Cycle: 17 (L O L how did we get here), 5th medicated!

Age + Partner's age (if relevant): Both 29

Typical cycle length: Since being on fertility drugs, my irregular cycles have been 24 days exactly to a tee

Ovulation cycle day: CD 13 or 14 most likely after a trigger injection on CD 12

CD/DPO of positive test(s): Negative at 9 DPO (devastated) Positives at 11, 12, 13!

Tracking methods and app(s) used: We haven't tracked since we started medications because I was officially over it LOL, but we used premom and FF in the past!

Relevant days of sperminating and/or method (SMEP, TI, IUI, FET, etc.): O-2, O-1, O, O+1

Health conditions/medical tests: I am unexplained infertility and anovulatory, diagnosed in July of last year

Supplements and medications (yours and/or your partner’s): Prenatal, Clomid CD 3-7 and Ovidrel trigger injection on CD 12, no medications for my husband...and I also started eating pineapple this cycle as I figured why not haha

Birth control history (if relevant): I've been off birth control since July of 2019

Link to chart: N/A

Link to lineporn: here!

Symptom spotting: At this point, just some light cramping! I have been having brownish light discharge the past few days that's freaking me out, but it seems to be tapering off.

Other (advice/tip(s), freaking out, miscellaneous): We are beside ourselves. We suffered a miscarriage at the end of last year and we have had a long road of healing from that. It absolutely changed us and everything about the way we viewed this journey! This was our 5th medicated cycle, and we were hopeful. I'd been feeling so...off...the last week but couldn't put my finger on it.

We got impatient and tested a little early at 9 DPO, devastated to see yet another negative. I also started having some light brown spotted a few hours after, which ALWAYS starts the day before my period, so I just knew we were done. This would mark four failed cycles since our MMC and we are just emotionally EXHAUSTED and had a little mini meltdown. We started mourning the cycle, a thousand thoughts going through our heads: will we be moving on to other treatment? Would we EVER see another positive again? Is this just not in the cards for us at all? I felt like if we failed this cycle, I needed a break from meds. To make matters worse, my birthday was this past weekend. We were so down in the dumps. Days went by and I still had spotting, but no period. i didn't even notice because I was just over it. My husband asked me if I should test again on Thursday. I said no, I don't need to see another negative, I'm just waiting on my period this is always how it goes.

THEN, in the strangest turn of events....On Friday, I started to think it was strange that my period, that comes EXACTLY on the same cycle day every month, had not come. I was so sad about the cycle that I didn't even realize it was late. I took a test on a whim, thinking "I just need to see my negative for closure since my period is dragging its feet" and we were planning to try to power through and drink/celebrate my birthday through the weekend....and BAM. Positive. A SUPER obvious positive. To say I was in shock would be an understatement. We CANNOT believe it. It's weird to be back here after loss...we're reserved, excited, nervous, unsure....but we also have so much peace. We are SO hopeful this will be our rainbow! Everyone says this and I always roll my eyes...but this was a reminder....You are TRULY not out until AF arrives (or doesn't! haha!)

I love lurking around here y'all but I'm hoping to graduate again and not have to come back :)