Hello Ladies. I promised myself that if I have a success story with my IUI's that I would post on as many websites as possible to let other ladies know that it can work. My DH and I have been trying for our second child for 21 months. As a woman I know I should of gone to the doctor after 6 mths of not conceiving my second but my husband on the other hand, had different thoughts in his head. He hated when I brought up the idea of going for a sperm count test and insisted I would get preg soon. Finally at the 15 month mark I made him go for a test and it came back with Low Count and Low Motility. We were diagnosed with secondary infertility and told that we were both fine. BTW I am 31 years old and my husband is 31 as well. My first daughter was conceived naturally when I was 28. Doctor also told us that our options were first IUI's and then IVF.

My first IUI was done without Clomid, not successful. Second IUI was done with Clomid, not successful. Third IUI just took place on Aug 9th and I couldn't wait to get to the doctor so I took a pregnancy test today and it was POSITIVE! I am still in denial so I will feel a lot better on Monday when it is confirmed by doctor. I had cramping and back ache as usual period symptoms so I thought my period was going to come.

I just want to give hope to anyone out there that is going through this type of infertility. It has been an emotional roller coaster for me as I am dying to give my daughter a sibling and I feel like a failure that I can't. There has been many months that I would cry and my husband would get so mad and tell me I was depressed. I clearly was not it's just they have no idea how our hormones make us, especially when my period would come every month. Clearly I obsessed over this more than my husband as I am from a family with 3 girls and he is an only child. The months would go by and I would think about the age gap between my kids and wonder if they will be close. I had so many things going through my head. For my stressing and thoughts, as well as for infertility, I went for Acupuncture. That def. helped my stress levels, I recommend that as well.

I'm so happy that it’s finally my turn to write my BFP story. I am 26 and DH is 36 with no fertility issues. We started ttc in February 2012, the month I have been promoted at a high position at work. Conception was not my priority at that point but it happened that I conceived from first try and it was an ectopic pregnancy. Pregnancy ended at 5 weeks with medication and tube saved. We have been advised to wait 6 months and then try again. With the ectopic, the symptoms were: BFN at 16 DPO with hpt; increased appetite, frequent urination, sore breasts, spotting till bleeding and right side pain, so practically these were what I expected to feel when becoming pregnant again (except the two last ones).

August 2012 – we had officially started ttc. I was sure I would get pregnant again from first try but nope, months went by and I kept receiving BFN every month. We had 2 unsuccessful IUIs, we tried the hcg trigger shots because I couldn't ovulate by myself sometimes, I had hsg done which showed tubes were clear - no success. So, due to my husband’s age we agreed that we would go for IVF in August. AF came 10 days earlier than “expected” and we decided just to give one more chance to natural conceiving. Here are the details:

Clomid helped me produce follies: 23, 17, 14.
CD 13 – hcg trigger shot
CD 14 – IUI in the morning
CD 15 – No ovulation pains (what???)
CD 16 – Doc confirmed I did not ovulate and I had a 30mm cyst and a good follicle of 18 mm; I was so disappointed that we lost our last chance in such a stupid way.
Second trigger shot in order to get rid of the “cysts”. I finally felt ovulation pain and DH and I bd that evening, just in case. We were sure it was in vain because it takes more time for the sperm to reach to the egg.

1-5 DPO – Nothing
6-7 DPO – Left side pain
8-9 DPO – Left side pain, heavy and full breasts, sensitive/sore nipples, fatigue, yellow discharge, frequent urination, crazy dreams; tested the trigger with a internet strip and it showed a shadow line (sure it was a hcg trace)
10 DPO - Heavy/sore breasts&nipples, fatigue, crazy dreams, spotting brown (I was TERRIFIED I had an ectopic again and I cried and read all the ectopic forums on the internet, pls DON’T DO THAT!). Ectopic survivors know how hard is not to focus on that. Tested with internet strip: same shadow line BFN.
11 DPO – Heavy/sore breasts&nipples; fatigue, spotting is less and brighter, no more side pain. Tested with internet strip: same shadow line BFN
12 DPO - Heavy/sore breasts&nipples; spotting is definitely less and almost like a very light brown discharge…what??? Tested with an internet strip with diluted urine: wait, does the shadow line has some color in it?
13 DPO – No more spotting; heavy/sore breasts&nipples; fatigue, increased cervical fluid; AF cramps and backache…oh noo!!!
14 DPO – AF due.Tested with FMU: Faint BFP appeared within a minute. I rushed into the bedroom and told DH that I think I’m pregnant. He was happy but when he saw the hpt said: “Hm…so where’s the second line?” I showed it to him and he was very skeptical; he admitted there was a light pink line but he refused to believe it. I thought I look foolish and I took it at work where my colleague said it’s definitely positive. I was very upset about my DH attitude.
15 DPO – Tested again with FMU and got darker BFP. I left the hpt on the washer for DH to see it. He looked at me somehow guilty and said “I think it’s really darker and we should go to a doctor”. Finally!!!
16 DPO – Super early morning: DH left for a 2 week business travel. I was so scared that I might have an ectopic pregnancy again. I felt so alone and cried a lot to DH (hormones). I told him before leaving that I hoped I would be still pregnant when he comes back. Standard BFP few hours later.
I kept having AF pains since about 12 DPO so don't get disappointed if you have them too, AF may never appear!

