February 8, 2008
Well it's taken me awhile but I'm finally writing my success story. Ok, here goes.
My hubby and I started trying for kids even before we got married(the beginning of 06).
We got married in June and really started focusing our efforts on trying to conceive.
A year later we still had not conceived and I was pretty sure that I wasn't
ovulating because I was using the clear blue fertility monitor and it never gave me a peak day.
So we decided I would start saving all of my paycheck and we would live off of his income and
we'd finally start fertility treatment. This was in July 07. In august I was
told that I had PCOS and that I was indeed not ovulating. So August I started my first round of
clomid and metformin. That first month I got my hopes up when the doctor told me the medicine had
made me ovulate…Unfortunately that month I didn't get pregnant. The second month I bit
the bullet and I purchased
Herbs for her #2 for Clomid Users
and I also ordered some preseed since I had heard such good things about it. I found out I was pregnant in the middle of October. I was over the moon!!!! I started c
rying and trembling because I was in such shock.
I really started to think that I'd never have a child of my own or that we would have to go through drastic
measures like Invitro.
I truly think that me taking the
Herbs for Her
along with the preseed is
what did it. I'm currently 20 weeks pregnant with my little boy Dimitri Sebastian and I couldn't be more happy.
Thank you Momma Kath for your miracle herbs and thank you so much for this wonderful website. The women here were all supportive and I wouldn't have made it through my battle with infertility without all of them. THANKS SO MUCH!
Stephanie B. (estephania2182)
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Monday, January 21, 2008
Thanks so much for your quick response. First of all I wanted to send you my success story to add to your website. I truly believe it would never have happened without your help and herbs.
I AM 35yrs and have
PCOS and have been struggling with the weight problems all my life. I've also been trying for approx 7 years to have a baby. I did IVF, IUI, FET and absolutely no luck. I started Metformin in March 2006 and then saw your website online and read all the wonderful stories about women with similar problems. I contacted you in August '06 and you kindly told me about
No.7 Restore Ovarian Balance.....well, after 1 month of using this I had a scheduled IUI and guess what I became pregnant. The pregnancy was text book with absolutely no problems...and I absolutely loved it. As I write you this email,our darling daughter now 7 months is sitting on my lap trying to type as well!.... I can't thank you enough... Your website is truly an inspiration.....and the success stories are what kept me going through some painful times when nothing was working. I just wanted to share my story and to give inspiration to others as well not to give up and trust in god!..
I am ready to work on baby no.2 and will continue with the herbs left over from last year. Will keep you posted on the outcome.
With love
Dana
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February 8, 2008
Well it's taken me awhile but I'm finally writing my success story. Ok, here goes.
My hubby and I started trying for kids even before we got married(the beginning of 06).
We got married in June and really started focusing our efforts on trying to conceive.
A year later we still had not conceived and I was pretty sure that I wasn't
ovulating because I was using the clear blue fertility monitor and it never gave me a peak day.
So we decided I would start saving all of my paycheck and we would live off of his income and
we'd finally start fertility treatment. This was in July 07. In august I was
told that I had PCOS and that I was indeed not ovulating. So August I started my first round of
clomid and metformin. That first month I got my hopes up when the doctor told me the medicine had
made me ovulate…Unfortunately that month I didn't get pregnant. The second month I bit
the bullet and I purchased
Herbs for her #2 for Clomid Users
and I also ordered some preseed since I had heard such good things about it. I found out I was pregnant in the middle of October. I was over the moon!!!! I started c
rying and trembling because I was in such shock.
I really started to think that I'd never have a child of my own or that we would have to go through drastic
measures like Invitro.
I truly think that me taking the
Herbs for Her
along with the preseed is
what did it. I'm currently 20 weeks pregnant with my little boy Dimitri Sebastian and I couldn't be more happy.
Thank you Momma Kath for your miracle herbs and thank you so much for this wonderful website. The women here were all supportive and I wouldn't have made it through my battle with infertility without all of them. THANKS SO MUCH!
