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Mel, that's super sweet of DH. i was little red riding hood too! lol- too funny. it was the only costume i could find that wasn't way too short on me! hope the drug mix up 'fix' helps for next month. i am getting my sister to come over and do my fourth follistim shot tonight. DH is gone on business. i don't think i can do it to myself! what a wimp i am! i don't mind needles/shots, but i don't like watching or doing it to myself. anyone else like that? i think i finally feel some follies pain now too. i was getting worried. i'll see in the u/s tomorrow.
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Tink, that's funny that you were little red too! I would've imagined you being Tinkerbelle or something! As for the shots, I've never had to give myself a shot before, but I KNOW I wouldn't be able to. I can't look when I'm getting them, so how would I be able to give myself one without looking! Good luck tonight!
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HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!! Well, Ladies, I hope everyone is doing well. I'm feeling really crappy, so I'm going back to bed! Check in later!
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Mel- that is funny, i was actually Tink last year, so had to change it up this year. I had my sister come over and do the shot for me last night. i just couldn't do it. she did an awesome job too. hurt less than when DH does it, maybe just needed a woman's touch! lol. so here's my latest- u/s this am, 3 follies, 19.5, 17 and 14.5. This is CD9 for me. scheduled the IUI for friday. i am disappointed in the numbers (i had 7 follies on clomid, 2 months straight). by friday, the two smaller ones should be good to go, but the 19 might be over-mature by then. so who knows. i am not going to get my hopes up at all. i am so tired of having my heart broken each month and over-analyzing every twinge or symptom. at least my drugs were free this month (samples). next month they can up my dose hopefully to get more follies. they were conservative this first time i think not wanting to overstim. oh well. you ladies have a great halloween! Shawna, get some rest!
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Hi Ladies, and a very Happy Halloween to you all. Shawna-- sorry your not feeling well, Tink--I will be keeping everything I have crossed for you for Friday (well I do for all of you girls).
Well I have my u/s later today but so far no AF. I know I need to be patient but it can be so frustrating. I went to the book store two days ago to get "Taking Charge of Your Fertility" but they didn't have it. So DH starts looking through other books to see if there were helpful info in them. But he just said "no, you know all this stuff. There is no reason to buy these books if they don't tell you anything new." And then he spots a page that says something about "trying to hard to get PG" and he looks at me and says "see hun, you need to just RELAX and let it happen. Don't stress so much". AHHHHHH! I know he is trying to be helpful but man I hate when people say that! People that say that have never gone through it. If they had, they would understand how hard it is NOT to think of trying to get PG when you can't get PG! Ok thanks for listening to me vent. I feel better, sometimes I wish I could just carry a be be gun with me to shoot the people that say things like that to me. :)
Have a great and safe night everyone!!
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Heather- totally feel you on the 'relax' comment. here' s a good book to try- it is called "infertility sucks", i forget the authors name, i think it starts with a B. anyways- a friend that went to the same RE as me gave it to me. she is now 12 weeks pregnant (4 months of IUI/follistim cycles). anyways- it is a good humorous book about how people say all the wrong things etc. It is a good laugh to make you feel better about the whole process. It isn't medical, just humor about how people treat you and how you process other people doing this journey. it's worth a try. i looked through some books, but realized i pretty much know everything in them from what i have learned from all of you and other boards. it didnt seem worth it to buy a book to me when i have the web as a good resource.
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Nothing exciting to report... just thought I'd write in to wish everyone a happy Halloween. I hope your night is full of totally adorable little kids coming to your door and making you smile! I love this holiday for that reason alone. Oh, and tonight the bding begins!! WOO HOOOO!!
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Hi everyone, nothing going on here, just want ed to say Hi... We close our office at 400pm today (in about an hour) and everyones kids, grandkids, nephews/nieces and stuff come in and trick or treat to each department...they get TONS of goodies! And we get to see everyones kids all dressed up in thier costumes...its really fun. My neice & nephew will be here for it as well.... So, I have a shortened day and need to get stuff done, so everyone have a great Halloween!
