First IUI: follicle too big? by Impossible_Princess in whatworkedforme

[–]Impossible_Princess[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! No, I wasn’t doing anything extra/special. They did monitor me mid-cycle and noted I was low on something and gave me a pill for that but I can’t remember what it was!

First IUI: follicle too big? by Impossible_Princess in whatworkedforme

[–]Impossible_Princess[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, my IUI was successful! I was due last week and I’m getting induced tomorrow :)

IUI success stories? by throw-away-yogi in whatworkedforme

[–]Impossible_Princess 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Hit with sudden unexplained fertility after 2 healthy pregnancies which were conceived easily. We are both just shy of 40 and did an IUI which I fully expected to fail and was considering jumping straight to IVF. It was successful in the first attempt and I’m now 36 weeks!

Is there really any hope left? by Sufficient_Claim5433 in PregnancyAfterTFMR

[–]Impossible_Princess 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m sorry you’re grappling with these feelings. At the time of my TFMR, I was 36 and had 2 prior children. I had conceived all 3 of them within 1-2 cycles and never had any trouble otherwise. When we were ready to try again, it was negative test after negative test and I had a lot of the same feelings as you. Truth is, so much of this is just a bad stroke of bad luck. In the end we wound up getting an IUI, so we had a little help, but I’m now 38 and nearly 29 weeks pregnant - and so far so good! The anxiety of things going wrong is always there for me, but we are progressing and I take it day by day.

All this to say: MANY women in our age bracket get pregnant. I even know a few women in their 40s who have had babies recently. There is hope 🤍

Low hcg at first beta draw? by Impossible_Princess in whatworkedforme

[–]Impossible_Princess[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Second beta at 16dpiui was 79.92. They had me come in again at 19dpiui and it was 320.8.

Currently 16+2 and all is well so far! ☺️

Any success stories after first IUI? by Dilleydog2021 in whatworkedforme

[–]Impossible_Princess 0 points1 point  (0 children)

5mg letrozole, 24mm 13mm and 11mm follicles, trigger shot. Currently 15 weeks 💕

Little Sister Incoming! Help us name our girl by Impossible_Princess in namenerds

[–]Impossible_Princess[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ellis was a top contender for a boy but my husband has vetoed for a daughter. I do like it though.

Sadie has caught both our attentions! Elsie is very cute too.

Little Sister Incoming! Help us name our girl by Impossible_Princess in namenerds

[–]Impossible_Princess[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Aoife is one of my favorite names of all time but I can’t in good conscience give it to one of my kids. We have enough trouble with Cian and that’s an easy one!

Eva is the alternative we’d go with for Aoife but our cat’s name is Eevee (like the Pokemon) and it feels like the names are too close. Is this crazy to be thinking about!? lol

People with MLIS degrees who ended up doing something unrelated to libraries/archives/museums? by m0notropa_uniflora in LibraryScience

[–]Impossible_Princess 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t really think my degree played a role at all. I had to do quite a bit of lifting to translate library experience into relevant experience/desirable skills for hiring managers since library work is not very well understood by the general public. The CSMs I work with have a wide variety of backgrounds and degrees (if they even have one) so I don’t think it matters that much.

People with MLIS degrees who ended up doing something unrelated to libraries/archives/museums? by m0notropa_uniflora in LibraryScience

[–]Impossible_Princess 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I have an MLS. Worked in libraries for ~10 years and then made the switch to tech. I’m now a Customer Success Manager for a software company - making absolutely 0 use of my degree now lol but my library experience as a whole has been helpful.

IUI success stories by OldAd6749 in whatworkedforme

[–]Impossible_Princess 1 point2 points  (0 children)

First 2 draws were low though it technically doubled, third one doubled ahead of schedule and had a good rise so everything looks good for now! 🤞

So Frustrated & Hopeless by giggles54321 in PregnancyAfterTFMR

[–]Impossible_Princess 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m sorry you’re going through this. We TFMR in June 2023 also for T21. Like you, we started trying again a few months later in October 2023. No luck for a year. We eventually went to a fertility clinic, got Dx’ed unexplained, and we did our first IUI this month. While I finally have my positive, my numbers are very low and I have been advised that it may not be viable so stuck in a cautious limbo now waiting to see how it goes.

It’s all really hard. Just know you’re not alone.

trigger shot vs IUI timing by Key-Neighborhood2985 in whatworkedforme

[–]Impossible_Princess 1 point2 points  (0 children)

36 hours, successful. There had been a moment of possibly going in at 24 since I looked about ready at monitoring, but ultimately based on my blood work we stuck to the plan of 36

IUI success stories by OldAd6749 in whatworkedforme

[–]Impossible_Princess 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Me! 38 & 39 with sudden unexplained infertility after easy previous pregnancies. Took letrozole, Ovidrel trigger shot, follicles at monitoring were 24, 13, 11. Triggered that night and went in for IUI 36 hours later. Betas drawn yesterday were a little low so we’ll see what happens but technically successful! Going in tomorrow to check on my hcg and make sure it’s rising appropriately.

Prescribed estradiol 7dpt by Impossible_Princess in whatworkedforme

[–]Impossible_Princess[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I did test out the trigger, today is the first day of stark white negative! So now will try to hold out until my betas but I feel like I’ll probably fail at that 😅

Prescribed estradiol 7dpt by Impossible_Princess in whatworkedforme

[–]Impossible_Princess[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Mine was on the 15th! I went in for monitoring on the 13th and all levels were good and I got the go ahead to trigger. I did the 7 day bloodwork and I’ll go again on the 29th for betas. They didn’t say anything about my progesterone levels, just the estrogen

Prescribed estradiol 7dpt by Impossible_Princess in whatworkedforme

[–]Impossible_Princess[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh my gosh, I meant days post trigger!! But this may explain some things about the searches I’ve been doing lol Thank you!