Stephanie B. (estephania2182)
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9/12/07 I want to thank Momma Kath and her team for
getting back to me when I sent an e-mail regarding which products would benefit me the most. I had been trying to conceive my first baby for about a year without any success and was diagnosed with unexplained infertility after having bloodwork done and several infertility tests such as a hysterosalpingogram, and laparoscopy. My husband got himself checked out and he was fine. I was about to give up trying, trying to conceive, but decided to try Herbs for Her #3 as Momma Kath suggested. I had nothing to lose at this point. I only used the herbs for a month and and half and then found out I was pregnant. I am now 27 weeks along and expecting a little girl in December of 2007. My husband and I are ecstatic! I am convinced that what did it for us was the
herbs for her! I even told a co-worker of mine who had been trying to conceive for a while with
out success about your products. Her husband and her both used your herbs for only a month and now she is 15 weeks pregnant. So thank you Momma Kath for your wonderful herbs and tips!!!! They really do work! Jo
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Hello Ladies!
I received an email this morning that rekindled my spirit.
Hi Momma Kath, I just wanted to let you know on June 29th 2007 I gave birth to a beautiful baby girl .
I couldn't have done this without your website your support, guidance and advice.
Thanks again for all your help, Cathy
I worked with Cathy for months and she sent me a picture this morning....her long awaited child is here!
My soul is smiling! Thanks so much for giving me this opportunity to help!
Lots of Love and Positive Thoughts ++++
Momma Kath
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8/ 27/07
Subject: testimonial
I had a miscarriage last summer, then I did 3 IUI's and 1 IVF to no avail. I am 39 so I've been wondering if my age was a factor. Well after taking your
Herbs for Her No. 3 for only one month I am pregnant! I was too nervous to take the
pregnancy test
before my period was due, but after it was 3 days late, I decided to take the plunge, and lo and behold, a dark line appeared right away! Thank you so much. I believe the
Herbs for Her No. 3
and the acupuncture I've been doing for 2 months really helped.
Tracey C. NYC
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August 24, 2007
Dear Momma Kath
I purchased
No. 2 Herbs for Her for Clomid Users a little over a month ago. I cannot tell you the difference it made in my CM! Using this along with
progesterone cream and I got a positive pregnancy test after 2.5 years of trying! I have not been able to get pregnant since a miscarriage in 2005. I am 39 years old. I was also on 150 mg of Clomid. I am continuing with the progesterone, baby aspirin, Red Raspberry Leaf, B6 and Folic Acid now that I am pregnant. Thank you for your dedication and products. I am passing along your site to others who are struggling. God bless!
Maria M. in KY
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August 23, 2007
After suffering one miscarriage resulting in a D&C early this year I went on Herbs for Her no. 1 with CM enhancer. AF came exactly 4 wks after the D&C, OPK showed OV on CD17 and I got my
BFP 12 DPO! I am also taking
Herbs for Her no. 5 Protect Early Pregnancy and had my 7wk US today where we saw a good heartbeat. I wish everyone TTC out there the best of luck and thanks to Momma Kath for all your help and support. I am referring many friends to the site and supplements! - Kirstin
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February 19, 2007
Dear Momma Kath, I began taking
Herbs for her No.8 (No. 8 Tame Abnormal Tissue because I had blocked tubes) about 5days into my cycle. I was scheduled to take an
HSG
in the next month as one of my tubes were blocked and they wanted to find out the state of the other one. The radiologist had to ask me if I was sure that my tube was blocked because - hear this - my 'blocked' tube even had a better and faster spill than the good one!
I really thank God for bringing me to this site and allowing me to heal.
Thanks for all your help.
Folasade
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February 19, 2007
Another egg white success!
We haven't been trying too long, just 3 or 4 months, but I noticed right away that I didn't have the right (or any) CM around the time I ovulated. I knew I was ovulating because there's no ignoring the pain when it's happening, so I knew I had to figure out something so we had even the slightest chance of getting pregnant. I had read in TCOYF about using real egg whites, and after using Mucinex without seeing a change in CM, I thought, what the heck. I did a Google search for
using real eggwhites and was directed right to your website! I read the instructions carefully, and after reading the "all we did different was eggwhites" success stories, was absolutely ready to give it a shot. We used eggwhites on CD 13 and 14 (the day before ovulation and the day of). I was really excited and had a good feeling about it - for good reason! Yesterday (11 dpo) we got our BFP! I'm shocked and can't believe how "easy" it was - just egg whites! Amazing. We are so blessed and thankful, and pray that the pregnancy is healthy and full term! Here were my symptoms:
1 dpo: mild AF cramping, so mild that I couldn't tell if I was making it up with wishful thinking. A little indigestion.
