Hello,
I am so excited typing this email. My DH and I have
been trying to conceive for a year without any
success. My regular doctor had me monitoring my BBT
every morning & that was not working for me...some
mornings I'd forget or I didn't write it down anyway
after keeping up with it for 2 1/2 months I lost my
calendar with all the temps! I could have died all
that work was gone & I just knew she would want me to
start all over again from scratch. I made an appt.
with my GYN in June '03 to begin infertility
treatments, they did all sorts of tests & ultrasounds
to determine if I was ovulating..blah blah blah & I
was I was passing every test left & right...but no
little one. I have a great GYN, he's even handsome so
you don't really mind him taking a peek. ;-) In July
my GYN wrote me a prescription for 50mg of Clomid
which I took on days 4-8 of my cycle, on day 14 I went
into his office to get an HCG shot, on day 15 DH went
to a sperm lab & had his sperm washed, I left work
early picked up the sperm at 3:05 & was on my way to
my dr.'s office to be inseminated. While I was
driving to the dr's office I couldn't believe I was
having to go through all of this, when you're a teen
(late teen) & into your 20s you're so careful not to
get pregnant & here I am at 29, a happily married
women, with the house with the white picket fence, two
dogs, and a bird & I'm having to be artificially
inseminated. Whew! Well, long story short I had the
sperm implanted, wasn't too uncomfortable a little
cramping. My dr. asked me not to get my hopes up,
there was only a 20% chance that it would work the
first time. I told him I wouldn't and walked out the
door & literally tried to forget what was had
happened. When DH would ask how I felt or if I got AF
I just shhh'd him & kept getting up. When it was time
for AF I had my usual cramps & thought to myself, darn
it didn't work. But I kept doing my regular routines
without thinking too much about it. Then I had missed
my period...I am always on schedule, I felt cramping
still & my breast were very sore, but thought maybe
the clomid, HCG shot & IUI had some how messed up my
system somehow & AF would soon be on the way. I
waited til I was 5 days late & took a pregancy test &
it was positive...still I couldn't believe it so I
took a 2nd test a few days later ...still positive.
I called my dr. and scheduled an appt for 2 wks later,
by the way my husband is going crazy at this point. I
had my first OB visit on 9/9/03 and it was confirmed
that I was 7 wks pregnant. I started crying right
there in the dr's office. I was so excited when I got
a little tote bag filled with goodies on expecting a
baby. I had seen so many women walk out of the office
with those bags & me wondering if I'd ever get one.
Now I'm occupying a lot of my time on baby websites,
picking out cribs etc, we are thrilled! Well that's my
story. I'm sorry it was so long. Ladies please keep
on trying & don't give up!
Thank you,
Edna

Here is my story (long)
My boys are now 16 months old.
Let me tell you what I have : PCOS, endometriosis, backowards uterus,
very closed cervix
(even in IVF the doctor had trouble to pass the embryos inside)
My journey started at January 1999. We tried naturally for 8 months
but nothing happened. I didn't know then anything about O,
when it happens, BBT etc Then, I took Clomid for 6 cycles
(starting at 50mg to 250mg),
I did O every month and I managed to have 5-6 follicles each month.
Unfortunately the doctors did not watch me right and I had one miscarriage,
two bleedings without reason and ovarian hyperstimulation
that it could lead to very dangerous situations for me
Then, we found out that I had endo.
I had one surgery where it supposed that it was removed.
Two months later had another surgery as endo has affected my
urinary system and nearly lost my kidney.
Then 6 months of Lupron, no period at all.
We went on and had 4 IUIs without result.
Then I found my wonderful doctor and we did more right steps.
I did an hysteroscopisis and found that I had 5 polypodes
in my uterus which they were removed.
Unfortunately endo came fully back.
1st attempt of IVF (April 2002) that failed
2nd attempt at July 2002 PG with TRIPLETS,
yes I stayed in bedrest for 8 months
(with cervix procedure closure and 20 pills each day, and vomitting until the
7th month, always lying down with my feet up) and the first day I entered the
9th month I gave birth to 3 wonderful boys.
Unfortunately our one boy at 15 days old became an angel
as he had an operation and the medication was too hard for his little brain.
