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The forum has a new look and the Fairfax Team is so excited to create the best experience for our users.
To Note:
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Littlepete- Looks like we'll be 2WW buddies! I went in for my sonogram and blood work this morning and had 3 follies (2 in right ovary- 23mm & 26mm, and 1 in the left- 16mm), so I'm good to go for my first IUI at 9am on Tuesday. I'm supposed to trigger tonight between 6-12pm... Does anyone know when the exact best "time" during that window??
As for the pineapple, I've heard you're supposed to eat a small piece of the core for the first 5 days following IUI to help with implantation... Not sure if it works or not, though I'm pretty sure Robin followed that recommendation and got a BFP with her 4th IUI.
Thanks!
Jaime
For the pineapple. You take just the core.....cut it into 5pieces and eat a poece each night. Do not eat the rest of the pineapple give it to someone else. I did eat the core for my last iui alontg with acupuncture and got my bfp. The chemicals in the core are supposed to help with implantation. My acupuncturist told me there is no scientific proof but also said it wouldn't hurt! Don't eat any more pineapple though cause I've heard too much can do the opposite! Just one little piece of the core for 5 days! Good luck!
Anne,
I am so sorry to hear about your bfn!
jamie,
Sending both you and little pete lots of baby dust!
Robin
It's very exciting to think of the possibilities that it can sometimes take your breathe away. The first tww us the hardest but it does get easier
I'm here if you need anything. Hopefully you had good counts today
Thanks, Char! I had to come into work afterward but all I wanted to do was go home and relax, to get my mind and body back to a peaceful state... 2 hours til the workday is through, though, and I'll be able to do just that. As for counts, he had 14MM post-thaw and 35% motility - and they said those are good, although I've heard others in the forum mention their donors' numbers were higher, so I guess we'll just have to wait and see. I had 2 really good sized follicles (23mm & 26mm) on Sunday, though, so that makes me feel a little better.
That makes me feel great! I'm still new to this so I'm not sure about what's good and what's not- especially since I've heard people mention "35MM" or higher. Maybe that was pre-thaw? Regardless, I'm going to take it easy the next 2 weeks and keep myself occupied. I started running again 2 weeks ago (2-3 miles every other day) but decided to only walk during the 2WW, so that I stay active and keep my body accustomed to the distance, but not do anything high intensity. I also decided to go back to school this semester and my girlfriends and I are having a Girls Nite Out on 1/21 (only Shirley Temples for me, though!) ... So there will be plenty to keep me busy during my 2WW
There is a thread on here somewhere about total motile counts. You should read it.
Good luck! Sending you lots of baby dust!
Robin
Glad you feel better!you really can't read into any of the signs bc it is different for each person. For me I got symptoms just from the trigger shot! Its better just to think the whole tww that it worked and your pregnant! That's what worked for me!
Lots of baby dust!
Robin
I was feeling the exact same way this am and am with you at 7DPO. Not feeling anything except for a few pulling and aching in the ovary areas which of course just makes me worry. Uggh! Hate this wait and how I can turn all into a negative when I'm normally positive. I'm trying to stay positive, smile, and work alot
littlepete
I have two follicles: 20mm and 24mm
littlepete
And, littlepete- We're down to the wire, now... Only a few more days before I/we can test (I'm waiting til 1/30). I'm feeling much better, mentally, than I was a few days ago- how about you?? Still not feeling any symptoms, though, but I'm okay with it- which surprises me. I've just started telling myself that, if it doesn't happen this time, I still have 1 vial in storage at my RE's office waiting to be used
Yes, we are getting close! I have been doing better the this last 4-5days because I have stayed real busy. The next 2 will be harder I feel--my idle thoughts
littlepete
I did my 9th round on Saturday. Last round, I just knew it didn't work from day 2 DPO, just a gut feeling. But this time I'm feeling very positive. I'm taking lots of moments to just breathe deep and believe.
We will all get there somehow! Big hugs
Was hoping you had better luck than I did this time. BFN for me this am but I knew it wasn't going to be positive. So disappointing. I had 6 good size follicles and was so hopeful but when I went in, the doc could not get the catheter in for IUI and they poked and prodded for 45min, speculums that were too big, blah, blah and 3 docs tried and the 3rd finally was able to get it in. I was so uncomfortable by that time and it was the worst cramping I ever had-I barely made it to work the next day. I can't blame it just on that but if I am that uncomfortable-have a hard time believing that it is a good environment for insemination to occur. And well, I just knew it didn't work then but was trying to stay positive. I will be requesting another doc for insemination next time. Has anyone had this happen?
littlepete
Wow, littlepete- I'm sooo sorry to hear about your last IUI experience
Well, then I got a phone call from the office at 3pm asking me to have more blood work tomorrow morning. It appears that there was a low level of hCG in my system, indicating a "chemical pregnancy," and that things need to zero back out before I can start the process over again. Of course I had to Google what CP meant, so now I'm obviously saddened, BUT I have to just keep reminding myself that it wasn't meant to be. Kinda glad now that I never took a HPT because to have gotten excited and then found this out would have been devastating.
So sorry to hear about the chemical pregnancy.
Baby Dust!
Robin
So sorry to hear about this for you. The one positive thing I focused on with the miscarriage a few months ago was that this was a positive result in that you can get pregnant and you will again!
I originally thought I was going to take this month because of just profound disappointment. Part of me thinks that a person's body needs a break from fertility drugs but I am coming around and wondering if I should go ahead and try anyway. I haven't gotten my period yet but it is coming and will need to make a decision. Does anyone have any opinions or words of wisdom? :?: I just keep going back to --not wanting to waste a whole month of not trying....
littlepete
I went in for labs this morning and should get the results this afternoon. Apparently, my hCG was at 6 miU/ml and the hCG can range from 5 - 50 mIU/ml within the first 3 weeks of pregnancy (but I guess 25miU/ml is where they'd "expect" it to be by now). So all I can do now is wait to see what my hCG level is today, to find out if it's doubled or dropped- and then I'll know for sure. And at this point, that's all I want: a definitive answer, either way. Because, if I'm not pregnant, today (CD4) would be the first day that I start on 100mg Clomid for my next cycle/attempt.
I'll keep you updated, as soon as I know more!
littlepete