Because PCOS

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Waiting for our PGT-A results. The waiting is the worst part.

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Okay, I do have to thankful that I do not start my IVF cycle until after this snowstorm.

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Getting through the holidays was a little bit harder this year, surrounded by kids, babies, and pregnant people. Here’s to hoping 2026 is good to us 🍀

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I finally made some ground in the feud between my insurance, benefits program, and fertility clinic so maybe I will not in fact need to pay out of pocket for my IUIs.

Trying to be hopeful about this second IUI but all I do is notice all the stress I feel during the TWW.

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First ultrasound/bloodwork appointment coming up for this cycle. Trigger shot waiting in the fridge. Wish me luck and send good vibes ✨ 🍀

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Thankful because my cycle allowed me to get away for the weekend without interfering with any appointments. Trying to live life during infertility is so draining and difficult, but I’m so grateful this worked out.

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Oh yeah, its PCOS awareness month. Hey hotties, please get your insulin tested directly. Do not let those motherfuckers only test your hemoglobin a1c, that will not show how much insulin your body is producing.

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Preparing for my first IUI cycle and now not only does my insurance not actually cover it (it’s a sort of reimbursement situation with a limit so I know it’s better than nothing), but I am also not getting a proper period.

There are two occasions in the next several months that I plan to leave the state for just a few days, and as the cycle skews it stands to cancel both of them.

I am living my entire life around the “what ifs” and the few moments I don’t, infertility consistently interferes, but always without success.

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So this cycle got cancelled by my fertility clinic because they don’t want me to do too many rounds on letrozole but needed to get pre-approval for IUI from my insurance and they couldn’t get it in time. We’re trying this cycle on our own, unmedicated (unless you include metformin), and with no blood testing.

So I’m just taking 2 ovulation tests and using 1 fertility tracker that measures levels daily, and all of the numbers are simultaneously high enough that I still have hope and low enough to still feel that hope being crushed.

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I guess I started this page because everything was getting darker and darker as the weeks go by. Every cycle that doesn’t work, every morning test that doesn’t produce the levels I want to see, it all just feels heavier. This year has been a year from hell and it just keeps going.

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I found out that my doctor wants to move from just letrozole (and metformin) cycles to letrozole with IUI. I had called to get my new prescription of letrozole and the news took me by surprise. I called my husband back and burst into tears. I didn’t know we were there yet.

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Two days late, not a pink line in sight. This feels cruel.

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I’m in the *seeing lines that aren’t really there and comparing them against photos on Reddit and getting sad* portion at the end of two week wait :(

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Two. Week. Wait.

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After having a cycle with letrozole cancelled, I told them I felt like I was missing something and asked if we could test regularly throughout ovulation.

Well they caught my LH surge which my OPKs didn’t initially predict, and now I was able to test repeatedly and at least catch somewhat of a surge so that my OPK that shows values caught it. Hoping this will improve future predictions (or hopefully I won’t need future predictions).

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My ultrasound showed 11mm and 15mm follicles, so obviously we were hoping they were mature but they are not yet. I have more blood testing on Monday so hopefully I’ll get some good news then.