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

[~Brandy~]

I say 3!

We would love to have 3 but im super scared of the health issues that could arise for me and them..

 

[~Brandy~]

Brandy, here's the link...hopefully!

https://babyandbump.momtastic.com/p...sted-conception-ltttc-due-2013-2014-a-45.html

Thanks!

 

[MoBaby]

I think for sure twins though

 

[sekky]

YaY brandy. You are having more than one

Mells glad you could tell DH. Happy for the both of you

AFM - AF finally showed so I call the clinic tomorrow and get the show started

 

[sekky]

Edamame how are you?

 

[Blue12]

Sekky that's so exciting to get started!!

 

[sekky]

Sekky that's so exciting to get started!!

It's still a long way from starting If I am going same as before. 5 weeks of BCP and busereline overlap before stimm but am starting right?

 

[~Brandy~]

Sekky that's so exciting to get started!!

It's still a long way from starting If I am going same as before. 5 weeks of BCP and busereline overlap before stimm but am starting right?

Its a process that I thought was never going to end... Since I was on the same protocol but wow looking back time did fly.

 

[MoBaby]

Yay sekky!

 

[Mells54]

Sekky that's so exciting to get started!!

It's still a long way from starting If I am going same as before. 5 weeks of BCP and busereline overlap before stimm but am starting right?

Its a process that I thought was never going to end... Since I was on the same protocol but wow looking back time did fly.

Brandy, I say at least 2 in there. My doubling time was 40 hours!

 

[MoBaby]

Okay I'm freaking out! My pm test is lighter than this mornings..all I've drank all day is one bottle of water with last bit around 1230.. I'm worried now

 

[alicatt]

Nope...fresh cycle, but we may have to freeze depending on how long the testing takes. I don't care if its fresh, frozen or fried at this point!!! Just so happy to be starting again!!!

The CCRM people are doing freeze all IVF as they feel that implantation is inhibited during a fresh cycle due to the increased/high levels of estrogen. I think it may have helped me since I didn't have and implantation at all with fresh cycles.

I actually like the idea of a freeze all, it allows you to recover from the IVF and in a FET it is all about creating the best environment for the embryos. So I think it makes for a better chance of implantation.

Plus they do the CCS testing on day 5, and if you want to do it fresh then you have to transfer at day 6 and that might not be as optimal for the uterus or the embryo. It all depends on how things are looking I guess.

This is confusing but I have 2 frozen embryos that I want tested, and to do so they will test at the same time as the fresh IVF (day 5), but since we can't defrost and refreeze them, we'll be doing a 6 day transfer if any of them are normal. The fresh ones we'll freeze on day 5 for future FET.

I'm so excited that you are moving forward! Are they making any changes to your cycle this time around? Did you get your embryos to day 5 last time? Why are you starting estrace? Or is this the EPP? How long does it take before you have your ER?

 

[~Brandy~]

Nope...fresh cycle, but we may have to freeze depending on how long the testing takes. I don't care if its fresh, frozen or fried at this point!!! Just so happy to be starting again!!!

The CCRM people are doing freeze all IVF as they feel that implantation is inhibited during a fresh cycle due to the increased/high levels of estrogen. I think it may have helped me since I didn't have and implantation at all with fresh cycles.

I actually like the idea of a freeze all, it allows you to recover from the IVF and in a FET it is all about creating the best environment for the embryos. So I think it makes for a better chance of implantation.

Plus they do the CCS testing on day 5, and if you want to do it fresh then you have to transfer at day 6 and that might not be as optimal for the uterus or the embryo. It all depends on how things are looking I guess.

This is confusing but I have 2 frozen embryos that I want tested, and to do so they will test at the same time as the fresh IVF (day 5), but since we can't defrost and refreeze them, we'll be doing a 6 day transfer if any of them are normal. The fresh ones we'll freeze on day 5 for future FET.

I'm so excited that you are moving forward! Are they making any changes to your cycle this time around? Did you get your embryos to day 5 last time? Why are you starting estrace? Or is this the EPP? How long does it take before you have your ER?

That makes sense! So an FET with a Freeze all cycle

 

[Blue12]

Mobaby is it much lighter or just a smidge? I had one in the bunch that was questionably lighter or same. I figure it could be drinks, time of day, or even the test itself.

