GKU Informal IF Check In

[easilyunamused]

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 is 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/IF and who would like the company of others going through the same experiences.





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


QOTD: What are you favorite flowers? PIP!

[kawaiikitsune]

Thank you for starting easilyunamused .

For some reason, I thought it was Sunday.

I am still just waiting for word back from my RE nurse. She said hopefully my records will get there via mail on Tue. or Wed. I sure hope so. I am currently 9DPO. My boobs are killing me and everything is making me gag. I don't have my hopes up but it is definitely odd.

QOTW - My favorite flower is a tie between carnations & peonies.

ETA - Forgot to add pics.

[easilyunamused]

I'm going to rant for a moment. Every time I go to the RE, they never know what I am there for. It's so frustrating. Like I go in for CD3, they ask how my transfer went and try to test betas. I go in for CD12 monitoring and they think I am there for CD3. It's not a huge deal because it's figured out, but I just don't feel like a valued patient.

Also, it's cd14, my follicles are still not mature. The IUI keeps getting pushed back further and further. Again, not the biggest deal, but I have family coming in to town tomorrow for a week for my birthday.

Have any of you dealt with that? Where they don't mature for a long time? I wasn't aware that it could take this long. Is there a chance they won't mature at all?

QOTD: I'm a suker for tiger lilies.

[easilyunamused]

Holy crap that is huge. How do I size it down?

kawaiikitsune, FX the records are there this week and you can move forward.

[peaseblossom55]

kawaiikitsune, I hope your records get there soon. FX for this cycle.
easilyunamused, I'm sorry the IUI keeps getting pushed back. I hope it happens soon.

I triggered last night, tomorrow is ER. I'm feeling bloated and miserable ready to get this over with. I've lost a bit of my optimism no real reason either. I guess it's self defense in a way. It's easier to expect the worst, than hope it will work and be devastated by bad news like last cycle. I'm still hoping for a lot of mature eggs this time around.

QOTW: I love star gazer lilies, H hates how they smell. Otherwise I love peonies and roses too. I tried to get married around a time when I knew peonies would be in season :-)

[kawaiikitsune]

easilyunamused I get that RE's usually have a lot of patients but how hard is it to keep track of someone. They have charts and files, for crying out loud. I'm sorry your IUI keeps getting pushed back. FX your follies mature soon so it doesn't interfere with your birthday week. Happy early birthday!

peaseblossom55 FX for your ER tomorrow. Crossing everything for you this cycle!

[wannabmama]

Hiii everrrybody!
kawaiikitsune glad the records are finally getting there!
easilyunamused I hate hate hate when my doc or nurse makes some mistake like that...it shouldn't be my up to catch them! Luckily the one I'm at now isn't so bad, but I would definitely be stressed if they were making those kinds of mistakes on the regular. Good luck getting those follies to grow!

I'm on day 13 of stims and am so uncomfortable, I don't know how I'm going to make it through the rest of the day. Waiting to hear if I'll trigger tonight or wait one more day. It looks like my best outcome will be seven or so follicles, not great...but for my age and general response to the meds, not terrible either. Waiting to get my blood work levels from today to make sure estrogen is still looking ok.
QOTD: oh I love so many flowers, I'm on a gerbera daisies kick right now. (I also love gardenias...the smell is super evocative for me.)

[rooskie]

kawaiikitsune - hope you get everything straightened out this week with the RE transfers.
easilyunamused - that is weird. You think the nurses would check to see why you are there and have everything ready to go (lab stickers for bloodwork, ultrasound room, etc).
peaseblossom55 - my FX so hard for you right now.
wannabmama - hope your ER is scheduled soon and everything goes smoothly.

AFM, it's CD3 and I called and scheduled H's SA for count for next Tuesday. So by the end of next week they will hopefully have his online charts set up and we can see if there has been any improvement before we go to the uro.

My middle name is Rose so naturally that is my favorite but I love hydrangeas too.

[requiressnacks]

easilyunamused , my RE's office is exactly like that too. I always just assume they have a million things going on. But it's highly annoying.
kawaiikitsune , that whole transfer of offices/records is such a shit show! Hopefully it get straightened out soon.
peaseblossom55 , I hope tomorrow goes well! Try to keep the hope!
wannabmama , I can't believe you're ready to trigger already! Seems like you just decided to do IVF (not to you, I'm sure. but to me, the random internet stranger. haha)
rooskie , hope you see improvement!

AFM, I'm 7dpo on a clomid/IUI cycle. I'm hopeful but trying to manage expectations. MH's count was 29 million post-wash, by far his best (the cycle I got KU it was 10 million post-wash). So there's that.

QOTW: I have to copy rooskie . I love hydrangeas...mainly because I love summer and they are in full bloom in the summer. Here are some hydrangeas on Block Island.

[kawaiikitsune]

wannabmama Sorry the stims are making you so uncomfortable. FX for your b/w results.
rooskie Hoping you get good news from the results of YH's SA.
requiressnacks It really has been and I am so ready for it to be over. Happy that YH's post-wash numbers were good. Crossing everything for you this cycle!

