DebsHopeful

Click here: Hopeful's AC Journal - The Life of an IUI er page 26
to see my journal entry for my #4th IUI attempt booked 9th May 2009

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Hi There,

Thanks so much for taking the time to read my journal.

I would love to hear any advice or suggestion you may have. I need all the help I can get.

DH and I have been TTC since 2007 with PCOS and in May 2008 we finally went for IUI/AI. I am 29 and DH is 35.
It was a last minute decision and so there was no time for medication and so had little hope that it would work but were relieved we were going to give it a proper go and had an appointment set up to do it all over again 4 weeks later.
As it turned out the next appointment was spent looking at a scan of our baby.

Unfortunately it wasn't meant to be and at 13w1d the gynea picked up that the left side of his heart had not developed, there was water on the brain and his nuchal fold was 0.89 when it should have been less than 0.3 and so we were told that he would only live to about 6 months in the womb and we would have to terminate the pregnancy.
Our world fell apart and saying good by to our gorgeous little baby was the hardest thing we have ever had to do
9 May 2008 IUI #1 = BFP Baby lived to 14w1d 4 August 2008 http://www.babyandbump.com/introduce...pregnancy.html

I had a D&C which I found out 4 weeks afterwards was incomplete and my HCG level was still a wopping 124,000.
I then had an ERPC and the physical road to recovery was drawing to a close, the emotional road was only just beginning.

Almost 4 months on and we are still trying. Perhaps you will be able to read what I am doing and learn from my mistakes,
or hopefully what I am going to get right in the end.

Cycle 22nd October 2008 IUI #2

CD1 - AF arrived, much to my dissappointment.
- Meds - Fertility Multivitimin (Staminogro)

CD3 - I had an appointment with my FS (Fertility Specialist) and he
- prescibed me Clomid to take from CD5 - CD9 and Oeustrogen CD3 - CD10
- Meds - Fertility Multivitimin (Staminogro)


CD3-9 - Meds - Clomid
- Meds - Oeustrogen
- Fertility Multivitimin (Staminogro)


CD10 - Went to see FS to count the number of follicles and measure their size
- I think there were about 5 follicles and I don't know the size,
- I will come back and up date this later
- Meds - Oeustrogen
- Meds - Fertility Multivitimin (Staminogro)

CD12 - HCG injection at 18:00 only one follicle was the right size
- Meds - Fertility Multivitimin (Staminogro)
- CM = EWCM

CD14 - IUI (Inter Uterine Insemination)
- Meds - Fertility Multivitimin (Staminogro)
- Servire ovulation cramps
- CM = EWCM

1-3DPO - pulling feeling / cramp feeling
- Meds - Progesterone AM+PM
- Meds - Pregnancy Multivitimin
- CM = C
- 3DPO = from HCG injection

4-7DPO - CM = C
- Meds - Progesterone AM+PM
- Meds - Pregnancy Multivitimin
- 4DPO = from HCG injection
- 6DPO = HCG injection undetectable by HPT

8DPO - Slight metalic taste in the mouth
- Meds - Pregnancy Multivitimin
- CM = C
- Meds - Progesterone AM+PM
-

9-10DPO - Headaches and slight lower back pain
- Meds - Progesterone AM+PM
- Meds - Pregnancy Multivitimin
- CM = C
- 9DPO =
- 10DPO =

11DPO - Headache
- CM = haven't checked
- Meds - Progesterone AM+PM
- Meds - Pregnancy Multivitimin
- faint
- Called FS to see if I could do a blood test or if there
- was a chance I might get a false + on a blood test still because of HCG injetion. He said fine to do blood test
- blood test done very sad

13DPO - Cramps
- Meds - Progesterone AM+PM
- Meds - Pregnancy Multivitimin
- faint
- did a second test with different brand

14DPO - strong metalic tast in mouth
- Meds - Progesterone AM+PM
- Meds - Pregnancy Multivitimin
- faint
- did a second test with different brand

15DPO - Cramps followed by
- Meds - Progesterone AM
- Meds - Pregnancy Multivitimin
- Called FS and was instructed to start Oestrogen in the morning.

