I will start of that I am doing great this month. I had no side effects of any sort. Since by choice I took the natural route. I had the option to take Clomid, but I decided not to. I asked the Doctor if it's okay to skip it and the doctor did agree. I just based on instinct and OPK test.
I had my ultrasound on the 2nd of May. The doctor saw 2 eggs but they are relatively small. Little enough the doctor refused to conduct a trigger shot. She doesn't want to have premature ovulation and I certainly agree on the matter. I was advice to use OPK and once I got a positive result I will schedule the next day for IUI.
I tested a positive OPK on the 12 which was a Sunday. The clinic is close so I called Monday morning and they scheduled me on Tuesday the 14th. I don't know if I was too late but I believe I didn't ovulate yet though I had cramps that night. Hubby and I decided to BD. We don't want to miss the chance since I know the IUI will going to be on Tuesday.
Tuesday May 14 I had my IUI at 11:30am. We got there on time at 11:00 to deliver the specimen. Waited 30 minutes and we did it. This time my primary OB-GYN did the procedure with a light hand and it was painless.
Now is the waiting period. I will update this lists as the time goes on.
1dpIUI - (3DPO) slight cramping both the left and right abdomen. More likely the pain is on the left side.
2dpIUI - (4DPO) woke up at 5:30am with a slight cramp and did number 2. I normally have muscle cramps on legs a day before my period but this time, the cramps are very different. It's abdominal from right to left. Yesterday it was more on the left and today i'ts on the right. I hope this is a good sign. I think I feel something on the breast area. Not too evident, but I had a few mixed emotion on the nipple. Sorry TMI. Will not consider it as a sign. Creamy mucus afternoon.
3dpIUI - (5DPO) the cramps are on and off but not as intense like yesterday. If I don't think about it, I don't feel anything. I am much better today health wise. Somehow, I feel a little bloated. My pants are a little bit tight.
4dpIUI - (6DPO) - cramps with cm
5dpIUI - (7DPO) - cramps with cm
6dpIUI - (8DPO) - cramps with cm
7dpIUI - (9DPO) - cramps, yellowish mucus
8dpIUI - (10DPO) - cramps
9dpIUI - (11DPO) - stomache early dawn, throbbing breast left side, thigh muscle cramps as well as abdominal area, vivid dreams, white mucus
10dpIUI - (12DPO) - vivid dreams, cramps, watery mucus
11dpIUI - (13DPO) - sore breast and cramping, drained, headache
12dpIUI - (14DPO) - headache and AF showed
To summarize: there were 3 symptoms from the start I got a positive OPK, cramping and white mucus then later part the headache. It's hard to really know when to predict an early pregnancy when what I experienced mimic the symptoms of pregnancy.
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Wednesday, May 15, 2013
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, January 9, 2013
Day to day Experience After IUI - The 2WW
IUI procedure done December 29, 2012 at 12:15pm.
The 2ww is endless. But this time around even if it's my first IUI. I don't want to expect more. I have symptoms I never felt before. These are not too usual for me before I get AF. What I just noticed was the lower abdominal pinches that comes on and off since day 1.
1dpIUI - sick with a cold. Take tylenol in the afternoon. Worried it could affect the chance of getting knocked up. I feel crappy. I do have cramps though and light bleeding. Probably due to insemination.
2dpIUI- NYE feeling crappy and sick. Can't get away not taking anything so Tylenol was my friend. I have little pinches on the ovaries. Guess it's working. Didn't feel anything like it.
3dpIUI- I didn't notice the difference of my body because of constant sneezing, blowing my nose, ears too painful, throat dry and thirsty, but glad I didn't get a fever. I was afraid I could but I was temping. I didn't get one. I still take Tylenol because the constant sneezing was killing me.
4dpIUI- Starting to feel a little better. Only take 325mg of Tylenol for the whole day and I survived. Though I tried to work I only spend 3.45 of my time. I went home to gained back my strength. Feeling crappy still. Don't know the difference of the twinges but I feel it.
5dpIUI- No more Tylenol. Free from anything except prenatal vitamins. I lasted whole day at work. Nothing unusual.
6dpIUI- Almost free and clear from the cold. Nothing usual to the body except the twinges.
