TTC thread take 2

[Minnesota!]

2nd beta came back at 37 so we are stopping the progesterone so I can miscarry naturally. I knew the odds were stacked against me from the beginning but I was hopping that maybe things would turn around. Anyway I am trying to look on the bright side a) if I was going to miscarry I would rather it happen earlier than later b) I know now that I can get pregnant c) we had planned to move on to IVF with the next cycle but now that IUI worked we are going to try that and wait until the beginning of next year to do IVF if I am not pregnant by then

As always I appreciate all of you ladies and your support it means a lot to me as none of my family and friends except my DH knows what is going on.

I am so sorry, Falltime. I know how much hope gets built up just with the first positive. No matter how cautious you tell yourself to be, you start to dream. A loss is a loss no matter how early. My prayers are with you.

 

[NEVERENOUGHWDW]

2nd beta came back at 37 so we are stopping the progesterone so I can miscarry naturally. I knew the odds were stacked against me from the beginning but I was hopping that maybe things would turn around. Anyway I am trying to look on the bright side a) if I was going to miscarry I would rather it happen earlier than later b) I know now that I can get pregnant c) we had planned to move on to IVF with the next cycle but now that IUI worked we are going to try that and wait until the beginning of next year to do IVF if I am not pregnant by then

As always I appreciate all of you ladies and your support it means a lot to me as none of my family and friends except my DH knows what is going on.

Hang in there. I know how you feel and knowing the odds are against you of course doesn't make it easier. Think & praying for you.

Kennywife, glad the surgery sounds so promising!!!!

 

[DisneyElite4]

Hello! D.H.&I have been T.T.C. since Feb. when I went off the patch. I was hoping this month was our month but I got sick and then it seems like I ovulated early (T.M.I.? LOL) and like my fertile time was over so soon. I'm still holding out that, you know, mayybe it happened this month, but more of me is like, well there's always next month. I haven't been getting sick as much lately (last time was April), so next month should be good if I don't get a B.F.P. by then.

Hello and welcome! I hope your stay here is short.

well, I have some news. Yesterday we met our BIRTHMOM! She already has a scheduled C-section....on November 17, the day before our 5 year anniversary!!

It happened very very quickly. We are not using an agency. This just sorta fell in our lap a couple of weeks ago. We are EVER grateful. I know that many people have to go through SOOOO much to adopt, and we do not take this amazing blessing for granted!

I'm TERRIFIED now. It doesn't feel real. It seems too good to be true. And I won't let myself get too excited. Nothing is ever set in stone with these things, until you have the baby in your arms--or rather, at HOME with us.


We are still on the embryo list at the RE. When they call, we are able to accept any embryo they offer, and we can keep it/them in storage until the time is right. Hopefully this adoption works out, and we will wait to use the embryo in about a year, 2 max.

Cher, what wonderful news and a huge blessing - so very happy for you! It is so good to see how God works everything out in his time.

Good news to all here!

I've got good news too! I saw my neuro today and he diagnosed me with Catamenial Epilepsy. (Seizures are brought on by AF).

It turns out that when my girlie system is messed up, so are my seizures. So...once I have the surgery.....

my seizures may just go away!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wouldn't that be awesome? No more seizures (or only infrequently), colon issues, girl probs, and best of allll........................

Gabbie

Wow Gabbie, that is great! You are having the laparoscopy, correct? I had that surgery done in April, so let me know if you have any questions.

2nd beta came back at 37 so we are stopping the progesterone so I can miscarry naturally. I knew the odds were stacked against me from the beginning but I was hopping that maybe things would turn around. Anyway I am trying to look on the bright side a) if I was going to miscarry I would rather it happen earlier than later b) I know now that I can get pregnant c) we had planned to move on to IVF with the next cycle but now that IUI worked we are going to try that and wait until the beginning of next year to do IVF if I am not pregnant by then

As always I appreciate all of you ladies and your support it means a lot to me as none of my family and friends except my DH knows what is going on.

So sorry Falltime! That stinks. But you do know that now you can get pregnant, and that is huge! I am sure hoping that your next round of IUI does the trick.

As for me, my IUI was also unsuccessful. I started spotting at 9dpiui and continued until 13dpiui when AF came. My progesterone came back at only 6.24 on 9dpiui - my nurse said that it does show that I ovulated, but I have read that is not nearly high enough to sustain a pregnancy. I am thinking I did not have a very strong ovulation, or have a progesterone problem. Anyone have any insight to progesterone levels?

I think this month they are going to up my Clomid dosage to 100 mg, since I only got one strong follicle this last cycle. They are also going to put me back on progesterone suppositories. Hopefully those two things coupled together will help with the spotting and low progesterone.

 

[Kennywife]

Hello and welcome! I hope your stay here is short.



