Dear Baby,
Some people congratulated me today, and I thought you'd think it was fun to read what they said. A little history first: As part of my TTC journey, I have frequented two main infertility communities, a group for maillist for women who are TTC and a message board for those with high FSH who are TTC.
It's odd, but I don't post much with the maillinglist group... they tend to have problems with PCOS and other problems, which I do not have. So I seem to relate more with the high FSH women. Now, the mailinglist group is very sensitive, and about once a month there is a little blowup where someone posts about their pregnancy discovery, and then it makes everyone sad. In fact, there is a rule: you can announce your pregnancy once, announce the first beta doubling, and announce the heartbeat, but you're not allowed to talk about your pregnancy otherwise.
So, I decided not to inform the mailing list, but I did post on the FSH board. Here is my first post:
Hi everyone!
It is 12dpiui and I just got the faintest pink line on my FRER pregnancy test. It is so faint you can't see it if you hold it at arm's length, but if you look close it is there.It wouldn't count as a positive by FRER standards, but I remember other infertility women say that any line that's pink is a good sign.I did have an HCG shot, but it's been 14 days since then.I will of course test again tomorrow or in a few days, but on a scale of 1 - 10, how optimistic should I be? I've never had even a spec of pink on any test before and I've been TTC 1 year, so I'm causiously hopeful right now.
Here is my BBT chart, if you're interested:
http://www2.fertilityfriend.com/home/291e9
Thanks!Christine
Basically, everyone posted that I should go get a Beta test. :) But, I waited another day, and I posted this:
Hi guys!
So yesterday I posted about the faintest line in history.
Well, I tested again that night and it got a little darker.
Then I tested again this morning and it got a little darker.
Then I tested again just now (at work! haha!) and it is almost as dark as the control line maybe 70% as dark).
Currently I'm 13 dpiui.
So, I guess tomorrow I will test again and call my doc to schedule a beta. Do you get the beta results the same day? Wow I'm so excited. I hope this works.
So far I've had no symptoms... maybe a little fullness in my uterus like my period was going to start, but it seems like that's been happening almost since my IUI, so it might have to do with that. My boobs hurt after my HCG shot (15 days ago now!) but they don't hurt as much now. I hope I get some symptoms soon. I feel kind of sick to my stomach now, but I think it's because I'm so darn happy.
My husband said, "Right now, at this moment, I'm a dad! No matter what happens, I'm a dad!" Isn't that the cutest thing ever?
MelissaCA: Playing Sims2 got me pregnant, hope it does for you as well! Thanks everyone!
Christine
The Sims reference is due to the fact that I posted something about my character getting pregnant in the Sims2 game, and people said that maybe it was a sign of things to come. ;)
So, here were my congratulatory posts from the other members:
Omg... BFP. (possible pg mentioned!) View Thread - Christine on Oct 24, 7:53 PM
YEAH!!!! - CJ on Oct 24, 8:52 PM
Like they say.... - PatriciaCA on Oct 24, 10:22 PM
Wonderful!!! I Am Keeping My Fingers Crossed for a - Melissa on Oct 25, 3:49 AM
PUPO - trishfPA on Oct 25, 6:28 AM
Congratulations! - SaraD on Oct 25, 6:53 AM
Woo hoo!! - Melissa CA on Oct 25, 7:52 AM
Congrats Christine - have a healthy pg. nt - Ann on Oct 25, 9:07 AM
Congratulations! - Wendy on Oct 25, 10:20 AM
Wonderful news!! - CarynD on Oct 25, 10:48 AM
YIPPEE!!!! Can't wait for the confirmation! nt - percy on Oct 25, 12:05 PM
Good Luck, Christine! - P.F. on Oct 25, 12:27 PM
congrats! - suz on Oct 25, 12:45 PM
Christine :) - Julie on Oct 25, 2:39 PM
My protocol - Christine on Oct 25, 8:40 PM
baby Paige!!! - Belen on Oct 25, 5:14 PM
Isn't that nice? It makes me feel so good.
Now, Baby, you must stay around, or I will be forced to posted a sad message, and it will bum everyone out. So stick to the uterus for another 9 months or so, OK? :)
Love,
Mom
Monday, October 25, 2004
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Hi guys!
So yesterday I posted about the faintest line in history.
Well, I tested again that night and it got a little darker.
Then I tested again this morning and it got a little darker.
Then I tested again just now (at work! haha!) and it is almost as dark as the control line maybe 70% as dark).
Currently I'm 13 dpiui.
So, I guess tomorrow I will test again and call my doc to schedule a beta. Do you get the beta results the same day? Wow I'm so excited. I hope this works.
So far I've had no symptoms... maybe a little fullness in my uterus like my period was going to start, but it seems like that's been happening almost since my IUI, so it might have to do with that. My boobs hurt after my HCG shot (15 days ago now!) but they don't hurt as much now. I hope I get some symptoms soon. I feel kind of sick to my stomach now, but I think it's because I'm so darn happy.
My husband said, "Right now, at this moment, I'm a dad! No matter what happens, I'm a dad!" Isn't that the cutest thing ever?
MelissaCA: Playing Sims2 got me pregnant, hope it does for you as well!
Thanks everyone!
Christine
I think it depends on the lab, but I did get my results the same day.
Be careful what you wish for! I had NO SYMPTOMS and then the day after my second beta morning sickness came from no where. I now eat crackers and drink ginger ale and a good day is one that doesn't involve kneeling in my bathroom
Wishing you luck!
CJ
a line is a line is a line. I love all these BFP's. Hope, Hope, Hope is what they give me.
Congratulations!! Get your beta done soon!!
positive beta.
i got my beta results in the same day. the wait was killing me!
As some wise woman on this board once said, "Pregnant Until Proven Otherwise"!
Get that beta, Girl!!!!
Christine this is great news. I love what your dh said to you, what a lovely man.
Sara
So excited for you. Hoping you get a great beta. I'll have to pass your Sims success story onto the team. They'll totally love it! So very excited for you.
Christine,
I'm so happy for you BFP! I'll keep my fingers crossed for you. Keep us posted on your beta's.
What protocol did you use for this IUI? I just had my first IUI in early Oct and I got a BFN. I used 3 vials of repronex daily cd 3-9. I want to try another protocol. I just had a follow us visit today with my RE group and I'm pretty disappointed. I'll post about that later. I'm so happy for you.
Julie
Hi Julie!
Here was my protocol:
I had 150 IU of FSH (Gonal-F) starting on day 3.
On day 6 I added 25 mg of Cetrotide (because I spontaneously ovulated on day 8 the day before).
On day 9, I had 8 mm, 8 mm, 12 mm, 14 mm and 21 mm follicles. I did one more day of FSH on day 10 with Cetrotide, then on day 11 I did Cetrotide in the morning and HCG trigger at night. Then I had the IUI 36 hours later. I swear I could feel myself ovulating while in the office waiting for my IUI.
I had FSH: 6, 13.6 and 8.6.
I also have a large fibroid (8 - 10 cm) which is pushing my left ovary all over the place, which he thinks impacted my fertility (because it might make eggs produced by the left ovary less likely to be picked up by the fallopian tube). The fibroid is totally outside of my uterus though, so the RE didn't think it would affect a pregnancy.
My problem wasn't really making follicles, because even on natural cycles I could make 3 follicles. It seems my problem was either maturity of the eggs (which may have been helped my the FSH) or something that was fixed by the IUI. (It was my first IUI!)
Thanks for asking! Good luck to you!
Christine
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