***GKU IF WEEKLY CHECK IN***5/3

[cateyes]

GKU IF WEEKLY CHECK IN

This check in is meant for anyone on GKU who has hit the 1 year mark of TTC (6 months if you’re over 35), has an infertility diagnosis, or are going through IF testing/treatment. It is meant to be a place for people to share and ask any questions who might not participate on 3T or IF who would like the company of others going through the same experiences.





If you would like to participate, please send me a PRIVATE MESSAGE with your info and I will add you on, and please feel free to post your intro. This will be posted every Monday. If you have any suggestions or would like something added, please feel free to post.



How long have you been trying to conceive?

Do you have a diagnosis? If so; what is it?

Are you currently doing any testing or treatment?

Any updates?





***Note: If you see a BFP or Loss I have overlooked l please let me know!***



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BFPs:

brazilianpeach

Pintobean39

Katydid2014

DarcyHermione

jefa621

lebradford

notelise

cwuredhot

twinkbrite

meatandbandp

PeanutRN

emejay

Bbgirl676

buttmonkey

quitcherbitchin

Ketchup

LDubHawksFan

Littleliverpill

peaseblossom55



New BFPs This last week-Congrats!!!







Adoption/FTA

Packerfan4life



Angel Babies:

BankerBSN

HenHen25

gonzol

beckynsean11 (Tad, Rowan and Carson)

kristi&p

sunlavender

Emejay

Twinkie0612

Pintobean39

Rocks526

chickinNH

ToryKate

Lebradford

Linny1012

MeatandBandP

Buttmonkey34

Jefa624

SnakeFisherbub

Goldenlove3

Samanthasays

renbee

lovegrilledcheese





Diagnosis:

MFI

FDL- Severe MFI-Hypogonadotrophic Hypogonadism

@sluttybigb00bz

Daikoku-Low T

remylove1011-low morph, low T, and motility

nerdykitten-low sperm count and motility



PCOS

lg2793

@diordra

madamewaffles

chickendancefever

Rama



Unexplained

babycowbell

@ironegg

samanthasays

longhornwino0907

lilsneezy

kaliRN

joy

kariann12

birdie

goldenlove3

mrsjene

Cythe





Combo/Other

twinkie0612 – Blood Coagulation Disorder, White Blood Cell Disorder (Slightly elevated NK, High WBC, High neutrophils, elevated cytokines), Hostile CM

cateyes-Hypothyrodism, PCOS, blocked right tube, MFI-Low morph

Englandxo (englandxo) borderline PCOS and unruptured follies

mysh balanced translocation

cmac827-Endo and partially blocked right tube

deelopi9-PCOS Insulin Resistant & Hashimoto's

beckynsean11-IR-PCOS, weak ovulation, Incompetent Cervix

alpies-MFI and PCOS

heatherj9603-Fibroid, currently benched until September

@bloodyjack87-PCOS, lower count, low motility

@wineandcupcakes-Mildhyperphenylalanemia/Maternal PKU

brettanomyces-MFI and low ovarian reserve

icequeen-Hypothalamic Amenorrhea

mainewifey-One blocked tube

britterrss-Anovulation d/t Thin PCOS, Hashimoto's

virginiaorjohn-borderline PCOS/weak ovulation, MFI low morph

MrsRC88-T2 Diabetic, Vitamin D deficient.

wirt2cute-MFI (morph/motility), 1 tube





Testing

kawaiikitsune-Right tube blocked; possible uterine polyps

rufus426

Stringy

getzystark-MFI (morph and motility)

wanderingheart-testing due to No cycles, no ovulation.

meerkatmillie



Welcome

renbee-PCOS

@madasm0503- PCOS w/ elevated levels of prolactin



QOTW: Are you someone who likes to travel or stay in the comforts of your own home?

[cateyes]

Now that I posted this in the right spot (I some how first posted this to BOTB-whoops and then trying to edit it-deleted it so now I look like a newb! Sorry BOTB board)

Anyways, I am on CD 9 and have a monitoring appointment on Wednesday. If I have at least one good follie (I am hoping for 2 or 3), then I will trigger Wednesday night and do IUI #2 on Friday!

QOTW: I love traveling and would do it many times a year. I love seeing new places and learning the history of places. I also love experiencing other people's cultures! I do love coming home to my own bed though!!!

