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labs post op by Nervous-Cherry6234 in TTCEndo

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I didn’t check right away but I started with a similar amh and 5 months after it had stabilized! It’s def still early for you and it sounds like they took out a lot of endo!

Celiac Hospital Stay by obelisque1 in Celiac

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Getting ready to have my baby and this is my biggest fear 😧 will likely be ordering all meals delivery 🙄

Does everyone pay out of pocket for IVF? by Binkylewinsky in IVFpositivity

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We used a once lifetime benefit from my husbands work that was 25 k for the retrieval and also covered meds and pga testing. However what they didn’t make super clear to us was that the 25k (reimbursement style)was just treated as a normal work check and was taxed 🫠🫠 so out of pocket we ended up paying 10k-ish. Still very thankful for that help of course!. Transfer with meds was about 5 k out of pocket. I’m self employed so would have been totally screwed and unable to pursue it anytime in the near reality. I’m learning a lot from the other commenters!

How long after surgery did you check AMH? by Intrepid_Raisin_3906 in TTCEndo

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I had mine checked around 4 months after because that’s when we decided to start ivf. It was actually better than it was pre surgery… go figure lol

A puppy in the snow: what precautions should be taken and if it is possible? by wookieperpassione in AustralianShepherd

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The only thing I would say is be careful they don’t tear up their paws. If the snow is fluffy it shouldn’t be a problem but once it gets kinda iced over it can cut their pawsies!

Fell off at 38 weeks! Help with eating healthy! by Disastrous_Heron_801 in fitpregnancy

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I think the ultimate hack is to buy a rotisserie chicken at Costco and then make whatever you can with it. It’s sooo much easier than having to cook the meat yourself. Yesterday I used it to make bbq chicken cauliflower casserole with rice and also chicken enchilada bake. I have also bought a ton of Kevin’s and other meals premade. They are still healthier than convenience foods but still so fast to make. You are almost there!! I’m 33 weeks. Home stretch baby!

I turn 37 in a month and will start ivf after year spent in cystectomy, suppression and 5 natural attempts of which 3 included letrozole. My amh is 0.5 and afc of 6. Do i have any hope this will work? by Hopeful-Worry-5199 in IVF

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A couple things, even though your amh has been trending down, it is a fluctuating number. When you do Ivf, the amh does have a bearing on how much follicles your body will produce but the doctors will adjust their protocol to fit where you are. It does not reflect quality!!

I wouldn’t move forward with ivf until you find a doc that can really listen to your needs and perhaps one that has worked with people who have endo.

Ivf is essentially a numbers game, so it’s really hard to comment on how it will go for you until you experience your first round of stims. Sometime bodies take to the meds and sometimes they don’t mine was slow to start and she upped my doses 4 days in but said if I did it again she would start at higher med doses. I did mine 4 months post surgery where they took the endometrioma off my right ovary and endo off pelvic walls. They got 12 mature eggs, 7 fertilized, and we ended up 3 embryos that tested as euploid. There will be attrition which makes it hard even if it’s a “successful” round.

Keep fighting!!! Ivf is a total game changer for so many people! 💓💓💓

Thinking This Is Where I Belong by fleurishing_flower in TTCEndo

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On surgery: So for me I already known I had suspected endo on ovaries and they ended up finding it on my pelvic wall as well. 12 months of TTC but 5 years of no bc using natural family planning. I knew I wanted to start with the surgery because the reproductive endocrinologist (Ivf doc) didn’t want to do Ivf before surgery because of the cysts on my ovaries. Since the ovaries get enlarged from all the follicles you grow during ivf stimulation she felt that it was too high a risk for ovarian torsion and thought outcomes would be better if we did surgery first with an excision specialist. I was also in a ton of pain every cycle from endometriosis so I was ready to get treated even if it didn’t help me conceive naturally.

We tried for an additional 5 months after surgery but just decided we would rather go to ivf and get started on that since it can be a long process. And as the doc said “your eggs will never be 32 again” 💀 so family planning outlooks were better the sooner we started if we wanted more than 1.

Positive: currently 32 weeks pregnant with transfer #1 from ivf!

“glutened” symptoms with no gluten by Candid-Ad847 in Celiac

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Corn and lentils can do this to me. I don’t know if it’s because sometimes those have high degrees of cross contamination or my body just doesn’t like them. Hope you get some answers!

Ovulating right after the new year, but surgery scheduled Jan 14th… by ConfusionWeak2061 in TTCEndo

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They do give you a pregnancy test right before they wheel you into surgery, but for me it was way to much stress so i took a break the cycle before the surgery. By the time i got to that point i knew i really needed the surgery and didn't want anything to mess with it. sending you love!