re: *OFFICIAL* Fertility Treatment Thread (Clomid, IVF, IUI)

Quoting [Mrs. C]:" <blockquote><b>Quoting Amelia Margaret:</b>" Crinone works just as well as the injections, ... [snip!] ... as that sounds, the thought of my husband having to stick an intramuscular needle into my butt sounds worse! Lesser of 2 evils?"

Haha it is for most but my last pregnancy I chose the injections over Crinone.  

Quoting nurselindsey:" Thanks. I hope so. I'm going to ask for monitoring. I'm sure my OPK will show positive for a while."

You may need to request it but they should order betas for you to make sure your HCG zeroes out.

Quoting Amelia Margaret:" You may need to request it but they should order betas for you to make sure your HCG zeroes out."

I have a standing beta order in our lab. I'm going to make an appointment with my RE to request monitoring and figure out how long it will be until our IUI date.

I'm an emotional wreck now that I'm home from work. I should probably take my DD down. I can't stop crying. DH isn't helping. He doesn't believe it. He thinks that the baby will be fine. He's calling me a baby killer because I'm a "downer" for thinking I'm miscarrying. I'm sorry but the numbers don't lie. Then he went and played good cop bad cop with Jace and made me be the bad guy. Jace cried and cried and screamed and made me be the bad guy. All the while, I'm cramping up a storm. This is crap-tastic.

Quoting [Mrs. C]:" Have any of you ladies taken progesterone in a treatment cycle? After transfer, I'm going to be on Crinone ... [snip!] ... I'm getting off too easy or something! I'm probably getting ahead of myself but curious if anyone has had a similar experience?"

I've had had to take a progesterone suppository with every cycle that I did. Progesterone injections aren't bad at all. I had to do it twice when I was pregnant with my daughter. I had bright red bleeding around 5 weeks my RE told me to do the PIO. I'm scared of needles, I ran around my house for an hour crying that I was going to lose my baby because I didn't want to do the injection. DH ended up catching me and made me do the injection.. When he stuck it in I asked "Did you stick it in yet?" He said "I'm done." The injection itself was painless. The next day my butt cheek was a little sore but it wasn't bad.

Quoting nurselindsey:" I'm an emotional wreck now that I'm home from work. I should probably take my DD down. I can't stop crying. ... [snip!] ... Jace cried and cried and screamed and made me be the bad guy. All the while, I'm cramping up a storm. This is crap-tastic. "

**Hugs**

You're not a 'baby killer' for being a 'downer'. You're having a normal reaction to finding out that your levels dropped. It sounds like he's in denial because he wanted this as badly as you but he doesn't understand that what he's saying is hurting you. Don't take what he says to heart.. I'm bad at finding the right thing to say in this situation but here if you need somebody to vent to.

Quoting Vicarious✩:" **Hugs** You're not a 'baby killer' for being a 'downer'. You're having a normal reaction to finding ... [snip!] ... what he says to heart.. I'm bad at finding the right thing to say in this situation but here if you need somebody to vent to. "

Thank you. I've been texting Ashleigh...
I passed a grape size clot this morning and I'm having really bad back cramps. So this is happening.
I do want to move on and try again. I'm just kinda apprehensive about going through the whole IUI process again. It was so emotional. And I'll have to go through the 2ww again... but before all that I have to wait to try again. I'm calling the advice/fertility nurses this morning.

I've decided I need a break from BG for a while. I need to grieve...


Like I said yesterday, I got my scholarship from school, so I need to finish my last 5 credits for my bachelors degree. I should be done in May.

I'm going to see about when we can try again today. I don't know when my RE can see me, the last time I made an appointment with her it took me weeks to get in. I hope given the circumstances, that she can see me today or tomorrow. I think I'll come back on (especially this thread) before we do our next IUI. I can't imagine that would be more than a few weeks to a month. And for those of you that wanted me to do monitoring, I'm going to ask for it at my appointment. I'm sure my urine OPKs will show positive for a while.

Thank you for all your support, ladies. Baby D just isn't ready for this world yet. I can't wait for him/her to get here. I'm off to spend the day with my son. Have a good one ladies. See you soon. Good luck!

<blockquote><b>Quoting nurselindsey:</b>" I'm an emotional wreck now that I'm home from work. I should probably take my DD down. I can't stop crying. ... [snip!] ... Jace cried and cried and screamed and made me be the bad guy. All the while, I'm cramping up a storm. This is crap-tastic. "</blockquote>


You know what fare weeks ago I was so excited cause AF was 3 days late and my foster daughter was telling me I shouldn't get my hopes up but I had too bc I'd rather be happy for a short time than always be negative and think its never gonna happen.

Quoting nurselindsey:" I've decided I need a break from BG for a while. I need to grieve... Like I said yesterday, I got ... [snip!] ... I can't wait for him/her to get here. I'm off to spend the day with my son. Have a good one ladies. See you soon. Good luck! "

**HUGS**

Quoting nurselindsey:" I'm an emotional wreck now that I'm home from work. I should probably take my DD down. I can't stop crying. ... [snip!] ... Jace cried and cried and screamed and made me be the bad guy. All the while, I'm cramping up a storm. This is crap-tastic. "

Men can be so damn insensitive about these things!

Quoting nurselindsey:" I've decided I need a break from BG for a while. I need to grieve... Like I said yesterday, I got ... [snip!] ... I can't wait for him/her to get here. I'm off to spend the day with my son. Have a good one ladies. See you soon. Good luck! "

Completely understandable that you would need a BG break at a time like this. I think a lot of us have done the same in the past.

UGH! I HATE MY STUPID FREAKING BODY!!! Today is CD8, my 4th day of Femara. Well, guess what... Stupid, retarded body wants to start with heart palpitations. Only a side effect that 1 in a gazillion gets. So, I have to stop the Femara.   I really, really hope it doesn't hurt my chances too much and this cycle is a bust.  

I was taking 5mg on CD5-9. I will only miss one dose. Anybody think it'll screw things up too much? I'm using a trigger too with monitoring...

ETA: I'm really, REALLY considering taking the last dose anyway... I'm not completely certain how I felt today was from the drugs and all my vitals were stable. UGH.

Quoting brodyzmom:" UGH! I HATE MY STUPID FREAKING BODY!!! Today is CD8, my 4th day of Femara. Well, guess what... Stupid, ... [snip!] ... the last dose anyway... I'm not completely certain how I felt today was from the drugs and all my vitals were stable. UGH."

That sucks! Femara is supposed to be the one with fewest side effects.  
What about injectibles?

Quoting nurselindsey:" I've decided I need a break from BG for a while. I need to grieve... Like I said yesterday, I got ... [snip!] ... I can't wait for him/her to get here. I'm off to spend the day with my son. Have a good one ladies. See you soon. Good luck! "

Sad to hear this, but I completely understand. Wishing you & your family all the best!!