BFP by IUI

Wow, I really can't believe I get to do this. I have been stalking this site for over 3 years!!
So here is a little history. Me (27) and hubby (28) have been struggling with male factor, low count and motility. Last year we did 3 medicated IUIs and got pregnant on our last try. Sadly, we lost that baby at 11 weeks. We thought we would try on our own and see what happens... Flash forward to this year and tax season ;). We finally had some money to try the IUI again. The count was horrible and we were only given a 10% chance that we would get pregnant. But, I guess it really does only take one!! Here are my symptoms.

7dpo: Felt nothing until right before bed, got 2 little stabby pains.

8dpo: Was extremely crampy all day, felt like ovulation pain. Maybe a tad worse than that, but nothing too bad.

9dpo: Boobs starting to hurt a tad, cramping has stopped. Starting to think it's all the progesterone's fault.

10dpo: Certain smells are starting to make me sick and my boobs are still sore. BFP on a frer!! Couldn't believe it, started crying and ran to show my hubby the tests.

For all you ladies who have been trying for a long time.... It will happen, don't be afraid to seek some

Hi ladies. I read this website frequently while dealing with my infertility so thought I'd share my story in case it would help others. I am 30 years old and after 12 mos TTC unsuccessfully, began to see my RE. Did all of the testing including blood work, transvaginal ultrasound, HSG, and hubby getting sperm checked. Was diagnosed with unexplained infertility. At 14 mos TTC, RE put me on clomid with the plan to do IUIs. First month, clomid and IUI, BFN. Second month, I took the clomid but due to my hubby's work schedule had to cancel the IUI. Third month, clomid and IUI, BFP on 12 DPIUI with a Clearblue Easy Digital (spells out "Pregnant" for you). I also must say I was not monitored because my insurance did not cover the IUIs. I took clomid then scheduled the IUI for after the OPK went positive. This is what my RE recommended since she knew I was paying out of pocket. As far as symptoms go, I had a sharp pain (possibly implantation?) around 8-9 DPIUI. The only other symptom I had was some light cramping similar to period cramps starting 11 DPIUI. They have since gone away. I feel great otherwise at 16 DPIUI. Had my first two HCG level/ blood works done and 59 at 12 DPIUI and 155 14 DPIUI. Third check on my HCG is next Thursday with an OB ultrasound the following Monday at 5.5 wks. I know how frustrating infertility can be, just keep your head up and eventually it will happen for you, too. I was very skeptical of the IUIs because they have such a low success rate but if it worked for me -- it can work for anyone! Definitely worth trying, especially if your insurance does not cover infertility treatments. We spent approx. $950 on 2 IUIs with clomid.

Hello, everyone-

For 14 months, I read ths site every day for encouragement and with the hope that someone "like me" would post a BFP story. I am humbled to be posting here and promise to post an update. Sorry for the length. I didn't think I'd ever see this day.

My husband (32) and I (30) began trying for our first baby in February 2012. We have no medical conditions, eat well, are healthy weights, do not smoke. Everyone in our families is beyond fertile, and like so many others, we assumed TTC would be a breeze. I had been on the pill for 7 years prior with perfect 30-day cycles. After coming off the pill, my cycles were anovulatory and ranged from 33-60+ days. My RE was puzzled as to why I wasn't ovulating and sent me for head-to-toe medical tests including an HSG, bloodwork, and a brain MRI. My husband also submitted a semen analysis where we learned he had a very low count and very low motility. We were crushed. Days later, my test results came back. My HSG was clear, and I did not have PCOS. But my brain MRI results revealed a pituitary microadenoma, a tumor on my pituitary gland. I was told that further tests and an endocrinologist referral were needed. Not only was I infertile, my husband was also a factor, and I had a tumor in my head. These were some of the worst days of my life. After many stressful weeks and more tests, the tumor was deemed benign and not contributing to my infertility. My RE consulted and endocrinologist cleared me to start infertility treatments. I moved straight to IUI with injectables and underwent a total of 4 cycles, 3 of which resulted in an insemination procedure. My husband started taking FertiliAid and has been for about 7 months now.

