IUI/TI Check-in 5/15

[daisy818]

Welcome to the IUI/TI check in! This check-in is for anyone who is doing IUI, medicated TI, or natural/break cycles between treatments or during testing.

If you want to be added to this check-in, please tag me (daisy818) and answer the following questions:
1) Where are you in the IUI or TI process? (2WW, meds, break, etc.)
2) Which IUI or TI cycle are you on?
3) (If you're in the 2WW) When is your test/beta day?

Everyone else: please update us on your current cycle!

QOTW: Do you journal?

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Currently in Cycle:

gabride2010  (TI)

2WW:

aprilz81 (TI)
neam2014 (TI)

Break/Bench/Natural Cycle:

twohopes
Rama
daisy818
******

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[daisy818]

Good morning!

Not much to update - CD10 in a natural cycle. We might not actually have a chance this month bc DH is having an unfortunate side effect from his new medication - he can't ejaculate. Trust me, we've tried. This cycle will honestly probably end up being the cycle when we have the most sex during FW, but it might all be for naught. But the medicine seems to be helping him otherwise, so we're just keeping our fingers crossed his body gets past this soon. He sees the doctor again next week and he'll reassess depending on how things are going.

QOTW: I have a bullet journal and I've recently started an infertility journal. I'm hoping that having a place to document my IF feels might help me deal with it better.

[daisy818]

May 15, 2017 10:41:25 GMT -5 ****** said:

daisy818 what med is YH on? You can pm if you want. Unfortunately, inability to ejaculate is a side effect of some medications, and the body doesn't adjust to. The medication has to be changed....

Lexa.pro - I've found things online that say that this side effect usually goes away once the body adjusts to the medication (2 to 4 weeks after starting). He's only been on it for a couple weeks, so we were going to give it till his appointment next week to see if it improved. Otherwise, yeah, it'll have to go for now.

[gabride2010]

Sorry to hear about that side effect daisy818. I hope that resolves asap!

I hope your RE lets you do the big guns for your last IUI cycle ******!

I'm CD10 in our third attempt at Femara + TI. I took Femara 7.5mg x 5 days this cycle plus Dexamethasone 0.5mg starting on CD3. I'm still taking the Dex until my US, which is Wednesday.

I just want to have a complete attempt at TI. I really hope we get to this time.

QOTW: I don't journal, but I did think about starting one yesterday. I'm not sure if it would really do anything (help?) or not.

Edited to fix punctuation.

[gabride2010]

Thanks ******!

[aprilz81]

5DPO today... I didn't get cross hairs until yesterday so I was worried that my two follies (21 & 24mm at CD15) had turned into cysts. I'm just so pessimistic about this cycle and I think it has to do with Mother's Day.

**TW for loss/stillbirth**
We should have a 1 year old in the house from our first pregnancy and tomorrow marks 6 months since we lost Ava. This was a rough weekend and DH didn't even wish me a happy Mother's Day. My Mom and sister did, but not my husband. My MIL didn't even mention it when we called her... It just stings that so few people mentioned it.
**end TW**

I don't journal... It always sounds like a good idea but it never works out.

[aprilz81]

May 15, 2017 10:44:45 GMT -5 ****** said:

Hey all! I'm on cd something. Maybe 8? I could count but #lazy in the natural/break cycle. I'm emailing RE about doing estrogen priming prior to the next IUI. It's the last IUI we are gonna do so, I'm asking for the big guns. And maybe asking to do follistim instead of clomid. We shall see what they say.

Have you tried Femara?

[gabride2010]

I'm sorry you're not feeling good about this cycle aprilz81. Big giant hugs!

**TW Loss**
I'm so so sorry that your H didn't wish you a Happy Mother's Day. I can't imagine how much that hurt and with today being 6 months since you lost Ava. All the hugs!
**end TW**

[gabride2010]

I just got back from my monitoring ultrasound. I have a 13mm on each ovary, and I have 4-5 smaller ones (but all over 10mm) on the left ovary. I also have a myometrial cyst. I will take Dexamethasone for a few more days and go in for another ultrasound on Friday or Saturday.

I also found out that my lining is only 4.6mm. Hopefully that will grow a good bit in these next few days.

[aprilz81]

gabride2010 hang in there!

