TTC with PCOS

YAY!!!!! Congrats!!! That is so exciting!! I got my BFP last week. There is definitely hope for all of us. Infertility is temporary, but hope and determination is permanent. Hope everything is ok with baby#2. Congrats again!

Thank you and congrats to you too!! When is your first ultrasound? I hope everything continues to go well with you!

It's this Friday! I'm excited! How far along are you?

Congratylations! It looks like this discussion board is having good luck because I just got my BFP today! The second round of 50mg clomid was the trick for me after 3 and a half years of TTC so there really is hope out there ladies! I have an appt with my doc tomorrow to confirm and plan the coming months! Again congratulations Albrecht and CEB!!!

Congrats Jessi! Good luck at your appointment tomorrow!

Wow! This is very exciting for everyone! Congrats to BOTH of you and good luck at your appointments. Let me know how they both go! From what the nurse first told me, I'll be 8 weeks on Friday. But when they did the ultra sound yesterday one baby was measuring 6 weeks and 5 days and the other baby measuring 6 weeks and 1 day so I'm not exactly sure which I should be going off of. The Dr. gave me a due date of March 31, he said it could have been April 1, but didn't want to give me the due date of April Fools.
Good luck to all of you and congrats again!!!!

Hey ladies,

congrats on everyone's positive!!!

CEB85, congratulations! just a couple of months ago, i was telling you to hang in there! i am afraid it might be your turn to tell me. i havent ovulated in over a year now. I am thinking of doing injectibles for the next cycle. do you mind telling me what you took and how much of it you took?

Thank you,

Rooni

Hi Rooni,
Sorry if I end up posting this twice, I tried earlier and it said there was an error and nothing ever showed up.
I do remember you helping me get through that rough time a while back, and thank you very much for that! If there is anything I can do for you please let me know.
I took Gonal F for 14 days I believe it was. I started at 75iu, things were looking good at first then suddenly my follicles went into reverse and got smaller so we had to increase the dosage to 150iu.
I then triggered and followed up with back to back IUI's.
I completely understand you wanting to move onto injectables. Had I not done injectables it would have been a year exactly that I had not ovulated. If you decide to move onto injectables and your insurance doesn't cover anything like mine didn't I just wanted to let you know about compassionate care programs if you weren't already aware. Because my insurance has never covered anything my RE got me in contact with a rep and we were gifted $6000 worth or 1 month worth of injectable medication including the trigger shot. We were very fortunate to receive that. My RE requested the entire $6000 worth so I'd have extra if needed. I only used about half of what we received and my RE informed us that this stuff lasts years even after the expiration date, so now we have some for the next time we try for another baby.
Also, just so you know the shots do not hurt at all. If done correctly you can't even feel it. I did mess up once and went in too slow and that did burn a little bit but nothing too bad.
Hope I was able to answer some of your questions and if you have any more please don't hesitate to ask.

oh my god! thank you! can you give me more information about the program? what is it called? how do i contact them? did they cover the IUI and monitoring as well? my insurance doesnt cover anything beyond the injectibles. i would like to do iui but its so expensive. if you can provide any more information, i would be greatful to you!

From my understanding each area is different and it depends on which companies your RE uses. There are different types of programs to meet different needs. You'll have to go through your RE and see what and who they recommend for you. For me it only covered the meds, but there might be something to help cover the cost of the IUI's and monitoring. All I know is it was called the compassionate care program but I'm not sure through which pharmacy. I don't know if you can research online to find more info or if everyone must go through their RE. Sorry if this wasn't much help but I had to go through my office for everything and I don't know too many details about the company other than I know there are options out there.
Good luck.

Appt today went well, doc confirmed BFP and was impressed at my timing LOL 3 and a half years of trying and I know when to test! I was exactaly 4 weeks yesterday so my due date is April 25th. I have to make an appt for an ultra sound at 8 weeks since it's a "clomid pregnancy". My mom keeps joking that they are going to do a head count LOL secretly I am hoping for twins... that way I don't have to go through all the medications and negatives again! Good luck to both of you and keep me updated with your stats so I know what to look forward to

Great to hear Jessi!! That is so exciting!

I saw a really interesting article in the paper here the other day that talked about financial help for fertility treatments. There was actually a lady nearby with PCOS that is raising awareness of the program. Basically they give "scholarships" to help pay for IVF. In the article it says that they currently have more scholarships than qualified applicants. Might as well give it a try!

http://nptelegraph.com/articles/2011/08/16/news/40002314.txt

Wonderful news!!!! Congratulations!!! You certainly give me hope. Please keep us posted. I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers.

Congratulations!!! I'm so happy so many of you have been blessed with BFPs. I can't believe it!!! Wishing you the best. I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers. Please keep us posted.