: PCOS, random cycle lengths and no ovulation
TTC: we never officially started, but we've never prevented either
RE visit: 6/2005 - PCOS, suggested Provera and Clomid
Clomid 100mg in OCt 2005

MSH
Me: 24
DH: 24
Married: August 2003
TTC: August 2003
Off BCP: Never on them
Charting: December 2003
12/04: DH had surgery to correct SA issue
02/05: PG!! - m/c'ed at 5w4d
04/05: PG!! - m/c'ed at 5w6d
08/05: CP
11/05: CP - was perscribed prog sup.
01/06: Waiting to have HSG done to make sure tubes are open and there are no other problems

Nigellas
Me: Kerry
DH: Chris
Married: 8.7.01
TTC: Off and on since 2001.
4 miscarriages (11 wks, 19 wks, 6 wks and 12 wks)
RE is stumped – unexplained RPL.
Currently on Femarra and Prometrium.

ocgatita
Me: Judy
DH: Edward
Married: 4/04
TTC #1 since: 6/04
Known Fertility Issues: None, will seek medical intervention if we haven't
conceived by early next year.

paisleydays
Me: Amy (34)
DH: Andy (32)
Married: 7.02
TTC: 1.04
Charting: 1.046.05 1st meet w/RE
6.05 SA=low count, low motility
6.05 3rd day BW=High FSH
Currently doing acupuncture & looking for a new RE

Patience
Me: 33
DH: 34
Married: 10/03
TTC: 12/04 (with charting)
Issue: Anovulatory cycles or very weak ovulation, delayed ovulation
Treatment: Acupuncture and Chinese herbs


pocket
Me: Pocket, 33
DH: Pita, 30
Married: 8/23/03
TTC: Begin Clomid 50mg August
Issues: PCOS, Hypothyroid

Polkadot
Me - Lauren 26
DH - Brian 27
Married - 11/20/2004
Charting - 5/2005
TTC - 5/2005
Off BCP - 5/2005
Issues - impatient-ness trying for 8 months
1st TTC issues Dr. apt Dec. 19th


rebekah
both of us are 28
married 8/16/03
off bcp 01/04
first started ttc 7/04
tests done - dh had semen analysis and everything is ok on his end, we are going to wait one or two more cycles before i go for testing

shouldaeloped
me: Heather, 32
DH: Neal, 34
Married: 10/19/02
TTC: 10/04
2 miscarriages: 1st 1/05 at 12w2d, natural and 2nd 5/05 at 9w2d, d&c
currently waiting for cycles to get back to normal and testing to be completed to try again. bloodwork and SHG scheduled for 7/8/05

skb
Me: 31
DH: 32
TTC: 10/04
Known issues: None. Upcoming HSG.
HSG (Nov 2005): differential bicornaute or septate uterus

suzfuzsunflower
Me: 24
DH: 24
Married: 08/09/2003
TTC: March 2005
Charting: March 2005
Known Issues: annovulatory cycles, random cycle length
10/05 - HSG shows blocked or partially blocked right tube
11/05 - 50mg clomid
01/06 - 100mg clomid


Suzlywoozly
Me: Sue/27 DH: Jeff/31
Married: 6/15/02
TTC: 10/02
10/02: 1st Lap-Found ovarian cysts and endo
4/04: Started Progesterone supplements and 25 mg clomid
8/04: 50mg clomid - Had no follicles
9/04: 100mg clomid - Had 2 follicles and 1st failed IUI
10/04: 100mg clomid - Had 1 follicle and 2nd failed IUI
11/04: No clomid due to 2 ovarian cysts. Started Metformin 1500mg/day
12/04: No clomid due to "large mass" and ovarian cyst on left ovary.
Surgery the second week of January.
m/c 6/05
IVF 8/05-9/05
9/05 IVF cycle #1: BFN
10/05-11/05 IVF cycle #2:Waiting to do a FET
11/05 FET #1-transfered two blasts; waiting for beta on 12/2

Thea
Me=Thea 29
DH = Craig, 36
TTC since July 2004
Off BCP May 2004
HSG left tube blocked, tubal cath opened tube
Clomid challenge test, other bloodwork normal
SA (X3) low normal morphology %, very high sperm count
Will begin with 3-4 cycles IUI in January 06 then reevaluate


thedoorchick (jasonsbride on the WC)
Me: Emily (35)
DH: Jason (31)
Married: 1/19/02
TTC: 11/02 to 3/03, then 12/04 (took a hiatus due to jobs, etc).
Charting: 7/02
SA: High count and motility, low morphology (1%)
M/C: 5/03, 3/05, 4/05
9/05 - 100mg Clomid, failed IUI
12/05 - 100mg Clomid, failed IUI

TravelGirl
Me - 34
DH - 34
Married - 7/01
Son - 8/03
TTC - 5/2004
Charting - 11/2004
IF issues - None that we know of.

Wonderousglance
Me: 27
DH: 31
TTC since 1/02 with many breaks in between
Endometriosis diagnosed by laparoscopy in March 05
Just started seeing RE and in the process of getting all the diagnostic tests done

*~*~*~BABYDUST*~*~*

[SAI Ladies]

Taking a Break

hangin'in
Me: Jen (39)
DH: Ron (27)
Married: 10-03
TTC: 10-03
Dx: High FSH in May 04 (13.25) Given Donor Egg speech by RE. FSH retested in February, numbers came back in normal range. Did 1 month of ccupuncture in March.
IUI 2/05, failed
IUI 4/30/05, 2failed
IUI 6/05 failed
the Dr. really only recommends Donor Eggs at this time, and DH and I aren't ready to do that.

la_bride_2004
me: 32
DH: 36
TTC since Feb 04
HSG, all tests normal
Dx: male factor, poor SCSA
CC1, 3 IUI's- all BFN
IVF #1 Dec 04: OHSS/biochem/m/c
FET#1 June 05: biochem/m/c
Aug 2005- varicocele repair surgery for DH
Status: waiting to TTC in 6 months or whenever we get a good SCSA!

tigerest
Me-28
DH-29
Married 7/6/02
Off BCP 7/03 (started charting 11/03)
Early M/C - 1/04
10/04 - DH's SA Normal
1/14/05 - Laparoscopy and Chromotubation = Both tubes blocked
2/15/05 - HSG confirms both tubes blocked
4/15/05 - Laparoscopy #2 a success! Both tubes surgically repaired.
Continuous Acupuncture
TTC again in June! :D

Moving on to adoption
Karlatta
Me: Karla, 25
DH: Scott, 26
Married: June 2002
TTC: July 2003
PCOS, Endometriosis, Only One Tube
11/04 - 1st IUI, Pregnant!
Miscarriage 1/05
05/05 - 2nd IUI, Failed
10/05 - 3rd IUI, Failed
Moving on to Adoption

[SAI Ladies]

http://home.hot.rr.com/lizandrob/smilie_file/smilie_preggo1.gifMEMBERS EXPECTING:
in order by due date and color coded by sex where known

February 2006

angelgirl8
me: angelgirl8 27 dh: also 27
married: 7.6.03
ttc: 1.04
testing: cd3 and 7dpo blood tests fairly normal
5.04: SA normal
9.04: HSG-tubes clear
9.04, 10.04, 11.04: clomid, IUI, trigger, progesterone
12.04: gonal-f 150iu, IUI, trigger, progesterone
3.04: IVF#1 (all but 1 of the 22 fertilized eggs multinucleated and fragmented; transferred 1 4-celled embryo on day 3)
5.04: IVF#2; added metformin: PREGNANT 6/05!!!!
TWINS!! tentatively due 2/12/06

Christy559
Me: Amanda (26)
DH: Matt (29)
Married: 6/29/02
Off BCP 1/03
TTC: 9/03
FF Chart (http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/3d9f6)
PREGNANT 6/05!!!!
Due 2/06

March 2006

amychris03
Me: Amy (29) DH: Chris (34)
TTC: Since 9/03
Diagnosed with PCOS: May 04, currently taking Metformin
Injectables cycle # 1- 8/04: Follistim was a success! ended in an Ectopic PG
Laparoscopy 2/24/05 revealed lack of musculature around tubes
IVF #1 6/15/05
PREGNANT 7/05!!!!
Due 3/22/06

heidi0622
Name: Heidi - 29
DH: Mike - 29
Married: 6/22/02
TTC: March '04, Charting: June '04
Known issues: m/c 10/04 at 5.5 weeks, saline U/S normal, bw normal, SA
excellent, unexplained IF
Treatments: Started 50mg Clomid 06/05
PREGNANT 7/05!!!!
Due 3/22/06

April 2006

Kopper
Me: Katie (26)
DH: John (28)
Married: 9/21/02
TTC: 7/04
Charting: 03/04
6/05 3rd day BW normal
6/05 HSG all clear
6/05 SA normal count and motility, low morphology
Starting IUI next cycle
FF Chart (http://www2.fertilityfriend.com/home/9e5e6)
PREGNANT 7/05!!!!
Due 4/6/2006

amygrrl
me: amy (35)
dh: dan (33)
dd: ~avery elizabeth~ born still on June 3, 2005 at 27 wks from possible
cord accident (we love you, baby girl!)
frozen embries: 3 on ice from our round with Avery
TTC since: March 2003
Treatments: 6 failed rounds of Clomid. 1 successful IVF producing
Avery
PREGNANT 8/5/05!!!! our miracle baby!
EDD: 4/18/2006

jrsygirl
Me: Holly (31)
DH: Brian (32)
Married:September 2002
TTC: 9/04
M/C: 12/04
7/05 injectibles and IUI
PREGNANT 8/18/05!!!!
EDD 4/28/2006

Scooter
Me: 29, DH: 32
married: 8/01
m/c 8/02 at 5.5weeks
TTC since 4/03, charting since 9/02
Unexplained IF, uterine polyps removed 6/04
8/04 failed 50mg clomid cycle
10/04 & 11/04 failed clomid 100mg & progesterone
1/05 new RE, suspects immunological issues, began baby aspirin and Folgard
2 more cycles clomid (100mg) + IUI = failed
started accupuncture
2 cycles letrozole (2.5mg) +IUI + progesterone = failed
7/05 bravelle (1.5 amps) + IUI + progesterone = success!
FF Chart (http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/18494)
PREGNANT 8/18/05!!!!
EDD 4/29/2006

