Todays Visit to the RE

Today I made the trip down to Syracuse to visit with the RE. I really love this guy! We discussed the surgery from two weeks ago and what the findings were. The right tube was to blocked to get the cath thru and he feels that the only way to make it functional again is by another reanastomosis (surgery that cuts out the bad part of the tube and reconnects it). He said that the left side was easy to clear up and the dye flowed thru it with no problems. His suggestions about what to do next is starting fertility meds. He said that the only way to ensure ovulation on the left side is by doing this. He suggested doing 3 months of Clomid with the option of doing a trigger shot. I mentioned to him that I did 6 months of Clomid before learning of the blockages and then 2 more cycles at the beginning of this year in hopes that they cleared out on their own. I asked about the possiblity of moving on to injecables if the Clomid cycles fail. He said that since I had no success with Clomid for 8 cycles that we could move on to the injectables now! We discussed using Menopur since I am familiar with the medication. I used it with my IVF cycle. He wants to do 75IU for 10 days with monitoring thru out the cycle. He will also do a trigger shot. We are waiting on the prior authorization for this thru my insurance now (Tricare). From my research, they will cover it all, 3600 IU per month. The doctors recommendation is only a total of 75IU but I've also researched and learned that this will probably not be enough so I'm going to ask about what will happen if there are not enough follicles...if we will up the dose, keep going for longer than 10 days, or if we can just do a little higher of a dose to begin with. Since that authorization will take a few weeks and since AF is due in 4 days, we will be missing the December cycle. My husband is leaving for work, out of state, for 3 weeks in January so the meds will be put off til probably February. In the mean time, I will be doing one cycle of Clomid for December to get us by til the injections start. So for now, still hoping that I wont have to worry about any of that. I am on cd 28, 10 DPO. I tested yesterday midday, BFN. I will test again on 12DPO and then again 14 DPO if nothing yet. We'll see what is left of this month. Not counting myself out til AF shows, but a nice plan is in place if its needed!

4DPO spike

Woke up this morning, 530am :( and temped as usual. This morning my temp jumped. We'll see if it stay up there in a triphasic pattern! The whole fact that I can get pregnant still hasn't sank in. It doesn't feel real. Too long with two blocked tubes! We'll see in the next few days what comes of this!

Tubal Catheterization Hysteroscopy

After meeting with the RE on November 6th, I was planning on having the tubal catheterization hysteroscopy done about 2 weeks after AF showed. At that point, I was at CD 41 and had no idea when my annovulatory cycle was going to end. I was so excited the following morning when I woke up and she had arrived! I called the RE and scheduled the procedure immediately! November 21st...the day before Thanksgiving! Either I was going to have a great Thanksgiving or a not so great one. The morning of the 21st my husband and I drive the hour and a half to Syracuse. Getting to the hospital we are directed around because noone knew where we were supposed to be exactly. When we finally located the right spot, we were in a quickly prepping for the procedure. I about fell off the bed when they told me that I would not actually be knocked out for the procedure! Thank goodness that the meds they gave me were so good that I slept thru it all though! After coming out, this is what we learned...That both of the tubes were blocked when they did the first HSG. Then the RE inserted the cath and was able to unblock the left tube but the scar tissue on the right was still to thick. A second HSG confirmed that the left was now open! This was the tube that was heavily covered in adhesions and was twisted back in Sept 2011! I truely believe that the Serra and the massage helped dissolve the adhesions and allow the tube to untwist! So, that was Wednesday. Friday came around I was starting to have cramping that I thought might be O pains. I took an OPK that showed I was not Oing just yet...but then again those things never work for me. By Saturday morning the pain was getting worse and I was afraid that I was getting an infection from the procedure despite taking antibiotics. That night I was in so much pain that I debated going to the hospital. The pain was strong and sharp, mostly on the left side but didn't feel like what I had felt before as O pains. I ended up going to bed that night in a lot of pain, but thinking it would pass. The following morning I woke up and the pain was gone and my temp spiked up! I actually ovulated on my own this month! This is something that I normally only do maybe 3 times a year if I am lucky! So, now for my very first 2WW that I have an open tube in the last 11.5 years! Today is cd 21 and 3DPO. Last night there was a lil bit of blood. I am hoping that is from the fertilized egg passing the point where the blockage was opened on its way to the "Safe Zone". With luck, we'll be having implantation in the next couple of days. Then I think I might ask to have a progesterone test done at 7DPO just to make sure that it is high enough. I also keep getting sharp twinges of pain on the left side which I am also hoping is good news that the tube is pushing my baby into the uterus! We'll see soon! I have a follow up appointment with the RE on December 4th where we will determine what to do next cycle if we aren't successful with this one. I am hoping that he will give me injections and a trigger...just to make sure that we have a good chance of the left ovary popping one or more out. However, I'm still praying that there wont be a need!!! 7 days til I see the RE and about 10 before I will start testing! The countdown begins!

