Anyone done or doing Clomid/ovidrel/IUI?

[Snowdog37]

Would love to hear from anyone taking this route ttc. I'm DOR and dh has low morphology but an amazing count and motility. So whenever af shows up in two weeks or so I'm starting Clomid, then doing a hcg trigger injection and then IUI. Hoping for success getting 2-3 good eggs to drop and putting the swimmers practically next to them!

Hi all. Well the confusion continues. Did another HPT yesterday (around midday not using morning wee which was silly) and got another very very very faint line, so faint it's barely there. Think it was fainter than the one on Monday. Yesterday was 10 days post trigger/ 9 days post ovulation and IUI. Pretty sure it was just the last of the trigger shot and that if I test tomorrow it will be negative (not testing today as have drunk about 2 litres of water and cranberry juice to try to fend off a bout of cystitis) BUT I thought I would check with consultant. Very weird as his advice is that it is very unlikely to be the trigger shot and more likely to be early stages of pregnancy. He said trgiger out within 48 hours?? Seems inconsistent with everything I have read on google re trigger shot staying in your system for up to 10 -14 days (10 seems most common). No idea what to think but assuming the worse and that this is all just getting my hopes up only to be dashed again. Guess I will find out tomorrow when I test.

How is everyone else getting on? Maple??

Hi thomasina I would try a frer - not sure what you have been using so far - were they ics or CB? I didn't have the trigger in the end so can't advise unfortunately!

I have no news! I'm 10dpiui and had some lower back ache this morning but that's it - easily an AF sign so not keeping hopes up! Silver lining is that so far I think the clomid has stopped or delayed my spotting I usually get - I suspect it might be because I released more than one egg so there was more progesterone!

So had my scan this morning, follicle measures 16mm so seems I am going to ovulate early, most likely over the weekend. Dr says if I don't get a positive OPK by Sunday, to ring and get another scan arranged

Urrgh - did HPT this morning and very clearly negative. Not even the faintest line. Gutted but suspected that would be the case so am not surprised. Clearly it takes 11/12 days for 250 shot of ovitrelle to clear my system. At least I know for next time. I am now 11 DPO and IUI so just have to sit and wait for AF to turn up. DH and I talking about options next step. Guess the IUI was v unlikely to work first time and we need to do it at least once or twice more. Just wish we knew what the problem was, other than just being old. If it's just age then surely we would have one good egg in 10 months but it seems not.

Good luck Snowy and Maple. Maple, how many eggs did you produce with clomid? We said we would never use clomid due to risk of multiples but we may need to reconsider.

Snowy good luck! I had a 22mm follicle on a Friday and didn't get a positive opk until Sunday.

Thomasina sorry for the bfn - there could still be a chance if AF doesn't show. I had 3 follies - a 22, 15 and 14. They wouldn't do IUI with any more than 3 though. I didn't trigger as too late so I don't know how many of them would have actually been "released"!

Maple I hope I get the positive OPK on Saturday, means I do IUI on Sunday and neither DH or myself have to arrange time out of work for it

Ahh ok my clinic / hospital isn't open on the weekend so I wish I had got a trigger and done it! Hope you get the positive on Saturday then!

Hi all. Well, AF arrived today, 2 days early as she wasn't due until Sunday. I think this may mean we got the timing for the IUI wrong as we did it on the Sunday (i.e. 2 weeks ago this Sunday) despite the fact that I usually ovulate on day 13 which would have been the Saturday. I think I must have ovulated early on the Saturday and maybe by the time we did the IUI at 11am on Sunday, the egg had gone. I did ask the dr about timing as I was worried we were doing it a day too late so a bit peed off. Our timing would have been better without the IUI! Weird though as I only got the smiley face from the OPK on Friday at 6pm. What is the shortest time in which you ovulate after getting a smiley face?

Hi all,
Good luck Snowy, I hope your timings workout for you over the weekend.

Thomasina,
I'm so sorry about what you have been through over the past few days. I hope your bearing up? Do you chart your temp? They normally say within 24 hours but if you only using the test once a day, I think it's possible to be getting the last of the surge the next day, therefore you would ovulate pretty quick after the positive. I think that happens to me quite often. I know when I've ovulated because I get a surge of creamy cm ( sorry tmi ) that normally happens to me before my temperature rises.Did you take the test in the morning too? If you had a positive on Friday then I would of thought the best time for IUI would of been the Saturday morning?

Hey ladies, still waiting on positive OPK result, if I don't get it by tomorrow I have to go back for another scan. Am getting concerned that I may have missed it, doc said he would be very surprised if I didn't have IUI over the weekend. Can OPK's miss the surge?

So, went back for another scan this morning. Follicle is now 21mm and lining is apparently perfect. They did a blood test and depending on results of that they may give me a trigger and then we will do IUI on Wednesday

How's everyone else getting on?

Thomasina sorry AF got you whats the next step for you?

Snowy how often are you doing the OPKs and are you using ics or cb?

How are you doing friends??

AF arrived on Saturday for me - silver lining is I only had one day of really light spotting which is unheard of! Usually have almost a week of it. Have a scan booked in for 12:15 today and if all is well then I can start on injectibles this cycle!

