Hi all! I'd like to share with You our journey to pregnancy. I'm 33, DH is 35 both normal work ups.
We decided to undergo IUI since time is not our friend. I got pregnant with the first IUI. My RE put me on Tamoxifen 20mg 2 x a day from day 2-6 of my menses and triggered with ovidrel. 2 days after trigger I had my IUI my follicle was 21mm then.

1-3 dpiui - heavy lower abdomen
4-5 dpiui - twinges on my abdomen
5-8 dpiui - heavy abdomen,on and off cramps,twinges,pinching like sensation
9dpiui- BFN!
11 dpiui-BFN!
12-13 dpiui - heavy abdomen,on and off cramping
14 dpiu - sharp pain on my left side of abdomen lasted for a minute.very bad cramping like AF is coming.
15 dpiui - faint line with clearblue
18dpiu - BFP with clearblue digital!
20dpiui - chemical pregnancy

2nd IUI FAiled!

3rd IUI.

Tamoxifen 20mg 2x a day -2nd-6th day of cycle
11th day of cycle - i had a scan R ovary had 1 9mm follicle and L ovary had 7mm
I was started on Puregon 75 u x 3 days

14th day of cycle- R 12mm,L 10mm,continued puregon for 2 days
16th day of cycle - R 17mm,L 10mm
17th day of cycle- trigger shot with ovidrel 250 @ 8:30am

18th dayof cycle- IUI was done around 11:30am follicle was 20.5 mm
1 dpiui- Started on duphaston 10mg 2x a day for 2 weeks and folic acid
2-8 dpiui Pinching, light cramping like sensation on my abdomen. hungry most of the time.
9-10 dpiui- On & off pinching and cramping like sensation. Felt like AF is coming. Always tired and sleepy..
11 dpiui- BFN!
12-13 dpiui - On and off sharp pain on my abdomen, pinching, cramping from light to moderate.
Craving for vinegar and salty food. My boobs are not swollen but on and off i felt a sharp pokin pain around the nipples and the sides.
14dpiui- BFN on clearblue digital, have this metallic taste. I went to a restaurant but I didn't feel like eating but I forced myself to eat. Strangely I didn't finish my food. I still some light cramping on and off.

By the way I rested for 2 weeks after my IUI, I made sure I'm stress free and well rested. Baby dust to everyone.

Thanks to this TWW website, I was able to keep my sanity during my TWW. I decided to post my story to help others track the progress in their 2 weeks, as several ladies' blogs helped me tremendously in ruling out what was real and what was most likely my imagination running wild!

Me: 33yrs
DH: 36yrs
TTC: stopped using any kind of contraception in 2003 (we figured if we got pregnant, we'd be happy), but didn't actively start trying until 2012. Once I was referred to a infertility specialist, we had been ttc 1yr.
Background: unexplained infertility
Little/dry/non existent wet/egg white cm
HSG tubes showed no blockages of the tubes, cycles typically 26-35 days, progesterone levels low @ 2.33ng/ml (aug), .94 ng/ml (oct) so possibly not ovulating every month
DH SA normal/Kruger score 12

CD5-9: 50mg Clomid
CD 13: u/s shows 2 follies in left ovary(14&16mm)
CD 15: u/s shows one Follie @ 19mm (the other never grew) doctor gave me the option: trigger shot that night or wait until the next day, giving the follie a chance to grow a bit bigger. DH and I decide to wait one more day to trigger. BD that night
CD 16: trigger & 10pm; no BDing today or tmrrw
CD 18/ IUI DAY- procedure done @ 10am; rested on the table for 15-20min after, legs elevated
Sore cervix/light tinge of blood after peeing (expected after iui) took it easy the rest of the day; BD that night
1 DPIUI: light cramping; nipples slightly sore (possibly residual ovu symptoms) BD that night
2 DPIUI: light cramping/ sitting w/o some kind of back support tires me
3 DPIUI: cramping a bit stronger. Left side feels like pulled muscle; no sleep that night/couldn't get comfortable (anxiety?)/ dull lower back pain/ bloated
4 DPIUI: cramping whenever I go from a sitting to standing position or bend @ the waist(left side)/lots of white Lotiony CM/ found lunch to be completely unappealing/ extreme bloating and gas/ 2 BMs today (which is rare for me)/ lower back still hurts/ bbs ok and no nausea, afraid cramps and white cm is indication of AF
5 DPIUI: Have the chills all day today (odd because it's been 75-78deg, and I need to wear a winter coat
-dizzy spells (pm)
-tender/slight achy pain left side
-very wet cm (pm)
6 DPIUI: headache, tired, pain left side (gone by pm)
7 DPIUI: AF-like cramps all over abdomen, esp higher up, as if I did crunches the night before; worried AF is coming
- woke up w/ a really bad headache (I rarely get one), but I may have been dehydrated, cuz once I drank 16oz of water, it went away
-23-day progesterone test 31.6ng/ml ( happy to know that I at least ovulated)
8 DPIUI: AF-like cramping subsides. (For the most part)
-2 hrs after waking up, obvious sharp stabbing pains, left/ middle of lower abdomen; lasted 30-45min, then completely gone
- dull lower back pain
- all other symptoms have disappeared
9 DPIUI: lower back hurts!
-metallic taste in mouth
- AF cramps are back
-lightheadedness ( pm ); slept much earlier than usual
10DPIUI: early am, no cramps, but as soon as I sat up, felt last night's dinner @ my throat. Subsides right away
-very bloated/ painful gas
Mid afternoon- felt the best I've ever felt since the iui; bursts of energy and no symptoms
By 7pm, I hit a brick wall! Completely exhausted, got winded walking from the driveway to my front door
- ate spicy food for dinner/20min later, stomach cramps. Afraid AF is just around the corner, so despite Dr's orders, I POAS @ 9:30pm (FREP) and was shocked to get a BFP!!
11 DPIUI: afraid BFP was a result of the residual trigger shot, so POAS again....6am darker BFP. Surprise husband that night (our 2 yr wedding Anniversary)
12DPIUI: POAS @ 6:30am, lighter than yesterday (I got up to pee twice in the night, so maybe pee was diluted)
- other than back pain and feeling run down by 5pm, felt good all day. I think I overdid it running errands though, and was freaked out to find pink/tan-tinged cm on my underwear, and when I wiped after peeing; sad, confused, scared!
-cramping and lower back pains
13DPIUI: POAS @ 4:30am darkest BFP yet; pink/tan tinged cm when I wipe (only in am, never saw it again after that)
-Hcg blood test confirms pregnancy @ 117
14DPIUI- many of my symptoms have subsided, or are a lot less noticeable.
DH and I have decided to wait until end of first trimester to tell anyone, so you who read this forum, are truly the first to know :)
Best wishes and lots of sticky baby dust to everyone! Prayers all around for us all!

