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

[Mells54]

Ladies, just got the call, donor triggers tonight...ER on Monday! I'm so excited!

Congrats, Mells!!! Have they told you how many follies she has? Or how many look mature?

AFM, brown spotting tonight. I'm trying not to have a meltdown.

First, donor has about 18-20 follicles and they are thinking we will get 8-15 mature.
I agree with the others brown is usually nothing but old blood.

 

[FirstTry]

Ladies, just got the call, donor triggers tonight...ER on Monday! I'm so excited!

Congrats, Mells!!! Have they told you how many follies she has? Or how many look mature?

AFM, brown spotting tonight. I'm trying not to have a meltdown.

First, donor has about 18-20 follicles and they are thinking we will get 8-15 mature.
I agree with the others brown is usually nothing but old blood.

That sounds great. Good luck Monday!

AFM, I'm past the initial reaction and I'm assuming everything is fine.

 

[~Brandy~]

Awesome Mells!! GL!

 

[Em260]

Turkey - I agree your levels look great. Don't worry about antral follicles. The most I ever had was 11. I know it's hard but try not to compare yourself to others. I did that the first cycle and it drove me crazy. I never even got that many eggs at retrieval, 8 first time and 9 the second, but it still worked out for me. Quality over quantity all the way!!

Mells - yayy I'm so excited for you!!

First - sorry about the spotting Hopefully it's stopped by now and maybe the car ride today will be good since you'll be sitting for 8 hours and forced to rest.

Brandy - I've never taken Lupron but I hope you get your appetite back. Yumm a big bowl of Pho should never go uneaten!

 

[Anxiously]

When you guys say "possible follicles" you mean antral follicles, right? I just had my Day 3 bloodwork/ultrasound done for this estrogen priming protocol, and I had 10.

Turkey, 10 antral follicles sounds pretty good to me at 40! I'm 34 and I've only got 6 the last time they checked. Still managed to get 14 mature eggs outta me Though I'm not sure if the quantity had compromised the quality back then...

 

[Anxiously]

Mells GL for transfer on Monday!

 

[L4hope]

Mells. So exciting! Will they call you Monday to update how retrieval went and how many eggs they get? Guess then they need a sample from dh right? You're almost there!!

Sweet, hope you're feeling better and your car ride goes smoothly.

Turkey I think you're absolutely fine. My Antral count wasn't that high either maybe about 12. Some of us just take a little more effort and work before the docs figure out our magic protocol that's going to work!

 

[BabyD225]

I'm hoping someone can offer some insight for me... I switched to climara estrogen patches because i wasn't keeping the pills down... but when i looked it up it says do not take while pregnant because of birth defects... why would my doctor put me on it. Also, i'm not getting the patches until tonight... do I skip all my pills today and put the patches on tonight or not? My RE office is closed and the pharmacist doesn't know the answer.

 

[Turkey16]

I'm hoping someone can offer some insight for me... I switched to climara estrogen patches because i wasn't keeping the pills down... but when i looked it up it says do not take while pregnant because of birth defects... why would my doctor put me on it. Also, i'm not getting the patches until tonight... do I skip all my pills today and put the patches on tonight or not? My RE office is closed and the pharmacist doesn't know the answer.

Yikes. That's kind of alarming. I'm with you though...why would doc prescribe something that causes birth defects?? That doesn't make sense. My inclination is to trust my RE, but that sounds dicey when you see "may cause birth defects" right there in writing. Ugh. If it were me, and please know I have no medical know-how, but I would probably try to take the pills today and then contact your RE tomorrow. If you can't get a definite answer about what to do, I'd play it safe with the pills. Just my opinion...hope it helps.

 

[Blue12]

I think even Lupron says something like that. I'm sure it's fine. But waiting a day for an answer doesn't hurt either.

