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shortgeek
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low ovarian function
Posted: 01-29-08 20:02pm
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So I haven't written an update in a while.
Here is my January rundown - I have been
diagnosed with an autoimmune disease that
attacks my thyroid and I started taking
thyroid hormone a week ago. The doctor
thinks it might help my body regulate my
hormones.
I went to the RE today. He said that I
have borderline low ovarian function and
that might be a bigger problem. It's even
low for someone my age. It means that the
success rate of IUI and IVF will be lower
than normal for us.
The bottom-line is that we are going to
start IUI in my next cycle. I'm on cd 10
today and approaching ovulation. I'm
kinda bummed about the ovarian function
news and I'm not particularly optimistic
about this cycle even though we are just
starting to bd for the ovulation.
I hope everone else is doing well.
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RachieBaby82
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Posted: 01-29-08 20:21pm
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I'm so sorry to hear about your
frustrating news...  Try to keep your
head up - dreams can come true when you
least expect it! Lots & lots of baby
dust to you! 
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girlfromdasticks
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Posted: 01-29-08 20:24pm
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Keep your chin up. I know that you will
get your BFP. Sending you TONSSSS of
baby dust.
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DPrssd
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Posted: 01-29-08 23:51pm
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Shorty I'm so sorry about your diagnosis.
Are they going to put you on clomid for
your IUI? Hang in there girl, your hormone
treatment will help stabilize your levels.
Now that you know what was preventing you,
it's a step in the right direction for
treatment and your road to being a mommy.
It will happen for you, keep with it.
PM me if you have any questions re: IUI or
IVF.
Take care
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Posted: 01-30-08 07:04am
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Shorty, what exactly is the low ovarian
function? How did they test and diagnose
that? Also is there any symptoms for
having the autoimmune disease?
Im sorry that you are going through all
this, but just remember, like Cheryl was
saying - at least they have figured out
what is going on and why you haven't
gotten pregnant yet.
You will get through this, you are a very
strong woman...It WILL happen for you
guys
***(((HUGS)))***
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Posted: 01-30-08 13:09pm
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Im so sorry to hear about your diagnosis.
Like Cheryl and Heather said, at least it
is a step in the right direction. I will
pray for you a speedy BFP! Lots of baby
dust!
((hugs))
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Posted: 01-30-08 17:31pm
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Sorry to hear that you are going through
this I don't really
think that anything any of us say can make
this easier for you. But please know that
we are all here for you. Like Cheryl I too
have experience with the whole IUI and IVF
procedures so feel free to PM me anytime
I'm not sure whether or not this could be
an option for you but have you considered
using a donor egg? I donated my eggs for
my aunt and it really was an amazing
experience for both of us. I am sure that
you already know all of your options but I
just thought that I would run it by you.
Again remember that this will happen for
you...probably when your least expecting
it. ((HUGS TO YOU))
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shortgeek
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Posted: 02-02-08 09:42am
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Thanks for all the supportive thoughts.
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wrote: | Shorty, what exactly is the
low ovarian function? How did they test
and diagnose that? Also is there any
symptoms for having the autoimmune
disease?
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I meant ovarian reserve. It means that my
body has to try harder to ovulate each
month because I've started to run short on
eggs. They diagnosed it with a blood test
and a vaginal ultrasound on cd 3. The
ultrasound showed that I had three
follicles developing on each ovary.
Normal is at least five. The blood test
measured my FSH within the normal range
but toward the high end.
The autoimmune disease could have
symptoms, but they may be too subtle to
notice. The symptoms could be similar to
hypothyroid but are not likely to be as
severe. Pretty much anything that would
be a symptom is either something that I've
had for a long time or that could also be
explained by age.
| Dprssd
wrote: | | Are they going to put you
on clomid for your IUI?
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Yes, I'll be on clomid and then get FSH
and HCG injections. The injections will
not be as often as for IVF, but it still
helps encourage multiple eggs.
[quote = "Shanyan"] I'm not sure whether
or not this could be an option for you but
have you considered using a donor egg?
[/quote]
There was a pamphlet at the RE and my dh
rejected the idea immediately. I thought
that was an interesting reaction from
someone who wants to adopt a child some
day.
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Posted: 02-02-08 11:29am
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That is quite interesting. See my aunts
odds with IVF using her own eggs was only
like 40% but with her using my eggs it
jumped up to 70-80% so that's a pretty
drastic difference. So she did think about
it for a while and the reason she decided
to go ahead with using mine was because
she just wanted a baby...plain and simple.
She thought about adoption but she wanted
to experience being pregnant. Not to
mention the fact that sometimes the
adoption process can take a long time.
Also she knew that if she was pregnant
with this baby regardless of who's eggs
she came from she would bond with this
child just as if it were from her own
DNA.
She now has a beautiful baby girl named
Shalyn and there isn't a day that goes by
that she doesn't thank god for her
miracle.
I do know that Egg donation isn't for
everyone but it really is a wonderful
thing. Has your dh told you why he is
against it?
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shortgeek
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Posted: 02-02-08 17:09pm
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| Shanyan
wrote: | | I do know that Egg donation
isn't for everyone but it really is a
wonderful thing. Has your dh told you why
he is against
it? |
No. We really didn't talk about it much.
My issue with IVF isn't the quality of my
eggs, which the doctor said is likely to
be good, but it is that I might not have
enough eggs to make IVF worthwhile. He
said that there is a 27% chance that they
would cancel the cycle or switch to IUI
because they couldn't retrieve enough
eggs. My probability of success after the
egg retrieval is normal.
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Shanyan
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Posted: 02-02-08 22:21pm
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The doctor that my aunt had said that not
only would she probably not produce many
eggs but he said that there was no way of
knowing what her egg quality was like
unless he take one and look at it under a
microscope. So she didn't want to take
that chance. That's where I came in 
Now if your dh changed his mind about
using donor eggs how would you feel about
it? Did your doctor say that fertility
drugs wouldn't even help you produce more
eggs?
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shortgeek
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Posted: 02-03-08 09:03am
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The fertility drugs will help me produce
more eggs, but I think it is limited by
the number of follicles at any one time.
If I consistently have six at the start of
a cycle, then I'm probably limited to six
in a cycle. I guess the issue is that
they don't know how many of those six will
react to the drugs. I should have asked
how many they need for IVF. I understand
that it is not worthwhile if there is only
one or two eggs ready, but what about four
or five?
As for the donor egg, I guess I'll cross
that bridge when I get there. I've
thought very little about it. Having a
baby with my dh's genes would be so
wonderful, but I don't know if I'd get an
anonymous donor or ask a family member.
No one in my family knows yet that we are
having trouble ttc.
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Posted: 02-03-08 10:04am
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When I donated my eggs I only produced
about 5 or 6 myself and they didn't have
any problem with that. They fertilized
them all and they took the two strongest
and used those for the procedure and then
two ended up not making it and than my
aunt still has one that is frozen.
I don't think that Cheryl produced much
more than that either. Maybe a couple
more. So it could still be an option for
you.
I really do hope that things work out for
you. I wish that women didn't ever have to
go through this.
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