Forever...Update :)

Oh my! My world has been upside down the last many months! In a nutshell...So long Washington and hello Upstate New York! Quite a trek across the country with 2 kids, a cat, a chihuahua and a great dane! Seven days on the road with my husband driving a Uhaul pulling one of our cars and me in our truck pulling another of our cars. I'm actually loving NY! We've seen so many fun places and things since being here: Niagara Falls, New York City, Gettysburg, Watkins Glen. We've been thru Hurricane Sandy and now the snow is falling for our first bitter cold Upstate winter. Now...the good stuff...TTC! We've been in a stand still since moving and due to the blocked tubes. I've continued with the Serra, Royal Jelly and PNVs. I met with my new PCM and she gave me 3 months of Clomid unsupervised, however, I chose not to do them because I know the tubes are blocked. She also put me on Metformin. I was only able to take this for a week because it caused my blood sugars to drop to low and I was getting dizzy, very fatigued and weak so I discontinued them. Ended up getting a referral to see a RE in Syracuse and was able to see him on November 6th. He suggested redoing the reanastomosis or jumping back in to IVF. I asked about doing a tubal catheterization hysteroscopy and after talking about it for a little while...he agreed! Surgery was scheduled for November 21st and we were successful in opening the left tube! So excited about where we might end up now that we have one open tube! I'll post more about the procedure and events following later. :)

2nd AF Due Date

Fertility Friend guessed that my O date was on cd 12, however I think it may have been on cd15. AF due date one (Feb 9th, Thursday). Came and went...tested BFN. Tomorrow is AF due date two. I am praying for a different out come this time! I have had fullness and pressure in my pelvis for about 11 days now. My CP has been low or medium. BD is painful so I haven't been. I have been super nauseous for 4 days. It has been hard to eat and smelling food makes me nauseous too. Yesterday I only ate a bowl of soup and a small scoop of mashed potatoes. Today, thank goodness, I was able to eat more. I felt like I was starving to death!

My temps are looking great. I hope they stay up!



The plan is to test Monday morning. If BFN and no temp drop, then I will be calling the doctor for blood work to check. There has to be something going on because if I am not pregnant, then I am sick! If I get a BFP, then I am still calling the doctor for bloodwork to check my BETA. So...I'm hoping for BFP of course! We'll see tomorrow. AF, AF stay away! Come back in about 9 or 10 months please!!!!

7DPO

I know I am probably over thinking things SO much but I want to keep track of what I am feeling, in case I am pregnant. :) So bare with me!

Today is 7 DPO. My sinuses are so conjested! Still feeling cramping in my lower abdomen even though my temp went down from 97.33 to 97.25 this morning. It cramping is totally different today though. They are really low in my pelvis and it feels really full there. I also had a little bit of deeper cramps on the right but that lasted for about 2 minutes then went away.

I am a little worried that my progesterone is low because of the slight temp drops. I'm hoping my temps start to pick up soon. However, since I can't really breathe out of my nose, I wonder if I am mouth breathing at night which would cause me to have a lower temp.

Fingers crossed!! Seven more days!

So Confused....But Excited

I was really under the impression that I was ovulating on Sunday night or Monday morning when I was having all those pains. However, this morning when I plugged in my temp on Fertility Friend, I got my cross hairs!!! The strange thing is that they were days before when I thought that I ovulated!



Thursday night DH didn't want to BD for fear of hurting me because I was complaining about my hips really hurting me. Then Sunday night I started having sharp pinching pains and AF like cramps. They continued until Monday midday. I thought that was O on Monday. Looking like I was wrong!

So I'm 6DPO today. Lets see...last night, 5DPO, I wasn't feeling good at all. My nose was running like a faucet. I was really super tired and VERY emotional! My husband bought me a new laptop for Valentines Day and I cried for like a half hour because I didn't want it. Crazy emotions! I also had a headache. So today, more cramping. It is more of a dull cramping and not the sharp pinching that it was the other night. This evening, my belly feels so bloated and gassy. I took some Gas-x thinking that I have air in my belly but that has done nothing at all for it! Lower abdomen still feels really full and sore! Thats about it for today.

Okay, now to stop obsessing, and time to read a little and have a relaxing night!