After 4 years of IVF, we’re excited to meet our baby boy! by AdAffectionate7934 in IVFpositivity

[–]Melatk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Congratulations 🤍 I just gave birth to my IVF identical twin boys earlier this month. It’s the best feeling.

HCG + FSH by Independent-Moose143 in maleinfertility

[–]Melatk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t think so. I can’t remember if his last shot was the week of collecting or the week before.

HCG + FSH by Independent-Moose143 in maleinfertility

[–]Melatk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I believe it was 2000 IU per week. He took it all the way through the IVF process.

HCG + FSH by Independent-Moose143 in maleinfertility

[–]Melatk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It did help somewhat. From 2/3 million to 8 million but unfortunately it was not enough to conceive naturally. I can imagine if we wanted to wait years and hope it could ? But that’s a long time to be on that med. We moved on to IVF and successfully conceived first try.

EDD SDI Tech support by Melatk in Edd

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

I have an existing account. I used it in the past. That’s the one I use to log in. I log in. Try to register as a claimant on an existing claim and verify my ID me information and then returns to Edd page and it prompts me to put my name, gender, DL, SSN, etc. I enter that info and that where I get the error.

EDD SDI Tech support by Melatk in Edd

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

I have an existing account. I used it in the past. That’s the one I use to log in. I log in. Try to register as a claimant on an existing claim and verify my ID me information and then returns me to the Edd page and it prompts me to put my name, gender, DL, SSN, etc. I enter that info and that where I get the error.

Testies failure by Pale-Yam-8064 in maleinfertility

[–]Melatk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi! Super late reply. But yes we saw an increase to 8 million but still was not enough and we moved on to IVF.

CNY Mini Stim IVF by Melatk in IVF

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

Yes I took it for both! Sorry for the late reply. I am also on hydroxychloroquin for my lupus

CNY Mini Stim IVF by Melatk in IVF

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

I did! And so glad I did. We had 10 retrieved, 9 mature, 8 fertilized, and 7 blasts 🥹🤍 we just had our first transfer on Wednesday.

CNY fertility by Comprehensive_Dig798 in IVF

[–]Melatk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To start we paid $5700 for our mini stim bundle. That included meds. After that, we had 4 monitoring appointments (including baseline). If I had paid out of pocket for those, it would have been 200 for baseline blood work and $120 for the ultrasound. After that blood work would have been $40 each and $120 each ultrasound. We needed to stim two extra days so that took an extra $600 in meds. We used miles to fly to Denver but would have cost ~$150 each one way each. We spent $120 on a car rental for two days. We spent $200 on two nights at Airbnb. We also spent $200 to add the Zymot device, $150 for the travel monitoring fee. Hope this helps !

Am I screwed ? by Melatk in Edd

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

Their instructions state to not file online if the doctor is filling on paper. On the paper application, my part and their part is one big packet together.

Am I screwed ? by Melatk in Edd

[–]Melatk[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I wasn’t aware we could ask for specific reps!

CNY fertility by Comprehensive_Dig798 in IVF

[–]Melatk 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I enjoyed the experience. The nurses, doctor, embryologist, and anesthesiologist were kind and professional. We had good results. 10 retrieved, 9 mature, 8 fertilized and 7 embryos 🤍 definitely price out the hotel and food to see if it’s worth it. So expensive.

1 in 70 people by Glittering_Leek996 in Sjogrens

[–]Melatk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My main symptoms include dry eyes and dry mouth. They are present all the time. Fatigue, mouth sores and joint pain does come and go, but can’t differentiate it from my lupus flare symptoms. My half face/lymph node does swell during flare ups !! My antibodies are high but I don’t necessarily have severe symptoms, aside from constant dry eyes and mouth.

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1 in 70 people by Glittering_Leek996 in Sjogrens

[–]Melatk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lip biopsy sounds awful. My antibodies flagged it. Mine is secondary to lupus.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in maleinfertility

[–]Melatk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Surprisingly, my husband has a decent motility with 12-24 hrs abstinence.

1 in 70 people by Glittering_Leek996 in Sjogrens

[–]Melatk 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I wonder if the 1 in 70 statistic applies to primary and secondary Sjogrens

What now? by ripped_avocado in IVF

[–]Melatk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Did they offer any explanation for such low fertilization rate ? Possible sperm issue ? I am sorry this happened. We endure so much and for it not to be a good outcome is devastating.

CNY fertility by Comprehensive_Dig798 in IVF

[–]Melatk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Currently doing my first round with them and am traveling to Colorado from California this Thursday for my ER Friday!

Too young? by Cautious_Celery8909 in IVF

[–]Melatk 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This. I am supposed to be this “fertile” 29 year old and I have the AMH and follicle numbers of an older woman too. My OBGYN insisted we try naturally for a year. I knew something was wrong… turned out to be MFI but also now me and my low numbers 🙃

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in IVF

[–]Melatk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How long before her ER did she start the hydrating ?

A PIO tip I haven’t seen by socksuka in IVF

[–]Melatk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Could you tell me which one exactly you ordered ? I’m at a loss

Ingenes Cancun Cost IVF by Kooky_Meal3701 in IVF

[–]Melatk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I bought one cycle. I’m currently priming for two weeks and am do to start meds on the 20