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@LindsayInNY: Out of pocket, $400

@LindsayInNY: Well, we could still decide not to...but we have issues with BDing under pressure, so we don't want to miss a cycle. We'll see how we're feeling.

@kayakgirl73: Thank you I need the luck, I'm already starting to crack and analyze every little twinge! Don't you wish there was a guarantee that since we got pregnant before on injectable/IUI that it WILL happen again? I wish that was reality....

@sarahnicole218: Hugs! I'm sorry this IUI didn't work. I hope that the third time is the charm for you and your husband!

@sweetooth: Ahhhhh!!! CONGRATS!!!! (Is today your birthday too?!?)

@sweetooth: Congrats. Yay. Lets keep the good news coming.

@sweetooth: Thanks. I go for ultrasound and blood work tomorrow. I finished the Clomid last night. Im hopeful.

@fotolori1: Good luck on the progesterone numbers. Did they have use a trigger shot? My clinic doesn't test progesterone after the IUI.

@fotolori1: That sounds amazing!!! Keep us posted!!

@kayakgirl73: ((hugs)) I hope it goes okay with your boss... How sucky

I guess the follies were ready to go or at least one of them and it only takes one. Lining is also a bit behind so I'm dealing with Estrace suppositories. I had them for my first IUI 2 and half years ago that was successful. Hopefully they won't be a pill when I call out sick tomorrow. I feel bed for my co-workers but when the boss doesn't want to work with you I can't help it. I miss my former boss and the way this company used to be so bad.

@fotolori1: I hope you got good news.

Well, the injections take about 2 weeks to come in so we just did the clomid this month. 3 eggs, progesterone level was over 40. Everything was perfect, BUT.... Tuesday was day 14. Tested.... BFN!!! Still no period, but I did this last month. Started 3 days late. I am seeing my RE today to talk about options. so heartbreaking.

@fotolori1: Ugh, that's a pain. There isn't a way to speed up the shipping?! Sorry

@kayakgirl73: Half way there? Hope your TWW is going by quickly and you're headed down a positive road!

@travellingbee: A piece of advice I received back when I started doing injectibles was to create a nice setting to do the injectibles. Clear a space on your counter, light a candle, make it relaxing. Have everything you need right there, laid out, and if you need instructions, have them close by to refer to. It might sound cheesy - or unnecessary, but I found that it did help me to get into a better place mentally while I was cycling. I think the mind plays a big part in the success of all of this.

Lots of luck to you!

@sweetooth: Was this your first cycle on the injectible meds? I am so hopeful that they work for us after a cycle or 2.

I went to my RE today and he says that after 3 good cycles with clomid and IUI, that the next step will be the injectible meds, so that is where we are going next. I am going to have to order them I think because they said that from here, they are about $1500, but if we order them from England, they are only about $500, so that saves a lot of money... that's the good part... the BAD part is that we have to wait until January. Considering I should start my period any minute now, I won't have them in time to do them this month and due to the extensive Ultrasounds and monitoring, they don't start any cycles with them after December 10th because of the holidays. SO... looks like we are going to have to 2 unmedicated, good old fashioned way, months first, then in January, we start the meds. My dr did say that he sees a lot of women getting pregnant on their first cycle AFTER clomid. He said that for some reason a lot of women end up pregnant while on a "break", so I would LOVE for that to happen!

@travellingbee: I didn't think it hurt too much. It takes some courage to keep poking yourself in the tummy, but overall, I don't think it's that painful.

@fotolori1: For my first little one, it was my first injectibles cycle that I got pregnant on. And for my second, I got pregnant on my second injectibles cycle. Ordering meds from England sounds kind of tricky. Sometimes in a cycle you need to alter your dosage and you need more meds quickly. Are you sure you can't use a local, US pharmacy? Have you looked online at Freedom Fertility prices? http://www.freedomfertility.com/fertility-medications/medications-and-pricing.aspx

I do hope you end up conceiving without any medications in between cycles while you wait for January.

Can I join? I am CD 2 and this is going to be my first IUI this cycle. I am kind of freaked out. We have only been trying since March-ish, but when I went to my gynecologist for my annual in September and told her what was happening, she ordered some bloodwork and SA for DH which showed some issues. She said there is no need to necessarily wait the prescribed one-year.

So, we went to meet with a RE just for a consultation to see his recommendation, etc. because our insurance covered the initial consult. He said that he suspected that with my issues (weak ovulation, luteal phase defect, low progesterone in 2nd half of cycle) and DH's issues (abnormal SA), he would recommend going to Clomid + IUI. He said we could wait 6 more months and keep trying naturally but in his opinion it may not happen.

So, last cycle they just monitored me, although they did give me a trigger shot to see what would happen. We had timed BD, it didn't work.

So now he's recommending that I start Clomid (tonight) and then IUI later this cycle.. My u/s this morning showed I have a cyst so they are checking my estrogen to see if I can proceed with the cycle.

Ahhh.... it's all so scary. And EXPENSIVE.

@sweetooth: Beta is tomorrow morning trying to decide whether to pre-test or not this time. No symptoms. No sure if we will do another IUI after this if it doesn't work or if the RE will want us to move on to IVF.

@kayakgirl73: Lots of luck to you tomorrow! I hope that no symptoms is a good sign for you and you don't even have to think about the next steps.

Do you have any pregnancy tests at home? I say, if you have some, then test. If you don't, then just let the beta tell you. (Who am I kidding - I have no willpower to just wait for a beta results phone call!!!)