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

[Mells54]

Brandy, I was so nervous today too. But the tech looked at everything and said everything looked good. I didn't actually meet with the doc, I'll do that next visit...so I'm sure if everything wasn't good the periontologist would have come in and recommended further testing.

How long did the scan take approx? They scheduled me to be there 2 freaking hours lol

Yes, I was scheduled for two hours and it took about two hours total. You first sit down with the genetic counselor and go through family history. She made recommendations for tests that can be done, and explained what they all mean. The scan itself was probably just over an hour after that. They really measure everything. We saw both babies completely...we could even see the spine and stomach.

 

[~Brandy~]

Brandy, I was so nervous today too. But the tech looked at everything and said everything looked good. I didn't actually meet with the doc, I'll do that next visit...so I'm sure if everything wasn't good the periontologist would have come in and recommended further testing.

How long did the scan take approx? They scheduled me to be there 2 freaking hours lol

Yes, I was scheduled for two hours and it took about two hours total. You first sit down with the genetic counselor and go through family history. She made recommendations for tests that can be done, and explained what they all mean. The scan itself was probably just over an hour after that. They really measure everything. We saw both babies completely...we could even see the spine and stomach.

Oh great thanks! I guess I will plan on it taking that long.

 

[Sandy83]

Well ladies report is in 21 eggs of which 20 were mature but only 8 fertilised. Think I feel a little disappointed just thought more might have fertilised but guess I should be grateful that 8 are fertilised xx

 

[Blue12]

That is still incredible numbers Hun although you are feeling surprised right now. This recent cycle I only had 3 fertilize and have twins. Xxxx

 

[MoBaby]

Sandy that's great! They are going to be 8 super embryos its quality you want not quantity.

 

[Sandy83]

Thanks ladies I am happy I'd got those 8 it only takes 1 xx

 

[Mells54]

Sandy that is great news! Did you do ICSI?

 

[Sandy83]

Yeah we have to do ICSI as dh's Sperm is frozen xx

 

[L4hope]

8 is great Sandy! I know the feeling though..we always have certain expectations along the way with this process. But I think you will have great blasts in this group!!

 

[Em260]

Sandy - I know it's hard not to be disappointed but 8 is still a lot of embryos! I always felt the same way though when I had a certain number in my head Totally agree quality over quantity.

Sekky - I hope your DH is doing better

Mells - great update! So happy your DH was there with you too!

Ali - I've heard metformin can really upset your stomach until you get used it. Hopefully it's better now.

 

[Sweetness_87]

Sandy 8 is a great number. I had 8 as well and and 4 was fert. And all 4 made it to the expanded blast stage. They say the more eggs you hve the less quality at times. So I think your good with your 8

 

[~Brandy~]

Sandy- 8 is great! It only takes 1


Sekky- I hope you and your DH are doing well. Thinking of you.

AFM- I am doing my NT and Harmony test in 2 hours… so excited that I get to see the babies for a long time during the ultrasound! Oh and I just noticed I am finally a lime yahoo!!

 

[alicatt]

Sandy - I agree with Sweet, the more eggs you get, the greater chance of some of them being immature or bad, that happened to me the first time around too. I ended up with only 7 fertilized. I'm sure that the 8 that did fertilize are all awesome and that you'll get lots to blast!

Brandy - good luck with your scan today!!!

AFM - not much going on, still feeling the cramping and stomach upset, and I haven't taken any metformin since Sunday. I am going to call my Dr to see what they recommend, I can't take it at the dose they wanted me to, but maybe I can take it at a lower dose? We'll see.

 

[Sweetness_87]

Ali- my doc started me on metformin ( don't think I needed it) but it tore my stomach up bad. I took it for about 2-3 weeks then quit taking it. Indoooo not like that med. hopefully they can do something different

 

[Mells54]

Ali, I agree with the others about metformin. It is horrible on the stomach. You must take with a very full stomach. My mom takes it for diabetes and she has problems if she doesn't eat.

 

[alicatt]

Ali, I agree with the others about metformin. It is horrible on the stomach. You must take with a very full stomach. My mom takes it for diabetes and she has problems if she doesn't eat.

Yep, it is supposed to help women with PCOS, to improve their insulin resistance, but it kills my stomach. So I'm not sure what I'm going to do? I surely can't keep taking it!

 

[Blue12]

It does get better the longer you take it. After 3-4 weeks I hardly had problems at all. And it was extremely bad in the beginning. I think it helped me with egg quality.

 

[~Brandy~]

Update- I just did my NT testing and both babies were well within the norm they were .6 on both!! Yay so happy!

During the ultrasound the little boogers wouldn’t sit still haha. The tech was having so much fun we spent 1.5 hours viewing them. She flipped it to 3D as well and we got to view them that way. She put all the pictures on CD it was really neat.

Her and the doctor told me they felt 75% chance it was B/G twin but that we were doing a blood test and would get the gender within 8-10 days so we shall see!!


The babies were measuring ahead of schedule at 11W6D.

Hope everyone has a great day!

 

[alicatt]

It does get better the longer you take it. After 3-4 weeks I hardly had problems at all. And it was extremely bad in the beginning. I think it helped me with egg quality.

Thanks Blue! I think I will just cut back on the amount, they have me at 750mg 2x a day, I am thinking I'll cut the pill in 1/2 and take 1/2 in the morning with food and the other 1/2 in the evening with food, and if that works then increase from there.

 

[alicatt]

Update- I just did my NT testing and both babies were well within the norm they were .6 on both!! Yay so happy!

During the ultrasound the little boogers wouldn’t sit still haha. The tech was having so much fun we spent 1.5 hours viewing them. She flipped it to 3D as well and we got to view them that way. She put all the pictures on CD it was really neat.

Her and the doctor told me they felt 75% chance it was B/G twin but that we were doing a blood test and would get the gender within 8-10 days so we shall see!!


The babies were measuring ahead of schedule at 11W6D.

Hope everyone has a great day!

How perfect!! YAY! So happy for you,