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it's interesting they require hsg when ivf bypasses tubes. my drs haven't been concerned about my tubes because i have been pregnant twice before but miscarried. druanyway, here i know we need hiv and hepatitis b&c. well dh and i had those last month because it was also required for IUI. maybe they will want to do all my hormones again too but i just had those done in February. chele - i'm glad too we will be partners in this! is anyone doing any other preparation, such as acupuncture? i am going to start it up again although i had it for several months previously and didn't feel it was really doing much for me. i just read so many good things about it as a complement to ivf so i am going to find an acupuncturist who specializes in infertility and ivf support. Leah- we are paying for this ourselves as well and you're right, the costs are pretty staggering.

Sorry, Chele. I live in Brooklyn. I forgot to mention that in my last response. Hmm... I am wondering why my doctor only requested a sperm analysis and no blood tests for dh. CHANDELLINA-Not sure why we have to do HSG's. All I know is that my doc said that they will test for everything, first and then move on... Well, thank God the HSG is over. Here's my experience... I also mentioned it on the Mar/April IVFers... But anyway they took me in and explained the procedure. I laid back and the tech cleaned me up, put the speculum in and cleaned me on the inside. Then he inserted the catheter... Nothing hurt just yet... Then he inflated a balloon inside of me. Still no pain. I saw everything on the monitor. Oh, boy. Then the pain came when the dye came out. Period like cramps? Yeah, right! Wow, Mama! My period cramps have never been like that... Anyway, it was over within about 10 minutes. Results will be called in this evening. I pray all is well. My pain now isn't as bad. It's done! I decided to go and do the rest of my bloodwork, also. 12 more viles. I was in pain but wanted to get it out the way... Its sunny in NYC. Had to enjoy it while its here,,, After the bloodwork, I came home and slept. Hystereosonograph at 12:30 on friday...

hey girls...the reason why they want an hsg isnt for your tubes its also checks your uterus for fibroids ect. and to make sure its normal. i had to really think about that one. i havent expirienced a lot of weight gain its just harder to lose...or that could be age too!! i workout 3-4x per week and eat a very clean diet(no sugar except saturday)i've been extreamly cautious about it. even if i do put on weight its not like i wouldnt put it on anyway when i'm pg. i do hate horomones though....yuck to hot flashes!!!!!!!!!! chandellina and chele we will be going through all of this within a week of eachother i think. i will start lupron in about 2weeks. is that what you guys are starting on?

MSMONET, funny... you are testing on my mom's birthday and then af should begin on my brothers.... just thought it was interesting to me. Well af should start on the 20th for me so I believe we will enter this together. Ever since I started the Clomid I gained weight... being that I have been doing this for so long and then went to injectibles it has not really left me yet. LEAH, not to sure what I will start on.... this is all new and I need to call the nurse tomorrow to figure that out and get dh in for the injection class. I'm looking at the scripts that she wrote when I was originally going to do it then sat out and Lupron is one, but then there's 6 viles of Gonal-F (900 units), Progesterone in oil, Doxycline (thought that was an antibiotic??? could be), Menopur Gamirelix, HCG. Ok, I know what the HCG is but the rest... no clue!

Lol, CHELE. That's funny! Perhaps, it will be luck. You might not want to share this with you brother, lol! Just curious, do you share your ttc info with family? I haven't told anyone in my family. I just don't want the pity or for anyone to feel sorry for me or to see something wrong with me... Looks like it beautiful in NYC again, today. It's been cold and hot off and on... What excuses do you ladies give at work to take off days for testing?

