***GKU IF WEEKLY CHECK IN***Informal 12/7

[cateyes]

So I guess I never saved the updated check-in from last week so lets do an informal check-in! 

How are you ladies doing? What is going on? Any one have big plans for the New Year (TTC related or not!!!)

I will have the check-in updated for next week! 

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.

[Rama]

I was wondering where you were, Cat! Hope everything's good with you. <3

I'm 11DPO and antsy as all hell. Curse you, time, for going by so slowly! Wednesday is my test day, according to FF, and I'm trying not to get my hopes up, but my chart's so beautiful, it's hard.

[mrsjene]

We have a normal embie! Finally! YAY! We are meeting with RE on Wednesday to discuss the transfer!

[rooskie]

Rama - you can add me to the list of people stalking your chart.

AFM - my ultrasound went really well last week and they didn't find anything. It was specifically for looking for endo so they aren't sure why I'm spotting yet but they haven't done a progesterone check. They did take 6 vials of blood to do genetic/immunization testing and I got really light headed.

DH's bloodwork should be back tomorrow or Wednesday and they want me to schedule a follow up ASAP. I don't get why if they are planning on sending us to a specialist but I guess I'll talk to them when the results come back.

This week I also finally find out if I passed the first part of my CMA exam so kind of nervous about that.

[getzystark]

Rama, come on time!!! MOVE FASTER!!! All the things crossed for you Rama!
mrsjene, woo hoo!!!! Get that embie in your ute!

AFM, no embryos grew. So that's super lame. It turns out they are blaming the study protocol because I responded the best out of the people they had which really really sucks. I paid a decent amount of money to get NOTHING. Positive side is that H's SA was again perfect (although we used ICSI, so we don't know about fertilization on their own) and we know my egg reserve and quality is fine. I'm still having a boat load of feels about this whole situation and I'm working on finding a counselor to work through all this shit.

So the RE doesn't think we need IVF, and at least wants to try IUI as long as I get two or more follies. I've had TI with trigger with Clomid and always made two so that's the route we're going to go. The best part is that we know I've been ready to trigger on day 12, so I get to cut out an ultrasound. We'll be doing a trigger too, since OPKs for me tend to be positive on the day I ovulate which isn't helpful. I have pretty low hopes for IUI but maybe my cervix or CM is an issue, so hopefully we can see if this will get around the problem.

[ceejay]

FX for you, Rama ! Your chart looks beautiful!

mrsjene - YAY FOR YOUR NORMAL EMBIE!!!!!

rooskie - Glad to hear your ultrasound went well. FX that you passed your exam!

getzystark - Huge hugs. I'm so sorry. Best of luck moving forward with IUIs.


AFM, I'm at 9 DPO in a natural cycle. H is still taking his vitamins and supplements. I've been having PMS symptoms this past weekend which probably means a slightly short LP but my stupidly optimistic self keeps thinking maybe they are actually pregnancy symptoms!?! Ugh. I hate that I still symptom spot and get my hopes up after this many cycles TTC. 

[youdontsay]

I'm on mobile so I can't tag but sending hugs and good vibes to everyone!!!!

AFM: Saturday they transferred two crappy embryos, they weren't growing like they should and the RE told me to remain "hopeful". I work in healthcare and when a physican says to stay hopeful, it's not good news. I think at this point they did the ET to follow protocol and make money. There was one embryo left and they didn't think it would make it to freeze so at least I'll get $1000 back from the office!

So, MH and I are preparing for the end of our TTC journey and see what the next steps are. Going through all of this as newlyweds was horrific and I would like to just spend a year being married before we decide on adoption or child free not by choice.

BETA is a week from today, both MH and I took the day off from work to either celebrate (LOLZ) or drink our faces off.

QOTW: I haven't even planned what were doing for Christmas, let alone New Years. We used to do something with another couple, but they are in the middle of a divorce so we'll probably just stay home.

[emilie]

thanks cateyes! hope you're well.
good luck with that beautiful chart Rama!
mrsjene that's great news! hope your consult goes well!
rooskie best of luck with the bloodwork and the exam results!
getzystark good luck with the IUIs. have they done anything like a post-coital test to check CM?
ceejay fx for you despite the PMS. even after all this time I still can't help but symptom spot a little too.
youdontsay huge hugs. I'm glad you guys took your beta day off.

AFM, chugging along on Follistim. At my baseline I only had 4 follicles and one was dominant so my RE told me I would probably only get one follie again this cycle. But yesterday at my monitoring appointment I had both a 14mm and a 12mm follie! Yay! I know there's no guarantee that both of them will be mature but the prospect of having 2 instead of 1 makes me happy. Probably triggering and doing IUIs later this week.

