New TTC Thread

[chloelovesdisney]

Chloe-did you go with the follistim? Are they in your stomach? I think I do better giving them to myself than having somebody else do it, but then again, I'm a control freak. How many days do you have to do them? Are you just doing injections, or a combo of pills/injections? I'm nosy, too!

Hi. I did go with the follistim. I wasn't going to, then my monthly frenemy showed up and I changed my mind.

My friend gave me the injection again tonight. Both times were in my stomach. I just can't do it myself yet but I know I'm going to have to sooner or later.

I'm only doing injections, but I'm not sure for how many days. I think it depends on my bloodwork and how everything is going. When the doctor thinks the time is right then I get a shot of ovidrel. That's to be followed by some lovely suppostories.

I don't think you're nosy at all, I think it's very interesting to know what regimen other people are doing.

 

[chloelovesdisney]

Hello there. DH and I have been trying to conceive for just about a year now. We are debating if we want to try Clomid or not. DH is almost 40 and I am over 30 myself so if this doesn't happen soon, we are going to stop trying. Part of me wants to try Clomid and part says that if God means it to happen, it will. I don't know where I am going with posting all this, just thought I'd share.

Hi. Of course, only you and your dh know what is right for you. I just wanted to add that I tried clomid for a month and besides some bloating, I felt just fine. At least for us, it was a simple step to try.

Best wishes no matter what you decide!

 

[DznyLvr2005]

I just wanted to add that I tried clomid for a month and besides some bloating, I felt just fine. At least for us, it was a simple step to try.

Best wishes no matter what you decide!

me too, i had no side efffects on clomid except for no visual CM, though I guess it didn't matter since I got pregnant anyway! It worked on the first month too.

 

[chloelovesdisney]

TandT! OMG! I'm so sorry, but I am just laughing at what happened! Sounds like something that would happen to me. LOL!

D&D...that sucks! Like pouring salt in a wound!

Chloe, good luck! I always wonder if I could do the needles. I'm not sure that I could, and I'm not sure DH could do it either. I still struggle giving blood even though I've been poked more times than I can count since TTC.

Not much new going on here. AF should arrive early next week...not expecting anything. DH goes for his ultrasound next Thursday, so I'm looking forward to that and hopefully getting some info about his lazy sperm!

Hi Skuttle. I was sure I could not do the injections, and yet here I am. I'm not sure where my impatience has come from all of a sudden, but I'm at the point I would try anything. Even stinky shots every night.


Good luck next Thursday. I know you've been waiting for some answers for a while, they're only a week away! Plus, next week could be a BFP. Positive thinking!

 

[WDWAurora]

Hi. I did go with the follistim. I wasn't going to, then my monthly frenemy showed up and I changed my mind.

My friend gave me the injection again tonight. Both times were in my stomach. I just can't do it myself yet but I know I'm going to have to sooner or later.

I'm only doing injections, but I'm not sure for how many days. I think it depends on my bloodwork and how everything is going. When the doctor thinks the time is right then I get a shot of ovidrel. That's to be followed by some lovely suppostories.

I don't think you're nosy at all, I think it's very interesting to know what regimen other people are doing.

Yeah, this stuff is so interesting to me. I started the suppositories last night. I did them 2 months ago, too (last medicated cycle). They're not really that bad. I wear "protection" and keep some Kleenex by the bed, but really haven't noticed any issues that are all that annoying.

 

[chloelovesdisney]

Good to know!

 

[JohnsPrincess]

Hello all. My dh and I have been trying for about 3 1/2 years. Of that, we were apart for probably 8 months total (military stuff). I was given Clomid but we haven't used it yet because we are in Kuwait and will be here for about a year. I REALLY don't want to give birth here (we're here as civilians) so I figured I'd hold off on taking it until we've been here 8 months or so.

 

[skuttle]

Hi Ladies! I hope you all had a great weekend.

DH goes for his ultrasound on Thursday! Yay!