 

[alicatt]

BabyD - I don't think that birth defects are an issue for us. We are taking the estrogen to replace the estrogen that we don't have due to the lack of the corpus luteum. You are better off taking the supplement, then not having the estrogen. Besides I don't think we take it for long. I asked my FS how much longer and they said I would probably stop taking it next week! (8 weeks or so). They said I'd be stopping the progesterone around 10 weeks too! I think it all depends on how your placenta is looking. My FS said mine looked pretty good last week

I wish I had more information for you! I've never been this far and so this is all new to me! It is a pretty exciting place to be though!

 

[MoBaby]

Babyd I wouldnt worry about it too much. The oral tablets carry the same warning. It's the same med just the delivery method is different if that makes any sense. My dr uses vivlle patches which are the same as what you are going to be using. Also just think your body isn't making its own just yet so you naturally need it and if you don't use it you could potentially miscarry. I think the risk of defects is very very small (probably less than 0.5%).

 

[~Brandy~]

I think everything has a disclosure on it to not use while Pregnant. I wouldnt imagine a doctor would give you something unsafe when ttc'ing

 

[Mells54]

Mells. So exciting! Will they call you Monday to update how retrieval went and how many eggs they get? Guess then they need a sample from dh right? You're almost there!!

Sweet, hope you're feeling better and your car ride goes smoothly.

Turkey I think you're absolutely fine. My Antral count wasn't that high either maybe about 12. Some of us just take a little more effort and work before the docs figure out our magic protocol that's going to work!

L4, yes they should call tomorrow and let me know, and I have directions to call Tuesday for fertilization report. DH is gone this time around, and so we have a sample on ice.

 

[Anxiously]

AF is here! Time to get this Viagra show on the road! u/s scheduled for Jul 5

 

[Sandy83]

Morning Ladies

Hope you all had a good weekend

BabyD, hope you got sorted over the weekend with your dilemma, sounds like the ladies gave you some good advice with what to do but i agree that most things come with a warning and it's hard not to worry but the FS is a specialist for a reason and wouldn't do anything to harm you or your baby!

Mells, Hope you get a call today to see how many eggs they got. It's so exciting!!!

Anx, great news AF showed her ugly head. lets get this show on the road

Hope all you ladies are doing well. Have we got any appt's or anything happening this week for anyone. Sorry if you have already posted this just trying to keep on track with how everyone is doing xx

 

[Turkey16]

AF is here! Time to get this Viagra show on the road! u/s scheduled for Jul 5

Nice!!!! Great feeling, right?? Give me the rundown on your protocol ANXIOUSLY...you & I will probably be cycle buddies. Hurray!

 

[Turkey16]

Morning Ladies

Hope you all had a good weekend

BabyD, hope you got sorted over the weekend with your dilemma, sounds like the ladies gave you some good advice with what to do but i agree that most things come with a warning and it's hard not to worry but the FS is a specialist for a reason and wouldn't do anything to harm you or your baby!

Mells, Hope you get a call today to see how many eggs they got. It's so exciting!!!

Anx, great news AF showed her ugly head. lets get this show on the road

Hope all you ladies are doing well. Have we got any appt's or anything happening this week for anyone. Sorry if you have already posted this just trying to keep on track with how everyone is doing xx

Hey Sandy!! Is your "WTF" appt. today? I really hope it goes well and that you get some answers, or at least a path forward that you're psyched about. You have some good karma coming your way with having made such an amazing donation to further our cause during your last cycle. I still think about how awesome that was A LOT.

As for appointments, I have a hysteroscopy Thursday, and BW to check for ovulation on Friday. Ultimately not all that exciting, but I am over the moon!! Can't wait!

Good Luck today!!

 

[Sandy83]

Turkey, Unfortunately my WTF appt isn't till 24th July so another 4 weeks yet but I'm actually enjoying the break from the ttc process as when you are doing a cycle it seems like your whole world revolves around it so nice to have a break

It is exciting to have things going on this week as it means your another step closer to getting you cycle underway. Are you doing a Fresh or FET cycle? xx

 

[MoBaby]

Hi sandy

26 days until transfer for me (if AF and ovulation cooperatess!!) Yay!