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2nd cycle of Letrozole, 5th with Inito, and 14th? TTC, I will be packing away my Inito and moving onto IVF due to some devastating HSG results.

I love this sub and have appreciated everyone’s feedback on previous charts. I share my story not to scare anyone but to say, trust your gut if something feels wrong, and get checked.

After my first Letrozole looked great but failed, my OB decided to start a second cycle but move down the checklist of the fertility work up. Last week I had an ultrasound that showed normal uterine findings and my left ovary looked great, couldn’t find right but no worries per them.

Then early this week I had my HSG. Since every other test has been fine, I went in not expecting anything to be amiss. There I found my problem - both tubes have been blocked this entire time. Every “super faint line” I ever saw was simply an indent. I haven’t been able to get pregnant on my own for who knows how long. Later in the week I got my strongest LH peak ever and we BD as a “Hail Mary” knowing there’s a 99% chance it won’t do anything. There’s a small chance a tube could spasm and not actually be blocked, but my doctor made no mention of that possibility so I’m not going to hang onto hope for a false positive HSG. One tube is blocked at the uterus and the other in the mid/upper tube.

Later this month we will have our IVF consult. I’ve been through so many emotions this week and finally have accepted this and am trying to be hopeful for the future.

Thank you all for everything, I will be cheering you on!

I was feeling really good about this cycle (2nd with Letrozole). Today I entered my fertile window, and had my HSG. Today is CD10.

Now I’m in agony waiting for my OB to call me tomorrow or Wednesday with results because the clinic wouldn’t give them to me due to me being a referral. They sent me home with photos and told me I could look things up on Google (literally) and I’m just spiraling, thinking I only see one tube and preparing for the worst.

Wish me luck friends. I’m going to tackle this fertile window as I normally would, but worried about these results. I have been crying since I left the clinic at noon. It was also extremely painful yet brief. But the 800mg Ibuprofen was not cutting it.

Looks like my fertile window could maybe start tomorrow on CD10, which is HSG day.

Anyone else getting a HSG this month?

This morning I woke up to some light brown bleeding, which lasted a few hours. Throughout the day it has dwindled down to nothing.

Does anyone else see this shadow?

I scheduled my HSG and picked up my Letrozole refill today after seeing the blood, but full flow never started.

Guarding my heart and expecting AF to show up but these evening tests are interesting.

12DPO on Premom with opks and 13 with Inito (based on first rise not peak).

Everything changed that we needed to change. Ovulated earlier, progesterone got high enough and passed 21 day blood test with flying colors, luteal phase lengthened.

But no pregnancy :(

My e3g did stay pretty low the whole cycle vs just the beginning but not sure if that is a concern with this med.

First time buying these.

Ugh nervous as hell. But trying to chill. I know if I take Inito with us, and if hormones start tanking, I’ll be in a foul mood. So just not going to bring it even though I’d love a full cycle worth of data. Plus sharing a bathroom with our SIL/BIL. Not ideal for hogging the bathroom for testing.

Letrozole 5mg cycle yielded a blood progesterone level of 16.7 on CD21, which is great news. Last month I was 9.9 unmedicated.

Anyone else taking a break over the weekend?

I should not be wasting multiple tests, but with it being my first cycle on Letrozole I’m on the edge of my seat to see how my progesterone does since we chose not to supplement.

This morning I was pretty bummed when it dropped from over 11 to 4.72, even though I know in the rational part of my brain it will fluctuate.

Now my evening test is reading 18.3 😳 have never ever tested past in the 11s.

Blood test tomorrow!

Ecstatic to say the least! I go in on Thursday for a CD21 progesterone blood draw which is the only “monitoring” I am getting for this first round of Letrozole. Then she will decide if I supplement with progesterone next month.

Not only did I get ovulation confirmed but I ovulated 3 days earlier than usual, overnight CD14. Fingers crossed this gives me a longer luteal phase, which previously was running 9-10 days with some spotting.

Great to see this medication working.

Now I’d love to save money and stop testing, but I really want to see how my progesterone trends this week. Traveling for Memorial Day so maybe I’ll give it to Friday and then quit testing after that.

I knew I should’ve tracked my BBT this month

This morning I woke up crossing my fingers that pdg would be >5 (I know there’s still time it could likely be tomorrow). E3g also struggling to rebound after the medication. Will see how this goes!

Made sure to not miss FMU this morning and cross referenced with OPKs. I am actually so elated, I have never geared up to ovulate this early. Hopefully this buys me a few extra days in my LP.

I’ve also never had a surge this high. Fingers crossed progesterone rises naturally after.

My OB told us to bd every other day but I really don’t miss today so might ignore medical advice? Eek. She also told me not to track my cycle anymore to reduce stress (unfortunately, not tracking would prob stress me out more).

I just wasn’t thinking and missed my FMU this morning, then came to work and held for 3 hours to get this result.

It is my first Letrozole cycle, I took from day 4-8. Usually ovulate CD17ish and have luteal phase defect.

I will cross ref with an OPK later but does anyone have an opinion on what could be going on? Totally wasn’t expecting this result - the estrogen is throwing me off. I know this cycle will be very different with the medication but I’m stumped!

Doing Letrozole CD 4-8, progesterone 3dpo onward until period starts and continuing if pregnancy is successful. They want us to BD every other day starting CD11, which is different than how we usually tackle it. I’m used to going O-2,1,0 for the most part.

Feeling hopeful and welcoming any advice! Have never done a medicated cycle before. Mine will be unmonitored by my OB, just me and Inito and OPKs. They will bring me in for a progesterone draw on cycle 3 if nothing is successful.

It is cool to see the FSH already up there.

12th cycle TTC and my first time even remotely seeing anything on one of these tests. Unfortunately my hormones were kind of out of the ordinary this cycle (tracking with Inito) and I’ve had spotting from CD6-CD10, stopped for 11, and it’s coming back today.

Whether this is evap or a sign of a chemical I’m not sure. Very clear line in person but harder to capture on camera.

Blood draw on CD21 confirmed I ovulated per my OB at 9.9, Inito never confirmed. First month on the new strips. Started spotting on 6DPO, 2 days after having a work up done with my OB. 12th cycle TTC. Spotting is very new to me, have only spotted the last 2 months.

Now 11DPO. Spotting stopped yesterday. Pdg rising but e3g lower and BFNs on tests.

Will be interesting to see what happens tomorrow. I thought AF was coming days ago… ugh!