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Hi ladies. I hope you don't mind me popping in here. I just read thru Sasha's post. Sasha--I just wanted to say how sorry I am to hear about your m/c. What a rough time you must be going through. Hang in there. I came in here originally b/c I'm in the 2 ww right now from my 2nd Repronex/IUI cycle. I produced 5 follies this time, usually (even on Repro) I get 1. So I'm happy about that response at least. Carole--your follies sound like they're off to a great start! Lynn--Congrats! on the BFP. How exciting. Have a healthy, happy 9 mos.

Carole..Good Luck on the follies. I hope IUI does well, keep us posted. Melissa, breaks are good. Don't be upset. It is frustrating but worth it. I promise. Sasha, how are you feeling? Mega, welcome and hope things go well for you also. talk later.

Hey Carole,
Sounds like you have some great follies growing!! Are you doing the back to back IUI's?? Mega how is the 2ww going?? Lynn how are you feeling?? I do hope the break will help relieve some of the stress and frustration associated with all this TTC..maybe we willg et lucky these next 2 months!! We will definitely be trying a lot! :) Sasha - so sorry to hear about your m/c, at least the good thing is that you can get pregnant!!! I have never had a positive HPT yet so getting very anxious for that too happen!! WE are all here for you though for support!!! Definitely go for it this month :)!!! Hope you all are having a great week!! Talk to you tomorrow!!

Hi. Thanks Lynn! Melissa--the 2 WW is pretty good. I'm not focusing too much on it right now, which is a nice change. :) How are you holding up? I'm sure the new house is keeping you BUSY.

Hey Girls! Mega, nice to have you here. I have seen you on other posts. I hope that your 2ww goes smooth and fast. I will be there soon I think . I think my iui will be on monday or tuesday. Keep us posted. Wow, 5 follies, that is great. Are going to do an hpt or blood test? Melissa, take Lynn's advice and wear dh out this month. It can't hurt at all. Maybe that little miracle will come thru. I used to use the digital opk , clear blue. It gives you a smiley face when you are surging so you know for sure. I am not doing back to back iui's. My dr. doesn't think it is necessary. I guess we will bd once for insurance afterwards. Lynn, when is your ultrasound. Are you having any symptoms? Sasha, are you still around. Please post when you have a chance. Talk you guys later. I have free tickets to the Faith Hill/ Tim McGraw concert. Not much of a country fan but they should put on a good show. Talk to guys tomorrow.

Thanks Carole! Enjoy the show tonite. Can't beat free tickets! :) Yes, I post on this board quite a bit. I think you & I've posted together before. I think I'll just wait for AF to hopefully not show. My dr doesn't do betas unless I'm late, which unfortunately hasn't happened yet & I'm too chicken to do a HPT most of the time. Good luck with your IUI next week. Did your dr predict it would be around that time frame? Because depending on when your dr likes to trigger, you might even be ready a little bit before then esp. with the increased dose of meds. It'll be nice to have another 2 WW buddy.

Hey girls, Carole...my RE does not do back to back IUI's either. He says if you time if good, it will take if it is to happen. I will say, I did first IUI in August of 05 and got a BFP. Sadly it ended in my ectopic. If I would not have shown up pregnant this month, RE was giving me injections and I was paying for IUI out-of-pocket for another shot. So, I trust mine and do not stress over 1 IUI. Keep us posted and hopefully you can look for it on Monday. melissa, Along with the extra BDing...have you thought about looking into some preseed? One of the three weeks I did use some of that also. Only for the fact after so much BDing, it can get kinds of sore (sorry TMI). Just a thought. Sasha, how are you feeling? I hope days are looking a little brighter. Mega, I did not take many HPT either because I was sick of seeing a BFN. I did not take one this month, I just called my OB's office and asked for a beta test. As for me, symptoms.....boobs are beginning to hurt more, some taste are getting better for some foods. I have tons of bright blue veins coming to the surface. It looks like a road map. That is about it. Talk to you all later

I'm doing well. I think I may have O'd I'm not sure I wasn't really tracking or expecting it. But yesterday I got really bad cramps and I have had headaches for 3 days plus lots of cm sorry tmi. The same symptoms I get when I O. But the strange thing that I was still testing a faint + on my hpt on Monday so I still had hcg in my system is that possible to O even when you have a little hcg in you? Baby dust and belly rubs...

Hey Lynn, what exactly is the preseed?? Unfamiliar with that! We mowed our lawn today for the 1st time it took forever b/c it was like a jungle, haha!! We move in this weekend - can't wait!!! Carole - I'm a big Faith Hill /Tim McGraw fan - I'm actually going to the concert in DC the end of the month - heard it is really good!!! Not much new, I think I'm cycle day 6, so will wait a few days before i start the OPKs. Will definitely have to do a lot of Bding this month and next :)!! Talk more tomorrow!!

melissa.....it is a sperm friendly lubricant. If you go to google and type preseed in you will get tons of information. I have read tons of girls here using and we tried it last month ourselves.

