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

[wannabeprego]

Phantom - great news! Good luck on Friday!



AFM - surgery is tomorrow!! I can't believe it's finally here. I'm both nervous and excited. It's a little scary thinking about going to sleep not knowing if I will wake up without an ovary. My surgeon has agreed to leave as much normal tissue as she can even if she thinks it should all be removed so that we can try another egg retrieval. The final pathology report will be back by next Monday and that will determine whether I need chemo. I just hope everything goes as planned. I want to get back to TTC so badly. The one thing I'm looking forward to is DH waiting on me hand and foot after surgery

@Em, good luck with your surgery tomorrow. I will be keeping you in my thoughts and prayers and hoping for the best possible outcome!! I really hope you can keep your ovary and that you are cancer free!!!! i hope you have a quick and easy recovery!!

 

[alicatt]

Hi Ali,

I know my clinic does AH on FET' s if requested. Extra cost but they do it after the thaw.

Not sure what my fs will say about the UB but I can't find anything to suggest it is a bad idea. Only those who speak very highly of it! It's all complicated really!!

Hopefully

At my FS the FET cost breakdown said it was included in the price, but he has also said they don't do AH on blasts? However I believe they only freeze blasts. Which sounds like a contradiction? Maybe they only do AH on frozen blasts? I have to ask him that question when I see them next.

 

[alicatt]

AFM - surgery is tomorrow!! I can't believe it's finally here. I'm both nervous and excited. It's a little scary thinking about going to sleep not knowing if I will wake up without an ovary. My surgeon has agreed to leave as much normal tissue as she can even if she thinks it should all be removed so that we can try another egg retrieval. The final pathology report will be back by next Monday and that will determine whether I need chemo. I just hope everything goes as planned. I want to get back to TTC so badly. The one thing I'm looking forward to is DH waiting on me hand and foot after surgery

Em - so excited for you and your surgery tomorrow. I know that your surgery is a lot more complicated than the one I had years ago on my right ovary. I didn't have cancer, but was faced with the same concern of losing my ovary. The Dr said she would do what she could to save my ovary, but if it wasn't possible that they would take it. There was also some question as to whether my tube would be removed as well. The concern was that I had a 10cm cyst growing on it, and they didn't know how much of the cyst had hurt my ovary or the tube. It turned out that it was easily removed and I still have both ovaries, and from my past 2 cycles I have had eggs from that ovary too! I am hoping that my story will give you hope that they will be able to save your ovary and you will be able to keep trying! I know you have some so if they have to take your ovary, you can at least know you have some waiting for you! and I will be thinking of you tomorrow!

 

[time2deal]

Wow - this thread moves at high speeds!

Em, best of luck tomorrow. Scary times, but hopefully the results allow you to get back to TTC as soon as possible.

Phantom, thanks for the info, and the offer if it came to that! I know things are easier in the US, but the cost is the main issue. It's even more complex as if we go for surrogacy, I suspect at that stage we will be living in Australia, with embryos in UK... and surrogate who knows where! I do like to make my life very complicated.

I know there are cheaper ways in places like India, but I'm slightly uncomfortable with that for some reason. I'd have to be convinced that the woman is really doing it by choice, as you hear stories of women being... well, not well treated for doing such an amazing thing. i'd have to think hard if the money saved was worth it.

I did meet with the consultant again today. He doesn't yet have any clear answers, but he laid out the options a bit more. I'm right on the edge of being able to get the smaller operation (removing cervix only), and they want to do another MRI to get a better view. I'm meeting with an expert on the procedure on Friday. There are still lots of options (surgery, chemo/radiation, keep or lose ovaries... full hysterectomy, or just cervix) and it's hard that the doctors don't seem ready to settle on any one choice yet. My doctor said he is taking the time created by me doing IVF to make sure they have all the information possible to make the right decision.

He started to talk about all the potential side effects today, and it terrified me a bit. I know lots of them are not that common, but it's hard to talk about losing bladder function without freaking out a little!

Two more days to moving to Stims. I await a sudden boost in my mood!

 

[Phantom710]

Anytime, Time

Feel free to PM with any questions. But I do really hope things all work out for you

 

[annmc30]

Was at clinic yesterday for scan everything was fine so started my menopur injections today bck at the the clinic 16th Jan and my ec will be 21st

 

[cali_kt]

It was very emotional, think its a good insight for people to see what us Ladies have to go through. I actually missed the end so didn't get to see the outcome. I know i couldn't have done what those women done by letting the cameras in every step during the whole process. xx

I heard about this show...it's called Baby Maker, right? Hopefully I can find it on my American BBC.

 

[cali_kt]

Phantom - great news! Good luck on Friday!

