https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 23 Apr 2026 16:32:17 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-check-in-1017/page/3#post-1168588 Wed, 23 Oct 2013 12:03:06 +0000 Happygal 1168588@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bluestriped bee: how are you doing today? Any clarity for you? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-check-in-1017/page/3#post-1168405 Wed, 23 Oct 2013 11:07:52 +0000 Shutterbug 1168405@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jump Rope: wahoo!!! So much for your crappy Clomid cycle!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-check-in-1017/page/3#post-1168369 Wed, 23 Oct 2013 10:54:29 +0000 Mrs. Jump Rope 1168369@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@spaniellove: @TheSwissWifeStyle: @Happygal: @LovelyPlum: thank youuuu! I'm in the TWW now. I test on November 6!</p> <p>No tricks.. Pure luck. I didn't think this cycle would do anything since my clomid dose was stopped halfway through. I'm surprised. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-check-in-1017/page/3#post-1168141 Wed, 23 Oct 2013 09:53:53 +0000 spaniellove 1168141@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jump Rope: Good luck! So exciting! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-check-in-1017/page/3#post-1168107 Wed, 23 Oct 2013 09:42:45 +0000 TheSwissWifeStyle 1168107@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jump Rope: eeeee! Triggering today!? How exciiiiting! :) Best of luck!!! xoxoxoxoxo </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-check-in-1017/page/3#post-1168096 Wed, 23 Oct 2013 09:38:21 +0000 LovelyPlum 1168096@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jump Rope: YAY! That's awesome :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-check-in-1017/page/3#post-1168023 Wed, 23 Oct 2013 09:20:14 +0000 Happygal 1168023@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jump Rope: wow, that is a great update! Congrats!</p> <p>I used to be jealous of girl's with thick hair. Now I'm jealous of people with thick linings. What's the secret to your success?! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-check-in-1017/page/3#post-1167939 Wed, 23 Oct 2013 09:02:33 +0000 Mrs. Jump Rope 1167939@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wow great update -- my Re just called. I have a 26mm follicle and my lining is thick. My LH is low, so I'm going back in for a trigger shot in an hour. </p> <p>HOORAY!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-check-in-1017/page/3#post-1167796 Wed, 23 Oct 2013 08:20:06 +0000 Mrs. Jump Rope 1167796@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Happygal: thanks! My scan showed a 26mm something.. The tech couldn't confirm if it was a follicle or a cyst. I've been in a ton of pain since Friday so we will see!</p> <p>My bloodwork ought to confirm what's going on. </p> <p>They have an online system now so I'll be hitting refresh all day instead of waiting for a phone call lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-check-in-1017/page/3#post-1167624 Wed, 23 Oct 2013 06:55:48 +0000 Happygal 1167624@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jump Rope: good luck! Looking forward to your updates.</p> <p>@FaithFertility: I'm glad you're back in the game! Yes, Halloween will be here very soon. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-check-in-1017/page/2#post-1167591 Wed, 23 Oct 2013 06:28:18 +0000 FaithFertility 1167591@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jump Rope: Let me.know how it goes :))))) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-check-in-1017/page/2#post-1167571 Wed, 23 Oct 2013 05:41:23 +0000 Mrs. Jump Rope 1167571@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@FaithFertility: good luck! I have my scan today. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-check-in-1017/page/2#post-1167547 Wed, 23 Oct 2013 04:24:27 +0000 FaithFertility 1167547@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Good luck as well :))) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-check-in-1017/page/2#post-1167544 Wed, 23 Oct 2013 04:22:37 +0000 TheSwissWifeStyle 1167544@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@FaithFertility: ok. Just waiting til my next scan on Monday. Hoping for good news, and excited about going to the US on Tuesday!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-check-in-1017/page/2#post-1167543 Wed, 23 Oct 2013 04:20:45 +0000 FaithFertility 1167543@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@TheSwissWifeStyle: Thank you! How are you? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-check-in-1017/page/2#post-1167542 Wed, 23 Oct 2013 04:19:33 +0000 TheSwissWifeStyle 1167542@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@FaithFertility: awesome, good luck!