[Cythe]

Good morning starshines!
Thanks for the check in cateyes!

Today is CD1 so I'm finishing my cupcake breakfast and then I will call Thelma (my RE secretary) to schedule my mid cycle ultrasound! I picked up my Clomid last week and I'm ... Interested to see how I handle the Clomid while on vacation. We will see! I'm excited to finally get started with IUI 1!

Edit for the QOTW: I am usually a home body but I looove to travel. I'm actually getting ready to take off for Florida later this week!

Second edit: I just called and got the LAST opening for those who need mid cycle monitoring in the next 2 weeks! Holy shit, everyone else who calls this week will have to cancel their cycles because there are no more appointments!

[mrsjene]

Just waiting things out right now. Took at test at DPO 10 that was negative. I have an appointment with the RE on Wednesday and a blood test on Thursday.

Overall, I've just been having way more side effects from the Crinone than I did with the Clomid. I'm bloated, my boobs hurt, and I'm nauseous all the time. I'm also pretty sure the mood swings are starting to hit me because I had a complete meltdown last night.

QOTW - H and I love to travel and we try to do it often. However, it's always nice coming home to your own bed and not living out of a suitcase.

[wanderingheart]

Checking in early today, since I'm at a conference all day. I'll check back tonight to see how you guys are doing!

SA is on Wednesday, and I'm on my third dosage of progesterone to start my cycle. My RE gave me a different prescription than I was used to, and I had a scary reaction to that last week. Everything is good now though! Hopefully it should kick in by next week, so I can schedule my HSG. Other than that, nothing big going on. Metformin is a bitch.

cateyes and Cythe good luck this week!

Edit because I suck at GTKY questions. I like to travel, but get antsy after so many days away from home. Last Christmas MH and I were gone for 2 weeks. I was exhausted and ready to be home after that. #toomuchfamilytime

[goldenlove3]

FX cateyes! Hope you have good follies.

Good luck Cythe! I didn't really feel symptoms on clomid until after the 5 days. Hopefully you don't get anything while on vacation (or at all).

AFM, I'm CD6 today and doing a natural cycle so not too much to update on. Acupuncture appointment on Thursday. Hoping I continue to ovulate around CD14. I'm getting a tiny bit concerned that my LP has been getting shorter every month. I used to be 14/15 days consistently. The last two cycles have been 13 and now 12, both with spotting the night before. I'll just have to see where it ends up this cycle. I'm not comfortable with it going below 12.

QOTW: I love traveling! I wish I could take vacations more often.

[brettanomyces]

Good morning!

I'm CD9 and heading in for monitoring tomorrow (Tuesday). I'm dragging H with me because he hasn't even met our new RE yet. I'm not sure if this new clinic also does daily monitoring as you get closer to O, or if it's just the one time deal like so many others on these boards seem to get. In any case, I'll see what my follies are doing and we have an IUI planned for this cycle.

QOTW: I love traveling, but I think I love being home more. I have a hard time being fully comfortable in other places. I much prefer hotels over staying in other people's homes.

[MrsRC88]

This will be a post and run... I have so much to do, since its surgery week and starting Friday I will be out of work for two weeks! Ah! FX for everyone in the TWW. Hugs and wine for those who need it!

My robotic myomectomy is scheduled for this Friday! I had my pre-op appts last Friday. He will be doing the myomectomy, a hysteroscopy and HSG all during the same procedure. By Friday at lunch, I should be fibroid free, and know the status of my ute and tubes. I'm equal parts excited and freaked out. I was able to ask all my questions, and was pleased with the answers.

He told me I would need a c-section when I get pregnant, and that we could start trying again after my next period (which seems soon, but I trust his judgment and will double check this after my post-op appointment. He also thinks a week later I'll be ready for a 7 hr trip to Georgia... So we'll see!).

I did tell my mother-in-law the reasoning for my surgery over the weekend. Probably shouldn't have, but it's done. She was actually quite shocked. I think she thought we didn't want kids. She then proceeded to talk about other babies and other pregnant people. Seriously, woman?! Do you not understand what I just told you?!

QOTW: I love to travel, and I love to stay in hotels! I haven't been on a real vacation in a while. Maybe later this year!

[babycowbell]

Hello!

