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Mrs. Little Drew 10/25/08
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TTC since 1/2010 - Dx with Stage IV Endo
11/10 - 100mg Clomid + trigger + IUI + Estradiol + Progesterone = BFN
12/10 - Unmedicated cycle due to RE not doing treatments in December = BFN
1/11 - 100mg Clomid + trigger + IUI + Estradiol + Progesterone = BFN
2/11 - Same sh!t, different month = IUI cancelled due to no response = BFN
IVF #1 - Start stims (Follistim) 5/10, add in Ganirelix 5/14
ER 5/21 - 13 retrieved, 7 mature, 5 fertilized; ET 5/26 - transferred one perfect 1AA blast. 3 snowbabies.
Beta 6/3 - 15.8; Beta 6/7 - 21.8; Beta 6/10 - 7
FET - Transferred 1 AA blast 7/11. Beta 7/20 - 311! Beta 7/22 - 784!! First u/s 8/10
*~PAIFW/SAIFW~*
Dear Community,
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Dani
How is the charting going? You sound like you're getting very frustrated with it all. It's hard, so I understand. Is there anything I can try to help with?
Mrs. Little Drew 10/25/08
Blog
TTC since 1/2010 - Dx with Stage IV Endo
11/10 - 100mg Clomid + trigger + IUI + Estradiol + Progesterone = BFN
12/10 - Unmedicated cycle due to RE not doing treatments in December = BFN
1/11 - 100mg Clomid + trigger + IUI + Estradiol + Progesterone = BFN
2/11 - Same sh!t, different month = IUI cancelled due to no response = BFN
IVF #1 - Start stims (Follistim) 5/10, add in Ganirelix 5/14
ER 5/21 - 13 retrieved, 7 mature, 5 fertilized; ET 5/26 - transferred one perfect 1AA blast. 3 snowbabies.
Beta 6/3 - 15.8; Beta 6/7 - 21.8; Beta 6/10 - 7
FET - Transferred 1 AA blast 7/11. Beta 7/20 - 311! Beta 7/22 - 784!! First u/s 8/10
*~PAIFW/SAIFW~*
Re: Dani
I quit charting. My gyn told me that I was wasting my time. She said to wait until AF visited and I became more regular. I just don't know. I mean, I'm supposed to be TTA until my surgery on the 22nd of December (I talked about this in a previous post. Let me know if you missed it) but I still wish that I could be normal so that as soon as I got the green light from the doc I could get pg. I'm also starting to get bothered by my age. 30 is looming real close and I know that it only gets more difficult the older I get. I'm thinking that if I don't have AF by the surgery then I'm gonna ask for Provera. Thanks for checking on me. I appreciate it.
Yeah, I totally must have missed that post. Sorry about that! Are you adjusting after taking bcp for a while? Is that why your cycles are wonky? (I can't remember, I'm sorry!)
I think I have to, respectfully, disagree with your gyn. I don't think it's wasting your time. The charting can help let you know if you're ovulating and can give you insights into your cycle. If you ovulate and then have a "normal" 14 day LP or if you ovulate late and have a shortened LP. Although, if you aren't getting AF on your own, that point is kind of invalid. Getting into a routine with charting is a challenge. I would get so frustrated when my alarm would go off at 5AM on Saturday or Sunday when all I wanted to do was sleep. But, being able to provide my charts to my doctors was nice. Even though they both kind of blew them off, they could at least see that I ovulated on my own and it was a fairly "normal" cycle. Plus, seeing the truth in temps to see my ovulation helped me to notice the other things that my body does to signal ovulation that I wouldn't have noticed if I wasn't watching my temps. It's going to be weird to not temp anymore because it's so interesting to me to see the changes that happen.
But, it did take a bunch of months for me to get the hang of it. I wish you a lot of luck!!!!
Mrs. Little Drew 10/25/08
Blog
TTC since 1/2010 - Dx with Stage IV Endo
11/10 - 100mg Clomid + trigger + IUI + Estradiol + Progesterone = BFN
12/10 - Unmedicated cycle due to RE not doing treatments in December = BFN
1/11 - 100mg Clomid + trigger + IUI + Estradiol + Progesterone = BFN
2/11 - Same sh!t, different month = IUI cancelled due to no response = BFN
IVF #1 - Start stims (Follistim) 5/10, add in Ganirelix 5/14
ER 5/21 - 13 retrieved, 7 mature, 5 fertilized; ET 5/26 - transferred one perfect 1AA blast. 3 snowbabies.
Beta 6/3 - 15.8; Beta 6/7 - 21.8; Beta 6/10 - 7
FET - Transferred 1 AA blast 7/11. Beta 7/20 - 311! Beta 7/22 - 784!! First u/s 8/10
*~PAIFW/SAIFW~*
Yes, I was on BCP for 13 years and just came off in August. I think I'm just being impatient. I guess I had hoped to be normal after going off but it's not happening. You're not alone in disagreeing with my gyn about charting. Alicia and Mel disagreed as well. Maybe I'll start up again. Here's the deal with the surgery (near the bottom) http://community.thenest.com/cs/ks/forums/thread/44207209.aspx
Again, thanks for offering to help me. I will let you know if I have questions.
I know me too
Mrs. Little Drew 10/25/08
Blog
TTC since 1/2010 - Dx with Stage IV Endo
11/10 - 100mg Clomid + trigger + IUI + Estradiol + Progesterone = BFN
12/10 - Unmedicated cycle due to RE not doing treatments in December = BFN
1/11 - 100mg Clomid + trigger + IUI + Estradiol + Progesterone = BFN
2/11 - Same sh!t, different month = IUI cancelled due to no response = BFN
IVF #1 - Start stims (Follistim) 5/10, add in Ganirelix 5/14
ER 5/21 - 13 retrieved, 7 mature, 5 fertilized; ET 5/26 - transferred one perfect 1AA blast. 3 snowbabies.
Beta 6/3 - 15.8; Beta 6/7 - 21.8; Beta 6/10 - 7
FET - Transferred 1 AA blast 7/11. Beta 7/20 - 311! Beta 7/22 - 784!! First u/s 8/10
*~PAIFW/SAIFW~*
Yes.
Thanks for your kind words.