Journey So Far…

Beginning: February 22, ’08 – Officially started TTC’ing

• First “missed” dot happened in January ’08
• Rx Provera, dot came on 3/29/08

Cycle 1: March 29, ’08 – 35 day cycle

Cycle 2: May 3, ’08 - 29 day cycle

Cycle 3: June 1, ’08 – 34 day cycle

Cycle 4: July 5, ’08 – 32 day cycle

Cycle 5: August 6, ’08 – 52 day cycle!

Cycle 6: September 27, ’08 – 26 day cycle

Cycle 7 (BBT Cycle 1): October 23, ’08 - 54 day cycle!

Cycle 8: December 18, ’08 – 65 day cycle!

Cycle 9: February 21, ’09 - 144 day cycle!

Cycle 10: July 15, ’09 – 77 day cycle!

• Rx Provera, dot shows up a day before pills arrive!

Cycle 11 (BBT Cycle 2): September 30, ’09 – 43 day cycle

• FINALLY got a POSITIVE OPK test and OVULATED on CD30!
• BFN on 12dpo

Cycle 12 (BBT Cycle 3): November 12 ’09 – : 36 day cycle

• Bought Pre’ and FertileCM to try.
• Doctor RX’d Metformin to regulate my dot and help with weight loss.
• Taking 2/500mg Metformin with dinner daily
• Ovulated on CD25!
• Labs done on CD6:
  • Testosterone, Free = 4.8 (Standard Range: 0.1-6.4 pg/mL)
  • TSH = 0.93 (Standard Range: 0.10-5.580 uIU/mL)
  • FSH = 6.5
  • LH = 3.6

Cycle 13 (BBT Cycle 4): December 18, ’09: 31 day cycle

• Ovulated on CD19!
• 1000mg Metformin daily
• Hubby’s 1st SA Results: low sperm, low motility

Cycle 14 (BBT Cycle 5): January 19, ’10: 30 day cycle

• Taking 200mg Soy Isoflavones on CD2-CD-7
• 1000mg Metformin daily
• Hubby’s 2nd SA Results: low sperm, low motility
• Hubby starts taking vitamins that are found in “ProXeed” to see if it will help with numbers.

Cycle 15: February 17, ’10: 38 day cycle

• 1000mg Metformin daily

Cycle 16: March 27, ’10: 27 day cycle

• 1000mg Metformin daily
• Hubby’s 3rd SA Results: low sperm, low motility, low morphology
• Hubby STOPS taking all vitamins and starts losing weight

Cycle 17: April 23, ’10: 27 day cycle

• 1000mg Metformin daily
• First appointment with RE

Cycle 18: May 20, ’10: 31 day cycle

• 1000mg Metformin daily
• CD2 blood work: All normal with “good ovarian stock.”
  • FSH: 6.2
  • TSH: 1.02
  • Estradoil: 49
  • Prolactin: 8
  • AST: 16
  • ALT: 26
• Hubby did hormone blood work: all normal.
• Hubby and I begin Belly Fat Cure diet.

Cycle 19: June 20, ’10: 28 day cycle

• 1000 mg Metformin daily
• HSG: June 30, ’10: Tubes were slightly blocked, but the dye cleared both tubes!
• TTC’ing naturally this cycle
• Ovulated on CD15

Cycle 20: July 18, ’10: 28 day cycle

• 1000 mg Metformin daily
• Ovulated on CD16

Cycle 21: August 15, ’10 (IUI#1): 29 day cycle

• 1000 mg Metformin daily
• Hubby has lost 29lbs so far, and I have lost 26lbs so far.
• 100mg Clo.mid CD4-CD9
• CD12 Scan
  • 14mm follie on right ovary and 18mm! follie on left ovary!
  • 5.5mm uterine lining
  • HSG trigger shot administer by Hubby!
• IUI CD14!
• Post wash: 1.5 million
• Results: BFN

Cycle 22: September 13, ’10 (Natural Cycle): 28 day cycle

• 1000mg Metformin daily
• CD2 scan found 4.5mm CYST in right ovary
• RE benched us from IUI#2 this cycle
• Ovulated on CD15

Cycle 23: October 11, ’10 (Natural Cycle): 39 day cycle

• 1000mg Metformin daily
• CD1 scan found cyst in right ovary still there
• Bloodwork: E2 levels: 119 (abnormal for CD1)
  • found that cyst is hormonal
• RE benched us from IUI#2 again this cycle
• Dot 10 days late: BFN

Cycle 24: November 19, ’10 (IUI#2): 29 day cycle

• 1000mg Metformin daily
  
• Hubby is taking fish oil pills
• Cyst gone!
• CD4 – CD8: Femera- 5mg daily
• CD12 scan:
  • 14mm & 15mm follie on left ovary
  • 6mm uterine lining
• CD14 scan:
  • 16mm & 17mm follie on left ovary
  • 9mm uterine lining!
• CD15: Trigger shot!
• CD17: IUI#2 !
• BFN

Cycle 25: December 18, ’10 (Natural Cycle): 28 day cycle

• 1000mg Metformin daily

Cycle 26: January 15, ’11 (Natural Cycle): 28 day cycle

• 1000mg Metformin daily

Cycle 27: February 12, ’11 (Natural Cycle): 28 day cycle

• 1000mg Metformin daily

Cycle 28: March 12, ’11 (Natural Cycle): 30 day cycle

• 1000mg Metformin daily

Cycle 29: April 11, ’11 (Natural Cycle): 28 day cycle

• 1000mg Metformin daily

Cycle 30: May 9, ’11 (Natural Cycle): 28 day cycle

• 1000mg Metformin daily

Cycle 31: June 6, ’11 (Natural Cycle): 30 day cycle

• 1000mg Metformin daily

Cycle 32: July 6, ’11 (Natural Cycle): 36 day cycle

• 1000mg Metformin daily

Cycle 33: August 11, ’11 (Natural Cycle): 29 day cycle

• 1000mg Metformin daily
• Ovulated on CD18

Cycle 34: October 9, ’11 (IUI#3): 28 day cycle

• 1000mg Metformin daily
• 5mg Fem.era (CD3-CD7)
• CD13 scan:
• 19.2mm follie on Right Ovary
• 19.3mm follie on Left Ovary
• 11.4mm uterine lining
• CD14: Trigger Shot!
• CD16: IUI#3!
• BFN

Cycle 35: November 6, ’11 (Natural Cycle)

• 1000mg Metformin daily