December 2007: Married
January 2008: Starting TTC actively (never been on birth control)
January – November 2008: Lots of OPKs and sex fests. Result? A whole lotta nothing.
November – December 2008:
- CD3 tests: FSH=4.7, Prolactin=13.3, Estradiol=58
- CD21, Thyroid, HSG: all tests normal
- Husband SA x 2: normal
January 2009: went to see a Reproductive Endocrinologist
- given “unexplained infertility” diagnosis
- told to start with combination of Clomid and IUI as treatment
February 2009: Clomid cycle #1 (no IUI)
- CD11 ultrasound: only one mature follice, 5mm polyp and a thin lining. oh boy.
- Hcg trigger
- No IUI this cycle due to conflicting vacation plans
- “relaxed” on vacation like every person on the street tells me to do but…ha! guess what? no baby
March 2009: Femara/IUI cycle #1 – RE switches me to Femara in hopes of preventing thinning of uterine lining
- CD10 ultrasound: two follicles 14mm each in each ovary, 6mm lining but Dr. says it’s ok for where the follicles are in maturation. Polyp “unnoticeable”.
- CD14 ultrasound: follicles grown to 20mm and 18mm. 10mm lining. Looking good for IUI.
- CD15 positive OPK
- CD16 IUI#1: after prep, 37.7MM motile, progression 4, motility 89%
- 14dpiui: got my period. it’s a motherfucking bust.
April 2009: Going on vacation – drug free, IUI free, pretend I’m a normal person month.
- still did the deed during ovulation but of course the result? BFN.
May 2009: Femara/IUI Cycle #2 and also got laid off from my job
- CD11 ultrasound: four 11-12mm follicles, one giant 18.5mm follicle with 8mm lining. Overstimmed? Might be due to Chinese herbs I was taking during follicular stage. Will stop herbs for this stage next time.
- CD13: positive OPK
- CD14: IUI#2: after prep, 105.84MM motile, progression 3, motility 90%
- 14dpiui: spotting
- 15dpiui: AF has definitely arrived. Shitballs.
June 2009: Femara/IUI Cycle #3; decided to pick up running again but only up until the IUI.
- CD11 ultrasound: 18mm, 17mm, 14.4mm and 2x10mm on the left, 2x10mm on the right with 6mm lining. RE says there should be 3 viable follicles. No herbs.
- CD14: positive OPK
- CD15: IUI#3: after prep, 39.74MM with 92% motility, progression of 3
- RE says that I should not take any form of Femara any more due to chest pains side effect.
- June 23: consultation with RE. He says injectables is probably a waste of time. Go straight to IVF after this. Or do lap if I feel that it’s necessary – but recommends against it as it is likely not needed if we decide to go the IVF route.
- 11dpiui: BFN with First Response Rapid Results but duh, you’re not supposed to test with this pregnancy test until the first day of your missed period. Inconclusive pregnancy test result.
- 14dpiui: period. Another failure.
July 2009: break and preparation for IVF
- July 6: attend mandatory IVF info session
- July 9: saline sonogram (uterus) reveals the now 7mm polyp again – still there. RE recommends that we remove it via hysteroscopy
- July 29: got call from clinic that IVF has been authorized.
- July 31: 15dpo ~ period. 19th failure. Almost at 20!
August 2009: prep for IVF
- August 1: start BCPs and antibiotics in prep for IVF cycle.
- August 7: hysteroscopy to remove 7mm polyp.
- RE gives us results from Krueger’s Sperm Analysis: 4% morphology?????? Normal range says 14%. Need more info from RE.
- August 22: start daily shots of 10 units of Lupron in p.m.
September 2009: IVF#1 to IUI#4
- September 4: start 2 follistim, 1 menopur, and 5 units of Lupron in p.m.
- September 7: drop down to 1 follistim, 1 menopur (cont. Lupron)
- September 12: RE recommends converting IVF to IUI due to dominant follicle development (3 dominant follicles)
- September 14: IUI#4
- September 28 (14dpiui): BFP, Beta=382
October 20o9
- October 1 (17dpiui): Beta=1867
- October 19 (7 weeks): two sacs, two heartbeats!
- Baby A: 9mm 127/min (6w6d)
- Baby B: 12mm 147/min (7w1d)
Sorry its not what you were hoping for so far hunnybun, this can really be a tough time, I’m definately sending postive thoughts your way! Best of luck still TTC – if you are trying to get in touch with other mums going through the same thing there is a great forum here http://my.bounty.com/Forums/Subject/149/1/1/Trying-to-conceive.htm which can put you in touch with lots of people with tips and experiences, can really help out to chat to people going through the same thing. very best of luck, sending some baby dust your way xxx
Just paging through all the lovely stuff out there on google when one enters 7dpo… and any # of symptoms. Noticed your mention of Chinese herbs. I too am going that route w/acupuncture for the last 3 months and have become more “regular” but wonder from time ot time how much it screws with other parts of the cycle at other points along the way. Husband and I have been TTC for 2 years-wanted to just “wait and see” what happened-big emotional nothing so far. Trying acupuncture for a few more months and getting the rest of testing out of the way-then on to IUI. Wondering what your experience has been with the mix of Eastern/Western med and how each Dr. has been with mixing them? I seem to get a little bit of irritation from both sides that I’m working with the other!! What a great journey -
Hope this month is the one for you*&^#%^
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