Well, I am extremely happy to be reporting that I am 'very pregnant' (as the nurse told me after receiving the results from my beta test)! My husband and I have been trying since we were married in February of 2012. I was 38 at the time and he was 34. After a few months of trying, we decided to visit a fertility specialist. I had several fibroids that had to be removed (used the fibroid embolization method to shrink them.) Thought it would be a piece of cake after that, but it wasn't. Fast forward to September 2013, After dealing with one fertility clinic for over a year, with no success (just a bunch of tests, ultrasounds, hsg's, tubal recanalizations, blood tests, etc) we ditched them. They never put us on Clomid or anything! We tried IVF.com or Georgia Reproductive Specialist in Atlanta. They were great! There was nothing ritzy or fancy about them, but they seemed to care for their patients and that was just what I needed.

We did 5 days of Clomid, 2 vials of Bravelle, and a trigger shot before our IUI.

Day of IUI: Cramping a few hours after the procedure, but it passed later that day.
1-13 dpiui: No symptoms other than cramping, there was no indication that I was pregnant. The only thing that was different was that my boobs were not sore at all. There are usually super-sore as my af approaches. But the cramps were so convincing that I thought the IUI had failed. I even had a meltdown, the Thursday before I tested (which was the following Sunday). I told my sister that it failed. My husband and I even started talking about how we would probably give it another two months before we try again.
14dpiui: I woke up that Sunday morning and took a pregnancy test. I got the faintest positive, my husband did not think it was positive at all, but the test said that if there was a hint of another line, then it is a positive. I went to Walmart and purchased 5 more (a different brand) and took a few of them. They were all positive! I made my virgin 18-year-old niece take a test just so I could compare. I am over the moon with excitement.

When people tell you that it is not over until your af shows up, believe them! Trust God, He has really been the source of my comfort throughout this journey. Pray and have people praying for you and leave the rest to Him!!!

To all you ladies out there that are in your tww. You all have a great chance of falling pregnant after iui treatment, whether it's your first or not. Never give up!

For the past few weeks I've been reading every evening all the posts I could find about iui and success and the stories I have read have really helped me in my tww. I said to myself if I was to get a BFP I would post my story and symptoms.

My story. I'm 32 years old and am in good health with no known fatality issues. I'm in a same sex relationship and have been married to my wonderful partner for nearly 4 years. We chose to use an unknown donor at a fertility clinic that was recommended to us due to their high success rates. Last month we had our first iui, 18 days later I'm pregnant! I even took another test today (22 days post iui) and yes another BFP!!! We're very excited and are looking forward to our first scan in 3 weeks time. Ok, so you probably want to hear my tww symptoms so here goes...

50 mil sperm with 82% motility
One follicle 20mm only when given ovitrelle trigger shot

Day of iui - extremely painful lots of cramping gradually getting worse throughtout the day
1dpiui - a little cramping but not that bad
2dpiui - dull ache on Right side and feeling bloated
3dpiui - same as day 2
4dpiui - very dull ache again in right side (only had one follie which was on the right)
5dpiui - feel normal
6dpiui - a little pinching in the right side but not too painful, very bloated, wind
7dpiui - 12dpiui - felt totally normal no weird symptoms except increased CM
13dpiui - breasts starting to feel tender for the first time like AF is coming
14dpiui - sore BB's again but now feeling quite bloated again with what feels like AF pains
15dpiui - now nipples are feeling like they have been sunburnt
16dpiui - nips very painful, breasts very swollen more than normal, bloated a little, feel like AF coming
17dpiui - feel same as day 16
18dpiui - too a test and got our BFP!!! I used digital clear blue
22pdpiui - BFP!!! I used a First response test.

It's amazing that it worked with just one follicle and it was our first go but I guess that is all you need! I pray that my follie stays tight, wish us luck for the next 9 month journey and good luck to all you wonderful ladies that will be getting their BFP like me very soon. X

Can't believe I made it to BFP stories board. Here I am with just seeing our second faint line since 4am. After TTC for two years and finally seeking help, we are BFP at 40 and him at 41.

Here's how the successful try went:

