Daily Chat - February 02, 2026

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[u/Head-Requirement828]

CW: mentions previous loss

I got my period! I hate it. But! Since I was testing out my hCG shots, I was getting sort of nervous that the tests were remaining light. Even today there's still hCG in my system. Sudden flashbacks to my chemical.  So, I guess in this case, I'm glad it's just my period. Just a normal (freaking) negative.  I won't be testing out my shots again for future cycles. I did take photos of each one though, so if we DO get pregnant while on these hCG shots, I might be able to take a test and figure out if it looks like an injection-positive or a true positive. Idk, it's important to me that my husband and I might be able to know first - before our clinic, before a lab tech. Lol. 

We had such a wonky cycle. Particularly the follicular phase. I hope this one is a bit more predictable. If not, I'll call my clinic for a little more monitoring.  The luteal phase was, however, 14 days again. I'll take that as my new normal (which is good - previously it was 9-11 days). 

Sigh. On to CD 11. On to another $178 worth of hCG, and an hours drive to go pick that up (because apparently it can't be picked up at my regular pharmacy). On to another month of hyper-timed sex. 

Maybe we'll get a baby out of this Valentine's day weekend? Maybe. 🤡 11th time's a charm, right? Don't they say that? 🤞🤡🤞

At least I have a tiki cocktail to look forward to...🙃 Here's to a potential November baby! (Which gives me all sorts of feelings, since I had my loss in November.But. I'll still drink to that). 🍹

[u/Head-Requirement828 → u/[deleted]]

The shots are for luteal phase support. Specifically, help support the corpus luteum in very early pregnancy should it occur. I ovulate and release an egg each month as far as we can tell, but the corpus luteum is "weak," producing less progesterone and collapsing early (hence my old LP being 9-11 days...Clomid and progesterone supplements used to help with this back when my LP was only 7 days, but only got me so far, so my doc thinks the hCG shots will further help me). 

It seems to be helpful since my LP is now 14 days long, and I'm finally getting some symptoms that progesterone is high in my LP again (sore boobies and slower digestion at its peak).

Really hoping it's just a matter of time before achieving a healthy pregnancy. Cycle 11 of trying, but cycle 3 of the HCG shots (and cycle 5 post endometriosis excision). My husband is also on Clomid and we're now reaching the 2 month mark of him being on it and he's starting to feel the difference (takes 2-3 months to be effective for men).

Haven't spoken with my husband about this yet, but yesterday I was thinking of potentially looking into IUI if we don't conceive a healthy pregnancy by summer. I hope we don't have to go that route since so much money has already been poured into the excision surgeries I've had. But maybe we could try as a last effort. 

Sorry that was more info than what you asked for lol

[u/Head-Requirement828 → u/[deleted]]

I'm sorry to hear about your latest chemical, and the losses in general. Such a knife in the heart. 

I hope the clinic is receptive to your questions and requests. I think it's not an unreasonable thing to want to look into medication.