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Bandit

jaimec. What did you decided about switching donors? I bought 6 vials, as my doc suggested 4 months worth (they use one each day the day you surge and day after). I have used 3 and am going to buy one more and have the last three sent to my doc office. I was hoping that I would be pregnant right away. Last month was stressful so we shall see. Good luck.

jaimec

My doctor only uses 1 per month. I have added some donors to my favorites and I'll look into them more once I find out for sure that it's a negative this month. My doc automatically schedules a blood test 2 weeks after IUI so I'll wait to hear those results. But yes, I am 99% sure I am going to switch.
I was hoping to be preg right away too....as I figure we all are. All my tests are perfect, I am in my early 30's and there is no medical reason why I haven't yet. It's very disappointing.

Bandit

Jaimec it will happen for you and me when the time is right. I am off to acupuncture hopefully that will help my state of mine. As for the smell, I am hoping that it is we are pregnant. The last time I was pregnant (had a miscarriage 2 years ago), that was the first thing. I could smell things that no one else could. Tonight I was walking past a teenager eating something and I could smell the chocolate on what ever he was eating. I smelled some interesting smells. Sending positive thoughts your way and will wait patiently with you to hear.

eeh876

I'm thinking about you girls. Fingers crossed for you!!!!!

jaimec

I rescheduled my blood draw for earlier today so I can get the results this afternoon and not have to wait until tomorrow. This is day 33 which is the latest I've been, but I've learned that may not mean a whole lot.
Thanks eeh and anissa - hoping you get good news today!!

Bandit

jaimec well? I peed on a stick and it was BFP. I went and had blood drawn today and will have more on Monday. They also said they will do an ultrasound as soon as they can to tell the viability as I had a miscarriage once. So the NP gave me the option as to have blood drawn or not. Did you pee on a stick?

Hoping for good news.

jaimec

so happy for you, Anissa!!!!

BFN from my blood test today....you'd think I'd be used to that by now.

Bandit

Thanks Jaimec. I am thinking positive thoughts for you. What did you decide about your donor? I will have my blood test results tomorrow, and then have more blood work on Monday. I am a bit nervous. Told my mom tonight and she was like wow didn't see that one coming. She won't discuss it with me for 2 more months though.

Jaimec email me at anissa_stern@yahoo.com we can talk a bit more offline.

eeh876

Congrats, Anissa! Great news! I was really nervous about the bloodwork too- it was hard for me to believe it was really happening. The ultrasound will hopefully put you at ease a bit.

I'm sorry Jaimec. I know I thought it would happen right away too, as I was supposedly totally healthy and relatively young at 35. I always had great linings/progesterone and clockwork ovulation. The docs and nurses started to just shake their heads- they couldn't figure out why it wasn't working. It got harder and harder, but then it just clicked on try 6.

I guess I'm trying to say that I kind of understand your frustration, and I keep hoping this works for you from the bottom of my heart.

shonarb73

Congrats AnissaS!!!

Sorry jaimec. It just sucks. Wishing you lots of luck for your next try!

Unless I have a sudden change of heart in the next twelve hours, I'm sitting this next one out... I think... Even as I type I'm not sure...

jaimec

Thanks everyone. I am definitely choosing a different donor.
Anissa - I'll try to email you over the weekend, but my home internet is down right now so it might not be until Monday.

shonarb73

I decided not to sit this one out after all. I started thinking what if this is the month where the planets align just right and I don't do it? That would be tragic! So I called my RE to order more vials and set up my ultrasound. They're increasing my clomid because my response has only been adequate, not stellar. I think I might try acupuncture, too. I've got my mojo back! Lol.

Eeh, did you use the same donor for all six tries?

Bandit

Shonarb73 so glad to hear that you are trying again. I highly highly recommend acupuncture. I just think all the stars aligned, I was late on my surge, I had an acupuncture appt the day I was inseminated (I usually book those a couple weeks out), and was in his office 3 hours after insemination. So I recommend it. I will also admit that I am 42 and took no medication for this IUI. It just happened and hope it continues. It is so early so I am a bit nervous as I miscarried at 10 weeks before so the next several weeks I will be a worried wart. Good luck and keep us posted.

jaimec

shonarb - I was looking into acupuncture today too! Everything I have read though talks about acupuncture for infertility and I am not medically infertile. Plus I don't know if my insurance will cover it. I am back to non-medicated because I get all the bad side effects of Clomid and no good ones.
I've already ordered 3 more vials of a different donor and, at the suggestion of a friend, am going to make a vision board this weekend.

Bandit

jaimec most acupuncture is not covered by insurance. I would call your insurance company, and inquire. It is covered by FSA. If you go to an MD that does acupuncture you may have insurance that will cover it.

It helps for getting pregnant as well. You do not have to be infertile. My acupuncturists, told me he was getting my body ready to accept the changes and ready the body. It is awesome. I went the other day.

Hope that helps.

Good luck. Can I ask what a vision board is?

jaimec

The acupuncurist I found is on my insurance plan....I'm just not sure how he bills and if they see what it's for it might be denied.

A vision board is basically just a way of surrounding yourself with positive images of what you want in life. I'm going to make 2 posterboards to hang on my bedroom wall and you can put pictures (I have some babies, some pregnant bellies, sperm fertilizing an egg, etc.) and positive quotes and things like that. Some people feel that surrounding yourself with that sort of thing will bring those things into your life. I also feel it will help me remember why I'm doing all this when I have hard days!