What I did different this cycle? I took Evening Primrose Oil (second cycle) and I prayed to God. I highly recommend EPO to those women who have less cm. After the ectopic, I hardly discovered any cm even during ovulation but EPO helped me to release more cm and it eased the PMS symptoms. I must say I was less stressed this cycle because I knew if I don't get pg now I will get in fall, with IVF.

I am currently 7 weeks and I felt very relieved to see my first baby ever in the right place and to listen to his/her heartbeat. I attribute all the glory to God! I want to thank everybody who shared their story here and gave me courage when I was so down. I spent HOURS on this site and so many stories made me tear up of joy for you! I'm still reading them! In my country you can see lots of pregnant women on the street, it seemed like everybody gets pregnant so easy but not me. It has been a stressing journey and it took me one year to conceive! It will happen for you too! You might be the next one!

Tips: OPKs do detect hcg hormone. During my tww I tested with OPKs too and they got darker and darker every day (just like the hpt)

I can hardly believe it and I am still in shock. I was not planning to test b/c it turns me into a complete wreck. It is 14dpo and CD 29 as I O'ed on day 15 this month. I am a single mom by choice and used donor sperm and only had 10 million swimmers. I also had 2 follicles. I just recently turned 40 as well. It is always hard to tell what are pregnancy symptoms and what are the symptoms of the Entrace (estrogen) and Crinone (progesterone) supports that I am on. I also recently had an HSG and doc says that lots of times women get pregnant right after that.

My symptoms were almost nil this month. I swear I was out except I had mildly sore boobs at 7dpo for a few days. I gagged when I smelled my prenatals a few times (fish oil). I had really bad "mentral cramps" on CD 28 and thought for sure I was out. Felt JUST like AF was coming and my boobs were only mildly sore so it is EXACTLY how AF feels when she is coming to town. Then today in CD 29 I felt a tugging feeling in my uterus. Not much to report so....if you have no signs don't fret. My first pregnancy I had few signs except really, really sore boobs and cramping. Sorry I cannot remember the exact days of my symptoms. I just went back to school as a teacher and I had no time for acupuncture, yoga or any of my usual relaxation techniques that one would use to get pregnant. I was crazy busy getting back to work and uber stressed. I guess it worked in my favor. Woot, woot!!!! Got my BFP on a dollar store test!!

Got my BFP this morning and dr office blood test just confirmed hcg is 95! This is my third pregnancy this year, but that's my best hcg number, so I'm hopeful.
Symptoms:
Day 5-7 Tugging feeling in lower belly.
Day 6 Cold sore appeared, also feeling like cervix is longer and sore when I sit down.
Day 2-now Intense dreams about people from high school the entire 2 weeks. (This is my main symptom each pregnancy.)
Day 11 Two canker sores.
Day 11-now I think my aereole are bigger. Not darker, but spread out.

Last pregnancy I broke out in hives day 13. Good luck.

Hi my story is still a work in progress 8/31/2013. I received confirmation from the doctor this morning BFP however I am really scared to get excited. The nurse said my hgc levels are lower than they like to see. Can mean one of two thing simply a late implant or or sadly not viable. I go back in two days (9/2/2013) to test again.

I was prescribed chlomid 100 for day 3-7 but I misread the start of my period because on day 2 of the chloride my real period showed up. I was too scared to tell the dr. In case they were going to tell me I was out this month so I just rolled with it and showed up for my day 9 u/s which was actually only day 7. I came clean right before the u/s and the dr said they can still work with early, if I had erred on the late side nothing they could do. I had three follicles Two on the left at 10 & 12.5 and one on the right at 10.5. I was told to come back on the true day 9. (side bar if I had just called and told them what happened they prolly would have just told me to come in on the real day 9 and I could of saved myself $450 for the u/s and blood work).

I went back on the real day 9 and only had two follicles on the left a 19 (and a 10.5 but they said that was probably not viable) and on the right an 18. They gave me the trigger at 8am and iui was scheduled for the next day at 11am.

Cd 9: trigger 8am
Cd 10: iui at 11am
My doctor said to start counting from the day of iui and to count that day as day 1

1 dp iui: day of iui
2 dp iui: nothing
3 dp iui: woke up at 3am to shooting pains on both overies kind of like little shocks. They didn't last long and I went back to sleep
4-5 dp iui: nothing
6 dp iui: some intermittent pangs on my left side kind of felt like ovulation but of course it was too late for that.
7-8 dp iui: nothing
9 dp iui: felt like menstrual cramps thought for sure my period was coming.
10 dp iui: period-like cramps continued
11-14 dp iui: boobs a little sore but only if I really pushed on them so didn't put too much stock in that. Possibly felt a little nautilus but I can't be sure I was stress eating junk food so it just could have been that.
15 dp iui: took a hpt test and had the slightest of faint lines but it was so faint I kind of didn't believe it.
16 dp iui: doctor confirmed POSITIVE but that my hog was low and need to test again in two days

It's about time I finally post my story. I want to give you hope that you too will get your BFP.

