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

[L4hope]

Great Beta Blue!!

Turkey I second what Blue says. The kids will survive for sure. Does your supervisor know what's going on? Once I was doing iuis and getting close to the point of ivf, I talked to my supervisor so she would be aware that I was going to be out for appts and the notice is short due to timing etc. she was completely understanding and I would hope yours would be too. If you know you can't say anything, you can't control when you get "sick". Do what you gotta do girl!

 

[~Brandy~]

Eda thats so nice to be able to see it and rest easier


Blue great numbers!! When is the ultrasound?

 

[MoBaby]

yay blue!! so many exciting things going on here!!

 

[Blue12]

Ultrasound is tues aug 13. They were wanting to book me Friday the 9th but we are away from today until the 12th so the 13th is the soonest I can go lol

 

[Mells54]

Edamame and Blue...Congrats!!!!

 

[~Brandy~]

Ultrasound is tues aug 13. They were wanting to book me Friday the 9th but we are away from today until the 12th so the 13th is the soonest I can go lol

Oh you told me that! Forgot we have a scan the same day

 

[Blue12]

Yep Exocet you get your lucky sneak peek!!! Lol.

So much excitement in here!

 

[MoBaby]

I may cheat at work next week; get a sneak peak also!! I can scan myself... Maybe Friday?? I wanna know what's going on in there!!

 

[alicatt]

Turkey.. I don't usually ovulate until day 17-18. Did they look via US? They can usually gauge by the size of your dominant follicle when it will be. It will likely be around 20-24mm before ovulation. You can also use OPKs to see if you are getting close! I agree with the others, do what you need to do for you, and some male supervisors are quite understanding. My boss has been great, and he's a 25 yr old male. My co-worker is older and he confided in me that he and his wife did IVF twice the last time his wife was 45 and they used DE! So you just never know when a guy may be sympathetic either by kindness or because he's been through it himself!

Blue and Edamame.. congrats on your progress and I can't wait to hear of everyone's US's too!

AFM.. still no AF I feel like she may be on her way, I hope. I think I ovulated about 12-14 days ago. I've been thinking and I think I'm going to hold out an extra month and do the bcp to downreg like last time which means that I probably won't actually get to ER until early October. Better to do things right as opposed to rushing things.

 

[Sweetness_87]

Mo- lol I do that every weekend with our portable ultrasound. I'm going to do another one tom morning. But next official scan is tues!! I had to wait 3 weeks!!

 

[MoBaby]

DH doesnt want me to BUT I want to see if there is one or two in there I know I won't see much but I just want to see the dot(s).

 

[~Brandy~]

DH doesnt want me to BUT I want to see if there is one or two in there I know I won't see much but I just want to see the dot(s).

Haha love it... If I still worked in the medical field I would sneak in ultrasounds all the time It would be so addictive!

 

[Anxiously]

Edamame, so happy you got to see a strong heartbeat!

Great beta blue!

Ali hang in there. Are you using OPKs?

Sandy have a great vacay! How I wish I can book myself into a pretty cottage somewhere in the countryside of....somewhere!

to everyone else, weekend's here! Hope yours have started / will be starting beautifully!

AFM, got my beta#2 today about 64 hours after the first: 1,985 That's actually an inflated number because I had the hcg shot 64 hours ago. But after some conservative calculation of the hcg half life, I think my true beta worked out to have doubled every 20hr. So I'm pretty happy with that.

I'm actually a little scared of my first u/s - 2 years ago around this time, I didn't get to see any heartbeat, and that ended in a D&C. So Aug 19 is going to be a mental obstacle for me! And DH will be moving to Middle East 2 days before the u/s, so I will have to either FaceTime him during the scan or record a video for him.

Oh, and no during 1st trimester! Bummer!

 

[alicatt]

Anxiously.. I only got some on my drive to Canada and the first few I did the week of the 22nd were tapering down so I think I ovulated on or around July 20th which means AF should show tomorrow, and that is how my body feels. I have moderate cramps. So I'm thinking my body is back on track. I hope!

