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Thanks jessicab3 :) thanks for the baby dust. I'm 5dpo but don't have sore boobs so doubt that I'm pregnant this month. Oh, well. Have to keep trying right? I'll post after I visit the RE. Should be interesting. You're CD5 huh? Should be close to sex week for you! Have fun and I hope you make a healthy baby!!!

I just posted this on the nest too! First, it was a really good appointment. I'm way more optimistic now even more than I was before. My doctor was great - nice, answered all my questions, triple checked all my lab worked, etc. I even got the "so where are you from?" while he was inserting the wand up my hoo ha for the ultrasound. Most interesting thing was that I never had a blighted ovum as I thought. There is clearly a yolk sac in my November ultrasound pics. So it was an early m/c not a b.o. I was interested to find that my doc doesn't consider a chemical pregnancy a m/c. Not sure how I feel about this but I'm gonna go with it. Looks like he agrees with my rheumatologist and will most likely put me on a low dose of prednisone in conjunction with the lovenox (blood thinner) when I get my next BFP. So with all the blood work I've had done, my only issues are the ANA and the MTHFR.
I'm going to do the FSH test to see how mature (okay, how damn old) my eggs are at the end of the month. He said that this can differ greatly in women and that some women in there 20's have a maturation of eggs equal to someone much older. I never knew that my eggs could have their own age. I do that test on the 3rd day of my next AF. Fingers crossed that I have some young a$$ eggies. He wants me to do the HSG but after the "great" ultrasound and the fact that I've gotten pregnant 2 times in the 5 months we were trying, I'm not sure this test is really needed. Still undecided about that one. We did the ultrasound and he pointed out all the eggs on both sides of my ovaries and said "there is a lot of them, that's great". And there was no septum in my uterus or from what he could tell, no fibroids or blockages. All was well in the land of my uterus. My genetic karotyping came back excellent. I'm not a carrier for any genetic abnormality. *enter HUGE sigh of relief here* So, what's next... I go for the FSH in a couple of weeks or so and he wants us to try 2 more cycles on our own with perfectly timed intercourse. After that, we will go to the clomid (pill form) and a IUI. Also, he would like DH to have the genetic karotyping done as well.

I asked him if he thought our m/c and chemical pregnancy could just be crappy luck and he said "yep, absolutely" and continued "you're getting pregnant pretty easily and that is more than half the battle. The good news is that you are being really proactive about everything." He was pretty confident that I will have a healthy pregnancy. We he asked about how many kids we would like to have I said 3 but we probably don't have time and he said "you still have time for 3" which made me feel better because I turn 37 on Friday. Thanks for reading if you made it this far. I hope it helps someone on their was to see a RE.

Hi girls! Just something I was thinking of when reading that I can't remember if I mentioned before...the specialist I saw this pregnancy had done extensive study on progesterone and said that it also acts as a natural immunosuppressant so high doses of it (300 to 400mg per day) can also help if you have suspected immune issues, but if nothingis showing in blood work. I really suspected this a lot with me. ALSO, he noted that often women having several losses like us early on all tend to get pregnant VERY easily and that was totally the case for us as I got pregnant about each time we tried in the first month or two. Basically if you get pregnant very easily you can kind of see how statistically you might have more losses overall. Just made sense in that it bad luck could have been part of mine as well. It's all more a combination of things I think....just interesting info.

oops! I meant "on their WAY to see a RE"!!!

yeah, all 3 of my docs seem to think that we just gotta keep trying and eventually we'll have a baby. So what you said stefkay makes sense. Interesting.

Hi Cloud9 sounds like you are rocking and rolling your way to a healthy pregnancy. I'm so excited for you and greatful you are getting such good care. Where are you in your cycle now? I'm on cd13, no + opk yet but I'm getting signs so hopefully it will be soon. =)

Hey jessica, thanks for your kind words - I appreciate it. I'm 12dpo and not pregnant. Needless to say, I'm bumming. Today is my birthday so I was hoping to get a BFP. That would be some present huh? I just posted on the nest that I'm just feeling old. 37!! Sheesh. RE thinks I can still have 3 kids but we'll see. Having a tough few days. I hope to snap out of it soon. Onward and forward right?? Next step is to have my FSH tested on CD3. I hope I at least have young eggs! I hope you get a peak on your OPK soon - have fun with sex week. I hope you get knocked up!!!

jessicab3, are you charting?

No I didn't chart this month but maybe I will next month cause I now officially hate opks, lol. I never did get a + but I'm sure I O'd last weekend I had lots of other signs to confirm it. So I am now in the dreaded 2WW but we will still BD every other day just in case. Cloud9 how are you? Are you near cd3 yet for your testing? Vjeana do have a blood clotting disorder? Are you ttcing? BABY DUST*+..+**+.+*++...

ok cool. i saw your post on the twin myths and stuff, are you trying for twins or just bored and did research.. lol

So Jessica - are you pregnant this cycle?? Sure hope so! I went to have my FSH test & estrogen tests done on CD 3 and numbers were really good. FSH is 5.7 and Estrogen was 63. My RE said numbers look great. We'll try for the next couple months on our own with timed intercourse and if still not pregnant by August, I'll start clomid with IUI. My RE also suggested taking the baby aspirin now instead of waiting for my next BFP and I'll most likely be on the prednisone for the first trimester for the ANA and Lovenox for the entire pregnancy for the MTHFR. What's the latest on you??

Cloud9, don't know yet. I'm only about 6dpo today so its still too early. I may test tomorrow, just for the hell of it. It's our 10th anniversary tomorrow and my ds's 6th Birthday so it would be neat to get to celebrate one more thing, lol. I will let you know. ; )

Oh and congrats on your numbers, best of luck this cycle. I'm taking baby aspirin too, I did notice some midcycle spotting which I've never had before, so I'm thinking it was the ba. But I guess its a good fertility sign when its near O so nothing to worry about. BABY DUST!**+.+*+.+*+..

good luck jessica and happy anniversary!

Thank you hun. Its 11dpo today and a BFN. It could still be early but I am not optimistic. Already having PMS signs, lol. How are you doing?

I'm sorry Jessica - that sucks. Getting a BFN last month was really hard on me. This months cycle is strange. I'm CD 10 and usually get a high around now but so far I still have a LOW with my CBEFM. I have a feeling that all this B6 that is in the Folgard vitamin might be screwing with my cycle a little bit. So I'm just waiting to ovulate. Would love to get a BFP this month and surprise DH on his birthday. I'm feeling okay I guess just anxious ya know? Thanks for asking. Have a good weekend - it's almost here!