Our back story:
I'm 30 and DH is 36. We had been TTC since we got married in September 2011. When it hadn't happened by September 2012, we had our first appointment with our RE. The day of the appointment happened to be day 3 of my cycle so the RE checked the number of follicles I was producing, sent me for bloodwork, and requested a sperm sample from my husband. Later on I had an HSG performed to check my uterus and blockage of the fallopian tubes.

Our diagnosis:
The only thing that they found was that DH's count was a little low (he had a tumor removed from his pituitary gland in July 2010, which may have affected his count) and I have a low ovarian reserve. Other than that I had a very regular cycle and ovulated on my own every cycle. DH started on male fertility vitamins from Sprouts or Mother's. We didn't use a specific brand, just whatever was available. The vitamins made a HUGE difference. His initial count was 22 million, if I remember correctly, but during our IUIs it shot up to over 100 million! I would definitely recommend the male vitamins. I was on prenatals since we started TTC.

We started our IUIs with injectables (Menopur) and HCG trigger shot. IUI #1, I produced only one mature follicle. It was a bust. IUI #2, I produced 2 mature follicles and it was a bust. We were benched for one cycle due to a cyst on my ovary that, thankfully, dissolved on its own.

IUI #3:
My RE said she was going to be more aggressive this time in order to get me pregnant even though the risk of multiples was increased. Yay! We upped the Menopur to a few days of 3 vials and the rest were 2 1/2 vials. Finally, the day came. DH's count was around 155 million with 55% motility (I think). I had 3 mature follicles with a possible 4th. DH let me know the other day that he let me lay on the exam table after the IUI for 25 minutes versus the 15 minutes they tell you to lay down.

What I did different this cycle:
DH and I called out from work that day and cuddled and took a nap together. I didn't feel well and felt the strongest ovulation pain I had ever had. We had sex that night but we did that previous cycles too. For the first time, I ate pineapple core for 5 days starting the day after the IUI.

Symptoms:
1-9 DPIUI: Nothing.
10 DPIUI: I had a spot of blood on the progesterone applicator. (I took progesterone suppositories 2x/day with each IUI.) I thought it was over because I usually started spotting around 11 DPIUI if AF was coming. I started researching IVF and other options because this was our last attempt at IUI.
12 DPIUI: Overnight, going into 13 DPIUI, I had horrible cramps that woke me up. It felt like my uterus was being squeezed. I woke up and put a warm washcloth on my belly.
13 DPIUI: DH's birthday! AF was due in 3 days. I felt a buzzing/vibrating sensation in my uterus while at work. I knew something was up. I just new I was pregnant! I picked up a pack of FRER to take before going out to dinner for DH's birthday. He told me to wait until AF was due to avoid disappointment because I had been taking our BFNs really hard. I didn't listen to him and POAS while he was getting dressed. Within seconds I got a super dark BFP! I yelled, "I told you! I knew it!"
I continued to have the implantation cramps for a few days.

I am now 28 weeks 3 days pregnant with our baby girl. I didn't think it would ever happen but it did! Praying for everyone. Stay strong and have faith!

Hi there,
I am writing to share my story with you as this site helped me coup with my two week wait and I know that you can never have enough stories to keep you going during this time. My husband and I had been trying to get pregnant since we got married, more because of our age and essentially time was running out for the both of us. Anyhow we tried to do it naturally the first time round and were successful only a month after our wedding. However, I had a miscarriage at 9weeks. Since then 2yrs we had been trying with no luck and purely due to the lack of time on both our clocks we decided to get some help. Just to be safe we both had ourselves checked out to ensure that there was not any problems, and were please to note that it was all clear. Once we got the all clear we decided to do IUI. Many doctors said that IVF would be better given our ages (39)(45). Given that there were no problems physically and we did manage it naturally the first time round, we decided to give IUI a go. So in July this year was our first cycle of IUI, which consisted of 5days of clomid, an Ovidrel injection on top of the folic acid and progesterone. During the initial two week wait I had loads of symptoms following the medication. This included sore breasts, bloating, and gas. It was a roller coaster ride of a two weeks and was sure I was pregnant but two days before testing my period arrived. Very annoying and frustrated. Anyhow as disappointed as we were we decided to give it one more shot. Which surprisingly was very soon after the first cycle. Second time round though I was less symptomatic as my first time round. Only was very gassy for a few days then everything was gone, no boobs sore no bloating no nothing. Having managed to keep calm and hold my breath for the two weeks, we finally took a test and got a BFP. The lines on the test were not so dark, so we took another a couple of days later. Result was good. For me I was still in shock and really did not want to get my hopes high until my first scan to confirm that things were going well. We had a scan at 6weeks, and confirmed to be blessed with a little miracle. Just to note a few other symptoms that kicked in a week after we took the test. Fatigue, sleepy during the day and getting up at 4am to nausea and a bladder that required frequent emptying out. Oh yeah my breasts feel like they have been used as a punching bag. Hope this story helps you get through the two weeks agony, stay positive.