Sorry I've been mia a bit. I finally got af on cd37. What a freak of a cycle that was. Not sure my body likes Clomid, it looked like an anovulatory cycle after all despite two 5 day sessions on Clomid. I needed Prometrium to bring on af. I'm sitting this cycle out now to let my body recover from all the extra hormones. Then it'll be on to the injectables and hopefully a much better response.
Hopefully all your cycles are going better than mine did! Good luck to those with IUI coming up 🍀

Using CB maple, same ones i have always used.

Enjoy your cycle off snowdog i think its good to do that every once in a while to let the body decompress and the stress levels to return to normal.

Oh, and PS, my exam was sh!t - but at least its over now and TTC and trying to sell my house are the only things i have to worry about (i don't half put myself under too much pressure :))

Hi all. Sorry to hear about AF's arrivals for you guys too. Such a shame. Friends, thank you for your advice. I did do a OPK at 3pm that day and didn't get a smiley face but not sure I had left it long enough since my last wee. I felt strongly at the time that we did the IUI 1 day too late. I usually ovulate on day 13 which would have been the Saturday so the egg could have been gone by Sunday at 11am.

As for next steps, we are on holiday next week so will miss the next cycle then I think we may try another IUI but with a different clinic as the one we are at seems hugely expensive. Spoke to DH about it and I think we will just keep going with IUIs for as long as we can afford it. Decided we don;t want to do IVF and won't do clomid due to risk of multiples so it's really IUI or nothing. Have sort of resigned myself to it not happening. Not sure I can face going back to nappies and extreme sleep deprivation anyway so maybe it's just not meant to be.

Separarately, has anyone tried Fertilaid??

Good luck to all those mid cycle and hugs to those who AF has visited.

"separately".

Well I went back to clinic this afternoon, blood tests confirm I haven't ovulated so they have given me the trigger shot to do this evening and we are booked in for IUI on Wednesday. Have no idea why my ovulation isn't happening on its own this month

Snow goodness I wonder what happened with that cycle!

Snowy sorry the exam didn't go as well as you hoped but at least it's one thing down and you can concentrate on the house and TTC! I wonder why you didn't ovulate this month when you do normally - although I think it's normal to have the odd anovulatory cycle. Thinking of you tomorrow.

Thomasina jealous of your holiday - where are you off to? I'm afraid I have no experience with fertilaid!

AFM the scan yesterday went well and I am on injectibles! Hooray! 75iu of Merional until Monday and a scan on Tuesday. Just did my first shot myself and it wasn't too bad at all - just some stinging. I was also really pleased that they said they would supplement with oestrogen pessaries if my lining was still thin so I'm feeling more positive this cycle! Just have the usual anxieties of having to sneak away from work to have all my appointments!

Ahhh, it's IUI day!!! DH is in at 10:30 and I'm in at 11:30, unfortunately with work schedules today we can't even go and keep each other company, most unromantic baby making attempt ever I think

Thanks Maple don't know what was going on this cycle, doc thought they was a good chance I would have ovulated on my own (it was only day 12 after all) but with my follicle and lining looking so good they didn't want to take the risk. Am totally over the exam now, can't do anything other than wait and see. Had someone viewing the house yesterday and their coming back tomorrow for another look so that sounds positive

Good luck today Snowy. I've just nipped home on my dinner hour. Needs must .

Maple, good luck with the injectables, it seems that you have a really good clinic. I hope this is your month.
I'm just playing the waiting game now until my IVF appointment. I haven't took the Clomid this month and I feel great. They certainly didn't agree with me. I've had two flashing smileys too, so that makes me feel better.
Thomasina, I've not really had any experience of the fertilaid either. The only one I see mentioned is the proxeed. I only take folic acid & evening primrose oil ( pre-ovulation.)

So IUI is done, count was good, 30mil, and everything seemed to go well (except for the fact that I broke the speculum)

Good luck Snowy - I so hate the 2WW.

Maple, what injectibles are they giving you? Curious about any alternatives to clomid which we have ruled out for the time being.

Friends, where are you in your cycle?

So, we are off on holiday tomorrow. We are going to Corsica and cannot wait to sun myself, read and spend time with the kids and, of course, get up to lots of BD (which may be a bit difficult in a tiny apartment with 4 kids). We will be away for ovulation so not chance to do anything this month but have ordered a tube of pre-conceive, that cought medicine they recommend for CM and evening primose oil, plus a stack of OPK kits. At least I will have time to monitor ovulation and DTD at exactly the right time, not that it seems to help!! I have made an appointment at another fertility clinic (Centre Reproductive and Genetic Health) which seems to get good IUI rates and is a lot cheaper than where we did the first IUI last month. So we will see. Have decided I am giving myself until Christmas until I really panic! Just wish we knew what it was other than just age so that we could deal with it. Everything looks good so have to assume it's just egg quality as I am now 40.

Good luck everyone. Really hope we see some good news on this thread very soon.

Yay snowy! How did you break the speculum?!

Friends glad you are feeling a lot better off the clomid - any idea when your IVF appointment will be?

Thomasina have a lovely time on holiday! Sounds perfect - how long are you going for? They put me on 75iu Merional and will supplement with oestrogen if necessary. Have my next scan on Tuesday (not open on bank holiday) so I'm stabbing for 8 days in total!

I have no idea maple, doc but it in and it snapped inside me, scared the life out of me