Wednesday 16 February 2011

Bizarre!


Old Blog Import, TTC#3

Right, something really strange happened on Sunday night (CD11), I was getting ready to hop in the shower, when I noticed my right boob was leaking!  Why?!  I stopped bf'ing when DD2 was 2yrs and 6 weeks, so that was 1st May 2008!!!!  I'm sure it can't be the IVF meds, as I've not had any since 18th Jan, so surely I would have been leaking before now?  It was clear and a bit sticky, like colostrum!
What could it be?  I do have really lumpy boobs, and I've had dr's check them several times over the last 9yrs, the last time was about 8m ago, as I've got a big hard bit on my right, but my mum has very lumpy boobs too, so I'm pretty sure it's something to do with that, but why does it leak?
I can't be preg, as I had bloods taken after IVF and they were negative, also I'm ov'ing at the mo - which I wouldn't if I was preg.
All suggestions welcome!

Wednesday 2 February 2011

A quickie - if it helps others, SA ;)


Old Blog Import, TTC#3

Just got the results in the post of our EC/fertilisation, they also have dh's *deposit* results.
Before it used to be 42million, with 7m normal, now it's 81m with 18m normal (the % of normal has more than doubled, yay!), our IVF didn't work but I am over the moon about these results - esp as it was good enough to do IVF without ICSI, which we were originally told we'd need!
So, what did he do?  Cut out beer and smoking cigars since Christmas (EC was 18th Jan), and then for the week before EC I had him on pregnacare (I'm sure this helped when ttc DD2 too), green tea extract, selenium and echinacea.  I know changes should take place 3m before any treatment but he was so relaxed and we truly thought we'd ICSI anyway, I only had him on supplements cause I was ill and wanted to make sure he wasn't!
Really hope this is of help to someone.
He is still on supplements now so hoping it keeps on improving :)

Tuesday 1 February 2011

BFN :(


Old Blog Import, TTC#3

Gutted, obviously, but apart from that I don't know how I feel....numb, like I've lost something I didn't have in the first place....?

So, what happens next, clinic have said to wait for 2 afs, but as we do long protocol, does that mean we can start the cycle of the 2nd af - down regs beginning on CD21?
Why didn't it work, I had to really put my foot down for them to put 2 embies back, as they were perfect and I am young and fertile (erm, nope, isn't this why we're doing IVF?!), they were really positive about it not only working but they though both would stick too, so why haven't they?  Could I/should I have done anything different?  We had 8 follies (on last scan 3 days prior to EC they were between 17-23.5mm, so were they too mature?), and got 5 eggs, 4 fertilised by IVF (not ICSI as we were told we would need, yay!), 2 were PERFECT, 1 was good and they wanted to try and get it to blasto to freeze (never got that far), the 4th wasn't good.  
We had the two perfect embies put back, but they struggled to get the catheter around my section scars, could this have been a reason why it didn't work?
The clinic has a 10% success rate, which is pants really, but it's cause they take on the cases other clinic refuse, so I stupidly thought as long as we're in the 10% then I don't mind - we've got 2DDs already so they said our chances were higher.  Should we change clinic?

So, what do we do next, I have 600 of puregon left and 9 needles, should we do a DIY cycle - I only have one tube (due to ectopic rupture, thanks to my emc-section!), and the ovary that does have a tube doesn't work.  
But I did get 3 follies from this ovary for our IVF cycle on 150/200 puregon, and I've read you're more fertile after IVF, so might I have a follie on that side naturally next cycle anyway, or will it shrivel back up to what it was before?  During our 4 IUI cycles I only ever had 1 cycle with just 1 follie on that side, which was too small to go ahead with IUI - so if we did DIY with the left over meds, then it's unlikely to put us at a high risk multiples due to my one ovary/one tube, opposite sides?!  I wouldn't want to carry more than twins, so it is a concern if we tried this way, but I feel desperate :(

Opinions really appreciaited (no lectures though please, I'm feeling low enough as it is).
Thanks x