Good Morning,
I have contemplated so much on weather to make an account to post and ask for insight. Obviously, I chose to proceed due to overwhelming feelings and wondering if I’m the only one this has happened to. You can scroll to the bottom if you’d like to skip over the background and get straight to the point of this post.
My husband and I have been trying to have a baby for close to five years now. In 2023, I had bloodwork that had shown high testosterone and low progesterone. In early 2024, my OBGYN requested a HSG. Long story short, I couldn’t complete due to pain but was told by the same OBGYN everything seemed fine it was just the position I was in. I was then sent to a different OBGYN to start medicated cycles. These medicated cycles consisted of 5mg Letrozole, HCG trigger, and oral progesterone. No extra bloodwork and one monitoring ultrasound. The first one included extract but it gave me a cyst so we didn’t finish out that cycle. Those three cycles failed so we were referred to an IVF clinic for a laparoscopy for endo. Well needless to say, that didn’t happen and is its own separate issue and story. We took a break for a year after that (2025) to plan and get ready for a major life event we planned.
Fast forward to the beginning of this year we went to an infertility clinic that could see both of us. They did a SIS on me and SA on him. Everything for both of us turned out good. However, they suspected I have PCOS, something that wasn’t brought up since 2024. I don’t meet the criteria in the past for a diagnosis, but with extra tests I now do and have the diagnosis. So we proceeded to go straight to IUI.
*Point of posting*
In March I had my first IUI cycle. The plan was 7.5mg of letrozole, positive OPK with clear blue digital, once I got a blinking smiley to call and schedule IUI. Well, during my mid-cycle ultrasound, I grew 4 follicles with 9.8mm lining so it was canceled. We tried on our own anyways, and it failed regardless. I also never got a blinking smiley face. Which does reflect the fact I never got a darker line than the control line on those Premom/easy@home OPK strips. The next cycle she bumped me down to 5mg and included a trigger shot since I never got a positive OPK. I grew one follicle, did the trigger, and husband had great post wash numbers. That cycle failed.
We are on cycle 3 with the same plan plus progesterone since my blood progesterone was 2.3 6 days post IUI. Again, my history reflects this and I told them from the beginning. She said I didn’t need a blood progesterone test because she was sure my progesterone was great. Well…. I knew it wasn’t and I was right. I went in for my mid-cycle ultrasound on Saturday and I grew three follicles so they canceled the cycle. Has this happened to anyone where you grew one and three or more with the same letrozole dose? Is this normal? Is something extremely wrong with me? My heart hurts and aches. We’ve tried for almost five years now. I feel like an utter failure and that I’m broken. I’m trying to put my faith in God and understand that it’s out of my control but it is hard.
I would really appreciate any advice or just anything. Please. My husband is a wonderful supportive man. We just handle things emotionally different and I completely understand and respect that. Maybe hearing insight from other women might help.
If you stuck around to read this and respond, I greatly appreciate you and sincerely thank you!!