....................when the first thing you check is ivf.ca........then your facebook..........then your email.........!!!
My online "Bermuda Triangle."
You'd think those are the only websites that exist based on my history. Oh and Google.

Posted 12 April 2013 - 06:25 PM
....................when the first thing you check is ivf.ca........then your facebook..........then your email.........!!!
Posted 12 April 2013 - 06:32 PM
Met my new RE this week, while on AF, legs in stirups... Yes, for the first time, I do not greet people with a handshake, just an open red vagina!
Posted 13 April 2013 - 12:06 AM
Hahahaha!
Posted 14 April 2013 - 01:36 AM
The closest thing to "action" you and DH are getting during your 2ww is the sexual innuendo repartee you have started to spice up your nightly fragmin (blood thinner) injection... i.e. "Hey baaabyyy, I can't wait to get those pants off you... tonight I'm going to put it in reallyyyy sloooowwwwwly"
Me: 41 42
Fiancé: 42
We have been together 12 years and haven't gotten pregnant.
1993- DD ( from a previous relationship)
1995- Pulmonary embolism (diagnosed with blood clotting disorder)
1998- Ectopic pregnancy- emergency surgery to remove the ruptured tube, remaining tube seriously scarred
2012:
Oct- First visit to the RFP clinic
Oct- HSG- remaining tube is open, uterine polyps found
Nov- SHG
2013- IVF #1:
Jan 10 -Surgery (hysteroscopy and D&C) to remove several uterine polyps
Feb 26- AF
Mar 2- Start Fragmin injections (for blood clotting disorder) and 21 days (ended up only being 12 days) of BCP (Marvelon)Mar 20- (changed to Mar 14) Baseline ultrasound and blood testsMar 25- (changed to Mar 17) Start Suprefact injections (End April 3rd)Mar 27- (changed to Mar 19) AF... Start Gonal F 450 IU injections (End April 2nd)Apr 2, 5, 7- (changed to Mar 22, 25, 28, 30, Apr 1) Ultrasounds & blood tests
Mar 22- Stim Day #4: Right side- 4 follicles; Left side- 5 follicles; Estrogen 554
Mar 25- Stim Day #7: Right side- 6 follicles (three largest- 1.0, 0.9, 0.8cm); Left side- 6 follicles (three largest- 1.1, 1.0, 1.1cm); Estrogen 1883
Mar 28- Stim Day #10: Right side- 9 follicles (three largest- 1.3, 1.0, 1.2cm); Left side- 7 follicles (three largest- 1.4, 1.4, 1.2cm) ;Estrogen 4874
Mar 30- Stim Day #12: Right- 9 follicles (three largest- 1.4, 1.1, 1.3cm); Left- 6 follicles (three largest- 1.85, 1.55, 1.3cm); Estrogen 9377
Apr 1- Stim Day #14: Right- 9 follicles (three largest- 1.65, 1.4, 1.7cm); Left- 6 follicles (three largest- 2.15, 1.95, 1.7cm); Estrogen ? Apr 7-10- (changed to Mar 30- Apr 1 Apr 2) HGC injectionApr 10-12 (changed to Apr 1-3 Apr 4) ER--13 eggs retrieved (7 good, 4 okay, 2 not mature)
Apr 5- Embryologist report-- 9 eggs fertilized naturally
Apr 6- Embryologist report-- 4- 4 cell and 5- 2 cell embryosApr 13-15 (changed to Apr 4-6 Apr 7) Day 3 ET- Transferred best 3- 8 cell embryos. Embryologist thinks 1-2 of the rest will survive to Day 6 to be frozen.
Apr 10- Embryologist report-- 1 survived...but not high enough quality to survive freezing
Apr 22- Urine pregnancy test- BFN
Devastated... more than I thought I'd be. Not sure where we go from here...