Cher, what wonderful news and a huge blessing - so very happy for you! It is so good to see how God works everything out in his time.



Wow Gabbie, that is great! You are having the laparoscopy, correct? I had that surgery done in April, so let me know if you have any questions.



So sorry Falltime! That stinks. But you do know that now you can get pregnant, and that is huge! I am sure hoping that your next round of IUI does the trick.

As for me, my IUI was also unsuccessful. I started spotting at 9dpiui and continued until 13dpiui when AF came. My progesterone came back at only 6.24 on 9dpiui - my nurse said that it does show that I ovulated, but I have read that is not nearly high enough to sustain a pregnancy. I am thinking I did not have a very strong ovulation, or have a progesterone problem. Anyone have any insight to progesterone levels?

I think this month they are going to up my Clomid dosage to 100 mg, since I only got one strong follicle this last cycle. They are also going to put me back on progesterone suppositories. Hopefully those two things coupled together will help with the spotting and low progesterone.

Yup. Lap and a hysteroscopy.

OMG....OMG...OMG....great news! No, not pregnant, but.....

I've been writing my book on my travel expereinces....I got contacted by a publisher today!!!!!

Right now, it's just to see where we will go from here and to send in my Manuscript, but....it's somewhere!

Who knows? You may see my mug on a book soon!!!!!!

Gabbie

 

[cherbear]

2nd beta came back at 37 so we are stopping the progesterone so I can miscarry naturally. I knew the odds were stacked against me from the beginning but I was hopping that maybe things would turn around. Anyway I am trying to look on the bright side a) if I was going to miscarry I would rather it happen earlier than later b) I know now that I can get pregnant c) we had planned to move on to IVF with the next cycle but now that IUI worked we are going to try that and wait until the beginning of next year to do IVF if I am not pregnant by then

As always I appreciate all of you ladies and your support it means a lot to me as none of my family and friends except my DH knows what is going on.

I am SO heartbroken for you. Glad there is a silver lining in this, that you KNOW you can get pregnant! And now you can try IUI again. Oh but I just know how sad must be right now. Take your time to mourn this, you deserve it. But you will have success soon!

 

[NEVERENOUGHWDW]

Right now, it's just to see where we will go from here and to send in my Manuscript, but....it's somewhere!

Who knows? You may see my mug on a book soon!!!!!!

Gabbie

Fantastic news!!!!!!
Maybe one day you can teach me how to send mine in

 

[tinytreasures]

I am so sorry Falltime

Great new Gabby

 

[WDWBride04/19/2010]

Hello and welcome! I hope your stay here is short.

Thanks!

 

[Leger13]

I'm bbbbaaaacccckkkk!! I know a few girls here already but I know there's newbies here too since I left so hi all. Let me introduce myself.

My name is Carla. DH and I TTC'd #1 for 5 years. Last February we had our first IUI and it failed. The 2nd IUI was a success which resulted in my now, 7 month old DS. My little miracle! I couldn't be happier! Bbbbuutttt, my family is NOT complete! Today we've decided to start TTC #2!! I'm doing everything in my power (as is DH) to help our odds of conceiving naturally this time but if, by the time Alex is 2 years old, still no baby we're going to go for another IUI in hopes that it works again. Anyways, so hopefully I'll be welcomed back as I was before even though I've already had one miracle. So who's new and what's the story ladies? I'd love to hear all about what everyone is doing to get their little miracle babies!

 

[NEVERENOUGHWDW]

Hi Carla,

I'm Maria and my husband & I just marked 9 years of trying to have a family.
Many miscarriages, IVF, PEs with our last pregnancy & finally a complete hysterectomy. We had a failed domestic adoption and a failed international adoption 6 weeks before we were to travel to pick up our son because the Grandparents decided to raise the baby.
We are now in the process of using a gestational surrogate and donor eggs.

SO happy to have found this thread...unless you've walked in these shoes you just don't understand the emotional roller coaster.

Some women that I considered friends actually told me nothing could have happened to us that bad & I must have made it all up for attention & cried wolf.
Such is life.

I wish everyone on this thread the families they have always dreamed of~
Maria

 

[D&DDisney]

Leger - Welcome back. Your son has the BEST birthday!!. Kinda partial to that day.

Maria - My DH and I waited 10 years to have a family, so I understand the roller coaster you are on.

 

[NEVERENOUGHWDW]

Maria - My DH and I waited 10 years to have a family, so I understand the roller coaster you are on.

So good to be surrounded by people who just get it.

Hope everyone had a great Monday!

