reading Kerry's post and replies made me think of this

anyway found this article yesterday after my mild disappointment with RE visit and was looking up stuff on IVF / IUI. DH and I had a small "will we know when it's time to call it quits" talk -of course not there yet but just got brought up.

The Adoption Guide: The Pain of Infertility

really "hit home" (i hate cliches like that) but thought it a good read for IF / the mental stress and depression and all)

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Mar. '08 - 1st IUI ,
Apr. '08 - clomid, IUI
May '08 last clomid run, IUI (clear HSG)
Jun. '08 - 1st IUI w/ follitism
July '08 - 2nd IUI w/ follitism

Julie-that was a great article-thanks for sharing. For all of us, this is probably the hardest thing we will have to go through. We know what it is like to get those comments, to have all these tests done, the disapointments, etc. It is hard!!! No one said this road would be easy. But I know it had made each one of us stronger. I am glad we have each other to help us along the way.

TTC is stressful and we will have MANY emotions. But it is how we handle it that shows what kind of person we are. I can honestly say that my marriage and relationship have gotten stronger over the months. Brian and I have become closer and have talked about things we never would have before all of this. I am lucky to have him in my life and have him by me through all of this!

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Thanks for sharing Julie! It was a very good article!

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TTC 8+ years
2003- 3 unmedicated IUI's w/o monitoring
2004- 3 50mg Clomid cycles w/o monitoring
2007- 3 100mg Clomid cycles w/ monitoring and Ovidrel Trigger
11/11/07
1/4/08 U/S confirmed Missed M/C
1/9/08 D&C
March & April 2008- 100mg Clomid cycles w/monitoring and Ovidrel
May 2008- Follistim+Ovidrel
5/29
6/3- Chemical Pregnancy
August 2008- Follistim+Ovidrel+ Prometrium=
8/28- Chemical Pregnancy-

for sharing!

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That was a good article. I was doing the same thing last night, looking up stuff on living childfree after infertility. I guess it's reassuring to know that people have survived the worse case scenario.

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Me -29 DH - 33
Married June 13, 2003
Completely anovulatory without meds
10/07 - 12/07 50mg Clomid,
12/07 - DH's SA all normal!
2/21/08 - RE consult
3/08 100mg clomid cd3-7, no follicles, cycle cancelled
4/08 - 150mg clomid cd3-7, u/s on cd14, 1 follicle @ 24mm, trigger shot on cd14 and timed bd,
5/08 - HSG looks good
6/08 - IUI+INJ #1,
7/08 - IUI+INJ #2,
8/08 - IUI+INJ #3