Mbrink - I'm so sorry you're being delayed . I've had a bunch of delays on this journey and it really stinks waiting. DH and I had chromosome testing and it took about two weeks for the results to come back. I hope the test comes back faster and you can start in February.

Sandy - yay for getting started. I'm glad things are moving along for you! I wish that program was on here. I checked BBC america but they're not showing it and iplayer doesn't work in the US

AFM - surgery is tomorrow!! I can't believe it's finally here. I'm both nervous and excited. It's a little scary thinking about going to sleep not knowing if I will wake up without an ovary. My surgeon has agreed to leave as much normal tissue as she can even if she thinks it should all be removed so that we can try another egg retrieval. The final pathology report will be back by next Monday and that will determine whether I need chemo. I just hope everything goes as planned. I want to get back to TTC so badly. The one thing I'm looking forward to is DH waiting on me hand and foot after surgery

Em- Lots of luck at surgery!!!

 

[cali_kt]

Phantom- Oops!! I knew that!! Sorry!!! Good luck on Friday!

 

[Boofle]

Time - I was looking at the pricing list for a private clinic we are considering and they list prices for surrogacy. It's Care Manchester - they have other clinics across uk - might be worth a look

Sandy - I'm downloading that programme but its taking ages so won't get to watch it today! For anyone with HD it's repeated tomorrow night!

 

[MoBaby]

Em: good luck with surgery!!


AH has to be done on day 3 so at blast stage its to far gone. If your embryos are frozen at day 3 then they can thaw, do the AH THEN let them grow to blasts. But if they are already frozen as blasts AH cant be done.

 

[alicatt]

Em: good luck with surgery!!


AH has to be done on day 3 so at blast stage its to far gone. If your embryos are frozen at day 3 then they can thaw, do the AH THEN let them grow to blasts. But if they are already frozen as blasts AH cant be done.

I think it is possible to do AH at day 5 but the risk of twinning is really high. Plus most FS's feel that if an embryo makes it to blast it will hatch. I am going to ask again when I go in next Fri to see my FS.

 

[MoBaby]

I havent heard of AH when already at blast.....would be interesting to hear what your FS says about it. Maybe some clinics are doing it?? I dont think it has been the standard. But you are right, at blast stage they are already ready to hatch and more likely to become forever babies. My FET was hatching a bit when it was thawed. It was nice to see!

 

[alicatt]

I havent heard of AH when already at blast.....would be interesting to hear what your FS says about it. Maybe some clinics are doing it?? I dont think it has been the standard. But you are right, at blast stage they are already ready to hatch and more likely to become forever babies. My FET was hatching a bit when it was thawed. It was nice to see!

I guess I'm just confused by my FS. The FET literature says that AH is included. The my FS says he only freezes day 5 embryos. So then why would AH be included? IDK. With my repeated implantation failure I just can't help but wonder if my blasts are able to hatch? I'll let you know what he says!

 

[Boofle]

I havent heard of AH when already at blast.....would be interesting to hear what your FS says about it. Maybe some clinics are doing it?? I dont think it has been the standard. But you are right, at blast stage they are already ready to hatch and more likely to become forever babies. My FET was hatching a bit when it was thawed. It was nice to see!

I guess I'm just confused by my FS. The FET literature says that AH is included. The my FS says he only freezes day 5 embryos. So then why would AH be included? IDK. With my repeated implantation failure I just can't help but wonder if my blasts are able to hatch? I'll let you know what he says!

I would be interested too since my problem seems to be implantation.

 

[Sandy83]

This is the thing i love about this site is you learn so much from each others experiences which can go on to help us in the future in our own treatment.

For the ladies who have sent me your info I've updated this on the first post of the thread for future reference. xx

 

[Sandy83]

Good luck for today Em thinking of you and can't wait for you to update and let us know how it went.

 

[Boofle]

Sandy - I've just watched that programme and I'm a blubbering wreck I will ask my oh to watch it but I won't be able to watch again. I can't believe how much respect the couples were given certainly not our experience. I was in so much pain with my first transfer mainly from the ultrasound but those ladies didn't appear to have ultrasound!! And they got to see their embryos - not sure i would want to though.

Em you're in my thoughts today rooting for you xx

 

[Sandy83]

What sort of ultrasound did you have with the transfer? What happened on the programme is exactly what i had throughout my whole cycle xx

 

[Boofle]

There was someone carrying out an ultrasound whilst the transfer was happening so the person doing the transfer was watching a screen to know where to put it but it was really painful cos I had a full bladder and I was crying
Then the woman doing the transfer got up grabbed her bag and left without saying a word whilst I was still lay with my legs in the air. She had somewhere else to be!! Just another horror story from my clinic. I think that's why I found that programme hard to watch cos it brought it all back and now I'm feeling anxious bout my next transfer