2 dpo: more AF cramps. I kept catching myself thinking AF was coming because the cramping sensation was so familiar.
3 dpo: woke up with a yicky feeling in my lower abdomen, pretty crampy. Had a bad stomach ache when I went to bed - it felt like I had eaten something bad (but I hadn't).
4 dpo: nothing most of the day. After I ate lunch, though, I got a crazy gurgly, gassy stomach and intestines.
5 dpo: nothing most of the day, but got gassy and gurgly again after lunch, which is abnormal for two days in a row.
6 dpo: weird twinges in my lower abdomen, and VERY emotional - a couple of crying sessions for no real good reason.
7 dpo: felt gross the whole day, and had no appetite. Forced myself to eat lunch and dinner. More achy feelings in the lower abdomen.
8 dpo: bb's started to get sore. Nothing much else, except very slight twinges in the uterus area.
9 dpo: no feelings in the uterus area, but my bb's really got sore, and I was EXHAUSTED by 8 pm. In bed by 9:30.
10 dpo: VERY tired, and VERYsore boobs.
11 dpo: didn't feel much during the day, except exhaustion, which convinced me that I needed to test. BFP!!
12 dpo: feeling crampy and just a "feeling" in my uterus. So exciting!
Thank you so much for your site and support! We're so thrilled and know that it wouldn't have happened without the eggwhite trick!
Best,
Erica
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December 26, 2006
Hi, I have lurked on your site for years. What a great
site and community! We tried three years ago but
after three months had to stop when the economy went
to hell. We finally started again and we were very
worried after all of our slips and never getting
pregnant that we would have a really hard time. We
would try on and off a month here or there or a couple
in a row with no success. So this time, we bought the
clear blue fertility monitor just to be sure exactly
when I was ovulating. We used it for a couple of
months and we always got a "high" reading but never
the "peak" reading that is supposed to mean you are
ovulating. This made us worry but we read that
sometimes the monitor takes a couple of months to get
to know you. So we tried the monitor again this month
hoping to get a "peak" reading and never did. We
received the high reading and still had sex around
where we thought we should anyway. We had sex three
times with a day between each time.
Today is Christmas and we woke up to a positive
pregnancy test. I could not believe it. I had gotten
so wrapped up in thinking we were going to have
problems like so many of our friends have. Also, as
all of the women on this site know, once you start to
try to get pregnant, you feel all kinds of things in
your body you thought you never did before. I started
to realize during the months that we were not trying
that all of those weird feelings are always there, you
just never paid so close attention to them. I also
often read that the women who would get pregnant would
say they had less symptoms than when they got a
negative test. The mind tricks you! So any certain
things that seemed unusual I discounted, although this
time there were a couple of things out of the norm for
me. I did not let this fool me and assumed I would be
negative..but not so!
It is obviously early but we are elated at the ++++ we
got.I really wanted to just add to the symptoms part
of the site because I know I constantly looked at it
while trying.
A few things stood out to me:
Around ovulation time, sometimes I feel the tenderness
or light pressure on my ovary. This disappears in a
few hours or a day. This time, I felt that kind of
pressure/tenderness even more and it lasted for two
days. Either it was intense ovulation or it was after
ovulation and my body was reacting or implanting.
Another thing is for the last few months, I have been
dreaming normally but nothing stood out. Days after
ovulation, I had intense, wild dreams. These lasted on
and off until now. I definitely noticed them.
The last thing was, I often will have tender breasts
for a few days in my cycle with really tender nipples.
However, they are normally just sore to the touch.
This time from 6 DPO to 10 DPO, I had really really
sore breast that even hurt just sitting there or when
I walked. I felt like they were so obviously sore not
even touching them that I wanted to take them off.
This stopped at 11 DPO so then I discounted it. But
now I see, it was something for sure.