Hugs and fx to everyone as always!

[Evelyn3]

Rama I have everything crossed for you!!! And hope the next few days go quickly

So happy for you mrsjene!!

rooskie glad they didn't find anything on the ultrasound, good luck for the rest of your results

getzystark, sorry to hear that. On the bright side, I hope the info you did get means that IUI's will work for you. Big hugs, I'm sorry that nothing came of the study.

ceejay, FX!

Huge hugs youdontsay

emilie, good luck!!

Thanks for checkin cateyes

AFM, waiting for Wednesday for ultrasound to decide when we should trigger. Finished femara last night. This will be the last IUI we do, cliché but let's hope third times a charm haha

[nerdykitten]

--Grad lurking--

******- So my closest RE was 2.5-3 hours away depending on traffic. Granted my work is really quite flexible so I was able to stay late if I didn't want to use time off for my appointments. However I also felt like my RE's office tried their best to get me in very first thing in the morning so I didn't have to miss as much work. They also tried to make it where I could get some of the inital testing and blood work done locally instead of having to go up there. My brain is mush and I can't remember if you had had all of the inital tests and blood work done through your OB. However depending on what direction of treatment they take you in changes how often you are monitored as well as how much time off you might have to take.

I was not OoP for everything, though we did opt to pay some of it that way just all of our benefits wouldn't get gobbled up by running a few key items through insurance.

[rooskie]

****** - are there any REs that travel to your area? I live in a decent sized city and we have a few locally but I've heard that there are some from Indy (Bos.ton IVF I think) that come to my town once or twice a month and practice here too.

[getzystark]

Dec 7, 2015 15:17:38 GMT -5 ****** said:

Rama not to add to your crazy, but... That is one FINE looking chart! I looked back at your others and this one sure looks promising!!

youdontsay {{hugs}} IF sucks! So sorry you are having to make such a hard decision.

AFM: nothing new going on. I've decided on an RE, but I'm putting off making the appointment. We've been TTC 24 months now so you'd think I had built up the nerve but I keep hoping each cycle will be "the one". *sigh* anyway. I have a couple questions.
We only have 1 group of RE in my state. They're 1.5 hours away. Is it going to be feasible to get treatment from them? My work schedule is not flexible so I'm worried to even waste the consultation fee to realize at the end that I'm too far away. How's your experience been if you have to travel to see your RE?
Also, for those who are OOP, do you feel like you are getting less than ideal treatments or protocol due to the high costs? Have you have to select different routes/methods due to finance limitations that you feel were less than optimal?
I hope that makes sense, I'm still working through all this in my mind.

There's only one RE in my state, but it's in the same city as I live, so I'm not much help there. I can imagine having to do a 1.5 hour drive for U/S would be pretty difficult, especially for IVF.

I'm all OOP and I haven't ever felt the protocols for treatment were less than what anyone would give for insured people. I have felt personally that I have made some decisions due to being OOP that weren't the best to save money however. I think a really good idea would be to sit down and figure out average costs of the treatments you are looking into, and calculate the worst case scenario for them. That way, if you end up not needing as many treatments, great, but if you do, at least you'll be financially prepared.

[Deleted]

Hi guys,

Hope you all are doing well. Sending lots and lots of love.

I am exhausted. I just finished my second shift of seasonal retail at a big department store. People think i'm in HS and are being mostly nice. Although, I had some lady tell me that her store card was probably older than me. I just smiled and said you would be surprised, then left it at that. She was just a bitch.
Oh, I may have managed to screwed up my first TTA cycle. I thought I o'd but then I had another temp drop. I think it's probably due to the room being cold and MH deciding to get handsy at 4AM. I was half awake and didn't even think about it until I woke up again a few hours later. So we shall see.

[lilsneezy]

cateyes Thanks for starting! Hope you're doing well
Rama Add me to the list of people chart stalking you. FX!!
mrsjene Yay!! Awesome news!
rooskie Good luck with YH's testing and your CMA exam!
getzystark I'm so sorry. Sending you huge hugs, lady!
ceejay FX for you! I still get excited in the TWW, even after 2+ years of TTC.
youdontsay I'm sorry you're not feeling hopeful but you're definitely not out yet! I really hope money wasn't the motivator for your RE. Keeping everything crossed for you!
emilie Good luck with your IUI this week!
Evelyn3 FX for you!
****** Yay for finding a RE but boo for them being so far away! I travel 45 minutes to an hour (depending on traffic) to see my current RE. Since you're still in the testing phase, the only issue I see now (besides inconvenience) is transporting YH's sample for his SA, or for an IUI if you end up going that route. My RE wants it there within 1-1.5 hours of…retrieval (not sure if that's the right word, haha). If YH is able to come with you to the appointments then that solves that problem. You also have to take into consideration that you will have to make multiple trips for ultrasounds during IUI or IVF cycles. During an IUI cycle, I'll see my RE 2-3 times in one week. I don't know too much about IVF, but I do know the monitoring is a lot more intensive than IUIs. I know kawaiikitsune had to travel quite a bit to see her RE and if I remember correctly, she was able to schedule her HSG and her H's SA on the same day. So if you tell them about your situation they might be able to do the same to save you a trip.
@wallflwr926 Good luck with your new job! Hopefully you don't have to deal with too many assholes.