Day 2 cycle: Begin Clomid and E
Day 3 cycle: Begin being insane from Clomid
Day 4 cycle: Can't think at work, feel paranoid no one likes me, sensitive that I'm fat. Drank several glasses of wine, went a bit crazier. New discovery--- don't drink on Clomid. Doesn't make it better. Live and learn.
Day 5-6: Clomid crazies. Hope this works in my body because I can't work at work! Imagine yourself back at say, 15 years old when the world was stupid and you feel like stomping and slamming doors. Welcome to Clomid Crazies!
Day 7-10: Estrogen, Dr. Watching and counting follicles.
Day 10: Left ovary has four follies. Largest at 19, next one down is at 18. Please no twins. But bring what may. Doc gives us the trigger shot and husband and I are laughing all the way through the lesson in how to administer the shot. I'm terrified of needles and he's so sensitive. We wonder how we will accomplish this. We have the nurse put a dot on my belly where the needle goes.
Day 12: We do trigger shot when I get home from work and then we went to get a bottle of wine to settle the nerves. As husband came toward the belly dot with the needle, I chickened out and just had to do it myself. Which I did! So proud. Had sex.
Day 13: Little sore around the area of the shot and a histamine reaction making it red. No other symptoms.
Day 14: Big O time! Exactly 38 hours after the trigger shot and my legs are in the air for our IUI. Husband holds my hand. His numbers were at 12mill. Doc tilts the bed so that head is much lower. We stay there for 15-20 mins. We talk about our love for one another and welcome the baby into it.
Day 1-9 past IUI: A bit tired but nothing severe. Refusing to take my basal temp each morning because it stresses me out.
Day 10: What the heck, I said, let's POAS. BFN. Called the clinic to ask them next steps since it didn't work. The nurse was so sweet when she said there's is still so much hope and the fat lady is nowhere near singing this cycle. Especially with IUI, test on day 14 for the realness.
Day 11: What was that? A twinge in my nipple? Hmm.
Day 12: BOOBS. Sore, nipples itch and then burn and then itch again. Husband put his arms around me from above and behind to say I love you and he barely grazed my nips and holy moly! I jumped. He was like what's all that?! I smile and explain my nips are super sensitive. He grins, cautiously. All day with more boob action and that night I look in the mirror and there's a dadgum blue map across both of them. I have never had that before. Wild. Also a flash of metallic taste in my mouth driving to work. That night we had sex and after I couldn't get my balance back. Felt very dizzy and woozy that lasted until the next day.
Day 13: Spotting, very light cramps. I'm so confused now. Brown spotting can mean AF is coming for me but all the boob stuff? Went to breakfast with the hubs. Ordered heuvos rancheros. When it arrived I thought I was going to upchuck all over the table due to the smell. All I could say is, "the onions, no no no." I ran outside. Hubs sweetly scraped all the onions and took them to the garbage. I came back in and sat down and "oh geez, the beans are atrocious!" Barfy beans! Husband grabs his breakfast and says let's just go. I've never left a whole plate of food on a table before. We just left. Everyone sitting near us must have thought we were nuts. I just couldn't smell it anymore. Hubs tries to eat his messy croque madam sandwich on the walk home and it's just dripping egg all down the street. I'm laughing so hard I'm bent over wheezing while trying to stave off nausea because eww. Funniest moment since all this began.
Day 14: Today. Woke up at 4am to pee. POAS and got the faintest BFP line but it's there! Woke up hubs and he couldn't see it, he believe me though. I kept getting back up to look at it again and again. Finally I got my iPhone flashlight on it and then he could see it! We hugged and cried and tried to go to sleep but we were just so stunned. Holy crap, it worked!
Woke up at 7am and again, POAS and got another faint BFP line! Still spotting a little bit. Now, waiting for hubs to wake up. Wondering if we should call the clinic today or wait until I'm officially late. Supposed to start today but only spotting and no deep, AF type cramps at all. I'll check back in to confirm the clinic's HCG levels.

I send you all my love and patience and especially our sense of humor during your TWW. We just kept going after each BFN over the last few years. It really helped keep us from being too sad or scared. Also talk to your friends or people who are going through fertility issues. So much information out there will overwhelm you. Pick a good fertility doctor. They are usually different than your OBGYN in approach. And we needed a more aggressive approach than our OB was taking. Pray for our bean to be sticky. And God, let him be smart, let him be strong and let him leave the world a better place than he found it. Baby dust to you all!

Ok so I am 28 (29 in a month) and DH 30 since summer. We have been trying to conceive for 21 cycles now and finally got it. I told my self I would share because for nearly two years now this website has kept my sanity. We went a year with no success. Tried everything, exercise, diet, meds, iui's, clear blue fertility monitor, OPK's, legs in the air, you name it we did it. At my routine checkup I explained this to my dr. and she said she would put my on clomid for 3 months. Started at 50, nothing, went to 100 nothing, went to 150 and still nothing. At 150mg I had a 39 day cycle unusual for me as I was normally 30-35 days. She then referred hubby and I to a specialist. We waited 3 months with no drugs doing normal testing. Hubby was great, no issues there. I had an HSG done at local hospital and radiologist thought my left tube was block. Specialist wasn't 100% sure this was the case and asked that I come to his office and rehave the HSG done again, two months in a row!!! Wow. After our rep. specialist saw his film he said the tube was only partially blocked and there was still spillage so he wanted to proceed with the original plan. Three months clomid with IUI. We started 100 mg in Sept. but didn't go through with the IUI as my husband and I got nervous that this was against our catholic religion. So nothing then and we went on to another 100mg of clomid in October and specialist advised us that he would only allow 6 months of me on clomid (iui or invetro). We went ahead with our first IUI in October. Nothing. Period came as scheduled. My CD's after the 39 day 150mg cycle were now around 24-28. We did our next round of 100mg clomid in october, our iui the first of Nov. and now have a BFP.

Here's how this month went. I got my positive OPK on CD 16 went straight to the doctors office for IUI as we were approaching the weekend. Did our IUI and BD CD's 12, 14, 15, 16, 17 and CD 19 just to enjoy each other. I got my positive on CD 30. I have a normal LP of 12-13 days. Did nothing special even, had a girls weekend on CD 24 with 4-5 drinks. I am now CD 33 and still have no symptoms and 5 positive pregnancy test. Feel normal from what I can tell. Only thing is restless sleep. Going to get blood work tomorrow.

I give it all up to my faith. You can make it possible anytime you want but only God can make it HAPPEN! I just want you girls out there who have been trying as long as I have to stay strong in faith and remember if it's meant to be it will happen.

Hi all,

I just wanted to share my success story with you.
I found out I am BFP today after the blood test result.
This was my second IUI and I had already turned a bit negative after my first IUI failed.

After 11 days post IUI, I started feeling cramps and lower back pain.
I had a bit of a melt down and thought, that's it, my AF is on it's way.
However by 13DPIUI, it still hadn't come, so I bought a clearblue digital pregnancy test which showed 'pregnant 1-2 weeks'.
I wasn't sure if I should be celebrating at that point as they did tell me that the booster pregnyl 5000iu would still be in my system.

So this morning 16DPIUI, same day as my BT, I used the second preg test and came back with 'pregnant 2-3 weeks'.
I told the nurse that I had done that this morning, but she still told me not to get excited yet, until the BT results, as it could still be the pregnyl.

At 1pm today, the nurse rang me to tell me the great news. I was so happy I cried. She told me lots of ladies cry and I have to go back in for another blood test next Tuesday to make sure everything is going well.

I'm posting this so soon as reading everyone's experiences here has helped me to get through my second IUI.
I know that there is still some weeks to go until I will feel that this pregnancy is here to stay, however I'll stay strong and try and take it day by day.