This feels so surreal to me!! I can't even believe it! I promised to post here if I ever got a bfp and I finally did! I have PCOS and never have periods or ovulate. We tried for 6 months on our own and nothing happened. We went to a RE and I tried clomid which I was resistant too and it upset me a lot because I didn't think anything was going to make my stubborn follicles grow until they put me on follistim. For a couple weeks nothing happened then they all started to go at once so we did the hcg trigger shot because we are at a high risk of muiltiples if we waited any longer. At trigger my follies were 16, 15, 14, 14! DH count was 55 million post wash!!
So here are my symptoms:
1dpo- Nothing except sore boobs (normal) and very bloated after IUI bc of mild OHSS
2dpo-4dpo- All the same symptoms as before couldn't distinguish anything with the OHSS
5dpo-8dpo- Sore boobs, craving hamburgers (I don't eat any red meat ever!), cramping very significant feels like uterus is having spasms and also another kind of cramping like I'm going to start AF but don't, very thirsty nothing quenched my thirst, watery discharge
9dpo- Mild headache never get these, cramping like af is coming on and off, sore boobs, thirsty, watery discharge
10dpo- Headache, thirsty, sore boobs, watery discharge, cramping like af is coming on and off, diarrhea out of nowhere
11dpo- Headache, thirsty, sore boobs, watery discharge, diarrhea, cramping like af and my give away that I think I am pregnant my favorite Chinese food tastes like the smell of a vacuum cleaner running lol DH ordered the same thing he said his was amazing and thought I was pregnant then also
12dpo- Cramping is more like pulling or stretching, sore boobs, thirsty, egg white discharge, have to test can't wait for blookwork tomorrow so test in the am BFP!!!!! Omg I didn't believe it I had myself convinced it was still from the trigger shot which I had 14 days ago so no way it was still in there
13dpo- Same symptoms, test again just to be sure and BFP on two more tests now I know for sure and blood work came back 103 hcg!!! Omg

I'm still in shock! I just didn't think it would work on the first try! I kept mistaking my symptoms for the cirnone progestrone. So anyone out there struggling with infertility it can happen! Hang in there and this site helped a lot!!

Tugging of my uterus
Severe cramping in my right ovary area
Back aches
Fatigue
Constipation
Headaches
Clear discharge

The only one I do not have is breast tenderness but sharp pains have been going through them.

Three viable follicles, clomid, Ovidrel shot. Sperm 21 million and 20% motility

After several years of TTC naturally, we started fertility treatment last August 2012. Many tests, a surgery and months of insurance bs we had our first iui this September. It was surprisingly painless and rather quick. I figured be positive but realistic. First week no symptoms. About 9 dpo I started getting tight cramps in my stomach but thought maybe its early pms. It continued into the next day here n there n on 11 dpo I felt very pms type cramps. When I hadn't seen any spotting by 13 dpo I became pretty suspicious but since I was on Crinone 8% I thought maybe that was the reason. Well today on 14 dpo I had my blood test and cannot believe it but I got my first ever BFP! I was on clomid days 3-7, gonal f days 7-10, ovidrel trigger shot day 11, iui day 13, Crinone day 15 to present. All I can say is always have faith, take good care of your body and listen to your gut instinct.

I went to the RE yesterday 16 dpiui to do an HCG blood test after my tww. My hcg levels came back at 47. The nurse told me that my levels came back positive so I was pregnant but she was just worried about my levels being so low. I have to go back tomorrow for another hcg blood test. She did mention that my levels need to double since they were so low. I'm still cramping like AF is coming. I am on prometruim. I've taken 4 hpt and they have all came out faint positive. I've tested 13 dpiui, 14 dpiui, 15 dpiui, 16 dpiui. Please help! I'm going crazy thinking about this. My hubby and I have been trying to conceive for almost 2 1/2 years. I'm praying that everything is ok and goes well tomorrow. I have been reading this site for the past 2 weeks and I see that ladies with low HCG levels have m/c. This is my first pregnancy...

I cannot express the appreciation I have for this website and all the ladies on here. It helped me through some rough times.

Our journey started almost 2 years ago. I had been on BCP since I was 16. I will turn 36 next month. I've had PCOS for a long time. I remember my very fist Gyno appt the doc saying that my androgens were high, but not bad. Didn't know about PCOS until way later in life...I have no other symptoms of PCOS other than anovulatory cycles. When I went off of BCP I never got my period. We tried to induce ovulation through the use of provera, but we were never successful.

