***GKU IF WEEKLY CHECK IN*** 7/6

[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!***



If you are not on the list below but should be please message me!



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BFPs:

Pintobean39

Katydid2014

DarcyHermione

jefa621

lebradford

notelise

cwuredhot

twinkbrite

meatandbandp

PeanutRN

emejay

Bbgirl676

buttmonkey

quitcherbitchin

Ketchup

LDubHawksFan

Littleliverpill

peaseblossom55

Icequeen

FDL

brettanomyces

britterrss13

pineappleoranges-PCOS

Alpies-MFI and PCOS



New BFPs This last week-Congrats!!!

@sluttybigb00bz-MFI and lowish AMH

birdie



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 (2 angel babies)

lovegrilledcheese

Brazilianpeach

katerli







Diagnosis:

MFI

Daikoku-Low T

remylove1011-low morph, low T, and motility

nerdykitten-low sperm count and motility

rufus426- low count, motility, morphology



PCOS

lg2793
              
@diordra

madamewaffles

chickendancefever

Rama

renbee





Unexplained

babycowbell

@ironegg-endo removed

samanthasays

longhornwino0907

lilsneezy

kaliRN

joy

kariann12

goldenlove3

meerkatmillie

mrsjene

Cythe

Stringy

emilie-unexplained





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

heatherj9603-Fibroid, currently benched until September

@bloodyjack87-PCOS, lower count, low motility

@wineandcupcakes-Mildhyperphenylalanemia/Maternal PKU

mainewifey-One blocked tube

virginiaorjohn-borderline PCOS/weak ovulation, MFI low morph

MrsRC88-T2 Diabetic, Vitamin D deficient, multiple fibroids removed

wirt2cute-MFI (morph/motility), 1 tube

madasm0530- PCOS w/ elevated levels of prolactin

kawaiikitsune-Right tube blocked; possible uterine polyps

lovegrilledcheese Stage 3 endo and MFI

brazilianpeach- Premature Ovarian Failure (POF)

wanderingheart-PCOS dx with low sperm count

mugster-ovulatory dysfunction

mustloveerica-Hypothyroidism

@katerli- left hydro, right tube already removed




Testing

getzystark-MFI (morph and motility)

@wallflwr926

@everycol0r

W

Andrea-PCOS

27alex

dke2010

piccyami



Welcome

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wittyandwaiting





QOTW: Did you do anything fun over the holiday weekend? For those who are international-when is your countries Independence or Founding Day and how is it celebrated?

[joy]

Well, I have an update. We are officially unexplained as my husband's SA was normal.

We've agreed to clomid + trigger + IUI next cycle. It would be the one I started yesterday but we'll be away CD10 - CD15 and I was uncomfortable missing monitoring appointments.

It took me eight months, but I'm at peace with moving forward.

[mrsjene]

IUI #1 was a bust. Today is CD1. Baseline ultrasound will be tomorrow and we'll be moving on to IUI #2. I had an appointment with the RE's PA last week just to discuss where I am in the process, how I'm feeling, etc. She told me that if this IUI #2 is a bust, RE is going to want to talk to me about possibly moving on to IVF. It will be our choice at that time if we want to continue on to IUI #3 or move on to IVF.

[mugster]

joy, I'm glad that you are at peace with your decision. Have an awesome time in Iceland (I assume that is this vacation)!

AFM: I had my mid-cycle monitoring yesterday and had a 16mm and 20mm follicle on my right side. They want to give the 16 a chance to catch up so the plan is to trigger tomorrow if no surge. I have been having stabby cramps on the right side for the last week, so I wasn't surprised that all of the action is happening there.

QOTW: We hung out with new neighborhood friends and their little kids. It was nice, but also hard.

[kariann12]

Thanks for the check-in cateyes!

AFM, I triggered last night (well actually my roommate did, since I wussed out and couldn't poke myself), and IUI is tomorrow morning! I'm excited and nervous. I keep thinking this is totally going to work, and then the next minute planning for next cycle. MH isn't letting us talk about next cycle, so I'm trying very hard to be positive and optimistic that this will work.

QOTW - I went to a music festival on Saturday, which was great. Sunday I was on call, but didn't get called in, so I relaxed, read a book and did some cleaning. It was a great weekend.

