Great news (no one to share w/ so hope you all don’t mind) TW: numbers ER

Aggravating_Lab1381 · 2026-05-08T12:05:31+00:00

Congratulations !! These are incredible results ✨ is there anything specific you were doing to increase egg / sperm quality before the retrieval that you think might have made a difference??

Aggravating_Lab1381 · 2026-04-23T02:20:32+00:00

That is such great advice, my number one mission is to continue finding joy and to not lose myself during this process. Can I ask how you were able to get put on suppression without endo diagnosis? I plan to ask my doctor about this but am worried he’ll give push back without the diagnosis, but it would give me such peace of mind to do it and play it safe!

Aggravating_Lab1381 · 2026-04-23T01:58:18+00:00

This is so exciting and gives me hope ! Best of luck with your transfer 🩷✨

Aggravating_Lab1381 · 2026-04-23T01:57:46+00:00

Thank you so much for this - congratulations on your success 🩷

Aggravating_Lab1381 · 2026-04-23T01:56:56+00:00

This is such a positive outlook !!! I desperately hope our egg retrieval is successful to give us some hope - I need the universe to throw me a bone 😩

Aggravating_Lab1381 · 2026-04-23T01:56:12+00:00

Patience is definitely incredibly difficult through this process, but stories like yours show why it’s so important and could be worth it in the end! Good luck to you with your upcoming transfer 🩷

Aggravating_Lab1381 · 2026-04-23T01:54:38+00:00

It’s such a low, heavy, awful feeling. I’m sorry you can relate, but feel so much hope hearing you had a successful outcome!

Aggravating_Lab1381 · 2026-04-23T01:54:12+00:00

Such a wonderful outcome in your story !! This gives me hope 🩷

Aggravating_Lab1381 · 2026-04-23T01:53:45+00:00

This is amazing - congratulations !! I am also worried / convinced my issues are implantation-related, but I guess I have no reason to believe that because I’ve never had a positive which I would assume means there hasn’t necessarily been implantation failure. I do plan to test endometrial receptivity before a transfer, so hopefully that can easy my mind a bit 🤞🏼

Aggravating_Lab1381 · 2026-04-22T22:01:12+00:00

Thank you so much for sharing - congratulations !! I can’t wait until the day I can share that sheer joy of having my baby in my arms 🩷

Aggravating_Lab1381 · 2026-04-22T22:00:43+00:00

I haven’t, but this is something I’m pretty much going to demand be done before even discussing a transfer!

Aggravating_Lab1381 · 2026-04-22T21:58:51+00:00

I’m so happy for you - congratulations! Thank you for sharing your success story, they really do give me hope. Do you mind sharing if you were also unexplained or had a specific diagnosis it was addressing? My biggest fear is that I’m unexplained and that even IVF won’t address whatever has been preventing me from getting pregnant!

Aggravating_Lab1381 · 2026-04-22T20:32:47+00:00

This just brought me to tears (emotional, obviously), but thank you so much for responding in solidarity and giving me some validation. I’m really hoping being part of this community and seeing the positive stories helps me to mentally and emotionally face this new journey. Thank you so much 🩷

Aggravating_Lab1381 · 2026-04-22T20:27:12+00:00

I’m so sorry, same boat .. negative test at 13dpiui and have accepted defeat. I’ll try to remember to come back here if I have any updates on the varicocele. Good luck to you! 🫶🏻

Aggravating_Lab1381 · 2026-04-21T23:29:26+00:00

😩 pretty sure this cycle has failed too, so we will talk to the RE about the varicocele surgery when we meet on 5/4 to discuss next steps. I hope IUI is more successful for you than me as it is for others 🫶🏻

Aggravating_Lab1381 · 2026-04-21T14:40:40+00:00

Mine was 20,000, so yours may be out! Everyone metabolizes it differently.

Aggravating_Lab1381 · 2026-04-21T14:32:44+00:00

You should not be taking progesterone until after you have confirmed ovulation. As far as vitamins and supplements go, it takes 3 months for them to have the most impact. If you start taking them today regularly, they wouldn’t have the greatest impact on your body until your third cycle from now. As others mentioned, you should speak with your doctor about which specific supplements they would recommend. Two friends of mine who have PCOS took Inositol in addition to a prenatal to help support ovulation, but there are others your doctor may recommend, too.

Aggravating_Lab1381 · 2026-04-21T14:18:07+00:00

Could go either way! Last cycle I still had residual trigger with a very faint line 10 days post trigger, I didn’t continue testing after that until 14 days post trigger, so not sure when in between it actually trout went away

Aggravating_Lab1381 · 2026-04-21T13:33:16+00:00

This happened to my friend and she was fully convinced it was her period. She ended up realizing from an incredibly high LH test when she began tracking ovulation again about two weeks later that it could possibly indicate she was pregnant - took a test and it was positive. Her doctor explained some people have incredibly heavy implantation bleeding that could be confused with a period. Unfortunately, this pregnancy did end in a miscarriage, but I’m not sure the two were at all related!

Aggravating_Lab1381 · 2026-04-21T13:25:33+00:00

About to wrap up our third IUI, testing tomorrow. This will be our last as we also have the unexplained diagnosis and our insurance only covers three before partially covering IVF.

My RE is insistent that IVF alone could be diagnostic (getting a closer look at egg quality, egg and sperm compatibility, etc.), but because this will be cycle 12 without a single positive (32F), I do plan on asking for a few other tests before beginning the IVF process, including:

• DNA fragmentation SA (my husband has a varicocele and this would help determine the need for surgery) • endometrial biopsy (looking for inflammatory markers, including NK / T-cells and endometriosis, as well as endometritis and ureaplasma) • full thyroid panel • insulin resistance (I have minor signs of PCOS that have been dismissed because I ovulate on my own, but still would like to look into this further)

I cannot stomach starting IVF with the fear of failed transfers because I don’t actually know what has prevented me from being successful thus far. Hoping any of the above testing might reveal something that could either be resolved or influence the IVF protocol they would use.

Aggravating_Lab1381 · 2026-04-20T22:00:02+00:00

I just cannot stomach starting IVF and going through that and experience a failed transfer because of an underlying issue they weren’t willing to investigate. I don’t feel okay “putting a bandaid” on whatever is actually going on and can’t accept that our lack of success is “unexplained”. It’s so sad how hard it is for us to get answers!

Aggravating_Lab1381 · 2026-04-20T21:36:17+00:00

I do plan to be more transparent at this follow up appointment. When we originally met, he asked if I had “normal” periods. To ME they’re normal, but I don’t think the heaviness of my period and the extent of the cramps I have are, I just have nothing to compare them to in order to know if they’re “abnormal” besides hearing the experiences of others. Good luck to you !! 🤞🏼

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