Hi all,

I haven't posted in a long time because I lost the link to this forum and was unable to find it again although I had searched many times. FINALLY tonight I found it and I wanted to post to give you an update on my infertility journey. So last I posted I had the HSG test and my tubes were clear. I had an ultrasound done a short while after that and my follicle was at 13mm, then 4 days later it was at 17mm. My doc had me checking my LH surge with at home ovulation kits every day and then going to see him every couples of days for an ultrasound.

All of the sudden, the follicle wasn't there anymore, but the homes tests never showed that I surged. GRRRRR! Very frustrating. I had bloodwork done and the results were consistent with that I had ovulated, but we didn't catch it in time for the IUI. Has this happened to anyone else? I was taking the ovulation tests religiously and they never showed an error. I was even taking the "happy face" electronic one to make sure that I never misread them.

So, there's a chance that pregnancy happned naturally, since I did ovulate thanks to Clomid, and I am going in to have another blood test done on Monday to see if I'm pregnant. Tomorrow, July 1, is my 2 year anniversary of vigorously trying to get pregnant, and I'd have to say that after going through month after month of psyching myself out thinking that I'm pregnant and then ending up not pregnant I fel as thought the Monday test is going to be a bust.

Feeling frustrated and sad. My husband and I haven't talked about tomorrow signifying 2 years of trying, but today was especially hard for me to see families and babies out and about.

Thanks for listening...it's all going to be ok, right? :)

OPKs don't work for everyone. I took Femara and was using the expensive Clearblue Monitor and it didn't show I ovulated one month, when in fact I did as AF showed up. Did you BD around the time of O? If so, then you still have a good chance that you may get pg!! Hope you get a BFP!!!

Cristy

Yes, there is a chance that I am pregnant naturally this month since we did have intercourse around the time that I ovulated. Tomorrow is the end of my 2ww and I go in for blood work. I had been feeling weird today, tired and light-headed, and psyched myself out thinking that I could very well be prenant. I got impatient and bought a pregnancy test and just took it. Negative. Sigh.

I was hoping that I could celebrate being pregnant given that today is my 2 years of trying anniversary. No such luck. I feel like crying.

Hang in there, I know how frustrating and upsetting this is. No matter how much we try not to, we get our hopes up so much each time. I think OPKs can be a bit unreliable sometimes. With my IUI treatments I have injectibles and HCG induced ovulation, but the last one didn't work. I started bleeding on day 9 before ovulation, and the cycle was scrapped. I'm in no-mans land at the moment as I can't start another one until a normal AF shows up, and who knows when that will be?
I've been TTC for over 2 years so I know how you feel. Maybe you can try injectibles with your next IUI? At least it is all time-controlled then. Wishing you lots of luck for the next go. Don't give up - it may seem like forever but it's still early days.
Lizzie