~~Informal GKU IF check-in~~ 8/31-9/6

[getzystark]

Hi ladies!

cateyes has been on call this week, so I volunteered to do the check-in.

Please let us know how things are going with you!

And here's a daily dose of adorable.

[longhornwino0907]

Hey ladies! Popping back in to say haiiiii!

We had a second opinion phone consult with CCRM a little over a week ago and got some good stats from the doctor there. Too bad a cycle with them would cost us upwards of $40k, since travel and everything. H is now back on the wanting to do another IVF cycle bandwagon, but I'm pretty firmly in the let's do embryo adoption camp. Both our sets of parents know about our IF treatments, and my family is with me, and his is very firmly pushing for another IVF cycle because "my age is such an advantage." They (H and his parents) just aren't ready to give up on the idea of a genetic child, while I've been coming to terms with it for a while, since the IF seems to be related to me. We're at a standstill, so we're taking a break from baby talk (most of the time) so we can both regroup, clear our heads, and hopefully start coming to a decision after the first of the year.

In other news, we're headed to Jamaica in just three more sleeps, and there is a complete moratorium on all things baby-related. I'm soooooo stoked! Love you all.

[kariann12]

I had my monitoring ultrasound yesterday, and have 2 beautiful follies at 18mm & 22mm. So I triggered last night and IUI #2 is tomorrow! MH has to come home a day early to do it, but he's totally on board, so that makes me feel better. I'm hopeful again, which is a nice feeling.

[getzystark]

Yay for Jamacia longhornwino0907!!! Woot!

kariann12, all the things crossed for IUI #2. I'm so glad you're feeling hopeful again. It's awful to go through treatments thinking nothing is going to work.

[longhornwino0907]

Aug 31, 2015 9:07:56 GMT -5 kariann12 said:

I had my monitoring ultrasound yesterday, and have 2 beautiful follies at 18mm & 22mm. So I triggered last night and IUI #2 is tomorrow! MH has to come home a day early to do it, but he's totally on board, so that makes me feel better. I'm hopeful again, which is a nice feeling.

Keeping my fingers crossed for you!

[mrsjene]

Hi everyone!

So during the last check-in, I had learned that I ovulated through the pill. Last week, I was having cramps and heavy spotting that eventually became red flow. I thought it was my period coming super early. I went in for baseline testing and turns out, it wasn't my period. The nurse told me to wait it out another week and see if I got it then. I wasn't comfortable with this, so I made her consult with the RE. RE disagreed with the nurse and said that based on my levels, I could be waiting a LOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNGGGG time to get it. So basically, my body is screwed up right now and no one has any idea when I'll get my period in order to start all the injects.

Moral of the story, RE ended up prescribing Provera to kind of kick start things. I'm currently on it and am supposed to call back when I get my period.

And all of this puts things off even longer.

[goldenlove3]

longhornwino0907 sorry that you haven't been able to come to an agreement but it's good that you're going on vacation! Hope you enjoy Jamaica! We went on our honeymoon and had an awesome time.

FX kariann12! Those are some great follies!

AFM, I'm all done with Clomid and go in for monitoring on Friday unless I get a positive OPK before that. I'm getting really frustrated with CVS right now as I'm still waiting for them to ship my Ovidrel. I have no idea why it's so complicated this time around but first they needed pre-authorization and then needed to update my RE's information and who knows what else. I'm giving them until lunch before I call again. I kind of need it any day now...

Also signed into my insurance website and saw that they aren't covering my HSG at all because of the diagnosis code. When I had the first one done last year, it was covered because it wasn't coded for infertility. It was an outside radiologist that did it instead of my RE. FU insurance not covering IF!!

[goldenlove3]

Ugh mrsjene. Sorry your body is acting all crazy. Hope your period starts soon!

[RaeLynn28]

Hi ladies!
getzystark Thanks for getting things started!
longhornwino0907 Have so much fun in Jamaica. It will be nice to get away for a little while!
kariann12 Good luck with IUI #2. That's great that YH is able to come home early for that.
mrsjene So sorry you are having to go through that. Hopefully you'll get your period soon so that you can move forward.
goldenlove3 Insurance can be so difficult like that. I had a friend that had to deal with a similar situation. I'm sorry. Hopefully it's worked out soon.

AFM, I am currently on iui #2. I had a tough time last week but am starting to be more positive about it. There was a mix up with my clomid dosage. The nurse told me something differently than what was on my prescription. Shout out to the ladies that helped me on Friday and told me that it didn't seem right. I ended up calling the on call number and turns out they were both wrong! Since I had 3 mature follicles, they wanted to decrease my dosage. I am now taking 25mg on days 3-7 which makes sense to me. I started that last night so iui will most likely be next week.

