3 failed IUIs. How do you cope?

[Luciola]

Good luck summer!!! And I am so happy for you Mav!

 

[StayHopeful]

Hooray, Summer! May and June will fly by! Enjoy your time in the meantime, once IVF works you definitely have to cut out some things in your lifestyle

 

[Maverick007]

Thank you so much ladies! It's been completely overwhelming but we're slowly figuring out 'better' ways to do things. I got to go home on Weds. I do have DH here to help which is a huge blessing, I could not do this on my own especially after the surgery! My pain is lessening each day though which is great.

How is everyone else doing? Summer I am so happy you are moving forward!! I wish you luck and lots of baby dust!!

 

[Maverick007]

Hi ladies! I am having a slow day at work and started thinking of each of you and wondering how you are all doing. Pink Peony, I saw a picture of your twins (your profile pic maybe?) SO ADORABLE!! I would love to hear how you are all doing if you happen to check in here again!

My daughter is doing really well. She is 11 weeks old and getting so close to a real laugh. Sleeping pretty well...usually a 6 hr stretch, then another 4 hr stretch. I'm back to work for the last 4 weeks and DH has been taking care of her until he goes back to teaching in mid-August. We feel like we're finally starting to come out of the fog of new parenthood and get our wits about us!!

 

[Bma11]

Bnb surely changed.

Hi maverick! I got an email notifying me of your post.

My twins are 6 months. Motherhood is amazing!!! I love every minute of it. I'm glad you are enjoying it as well.

I often feel super guilty for not getting on anymore, but for obvious reasons, it's just not that easy.

 

[Maverick007]

Bnb surely changed.

Hi maverick! I got an email notifying me of your post.

My twins are 6 months. Motherhood is amazing!!! I love every minute of it. I'm glad you are enjoying it as well.

I often feel super guilty for not getting on anymore, but for obvious reasons, it's just not that easy.

Aw, you definitely shouldn't feel bad girl! I think it is awesome that we could be supportive of each other during that "season" of our lives, as hard as it was. And now things have changed a lot and so it's a new season. So happy for you and glad that things are going so well w/ your sweeties.

 

[moni77]

I am still on here. Getting ready to start my IVF cycle. AF arrived yesterday so I have the day 3 scan/labs to hopefully get the green light. Then 3 weeks of BCP before the injections start the first week in August!

 

[summer2011]

Tomorrow I'm in for ER!! Soooo nervous. I had high E2 levels and I think 20 follies counted so they're cautioning me for OHSS. So far I've felt great throughout my cycle. Hoping the OHSS doesn't show so we can go ahead with ET in 4-6 days

 

[PinkPeony]

I was totally thinking of you guys today too Mav!! Your daughter is beautiful!! So good to hear everything's going well. I haven't been keeping up with b'nb much these days either.
I've had both my little ones home with me for about 6 weeks now and things have been great. They just turned 3 months on Friday. I'm pretty lucky in that these two are pretty easy going babies. It still gets pretty hairy a lot of the time though of course.

Good luck to the ladies currently doing and about to do ivf!

 

[Maverick007]

Thanks Pink! That's wonderful your girls are pretty easy going. You twin moms have my admiration. Some days I can barely handle just the one even though I feel she is fairly easy going as well.

Moni and Summer, how exciting you're getting going with IVF!! Lots of luck, I pray these are successful cycles for you!

 

[moni77]

Yay Summre - FXed for you.

I got the green light! BCP until 8/1 - 1st scan 8/5...here we go!

 

[StayHopeful]

I was just wondering how all of you lovely ladies are doing!

Mav, your daughter is beautiful! Those first few months are definitely a blur, but glad that you're starting to feel more on top of things now. Have you and DH figured out what your DD will do once he goes back to work?

Bma and Pink, glad you are both doing well. I don't know how you do it! Most days just having one is exhausting! It's worth every second though

Moni, GL with your IVF cycle! The 3 weeks of BCP will fly by and then stims will too. It's a very intense couple weeks, but then you have plenty of time to rest and recover after ER.

