So my husband and i were married close to our 5th year together in November 2005. We started TTC in March 2007 and did the whole 12mths on our own. With no success there, we went to our GP who did the standard tests with both of us, and we discovered that I had high TSH readings which indicates Hypothyroidism - a sluggish thyroid.
I was referred to a FS whom put me on Oroxine to treat the hypothyroidism and also our primary infertility. No other issues arose from various blood tests, ultrasounds and a HSG. So we started on the track of ovulation induction, where I would take Letrozole to induce and pretty much force by body to ovulate.
At the start of our 3rd cycle of Letrozole I started seeing a Chinese Herbalist/Acupuncturist whom put me on a series of chinese herbs, did weekly acupuncture and altered my diet, excluding things like dairy, oranges, soft drink and spicy foods. This cycle we fell pregnant, however this was very short lived and within 6 weeks I was bleeding and an ultrasound revealed an empty uterus.
We did another 3 cycles of ovulation induction before we were advised to then consider either IUI's or IVF. We decided to go with the IUI's first as IVF seemed way to scary and extreme!
Meanwhile since I had been diagnosed with Hypothryoidism, I was having regular checks on my TSH levels to determine how it was doing. It wasn't doing that well. My own research indicated that I should have a TSH between 1-2 if I was wanting to concieve and my FS was telling me between 1-5 was fine. I eventually decided to ask for a 2nd opinion and travelled to see a Endocrinologist. He confirmed that my research was right and that the FS had not been medicating me at the right levels! I was absolutely fuming that so many months had gone by and that my high TSH levels could have been contributing to my infertility !
To say that I had lost all confidence in that FS is an understatement and after doing 2 IUI's with him we decided to get a second opinion with the aim of switching clinics.
I made an appointment with an FS in our nearest capital city which is about 2 hours drive and we travelled down to meet the FS who had the earliest appointment. This FS, clinic and hospital was a major step up from our previous one! After reveiwing my medical history and that of my family, he was willing to do a laparoscopy and hysteroscopy which revealled mild endometriosis which he lazered off at the time of the procedure.
We then did a stim cycle which resulted in 15 eggs retrieved, OHSS, and only 2 day 5 blasties to be frozen due to the OHSS. The OHSS was a total nightmare for a good 5 days. It is the absolute worst that I have ever felt with the pain so bad one night, my husband had to take me to the emergency room. I never want to experience it ever again!
Our first FET went disasterously with a bleed occurring only 2 days after the FET. Our second one went awesomely, as we got a BFP! However this one was also short lived as the very next day after the positive test I started to spot and miscarrried for the next 2 months! My ultrasound at 7.5 weeks revealled a embryo with no heartbeat, with its size making it about 6.5 weeks. That was the most heartbreaking thing I have ever seen or experienced and to have the miscarriage process drag out over 2 months was really depressing.
After a short break we started our 2nd stim cycle which was a sucker! My meds were lowered in the hope that I would get less eggs of better quality and no OHSS. Well I didn't get OHSS, but that would be a little hard considering by my final ultrasound before the egg retrieval, I only had 3 eggs to collect! With my track record from last time, I knew that my chances of getting a day 5 blastie were extremely unlikely.
Well all 3 eggs were hopeless quality and they decided to whack the best of the 3 back in on day 3 in the hope that it might do better in a natural environment than in the lab. Needless to say it didn't work out which brings us to where we are today with stim cycle no.3.
My wishlist for this cycle is at least 10 eggs of which at least one makes to be a day 5 blastie + no OHSS..........fingers crossed anyway.
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