[gabride2010]

I had my second monitoring US this afternoon. There was 1 dominant follicle on the left, but it measured 17mm x 11mm (14mm average). RE requires 18mm average size to trigger. Right follie went from 13mm to 12mm. The myometrial cyst got a big bigger. Lining is 6mm.

RE is considering this another non-responsive cycle. She wanted me to do a beta due to the myometrial cyst. It was 0...big surprise. She wants me to continue Dexamethasone for the next week and see if I O on my own. If I don't O by next Friday, then they want me to start Provera (not sure if I want to do that or not).

They want me to start Follistim next cycle.

On top of that, we got the bid from our builder, and it is about 60k more than we thought it would be and 30k over our budget. 😢

[daisy818]

May 19, 2017 21:25:55 GMT -5 gabride2010 said:

I had my second monitoring US this afternoon. There was 1 dominant follicle on the left, but it measured 17mm x 11mm (14mm average). RE requires 18mm average size to trigger. Right follie went from 13mm to 12mm. The myometrial cyst got a big bigger. Lining is 6mm.

RE is considering this another non-responsive cycle. She wanted me to do a beta due to the myometrial cyst. It was 0...big surprise. She wants me to continue Dexamethasone for the next week and see if I O on my own. If I don't O by next Friday, then they want me to start Provera (not sure if I want to do that or not).

They want me to start Follistim next cycle.

On top of that, we got the bid from our builder, and it is about 60k more than we thought it would be and 30k over our budget. 😢

Well crap - I was really hoping this cycle would work! I'm so sorry - huge hugs.

[gabride2010]

Thank you daisy818!

[aprilz81]

I'm so sorry gabride2010 I would take the Provera if you don't O on your own. No sense in waiting longer than you need to. I hope the follitism works better for you!

[gabride2010]

Thank you aprilz81. I'm pretty sure I'm still not doing injectibles next cycle. They have tried 3 times to make me fit their "O on CD14" mold, and I just don't fit that. I'm going to push for a repeat of meds for this cycle, but with a monitoring US starting on CD18 or something like that.

It feels almost weird to end cycles early with Provera. I O on my own, and I would hate to miss out on a chance to GKU by taking Provera just because I didn't O when I was "supposed to". That may be dumb. IDK!

[aprilz81]

May 22, 2017 8:54:24 GMT -5 gabride2010 said:

Thank you aprilz81 . I'm pretty sure I'm still not doing injectibles next cycle. They have tried 3 times to make me fit their "O on CD14" mold, and I just don't fit that. I'm going to push for a repeat of meds for this cycle, but with a monitoring US starting on CD18 or something like that.

It feels almost weird to end cycles early with Provera. I O on my own, and I would hate to miss out on a chance to GKU by taking Provera just because I didn't O when I was "supposed to". That may be dumb. IDK!

Are you temping to confirm O?  If so and you do ovulate then no, I wouldn't do provera either.  If you don't ovulate on your own then I would do the provera so you can get started.

I ovulated on CD 17 this month (also on 7.5 mg of Femara) and CD 16 last cycle.  The earliest I've ever ovulated was CD15.

**tw for prior pregnancy/loss**

I got pregnant with Ava when I ovulated on CD 18 and our first pregnancy was a CD 21 ovulation

**end TW**

Are there other REs in the area that you can go to?  If they are constantly just trying to push more expensive treatments at you this person might not be the right person for you.  Not to mention that you can go up to 10mg of Femara, so you can increase the dosage one more time if you want to push for that.

[gabride2010]

May 22, 2017 10:53:23 GMT -5 aprilz81 said:

May 22, 2017 8:54:24 GMT -5 gabride2010 said:

Thank you aprilz81 . I'm pretty sure I'm still not doing injectibles next cycle. They have tried 3 times to make me fit their "O on CD14" mold, and I just don't fit that. I'm going to push for a repeat of meds for this cycle, but with a monitoring US starting on CD18 or something like that.

It feels almost weird to end cycles early with Provera. I O on my own, and I would hate to miss out on a chance to GKU by taking Provera just because I didn't O when I was "supposed to". That may be dumb. IDK!

Are you temping to confirm O?  If so and you do ovulate then no, I wouldn't do provera either.  If you don't ovulate on your own then I would do the provera so you can get started.

