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Jade and Alison

guess what u guys? i tested on the 23rd and i got a B.F.P. wooohooo. I am so excited:) i cant believe it. i am still in shock myself.

Even DH he still cant believe that we got a BFP(not that he knew wat it means)

I will keep on praying for you guys that Clom works for you Jade and the Femara for you Alison. If not fingerscrossed for your specialist appointment.

Have a merry christmas and a blessed new year and may the Lord Bless :)

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Summer,
WOW That is great news. Merry Christmas to You!!!
I am sooo happy for you. That gives me hope that the clomid will work for me too. I got a +opk yesterday so I was pretty excited about that. I didnt see much cm so I am worried that the clomid may have messed that up. Now i start the 2ww. Keep us updated on the pregnancy. Did you have any symptoms?
Merry Christmas Ladies!!

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Hi Summer,
WELL HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU! CONGRATULATIONS WHOO HOO... This is great you will have your 2007 baby. I know you will probably be writing on other forums now but keep me updated. Have a happy healthy pregnancy (as if you won't be happy). Thanks for keeping your fingers crossed for me i need it.

Jade-You could have made your bebe on Christmas how cool is that. As for me i just had my opk surge today (two days later then i expected) You keep me updated too. We will both be in the tww wait together.

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That is great Alison that you had your surge. 2ww is always hard. Tell me about Femara. Is it like clomid? I dont think I have ever heard of it.

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Hi Jade,
Yep Femara is like Clomid basically it was originally for breast cancer and doctors figured out it would help women ovulate. It supposedly has less bad effects then clomid. hmmm but i am still not pg after one month on it.
I am thinking there might be something else involved in my infertility other then late ovulation. Have you had any tests done?

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Thanks Alison and Jade.

Even now i still cannot believe it. Its like a dream come true. I am so keeping my fingers crossed and goodluck to the both of you. I am praying for u guys to join me.

I go for Blood works to tomorrow to determine my HCG levels and to also check which i am at. I'm not really sure myself.

Good luck to you my frends. You so derserve BFPs and am praying all three of us be preggy buddies!!!

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Alison,
I am switching to another RE. My appt is Jan 2nd so I am really excited about that. My dr now is not that great. I know I wasnt ovulating and so she put me on clomid. She has done no real tests or anything except the usual thyroid and other blood work. So I just feel like they should be monitoring me closer on clomid. I dont feel like my cm was great this month with the clomid. I used preseed and mucinex, but i dont want to continue to take clomid if i am just wasting time. I am sure the Femara will work for you. Are you going to have any more tests done??

Summer~ I know you are so excited. Let us know how your bloodwork goes. How have you been feeling (besides excited) any sickness or symptoms?

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Hi Jade,
You are lucky to see your new doc so soon it took me 2 months to get in so my appt is jan 23 I can't wait to hear what they have in store for you (you must keep in touch :) I was scared about clomid too UGH but look at our summer it worked on the first time with her so I guess everyone is different. Yep my doc stunk too. She only ordered a progesterone test and it was before my o :( I still haven't made sense of that one and she tested my cm to make sure it wasn't killing dh swimmers that my friend hurt and i am sure that is not the last of the discomfort to come. She said my tubes were probably fine because she didn't see anything wrong in my vag ultra sound (that is NOT good enough) and what about endometriosus (some people don't have really bad symptoms).So I have alot of questions too. I don't feel like i have been thoroughly evaluated either so can't wait for them to start digging around eww! sorry gross. I also know that getting pregnant is hard for women in my mom's family so thank you Schofield genes....SUMMER~ I hope we can be pg buddies too. Do keep us updated when you get time

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Alison.
It took me 2months too to get this appt. I have been waiting forever. I know what you mean about not dong enough. Did you try clomid?

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Hello,
I tried clomid for 2 months at 50mg and then she switched me to Femara (I think the bad side effects with clomid increase with usage) I have searching the web here and driving myself crazy with what ifs. I read this one ladies story in SAN FRAN and she went through 5 IUIs and two failed IVFs THEN they decided to test her for endometriosis. HELLO what is that 20,000$ later yikes! I definitely want more testing they found she had it and she got pregnant on her own after the surgery and after they already adopted ugh!!! How can some doctors be so *&%$^%$#^ stupid...I am off for the day i must get away from this computer take care

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Alison~ I know what you mean with wanting some answers. I just hate to spend all this $ on pointless fertility treatments when it is not going to help. I dont mind taking the clomid, but if that is not my problem then I shouldnt be on it. I didnt have any side effects from my first round of it. I am supposed to go on day 21 to see if i ovulated, but their office is closed until jan 2nd. So i guess I will go on the 2nd. Do you think it matters from day 21 to 25? Have you had any side effects from the femara? Do you take it the same as clomid (5 days of your cycle)? Hope you enjoyed your day off.

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Hi Jade,
I am back. I think it at least has to be after ovulation but they should be able to detect the increased amounts of progesterone the corpus luteum is making even if it is a later then day 21 because i know the temps stay high until a day or so before af (which is a direct correlation to progesterone production) So YES i think it is ok gosh can i ramble any more? No I didn't have side effects from femara I think the clomid made me kinda b---chy but i am moody anyway so who knows. You also take it 5 days of your cycle. I am not even sure if i have ovulated yet because my temps have only raised a little but yesterday dh said i felt "dry" so who knows. He was talking last night like i must be pg and as soon as he gets the word he is cranking up the hot tub. I don't think so baby but i guess staying positive is what it is all about (and reading less on the internet about nonsuccess stories). Oh how i wish we hadn't bought that hot tub it is a ttc nightmare. I didn't know that it killed all sperm so we were sitting in it ttc for about 6 months before i learnd aye!!!

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Alison,
I heard that too about the hot tubs. We have a whirlpool in our bathroom, but it is off limits for DH right now. I heard it can take 90 days for new healthy sperm to come in. The things we do. LOL
How many cycles have you been on the Femara? Does it make you ovulate any earlier? I know the clomid helped me ovulate earlier. CD 16 as opposed to cd23 or more. That is a plus. At least I will have shorted cycles. I don't feel too positive this cycle. I think my clomid made my cm hostile. Dont know for sure bc my dr sucks. Oh well. It is so depressing seeing preg. people all around. Ya know?

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It is good to know my dh is not the only one "suffering" I also heard it takes 90 days to create good sperm those suckers can not be the least bit warm. The Femara made me ovulate earlier last month around 14-15 which is way earlier for me normally it would be around cd 21. This month it was different and i am not even sure it worked ARGH!!! Which is funny to think that for 3 years while trying not to conceive we would time abstinence for around day 14 (3 days before and after) so really we have been trying the whole 6 years and not even known it which is really troublesome. It is really depressing seeing everyone pregnant and at my age 29 EVERYONE is. Especially those people that talk about how it was an accident i mean some women get pg when their husband look at them. Both of my sisters were adopted and have had abortions I wish they could send some of their uber fertility my way....I feel like a walking defect like the one I SHOULD be able to do i can't and there is not one d--n thing i can do about it other then be a health machine...What is also depressing is this time of year not having a little one to buy presents for or make Christmas fun, then there is the easter egg hunts (seeing all those little ones toddle around so cute and depressing all at once) i guess it will always be something until we get our little miracle. I don't feel positive about this cycle either but at least you used preseed and muccinex which helps people get around the cm thing. So keep your chin up and know that you are getting help the 2nd yeah!! It will be more of a P.I.A but it will be so nice to be monitered properly oh and i will say it again to my doctor SUCKS too :( Keep in touch i want to hear all about your appointment and vent when you need to (I would drive dh crazy if he had to hear about all this) so thanks for being here no one understands until they go through this GRRRRR

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Hello Ladies I am sorry it has been so long my computer has been down b/c of remodeling. i haven't had a chance to catch up but I did read that Summer is prego. Congradulations!!!

I have a question. I went in for a preg test on Cd20 and mt prog level was 31.1. I read that normal is 10-28 and preg. is 10-47. Could they mean that I am preg or should I just wait. Tomorrow is the last day that I could start but last month I was 2 days late but no ovulation (prog. was 2.6)

Well good luck to all and I will try to keep up better.
Have a happy new year!

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Hey Woman,Welcome back i was wondering what happened to you. I would test those levels sound great (i have never had the testing) GOOD LUCK and let us know if we have yet another 2007 baby

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Alison~ Has your dh had a semen analysis. Mine had his last month and found out he has low morph. I guess that means his sperm are not forming right. He seems to think that it was just that particular time bc he has performance anxiety LOL. I hope he is right. I feel myself getting more and more depressed as each cycle passes by. I know what you mean about being less of a woman by not being able to conceive. It makes me feel better by chatting on here with you guys. SOmetimes I feel like Dh doesnt understand. He says it will happen for us- but i want it NOW.