Thanks for the support and good luck to all. I am just
thrilled to see that I can get pregnant. Baby dust to
all.
I am 33 years old and my husband is 36. Thanks.
Amy
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December 12, 2006
I'm Finally Pregnant
TTC #1 2yrs.9mo.
Miscarriage in March of 2004 and August of 2006
My husband and I have been TTC since March of 2004 when I unexpectedly became pregnancy and miscarried a few days later. We tried on our own for a year and a half and I finally decided to go to a fertility specialist. My doctor put me on 50mg of Clomid and scheduled our first IUI. It was unsuccessful and we found out that my husband has low motility. We tried a few more rounds of this before moving on to Follistim Injections. I became pregnant the very first cycle using the injections. We heard a heartbeat at 8 weeks and then I miscarried at 9 weeks. I was devastated!! After finding out that there was no known cause of the miscarriage, we began trying again with the Follistim injections. After 2 more cycles, I am finally pregnant again. I pray that this will be a lasting healthy pregnancy. I just found out yesterday (14dpo) morning. I took a home test and immediately saw two lines!! I am so excited, but worried at the same time. My first doctor’s appointment is tomorrow. Hopefully my beta score
is okay.
Here are a few of my symptoms:
1dpo-10dpo: extremely sore boobs
11dpo: sore boobs, AF cramping
12dpo-13dpo: boobs not as sore, major AF cramping
14dpo: boobs a little tender, AF cramping, cramping at cervix, +++++ with First Response
15 dpo: boobs sore, extremely tired, cramping at cervix
Good luck to everyone!!!!!
Kristin
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December 12, 2006
Woah very pregnant
Hi All,
My husband and I had been TTC for just under a year. I started reading all the success stories posted and it really encouraged me to be more positive. My DH and I started a regime of vitamins etc and DH also started going to the gym, he was a bit overweight and was not very health conscious. I am 5 weeks pregnant and my symptoms were a bit weird to start off with. My last menstrual was on the 31st of October 2006, my next one came a whole four days earlier, hasn’t happened before, so I began to wander. It was lighter but for the normal amount of time. My PMS symptoms seemed to carry on from that time onwards and I still have mild cramping and back ache but its well worth the journey and I feel really blessed and thankful to God especially and to my DH who never gave up hope or got tired of hearing me moan about not having any more kids!! My DH has one testicle so we thought that that could be the cause and to think we would have started A.I. ! Good and God Bless and never give up hope …
Rachel
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December 11, 2006
I just wanted to say thank you. I am currently 9 weeks pregnant. I have twin girls from an IVF in 2002, but since then, I have been unable to conceive. We have gone back to the RE and have had one successful IVf (which ended up in blighted ovum). I decided before I attempted the IVF route again, I would by a
3 month supply of your Herbs #8 Tame Tissue Growth (I have endometriosis). I began them in August. I must admit, I did forget to take them once in awhile. DH and I tried in Oct. one last time. I was shocked when on Nov. 12th I took a Early Home Pregnancy Test "HPT" (
HPT (the ones you sent me with my order for free) and it was +++++ - This was my 1st pos. HPT ever (with the girls we just did a beta). I went to the obgyn and my numbers were very good. Then at 7weeks we saw the little baby and h/b!! I go back this Friday for another sono. I am still very nervous, but I just can't believe I was able to get pregnant on my own!! Thank you so much!!!! I must also add, it took me almost 4 years before getting pregnant with my girls through IVF, and then we were TTC about 2 1/2 years with no success before this miracle!
Teresa
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Hi Momma Kath,
I just want for you and everyone else to know that after 2 years of activiley trying,
I AM PREGNANT! I did not have the pleasure of using your herbs and I did not use any fertility treatments. I got pregnant on my own.
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December 11, 2006
IT WORKED.....
MY FIRST ROUND OF CLOMID AND IAM PREG..............
I GOT MY BFP......................
I TOOK CLOMID-RED CLOVER AND BD EVERYOTHER DAY.......
THANKS FOR HAVING THIS SITE COULD HAVE NOT DONE IT WITH OUT THE HELP
OF THESE GREAT YOUNG LADIES.......