Thanks again and I hope this gives hope to those of you who are TTC out there, esp with procedures such as IUI. xxx

I am very newly pregnant but I always found these posts such a help to me, so I wanted to share my story. I went off birth control in January, and didn’t get a period for months. In May, I went to the obgyn and she gave me provera to induce a period and “jump start” my cycle. I got my “period” after the provera, but when I went in for blood work that month, it showed that I hadn’t ovulated. After a few more blood tests and an ultrasound, she realized I had polycystic ovaries and was not ovulating on my own. I was pretty devastated, because my husband and I want kids so badly.
My OBGYN put me on 100mg of Clomid, I ovulated, but my progesterone was still not that great (9.9). I did another round at 100, and then one round at 150mg. I ovulated all 3 times but bfn. I was not monitored at all, and looking back I wish I had been more vocal with what I wanted.
After the three months, I went to a specialist (my OBGYN could only prescribe Clomid for 3 months before moving on). I loved him immediately. We got my husband’s sperm checked, and he had great numbers, I had my tubes checked and they were clear, and so the only issue we had was that I didn’t ovulate on my own. He put a plan in place and told me that we would be pregnant within 3 months, which was amazing to me.
The RE switched me from Clomid to Femara, 5mg. at our day 12 ultrasound it didn’t look like the Femara was doing much – I had a lot of follicles but the biggest was 10mm. instead of calling the cycle off and starting again, they did the “stair-step” approach, where I take Femara again immediately, in the same cycle (upped to 7.5mg). I came in a week later and had 3 amazing follicles – 20,19,19 and my lining was 11.5! we did a trigger shot, and then did back to back IUIs the next day. (We didn’t really need IUI but the RE said that every little thing can help you conceive, and since my insurance was paying for it, we did it). DH had a great post-wash sperm count both times (22 million and 24 million).
From the day of the iui I had cramping. It never went away
Dpiui7 – I stood up from my desk at work and felt a sharp pain in my side, it was so painful that I dropped the papers I was holding, and then went away. Now I think that was implantation.
Dpiui7-now – my nipples were hurting and I would get bad heartburn, but instead of just hurting in my chest it hurt my boobs. Usually my nipples hurt after ovulation but stop, and this time they kept hurting (and still do)
I tested the trigger on 8dpiui and could barely see it even when I moved it around in the light, so I figured the trigger was mostly gone. On 11dpiui I took a FRER and it came back faint, but positive! I was so excited but my husband said he could barely see it and it might still be the trigger. I read online that if you test the next day and its darker, then its not the trigger, it’s a bfp. I tested the next day and it was definitely darker. I went to the dr to get a beta the next day and it was 70. 2 days later it was 187. One more beta on Friday and it was 384.

It will happen. All my friends were getting pregnant and having babies and I felt like I was waiting forever, but now it’s my turn 

So here, is my story, with as much detail as I can recall. We started this process in May 2013. I went for every workup one could get including an HSG. Everything looked normal. However, I was told previously by a regular endocrinologist that I had low progesterone. Apparently, he was not lying, in my trial run cycle, my progesterone was only 6.8 (they wanted to see at least 10 to know we had a good strong O) which then meant we needed medication support.
IUI #1- 5/25/13, w/Femara 5mg = BFN , used two vials of donor sperm with 25 mil motil but my progesterone was still in the crapper at 5.5.

IUI #2- 6/27/13, w/Femara 7.5mg = BFN, one vial of donor sperm, lots of EWCM, O seemed timed perfectly and my progesterone was 22.5! So upset, don’t know why this one didn’t work!

IUI#3- 9/19/13, w/Femara 7.5mg and Trigger (u/s showed 3 mf) = BFN, one vial of donor sperm, trigger shot, everything looked great on my end but his numbers were terrible… barely 9mil motil!

IUI#4 10/17/13- w/Femara 7.5mg and Trigger (u/s showed 3 mf) = BFN, one vial of donor sperm, his numbers were better, about 20 mil motil, trigger shot…. What????

Our donor has now met his quota and we can no longer purchase him. Glad to know he is getting someone pregnant!! So, we picked out a new donor and bought two vials so there was no surprises.

IUI#5
cd3-7 Took 5mg of Femara
cd7- 9 took 75iu of Follistim

11/11/13- cd10, had ultrasound this morning… two nice big follies ready to go…took Ovidrel trigger shot at 9pm

11/13/13- cd12, had IUI …. Tons of EWCM, 2 follies, and donor had about 55mil motil… hopefully there is going to be a meetup in there soon!! Right ovary was hurting so badly (the worst I have ever felt) until about 7-8pm and then it started to subside. Thinking that this is O which is grand that it is happening within the first 12hrs!!

11/14/13- 1dpi, weird feeling in left side but that seems to be a regular occurrence…

11/16/13- 3dpi, grouchy, feeling ravenously hungry, a few twinges here and there and a weird pain on my left side, but I’ve felt it before to some degree so not figuring it means much of anything.

11/17/13- 4dpi, mild crampiness, engorged feeling in my labia, quite a bit of lotiony cm.

11/18/13- 5dpi, feeling symptoms that I get usually right before AF, but that is nuts because AF is well over a week away… feeling ravenously hungry ... like can't stop eating... feel lots of blood flow to my girly parts and some noticeable arousal.... very thin lotiony cm, almost watery... and super mild crampiness, like it is just very alive in there.

11/19/13- 6dpi, had progesterone drawn today and levels came back at 22.3… feeling very hopeful and thinking at least that painful O was worth it! Also, my face and chest have broken out. Really wondering if this means I am pg!! I never break out… maybe a pimple here or there around AF, but this is a smattering of small little acne like bumps on my forehead and my upper chest. The only other time I have broken out is the very first time I ever did a trigger shot.

11/21/13- 8dpi, watery cm, mild stomach upset in the evening… gassy and feeling like I have to go but never do

11/22/13- 9dpi, watery cm, nothing of note happening

11/24/13- 11dpi, watery cm, nothing spectacular going on but was starting to feel irritable and depressed

11/25/13- 12dpi, woke up feeling extra cranky and evil... got in car to go to a meeting and pants just felt so uncomfortable, I had to unbutton them. Just decided to go ahead and test with SMU just to see because I couldn’t hold out. Used a Walmart cheapie and got a light bfp. Jumped in the car and went to buy a CBdigi. In less than a minute, it popped up “pregnant” and took it about a minute longer to show “1-2”. Went for 1st beta a couple of hours later and levels were 196!! So, have my fingers crossed that this could be twins!!