Good luck to everyone. I'm on CD 6 and scheduled for midcycle ultrasound on Friday for IUI#2. I've started clomid and am planning to do the trigger shot again.

QOTW I love to travel! I always need more vacation days.

[Stringy]

P&R here too. Good luck everyone! Hope we have a better week on this check-in than last week.

I'm on CD8, and day 4 of clomid. So far haven't felt anything, and I hope I don't get any side effects afterwards either cuz I'm traveling across the country tomorrow for a conference. I get back on a red-eye sat morning and have to head straight to my monitoring - hopefully I won't miss ovulation.

QOTW: I like both. I do love to travel and see new places, but after 10 days or so I'm ready for home, usually.

[brettanomyces]

May 4, 2015 7:45:30 GMT -5 Cythe said:

Good morning starshines!
Thanks for the check in cateyes!

Today is CD1 so I'm finishing my cupcake breakfast and then I will call Thelma (my RE secretary) to schedule my mid cycle ultrasound! I picked up my Clomid last week and I'm ... Interested to see how I handle the Clomid while on vacation. We will see! I'm excited to finally get started with IUI 1!

Edit for the QOTW: I am usually a home body but I looove to travel. I'm actually getting ready to take off for Florida later this week!

Second edit: I just called and got the LAST opening for those who need mid cycle monitoring in the next 2 weeks! Holy shit, everyone else who calls this week will have to cancel their cycles because there are no more appointments!

Seriously? Why would they have more cyclers than they can accommodate? How does a clinic like that stay in business? 

[Cythe]

May 4, 2015 8:41:49 GMT -5 brettanomyces said:

May 4, 2015 7:45:30 GMT -5 Cythe said:

x

Second edit: I just called and got the LAST opening for those who need mid cycle monitoring in the next 2 weeks! Holy shit, everyone else who calls this week will have to cancel their cycles because there are no more appointments!

Seriously? Why would they have more cyclers than they can accommodate? How does a clinic like that stay in business? 

Unfortunately, its because we're military. In order for our kick ass insurance to apply we have to use military doctors. I'm not 100% sure what happened, but on a normal day there are 2 REs in the office. When I called today, the receptionist said there was only 1 provider right now. I really love both the REs that they have here, I just dont think they can accommodate their patient load right now.

[goldenlove3]

May 4, 2015 8:51:18 GMT -5 Cythe said:

May 4, 2015 8:41:49 GMT -5 brettanomyces said:

Seriously? Why would they have more cyclers than they can accommodate? How does a clinic like that stay in business? 

Unfortunately, its because we're military. In order for our kick ass insurance to apply we have to use military doctors. I'm not 100% sure what happened, but on a normal day there are 2 REs in the office. When I called today, the receptionist said there was only 1 provider right now. I really love both the REs that they have here, I just dont think they can accommodate their patient load right now.

It's so sad to me to think about how busy REs are. IF sucks.

[brettanomyces]

May 4, 2015 8:56:05 GMT -5 goldenlove3 said:

May 4, 2015 8:51:18 GMT -5 Cythe said:

Unfortunately, its because we're military. In order for our kick ass insurance to apply we have to use military doctors. I'm not 100% sure what happened, but on a normal day there are 2 REs in the office. When I called today, the receptionist said there was only 1 provider right now. I really love both the REs that they have here, I just dont think they can accommodate their patient load right now.

It's so sad to me to think about how busy REs are. IF sucks.

It sucks that IF is such a busy industry. My RE says he sees about 40 women each morning for monitoring check ins. Times that by 4 doctors at the clinic.
I'm sad to hear military families don't get better service, or at least more options for places that take your insurance.

[kawaiikitsune]

cateyes - GL for IUI #2! FX for good follies!
Cythe - Sorry for CD1 but yum, cupcakes for breakfast. Sorry about their next appointment being so far away, that's lame. Have fun in Florida!
mrsjene - Sorry for the crappy side effects.
wanderingheart - FX your period starts soon. GL at your HSG and YH's SA.
goldenlove3 - FX for this natural cycle.
brettanomyces - FX for good follies!
MrsRC88 - GL with your surgery! I hope all goes smoothly and recovery is easy.
babycowbell - GL & FX.
Stringy - Hoping for no side-effects with the Clomid and safe travels.
birdie - I am so sorry you are dealing with all that nonsense. That is so unprofessional. Too bad you can't report them to some kind of medical enforcement for bad practicing.


