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Thanks ladies, not sure if I believe quite yet. I called my Doctors to see if I could schedule a beta. Still waiting to hear back. I was supposed to go in next week to see what our next steps were since we've been trying a year but the nurse said he's going to want to push it back since I'll only be about 5 weeks.

@AMommyThang: this is so wonderful! I'm so happy for you!

I think I O'd yesterday so hoping hoping hoping there will be some good news in my future....
I got my AMH results and they were normal.

@AMommyThang: They look great! So happy for you!

AFM, I'm hanging in there at 13-14 dpo. 14 dpIUI. No symptoms, so I'm assuming AF will be here any day now. I haven't been too stressed this time, I think because of a combination of changes I made this cycle. First, I stopped temping after I confirmed ovulation. I hadn't realized how much that was stressing me out, wondering each day, if my temp was a little higher or lower, what it meant. I also started a new job and working outside with horses again just feels right for my body. Hopefully it'll help. And lastly, I had baby goats! What an awesome distraction.

@auggiefrog: I know, right? There are more pics on the thread I started called "Kidding Day"

But here's one just for fun. How can you not be happy when you have these little goof balls to say hi to every morning!?

@2farmmoms: Your goats are so awesome!! Glad you've found some good stress-reduction tactics!

@ms.line: Yes, I recommend baby goats for anyone in the TWW. What a fantastic distraction (and before they arrived, we spent the last three weekends building the new goat barn, so that was a good, although less cute, distraction as well). All I have to go when I'm feeling down is head out there and get some cuddles. Even our adult goats love attention.

@AMommyThang: I'm sorry the line was lighter. Hopefully it was just the capsule or maybe your pee was more diluted. When is AF due for you? FX so hard for you!

It was a different box maybe that's what it is! Fingers crossed

I had my appointment with the master acupuncturist. This guy is legendary with the acupuncture community and according to my acupuncturist, "he's a whole other level of healing." He told me he was not impressed by my low AMH, and that I had no signs of menopause. There was a bit of a language barrier, but sounds like just about all his IF patients get pregnant, including one recently at 45. He did some treatments, told me, "I think that will work," and that if this cycle doesn't work, to come back. He also told me I need to slow down, meditate daily, and less time on the computer. As hokey as it sounds, it is reassuring to hear someone who is the top of his field who does this frequently be optimistic. DH and I are still debating on monitoring/IUI this month. I'm nervous for this appointment on Monday. DH thinks with the acupuncture and recently treating the prolactin and autoimmune issues, that there is a good chance it will work without IUI. I mostly agree with him, and if the AMH wasn't bad, I would agree. I don't want to use up one of our three IUI attempts when I just started synthroid and cabergoline. I just want to feel good about what we choose, and I don't feel good about femara/TI, IUI, or IVF, and DH only feels good about femara/TI. How much does one month matter? I'm so tired of disappointment and if I don't get pregnant this month, I'll probably regret not doing the IUI. Between 2 years, and then this month with the cabergoline side effects and bad AMH news, I feel so hopeless and just need to get off this roller coaster.

@AmeliaBedilia: This acupuncturist sounds like he knows what he's talking about. I agree. Why not give it a try? I know this is a rough journey but hang in there. It will happen, it's just taking a bit longer for us. Right now I'm also trusting my acupuncture and not proceeding with the treatment my RE advised on. I'm going to trust my gut right now and hope for the best. I'm rooting for you.

@Crystal: Thanks. I haven't tested again since my temp has decreased (though my thermometer has intermittently been wonky). I didn't check this am. Assuming I ovulated CD15 (little iffy, might have been day 13 but less likely), I expect AF tomorrow. Tiny outside chance.

@LoveHope: thanks.

@2farmmoms: So sorry.

I've been so weepy this month especially when I see people with babies. My DH says im putting too much pressure on myself but I can't help it. I'm not sure I covered my entire O window this cycle but I have no energy. This month felt more like a task when it came to BDing. This isn't supposed to feel this way. I feel exhausted! I've been distancing myself from people lately and I know that it isn't healthy. I just want this to be over. I'm not myself, all I do is cry. I think I need to relax but as much as I try, I can't seem to do it.

@LoveHope: Every single thing you're experiencing is absolutely normal. It's a very normal reaction to a very difficult situation. Don't beat yourself up just because BD'ing doesn't feel sexy every single time or you're finding it difficult to be around moms. Honestly, if you need to distance yourself a little, don't feel guilty about that. Your job is not to fake a happy smile or be "normal", it's to focus on YOU right now. Hugs.

@YogiRunner: thank you

@sslm: Hoping August will be a lot nicer to us

I had my first monitoring appointment for an IUI cycle. RE says with our femara/ovidrel/IUI plan, ovidrel additionally 5 days after IUI for implantation support, and continue Cabergoline, synthroid, and prednisone, our chance is 12-15%, instead of the usual 15-20% because of the low AMH. He said if we do IVF, our chance is 40-50% instead of the 50-60% if my AMH was better. He was more positive than I expected and thinks he can get me pregnant. We are doing femara 5mg (his usual starting dose) instead of the 2.5mg I had been doing. Follicle count was 6 on left, 4 on right with a corpus luteum cyst on right. He said he wants to see at least 8 follicles, ideally 15, so this was a little low but better than my AMH would suggest.

@KittySunshine: I occasionally lurk here still, so just wanted to add my 2 cents on NaPro/Creighton OBs.

My gyno (who isn't technically a NaPro practitioner, but did a fellowship and is knowledgeable about Creighton) encouraged me as soon as she figured out I had PCOS (based on my sympto-thermal charts) to give creighton a try. But I felt like I already learned one method, so why worry with another?

I did stick with the doctor for a year and did initial testing with them knowing that my insurance didn't cover an RE.

I think a lot of deciding when/if to go to an RE has to do with your personal timeline and level of patience though.

For DH and I, we were willing to take some time (not saying it was easy!) but over the course of a year, I had levels checked throughout my cycle (I was really low on Progesterone) and at the 1 year mark had an SHG to make sure that physically everything was on in there. Clomid/Femara would have been our next step, but the SHG seemed to have "cleared out the cobwebs" so to speak.

So if you don't mind taking the time to run tests with your OB, I think it can be worth it (especially if your insurance doesn't cover interventions). I was told it could be up to $400 for the SHG, but I ended up being billed $97 out of pocket (they were able to code half of it as a diagnostic sonogram, I only paid for the actual procedure).