May 2006

catJennifer
Me: Jennifer (29)
DH: 30
Married: 10/26/02
TTC: 4/04
Charting: 10/04
Stats: PCOS, elevated prolactin
Meds: Dostinex, Metformin XR 2000mg
5/04: SA normal
10/04: HSG normal
10/04, 11/04, 12/04: 50 mg Clomid
3/05: 100 mg Clomid + IUI
4/05: Femara
8/05: Follistim, trigger, progesterone
PREGNANT 9/6/05!!!!
EDD: 5/16/06

June 2006

Baby Lust
Me: Amanda (23)
DH: Shane (27)
Married: 10/19/02
TTC: 3/04
Charting: 6/04
SA: High count, low motility
Clomid: 50mg April, May ; 100mg June, September
Chemical Pregnancy: June
BFP: 9/30/05 after 100 mg Clomid, Round 2
FF Chart (http://www2.fertilityfriend.com/home/Shanes_Angel)

bottleored
Me: Caroline (38)
DH: Paul (42)
Married: 10.03
TTC: 1.04
Charting: 3.04
Uterine Polyp: 5.04 (D&C, hysteroscopy)
SA normal, b/w normal
9.04 - 5.05: 6 rounds Clomid
10.04: HSG - left tube blocked
1.05: Tubal recanalization - left tube unblocked!
1.05, 2.05: very low HCG results, discovered antibody issue
6.05, 8.05: injectibles (and low dose HCG), blood thinner, progesterone
BFP 8.29.05 m/c 9/05
9.05: injectibles
FF Chart (http://www2.fertilityfriend.com/home/44b0a)


ds2003
Me: 27
DH: 31
Married since: 11/08/03
Off BCP: 12/03
TTC since: 6/04
Charting since: 7/04
Known issues: dx PCOS 7/04, annovulatory
Test results: DH's SA-normal; HSG 1/14/05-normal;
-->Ovarian Drilling 5/20/05- I'm finally ovulating
3 failed Clomid cycles before Ovarian Drilling (50, 100, 150 mg)
Meds: Currently taking 1500mg Metformin and 5mg Femara/letrazole
BFP October 2005!
FF Chart (http://www2.fertilityfriend.com/home/ds2003)

July 2006
ShelbyMay
Me: 25
DH: 27
Married: 05/17/2003
TTC: 2/05
Charting: 9/04
Known Issues: Possible semen allergy; antibodies could be inhibiting
sperm

August 2006
Jennylou
Me: Jenny
DH: Sean
Married: 9/20/03
PCOS
Forever in our hearts, DS Andrew Wyatt 5/20-5/22/05
TTC #2 with clomid and metformin
July 2005 - 50 mg - BFN - 9 day LP
August 2005 - 50 mg - BFN - 13 day LP, spot arrived 11 dpo
September 2005 - 100 mg - BFN - 12 day LP, spot arrived 11 dpo
October 2005 - 100 mg - BFN - 11 day LP
November 2005 - 100 mg - pregnant!!!

babylove
Me - T (27)
DH - K (31)
Married - 8/2003
Charting - 11/2004
TTC - 3/2005
m/c @ 6w4d in 4/2005
Issues - Luteal Phase Defect (low progesterone, late/erratic O, long cycles)
Clomid 50 mg (O on CD17) - 09/2005 BFN
Clomid 50 mg (O on CD 17) - 10/2005 BFN
Clomid 50 mg w/ u/s and b/w monitoring (O on CD 18) BFP!! - 11/2005

September 2006

UTChick
Me: 28
DH: 34
Married 9/20/03
Off BCP since 12/04
SWH until 5/05
TTC w/ Charting since 5/05
Known issues: irregular ovulation
HSG normal
BFP - DEC 05

Stephanie
Me: Stephanie, 25
DH: Brian, 29
Married: 10/6/01
TTC: 3/04
Known issues: None, that we know of yet. Varicocele possible.
SA to be done in the next month. Cycles returning to normal after BCP.
BFP 12/2005

[SAI Ladies]

http://circles2.fertilityfriend.com/Circles/images/smiles/icon_baby_boy.gifBABIES!!http://circles2.fertilityfriend.com/Circles/images/smiles/icon_baby_girl.gif
in order by birth and color coded by sex

Akire
Me: Erika - 34 DH: Jeff - 37
Off BCP: 7/03
TTC: 7/03
Charting: 8/03
HSG: 5/04 - One clear tube
BFP 11/04!! - EDD 8/6/05
Sydney Allyn 8/07/05 @ 3:23pm, 8lbs 8oz, 21.5in

Carissa (Crosew on WC)
Me: Carissa (25) DH: Eric (25)
TTC: Since 3/03
Diagnosed with PCOS and low progesterone.
Clomid, Metformin, prometrium and trigger shot
BFP 3/04, M/C 4.04
BFP 9/04!!! - EDD 5/25/05
Grace Elizabeth 5/15/05

Jennylou
Me: jenny
DH: Sean
Married: 9/20/03
PCOS
50 mg clomid and 1500 mg glucaphage
Forever in our hearts, DS
Andrew Wyatt 5/20-5/22/05

amygrrl
me: amy (35)
dh: dan (33)
TTC since: March 2003
Treatments: 6 failed rounds of Clomid. 1 successful IVF
Avery Elizabeth born still on June 3, 2005 at 27
weeks from possible cord accident (we love you, baby girl!)

[SAI Ladies]

Abbreviations and acronyms
List of TTC & IF acronyms
written out (http://womens-place.com/ttc/ttcacronyms.php)

HPT Sensitivity Comparison Charts
Fertility Plus (http://www.fertilityplus.org/faq/hpt.html)
Pee On A Stick (http://www.peeonastick.com/hpts.html)
Mama's Ark (http://www.mamasark.com/hpt.htm)
Baby
Hopes (http://www.babyhopes.com/pregnancy-test-sensitivity.html) (they've checked with the manufacturers to verify the numbers)
Remember, the hCG starts at 1 at implantation and increases as time goes
on, so the smaller amount of hCG it measures, the more sensitive the test
is!

Books
Taking Charge of Your Fertility by Toni Weschler, MPH (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0060937645/qid=1041654042/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_1/104-0287896-1655948?v=glance&s=books&n=507846)

The Fertility Sourcebook by M. Sara Rosenthal, PHD (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0737303808/qid=1042220393/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/104-0287896-1655948?v=glance&s=books)

Healing the Infertile Family by Gay Becker (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0520211804/qid=1125724439/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl14/103-5989308-5276662?v=glance&s=books&n=507846)

Inconceivable
by Ben Elton (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0385334656/qid=1041659461/sr=1-7/ref=sr_1_7/104-0287896-1655948?v=glance&s=books) The movie "Maybe Baby" (below) is based on this book

Inconceivable:A Woman's Triumph Over Despair and Statistics by Julia Indichova (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0767908201/qid=1059292613/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/103-2812959-1358247?v=glance&s=books)

The Infertility Diet: Get Pregnant & Prevent Miscarriage by Fern Reiss (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1893290395/qid=1059292976/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/103-2812959-1358247?v=glance&s=books)

Conquering Infertility: Dr. Domar's Mind/Body Guide to Enhancing Fertility & Coping with Infertility by Alice Domar, Phd (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0670031550/qid=1059293116/sr=2-1/ref=sr_2_1/103-2812959-1358247)

Girlfriend to Girlfriend: A Fertility Companion by Kristen Magnacca (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1588202135/qid=1082306449/sr=8-2/ref=pd_ka_2/104-9895052-8814318?v=glance&s=books&n=507846)

Great List of books for Infertility (http://www.ein.org/infertility/books.htm)
Includes these and more!!

Movies
Maybe Baby (2001) (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000062XKW/qid=1041654127/sr=8-4/ref=sr_8_4/104-0287896-1655948?v=glance&s=video&n=507846)

She's Having A Baby (1988) (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/6300988996/qid%3D1041654195/sr%3D11-1/ref%3Dsr%5F11%5F1/104-0287896-1655948)

Websites (by subject)

Charting
Ovusoft aka TCOYF (http://www.ovusoft.com/)
The site for Toni Weschler's book which includes message boards, chat and cycle galleries which are very helpful.

Fertility Friend (www.fertilityfriend.com)
A free charting site which includes a lot of information and cycle galleries.

Local Support
RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association (http://www.resolve.org/main/national/chapters/resolvenearyou.jsp?name=chapters) Nation-wide referrals to local support groups and therapists.

The American Infertility Association (http://www.americaninfertility.org)
Lots of information and support, including message boards and chat rooms.

Financial Concerns
ARC: Advanced Reproductive Care (http://www.arcfertility.com/)
information on financing infertility treatments

Family Fee Plan (http://www.amerifee.com/fertility-financing/index.asp)
information on financing infertility treatments

State Insurance Requirements (http://www.resolve.org/main/national/advocacy/insurance/index.jsp?name=advocacy&tag=insurance)
Links from the Resolve site about insurance & laws.

Inciid's Insurance pages (http://www.inciid.org/index.php)
Click through menu on right for more financial topics and the insurance
forum.

General TTC
Trying To Conceive.com (http://www.tryingtoconceive.com/)
All things TTC! Lots of info as well as a place to buy herbal therapies for conceiving.

Baby Med (http://www.babymed.com/)
Tons of information. Everything from Chinese gender charts to an FAQ section on pretty much any TTC question you could have.

Baby Hopes (http://www.babyhopes.com)
Baby makin' supplies!

OBGYN.net (http://www.obgyn.net/)
Lots of general info on women's health. They also have doctors on line who answer questions.

Infertility Sites
INCIID (http://www.inciid.org/) Pronounced "inside".
(The International Council on Infertility Information Dissemination) Excellent national resource.

Resolve (http://www.resolve.org)
Wonderful site with lots of infertility information and support.

I dream of baby (http://www.idreamofbaby.com/fertility.php)
Learn the basics of fertility issues here. This site also has a great message
board community!

Fertility
Plus.org�s list of female hormone levels (http://www.fertilityplus.org/faq/hormonelevels.html#female)
Starting your fertility work-up? Check out this site to see a list of the commonly tested female hormone levels, the function of each hormone, and the normal levels of each hormone.