I had very very much faith in Virgin Mary, I prayed and prayed.
The doctor had gave us only 2% for the IVF to succeed
as the endo was too bad and I had problems from my previous surgeries.
Yet, we did it and all went well. I had a c-section and
I heard the surgeon to give congratulations to my OB
that made me PG since all my internal organs were stuck together.
My left tube does not work any more and my endo came back,
we found out a week ago.
The doctor told us to try for another baby.
We have been trying naturally for 16 months now.
I do not know how we will proceed but please keep the faith
I trully believe what they say "The mind moves mountains".
n the 2 ww waiting I relaxed and thought my uterus as a little bedroom.
Two hands welcomed my transferred babies,
and kept them in their beds.
This image helped me to be as calm as possible because
truly do NOT believe "Calm and it will happen"
I NEVER calmed until I saw them in my hands.

Hi my name is Beth and I have been coming to this site for almost 2 years now.
I have a ds who is 2 and he was conceived with Clomid, so when I was ready to start ttc'ing #2...
I found this site and hung around.
We had a hard time conceiving ds and I knew that this time was not going to be a piece of cake.
We started right away on Clomid and tried and tried again...16 months of trying.
I am 39 and I knew that I didn't have a lot of time to play around.
My OB finally suggested that I see an RE and after meeting with him
with set a plan in motion and we deceided on Clomid 100mg, Repronex 2 vials a day, Metformin,
2 trigger shots and back to back IUIs.
We had our 1st IUI on Halloween (I should have known that this would be a good omen)
and the Re was looking for at least 20 million sperm count after wash...dh had 130 million!
The 2nd IUI was the next day and the count was 39 million after wash.
I only produced 3 follies on my left side and none from the right...
thank God dh is a good producer. After each IUI, I stayed as still
as possible and prayed to God so hard that I thought that I was going to pass out.
[I even went home and did bedrest after each IUI...I know that you don't have to do so..
.I was willing to do anything.
I went back for my follow up u/s and it showed that I o'ed all 3 follies.....
the waiting game had begun.
I then went back a few days later for my 2nd trigger and I started to watch my temps like a hawk.
I tested at 10dpiui to see if the HCG had left my system and it had, the test was neg.
My temps had fallen the day before and dropped even more the morning at 10dpiui.
I continued to wait and temp and they rose again on 11dpiui...
little did i know that this was a classic implantation dip.
I finally got up the nerve to test again at 14dpiui.....
and I was so devestated to see that it was a BFN. I lost it....
I was mad at God, myself and anyone else that dared come in my line of fire.
We had just sold one of our cars to pay for this and it was all for nothing.
I decided to continue to temp to see how long my Lp was going to be
since this was my 1st time using Metformin.
My temps continued to stay high and I was starting to feel nauseous,
tired and had smell issues. I posted to Momma Kath on the main board
and asked her what was going on. She encouraged me to retest and
I decided that I would do it the following morning...18/19 dpiui.
I woke up the next morning at 5 a.m. to get ds a bottle and took the plunge.
I was so scared sitting there just waiting...
after 3 minutes I took a deep breath and grabbed that evil pee stick
and I couldn't believe it...there were 2 lines..
.both as dark as they could be.
I started screaming for dh while sitting on the john waving the stick in the air,
dh ran into the bathroom thinking that something was wrong
and found me sitting there like an idiot....
he didn't have his glasses on and couldn't see what I waving around.
He finally figured it out and started screaming as loud as me.
My betas continue to be good and we get to see the baby this Tuesday....
I guess that all I can say is..never give up hope as you never know what will happen.
Best wishes to all.

Monique age 33, DH age 32.
First conception after 13 months of trying.
I wanted to offer my encouragement to those trying as this web site and its stories
have helped me to have hope when I felt like being hopeless.
My DH and I had been trying for about 13 months.
I have a history of moderate endo and have had two laporoscopies in the past.
My last lap was about 6 years ago and I had been on birth control pills to keep my periods lighter
and less painful since then. Both times the endo involved my ovaries which is not good for
trying to conceive but the doctor treated all the spots he could see. September of 2002 is when I went off pill.