Yes maybe it will bring you look.... My mom is a very luck person so if it were me in your shoes that would give me great hope! haha Actually, I kept this from everyone. For the longest time actually about16 months only me/dh/2 of my closes friends new. Just like you, I did or do not want a pity party but also I was fearing that people would always feel like they were walking on egg shells around me, not knowing what to say, how I was feeling or doing at that time and mainly I didn't want people to constantly ask... well, well... I know they mean well but it's just hard hearing it all the time. I Know this is totally stupid, however, I sometimes feel like a failure.... and I think I am somewhat ashamed. I realize it's not my fault I am having issues w/ TTC but somehow deep down I feel like a filuare BUT they will change... It will work and hopefully on this 1st IVF attempt! :0) I did not tell my mom until 3 months ago... I went about 15 months or so, then my sister found out accidentally and was upset w/ me because I couldn't even share w/ her and I got this long angry/sad note, etc... that's exactly what I was trying to avoid...drama. Anyway, I basically said I did not do it to hurt you, I really didn't tell anyone and look what I'm dealing with... you don't seem to really understand what I'm going through or you wouldn't be adding to my stress w/ your pity party! Ok enough w/ me. There are only a select few that know. None of my brothers (3), my sister-in-laws, of co-workers really. Here in MI we have been experiencing the warm / cold weather also. I don't use excuses. My RE does b/w and u/s from 7:30a.m. - 8:30a.m. each day so I go in for the 1st slot and get to work by 8:30-9. I have flex time here so I don't have to make excuses thankfully. As for the IUI's, I would just say I have a doc appt and then I would come back.

Oh, Chele. Do not feel like a failure. I totally understand you but just remember who saw it fit for you to be on this earth. We are all blessings on loan from God to come down here with a specific purpose. Our being here is not about us but others. Girl, pls. I have gone through so much and share my testimony with others. I was raped by my own father. He got me preg. The only preg that I have ever had... With the help of God, I got through it. I always thought I was a failure or that something was wrong with me because of my past and because of my current preg situtation but I had to let that go and believe that all will work out for my good. Everything that happens, happens for a reason. We all have gone through something and it is our job to help others that might be going something through no matter what it is. I believe in my heart that I will get preg. I don't think that God would allow that to happen and let that be the end. No way! No one knows about my fert problem but my husband and all the women on this forum. Oh, I met another woman at the fert clinic, yesterday. But because people know my testimony they draw conclusions about me and I want to be treated normal. Not like I am special or some sort of miracle. You know what I mean... We will get through this... We have to remember that a child is a blessing!!! Even if we see some people who don't treat their children as blessings...

Chele-You want to hear what happened the first time I went into the Fert Clinic. I was so embarrassed that I was showing everyone openly that I had a Fert problem that I almost cried on my first visit. Then my dh told me to stop it and relax because everyone else was there for the same reason... Lol! I can get so emotional, sometimes! Lol!

msmonet, oh my goodness, it sounds like you have been through some serious trauma, i'm so sorry. i feel like i don't have anything to hide with my infertility and two previous miscarriages but the reality is i have only told my family and a few friends, and i only told them after the miscarriages happened/were about to happen. My husband's family has no idea at all why we haven't mentioned having children despite being married 5.5 years and being well into our 30s. but they are british so those kinds of questions just aren't asked!! i really don't want my work to be aware of my situation, so i will probably take off the minimum of time for IVF.

MsMoney.... Thank you so much, your kind words made me stop and think.... I believe I am stronger then that, it's just when I have those few depressing bfn moments I think this way. OMG, I am speechless.... I know you don't want pitty and I promise not to do that but I feel terrible for you.... I hope he is paying for what he has done. It's wonderful though to see that you have moved on and seem very strong. You are right, the man above is the only to help us out.... unfortunately we do not know his plan for each of us just yet. You did make me chuckle about the 1st visit... I am a very emotional person too or should I say very good hearted but I realized right off the bat that anyone in there is there for basically the same reason. CHANDELLINA, I believe that you are suppose to take 3 days off (bedrest) after the implentation process. I'll probably take vacation days. BABY DUST TO YOU LADIES! It's so great to have such a nice group of ladies to confide in. :0)