Shared Journey (http://www.sharedjourney.com)
Shared Journey is dedicated to providing quality information on topics such as
infertility, miscarriage, surrogacy, pregnancy after infertility, living child-free, and adoption. Our information is supplied by well noted Reproductive Endocrinologist's, Psychologists, Adoption professionals and links through various sites.

FertileHeart (http://www.fertileheart.com)
A community of people exploring holistic approaches to fertility. A site by author Julia Indichova (see books above)

Specific IF Issues
Soul Cysters (http://www.soulcysters.com)
PCOS site with lots of support and info

Dr. Beer (http://www.repro-med.net)
Reproductive Immunology information, including lists of tests, pricing, local referrals

Reproductive
Immunology Support (http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/immunologysupport/)
Yahoo group for RI patients, tons of info and articles

Info for Family and Friends
Empty Arms (http://www.vocalicious.com/empty_arms/empty_arms_mod.html)
This is a great video so they can understand what you're going through. (And get out your kleenex!)

[SAI Ladies]

Welcome to the Holiday 2005 Still At It thread on Constant Chatter! Let's all hope (and pray if you wish!) that this new thread will mark the beginning of an unprecedented amount of fertility on the board...


In our last thread we have sent a hearty
congratulations to these happy members!!:
TravelGirl
BabyLust
bottleored
ds2003
ShelbyMay

In this thread we have sent a hearty congratulations to these happy members!!!:
jennylou

Our condolences to:
Lucy Van Pelt


We welcomed these new members:
UTChick
Elenna

Members we'd like to hear updates from:
Freckles
gigglespca
Happy1
jlp
KaliLily
paisleydays
shouldaeloped




previous members who are expecting or had their babies!
Let us put you back in the stats!

[jennylou]

This thread is open for posting in! Hope we have lots of holiday announcements this year. :)

[karlatta]

Jenny, I know I've "moved on", but can you update my stats? Thanks!

Karlatta
Me: Karla, 25
DH: Scott, 26
Married: June 2002
TTC: July 2003
PCOS, Endometriosis, Only One Tube
11/04 - 1st IUI, Pregnant!
Miscarriage 1/05
05/05 - 2nd IUI, Failed
10/05 - 3rd IUI, Failed
Moving on to Adoption

[Asha]

i have a question for the ladies. my gyn said that the next course of action might be clomid. i know there is a pretty high chance of having multiples with it. i am very worried about that bc that might mean bedrest, and as i am going to school full time, it would be hard for me to have to take a break from school. does anyone else share my concerns about the possiblity of having a multiple birth. it's not that i am so against it. it just worries me a little bit.

[wonderousglance]

Subscribing....

[karlatta]

Rebjc - My RE used Letrozole (also called Femara) instead of Clomid. He said that it lowered the chances of multiples, and the side effects are better.

Also, when you do Clomid or Letrozole, some doctors will have you come in for a Day 12 ultrasound to see how many follicles you have. That would give you a good indication, before you even conceived, as to how likely you might be to have multiples.

[jennylou]

reb - Actually, when considering fertility drugs, clomid is considered a low level drug. It also only has an 8-10% increased chance of multiples. That's an increase over your regular chances at it. I don't really worry about things like bedrest and my job. I worry about DH not being able to hook me up online for the first several days of bedrest. :p I'd rather be online than watch tv. ;)

karla - I updated you. Be sure and stop back often to see us.

wonderousglance - How are things with you?

Hope everyone had a nice holiday. It was tough, and we shed some tears, but it wasn't nearly as bad as I expected.

[UTChick]

I hope you all had a good Thanksgiving. Ours was very laid back and small this year since a lot of family members were unable to come into town.

Jenny~I am relieved to hear that your Thanksgiving wasn't as hard as you had anticipated.

rebjc~I am writing my thesis next summer and defending it in the fall, so I have worried about bedrest, due dates, etc. Plus, I am a teacher and looking for something new after this school year, so I have also worried about finding a new job and all this happening. However, since this process has become longer and more involved than I thought, I am not worried about it anymore. There is a strong possibility that I could switch jobs, finish my thesis, and even graduate before getting pg or having a baby, so I just let go of my concerns about school and work.

thedoorchick~Hope AF shows soon so you can get moving on the next cycle!


I decided to ask my mom's aunt and my great grandmother about their fertility troubles yesterday. I was curious as to what the issues were exactly. As it turns out, my mom's uncle had had a surgery in the military and they accidentally nicked something - I don't remember now what - but it prevented the sperm from travelling properly. They tried to do corrective surgery but it didn't work. They adopted my mom's cousin. This was all back in the late 50's - early 60's. My great grandmother had her two children with no problem and then had a series of miscarriages. She ended up having an infection in one of her tubes, which was removed along with the ovary. She was never able to get pg again and had a full hysterectomy in the 50's. We talked about the testing I am going through and it was a really good conversation because they understood my frustrations. It was so nice. Usually I hear from my mom that we are "trying too hard" and that we "just need to relax." And my aunt always brings up how all my uncle had to do was look at her and she got pg. :rolleyes: It was just nice to talk to people in my family who understood. Oops! Didn't mean to ramble for so long! Have a good Friday.

[katmg]

rebjc - I don't worry too much about the chances of multiples with Clomid - I know there is an increased risk but I figure, there's not much use worrying about it until it actually happens. I worry more that the Clomid won't work at all but I can understand that it would be stressful to have a multiples pregnancy.

jenny - Glad that Thanksgiving wasn't as bad as anticipated and that you have DH to lean on for support at these times.

UT - I felt so much better after I talked to my mom about her and my grandmother's fertility problems. It's nice to have someone IRL (other than DH) who you can share these things with. (off-topic* Are you getting ready to watch the big game today??)

As for me, AF showed up this morning. I was fully expecting it after my temp dropped two days ago. Expected it but still disappointed. I'm more disappointed that DH hasn't been able to get in and get his SA done yet so I can't start Clomid this cycle. :( I'm really just hoping that this cycle goes by fast so that we can move on to the next one where I'll be able to start meds!

[UTChick]

katmg~I am about to head over to my parents' house. They are having a game-watching party!

[kemorr]

Hi all,

I haven't been posting much, but have been lurking.

An update on me - I had my laparoscopy and hysteroscopy in Oct and they diagnosed stage 2 endo. Three days after my surgery AF came, so I started a cycle of injectibles with IUI - my 5th IUI, 3rd with Gonal-F. Unfortunately, i didn't have a very good response to the meds and triggered with only 1 x 15 mm follie and a bunch of 8 mm follies. As expected, BFN and AF showed today.

Today I went in for baseline US and labs. My estrogen and FSH are fine but I have a 43 mm cyst on left ovary and a 13 mm cyst on my right. Heck knows where they came from, given the pathetic follies I had at trigger. Anyway, I am allowed to start meds (Gonal-F again) on Sunday, but if the cyst grows with the meds we will have to cancel this cycle. This is my last cycle before moving onto IVF, so please keep your fingers crossed for us that it won't have to be cancelled.

Threadmistress - can you update my stats to 10/23 IUI with injectibles BFN? I'm putting this in bold and italics because for some reason I can't find how to change the color of the font anymore. Can anyone tell me where it has gone?

[MrsSmith]

Hey ladies

Lucy - I'm so sorry for what you are going through right now. Don't be afraid to take all the time you need to heal and greive. We're here for you.

Jenny - I'm so glad to hear that you were able to get through Thanksgiving.

kemorr - I'm wishing you the best this cycle!

rebjc - I only did Clomid for one cycle so far and I haven't had multiples...LOL...seriously though, the chances are pretty low.

Please update my stats to Clomid 100mg in OCt 2005. Also, hubby is a year older now. Thanks!

[knoelani]

I have nothing to add, just subscribing...

Jenny, I'm glad the holiday wasn't as tough as you thought it would be, hopefully you got to enjoy some of it.

kemorr & katmg, I hope this next cycle brings you luck!

Hope everyone else had a good holiday.

[Asha]

thanks for all the input. i should just be happy if clomid works at all and not worry about multiples, but i am just very practical, and in addition to being a mother i want to have a successful career. i am sure this is something many of you worry about too, so i know it's not unique to me.

[la_bride_2004]

I hate to dump and run, but here's an update:

Chem pregnancy # 3, 11/05

Sigh. Not even sure what to tell you. We weren't trying- it's too soon after K's surgery.

[julesp313]

Just a quickie - still at the ILs but heading out the door as soon as DH finishes loading up the car. 10DPO, nothing doing, no signs, nothing different from any other cycle... sigh. Still, it's nearly Christmas, my favorite holiday season, so I'm going to at least TRY to stay upbeat and happy for that. And my daddy is coming to visit from England for a few weeks so that's always good... :)

[knoelani]

La_bride_2004, I'm sorry to hear about the chemical pg, I hope you're doing ok.

[jennylou]

labride - I'm sorry to hear of another chem pregnancy. :(

Well, this weekend has been a good one. Saturday afternoon/evening, I took an HPT and got a BFP. I took another today and the line is still there. We are very cautious, but very excited. :)

[UTChick]

labride~I am so sorry to hear that.

Jenny~How exciting! That is fabulous news!! :D

[Amie]

De-lurking to say CONGRATS to Jennylou!:)

labride - so sorry to hear your news...

[ocgatita]

LABride - So sorry about your chemical pregnancy :(

Jennylou - WOW! CONGRATS!!!! How exciting for you and your husband. Here's a H&H 9 months to you :)

__________________________________________________ ______________

As for me, CD1, AF showed in full glory this morning. The sad part is I was sure this month was it. I cried today and had a little pity party for myself. I got to the Doctor on Tuesday to get CD3 bloodwork done. I am starting to think that maybe we should take a break for awhile from TTC because this has really been rough on both of us :( We'll see how my results come back and then decide.

Hope to see some more BFPs around here soon!


Judy

[gator97]

jennylou!!!! OMG! Cautiously excited for you. That is so exciting! Best wishes to you and thanks for a new thread!

LAbride- so sorry about the chemical pregnancy.

As for me, AF arrived on Thanksgiving Day. I had been expecting her for a few days so it wasn't a shock. But, of course, I was disappointed. I made an appointment for an RE in January--when I get on DH's insurance.

