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@spaniellove: yay about your trigger and the ER! Sorry about your current clinic. Have you found another clinic?

@sweetooth: That stinks! I think we can all agree that we've had those dreams of how wonderful it's going to be when we get to see that Positive stick. I know I have! Pretty much every month Hang in there girlie!

@spaniellove: Ugh. I'm really sorry to hear about your u/s but that is awesome that you got some great ER news shortly after! I'll be hoping that you don't even have to think about a 'next time' Fingers crossed!!

AFM, just waiting on AF. I'm trying to not symptom spot at all. I have tender BBs but that is pretty normal for me. No other symptoms. I did temp this morning and it could go either way. But I'm guessing it's a decline. We're suppose to get nailed with like 17-24 inches of snow this week. Now I'm just praying it doesn't fall when I need to do my CD 3 blood draw! Did you girls have to have yours drawn in the morning or does it matter? I'm just thinking if it was anytime, if there was a BUNCH of snow, that would help. If it's first thing in the morning.....

@spaniellove: Wishing you nothing but great luck at your ER on Wednesday! I hope you never have to do those stupid injections again.

@bluestripedbee: Sorry about the BFN! Keep testing until AF shows.

@mrs.vw: My blood draws always happened to be in the morning, but I think it will depend on if they have a lab in house where the labs are done or if they need to send any of your cd3 labs out. Usually if they have to send a lab out they prefer to do it in the morning. I'd call your office and just ask the question, "if snow prevents me from getting in for my cd3 bw in the morning, can I reschedule for the afternoon". It should be easy for them to answer.

@spaniellove: SO excited for you I hope everything works out and you don't have to do any more treatments ever. You just get the one baby you want and life is good!

@Mrs.VW: My blood draws are usually always in the morning, first thing. Maybe if the CD3 morning is filled with snow, you can push it to CD4? Hopefully the weather isn't too crazy.

@sweetooth: Dang it! I'm sorry! Are they able to increase your injectables at all to help? Did you have good sized follicles at the time of IUI? Definitely treat yourself to beverages! Thanks for the advice about the blood draw. I'm guessing it will in the morning I feel like thinking - knowing my luck, it will be the snowstorm day! - but I'm trying to stay positive during our time with the RE.

@marionberry: Thanks! Yes, I could always do that! Thankfully we have a subaru outback that gets around pretty good in the snow - I can always hope for the best!

@Mrs.Someone: I loved that blog post! Totally helps to hear from someone far on the other side (4 kids later!)

IF ladies, I need some advice. Just a little background, I had CD 3/CD 21 BW done a while ago through my CNM/GYN practice and found out I had hypothyroidism and very low progesterone, but everything else looked good. They referred me to an endo and got me on thyroid meds with the instructions to redo all the BW again once my thyroid was in check and make another appointment.

Well now it's about that time, and I'm feeling like it's a waste of my time. We've been trying for almost 11 months now, so my insurance will cover IF treatments starting in April. I know which fertility center I want to go to, so should I just make an appointment and bypass all the follow ups with the CNM/GYN? I'm going to need a referral from my PCP anyway (not the GYN), and won't the RE want me to redo all the BW as a first step anyway?

@Shutterbug: I would just start seeing an RE. I think it would be more efficient and RE's are more equipped to monitor your cycle. I'm not sure how other RE's work, but every cycle I have BW done on CD3 (and ultrasound). The first cycle was an insane amount, and I'd already had some done through my GYN. But generally they're probably going to take at least 1 vial anyways on CD3.

The nurse at my RE's office called today and said they have the results of my latest blood work and to make an appointment to go over the results and have another ultrasound. I thought I was supposed to have a CD 3 blood draw and HSG before going for a follow up appointment. That's what they told me on my last visit. I mentioned that to the nurse and she said to go ahead and come in. So we have an appointment for tomorrow morning. I can't help but wonder what made them change their mind. I keep thinking something wasn't right with my blood work.

