38 and TTC first baby, anyone else?

[elliecain]

Come on Star's baby! You have so many virtual aunties behind you right now

 

[Star2011]

Thank you Ellie, Left, Chipie, Wish, Mdc, Dandi and everybody. Tomorrow i will for sure update.

 

[sugargully]

Go, go, go little follies and embies! Just poppin in to let you all know I'm hoping for the best for all of of you ladies! You're in my thoughts every day.

 

[Wish2BMom]

thank you, sugar!!

star - GOOD LUCK TODAY!! nestle in little one, dig in nice and snuggly!! I'm glad you took some time off to chill after the procedure. I'm definitely doing that this time.

mdc - say what now?? you've got to be kidding me. So did they NOW submit for authorization?? I'm so sorry you're being d*cked around like this, excuse my language. The fact that you're on prog to keep AF away so you can get this approved in time - you're doing everything possible on your end and they can't keep up their end of the deal. Want me to call?? I'm all fired up!!

chipie - I usually go in on day 4 of stims and I think that's too early. I would almost rather not go in until day 6 or 7. I know I'm not going to have any mature follies (or even close to mature) by then. Hell, I'm at day 11 of stims right now and I barely have 1. I know they want to start tracking the hormones too to make sure you don't surge before they can stop you, so I guess day 7 would be fine.

ellie - your note touched my heart. I feel the exact same way. I know we've said this before but I wish I could meet all of you.

nothing much going on with me - I have a feeling the retrieval won't be until at least Monday, which just stinks b/c of it being a work day. Even if my follicles grow 2mm each day from yesterday, that's still bringing the 12s to 16 and that's still not where they need to be. So I'd assume I'll need to stim for another couple of days. Maybe trigger Sunday night, retrieval Tues.

 

[Mdc]

Chipie, glad you have a plan B, but you are right you will not need it. How did your appt go?

Star, hopefully you are all PUPO now. How did it go and what did it feel like?

Wish, yes I should have you call and the finance person finally agreed to call it in. I hope you get a big surprise tomorrow and they plumped up quick. You are so close to the finish line and I know it sucks, but slow and steady wins the race. Wait...so says they most impatient person here Screw it, plump follies plump! Either way I feel this is truly your time!

Hi momma Left and soon to be momma Sugar!

Afm, now I am worried the finance person is going to call in the auth a bit half a$$ed, but at least I will know if my previous mmc from and IUI will result in a denial from the insurance. If so, I am just going to do without insurance coverage for now. I have the funds if we need to, but would rather spend it on buying things FOR the baby rather than making him/her. However, I will do what ever we need to do.

On a funnier note, Wish, I was thinking about what you said about the emotions and temp spike and so I took a test dpo11 and total BFN. Silly rabbit what was I thinking...get pregnant the old fashioned way

 

[Wish2BMom]

LOL you're so silly! how dare you think that! totally kidding, it was worth a shot. Crazier things have happened!
yeah, I wouldn't be trusting the caller to make the best case for you either, but I guess at least they are calling and you can glean some information from the response. When are you supposed to hear?
that's great that you have the backup funds to move forward either way. How exciting!

thank you for keeping the faith about this cycle. Things have gone as they should so far, so I am optimistic. But again, trying to be realistic.
I'm hoping the big follicle stopped taking all the meds and shared with the others - maybe we'll have a good spike in the morning. Appt is at 7:50 - I'll update everyone when I return!

 

[Mdc]

If they faxed the auth in probably early next week, if she called it in likely she should get an answer then and there.

Best of luck for tomorrow.

Oh yeah, and I am getting closer to nailing down my Boston trip! Thinking the week of May 16th if your preggo behind wants to meet up

 

[Wish2BMom]

thank you!

yes! I'll work from the Burlington office that day and just head down into the city for dinner. Excellent name-calling - I hope, I hope!

 

[Chipie]

Wish I'm sure I've read somewhere that follies often have a growth spurt right at the end. I've deffo not made that up. I've all the confidence in your follies! Talk to them this evening, tell them how well they're doing and then imagine them swelling up in size - and I am not even joking!

MDC, goodness what a trial this is being for you. I hope she called and I hope you get it sorted asap. How blooming annoying! Let us know when you hear something.

Star- how did it go?
Ellie, still crossing my fingers for you for this cycle.

