About Me

2 years to conceive a baby is the last thing I thought could happen to us...

Let me tell you a bit about myself. I'm 25 and my husband is 27. We have been together since Oct 13, 2000 - I was 16 & he was 18. We've got married Dec 24, 2006. We started trying to conceive in February 2007 with no success.

In September 2007 we were referred to our current doctor (RE) and she specializes in Gynecologic Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility MSc, MD, FRCSC at fertility clinic in Toronto. Me and my husband did many test which all came back with great results. We were tested through Sonohysterogram, Laporoscopy, Hysteroscopy, Hysterosalpingogram (HSG), Semen DNA Fragmentation to name a few...

We did 3 IUI's; Then we decided to start doing IVF to increase our chances. Unfortunately, we found out that I have unexplained poor response to medications. We spent over $36,000 out of the pocket just in 2007 & 2008 for all our procedures. We had 4 failed IVF attempts, some canceled after weeks of expensive injections. Every cycle was a heartbreak and the pain never goes away.

Our diagnosis is UNEXPLAINED INFERTILITY
Unexplained poor responder
Unexplained elevated prolactin
  • Natural - Feb.’07-Oct. ’07;
  • IUI#1 - Nov '07- Clomid 50mg (cd5-9); HCG; Progesterone 400g;
  • IUI#2 - Jan '08- Clomid 50mg (cd5-9); HCG; Progesterone 400mg;
  • IVF#1 - Long Agonist Protocol; Feb '08 - BCP; Mar '08 - Suprefact / Puregon 175IU; Canceled after 9 weeks of injections due to 3.2cm cyst on the right ovary
  • IVF#2 - Long Agonist Protocol; April '08 BCP; May '08 - Puregon 200 IU/Orgalutran 250 mg; ER May 14 - ET May 17; 5 eggs-3 mature-2 fertilized; Day 3 transfer; transferred two 8-cell & 7-cell grade 1 embies; Progesterone 600mg;
  • Natural - June ’08; Aspirin 81mg/Pre-Seed;
  • IVF#3 - Short Antagonist Protocol; July '08 - Canceled after 10 days of injections due to elevated prolactin 36.6 & poor response; only 8 follicles and not developing
  • IVF#4 - Short Antagonist Protocol; Aug/Sept' 08 -Gonal-f (225iu)/Menopur (150iu); Cetrotide (250mg);Ovidrel 10,000 IU; Progesterone in oil injections (50mg), Aspirin (81mg) Cancelled after 12 days of injections (less than 7 follicles); Later converted to IUI#3
  • IVF#5 - Estrogen Priming with MicroFlare Protocol; Oct '08 - Start Estrace Oct5 (7DPO); Stop next CD2 after AF (Oct11) start stim with Gonal-F (450iu) & microdose of Lupron/Suprefact (0.05iu); Took Aspirin 81 mg; Almost canceled due to poor response after 13 days of injections (only 6 follicles developing) + ovarian cysts; ER on cycle day 21 (!!!) after 18 days of stims; Got 10 eggs; 7 mature; 5 fertilized with ICSI; Day 5 transfer of 2 blastocysts (2AB both); one was hatching; None to freeze, all arrested; Crinone 8% & Estrace 6mg after ET
  • Greater than 50% of patients achieve pregnancy on their first IVF cycle.
  • Close to 50% of patients who had a second cycle also achieved pregnancy.
  • Finally, 40% of patients who did a third cycle achieved a clinical pregnancy.

Statistically, most people have become pregnant by their third cycle.

Sunday, November 2, 2008

IVF#5 - Retrieval

Retrieval will be on CD 20!

Drama last night. I realized that I took trigger at 11:30pm on Friday; so my ER was supposed to be on 11:30 today on Sunday. We'll tonight the clock went back 1 hour because of daylight saving time, so if I came today at 11:30 am for ER, my body would really "think" it's 12:30am. That's 37 hours post trigger. ER should be 36 hours after trigger, yet my clinic did not say anything about that. I called the nurse yesterday night and freaked out so they change my ER to 10:30am (11:30am old time) today. Confusing, isn't it? Well, my body is on it's own clock and cannot adjust to our society's standards....Anyway....Just shoked my clinic would disregard something that important when they leave me messages with "make sure you take it exactly on time , only 5min plus or minus"...

In total disbelief since we got 10 eggs. (last IVF got only 5 eggs/ 3 were mature + got canceled 3 times prior due to poor response) I cannot believe I almost got canceled on Monday. Look what happened in 5 days. I went from 4 to 10 Shocked so weird.

I know not all will be mature but I think at least 6 should be. Also getting my fertilization update tomorrow.

My ET is Friday (Nov 7) regardless. We will not do 3day even if we have 1 embryo left, so I might not even make it to transfer yet. We just want to see if it's an embryo problem (it stops growing after 3 days) or maybe it's uterine implantation. This is the only way we'll know. Unfortunately it's a risk we have to take.

Feeling fine. Just regular post ER pain/cramps/light headedness. Nothing that I can't handle in order to have a baby in my arms someday...
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