THANKS TONS BABY DUST TO ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL
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6th Dec 06
Hi,
I am about to start my first course of Clomid after 18months ttc. I am 30 and my fiancé is 30. We are desperate for a baby and have tried so hard to achieve this and am now excited to start on this fertility drug especially after reading so many success stories. I had an ultrasound and HSG and this only showed a slight blockage on my right tube. My blood tests show that I am ovulating so I am not sure if clomid is actually going to solve our issue. My fiancé tested OK too. I will keep in touch and I hope you will all keep us in your thoughts and prayers.
Claire (England).
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November 9, 2006
Hi there, just checking in after approx 6 years absence! I joined this website in early 1999, my screen name was KimNZ. Anyway, when I googled the site tonight, I was thrilled to see that it is still there, and even more thrilled to see a name I recognised!! TTC, yourself and the other members were all amazing in your support especially when trying to conceive my second baby (after a blighted ovum and 6 months of trying). I have always had a soft spot in my heart for you after
all your encouragement, tireless answering of questions, and ceaseless support. Please pass on my love and support to all the women at ttc. People like you DO make the world a better place! I wish you all the best of luck for the future, and go away in the knowledge that such a special, supportive forum is still very much in existence! Take care, KimNZ
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November 06, 2006
Dear Momma Kath, I want to personally thank you for all the help you have been giving to
women all over the world like me. I found your website last year and wrote to you and then
bought your herbs
No. 7 Restore Ovarian Balance andNo 2 Herbs for Her for Clomid Users. I am glad to let you know that after giving up last year - I am now pregnant.
I thank you from the bottom of my heart for your site, your care and support. You have been a source of strength and hope to many women like me. My prayer for you is that God continues to strengthen you and reward all of your efforts and endeavours.
May the good Lord send his Angels to permanent your true happiness. With Love, Tracy
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November 5, 2006
Dear Momma Kath, my son is almost a year old. It was almost 2 years ago that
I ordered the
Herbs for Her for Clomid users. I had been trying to conceive for approximately 4yrs. I went through one cycle of clomid and IUI with my fertility doctor which didn't take. For the second cycle, I took your herbs in correlation with the clomid (I never told my doctor). That cycle during the IUI, my doctor had commented on how fertile I looked. That month the IUI took and I was pregnant. It was amazing and I thank you. I never wrote in about my success, but everytime there is an opportunity to tell someone about your website, I do. I honestly believe it was your
herbal regime that helped me conceive that month. Christina
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10/31/06Hi Kathy, I just wanted to thank you for
all of your help and give you an update. I finally got my BFP after two months of taking
No. 1 Herbs for Her. I definitely think that the herbs helped make this possible. Thanks again for everything!! Lori
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July 28, 2006
Great news! I am pregnant.
Dear Momma Kath,
I wrote you a few months ago. I have always struggled with infertility, and I was trying to conceive #2. Thank God I found your web site, first month taking the
herbs and I just found out today that I am pregnant!
I've always had irregular periods and symptoms of PCOS. My DH and I conceive my daughter over 2 years ago, at that time I didn't know about your website, and the doctor put me on clomid. I did get pregnant the first month of clomid, but I also had a lot of side effects. This time, with a natural way and no side effects
I got pregnant 2 weeks on your herbs. I took
Vitex, false unicorn, Maca, red raspberry leaf and Folic Acid.
I want to thank my almighty God first of all, and you for giving us such wonderful information, and for your website. I would love for you to add me up in your success herbs for her works stories.
Thank you so much MommaKath, and God bless you.
Christine
25 Years old
BFP
Pregnant with #2
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July 11, 2006
Yes, I definitely would like to write a success story...he or she is definitely a little miracle baby b/c I only was able to take 1 Clomid and then went to the ER for Crohn's Disease - I had a bowel obstruction. I was in the hospital for a week and basically wrote off the month but continued to take your
herbs and a baby aspirin daily and used
OPK's just in case...sure enough on the 18th of last month I got a positive result. We tried that night and then my husband was in Chicago for a 3 day business trip so again, I wrote it off, we tried the evening he came home again...and on day 30 when no AF in site I tested and sure enough...I had to take 4 tests to believe it! Anyway, thanks for your help and I will write a more in depth Success Story soon.