[nerdykitten]

longhornwino0907 Hopefully after some time not focusing on baby talk you will both have your heads in the same place. 40k is way more than I would probably be willing to pay for one cycle, but I understand why people would. I am jealous of your vacation though!

kariann12 Yay for having beautiful follies. FX that IUI #2 is the one.

mrsjene I am sorry your body is not wanting to cooperate and is being all funky.

goldenlove3 It sucks that you are having a frustrating time between the pharmacy and the insurance not covering your HSG.

Just waiting impatiently for tomorrow to be here so we can transfer those embryos. I am happy that it will be a fairly fun-filled weekend to help distract from the beta waiting time period.

[dke2010]

On Friday we had our consult with the RE. He looked over all the info from my GYN, did an ultrasound, and blood work. He's under the impression that my hormones are off from pregnancy/breastfeeding before and that's causing some ovulatory dysfunction. Our plan is to take Femara (days 3-7) with trigger shot and TI. I checked to make sure they will monitor me while on Femara and they do. Overall it was a great appointment and I'm thrilled to have a plan!

[RaeLynn28]

Ugh! I spoke too soon. I just got a call back from my nurse. She said that the prescription was actually right. The RE wants me to take the 25mg for 3 days. I'm still questioning it but need to trust him.

[Andrea]

Thanks for getting us started getzystark

longhornwino0907, Jamaica sounds delightful. Soak up all of the sunshine and Caribbean air for me!

kariann12, Good luck tomorrow!

mrsjene, All of the hugs. Hope things get sorted out ASAP.

goldenlove3, Sorry about your insurance. I hate that on top of IF we have to deal with this crap too. If they are willing to cover it under one code, I don't get why they just don't freaking cover it. It is so frustrating.

RaeLynn28, Hope the new dosage works out.

nerdykitten, Good luck!!! What do you have coming up this weekend?

dke2010, Glad you have a plan in place!!!

@pineappleoranges, Miss you lady. Huge hugs.

I am around 16dpo, was expecting my period this weekend but it is nowhere in sight. Tested yesterday and it was a BFN. I guess I will test again Wednesday and call the RE on Friday (CD35) if nothing is happening. BLAH. It is raining here and I have a serious case of the Mondays.

[kawaiikitsune]

longhornwino0907 - Have fun in Jamaica!
kariann12 - FX for IUI #2!
mrsjene - So sorry BCP messed up your cycle. FX it gets better & AF comes soon.
goldenlove3 - Hopefully, CVS will get it together so you can start your meds.
RaeLynn28 - Crossing everything that IUI #2 goes smoothly. Sorry for all the confusion with your Clomid dosage.
nerdykitten - GL with your transfer tomorrow!
dke2010 - So glad your RE appointment went well! GL with Femara and fx it gets your ovulation in order.
@pineappleoranges - FX January comes quickly for you!
andrea - Sorry for the bfn. FX AF comes soon so you can move forward with your next cycle.

Same old, same old with me. CD27 and expecting AF sometime later this week/weekend.

[longhornwino0907]

mrsjene, ugh, I’m so sorry!

goldenlove3, so frustrating when pharmacies can’t get their shit together. Also, big TP to your insurance company

nerdykitten, FX for your transfer!

dke2010, so glad you have a plan

Andrea, huge ((hugs)) to you, lady!

[goldenlove3]

Update: I called CVS specialty and they had everything ready to go. No idea what the hold up was. Anyway, Ovidrel will be delivered tomorrow and only cost $30! I guess that's one good thing about my insurance.. I seem to have good medication coverage.

[nerdykitten]

RaeLynn28 FX for IUI #2. At least the prescription issue was quickly figured out.

dke2010 Yay for having a plan in place!

andrea Sorry for the serious case of the Mondays. Hopefully you will get some answers as to what your body is doing on Wednesday. As to what I am doing this weekend well Friday night a group of us are going to a concert at a local venue; where I will happily hang out at one of the tables in the back instead of being up front for once, not that I think it is going to get crazy at this particular show. We are podcasting on Saturday and our guest is one of my favorite local artists. Sunday is a local comic/collector toys convention. One of my favorite regional comic book writers, Cullen Bunn, always makes the trip down for it so I am excited to get to chat with him again since he is pretty much writing for every single comic book publisher there is right now.

[emilie]

hi all!

longhornwino0907 have fun in Jamaica! glad you're taking some time to clear your head.
kariann12 good luck tomorrow!
mrsjene bodies are assholes. sorry you're dealing with all that.
goldenlove3 ugh, insurance sucks. can you talk to anyone about re-coding?
RaeLynn28 fx for you this cycle!
nerdykitten good luck with the transfer!
dke2010 glad things went well with the RE!
@pineappleoranges hope AF shows up for you this week.
Andrea hugs. Mondays suck sometimes.
kawaiikitsune on to the next one!