[mugster]

mrsjene, I'm sorry that your cycle was a bust ((hugs)). Fx for a solid baseline and an awesome IVF @diordra.

[longhornwino0907]

joy GL with your treatment next cycle
mrsjene ((hugs))
@diordra GL at your baseline!
mugster FX for you!
kariann12 GL and FX for your IUI!

AFM, here's the C&P from the 3T check-in:
news was not good. Thursday fert report showed 4 of our 15 eggs fertilized normally. They called Saturday with day 3 report: one had arrested, two had two cells, one had four cells. They're all at least a day behind. Sounds like the embryologist was ready to call it, but my doc asked her to check again Monday just to be sure. So our one and only retrieval cycle yielded no viable embryos. We're currently grieving the loss of ever having our own biological children. We can't afford to cycle again since we took out a loan for this one. We're both absolutely broken and not sure where to go from here. It's going to take some time.

Thank you all for being so wonderful to me during this whole ordeal. I don't know how much I'll be around in the coming weeks. I'll have to see how I'm handling this. I need to figure out how to tell friends and family, too. We were very open about our entire process, I posted on Facebook about our retrieval, and we had so much love and support. I have to figure out how to deal with the "God's plan" comments. It's so easy to trust in God's plan when it works out for you, isn't it??

QOTW: this weekend, I was just trying to hold it together. We did have an epic dominoes tournament at my grandparents' house on Saturday. My uncle and I came in second to my mom and grandpa. It was a heartbreaker!

[mustloveerica]

I'm fairly certain I Od on July 4th which is also my anniversary. We will see if FF agrees on a few days. The coincidental timing is making me feel hopeful. I try not to be hopeful.

cateyes can you add me to the unexplained list for now? Also DH has low morph (less than 1%). I really need to update my siggy. Damn mobile.

QOTW: this was a great weekend. Friday we went and spent the day making repairs at the rental house. Our old neighbors were home and let us play with their baby. They had just found out they were pregnant when we moved away so it was exciting getting to see the baby. Saturday we spent the day with our dog at the beach then went out for dinner and fireworks for our anniversary. And then Sunday we went to watch more fireworks. I love a good relaxing weekend.

[deelopi9]

Hi ladies,

Getting my appointments for IVF consult, I'm deciding between 2 clinics since my old RE, whom I loved, doesn't do IVF .

QOTW: We went to a friends house for a bbq and did a lip synch battle - so much fun and then yesterday went to see Magic Mike with 9 other ladies. It was a riot. It was a great weekend.

[joy]

::hugs:: longhornwino0907.

[babycowbell]

longhornwino0907 I'm sorry for the disappointing results. That's really tough.

Good luck to everyone this cycle.

AFM, I'll trigger tonight for iui#4 on Wednesday. I've been super emotional, not sure if it's the drugs or just the realization of how close we are to the end of this road. Feeling better right now so hopefully that continues. We've got friends with a baby who are staying with us starting Thursday so I'm a little worried about how that's going to feel. I'm also totally paranoid they're going to get here an announce they're pregnant again and I'll have a meltdown, but I don't really think they are, I just worry about stupid shit.

QOTW: lots of food and beverage and not enough sleeping, but it was fun.

[Andrea]

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joy, I hope you have a lovely vacation and a chance to unwind.

mrsjene, Love ya lady. Huge big hugs to you.

@diordra, Good luck with your baseline appointment.

mugster, Finger crossed super hard for you!

kariann12, Good luck with the IUI!

longhornwino0907, I wish I had all of the right words for you right now. Sending you and your family a lot of love. Be gentle with yourself in the next few weeks.

Started Femara yesterday (for TI). I go in for my mid cycle ultrasound next week. I am debating whether or not I want to chart this cycle or just rely on OPKs. I am cautiously optimistic, I am just hoping that I ovulate and at least have a shot this time around.

QOTW: For the 4th we were pretty low key, we had a couple of people over to the pool. We grilled out for dinner and just hung out. We also are celebrating on the 20th, for Colombia's independence day. We got lots of nationality love to go around in our household.

eta: clarity

[kawaiikitsune]

joy - So glad you finally have a diagnosis and plan moving forward.
mrsjene - So sorry IUI #1 was a bust. *hugs*
@diordra - GL at your appointment next week!
mugster - GL & FX this cycle!
kariann12 - GL tomorrow!
longhornwino0907 - I am so sorry and absolutely devatsed for you & YH. All the hugs.
mustloveerica - FX!!!
deelopi9 - GL making a decision.
babycowbell - GL & FX. Also, *hugs*.
Andrea - FX for O!