I ovulated on CD 17 this month (also on 7.5 mg of Femara) and CD 16 last cycle.  The earliest I've ever ovulated was CD15.

**tw for prior pregnancy/loss**

I got pregnant with Ava when I ovulated on CD 18 and our first pregnancy was a CD 21 ovulation

**end TW**

Are there other REs in the area that you can go to?  If they are constantly just trying to push more expensive treatments at you this person might not be the right person for you.  Not to mention that you can go up to 10mg of Femara, so you can increase the dosage one more time if you want to push for that.

I do temp to confirm O. I have found that this is more important than ever since I had false surges last cycle with Femara.

I asked about Femara 10mg, and I was told that was not an option since it has not shown to produce any better response than 7.5mg of Femara. I'm planning on researching this because I know people who have been on 10mg. I also asked about increasing the dose of the Dexamethasone and was told that was not an option.

My first cycle on Femara 5mg, I ovulated on CD19, which was my earliest O ever. Last cycle, also on Femara 5mg, I didn't O until CD37-38. I was OOT and didn't chart those few days, but there is a clear difference (temp shift) between the temps before and after being OOT. Link to my chart is in my sig.

Unfortunately, my RE is the closest within 3 hours. The next closest one is 3 hours away is a satellite office of my RE, but a different doc. Otherwise, I would have to travel 4-8 hours for a different RE.

[aprilz81]

May 22, 2017 14:40:50 GMT -5 gabride2010 said:

May 22, 2017 10:53:23 GMT -5 aprilz81 said:

Are you temping to confirm O?  If so and you do ovulate then no, I wouldn't do provera either.  If you don't ovulate on your own then I would do the provera so you can get started.

I ovulated on CD 17 this month (also on 7.5 mg of Femara) and CD 16 last cycle.  The earliest I've ever ovulated was CD15.

**tw for prior pregnancy/loss**

I got pregnant with Ava when I ovulated on CD 18 and our first pregnancy was a CD 21 ovulation

**end TW**

Are there other REs in the area that you can go to?  If they are constantly just trying to push more expensive treatments at you this person might not be the right person for you.  Not to mention that you can go up to 10mg of Femara, so you can increase the dosage one more time if you want to push for that.

I do temp to confirm O. I have found that this is more important than ever since I had false surges last cycle with Femara.

I asked about Femara 10mg, and I was told that was not an option since it has not shown to produce any better response than 7.5mg of Femara. I'm planning on researching this because I know people who have been on 10mg. I also asked about increasing the dose of the Dexamethasone and was told that was not an option.

My first cycle on Femara 5mg, I ovulated on CD19, which was my earliest O ever. Last cycle, also on Femara 5mg, I didn't O until CD37-38. I was OOT and didn't chart those few days, but there is a clear difference (temp shift) between the temps before and after being OOT. Link to my chart is in my sig.

Unfortunately, my RE is the closest within 3 hours. The next closest one is 3 hours away is a satellite office of my RE, but a different doc. Otherwise, I would have to travel 4-8 hours for a different RE.

That sucks.

I know the only reason my RE lowered my dosage from 10mg to 7.5 is my 20 pound weight loss from my last round of TTC (I lost the pregnancy weight plus 20 pounds).  Everyone responds differently, but at 10mg (roughly 195-198 lbs and 5 ft 3) I routinely had 2-3 mature follicles 2-3 days before ovulation.  I'm getting similar results at the lower dose but with less weight on my body.

And push your RE for a higher dose if that is what you want.  If he/she thinks there is no benefit then what is the harm in trying it?

[gabride2010]

So I just heard back from my RE's nurse about later monitoring in my cycles, and they ordered another US tomorrow, which is CD18! Maybe this treatment cycle will still have a chance!

[gabride2010]

May 22, 2017 14:48:43 GMT -5 aprilz81 said:

May 22, 2017 14:40:50 GMT -5 gabride2010 said:

I do temp to confirm O. I have found that this is more important than ever since I had false surges last cycle with Femara.

I asked about Femara 10mg, and I was told that was not an option since it has not shown to produce any better response than 7.5mg of Femara. I'm planning on researching this because I know people who have been on 10mg. I also asked about increasing the dose of the Dexamethasone and was told that was not an option.