7dpIUI- legs twitching early dawn, veins visible too greeny, pinch on low abdomen, thirsty, breast sharp pain comes out of nowhere but won't last long, smell so sensitive at a party that it made me teary eyed and CM came out, bloated. POAS - BFN.
8dpIUI- don't feel anything except the twinges and pinch on my left and right low abdomen. I feel some hot flashes too from waist down. At dawn, my legs started to feel hot and twitching . Out of curiosity I POAS when I got out of bed. BFN. What do you expect it's too early to tell. I need to wait. I started to take my temperature. 4 days of temping my temperatures slowly rises. Don't know how significant it is. I took mine at night because it's making noise don't want to wake up hubby.
9dpIUI- morning I felt lower back pain. It didn't stay long. Too quick not to notice. Bloated feels like my stomach is full. Twinges on abdomen from left to right and needle like pinch isn't really feel like cramps. A little breast pinch but not really those twinges I felt before I got AF where it's nonstop. This time just a sudden pain. I got to hold my anxiety level to not poas. I will wait til the 12th day. I hope :) Somehow I wasn't able to control I poas in the afternoon. BFN.
10dpIUI- lower back pain, on and off twinges on breasts and lower abdomen, cervix painful but not too sure if it is. I touched if it's the V but it's not somewhere inside. It twinges which is very noticeable. Never experience it before.
11dpIUI- temp 98.4, twinges on left abdomen and breasts, super bloated all day, nothing unsual except being bloated. a little new to my experience. FMU - BFN.
12dpIUI- needle like pain on and off by my right and left abdomen, mild cramps, feel like legs were pulling early morning, needle like pinch on nipples on and off very mild.. Didn't POAS. I will wait til day 14. Cramping on the right side is a bit weird. Never experience that before. But overall, I feel a lot better today. Maybe medicines are wearing off. Let's find out in a couple of days.
13dpIUI- AF cramps and legs pulling at 4am. It woke me up. It felt like I have my period. Wake up at 6:45am no AF. tested poas BFN. I don't know what to expect.
14dpIUI- BFN. Don't feel any significant symptoms. I had mixed feelings.
15dpIUI- AF came. Broke my heart.
The 2ww is endless. But this time around even if it's my first IUI. I don't want to expect more. I have symptoms I never felt before. These are not too usual for me before I get AF. What I just noticed was the lower abdominal pinches that comes on and off since day 1.
1dpIUI - sick with a cold. Take tylenol in the afternoon. Worried it could affect the chance of getting knocked up. I feel crappy. I do have cramps though and light bleeding. Probably due to insemination.
2dpIUI- NYE feeling crappy and sick. Can't get away not taking anything so Tylenol was my friend. I have little pinches on the ovaries. Guess it's working. Didn't feel anything like it.
3dpIUI- I didn't notice the difference of my body because of constant sneezing, blowing my nose, ears too painful, throat dry and thirsty, but glad I didn't get a fever. I was afraid I could but I was temping. I didn't get one. I still take Tylenol because the constant sneezing was killing me.
4dpIUI- Starting to feel a little better. Only take 325mg of Tylenol for the whole day and I survived. Though I tried to work I only spend 3.45 of my time. I went home to gained back my strength. Feeling crappy still. Don't know the difference of the twinges but I feel it.
5dpIUI- No more Tylenol. Free from anything except prenatal vitamins. I lasted whole day at work. Nothing unusual.
6dpIUI- Almost free and clear from the cold. Nothing usual to the body except the twinges.
7dpIUI- legs twitching early dawn, veins visible too greeny, pinch on low abdomen, thirsty, breast sharp pain comes out of nowhere but won't last long, smell so sensitive at a party that it made me teary eyed and CM came out, bloated. POAS - BFN.
8dpIUI- don't feel anything except the twinges and pinch on my left and right low abdomen. I feel some hot flashes too from waist down. At dawn, my legs started to feel hot and twitching . Out of curiosity I POAS when I got out of bed. BFN. What do you expect it's too early to tell. I need to wait. I started to take my temperature. 4 days of temping my temperatures slowly rises. Don't know how significant it is. I took mine at night because it's making noise don't want to wake up hubby.
9dpIUI- morning I felt lower back pain. It didn't stay long. Too quick not to notice. Bloated feels like my stomach is full. Twinges on abdomen from left to right and needle like pinch isn't really feel like cramps. A little breast pinch but not really those twinges I felt before I got AF where it's nonstop. This time just a sudden pain. I got to hold my anxiety level to not poas. I will wait til the 12th day. I hope :) Somehow I wasn't able to control I poas in the afternoon. BFN.