Protocol: Menopur, Ovidrel trigger, single IUI 36 hours post-trigger, Endometrin progesterone suppositories (100mg 2x/day). I tested out the trigger at about day 10 each cycle.
IUI #1: 75IU Menopur, 1 follicle, ~18mm at trigger -> BFN. Ovarian cysts found, BC for week to shrink
IUI #2: Used anywhere from 75-150IU, 3 possibly 4 follicles, largest ~20mm at trigger -> chemical pregnancy at 4 weeks. Cysts & BC again
Cycle #3: RE concerned about OHSS, adjusted dosage, sometimes as low as 37.5IU. Follicles did not respond -> cycle cancelled
IUI #3: Alternated every other day between 75 and 112.5IU. This was the magical dosage. 2 lead follicles were 20+ at trigger, 3rd smaller follicle that may have been viable.

Symptoms:
1-6dpo/IUI: very hungry & bloated, but I knew from prior cycles that this was the trigger shot
7-8dpo/IUI: a few simples on my chin. Odd as my skin is usually clear
9dpo/IUI: mildly sore throat and very stuffy nose. This was my first hint that something was up since the same thing happened the cycle where I had a chemical pregnancy
10dpo/IUI: no appetite, felt a "pulling" sensation in lower-right side of stomach while walking on treadmill; felt like I was pulling a muscle, chills/felt very cold although it has been 80 degrees where I live, continued sore throat and stuffy nose
11DPO/IUI: no appetite, chills, sore throat, stuffy nose, couldn't wait- test at 9p.m.- BFP! So shocked I couldn't speak and simply handed the HPT to my husband.
I did not have sore breasts, cramping, spotting, fatigue, or any nausea- none of that! I thought for sure I was out and even cried on the drive home from the drug store to buy some HPTs.

Beta bloodwork results so far:
13dpo/IUI: 98
Today 15dpo/IUI: 192. Aside from ever-so-slight bloating, I still have no symptoms.

Things we did differently this cycle:
- Tried to relax, which didn't work. My RE's office is over an hour each way from my house, so 2-3x/week RE appts. for month and months were starting to take their toll. I also work full-time so leaving work was becoming more & more difficult.
- Booked a vacation. My husband and I pretty much had to schedule our life around fertility treatments, which meant that we essentially put our lives on hold. Plus, I kept reading stories about people conceiving on vacation or as soon as they booked one- ha!
- BD 2 days pre-IUI + day of IUI. Day of IUI, went to bed after BD, did not get up
- Gym 3x/week
- Religious about suppositories, like taking them down to the minute every 12 hours

Things I did every cycle:
- No caffeine
- No alcohol (this IUI was done the day after my 30th birthday, which was St. Patrick's Day. This was tough!)
- Ate healthy
- Used Pre-Seed internally
- Pillow under bum for at least 15 minutes post-BD

Infertility is the worst thing I have experienced in my entire life, and I have so much respect for those who endure it and for much longer than 14 months. Thank you for allowing me to post. I wish you all the best of luck TTC!

I'm 39, PCOS, DH 44 low mot. We have one daughter and she is 16 months....I ovulated on my own; however, I was in the best physical shape I've been in forever. We've been TTC since October 2012 with no success....I wasn't ovulating even though I got positive LH surges every month. Decided to see a fertility specialist....he almost convinced us to go straight to IVF.....I left the off dead set on it....scheduled the appointment paid $9000 dollars to secure the procedure and over the next 2 days I did not feel good about my decision so I cancelled and lost $500 for administrative fees....which was ok because the idea of the procedure did not sit well with me. So we decided to do the IUI first. On cd 3, 2/26/13, I started 100iu of follistim pen. On cd6 went in for u/s and blood work....they called back with labs and told me to increase to 150iu. More u/s and labs every 2 days until cd 13. On cd14 3/9/2013 I took the norvarel hcg trigger and on cd16 3/11/2013 we did the IUI with 2-18mm follies an 1-14mm and 16 million washed sperm. The 2ww was excruciating. I took a HPT 7 day post IUI BFN....wanted to see if the hcg was still in my system. On Friday 3/22/2013, I took a HPT BFP....then I took about 6 more until I went for labs on Monday...took both a quan and qual hcg both positive....quan was 264.90 and progesterone 27. 2 days later beta was 747 and two days after that (today) 3/29/2013 beta is 1467. First u/s scheduled for 4/8/2013. I'm so excited. Things are looking good....I wish you all the best!!! More info to follow....super curious as to how many eggs were fertilized!