How often did you get acupuncture and where did they put the needles?

eeh876

Yay, shonarb! Good for you, girl!

I did not use the same donor all 6 times. I switched halfway through. I was going to switch again after this last try, which was sad because I like this guy and my nurse liked his numbers. My thought was three strikes, you're out. ;-)

Bandit

Yeah Jamiec. Go for it. Your first visit they should take a complete medical history and tell them why you are there. Basically you want to get pregnant. I have been going to acupuncture on and off for 6 or 7 years. I love it and unfortunately my insurance does not cover it. When I brought it up to my HR dept they said it was not thought to be medicine but they cover Chiropractic. I think the guy was just clueless. My acupuncturist listens to me and decides where to put the needles. I trust him 100 %. I go now about once every 3 weeks or so, and when I told him late last year I wanted to get pregnant he said okay we will ready the body. I just so happened to have an appt on the day of insemination, so he did one to make sure I got pregnant. The last appt, feet, ears, hands. They know which meridians to put the needles in.

BTW the needles should not hurt. They are the size of a pine cone needle. It is a weird sensation so I won't tell you what to expect, since it hits others differently. I took my mom once and she say all the stress leave my face.

Hope that helps. Questions let me know.

cc2011

Congrats Anissa!

CD9 here, thought I'd check in. I've used 3 different donors in the 5 cycles I've been trying. I switch out after 2. This will be the 2nd try with #3 so I'll have to see if I want to stick with him if it's another negative.

I'm hoping #6 is my lucky cycle as well eeh, I'm trying to not get stressed and obsessive this cycle. Not sure how well that's going to work though.

eeh876

cc2011, the funny thing is that this cycle I gave up on. I had a horrible head cold during my Clomid- I almost cancelled the cycle. I kind of viewed that cycle as kind of a bonus since I'd written it off. I just kept super busy the whole 2ww.

Like you said, its almost impossible to stop obsessing. I hope you find something to take your mind off it all at least for part of the time.

Good luck hon!!!

cc2011

This cycle doesn't appear to be going well for me. I temp to see if I actually ovulate on the day I inseminate, and I'm not showing a temperature shift yet. I inseminated yesterday.

I had a positive OPK 4pm Sunday, it was negative 2 hours earlier and negative again by Monday 6am. I'm thinking this might be an anovulatory cycle. I'm really hoping I see a temperature shift tomorrow, or I'll be writing off this cycle and start planning for cycle 7.

jaimec

cc2011 - does your doctor use HCG injections? Mine generally doesn't even have me using OPK's. He does ultrasounds and then times with HCG injection with the IUI. This is round 4 for me, 1st time with injectibles.

cc2011

I've done Ovidrel injections and ultrasounds for the 4 IUIs I did. I'm attempting AI at home for the last 2 attempts, so I've used OPKs. Just to save a bit of money. If it doesn't work out with AI then I'll probably go back to my doctor and talk about IVF. We briefly discussed it a few months back, but it is so expensive and would be all out of pocket expenses for me. Which is why I'm trying to save a little money by doing AI instead of IUI for a few months.

Bandit

CC2011 good luck tomorrow. or when ever you do AI at home. My doctor did 2 days of Insemination after the surge. I used only the surge testers. I got pregnant on the 2nd insemination and I am almost 43. So hopefully this will be the one for you. Good luck.

Jamiec what happened yesterday? Was thinking of you.

jaimec

thanks Anissa....the sperm count was a bit lower than my doctor would like so I'm glad we're doing another IUI today.
CC2011 - all my expenses are out of pocket too, so I completely understand! Yesterday my doctor and I discussed mini-IVF as an option (although he is very optimistic about the 2 IUI's working this month).

cc2011

I still don't have a temp rise, so I'm not sure what to think. The weather has changed around here so I don't need all my blankets anymore and I've been using a fan at night, so I'm wondering if that has affected my BBT. I guess I'll know in another week or so.

FX for you jaimec. What's a mini IVF?

jaimec

With a mini IVF they only remove a handful of eggs, figuring some won't be mature, some won't fertilize and you'll end up with just 1-2 to implant and none leftover to freeze. The negative is that if it doesn't work there are no leftovers to implant, I'd have to start over. The good thing is, if it does work there are no leftovers to have to decide what to do about. I honestly don't see myself having a second child as a single woman. My hope is still to get married and have more children....so if I have leftover embryos my choices are donation or destruction. I am hoping this 4th IUI worked and it won't even be an issue!

furies22

Hey Ladies, Hope I can jump in here. I am new to this thread but i have been a 'creeper' on here for quite a while. A little about me, I have been TTC for over a year now. I have had eight IUI's. Got pregnant on my second one but it was a chemical. I am now on to IVF. Today puts me at about half way through my stimming with a probable egg retrival on Monday 04/02. I am 37 so not young by any streach but still have a couple of years left in me. LOL! I am doing this like you guys, as a single mother. I never thought I would consider IVF due to cost and invasiveness but here I am! Once I made the decision I wondered why it took me so long to get here. LOL!
I wish us all the best and hope your BFP come soon!

jaimec

furies22 - good luck and welcome!!

eeh876

Good luck furies22!