3 failed IUIs. How do you cope?

[baby.wish]

woohoooo soo happy for you StayHopeful!! That is a great Beta nice and strong

 

[Strawberry13]

That's awesome stay, congrats!!!

 

[PinkPeony]

Wow!!!!!! Congrats Stay! I knew when I saw that blazing FRER you were going to have a strong beta. That's fantastic!

 

[StayHopeful]

Thanks, ladies! I can't wait to see all of your bfps when these IVF cycles work for you!

 

[SashimiMimi]

Congrats Stay! Your news made my day!!!

 

[Maverick007]

Looking very close - I might trigger as early as tomorrow night. I have to up my dosage tonight to 2 menopur powders vs. 1. Another scan tomorrow....

 

[Strawberry13]

Yay so exciting! How many do they think you have?

 

[Maverick007]

i wasn't able to get a number because someone was sitting in my office when she called and i felt awkward asking, but i'll try and get when she calls me tomorrow! they don't seem too eager to share those details w/ me for some reason, i usually have to ask! i think they will tell me there are still 5 though...we'll only know for sure after ER so i'm staying as positive as i can.

 

[Bma11]

Congrats stay hopeful!!! Awesome beta!

Strawberry- your not out yet.

Maverick- good luck!! Exciting times

 

[PinkPeony]

Exciting Mav! Go follies go!

 

[baby.wish]

stayhopeful did you do accupuncture?

 

[Strawberry13]

i wasn't able to get a number because someone was sitting in my office when she called and i felt awkward asking, but i'll try and get when she calls me tomorrow! they don't seem too eager to share those details w/ me for some reason, i usually have to ask! i think they will tell me there are still 5 though...we'll only know for sure after ER so i'm staying as positive as i can.

Oh yeah I could see why they would try to be discreet about it. You should definitely stay positive, if they were concerned they probably would've had you stim for longer!

 

[StayHopeful]

Woohoo Mav, you're so close! And the follies continue to grow after the trigger too, so you may end up with more than 5.

Baby.wish, I did do acupuncture. I did it once a week for three months before ivf and during stims, then the acupuncturist came to the clinic for ET and did a session immediately before and immediately after.

 

[Maverick007]

babywish, I am also doing acupuncture, and I love it! I feel super relaxed afterwards...and I am not one to ever relax so I think it's really beneficial especially if you tend to get stressed out a lot.

Stay how did your parents react to the official news? I'm sure they were ecstatic! Have you told anyone else yet or do you plan to? We talk about that sometimes... who we would tell before the end of the 1st trimester. I think we will limit it to a fairly small group.

Today was some better news, I have 10 follies, largest are 19mm, 17, 16, a couple 15s, and then there are 5 or so that range from 14 to 11. So I am praying that I'm ready to trigger tonight. If not I have one extra dose of menopur from the RE so if need be, I'll do one more night of stims. She also said uterine lining was triple layer which was "good."

 

[Strawberry13]

That's great 10 is an awesome number! You must be thrilled. Same on the lining!

 

[StayHopeful]

Mav, your follies sound great! It sounds like you'll be triggering soon. So excited for you!

My parents were soooo excited when we told them yesterday. My mom started crying and asked when she could buy a little present for her grandbaby. It was my day's birthday, so I called him to say "happy birthday" and "you're going to be a grandpa." I also told my brother and his fiancée. They knew we were doing IVF this summer but not the exact timing of it, so he was surprised and excited. Other than mine and DH's immediate families, we decided to only tell a few other friends. We limited it to the people who knew that we were doing IVF and exactly when we were doing it, because they would know we would find out something soon. I'll tell my principal and a few other people once we see the heartbeat, but we'll wait to make the big announcement until 12 weeks.

 

[Maverick007]

Thanks guys! Yes I am happy with that number! I did hear back and have to do one more night of meds....99% chance of a trigger tomorrow night...which means ER would fall on Fri which is also our anniversary.

 

[PinkPeony]

AAAhhhh!!! That's awesome Mav. Double the amount you thought you'd have plus extra time for them to pimp out. Not to mention auspicious timing for your ER!

 

[Maverick007]

thanks girl! i'm lol @ "pimp out"

 

[Maverick007]

did any of you that have done ivf get nausea from any of your meds? i have been getting a lot of it for the last 2 days and the only thing i suspect is the doxicycline but i haven't been taking it on an empty stomach...so i don't know. maybe the ganirelix?