AFM, looks like I'm back sooner than I expected. This week is my last week on the Prednisone so it's looking like we will be able to try this month.

QOTW - This holiday weekend was the worst. One of our cats got sick so we spent about 4 hours at the emergency vets office. She looked like she was getting better but we ended up having to take her to our regular vet this morning and she will be going into surgery around noon today.

ETA tags.

[wirt2cute]

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cateyes, Thanks for the check-in.
joy, Have a great vacation!
mrsjene, I'm so sorry about CD 1
@diordra, FX for your IVF cycle.
mugster, FX this cycle.
kariann12, good luck tomorrow with your IUI, I would not be able to poke myself either.
longhornwino0907, so many ((hugs))
mustloveerica, Happy Anniversary.
babycowbell, FX 
Andrea, good luck with this medicated cycle.

AFM, nothing at all this cycle. Last week I was in a complete funk.  H and I decided that I would take this month off. I just need a mental break, so I can get my head in the game for the next 2 months. We have decided to move on to IUI in September and October if need be. 

QOTW: I spent this 4th with my family and it was amazing.

[27alex]

Hi everyone,

Hugs to everyone that needs one today! And Fx for all those in the first half of their cycles. I'm sorry I've been MIA. After receiving conflicting information about coverage from my insurance company and realizing schedules just won't allow for us to focus the way we need too, we cancelled our appointment. I've been emotional and relying on wine to get through and just needed some time away. We've decided to move back to NTNP for probably 6 months but I have zero illusions of getting pregnant during that time.

[madamewaffles]

Hai GKU! Mobile now, will send hugs and love out later.

Still on FET prep. I got my period today so I go in for baseline bloodwork on Thursday. I am starting to dislike Lupron but it isn't the worst, either. Estrace starts next week!

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longhornwino0907, ::Big huge hugs.::
joy, I wish you lots of luck with next cycle.
mrsjene, I hope your ultrasound goes well.
mugster, GL with the trigger
kariann12, I'm glad you had someone to help you out.
mustloveerica, yay for fireworks.
deelopi9, Good luck with your consult.
babycowbell, Good luck with the trigger and hugs to you.
Andrea, I hope the Femara is successful. FX for O
kawaiikitsune, I'm so glad you are coming soon.
wirt2cute, Hugs
@bloodyjack87, Sorry about the BFN. Good luck with the baseline.
27alex, I hope things will work out for you soon.

AFM, FF thinks I O'd on the 4th and has me at 3dpo. It is also predicting a 22 day cycle so that's fun. I think I might have O'd yesterday, which is still early and annoying. Our timing is good, so we'll see what happens. The lap is still scheduled for 7/22 and I have a ton of paperwork to catch up on before i'm out for a week. Ugh.

[nerdykitten]

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{Spoiler}{Click here to see more.}joy Glad you are at peace with your plan of action, have a great vacation!
mrsjene Sorry IUI #1 was a bust ~hugs~. FX for IUI #2.
@diordra Good luck at your baseline US.
mugster FX that the second follie catches up.
kariann12 FX this IUI works for you.
longhornwino0907 ~The biggest of hugs~ I am so sorry. I am devastated for you and your husband. You know you can reach out and talk to us any time you need to and please be kind to yourself this week.
deelopi9 Sorry you have to find a new RE for IVF, but I hope you find one that you like just as much.
babycowbell FX for you!
Andrea Good luck with your US and FX for this cycle.
kawaiikitsune Glad you were able to get off the Prednisone faster than expected and I hope this is a good cycle for you.@writ2cute Be kind to yourself on your month off and do something fun.
27alex I am sorry for all the conflicting information about your coverage.
@bloodyjack87 Sorry for the BFN ~hugs~ FX for the next cycle.
madamewaffles Good luck with your baseline bloodwork.

