This is my last cycle with Clomid. Husband and I decided to proceed to IVF. I have my consultation next month Aug 12. So basically if we want to we could have 1 more natural ttc and we will go from there. But it's quite stressful for us these days. It's hard to concentrate on the baby making.
But here's my Two Week Wait this cycle: 100mg clomid June 28
+ OPK - July 8 ( Bd July 6 and July 9 not a perfect timing )
1dpo - tired and sleepy
2dpo - tired and sleepy
3dpo - was so sleepy all day since we were traveling on a plane to get to California from the Bahamas, keeps peeing all the time
4dpo - peeing endlessly, breast throbbing/twinges, thigh cramping, mild abdominal cramps, bloated
5dpo - AF cramps, breast throbbing, dry white mucus on panty
6dpo - watery white milky mucus, cramping, both breasts throbbing, peeing frequently
7dpo - watery white milky mucus, AF cramps very similar to period at 6pm, nipples itchy, boobs throbbing and bloated
8dpo - thigh cramps feeling like I am having a period, bloated, breast tenderness, cramps right side 11:10am
9dpo - nothing unusual, Af cramps, itchy breast, full breast feeling, bloated
10dpo - nothing unusual same 9dpo symptoms except for distinctive itchy nipple(first time), throbbing right breast 1:00pm
11dpo - AF mild cramps
12dpo - AF mild cramps
13dpo - tender breast poking on the left side. Af mild cramps. Nipple painful when touched. Almost vomited at 10pm. It's so weird
14dpo - body temperature early dawn is warm not able to sleep well while full breast feeling so uncomfortable, AF cramps more on the right side, no AF yet in the morning. Throbbing pain on right ovaries none stop starting at 10pm and headache.
15dpo - Thigh Af cramps but no sign of AF yet. Throbbing pain stopped at 7am.
16dpo - AF arrives.
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Tuesday, July 16, 2013
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Two Week Wait - Natural Process
Here I am again updating my infertility issues. As my Doctor told me, my age and health is not of a concern at this time. Probably, the timing isn't right. They can't find anything wrong in me. So she recommend to try 1-2 IUI's or if it's up to us if we want to proceed to IVF. We decided to try one more with IUI and if it's still not going to work then we could do the intensive process.
For this month, we are doing the natural process. I took prenatal vitamins, fertility blend, preseed and aspirin. I don't know if this all going to work. Well, miracle happens just anywhere. Let's see how my body respond with all of these.
Positive OPK June 12:
1DPO - nothing unsual. I was perfectly fine.
2DPO - nothing yehey first time to ever have this kind of feeling.
3DPO - white mucus hmmm I wonder why. If it has something to do with pre-seed?
4DPO - white mucus
5DPO - egg white creamy mucus at 2pm on a tissue. This was unusual. I never had this before. I don't think I have infection. I have no irritation. No UTI thanks heaven. It's weird. I did have cramps and maybe tender breast or is it just my imagination. You know it's hard to tell when this symptoms are almost the same with previous months. But one thing for sure, the cramps are way much more different. This cramps are pretty normal like my period is already coming.
6DPO - Itchy breast but it's not destructive. Slightly cramping on the right side and below your thingy! Is this implantation? The impact when it happen was mild but I did feel something is going in there.
7DPO - Wake up with a high temperature, my legs are so warm. I normally feel this 3 days before my period comes. Again, it's weird. The itchiness in the breast area tend to be more noticeable. It's not constant though. Vivid dreams.
8DPO - Breast on the right was poking at 1:56pm so annoying, no cramps
9DPO - Constipated, starting to feel AF cramps on thighs.
10DPO - AF Cramps big time in the evening. I'm sure the ugly face will come soon.
11DPO - AF thigh cramps, breast throbbing at 10pm, felt so warm early dawn. BFN.
12DPO - Twinges from left to right abdomen, AF cramps on thighs. Body was so warm early dawn. BFN.
13DPO - I have this cramps or like AF cramps on thighs. Not painful. It is something I always feel when Af is coming. No new symptoms. In normal days, I could have painful AF cramps at early dawn today. It didn't happen.
14DPO - Itchy breast, AF cramps, The ugly face shows up. It could mean then 1 more try with Clomid in the next coming cycle and proceed to IVF plan. Goodluck to that!