[Lucy Van Pelt]

Jenny - Fabulous news! I will think sticky thoughts for you!!

My update - I induced the m/c Tuesday night. It was horrid. I inserted the pills around 8pm, started cramping about an hour later so I went to bed stupidly thinking I could just sleep my way through the whole thing. I was up at 1am in serious PAIN. I went in and sat in the bathroom for the next THREE hours. I was at my lowest point ever while I sat there. I alternated with crying, moaning from the pain, and praying to God to make the pain stop. Poor DH...he had an early meeting on Wednesday and was up almost the whole night listening to me. Around 4am, I was literally falling asleep on the toilet so I managed to get myself into bed and to sleep. I pretty much slept all day on Wednesday. I just couldn't stay awake to get out of bed.

I am a bit concerned that I am still bleeding a bit. It's been 5 days. With my last m/c, I remember seeing some large clumps of tissue, but I didn't see much with this one which makes me wonder if it's all gone or not. Last time In only bled for maybe two days. If I am still bleeding by Tuesday, I will call my doctor and see what they say.

Emotionally, I am still all over the place. I go from feeling fine and happy one minute to being in tears the next. I went to the Sharks game last night with my girlfriends and had such a fun time and then came home and cried myself to sleep.

Anyway, right now I am just going to focus on our Disney World trip. We leave on Friday! Thanks to everyone for their good wishes!

[Suzlywoozly]

Jenny- Congratulations! That is awesome news:D

Lucy- I am so sorry to hear about your m/c. Take care of yourself. I am so jealous you are going to WDW on Friday! It's the second happiest place on earth;)

Jenny- can you update my stats for me please?
11/05 FET #1-transfered two blasts; waiting for beta on 12/2.

[Alioop12345]

Jennylou- Congrats! I am so excited for you and your DH!

Lucy- I am so sorry....Keeping you in my thoughts and prayers. Hope you are able to enjoy your trip

As for me, I have been on Gonal F and Estradiol and go in today for bloodwork and an U/S to see if we are ready to trigger

[katmg]

Lucy - I'm so sorry about the m/c. I hope you have fun at WDW!

Jenny - AWESOME! Congratulations - and H&H 9 months to you!

judy & gator - Sorry about AF. :( Hopefully next cycle will be better.

DH had his SA this morning. They should have results tomorrow to my doctor. I'll be bugging the doctor tomorrow to see what those results are!

[Nigellas]

Jenny- That is just WONDERFUL news! :D:D:D:D

[mkvh]

Delurking to send a cautious but VERY excited congrats to jennylou...I have followed your story from WC and am thrilled that you had something extra to be thankful for this Thanksgiving weekend!

[MrsSmith]

CONGRATS JENNY!!!!!
I am SUPER happy for you! H&H 9 months!

[bottleored]

jennylou cautious congrats! All the best!

[Hangin'in]

Jenny here's a very cautious and happy congrats to you and DH!

Good looking new thread as well!

I need some *snarky* comeback lines for those nosey people wanting to know the details of TTC issues. The *none of your busines* and *nice* comments aren't effective!

Lucy Sorry to hear your news.

[jennylou]

Thank you ladies for all of the congrats. We are very cautiously optimistic right now. I am praying wholeheartedly for a very sticky baby right now.

I have a call into my OBs office, but par for the course, the nurse still hasn't called me back. It's only been about six hours. I want to check my betas and my progesterone. If you were around during the time of my first pregnancy you may recall that my progesterone was very low and I was on progesterone suppositories until about 10 weeks. I'm getting antsy that the dang nurse hasn't returned my call!

[DallasLady]

Quiet Congrats Jenny! You are definitely in my thoughts and prayers.

Lucy I love WDW, I am so jealous you get to go! Christmas at Disney is fabulous. Have a good time, you deserve it. Use it as a vacation from all the TTC stress, don't think about it once while you are there :D

I am CD 10/11 today. I have my sono on Wednesday. I am on 100mg of clomid this month, but I am not feeling a thing. I felt O cramps every day from CD5-17 on 50mg, this month there is nothing. I am really hoping it is working in there.

We are doing IUI for MFI, but DH's sperm count was very normal at the last IUI (100 mil/mL). If it is normal again this month (and we get a BFN) we are going to go back to timed intercourse.

[suzfuzsunflower]

Congratulations, Jenny! :) I hope that the nurse called back.

I am on CD11. This is my first month on clomid. No side effects at all....I hope that it's working! I'm not feeling very optimistic about it. Just in the waiting game now, I guess. I've been temping. My temp. was around 98-98.3 during the days I took clomid. This morning it was 97.3. Is this a fluke, or does clomid cause your temp. to rise?

[jjsanner]

Hi gals!

Can I join?

Me - Jen (31)
DH - Eric (33)
Married - 4/03
DS - Elijah 2/04
Charting - 10/2004
TTC #2 - 4/2005
Issues - None known, late ovulation, currently on 1st cycle 50mg Clomid w/ Metformin

This is our 7th TTC cycle after a very easy and non-eventful pregnancy with our son. He was conceived on our first try, and now here we are :confused: Hopefully everyone's stay will be short and sweet!

[jesvet]

delurking- CONGRATULATIONS JENNYLOU!!!

[babylove]

Hi girls...

Me - T (27)
DH - K (31)
Married - 8/2003
Charting - 11/2004
TTC - 3/2005
m/c @ 6w4d in 4/2005
Issues - Luteal Phase Defect (low progesterone, late/erratic O, long cycles)
Clomid 50 mg (O on CD17) - 09/2005 BFN
Clomid 50 mg (O on CD 17) - 10/2005 BFN
Clomis 50 mg w/ u/s and b/w monitoring (O on CD 18) - 11/2005 ??

I'm so glad to be joining this thread (well, not really, but you know what I mean). It will be nice to have a place to come where everyone understands what I am experiencing on a daily basis.

***

jennylou ~ Congrats!

[gator97]

Welcome jjsanner and babylove!

[MrsSmith]

Welcome to all the new ladies!

Jenny - Have you heard back from the dr yet? How are you feeling?

[skb]

Welcome to the new ladies.

Congratualtions to Jennylou!!!

Behind on the thread. Spent the past 4-5 days with my in-laws and SIL who is 27 weeks with twins. It was all things baby...shopping, names, sewing, kicking, pictures, ultrasounds..........

Myself.....flying off for an MRI this week to determine if my uterine abnormality is bicornuate or septate. I'm now 16 cycles without any sign of BFP and anticipating a huge delay depending on the MRI results and any needed surgery.

I touched base with my family doc today to discuss my ObGyn's management plan and I'm feeling more reassured...sort of.

Marching onward..........

[julesp313]

I just ordered some OPKs from a website suggested by Jenny - told DH that I think next month, we should go totally scientific with charting and OPKs and really try to pinpoint when that little egg sucker is heading for freedom... And then I managed to depress myself by figuring that even if next month IS our month, we won't be able to announce a pregnancy at Christmas. I seriously need to get my emotions in check or the holidays are going to suck ass. Maybe a cinnamon roll will help... :)

[julesp313]

Um, question? If you are pg, and you get a triphasic chart, when does it go triphasic? The day of implantation or some other day?

[Elenna]

Just checking in. I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving.

Small congrats to Jenny!

I went to the doctor this morning. I've been nauseated and having abdominal pains since last Wednesday. The doc thinks it is just a virus, but took 4 vials of blood. She also suggested I might be pregnant, even though I'm on CD11. I took a pregnancy test and it was BFN, of course. :rolleyes: Now, I'm anxiously awaiting the results of the blood tests. I'm hoping it is just a virus and nothing serious.

[jennylou]

Um, Jules, you NEED to test...I just looked at your chart and :eek: .

[julesp313]

You sound like Jenean! She's been nagging me since I told her to look at my chart too. :) But I'm at work so y'all will just have to wait!

[CTs_Punkin]

I'd like to join...
Me - MMT (33)
DH - CT (36)
Married - 11/2004
Charting - 1/2005
TTC - 1/2005
Off BCP - 11/2004
Issues - HSG results - possible left tube blocked - Seeing RE in Jan
Not ovulating - starting 50mg Clomid Dec 05
bloodwork came back normal
DH to have SA soon


Thanks Ladies!

[wonderousglance]

Jenny- Congrats!! Wow, this is certainly a good day for so many deserving people! :D

Nothing new to report with me. :( AF came and went all within 3 days. :confused: I am on CD 4 today. I was supposed to have the TV US today, but they couldn't get me in. I'll just have to wait until next month. :(

[ocgatita]

Just wanted to give a huge WELCOME to BabyLove & Cts_Punkin and the other newbies (sorry if I missed you but I can only see the last 10 replies ;) ) I hope your stay w/ us is very short!
_______________________________________________

I made an appointment w/ the OB/Gyn (Kaiser) and the earliest appointment is for December 15th. I am wondering what I should bring to the appointment. They said that I will be discussing the infertility issues with them and that then they would refer me to an RE. Should I bring all 18 cycles of my charts? What do they usually ask? Any information on how your appointments went (what you did, what they asked, course of action, etc.)would be greatly appreciated. I am glad we are finally seeking medical intervention as 18 cycles w/o a BFP would indicate something is wrong.

Thanks in advance.

Judy :)

[jennylou]

judy - scooter used kaiser....maybe PM her and she could tell you what to expect?

jules - go out for lunch and pick up an HPT. :p

[Jenean]

Sorry to hijack, ladies, but Jenny, I just had to let you know I'm with you on this one! I've been yelling at Julie all day for not testing this morning and not leaving her office this very minute to go buy some already! She's making me nuts! (nutsier) ;)

[jennylou]

Sorry to hijack, ladies, but Jenny, I just had to let you know I'm with you on this one! I've been yelling at Julie all day for not testing this morning and not leaving her office this very minute to go buy some already! She's making me nuts! (nutsier) ;)

Well, she hasn't replied in a few minutes, so let's hope she's out buying some now.

All updates should be done!

[julesp313]

Jenny and Jenean, you are SO pushy! I love you both, but man, you're pushy!!! I only have... a higher temp than I've ever seen on my 23 charts, incredibly sore boobs, and an interesting never-before-felt stabbing pain for about 10 seconds at 9DPO. So, nothing suggesting I'm pregnant or nothing... ;)

Any HPT rec's that I can get from a non-WalMart store?

