It's been a long one so far with a lot of highs and lows. We are still hoping and wishing for our own little one.
A little about myself: I am now 29 years old, happy and healthy but after about 100 days of amenorrhea (lack of period) following birth control last year, I was diagnosed with PCOS via ultrasound and was put on progesterone to start my period. I switched from my general women's health doctor to a specialized ob/gyn who also confirmed the PCOS through another transvaginal ultrasound. My husband's sperm was tested and he has no diagnosed issues. She started me on progesterone again after a long cycle and I tried one round of Clomid 50mg on which I did not ovulate. I began another round of progesterone and got my period after 50 days. I completed a second round of Clomid at 100mg but again, failed to respond and ovulate. Following the second round's failure, my doctor broke up with me and referred me to a fertility clinic.
Feb/March 2013- Preconception Meeting with women's health doctor, given the green light. Began taking prenatal vitamins
August 17, 2013- CD 86, Start officially temping
August 26, 2013- CD 95 Start Metformin 1000mg, t/v Ultrasound. Blood work (PCOS diagnosis)
August 29, 2013- Metformin 1500mg
August 30, 2013- Bloodwork done
Sept 4, 2013 Horribly sick, stomach pains
Sept 5, 2013 Back down to 1000mg Met for a week, then back to 1500mg
Sept 26, 2013 Switched Drs to specialist, t/v ultrasound confirms pcos, prescribed Provera for 10 days to induce a period.
Oct 5, 2013 Last Provera pill CD 136
Oct 7, 2013 Provera Period #1! (Light, no major cramps or symptoms)
Oct 9- blood test, fsh, progesterone, wbc- not ovulating
A little about myself: I am now 29 years old, happy and healthy but after about 100 days of amenorrhea (lack of period) following birth control last year, I was diagnosed with PCOS via ultrasound and was put on progesterone to start my period. I switched from my general women's health doctor to a specialized ob/gyn who also confirmed the PCOS through another transvaginal ultrasound. My husband's sperm was tested and he has no diagnosed issues. She started me on progesterone again after a long cycle and I tried one round of Clomid 50mg on which I did not ovulate. I began another round of progesterone and got my period after 50 days. I completed a second round of Clomid at 100mg but again, failed to respond and ovulate. Following the second round's failure, my doctor broke up with me and referred me to a fertility clinic.
Feb/March 2013- Preconception Meeting with women's health doctor, given the green light. Began taking prenatal vitamins
May 21, 2013- Take out last NuvaRing
May 24, 2013- NuvaRing induced period
July 29, 2013- Start officially tracking CM on fertility friend
Nov 2- Hubby SA- all clear! (rushed to get done because we
thought I'd start provera/clomid but dr said to wait two more weeks to
see if my period would come first...)
Nov 19- No luck, Provera round 2 (cd 44)
Dec 2- Provera Period #2! (after 56 days, more substantial and longer flow than p#1)
Dec 6- Begin Clomid Round 1 (cd 5-9)
Dec/Jan Test with OPKs and temping, did not detect ovulation. Blood work confirmed this.
Dec/Jan Test with OPKs and temping, did not detect ovulation. Blood work confirmed this.
Jan 21- Provera Period #3 began after 10 days of Provera round 3. (50 Days...)
Jan 25-29 Clomid increased to 100mg Round 2 (Taken days 5-9)
Feb 4- Begin Acupunture! :)
Feb- More bloodwork confirms that I did not respond to Clomid
March
7- Ob/Gyn breaks up with me, telling me I'm infertile and she can't
help me any more, refers me to fertility center and asks if I have
considered adoption... obviously devastated
March 17-
Was scheduled for a 4/21 appt, but got a new patient appointment at fertility center because of a snow day cancellation and a lot of Irish
luck! Dr. Hope says he feels confident he can help us get pregnant! Start
Provera round 4!
March 26- Genetic testing is in- I'm a carrier for SMA.:( DH needs to be tested to see if he's a carrier too. If
so, it will reset our plan again. 2ww for results.
March/April ??-Provera Period #4
April 26- Start Clomid (days 3-7), plan to take trigger shot and progesterone if all goes well
May 4th- Day 11 ultrasound and blood work, one follicle at 7.4mm (too small), others tiny, no trigger shot necessary
May 8th- Another u/s and more blood work... failed again
May 13- Day 20, Another u/s and more blood work... failed again, no Clomid response, begin Femara 2.5mg
May 26- Femara failed, began Follistim at 50iu and continue Metformin/Acupunture (estrogen dropped to 25, yikes!)
June 6- Estrogen jumped to 102 -6 larger follicles, largest at 14.5mm
June/July- Failed injection cycles
August- Successful with follistim and ovidril but ended in chemical pregnancy
September- Again successful, but same result
October 2014- Started with follistim and converted to IVF
Oct 8- Egg Retrieval- 28 eggs, 22 mature, 18 fertilized!
April 26- Start Clomid (days 3-7), plan to take trigger shot and progesterone if all goes well
May 4th- Day 11 ultrasound and blood work, one follicle at 7.4mm (too small), others tiny, no trigger shot necessary
May 8th- Another u/s and more blood work... failed again
May 13- Day 20, Another u/s and more blood work... failed again, no Clomid response, begin Femara 2.5mg
May 26- Femara failed, began Follistim at 50iu and continue Metformin/Acupunture (estrogen dropped to 25, yikes!)
June 6- Estrogen jumped to 102 -6 larger follicles, largest at 14.5mm
June/July- Failed injection cycles
August- Successful with follistim and ovidril but ended in chemical pregnancy
September- Again successful, but same result
October 2014- Started with follistim and converted to IVF
Oct 8- Egg Retrieval- 28 eggs, 22 mature, 18 fertilized!
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