[Tanya]

Hi, I joined today going through IVF for the second time. I am emotionally drained and am yearning to talk to people who actually know what i am going through. Everything looks good and i am expecting to have retrieval next week. Me and my husband are very hopeful this time and are very positive. I really don't think that i will be able to go through this again if it does not work. I would love to talk to anyone who is going through IVF this month.

[Highopes]

Hi - I'm new to this site & joined due to the sad news I received a few days ago. I have joined looking for support (other than my dh). I went in for my 6 1/2 week U/S. Well the technician was very quiet & my gut was telling me this was not a good sign. I was right!! The doctor met with my dh & me and told us that there was no heartbeat & the embryo apparently did not hold & it also appears that I have a small clot. So, now I have to wait & see if I m/c naturally in the next week & if not then I have to have a d & c. I am absolutely heartbroken. My first pregnancy (after ttc for 2yrs) resulting in a m/c. My husband did not appear to be upset (& this upset me). He told me that it was meant to be & we can try again. The doctor also said that the good thing is that my body is saying that I am capable of getting pregnant. I just don't feel very hopeful right now. My dh & I did not tell anyone we were pregnant so this is even harder for me as I really have no one to talk to about this as well. I am glad we didn't tell anyone, we were waiting to get past the first trimester. To tell people I was pregnant & then m/c would have made me cry even more!

[springs]

Originally Posted by Highopes

Hi - I'm new to this site & joined due to the sad news I received a few days ago. I have joined looking for support (other than my dh). I went in for my 6 1/2 week U/S. Well the technician was very quiet & my gut was telling me this was not a good sign. I was right!! The doctor met with my dh & me and told us that there was no heartbeat & the embryo apparently did not hold & it also appears that I have a small clot. So, now I have to wait & see if I m/c naturally in the next week & if not then I have to have a d & c. I am absolutely heartbroken. My first pregnancy (after ttc for 2yrs) resulting in a m/c. My husband did not appear to be upset (& this upset me). He told me that it was meant to be & we can try again. The doctor also said that the good thing is that my body is saying that I am capable of getting pregnant. I just don't feel very hopeful right now. My dh & I did not tell anyone we were pregnant so this is even harder for me as I really have no one to talk to about this as well. I am glad we didn't tell anyone, we were waiting to get past the first trimester. To tell people I was pregnant & then m/c would have made me cry even more!

Dear Highopes, I am so sorry for your loss. There is nothing that anyone can say that will make you feel that it is OK or that things are meant to be. But i did want to say that i went through the same thing, except that i was 12 weeks pregnant when i found it out. Although i bled as i miscarried, but i had to go into urgent labor for D/C. The Dr suggested that it is good to go through d/c as it cleans you up and you get back on normal cycle soon.
Don`t be sad, just distract yourself when you start to get upset thinking about the situation. You can always share your feeling with us here. I will be praying for you!

[Highopes]

Thank you "Springs" for your kind words & support. It has been just over a week now since we were told the news & I’m feeling a little better. Every now & again something will remind me & I’ll get tearful. I have really appreciated all the support on this site that people have sent my way. It means a lot

I haven’t m/c naturally as yet. I go in on Thursday for another u/s to see how things are & I guess to schedule a d & c. I have never had a d & c before & know very little about it. Can anyone give me any advice or experience about it? How long is the recovery time & when can you start conceiving again?

[honey15390]

hello ladies! I joined over a week ago, and have been TTC for over 4yrs. My story starts over 3yrs ago when my husband i tried to concive for over a year, and when nonthing happend, Iwent to talk to my obgyn who then refered me to an infertility specialist. After doing routine tests like day three labs, and hsgs and ect;The tests concluded that i wasn't the problem,but instead the ball may have been in my husbands court. After finally trying to get my husband to see a UR it was determined that he had a condition in which they called undescended testis a condition in which the testes never came down into the sac to produce normal sperm cells. After routine tests the test came back 0% sperm we were devestated! I then did some research, and came to the decision that we could either adopt or do some sort of infertility treatments that included IUI. I wanted to find a private donor but my husband insisted that that was out of the question because unlike others he was an identical twin. His identical twin brother fatherd one child and has another on the way and my husband and him came to and agreement that he would become my donor. Since then my husband has had an surgery to correct the problem of undesded testies and still with routine test being inconclusive we then decided to go the other route of IUI. My RE has done the SA of my husbands twin and stated that he has to do another sample being that the test is only 0.4million/ml and the sperm count had to be >20 million/ml . Is this true because he has fatherd one child and one on the way , I would expect that that should be enough. But she also stated that Doing the sperm wash that most of it would die.

Well wish me luck!

[redwillow]

hello my name is stacey i had my first iui cycle last friday am just sitting and waiting to do a test finding it really hard as i have been feeling sick, tired, bach ache, tummy cramps all the right symptoms but am worried that they may all be in my head and dont know how to feel are there ather people around with this same problem??

[Meg*Tim]

Hi! I am new to this but have been reading on this thread for a couple weeks now.

My name is Megan and I am 23. My husband is Tim and is 25. We have had fertility issues for a couple of years and recently my OB referred us to a fertility center after my husband's semen analyisis came back not so hot.

We went to the fertility treatment center and have a great doctor. My husband got retested and it came back great! The doctor said it was a great test. I did a procedure to check my fallopian tubes and that all looked good but my horomones were out of control.

My plan of attack was....provera (to initiate a period that I never get). Once I started my period I had to go in for U/S to make sure everything was looking good. DAy 3-7 I was taking 2 pills of Femara. Day 10 we went in for another ultrasound to see how many follicles I had....

