This is our journey I just hope it has a happy ending!

June 19, 2008

My name is Michele and I am 27 yrs old, DH is 23 yrs old. In March 04 I had an etopic at 5 weeks that resulted in my right tube being removed. Then in Sept 06 we finally concieved again only for it to be a chemical preg.. So then we started discussing it with our OBGYN who is great, my sister in law had suffered 3 miscarriages in a row and finally the 4th stuck and gave me a beautiful niece which gave me much trust in this dr.. needless to say I was not so lucky, 3 cycles of Clomid 50mg only ovulated the first cycle. Then I had a laproscopic surgery and cleaned the scar tissue and leasions and showed my left tube being open. So he suggested we try naturally for 2 more months but nothing. So he refered us to a RE, was a little uncomfortable with the new doc but try to hang in there. He order 27 blood tests which we had to wait 4 months to get them done, because AF didnt come during that time. Results came in after 3 weeks, I know forever right, and showed MTHFR mutation and also was considered repeated preg, loss due to the past 2, and so I started Folic Acid 5mg, Baby Asprin, and Steriods. Then when it was time to get my sonohystogram the nurse told me they no longer took my insurance. They were very nasty about it and expected me to pay out of pocket rather than find a new RE. I had just paid $400 for the blood work and couldnt afford to pay for this too. So I got the yellow pages and found a new RE. Went to the first visit and felt great, so comfortable and happy. He told us he could give us a 60 percent chance that with clomid, ovidrel, and monitoring, that we would be expecting within 4 months. We went home with such high hopes, so the next morning it was time for the first U/S to see if we could start the clomid. I was on cycle day 11 but due to crazy cycles my baby making parts were only at day 3, crazy right. So after the u/s the nurse told me that my insurance did not cover the monitoring, what a crushing day! But they promised me they could get the first month covered as "diagnostic". So I started clomid, then 1 week later back for another u/s and my follies were ready to be stimulated, so I took the ovidrel injection. I must admit I was SOOOOO scared to give myself the injection but once it was done I was so relieved I never even felt it, probably b/c I have alot of extra cushion in the tummy. SO we bd the next 2 days but I didnt feel any O pains so I was concerned. Then on day 4 I had the pains so we bd again that night. Then today we went back to the RE for Progesterone levels and they are 17 on 5dpo which they assured me are great and that I did ovulate. So next week we hope for a BFP. If for some reason we dont get it, we will try one more month on monitoring that we will have to pay out of pocket for the u/s and bloodwork. We cant afford more than 1 month, not even sure if we can afford the 1. Worse comes to worse and in January we will have new insurance that covers infertility 100 percent but would mean a new RE again. So until next week this is our journey! Thanks for listening.

June 25, 2008

Best of luck Michele. . . hoping you get your BFP

June 25, 2008

Good luck, Michele!

**********************babydust*************

June 27, 2008

Thanks ladies!

June 29, 2008

Oh well AF is here again :(

June 30, 2008

Ah no. . .cd1 . . . the countdown begins again!

July 01, 2008

Well I just spoke with the RE and we are done with our monitoring as we can not afford to self pay and insurance only covered the first month. New insurance in january will cover everything and am really thinking of going straight to IVF, just so tired of waiting.

August 02, 2008

Michele I just read ur journey and I hope it all works out soon for you and your husband. Good luck to you and hope u get ur BFP soon.

August 02, 2008

Thanks, actually AF just arrived again so we are taking a ttc break until the new year. The stress is really getting to me as are the meds so time to give my body a rest.

Banner_03