AFM, zero to report. I think I O'ed today or maybe I will tomorrow. HIO because why not? I'm currently going over health insurance plans and getting overwhelmed at all of it. Such is life.

[beckynsean11]

Rama FX hard for you!
mrsjene Yay for your embie! I hope things go well on Wed!
@rooksie I'm glad to hear your ultrasound went well. Fx for all the bw to come back looking good.
getzystark I'm so sorry about your embies I hope the IUI does the trick for you. Big hugs!
ceejay good luck with this cycle!
youdontsay Huge hugs to you! Fx for your little embies!
emilie fx for those 2 follies to keep growing nicely!
@evelynn3338 fx your your scan on Wednesday!
****** I don't have personal experience traveling for treatment, but I have a friend that travels 3 hours. It's been a hassle & I know she's had to burn some sick time here & there, but it must be worth it because she does have closer options. I would probably want to go at least for the consult to see what they say, but that's me. Good luck! Also, on the issue of transporting YH's samples, the office should have an extender they can give you. You add his sample to it & that gives you up to 18 hours to get it there. We did that once, it was about 3 hours before we got there with it & his numbers were normal for him.

I'm jumping back in here. I've been lurking mostly since my loss in Jan. I finally got to burn the bench after 11 months. Thanks to my stroke, I have to be on Lovenox injections daily now that we're back to treatment. I started Clomid Thursday night for IUI #5; last dose is tonight. I'm going in Wed for a scan. Assuming I respond how I have in the past I'll be ready for IUI Friday or Saturday.

[joy]

Good to see you, beckynsean11!!!

[Rama]

Hey stranger! Glad to see you back, beckynsean11!

[beckynsean11]

Thanks loves!

[teachermomtobe]

I'm mobile so no tagging but I passed out the love tits

DH had his appt today with the urologist. I couldn't go but the doctor wasn't too concerned with his low count (14 million) but did tell him to take some vitamins. DH hasn't told me what they are yet and he has the paperwork. He has an ultrasound next week too just to check out the goods. I had a monitoring appt on Saturday and had 2 follices at 12mm. I go back tomorrow to see how they grew. FX!

[Deleted]

It's good to see you back beckynsean11 Good Luck!

[babycowbell]

Welcome back beckynsean11!

[snakefisherbub]

Hi ladies! Just here to give love like usual! I'm on cd 11 going to start opks and banging soon. At this point I don't expect anything. I'm at least trying though.

[juliayadda]

Rama can time possibly go slower!

mrsjene GAH! GAH I say! #GAH!

@rooksie! Congrats on passing your first CMA exam!

getzystark consider your ute on watch. I will be paying very close attention for the next few weeks!

ceejay I just don’t get this whole thing. I sometimes still have hopes up WHILE I am spotting.

emilie come on second follie!!!

Plllleaaase be so @evelyn3!!


So sorry youdontsay big hugs

****** I know that feeling of just hoping it will work out. 1.5 hours isn't so so bad. Our clinic offers services to people a few hours away. It will only be any issue when they need you in for monitoring appointments. I think it is worth it to see how they accommodate patients that are not local.

@wallflwrinbloom or what ever your tag is… #retaillyfe

FX so much beckynsean11!!!

teachermomtobe FX on your follies. 12 mm on Sat sounds promising.


As for me:

I did my gonalF all week and then had a monitoring app on Friday. Two follies were growing but they asked me to keep up with the jabs and come in today. Today the two follies were bigger. One was Mature and one was just under 15 mm. I did one more jab today and I will be triggering with ovidrel tomorrow night barring I spontaneously decide to ovulate early. IUI is most likely Thursday based on trigger or Wednesday in ovulating scenario.

I also found out that DH can produce his sample at home as long as he keeps his stuff warm and brings it to the clinic first thing in the morning.

[Rama]

Dec 7, 2015 22:05:25 GMT -5 juliayadda said:

Rama can time possibly go slower!???

I FREAKING KNOW, RIGHT?!?!

