looks like AF is not going to turn up on time. tested a couple of time on CD28, CD29 and CD33, negative HPT.
this cycle is shot.
emailed KKH, got a terse reply to continue with clomid and get duphaston to induce AF.
will wait till this sat CD36 and then decide what to do.
dun know how this duphaston thing work and how long it takes effect - if it takes too long to work, then the fertile period will fall when hubby's on reservist and then it all goes to waste.
Wednesday, May 25, 2005
CD 33 and no AF, negative HPT
looks like AF is not going to turn up on time. tested a couple of time on CD28, CD29 and CD33, negative HPT.
this cycle is shot.
emailed KKH, got a terse reply to continue with clomid and get duphaston to induce AF.
will wait till this sat CD36 and then decide what to do.
dun know how this duphaston thing work and how long it takes effect - if it takes too long to work, then the fertile period will fall when hubby's on reservist and then it all goes to waste.
this cycle is shot.
emailed KKH, got a terse reply to continue with clomid and get duphaston to induce AF.
will wait till this sat CD36 and then decide what to do.
dun know how this duphaston thing work and how long it takes effect - if it takes too long to work, then the fertile period will fall when hubby's on reservist and then it all goes to waste.
Monday, May 16, 2005
CD21 blood test results is out today
got the results for the blood test this morning from KKH IVF.
I've ovulated. the numbers are 72.3 nmol. no idea what that means but i'm glad that i've ovulated nevertheless.
did some research on the net and came up with these links. will keep them here.
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3225/is_n5_v44/ai_11666518
PROGESTERONE
Serum progesterone testing has been used as a screening tool to identify patients at risk for ectopic or other abnormal pregnancy. [16,17] With follow-up ultrasound scanning used for definitive diagnosis, a quantitative serum progesterone level of more than 25 ng per mL (80 nmol per L) proved 99 percent accurate in predicting a living intrauterine pregnancy. Sixty percent of the patients with progesterone values below 25 ng per mL had abnormal pregnancies.
and this other one
http://www.fertilityplus.org/faq/hormonelevels.html#progesterone
which has a chart with all the blood work required and the intepretation.
saw LA this evening as well. He said that almost 99% of his patients husband have low sperm count and they can still get pregnant. oh well, let see how it goes.
he named 6 factors of infertility. can't remember them all - no ovulation, blocked fallopian tubes, low sperm count, fribriods, unexplained infertility. can't remember the 6th one. he suggested to try a couple of months on clomid and if it doesn;t work, to go for a HSG to check for blocked tubes. he eliminated all except for fallopian tubes which he doesn't know till after the HSG.
(it was some time later with a new gynae that we found out that the CD21 blood test is an inaccurtae mtd to confirm an ovulation)
I've ovulated. the numbers are 72.3 nmol. no idea what that means but i'm glad that i've ovulated nevertheless.
did some research on the net and came up with these links. will keep them here.
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3225/is_n5_v44/ai_11666518
PROGESTERONE
Serum progesterone testing has been used as a screening tool to identify patients at risk for ectopic or other abnormal pregnancy. [16,17] With follow-up ultrasound scanning used for definitive diagnosis, a quantitative serum progesterone level of more than 25 ng per mL (80 nmol per L) proved 99 percent accurate in predicting a living intrauterine pregnancy. Sixty percent of the patients with progesterone values below 25 ng per mL had abnormal pregnancies.
and this other one
http://www.fertilityplus.org/faq/hormonelevels.html#progesterone
which has a chart with all the blood work required and the intepretation.
saw LA this evening as well. He said that almost 99% of his patients husband have low sperm count and they can still get pregnant. oh well, let see how it goes.
he named 6 factors of infertility. can't remember them all - no ovulation, blocked fallopian tubes, low sperm count, fribriods, unexplained infertility. can't remember the 6th one. he suggested to try a couple of months on clomid and if it doesn;t work, to go for a HSG to check for blocked tubes. he eliminated all except for fallopian tubes which he doesn't know till after the HSG.