 

[alicia080979]

Just thought I would introduce myself as I've been lurking for a little while. DH & I are approaching our 4yr anniversary and have been "trying" (as in no bc) our entire marriage. Last spring I was put on Metformin then in Oct. we did one round of Clomid which didn't work. The clomid was lowest dose and I was so sick I could barely get out of bed. I haven't done another round yet. Our insurance doesn't cover any fertility treatments so that in itself is depressing and kept us from being more proactive.

I've been trying to lose weight and just started taking the Metformin again last week to see if I can't at least start to regulate my period. Ugh...this is all such a rollercoaster but it is nice to know I'm not alone!

Good luck to everyone else in here!

 

[mrsklamc]

Just thought I would introduce myself as I've been lurking for a little while. DH & I are approaching our 4yr anniversary and have been "trying" (as in no bc) our entire marriage. Last spring I was put on Metformin then in Oct. we did one round of Clomid which didn't work. The clomid was lowest dose and I was so sick I could barely get out of bed. I haven't done another round yet. Our insurance doesn't cover any fertility treatments so that in itself is depressing and kept us from being more proactive.

I've been trying to lose weight and just started taking the Metformin again last week to see if I can't at least start to regulate my period. Ugh...this is all such a rollercoaster but it is nice to know I'm not alone!

Good luck to everyone else in here!

Alicia- how long were you on the metformin? I'm just curious since I've been on it since April and no weight lost.

 

[Falltime]

Welcome to all the new people here!

I am not sure who is still here and who isn't but anyway I'll reintroduce myself:

My name is Crista, I am 38 years old and DH is 36 and we have been TTC for 6 years, but didn't seek any help until about a year ago. Tried 3 rounds of clomid with OB/GYN - nothing. Then moved onto seeing an RE in January 2010 did 4 rounds of clomid with injectibles and TI - again nothing. Then in June we tried injectibles with IUI and got a BFP but sadly I miscarried at 5 weeks. Waiting now on AF to arrive so we can try again. This next cycle we are going to try Femara, injectibles and IUI. I also have PCOS and have been on metformin for 2 years.

 

[mrsklamc]

Crista- have you lost weight on the metformin? I feel like I'm the only one who doesn't.

 

[Falltime]

Crista- have you lost weight on the metformin? I feel like I'm the only one who doesn't.

I lost 20lbs the first couple of months but I also changed my diet and started exercising. I have maintained the weight loss since then and have lost a few more lbs lately as I started up my walking routine and using the elliptical again.

 

[cherbear]

Just thought I would introduce myself as I've been lurking for a little while. DH & I are approaching our 4yr anniversary and have been "trying" (as in no bc) our entire marriage. Last spring I was put on Metformin then in Oct. we did one round of Clomid which didn't work. The clomid was lowest dose and I was so sick I could barely get out of bed. I haven't done another round yet. Our insurance doesn't cover any fertility treatments so that in itself is depressing and kept us from being more proactive.

I've been trying to lose weight and just started taking the Metformin again last week to see if I can't at least start to regulate my period. Ugh...this is all such a rollercoaster but it is nice to know I'm not alone!

Good luck to everyone else in here!

welcome Alicia!

that totally sucks that clomid had such negative side effects on you. Our insurance doesn't cover ANY treatments either, so I KNOW how you feel. We have done 4 IUI's and 2 IVF's with zero success and ZERO help from insurance. It's miserably sad that only a handful of states actually mandate infertility coverage.

Good luck with the metformin. I have no experience with it but obviously several of the ladies here do.

 

[cherbear]

oh and ladies....I am kinda in a hard place I guess. I don't want to move to the mom's to be thread because it's for pregnant women and I'm not pregnant. So I've still been checking this thread, just not posting much.

If anyone wants to know, we found out that it's a BOY. It makes it more real, and more scary that now we are planning for this baby boy and I KNOW that it could end badly. In the state of Louisiana, the birth mom has 72 hours after the baby's birth to change her mind.

We are still on the donor embryo list at my clinic, and have still not heard back from them. When they call we will likely accept any embryos they offer, and we can pay to store them until we are ready to use them (probably within the next 1 to 2 years).

 

[NEVERENOUGHWDW]

oh and ladies....I am kinda in a hard place I guess. I don't want to move to the mom's to be thread because it's for pregnant women and I'm not pregnant. So I've still been checking this thread, just not posting much.

If anyone wants to know, we found out that it's a BOY. It makes it more real, and more scary that now we are planning for this baby boy and I KNOW that it could end badly. In the state of Louisiana, the birth mom has 72 hours after the baby's birth to change her mind.

We are still on the donor embryo list at my clinic, and have still not heard back from them. When they call we will likely accept any embryos they offer, and we can pay to store them until we are ready to use them (probably within the next 1 to 2 years).

Hi Cheri,
I'm sure that 72 hour window must be so hard. You are in my thoughts and hope you will soon be posting great news.
Maria