[julesp313]

(cross posted with Jenny!) LOL

[jennylou]

Get an answer early!

Now why didn't I take my own advice last night?!

[julesp313]

I got a FRER... and it's totally inconclusive. So I have to take Jenny's advice and take it apart, as soon as I can figure out how to sneak my purse back into the bathroom and do some destruction! :)

[MrsSmith]

jules - I sure hope you come back in here with some good news soon! The suspense is driving me crazy!!!

[Scooter]

delurking

Jules, I can't find a link to your chart and I'm dying here to see it! Please post it! But go buy an HPT first and test test test!! :D (I thought you needed more peer pressure.)

Judy, I know we PM'd about this awhile ago, so let me know if you don't have that PM saved and I can resend it. When I went to the ob (both Kaiser & with a previous ob) , she just wanted to know how long we'd been trying, that I did know when I was ovulating, and that I'd had some of the basic tests run. They wanted me to have a pap and STD screening exam. I did bring my charts, even though it wasn't that necessary, just to show that I'd been on top of things, knew when I ovulated, that we were BDing at the right times, etc. Then the Kaiser ob gave me a referral to the RE and DH & I had to attend the "Infertility Class" before I got to have the intial consult with the RE. At the class they give you lab slips for the FSH & estradial test on cd3 and the progesterone test at 7dpo ("cd21"), and you have to have them done before the RE consult. The problem with that is the timing, so you'll need to schedule that class right away so you don't have to wait an extra cycle in between the class and the consult. The consult is the appt where you lay out all your charts & history & info and come up with a treatment plan. Good luck!

[ocgatita]

Scooter! Thanks for checking in on us. Hope you are doing well w/ your preganancy. I do have the PM you sent me but I forgot I still had that :o I reread it and it answered everything for me! Thanks so much for that. I was hoping that just the OB visit would get us some bloodwork and sperm analysis BEFORE seeing an RE but that obviously isn't how they work. Thanks again Scooter and take care of yourself and your little one :)

Judy

[Scooter]

Thanks, Judy! :D We just had our big u/s yesterday and things are going great so far (except perpetual morning sickness). We're waiting to hear official results from the Dr. And I forgot to say, at the class they also give you a lab slip (and a cup, I think) so DH can get his SA done. That's just how Kaiser does it, so how fast you get in to the RE depends on how fast you get into the ob & the class--and where you are in your cycle.

Back to lurking. Wishing everyone well during the always difficult holiday season, and renewed hope for the new year. :)

[Alioop12345]

WOW! What an exciting thread today!!!

I forgot to updayte yesterday. Had my bloodwork and U/S to see if the Gonal F and Estradiol did it's thing. My lining was still thin at 7.5 and I had 7 immature follies so I continued both drugs and go in again tomorrow at 8. WOW! I hope I can trigger tomorrow. DH is gettin kinda randy! LOL!

Good luck to the testers!

[julesp313]

OK, for Scooter - I THINK this is the link to my chart... (http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/344e4). For anyone else waiting for an update - I hope to have one tomorrow morning after I use my six Equates that I have at home and FMU!!!! :D

[CTs_Punkin]

Good Luck Jules!

And Congrats to Jen

As for me, thanks for the warm welcome. DH & I have been trying for 1yr come December.

A little history about me -
I have been off BCP since November 04 -
MY DH & I moved to CO in April (which was coincidentally the last month I've O'd)
I thought that I didn't O because of stress -so tried to not worry too much about it. A move, new job and new house in 3 months is quite a lot to take....
But come September when all was calm & bright - still nothing... and again, still nothing this month. Went to my DR in Oct to get Clomid. She did a battery of blood work (all normal) and I had an HSG earlier this month and I "may" have a blocked left tube (the dye went up the tube, but didn't flow out into my abdomen). My Dr has now recommended I go to an RE.
I want to give it an old college try in DEC just using the Clomid to see what happens, and have the RE appt in January.

DH still needs to have his SA done - but he keeps postponing... I'll need to give him a little nudge pretty soon here.

Thanks again for the warm welcome!

[suzfuzsunflower]

Welcome to everyone new!

Good Luck Jules!

DH still needs to have his SA done - but he keeps postponing... I'll need to give him a little nudge pretty soon here.



I'm there with you, CTs_punkin. I've been trying to get my DH to get his SA done for over a month now. He keeps coming up with reasons to wait.... I'll be glad if we can get it done by early Jan!


julesp313 - Wow, your chart looks good! I'm pulling for you. :) Can't wait to hear the results!

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ME: CD 12. Just sitting waiting to ovulate. Had a good amount of CM while taking clomid, but now it seems to have dried up. I'm hoping that I'll wait a few more days to ovulate. DH is currently taking law exams. He studies most of the day, and isn't really in the mood for BD. His last exam is Monday...that would be CD 18.

Question: I know that stress can prevent you from ovulating...can it still have the same effect even though you've taken clomid? Anyone know?

[knoelani]

Holy crap! I hate having to go out of town for work. HUGE, but still cautious, CONGRATS to Jenny! I am so freakin happy for you. I hope all is well and that you get good news from your dr!

JulesI hope you have good news too!

Welcome to all the new members!

[julesp313]

OK, OK... for all of those who are waiting - I give in. I'm calling it - BFP! :D

After two days of a 98.4 temp and my boobs being outrageously sore, I tested... Got a faint but unmistakable line on an Equate AND an FRER this morning, at 13DPO. Am in shock. Scuse me while I go cry in a corner. :D

[Jenean]

WOOOOHOOOOO!!!!!!! :D :D :D :D :D

[katmg]

Congratulations Jules!

What a great couple of days in our thread!

As for me...DH turned in his SA on Monday and they said the results would be ready in 24 hours. So I called my doctor's office yesterday and they gave me a whole song and dance about 7-10 days. BS! They just left that as a message for me b/c I missed the call, but I plan on calling back and trying to actually speak to a human.

[Nigellas]

Yeay! Congratulations Jules!

[Alioop12345]

Congrats Jules!!! How wonderful!


Me: I had another U/S this morning. I had one mature follie 19x19 but my lining is still too thin. I also had 3 follies that should be mature in the next day or two so I am not sure what my doc is going to have me do. My lining was 8.0 and he wants it at 9 at the time of trigger. We had agreed that if there was more than 1 mature follie we would not trigger so...guess I'll have to wait another hour to find out.....

[jennylou]

Yay Jules! :) Now get over to the August mommies thread. :)

[Elenna]

Congratulations Jules!!

[Cath]

I signed up and then didn’t come back to the thread. I have some downtime today, so I thought I’d give a little more information to introduce myself.

I do have to say that I’m very happy to not recognize most of the names of the members of the thread and to see that most of the ladies who were posting when I was participating have good news and are expecting. Congratulations Jenny and Jules on your bfp!!!

We started to ttc in November 2003 and began treatment at my RE in April 2004.

In that time, I’ve tried three cycles of clomid – nothing happened on 50mg, ovulated and had an IUI the first cycle on 100 mg, but the second cycle of 100 mg, nothing. So we’ve moved onto injectables. The first cycle on follistim, I responded a little too well and the cycle was cancelled. The next cycle was taken very slowly and I ovulated. Third cycle was a repeat of the first one with too many follicles and a cancelled cycle. The fourth cycle was again slow and I eventually ovulated and had an IUI. This was back in August of this year. The day before my beta, I was offered and accepted a new job. The beta was negative and I decided to take a cycle off to start my new job without any stress from cycling at the RE.

When I was ready to start a new cycle, I was put on provera to induce a period. For some reason, it took longer than usual for AF to arrive. When I went in for day 3 monitoring, I had a small cyst and the beta comes back just over five, which of course meant I was pregnant - a chemical pregnancy. My RE’s office assured me that the provera had nothing to do with it and there was nothing I could have done to prevent it. So here I am, waiting to start another cycle. I could have already started provera to begin a cycle, but with holiday travel and some scheduled business travel, I have to wait until next early next year.

Thank you everyone for your warm welcome and I'm sorry I've written such a long post,

Catherine

[jennylou]

Welcome back, Cath!

Just wanted to drop off this link http://www.constantchatter.com/showthread.php?t=11586 about femara.

[Alioop12345]

I finally talked to my RE...I am supposed to take the Gonal F (150) again today and go back in tomorrow for a repeat U/S and possible trigger. I am a little frustrated. This will be my third appt this week and they are SO NOT flexible when it comes to appt. times. They don't open until 9 and leave at 4...I was offered either a 9, 11:30 or 1 appt. I work in healthcare and go in to work at 6:30....so I took the 11:30...only problem is I work contract and tomorror is my first day at this new building...hope they don't mind my leaving for a bit in the middle of the day...Ah well.

WELCOME CATH!

[chloechloe]

Hi everyone
I am just popping in to say hello, I was a SAI girl over at WC. I am here to drop off BABY DUST to all of you. And I was hoping to give you all encouragement for the holidays. I ttc'd for almost 3 years, and now I have a beautiful 14 month old daughter, she is precious. So I am here to say keep positive.

[UTChick]

Congrats jules!!

Welcome Cath.

Alioop~I know what you mean. I am a teacher, so I just can't leave in the middle of the day to go to an appt. Luckily my new doctor starts seeing patients at 7am so I usually get an appt that early and then just have to drive one exit south to work. It is nice to have a dr. who understands scheduling issues.

Well, I am at home today. I have a sinus infection and got antibiotics last night. I went to work this morning and ran into my principal in the hall. She took one look at me and sent me home - said I didn't have a choice. I am on CD 15 and the earliest I have ever O'ed is CD 19, so I have at least a few more days. That is good because I have not felt like BDing all week. Last night DH was saying that I needed to start feeling better or we are going to miss out this cycle. :) Hopefully I will feel better tomorrow.

[Alioop12345]

Hope you feel better soon Kathy!!!

[julesp313]

Thank you to EVERYONE for the congrats! It still hasn't sunk in and of course when it does, I'll probably move on to worrying about whether or not anything will go wrong - I mean, I have to have something to obsess about, right? Sheesh...

I'm going to "treat" myself to a CBE Digital tonight because I think if DH sees "Pregnant" instead of a faint line, he might be less in denial!