Lynn--How far along are you? When's your first u/s? Sorry about the ectopic last year. How scary that must've been.
Carole--I hope you had fun at the concert last night. Melissa--are you done packing & all that fun stuff. You're going to have a crazy/busy weekend with the move. Sasha--glad you're doing okay. I'm not sure if you can O with HCG still in your system. I wouldn't have thought so but anything is possible I guess. Maybe it's possible with a very tiny amount?!

Hello Ladies! The concert lastnight was great. They truly are a great couple and put on a good show. Got home really late and so I am dragging today. Had a dentist appt this morning, (yuck) I hate them. Did my xrays. Glad that is over for the next 6 months. I have a follie check in the morning at 11:45. Very curious to see what the increased dosage has done. CM has picked up a lot today. Going to get dh to bd tonight in case. He has a cold so if being a baby. Said the vitamins I gave him made him sick. Yeah right! :) I told him not to take cold medicine as I am not sure what that will do to the sperm. My dh also smokes, so I am trying to get him to cut back in hopes of having a good sample. Anyone know what is normal? I hope our iui falls on the weekend but who knows. Mega, I am hpt addict. I only have 1 in my cabinet right now so I think I will follow instructions this time and not test until he says. Which is usually 15 dpiui. So that would make it around the 26th or 27th. Melissa good luck with the move. It is lots of fun but also stressful too. Lynn, the veins, tastes sound normal. I hope it continues and can't wait for ultrasound. Is it scheduled yet? Sasha, the cm sounds right. I have heard that you O almost exactly when your hcg hits 0. There is another girl on the m/c forum that O'd exactly when her hcg hit 0 and she has a little boy now. She was coming off her 3rd m/c when she got pregnant again. How is your dh with all of this. Is he doing okay? Mega, what cd are you on??

Hi Carole. I'm 5 DP IUI right now. We had 1% morphology this time so I don't think have too much of a shot this cycle but there's still a little hope. It was 0% last time the dr checked it, so that's an improvement. It makes the 2 WW easier though. About the normal parameters for an SA, I think it varies a bit lab to lab, but I think they like 20+ mil, around 60% motility, 14%+ morphology, etc. I could be wrong though. I'd think 15 DPIUI would be a good time frame to feed your HPT addiction. :) When I first started this whole thing I stocked up on HPTs, there's a ton (most are probably
expired) in my med. cabinet but now I rarely take one out & dust it off these days. Good luck tomorrow on the follie check. I hope they're nice & ripe. I'm going away for the weekend so I probably won't get back on the boards much, so if you do your IUI this weekend, good luck!!! Well, good luck whenever you do it...Lynn, I just reread a couple more earlier posts & I see that you got PG on a natural cycle. How exciting!

Happy Friday Ladies! I hope everyone is doing well. Mega, 1 more day down, you are getting closer. I hope you have fun this weekend, at least it will take your mind off of things for a while. Melissa, what are you up to? Did you find the preseed. I have some in my cabinet from an order I did in Jan. It is pretty good stuff, very slick !! :) Lynn, have you told anyone yet about your news? Or are you being cautious. I will be very nervous to tell anyone again if it happens b/c of the miscarriage before. Let us know how you are. Sasha, still thinking about you. Check in when you can. Well, as for me, went for the follie check today and things are progressing a lot slower that we thought. My ovaries are just being stubborn. My follies are at 16.5 on the right and 11 and 12 on the left. He told me to do 3 more days of injections at 225 and come back Monday for another check. They had to raid their stash as the office to give me some extra drug so I didnt have to order another whole round. Have any of you guys done your last dose and trigger on the same night? Just wondering if that is possible. We will be juggling schedules to get dh's sample to the lab as it will be in the middle of the work week. But we will figure it out. Keep your fingers crossed that my follies grow leaps and bounds over the weekend!!! Thanks for answering all my questions. I will check in over the weekend!

Hey Mega,
Hows the 2 ww going for you. NO worries about the morphology it only takes 1 little guy to get in :) Hey Carole, the 16 follie is almost ready!! I never took injections plus the trigger shot on the same day - is that what you are going to do?? Are you doing the IUI next week then?? Lynn is the preseed better than normal KY - does it give you a better chance of getting pregnant?? Where can I get it? Well you ladies have a fabulous weekend!! I'm moving into my new house tomorrow :)

Hey girls..... Sorry I have been way too busy with the school year ending. I am going to be so greatful to get to June 14th. Mega, I did get a BFP on a natural cycle. Shocked my RE a little in the process. We are scheduled for an ultrasound on Tuesday, June 13th at 4:00pm. This will tell us if the pregnancy is in the proper place and developing fine. cmelissa, preseed is a sperm friendly lubricant. It is ph balanced and will not kill off the sperm. My RE said any of the over the counter lubricants will usually kill off sperm as the balance is different than this. I googled "preseed" and tons of websites have it. A friend said they are having an online sale for father's day. My understanding is you can only get it via internet. I am not saying I got pregnant from using it but.....that is the only thing we changed this month and poof....BFP. Carole, Good luck on the IUI. When I did injections and IUI, I did not do any on the same night. I did an injections and a day later, I did trigger.Keep us posted on what you will be doing next week.