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Ok here is a Halloween Story (I will never forget) for all of you. Kinda scary and fun... For the past 4 months I haven't been able to get my period or ovulate so I went to the Doc last mo. and he sends me to a GYN where she does some b/w and gives me Promentrium and Clomid. I take all the Promentrium and go for my u/s yesturday as told too. I go in and lay down and begin to try and joke with the lady putting the probe in me, (I'm sure you all know how weird it is to have a stranger put that thing in you.) So she asked me "how long have you been ttc?" I said for 4 mo. She said "we are looking for abnormal masses?" I say yes ,and try to sound positive and make another joke because I'm nervouse on what she is measuring and ask her to show me what she sees. She turns the screen toward me and points to a mass she says is in there. My heart drops and I sit up to see it. Then she says "do you see it?" I said yes but whats going on with it and she says "your mass has a heart beat". I look up at her and she says "that's your baby"! Oh my God! I can't belive it! I start babbling some nonsence and telling her my whole story while I start crying. And then I panic because Dh isn't there with me and I know he is going to freak because I told him not to come! So she prints a picture and says "your about 6wks" and I leave still in shock. I call my dh and ask him to meet me at the store to pick up a few things so he does. When he gets out of the car he is moody and has had a bad day and we chat for a few min. Then I say "hey I have some candy to sweeten you up" and he says that he isn't in the mood for candy. So I said "i think you will like this" so I tell him to close his eyes and hold out his had and say trick or treat. He does and I put the u/s picture in his hand. He looks at it and says "what is this?" I just look at him and smile and said "thats your baby silly". He was so happy he couldn't belive it and then he picked me up and swung me around and cried while he held me. It was such a nice moment. Now I don't know how this all happend since my Doc. said it wouldn't happen without having a AF and now I am worried about the Promentrium I was taking for 12 days and how that will affect this baby. I was taking 100mg, does anyone know? I am so mad at my doc. right now. I took a pg test 2 weeks ago in my b/w and they said I wasn't ! What the hell?! I don't know what to do and now Im scared! So do you any of you know what might happen? I don't see the doc. again until Nov. 21st and the Doc. hasn't called me back yet. There is a lot of stuff to read up on with all of you and I will do that and post again in a few min. I hope you all had a good Halloween, please let me know what you all think about this...
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Heather, your story sounds miraculous. I'm sorry, but I am deeply interested. (BTW, congrats, this is an amazing story). Can you tell me when you had your last period? Why did your doctor put you on prometrium??
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I had my last period in July, and my I say the OBGYN on Oct. 16 and started the Promentrium the next day (17th) for 12 days. So that means I ovulated and got pregnant without a AF. How does that happen? And if you want to here something a little spooky. My DH was changing a fuse in his car on his birthday Sept.18th and found a St. Micheal pendant stuck in the box. He took it out and said "here hun, I found this and maybe it will help us to have a baby if you wear it." We wanted to name our baby Gabrial Micheal thats why it was so cute... So I did put it on a chain and wear it. When she told me I was pg she said I was 6wks. Now I looked back on the calendar and 6wks to the day is Sept 18th the day he gave me that pendant! Kind of spooky but I do belive that God has his hand in everything.
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Holy crykee, Heather! (That's my impression of the late Steve Erwin). What a wonderful story! I don't know if you should be worried about the medications you were taking, but you definitely have a right to be upset with your doctor. I don't understand how both your b/w and hpt could be negative at 4 wks---that's incredible! Congrats!
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That is just so amazing. I know from reading on this forum the last year that a few women who have PCOS and never got a period became pregnant. So it happens I guess. You are right, it is only God that can have a handle on it. Obviously the doctor couldn't. I wouldn't worry too much about the prometrium. If you conceived on the September 18th,(based on the 6-week theory) that means the baby probably implanted about September 24-26th-ish...so you were about 29 days post ovulation when you started the prometrium...so your baby was already implanted and forming by then. I bet the prometrium didn't effect it at all. Your baby was already well underway for development. But really, that dumb doctor couldn't give you a blood test before he gave that medication to you? For sure at 29 days post ovulation a blood test would have revealed HCG levels. I would really give that guy a nice bite off the head.
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BTW, Saint Michael is known for his playful antics in the catholic religion, as having a good sense of humor, somewhat of a jokester. I find that story of your husband finding the Saint Michael pendent as a divine sign that "this guy was going to give you a real zinger"...
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Wow, well congratulations Heather! however it happened, it's great news. Had a good halloween seeing all the little kiddies- really makes me want to have my own! had another u/s today and we are doing our IUI on friday. i have three 'worthy' follies now they say. 22, 19 and 17. they grew from yesterday! plus one of the 10s grew to a 12, so maybe that will be a contender too by Friday. who knows. they said hte big one is still in the game too- i figured it would be too big by friday. but they are the experts. still two days to grow. lining at 9.3, very good with 2 days left. so here's hoping that my first follistim cycle works! i am hoping for a miracle myself! and after 4 mos with my RE, i just found out and read that he was rated in the top 10 fertility clinics/docs in 2005 in the COUNTRY! hopefully i can be counted as a success on his chart soon.
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WOW!! Congratulations Heather! What an amazing story! You brought tears to my eyes. I wish I could tell you one way or the other if that med would affect things, but unfortunately I know nothing about it. Have you tried researching online? Maybe webmd.com? Well, best of luck, and keep us posted. Hope everyone had a great Halloween!
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