[tigerest]

Jenny - CAUTIOUS CONGRATS! :)

Jules - Yay, congrats….been silently lurking to find out.

Thedoorchick - Sorry about your DH SA.

Cath - Welcome back. Sorry to hear about you having to wait out another cycle and the chemical pg, frustrating. {{HUGS}}

I have an HSG question, did it matter what part in the cycle you had it done. I was hoping to have it right before my next AF, but they told me it must be between CD 7-10. And if I did it on CD 10, is it ok to TTC that cycle(cd 12-14)? The left over fluid they put in doesn’t affect the sperm or eggs?

Just wondering. I have had one before, but I don’t know guess I didn’t think of these before.

Does anyone else notice that people around them sort of dismiss IF after a while? I mean I admit, even I get tried of talking about it all the time. But lately I have noticed when I vent to my best friend, who used to be one of my top supporters who I could always go to about this stuff, sort of just ignores it now. I just don’t feel like I can vent to her anymore. She and my mom always just tell me to be positive. Like when I told them I was not holding my breath that my tubes will be unblocked this next HSG they tell me to think positive and maybe they will. Obviously, I feel like there is some hope, otherwise, why would I be doing this terrible test again, but why cant I just go into it realistically without them thinking I am negative? I don’t know, just wondering if anyone else experiences any of this with their friends or family……

Best wishes to everyone this next month!

[UTChick]

tigerest~I had my HSG on CD 6 (last week). My doctor told me it needed to be done before CD 10. My doctor encouraged us to continue TTC this cycle since sometimes the HSG can be known to "flush out" the tubes. I have heard of a lot of people getting pg on cycles when they had an HSG.

BTW, on your situation with your friend... When you have been TTC for an extended period of time and month after month you get your hopes up, only to be disappointed, there comes a time when (for your own sanity) you change your way of thinking. Whether it is being realistic or "negative," sometimes it is easier not to appear positive because it protects you a little from the disappointment. Until your friend walks in your shoes (not that I wish IF on anyone) she probably won't truly understand what is going on in your head and your heart.


Alioop~Thanks. After spending the day sleeping and being lazy, I am feeling a lot better.

[babylove]

I'm having a really rough night. Out of the blue, while talking to my SIL, I just started to cry...I think it's starting to hit me that if I hadn't miscarried in April, I would be having a baby any day now. And at that time, I consoled myself by telling myself that of course I would be pg by my due date...after all, at the time it was 8 months away! And here I am....not pg. Could this be any more difficult?! :( I had a good cry and my SIL was surprisingly supportive and comforting, so hopefully today's pity party has come to a close...it's just so strange b/c I was feeling totally fine earlier and *boom*...tears. Can I blame the Clomid? :rolleyes:

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tigerest ~ I have definitely noticed that some people are more dismissive (is that a word?!) when it comes to IF. I certainly haven't been going through this for as long as some other people but I have noticed that some of my friends who were gung-ho supporters in the beginning have become more distant when it comes to IF. It's like the no longer have anything to say b/c the whole "Im sure it will happen soon" line just hasn't panned out and they don't want to say the wrong thing. I try not to take it personally...

[chloechloe]

Okay I am sorry I didn't really finish my last post. I was saying to remain positive (which trust me after three years isn't easy). But please let me tell my story. I decided to try accupuncture, Vitex and positive thinking. I visualized the egg maturing, being released etc. And made plans that would include me getting pregnant that month. I REFUSED to think anything else, after three years, you sometimes (at least I did) get into the mindset of *I don't want to get my hopes up again* I erased that....only thinking positive. I really believe this helped, along with the accupuncture and vitex. Take care
everyone

[knoelani]

Jules~ Official congrats to you! I think you deserve to treat yourself to a digital test too!

babylove~ I'm sorry you had such a rough night, take care of yourself.

tiger my dr said that the hsg had to be done in the first part of your cycle in case there was any chance you were pg.

Hi to everyone else, I hope you're having a good day.

[Lucy Van Pelt]

Congrats to Jules! Fabulous news!

Babylove - so sorry about your rough night!

My update - I am still bleeding from my m/c over a week ago. Yesterday I went in for bloodwork and saw the doc today. After taking the m/c pills and having the night from hell last week, my levels have actually INCREASED. UGH! Of course, they are still WAY too low, so the doctor said this means, I might have a tubal or, more likely, I just still have enough placenta and tissue in my uterus to keep producing the hormones. he wanted me to take a different med (can't remember the name) which is almost like a form of chemotherapy that should help get rid of the rest of the tissue, but since I am leaving for vacation in two days, he can't. I would have ot be closely monitored or something like that. He decided to not do anything and just let nature take its course.

Well, after thinking about it for a few hours, I called back and asked about a d&c. He didn't really want to go that drastic, but understood my reasons so I am having a version of a d&c Friday morning. Then I can be nice and drugged up for the drive up to my parents house and then the flight to New York and Florida. I'm not looking forward to the procedure, but I am looking forward to having this overwith.

My mind and body are just exhausted. I am considering taking a break from all of this TTC nonsense to let my poor body heal. It's just too much right now.

[la_bride_2004]

Lucy I just wanted to send some hugs your way.

Suzly Good luck for your beta on Friday- I am sending positive thoughts your way!!

Jennyquiet congrats and sticky vibes

Jules Glad you finally tested! Best of luck to you.

[tigerest]

UTCHick - That is totally what it is. Part of it is me accepting this and just trying to deal with it and another is just not getting my hopes up anymore. Why not be pleasantly surprised rather than disappointed ya know...

babylove - Ya I try to to take things personally, but sometimes it just makes me feel like people are just tired of hearing me talk about it. But like you said they probably just dont know what to say anymore. Sorry about yoru rough night. A good cry is always helpful though. Hope you feel better. {{HUGS}}

Lucy - So sorry. :( Hope things go smoothly for you on Friday and you are able to have a relaxing trip. {{HUGS}}

Thanks for eveyones response about the HSG. I guess I just never realized it before.

[julesp313]

I guess being brand-newly pg means you go to sleep at 7pm but you're wide awake at 5am... :rolleyes:

Had a tiny TINY bit of brown-tinged CM yesterday so of course freaked out, but thankfully my friend in NY calmed me down. Tested yesterday when I got home and got a line on FRER. Tested this AM with Equate, FRER and CBE Digital (can we say obsessed????) - the lines are not much darker but seeing the "Pregnant" on the digital was wonderful. Must take a photo because it only lasts an hour!

Tigerest - on the HSG, I had mine done at CD13 but I had to sign a waiver that if I was pg and MC due to the HSG, I couldn't hold the med center liable. Dr said it's usually done CD7-10 to ensure there's no chance of pg. And although I had a "nothing in the vagina" restriction for 48hrs, dr's definitely encourage BDing that cycle as (like others have said) often the HSG clears things out.

Emily - how silly of the RE! Did he really think you were just there for the fun of it? Honestly, sometimes the tales I hear about medical places just makes me wonder how any of us stay healthy...

Babylove - so sorry to hear you had a rough night. I think - no, I KNOW - it happens to us all at one time or another. Over Thanksgiving, I found out that friends of the ILs family were expecting their second child in May - their first will be 10 months old. So I went and cried in the bathroom at the unfairness of life. Felt good to get it out!

Chloe - my mother is a HUGE believer in thinking positively and visualizing the result you want. I don't know that I'm as good at it as she is, but it certainly can't hurt!

Knoelani - Thank you, and yes, those digital tests ROCK. :)

Lucy - Thank you, and I'm so sorry that you're having a bad time. I hope you have an easy day on Friday (easy physically, if not emotionally) and that things improve for you very soon.

LABride - Thank you!

OK, off to photograph my test collection!

[DallasLady]

but why cant I just go into it realistically without them thinking I am negative? I don’t know, just wondering if anyone else experiences any of this with their friends or family……

Yeah, I am at that point as well. I don't "plan" to be pregnant anymore, and my family now thinks I am not pregnant because I am so negative :rolleyes: I think it's because they just don't know what to say anymore. So "stay positive" is all they can come up with. I casually mentioned that DH and I may never have any children and my MIL damn near broke down in tears about it. I am no fool, I know that there is a good chance we will never have kids. Just "relaxing" and "staying positive" isn't going to help.

[MrsSmith]

Babylove - I'm sorry to hear about the rough day that you had. I'm sure hoping that you feel better now.

Nothing new with me, just checking in.

[marteneym]

Jenny and Jules COngrats on your BFPS!

Lucy I am so sorry this has been so hard. I hope you are able to take a wonderful break and enjoy your vacation.

JJ, BabyLove, and CTS Welcome! Its good to see some familar people but I am sorry you have to join our group. This is a great and supportive group of ladies. I hope none of you are here long.
Cts- My journal is called "When is it our turn?". Looks like we are feeling about the same right now by your siggy.
babylove- Sorry you had a rough night. I am glad someone was there for you.

Elenna Hope you are feeling better.

Hugs to all of you whom AF has found.

Sorry i havent been here in a while. I was away for the hoolidays and in the boring part of my cycle. I will start OPK's this weekend and hopefully an IUI in the next 2weeks.

I am in the same boat as many of you. To many dates have passed when I thouhg I would be pg. I try to be positive, but then i end up being even more devastated when AF shows once again. After 15months of TTC I am getting tired of the pg questions. More and more people are finding out we are trying but only a few know what we are actually dealing with. I just keep hoping it will happen soon. I have a very awesome support system including my mom, grandma, aunt(who dealt with IF, never got pg), best friend, and many others praying for us.
I am so thankful for all of them.

[suzfuzsunflower]

julesp313 - Congratulations!

I wanted to ask a question: What was the latest CD that you ovulated while on clomid? I am on CD 14 on my first clomid cycle. I haven't ovulated yet (which is fine, it's still early), and I don't have any signs that I will ovulate - no CM, temps are very low.

[jennylou]

suz - latest on clomid was CD 21.

