Anyone doing FET/IVF in Jan 2013 till everyone's BFP (Everyone Welcome)

[Mells54]

Mo, I think you either are a POAS addict or not! I love to wait it out, keeps me thinking the best for as long as possible! Of course, I've only had one BFP and that was a natural cycle.

 

[Turkey16]

I'm home! Officially PUPO! I promise to do personals later, but for now my love and best wishes to you all!

YAY EDAMAME!!! Congratulations!!!

 

[Em260]

Edamame - yay!! Glad everything went well and you're PUPO!

Mo - as a fellow POAS addict, I totally get it! Fx for you!

 

[alicatt]

Edamame!!! Yay for being PUPO!!

 

[ttcbaby117]

Ali - that is such great news hun! I am so sure you are soooo relieved! The biopsy was to check for implantation receptivity....did they do anything different to your lining before the biopsy? Does this mean that for your previous IVFs your lining was ok and maybe it was just the NK cells that hindered success?

ever - Im happy your FS calmed you a bit...enjoy your weekend.

edamame - that is so awesome hun....rest up and congrats on being PUPO!

 

[ashknowsbest]

Mo - the tests are looking promising. You're officially testing on Monday right?

Ali - yay for finally getting the results! Woohoo!

So I'm getting started stiming on May 6th. I'm looking forward to it and my doctor actually changed my medications this time around. I'll be on follistim, menopur and ganerelix. Not sure what the last medication is but I'm going to assume that it replaces lupron ... ? I also am assuming that we're doing the anatgon protocol this time around. I guess he's hoping to get better eggs from the changes in medication. I'm hoping so too.

 

[ashknowsbest]

edamame - congrats on being PUPO!

 

[ttcbaby117]

ash - I think that is great news that they changed your protocol...I have heard the antagonist protocol really helps with egg quality. The Ganirelix is the antagonist med which stops your from oving! So I will be like 2 days ahead of you if we see the cyst is gone on Monday.

 

[Turkey16]

congrats edamane!!
ali and turkey I sure hope so. i am a bit of a POAS addict...I wish I could just wait until beta but I cant! and me having the week off work didnt help at all! I am a little crazy. I started to get a little doubtful tonight but I really need to stay hopeful!! Why cant TTC be easy?

Turkey: when is your next u/s. im sorry I cant remember your last update!

7:45 on Monday morning...never before have I been so eager for Monday to get here already!!

 

[mercyme]

Ooh, exciting stuff, turkey!

Mo, keep posting your lines. I want to see them get darker too.
I picked up my first faint line 6dp5dt. But wasn't sure b/c it took longer than 2 min to show up. Got another faint line at 7dp5dt. Gave up poas b/c I feared a chemical & knew I had to get the actual numbers before feeling even remotely pg. My beta was 12dp5dt. I won't breathe easy until I see a heartbeat. (And even then...)

Edamame, congrats on being pupo! Waiting is frustrating but it's still an exciting time.

 

[Anxiously]

Congrats Edamame! My turn in 4 days lots of babydust to u!

 

[alicatt]

Ali - that is such great news hun! I am so sure you are soooo relieved! The biopsy was to check for implantation receptivity....did they do anything different to your lining before the biopsy? Does this mean that for your previous IVFs your lining was ok and maybe it was just the NK cells that hindered success?

ever - Im happy your FS calmed you a bit...enjoy your weekend.

edamame - that is so awesome hun....rest up and congrats on being PUPO!

Yes, the biopsy tested my endometrium to see if it was receptive to implantation. So apparently my uterus is just fine!!!
We are going to alter my real FET cycle a little bit by using Lupron to begin (I've been on it now for almost 3 weeks) that is how I can start the estrogen priming immediately. The Lupron sort of stalls out your cycle, so that you can start stims/priming whenever you want. At least that is what I think will happen. I'll know more when I go in on Monday. They may change some of the protocol based on my last 2 cycles to see if we can't get my lining to be better.

In some cases where your estrogen is really high, your endometrium can be unreceptive to implantation. So it is entirely possible that I had a poor endometrium due to the high levels of estrogen in my system in addition to the NK cells. So for women that have issues with implantation, sometimes just moving to a FET will solve the issue. However with me we are going to suppress my NK cells as well.

I'll give you all updates on Monday!! Thanks for all your support while I drove myself bonkers waiting for the results to come in!

 

[alicatt]

Mo - the tests are looking promising. You're officially testing on Monday right?

Ali - yay for finally getting the results! Woohoo!

So I'm getting started stiming on May 6th. I'm looking forward to it and my doctor actually changed my medications this time around. I'll be on follistim, menopur and ganerelix. Not sure what the last medication is but I'm going to assume that it replaces lupron ... ? I also am assuming that we're doing the anatgon protocol this time around. I guess he's hoping to get better eggs from the changes in medication. I'm hoping so too.

Ash - yes, I used ganirelix in my first cycle, you take it for about 5-10 days at the end of stims and up to your ER. It stops you from ovulating but is supposed to help with egg quality. It is funny, my FS started with that protocol but we moved to the long lupron protocol for my second IVF. I can't say for sure that either protocol is good or bad, but maybe a change is a good idea? It might be just what you need to get some beautiful eggs!

 

[ttcbaby117]

Thanks for explaining...is that why they will freeze eggs in an Ivf cycle if your E2 is high, be cause of the receptivity of your lining? Regardless, I am so happy for you. Can't wait to hear what your schedule will be like on Monday.

 

[alicatt]

Thanks for explaining...is that why they will freeze eggs in an Ivf cycle if your E2 is high, be cause of the receptivity of your lining? Regardless, I am so happy for you. Can't wait to hear what your schedule will be like on Monday.

Yes! That is exactly why they freeze if your estrogen is really high, that and the risk of OHSS. Unfortunately some women are very sensitive to estrogen so even slightly elevated levels can hinder implantation.

I think we've done all we can to make it perfect, so now it's time to just GO FOR IT!

I hope you get some good news about your cyst so you can get started!!!

 

[Flowermal]

Ali, that's great great news!!! Really. Excited for u!

edamame, congrats on being PUPO!

 

[MoBaby]

I think I'm out this cycle. Frer was a little lighter this am where I'd expect it to be the same or darker than yesterday. This really sucks. I'm 7dp5dt .

 

[Anxiously]

Aw MoBaby... Could it be just your booster coming out of your system? Give it a few days more dear.

 

[Em260]

Hang in there Mo. You're at the point where your trigger is leaving so hopefully it's just going to take a couple more tests to see the line getting darker again. The half life of most triggers is shorter than the doubling time of real hcg. Fx!

 

[MoBaby]

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