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TTC SUCCESS STORIES..Book #76
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here is my story. i am 35, hubby 31.where do i begin..... been trying to get prego for 2 years. had one miscarriage and one ectopic at 5 weeks. had to be treated with methotrexate ..after another 7 months of nothing , went for infertility testing and was devastated to find out had tubal disease. hydrosalpinx in my left tube. tube was removed and dr.s said right tube was abnormal and enlarged but could still try. i drove my hubby nuts with my ovulation schedule, taking temps and being miserabe every month when the p came. i was obsessed. then decided to try ivf. we were going to try two more months naturally . we refinanced our home and got our money together for ivf.... i then suddenly one day changed my attitude and just happily said to myself (even wrote myself a letter) that i have tried everything to make this happen. i cannot control this anymore and when it is meant to be will be. even if ivf does not work . [it was the month of christmas. i just let it go. it was such a release. i drank wine , started a different job and didnt even have sex on day 13 or 14.... christmas came but my period did not. (i was due dec. 22) the thought lingered in my mind cause i have never ever been late. but i still let it go and let one week go by. i was in total shock when there was 2 lines FINALLY on DEC 28...... i just got +++ results back from the dr. 2 blood tests and my hcg levels have doubled..... i am only 5 weeks.. but my hubby said no matter what happens we still got prego. i really never thought i would be writing one of these stories, or that we would get prego on our own . i know i have a long way to go . i do believe that things happen for a reason. whenever a nervous or scared thought lingers in my mind i think of in 8 months a little bambino being born. and that puts a smile on my face and gets me through the day. god bless and keep positive!!! Hi my name is Monica and I just wanted to let you know that I really enjoyed reading the success stories here. My husband and I just found out on Christmas eve after only 4 cycles of clomid that we were expecting! What a great discovery and to make things even better yesterday I went for my ultrasound and found out that we're having twins!! What a shock. I'm so happy. I wish all of you lady's the very best of luck. It took us 8 years of trying naturally and only a couple of months with clomid so I have total faith in it. It was well worth the moodiness it caused! As if that time of the month and the waiting and the testing and everything else isn't bad enough! Well thank you for your time and God bless you all and the best of luck and fertility to all who are still trying, don't give up yet (: MONICA C. 
Infertility Survival Handbook
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++++ IT'S POSITIVE!!! ++++++ Hi Momma Kath, Just want to tell you that Clomid worked again! I took an HPT this morning and got 2 pink lines! I was SOOO excited. I'm going to retest in a couple days to make sure. I'll call my doctor next monday. Hope you're having a great day. Thanks for your support. I really like your website. It's been very informative to me. And...helped me to calm down while waiting. Talk to you soon, Maralee :-) Amy's deeply strange week (posted lots of places) So, as most of you know, we found out March 18 that we were chosen by a birth mother and were going to begin the process to adopt. Well, that weekend was a great weekend, lots of parties to attend and so on. AF was due and I really didn't care, for the first time in a long time. Well, she didn't show. And she didn't show Monday either. So Tuesday I decide to take an HPT. It was positive. Went to the doctor; betas went up by a factor of six between the two tests. We had explained our situation to the doctor so he brought me in yesterday for an ultrasound. All he could tell at this point was that the pregnancy looks normal (not molar pregnancy or an ectopic, a concern when the numbers shoot up like that). We were supposed to start the homestudy last Thursday and rescheduled it for tomorrow-- on the doctor's advice we're going to continue with that plan for at least awhile. Our agency's rule is if you get pregnant, you're off the list so we'd like to feel a little more confident this one is going to "take." But we're amazed; after 29 months of trying and being told it wouldn't happen without IVF, and miraculously having this adoption situation show up out of the blue, and getting chosen, we get pregnant!! If my life was a movie for the last month and a half, I would say its plot was ridiculous and implausible! And I can't believe I have become a walking annoying comment :-) ("see, adopt and you'll get pregnant"--arrrgghhh!!!!!! Any of you who can help me come up with lies to tell people so they won't have their "you just need to relax" opinions confirmed, please do so! :-)) Wanted to tell my pals what's up and why I have been so quiet lately. I will be around lurking and wishing you all the best-- so many of you have been such great friends to me and I really hope your journeys to parenthood end joyfully, no matter what that endng might be. I will be around lurking to answer questions or so forth and will be cheering you all on!! Posted By: Amy in Motown Wednesday, 31 March 2004, at 11:18 AM Hi Momma Kath! After sharing my journey, tears, hopes, fears for 4 years on your boards (TTC #1, Clomid, IUI, Injections 101 and then IVF) we are FINALLY pregnant. Could you please add my name to the ticker.... I am soooo ready for it. Thank you and thank you for the wonderful support system... I could not have managed this journey without this "support haven." Thanks! :) CaseyD Posted By: MichelleD Thursday, 8 April 2004, at 04:03 PM Beta says BFP!! But HPT at 14dpo said negative/Proof: It's not over til it's over/ Here is my story Here is my story: BFP!!!! I can hardly believe I am writing this post. I never thought it would be me. I was a little down this morning because the First Resp. Early HPT was negative but I was scheduled this morning to get a blood test(beta). They called to tell me my Beta was : 86.5!! A positive. I am trying to not get too excited just yet because I have to go in for another on Saturday to re-confirm the Beta and make sure the numbers doubled. But let me tell you girls, It is not over until it is over because: This is proof that anything can happen until you get your period or get a blood test. I highly encourage a beta instead of relying on HPT for a definitive. It is very early so I am just praying and trying to keep positive and hope this pregnancy is going to be IT!! Best Wishes to all of you +++++++++++++++++thoughts :) MichelleD Just wanted to send you my success story because this site has been so helpful to me in my journey. My story is: DH and I have been married for 4 years and started ttc the year we got married. We didn't take it too seriously at first and as we were moving house, we did this for about a year. At the end of the year trying I decided to see a doctor and they talked me through medical history. My periods were very irregular, I was overweight, etc and so they referred me to an infertility clinic. DH and I joined the clinic and had a full work up. I had a laporoscopy and although everything looked normal, I was diagnosed with PCOS. I was not given any treatment for PCOS but was given 3 months of Clomid. The Clomid helped shorten my cycle and charting my temps meant thatfor the first time ever I knew when I O'd. The 3 months Clomid were not successful, so we moved on to another 3 months, accompanied with HCG injection. Again, the medication did not result in a pregnancy but I did O. DH and I decided to take a break then for 6 months and just try naturally. The six month break turned into a nine month break as I enjoyed the distraction from ttc, temping and living for the infertility. On the tenth month we booked an appt to go back to RE and went away for a weeks holiday. Lo and behold that was the month we got a BFP. Finally, after 4 years of ttc, we had 2 lines on a HPT. I was filled with happiness, excitement, dread and terror and the following few weeks were frightening. I finally had a scan yesterday at 13 wks and the sight of the little baby moving around and kicking it's leg was the most wonderful feeling in the world. Thanks to all my friends from the site, who guided and helped me through my ttc journey. I believe in miracles now and I believe when the time is right, it will happen to us all. Thanks again, Elayne Miracles DO happen! Dear Momma Kath, I just wanted to send you a success story. After 7 long years, my dear husband and I are expecting our first child, edd 12-12-04. I affectionately refer to him/her as "our Christmas miracle baby". I just want to thank you for the last 2 years of support on your wonderful website. I have gone through a plethora of infertility treatments and had given up all hope that anything would work. My husband and I had decided that we were going to take a 2-3 month break (at the same time that I was pregnant and hadn't known it -- I was 9dpiui at the time). We were emotionally drained, tired of the IF rollercoaster ride and had felt that God had given up on us. Then 4 days later I got a bfp on our hpt. Then it was confirmed the next day on my beta. I have gotten an outpouring of love and support on the temp board and injectibles 101 board from the ladies there -- and of course, I'm rooting for each and every one of them. So I just wanted to let you know that miracles DO happen, Love Jenn, 36 My DH and I have been TTCing for 5 mos. And it finally happened. We are very excited. I waited until now to post only because I wanted to make sure everything was ok. When January finally arrived, I had an awakening moment. I said to myself "That's it, this month I will get pregnant if it kills me". Even when I talked to my sister about this awakening and almost every day from the day of OV, she later told me that she prayed and prayed that I would get PG this month because she said I was absolutely obsessed and that she was worried I wouldn't be able to handle it if I wasn't PG. I had my AF on the 10th of January. Between that point and the day of OV, I read everything in site on tips of how to get PG. I used an ovulation kit on the 25th of January it told me I would OV with in the next 24-36 hours. My DH and I BD'd for the next 3 mornings. Each morning I made sure I kept my hips up on a pillow for 20 min. following. Well I am excited to announce I found out on the 6th of February (9DPO) that I was PG. That morning when my DH woke me up at 5:30 to go to the gym, I stayed behind because I was almost certain I was PG and knew I could take a HPT that day. When he left I quickly went into the bathroom and took the test. I put it on the bathroom counter and walked away. In a few min I went back into the bathroom and there it was..... the test line and a