Well, I finally got my beta results from Monday. They were a 46. I had a repeat done today. And a rhogham shot. You see I'm AB- and my husband is O+ so our bloodtypes are not compatible. If the baby has a positive bloodtype I can start producing antibodies against it. Anyways, you normally only get one at 28 weeks and after birth (if baby has pos blood type). So, you're probably wondering how I ended up getting one of these. Well, I started spotting last night. Just a bit of red. Freaked out, naturally. Even called the emergency number. Of course, unless I started gushing, they said to take it easy and call the office in the morning. So, I called this morning and Dr K squeezed me into her schedule. I got there just after 9:30 am, and finished up around 12:30 pm. I was hungry, so I went to lunch. Then I went back to the hospital for another HcG draw and the rhogham. Now, we just wait to see what these numbers do. I also have another lab slip for Sunday. As long as I don't start gushing or having any pain, I just have to wait it out. The spotting this morning was just brown and this afternoon is more of a brownish (definitely less than this morning in quantity). So, now we wait.

[babylove]

Thanks girls...it was fleeting sadness....I'm recovered :) Thanks for your support!

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What was the latest CD that you ovulated while on clomid?
CD 18....the first two cycles on clomid (when I took it CD 5-9), I O'd on CD 17. Then when I took the clomid this time, I took it on CD 2-6....I thought that would mean that I would O earlier....but no. Later, just one day, but still.

[knoelani]

Jenny I just wanted to let you know that we're thinking of you and pulling for you! Sending all sorts of good luck vibes your way.

[Nigellas]

Jenny, How scary! Let us know how you are doing, ok?

[jennylou]

Thank you ladies. My spotting has seemed to go away. I got the results of my beta draw from yesterday. It went from 46 on Monday to 241 yesterday. I'm still pretty scared, but pretty excited. :)

[Alioop12345]

YEAH JENNY!!!!!!


I triggered yesterday with two good follies and a uterine lining of 8 so the waiting game begins

[jjsanner]

Can I ask you knowledgeable ladies a question?

I **think** I am 2 DPO on my first Clomid cycle. My chart is completely weird. Back when he prescribed the Clomid, the doc also ordered progesterone suppositories without doing any bloodwork. Should I go ahead and start them or request to go in for a blood draw at 7 DPO? I am so confused! He never really explained why he thought I might need them. Of course I don't want to do anything to jepordize the pregnancy. Thanks in advance.

[katmg]

Those are some great numbers Jenny!! I'll be keeping you in my thoughts!

Lucy - Thinking about you...hope today is as easy as it could be.

Sorry, I'm no help on the other questions...haven't taken my clomid yet.

[CTs_Punkin]

Jennylou congrats on the better numbers & no spotting... hoping this weekend it gets better!

Alioop I am rooting for you... hope this 2ww ends with a BFP!!

Martenym GOOD to see you!! (well, not good that you are still around here) but I haven't seen your around the TTC charting thread, so often look at your chart and see what's going on.

Well I keep wishing my body would cooperate... what the HECK!! I just want AF to come... how many days of spotting do I need to endure before I can just call it CD1 and get on with it.... grrr....

Hope everyone has a good weekend. We're going to the mts to cut down our Xmas tree... (the mts have gotten 20" of snow in the last 2 days... so not sure how "fun" it will be, but we'll see.)

[marteneym]

suz I have o'ed on cd28 and 22 on chlomid.

Jenny Great Numbers!

CTS I was going back and forth between here and the ttc w/ charting thread but dont stop in much there anymore. I feel like this group understands much more what we are dealing with. Thanks for chart stalking.
I hope AF shows soon for you and chlomid does the trick. It seems to have really helped my LONG cycles. I hope it does for you as well.
Have fun cutting down your tree.

[ag05]

Jennylou - Congratulations. I'm sorry you had such a scare earlier.

Jules - Congratulations.

Lucy - I'm so sorry

Labride - I'm so sorry


I know my shoutout list is incomplete. I have been reading along though and silently cheering you all on. I'm not actively ttc at the moment and I think I'm going on a break from the RE until February. I had just written a big post telling what I've been up to and it got deleted. I'm going to add injectibles to my next cycle, I started metformin, and I'm going to start the baby aspirin after IUI next time. I'm also going to get one more blood test for DH and I to see if HLA compatibility is an issue. I doubt it though if most of my other tests were normal. I guess I am not optimistic but I want to give things one more try so I'm thinking 4 more IUIs under the RE and thats it.

[Elenna]

Can I ask you knowledgeable ladies a question?

I **think** I am 2 DPO on my first Clomid cycle. My chart is completely weird. Back when he prescribed the Clomid, the doc also ordered progesterone suppositories without doing any bloodwork. Should I go ahead and start them or request to go in for a blood draw at 7 DPO? I am so confused! He never really explained why he thought I might need them. Of course I don't want to do anything to jepordize the pregnancy. Thanks in advance.

My understanding is the progestrone won't hurt anything even if you take them without really needing them.

Jenny: Those are great numbers! I'm glad the spotting stopped.

I have my first RE appointment this Monday. I was able to find an RE who could get me in much earlier than March.:) I'm nervous about it. One thing that has come of making the RE appointment is that I had to get my records from my GYN to bring to the RE. I looked over them:o , because I was curious, and noticed an entry that says I have a retroverted uterus!:eek: This was never mentioned to me in all my years of going to a GYN (and I've been going once a year for over a decade)!! How could this have never come up? I know it isn't a big deal, but still...

[ag05]

jjsanner - I would start the progesterone anyway. I would ask for the blood draw too. They can also tell by that whether you've ovulated. The only thing though is I don't know if the progesterone suppositories would affect the progesterone blood test though. Sorry!

[babylove]

jjsanner ~ Even if you don't have low progesterone, in some people Clomid causes the thinning of the uterine lining. Obviously, you need a thick lining to sustain a pgcy, so many drs prescribe the progesterone just in case. And as someone before me said, progesterone won't hurt even if you don't need it. Which prog suppositories do you have? Those little glycerin-like bullet-shaped things or Prochieve (comes in an applicator)? I have tried both and like the latter much much better. The first kind leaks out constantly and it's so annoying. The Prochieve stays put for the most part.

ETA: if you are taking prog supplements, the value of a serum progesterone is essentially meaningless except to show that your prog is high enough. If you are on the supps, you have no idea if the prog # is from the supplements or if it's just you. KWIM? But there's no harm in checking!

jenny ~ Congrats! Sorry about the scare but it sounds like everything is a-ok! :)

[la_bride_2004]

jenny Great news about the doubling beta- I'll be sending good thoughts your way.

ag Sending hugs to you. We're basically on hold until Jan/Feb too.

[julesp313]

Well, I have bad news. I think this was a chemical pregnancy. I was spotting brown very slightly yesterday and got a very faint positive on an HPT. Today, I got a stronger positive but I'm bleeding red and my boobs are much less sore. I would say it's not a viable pregnancy.

Despite being obviously upset, I'm still happy that this happened because now we know we CAN get pregnant, which was always in question. Next time, I'm going to insist on a blood test immediately after I find out, just in case I need progesterone or something.

So, trying to stay positive about this...

Can you please update my stats to "Chem pg, 11/05".

ETA: See below post! And now instruct me to stop freaking myself out!!!
And Hold off on any status changes til I get my head out of my ass and find out what's going on!

[Alioop12345]

Jules- I am so sorry...Have you talked with your doc? Wishing there was something I could say or do....

[julesp313]

Apparently I'm panicking earlier than I should be... According to the wonderful ladies on CC, it's not considered a chem pg or an early MC (which apparently is a loss after AF is due) until I'm getting BFNs. Today's BFP is the darkest I've gotten so I'm not sure what's going on. Also, no more bleeding or spotting. I'm trying to find out if I can get a quantitative HCG blood test without a dr's slip to find out what my betas are...

Alioop - thank you for your thoughts, but hopefully I was just getting ahead of myself!

ETA: Jenny - I'm so glad your numbers are good! Makes me smile to hear that... :)

ETA again - just in case anyone was curious, my boobs are killing me again now! Who'd have ever thought PAIN was a good sign?

[babylove]

julesp313 ~ I'm thinking about you...I hope everything is ok and you are able to get a blood test asap. The fact that you are still getting BFPs is a good sign though. I hope it works out!

[suzfuzsunflower]

julesp313 - Hoping for a sticky baby. How are you doing?

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First of all, thank you to everyone who responded with what CD they ovulated while on clomid. This being my first cycle, I have been slightly confused. It's hard figuring out everything when clomid takes away your CM, so thanks. :)

OK girls. I am just so darned excited right now! I know that it may be a little too early to say this, but I think that i may have o'd. I have posted by chart below.

I have recorded CM, but on paper b/c with so little of it I'm not always sure what it is, and I don't want to put it in FF unless I'm sure. For the past two days I *think* that I've had watery, but I'm not quite sure. I check my cervix two days ago and I *think* that it was the softest I've ever felt (but I'm not really sure what "soft" would feel like), and it seemed open (but I'm not really sure how that feels either).

I know that I need a few more temps before I can be a little more confident, but if I did ovulate - that would be HUGE! :D

My Chart (http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/90828)

sorry for the long post...

ETA: the open circle post temps were taken one to two hours later than the closed circle temps

[UTChick]

suzfuzsunflower~Here's hoping you did O! Looking at your chart, you may have. Hopefully those temps will stay up so you can confirm it in a couple of days.

julesp~I hope everything is ok. I agree that it is very good that you are still getting BFPs. Let us know how you are.

jenny~Betas looking good!!


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I finally talked to my nurse on Thursday. My CD3 bloodwork came back normal and I go in on Tuesday for CD 21 bloodwork. If that comes back ok, my doctor wants me to start Clomid next cycle. So here we go!

[knoelani]

Jenny Those are great #'s, sounds like everything is going well. I'm still sending you good luck wishes.

Jules You're cracking me up. I'm sending a whole load of good luck wishes to you too. Hopefully it was just a little bit of spotting and everything is alright.

sunflower That's great that you think you o'd, hopefully you did and you're on to the 2ww.

UTchick That's good news on the CD3 b/w. Did you watch the blowout yesterday? Rosebowl, here we come :)

I think I o'd yesterday, so hopefully I'm in the 2ww too. I don't hold out a whole lot of hope when we're not on a medicated cycle, but I guess you never know. We've just passed the 4 year mark of ttc and I'm feeling pretty discouraged right now. DH and I are having the big talk about what we're going to do going forward. I think starting next month we're going to do a few more IUI cycles and then call it quits, but we haven't come to a decision yet.