AFM, I am 11DPO of a natural cycle. We only hit -4 so I am not holding out any hope. Still fucking waiting for MH's SA results. I am getting so frustrated because no one can give me any straight answers about why it is taking so long. I'm just getting the run around.

QOTW - I like both. Some days, I want to rent a car and just drive and see where we end up. Others, my bed/couch is the place to be and Netflix is my ticket to another place.

[Cythe]

May 4, 2015 9:21:05 GMT -5 brettanomyces said:

May 4, 2015 8:56:05 GMT -5 goldenlove3 said:

It's so sad to me to think about how busy REs are. IF sucks.

It sucks that IF is such a busy industry. My RE says he sees about 40 women each morning for monitoring check ins. Times that by 4 doctors at the clinic.
I'm sad to hear military families don't get better service, or at least more options for places that take your insurance.

Yeah, I've not experienced this bit. Many people do not like the service they get from military doctors, but when it comes to these REs, they've been great. At first I was concerned that I wouldn't get the same level of care as a private RE, but they've run every test and given me every advice that I've learned is standard. Basically it boils down to the second bit. Where I'm at, we have 5 cities that have to send all their military IF patients to 1 military hospital. Its a bad situation, but its how it works.

[getzystark]

Post and run as I'm mobile. I'll be back though!!

We did an unmedicated IUI last cycle and I'm not sitting on CD1...so it didn't fucking work. The positive thing is that MH's SA for the IUI was perfect! So hopefully we can continue to keep him on the Clomid and with less stress in his life, and keep the SA in the normal ranges.

Next step is arguing with the insurance company to get them to pay for the RE consultation and testing. They are being jackasses and saying since we have MFI, I don't need testing...uh...WTAF!

[beckynsean11]

MrsRC88, Good luck with your surgery on Friday! FX for everything to go smoothly. FWIW I took a 7 hour round trip drive 6 days post op & was mostly ok. My incision was about 4 inches along my bikini line. I wore an abdominal binder the whole trip to help with bounces, but other than that it wasn't awful.

AFM, not much going on. We're going to be doing natural cycles until July. My surgery went great, I can't remember if I updated last week. My doc was able to place 2 mersilene bands stacked so I have 10mm of reinforced cervix all the way at the very top of it, which gives me about 150lbs of tinsile strength. Basically there's no damn way my cervix should ever betray me again (although it happens from time to time, there's less than a 1% chance). I feel pretty good too, other than this muscle about an inch from my incision that keeps giving me charlie horses.

QOTW: Both. I love to be home, but I super love to travel too. Anytime I have a chance, I love to run away & see new places.

Good luck to everyone cycling right now!

[kariann12]

P&R for me. I'm in Maui!!!!

CD4 here. One more month till medicated cycles.

Hugs to everyone that needs them.

[deelopi9]

birdie - I'm sure you are frustrated to no end. Is there another RE in your area that you could go see? I felt the same way about my first RE - we wasted so much time with them and I felt cheated. So much time, heartache & $$$ wasted.

AFM - We just found out the company signed...I have new owners. Closing will be in 1 month. I have to enjoy the calm before the storm.

[madamewaffles]

It's been a crazy week at the Waffles' residence! I triggered last Monday after a very awesome ultrasound finding 28 measurable follicles. Wednesday at retrieval, they got 19 eggs. Woohoo! Then during ER, the RE noticed I had quite an accumulation of free fluid surrounding my ovaries, indicating the early stages of OHSS. Womp, womp.

They sent me on my merry way home with a prescription for Cabergoline and a toilet "hat" that I had to pee in and measure my output each day. That night I started vomiting profusely and could not keep anything down. Thursday was the same. I also hadn't had a BM or passed gas despite taking quite the amount of Colace.

So I came back on Friday for a repeat ultrasound where they found the fluid was still hanging out and a little accumulation on my lungs. They admitted me to the hospital to do some more diagnostic testing. Contrast CT scans... Nausea and the feeling of being hot and feeling like you are pissing yourself is not fun. Turned out my bowels were "sleeping" and just needed to be reawakened. Saturday morning rolled around and I felt this intense pressure on my chest. I had difficulty breathing and felt like a rock made a home on my chest. I brought it up to the RE on call and she said she saw my CT scan and there was fluid but not enough to justify intervention. I trusted her, but as the day progressed, my breathing became more and more labored I called her back and she blew me off again, saying there wasn't anything she could do about it.

