I couldn't sleep so I got up and tested and got a BFP....I'm afraid to be excited about it though because I had an HCG trigger shot on 3/9 and my IUI was on 3/11. The nurse told me I could use a HPT today (3/25). The second line was a lot lighter than the control line.

Does anyone know how long the HCG trigger stays in the system? Is it possible to have a false positive based on the above dates I had the HCG and did the hpt?

I had spotting I couple of days ago so I felt like the IUI didn't work. Now that I got a BFP, I'm feeling like it may have but I'm afraid it is a false positive.

Any thoughts would be so helpful!

Nancy - If I remember correctly, the HCG shot stays in your system for 10 days. I was told I could test after 14 days, so if you take a test today (which it sounds like you did) and it's a BFP, I would say you have great news!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!! :bouncing: I am so happy for you.

~ravae

Thank you both for your words of encouragement!!!!

I did test this morning and got a BFP. It's weird to finally see a BFP after 14 long months.
I will test again tomorrow and then go in for a blood test on monday. Hopefully, it will work out. I can't bear the thought of having to go through anohter IUI with the clomid and injections.

I took another hpt this morning (a day after my last hpt). The test was still a BFP. The line, however, was about the same color as it was for my first test...it did not get any darker. Shouldn't it be darker since a day has passed? Does this mean my beta isn't doubling?

Just curious as to when you go in for your BETA? Will they make you do 2? You will be able to tell with those if your doubling, I don't think the darkness on the line could indicate anything since so many are not that sensitive. I wouldn't worry...you need to stay positive and...by the way~Congratulations!! :bouncing:

Oh my God, your post is exactly like mine was about a year and a half ago! I took one after 14 days, it was positive. The only reason I took it was because I was 100% sure I was getting my period and I wanted to be prepared for a BFN blood test the next day. Well, I made myself crazy wondering if it was the trigger that gave me a BFP. I called the nurse frantic and she thought something was wrong because I was so hesitant to be happy, and she told me that I should be optomistic because it would be very unlikely for the trigger to be causing the positive 14 days later. I was pregnant and I have a beautiful 8 month old right now and we're trying for #2. Best wishes to you!
Stacy

That's great news!!

I guess you don't have to worry about your FSH level from one of your previous threads.

I'll be going thru this exact same deal next month (clomid with injections and IUI). What, by the way, is BETA? I'm not familiar with what that is and I want to get as much info before I go thru this.

Nancy- I hope you have a wonderful healthy 9 months! CONGRATUATLIONS!!

Thank you all for the posts!

I still haven't started AF, so I'm going in today for the HCG blood test. I'm assuming that this is what the beta is????

I'm starting to believe the BFPs more and more. After I get the results, I will feel a lot better. The nurse told me I would ahve to come in again 48 hours for anohter blood test. She did warn me that some people miscarry early on. Does anyone know how common it is to have a miscarriage? I'm almost 33.

Thanks again for all of your suppport! I will update everyone when I get the results from the tests.

congratulations to you on your positive!!! I will keep my fingers crossed and you in my prayers. I had a miscarriage back in July. I was told that 25-30% of women miscarry on their first pregnancy. It is like 1 in 4 woman. I never knew it was that common until I had one myself. When I miscarried I was 27. Do not let the statistics make you nervous, go into it positive:) Your hcg blood test is called a BETA and they have you go back in 48 hours to make sure that your hcg level is doubling. Please keep us posted on how your levels are progressing!! Best of luck to you and your new little bundle of joy :bouncing: :bouncing: :bouncing:
cmarie313

I just got my HCG and it is 1158. The nurse said it was so high that I don't need to come back in.

Does this mean it's more likely that I won't miscarry?
Should I be worried that they are not having me come back in for another HCG in 48 hours?

CONGRATULATIONS, now that it is official!! I am so happy for you and wish you a happy and healthy 9 months!!!! :bouncing: :bouncing: :bouncing:

~ravae

Congratulations, Nancy30!!!

I am so happy for you :) it's great to hear a success story. I hope all will be well with your pregrnancy. Best of luck to you!

Was this your first IUI? I am going for my first one next cycle. Tell us your story, what was your diagnosis?

Thanks so much for your support! Here's my story:

This was my first IUI. I had clomid 100 mg and Follistim (75 ml), as well as an HCG trigger. Two days before the IUI, I had 2-3 mature follicles (19mm, 17.5mm and 15.5mm)...the others were too small to count. The washed sperm count for the iUI was 30 million. My day 21 progesterone was 55.5. I had spotting 3.5 days after the IUI and 12 days after the IUI. {I guess it was implantation spotting??]