AFM, on natural cycle 15 - I had the post-coital test done last week and the results were really good - living, swimming sperm making their way to the uterus, good mucus, etc. The weird thing is that my RE was saying that he wouldn't recommend IUIs for us because the sperm are getting to where they need to go. I asked the wise ladies in 3T about this and they advised that I push for IUIs anyway, since they are covered by my insurance while IVF is totally OOP. Might as well try the less aggressive stuff first. I'm going in for a progesterone blood draw this week and hopefully SHG in a couple weeks if I don't get KU this cycle, and then we'll take it from there.

[youdontsay]

Hey guys, can I hang here? I just got the notice from my RE that we can start next cycle, so I feel like I'll have a lot of questions, and you guys are always helpful!

[mugster]

Aug 31, 2015 13:50:33 GMT -5 emilie said:

hi all!

longhornwino0907 have fun in Jamaica! glad you're taking some time to clear your head.
kariann12 good luck tomorrow!
mrsjene bodies are assholes. sorry you're dealing with all that.
goldenlove3 ugh, insurance sucks. can you talk to anyone about re-coding?
RaeLynn28 fx for you this cycle!
nerdykitten good luck with the transfer!
dke2010 glad things went well with the RE!
@pineappleoranges hope AF shows up for you this week.
Andrea hugs. Mondays suck sometimes.
kawaiikitsune on to the next one!

AFM, on natural cycle 15 - I had the post-coital test done last week and the results were really good - living, swimming sperm making their way to the uterus, good mucus, etc. The weird thing is that my RE was saying that he wouldn't recommend IUIs for us because the sperm are getting to where they need to go. I asked the wise ladies in 3T about this and they advised that I push for IUIs anyway, since they are covered by my insurance while IVF is totally OOP. Might as well try the less aggressive stuff first. I'm going in for a progesterone blood draw this week and hopefully SHG in a couple weeks if I don't get KU this cycle, and then we'll take it from there.

Is there any chance that he meant he wouldn't recommend IUIs over medicated timed intercourse? That would actually make sense to me... because if there are no male factors or cervical factors then the medicated portion is the only portion that would theoretically matter? I don't know, it still strikes me as odd.

[emilie]

Aug 31, 2015 14:44:38 GMT -5 mugster said:

Aug 31, 2015 13:50:33 GMT -5 emilie said:

hi all!

longhornwino0907 have fun in Jamaica! glad you're taking some time to clear your head.
kariann12 good luck tomorrow!
mrsjene bodies are assholes. sorry you're dealing with all that.
goldenlove3 ugh, insurance sucks. can you talk to anyone about re-coding?
RaeLynn28 fx for you this cycle!
nerdykitten good luck with the transfer!
dke2010 glad things went well with the RE!
@pineappleoranges hope AF shows up for you this week.
Andrea hugs. Mondays suck sometimes.
kawaiikitsune on to the next one!

AFM, on natural cycle 15 - I had the post-coital test done last week and the results were really good - living, swimming sperm making their way to the uterus, good mucus, etc. The weird thing is that my RE was saying that he wouldn't recommend IUIs for us because the sperm are getting to where they need to go. I asked the wise ladies in 3T about this and they advised that I push for IUIs anyway, since they are covered by my insurance while IVF is totally OOP. Might as well try the less aggressive stuff first. I'm going in for a progesterone blood draw this week and hopefully SHG in a couple weeks if I don't get KU this cycle, and then we'll take it from there.

Is there any chance that he meant he wouldn't recommend IUIs over medicated timed intercourse? That would actually make sense to me... because if there are no male factors or cervical factors then the medicated portion is the only portion that would theoretically matter? I don't know, it still strikes me as odd.

I don't think so.  He hasn't even brought up meds because all of my labs have come back with great results.

Here's a newb IF question for those of you who know:  if you have good CD3 and progesterone labs, and are ovulating regularly, what is the benefit of taking fertility meds?

[joy]

Aug 31, 2015 16:14:17 GMT -5 emilie said:

Here's a newb IF question for those of you who know:  if you have good CD3 and progesterone labs, and are ovulating regularly, what is the benefit of taking fertility meds?

I have this situation.  My understanding was the meds would improve quality and quantity of eggs.  It's possible that I'm ovulating shitty eggs very regularly. 

My luteal phases are long and strong (suggesting adequate progesterone and against bad eggs), but apparently the two are not always correlated.

My progesterone level came back fine by them, but they don't put too much stock in the number since measuring progesterone quantitatively via blood is a tricky business.