(it was some time later with a new gynae that we found out that the CD21 blood test is an inaccurtae mtd to confirm an ovulation)
Friday, May 13, 2005
CD21 KKH sperm test results
went to KKH to get hubby sperm test results - the results are not promising. both density and form is way below normal. density at 6% per 10 million and form is 2% per 10 million. am rather shell shock by the results, and it's worse off for hubby.
saw a different doc this time round - Dr S. She's very professional and eh not very encouraging though in terms of what we can do to improve sperm quality. She suggested we do another sperm test in three months (late july) and we see what we can do from there.
was suppose to do a blood test for protestergone on CD23, but she said we can do it today which is CD21. so we headed to IVF for the blood test.will get results on mon afternoon.
after doing the blood test, we are suppose to make payment and get the next appt, we got a number and there were like 20 pple ahead of us in the queue. i didn't want to q and suggested that we go to the cafeteria instead, he refuse and i almost blow up in tears at that point in time.
in the end, he found a seat at the waiting area and after waiting 10 min, the q only moved by one person. i gave up and spoke to the counter gal to make fast payment. will get an appt via phone.
we headed back to see Dr LA with the intention to tell him about the sperm test results.
despite being told that we didn;t need an appt, his clinic was full. and we were told to wait for another half an hour. hubby was upset as the queue doesn't look like it will disapte within 2 hours, much less than half an hour. We left the clinic and i was upset.
anyways to make a long story short, i manage to call the doctor later in the afternoon, explaining to him the results. He claim that in his nine years of experience, he had only 5 good results from SA, and yet the gal still got pregnant. I donlt know if he's trying to reassure me or what. but i do know that this is a huge blow for darling. but nevertheless i told darling what LA said, hopefully this will kick him to start leading a healthier lifestyle.
saw a different doc this time round - Dr S. She's very professional and eh not very encouraging though in terms of what we can do to improve sperm quality. She suggested we do another sperm test in three months (late july) and we see what we can do from there.
was suppose to do a blood test for protestergone on CD23, but she said we can do it today which is CD21. so we headed to IVF for the blood test.will get results on mon afternoon.
after doing the blood test, we are suppose to make payment and get the next appt, we got a number and there were like 20 pple ahead of us in the queue. i didn't want to q and suggested that we go to the cafeteria instead, he refuse and i almost blow up in tears at that point in time.
in the end, he found a seat at the waiting area and after waiting 10 min, the q only moved by one person. i gave up and spoke to the counter gal to make fast payment. will get an appt via phone.
we headed back to see Dr LA with the intention to tell him about the sperm test results.
despite being told that we didn;t need an appt, his clinic was full. and we were told to wait for another half an hour. hubby was upset as the queue doesn't look like it will disapte within 2 hours, much less than half an hour. We left the clinic and i was upset.
anyways to make a long story short, i manage to call the doctor later in the afternoon, explaining to him the results. He claim that in his nine years of experience, he had only 5 good results from SA, and yet the gal still got pregnant. I donlt know if he's trying to reassure me or what. but i do know that this is a huge blow for darling. but nevertheless i told darling what LA said, hopefully this will kick him to start leading a healthier lifestyle.
Friday, May 06, 2005
CD14 Ovulation?
making love last night was just like having sex - didn't feel like it at all and feeling like crying after it all.
this is not working at all. i don't know why i am feeling this way. perhaps it's the idea of 'having' to do it. perhaps it's the stress of knowing that one 'have' to do it.
this is not working at all. i don't know why i am feeling this way. perhaps it's the idea of 'having' to do it. perhaps it's the stress of knowing that one 'have' to do it.
Thursday, May 05, 2005
CD13 and baby names
today is CD13, well we were supposed to start badydancing every other day since CD10. but then as i got a bad case of UTI and then subsequently got a sore throat and flu, hardly in the mood to baby dance.
got a scare last week, sun, got high fever and pain in lower back. saw the doctor at 5am in the morning, got a urine test done and then realised i got a bad case of UTI, well so much for following advise not to wash up immed after baby dancing. how embarrassing to see a doctor for that sort of infection.
anyways he gave some antibiotics and turned out im allergic to those as well, had a rash through to monday. what a lousy weekend.
the only up side? - got an MC for 2 days.
and well, it;'s CD 13 and we really should not waste this cycle. so maybe tonight is when we make our baby.
if it's a gal, her name will be leqi, if it's a boy, his name will be lei something (i've haven't really think this through yet)
other names which are already taken, kai ling & kai wen
got a scare last week, sun, got high fever and pain in lower back. saw the doctor at 5am in the morning, got a urine test done and then realised i got a bad case of UTI, well so much for following advise not to wash up immed after baby dancing. how embarrassing to see a doctor for that sort of infection.
anyways he gave some antibiotics and turned out im allergic to those as well, had a rash through to monday. what a lousy weekend.
the only up side? - got an MC for 2 days.
and well, it;'s CD 13 and we really should not waste this cycle. so maybe tonight is when we make our baby.
if it's a gal, her name will be leqi, if it's a boy, his name will be lei something (i've haven't really think this through yet)
other names which are already taken, kai ling & kai wen
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