Hugs its all so stressful isn't it

 

[alicatt]

Okay I'm freaking out! My pm test is lighter than this mornings..all I've drank all day is one bottle of water with last bit around 1230.. I'm worried now

Hmm.. I'm not sure why but I too had some like that. Don't stress! Just wait for morning. FX'd!

 

[Mells54]

Mo, step,away from the tests! I think you are making yourself worry too much at this point. I think it is hard to compare tests during the day to morning tests bc so many things can influence it. Hang in there! When is your beta? Saturday?

 

[~Brandy~]

I stopped comparing tests that within the same 24 hour period because they varied. I stuck to only testing once in the morning because it was making me insane.

 

[Turkey16]

Nope...fresh cycle, but we may have to freeze depending on how long the testing takes. I don't care if its fresh, frozen or fried at this point!!! Just so happy to be starting again!!!

The CCRM people are doing freeze all IVF as they feel that implantation is inhibited during a fresh cycle due to the increased/high levels of estrogen. I think it may have helped me since I didn't have and implantation at all with fresh cycles.

I actually like the idea of a freeze all, it allows you to recover from the IVF and in a FET it is all about creating the best environment for the embryos. So I think it makes for a better chance of implantation.

Plus they do the CCS testing on day 5, and if you want to do it fresh then you have to transfer at day 6 and that might not be as optimal for the uterus or the embryo. It all depends on how things are looking I guess.

This is confusing but I have 2 frozen embryos that I want tested, and to do so they will test at the same time as the fresh IVF (day 5), but since we can't defrost and refreeze them, we'll be doing a 6 day transfer if any of them are normal. The fresh ones we'll freeze on day 5 for future FET.

I'm so excited that you are moving forward! Are they making any changes to your cycle this time around? Did you get your embryos to day 5 last time? Why are you starting estrace? Or is this the EPP? How long does it take before you have your ER?

So I'll go in for bloodwork on Monday and they'll check to see whether or not I've ovulated. Based on their findings, they'll tell me when to start the estrace. I'm taking the estrace because I'm doing the EPP this time around in hopes that I'll get more follies, so I'll have more to test. It's usually a protocol for poor responders, so I was concerned when my RE suggested it, but he explained that because the CCS is pricey, they like to have as many embryos to test as possible. My RE explained how the estrogen tricks your brain somehow and manages to put the "egg production" for the next cycle into the stims hands, rather than your brain's hands. Does that make sense?? It's kind of confusing. Anyhow, once AF arrives, I believe I'll do ganilrelix, menopur & gonal-F. Not sure of the doses etc. If AF cooperates and arrives around the 17th, I imagine my ER would be sometime during the last week of August, and the transfer maybe that first week of September (which happens to be my first week of school...sigh. New principal too, and he's a he...BIG sigh). Trying not to stress over it. It is what it is, right?? As for the fresh vs. frozen, my RE did mention the theory that an unstimulated uterus is more hospitable, but he definitely sounded more interested in doing the transfer right then and there on Day 6 if we got the test results back in time. Not sure why...I'll have to ask. From what I understand, the embryos have to make it to blast, and it may even take til Day 6 for the placenta cell to "pouch" out of the shell in order to be biopsied (that's another advantage of CCS...no fetal tissue is compromised). If that's the case, everything will be frozen b/c they will not do a Day 7 transfer. Last time around none of my embryos made it to blast. I mentioned this at the consult and my RE pointed out that of the 6 that fertilized, we transferred the 3 best, and those three would most likely have made it to Day5 had they not been inside me!!! It's a good point I suppose, but we are definitely rolling the dice!!! Initially I had 9 mature follies, but only 3 fertilized naturally. We did rescue ICSI and got 3 more on board the following day. This time we'll be doing ICSI from the get-go, and hopefully the EPP will get us more follies, so with any luck we'll have a decent amount to test. I try to stay away from all the negative what-ifs...PMA all the way!!

Phew!!! Sorry for the novel, but it's a lot!!

 

[MoBaby]

Just slightly then I took a second test and it looked the same as this morning... Ugh. Why can't this be less stressful!!!

 

[Blue12]

Just slightly then I took a second test and it looked the same as this morning... Ugh. Why can't this be less stressful!!!

I had the same melt down the other day. It is so stressful isn't it. When is your beta mobaby?