I am about to turn 33. We had been TTC about 14 months prior to the IUI (in the beginning, though, it wasn't perfect timing, etc). I've always had regular cycles of 28-30 days and ovulated regularly. There were no male factor issues. My tubes were clear (as shown by the HSG). My progestrone was 10 when I first had it checked in October 2005 (my doctor said it was normal but I always thought it was on the low side).

My RE said that 95% of the time when a person is my age and has clear tubes and ovulates regulary, mostly likely the culprit is endometriosis. So I had a laparascopy in January 2006, which showed minimal endo (not even touching my reproductive organs). My RE thinks that there are white bloods cells from the endo that come and kill the egg and sperm.

Anyways, he told me I could try naturally for 6 months after the lap, or do IUI if I wanted to be more aggressive (since endo comes back in 6 to 18 months). I decided to be agressive and did my first IUI in march and got lucky with BFP. My RE said there was aobut 10-12 perecnet chance of it working per cycle. (that could be the live birth rate; I'm not sure).

It could have been the endo causing the infertility like my RE thinks, but part of me thinks it was low progesterone which the clomid corrected in the IUI cycle. I guess I'll never know for sure.

Well, sorry for the length. I've always been interested in hearing what the successful people did, so I thought I let everyone know in case it can help them.

I wish you all the best of luck!

P.S. Me and my husband have been taking tons of vitamins since December (actually I strated some in October but increased the amount in December). If anyone wants to know the specific ones, just let me know and I can post a detailed list. (not sure if this helped, but I thought it couldn't hurt and maybe that's why the first cycle worked, ie. the egg and sperm quality were better due to the vitamins???? who knows)

no problem with a long post. thanks for sharing! I am so excited for you, I don't know why, I guess because I was reading some of your posts before you got BFP :)

Actually I just bought a bunch of vitamins for my husband. I have been taking prescribtion prenatal vitamins, but was going to add some of the vits I bought for my husband. I made a list based on some posts on a different forum, posted by people who concieved.

The evidence is that vits did not hurt, who knows if it really helped. But the way i look at it, its easy to take, so why not try?

If not too much trouble, I would appreciate it if you could post what vitamins you/your dh have been taking.

thank you!

I've taken the following (though now that I've found out I'm pregnant, I've stopped b/c I don't know the effect they would have on the embryo...you should definitely ask your doctor about these). Also, for some of my vitamins, I just made up the times I took them (eg whether AM or PM); my husband's are based on internet site about TTC vitamins. You should definitely ask your doctor.

Prenatal (AM)
Vit. E 200 IU (AM)
Vit. C 1000 mg (AM)
Selenium 200 mcg (AM and 200 mcg PM)
One baby aspirin 81 mg (AM)
Evening Primrose Oil first half cycle, flax seed oil after ovulation through AF (AM and PM)
Folic Acid 400 mcg (AM)
Vit. B-6 100 mg (AM)
B-complex 100 mg (PM)
Magnesium 250 mg (PM) [not 100% sure on this amount]

Husband:
Vit. C 1000 mg, 3 times per day (total of 3000)
B-complex-100 mg, 2 times per day (total 200)
Vit. E 200 IU, 2 times per day (total of 400)
Vit. B-6 50 mg, 2 times per day (total of 100)
Selenium 200 mcg, 2 times per day (total of 400)
Coenzyme Q-10 200 mg, once (this one is more expensive)
Zinc 30 mg, once
Copper 2mg, once [it is important to take the correct ratio of cooper with zinc so you should ask your doctor about the ratio]
Multivitamin, once

There were others like L-arginine that were supposed to improve counts but my husband didn't have any issues so he didn't take that.
Also, I read that proxeed is supposed to help men a lot with counts but it takes 3-6 months and it's expensive; my husband didn't take it b/c his counts were fine.

I know anohter person who took a huge cocktail of vitamins, along with her husband and their first IUI worked. but who knows if that had anything to do with it. She also took progesterone cream and it worked the first time she used it; if you have a short luteal phase, you should look into that.

You should definetly check with your doctor on these vitamins prior to taking. Part of me worries that during the 2ww these vitamins could have done harm, but I hope not. I did ask my doctor about most of them and he said they were fine but that they were unnecessary. I guess you never know. I would stop these immediately after you get a BFP (except for the prenatal and folic acid), assuming your doctor says it's okay to take them while TTC.