I'm 35 with undiagnosed infertility. My hubs produces a lot of nice specimens :)

Last month I had my first IUI cycle with Letrozole/Femera on cycle days 3-7. On CD10 had my folly check and had 2 smaller follicles on one side and 2 larger follicles (18, 16) on the other side. Triggered with Ovadrel on CD 12 and had IUI on CD14. Started progesterone vaginal suppositories and everything seemed perfect. I obsessed about it every hour of every day for the entire two weeks. Then on 12DPIUI I tested and it was negative, I was devastated. AF eventually appeared and I braced myself for the next cycle and tried to mentally strengthen myself and realize this could continue on indefinitely.

This month I had the exact same protocol. CD10 my folly check showed two follicles on one side one around 17-18 and the other around 15. So I felt slightly disappointed that there wouldn't be as many options. Around this time, I could have swore I picked up my LH surge with my POAS at home - which would have been too early since I knew they probably wouldn't trigger me for 2 days. I mentioned to the doctor and they blew it off. Triggered on CD12 and IUI on CD14. And went on about my business trying to not pay any attention to pregnancy thoughts. I started having really vivid and strange dreams a few days after IUI. And then starting around 7dpIUI I couldn't sleep well (which is REALLY unusual for me). I had a hard time going to sleep if I woke up and I was super restless and felt like I was waking up every 30 minutes. I also felt really drained starting in the early afternoon, where you can feel it in your eyes. Tried to exercise and would do like 10 minutes before giving up. This went on until 11dpIUI and then suddenly I was sleeping fine and getting through the day without that drained feeling. The next day I tested and couldn't believe my eyes.. it took a minute to show up, but it was def. positive! I was hopeful, but still nervous that it could have been left over trigger shot. Had my beta 2 days later and its the real deal and really surreal!

14dpIUI Beta 1 = 123
16dpIUI Beta 2 = 306 (today)

I have less symptoms now then I did a week ago. No sore boobs, not overly tired, a couple little odd feelings around my lower abdomen, but thats it!

This just goes to show that you can have what you think is the perfect cycle and then have it not work and feel like you're broken or 'if it didn't happen with everything perfect, how will it ever'. And then turn around another month with super low expectations and be very pleasantly surprised!

A couple of things to note between cycle 1 and 2 is that I did have 1 acupuncture appointment 5 days before my IUI (the only one in years). I started taking the Pregnitude supplement more religiously (atypical PCOS). I also started trying to do Pilates again and paid really close attention to my diet and made sure I was getting lots of iron (i'm a fish eating vegetarian). I also didn't like the progesterone vaginal supplements I was taking the first cycle, by the second week my parts were really irritated. So they switched me to endometran which is also a suppository, but its a tablet instead of a gel cap. And in my prayers to the universe, instead of asking for a baby, I asked for support getting through this time and that it happen only when its supposed to happen.

Now I'm praying for an uneventful successful pregnancy!

Best wishes to all of you!

Hi everybody! I am so excited to share my story. I have been on this site every day during my 2ww and it has been a lifesaver and a sanity saver. My wife and I were trying to concieve baby #2 through iui with donor sperm. With my son, I had two follicles develop to 23 mm after taking 50mg of clomid to "give me a boost." This time, there was only one follicle of 23mm and I wondered if it was worth going through with. My doctor assured me that my lining looked great (9.5 mm) and that everything else looked good and not to waste the cycle. I am glad I listened to her advice!

Here are my symptoms;

1 - 5dpiui - Cramps, cramps, cramps. Felt a little dizzy while putting ds to bed. Maybe that was in my head. Lots of creamy cm, tons of vivid dreams, which I usually don't have.

6 - 8dpiui - Went crazy. Argued with wife over everything, poor wife. Very angry and emotional. Kept poking my boobs, but they weren't the slightest bit sore. Kept looking for implantation bleeding or implantation pain, nothing. Light cramps continue, starting to feel like AF is coming.