[cateyes]

Rama-I am cheering and stalking you so hard!!! Come on Wednesday! I give you mad props for not testing yet!!!!!!

mrsjene-Yay for the embie!!!! Hopefully you can do the transfer soon!!!

rooskie-FX you passed your test!

getzystark-You know my heart is broken for you and I am hoping beyond hope the IUIs may do the trick!!!

ceejay-I feel like sometimes IF makes us symptom spot even more because we just want this one to really be it. Hugs to you!

youdontsay-I am crossing everything that those lil embies just needed a warm place to grow. Sending you all the good vibes!!!

emilie-Wishing you luck that both those follicles mature!!

@evelyn3-FX so hard for you!!

******-First, hugs. It is hard to pull the trigger and go to an RE. We still keep thinking even break cycles might be the one! As for traveling, I do think there are some road blocks to doing it. If you are doing IUI, there are at least 3 appointments, usually like days 3, 10-12 and 12-14. You would have to be able to travel for each appointment and that last one is kind of unplanned as it is whenever you are ready to go. The other struggle is they may have you come in on say day 10 and 12 to check and then again on like 14 depending on how you respond. With injectables it is even more and with IVF it is even more and towards the end daily. I wish you luck!!! We are partly OOP and have for sure had to make choices based on that.

@wallflwr926-Hugs for being retail-that is a tough job! And I don’t know whether to say FX you didn’t screw up TTA or FX this is your cycle…lol

lilsneezy-Hugs to you and I hope your insurance does not totally overwhelm you!

Welcome back beckynsean11-I have been thinking about you! I am glad to see you are back and able to burn the bench!!!!!!!!

Wishing you luck teachermomtobe!

Hai snakefisherbub! Just sending you love back!!!

I am crossing everything for you juliayadda!!!!!!!!



AFM: CD 12 of NTNP. Just WTO and then we will get this show on the road. I have a follow up with my RE on the 21st so if no O by then, I will take provera and force CD 1!!! Then on to injectable IUIs with 2 OPEN tubes!!!!!!!!!!

[Rama]

YAAAAASSSSSSSSS!! Congrats on two open tubes, Cat!!

[Evelyn3]

******, as PP's have said, you could have to see them several times a cycle depending on the treatment. If they would be flexible helping you get the first appointment in the morning, I could see that being helpful to minimize missed work time.
Sorry they are so far, definitely not the most convenient, but doable.

@wallflwr926, hope you don't get too many a-holes, people are the worst sometimes.

Welcome back beckynsean11

Good luck for appt tomorrow teachermomtobe

Good luck this week juliayadda!!

Yay for the open tubes cateyes!

lilsneezy hope you get the health insurance figured out without too much trouble. It sucks.

[cateyes]

Dec 7, 2015 22:38:59 GMT -5 Rama said:

YAAAAASSSSSSSSS!! Congrats on two open tubes, Cat!!

How are you not testing!?!?!?? Teach me your ways strong one!!!

[Rama]

Dec 7, 2015 23:19:39 GMT -5 cateyes said:

Dec 7, 2015 22:38:59 GMT -5 Rama said:

YAAAAASSSSSSSSS!! Congrats on two open tubes, Cat!!

How are you not testing!?!?!?? Teach me your ways strong one!!!

"The wind only blows unicorns uphill."

[Deleted]

Dec 7, 2015 22:05:25 GMT -5 juliayadda said:

Rama can time possibly go slower!

mrsjene GAH! GAH I say! #GAH!

@rooksie! Congrats on passing your first CMA exam!

getzystark consider your ute on watch. I will be paying very close attention for the next few weeks!

ceejay I just don’t get this whole thing. I sometimes still have hopes up WHILE I am spotting.

emilie come on second follie!!!

Plllleaaase be so @evelyn3!!


So sorry youdontsay big hugs

****** I know that feeling of just hoping it will work out. 1.5 hours isn't so so bad. Our clinic offers services to people a few hours away. It will only be any issue when they need you in for monitoring appointments. I think it is worth it to see how they accommodate patients that are not local.

@wallflwrinbloom or what ever your tag is… #retaillyfe

FX so much beckynsean11!!!

teachermomtobe FX on your follies. 12 mm on Sat sounds promising.


As for me:

I did my gonalF all week and then had a monitoring app on Friday. Two follies were growing but they asked me to keep up with the jabs and come in today. Today the two follies were bigger. One was Mature and one was just under 15 mm. I did one more jab today and I will be triggering with ovidrel tomorrow night barring I spontaneously decide to ovulate early. IUI is most likely Thursday based on trigger or Wednesday in ovulating scenario.

I also found out that DH can produce his sample at home as long as he keeps his stuff warm and brings it to the clinic first thing in the morning.

After all this time you can't even get my tag right. That hurts me deep, JY.