Welcome to TTC with Med A Thread!

[Kbull]

First day on the forum site and didn't see a welcome thread for those in this 'room' - thought I would start one up! Please post your story and where you are at in this journey.

I have been part of APA for 7 years now, was on here when I was TTC'ing for Truman (my now 6 year old) and am back now to see if we can add one more to our mix! The DH and I have been trying for over a year after a miscarriage at 7 weeks in March of 2013. I took my first round of Clomid this cycle and head into the dr today for my trigger shot. Not sure how many times we are going to go this route so hoping first time in the charm.

Thanks for having me!

Kbull - Kelli

[ktbelle97]

Hi! I joined APA when I was STC DS1, probably 2009ish. We tried for almost 2 years with 7 IUI's before we were finally successful with Follistim+IUI. DS1 was born March 2011. We went back to the RE when we were ready to start trying for #2, and I got pregnant on my 3rd cycle of Follistim+IUI. We had DS2 in June 2013.

Now we are trying for our 3rd, and likely last, baby. I'm on my 2nd round of Follistim+IUI. I had a good response last cycle, but no BFP. I'm currently on CD11 and I go for u/s and b/w tomorrow.

Nice to meet you Kelli! Good luck with this cycle!

Katie/ktbelle97

[Kbull]

Thanks Katie, good luck to you too mama!

I'll start a new thread on the update on my appt.

[Kbull]

Can a mod please sticky this thread... would like to have a welcome spot for this room (unless others don't see a need). Thanks!

[Gwenn]

[SaraJP0804]

Hello!!
Came to APA back in 2008 I believe. We were trying for #1 and I wasn't having any luck so I started researching and this place came up! We were on Clomid for 4 cycles when I got pregnant but I ended up having a miscarriage. I tried another round of clomid and didn't respond so I took some time off and decided to get myself healthy and lost about 25 lbs.
I sought out a fertility doctor since my OB would no longer offer me treatment. Found my current RE and he told me that I had PCOS which I thought was my problem but my OB wouldn't do any testing on me. Did 1 month of Femara and Metformin and got pregnant right away and had my baby girl.

Now we are on our 3 month of treatment for baby #2. I didn't respond to the Femara the first month. They upped my dose and I responded last month but we didn't time things well. We are currently on CD 10 of our 3rd month. Hoping month #3 is our charm!

Good luck to all the ladies here. Wish we didn't even need a room for assistance but I am thankful for all you ladies and all the wisdom and help you bring!

[Kbull]

okay thank you Gwenn! Really appreciate the sticky as well as the guidance on future requests.

-Kelli

[Gwenn]

No problem. Hope I didn't come across as grumpy - I was in a kind of grumpy mood last night. Will edit that out since this is a sticky.

[Kbull]

Not grumpy at all! Really appreciate the direction

[lutrupemo]

Hey there - also back at APA after a few years away - probably seven years?! We are TTC #4 (also have a son named Truman, weirdsies!). DH had a vasectomy reversal earlier this year and we're now on our first Clomid cycle. I did 50mg CD3-7 and didn't respond so am now doing 100mg CD16-20.

[loving]

Hello sweety, I'm new here , I read your post, also I wanted to try that clomid. So since you have experience I wanted to ask you how do you take the pill and is it every day, or only on periods only, will you share with me please , since my period come on different days, it's hard to tell when I'm ovulating, but this site is good for that, also just started period today, so lets see how many days this last, well please respond back

[covj2015]

Hello ladies this's my first time here well 24 years old & my husband is 24 too we bought TTC I will say since the beginning of the year but without any luck we been together over 2 years . I went to my OB on January just for s regular check out & also to try to talk about me TTC so he did a thyroid test & the results were positive meanings that my thyroid is normal but my problem is that I've irregular periods and I can't tell when or if I'm ovulating I don't take the pill or any other pills because we were trying all natural but nothing has changed I'm still irregular & still trying
My OB was trying to do a ultrasound two months ago but stuff happens and it was impossible to do the appointment, also he suggested that me & my husband try to go to a fertility doctor but before going we were trying to do it natural but we decided that is time to go to the fertility doctor can any of you girls help us or tell us which methods work better please we will really need Help

[Gwenn]

When you see the fertility specialist, they will do assessments to find out what the problem is (although the answer might just be unexplained). The best solution will depend on what the problem is, and the doctor is the only one who can tell you that.

[loving]

Follistim+IUI

What's Follistim+IUI, how does it work dear

[gerbeme]

Hi Everyone, a ton has changed since I was last on here. I was an avid American pregnancy forum TTC 7 years ago. My story is that we have male factor and well I am sure i have issues too. I got pregnant with my twin boys first try on a fresh IVF in 2009. I now have 5 year olds that are WIDE OPEN. We have tried to do FET in 2012 and 2013 but I miscarried at 6 weeks on both. Got reoccurring bloodwork done this time and it showed up that I have a blood clotting something and so I have to do heparin shots starting on day of transfer. I started my prog. shots last night and my transfer is for Monday, March 14th. So excited and nervous at the same time!

[Raspberries]

I really hope that they've figured out why you miscarried and that this cycle results in a sticky BFP!

I was JJorn on the old forum.

[gerbeme]

Awe thank you I relied so heavily on this forum when I was TTC with the boys. So much support. I honestly thought the other two would just go so smoothly and both left me devastated. This time, I have been preparing since September and been doing EVERYTHING I possibly can.

My husband and I decided to use all of our embryos, regardless of the outcome. We initially decided that we were going to donate them but when it came down to it, we just couldn't do it. We have 6 left so here goes to knocking two out and hopefully ending it in a successful twin pregnancy.

[Raspberries]

I really hope this one works! I've always wanted twins but we are done now with our four, except for potential fostering and adoption in the future.