 

[Turkey16]

Thanks Blue, L4 and Ali!!! I really needed some reassurance yesterday, but I'm feeling a lot better about things now. I did let my principal in on our IVF pursuits, and she could not have been more supportive. Problem is, she just retired!!! The new principal, despite being a man (HA!!), seems nice, and the good news is my former principal clued him in already! I had asked my old principal if she thought I should mention it to the new one considering the timing. She told me she'd get "a feel for him" and let me know if I should mention it. Well, when I asked her about it, she said she already told him! It was exactly what I'd hoped would happen. This way he knows, but I don't have to put either of us into an awkward situation without ever really having met, and he won't think I'm a slacker if I miss any days during the first week of school! I guess my only concern right now is what the heck sort of plans to leave a substitute teacher for the first day of 5th grade...HA!! Thanks again for the support!

As for not ovulating, the doc says I'm close. These were my levels:

BLOOD LEVELS:

E2 Level: 219
HCG Level: <5(<1.0)
LH Level: 2.05
P4 Level: 0.220

Dr. Ali? Guru MoBaby? Any of you other brilliant gals? Ya think it'll happen by Monday?

I spoke to the nurse at length yesterday, and the plan is as follows: Ovulate, a week later start Estrace. Estrace 'til AF starts (should be 7-10 days), start stim meds on cycle day 2, stim for 8-12 days, trigger on whichever day they determine, retrieval 2 days later, then transfer 5 days later. She and I counted the days using the "highball" method, for example if people usually stim for 8-12 days we counted 12, so as long as I've ovulated by this Monday, the transfer should go down on Sept. 6th or 7th. This would eliminate any first-day drama. Time will tell right? Either way I'm SO excited to get started!! Thanks again for all your help and support ladies!!!

 

[Turkey16]

Anxiously.. I only got some on my drive to Canada and the first few I did the week of the 22nd were tapering down so I think I ovulated on or around July 20th which means AF should show tomorrow, and that is how my body feels. I have moderate cramps. So I'm thinking my body is back on track. I hope!

I really hope this is the case Ali...it's such a relief to feel like your body is back to normal...and back in business!! HA!! I think your decision to wait until things are spot-on and ready to go is a good one. The waiting is awful as it ALWAYS is, but if it gives you a better chance, we all know its a no-brainer. It sucked SO, SO much when I got that thumbs down at my 1st hysteroscopy post-m/c, but when the same dr. raved about how great things looked during the 2nd one, I knew I had done the right thing. Great news about the cheaper treatment working better too!! Gotta love a bit of good news!!!

 

[FirstTry]

Mo and Sweetness: I'm so jealous of your ability to give yourselves an u/s. I could use a little reassurance. My expanding belly seems not to be getting bigger this week, my symptoms have decreased a lot, and I'm not feeling a lot. And I have to wait 3 more weeks for my next appointment!

I'm going to borrow a Doppler from a friend, but I have to wait 4 days for that. Waaaa!

 

[Anxiously]

Turkey, sounds like you've got a great boss! That's one less source of stress for you.

As for the blood levels, sorry I can't help much! I've only had my levels checked once and I don't understanding any of the numbers tbh. I've been relying on my faithful CBFM, which never fails to catch my ovulation (except for the 1st month when it was still "getting to know me").

Anyway, below were my levels from the last test, and I ovulated 10 days after:

LH: 9.19 U/L
E2: 486 pmol/L
Progesterone: 0.60 nmol/L

 

[Anxiously]

First, I heard there's an iPhone app that can catch the babe's heartbeat, and I remember seeing some threads from the pregnancy forums about this....

 

[MoBaby]

Anxious do you have any symptoms yet? Mine are just coming and going. None so far this am.

Turkey you are close to ovulating. Your e2 is over 200 so that follicle is maturing. I bet in 3 days you ovulate. My e2 was 279 day after lh surge (lh surge around 7pm; blood test at 8am) progesterone 1.7. Idk the rest.

First I'm sure all is fine. You are at that point where pg symptoms decrease. I may get a Doppler; I'm worried it will cause me more stress though.