Informal GKU IF Check-in

[ceejay]

Huge hugs, Rama and goldenlove3.

It will be over soon, rooskie! Hope everything goes well.

FX for you, dke2010 and Evelyn3!!!

[rooskie]

Thanks everyone! It went well (minus the cramping and pain) and everything is clear. My GYN went over all the pictures with me and showed me what all was going on. Now I'm just spotting and cramping.

FFTC: I had to wait in the room for a bit so I sent DH a picture of all the stuff on the tray so he would STFU about going in for his SA.

[lilsneezy]

::hugs:: Rama and goldenlove3

[youdontsay]

Hugs goldenlove3 and @ramadicilous.

[emilie]

Hugs goldenlove3. Hugs Rama. I'm sorry this cycle didn't work out.

glad today went well rooskie!

best of luck dke2010 and Evelyn3!  I have my IUIs tomorrow and Saturday!

Question: How do you guys feel about testing out the trigger? Today was my very first trigger shot and I kind of want to do it. What can I say, I'm just a girl with a stack of 50 Wondfos and a dream.

[butlerfan]

emilie GL on the IUI's!!!!

[emilie]

Also a WTF for you all - this morning my RE's office was playing Annie songs in the waiting room.

Annie. In a fertility clinic.

[Rama]

Nov 12, 2015 12:53:38 GMT -5 emilie said:

Hugs goldenlove3. Hugs Rama. I'm sorry this cycle didn't work out.

glad today went well rooskie!

best of luck dke2010 and Evelyn3!  I have my IUIs tomorrow and Saturday!

Question: How do you guys feel about testing out the trigger? Today was my very first trigger shot and I kind of want to do it. What can I say, I'm just a girl with a stack of 50 Wondfos and a dream.

I tested out my trigger and I'll probably do it again. Gotta use those Wondfos somehow, right? My tests were negative at 5-6dpt, but I hear they can go up to 10 days before disappearing.

[butlerfan]

emilie I am now singing Annie in my head....thanks.

But yes, WTF at them.

[Evelyn3]

emilie thanks! Good luck to you too!
I tested mine out last time, I might do it again.
I kind of just wanted to see two lines on a test for once in my life, as crazy as that is. And I was curious to know on average how long it would stay in my body
If you have cheap tests I say go for it

[Evelyn3]

Glad it went well rooskie!

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Nov 12, 2015 13:04:57 GMT -5 emilie said:

Also a WTF for you all - this morning my RE's office was playing Annie songs in the waiting room.

Annie. In a fertility clinic.

It is a hard knock life for us.

[cateyes]

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Welcome achromia and daisy818!
youdontsay-FX you get you “lupron period” soon!!! I have no advice about IVF cycles other than it causes me anxiety and we are not even there yet!
wannabmama-FX for you!
So many hugs to you mrsjene. FX your numbers pick up!
pippacricket-Good luck with your meds!!!
rooskie-Yay for open tubes!
goldenlove3-hugs to you. I am so sorry.
So many hugs @wallflwr926.
Congrats mugster!!!!!!!!!!!
kaliRN-I am getting so excited for you! I can’t believe your trip is coming soon!!
lilsneezy-hugs to you. If you have not heard-healy pharmacy out of Chicago has amazing inject prices so be sure to check them out!!! I hope your new RE helps you since this RE seems crazy!
Rama-I am so sorry for the early period and the period in general. Hugs to you. I also agree, phasing into a new/different board is super hard. I have been posting on 3T for a year but still consider this home base!
dke2010-Yay for the follies! Good luck with your IUI!
I am so sorry for all the trouble you ILs are giving you butlerfan. What RE are you seeing now? So many hugs to you.
emilie-I tested out the triggers each time to make sure if I got a BFP it was legit!!! Plus, I needed to know there was such a thing as 2 lines!
It feels so weird to be saying, but come on CD 1 getzystark!!
babycowbell-I am so excited that you are moving forward and having progress!
ceejay-I am glad you are feeling better about IVF and I think you have a solid plan!!
@evelyn3-FX for your IUI!!