I had an HSG (OWEE, most painful experience ever!) and it turned out my right tube was blocked. Had LAP surgery to follow, and the doc couldn't tell why my tube was blocked, it didn't look distended, or diseased. It turned out that my body was producing mass amounts of estrogen (and no progesterone) so my lining just kept building and building and building, and when it couldn't take it anymore, I had the worse period EVER. I thought to myself "YES! I finally got my period on my own" But it wasn't an actual period, it was just the lining having no place to go. It turns out I had simple hyperplasia. Basically precancerous cells in my uterus. I had to go on progesterone for 3 months straight.

Then while I was on progesterone it was discovered that I was Hyperthyroidism. I was devastated, but it made sense. All those symptoms (pain attacks, having bowel movements every day, losing about 15 lbs in a little over 2 months). There was talk of taking radioactive iodine, that would push me back 6 months to a year on TTC. Turns out that I just had an inflammation of the thyroid gland. It went Hyper, then Hypo and then cooled off. WHAT A RELIEF!

Next step was my hysteroscopy. I had a couple of very small polyps and they were removed and I was given the green light! The constant ups and downs of this crazy roller coaster were so exhausting.

Started on clomid 50mg in April, my follies only got to about 10mm. Devastated. Next month we up'd to 100mg, follies only got to 12mm. Another blow. I knew in my heart that 150mg would not work. I did the math, there was no way that this dosage would get my follies to 18-20mm.

BUT we tried anyway. Sure enough last month I was able to produce 2 follies (one from both sides (L) 16 and (R) 22 E2 measured 473 day of trigger). RE's office waited for my natural surge and I triggered on CD17 and had back to back IUI's. Hubs sperm was only 5m the first day but 16m the next day. About 4 hours after my first IUI I had this tremendous pressure in my lower abdomen. Turned out that was me O'ing. I've never O'd before so I didn't know what to expect. RE said it was the fluid escaping from my follies when they burst. I thought I was constipated. My blood test fell on a Wednesday and I couldn't wait all day with knowing it was neg or pos and not being able to tell my hubby face to face, so we took a HPT 12DPIUI, negative. Blood test confirmed it. Another fail and more disappointment. I was on progesterone suppositories in my 2ww. I kept track of all my symptoms (I have since thrown them out, because I resigned myself to just letting it be the next time). Plus, the progesterone supps can mimic pregnancy symptoms. But I will give you what I had.... Tired, Hungry, Peeing a lot, Crampy. I LOVED THE PROGESTERONE, it made me sleep soooooo good. Knocked me out like a drug.

Our 2nd IUI fell on 9/7 and 9/8. Same protocol. I had 3 follies. My left side seems to cluster, so it's always hard to tell if there are multiple follies or just one. But they think I had two on my left and one on my right. I don't remember the measurements, but I think they were each about 18 or 19mm. E2 the day before was 368. Again wait for a nature surge, and triggered at 6:30pm Friday. Saturday was our first IUI, and about 8 or 9pm at night I had that pressure again in my abdomen. Real low down, very heavy. I loved that I knew what it was. I felt like my body was broken, but to know that it was doing what it was suppose to do was FANTASTIC! Followed up with 2nd IUI on Sunday. Hubs sperm was 53M first time, and ......wait for it.....wait for it....droll roll please..... 71 freaking million the 2nd day. WTH. Even the nurse was shocked. She said that usually the count goes down the 2nd day. Hubs was pretty proud of himself. I told the nurses he was packing heat...Started my progesterone supps the night of my 2nd IUI.

Same symptoms, but I didn't write them down on what days they occurred, and I was attributing them to the Prog supps. But there were some clues now....I was sleeping like crap! Utter Crap! I was so disappointed, because I was looking forward to a good 2 weeks of sleeping well. Then (I don't know what days, and I'm pretty sure it was like 2 days) I would get these muscle spasms really bad on my left side. I thought it was my ovary. With having PCOS I get cramping on both sides of my ovaries throughout my cycle, my GYNO said it is just the little cysts on my ovaries bursting.... But this was a bad spasm. Especially when I would lay on my back at night. I couldn't lay on my back. I actually pressed my fingers where I thought the pain was and it was more near my left hip bone, not where my ovary would be. SO of course I googled it and it came up with Round Ligament Pain. I know it says that it only happens in 2nd trimester, but I truly feel that my cramping uterus must have put some pressure on that ligament and that is what I was feeling. My boobs were never sore. In fact I think I've only experienced sore boobs once in my lifetime. I thought for sure I was out. I decided on Wednesday night that I was going to email my RE to see what the steps were for IVF, because I knew this time didn't work. I woke on Thursday (yesterday 9/19) 12DPIUI, just like last month and took a test. It was digital and it said "PREGNANT" within 1 minute. I was shocked. I made an appt with my RE yesterday, had blood drawn and it was confirmed....I AM PREGNANT. HGC - 74 at 12DPIUI and P4 at 32. I cannot believe it. I can't even fathom that what I've read about all these years, on conception and eggs and sperm and blah blah blah, actually took place in my body. In the past I would say that if I ever got pregnant I would think it was a miracle. But I know that is not the truth. There is nothing special about me. LIFE in general is a miracle. Any pregnancy is a miracle. With what we know as TTC sisters, all the timing and how things have to be just right....How can it not be a miracle for EVERY woman. I am in shock and awe. I can't wait to have the first sonogram to have "proof" of what is actually occurring inside of me.