Thank you again for your support, so far everything is great, I'm feeling good and loving being pregnant!!!
Kathy
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June 28, 2006
I'm shocked
Dear Momma Kath,
I ordered
Herbs for Her #3 after I was diagnosed with having 94% antisperm antibodies. My RE suggested IVF to my dismay. We had been trying for a year. You sent me the herbs when we went on vacation. Well, after taking them for a month and a half and having 1 IUI, I got a BFP yesterday and then a blood test confirmed I am pregnant. I am ecstatic and shocked at this miracle. Thank you for all your help. I am a firm believer in your herbs!
Kindest Regards
Dani
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Monday, June 19, 2006
Success! Thank you Momma Kath for the advice and information provided on this site. We have been ttc #2 for six months and after
one month on Herbs for Her I just got a BFP! We are so excited for our family to grow. Thanks again!! Amy+++
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Monday, May 30, 2006
Momma Kath
TTC for 7 YEARS, did hsg, clomid unsuccessful for 4 months, on 5th month did the "shot thing" where the dr did u/s to verify follicles then got the shot, then 1 more month of clomid...nothing. Decided to take a couple months off TTC and not fret about it. Got pregnant 7 months later. M/C at 9 1/2 weeks, dr.did u/s, sac but no baby. Dr. just let it pass by itself, but I had to go back every couple of days to have blood drawn until levels were 0. That was Jan. 2000. Pregnant again Dec 2001 on our own, but I started bleeding again the day b-4 my first dr appt. This was a new doc, she did d&c . Now since then, just sparatically trying, not letting it become the focus anymore. I came to the conclusion that I'm not getting younger (35) and if it doesn't happen by ourselves, I will have to go back to another R/E and see about the options. I'm really weird about wanting to try on our own without "artificial" means (IVF, etc) until I absolutely can't wait anymore. Deciding to take it into my own hands,
I ordered
No. 3 Herbs for Her and progesterone cream.....FIRST MONTH!.
These 3 BFP (2
Early Home Pregnancy
, 1 clearblue easy) were the fastest and darkest lines yet!. I'm really starting to believe this may be it. My most recent ob/gyn has left practice so I got in to a new dr tomorrow for initial appt with nurse, then dr. Friday to test levels. Please know what solace your website has given me after 7 long years.
God bless,
Theresa
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June 14, 2006
Success after 2nd IUI!
I have gotten much comfort, and laughs, from the brave women who have been trying to concieve, and who have had success and shared their experiences (sometimes in gritty detail!) during our own struggles. We have been trying to conceive for a little over a year now, and this time last year sadly became pregnant and miscarried shortly thereafter. We discovered that I have a water filled fallopian tube on my right side that may have caused it, so after much delay and surgery, we got back on the TTC horse this past March. Because of my age (35) and the one tube, and the potential for scar tissue growing back to cause issues, we jumped on the infetility protocol bandwagon - specifically, IUI. I was doing the Follistim injections then Ovadril to induce ovulation, then the lovely IUI. The first time was unsuccessful and much to my frustration (I am VERY impatient!) a cyst had developed (common apparently) and we had to take birth control pills and take a month off... grrr!
well, this second time around we have success! I am currently at 15 days past iui (15 dpiui) and after 8 (um.. yes, thats not a typo) HPTs taken starting 9 dpiui, I am absolutely, positively sure I am pregnant!!!! Now, symptoms:
First, I have to clarify that I was also put on oral progesterone supplements starting 2 days after IUI (Prometrium) so there are some symptoms that come with that, regardless whether one is knocked up - those include: sore bbs!, gassy, bloating, pimples, and fatigue. (Im dead sexy!)
Now for some signs outside of the pills:
around 5-6 dpiui - much stomach activity and I began to get VERY tired in the afternoons, around 3-5 PM... Now, you might say "Its the progesterone, but I disagree as I take the pills at around 7:30 at night, so the wave of tired that hits me in the afternoons is all its own, I believe...
around 7-8 dpiui - sharp twinges on my left (good, with-a-tube) side.. fatigue continues...