DebsHopeful

Cycle 19th November 2008

CD1 - was told to stop taking the Progesterone
- Meds - Oestrogen
- Meds - Fertility Multivitimin (Staminogro)

CD2 - Meds - Oestrogen
- Meds - Fertility Multivitimin (Staminogro)

CD3 - Meds - Oestrogen
- Meds - Fertility Multivitimin (Staminogro)
- Had an appointment with FS and he did a scan that revieled that my secondary cyste/follicle thingy is too big.
- he has said that it will take a month to shrink so will only be able to try again in January.
- nothing I can do but wait and give the good old naturaly way a try, you never know a miracle could happen!!!
- was told to stop taking Oestrogen and instead take Progesterone AM+PM from CD10 - CD25
- to help shrink cyste/follicle thingy

CD4-CD9 - Meds - Fertility Multivitimin (Staminogro)

CD10-CD24 - Progesterone
- Meds - Fertility Multivitimin (Staminogro)

CD25-CD26 Waiting

CD27/CD1 - arrived

DebsHopeful

Cycle 15th December 2008 - IUI cancelled due to not ovualating last month

CD1 - Dec 15th AF arrived, it was to be expected after my over stimulated follicle
- Meds - Fertility Multivitimin (Staminogro)

CD3 - Dec 17th Got my first Gonal-F injection.
- Meds - Fertility Multivitimin (Staminogro)

CD4 - Meds - Oestrogen
- Meds - Fertility Multivitimin (Staminogro)

CD5 - FS appointment - Linining & Follicle scan
- Scan shows I didn't ovulate and the follicle has grown to 6cm.
- I have been put on a strong BCP for one month to aggressively shrink the follicle since the progesterone last month didn't do the job.
- Meds - Oestrogen - took in the morning before appointment. I was told to stop it
- Meds - BCP -start taking active pill, not plecebo i.e. CD8
- Meds - Fertility Multivitimin (Staminogro)

CD6/CD9 - Meds - BCP
- Meds - Fertility Multivitimin (Staminogro)

CD22 - Jan 2nd FS Appointment. Follicle only shrunk a little from 6cm to 5.8cm
- Meds - BCP
- Meds - Fertility Multivitimin (Staminogro)

CD 28 - Jan 8th - Take last active pill, expect it to take two days for withdrawl and AF to arrive CD31/CD1 ± 11 Jan 2009

DebsHopeful

Cycle 11th January 2009 IUI cancelled due to follicle being 3.5cm instead of much less than 1.3cm

CD1 - Jan 11 AF arrived two days after last BCP
- Meds - Fertility Multivitimin

CD2 - Meds - Oestrogen (taken in hopes this would be an IUI cycle, unfortunately it was not)
- Meds - Fertility Multivitimin

CD3/CD8 - Jan 13 Appointment with FS for Follicle checking Scan
(Follicle was 6cm last month, this month it is down to just over 3.5cm. FS said it has to be less than 1.3cm for him to do an IUI cycle. BCP was prescribed for another month to reduce the follicle.
He did try and rupture the follicle with the "vaginal-probe/scanner", blinking painful and unfortunately unsuccessful)
- Meds - Fertility Multivitimin
- BCP - AF dissappeared within a couple days so started active BCP tablet to minimise any chance of follicle to growing, so now on CD8 instead of CD3.

January 19 - Today was supposed to be my baby boys' birthday.

CD9-CD28 - Meds - Fertility Multivitimin
- Meds - BCP

± CD31/CD1 - Feb 5 AF Should arrive
±CD2 - Feb 6 Appointment with FS to check follicle and start IUI treatment with Gonal-F and Clomid

DebsHopeful

Cycle 5th February 2009 IUI #3

CD1 - Feb 5 CM - AF arrived
- Meds - Fertility Multivitimin

CD2 - Feb 6 Appointment with FS for Follicle checking Scan. I have the go ahead for fertility treatement this month
- Meds - Oestrogen
- Meds - Fertility Multivitimin

CD3 - Feb 7 - Meds - Gonal-F injection 150 IU / 11 µg
- Meds - Oestrogen
- Meds - Fertility Multivitimin

CD4 - Feb 8
- Meds - Oestrogen AM
- Meds - Fertility Multivitimin PM

CD5 - Feb 9 - Meds - Gonal-F injection 150 IU / 11 µg PM
- Meds - Oestrogen AM
- Meds - Clomid 100mg PM
- Meds - Fertility Multivitimin PM

CD6 - Feb 10
- Meds - Oestrogen AM
- Meds - Clomid 100mg PM
- Meds - Fertility Multivitimin PM

CD7 - Feb 11 - Meds - Gonal-F injection 150 IU / 11 µg PM
- CM = C
- Meds - Oestrogen AM
- Meds - Clomid 100mg PM
- Meds - Fertility Multivitimin PM

CD8 - Feb 12
- CM = C
- Meds - Oestrogen AM
- Meds - Clomid 100mg PM
- Meds - Fertility Multivitimin PM

CD9 - Feb 13 - Appointment with FS to check the size and quantity of follicles.
- Results = 4 healthy follicles, HCG was moved forward to Sunday
- CM = C
- Meds - Gonal-F injection 150 IU / 11 µg PM
- Meds - Oestrogen AM
- Meds - Clomid 100mg PM
- Meds - Fertility Multivitimin PM
- Health - Sick with a cold - yukky!