We had 5! But, doc said that they were not big enough to be released yet. So he prescribed me with Follistim (50 iu day) for 3 days. Yesterday my husband and I went back for another U/S and WOW! We had a bunch of follicles. Doc said I have 4 that look great but he really wants me to have closer to 8. So 2 more days of injections. Yesterday and today. Tomorrow I go back in for another U/S to see where we are at.

If all goes well and I have enough mature we will do our HCG shot (trigger shot to send the eggs loose) and then go in for IUI on Monday.

We are trying to stay positive and we both really think this is going to work first time around. We have a very aggressive doctor who wants to do it right the first time. that tomorrows U/S shows lots of mature follicles!

Meg


PS
Meg: 23/ PCOS/ yearly periods/
Tim: Perfect!

[Meg*Tim]

So today we went in for our U/S. The doctor said that one follicle had grown to 15mm and that I still have about 6-7 that are around 12 or 13. Plus another couple of handfuls that are really small. Told me to continue my Follistim shots for today (Saturday) and Sunday. We do the trigger shot on Monday night and go in for first IUI on Wednesday monrning .

We are just trying to think positive and are hoping for the best.



We are looking for our on July 9th (it seems like forever!)

Good luck to all you ladies! Ill be for everyone!

Meg

[fairiedusst]

Hi everyone, I'm Jess, and here is my story...

I am 28 and DH is 31. We are soon to celebrate our 5 year anniversary in July, and also the 5 year anniversary of TTC with no luck.

We started seeing an RE about a year ago, fully expecting the problem to be DH because he was one of those "miracle babies" that died at birth for a few minutes, and that can cause sterility. Much to our surprise, his special men are actually kicking butt and taking names!

I tried Clomid one month with absolutely no response. I had laparoscopic surgery 10/2007 to have one of my tubes removed. It was infected and believed to be causing me not to ovulate. I am currently on a very high dosage of Follistim (200IU/day x 8 days). The problem now is that I am not making many follicles, and when I do, they're usually ON THE WRONG SIDE!!

This month is no different. My doctor said there is a small chance that my 19.5 on the left side can be picked up by my right tube. I just did my very first IUI on Friday. Praying for the best.

Why IUI, you ask? Because my husband is currently unavailable to perform his husbandly duties He is in the Navy on a six month deployment right now. Honestly, it is sort of a relief in a weird way that he is gone because before he left, he still had to go out for days, sometimes weeks at a time for work-ups. I was always stressing as to whether he would be home come ovulation time. Now it's up to the clinic to worry about all that He is prepared for the ribbing he is going to get for coming home from a 6 month deployment to a 3 months preggo wife....me too! I think it will make for an awesome conception story!

My date to test is 4th of July. I hope my body is not going to ruin a holiday for me:P

[Bufton]

Hi there, my name is Chris. I am 36 (37 this year). My husband and I have been TTC for over 4 years. We will be doing our first IUI in July. We have chosen our donor ( DH has extremely low count) and waiting for AF to arrive. We're super nervous and excited all at the same time. This board is great! I would love to be added to the tracking list.

[Erin27]

Hi everyone my name is Erin I am 27 and DH is 29. DH and I have been ttc for two years now and we just had our second IUI yesterday.

Last time I had an easy go with the Clomid and the IUI but this time it was much more difficult. I ended up with hot flashes and headaches from the clomid then I had a cyst after I ovulated (due to the fact I had HUGE follicles). Since I generally try to do things the hard way I am praying that it worked this time and we get a on July 7th.

[neeld]

Hey everyone,
My wife and I have been undergoing IUI treatments (seeing an RE) for the past 2 months - we are currently starting IUI#3 this week - hoping this will work. She is also taking Clomid, Ovidrel injections, and Metformin for PCOS.
We have been through this emotional roller coaster over the last 1 1/2 years - of having 2 miscarriages and still trying for our first. I am sure everyone can relate to the frustration, anger, disappointment, and sadness when things don't happen when we want them to happen. Hopefully, there will plenty of good news for everyone soon!
Neel.

[AmyOforAU]

My name is Amy and my husband and I have been TTC for a year and a half. I came to the boards to find a community that understands what I am going thru. My husband and I have been married for almost 6 years and everywhere we go people ask the dreaded question, so when are you going to have kids. How does everyone deal with that?

[BellaHope]

I just joined the community and am excited to begin a journey with so many other people going through the same thing! My husband and I have been trying to conceive for a year now. In April 2007 we had a chemical pregnancy and have not been able to achieve pregnancy since then. I have been tested and so has he in all areas and we both have a clean bill of health. We are "unexplained infertility". Since then we have done 50mg of clomid and 3 iui's. We only produced one good egg each cycle and all iui's failed. I then moved from my regular obgyn to a specialist who wanted to do the clomid challenge test on 100 mg. I produced 2 eggs at 26mm each and my lining measured at a 10.4 the day after insemination. We just did our last insemination on June 29th. Needless to say, I remain positive and know that our miracle will come someday. It is just nice to share stories with others who understand! Thank you for welcoming me!

[Skittles]

I am new to this place... We have been going through the IUI treatments, first May then June. It looks like still no luck. I have two children from a prevoius marriage, so I'm having a hard time accepting that it's just not happening. My husband had a reversal done two years ago and everything tested is EXCELLENT. I have been tested and all is normal. ....

I am happy to have found a place where we're all going through some of the same things and give each other support. I have not told anyone about my DH and I going through treatment and it's hard to keep all the emotions to yourself ...

Thanks so much for being here!!