IVF #2:
Jul 21 Start BCP and Fragmin
Aug 4 Start Suprefact
Aug 6 Start Gonal F 450 IU
Aug 12 Stim Day #7: Right side- 7 (three largest- 0.85, 0.9, 0.9cm); follicles; Left side- 7 follicles (three largest- 0.65, 0.7, 0.75cm); Estrogen 2,844
Aug 15 Stim Day #10: Right side- 9 follicles (three largest- 1.3, 1.1, 1.1cm); Left side- 7 follicles (three largest- 1.1, 1.1, 0.9cm) ;Estrogen 8,080
Gonal F reduced to 300 IU (risk of OHSS)
Aug 17 Stim Day #12: Right side- 9 follicles (three largest- 1.8, 1.55, 1.5cm); Left side- 7 follicles (three largest- 1.2, 1.35, 1.6cm) ;Estrogen 15,891
Goanl F reduced to 0 IU
Aug 18 Stim Day #13 Right side- 9 follicles (three largest- 1.75, 2.0, 1.55cm); Left side- 7 follicles (three largest- 1.7, 1.5, 1.5cm) ;Estrogen 16,152
Aug 18 HCG injection and start Dostinex (for risk of OHSS)
Aug 20 ER- 15 eggs retrieved (10 good, 3 maybes, 2 not mature)
Aug 21 Embryologist report- 12 eggs fertilized naturally
Aug 22 Embryologist report- "slow", everything is only at 2 cell stage except one 4 cell embryo...not what they'd like to see
Aug 23 Day 3 ET- Transferred 3 "perfect" 8 cell embryos. Two of the remaining are only 4 cell and not expect to do much. The rest are 6, 7, and 8 cell and hopefully some will survive to freeze... will find out on Monday, Aug 26
Aug 27 Embryologist report- Froze 4 day 6 blasts (1 was starting to hatch) on Aug 26, Froze 1 day 7 blast today
Sep 5 HPT-- BFN
Sep 7 Urine Pregnancy test (probably won't get the results until Monday, Sept 9)-- BFN
Oct 11 WTF appointment
FET #1:
Dec 2 Transferred 2 Day 6 blasts (Still have 3 frozen)
Dec 15 Urine pregnancy test
Posted 17 April 2013 - 01:57 PM
You know you're IF when, after three days of lightly spotting, you still have the crazy hope that somehow you're still pregnant, because you heard a story once someplace online that it did happen to someone else.
See about me page.
Posted 20 April 2013 - 06:10 PM
Posted 21 April 2013 - 09:37 PM
Your credit card is rejected at the grocery store and you mutter "oh yes, I bought 14 eggs this month."
(true story: this morning)
Me: 39 Him: 51
Natural pregnancy September 2007
Son born May 2008
Started TTC for second September 2009
Spring/Summer 2012 four rounds of IUI (natural cycle) - nada
March/April 2013 ICSI
14 eggs, 12 mature and ICSI'd, Day 5 - Transferred in 2 blasts graded 2BB. Froze one blast.
5dp5dt - started getting OHSS without knowing that was what it was
7dp5dt - Bad shape. Downside: body is totally f'ed up. Upside: beta 40. Ended in M/c.
Aug/Sept 2013 - FET *fingers crossed for our one frozen*
Unmedicated FET Aug. Bloodwork to watch for LH surge.
Aug 26th - Surge detected
ET one awesome embryo on Aug 31st
A gaggle of positive HPTs Sept 5-9th
Sept 10 (10dp5dt) - beta 36 (yay?)
Sept 12 - Beta 98! 34hr doubling!
Sept 16 (afternoon) Beta 678 and 37hr doubling.
Sept 18 (afternoon) Beta 1367. No more blood tests!
Sept 25 - inconclusive ultrasound. Sac measuring 3 days behind (should be 6w2d). Told to prepare myself...
Sept 30 - U/s still inconclusive. Hey, this is really fun! I feel like my brain is going to explode.
Oct 7 - RE has diagnosed this as non-viable. Two sacs, one is at 5w one is at 7w. No fetal poles. No h/b. Waiting to m/c.
Posted 08 May 2013 - 10:30 PM
When you are stockpiling food and wine in preparation for this weekend so you don't have to go anywhere or see anyone on Mother's Day... please tell me I'm not the only one doing this!
Journey on 'about me' page
Posted 08 May 2013 - 10:47 PM
You know you're infertile when you head to the fertility clinic (after being absent for about 8 months) and the receptionist looks at you and says "Hi (rokgerl), take a seat!" without you having to say anything (like you were just there yesterday). And that's after I've cut my hair AND changed the style of my glasses!!
Posted 21 June 2013 - 11:48 PM
You know you're infertile when you name the blastocyst they put back inside you.
Funny story:
We are getting my transfer today, so after transfer you have to rest for 30 minutes and my husband went to the clinic pharmacy and when he came to look for me in the procedure area afterwards he almost walked into an operating room, which I wasn't in. Then he told me at the pharmacist "they sell those birthing tests"...he meant pregnancy tests. Men...
