Injectibles

They are on their way! I'm excited for the chance to use them but praying that I won't have to! I'm on cd 10 today. Starting to feel the pressure consistantly now. Sadly, I think I will be ovulating from the right side :( Thats the broken side. Maybe the left side will get stronger over the next few days so that we'll have a left pop, or better yet...both. So, for now, getting ready for Christmas. Ovulation should be between Christmas and New Years. Temps are in upper 97s which is higher than normal for me. Maybe this is a good sign!!! We'll see in a couple days with the big O!!!

Last pill

Just took my last Clomid dose for this cycle. My temps are up, as expected with the Clomid. Feel so good this cycle! I usually get wretched hot flashes but this time, nothing! I don't really think I have any of the symptoms that I normally get :) Starting to get a little pinching on the left side. Feeling a bit swollen. Other than that, not noticing any thing yet. Tomorrow I start the estrogen for 5 days. Thinking, if ovulation happens when it normally would, cd 18, we might be making a Christmas baby! Trip to Pittsburgh on December 29th thru the 31st and then debating on NYC to watch the ball drop. Going to be a good month and fun end to this year. A sober end...but fun and hopefully ending with a BFP!

My December Cycle

CD1 was on the 10th. Started 150mg Clomid today. I forgot how nasty those things taste! Drinking my Red Clover tea. Taking Serra, Royal Jelly, Prenatal, Calcium and Folic Acid. I think I ought to do some of the fertility massage with the Castor Oil too...just in case. Anyway, cd 3-7 with 150mg Clomid and then cd 8-12 with 2mg Estradiol. Praying this works round one! :) Now...off to enjoy the snow!

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. :)