9dpiui - Vivid dreams, cramps, better mood though.

10dpiui - Couldn't take it, bought CBE tests from costco, a great price for four tests. Took one around noon, results were very confusing. I was sure I saw something, wife and mother in law said they saw something too. The results were VERY far from obvious. Decided to retest in the am with fmu.

11dpiui - Woke up certain that I was going to see a great big blue plus sign. Took test at 4:30 am. What? The same confusing results. Wife and I wondered if we were crazy and if we even saw anything yesterday at all. Spent an hour stewing about it and wife told me to go out and buy the frer test that we used with our son. Rushed to the store, came home and took the test immediately. Could it be, definately a faint positive, no question about it!! Hooray!!

12dpiui - Took another frer, a bit darker. Still no sore boobs, no major symptoms, just the crampy feeling and kind of a bad taste in my mouth.

13dpiui - Took another frer, very dark strong positive. Went to clinic for preg test. Beta is 79!

Hoping for a healthy pregnancy and wishing all of you the best of luck!

Hi everyone, wanted to share this with you.
Me and DH have been ttc #3 and I have POCS, We tried clomid for 6 months with all BFN.
We did our 1st iui in December with 3 eggs biggest being 17mm but again not BFN.
We did our 2nd iui and this time round with only 1 egg that 24mm but higher sperm levels, I really was not sure if it worked or not,
I had lower pain pain, pain in my side ever since iui and abit sick but no spotting.
I did my test this morning and I couldn't believe my eyes!! BFP!! ever ever had a posivite test - so now I have a wait until my first scan on 3rd April and hope that the next 9 months go smoothly. I still can't believe it.
So don't ever give up, even tho sometimes it feels like you are going nowhere, it will happen but soemtimes it takes longer then what you think it will.

Good luck and baby dust to all trying for your dream!

Hi all! I have been finding hope and inspiration here for 7 months now and finally got a BFP this morning. Background: I'm 35 and husband is 34, Stage 4 endometriosis with surgery 5 years ago, horribly painful & debilitating cycles since going off the pill 8 months ago. Very sad for the past few months. 3 cycles with Clomid, and now this first cycle with Injectibles and IUI worked! I'm still in shock. I was pretty stressed and terribly sick at the beginning of the cycle!

CD 1-5: stomach bug from recent trip to Guatemala (the "last hurrah" before IUI), literally can't eat for 4 days, terrible nausea/diarrhea. I was honestly panicking, thinking, how am I going to start this IUI cycle so sick! I actually ended up taking Cipro days 4-6 because I was so desperate. My RE okay'ed it.

CD 3-6: 150 Gonal-F pen

CD 7: ultrasound: 3 follicles, trigger shot at midnight tonight. I was shocked! I thought I had another week before the trigger/IUI. Hubby: 17 million washed (which was way more than his SA, which was 5 million!)

CD 9: IUI - went fine. I took the day off and just lay down, relaxed.

AFter IUI: some creamy CM, VERY painful bosoms the whole TWW. On dpIUI 11, I had significant brown spotting at night and was convinced AF was coming. VERY sad, cried to husband, couldn't sleep, numb all next day because I really thought this was it. Prayed all night. A bit of spotting for next 2 days, but nothing else. Then I started getting excited and today (day 13) I got a BFP with Clearblue digital!

What I did: prenatal, cod liver oil, ate pineapple (?), drank lots of water, whey protein shakes, joined the Y and swam to relax. I really tried to distract myself with good books!

My husband started taking Zinc (just a lozenge daily) in addition to his vitamin and I REALLY think it helped due to the crazy jump in his levels.

Take heart - stay strong, take care of yourselves - try meditating and relaxation breathing which really helped me - check out Alice Domar's books. It's funny - my best friend called me the evening of the IUI and was like "I just got this strong feeling that you are pregnant" which was crazy because I hadn't told her about the timing of anything! It will happen, I promise.

Finally in 2nd trimester and wanted to wait until now before posting BFP story on here. This was 4th try with IUI but first time with low doses of Clomid, Follistim, and trigger shot. 35 years old and first pregnancy. Sorry if I give too much or too little information. This is from a journal I was keeping and was done in haste. Praying for all of you mommies to be. As they say, it WILL happen. Love to you.