I have no words of wisdom for you ladies. I'm not going to say that it will happen in all good time, I won't patronize you with those words. I have no words at all. It is truly a miracle.

Tomorrow I will be 4 weeks, but I am over the moon. I pray that no other woman has to go through infertility, but I know it is prevalent and I know it is not going away. No one should have to go through this. Thank you for letting me share.

We have been trying for over 2 ½ years and just got a BFP on a second medicated IUI with no AMH, overweight, and three months before turning 40!

I was 37 when we started trying. A little over a year later with no BFP, we started fertility testing with just the regular gyne. All my labs – FSH, progesterone, etc came back normal. My HSG was normal. My husband had pretty good results, but also had a varicocele so we thought that was it, so he went ahead with the repair surgery. Three months later, still no BFP, they redid his S/A and it was excellent, so that’s when we moved on to a fertility specialist. The only test my gyne didn’t perform was AMH. Mine wasn’t only low, it was nonexistent – less than 0.16. We were crushed. The doctor said being my age with beyond-low AMH, I could try everything under the sun (which I did - herbs, supplements, relaxation, acupuncture, medical intervention, etc etc) and it would still only give me a 5 or 10% chance each month at most.

He agreed to let us try a medicated IUI – because if I didn’t respond to that, there would be no point in trying an IVF because I wouldn’t produce enough follicles. We used Follistim 225 and HCG trigger shot – produced 4 or 5 follicles but no BFP. Had to take a month off to let two cysts heal. Tried again, same dosage – only produced 1 or 2 follicles this time – devastated. We decided we were done.

Went in for the blood test two weeks later, expecting this to be the end, and my HCG was 87 (well above 25!) - BFP. That night I went out and bought an HPT just so I could see a happy pee stick for once. Three days later, they repeated the test – they wanted it over 200 and it was 474 – definitely, definitely pregnant. I think my doctor was shocked as he told me “miracles never cease”. The next week I went in for them to confirm the gestational sac – all is looking good, knock on wood. If the next appointment is still good, they will release me back to my regular gyne. I am now at 6 weeks.

I only had 2 symptoms during the TWW. Immensely sore breasts, but I had that with the first IUI with a negative, so I ignored it. Also, had several episodes of feeling intensely warm (I’m usually on the cold side) but again, just never believed it was going to happen, so I ignored that too.

I don’t know what the future of this pregnancy holds, I can tell my doctor is holding his breath a little, but I feel very very blessed right now with this miracle and I am enjoying every single uncomfortable symptom I’m feeling.

Me 38 normal
DH 38 MFI

TTC - 3YRS

After I got my BFP I promised myself I'd post something to keep the hope going. Ok.. After 1yr of TTC we finally got pregnant only to miscarry. It was sad to say that maybe it was a good thing because we learned a lot from the pathology report. We found out my husband had MFI. His vericocele was creating a high DFI and we were told that we would have only a 1% chance of a live birth. We went on to have a vericoclelectomy for him and turned his DFI around from 47% to 23%. We moved on to clomid.. then clomid IUI which still ended in a BFN ...so we moved on to IVF. My 1st round of meds didn't turn out so well as I ended up with a dominant follicle (expensive little experiment). That cycle got canceled. Now with my second round of meds and 1st IVF we finally got our prayers answered with a BFP.

At ET we got 9 eggs. 8 were mature. 8 fertilized. Not super bad for an older bird like me.
All 8 made it to 3DT so we got the thumbs up to go on to the 5DT.
On Day 5 we had qty of 6AA embies and 1AB embie so we transfered 2 beautiful grade 4AA embryos and froze the other 5. (Gardner Grading Score). Here is the rest of my journey:

1dp 5dt ( 6dpo) - No symptoms. Took the baby asprin and valium to prevent uterine contractions and help with implantation
2dp 5dt (7dpo) - Nothing
3dp 5dt (8dpo) - Nothing
4dp 5dt (9dpo) - Nothing
5dp 5dt (10dpo) - Nothing
6dp 5dt (11dpo) - Fatigue started at 11am-ish. The fish tacos we had for dinner really bothered me. The smell was awful. Felt car sick all evening.
7dp 5dt (12dpo) - POS and there was a faint BFP with FMU. I had a feeling because I felt so tired and nauseous.
8dp 5dt (13dpo) - POS and the lines were even darker. Still exhaused and still nauseous.
9dp 5dt (14dpo) - POS and the lines were even darker than the day before. Still exhaused and nauseous.
10dp 5dt (15dpo) - 1st Beta 358 - Nurse asked how many embryos we put in. lol
12dp 5dt (17dpo) - 2nd Beta 960 - Nice strong number. It's official!

