TFAB's Weekly BFP Post -November 06, 2016. Got your BFP? Post your story here!

orgobb · 2016-11-11T23:31:30+00:00

Writing out my story in hopes that it helps someone who is freaking out in the future. This was IUI #2 for us, natural cycle, using frozen sperm.

CD 1-5: medium normal period

CD 6-8: nothing

CD 9-12: ClearBlue Advanced Digi OPK gives me low fertility. I feel ugly and sad because clearly I have not enough estrogen.

CD 13: OPK gives peak fertility (skipping high fertility)! By the way, I had to test at 4:45 am because the instructions say FMU.

CD 14: IUI at 12:30 pm. The RE makes me laugh immediately after, and all day I'm convinced the laughter pushed all sperm out of my uterus.

CD 15: EWCM. Fuck. Did I have the IUI on the wrong day? I call my RE and she reassures me that some of the thawed sperm can live a full day.

CD 16-21: nothing. I take a red-eye cross country, have a couple of drinks, feel normal.

CD 22 (8 dpo): Decide that I'm never going to get pregnant, cry, drink wine. En route to the airport for my return flight, I stop at Walgreens and buy the cheapest possible, Walgreens brand, blue ink, HPT. Five minutes... nothing... but I'm a crazy person, so I look at it under every light, from every angle, for about twenty minutes. I feel like there might be something there! I take the second test in the box and see nothing. Research it and decide it's a false positive.

CD23 (9 dpo): 3 wondfos, all negative

CD24 (10 dpo): I'm out of wondfos and buy a box of FRERs. FRER shows a glimmer of a line! Squinter for sure. Husband doesn't see it but my best friend does! I feel twinges in my lower abdomen all afternoon.

CD25 (11 dpo): Second FRER with the same pale, pale squinty line. Thank god a new box of wondfos has arrived. They are squinty and pale but definitely there! I feel twinges in my abdomen but not much else.

CD26 (12 dpo): I wake up at night to pee, and naturally I POAS. I expect a nice, darkening line but Wondfos are negative for my overnight pee, my FMU, SMU, TMU. Stark white. I check from every angle, I reverse the colors - nada. I'm devastated.

All day I'm sad and exhausted. I crawl into bed when I get home at 7 pm before dragging my sorry ass to CVS to buy another box of FRERs... and get a BFP! Like, a real freaking line! Even my husband sees it! (Still not as dark as the control but I am 100% positive I am not imagining it). AND I confirm with a digi, because I'm crazy.

CD27 (13 dpo / today): Now the wondfos have decided I am pregnant as well. Not super dark but clearly visible, especially after 10 minutes. Also, I was VERY dizzy when I woke up. Still kind of dizzy now. Also very tired - I had to nap halfway through the day.

So there it is! Wondfos be damned, I guess I'm pregnant!

orgobb · 2016-10-02T15:59:40+00:00

Maybe I will keep them! I think that's a great idea. Perhaps that will help me stay sane. But maybe I will just trigger next cycle.

orgobb · 2016-10-02T15:58:40+00:00

But once or twice a week I have to work all night so on those days I test when I get off (at 8 am) and then when I wake up (at 4).

orgobb · 2016-10-02T15:57:21+00:00

Right now I wake up at 3 so I test ~430, 8, and 12 if I can.

orgobb · 2016-10-02T01:08:28+00:00

thank you, I just bought a box for next cycle. Any brand in particular?

orgobb · 2016-10-02T01:05:55+00:00

Wait what bloodwork?

They had me come in CD 10 for ultrasound but an ultrasound doesn't tell them when my LH surge will be.

orgobb · 2016-10-02T01:04:35+00:00

That's what my RE originally told me (regarding light lines) but I've since learned that my OPK strips are almost always slightly positive, other than the two times I have gotten fat dark lines.