If y'all don't mind, I have something non-TTC on my mind that I'd like to get out. About 9 years ago, my grandpa was diagnosed with leukemia, a very rare form at that. He went through chemo and was in remission for a while. However, the leukemia came back and for the last year or two, my grandpa would have to go to the hospital every few months to get a blood transfusion. At first it was 2x a year, then slowly it has become more and more often. Last time he only made it a month. His doctors feel that his body is going to start totally rejecting the new blood soon. They gave him the option of going through another round of chemo like he did 8 years ago. He's going to do it. He'll do 9 days starting tomorrow. It's the same treatment he had last time. Last time he had some problems with his temp spiking, but his doctors think a lot of that was due to a UTI he had at the time. He's 83 years older and a lot weaker than he was back then, but they don't really see any other option. Either he tries the chemo and it gives him some relief, or his body rejects the blood and then he just, well, you can guess where that leads.

I'm very close to my grandparents. My parents divorced when I was very young and my mom is their only daughter, so I spent a lot of time with them. And honestly, I've been lucky in that no one really close to me has passed away. This is really the first time I've been faced with this. He's 83 years old. Please say a prayer or send some good thoughts for my grandpa, that he's strong enough to go through this round of chemo and that it works just as well as it did the first time 8 years ago. Thanks.

 

[TandT]

Hi Ladies! I hope you all had a great weekend.

DH goes for his ultrasound on Thursday! Yay!

If y'all don't mind, I have something non-TTC on my mind that I'd like to get out. About 9 years ago, my grandpa was diagnosed with leukemia, a very rare form at that. He went through chemo and was in remission for a while. However, the leukemia came back and for the last year or two, my grandpa would have to go to the hospital every few months to get a blood transfusion. At first it was 2x a year, then slowly it has become more and more often. Last time he only made it a month. His doctor's feel that his body is going to start totally rejecting the new blood soon. They gave him the option of going through another round of chemo like it did 8 years ago. He's going to do it. He'll do 9 days starting tomorrow. It's the same treatment he had last time. Last time he had some problems with his temp spiking, but his dr's think a lot of that was due to a UTI he had at the time. He's 8 years older and a lot weaker than he was back then, but they don't really see any other option. Either he tried the chemo and it gives him some relief, or his body rejects the blood and then he just, well, you can guess where that leads.

I'm very close to my grandparents. My parents divorced when I was very young and my mom is their only daughter, so I spent a lot of time with them. And honestly, I've been lucky in that no one really close to me has passed away. This is really the first time I've been faced with this. He's 83 years old. Please say a prayer or send some good thoughts for my grandpa, that he's strong enough to go through this round of chemo and that it works just as well as it did the first time 8 years ago. Thanks.

I'm sorry to hear about your Grandpa. I will be praying for him! I lost my Grandpa 4 years ago and we were really close. I remember the first time one of my granparents got sick, my grandma got Cancer and passed away and I was only 16 years old. I never imagined my life without her. I thought my grandparents were supposed to live forever

My thoughts and prayers are with you Skuttle

 

[WDWAurora]

Allison, I'll definitely be in prayers for your grandpa. Mine died a little over 2 years ago from a brain tumor, so it was so sudden, and it is so hard. He seemed so young, up until a few months before he died, that I just never imagined him dying. My other grandfather died a few years before with Alzheimer's, but I wasn't AS close to him, and because he had lost his memory, I hadn't known him as an "adult" (I was 16 when he died). Just having someone like that sick is difficult because it's really all you can think about.

At least with your DH's test being an ultrasound, you should know *something* that day! I mean, it may be "there's nothing wrong on this, we need to do something else," but that's something!

 

[skuttle]

Thanks. My grandpa started the chemo today and he'll get 7 24hr treatments. Hopefully they'll be able to make the switches quickly so he'll be in there about 7 days. So far so good. I'm hoping to drive down to see him this weekend, but he may not be up to it (he'll be around day 5 of treatment by then). I'm hoping he is, but I'll talk to my mom about it. I don't want to show up and make him feel like he has to "entertain" me when he's not up for it.

Courtney, I am excited for Thursday for that exact reason. I'm thinking (hoping!) we shouldn't have to wait for results...they should be instant!

 

[D&DDisney]

Skuttle - prayers for your grandfather. Also fingers crossed for some good information from your DH's test.

 

[skuttle]

DH just called me with his results. The doctor said that everything looks fine. They only thing is sees that may be causing a problem is that DH has an enlarged vein down there, a problem called Varicocele. It is related to the kind of sperm problems DH is having. Doctors says it can be fixed by surgery, but he said there's no gaurantee that this will help us conceive.

