Had another beta test today.
Negative.
There’s not a whole lot I can say here, other than this is my worst nightmare come to life. The IUIs aren’t working, and we have no idea why. I’m not creating as many follicles as she’d like, but everything else seems normal.
But we’ve tried and tried, and outside of the couple chemical pregnancies, it’s not working.
We need IVF.
She did say we’re good candidates for IVF, but that’s not very helpful. My bank account isn’t a good candidate, that’s for sure. I don’t know where upwards of $20,000 would magically appear.
It’s laughable how back in May, I was so sure that one IUI would be the solution to all of our problems. How I wasn’t even hoping for a pregnancy so much as hoping for only one baby – not the twins or triplets that comes with Clomid and IUIs often enough we had to sign a waiver.
I can’t believe we’re just a few months removed from those days. I’d gladly take twins now. Or triplets. Anything.
The odds of getting pregnant by IUI decreases dramatically after each attempt. If you try 3 times, the likelyhood of getting pregnant is so slight it’s not even worth it anymore – like, in the single digits. Basically, Dr Landay say us down and said that if it hasn’t happened by now…it’s not going to happen.
We tried Clomid. That didn’t work. We tried Letrizole and shots. That didn’t work. We went all in with a full round of injectables, and my body just refused to cooperate. We’re at the end of this road.
My Stork Got Lost 