Hope everyone is having a good weekend!

[DallasLady]

I know, I suck, I'm hardly ever around to post.

I had my second IUI Friday. I had two follicles on Wednesday, one at 19.5mm and one at 17.5mm. We triggered that night which I thought was early, but I was trusting the doctor. I went in for a sono on Saturday to confirm that I'd O'd, and I had, but only the 19.5 follie. I was bummed about that. If we'd waited one more day to trigger, I bet the other would have gone as well.

But thankfully DH's sperm count was normal for the second month in a row! He had 34 mil/mL! He has been eating better, exercising, and making sure not to go more tha a few days between ejaculations. So, if we don't get pg this cycle, I think we are going to hold off on the IUIs for awhile and go back to timed intercourse.

I also found out that my estrogen is low, which explains why my cycles were getting longer (until I got on clomid). I think the fact that I have been majorly stressed out at work and have gained weight has contributed to that.

[julesp313]

Bsbylove - thanks for the thoughts!

Suzfuz - definitely thinking sticky thoughts over here! I'm doing well, thank you... :)

UTChick - things are good... I think!

Knoelani - I crack myself up, I think that's how I deal with stress! My DH says I shouldn't be so funny about serious things but hell, better to laugh than to cry!

DallasLady - glad to hear you had good news about your DH's sperm count. That always helps - and fingers crossed that the IUI is a successful one!

As for me... I stayed offline yesterday as I'm reading too much and freaking myself out. Yesterday's HPT was incredibly faint but there was no more red spotting, only a little brown when I wiped sometimes. Today, I temped at 98.5 and the Equate I just took (the one with the plus sign) is BLARINGLY positive - in fact, the test line is nearly as dark as the control line, which makes it the MOST positive one I've had so far! Of course, at 18DPO, it bloody well should be glowing in the dark! :D

Still going to see if I can get a quant. HcG but if not, I won't freak out - I'm staying positive and knowing that spotting does not mean doom and things are going just perfectly for this stage of the pg.

And now I have to go to a client 80 miles away that has no Internet access... oh, the humanity! ;)

[jennylou]

Just got my third (and hopefully, final) beta numbers back. From Sunday they were 595. All is doubling in the 48-72 hour time frame. :)

Anyone interested in taking over this thread?

[DaniML]

Hi Ladies!

I'd like to join your little group!

DaniML
Me: Daniela - 29
DH: Ross - 36
TTC: 06/04
11/04: Cervical Ectopic (2 shots of methotrexate to terminate)
TTC again: 01/05
11/05: Dx: Borderline diabetis (weight related) & PCOS, Metformin (850 mg twice a day, but changing to 500 mg twice, and then later 3 times, a day because they are making me sick)


I was really relieved when my doc finally figured out what was wrong with me. I had been to several doc over the past 3 years or so and never got a clear answer. I switched to this doc after I got pregnant last year. We started TTC again in January of this year and when I still had not gotten pregnant by October I went back to my doc and finally got a diagnosis. Not that I'm glad to deal with this, just that now that I finally know what it is we can work on "fixing" it.

Congrats Jenny!

[katmg]

Dani - Welcome! I know I was so happy when I saw my dr. and we had a plan as to how to move forward.

Jenny - So glad that the number keep doubling!

Jules - YAY for not spotting anymore and dark HPT!

Dallas - That's great about DH's numbers! Here's hoping this is your cycle!

knoelani - I watched the UT game! Can't wait for that Rose Bowl now!! Hook 'em Horns! I'm sorry you're feeling so discouraged right now. It's so hard to stay positive on this journey.

UT - Glad that CD3 bloodwork came back okay!

[knoelani]

katmg~ Not to hijack the thread and turn it into one on football...but isn't it awesome! Big 12 champs and now the Rosebowl. We are actually postponing our small little holiday ski trip get-away until Jan 5th :)

[suzfuzsunflower]

I hope that everyone is doing well! :)

DaniML - welcome!

knoelani - good luck to you in the 2ww.

UTChick - I'm glad that your bloodwork for CD3 was good, and hopefully your bloodwork taken tomorrow (Tuesday) will be good too.

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Today when I entered my temp in ff I got red cross-hair lines! I have never seen those before on my own chart! :D Maybe I actually o'd! :)

Good night!

[babylove]

Ladies....I got a BFP this morning!! It's 11DPO so it's waaaay to early to get over-the-top excited (who am I kidding?!), especially considering what happened last time (m/c). But I just thought I would share the news. :D :D

[jennylou]

babylove - woohoo! :) Can't wait to see you over in the August thread.

This place is on fire!!! Who's next?

[suzfuzsunflower]

Yay! Congratulations, babylove! :D

[wonderousglance]

This place is on fire!!! Who's next?

Not me. :( We've been ttc for almost 5 years. It'd be a miracle if I got pregnant on my own. Well that's what the RE said yesterday when we went in to go over all of the "normal" test results. :(

[julesp313]

Hey... there's no talking about football in here! ;) Actually, I shouldn't admit this but I just had to look up where my team is playing their bowl game - and I went to Notre Dame! I should be a football junkie, right? Yeah, but I'm English so I think that counts against me sufficiently!

Babylove - congrats! My, my, this is turning out to be an excellent couple of weeks for this thread! :D

Dani - welcome! I hope your stay here is short and sweet - the ladies here are wonderful!

Suzfuz - Yay for cross hairs! Funnily enough, getting those suckers was the one part of TTC I had no problem with, which made it more frustrating that I couldn't turn that "like clockwork" Oing into a BFP!

Doorchick - I heard Clomid makes you cranky - sorry you had to deal with that... I hope your DH understands, though, that it's not him (well, not entirely him!). I hope you get good news from your appointment this weekend and the IUI goes ahead on schedule.

Wondrous - did your RE say what might be going on, if you're having normal test results but not getting pg? It's very frustrating for everything to be "normal" but not getting pg - that's what we went through, but not for as long as you guys have. Hoping you get some good answers soon...

Me - freezing my butt off! Who knew Vegas got so darn cold? 30 overnight... now that's just WRONG! And I'm waking up without the alarm at 5am without fail. And that's wrong too! But it's OK... that justifies me going to bed at 8pm then... ;)

[julesp313]

I just noticed my stats are "old"... Jenny, can you please update me (I'll try not to change my mind again!)

Take out "Chem pg" and "IUI planned April 2006" and add me to the August 2006 expecting list (my EDD is August 11).

WOO HOO!!!! Thank you, thank you!

[CTs_Punkin]

Congrats Babylove!! Very excited for you... sticky vibes going your way!

Jules Glad to see things are better & that you are graduating!

As for me, I am starting my first round of Clomid tomorrow... need to call the Drs to find out if they want me to come in for U/S to monitor my progress.. I'm headed out of town so not sure when they generally do it.
For those of you who have been monitored while taking Clomid - what CD do they normally like to have you come in for an U/S?

Jenny - PM me if you still need a new Threadmistress, I'd be happy to do it.

Have a good day!
MMT

[knoelani]

babylove~ congrats to you! I hope you have a healthy and happy 9 months!

sunflower~ that's great that you got the crosshairs, isn't it purty?

wounderousglance~ I'm sorry that your RE didn't give you a lot of hope. Did they give any indication of what might be going on? Take care of yourself sweetie.

jules~ ok, ok, I'll stop the football talk :) Your due date is my birthday, a very good day!

[babylove]

Thank you so much ladies!! If it's ok, I'm going to lurk over here for a bit longer, just until I get some good betas.

jenny ~ So excited to be an August momma with you!

wonderousglance ~ I'm so sorry that you are going through this. What is your plan with your RE since the results are normal?

julesp313 ~ Another August momma--yay!

CTs_punkin ~ This cycle I took Clomid on CD 2-6. My first u/s was on CD 9. Then I had one on CD12, CD15, CD17, CD 18. They told me I was in the process of O'ing on CD 18, so I didn't have to go back again. Good luck w/ Clomid!

[katmg]

Yay Babylove!! So excited for you! H & H 9 months!

[DaniML]

Thanks for the warm welcome!

Congrats and H & H 9 months to all the ladies who got a BFP! That gives me hope!

I'm just hoping I O'd this month. Even if we didn't get pregnant, I just want to know that the Metformin is helping my body do what it's suppose to do. It's very frustrating when I used to have perfect 32 day cycles every stinking month for years. Then suddenly it all changed and I really don't quite understand how. The bad part is that for a long time I didn't even want a baby. I have a 9 year old and was just 110% sure I'd never want another one. Enter DH.... and now that I want another one I can't seem to get pregnant.

[SAI Ladies]

Updated to here!

Babylove I graduated you to expecting mommies for August - hope you don't mind!! :)

I would like to thank Jennylou for being such a great Threadmistress... I can only hope to fill your big shoes :D

Cts_Punkin is the new Threadmistress

I'll do my best to get the thread updated as often as possible. I will be headed out of town next week, so it may be a little slow, but will get done!!

Thanks!

[Elenna]

Congratulations Babylove! I hope you have a happy and healthy nine months.

Welcome Dani!

Thanks CTs_Punkin for becoming our new threadmistress.:)

I had my first RE appointment yesterday. The RE wants me to have an HSG next cycle. I'm a bit nervous about that.

Also, she gave me an exam and said my uterus is not retroverted. She doesn't know why that is on my records. DH was a bit embarrassed. He was in the room during the exam. He just buried his face in a book and tried to ignore what was going on.:o

[julesp313]

Knoelani - college football is always a source of amusement in our family as I went to ND, FIL and BIL went to UCLA, and DH's uncle and cousin went to USC. Needless to say, there's a lot of bantering and heckling going on during games! I only watch ND when they play teams I like to talk smack about (USC and BYU, as I work with a ton of BYU grads).

Elenna - aren't men funny? When I took DH with me for a consult about getting an HSG done, I didn't realize it would involve a pelvic exam. Afterwards, DH said "If I'd known another man was going to be up to his elbows inside you, I'd have left the room!". I told him he better get used to that and a whole lot more if he plans on being part of this whole pregancy thing! ;)

[babylove]

Fine with me! Thanks again ladies!!

[MrsSmith]

Congrats Babylove!!!

[babylove]

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