So happy to be here in BFP Land! I wish all you ladies luck. I go in next week to find out if we have two babies or one. For all you ladies out there in "unexplained infertility" get your husbands checked for DFI. Mine had a wonderful sperm count, morphology and motility. It could be as simple as his diet, his underwear or other lifestyle issues. We spent $500 for every SCSA semen analysis and it was worth it. I hope this is helpful to someone!

Stick babies ... STICK!

Hi All,
For a little back story, my DH has a 10 year old from another relationship and we have DS (3) together. We conceived with no problems and had a perfectly healthy baby boy! DS 2nd birthday came around and we decided OK WE ARE READY! so 2012 came and went. Dec 2012, we had our first apt with an RE, we went through a bunch of testing and came to the conclusion that I was not ovulating. It was devastating but we wanted another baby more than anything so we pushed forward. I was on clomid, which gave me HUGE cysts, went through 3 failed IUI cycles on that. We switched over to femara which slowed my cycle up a bit and did 1 back to back IUI, and another single IUI- all failed. Monday I had the apt I never thought I would be at...IVF Consult. While IVF works for many people it was something I personally wasn't ready for, but we went to be informed about our options so we went. On Monday I was CD32, that's right, I had not yet had my period. So we left the apt saying, okay well we will just see what happens, let's wait for AF to come (because I was SOOO SURE SHE WAS COMING) and take it from there. Tuesday morning, still no AF, I reluctantly took a HPT and got 2 beautiful pink lines on that test! I couldn't believe my eyes, when I thought I was out, LIFE pulled me back in! I am currently waiting for my first BETA to come back...I really tried not to symptom spot, after all if you've been trying for 2 years it kinda gets old and seeing so many negatives makes a positive look UNREAL.

I just wanted to come on here and tell you ladies that have been trying for awhile that there is hope, it will happen, one way or another. There were sooooooooo many weeks I just said that's it I'm done, I can't do this anymore. But I had great support of my fellow TWW'ers who were so positive and enlightened my life in so many ways. Please don't give up hope, your babies are just waiting to find you!

Just want to share my story in case it helps others, especially those doing IUI.
3rd time was the charm for us. Thank you God!
I believe the clinic had me triggering too late the first two IUIs and then the doc realized it the 3rd time because she had me come in for sono on day 10 instead of 12 to check follies. They were only at 18 or 19 the time I got BFP, whereas the last two attempts on day 12, they were already at 22+. Also, this time, the IUI nurse told me she could see I was ovulating, which didn't happen the first two attempts. It made me realize that the nurses really should know whether its happened yet and tell us patients right then so we know how the timing worked out with trigger and if it should be adjusted.
Anywho, I'm so excited and hope that all of your BFPs are right around the corner.
Trying for so long was the hardest, saddest experience of my life, but ultimately it made me and Gods relationship stronger and hubby and my relationship stronger.
So my symptoms...
IUI - cramping during IUI
Day 1 - 6 - nothing unusual
7 - intense cramping in morning that lasted for an hour or so, which I believe was implantation happening
8 - 12 - sore throat, stuffy, caught my sisters cold
13 - 14 - no spotting which normally happens, heavy boobs which is normal
15 - sore nipples which is not normal at all, heavy boobs, little back ache
Test 16dpiui am - Three tests BFP!

I cannot believe that I am finally posting this! DH 30 and I turned 30 last month. It has been a long journey and extremely frustrating but it has been worth it. I had laser ablation of the cervix which caused me to have issues with getting pregnant (hostile CM). On top of that we had a little male infertility issues which the IUI helped with. Previous cycles I monitored every single symptom and charted but this cycle I was so fed up with everything I stopped charting and only tracked a few symptoms and didn't read into them.
Here is my day by day:
1-8: No symptoms other than a few twinges on 6dpo, however, I had that last month and I got a BFN. Previous cycles I had more cramping with a BFN.
9 dpo: I started to have cramping but nothing new for me. I usually start having cramps 5 + days before my period. I was also tired but I have to travel for work for a few days so I thought it was all catching up with me.
10 dpo: Thank goodness it was Saturday because I was extremely tired and felt nauseous all day. I took a 2.5 hr nap (I never nap) after I slept 9 hours the night before. I also had a headache and cramps, these cramps were different, the cramps were throughout my whole lower abdomen and not like period cramps. We went out for dinner and the food was not appealing to me but I ate it anyway.
11 dpo: I felt better but because of how I felt the day before I decided to test even though I had an appointment the next day for my blood test. Low and behold, I got a BFP on a clearblue 5 day early test!!!! First ever and so excited! I tested at 5:30am and couldn't fall back asleep.
12 dpo: I have a blood test today and I am hoping the results are the same as the stick.