Thanks Cythe for running the check-in this week! AFM I wanted to wait until I had an update to post! We had an initial consult with our new RE and I am in love with him. The RE himself spent an hour and half with us! This is more face to face time than we probably got with the other RE in 8 months total! The RE looked over our charts and is not totally convinced my right tube is blocked and suggested we do a laparoscopy to check if it is blocked and potentially fix it if needed. So I am just waiting for that to be scheduled. It will put us in the benched category for a month but it will be nice to know for sure if it is blocked or not. And really atthis point, what is one month out of the game? Then after the benched month we are starting injectable meds for 3 IUIs to see if we can work some magic. If not we will look at IVF next spring or fall. Overall it was a good appointment and we are back in the game!

[butlerfan]

cateyes I'm glad your new RE is better!

As far as your question about RE we are in the transition right now. We have two hospitals in immediate area. Both are covered under my insurance for "normal stuff". Neither for IF stuff (IUI and IVF, etc). The first one is the one we normally go to that we meet with the RE there and had SA, blood work, ultrasound, initial meeting, etc done. He recommended IVF based on the SA and then also with my low AMH levels. They don't do IVF at that hospital due to being Catholic based.

So I have now contacted the other one who made us fill out a bunch of paperwork and they are getting our medical records. Then they will review everything and then set us up for a meeting. Why have another initial meeting until they can look over everything and see where we are at.

So now I/we wait to get an appointment. I'm sure there is nothing else that can be done besides IVF but I need to talk to them to see what they say about the costs, success rates, risks, how many rounds to get that success rate, etc.

So right now I guess we are in limbo and have started talking adoption/fostering since IVF is so expensive and depending on side effects ( I don't usually do well with a lot of medications) do we want to put me through that and how many times and no guarantee that it will work.

[dke2010]

Nov 12, 2015 12:53:38 GMT -5 emilie said:

Hugs goldenlove3. Hugs Rama. I'm sorry this cycle didn't work out.

glad today went well rooskie!

best of luck dke2010 and Evelyn3!  I have my IUIs tomorrow and Saturday!

Question: How do you guys feel about testing out the trigger? Today was my very first trigger shot and I kind of want to do it. What can I say, I'm just a girl with a stack of 50 Wondfos and a dream.

I normally don't test out my trigger, but I've never bought Wondfos.

[emilie]

cateyes I'm so glad it went well with the new RE!

[lilsneezy]

Nov 12, 2015 12:53:38 GMT -5 emilie said:

Question: How do you guys feel about testing out the trigger? Today was my very first trigger shot and I kind of want to do it. What can I say, I'm just a girl with a stack of 50 Wondfos and a dream.

I would test it out or not test at all. I didn't test out my trigger once and got a faint positive at 12dpo/13dpt and didn't know if it was the trigger or actually a bfp. I didn't retest until the next day and obviously it ended up being a bfn. But I spent that entire day thinking I could possibly be pregnant. Getting a bfn the next day was shitty. Like really, really shitty.  

[lilsneezy]

achromia Welcome! Sorry you found yourself here. Hope you get some answers soon!
youdontsay I think a CD1 cupcake delivery service is a great idea! You can call it Cuntcakes (too much?)
wannabmama FX for you!
mrsjene grow follies, grow!!
rooskie Good luck with YH's SA!
daisy818 Good luck with your surgery! Hope you get some answers soon.
@wallflwr926 Sorry about the early O and about YH's job. I hope you can get in with a RE soon!
Cythe Boo to allergic reactions and running out of meds! Hope those 7 follies are AWESOME ones!!
kaliRN Sorry you're feeling nauseous but sooo excited for your trip in February!!
butlerfan Sorry you have to deal with your IL's shit. Unfortunately, sometimes you have to cut negative people out of your life to save your own sanity. But, glad you were able to all sit down and have a conversation about it!
emilie Yay for no side effects! Keeping my FX for you!
getzystark ::hugs:: I hope your SIL gets her period on her wedding day.
babycowbell Super exciting news!! Best of luck moving forward!
Evelyn3 Good luck with your IUI!
dke2010 Good luck on Friday!!
cateyes I'm so glad you found a RE you love and he has a plan in place for you! I'm definitely a little jealous of that! Thanks for the tip on the inject prices. I'm dreading finding out how much that's going to cost me.