Summer, how did ER go? I had quite a few follicles and ended up with mild OHSS. I just ate as much protein as I could and drank lots of gatorade, it went away after a week or so.

AFM, things are going great. I'm home for the summer for another month, then DS will start daycare when I go back to work in the fall. He just turned 4 months and overall is a healthy and happy baby, though we're still dealing with a few reflux issues and now he's starting to teethe. He loves to smile and coo and he's just started rolling over. I love every minute with him!

 

[Maverick007]

I was just wondering how all of you lovely ladies are doing!

Mav, your daughter is beautiful! Those first few months are definitely a blur, but glad that you're starting to feel more on top of things now. Have you and DH figured out what your DD will do once he goes back to work?

Bma and Pink, glad you are both doing well. I don't know how you do it! Most days just having one is exhausting! It's worth every second though

Moni, GL with your IVF cycle! The 3 weeks of BCP will fly by and then stims will too. It's a very intense couple weeks, but then you have plenty of time to rest and recover after ER.

Summer, how did ER go? I had quite a few follicles and ended up with mild OHSS. I just ate as much protein as I could and drank lots of gatorade, it went away after a week or so.

AFM, things are going great. I'm home for the summer for another month, then DS will start daycare when I go back to work in the fall. He just turned 4 months and overall is a healthy and happy baby, though we're still dealing with a few reflux issues and now he's starting to teethe. He loves to smile and coo and he's just started rolling over. I love every minute with him!

Thanks SH! I'm so glad that things have evened out with your little guy. I think you're really entering the fun phase! Is he laughing yet? I keep waiting for DD to laugh, I can't wait! We are considering several day care and smaller in-home care options for our daughter but haven't made a decision yet...We are leaning toward a learning center that has a very small infant to staff ratio and each infant gets their own "stuff" e.g. crib, changing table, etc. it is associated with the hospital where she was born and they are very focused on helping the kids achieve milestones. it is also the most expensive so we have a lot to think about!

 

[summer2011]

Egg retrieval went well. I had 17 retrieved, 15 mature, 14 fertilized and 14 still going strong at day 3. Embryologist said none so far of bad quality, 6 developing perfectly and the others not far behind. He didn't give me an actual grade. We are hoping for a blast transfer on day 5 of 1 embie!! Wish us luck!!

Feeling great so far with no OHSS symptoms although I'm still cautioned to watch out as my estradiol was up over 20000 at one point.

Looks like all of you ladies are doing great with your new babes. Can't wait to join you. Congrats Moni on getting started. She's right.. Time will fly and before you know it you'll be at retrieval. Good luck with your cycle.

 

[StayHopeful]

Summer, those are great numbers! Glad that you're feeling pretty good. Now the waiting begins... for me, IVF was the TWW but soooo much worse. I think it's because during the stim cycle you're going to the doctor almost every day, and then all of a sudden it's nothing for two weeks. I watched a lot of movies... Keep us posted!

Mav, he's laughed a couple times but not regularly yet. Right now, it's just short little laughs and a lot of times DH and I will look at each other and say, "Was that a laugh?" I don't think he's too far from it though. Figuring out childcare is so hard! We found a daycare near our new house that we really like and I know it will be good for him to have the socialization, but it's so hard to think of leaving him in a few weeks !

 

[moni77]

thanks! Summer when is your transfer and test date?

 

[summer2011]

Transferred one beautiful 5aa blast yesterday afternoon now the wait begins! Official test date is august 2. They wanted to give the rest one more day to pick the best for freezing so we should find out how many snowbabies we have sometime today!

 

[StayHopeful]

Hooray summer, lots and lots of to you! How are you feeling? Any OHSS?

 

[moni77]

Yay summer!

 

[summer2011]

No OHSS symptoms so far. Fingers crossed it stays that way. I think I should be fairly confident after another week if it doesn't show.

Embryologist called and said we have 5 good quality blasts frozen Now to just wait for my test date.