After the one year mark of nothing happening (and several very disappointing negative pregnancy tests)
we went to a fertility specialist. He is about 2 hours from our home and was recommend by a
friend of mine who also got pregnant on her second IUI but unfortunately it turned out to be a molar pregnancy,
which she lost. He did all the blood ! tests, HSG,etc. All was normal except for some minor blockage
on the right side that the HSG blew through (gave me enough pain that I had to be given morphine in the ER,
not a pleasant experience!)
and low progesterone that was right on the border.
With everything checked out his next step was IUI and clomid.
I took clomid both months on cycle day 3-7, and fortunately, had no side effects at all.
We were going to do this 3 to 4 cycles then move on to another lap if I didn't get pregnant.
First month was a bust as everything timed out right using the OPK, then IUI treatment,
but the second half of my cycle chopped off at only 9 days when AF arrived.
Second month was the winner though! I started temping that month
and saw a major temp drop on about cycle day 17 followed by two temp jumps over the next two days.
During this time, the OPK was positive for the LH surge. We called him up and went in on a
Sunday for the IUI (the day after the LH surge).
He offered to give me progesterone suppositories to try and help lengthen the second half of my cycle this time.
I was hoping that he would offer this as I knew from my research that was likely something I needed.
I gladly accepted the rx.
About a week after the IUI we planned a brief trip a few hours from home. I just returned from that yesterday.
I was concerned as I had run out of progesterone suppositories on the trip home
and had skipped it in the am. I was starting to feel some cramps by afternoon and I became really anxious to get home.
When we got home I took two at once to make sure I got the dose I am suppose to take daily.
Today I am about 18 days past my IUI and I had waited to test for fear of another negative.
I woke up at 4:00am this morning and took the test. The double lines came up immediately.
I woke up DH to show him. He was groggy but excited!
Today I will call my doctor to have him test me to be sure. We are going to wait until Christmas to tell our family!
My husband reminded me its only about a week away so you all are the first to know.
I am so thankful to God for this blessing no matter what the final outcome!
I feel a sense of relief just knowing I could get pregnant finally.
With the history of endo I have had, and no success for over a year,
I was afraid it was never going to happen. But God is merciful and heard ours and our friends prayers!
Here is what I have done recently to help beside the IUI,clomid and progesterone:
taking vit E, beta carotene, B vits and zinc.
I avoided my usual jazzercise routine since the IUI just in case and instead did walks.
As for pregnancy symptoms there hasn't been much. Some soar breasts that are
only different this time as my entire breast is soar, along with some occasional shooting pains in ! them.
Mild nausea coming and going through out the day. I chalked all this up to the progesterone,
but thank God I was wrong this time. I also have had elevated temps of around 98 to 98.3 that are continuing.
Keep up the hope.
I am one who doubted it for myself but got help from a great fertility doc early on.
If we hadn't done this, this post would have been many months or even possibly years
before I could have shared it with you..
God bless, have faith and many ++++ thoughts!
Mo.

Hello Everyone!
Thank you, thank you, thank you for this site! DH and I married in August
2002 and went to see a RE in January 2003 because I knew I had PCOS. We
tried clomid and it didn't work, then she put me on the injectibles. The
first time - it worked! I got pregnant in March with an IUI, but
miscarried a couple of weeks later. We still held out hope and wanted to
try it again. My insurance doesn't cover any infertility and the shots are
expensive, I was taking four/day. Financially, we thought we could make it
one more try. We did the shots for 8 days, had another shot of
preganyl(sp) and the IUI on Memorial Day of 2003. 10 days later, I saw a
pink line! I tried not to get too excited because of the miscarriage, but
my beta turned out great, it was even high. We found out a month later we
were going to have twins! They are due February 2004 and we can't wait!
The point of my story is the emotional side of trying to conceive - it
drains you. For five months, all I thought about was getting pregnant,
time moved from the daily shot to the daily shot, I shut myself down. It
really consumed me and this website really helped me out - I found a ray of
hope. May God bless you all who are trying to conceive and let you see the
wonderful blessings in your life as you make this journey!
Nikki
EDD: 2-16-04