[cateyes]

easilyunamused-sometimes eggs just grow slow. Sorry Hope they mature fast!!

AFM-I had my monitoring appointment today (CD 12, stim day 11) and I am super bummed right now. The follies are no where near ready to go. They like didn't grow at all from Thursday. I mean they grew "some" but hardly at all. The left ovary completely stopped responding and the right now shows 10.6, 10.2, 9.6, 9.2, 9.1. Plus a bunch of smaller ones. They are thinking the low dose may have triggered the small ones and so may be going with a bigger dose. Ether way, gotta buy more meds we don't have the money for.

[wannabmama]

rooskie and requiressnacks hydrangeas were my wedding bouquet flowers, I love them too.

Sorry cateyes my follicles seemed to grow somewhat unevenly...and have suddenly started going much more (day 13 of stims, CD14) so maybe yours will kick it up a notch especially if they change the meds. I am sorry you might need more meds though, talk about adding insult to injury.

[peaseblossom55]

I'm sorry cateyes, I hope the follicles continue to grow. It's such a frustrating process.

[requiressnacks]

I'm so sorry cateyes.

[kawaiikitsune]

I am so sorry cateyes.

[butlerfan]

cateyes ugh so frustrating so sorry for this news/update.

[teachermomtobe]

easilyunamused, thanks for starting! I would be annoyed if the RE's office didn't know what I was there for. This is your first month on meds, right? My first month I O'd on CD19. The following months were 16 and 13. How big are your follicles?
kawaiikitsune, I love peonies too. Also, I hope your records arrive so you can finally be done with the old RE.
peaseblossom55, GL tomorrow! I hope you have lots of eggs!
wannabmama, sorry you're so uncomfortable. Hope you get to trigger soon!
requiressnacks, FX for you this cycle. When do you test/have betas?
cateyes, sorry for the disappointing news

AFM,
Had my post-op follow up on Friday and the surgeon said I can get back to TTC after April 1st. I messaged my RE to see if she agrees and to ask if we could do 1-2 Femara/IUIs and then move on to IVF. In January when I met with my RE before I got sick the plan had been 3 Femara/IUIs then IVF but since we lost 3 months due to having to avoid, I wanted to know if we could condense that a bit. Waiting to hear back from her but feeling like we'll be moving forward again soon!

GTKY: I had mini calla lilies at my wedding and I loved them!

[Becca]

easilyunamused, I'm lurking from 3T, but just wanted to let you know this past cycle I didn't trigger for my IUI until CD19, with an IUI on CD21. Hang in there, sometimes it just take longer.

[requiressnacks]

teachermomtobe - hope you get back to IUIs soon!

I'll be testing Friday. Will schedule betas only if needed.

[kawaiikitsune]

teachermomtobe So glad you don't have to wait to jump back into TTC.

[cateyes]

Mar 21, 2016 18:21:59 GMT -5 requiressnacks said:

teachermomtobe - hope you get back to IUIs soon!

I'll be testing Friday. Will schedule betas only if needed.

FX for you!!!!

[snakefisherbub]

Cd 56. Unbelievable this body of mine. Never had this happen before and randomly it just get out of whack. I know weird cycles happen I just wish it wasn't to me. I got enough to deal with, thanks. The good news is that I have an appointment with my obgyn on the 31st. I hope I get some medicine and get this show back on the road. Also it's been on my mind a lot about heading back to the RE. I need to nut up and go.

Other than that lots of hugs and love! ♡♡

[rooskie]

requiressnacks – good luck Friday!
cateyes – so sorry.
wannabmama – I had white hydrangeas and roses in my bouquet!
teachermomtobe – good to hear you are moving forward.
snakefisherbub - *hugs* Good luck with your appointments. Hopefully they can find some answers.

[ceejay]

kawaiikitsune - hope everything can get resolved soon with your records. Sorry you've been stuck in this frustrating situation for so long!
easilyunamused - sorry for your frustrations with your RE office. And FX your follicles grow!!!
peaseblossom55 - FX for your ER tomorrow!! I hope everything goes well!
wannabmama - FX you can trigger soon and hopefully some smaller follicles will catch up for ER!
rooskie - FX for YH's SA next week! I really hope you guys get some good news and see some improvement.
requiressnacks - FX for you this cycle. That's a great post-wash count!
cateyes - Huge hugs. I'm so sorry. Is there any chance those smaller follicles will grow on their own without extra meds?
teachermomtobe - yay for getting back to TTC! And yay for a good plan moving forward!
snakefisherbub - sorry you're still stuck in the long, annoying cycle.


I finally have an exciting update! We will be (most likely) doing an IUI next cycle!!!!!! I am so excited. I know our chances won't be that much higher than natural cycles given our MFI, but it should at least help! And I honestly never thought we would even get to try IUIs, since H and I had both assumed we would have to go straight to IVF.