CD10 - Feb 14 - Valentines Day!
- CM = W
- Meds - Fertility Multivitimin PM
- Health - Still sick with a cold

CD11 - Feb 15 Lining & Follicle Scan + HCG Injection
- Results = now 6 healthy follicles ranging from 16mm - 18mm
- CM = W
- Meds - HCG
- Meds - Fertility Multivitimin PM
- Health - Still sick with a cold

CD12 - Feb 16 - waiting to ovulate!
- CM = W
- Test - very faint, from HCG injection.
- Meds - Fertility Multivitimin PM
- Health - Still sick with a cold

CD13 - Feb 17 - IUI
- FS said it looked like I hadn't ovulated yet. Had to do it all over again
- Meds - swop over to Pregnancy Vitamins PM

1DPO - Feb 18 - another IUI
- FS did scan before the IUI and confirmed Tuesday afternoon 4 out 6 follicles ovulated
- Had second IUI - Egg can live up to 48 hours after ovulation, reinforcements are on their way!
- CM - EWCM - I haven't really seen any but he saw it way up (TMI!!!)
Apparently I am in with an excellent chance, twins would be fine but what would four babies be?!!!!
- Meds - Pregnancy Vitamins PM

2DPO - Feb 19
- CM - C
- Meds - Progesterone AM + PM
- Meds - Pregnancy Vitamins PM

3DPO - Feb 20
- CM - C
- Meds - Progesterone AM + PM
- Meds - Pregnancy Vitamins PM

4DPO - Feb 21
- CM = C
- Test - from HCG injection, only visable under bright light at a 45 degree angle and if you squint your eyes!
- Meds - Progesterone AM + PM
- Meds - Fertility Multivitimin PM
- Health - lower back pain, headache

5DPO - Feb 22
- CM = C
- Meds - Progesterone AM + PM
- Meds - Fertility Multivitimin PM
- Health - lower back pain, slight cramping in pelvis

7DPO - Feb 24
- Meds - Progesterone AM+PM
- Meds - Pregnancy Multivitimin PM
- CM = C
- Test - Faint, I used a different brand, was still from HCG injection

-9DPO - Feb 26
- Meds - Progesterone AM+PM
- Meds - Pregnancy Multivitimin PM
- CM = C
- Test - with both brands

-11DPO - Feb 28
- Meds - Progesterone AM+PM
- Meds - Pregnancy Multivitimin PM
- CM = C
- Test - with both brands

-12DPO - Mar 1
- Meds - Progesterone AM+PM
- Meds - Pregnancy Multivitimin PM
- Test - with Boots Twin Pack HPT
- Health - The worst pain ever right by the left ovary

-16DPO - Mar 5 - Appointment with FS - no BFP but no AF
- blood test done - negative
- Meds - Progesterone AM
- Meds - Fertility Multivitimin PM
- Scheduled for a Hysteroscopy and Laparoscopy on Thursday 12th March 2009

-17DPO - Mar 6 - arrived at 1AM
- Health - The worst pain ever right by the left ovary

12th March - Hysteroscopy and Laparoscopy Operation
Results - Stage1 Endometreious, FS said he was able to lazer it away then and there.
He also had to do ovarian drilling because my ovaries were too thick and too smooth, he said this will help me to ovulate more regularly.

Gabrielle

Just wanted to stop and say hi and that I wish you the best of luck in your journey of ttc. I see you have been through so much already and I believe you are a strong, beautiful women who deserves to have a little one to love and to take care of the rest of your life. I hope and pray that this journey ends soon with a healthy bun in the oven! Talking to you everyday i feel i know so much about you,yet i know there is so much that i dont! i think you are such a great friend and always something nice to say that makes us all smile! that is one great quality! Thanks for everything and I'm sorry for you loss.

DebsHopeful

Thanks Gabby, you are a true friend and have always been there when I needed someone to make me feel better. I still think this could be your month FX.

ald

Debshopeful, reading your journal I can see you are such an amazing strong person, you have been through and a true inspriation to everyone in the LTTC section, I hope you get your very soon.
Thank you for taking the time to write on my journal, I have not been through anything compared to you and your kindness and loving nature really touched me, thank you.
I hope we all get our 2009 babies.

DebsHopeful

Thanks Ald. FX we get a little bundle of love in 2009

DebsHopeful

Feeling a bit sad that I am not really in with a chance this month, but hope that this will mean my chances next month are improved.

Curious as to what BCP is, some of the girls have taken it to reduce an over stimulated follicle like mine, but I am sure that BCP is just the birth control pill. I wonder how it works.