11/26/13- 13dpi, some mild spotting this afternoon… so glad I tested yesterday. I would probably be upset and thinking I am out today. Nurse said its no biggie unless cramping or bright red.

11/27/13- 14dpi, 2nd beta done and levels have doubled nicely at 385 and progesterone was about 29. Go for first ultrasound on Dec 16th!

Other than having a new donor, here is what was also different: Follistim was added to our protocol. We made sure to have the big O soon after to ensure my body knew that reproductive activities were happening… lol… never did this on any other cycle but figured it was worth a shot! I drank Odwalla Original Superfood. I know my body is fairly acidic, so I drank this hoping to improve the ph.

However, with all of this being said, there is another factor that we had been thinking and talking amongst ourselves about. Before this last IUI, we told the doc that if this one did not work, we would want to have another HSG or something done to rule out our suspicions. When I had my first HSG done, none of the dye/saline went into my left tube. The RE said that there was no reason to think something was wrong, that the liquid just goes the path of least resistance. We never really felt comfortable about that explanation. And when you look at our two best tries… try #2 and try #4, I was ovulating on my left side. We now think that there is probably indeed something wrong with my left tube.

In any case, there you have it…. So excited to be sharing this story finally. Though we were not trying for too very long, it can still be overwhelming and depressing no matter what. And the fact that we are a same sex couple, we really don’t have the ability to do this without paying all the money. I don’t know about you, but I don’t have the funds for unlimited tries. My heart was breaking at the thought of having to call it quits at some point. So happy I didn’t have to make that decision!
Babydust to you all and *hugs*

Trying for 3.5 years off and on. DH 39, and I’m 34 with no known issues. I have been pregnant before, about 10 years ago. Here are my symptoms:

18 mm follicle on left side, DH is at about 14 mil after wash.

CD 17 trigger
CD 18 IUI
1-7 DPIUI a lot of cramping
8 DPIUI a lot of cramping and very emotional. Went to naturopath and had acupuncture. Cried the whole time. Big sobs! Boobs are huge and sore, trigger shot?
9 DPIUI lots of sharp pains in the left ovary area where my follicle was. Went to gym and after (this was my first big sign) huge glorious glob of creamy cm. I never, ever get CM. Eggwhite, creamy, none of it! Start laughing on the toilet!! Maybe I’m not out!! Sore boobs, hurts to work out
10 DPIUI Test because we are having brunch and drinks. BFN huh? Still early but am sad. I give up. Go on to have 3 cocktails at lunch.
11 DPIUI big massive boobs, cramping, period cramps. I just feel like AF is coming. hungry
12 DPIUI HUGE massive, sore boobs, cramping, fluttering in left ovary. I feel cramps like aft is coming. BFN ugh Ravenous, like I can eat anything and everything. Very unlike me.
13 DPIUI BFN boobs again! Cramps again! I cry to DH say I’m out again and we need to think about next round. He says we can only afford one more, and that’s it. I cry, and cry and say I need time alone. DH sleeps in the spare room. I’m in a full on pity party. Why me? Why is everything so hard? So hungry!
14 DPIUI beautiful, glorious FAINT LINE! It came up really fast! WTH?? Seriously? IUI on first try? Could it be…no? Test again on internet cheapie (expired last month) faint BFP. WHOA! Go at lunch after lots of water and herbal tea. Super fast faint BFP.

Period due tomorrow, and will do the blood work tomorrow!

Here is what I did different:

Ate pineapple & yams everyday
No gluten
Acupuncture
IUI + trigger (I’m pretty sure this is what did it)
preseed

Did not relax, was obsessed and emotional.

Baby dust, and hears to h&h 9 months!

Oh my gosh, I have been stocking this site forEVER!

See, my husband and I had been trying for a year to get pregnant and month after month, nothing. I have a daughter from a previous marriage so I KNEW I could get pregnant...it just wasn't happening!

So, after a LOT of testing, we were diagnosed with Male Factor Infertility. We played with the idea of IVF but knew we could never afford the $30,000 it was going to cost, so we decided to use a donor and do IUI.

I got my surge on 11/27 and we had the IUI done on 11/28 so I am 100% sure of my ovulation date! I had 1 large follicle and several smaller.

Here are my symptoms! I journaled so they are not brief. I was hoping I could post here for you all!

IUI # 1, donor sperm, 50MG Chlomid days 3-7

+ OPK on CD 16, IUI on CD 17

0 dpiui Cramping, clear CM, severe pain in right ovary. Probably ovulation pain just a few hours after IUI. I think we had PERFECT TIMING!

1 dpiui Lots of very light cloudy pinkish brown cm in evening. Was clearer earlier in the day. The DR said my cervix bled during IUI. Pretty sure this is from that. SEVERE headache when I woke up that lasted almost all day. Pains on my right side, light pains and cramping middle low abdomen.

2 DPIUI I feel basically normal but very aware of my uterus. Feel some weird crampy pulling sensations in my uterus. But I know it's my mind playing tricks on me because 2 DPIUI is far too early to feel anything significant. Very tired. Kinda moody. No appetite. Kept referring to ou possible 'bean' as a 'he'. Lots of gas. Suppressed the urge to buy tiny baby jammies at Target. Soon. Not today.

3 DPIUI Cold symptoms. Stuffy runny nose. Grouchy. Tired. Aware of my uterus still. Slight pulling sensations. Peeing more frequently. Maybe I am just drinking more water? Realize this round probably wont work. The first round of IUI is is rarely successful. However, I am still hoping that this one DID work! I mean, sometimes it does right? And maybe it will for us!.:-) Thinking how much fun it would be to tell our family for Christmas! Backache, constipation, bloated, full feeling and craving diet coke! Very melancholy. Not sure how I am going to wait 9 more days to test! I know I am going to fold and waste a ton of money on tests before then. Lots of gas an hot flashes. Seriously peeing a LOT. Cloudy urine. (this is all over the place because I literally write as I notice something)

4 DPIUI Mildly nauseous this morning. Pulling and cramping in my uterus. Could not sleep last night after being sleepy all day. THAT was annoying! CM is sparse and yellowish, not white. Sticky. Cervix is high and firm. Closed. Nipples and areola appear darker but boobs don't hurt. SO tired. Seriously need a nap. Gas. Nipples are slightly sensitive now. Fell asleep FAST!

