IUI Yesterday. Anyone in the TWW with me?
ryba11
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Yesterday was my 5th IUI and my first round using Follistim - I responded a little better than I did on Femara so I'm feeling cautiously optimistic. Anyone else in the TWW?
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I have my fingers crossed for you! Do you have any plans to help distract you from all of the thinking and overthinking during the TWW? Good luck!
Baby dust,
Rebecca
I have no plans at all to distract me. We were on vacation last tww so that definitely helped. I'll have to come up with some project around the house. What about you?
Lizzy
Our daughter is turning 2 this months, and her birthday party is this weekend. We have lots of family coming in from out of town and my wife is on vacation next week. (I am a stay at home Mom currently.) so we don't have any big plans, but hope to make lots of family memories!
How did this cycle compare to your others? I hope that this is it...for both of us!
Rebecca
My first 4 cycles I was on Femara and my follicles eventually matured but my lining was never more than 6.7 by the time I triggered. This round with Follistim I had an 18mm by CD10 and my lining was already 8.3. I had another follicle at 14.5mm which probably didn't release but you never know! This is also my first cycle using progesterone suppositories...not looking forward to those side effects but it's worth it!
Enjoy your time with your family this weekend and happy birthday to your little one!
How are you feeling? I am not a fan of the progesterone suppositories.They're making me super moody. But again, it will all be worth it!
I agree, the progesterone makes me moody too! And I am not a fan, but it will be worth it if it helps make a sticky bean!
We had a blast at our daughters birthday party! And with our out of town guests. Still enjoying family time, but actually have been feeling sick with a sore throat, body aches, exhaustion and general yuckiness! Trying to make the best of the week though...especially because the sun has finally come out after a terrible, rainy May here!
Are you planning to test at home or get bloodwork?
I'm already testing because I'm insane! I like testing out the trigger just to give myself something to do in the morning. It's not the best for my sanity when I get around 10dpiui but apparently I'm lacking poas self control haha. I'm trying my best to stay positive! It's so hard to imagine a bfp when you've never seen one. I just remind myself woman get pregnant every day!
How is your wife handling it all? It's getting pretty hard on mine because she feels helpless. I'm sure that's a totally normal feeling but that doesn't make her feel better.
And you're right, many women get pregnant everyday...which makes this process both hopeful and discouraging. It is such a difficult journey and is rough on both partners and the relationship as a whole. My wife, like yours, wishes there was more she could do to help and feels badly that we are putting my body through testing and hormones and stuff every month. Similarly, I feel terrible that my body won't do what it is supposed to do. I feel like a failure to our family.
So, have you seen anything on your tests yet???
I'm driving myself crazy over the tests! I'm like a poster child for why you should NOT test early :) I'm still seeing the trigger...this morning was the faintest of faint lines. I was hoping it would be darker than yesterday but I know 9dpiui is very very early and I just need to relax. Since the trigger is almost completely gone I'm just going to wait until at least Monday to test and enjoy the weekend. When will you test? I envy your self control if you haven't already :)
I haven't tested yet...because once I start, I can't stop! Lol! I have been trying to really keep busy enjoying family time and sunshine! Unfortunately, I am fairly positive there is nothing going on inside there. I know it sounds crazy, but the other 2 times I was pregnant, I knew by 10 or 11 dpiui. My body reacts quickly to a little bean in there. And this time, nothing. But we will,find out on Wednesday. If it doesn't work this time, we are taking a break for the summer to enjoy it! Then I will start back at work in September...and we will be doing IVF.
How are you holding up???
I hope so badly your body is just responding differently this time and you get a BFP as well! If not, I completely understand taking some time off to enjoy the summer...we were considering the same thing. Fingers crossed!!!
Unfortunately, it was another negative for us. Oh well, deviated but trying to move forward.
I am currently in my 2ww after ICI Saturday 6/18. Now my TTC journey is very different compared to those I have read.
My wife and I discussed starting a family and really just looked at donors for fun. The magic happens... Last Monday she says. Stop drinking. I said ok. Wednesday she said lets get a clear blue advance opk. I said ok. We tested that night. Nothing. Which was suspected. Thursday night, we tested. FLASHING SMILE. I was shocked!!!! Friday, more flashing. I suggested ordering sperm. I knew she wouldn't say no:). It's came Saturday morning. Around 12:30 pm more flashinh. Now I'm going crazy. Like maybe it's defective cause I NEVER monitored my cycle. Then she got off at 8pm. I'm suggested just testing and we got or SOLID SMILE. We inseminated around 12am. I was nervous because the syringe was too big. Sunday I felt sluggish with a slight fever. So hopefully we will have a miracle baby. :)
Congrats Lizzy!!! I am so happy for you!!
Charmcity25 - We were lucky to have a doc close to us who came highly recommended. We met with him initially to set up a plan and he & the staff told us what all we needed to do. I was ordered Clomid to take twice a day for 5 days, then we went for an ultrasound 5 days after the clomid to see if there were mature follicles ready to go. If so then I was told to take a trigger shot at a certain time, this was a medication I inject at home usually 36 hours prior to our scheduled IUI that triggers you to ovulate so that the timing and chances are better (this is my understanding as it was explained to me). It's a rollercoaster ride of emotions and the medications have some side effects that aren't pleasant (moody / hot flashes / etc) but the end result will be worth all of this. I pray our second try is our lucky one!