Hope this helps! Keep us posted on how things are with you

Nancy, I just wanted to chime in from reading your BETA #...I don't want to get your hopes up but it sounds to me (from what I've read on other posts) that your BETA is high enough to be carrying twins :bouncing: ...especially if it was your first one! You said you had 3 mature follicles? Then, I guess it could be possible. Did they mention multiples when you were there?
Please keep us posted! That would be sooooo exciting! :D

that was my first thought when I saw how high your beta number was!!!!! Keep us posted. Best of luck to you:)
cmarie

The nurse told me not to "fall off the table" if they tell me I had twins at my first ultrasound. That actually scares me a lot. This is the first pregnancy....so I'm kind of hoping for a singleton. But, at this point, after having undergone fertility treatment, I will be grateful to be pregnant with healthy singleton or twins.

Also, I'm trying not to worry about having a miscarriage...but it's hard. I assumed while in fertility treatments that after I got pregnant, I would be stress free and not worry about everything like I did with the fertlity stuff (the fertility treatments and all the waiting was so stressful for me). Not so, though the longer the pregnancy goes on, the more confident I feel. I think if I get through the first trimester, I will start feeling a lot better.

I will keep you posted, and I wish all of you the best of luck!

The nice thing about that first ultrasound is that once they've seen the heart beating your chances of miscarriage drop dramatically! With that high a number I wouldn't be surprised to hear you are carrying 2. Mine was 85 on the first test (one baby).

You shouldn't be scared about having twins, they are truly a blessing and I believe truly meant for those that can really appreciate and feel blessed in raising/loving them. I am a twin and I think having twins would be an awesome experience! Although I was given up for adoption by my biological mother, my mom adopted my sister and I after having dreams and long time wishes of having twins. It's a beautiful, wonderful thing and I hope it all works out for you. :bouncing: Good luck!

Hi Nancy

First of all congrats!!!! :bouncing: I am so happy for you. I am about to start IVF and feeling as if the BFP is NEVER going to happen for me, so you have given me hope!

Can I just ask if you felt any symptoms that gave you a clue that you might be pregnant before you did the test? I know lots of posts on here talk about feeling certain things, just curious if you did?

Congrats again - keep us posted and don't abandon us for the preg board! Remember us TTCers!

TB xx

I'm sure you will get your BFP! IVF has really high success rates. Also, I would recommend that your husband take a lot of vitamins (including Vit. E and Vit. C, and Coenzyme Q-10). My sister went through a failed IVF and the doctor would not go to the 2nd round until her husband took vitamins for 3 months. Of course, you may want to check with your doctor about the exact ones and the doses. (My sister's husband had a few problems with ROS (reactive oxidative stress), and vitamins help a lot with that)

I didn't really have any symptoms when I took the test. I really thought that the IUI didn't work. I actually had more symptoms in prior months when I got BFNs. I was stunned. You definitely should not give up hope. Pregnancy happens for the vast majority of people who don't give up trying, it just may take a little while (I think the statitic is 1.9% don't succeed after treatment...98% is excellent odds). I know it's a hard process but don't give up hope!

One symptom I did notice is that I had spotting 3.5 days after the IUI and then again on day 12 after the IUI. The spotting was brief. I guess it was implantation (at least the 12 dpo) and then the 3.5 day spotting could have been irritation from the procedure (or implantation, according to the nurse). Also, this spotting was different than the normal spotting I have. My breasts now are a little sore but that is really my only symptom. Though, I've never really gotten many pms symptoms and I've never been one to get nausea, so maybe I'll just be one of those lucky ones with few symptoms.

I still look at the TTC/Infertility boards to try to provide information to people if I can. Plus, it's weird to not look b/c I've been looking at these boards for so long and everyone has been so nice.

Even though the 2ww is over, I now feel like I'm in the 12 ww (i.e., most miscarriages occur w/in the first 12 weeks, so I don't think I will feel really confident until I get past the first trimester).

I wish you the best of luck, and keep us posted on your progress!

Nancy, when will you go for your first u/s to see if there are 2 heartbeats in there? I'm curious to know if you're having more than one! I know you probably already switched over to the pregnancy board, but keep in touch with us here too! ;)

I go in on 4/10. I'll keep you all posted on the results!

Hi Nancy

Good luck for your scan next week and thanks for the info. Let us know how you get one.