5DPIUI Sore nipple. But just on the right. More cramps that got VERY bad this evening. Sleepy and hungry. Lots of pulling and cramping and lower back ache. Peeing a lot too. Seeming similar to some of my other BFN cycles.:-(

6 DPIUI Some slight pulling but nothing unusual for me. Runny nose and watery eyes. I would say it is a sign but hello...flu season is upon us! Tired. Heartburn. Slight headache. Drank a small cup of coffee and still sleepy and now nauseous. Ate a candy cane that tasted like medicine. And plastic. Gross. Lunch is not sitting well. Feel like I need to puke. MOODY! Easily irritated by imbecilic coworkers that seriously need to be hit by a friggin train! (see! Moody). Very thick and creamy white CM. Lots of it. Cervix is high and closed. Threw up a bit after a rare afternoon nap after work. Feel better but very very very bitchy.

7 DPIUI Sharp pulling pains. Feel empty and hungry. Groggy. Chris told me last night that I 'smell' different and had for 2 days. He said he knew I was pregnant. VERY weird. He said my skin smells sweeter like I was wearing perfume..but I wasn't. He later told me I smelled like breast milk. WEIRD. Creamy CM, cervix very tightly closed, firm and high. Slight headache but not bad. Felt barfy again after lunch. My stomach feel huge. Really stinky gas. Lots of it. Pressure in my abdomen but not cramps. Evening, cervix is so high I can barely feel it. Chunky stringy cm.

8 DPIUI Sick feeling in stomach but not puking. Just queasy. Slight pulling pain but not horrible. Pants were kinda tight this morning. VERY tired. Lots of acid and indigestion for a couple of days. And heartburn. Headaches. Cervix very high and soft. Closed. Gross snot like CM. DH says I smell like breast milk. Weird but whatever.

9 DPIUI SUPER itchy legs! Had them when I was pregnant with DD but I was much further along. Woke up with a headache.Hot flashes, Minor cramps. BFN. Side of right boob feels bruised. Drank milk but it tasted like freezer. NASTY. Super smell sensitive. CM is very dry. Cervix is very high and closed. BAD back ache and cramps. Feels like AF is coming.:-(

10 DPIUI a.m. VERY VERY VERY FAINT BFP!!!! Took a picture with my phone and sent it to some friends and it was about 50/50 on seeing it or not. But others did see it! I question it. Cant wait for tomorrow to take another one! Sore boobs, high cervix and goopy cm. Heartburn. Crampy but not quite like aunt flo. PM, took ANOTHER test and the line was NOTICEABLE! DH even saw this one! SO SUPER EXCITED! SUPER SNIFFER!

11 DPIUI (today)... Very sore boobs on the side when I cross my arms. Weird twinges in my uterus. Not painful. Heartburn. Nausea. Pretty sure I am not going to skate through this pregnancy without morning sickness like I did with my DD. Crampy. Headache. Cold symptoms. SUPER SNIFFER! Tested again this morning and got a nice solid line! Still light, but very much there. :-)

There is no denying it ladies! I'm pregnant!! My DR told us not to expect IUI #1 to work. The average is 3. We are so incredibly blessed! Baby dust to all, so excited I get to post here!:-)

After 15 months of trying I can finally share my BFP with you guys! I stalked this site for months and wanted to give someone hope. After a year of trying we were diagnosed with unexplained infertility. After 3 failed cycles of Clomid w trigger and iui we moved on to Brevelle/Menupur w trigger. This first cycle I got a BFP! My symptoms were exactly the same as my pms symptoms except I had a very stuffy nose. I tested at 13 DPO and got a BFP. It was later confirmed by blood work. Sometimes not knowing what the issue is can be really difficult, but I'm happy to say it finally worked. I also did regular acupuncture for the first time this cycle so I have to say that helped as well.