I started injections last night on 7/5 and go in for bloodwork tomorrow morning to see if my dosage amount needs to be changed. Tentative ER dates are 7/15-7/17.  It is a freeze all cycle since I had 30 antral follicles at my baseline last Wednesday.

QOTW: Long weekends never seem long enough. We went to a concert Friday night, ate lunch with my grandparents on Saturday, and had lunch with friends on Sunday. Did lots of cleaning on Friday and Sunday, but tried to relax on Saturday.

[goldenlove3]

Hi ladies. I'm just waiting to O right now so not much to update on. Should be tomorrow if my body continues to do what it has been the past few months.

QOTW: We went to a friend's lake house this weekend and spent our days on the water, eating and drinking too much. We both took today off work as well to recover. We put our patio furniture together so we're enjoying our new deck right now.

[Stringy]

Big hugs longhornwino0907. I'm so sorry :-(

[emilie]

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joy I'm glad you've gotten to a place where you're ok moving forward with treatment.
mrsjene hugs - I'm sorry it didn't work out.
@diordra good luck next week!
mugster fx for you!
kariann12 good luck tomorrow!
mustloveerica fx!
longhornwino0907 massive hugs. I'm so sorry about the disappointing news.
babycowbell I hope this one works out for you.
andrea best of luck and fingers crossed for O!
kawaiikitsune best of luck this cycle!
wirt2cute hugs and sorry you're having a rough time.
@bloodyjack87 sorry about the BFN
27alex I'm sorry. Sometimes taking a break is the right thing to do.
madamewaffles good luck with the bloodwork!
@wallflwr926 fx for you!
nerdykitten best of luck with the ER prep!

Good morning! Nothing much to report here as we are continuing to try naturally for this cycle and the next 2 afterwards. We have a busy summer with lots of work travel so we've decided to wait until mid-Sept or later to move to whatever comes next. The bills have started to roll in from our initial testing and my HSG, and even with some insurance we're still out over $1000. I know this is just the tip of the iceberg, but still, ugh.

FX to everyone this cycle!

[Cythe]

I'm so excited I have to update y'all and then come back and tag individuals. I called this morning and the receptionist said they were totally booked. I was kind of upset and kind of rude, which is why I'm kind of surprised that I just got a call from them.

My doc said she would try and see me if I was able to wait around to be seen in between her OR patients. I'm so excited, I get to cycle this month!! Waiting will be unfun, but as I told the receptionist, I've got all the time in the world to be seen by Dr. S.

Yay!

Edit, I was so excited I forgot to answer the QOTW, as usual. We went here and hung out with some family. Had a great time!

[lovegrilledcheese]

Cythe yay for getting in this month!

kariann12 fx for you. GL with iui tomorrow!

@katerli yay for cycling soon!

goldenlove3 FX for O

nerdykitten GL with stimming. Grow follies grow!

@wallflwr926 GL with your lap!

madamewaffles when is your tent FET transfer?

AFM: I'm going in to RE for my baseline and hopefully see our results from bloodwork. Biopsy is scheduled for 7/31 then we have to wait about a month before next transfer!

[dke2010]

cateyes Could you please move me to unexplained? Thanks.
longhornwino0907 I'm so sorry for what you're going through! Hugs to you.

Since we're explained and IUI would be the next step, we're just continuing on with natural cycles until we're ready to move on. Once again, my temp isn't spiking enough for FF to make CHs so I have to go off OPKs and CM. I'm in the TWW right now for cycle 15, but I don't have much hope. We'll know something by next week.

We didn't do too much over the weekend, although we did spend some time with family and watched fireworks from our front yard. The most time consuming event was installing wall cabinets for more storage in our laundry room.

[madamewaffles]

joy, I am glad to hear you are at ease with the plan. Hope you have an amazing vacay!
mrsjene, ::hugs::
@diordra, woot woot! Hope baseline is awesome!
mugster, woohoo for follie action! GL!
kariann12, GL to you! Let's both be zen this cycle, ok?
longhornwino0907, ::hugs:: for you
mustloveerica, FX for you!
deelopi9, I am sorry you have to change REs. i hope you find another great one.
babycowbell, FX!
kawaiikitsune, glad you are back in the game! FX!
wirt2cute, glad yoy have a plan going forward. I hope the break is refreshing for you.
@dreadpirateroberts87, ::hugs::
@27alex, I am sorry about having to deal with the insurance confusion. FX for you.
@wallieflowers, hope FF gets its shit together soon.
nerdykitten, 30?! Whoa! Good luck to you and hope you can avoid OHSS. I am glad your doc is already taking precautions!
goldenlove3, GL!
emilie, IF sucks enough already, why does it have to cost so damn much, too?
Cythe, WOOHOO! This is amazing!
@katerli, August will be here before you know it!
lovegrilledcheese, GL at baseline! My tent FET is August 4th!
dke2010, hope you get some news soon.

