Reply to Viable pregnancy?

Forum Index » Trying to Conceive (TTC)

Reply to "Viable pregnancy?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]She sounds very similar to me, down to the infertility and light periods. I'm diminished ovarian reserve and heading toward premature menopause. Just FYI. I also have poor egg quality (which you can only tell by doing IVF and seeing the eggs in the lab), and had a few early losses. Unfortunately her situation sounds a lot like mine did with my losses.

Around 6 weeks beta doubling time slows by a lot, but not down to a full week. How certain was she with her dates? Could she really be a week off? Do you know the heart rate? There's a study that shows increased miscarriage rate to low heart rate. Fingers crossed for her, and please be there for her no matter how it turns out. It's SO HARD to lose a pregnancy, even a very early one, after trying for so long.

https://i2.wp.com/expectingscience.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/screen-shot-2015-07-27-at-1-46-32-pm.png?resize=830%2C203&ssl=1

https://expectingscience.com/2015/08/26/lies-damned-lies-and-miscarriage-statistics/
[/quote]

Thank you! I will try my best. She is optimistic and does not show/share her feelings much. We live in different countries now and I was so happy for her (she has been trying for a while). Doctors where she is a great, but different from the US. They run blood tests, but waited so much time to do something about it (possibly because IVF is not an option anyway). 
I truly hope it sticks, but I told her I like to prepare for the worst and hope for the best and I think she is very rational too. Can I ask if you were successful eventually without IVF?[/quote]

Usually there's not much you CAN do about it, aside from progesterone supplements and baby aspirin. But if it's a genetic issue, then there's nothing you can do except wait. If IVF isn't an option, could she try clomid/letrozole with timed intercourse or IUI? The idea is to give the sperm 2-3 targets (i.e., eggs) to aim for per cycle. If she's been trying that long, her odds are really not good anymore and it can't hurt to maximize her chances every month. One other thing she should consider is that if her cycle is short and light, she may also be ovulating early. I usually ovulate between day 10-13, so if I started trying on day 14 like the standard recommendations say, then I'd miss ovulation every month. She should try OPKs if she's not already.

And no, I haven't had success. We're still trying, but for folks like me the best option really is IVF with donor eggs. Hope things are easier for your friend. [/quote]

Thank you. She just just got her beta back and in 1.5 days it went from 4,700 to 5,800... I know it’s not ideal, but it’s still going up[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics