still awaiting our cycle. but, this is good news. i want the Metformin to get back in the game and do what it's supposed to do. note: i need to research what exactly that is. sad: i've been on it for like a bazillion years, one would think i would know this. so, i'm still pushing for the end of next week. i think it's doing something since i haven't started yet. with PCOS craziness i have going on, cycles tend to come on a bi-weekly basis.
so i've been reading alot on acupuncture lately. it all seems crazy and painful to me, especially since i do not - i repeat, do not like needles. but im so curious. there are so many articles talking up the history and benefits, in addition to my sweet friend who is also TTC; that they have kind of talked me into an appointment. you can read about it here.
like most, anything i can do that would help get a big. fat. positive.
but needles? there? where? what?
any personal stories? please share.
Showing posts with label Metformin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Metformin. Show all posts
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
i just realized something.
that we have been married for nine years.
nine years
and still don't have babies.
i am so thankful we finally found an RE that we love and are on our 2nd journey to fight this madness to have a precious bundle of cuteness.
thinking of the years that have passed - i am kind of upset that we didn't pursue treatments in 2005 after we found out hubby had no fishies. i haven't told many people this, but Jay wanted to wait to test again, due the finality of the results. he is a man; he is supposed to bear children - these were his thoughts. then we found out about the exploratory retrieval surgeries that could be done; and he just waited. and waited. and waited to give me an answer. finally, after 3 years - he said no. i was never upset at him. never. just the amount of time that had passed. we have lost so much time. i am so thankful we are back to this point.
everything is going good. we are waiting for my cycle to start, which i hope isn't until the end of next week - just to make sure Metformin is back in the game. i'm over the tummy aches, thankfully.
i found out that my RE can store the donor sperm, but it is $400/month. so, that isn't a cost savings. we are still up in the air about our decision to stay with the same donor or choose from the lab in VA; is $90 in savings worth changing our minds on a donor we were really, really happy with?
we've spilt the beans about trying again...but only to a few - our parents, bf's, and a few co-workers. they are of course excited. i am reading alot on IUIs. I know there are lots of "things to try/do" during a infertility journey; if i can do anything that will help with this 2nd IUI; i am on it!
nine years
and still don't have babies.
i am so thankful we finally found an RE that we love and are on our 2nd journey to fight this madness to have a precious bundle of cuteness.
thinking of the years that have passed - i am kind of upset that we didn't pursue treatments in 2005 after we found out hubby had no fishies. i haven't told many people this, but Jay wanted to wait to test again, due the finality of the results. he is a man; he is supposed to bear children - these were his thoughts. then we found out about the exploratory retrieval surgeries that could be done; and he just waited. and waited. and waited to give me an answer. finally, after 3 years - he said no. i was never upset at him. never. just the amount of time that had passed. we have lost so much time. i am so thankful we are back to this point.
everything is going good. we are waiting for my cycle to start, which i hope isn't until the end of next week - just to make sure Metformin is back in the game. i'm over the tummy aches, thankfully.
i found out that my RE can store the donor sperm, but it is $400/month. so, that isn't a cost savings. we are still up in the air about our decision to stay with the same donor or choose from the lab in VA; is $90 in savings worth changing our minds on a donor we were really, really happy with?
we've spilt the beans about trying again...but only to a few - our parents, bf's, and a few co-workers. they are of course excited. i am reading alot on IUIs. I know there are lots of "things to try/do" during a infertility journey; if i can do anything that will help with this 2nd IUI; i am on it!
Saturday, April 3, 2010
Met is now my friend?
As most, Met doesn't like me. It wrecks havoc on my stomach, leaves me nauseous and running to the bathroom way to often. I am on 1500mg daily, in which I take all 3 at bedtime. I have to confess, since our last attempt in August, I kind of went off. I've tried since but couldn't steer my way through the yucky symptoms. I'm happy to report since Monday, I started taking 2 and all week - symptom free. Glorious! Taking it with lean protein has been the key! I will increase back to 3 this Monday. I've been reading alot that Met has helped with weight loss. I've not seen this at all...perhaps because I take the XR at night? I might call the RE on Monday and ask...I'd really like to loose!
Friday, April 2, 2010
Our new beginning....
Because it took me just shy of a year to try this again, I removed all previous posts of our first IUI journey. So, sorry if it's a little empty around here. After loosing the 4 y.o. foster child we were hours away from the start of the adoption process to our first official BFN; I had a really ruff year. Last night, I finally packed the final pictures of our foster children and put them away. I spent sometime with God afterwards and prayed for strength and courage to move forward.
Diagnoses:
Her: PCOS Him: Male Factor Infertility
How we got here:
After 2 years of dating, Jay & I married in 2001. We knew we wanted children and started trying right away. By 2005, there were no babies. I made our first appointment with a local Fertility Specialist in the spring of 2005. Jay kindly donated a sperm sample and I went through a lovely physical exam. It was confirmed that I had Polycystic Ovaries (PCOS) and I was placed on Metformin. I was also given Provera to induce a cycle as well as Clomid, to start on cycle day 4. A few days passed and we received a call stating Jay's sperm count was negative; confused, I stopped Provera. Thinking the results were incorrect, we requested to be tested again through our PCP. Sadly, the test results came back the same.
Jay was devastated; I was confused. This is where our journey began. In 2007, we made the decision to become foster parents and was blessed with several precious children. During this time, having the luxury of staying at home, I consumed myself with research on infertility and PCOS. We had been told of several sperm exploratory and retrieval surgeries for Jay. The goal would be to hopefully retrieve sperm, if indeed there were blockages, then proceed with IVF. This procedure in addition to the In-Vitro, was insanely expensive; neither of which our insurance covered; I also understood his views on the sense of finality he would feel, in the event of unsucessful retrievals. We researched embryo adoption; this is the direction I wanted to purse, as both the egg and sperm would be adopted. We were then introduced to sperm donation and Interuterine Insemination (IUI). I allowed Jay to make this decision, since donor sperm would be involved; after months of prayer and discussion, we decided to begin our IUI journey.
In September 2008 our darling foster children were reunited with birth family, one day before the adoption process was to begin. Our hearts were shattered; our hands tied. In July 2009, we made our first appointment with our new RE, who had came highly recommended. Actually, during this time, my neighbor was currently pregnant with triplets, after a 5th successful IUI and drug therapy.
July 21, 2009: Our first appointment was scheduled with a different Fertility Specialist than we first saw in 2005. It was confirmed that with a sperm count of zero, exploratory surgery wouldn't even be considered. Fortunately, we had earlier decided the direction we wanted to pursue and had identified the perfect donor. My Metformin was increased and I was to start Femara on cycle days 3-7.
July 25, 2009: Cycle day 1
July 27, 2009: Started Femara thru Cycle day 7.
August 13, 2009: Cycle day 16 ultrasound - 2 follies, 14 & 16; Trigger Shot in evening
August 16, 2009: Our first IUI
September 2, 2009: Beta - Negative; Started new cycle early AM.
Our second cycle was to begin in September, however an uncooperative work schedule interrupted the cycle day 16 ultrasound; so this month was not successful. At this time, we decided to wait until after the holidays and start again after the new year.
April 1, 2010: Anxiously awaiting my cycle to begin to proceed with our 2nd IUI. Restarted Metformin; 1500mg.
Diagnoses:
Her: PCOS Him: Male Factor Infertility
How we got here:
After 2 years of dating, Jay & I married in 2001. We knew we wanted children and started trying right away. By 2005, there were no babies. I made our first appointment with a local Fertility Specialist in the spring of 2005. Jay kindly donated a sperm sample and I went through a lovely physical exam. It was confirmed that I had Polycystic Ovaries (PCOS) and I was placed on Metformin. I was also given Provera to induce a cycle as well as Clomid, to start on cycle day 4. A few days passed and we received a call stating Jay's sperm count was negative; confused, I stopped Provera. Thinking the results were incorrect, we requested to be tested again through our PCP. Sadly, the test results came back the same.
Jay was devastated; I was confused. This is where our journey began. In 2007, we made the decision to become foster parents and was blessed with several precious children. During this time, having the luxury of staying at home, I consumed myself with research on infertility and PCOS. We had been told of several sperm exploratory and retrieval surgeries for Jay. The goal would be to hopefully retrieve sperm, if indeed there were blockages, then proceed with IVF. This procedure in addition to the In-Vitro, was insanely expensive; neither of which our insurance covered; I also understood his views on the sense of finality he would feel, in the event of unsucessful retrievals. We researched embryo adoption; this is the direction I wanted to purse, as both the egg and sperm would be adopted. We were then introduced to sperm donation and Interuterine Insemination (IUI). I allowed Jay to make this decision, since donor sperm would be involved; after months of prayer and discussion, we decided to begin our IUI journey.
In September 2008 our darling foster children were reunited with birth family, one day before the adoption process was to begin. Our hearts were shattered; our hands tied. In July 2009, we made our first appointment with our new RE, who had came highly recommended. Actually, during this time, my neighbor was currently pregnant with triplets, after a 5th successful IUI and drug therapy.
July 21, 2009: Our first appointment was scheduled with a different Fertility Specialist than we first saw in 2005. It was confirmed that with a sperm count of zero, exploratory surgery wouldn't even be considered. Fortunately, we had earlier decided the direction we wanted to pursue and had identified the perfect donor. My Metformin was increased and I was to start Femara on cycle days 3-7.
July 25, 2009: Cycle day 1
July 27, 2009: Started Femara thru Cycle day 7.
August 13, 2009: Cycle day 16 ultrasound - 2 follies, 14 & 16; Trigger Shot in evening
August 16, 2009: Our first IUI
September 2, 2009: Beta - Negative; Started new cycle early AM.
Our second cycle was to begin in September, however an uncooperative work schedule interrupted the cycle day 16 ultrasound; so this month was not successful. At this time, we decided to wait until after the holidays and start again after the new year.
April 1, 2010: Anxiously awaiting my cycle to begin to proceed with our 2nd IUI. Restarted Metformin; 1500mg.
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