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*~*~MrsLaurenandDan~*~*~
Hey hon!
Whats going on with your fert stuff if you dont mind me asking. I though I saw you post that your were on femera?
I got a couple boxes of Gonal F, Follistim, and Ovidril donated to me last week. Its all currently taking up room in my fridge. I'm not sure when we are going to go back to the clinic. I wanted to go back April/May but H still wants to go on this Alaskan Cruise in June.
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Re: *~*~MrsLaurenandDan~*~*~
Hi! sorry,I wasn't on at all yesterday - it was a crazy day at school, and we went to my sister's basketball game last night.
I'm on my second cycle of femara (last pills tonight), ad having major pain in both of my ovaries- hopefully a good sign. DH had his second S/A on Thursday, so we're waiting for the results of that. I'm supposed to have b/w to test my progesterone 7DPO, and if it's low they will give my progesterone supplements.
We have an appt on the 21st of this month do discuss DH's S/A results, and to discuss possible IUI. So, I don't really know what will happen right now, or if/when we will start injectibles, (which scare the crap out of me!) I'll know more in a week.
Are you waiting to do IVF, or just get a second opinion? You're H wants to wait so that you're not pregnant for the cruise, or what?
1/5/11 Femara Cycle #1 = BFN
2/4/11 Femara Cycle #2 = BFP: 3/4/11 - Starting Progesterone supositiories
Beta#1 15DPO = 108; Beta#2 17DPO = 179; Beta#3 18DPO = 259; Beta 4# 20DPO =659!!
TTC#2 Pulled goalie 5/12, PPAF 3/13, BFP 6/27 Beta 15DPO=248!
Dx Severe Hydrocephalus and severe Dandy Walker Cyst.
Stillborn 10/19
Missing Noah Chart Teacher Bud
One more day/ One more time/ One more moment maybe I'd be satisfied/But then again/ I know what if would do/ Leave me wishing still, for one more day with you.""
Are you going in for u/s and b/w to show if you "o'd" or not? Good luck I hope the femera does the trick. I haven't tried that.
The injections you do in your belly aren't that bad. Its the IM ones you have to do in your thigh or butt that are scary b/c the needle is soooo long. I had to both of them in the Drs office last July when we were gearing up to do IVF to show them I could handle it.
Well we were waiting for financial reasons. Saving up money to pay for IUIs. Now that I have had surgery I have no PTO time at work. Since I work 7a- 7p if I have to have b/w or an u/s on a day I work I have to take off the whole day :-( So now I'm waiting until I've banked up some PTO time. Plus I need PTO for this cruise. I dont want to be in early pregnancy on this cruise b/c I am afraid of MC.
If we decide to do IVF we are going to wait until august when H can pick up his insurance. His insurance isn't as good as mine but covers infertility better.
Blah blah blah LOL.
I'm hoping to be Oing right around the appt, and hoping they will do an u/s then. I've actually been fighting w/the office about the lack of monitoring. The 7DPO b/w is the only thing they really want to do.
Why do you have to take a whole day off for appts? That seems silly. My work's really good about just counting the time I'm gone. It's still a pain though, because my DR is only in Monday and Thursday mornings, and her office is near where I live, and I work 45 minutes from home. So for example, for my appt on the 21st, I'm going in to school and teaching 1st hour, leaving and having another teacher cover my 2nd hour, I have plan 3rd hour, and having a different teacher cover my 4th hour, and come back for 5th and 6th. So I only have to take 2 hours off of work, but I will drive 3 hrs total that day to and from work and the drs.
So you're thinking of trying IUI before IVF? Have you done IUI before? It's great that your H can get IF coverage, ours covers nothing. Well, the appts aren't covered, but so far the meds, and the labs have been because of the way they have been coded (thank goodness.) IF is an off label use for femara, so my ins. covers it. I'm nervous about our options, because DH is in grad school and doesn't make much, and as a non union teacher, I make squat too. It feels like we have enough for a baby or treatments - you know?
I actually have a phobia of giving myself shots, or having DH give them to me. I had to do it weekly a few years ago for my arthritis, and I was a basket case - I would have an anxiety attack every time.
But we'll see.
Has your H had more than one S/A?
1/5/11 Femara Cycle #1 = BFN
2/4/11 Femara Cycle #2 = BFP: 3/4/11 - Starting Progesterone supositiories
Beta#1 15DPO = 108; Beta#2 17DPO = 179; Beta#3 18DPO = 259; Beta 4# 20DPO =659!!
TTC#2 Pulled goalie 5/12, PPAF 3/13, BFP 6/27 Beta 15DPO=248!
Dx Severe Hydrocephalus and severe Dandy Walker Cyst.
Stillborn 10/19
Missing Noah Chart Teacher Bud
One more day/ One more time/ One more moment maybe I'd be satisfied/But then again/ I know what if would do/ Leave me wishing still, for one more day with you.""
Are you seeing a Reproductive Endocrinologist or an OB? If you aren't seeing a RE I'd go to one ASAP. Most RE monitor the heck out of you. I have done 2 IUIs and I had to go for every other day U/S and B/W to count follicles and sizes.
I'm a Respiratory Therpist so its not like I can just duck out of work for a few hours. Best case scenario I find someone who wants to cover my shift from 7-11 but no one ever wants to come into work for 4 hrs. Plus with me working in the NICU alot, its slim pickings on who can even cover for me to begin with. When I was going to the fertility clinic across the street from my hospital it wasn't too bad b/c my manager would cover for me while I ran across the street for my appt. Now that my clinic is 35mins from where I work I'd be gone too long for him to do that.
In the state of MD there is mandated fertility coverage. However since the health care system I work for is so large they are considered "self" insured so they do not have to follow state health mandates. My H's company isnt that large so they have to follow the state mandates. IF txs are sooooo wickedly expensive. Its awful.
H has had 3 SA's and they all show about the same. He hasn't had one since we switched clinics b/c we haven't been actively pursuing tx. Its such an ordeal for me to get him to have one done.
I'm still with an OB, I might try to switch soon. Because DH is a grad student, we have grad student ins which is basically suped up student ins. So I actually have to go to the student health center on campus for everything, and then they can refer me elsewhere. It was a big ordeal to get referred to my OBGYN. They wouldn't do it at first. It wasn't until I came in w/my charts and tried to explain why I was concerned about them, that they admitted they were over their heads and referred me.
If they want to do IUI, and won't do the sort of monitoring I want I will definitely get a referral. Of course, I don't even know how we'd pay for that right now, so...
As a nurse, I can see why getting shifts covered is much harder. I haven't had too many appts so far, but I know my principal is going to start wondering what's up soon, and I don't want her to know anything until our schedules for next year are set in April.
1/5/11 Femara Cycle #1 = BFN
2/4/11 Femara Cycle #2 = BFP: 3/4/11 - Starting Progesterone supositiories
Beta#1 15DPO = 108; Beta#2 17DPO = 179; Beta#3 18DPO = 259; Beta 4# 20DPO =659!!
TTC#2 Pulled goalie 5/12, PPAF 3/13, BFP 6/27 Beta 15DPO=248!
Dx Severe Hydrocephalus and severe Dandy Walker Cyst.
Stillborn 10/19
Missing Noah Chart Teacher Bud
One more day/ One more time/ One more moment maybe I'd be satisfied/But then again/ I know what if would do/ Leave me wishing still, for one more day with you.""