I ended up going to the ER yesterday and after a chest x-ray, my lungs were 2/3 filled with fluid! I had a thoracentesis, which inserts a catheter in between your ribs and the fluid is sucked out. 600 ml worth of fluid came out of my right lung. They couldn't do both at the same time so I go back today for a follow-up and will be INSISTING on it being done today. I am still vomiting and am wondering if the pressure from the fluid is complicating my digestion. On the plus side, they were able to fertilize 16 of the 19 eggs via ICSI and they all froze perfectly. I hope the only way to go from here is up.

I hope to catch up with everyone after this mess is over with!

[longhornwino0907]

Quick post-and-run from me. I'll come back once the in-laws leave and catch up with everyone!

Started Gonal-F on Friday night. 150iu, 112.5iu, 112.5iu. We had our monitoring appointment today. Lining is 5.4, which sounds good to me for CD6. I had 7 follies. 8, 4, 4 on the right, 7, 6, 6, 5 on the left. I'll get my new dosage this evening, and we go back in for our next monitoring on Thursday. I seem to be responding well, compared to Femara, so that's good news.

Love you ladies! ((Hugs)) to all!

ETA: e2 was 199, so dose is changing to 75iu, 75iu, 112.5iu before monitoring on Thursday!

[goldenlove3]

FX @bloodyjack87!

madamewaffles I'm so sorry! That is crazy. Hope you start feeling better soon. That is great news about your eggs though!

[deelopi9]

May 4, 2015 11:33:42 GMT -5 birdie said:

May 4, 2015 11:28:22 GMT -5 deelopi9 said:

birdie - I'm sure you are frustrated to no end. Is there another RE in your area that you could go see? I felt the same way about my first RE - we wasted so much time with them and I felt cheated. So much time, heartache & $$$ wasted.

AFM - We just found out the company signed...I have new owners. Closing will be in 1 month. I have to enjoy the calm before the storm.

We go to the Reproductive Endocrinology Clinic in the University Hospital, so we are able to see a different doctor each time.My favorite doctor (personality wise) just got an offer on her house, and will be moving in June. And I have seen a total of 3 and they have all sucked, I mean 2 of them were nice(ish) but their policies and ways of doing things are just terrible (no monitoring, etc). We are technically scheduled to go back there August something to see a different RE, one of the head guys (department chair maybe), but I am sure he will say the same thing.

Also, the billing department is awful! They have over charged us, for services not given each time that we have went there. So I have to be that Jack-ass that calls to complain each time, I really do hate to nickel and dime, but it just annoys me. 

So I am really on the fence about going back and seeing ANOTHER doctor there,but we will see come August.

That is so frustrating! Oh no, no monitoring = lack of safety for my well-being = no business from me. We spend so much time, effort, emotions into IF that if they are not looking out for what's best for us then I'll just take my business elsewhere. I felt that way at my old RE and felt like if I wasn't doing IVF then my case was not as important.  It's harder for those who do not have that option but man, if I could go back I wish I would have gone sooner to another clinic. I'm so sorry.

[wirt2cute]

cateyes, Good luck with you monitoring appointment. FX for some good follies. 

Cythe, sorry about CD1. 

mrsjene, sorry about the bfn, hoping it is just early. 


wanderingheart, good luck with H's SA.

goldenlove3, have a good acupuncture appointment. 


brettanomyces@mrsrc88,, FX for your IUI this cycle. 


MrsRC88, T&P for you surgery on Friday. 


babycowbell, FX for your IUI this cycle. 


Stringy, glad you are not feeling any side effects from the clomid. 

birdie, I'm so sorry you have had to deal with so much from your doctors office. Sorry about CD1. 

kawaiikitsune, that sucks that you still do not have results of the SA. I would be so pissed at them given me the run around. 

getzystark,I'm so sorry the IUI did not work this cycle. Insurance companies can be total asses. 

beckynsean11, I am so glad that you surgery went well. 

kariann12, Have fun in Maui!