Hi ladies,
I have stalked this site for over a year. We have been trying since Nov 2012 and I'm glad to post my story here. I hope this gives hope to peeps as I got a SUPER late positive after a negative blood test.
Me: 33 (all tests "normal", had a LEEP in Oct 2012)
DH: 41 (first SA came back with low motility….started CoEnzyme Q10 and have had "rockstar" sperm counts ever since)
After about 10months of trying we saw my gyne who ordered all of my diagnostics: blood, HSG (worst pain of my life)…all came back normal. I've used OPK's…always got my positives and timed BD'ing, tried Zestica….nothing worked.
I ovulated on my own and have a fairly regular 31 day cycle.
My OBGYN referred us to a fertility clinic and we decided to do unmedicated IUI in December 2013.
LMP was Nov 16th 2013 and started cycle monitoring on CD 3
CD 3: Ultrasound and bloods unremarkable
CD 9: Ultrasound and bloods showing several follies with dominant on the left @12mm
CD 11: Ultrasound and bloods showing dominant follie 14.5mm
CD 12: neg urine OPK
CD 13: Ultrasound and bloods showing follie 1.7cm
CD 14: Ultrasound and bloods showing follie 1.9cm but lining a little thin @5mm--Neg OPK urine but bloods showing "surge" of 14. Clinic called and told back to back IUI's starting tomorrow. Feeling cramps and had diarrhea. LLQ pains++
CD 15: Ultrasound shows 2.0cm collie, lining 6mm (still thin so started estrogen 2mg once a day) Blood LH surge now 34 and urine OPK now positive. Huge zit, EWCM and IUI #1 at 10am (sperm count 25million post wash)
CD 16: Ultrasound still showing follie @2.1cm. Lining 6.5mm (on estrogen now) Still pos urine OPK, EWCM and IUI #2 (sperm count 23million post wash)
CD 17: ?ovulation day? Neg urine LH surge, LLQ pain++ in the evening
1DPO: BD in am, pinches in pelvis
2DPO: Lots of CM, slight cramps
3DPO:Vivid dreams, slight cramps, lots of CM, huge zit
4DPO:Tender abdo, creamy CM, zits everywhere, brownish spotting with CM
5DPO:Slight cramps, pinches and pulls pelvis, CM++, Sore boobs, feel "fluttering" in LLQ (weird I know…DH thinks I'm nuts)
6DPO:SUPER sore boobs, burning nipples, cramps, CM++
7DPO:SUPER sore boobs, BFN (craziness for testing)
8DPO:Lots of CM, sore boobs, weird left hip ache left side that lasted for over an hour…so so weird.
9DPO:Heartburn (never get this) and lower back ache (also new for me…think I'm getting old)
10DPO:Vivid dreams, slight cramps, Lots of CM and zits, heartburn at random moments not related to eating
11DPO:BFN, urine smells funny, cramps, labia feels tight (I always get this before AF), slight nausea, more heartburn
12DPO: Go in for bloods at the clinic…negative. Stop taking oral estrogen. I come home and cry because we can't do any fertility stuff for 2 months due to clinic being closed for holidays and our own vacay in January. Gutted…enjoy 2-3glasses of wine with DH, heartburn persists.
13DPO: Super sore boobs, BD and bleed afterwards…wonder if this is the start of AF so I put a tampon in…take it out..scant brown discharge
14DPO:Brownish spotting on tampon. I HATE pickles and my DH made a sandwich with pickles and I holler from the family room "what is that delicious smell? I want a bite of whatever you are eating"…he was puzzled.
15DPO: AF due…tampon has brownish black spotting with dime sized bright red blood. Went out for dins with friends and had a few glasses of wine (whoops)
16DPO: No sign of AF, few small zits, start to get chest cold and sore throat. BFP dream…makes me sad.
17DPO: Wake up at 3:30 am to pee (noticing that I'm peeing so often now…wondering if I'm getting a UTI??), feel nauseated and take a gravol (whoops) and think "what the heck? I'm gonna test cause I'm now 3 days late". Use a blue dye test and see the faintest positive. Scream from bathroom (had plans for a year regarding the cute way I wanted to tell my DH we were expecting and screaming blue murder from the BR at 3am was not part of my plan). He stumbles in cause he thinks I'm dying and squints at the test without his glasses. He thinks I'm crazy and doesn't see a thing. I tried to go back to bed but at 7am I took a FRER and saw two beautiful pink lines. Screamed again…DH saw it this time! Called clinic and went in for bloodwork that morning. Serum HCG 45, progesterone 44. EEEEEEEKS!
I am going in again tomorrow and Monday to make sure HCG is doubling. Have done 4 other HPT's and lines are getting darker!!
Now, my symptoms are frequent peeing, lots of gas, and RAVENOUSLY hungry. Need to eat every 3 hours. We are planning on telling our families on Christmas. I honestly never thought I would get pregnant and am still in utter disbelief.
Other random symptoms I had were weird eye twitching and night sweats intermittently after ovulation.
I really thank God for this and wish everyone the best of luck. I am living proof that it is NOT over until AF shows her ugly face and I hope this story gives others some hope.
Happy Holidays and baby dust!

Hi all,
I just wanted to share my story as I was stalking this site for over 3 years.
Little background: Me, 32 years old and my husband is 38. We have been TTCing for over 3 years. We turned to an RE last june and started the process of Ovulation Induction last septembers. My doctor told me that I might not be ovulating every month and that my progesterone level was low. She never mentioned PCOS though.
1st try: I used Clomid, trigger shot, timed intercourse and progesterone suppositories. My husband really wanted at least one "natural" try before doing IUI. I got a BFN
2nd try: Gonal F, trigger shot, IUI and progesterone suppositories. I released 2 follicles. I got a lot of symptoms during my 2 WW (sore breast, nausea, bloating) but got a BFN. I was totally devastated.
3rd try: I asked the doctor what could we do to up my chances to get pregnant and she asked if we have an issue with maybe getting multiples. My husband and I would be thrilled to have twins (although the idea of triplets scares us). She doubled my gonal dosage, trigger shot, 2IUI back to back (1 right before the trigger and the other 24hrs later), progesterone suppositories. During my 2WW I didn't feel any symptoms but I got a case of OHSS. The doctor said it was mild but I couldn't stand up at the end of my work days. It started 2 days after ovulation, got a little better after 5 days. I was sure I was out and started to think about switching to IVF. But then my OHSS got a little worse around 12dpo, which I took as a really good sign since it is triggered by HcG hormone. I went for a blood test (couldnt do the urine test as I was scared to get BFN) and it came back POSITIVE!!!! I spent the whole afternoon crying and laughing.
The next day is when I started to notice symptoms
-Increased saliva (definitely my main symptoms)
-Really bad cramping that woke me up at night for 3 nights in the row
-slight spotting, almost nothing.
- fatigue
Right now I am almost 6 weeks along. Went for u/s 3 days ago and saw only one Gestational sac (my doctor says that she will rule out twins next week as sometimes some baby grow at different pace)
After the joy of getting pregnant I now feel the fear of miscarrying. I think I will really enjoy it at 12 weeks when it is more certain that all is going fine.
To all of you who are going through the infertility treatment I want to tell you there is hope. I thought I will never get pregnant and here I am. The key is to stay positive.

My dh and I had been trying for 17 months with no luck.
Me 33, very low amh .22, normal on everything else.
Dh 33 fantastic sperm

We tried a year on our own and finally went to see a fertility specialist month 12. During the first year i discovered i had a short luteal phase (from opk testing) and had slightly irregular cycles. I wasnt ovulating until day 21 or 22 and getting my period on day 28. So dr started me on metformin and within a month i was regular and my luteal phase was getting longer. I started clomid with trigger shots right away. I never produced a lot of follicles and was diagnosed with DOR with an amh of just .22 in November. This was devastating! So my dr at that point said we needed to go straight to iui. Fortunately we got out bfp 12/20!!! I still can't believe it! I read so much about first time iui's being unsuccessful that I really didnt think it would happen with an amh of just .22. So here's hope to those with low amh. Don't let it get you down!

I changed so many things from our bfn in November to our bfp in December that there's no telling what helped or what didnt but I will list my changes for you to see, maybe try some of them and see how it goes...

First of all when I was diagnosed with super low amh I immediately started taking dhea and co q 10 which is supposed to help with ovarian reserve?? And I will say that during my pre iui ultrasound the dr was amazed that I had produced 4 nice follicles. Her exact words "wow this just doesn't seem like someone with low amh"

I also went to an acupuncturist for the first time a week before my iui. She advised me to remove my belly button ring immediately! Said that it can interfere with my conception line. So I took it out immediately.