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-check-in-1017/page/2#post-1167541 Wed, 23 Oct 2013 04:17:37 +0000 FaithFertility 1167541@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Finally back in the game afyer such a long month it seemed....CD 4 today had my base u/s and b/w and fot the clear so I started clomid last night .... joy joy ;) I go back on Halloween to check where I am at!!!! Goes sooo fast one you get started! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-check-in-1017/page/2#post-1167389 Tue, 22 Oct 2013 21:47:34 +0000 Mrs.Someone 1167389@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@spaniellove: you can search for almost any genetic condition. I usually go to google and type in the condition + snp, then put the snp into 23&amp;me. Have you gotten any interesting relative results yet? I'm Jewish too, so I have a ton of closer cousins in there. My DH is even listed as a distant cousin. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-check-in-1017/page/2#post-1167306 Tue, 22 Oct 2013 20:47:39 +0000 spaniellove 1167306@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs.Someone: I don't really know yet what I can look for! My DH wants to take the same things I take since MTHFR-related symptoms factor so prominently in his family history and his own life. I love data though so having this at my fingertips is amazing. We laughed at the ancestry part that said I'm only 99.6% East Asian while he's only 90% Jewish and 0.1% East Asian. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-check-in-1017/page/2#post-1167280 Tue, 22 Oct 2013 20:33:37 +0000 Mrs.Someone 1167280@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@spaniellove: I found the same about my DH! He doesn't want to do anything about it though. Valuable data to know for our future kids though. Have you played around searching for things in the raw data? I think its a pretty cool tool. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-check-in-1017/page/2#post-1167246 Tue, 22 Oct 2013 20:04:00 +0000 spaniellove 1167246@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs.Someone: We got our 23andMe results back and boy am I glad I did it. I initially did it because I wanted to know which mutation I have (since I'm too lazy to just request my clinic records), and not only did I learn that but I found that DH is compound heterozygous. His grandfather died of heart issues and his father has major heart issues as well so maybe this will help us. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-check-in-1017/page/2#post-1166764 Tue, 22 Oct 2013 16:40:04 +0000 spaniellove 1166764@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bluestriped bee: Ultimately it's about what you can live with. I struggled so much with the decision to leave my first clinic and couldn't decide what it would take to make me leave. The first time I wanted a second opinion before IVF and scheduled the appt with the other clinic but then made so many excuses to myself and ended up canceling. So I ended up doing IVF with the first clinic and they screwed me over. That's when I finally got mad enough to switch for real. So you'll know it in your gut when and if the time comes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-check-in-1017/page/2#post-1166725 Tue, 22 Oct 2013 16:18:30 +0000 Happygal 1166725@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just back from the RE for a CD 21 ovary check, and it was not so good. Lining close to 6, but not quite. She thinks it's time to move on to injectables. I appreciate that she said, "Maybe you'll be pregnant!" but I don't have a lot of hope. </p> <p>I did that bad TTC things where you start to get hopeful that this cycle is the one, and I thought how fun it would be to tell our family at Thanksgiving. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-check-in-1017/page/2#post-1166710 Tue, 22 Oct 2013 16:15:13 +0000 Happygal 1166710@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bluestriped bee: If your doctor has stats to show what they're doing is working, and it will help with your stress to follow their protocol, I vote for doing that. It's good to be informed, but I've learned that every doctor does things in a different way. I like to ask my doctor, share what I've read, and hear their explanation. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-check-in-1017/page/2#post-1166646 Tue, 22 Oct 2013 15:48:04 +0000 BSB 1166646@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@FaithFertility: @Shutterbug: @spaniellove: @Mrs.Someone: Yeah, I'm kinda at a loss of what to do. The DH even mentioned to me that the nurse and Dr was getting rather annoyed that I brought up the blood work so many times during our meeting. I was annoyed for about 20 minutes that the DH didn't support me. </p> <p>On one hand, I want to trust my RE but, on the other, I've read things from you and the internet that makes me think I should get blood work. </p> <p>I just don't know what to do. I don't really want to change clinics because I might have to do all the tests over again (including the HSG). Plus, getting into another clinic will delay our timelines. </p> <p>As for my clinic, I guess I'm looking at their stats compared to other clinics and they both seem to making babies. Whatever their process is is working. The poll I asked, it seems like at least 3 people had IUIs where blood work was not taken every cycle. So this practice might not be completely abnormal and unheard of. </p> <p>I don't know. I don't know. I'll admit it, but I'm stuck between trusting my doctor and trusting you guys. I don't really have a gut feeling on who to go with. You both have valid reasons. I'm torn.</p> <p>ETA: Maybe I can request that they take blood at my CD14 ultrasound to confirm my estrogen levels. Although, can they interpret how my E2 levels are based off of CD3 blood and CD 14 blood? Or will they need a series of blood draws to see how my E2 levels are really behaving. Is it worth it to spend $400 on just two blood draws or more if they want more? What happens if it's normal? Will they just give me a look of 'I told you so?' I guess it's a part of me that thinks my RE knows what she's doing and she has my results to determine the best plan of action. I know you guys are looking out for me and giving me your experiences, but I don't know your past history and diagnosis. I don't know how your results might have affected your treatment course. </p> <p>I really do love all of our input and support and I'm know I would lost without you guys. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-check-in-1017/page/2#post-1165576 Tue, 22 Oct 2013 09:53:34 +0000 spaniellove 1165576@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs.Someone: Aww you're too nice :wink: </p> <p>FWIW my clinic actually makes patients do a monitoring-only cycle when they start out. That made me mad at first because I was impatient but they really believe in the data. Having it to refer to was what enabled us to figure out the real problem with my follicles (not just the vague "DOR") and and doing the monitoring allowed us to switch treatments every few days. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-check-in-1017/page/2#post-1165378 Tue, 22 Oct 2013 08:43:08 +0000 Mrs.Someone 1165378@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bluestriped bee: It sounds like the doc is at least listening to you and answering your questions. But I don't like how her reasoning for not doing things is because its too expensive. Its also too expensive to keep having more and more IUIs if one isn't monitored correctly. As for what is the correct protocol, I would trust anything that @spaniellove: recommends :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-check-in-1017/page/2#post-1165147 Tue, 22 Oct 2013 07:19:24 +0000 spaniellove 1165147@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bluestriped bee: As @FaithFertility: and @Shutterbug: said it's important to track your E2 levels, and if you're considering IVF it's a good idea to go in with some history of what your levels and follicles tend to do during your cycle. </p> <p>I think the doctor's reasoning about LH is a little off...they don't need it every 12 hours! They only really need it at the appointment when your follicles look mature and possibly at the appointment before that just to be safe (to make sure you're not surging too early) which could be a day or two before. In the past my clinic has told me to ignore a positive OPK because my LH hadn't surged enough to trigger. </p> <p>When you mention enlarged follicles, do you mean one runaway follicle that has gotten bigger than the others? Or that they're all overmature? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-check-in-1017/page/2#post-1165087 Tue, 22 Oct 2013 06:23:29 +0000 Shutterbug 1165087@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@FaithFertility: @bluestriped bee: that's true! My first IUI cycle I had a mature follicle but my estrogen was low, so they had me wait another day and then my estrogen went up. Without the b/w I probably would have triggered too soon.</p> <p>@bluestriped bee: sounds like a good plan! I'm most likely doing IVF in January as well :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-check-in-1017/page/2#post-1165009 Tue, 22 Oct 2013 02:04:24 +0000 FaithFertility 1165009@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bluestriped bee: sounds all about right, but the CD 12-14 BLOODWORK can show estrogen levels, that will let you know if your eggs are really mature or not. .... each mature follicle will/should produce 100-250mg of estrogen???? Don't quote me but.... my office had said you can have a follicle 17mm-20mm but if your estrogen levels are low, your body more than likely won't ovulate it, or it's big but not mature to get fertilized </p>