August 20, 2008
Hi, I'm new to this site. I have been reading it for a couple of days but decided to post today. Everyone out there is so supportive and the info is very helpful.
I am a 38 yr old mother of one soon-to-be 3 yr old. After an ectopic pregnancy when I was 19, I was left with one good fallopian tube. My husband and I were married in 2002 and started trying to conceive a yr later. After trying for a yr on our own to conceive, we sought the help of a fertility specialist. After several tests and months on Clomid, it was determined I wasn't a good responder to the drug. I would only have 1-2 follicles and they would always be in my ovary on the side with the bad fallopian tube. So my Dr. recommended injectibles. I was hesitant so I asked if we could do one month of "natural" IUI with just a trigger shot. It turned out I had one good follicle on the side with the good fallopian tube. Believe or not it worked and I gave birth to my son in Sept. of 2005.
Since then, my husband and I haven't used any birth control but we haven't been trying. A couple of month ago we started "officially" trying on our own. NO LUCK. So back to our fertility Dr. Due to my age she immediately wanted to put me on injectibles but I told her I was getting ready to ovulate. So she did an U/S and low and behold there were 2 follicles on my good side!! She said come back tomorrow for another U/S and if they are the proper size we will give you the trigger shot and you can come in the next morning for IUI. This was August 6th and I had IUI on August 8th.
The 2 week wait has been killing me. I am now 13 DPO and took a HPT and it was totally NEGATIVE.
My question is has anyone out there ever had a NEG HPT on 13DPO and still been pregnant? Is there any hope for me that I am pregnant? Last time with my son, I had a positive test on 13DPO. Also, I'm asking because I am on the dreaded progestorone suppositories and if I'm not pregnant, I would LOVE to be able to stop using them.
Mentally, I am preparing to believe it didn't work. If I'm not pregnant this time, I am not messing around and will go with the injectibles.
I am a 38 yr old mother of one soon-to-be 3 yr old. After an ectopic pregnancy when I was 19, I was left with one good fallopian tube. My husband and I were married in 2002 and started trying to conceive a yr later. After trying for a yr on our own to conceive, we sought the help of a fertility specialist. After several tests and months on Clomid, it was determined I wasn't a good responder to the drug. I would only have 1-2 follicles and they would always be in my ovary on the side with the bad fallopian tube. So my Dr. recommended injectibles. I was hesitant so I asked if we could do one month of "natural" IUI with just a trigger shot. It turned out I had one good follicle on the side with the good fallopian tube. Believe or not it worked and I gave birth to my son in Sept. of 2005.
Since then, my husband and I haven't used any birth control but we haven't been trying. A couple of month ago we started "officially" trying on our own. NO LUCK. So back to our fertility Dr. Due to my age she immediately wanted to put me on injectibles but I told her I was getting ready to ovulate. So she did an U/S and low and behold there were 2 follicles on my good side!! She said come back tomorrow for another U/S and if they are the proper size we will give you the trigger shot and you can come in the next morning for IUI. This was August 6th and I had IUI on August 8th.
The 2 week wait has been killing me. I am now 13 DPO and took a HPT and it was totally NEGATIVE.
My question is has anyone out there ever had a NEG HPT on 13DPO and still been pregnant? Is there any hope for me that I am pregnant? Last time with my son, I had a positive test on 13DPO. Also, I'm asking because I am on the dreaded progestorone suppositories and if I'm not pregnant, I would LOVE to be able to stop using them.
Mentally, I am preparing to believe it didn't work. If I'm not pregnant this time, I am not messing around and will go with the injectibles.
August 20, 2008