For this month, we are doing the natural process. I took prenatal vitamins, fertility blend, preseed and aspirin. I don't know if this all going to work. Well, miracle happens just anywhere. Let's see how my body respond with all of these.
Positive OPK June 12:
1DPO - nothing unsual. I was perfectly fine.
2DPO - nothing yehey first time to ever have this kind of feeling.
3DPO - white mucus hmmm I wonder why. If it has something to do with pre-seed?
4DPO - white mucus
5DPO - egg white creamy mucus at 2pm on a tissue. This was unusual. I never had this before. I don't think I have infection. I have no irritation. No UTI thanks heaven. It's weird. I did have cramps and maybe tender breast or is it just my imagination. You know it's hard to tell when this symptoms are almost the same with previous months. But one thing for sure, the cramps are way much more different. This cramps are pretty normal like my period is already coming.
6DPO - Itchy breast but it's not destructive. Slightly cramping on the right side and below your thingy! Is this implantation? The impact when it happen was mild but I did feel something is going in there.
7DPO - Wake up with a high temperature, my legs are so warm. I normally feel this 3 days before my period comes. Again, it's weird. The itchiness in the breast area tend to be more noticeable. It's not constant though. Vivid dreams.
8DPO - Breast on the right was poking at 1:56pm so annoying, no cramps
9DPO - Constipated, starting to feel AF cramps on thighs.
10DPO - AF Cramps big time in the evening. I'm sure the ugly face will come soon.
11DPO - AF thigh cramps, breast throbbing at 10pm, felt so warm early dawn. BFN.
12DPO - Twinges from left to right abdomen, AF cramps on thighs. Body was so warm early dawn. BFN.
13DPO - I have this cramps or like AF cramps on thighs. Not painful. It is something I always feel when Af is coming. No new symptoms. In normal days, I could have painful AF cramps at early dawn today. It didn't happen.
14DPO - Itchy breast, AF cramps, The ugly face shows up. It could mean then 1 more try with Clomid in the next coming cycle and proceed to IVF plan. Goodluck to that!
Monday, April 29, 2013
XR HSG Test Experience
I had it done last Friday April 26 at 3pm. What I can say about my
experience? Damn it was painful. The worst I had ever experience.
Before the test was done. The nurse gave me a hospital gown. It was a set of front and back cover. My nerve was getting me when I was like wearing it on a few times because I don't know which one is which. Until I heard the nurse checking on me if I am ready. So I just wore that I think was the right side. LOL.
I went inside to the Radiology room. The equipment was huge and the room was spacious. The nurse asked me to lay out on the table and she did a quick x-ray on the pelvic. I saw the result right away. It looked normal to me.
She told me after while waiting for the doctor to expect like a papsmear and stomach cramps during the test. She did ask me if I already know what to expect. And I said yes. But my expectation for the pain was not the amount of pain I was expecting. It was so unbearable. When the doctor appeared and got all the stuff together, I spread my legs on the examination table. There was no stirrups so it was just spreading my legs and let the doctor do it’s job.
First attempt, the speculum was inserted. It opened the walls and the cervix was looking straight to him perfectly. He then inserted the catheter with the dye. Remove the speculum and holding the catheter. The radiologist was called. He entered the room. He said his name to me while the Obgyn holding the cathether in my business. The unpredictable thing happen. I was asked to move a little bit and I did move but the doctor missed my body reaction so I think he released the cathether off guard. The radiologist did try to see if they can see the flow of the dye but it didn’t reach the fallopian tube. I heard him say there was some bubble. I don’t know what that means. What I can get from that was a failure attempt. The obgyn said the length of the catheter tube was too short. The dye didn’t reach the tube and it spilled out to the cervix. They have no choice but to redo the process.
It was not what I would want to hear. I already had felt the pain with the speculum and the cramps. And now, they said they had to do it all over again. The doctors were rushed because every minute of their time is precious. I was not expecting to be rushed like that. The obgyn inserted the speculum and when he got the best position of the cervix he inserted the catheter tube that was twice the size of the first one they attempted to do and released the speculum. He was then holding the end of the tube while the x-ray was done. Before using the new cathether, the doctor asked the nurse if she had the similar size of the tube he previously used and longer but the nurse said no. He knew that I will going to be in so much pain with using the double size tube.
