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IUI
It has been a tough two weeks. The euphoria of getting a positive digital pregnancy test to the crashing emotional fall when I saw the two lines fade and knew it was all over. Blood test on the Monday showed an hcg level of 9 progesterone 25. By the Thursday it was 1. And then I started bleeding. Nothing like i've experienced before. Extremely heavy - not what I expected for such an early pregnancy loss. Made it all a lot harder. But we had to make a decision with this cycle pretty quick as we had been waiting to start our IUI. I had to book a baseline scan on day 2, so we decided to go for it!
I'm hoping what i've read everywhere that you are more fertile after a loss will help us conceive again. I knew we couldn't do it in September as we are away during crutial weeks. I feel emotionally ready to try, so £1250 lighter we have started.
Baseline scan on day 2 looked good. Started Letrozole for 5 days which I finished yesterday. Side effects so far is very swollen feet. Second scan booked for CD9. OPKs not positive yet (CD7) so I'm hoping they don't turn positive before Friday to give my follicles time to grow a bit.
Based on how they look will depend on when the IUI is scheduled for. Fingers crossed for early next week.
AND I've made a big resolve and promise to myself. I WILL NOT TEST EARLY! The only test I'm going to have is the blood test at the end if my AF hasn't turned up. And only then will I used a pregnancy test just to see those two lines. I've packed all my stockpiled tests away so I'm not tempted. I do not want to know if I'm pregnant just to lose it again. xxx
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Hey Scuba
I just got my 
on our first IUI cycle. I’m currently 10dpo and lines are going strong. I want to add because you mentioned not having any symptoms...Neither did I! The only thing that happened to me was a temp dip on 7dpo with brown spotting that same day! No sore boobs nothing! I told myself this cycle I wasn’t gonna symptom spot, but we do notice some stuff and I didn’t have one single indication I was pregnant. I had my beta done today and it came back at an 8 which kinda concerns me a bit, but if I legit implanted at 7dpo, I wouldn’t expect high numbers anyways. Try to relax, you got this
4 years ago • Edited
@Jenn congratulations!!!! thank you so much. To be honest I'm just feeling miserable at the moment. I decided to test out my trigger using Easyathome cheapies. I just can't deal with this waiting 
I also did Clinical Guard on Tues and today. Looks like Easy are slightly more sensitive when you compare side by side, but I worked out the half life of the Ovidrelle trigger so it should be out of my system by Sunday. xx
4 years ago • Post starter
@lalou thank you 
I'm not testing again - well at least not until at least Monday 
I'm really hoping I can just wait until my blood test on Thursday. I think it's the trigger in that pic and I really feel no symptoms like last month. We are off to a wedding today so only going to have a couple of toasting drinks just in case xx
4 years ago • Post starter
OK I just got back from the wedding. Only a 2 hour hold 4th pee of the morning and pretty diluted urine - I tested. After promising hubby I wouldn't 
. It's faint shadow on both - barely there and probably the trigger. Who knows! Why can't I just wait until Thursday! xx
4 years ago • Post starter
Sorry for stalking but I'm hoping for good news for you! Just wanted to tell you that I felt very campy before my BFP from 9dpo onwards. I kept thinking it was my period arriving but it wasn't, it was that baby burrowing in. I've got my fingers crossed for you and can't wait to see the outcome of the blood draw this week. 
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