JNT~ That sounds promising. I would have been so impatient and already tested by now. I go for my prog test Jan 2nd. I didnt realize what the numbers meant. Good luck.

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Hi Jade,

Yes dh's don't understand. I talk about the possibility of more testing and he says come on there is nothing wrong with you we have egg and sperm so it is bound to happen (I guess ignorance is bliss). Yep i wanted it a over a year ago NOW it really became bad when is sister in law who is 5 years my junior came bouncing over to explain how they pregnant on the first try and how she had only been off birth control for one month ugh (can't help the green eyed monster some times) there sonn is 7 months now. It is really scary the unknown what if it never happens. Can you believe my STUPID doctor said that and it is a woman She said,"well it just never happens for some people" (maybe thats cause she sucks!) Dh has had testing they wouldn't give me any drugs until (and he even knocked someone up.before when a condom broke yes ME The big defect) so he had 85% good swimmers which suprised me because he still drinks rum and cokes (so there is alchohol and caffeine in those suckers) and smokes. His family is ULTRA fertile he has fraternle twin brother and sister (imagine dropping 2 eggs unmedicated that stick oh the luck) and another brother. Three nephews and no one is over thirty (accept for him). Thank god i live close enough to testing lab that dh could do it at home he wasn't to hot on having to do it in an office probably like your dh. When my dumb doc did the cm hostility test she couldn't only find one swimmer though (she said typically you see at least 5-6) he said he only partly ejaculated because of the pressure so who knows. They can always do IUI if the sperm is a little off. I will do anything they tell me. Well you have four days to your appointment less then a month for me :( ... Any plans for new years? I must say it will be my first alchohol free one in a few years I think i am going to have some virgin marys and pina coladas (i live in florida and it will still be 80 degrees hence frozen drinks) we are staying pretty close to home though maybe hanging out with some friends who live a few miles away (too many drunkards out there). Chatting with everyone on this site has been an enormous help to me also if not i would feel like i was the ONLY one to not get pg easy.
Take care talk to you later

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Hello Ladies,

Jade good luck with your prog. test. I am very anxious to find out if I am prego or not. I plan to take a test Monday if AF doesn't come between now and then. What a happy new year that would be.

Alison it is horrible all that stuff your going though I hate the infertiliy effects anyone. I would not wish it on my worst enemy. Anyway, i know what ya mean about all of the other family. My husbands sister is the same age as me and has three boys. And the other sister and my sister have one. And not planned either. It really sucks.


My husband has had the semen analysis three times and surgery to repair a vericele that cause male infertility. So we have it on both ends. Then Monday he went to another doc. and he told us that I need to get off the clomid and he wants to do 2 more analysis to make sure all is correst in his eyes. We were about ready to adopt until we got home and my doc call and told me about the prog. So now we are just waiting. Any I am just going on and on. I will talk to ya'll later. I am praying that god will bless ya'll as well as myself babies for 2007.

Bye

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I have been taking clomid for a while now. I just had an IUI done yesterday. Does anyone have any tips on anything I should be doing after taking clomid and having an IUI done?

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Hi lakjsm~ Sorry I cant help you with the IUI. I am now in the 2ww after my first round of clomid without IUI. I am sure relaxing and resting would be your best bet. I know it is easier said than done. 2ww can be so tormenting. When do you get to test?

JNT~ It would be a fabulous way to start off the New Year. I wish you all the best. What day of your cycle did you get you prog. test. I was supposed to do 21 but their office is closed until the 2nd which will be cd25. Do you think that will matter?

Alison~ Okay. I totally cant wait for you to see a new dr. I mean seriously, who says "some people just cant" that is just ridiculous. I guess I am in the same boat as you for new year's- alcohol free- I know after testing I will wish I would have just had some drinks after being BFN. That happened this summer to me when we went to Mexico. All-inclusive (alcohol included) resort for my husbands work. Everyone was drinking pina coladas and margaritas but I was trying to be good and not drink bc i was in the 2ww. Shortly after getting home and realizing I was pregnant I was very dissappointed that I didnt get my moneys worth at the resort. LOL You sure are lucky having 80 degree weather. I cant complain much though bc i live on the beach in NC and it is not 80's but close enough. 70's. Sometimes I long to see a little snow. OH well.

