Archive for the ‘TTC’ Category

Am I done?

Last cycle was a bust. I did injectables but didn’t ovulate until cd 38!! The theory is that the dose was too high. My FS has asked if I would like to try something ‘different’ and then gone away on holidays…
So in his absence I’m doing injectables again but a slightly lower [...]

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Decidedly lacklustre…

That’s me, as I start TTC cycle #36, I think. I am doing injectables and timed intercourse. My bulk pack of OPK’s and HPT’s are winging their way to me as I type and I start Estrogen and Gonal-F tomorrow.
I don’t feel excited though. It’s more a question of ‘I hope I [...]

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Never underestimate the effect of hormones

Yes, I am still in the land of the living and feeling pretty good.  I have no doubt that the massive hormone fluctuations involved in IVF by their very nature make the whole process so much harder to cope with.  Back in ‘normal hormone land’ I am fairly philosophical about yet another failure.  I know [...]

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Big fat Negative

My period came early.  Just what I need to throw me completely off schedule.  I haven’t had time to talk to my FS about not doing the flare again yet.
So I am day 2 tomorrow and still don’t know what my drug orders are.  I went for a blood test this morning as AF was [...]

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7dpo and wishing I’d thought to test out the trigger!

Why didn’t I?  I really want to test as I do every cycle as I’m convinced I’m not pregnant but clinging to desperate hope that I am.  I hate, hate, hate being in limbo!  I’m 9 days past the 10000iu Ovidrel trigger today.  I know that with my IUI’s I tested negative by about 8-9 [...]

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5dpo and waiting with baited breath

Of course I’m not at that irrational stage where I expect to feel ’something’ by now so it must all be a flop.
I’ve ordered some cheap online pregnancy tests and toyed with testing really early and posting them each day so that if a line was to appear later on it would be documented.  I’ve [...]

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My final fling

I am about to start my final bid.  I will hopefully see my FS sometime this week for a protocol.
It’s been two months since I lost the twins and I’m only just back to ‘normal’.  I miscarried naturally but ended up in emergency with one of the foetuses trapped in my cervix.  It was excruciating [...]

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Go figure – I hereby declare I no longer know my body at all.

I’ve been quietly drifting along this cycle. My FS didn’t want me to trigger and I didn’t manage to schedule a scan so I don’t know :

How many follicles I grew on 225iu Gonal-F
How many follicles I ovulated
Exactly when I ovulated because things didn’t add up as accurately as normal

I’m still charting and my temp [...]

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It’s been a while…

Well, it goes without saying that nothing eventuated from my little experiment.  The following month I took a break from everything – well except for a little Vitex.  Does that count?  I couldn’t take nothing…
Today is cd2 of cycle 27.  This month I’m taking 225iu of Gonal-F for 7 – 10 days and [...]

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Ho Hum

This month I’ve decided to try Femara and Estrogen   Heaven forbid I do nothing after all.  I started Femara a day later than usual which seems to suit me better because it hasn’t brought my ovulation date forward at all.  I must say though I am ready for a wee break.  I get [...]

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