Well, I had the Hystereosonography, today. Boy, I will tell you.... Everything was fine, in the beginnning... Speculum in, no problem. Cleansing with gauze on the inside, no problem. Catheter, no prob. Mr Medical penis xray man (lol), no problem. Dye being shot through catheter, at first no prob. 2 minutes after, OMG! It was a major repeat of the pain that I felt with the HSG!!!! My doctor finished and told me to lay back and rest for abit because more pain would come... It's normal! And boy did it come... Thank God my hubby was there... We stayed there for about 15 more minutes. Girls, I was in so much pain that for some strange reasons I decided to hold my hands in the air... It just so happened that a nice breeze slithered through the blinds.I yelled out... Oh, that feels so good... Lol! The nurse peeked in and asked if I was OK... Lol! Anyways, contractions simmered down. Lol! I sat up and just like the HSG.... The Iodine poored out. I got dressed and we went home. All pain was gone completely in 2 hrs. Uggghhh! Geez!!! I made it! Tuesday is the easy one. DH and I have to have sex the night before. I go in and they swab my insides and I go home.... Yippee! After that there will be one more test! The endo biopsy. Ugghhh! I can do it! I can do it! I can do it! Lol! CHANDELLINA- I have been married for almost a yr and my husband family seems to be putting so much pressure on me to have kids. Every month my sister in-laws asks... Ugghh! She means well,,, But one time she said... "Whats taking you so long, girl?" Ugghhh! I don't want to share what I am doing with my inlaws.... As far as work, because I had surgery before... I just tell them that I have some follow ups appts... They accepted my story... CHELE- I know. God will bless us all the way He desires too. I realize in my 30 something yrs of life that its always better than we could imagine. We all get down sometimes... Its OK. For many 6 yrs, I have lived a life without family until I met my husband... Now, that I have a new family which is what I always wanted... From time to time, secretly I get scared because I don't want them to pity me and think that they are doing me a favor... Not that they would... I'm a weirdo... Lol! I don't know. You know, I haven't spoken to my father since 2001. He left a vm on my cell stating that all he ever wanted was the best for me and he wished me a great life... This was after I sent him a ltr stating that I was moving on with my life... I met my father when I was 15yrs old. He physically, verbally and sexually abused me for many yrs. I finally got the nerve to confront him through a ltr... I was too afraid to do it alone... So, I moved on. Got stronger and found God and my husband found me. I also got therapy! Life is so wonderful now.... I now desire to return to confront my parents face to face... Along with my husband who is supportive. I am much stronger now but because I am gonna go through the IVF process I probably should wait for a few yrs... I don't know. It may not be wise to be preg and confront my loser parents. I may never get complete closure but there is something about going back to confront people who hurt you... I don't know... My question to my parents is "Why" but I am also prepared to know that I most likely won't get the reponse I am looking for whatever that may be... It's like I want to ask if they ever loved me... But I know they will say "Yes" but then I will say... "Well, how could you mistreat me?" I don't know... Believe it or not, I heard that my father is suffering from Prostate Cancer now... God gets the best revenge,,,

Oh, I forgot. Looks like my bloodwork results are fine. HSG appears OK. Ovaries look good. Follicles look good. FSH level is 8. 2 fibroids were seen. A golf ball size one that isn't a prob and a small one that is attached to mu uterus.

MsMONET, ouch! sorry this procedure was so painful! I had the HSG and believe me I was ready to roll off the table! Looks like your just plugging along... and the IVF process will start in a blink of an eye. I still need to call on Monday to schedule the cathetar check they want done, dh's injection class and who know's what else. Not getting all relgious on you but I must say as I was reading your post and you mentioned throwing your hands up from the pain and then a nice breeze came in.... right away in my mind I thought WOW! look who's coming in to comfort you and give you the sign that things will be ok this time! Weird or no? As for your past I definately give you the strenth award! From what I gather you have went through w/ your father/parents it seems devistating and your are such a strong person to pick yourself back up! Yes, you are the only one that will know how you will confront/get closure to the terrible things in the past but you'll know when the time comes. As for the illness your father has.... I too believe that what comes around goes around... so watch out! ((((HUGS to you))))!

FSH sounds wonderful! What where your levels to begin with?

CHELE-Too religious? Girl, pls. Be yourself! That is a wonderful way of looking at things. It was a sweet and wonderful peace... Oh, Chele. I do feel that things will be OK. I do. I sense it within... Nothing is weird to me. Lol! What test are you getting done?

Hi everyone, my dh & I are preparing to do IVF, hopefully around June. We had to get all the bloodwork done over again & this time it revealed my prolactin was elevated (36). So I had an MRI & it revealed a microadenoma. The doctor put me on parlodel & I responded very well to it. I just had my prolactin retested & it is now 14. That was problem one. problem 2 is I now have a huge cyst on my left ovary. I'm going in this week for a repeat U/S, so hopefully it is gone. problem 3 for me is my LH. It spikes too early in my cycle. My day 3 bloodwork results were FSH-6 & LH-9. We did attempt to do IUI back in Dec, but again my LH was 14 on day 11, so there were no mature follicles. Anyway I wish everyone all the best in the upcoming months.