TB :wave:

hi nancy!

first of all... CONGRATULATIONS!!! good luck on ur u/s...

God bless!

Just wanted to check in and see how your appointment went :wave:
cmarie

My appointment isn't until Monday. I will let everyone know how it turns out....it's very nerve-wracking. Right now I have pretty unpleasant morning sickness and heard that was a good sign...I guess I'll find out monday

this thread really caught my attention also Nancy can't wait to hear your results. Congrats on your awesome news!!

Hi Nancy

Just wondering how it all went today - hope everything is ok!

Take care

TB :wave:

Well, I had my first u/s today, and I'm 6 weeks along. There were two sacs in there. One had a visible baby with a heartbeat. The other sac was empty. My doctor said that it could be a blighted ovum, or it may just be too early to see the second baby. I have another appointment in two weeks to see the progess of the second baby.

I'm feeling worried about the second baby. Has anyone heard of a blighted ovum? What are the odds that it is blighted v. too soon to see?
One thing I did notice is I had implantation bleeding twice. Once 3.5 days after my IUI and again about 12 days after my IUI. Would that mean that one baby would be bigger/farther along if it implanted a week earlier?
Is it normal for a baby not to be seen at 6 weeks?

I'm really relieved that one of the babies is doing well and has a heartbeat. I'm kind of concerned about this empty sac thing. Initially I wasn't particuarly wanting twins but after thinking about it, the idea started to grow on me....now it's kind of sad to learn there is an empty sac in there.

If anyone has heard about the blighted ovum thing, I'd be interested in learning what you know. Thanks again everyone for all the support, and I wish you the best!

Probably Not Too Much Help, But I Watch Alot Of Discovery Health And I Have Heard That About The Twin Not Being Seen Right Away, So Theres Still Hope For That Second Baby :) And Thank G That The Other Baby Seems To Be Doing Well!! Im Having Ivf In June Or July And Im Kinda Hopin For Twins, But Will Be Happy With A Single Healthy Baby, But It Would Be Great!! Congrats And Hope U And Lil One (or Ones) Stay Healthy :)

I don't know anything about the "blighted ovum" but I wanted to say that you and your little ones are in my prayers. :angel: Good luck!

Well, when my neighbors went through IVF over a year ago now...and they had their twins in July of last year. At any rate at their first u/s they also saw a sac and it wasn't until their 2nd appointment that they saw little baby Megan. So it could happen I remember sitting in my living room examining the u/s pictures with them contemplating if it was going to be twins. How exciting that you at least know for sure that there is 1. :bouncing: :bouncing: :bouncing:

Nancy - I am so excited for you, one baby or two, it's great to get the first appt out of the way and see the heartbeat and know there is at least one in there for sure! You're in my thoughts...please keep us updated on the progress of the 2nd sac.

Take Care.
~Ravae

My next appointment is 4/24. I'll keep everyone updated.

Thanks so much for all the support! I really appreciate it and wish everyone the best!

This is just a quick update. I just got back from our appointment and I am having twins....both had heartbeats. I'm excited and nervous at the same time.

Thanks again everyone for all your support. I really hope everything works out well for all of you.....just remember to never give up hope!!

Nancy - oh my god, this is so exiting! I am so glad you got the second heardbeat. Congratulations and best wishes for the healthy pregnancy.

NANCY CONGRATS!!! :bouncing: BEST OF LUCK TO U AND UR BABIES FOR A HAPPY HEALTHY PREGNANCY :) :angel:

Congratulations Nancy!!!!!!! How very exciting! Just wondering what you did with your IUI..clomid or injections???? How many IUIs have you done?
I am so happy for you and your TWO babies...I am so jealous:) I would love to have twins! Best of luck and wishing you a very happy and relaxed pregnancy.
cmarie

Nancy - Congratulations!! I am so happy that you have 2 heartbeats and I wish you a very healthy 9 months!!

~ravae

Congrats Nancy! Twins! :bouncing: :bouncing:
You are so blessed and I'm so happy for you! Here's to a happy, healthy nine months!
~Krissi

Thanks so much for the posts!

Cmarie, I only did one IUI and it worked. I was on clomid 100mg (Days 5-9) and follistim 75 Days 5, 7, 9, 11 and had an hcg trigger shot on day 13, with the IUI on Day 15. I feel really lucky that it worked on the first try.

I hope all of you get your babies soon, as I'm sure you will!