[Cythe]

Hey ladies!

Nothing super exciting happening over here. Still waiting for my pokey ass AF to show up, as its been said to me recently "[your] ute be confused".

In anticipation of CD1 I called to set up my hydrosono appt and am good to go for that on 9/11. Other then that, just waiting to bleed so I can get some blood drawn!

We will be doing IUI 3 - if my fucking RE ever returns my calls since they apparently arent TAKING them when I call. Fx that they get back to me tomorrow so I can get in on CD3 for my baseline.

[cateyes]

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Thanks for starting for me getzystark!!!!

longhornwino0907-Have a great vacation!! I hope that the break gives you guys a chance to get on the same page and move forward with whatever you is right for you!
kariann12-FX for you!!!!! Double the targets!!!

mrsjene-Bodies are such jerks! I am sorry yours is being extra difficult! I hope the provera doesthe trick quick!
@goldenlove-Insurance sucks! I am sorry you will have to pay for the second HSG but yay for cheap Ovidrel!
RaeLynn28-I am sorry your nurses are making things confusing!
nerdykitten-Good luck on your ET!!!!!!!!!!
dke2010-Yay for a plan!!!!
@pineappleoranges-Glad you got some stuff schedule!
andrea-Sorry for the BFN-hugs
kawaiikitsune-Hugs to you.
emilie-I am glad your test results were good. I agree with trying a few IUIs since they are covered anyways!!!
youdontsay-Welcome and good luck! The benefit of meds is for timing of TI or IUI and it may produce more eggs, ie more targets. As joy said-it can prevent eggs from hanging around too long and getting “overmature”.
Cythe-come on ute and RE!!!!

AFM-It has been a whirlwind couple of weeks. We have gone back and forth on doing IUI or pushing through with IVF prep this month. We decided to do IUI #3 and finish testing so insurance will cover the testing. I am currently CD 8 of a letrozloe cycle. Then on the next CD 1 (if IUI 3 is a bust), we will start BCP in preparation for IVF and then after start stimming. I am guessing we will start stimming in late October and ER will be early November! But first thing is first-SHG tomorrow. I am freaked out because I had such a terrible HSG that it makes me worried! I know they are different procedures but it just worries me.

[kaliRN]

Aug 31, 2015 9:13:24 GMT -5 mrsjene said:

Hi everyone!

So during the last check-in, I had learned that I ovulated through the pill. Last week, I was having cramps and heavy spotting that eventually became red flow. I thought it was my period coming super early. I went in for baseline testing and turns out, it wasn't my period. The nurse told me to wait it out another week and see if I got it then. I wasn't comfortable with this, so I made her consult with the RE. RE disagreed with the nurse and said that based on my levels, I could be waiting a LOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNGGGG time to get it. So basically, my body is screwed up right now and no one has any idea when I'll get my period in order to start all the injects.

Moral of the story, RE ended up prescribing Provera to kind of kick start things. I'm currently on it and am supposed to call back when I get my period.

And all of this puts things off even longer.

All the hugs friend.

[kaliRN]

emilie I totally agree with joy.
cateyes my SHG was pretty chill. A lot better than the HSG. Hope it's the same for you.

AFM lupron is treating me well so far. Tomorrow is the last ocp! Happy dance! And Friday is my baseline monitoring appointment before I start stims Friday night. Things are just moving right along. Feeling much better and hoping I continue to.

[snakefisherbub]

Hey ladies! Hugs and love for all.

Afm I'm pretty sure I am going to start my period in the next couple of days. With my luck it'll be Thursday, on my birthday. Anyway that means another bust of a cycle. Didn't I just say this same exact thing last week? Other than that, my edd is on the 19th and well that sucks balls.

[kawaiikitsune]

snakefisherbub - All the hugs going out to you. Please be kind to yourself. Also, happy early birthday!

[emilie]

Hugs snakefisherbub!

Thanks joy - do you know if there is a resource somewhere online that gives good info about the various fertility drugs, what they do, and the differences between them? I know you were reluctant to use meds so I figure that if anyone would have done their research, it would have been you I checked the 3T blog but I didn't see a definitive rundown, but maybe I missed something.

[joy]

Aug 31, 2015 20:28:22 GMT -5 emilie said:

Hugs snakefisherbub!

Thanks joy - do you know if there is a resource somewhere online that gives good info about the various fertility drugs, what they do, and the differences between them? I know you were reluctant to use meds so I figure that if anyone would have done their research, it would have been you I checked the 3T blog but I didn't see a definitive rundown, but maybe I missed something.

I actually didn't do much research beyond Clomid and Femara! Whoops. Maybe someone else knows of a source like this??