I've called my doctor (left a message) to find out what more I can do from here.

I'm obviously leaving the surgery decision to DH. It's not my place to make that call or make him do that. I'm sure he's knows how I feel, so I plan on just leaving it at that. I know I wouldn't want DH "demanding" that I have some sort of surgery, so I don't want to do that to him either.

I'm hoping that maybe my Dr. can run more tests on me or maybe we can try something else before jumping to surgery for DH.

BTW...my grandpa is hanging in there. He finished up his 2nd bag of chemo, but his white count dropped (side effect) so I guess we've begun the bad part. I'm hoping to visit this weekend if he's feeling up to it.

 

[D&DDisney]

Skuttle - Have you tried IUI w/ Clomid? Worked for us. Doc said we'll try it 3x and if it didn't work, we'd go another route. Costs run about $600 including the Clomid. May want to give that a try before looking to surgery. The IUI really helps those "lazy" guys by giving them a boost.
Good luck whatever you decide.

 

[skuttle]

D&D, my dr actually didn't want to discuss anything further until DH had his followup with the urologist after we had received his test results last spring.

I just heard from the nurse at my dr, and she said they need a letter from the urologist saying that nothing's wrong and then we can talk about clomid and IUI. I'm just not sure if they'll consider the vein thing "nothing." DH's urologist said that there's no guarantee that having the surgery would even fix anything. He just said that all of DH's tests came back fine, it's just that the sperm aren't swimming like they should and the only thing they could possibly find that *may* be the cause is the vein.

I plan on having DH get his urologist to send the letter to my dr, and I'm hoping that maybe it can be worded in a way that we can move along with clomid and IUI. I'd had for DH to go through surgery for something that may not even be the cause of our problems. The urologist made it sound like a long shot.


UPDATE: DH has agreed to do the surgery. I still think first I'll see what kind of update his urologist sends my dr and see if my dr is willing to try other things before we jump to the surgery. I'd rather DH not go through that. We'll see. At least now I have some options. Of course, who knows if anything will work!

I'm so frustrated that the "problems" are with DH. I wish it was all on me. It would make things a lot easier!

 

[WDWAurora]

WHOA! I can't believe that he agreed to the surgery! He really has realized the baby bug for himself, hasn't he?

I tested this morning, BFN. You think it was too early? I O'd on day 11, today is day 23. I'm trying not to get too bummed yet, but you guys know how it is. I think next time has to be IUI, and my insurance won't cover any of that, including the meds. So...we'll be waiting a few months to save up if it has to go that route. I just don't understand what the problem is. I have eggs, he has boys, why can't they get together?

 

[vetrik]

Skuttle - I've still been lurking here to see how you all are doing. I'm so glad to hear that you have options to pursue, and that your DH is even on board with the surgery! I hope it won't be long before you have a BFP! I know several people who had great luck with IUI when there were issues with their DH (2 got pregnant with the first try), so I hope that will work for you if your doctor agrees to pursue that based on your DH's results.

I hope this thread gets a lot of good news soon - you all deserve to get BFPs soon!

 

[TandT]

BFN for me too today

 

[skuttle]

Courtney, it's probably still a bit early to test. Don't give up just yet! I was VERY surprised that DH agreed to the surgery so quickly. I thought it would take him a lot longer to make a decisions. The day he came back from the Dr., I told him that the surgery was his decision because it's his body. I told him that I figured he knew how I felt and that I wouldn't bug him, but I would like to know an answer at some point either way. I never would have guessed it would have been a yes the next day!

Vetrik, thanks so much. It is nice to have some options. I'm really hoping my dr will agreed to the Clomid/IUI before we pursue the surgery option. I told DH to call the urologist on Monday to get the update sent to my dr and we'll just wait and see how she interprets it.


T&T, sorry about the BFN.

We went visit my grandpa today. He's on bag 5 of 7 of the chemo. He looked GREAT and was laughing and joking with us. I was afraid he'd look frail and sickly, but he didn't at all. DS was even allowed in the room!

 

[DznyLvr2005]

They only thing is sees that may be causing a problem is that DH has an enlarged vein down there, a problem called Varicocele.

My DH has the same thing. For some reason it's not affecting his fertility.
Now that I think about it, I'm wondering if that's the reason that I had 2 m/c's before Emma was born.... hmmm...