I still need to have my HSG, so I asked my RE if I could do the HSG and our first Clomid IUI in the same cycle. So unless I'm miraculously pregnant now (I'm 6 DPO in natural cycle 20), I get to call my RE nurse on CD1 to set up baseline monitoring, find out when to start Clomid "on risk", and schedule my HSG for CD5 or 6. Assuming my tubes are clear in the HSG, I'll continue with Clomid and monitoring, and we will do the IUI mid cycle. I was so excited when my RE okay'ed my plan, and FX my tubes will be clear so we can do the IUI!


QOTW: I'm boring but my favorite flowers are definitely roses. I love rose bouquets with other accent flowers... like my wedding bouquet:

[requiressnacks]

ceejay- so exciting!! I too did my HSG and my first Clomid cycle in the same month. It felt so good to finally be doing things and not waiting!

[kawaiikitsune]

requiressnacks Crossing all the things for you!
snakefisherbub How incredibly frustrating. FX you obgyn can offer a solution to end this long cycle.
ceejay Yay! So happy for you that you get to try IUI. FX for your HSG & for clear tubes!

[ohinvrtedworld]

kawaiikitsune hope your paperwork arrives soon! And it's hard not to get your hopes up sometimes!
easilyunamused ugh I'd be annoyed. Why don't they just ask where you're at rather than assume? I'm sorry your follies are slow growing, fx that they catch up!
peaseblossom55 I'll get my hopes up for you! T&Ps that you get lots of mature eggs today!!
wannabmama I'm sorry you're so uncomfortable, I hope those follicles are really good ones!
rooskie oh how I hope his SA yields some good news for you!
requiressnacks also going to shamelessly have my hopes high for you!
cateyes ughhh I hate this for you so much. I'm sorry that you have to buy more meds.
teachermomtobe glad your recovery is going so well and I hope you can get this show on the road!
snakefisherbub whacky cycles seriously suck. I hope it ends for you soon. All the best as you get back to the RE.
ceejay excited that you get to try IUI!! FX that the HSG shows clear tubes!

Nothing new AFM. I told my mom it was taking longer than a year to get KU and she was wholly unconcerned. She says they NTNP for over a year but that when she let her hips sit up afterwards that that worked. I'm not really upset or bothered by that. It feels nice having someone who is hopeful since I am not! Haha.

QOTW: I love peonies and ranunculus! I need to find a photo of my wedding bouquet.

[requiressnacks]

ohinvrtedworld, I love that you talk to your mom about GKU.

[ohinvrtedworld]

Mar 22, 2016 9:33:02 GMT -5 requiressnacks said:

ohinvrtedworld, I love that you talk to your mom about GKU.

Haha we are pretty casual like that. but if it takes forever to get her a grandchild, I just don't want to be pestered incessantly either.

[easilyunamused]

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peaseblossom55, good luck today! I hope it goes smoothly.

wannabmama, hope you got the go ahead to trigger! I am also so bloated, it's a horrible feeling.

rooskie, Good luck with cd3 testing! It'll all start happening fast now.

requiressnacks, awesome numbers from YH! FX this is the one:)

cateyes, I'm sorry your follies aren't cooperating either. We are doing all we can, why can't our bodies just respond the way we need them to? FX that this other medication works.

teachermomtobe, Yes, this is my first medicated cycle. They have me using a trigger as well. I ovulate all over the place. My biggest follie was 12 on CD14. THey said they need it to be 17.  I go back tomorrow for another u/s. Excited that you have a plan back in action! FX that these IUIs are all you'll need. I also had calla lilies as my wedding bouquet!

Becca, thanks! That is comforting to know I am not alone on the late bloomers. I was worried about every besides this! haha IF definitely will let you practice patience.

snakefisherbub, I'm sorry you're still in limbo. I hope you do feel it's the time to go back to the RE. Better late than never!

ceejay, YAY! I am so excited for you! FX your HSG goes well. Do you know how many IUIs you're willing do before moving to IVF? (FX you won't have to though)

ohinvrtedworld, sometimes you just have to laugh when you get those comments. Does it feel better having her know, though? MH and I have been thinking of telling our moms when they come to visit over the next couple months. It almost feels like lying at this point. But I'm worried that my MIL will have non stop questions and "advice".

I'll have another ultrasound tomorrow. Hoping this will be the last one. My clinic is supposed to be world renowned, but they are very confusing. There are two clinics. The main on is about 25 minutes away from me, the second, smaller clinic is about 10 minutes away from me. I've tried to do most of my testing at the smaller clinic, but was told after CD3, I needed to do all my other tests at the main clinic. Ok, fine. Yesterday, I called to make my next appointment, and the woman I talked to said I could do it at the clinic closest to me. Ummm, what? I told her I was specifically told I could not. She was pretty much saying who ever said that was wrong. It's like they have zero communication within their own clinics. I don't even know who I would talk to about all of this misinformation. 

Anyways, sorry for complaining about this. I'll try to refrain from this day forward. Scouts honor.