People say it happens when you don't stress and think about it as much so maybe that was it for me this month. Whatever, it was I am hoping it sticks!! My advice, stop to reading into your symptoms to what others post online, it will just drive you crazy like it did me. It took me a year to learn that :) Good Luck to all!

About Us:
DH and I, no known issues, unexplained infertility. We'd been trying 2.5+ years with no success before getting our first appointment with the fertility clinic. Right away they put us on FertilAid and Clomid (50s, CD3-7).

Our story during this TTC cycle:
I had my IUI on September 30th, same day I ovulated, which was also my CD15. The Clomid made me ovulate 2 days earlier than normal. It was our first IUI. This cycle, I swear I had fewer, if not NO symptoms. I guess I just usually have really strong PMS symptoms! Sure, I felt gassy, my nipples a bit tender and standing at attention, had to get up to pee every night at 5am, and feeling sleepy - but that all could be a coincidence, right? Who doesn't get gas occasionally! And I wasn't sleeping great with so much on my mind, of course I was sleepy.

Other signs that could have tipped me off but I was trying to not over think them:
- I've had two very intense nightmare like dreams that I wake up exhausted from - so vivid!
- My VEINS have been INSANE! I have dark blue crazy veins, yes in my boobs, but way worse on my chest and the insides of my biceps and forearms - so crazy looking
- I've had heartburn in the evenings
- I've had what feels like mild, dull menstrual cramps since 8DPO
- (TMI) I've had very loose number 2's

AF should have showed on CD27, or possibly between CD26-28. I tested on CD24 and 25 (DPO 9 and 10), and both were BFN with absolutely no hint, even minor, of a pink line. I wasn't getting my hopes up for this round. But then, on CD26 and 11DPO I took another test in the morning while my hubby was still home...holy crap, that's a line, I swore it was a line. I tossed it to my husband. He couldn't believe it. He grabbed the lamp and held it close so he could do an inspection. We were in shock. We followed that up by a few more days of tests...you know, just to be sure. And we stressed and stressed about the line not looking any darker than the day before. The 14DPO line is absolutely darker though (doesn't show as well in the photo). But until we had our bloodwork done it didn't feel totally official. Oh I should mention - on 13DPO it was also our family (Canadian) Thanksgiving dinner. Navigating family dinner and faking drinking a glass of wine was interesting!

I did the bloodwork on 15DPO and I received the call from the fertility clinic nurse. POSITIVE. It's real. I called my husband and only managed to hold it together for 10 seconds before I started sobbing. I couldn't stop. I feel terrible that I called him at work rather than telling him in person, but I couldn't wait. I cried a lot!

So that's the story for now. Please pray or send positive thoughts my way for stickiness.
And for everyone reading this story for motivation and the belief that it's still worth trying - it is, I know how heartbreaking this process is, but please keep trying. XO.

DH and I have been trying to get pregnant for almost 2 years. I had my second beta today and boom... preggers!! Here is the play by play:

Me (29) Letrozole, PSOS-like ovaries
Hubby (31) Clomid, MFI - low count

Both: Seeing Reproductive Endocrinologist - Sucess on second IUI

Day 16: Trigger shot 5:20am (5,000)
Day 17: IUI - DH's count 3mil post wash

Days Past ovulation/IUI
1: Some cramping at night
2: Slight cramping after moving from a sitting to a standing position
3: Start Crinone. Groggy, some cramps, sticky CM
4: Right side cramping, sleepy
5: Second tube of Crinone, IMPLANTATION BLEEDING. Just a spot the side of dime on panties. Ride side cramping
6: Morning heartburn, increased appetite, right side cramps, itchy ears, positive cheap HPT (trigger?)
7: Insomnia, mosquito bites, right side cramps, trouble spelling words, last day of Crinone,, cheap HPT (trigger?)
8: Line on HPT fading, stabbing cramp at 9:45am, super tired, craving sweets
9: BFN on cheap HPT, craving sweets, sleepy, carsick, PM gas
10: Slight positive HPT (maybe), bloated feeling, gassy, full moon
11: Cheap HPT looked positive, took Clear Blue test and slight positive! HCG beta 29.9!! Excited, but need to get another beta to be sure! Craving sweets, not hungry, laundry detergent smells like vinegar.
12: Clear Blue test looks darker today! Metallic taste in mouth, nauseous in the evening
12: Clear Blue test is for sure positive! Nauseous and sensitive to smells, not hungry. HSG 114.8!!!!

Hang in there ladies! Your time WILL come :)

After a PCOS diagnosis and infertility treatments I am so beyond thrilled to announce that we are pregnant!!! We got our doctor's confirmation yesterday. We were successful after our first clomid, trigger shot and iui cycle. I am so thankful and excited! Baby dust to all of you!!