CD 1
CD 2 worked out at the gym for 45-60 minutes felt good
CD 3 2 Clomid
CD 4 2 Clomid
CD 5 2 Clomid
CD 6 2 Clomid
CD 7 2 Clomid
CD 8 1 injection Follistim (9 pm) worked out at the gym for 30-45 minutes and felt less irritable
CD 9 1 injection Follistim (8 pm)
CD 10 Worked out at the gym for 30-45 minutes, felt good,1 injection Follistim (9pm)
CD 11 10:45am: Ultrasound 11am: Blood test
9 pm: 1 injection Ovidrel (“trigger shot”) *The doctor said my follicles were of good size and were almost mature. He took a blood test to see if my LH level had surged. If it had, he recommended I take the trigger shot that night and come in the next morning for the IUI. If it had not surged, he said I should take the shot that night and come in Tuesday morning (36 hours) Very soon that afternoon Doc called and said that it had not surged.
CD 12 took OPK extremely dark line (positive LH surge)
CD 13 BBT 97.2 9:30 am: IUI Emailed close friends before heading to the doctor to ask for their prayers. At 8:05 am when I was in the bathroom, and then later at 8:45, on the drive to the IUI, I felt two distinct sharp pangs. Wondering if those were ovulation.
*After IUI, continued to rest on table for 15 minutes afterward. Held spouse’s hand and said a prayer (a pretty long one, actually)
*The doctor said that the trigger shot would make HCG levels shoot up, so it would not be worth it to take early pregnancy tests since they could give a false positive. He said it’s best to wait until Christmas Day to take a pregnancy test.
CD 14 BBT 97.9 feeling pressure in my uterus...this happens during every two week wait...not sure if I’m imagining it, but it feels incredibly real, kind of bloated

CD 15 2dpiui forgot took 2 baby aspirin at bedtime, very gassy today, at times that I usually am not! BUT last night we had soup with a lot of cabbage in it. Feel like I’m getting the beginnings of a cold today, a little out of breath in the evening, went to bed with body aches, feeling miserable but don't want to take meds out of fear
CD 16 3dpiui 98.4 *cold was gone when I woke up this morning! Felt a little out of breath going up the stairs, unbelievably emotional in the morning while reading aloud a Robert Frost poem "Birches" to my 8th grade English class, had to fight back tears. At a couple of different points in the afternoon felt kind of like period was about to start

CD 17 4dpiui 98.5 * a couple of times felt like AF was coming
* smelled the cat litter box, compost and trash bin and thought I might throw up...had to leave the room. Of course, maybe if I had taken those things out of the house it would have solved the problem

I can't even believe I'm typing this!!! I got a BFP this morning at 12dpiui! My symptoms were so similar to things I thought I felt during other cycles. The main difference was the horrible bloating that I felt since the day of ovulation. And, the sore BBs but I thought that was just from the progesterone. This was our 3rd IUI. We used Gonal F, an hcg shot and I took oral progesterone (2, 200mg pills per day) starting at 5dpiui.

1dpiui - 4 dpiui: Very bad stomach/gas pains and bloating

5 dpiui - Still horrible stomach aches and left nipple itched like crazy at night. Started progesterone pills.

6dpiui - BBs getting sore (assumed from progesterone) same stomach aches/bloating

7dpiui - Diarrhea at night and random stabbing/burning pain in right breast. Didn't last long. Sticky CM. Still have stomach aches

8dpiui - Stomach/gas aches and bloating. Fell asleep on couch 2 hours earlier than normal.

9dpiui - Went to concert in evening and bloating/gas pains were so bad it was uncomfortable to stand.

10dpiui - Was watching game in afternoon with DH and fell asleep on the couch for 2 hours! Turned over in bed and felt like I pulled a muscle in my lower abdomen (RLP?)

11dpiui - Stomach/gas pains and bloating. Sore BBs lasted this entire time (starting around 5/6 dpiui) and were the worst at night and waking up in the morning.

12 dpiui - BFP!!!!!!!

Baby dust to anyone reading this!!! I hope you get your BFP soon!!!!