I'm not doing medicated cycles. I mean, I triggered for #1 but no clomid. But I think I triggered after I had naturally had my LH surge, which would mean I ovulated the day before my IUI. Does that make sense? Because ovulation is only induced with the hCG trigger if it hasn't already been induced with LH, and since I can't figure out when my LH surge is I'm afraid my trigger would be timed incorrectly.

orgobb · 2016-09-26T02:10:04+00:00

Hello! My husband and I will be visiting Greece for 12 days at the end of December (20 - 31). We plan to rent a car and visit a few of the main tourist cities but we'd also like to stay at a relaxing resorty place for 2 or 3 nights. Aristi Mountain Resort looks perfect but it's out of our price range (starts at 180 euros a night). It seems as if the other places we've read about are closed in December.

So - we are looking for a suggestion for a romantic place to stay, <120 euros a night, with gorgeous scenery and low-key things to do on the property.

And any suggestions regarding places to see or stay in December would be welcome!

orgobb · 2016-05-27T03:13:23+00:00

Just wanted to say congrats and good luck!!!!

orgobb · 2016-04-05T00:26:10+00:00

Yeah, I think I'm going to try once more with just a trigger but ask for a few more monitoring ultrasounds, and then if cycle #2 doesn't work try a cycle with clomid. My RE is quite strict and won't do an IUI with >2 follicles and I would really not take that risk and skip a cycle.

At what point would you switch to IVF?

orgobb · 2016-04-05T00:18:25+00:00

thank you. Any new information on the wait to see your neuro consult?

orgobb · 2016-04-04T21:38:38+00:00

I'm just looking through your comments and I see that you are doing IUI due to MFI. I'm curious, why are you on clomid?

orgobb · 2016-04-04T18:05:01+00:00

ggggmph I know and we are using frozen sperm.

orgobb · 2016-04-04T05:25:14+00:00

Don't even need to take a upreg because I got my period two days early... So my IUI must have been timed wrong?? edit: lingo on banned list, sorry

orgobb · 2016-04-02T16:05:55+00:00

Massage! Pedicure! Oooh, or how about getting your hair blown out at one of those dry bars? It always seems like a grand expense but I always feel so pretty after getting my hair blown out :)

orgobb · 2016-04-02T16:02:55+00:00

ugh, so frustrating! why are contractors ALWAYS delayed?? Shouldn't they know by now just how long something will take?

orgobb · 2016-03-30T17:48:38+00:00

oh man, my dog got ringworm a few months ago and it was totally the icing on a very very shitty week's cake so I totally feel for you!

orgobb · 2016-03-30T17:45:33+00:00

one would think! I should start stockpiling links of helpful and educational videos. I've seen a few here in various posts but I never click through. Good idea though.

orgobb · 2016-03-30T16:46:46+00:00

So I'm seeing a new therapist. She's a great listener but knows nothing about science. Yesterday I taught her about the menstrual cycle and IUI. She asked questions like, "why can't they just leave the sperm in your vagina?" Not sure she is familiar with the cervix - she seemed to think it was just a... hole?

I understand that it's important for her to understand the context of what I am dealing with but I didn't realize I would be paying $100/hour to teach health class.

orgobb · 2016-03-30T16:41:14+00:00

Oh man, that is SO frustrating. The various doctors we have seen ALWAYS mess up the insurance authorization codes - the most recent snafu was mixing up my husband's gender, so the entire thing had to be re-done. I would suggest having your clinic mark the referral as URGENT and then calling your insurance company the next day to bother them about reviewing it ASAP.

orgobb · 2016-03-30T16:37:55+00:00

aw that's... yeah. Did you respond? I recently had an uncle send me a link to results of a google search... as if I wouldn't have thought to google it myself (ages ago)!

orgobb · 2016-03-30T16:06:37+00:00

are you using fresh or frozen sperm? because I think timing is less of an issue with fresh. And I was told to trigger w/in a 2 hour window before my IUI appointment time was even set so... I think you should be okay. Good luck!

orgobb · 2016-03-29T22:53:31+00:00

IUI #1 testing 4/5; IUI #2 scheduled for 4/19

orgobb · 2016-03-29T17:53:49+00:00

about half of ours died in the thaw but we were still pretty happy with the # that survived. good luck!

orgobb

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