Our IVF journey

1st Protocol:
I was on estradiol and progesterone to heal from my surgery. Then developed a cyst on my ovary. So that protocol was cancelled.

2nd Protocol:
Instructed to take birth control pills to quiet my ovaries down. Well, my body did what it wanted and I still got my period despite taking the pills for 2 weeks. I developed another cyst that was 25-30mm large. Progesterone tests after reveled i did not ovulate, my Estrogen level was 660. So this protocol was cancelled.

3rd Protocol: Antagonist
For fear that birth control pills would not work to suppress me. I was instructed to take Ganirelix injections for 6 days before starting my stim medication. This worked to suppress me alright. When I went in for my CD3 ultrasound my afc (antral follicular count) was only 9! That sounded pretty low for me. It's usually around 14-15 each cycle. My fear was they over-suppressed me. We forged ahead and I was given a high dose of follistim and menopur.

Follistim: 375 iu
Menopur: 150 iu
Ganirelix: 1 dose x 3 days

I stimmed for 8 days and ended up with only 2-3 decent follicles the rest were too small to catch up.

All measured follicles on Day 9:

Left ovary: 21.5, 11, 15.5, 6, 6, 14
Right ovary: 25, 6

This cycle was converted to IUI to not 'waste' our IVF with insurance. We only get 4 tries! And this isn't looking to good.  I took the trigger shot the morning after my last appointment and had the IUI about 26 hours later. Hubbies counts were great! With a final washed count of 52 mil per 0.5ml
inserted. Fingers crossed.

4th protocol: Antagonist
Instructed to take birth control pills and estrogen to quiet my ovaries down, again. 
Follistim: 450 iu
Menopur: 150 iu
HGH: dose I can't remember

Made it to retrieval but the numbers of mature follicles were small. 
Ended of retrieving 2. 
Day 2 none fertilized 

5th protocol: Micro dose flare - cycle cancelled
HGH
Instructed to only take bcps.  Ended up starting and ovulating on the pills. 

6th protocol: Moved onto Donor Eggs
Bcp's
20 units lupron
Vivelle dot patches
Baby aspirin 81mg 
PIO
Instructed to take bcps for 2 weeks before then start lupron injections daily each night. Donor starts her meds Jan 25. 

New RE

This new doctor has been wonderful! I met with my new R.E. and he took my concerns over low AMH seriously and my concerns over the hasty diagnosis of bicornuate uterus seriously. He scheduled me for a Saline hysterosonogram (which was incredible amounts of pain). Sure enough he saw right away the exterior 'material' in my uterus and said this is NOT bicornuate but a septate uterus. Ahhh, finally a diagnosis! This means it's treatable with a relatively quick and easy surgery.

I chose to have the surgery and i'm glad (so far) I did. It was pretty quick only about 30 minutes long. I was given anesthetic to completely put me under. And woke up to a small amount of pain but tolerable. It takes several months to heal from the surgery so this will take you out of TTC for 2-3 months. After the surgery my doctor told me that he did find a lot more 'debris' that he was expecting. The extra tissue was very wide and low and went from fallopian tube to tube stretching across the top part of my uterus. He said as he expected once he removed the debris my uterus expanded and opened up quite nicely. I'm hoping this takes away my horrible cramping pain I experience with a period. Only time will tell now.

My doctor said at the very least it's evened the playing field for my chances with IVF which we then discussed might be the best option for me as my low amh is only going to get lower.

When I explained the things the previous doctor had done and said he apologized and said he was frankly very disappointed in the treatment I had received that far.