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Posted 08 July 2013 - 04:57 PM
Me: 33DH: 38
Dx: DH-Severe Male Factor Me-Thyroid antibodies, low AMH, Insulin resistance
TTC: 6+ years
see more under the about me page
Posted 10 July 2013 - 06:57 PM
Me: 33
DH: 35
TTC since Sept. 2011
Aug. 2012 - DX with PCOS (started metformin)
Aug. 2012 - Oct 2012 - clomid + trigger , timed X2 - BFN
Oct 2012-Jan 2013 - clomid + trigger IUI X3 - BFN
Took a break until the spring to begin IVF -
June 1 - Started BCPs
June 24 - Start stimming....75iu meopur, 75iu puregon
June 27- (moved up to 100iu of puregon)
June 29 (moved up to 150 iu of puregon)
July 1 - scan...6-10 follicles expected on ER day
July 3 - last day of stimming, HCG trigger
July 5 - ER.....8 Retrived, 5 mature, 5 fertilized
July 7 - 5 embryos
July 8 - ET (2, grade 1 embryos transferred), 3 embryos to be frozen (1 - grade 1, 2 - grade 2)
July 22 - BFP!!!
July 24 - Beta repeated - numbers doubling....fingers crossed for a healthy pregnancy!!
Posted 11 July 2013 - 02:27 PM
Posted 24 July 2013 - 06:14 PM
....When you start buying your pregnancy tests/ ovulation sticks at Dollarama
Me: 26 Unexplained but only have one ovary
DH: 26 Totally healthy
TTC since Jan 2011
Had lap procedure done April 2013 to determine I only have one ovary but the other is working fine
First appt at RFP July 2013 for initial consultation
Aug 26- RFP offered us IUI - Will start taking Clomid next month
Aug/Sept 2013 - Trying an experiment and taking Benadryl during the implantation phase! *Fingers Crossed*
Sept 13 2013 - Holy crap the Benadryl worked! BFP!!!!
Sept 15 2013 - Blood test confirmed! I am in absolute shock!
Oct 17 2013 - Miscarriage at 7 weeks :<
March 2014 Clomid cycle #1 unsuccessful
April 2014 - Clomid + IUI - BFN
May 2014 - Clomid + IUI
Posted 28 July 2013 - 12:03 AM
....When you start buying your pregnancy tests/ ovulation sticks at Dollarama
guilty of this! lol
Me;44 ,Never been pregnant,with DOR
DH:45 and 1 DD from an ex 15 yrs ago,Dx with low motility and borederline sperm count
What a nice combo!
Our Hx: Been trying for almost 3 years,started to see a doctor 2011 but bestfriend passed away and was hit hard with depression.
Had to feel better first. Was supposed to start treatment on sept but found out I have ZERO varicella immunity so have to wait for 3months to
to get it done.
Jan2013 1st IUI( 100mg Clomid and 5000units HCG injection)One dominant follicle only.. result
Feb20132nd IUI.(100mg Clomid and 5000 HCG injection..result is
April5 SHG done..it doesnt hurt anymore...RE said its excellent.
April 21-done with BCP, April 22 in Vancouver
April 24 Baseline bloodwork and Ultrasound.They cant find my left ovary..
April24-25-Started with Lupron 10Units 2x/day.
April26-30-Started with [email protected] 450iu. then Lupron 10units 2x/day
May1-Estrogen level 430 and 4 follilcles in total.
may 3-E2 level 1000+4 follicles growing with 1 the biggest 14mm
May5-E2 2100 only 3 follicles seen.Dr,wanted to do IUI instead,wasnt very hopeful.I feel so upset.Dr.gave me 1 more dose this day and repeat U/S in am.I also asked for change of doctor!
May6- 3 follicles seen the biggest 18.5mm E2 level is around 3K..Dr. decided to go ahead with trigger shot at 2100.Started with Doxycycline.
Ma7-Chillin out!
May8-ER..painless! retrieved 5 eggs only...Hoping for some golden one,gradeAAA...
May9-2 eggs were immature,1 didnt fertilized and 2 were ICSI'd
May10- 1 egg left,the other has abnormal division. ( stressed to the heighest level!)
May 12- Transferred a day3 4-cell,grade 3 egg.
May24- no further plans..Funds are low! Maybe after 6 months...
On Oct2013 we started thinking about Donor egg...I researched and contacted Reprofit..after I was offered a TX date,i became anxious and realized am not ready,Instead we went home to my homeland to attend my sisters wedding.
2014: Booked for DE in Czech REp..travelling on march 13!
March 24 is our donor EC,12 eggs collected,9 fertilized. March 29-transferred 2 embryo,1xExpanded blastocyst grade 1 and 1x blastocyst grade 1. 1EB freezed.
OTD April 10.