[joy]

Nov 12, 2015 12:53:38 GMT -5 emilie said:

Hugs goldenlove3. Hugs Rama. I'm sorry this cycle didn't work out.

glad today went well rooskie!

best of luck dke2010 and Evelyn3!  I have my IUIs tomorrow and Saturday!

Question: How do you guys feel about testing out the trigger? Today was my very first trigger shot and I kind of want to do it. What can I say, I'm just a girl with a stack of 50 Wondfos and a dream.

I had no plans to test out my trigger. But then I took a FRER four days after trigger "just to see!!!" Then I was overcome with curiosity at 9 dpiui (11 post trigger) and it was snowy white.

So, I did it. Accidentally.

[youdontsay]

lilsneezy DED at the cupcake delivery service name!!!! Hahahahaha!

[lilsneezy]

Nov 12, 2015 16:54:10 GMT -5 youdontsay said:

lilsneezy DED at the cupcake delivery service name!!!! Hahahahaha!

… and they'd be red velvet! I'll stop now

[dke2010]

Copied from 3T: I had my first IUI this morning. Everything went great! The RE asked if we had any weekend plans, and we didn't besides doing this and eating out for my birthday. He and the nurse laughed. Afterwards, my DH and I went out to the desk and the nurse said that the doctor wasn't going to charge us anything for the IUI since it was my birthday. That was so cool and made me feel like he really cares!

[lilsneezy]

Nov 13, 2015 14:46:08 GMT -5 dke2010 said:

Copied from 3T: I had my first IUI this morning. Everything went great! The RE asked if we had any weekend plans, and we didn't besides doing this and eating out for my birthday. He and the nurse laughed. Afterwards, my DH and I went out to the desk and the nurse said that the doctor wasn't going to charge us anything for the IUI since it was my birthday. That was so cool and made me feel like he really cares!

That's so awesome he didn't charge you for your birthday! I wish all RE's were like that. FX for you!

[dke2010]

Nov 13, 2015 15:25:52 GMT -5 lilsneezy said:

Nov 13, 2015 14:46:08 GMT -5 dke2010 said:

Copied from 3T: I had my first IUI this morning. Everything went great! The RE asked if we had any weekend plans, and we didn't besides doing this and eating out for my birthday. He and the nurse laughed. Afterwards, my DH and I went out to the desk and the nurse said that the doctor wasn't going to charge us anything for the IUI since it was my birthday. That was so cool and made me feel like he really cares!

That's so awesome he didn't charge you for your birthday! I wish all RE's were like that. FX for you!

I'm sure that doesn't happen too often where an IUI falls on someone's birthday! Thanks!

[butlerfan]

Nov 13, 2015 14:46:08 GMT -5 dke2010 said:

Copied from 3T: I had my first IUI this morning. Everything went great! The RE asked if we had any weekend plans, and we didn't besides doing this and eating out for my birthday. He and the nurse laughed. Afterwards, my DH and I went out to the desk and the nurse said that the doctor wasn't going to charge us anything for the IUI since it was my birthday. That was so cool and made me feel like he really cares!

That's awesome he didn't charge you. Happy birthday!

[lilsneezy]

dke2010 Forgot to wish you a happy birthday, whoops! Happy birthday!!

[Evelyn3]

dke2010 happy birthday! Glad everything went well!