I heard hubby asked me if I was okay. I pretended that I was. I guess he saw the tube. I was glad I didn’t. I can’t imagine the thing in me. I will passed out. When the dye reaches and filled the fallopian tube and uterus, damn the pain was like a magnitude of 3x the abdominal cramps I felt during my period. It was hard to move my body side to side when they asked me to. The pain almost cried me to tears but I was holding it. I then heard the Obgyn said. Done. You did good. The pain went away. I saw the monitor of my fallopian tube and uterus. The dye filled it up good and looking perfect. The Obgyn then said to me to celebrate and drink Margarita.
The doctors were gone fast and I was there laying on the bed just a few minutes to hold my composure and rub my belly. The pain I felt was too extraordinary for me. If this is all what it takes to have a baby, I will do it all over again. I heard the nurse told me to sit up just a few minutes to not get light headed and when I felt fine I went to the restroom and changed. I was bleeding which was normal. But I don’t feel the pain when I peed. That I was glad about.
I struggle physically and emotionally. I hope one day with all these efforts I will be granted a blessing. Just one miracle, everything what I am going through will be all worth it.
Before the test was done. The nurse gave me a hospital gown. It was a set of front and back cover. My nerve was getting me when I was like wearing it on a few times because I don't know which one is which. Until I heard the nurse checking on me if I am ready. So I just wore that I think was the right side. LOL.
I went inside to the Radiology room. The equipment was huge and the room was spacious. The nurse asked me to lay out on the table and she did a quick x-ray on the pelvic. I saw the result right away. It looked normal to me.
She told me after while waiting for the doctor to expect like a papsmear and stomach cramps during the test. She did ask me if I already know what to expect. And I said yes. But my expectation for the pain was not the amount of pain I was expecting. It was so unbearable. When the doctor appeared and got all the stuff together, I spread my legs on the examination table. There was no stirrups so it was just spreading my legs and let the doctor do it’s job.
First attempt, the speculum was inserted. It opened the walls and the cervix was looking straight to him perfectly. He then inserted the catheter with the dye. Remove the speculum and holding the catheter. The radiologist was called. He entered the room. He said his name to me while the Obgyn holding the cathether in my business. The unpredictable thing happen. I was asked to move a little bit and I did move but the doctor missed my body reaction so I think he released the cathether off guard. The radiologist did try to see if they can see the flow of the dye but it didn’t reach the fallopian tube. I heard him say there was some bubble. I don’t know what that means. What I can get from that was a failure attempt. The obgyn said the length of the catheter tube was too short. The dye didn’t reach the tube and it spilled out to the cervix. They have no choice but to redo the process.
It was not what I would want to hear. I already had felt the pain with the speculum and the cramps. And now, they said they had to do it all over again. The doctors were rushed because every minute of their time is precious. I was not expecting to be rushed like that. The obgyn inserted the speculum and when he got the best position of the cervix he inserted the catheter tube that was twice the size of the first one they attempted to do and released the speculum. He was then holding the end of the tube while the x-ray was done. Before using the new cathether, the doctor asked the nurse if she had the similar size of the tube he previously used and longer but the nurse said no. He knew that I will going to be in so much pain with using the double size tube.
I heard hubby asked me if I was okay. I pretended that I was. I guess he saw the tube. I was glad I didn’t. I can’t imagine the thing in me. I will passed out. When the dye reaches and filled the fallopian tube and uterus, damn the pain was like a magnitude of 3x the abdominal cramps I felt during my period. It was hard to move my body side to side when they asked me to. The pain almost cried me to tears but I was holding it. I then heard the Obgyn said. Done. You did good. The pain went away. I saw the monitor of my fallopian tube and uterus. The dye filled it up good and looking perfect. The Obgyn then said to me to celebrate and drink Margarita.
The doctors were gone fast and I was there laying on the bed just a few minutes to hold my composure and rub my belly. The pain I felt was too extraordinary for me. If this is all what it takes to have a baby, I will do it all over again. I heard the nurse told me to sit up just a few minutes to not get light headed and when I felt fine I went to the restroom and changed. I was bleeding which was normal. But I don’t feel the pain when I peed. That I was glad about.
I struggle physically and emotionally. I hope one day with all these efforts I will be granted a blessing. Just one miracle, everything what I am going through will be all worth it.