My appointment at the potential new IVF clinic today was an eye opener. They are intense. An average cycle costs £12k and if you do immune testing (which they highly recommend) it's £15-£20k. They literally leave nothing to chance though. During stimulation, you go in twice a day every day for tests, you couldn't work during that time. They have an amazing success rate though. I'll definitely be tempted to do it if this cycle fails but only if df pays half as I'm paying for this cycle all by myself. At least it will prove to me how much he wants this.

Meanwhile back to this cycle, I had some twinges in my left ovary today so I'm taking this as a super good sign. Come on follies!

 

[Star2011]

Wish- praying for those follies. Just like Mdc said, sometimes slow steady growth is better.

Mdc- I am glad you have an option just incase this insurance thing acts up.

Well, i am PUPO! I had one transferred and only one left frozen. The others didnt survive the thaw

It was a quick procedure went smooth but i had to pee at intervals abit at a time before the procedure to release bladder pressure. Am still drowsy from the PO Valium. Will catch up soon.

Love to you all.

 

[Wish2BMom]

wow chipie - that's CRAZY. Sounds pretty awesome, though. Keep us updated!!

yahooooooo, star!!!!! PUPOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

I'll have a chat with my follies tonight, for sure.

 

[Chipie]

WELL DONE STAR! One in the oven and one in the freezer. Come on LO, do your thing!!

 

[Mdc]

Star PUPO! Sorry the other embies did not make it through the thaw, but you did it you are pregnant!

Chipie, wow that is crazy monitoring and a crazy cost, but you are right the things we do.

Wish, you tell those follies in our best mom voice they should listen to you

So I ran across this on my clinics blog and it was too funny not to share. Especially with my 'anonymous internet friends'. https://rscbayarea.com/blog/20-thin...y-fertility-specialist-when-i-was-her-patient

 

[elliecain]

Yay for PUPO Star! You are so totally duffed right now xxx

 

[Chipie]

That is funny MDC and sounds soooo familiar.

Yeah you're duffed Star. I like that term Ellie

 

[elliecain]

Mdc, that is so very funny! Had to read them out to DH, but he didn't seem to get it!

 

[sugargully]

MDC I concur with all of that article. It's so on point. Thanks for sharing it.

 

[Wish2BMom]

holy crap, mdc - that was awesome!
I can relate so much to so many of these. However, I did NOT have to have a rectal exam!!

star - heyyyy PUPO girl! you're 1dpt! how are you feeling? when is your test date?

Hello to everyone else! it's a gloomy, rainy day here today and I don't think I have much to do so I'll be fulfilling my BnB Addict role probably...

Had my scan: 20, 17, 16, 13, 13, 10. So we might trigger tonight b/c we don't want the 20 to get too big. Which means I might have just been handed a 'Skip Easter' card, and that would be A-OK with me! Even if we triggered tomorrow night, I could maybe talk them into not stimming tomorrow, last one being tonight, and I don't have to buy more meds!!!
But I'll get the call later today and will know for sure. I'll keep you all posted. All in all, 5 ain't bad, I guess. The doc wants to transfer 3 this time, so hopefully we get at least that. Chances of 100% eggs/good eggs/fertilization/proper development are basically nil, so I'll take what we can get.

 

[Dandi]

Congrats Star! Crossing everything for you that this little bean holds on tight!

Love the article Mdc, so much truth there.

Wish, I'm so so hopeful for this round. Here's to hoping you get to transfer 3, I think that sounds very lucky!

 

[Mdc]

Wish, those are some mighty fine looking follies you have there! Cannot wait for you to be our second PUPO this month! I almost forgot they are going to do 3 wowza! Btw, I did not get a rectal either...not sure what is up with that. Cannot wait to hear the update about when you trigger.

I will say at least that article was funny, however the support staff is on my last ever living nerve. I called the insurance and still NO auth submitted. For the love of *%#%*^% it is not that hard. I have laid it out and all they have to do is confirm 3 cycles of COS were done. I also have a call into the RN for a short course of BCP that the doc said was fine with so I have a shot at something this month bc of travel for work. So when she calls (and she better ) I am going to mention it, and worst case they have to call in a inj IUI auth anyways. If they mess this up I will likely lose it. This is people's lives they are playing with. Ok...deep breath...it is not the end of the world. I know it will work out, but geez who needs this drama.