10dpIUI- lower back pain, on and off twinges on breasts and lower abdomen, cervix painful but not too sure if it is. I touched if it's the V but it's not somewhere inside. It twinges which is very noticeable. Never experience it before.
11dpIUI- temp 98.4, twinges on left abdomen and breasts, super bloated all day, nothing unsual except being bloated. a little new to my experience. FMU - BFN.
12dpIUI- needle like pain on and off by my right and left abdomen, mild cramps, feel like legs were pulling early morning, needle like pinch on nipples on and off very mild.. Didn't POAS. I will wait til day 14. Cramping on the right side is a bit weird. Never experience that before. But overall, I feel a lot better today. Maybe medicines are wearing off. Let's find out in a couple of days.
13dpIUI- AF cramps and legs pulling at 4am. It woke me up. It felt like I have my period. Wake up at 6:45am no AF. tested poas BFN. I don't know what to expect.
14dpIUI- BFN. Don't feel any significant symptoms. I had mixed feelings.
15dpIUI- AF came. Broke my heart.
Monday, December 17, 2012
Here it comes
I called on Sunday though the office is closed. An on-call doctor was able to spoke to me and very much pleased that I wasn't turned down. She was able to prescribed me Clomid as what my primary physician told me to take.
I made a follow up call today just to make sure that my primary doctor was aware that I called the office and that the dosage I will take is the exact amount she wants me to take. I don't want to mess this first cycle of doing the treatment.
I also given a date for ultrasound on the 28th at noon. That scares me actually. I hope everything's fine except that my ovary just needs a boost. I wish nothing could go wrong. Given the fact that I already am sad about the whole situation of me can't have a baby in the natural process.
I know it's 50 50 chance and I have limited insurance to cover this procedure. I will be positive about this ordeal that whatever happens we can accept the outcome. The best part of it all is we are given the chance and if chance won't happen at least there will be no regrets of not trying. I don't want to be negative about it. Life goes on and the world is a beautiful place to put a sad face.
I made a follow up call today just to make sure that my primary doctor was aware that I called the office and that the dosage I will take is the exact amount she wants me to take. I don't want to mess this first cycle of doing the treatment.
I also given a date for ultrasound on the 28th at noon. That scares me actually. I hope everything's fine except that my ovary just needs a boost. I wish nothing could go wrong. Given the fact that I already am sad about the whole situation of me can't have a baby in the natural process.
I know it's 50 50 chance and I have limited insurance to cover this procedure. I will be positive about this ordeal that whatever happens we can accept the outcome. The best part of it all is we are given the chance and if chance won't happen at least there will be no regrets of not trying. I don't want to be negative about it. Life goes on and the world is a beautiful place to put a sad face.
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.
Monday, October 15, 2012
Semen Analysis
Done Oct 3 and result read on the 4th. The receptionist at the doctor's office called Oct 4th past 9am while I was at work. Mind blowing news, sperm count and shape normal but motility is low. In addition, they said they can't do anything about the motility. It just mean we are done with normal pregnancy. The next step will be IUI and IVF. I was advice to check on the coverage of our insurance and see how far we can do about this problem.
I've checked first Monday morning. We are covered with the insurance. Thank heaven. Now proceed to the appointment. Dang, appointment will be long dreaded over a month to wait. It's going to be 6 weeks to see the doctor. Crazy to say when you have so many questions on your mind. You want to be hopeful and get start the ball rolling ASAP. But I am only left with nothing to do and frustrations sinks in when you can't do anything about it but to wait for your turn.
I don't know how the future will do for us but I am hopeful. Let's see how things could go in the next coming weeks.
I've checked first Monday morning. We are covered with the insurance. Thank heaven. Now proceed to the appointment. Dang, appointment will be long dreaded over a month to wait. It's going to be 6 weeks to see the doctor. Crazy to say when you have so many questions on your mind. You want to be hopeful and get start the ball rolling ASAP. But I am only left with nothing to do and frustrations sinks in when you can't do anything about it but to wait for your turn.
I don't know how the future will do for us but I am hopeful. Let's see how things could go in the next coming weeks.
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