Happy New Year's EVeryone!

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Jade I have no idea if that matters or not. I had mine done on day 20 b/c day 22 was on Saturday.

lakjsm I have to agree with jade. i don't know about IUI. I am also on clomid ( 2nd round). Good Luck to you.

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Hello everyone!
I am on my first round of clomid (days 3-7). Today is only cd 9 for me. For those of you that have taken clomid in the past, what day did you usually ovulate?

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ttc~ I took clomid on day 3-7 this cycle and I o'd around day 16. It was about 8 days after my last pill. Hope that helps.

Alison~ Feeling any signs of preg. yet. I am not. I wish I were but I have a feeling I will be back on clomid again next month. Boo-hoo.

JNT~ Any good news for us?

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ttcbb1 i did kept up with my ovulation this month. i got tired of those darn strips. Sorry I could be of more help. Good luck though.

Jade I haven't got any news yet. I am one day late and plan to take a test in the morning. I really don't know if I am or not. I am am going on 3 years of all of this and I am tired. i just pray this month worked if not. It might be awhile b/c my husbands doc told me to get off the clomid so he can run is own test on him.

Well ladies I will be talkin to ya'll next year. Ya'll have a great night and I will let ya'll know.

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~~~~HAPPY NEW YEARS LADIES~~~~


Hey Jade,

I was reading a post and I see that you go for your progesterone test on the 2nd, is this your first test? I was just tested on 12/31 and I get the results back tomorrow, I was wondering if I will get an accurte result because I did not ovulate, do you know anything about the results if you do not ovulate? I guess I will have to try taking clomid this month so I will hopefully ovulate and then retest , did you have any side affects from the clomid? I've never taken it before and I have heard good and bad about it (just like anything else) so I guess I just have to wait until tomorrow and go from there, keep me updated and I wish you all the best I will let you no what happens when I get the call from the nurse tomorrow~~~Tiffany~~~

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Hi Tiffany,
This will be my first prog. test. I am curious to see the results. I hope it doesnt take long to get back. This was my first cycle of clomid. I was very scared to try the clomid bc I, too, heard all the side effects could be horrible. I started on 50 mg days 3-7. I decided to take them at night. I think that is what helped. I didn't have any side effects (thank goodness). I ended up ovulated ( based on temps and OPk) on the 16th. Now I am 7 dpo and waiting to test or get af around the 8th. HOpefully I wont see her this month, but I dont really feel too positive this time. Alison is on the femara and said that it has less side effects than the clomid. I hope that helps. Let me know how your test went.

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Jade & Jnt Thank you for your replies. I'm just so excited that a doctor (RE) is finally making an attempt to help me. I have been asking my obgyn for long time for help, and he kept telling me that it was no big deal. My time would come. So I decided that I would find an RE on my own. He found that I was anovulatory. So he put me on my first round on Clomid days 3-7, Estrace from cd10 on, and Progesterone suppositories starting when I ovulate. I'm only on cd11 right now though.

Happy New Year to everyone!!!!

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Baby dust all!!! I hope one of us on this board will have a BFP soon.

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well hello everyone. Hope everyone had a great new year. I did except the AF came on New Years day. When a way to start it off. Any way hope everyone has so luck this year. TTYL

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Hi Ladies,
I just wanted to write really quick (more later) Happy New Year! JNT SOOOOO sorry about af. Jade: GOOD luck at your appointment :) Welcome TTC and Tiffany talk to you later

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Hi Again,
Tiffany the prog test tells you if you ovulate it you don't it will be pretty low (single digits i am gathering form other peoples posts). Jade: no symptoms for me yet i am only ~6 dpo. When you do your temps have you had at least 3 hours of sleep before hand? I read in your other posts you did them at night just wante to make sure you weren't wasting you time. Some women say that have less symptoms than any other month the month it actually happens so still thinking preggy thoughts for you...TTC: Just another example of an incompetent doctor (oh yes just relax DUH!!!) i am so glad for you that you got help else where. It seems that the anovulatory women around this site have great success once they ovulate i.e summer once she finally ovulated was pg the first try. SO what is the estrace for??? wb if you have time

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