I do cross fit style workouts 3-4 days a week for an hour each session. I really cut back on the intensity this past month.

And last but not least we had sex the night before the iui and the night of and used preseed.

We will never know if any of those had anything to do with it or if the iui got us our bfp or if its possible it was all us....

Here were my symptoms. Nothing until 3dpo
3dpo sore boobs
4dpo getting more sore
5dpo sore to the slightest tough
6dpo what u think was bright pink/reddish implantation bleeding
7dpo sore boobs
8dpo sore blobs a couple times had some brownish spotting
9 dpo very clear watery discharge
10 dpo more watery discharge, felt like I had peed a little
11 dpo blood test and BFP!!! hcg levels only 25 but they say to just test in two days to see if its doubled
12dpo a little spotting. super nervous because the nurse that called to give me my bfp told me to be cautiously excited because my hcg wasn't the best and to text in two days to check.
13dpo blood test and phone call that hcg had jumped from 25 to 64!!!! Yay! I have no appetite today which is weird for me.
Now just praying this bfp sticks! Can't wait to tell our parents on Christmas!!!!))

Hope this helps . baby dust to all

I want to start by saying thank you to everyone on this site, all of your stories and words of encouragement have kept me going during my ttc journey. And to those of you waiting for your BFP, you are stronger than you think, and the universe will never give you more than you can handle. Believe that what is meant for you will find you, your time will come!
So I finally got a BFP day 12 piui, and confirmed beta of 137 day 13piuu! Here it goes: I am 27, my hubby 28, both healthy. TTC since 5/2011, not-trying/not-preventing for about 1 year, actively trying ( using opks) for a little over 1 year, then started seeing RE May 2013. Diagnosis, unexplained infertility. Did 2 rounds clomid/ iui, 2 rounds femara/ iui, and 3 injectable iui with success on the third. This was our final attempt before moving on to IVF. I had experienced so many BFN, that I had lost hope by the end. I wasn't looking into my symptoms during the tww, because over the past few yrs, I have experienced every pregnancy symptom in the book, all ending in AF. Here's what we did this cycle.
Follistim 75 units for about 7 days, had 4-5 good sized follicles, triggered with 5,000 units hcg, had iui 36 hours later. We BD more frequently this cycle before iui, including day of trigger. This was because we were living in the moment, we had given up trying to control every little aspect of our cycle. With that said, DH sperm count was the lowest it's ever been, 2.5 mil. It varied from 10-70 mil all other times. I was sure we had no chance. But here I am! All I can do now is focus my attentions on having a healthy pregnancy, and to be so very grateful for this miracle! I can post additional details if anyone has any questions! Good luck to all reading this, and lots of baby dust coming your way!!!

January 2014 would have made 3 years of DH and I TTC. I can't believe it. After doing several rounds of testing with my regular OB/GYN I was tired of *just* testing so I asked for a referral to a RE who we met with in September. He reviewed all of our test results (DH has low morphology and testosterone and I have suspected PCOS and was annovulatory) and said that he thought we should move directly to medicated IUI's.

October 2013 - IUI #1 - 50mg Clomid CD4-8, 100mg Clomid CD12-16, Ovidrel - BFN
November 2013 - IUI #2 - 5mg Femara CD4-8, Ovidrel - Chemical pregnancy :'(

We started IUI #3 with the same protocol as IUI#2 and I called and also scheduled my IVF consultation because I was just sure this wasn't going to work. For whatever reason on the day of IUI #3 I told them to cancel the IVF consult I don't know if it was cold feet or what but I cancelled. We proceeded with the IUI, everything went perfect and we were on our way.

This was the first month that I waited until 14DPIUI to test. All other months I would start testing around 11DPIUI and would drive myself crazy. I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw that second line. It came up almost immediately and I couldn't be happier. We are very, very cautiously excited. I go for my viability ultrasound on January 14th, I should be 7weeks 1day for the appointment and am praying to be able to see a heartbeat.

Beta 1 - 14DPIUI - 157
Beta 2 - 17DPIUI - 636
Doubling time: 35.67 hours

I'm 31, DH is 29. We've been trying for 2 years and 7 months to conceive. Diagnosed with Unexplained Fertility. Tried Clomid. Tried Clomid with HCG. Our third round of Femara, HCG, and IUI worked!

CD 3-7 - Femara
CD 8 - BD
CD 12 - HCG shot
CD 13 - IUI
CD 14-22 - nothing
CD 19 - BD
CD 23-25 - hungrier than usual
CD 25 - usually start spotting this day and start my period 2 days later...nothing.
CD26 - sore nipples and light cramping like AF is about to start. Grouchy. No spotting!
CD27 - sore and puffy nipples and continued light cramping. Blood test positive!!!

Go in on Friday for another blood test!
Best of wishes to all of you!

My partner and I went through 4 IUIs before getting our BFP! The first two we did with clomid and trigger, 3rd with femera and trigger, and 4th with femera follistim and trigger. We used the same donor every time and progesterone suppositories. I had three follies this time and I still don't know how many babies are in there! I find out next week! Oh and this cycles donor sample was the worst it's ever been! It was 11mil post wash! I cried thinking it's not going to work, but it did!

We actually thought it didn't work because the only symptoms I had was exhaustion and breast tenderness which I had every cycle because of the meds! I had really bad af cramps off and on the day before af was do and the day it was due and when she never showed I decided to test. Ironically enough it was the anniversary of my grandma passing two years ago. I think she blessed me with a gift. Other than the meds being different the only thing we changed was that for that certain iui I made sure to have a full bladder instead of emptying it prior. I heard this was a good tip!

Only advice I have is just keep your head up, it will happen! I didn't stop googling and reading on these boards I didn't relax any diff but I did have the holidays to make time go quicker.

For all you symptom trackers out there, this is the best advice you can follow: stop reading into symptoms and keep yourself busy during your 2 week wait!! You're driving yourself crazy looking for symptoms that probably aren't there just like I have for over a year!!

My partner and I have been TTC for 13 months and finally got our BFP (clear blue digital and very thin faint pink on FRER) at 11dpo today!!!!

No symptoms to report that are any different from regular PMS symptoms.

Good luck and never lose hope - it will happen!!