[beckynsean11]

joy I'm glad to hear that you're at peace & ready to move forward. I definitely think it's good not to miss the monitoring that you would if you started this cycle. For both of my Clomid cycles my IUIs were early; CD10 & 11 respectively. FX that this does the trick for you!
mrsjene I'm so sorry about CD1. Good luck with IUI #2.
@diordra Good luck with your monitoring next week!
mugster Sounds like 2 promising follies. FX that the 16 catches up for you.
kariann12 GL with your IUI tomorrow!
longhornwino0907 Oh goodness. I'm so so sorry. Sending you gigantic hugs! The God's plan comments are so hard to deal with.
deelopi9 GL deciding on your new RE.
babycowbell I hope your IUI goes well & that this is the cycle for you! GL with the houseguests, FX for no surprises from them.
Andrea I hope Femara does well for you. Are you triggering for O with TI? Or TI only?
kawaiikitsune I hope your kitty's surgery goes well.
wirt2cute Taking a break can be so helpful sometimes. I hope you can enjoy that time & get yourself mentally ready for your IUI.
@bloodyjack87 Sorry about the BFN. Hugs!
madamewaffles GL with your baseline on Thursday! It'll be frostie reunion time soon!
@wallflwr926 FX for you!
nerdykitten GL with your injections & your b/w tomorrow.
Cythe Yay for getting to cycle this month!

AFM, I'm still just waiting around. I'm on CD49, apparently long cycles & not ovulating are my new normal. At this point, I need my next cycle to hold off another 2 weeks so we can just get back into IUI cycles. If AF shows any sooner, I could end up benched until December because of trips that we have planned. Hopefully not, but that would be a possibility. I started progesterone today to try to stretch this cycle out, if that doesn't work I'll start BCPs to control the length of my next cycle. I'm ready to get this show back on the road.

QOTW: We didn't do anything special for the holiday. This was our puppy's first experience with fireworks & she didn't do well, so we stayed home with her.

[lilsneezy]

mrsjene Sorry about IUI #1. Best of luck with #2!
kariann12 Good luck tomorrow morning!
longhornwino0907 My heart is broken for you. Sending you huge hugs!
mustloveerica Happy anniversary!
babycowbell Keeping my FX for you!
kawaiikitsune Glad you have another chance this month! Hope your kitty feels better soon.
wirt2cute Sending you hugs!
@bloodyjack87 Sorry about the BFN.
27alex Sorry you had to cancel your appointment. Sending you hugs!
@wallflwr926 FX for you!
emilie Good luck to you!
Cythe Yay! That's awesome news!
dke2010 Good luck!
beckynsean11 FX your period holds off for another 2 weeks!

AFM, I'm WTO on a natural cycle. I should be O'ing this week, but if it doesn't happen by Wednesday then we don't really have a shot this month since DH is going out of town for the rest of the week. I'm not really expecting anything this cycle anyway, I just want to move onto IUI #2.

QOTW: We didn't really do anything fun for the 4th. DH and I got new longboards so we went riding for a bit then had some family over for a little BBQ.

[getzystark]

GIANT hugs for longhornwino0907. I am so sorry.

[Andrea]

beckynsean11 we are starting with TI only and seeing why my ovaries decide to do. We shall see if the RE decides to add* triggers down the road.

Hope your cycle can hang tight for the next two weeks!


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[snakefisherbub]

Here to spread my love to you all. An especially big extra hug for longhorn, I'm so sorry.

Afm i hate my fucking body. I don't know what its doing besides being an asshole. Longer than usual cycle for me last time and this one is heading that way too. I'm already on cd 30. I don't know when or if i Od. I'm over this BS. Grr