9 dpiui - evening first ++++ HPT (light) and am falling asleep earlier... also, feel a gnawing hunger between meals... I mean I feel like a starved jackal who hasnt eaten in days... (or as I imagine a starved jackal would feel)
10-present day dpiui - multi HPTs +++ getting darker! woohoo!
11-12 dpiui - urinating more frequently, even getting up in the middle of the night which I never do.. and falling asleep earlier..
so, I hope this inspires some trapped in that hell, the two week wait! I know I would log on every day and type in for ex) "8 dpiui" and see what pops up from all the women experiencing this with me... and MOST of the posts were from this website!
so, thank you all for your support while I suffered the crazy, painful, excruciating wait between alleged conception and a positive HPT!
Good luck to you all!!
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June 07, 2006 3:43 PM
My IVF Success Story
Dear Momma Kath, I want to share my success story with you and others on the TTC board as it is truly a miracle that I am pregnant now after all of these years. Here it is:
Hi everyone, I have enjoyed reading all the successes on this board for the past several years and never did I ever think that I would one day be writing my own success story. My dh and I are both 36 and have beeing ttcing for over 6 years. We have suffered thru 3 horrible miscarriages with the first one being in December of 00. We went to an RE and had all the tests done and the RE found I had stage2/3 endo which was lasered out in 02 other than that they didn't come up with a real diagnosis as to why I was not getting pg. We tried iui with clomid and then with injectibles about 7 times and it never worked. We finally moved on to IVF. Our first IVF was converted to an IUI because I only created 4 follies. the second IVF again I was a low responder and only had 4 or 5 follies we decided to go for it and the RE was actually able to get 9 eggs out of me, there were a few smaller follies that grew in time. They put back 3 grade a 8 cell embies in me and low and behold I was pg, however my beta was only 25 and
two days later it was still only 25. Turns out it was a chemical pg (it never implanted all the way). I was devastated. We waited about 5-6 months before we decided to use up our last try of IVF (insurance pays 1/2 for 3 tries) so we went for it. Again I only produced 5 follies and the only retrieved 3 eggs this time and only 2 were good enough to put back. One was an 8 cell and the other a 5 cell. Well, they both took and I am now pregnant with twins, what a bonus. My betas were very high to begin with so twins were suspected but I thought no way because the one egg was only a 5 cell. Well I am now 12 wks pg and everything is great. We had a scare at 10wks I had some red bleeding but after a full checkup at the ER the OB said the babies were both 100% fine and no problems since then. I have had horrible morning sickness and on the verge of puking about 24 hrs a day and usually get sick in the mornings. I also am getting horrible migraines but hey it is all worth it. I am still in a state of shock that I
am even writing this. I surely hope that my story will give other women out there that are trying to get pg whether naturally or thru IVF and I am proof positive that with some effort and lots of prayers that it can happen, even if the circumstances (egg quality) is not that great. This board has been a great help to me as well as support thru all of my years of ttcing and I am now enjoying the pg discussion boards. Thanks again to Momma Kath and to this wonderful website.
Karen
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Wednesday, May 24, 2006
Momma Kath,
After 45 long months (3 years, 9 months) of TTC #2, we are finally pregnant! I am so happy to be writing this story, but to be honest, it feels surreal. You get so used to being disappointed month after month, that it's hard to believe when you get a BFP. I attribute this conception to the second month of taking
Herbs for Her #1 and also a baby aspirin daily. We also focused our "trying" toward the latter half of the month, which normally we don't do. I went from a 26 day cycle to 32 by taking the herbs, so ovulation was probably happening later than I thought (I wasn't officially tracking).
Like many others, I thought AF was coming. I had some cramping and sore BBs and breakouts. I even had a beer one Friday night because I just knew she was on her way.
I took 3 HPTs. Each one had a faint line, but as they say "a line is a line." I went to the doctor to confirm yesterday and I am very early (4 weeks) and due in January. My son will be 5 in February.
I tell you what, I am telling people that it had to be the herbs. I don't know what else it could have been, unless it was just finally our time.
These success stories were so great to read as I was TTC, so I hope mine will help as well. Good luck to all. I know how hard and frustrating TTC can be!
Morgan
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