My first cycle on Femara 5mg, I ovulated on CD19, which was my earliest O ever. Last cycle, also on Femara 5mg, I didn't O until CD37-38. I was OOT and didn't chart those few days, but there is a clear difference (temp shift) between the temps before and after being OOT. Link to my chart is in my sig.

Unfortunately, my RE is the closest within 3 hours. The next closest one is 3 hours away is a satellite office of my RE, but a different doc. Otherwise, I would have to travel 4-8 hours for a different RE.

That sucks.

I know the only reason my RE lowered my dosage from 10mg to 7.5 is my 20 pound weight loss from my last round of TTC (I lost the pregnancy weight plus 20 pounds).  Everyone responds differently, but at 10mg (roughly 195-198 lbs and 5 ft 3) I routinely had 2-3 mature follicles 2-3 days before ovulation.  I'm getting similar results at the lower dose but with less weight on my body.

And push your RE for a higher dose if that is what you want.  If he/she thinks there is no benefit then what is the harm in trying it?

That's a good idea to push for the higher dose of Femara. I want to tread carefully and not be too demanding. I work in the medical field, and I don't want to be that person. I've been on the receiving end of that, and it sucks big time.

[aprilz81]

May 22, 2017 16:29:25 GMT -5 gabride2010 said:

So I just heard back from my RE's nurse about later monitoring in my cycles, and they ordered another US tomorrow, which is CD18! Maybe this treatment cycle will still have a chance!

You have a chance any time you ovulate!  Fingers crossed for you!

[gabride2010]

Thank you aprilz81!

[aprilz81]

**TW for BFP and prior losses**

Guys, I tested this morning and got a light line on two different tests. I called in to request betas, in the meantime I'm absolutely TERRIFIED of another loss. I want to be excited, but after losing Ava and our last pregnancy I don't know what to feel. The "today I am pregnant" mantra isn't quite working yet.

[gabride2010]

May 22, 2017 22:23:54 GMT -5 ****** said:

Good luck gabride2010

Thank you so much!

[daisy818]

FX and big hugs for you, aprilz81 - I can only imagine how many emotions you must be experiencing today.

[gabride2010]

May 23, 2017 8:02:29 GMT -5 aprilz81 said:

**TW for BFP and prior losses**

Guys, I tested this morning and got a light line on two different tests. I called in to request betas, in the meantime I'm absolutely TERRIFIED of another loss. I want to be excited, but after losing Ava and our last pregnancy I don't know what to feel. The "today I am pregnant" mantra isn't quite working yet.

Congratulations!! Just breathe. So many hugs. I hope you have a great beta!

[daisy818]

Also, since there are really only 4 of us who seem to participate regularly in this check-in and we've gotten several recent updates, I'm just going to let this thread roll this week instead of starting a new one. But don't worry, I haven't abandoned our check-in!

AFM, no updates - I think I've ovulated, and my boobs are killing me, which is uncommon for me this early in the TWW. There's zero chance of me getting pregnant this cycle, so I'm really just waiting for the next cycle to start.

[gabride2010]

Sorry you don't have a chance this cycle daisy818. Hugs! How is your H doing? Is he adjusting to the medication at all?

[daisy818]

May 23, 2017 11:20:51 GMT -5 gabride2010 said:

Sorry you don't have a chance this cycle daisy818 . Hugs! How is your H doing? Is he adjusting to the medication at all?

He seems to be starting to adjust, but he's going to talk to his doctor about it tomorrow so that he can have a plan in place if it doesn't keep improving.  We just joke that we have to keep "experimenting" to see if the side effect is wearing off Sadly the improvement happened after the day I think I ovulated (not temping or anything this month), but eh, I think the outcome would have been the same either way.

[gabride2010]

May 23, 2017 14:52:21 GMT -5 daisy818 said:

May 23, 2017 11:20:51 GMT -5 gabride2010 said:

Sorry you don't have a chance this cycle daisy818 . Hugs! How is your H doing? Is he adjusting to the medication at all?

He seems to be starting to adjust, but he's going to talk to his doctor about it tomorrow so that he can have a plan in place if it doesn't keep improving.  We just joke that we have to keep "experimenting" to see if the side effect is wearing off Sadly the improvement happened after the day I think I ovulated (not temping or anything this month), but eh, I think the outcome would have been the same either way.

I'm glad he's getting better, but that sucks that it happened after O. There's still a chance with +1 though!