@bloodyjack87, FX for tomorrow!!

madamewaffles, omg, I am so sorry that you had to go through all of that. T&P's coming your way that you will feel better soon. Congrats on the 16 fertilized eggs. FX!

longhornwino0907, glad to here that you are responding well to the Gonal-F. 

AFM, I am on cd 5 and will be doing my first dose of letrozole tonight. I will be taking 5 mg for the next five days. I decided that I would take it at 7:00 pm so if there are side effects, I might be able to sleep through them, that's my hope. H is still on clomid, COq10, and L-carnitine and no complaints from him so that is good. I did speak with my RE and she said that when I get my first positive opk to call the office so I can come in and do an ultrasound to see what my body is doing and how I am responding to the letrozole. 

QOTW: Are you someone who likes to travel or stay in the comforts of your own home? I love to travel to different places and just relax while having fun. Before H met me he was not a vacationer, but now we try to take at least one trip per year. 

[FDL]

MrsRC88, good luck with your surgery on Friday!

birdie, I'm so sorry for your experience with your old office. I hope you get better treatment at the new clinic. Enjoy your vacation!

getzystark, Yay for an improvement in your husband's SA! I know how exciting that is, though I'm sorry your IUI wasn't successful.

beckynsean11, I'm glad your surgery went well! Good luck on your natural cycles!

@bloodyjack87, Good luck in the morning!

madamewaffles, Holy Shit! I'm so sorry you weren't through all that! I hope you feel better soon! I hope its a smooth ride from here and you have a successful FET.

[beckynsean11]

Holy shit madamewaffles!!! I'm so glad that your ER went well & you have lots of frosties waiting for you. I hope that this mess with the fluid on your lungs clears up quickly & you're on the mend soon.

[FDL]

I'm so sorry I haven't been around for the last two check-ins. I've been in a really rough place emotionally. I have tried to check-in on GKU and give love-it's when I had a good day.



*********************** BFP Warning **************************

I normally don't test early, I decided to test early this cycle because of my previous CP. I decided to test last Friday. I just wanted to get it done and move on with my weekend, knowing it would be negative. I had some spotting earlier in the week and figured my period was on the way.

Friday morning I got some faint lines on some cheapies, I really didn't believe them and only after some encouragement from friends did I take a FRER. To my surprise there was a nice second line. I called my RE's office for a beta Saturday morning. The beta came back at 17.5, which wasn't too impressive but it was still early. I had my second beta today and it came back at 70! My RE is happy with the increase, I will go in for a third beta later this week.

I wouldn't have made it this far without the friends I've made on TD. I hope this is our take home baby after 51 months and wish you all the best in your cycles.

I will be check-up on you all!

[Cythe]

Ohmygosh, FDL! Congratulations!!

[wanderingheart]

mrsjene – sorry for all the side effects you’re experiencing. Hopefully your body will adjust soon!
goldenlove3 – good luck with your natural cycle.
brettanomyces – good luck at your appointment tomorrow!
MrsRC88 – we’ll be thinking of you this week! I hope your surgery goes well and your body heals quickly.
babycowbell – good luck!
Stringy – that’s good that you haven’t felt too many side effects. Fx that you can get home in time.
birdie – that is so frustrating, I’m sorry you’re dealing with all that. I can’t believe an RE would have that much negligence. My state only has 2 places to seek IF care also, so I get that your options are pretty limited. That just sucks all around.
kawaiikitsune – Apparently the theme of the day is frustration, ha. Sorry that the SA results are taking so long!
getzystark – I’m glad your husband’s SA was perfect! #positivethoughtshere Sorry insurance people suck and your IUI wasn’t successful #bighugs.
beckynsean11 – I’m glad your surgery went well!
kariann12 – super jealous you’re in Hawaii right now. Have so much fun!
deelopi9 – hopefully you get some peace and quiet before shit hits the fan!
@bloodyjack87 – FX crossed for you tomorrow!
madamewaffles – Holy shit. I’m glad you’re okay now, but that is crazy. Take as much time as you need to rest and heal
longhornwino0907 – I’m glad you’re responding well!
@sluttybigb00bz – fx for your consult in a few weeks!
wirt2cute - I’m glad your husband isn’t having any side effects, hopefully you won’t experience too many either!
FDL – Congrats!!