The December Infertility ONE Thread - Page 14

[crystal-mommy]

hi all! Been lurking, trying not to obsess too much. Has actually been fairly easy to pretend everything is "normal" for the last 2 months.

wtg- hope they can "fix" your cervix!!

mom to a- sorry about the spotting- remember it isn't over till AF shows!

[B]natrualmom[/B good luck!! when is your iui?

poet- good luck this month!! hopefully growing those eggs a little longer will do the trick!!

AFM I had a progesterone level done this month- my OB wanted to see if I was ovulating on my own. It was 8.7, which is a little low (i had it drawn on sunday am). Well, got a call @ 1:30 saying that Dr thinks my proges is too low and he wants me to take Prometrium- daily for the next couple of months!?!? wth? so i called and left a msg w/ pharm info and to call me back cause I had some questions. The office closed @ 2:30, and not only did they NOT call me back they did NOT call in my prescription!!!! Pretty sure heads are going to roll friday am, my Dr will be absolutely pissed when he finds out they didn't do as he said (he is not someone you want to ignore orders!!) Luckily my BFF was on prometrium for the first couple of weeks so I was able to get some off of her to make do until I can call Dr on friday. This is so irresponsible of the nurses!! Sometimes I feel like they don't understand the importance and gravity of the whole infertility situation. I would have been calling him @ home if I hadn't had access to the pills from BFF (one of the benefits of being an OB nurse! lol) Second, why would I take them every day if I am actually not preg this month?? that makes no sense... freakin stupid nurse prolly doesn't even know what she is talking about!!:

sorry this is long! had to vent!! Happy New Years everyone!! Hopefully we will all have 2009 babies!!

[MOMTOALEXIS]

HAPPY NEW YEAR, WISHING LOTS OF BABY DUST FOR THE NEW YEAR TO ALL OF US!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

CRYSTAL-Glad to see you around. Sorry you had such trouble with the nurses, but it is great that your BFF had what you needed. People just don't realize how horrible there mistakes are to other people.

WTG-Gumby took the words right out of my mouth. You need to pursue forward and get this fixed. From all I've been reading I think there is a good chance it can be fixed. Keep us updated.

POET-Sounds like a good plan for you. Good Luck.

C'SMOM-Thinking of you, hope everything went well with the bloodwork.

Just want to say thanks for all the hugs and support, it really does mean so much.

[by-the-lake]

Wgt- Like Gumby says, 'all I want is to be fixed' is very very compelling. So, to sum up, the doc who did your surgery could have use something to protect your fertility, and did not, and insists the scarring is not causing your infertility. Then you have the RE who says the scarring is imparing your infertility? So, Here is my (over) opinion. Pull your records from both doctors,(quietly) and have a lawyer review them. It does not have to be about suing for lots of money. It could be suing for cost to cover your surgery to fix this and maybe your incurred costs of IUI, or maybe your future IVF treatment,( and lawyer costs) ykwim? It probobly won't even go further than your lawyer and a hospital/clinic mediator. I hope things go well for you

Crystal- Its sad how the importance of infertility is lost on even supposed medical professionals. Even as a nurse, my co-workers are clueless about things I have learned, and we work in OB!! I would love to have the job at the docs office helping others with infertility, because I know it well, know how important things are, and can have some empathy towards other women!
And duh...prometruim for a couple of months? Good thing you got your hands on some. At my docs office this week, I called on Monday because I wanted to have more gonal-f in case I needed it (It needs to be shipped, and the holiday is coming). No return phone call until after business hours. The nurse says "sorry, we have had alot of calls today" Um...fertility meds should be triaged as major important. Long and short, I have meds until thursday, the gonal-f should show up friday.: Hope I don't need it!!!

Kel- So sorry, this all sucketh. Be gentle with yourself. Hope your infection clears up, too.

Nummies- Its really not over until you see red.

AFM- Gonal-f shot #4, follie study Friday....

[crystal-mommy]

what do you guys do w/ the proges supplement? wait till 14dpo and beta or poas? i can get a beta easily, so i might go that route, just hate poas anymore... would rather see a big fat ZERO than just one line!!

Unless you have dealt w/ IF most ppl have absolutely NO CLUE about how crucial timing for everything can be!! One of my friends has 2 kids and has been an OB nurse for 5 yrs and didnt know that a neg beta @ 7dpo might not be3 accurate?! she was convinced since the beta was neg there was no way she could be preg! needless to say she was not impressed when I informed her otherwise! thankfully she is not preg-she is separated from her loser husband so a new baby would be bad!!

[by-the-lake]

I would get a beta on 14dpo because I, like you, hate POAS, and also the prometrium supresses AF, which is yucky too. Too much head trip.

[poetgirl]

GL tomorrow with the follie scan, NAT!

Nummies, I am sorry you are not encouraged right now. Still hoping for you. It's always hard to get Af, but this time of year, very very hard.

Crys, Get the beta. It IS a head trip. My clinic won't do beta until 16 dpo but I really have to stop taking P supps at 14 dpo if I'm not pregs or it starts to effect the FP of the next cycle. Makes me crazy.

I'm now doing 3 inject/day. Phew! Despite lots of effort to gain weight (have gained some, you'd be astounded at what I eat) I still have a bmi around 19 and I just don't have a lot of choices in my injection sites. Feel like I'm using the same darn patches every time. It's kind of skeeving me out.

[wtg4miracle]

Happy New Year to all of YOU--have positive thinking (I know I am trying to stay happy for the sake of others in my life.)

crystal-mommy- nice to see you back. Its real aggravating when others have no clue on their own ignorance. They don't realize their lack of motivation in helping others causes an horrible situation for the patient. Thank goodness your friend had some meds to borrow.

nummies--I agree its not over yet unless you see red. PMS and pregnancy are same symptoms. I hope this is it for you. Sorry about your dh SA. He does have good motility. Do you have him on supplements! I have dh on pycogenol. It seems like its helping him. I know you have been dealing with this for a long time.

gumby74--thanks for encouraging me that I should just move on and forget what was done in the past.

momtoalexis--thanks for your positive words. I just need others to validate my thinking that this just needs to be fixed. But my mind wonders thinking maybe if this gets fixed something else is wrong. Again gl on fridays visit. Sounds like you are feeling better.

Natrualmom--WOW, good thinking. This is a very good idea. I had this in my back of my mind that would if this didn't get fixed and later had to move on with abdominal embryo transfer. Now how can I get my records quietly, they will know something is up I am so surprised you are moving quickly in your cycle this month. I am so excited for you and what you are about to encounter. GL on the follie study on friday.

Cmom--congrats again, how are you doing otherwise. Stay positive things will work out now. It has to now. Enjoy every second you have.

poetgirl--thinking about you also. I think you have a good plan this cycle. I really think you need to nourish those eggs a little longer. It looks like you are moving foward in this aspect.

B]kel32brown[/B]--good luck with the clomid this cycle. I also have long LP. at times it can run 17 days. Its makes the waiting time a little longer in the 2ww period. I think you mentioned that the clomid will decrease the LP. I didn't know that clomid can do this. I though it made it longer.

sorry if I left anyone out.

AFM--no clue if or when I ovulated. Temps are wacky. Did opks didn't pick up surge but the CBFM did. I am not so sure of its accuracy anyways. Plus now dh said after all of this he said it didn't matter anyways. Now how can I make dh feel better. He is so upset that the past 8 months we tried so hard timing (temping,opks, monitor etc) that it was never going to happen in the first place. He's really pissed of my reg gyn that he was not upfront with us back in August when I told him my real concerns. That he also went through hell and back with his SAs.

[LibbyLou]

Come join me in the January thread!