DIVF= ..dont know what to do anymore!
May25 FET with 1x XB,result was HCG on June 10 16dpt5dXB was 1800,then 18th day was 2999
Posted 15 October 2013 - 09:37 PM
You know you're infertile when you curse the Duggar's even though you would never have 163 kids.
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Posted 15 October 2013 - 10:05 PM
Posted 16 October 2013 - 08:46 AM
...when you open your online banking and see the balance on your line of credit.
...when you constantly on toilet paper inspection.
...when inserting little blue and white pills in your hoo-haa is the most action you're getting.
...when you can look at an u/s monitor and know exactly what you're looking at,
The list is endless!
Posted 16 October 2013 - 09:14 AM
...when you constantly on toilet paper inspection.
LOL!!!
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Posted 16 October 2013 - 01:11 PM
You know you're infertile when you head to the fertility clinic (after being absent for about 8 months) and the receptionist looks at you and says "Hi (rokgerl), take a seat!" without you having to say anything (like you were just there yesterday). And that's after I've cut my hair AND changed the style of my glasses!!
Been there
Single with secondary infertility, AMA, DOR, RPL. TTC started with four failed IUI's.
IVF #1: converted to another IUI after 2 of 10 follies went rogue during stims --> BFN
IVF #2: 6 eggs retrieved, 5 fertilized with ICSI --> 3dt of 4 high grade embryos with AH --> BFN
IVF #3: 6 eggs retrieved, 4 fertilized with ICSI --> vitrified at 2PN (had to put TTC on hold)
IVF #4: 11 eggs retrieved, 9 fertilized with ICSI --> 5dt of 3 blasts --> --> lost HB at 8w4d
IVF #5: 7 eggs retrieved, 6 fertilized with ICSI --> 5dt of 2 blasts --> --> missed m/c at 7w3d
IVF #6: cancelled due to poor response --> IUI --> totally unexpected --> chemical
Getting off the IVF train and happily moving on to international adoption
Dossier approved & registered! Waiting for a referral...
Nine months later, still waiting...
Posted 18 October 2013 - 12:57 PM
- When you think about the days of month in terms of what day you are in your cycle
- When you give your DH a list of dates that he must be home so you can have "planned sex"...nothing sexier than that
- When you have an app. on your phone to track you ovulation
- When you think back and laugh about how 'careful' you used to be to not get pregnant
- When you can't even imagine what you would do with all your 'extra' money if you didn't have to pay for IF treatments
Me - 37 38 DOR
DH - 39 40 (swimmers perfect)
TTC December 2010
Nautral cycle with clomid - too many to count 2012
Cancelled IUI - July 2012 (cysts)
September 2012 IUI mt Sinai BFN
Switched clinics January 2013 to Hannam
IVF #1
ER July 2013 - 4 follies 1 egg
ET July 2013 - transferred 1 embryo grade 2 7 cell
Current 2ww
Aug 2013
Sept 2013 Told IVF with my OE is not going to work ...time to move onto to Plan B.
2015 Plan B donor eggs
Posted 22 October 2013 - 11:03 AM
Thanks ladies, I am just at the start of my IVF journey, waiting to get into the clinic, some I can already relate to. Definately needed the laugh.
May 2013 - Failed IUI in Phoenix, Az
May 2014 - IVF/ICSI #1
August 2014 - FET
September 2014 - BFP
May 2015 - Baby girl Jaelyn born 8lbs 12oz.
Posted 23 October 2013 - 10:54 AM
When the nurse at your RE gets flustered after you point out her mistakes in the new protocol she gives you (that you've never done before).
Single with secondary infertility, AMA, DOR, RPL. TTC started with four failed IUI's.
IVF #1: converted to another IUI after 2 of 10 follies went rogue during stims --> BFN
IVF #2: 6 eggs retrieved, 5 fertilized with ICSI --> 3dt of 4 high grade embryos with AH --> BFN
IVF #3: 6 eggs retrieved, 4 fertilized with ICSI --> vitrified at 2PN (had to put TTC on hold)
IVF #4: 11 eggs retrieved, 9 fertilized with ICSI --> 5dt of 3 blasts --> --> lost HB at 8w4d
IVF #5: 7 eggs retrieved, 6 fertilized with ICSI --> 5dt of 2 blasts --> --> missed m/c at 7w3d
IVF #6: cancelled due to poor response --> IUI --> totally unexpected --> chemical
Getting off the IVF train and happily moving on to international adoption
Dossier approved & registered! Waiting for a referral...
Nine months later, still waiting...