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lower abdominal pain and cramps after IUI and progesterone suppo.

annababe
  • By annababe · New reply May 23, 2013
  • Discussion in IUI / IVF and high-tech procedures · 13 replies
  • Hi there..I had my first IUI previous Tueday(07/07/13) and I almost fainted after the procedure. I had severe cramping straight after the procedure that my RE had to give me pain medicnes and a shot to ...

Getting scared and sad about IUI chances

LittlePeep
  • By LittlePeep · New reply May 23, 2013
  • Discussion in IUI / IVF and high-tech procedures · 14 replies
  • In the last three weeks, we had our 1st appointment with an RE and an IUI with Femara and Ovidrel. The ultrasound showed 3 good follicles, and my husband's post-wash sample was great. Everything looked ...

Recommendations for clinics in LA?

sg550
  • By sg550 · New reply May 23, 2013
  • Discussion in IVF veterans · 11 replies
  • I'm moving to Los Angeles in July for a year for work. I'm taking any and all suggestions and recommendations for clinics there. Who have you worked with? What did you like or dislike? Why? Fwiw, I have ...

Funny mishaps

vitalflame
  • By vitalflame · New reply May 23, 2013
  • Discussion in IUI / IVF and high-tech procedures · 13 replies
  • Ok so along the way, sometimes you gotta laugh instead of crying. Last nights shot was a horror. In flicking the gonal f needle, I bent it. Then when I pulled it out, it sprayed gonal f all over my table ...

article on grief

uchuva
  • By uchuva · New reply May 23, 2013
  • Discussion in Pregnancy loss · 6 replies
  • Just posting this article, lots of ments in it, but the article also will tell you that. http://www.postpartumprogress.com/13-thi ngs-you-should-know-about-grief-after-mi scarriage-or-baby-loss ...

List of events

l_h1977
  • By l_h1977 · Posted May 23, 2013
  • Journal · 0 replies
  • I think I will use this forum to keep track of my symtpoms/thoughts/frustrations/hopes. This is the only forum I log into daily so it should help me to keep track. Day 1: 22 May 2013 I began a small amount ...

*MENTS* ICSI successful w/ donor; husband struggling

annk79
  • By annk79 · New reply May 23, 2013
  • Discussion in Third party reproduction · 8 replies
  • Hello Folks, My husband and I both experienced infertility treatments for about three years. His being more severe than mine, we were able to achieve a pregnancy through ICSI using donor sperm. This took ...

Living with the secret of "Broken"

randa05
  • By randa05 · New reply May 23, 2013
  • Discussion in Taking a break · 11 replies
  • I have 14 nieces and nephews. My best friend who claims me as her children's aunt also JUST had her second 16 days ago. My sister-in-law is expecting her 3rd in a few months. My parents think that after ...

Thanks for the insanity

l_h1977
  • By l_h1977 · New reply May 23, 2013
  • Journal · 3 replies
  • I just wanted to thank everyone who helps me through my insanity on here. I am not supposed to start my period until around the 29th. My ovulation was est to be around the 16th or 17th. Today I noticed ...

One egg 50/50 chance

navis
  • By navis · New reply May 23, 2013
  • Discussion in Secondary infertility · 6 replies
  • Hi all I'm so anxious --many cycles and ended up with one egg. GD willing it survives and is healthy till transfer. Undergoing PGD for fragile X. Please pray and send encouragement ...

First iui

Debbie816
  • By Debbie816 · New reply May 22, 2013
  • Discussion in IUI / IVF and high-tech procedures · 5 replies
  • So I won't Saturday for blood work, ultrasound and ovidrel shot. I had 2 20mm follies and 1 17mm after 50mg of clomid. The doctor seemed satisfied about this and gave me my shot. An hour later my nurse ...

Counting Down

l_h1977
  • By l_h1977 · New reply May 22, 2013
  • Journal · 4 replies
  • I am doing the whole should I take a test? Its too soon type behavior. I shouldnt test til the day after my expected cycle. That would be the 29th. So I am telling myself to not test at least until after ...

Crushed and throwing in the towel??

DMTL
  • By DMTL · New reply May 22, 2013
  • Journal · 5 replies
  • After 1 miscarriage, 1 chemical pregnancy and only 2 follicles on my last unsuccessful IUI after throwing every med at it I'm left with nothing but a bloated and bruised tummy, an extra 10pounds from ...

Is it normal to feel this miserable?

aMiamiRN
  • By aMiamiRN · New reply May 22, 2013
  • Discussion in Friends and family · 17 replies
  • My DH & I have been TTC for total of 5yrs and counting, had a mc 3 yrs ago @6weeks, RE diagnosed me w PCOS & DH sperm morphology highly abnormal. My sister in law announced her pregnancy right after i ...

Zuo-gui-wan

rich022509
  • By rich022509 · New reply May 22, 2013
  • Discussion in Research · 16 replies
  • Anyone heard of or has tried Zuo-gui-wan? Its a Chinese herbal medicine. I found a study online about it: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12956 293 I am trying it now with my Clomid/Letrozole combo ...

Ovidrel trigger shot tonight

yaninad86
  • By yaninad86 · New reply May 22, 2013
  • Discussion in Newly diagnosed · 7 replies
  • Good Morning everyone! I just had a CD12 u/s and was told that i have a follicle measuring 20 (i'm not sure if it's more than 1.. should've asked...) and was told to take an Ovidrel shot tonight and then ...

A donor with MTHFR Deficiency?

katyc67
  • By katyc67 · New reply May 22, 2013
  • Discussion in Third party reproduction · 4 replies
  • Per usual, I am scanning through donors, both frozen (mildly possible due to the reduced cost), and fresh (really not a possibility given the cost). A really cute one came up today on my frozen DE website ...

Sharing things that have helped me

ajfboyle
  • By ajfboyle · New reply May 22, 2013
  • Discussion in IUI / IVF and high-tech procedures · 3 replies
  • Ok so this is a really tough journey, I myself am still going through it for almost 4 years, I have Ashermans Syndrome, have had 9 IUIs, 8 surgeries, and will soon start on IVF and if that does not work ...

Picking an IVF clinic

LibbaT
  • By LibbaT · New reply May 22, 2013
  • Discussion in IUI / IVF and high-tech procedures · 4 replies
  • I have been ttc for a year and have tried all pills and have trIed 2 cycles with gonal f , the first we did a trigger shot without IUI and the 2nd we stopped because there was no growth after 10 days ...

Sucked back in

randa05
  • By randa05 · New reply May 22, 2013
  • Discussion in Taking a break · 6 replies
  • I've decided to live without kids. I have been thinking and watching others with kids. I stopped looking at how cute they are, and I starting looking at all the down falls. I began to compare my life ...

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