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Babyranger, Good Luck with the shot! I wish I was getting mine. I am still waiting for AF.. Then I can start my meds and test...Keep me posted on how things go..Lots of baby dust to u!!!
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Diane thanks for the idea I will look into it. Angel great story and a GREAT point. I think the same thing. I told my DH I do not want to be sitting in our rockers with our retirement sitting in the bank because we have worked so hard and saved all we could and not be watching the grand babies playing because we were to scared to spend the money and give it every chance we had. I only have a couple years left and I want it to happen. Hey Molly Ringwald just had twins isnt she 42? LOL Of course she has money : ) Keep me posted as to what you decide and how it goes. I am dreading my shot tonight I am such a baby and DH is so gentle and patient.
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Anita, I am supposed to have an ultrasound 36 hours before I should O'and the day of trigger. So, I guess if I have alot of follies I might consider doing something else. But,after everything I have been through these past 3 yrs, I will be glad with whatever God sees fit to give me. I was raised to beleive when you are in heaven waiting to come to earth to receive a body, you choose your mommy. So, if I get 2,3,4 or more which is very unlikely the RE said then I was meant to have them. I lost 2 so if I was to get more then 1 I see it as getting my little angels back.
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Angelgirl, hopefully the trigger is what you need. Will he be looking at your ovaries at all before IUI? The only reason I ask is the trigger will cause all the mature follies to release their eggs, so if the clomid works overtime on you and you have multiple follies, you could possibly have multiple babies. I guess since you only have one tube, chances are less, but I was just curious. You up for six babies? LOL
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JenniferK, No I didn't use trigger with the clomid nore did the gyn ultrasound before O'.
Swestra, My RE says with me only having 1 good tube and only getting pregnant twice in 3 yrs and of course my age is why. I am hoping the trigger and IUI give it that little boost it needs.
Baby Ranger, I HATE IT when people say if it is meant to be it will happen....My Pastor told me a story once. He said there was once a man and his boat sank and he was hanging onto a tree limb in the ocean. He prayed and prayed for God to send help. A helicopter came over, and a boat came by. The man drowned! When he got to heaven he asked God why he allowed him to die. Why hadn't he came to save him. God replied, I sent a helicopter and a boat. I took from that story that God will help you if you do EVERYTHING you can to help yourself. That being if it is meant to be means nothing to me unless I explore all options and exhaust all leads.
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babyranger: Instead of selling your home, have you thought about doing a HELOC? The interest rate is low and you only pay back what you borrow. Just a thought. Hang in there, I will certainly pray for you!
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Angel Girl I am right there with you I just turned 39 on October 17. My TR will be two years ago on November 9. I had a MC one year ago and had no success on my own getting pregnant since I started seeing a fertility doc in April of this year. I have had two medicated Clomid, menupur shot, trigger and IUI. Neither time worked. That being said this month the doc is not doing climid he put me on a DHEA compound hormone and today and tomorrow, Friday. I will have a shot of menupur then Friday also they will do a ultrasound to see how the folicule looks. If they recommend another IUI I will do it. This will be the last one though (at least for me its $300.00 not $800.00) The doc is talking if this cycle doesnt work that I need to talk about IVF. I dont have the money for that : (. I am glad I have tried what I have tried so far even though it didnt work time is ticking and I want to know I did everything I could while I could. My DH and I are trying to sell our house so that we can use the equity for IVF if this cycle doesnt work. To me its worth paying the money if you can swing it. I tell my husband how much did you pay for your truck isnt a baby worth more. Sad thing is there are no guarentees : ( Everyone around me tells me just dont try and it will happen but with the clock ticking I cant see doing that. It really is hard to know what to do. I undertsand your frusteration. I wish you the best of luck in whatever you decide.Baby dust TR sister
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If you don't mind tellig me, why does the RE say your chances of conception are so low? (sorry if you are having to repeat yourself with info you shared elsewhere....)
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Thanks JenniferK for your advice. I have tried clomid twice for 3 months each time with nothing. I am hoping the IUI will help me in a way the other meds haven't. The doctor said he thought I might just need an extra push with the IUI and trigger..
We got our first BFP our first cycle using clomid and a trigger (no IUI - just BD'd on our own). Unfortunately, it ended in a m/c. Honestly, I don't know anyone that got pregnant with IUI but I do know that the clomid works & would think that the IUI would help your chances even more. We eventually did go on to get pregnant again and that was also on clomid. Good luck!
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I used Femara for four months, IUI, and started shots the last month to stimulate more follicles on my good side (left). With all that, nothing, only one follicle on my right ovary developed. RE said no BD that cycle worried it would be etopic (OK she had never worried about this before - my first month of checking follicle production via U/S). I was suppose to have the trigger and IUI the next morning.
Ok this was two long years of trying to get a BFP all that time nothing not one BFP.
So needless to say I was heartbroken, and didn't want to do any of it anymore...I was done and I really was too.
My husband had a bottle of wine open when I got off work, and we went out with friends.
Ok - so we had a little too much to drink, came home, and BD just because we wanted too, believed due to test results nothing would happen anyway.
CD 26 took a test just because I had one left thought what the heck. BFP!!!
Rebecca Jordan born big and healthy nine months later 8lbs 12.1 oz...
We had tried and tried and seriously that night I was done, body, mind, and soul - and we were both ok with it, and I got pregnant for the first time.
Everything you try and go through is all worth it, it is...but don't forget to also relax and have fun while you are doing it (BD) - you can loose site - trust me I know and it can become so clinical. Two years of trying every month, I forgot how much fun it could be, and how much I truly love this man.
Baby dust to you!!!
Jen (43) Randy (40) DD (20) DS (17) TR Baby #1 DD (3)
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The RE told me I had a 5% chance of conceiving on my own with out anything. A 10% with just clomid and a 20% with IUI and clomid. I guess I am willing to pay $1000 for another 15% chance. I have tried everything over the past 3 years. Had a ectopic and a miscarriage but no baby. I will be 39 in a few weeks I feel I need to do everything I can so that I am able to move on and know I tried my best....I just wish I had done this 3 years ago.
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I did two medicated IUIs, but they didn't work. Honestly, I can't recall many BFPs through IUIs. I often wish I had not gone that route and had saved all that $$ because it added up quickly as the meds are not cheap and neither is the procedure. Having said that, if I had not done it, I would have always wondered if it would have worked. KWIM? Good luck.
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