@Shutterbug: Since you have to wait until April, I'd say go ahead and do the follow up appt to check your thyroid with the GYN in the meantime. At the same time, get your referral from your PCP to the RE's office. Usually (although not always in my case) it takes about a month to be seen for your first visit. Yes you may end up redoing some blood testing, but sometimes they'll just use your old numbers. I would think they'd trust a recent TSH test and not run another one since TSH doesn't change very quickly. Just my two cents.

Also, I do think the REs manage the thyroid stuff well. My RE tested it, saw it was 2.9, wanted me to give it a month and retest, saw it was 2.59, put me on meds and will retest me next week to see what it has gone down to. All the while I've been pregnant. He has never seemed concerned, just wants me below 2.5 for pregnancy and I don't think even though I'm supposed to get discharged from the practice after my ultrasound that he will discharge me until my thyroid is in check. Or else he may tell me to tell my OB that I need monthly thyroid checks until under that level. I completely trust my thyroid in his care.

@marionberry: Thank you! I actually go to an endocrinologist (not a reproductive one, haha, just regular) for my thyroid, so I'll continue with that for sure between now and April. I think I'm gonna call my PCP and the RE this week to get something set up. Phew, moving forward!

@bluestriped bee: Good luck!

@Mrs.VW: I will definitely be looking into the changes I can make this time around. I never even made it to injectibles last cycle because I already had a mature follicle at CD9. I feel like Clomid is making me ovulate much earlier than I normally did.

@Mrs.Someone: Thank you I did enjoy my evening, so much that I passed out on the couch. It was heavenly

@Shutterbug: I just wanted to weigh in on your situation. I had CD3 bloodwork taken care of with my GYN prior to starting up with the RE. It was probably 2 months before my first RE appointment, and it was helpful to already have that information. It made for a more educated discussion. So I recommend getting that bloodwork done and also going ahead and setting up that RE appointment.

@shutterbug I too am anxious to see an RE and contacted the clinic where my husband had his SA done. Basically they told me my insurance wouldn't cover an appointment until I had been officially trying for one year, I had CD3 blood work , and my husband had to have SA done. I also needed a referral from my GYn. You should call the clinic and see what they say as far as tests and insurance goes. Even though we are not ready to set up our first RE appointment I was really glad I called because I got a lot of info. just from the phone and they were so nice that when it is time I know exactly who I want to go to.

So I'm still a little hopeful, there has been instances of people getting BFN on 13 DPO and then getting a BFP later.

http://www.mothering.com/community/t/1054091/sooo-anyone-ever-get-a-bfn-13-dpo-and-still-turn-up-preg

Crossing my fingers I still have a chance!

@MrsCB: Thanks for that info! That's good to know.

@sweetooth: ugh, hearing about your blood tests makes me want one. Instead of POAS, it would be great to know that it's time to move on.

So how are you doing? You said you were going splurge on some forbidden pregnancy foods if it wasn't your month. What did you have?

@sweetooth: OMG, that all sounds amazing!

I could call the Dr but I probably wouldn't get in til tomorrow and I would probably have to pay for it out of pocket.

@sweetooth: Aww, I know.

I test until AF, though I usually stop testing on 14 DPO. Oh, I'm not on progesterone. Remind me what progesterone is for?

@bluestriped bee: I wasn't on progesterone, but it does help to maintain pregnancies if you have a low progesterone level. Low progesterone is what causes many miscarriages. In fact, after my stepmom did IVF, they realized she probably only needed progesterone through the whole pregnancy and could've skipped IVF. She'd had multiple miscarriages, some well into the second month.

@sweetooth: @marionberry: @bluestriped bee: Part of the reason they supplement your progesterone (and estrogen after IVF) is that your body may not produce those hormones normally the way it would after a natural cycle. I had a perfectly fine LP until my IUI with injectibles cycle - when it was only 11 days, so there wasn't even any hope.