Where's everyone at in the journey?

[doggielover]

I know this board is really quiet but where is everyone at in the journey?  I feel like it's been a while since this was asked  

[Jalapeñomel]

I’m back over here. DH and I are now considering embryo donation. I just had my CD 3 labs done, and to everyone’s surprise, they look good. 🤷🏼‍♀️

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History: Two retrievals, two FETs, 5 miscarriages, including one last August. We haven’t done anything since January 2019

[doggielover]

To answer my own question: priming for retrieval #2. I did omnitrope for 2 months and estrogen prime for 1 month. I just started progesterone for 7 days to force a cycle and then onto stims again.

They really upped my dose this time. First round was 150 gonal and 75 menopur - 9 eggs, 6 mature, 3 fertilized and all transfers failed. This time around it's 350 gonal and 150 menopur. I have fears of this frying my egg's.

[msmerymac]

I have an appointment to see a reproductive immunologist (Dr. Kwak-Kim) in October. I'll have to fly to Chicago, which is a little nerve-racking, but I feel like this is the last ditch effort to figure out testing and a protocol that might work. We're also looking into a gestational carrier and have an agency we're comfortable working with. My follow up (virtual) appointment with Dr. KK will be in November. At that point we'll make a decision about whether or not to go ahead with the new protocol or get our finances together to move forward with a GC. So we should have more clarity by the end of the year (which I know I say every year, lol). And I go back and forth a lot on which I'd prefer - transfer or GC.

Trigger: 5 egg retrievals, 7 transferred embryos, 4 positives, all 1st tri losses. We still have 4 genetically normal embryos and 1 unknown.

Another trigger: I'm also going back and forth about our 10th anniversary trip in October. Two days before our anniversary was my due date with our son, so it seems meaningful to do something and be out of the house for that. We were going to go to Asheville and Gatlinburg, but they are both hot spots. So we were thinking maybe just the cabin in Gatlinburg, but I know we wouldn't really be able to go out or do anything.

[claudiakishi]

Cycle 2 trying on our own. Which was a bust because I just got my period. Due to my age my RE said to try 3 cycles max on our own before possibly doing a medicated IUI. She suggested Femara. I’m already 41 so I feel like time is ticking and I feel a lot of pressure to “hurry up and get pregnant”. My CD3 testing was ok for my age and SHG was normal with no blocked tubes. OPKs appear to show ovulation. I have a history of endo so that plus my age are a challenge alone, so I’m thankful tests came back relatively normal.

I know the board is dead but maybe we could do a weekly check in?

[katespade]

I decided to have my BC removed at the beginning of June, so we are just letting things level out for the next few months before we make a decision on when to start actively trying for #2. My OBGYN is on board with starting medicated cycles whenever we're ready, using the same combo of letrozole and progesterone that we did previously. Our tentative plan is to move forward around the end of the year or so.

Surprisingly, I'm fairly certain that I've ovulated during both of the two cycles I've had since my BC was removed. Two ovulatory cycles in a row is pretty unheard of for me, so I'm curious to see what happens during my next few cycles. I'm only tracking through symptoms and cheapie OPKs right now, but the possibility of ovulating regularly without assistance could definitely be a game changer for our approach when we decide we're ready to stop TTA.

[latte]

I have a FET scheduled on Sept 18 and start my Lupron tomorrow. I have had 2 miscarriages this year, so I hope this it. This cycle has already been stressful and it hasn’t started, so I really need to focus on relaxing for the next few weeks.

[pinkpeony08]

I have been reading more about recurrent miscarriage and found it’s possible that endometriosis May be causing the immune issues (chronic inflammatory condition). I have had several spontaneous lung collapses, which can be caused my endometriosis. Pretty frustrating that I had asked many doctors if there could be a link and they didn’t think so. Even reproductive immunology didn’t mention though when I asked them after the last loss if endometriosis can cause my immune labs to look the way they do and they said yes. And it can caused collapse lungs too?!?

I found a specialist in my area to get his thoughts and now I am having surgery tomorrow to see if there is endo and if there is, to have it removed. Hoping for answers though I am unsure I am even up for trying again.

[katespade]

pinkpeony08 - Good luck with your surgery tomorrow!

The lack of knowledge about endometriosis and its potential impact on your body is so frustrating. I asked my previous GYN for a referral to an endo specialist because I was concerned that it might be adding to my fertility issues, and her response was that I didn't need one because endo doesn't impact fertility.

[pinkpeony08]

Aug 20, 2020 12:10:43 GMT -5 katespade said:

pinkpeony08 - Good luck with your surgery tomorrow!

The lack of knowledge about endometriosis and its potential impact on your body is so frustrating. I asked my previous GYN for a referral to an endo specialist because I was concerned that it might be adding to my fertility issues, and her response was that I didn't need one because endo doesn't impact fertility.

Ugh. It really is. I have found the Nancy’s nook group on Facebook to be incredibly helpful if you are still looking. Turns out there are only two specialists in my state who are actually qualified to remove it!

[pinkpeony08]

Oh and thanks, katespade!

[turboteal]

Cd1 and planning to do an FET, it's our first cycle ttc#2. Slightly different medication regimen this time, we have two pgs normal embryos frozen from our first ivf cycle, of course hoping to be successful with first transfer, last time we had success on our second FET though.

[doggielover]

pinkpeony08, good luck with the surgery. I had a laparoscopy earlier to check to see if I had endo and it turned out I did have silent endo stage 1. I hated the pain in the shoulder after that surgery because of the gas they use to inflate the abdomen.

[thedutchgirl]

IUD removed in early March and no success so far. We learned this cycle that my AMH has fallen in a year from .86 to .44. I am 42. We also learned my tubes are blocked. Current RE clinic will not do IVF with AMH below .5. I'm currently doing acupuncture and we decided to get a second opinion. Still working on setting that up.

[FishChicks]

IVF round one was cancelled for non-response. Round two gave us two aneuploid blasts. I'm on round three now and it's looking like we'll only get one mature egg from an AFC of 5-7. We're giving it two more shots then closing this chapter.

[pinkpeony08]

Update: my surgery went well though they only found one small spot of endo on the back of my uterus. I’m a little sore, the shoulder pain from the gas is worse than the abdominal pain. Meanwhile, we got the final denial letter from insurance about ivig.

Unsure if we are officially done trying or not, more likely done than not. This weekend has me feeling the unfairness of it all with all the rainbow baby posts on social media.

[msmerymac]

pinkpeony08, <3 *hugs*