very faint, beautiful, pink line. I wanted to scream, jump and shout. But what I actually did was cry, and fall to the floor. I was ecstatic. When my DH came home from the gym, he was telling me how his work out was and I just had this huge smile on my face. Finally he stopped and asked me what the heck was going on. I told him "We're going to have a baby!" He laughed and hugged me and said "Well, you better go get checked out". I am now 11weeks PG and onto my 12th week. I would like to give some advice. If you absolutely do not have to go to the doctor when you find out before your AF is even due (but you had a ++++ HPT). Don't! Because the doctor called me up the next day saying he was worried because my HPT level was only 20. Little did I know at the time that it was because I was so early in the PG. When I went a week later, it was 3200. I was, needless to say, very relieved. The nurse told me that next time it's best to wait 7 days after your period is due. Symptoms: Oh and remember the sister I constantly talked to about trying to get pg. Well she wasn't trying but found out 3 days after me that she is pg as well (big surprise for her). She recently found out that her due date is the day after mine. Mine is October 17th and hers is the 18th. We always talked about being pg together when we were kids (she and I have always been best friends) and ironically, here we are due only 1 day apart. Thanks Momma Kath for all of your support. And to all you TTCers.... I wish you all the best of luck and sending positive thoughts your way. Love, Jackie Hello ladies! I just wanted 2 share my sucess story with you all. My boyfrind and i have been together for 9 years and been trying for a baby for nearly 3 long years! I fell pregnant within 4 months the first time around but then had a miscarrage at 7 weeks which devistated us both but went back to trying again straight away, after another 8 month fell pregnant again, unfortunatly ended in another miscarrage. Tried some more but nothing. After another year was refered 2 conception clinic. We both had all the tests done but nothing so they started me on 50mg of clomid for three months. I started them last month and im still in shock, they worked first time!!!! I'm only 5 weeks at the moment and praying this time will be ok. For everyone reading this please dont give up hope. I am praying for us all xxxxxxxxxxxx KELLY Someone asked me for my TTC story and I am more than happy to share it. Hearing other girl's success stories about TTC was what got me through many many hard times. I know many of the girls here have been ttc SO much longer than me and I feel kinda guilty for posting it. But we all know that whether it is 1 year or 5 years.....IF is still so hard. SO here goes..... Always had irregular af's my whole life. Went on bcp at 21 due to a cyst. Was on it for 7ish years. Got married Jan. 2003. Went off bcp Feb. 2003. No af for 6 months!! During that time, I started charting and read TCOYF and learned all about my cycle. I learned that I obviously was not Oing. I tried Vitex and False Unicorn Root for a month, but gave up on that. I started thinking about acupuncture and Chinese Herbs and started interviewing TCM physicians to see who knew most about IF. In June, I went to my OB-GYN and started getting all of the genetic screenings done (i.e. tests for genetic carriers, if immune to certain things) just to get prepared to start trying. We also started bding in June without protection. I actually thought I was pg!!! HA!!! Little did I know, it would take a lot of help. Then in August, I had my CD3 labwork at Ob-GYN. He diagnosed me with mild PCOS based on a LH:FSH ratio. I was CRUSHED-but I figured a round of Clomid would do the job. I decided to go directly to an RE (thanks to this board) to do the Clommid so I could have monitoring. Thank god I did that. It was the best decision I ever made. When I went to the RE, they put me on a steroid called Dexamethisone to lower my DHEA's. It made me gggain weight and I hated it. So then they put me on Met. I am not IR, and it didnt seems to help me O much but I am still staying on it as per my RE. So in Sept. had my first round of Clomid 50mg. O'd on CD21. Had a pct-great!Didn't get pg. Low P4-13. Then went up to Clomid 100mg the next cycle. No O!!! I was SO upset. Then the next cycle we tried Clomid 100mg for 10 days rather than 5. I O'd on CD17, but my lining was thinned to a 5mm and I had NO CM!! So, we did back to back IUI....P4 of 19...no pg! So, then I was all prepared to move onto Let, but I found out I had a huge cyst and had to sit out a cycle. No O on my own without meds that cycle. So, then next cycle, I did Letrozole 2.5 mg CD3-7. I was POSITIVE this would at least make me O. Nope! No O!!!! I was now freaking out....panic mode. So, finally met with RE again. We decided to do a mini stim. So this cycle, we did Let 5mg CD3-7, and Follistim CD8-14. O'd 3 follies on CD16 and had back to back IUI's. P4 of 52!! And I am finally pg!! The injectables worked a miracle for me. This was my 8th round. Only my 3rd ovulation. My second IUI and my first injectable cycle! I know I used to love to hear about the symptoms. I didnt have many and was POSITIVE I was NOT pg!!! I even cried myself to sleep the night before the beta. Basically, I felt exactly like af was coming. I hope this story helps some of you. It is still so early for me and I am just praying everything continues to be ok. Tracy |
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