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
2nd day of Clomid
I took it at the same time and the side effects are doing it's thing. My lower left abdomen is twitching again that it makes you really uncomfortable. I had this feeling when I am about to have AF like 10 days before my period. I got some tender breast too. A little light headache which I don't like but bearable. With this boost to ovulate this is all it takes. I can take it.
This discomfort is nothing when trying to have a baby. I would do everything to make it happen and to pray as well. I wish all the IUI patient like me would be granted their wish as the year ends. I wish and hope that my new year would start a wonderful chapter of my life. No negative thoughts here, all for positive. :)
This discomfort is nothing when trying to have a baby. I would do everything to make it happen and to pray as well. I wish all the IUI patient like me would be granted their wish as the year ends. I wish and hope that my new year would start a wonderful chapter of my life. No negative thoughts here, all for positive. :)
Friday, November 16, 2012
Consultation for Infertility
The meeting with the doctor was fine. She was very accommodating
and easy to talk to. But she talks so fast that I can’t remember all the
details about it. Thank goodness she gave me an instruction paper on what to do on my next cycle. Nothing's going to happen this month but I have to wait again. It could be my last try for natural ttc. Who knows what the future holds right?
The recommendation is to do IUI in my 2nd cycle. If I were 40, IVF will be good. She said I don’t have to worry for now. I just have to complete all necessary tests and see what she can find. I am hoping all of the tests will be negative. Please Lord make it happen that everything will going to be okay for this coming tests and that I could go for IUI with no problem.
It’s also nice of the doctor to offer me to change my infertility consultation to abnormal bleeding so that my insurance can cover it. Most of the consultation will not be covered by insurance. So she put me down on something. Bless her heart. I am lucky. I hope I could be too with the procedure that I am going next month. I will cross fingers.
The recommendation is to do IUI in my 2nd cycle. If I were 40, IVF will be good. She said I don’t have to worry for now. I just have to complete all necessary tests and see what she can find. I am hoping all of the tests will be negative. Please Lord make it happen that everything will going to be okay for this coming tests and that I could go for IUI with no problem.
It’s also nice of the doctor to offer me to change my infertility consultation to abnormal bleeding so that my insurance can cover it. Most of the consultation will not be covered by insurance. So she put me down on something. Bless her heart. I am lucky. I hope I could be too with the procedure that I am going next month. I will cross fingers.
Friday, October 19, 2012
Late ovulation
I don't know maybe with the travel, time change, exhaustion from last month's trip overseas and stress from work I am not ovulating fast. This will be my 2nd month today. I am expecting to see a smiley face from OPK's test which I did on the 15th day from day 1 of cycle. I am on day 21 and no smiley face yet. It's hard to do the timing for conception when irregular cycle hits again.
I have been taking prenatal DHA prescribed by the doctor and also my choice of using Fertility Blend in the hopes of getting my normal cycle. I am sure my travel overseas is the reason why my cycle is off. For the past 6 months my fertility cycle is between 17-25 but my most fertile days is commonly falls on 17-20. I hope to see smiley face again maybe tomorrow. I will cross fingers.
I have been taking prenatal DHA prescribed by the doctor and also my choice of using Fertility Blend in the hopes of getting my normal cycle. I am sure my travel overseas is the reason why my cycle is off. For the past 6 months my fertility cycle is between 17-25 but my most fertile days is commonly falls on 17-20. I hope to see smiley face again maybe tomorrow. I will cross fingers.
Monday, October 15, 2012
What's with the Title, Not yet or What?
Plain few words you often mostly hear everyday. But this title speaks about the struggle of hearing the question "are you pregnant yet?". Its frustrating really. Oftentimes you respond too soon, not yet, maybe someday and other times you will answer in silence or a fake smile. You are already overwhelm with these question for so long you wish people would stop asking and bugged you about it. But hey you can't stop it. People are anxious to know and why not tell.
This blog is my journey to motherhood. There are so many if's right now. For now, all I can say is, "If I can bare a child or not". Follow me and help me relieve my struggle. It would mean a lot to know people in the community and people who have the experience of going to fertility treatments and motherhood.
This blog is my journey to motherhood. There are so many if's right now. For now, all I can say is, "If I can bare a child or not". Follow me and help me relieve my struggle. It would mean a lot to know people in the community and people who have the experience of going to fertility treatments and motherhood.
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