Anyone else starting IVF October/November 2015?

[Unlucky41]

TTC good luck for today. Hope all goes well and the doctor doesn't Keep you waiting.

Psalm hope you get a few more eggies.

Kat house hunting is so exciting yet so stressful. Hope you find something suitable and a place you can call home.

To keep me distracted I went for an interview yesterday. I am one of two going for the role so 50/50 chance.

Have my hysterscopy on the 17th Nov

 

[Jean40]

Blood work was fine. I am so glad to finish the Lupron and be rid of those headaches (and needles). Yes, I am doing FET.

 

[Unlucky41]

Jean all the best Tuesday is just around the corner. Are you doing a medicated cycle instead of natural? Any reason why?

Rebecca have you stopped spotting?


Rebecca

 

[rebecca822]

Jean all the best Tuesday is just around the corner. Are you doing a medicated cycle instead of natural? Any reason why?

Rebecca have you stopped spotting?


Rebecca

Yes! Spotting stopped Monday.
I'm having hcg tested this morning so I'm hoping for the best!

 

[Psalm23v6]

Unlucky - good luck with the job! How do you think it went?

Rebecca - how did the beta go? Keeping my fingers crossed for you. Unfortunately here, our weekend is Friday and Saturday, so having ER on Thursday was perfect to have two days afterwards to rest. But now I don't have that! I might take Sunday off anyway just to give me a bit of a break.

Kat - sorry I missed that you're house hunting! I love looking around houses but the actual house move is so stressful.

Hi to everyone else!

AFM - hoping tonight really is the last stim injection. I have been on 450 iU for 12 nights! That has to be enough already

 

[rebecca822]

Unlucky - good luck with the job! How do you think it went?

Rebecca - how did the beta go? Keeping my fingers crossed for you. Unfortunately here, our weekend is Friday and Saturday, so having ER on Thursday was perfect to have two days afterwards to rest. But now I don't have that! I might take Sunday off anyway just to give me a bit of a break.

Kat - sorry I missed that you're house hunting! I love looking around houses but the actual house move is so stressful.

Hi to everyone else!

AFM - hoping tonight really is the last stim injection. I have been on 450 iU for 12 nights! That has to be enough already

Hi!

I'll find out beta results in about 2 hours. Uggggghhh

Oh too bad you won't have that weekend then! Mine was in Friday so I took off Friday and then I had Saturday and Sunday to rest. Was really nice.

 

[rebecca822]

Bhcg is only 180.
Was 118 on Monday.
I was told to prepare for it to be over. I go back Friday for another beta.

 

[TLK]

Oh Rebecca - I am soooooo sorry. That totally sucks. How are you feeling? Take time for yourself. This is such a roller coaster of ups and downs and ups and downs.

I had my ultra sound and blood test done today and all is good to start injections tomorrow. I have to take 150 Gonal F and 75 Luveris. I think I'll need to watch the videos a few more times to make sure I don't mess it up. The Luveris seems the most complicated. I have to figure out a time that I can inject on a consistent basis which is hard becuase I never know when I will have a client.

Then in 5 days (Monday) back for another ultra sound/blood work. I have to be at the clinic for 7am. Which means I have to leave home at 6:15. Too early for me.

Are there any side effects of these meds that I should be aware of?

 

[Jean40]

Jean all the best Tuesday is just around the corner. Are you doing a medicated cycle instead of natural? Any reason why?

I am doing what they told me to do, this place doesn't do natural cycles for FET.

 

[Psalm23v6]

Rebecca - I am so sorry hun. Take all the time you need. This is such a cruel process of emotions. We are here if you need anything. Xoxo

TLK - with the stimulation injections watch out for bloating and headaches. They seem to be the two most common side effects. Make sure you are drinking plenty of water to try to stave off some of the symptoms but also to help your eggs mature nicely. It's hard to know how they are going to affect you until you get into this process since everyone seems to react differently. I get quite tired towards the end of stimulation and am definitely feeling tired out. Sorry for the early starts. When I did IVF in the US, I had to travel into NYC every day and so had to get up at 5.30am to leave for 6am to make sure I got there in time for early morning monitoring. One advantage was it was all over early in the morning before work. Wishing you all the best with the injections - you will get the hang of it, I promise xoxo

 

[Unlucky41]

Psalm I think I did ok but not great. Haven't been to an interview for 8 years! You are getting very close to Egg retrieval very excited for you.

So sorry to hear this Rebecca. Please rest up and think of all those frozen embyries waiting for you.

Jean all the best. I think medicated cycle is good because you know exactly when everything is going to Happen.

TLK all the best. Can't wait to follow your cycle.

 

[KatO79]

Awww so sorry rebecca

Kat - sorry I missed that you're house hunting! I love looking around houses but the actual house move is so stressful.

Yeah I actually hate moving. Getting everything packed always seems to be stressful. To make things worse, the commute to were we want to move is almost 1½ hours each way so if we're moving our stuff in 2 rounds, that's a lot of driving. DH says he'll have to look into what type of moving van he can rent since he does have a driver's license for certain larger vehicles. But he definitly can't rent anything huge which means either way we'll have to move our stuff over the course of 2, maybe 3, days.

Here's hoping 12 days will be enough. Although I think for my IUIs, I did have a couple of them were I had to take FSH for 2-3 extra days. But here's hoping you won't need to.

I had my ultra sound and blood test done today and all is good to start injections tomorrow. I have to take 150 Gonal F and 75 Luveris. I think I'll need to watch the videos a few more times to make sure I don't mess it up. The Luveris seems the most complicated. I have to figure out a time that I can inject on a consistent basis which is hard becuase I never know when I will have a client.

Then in 5 days (Monday) back for another ultra sound/blood work. I have to be at the clinic for 7am. Which means I have to leave home at 6:15. Too early for me.

Are there any side effects of these meds that I should be aware of?

Can't you inject closer to the evening? I think when I was doing my IUIs, I took my injection around 7 PM although the clinic felt it was a bit late. But couldn't you push it to 4-5 PM maybe? I also think you have a 1-2 hour window (+ or - 1 to 2 hours from your chosen time) but you may want to ask about that. Try asking your RE when the latest you can take them is.

Side effects vary from person to person. Some of the ones my previous clinic listed for FHS injections are: local irritation at the site of injection, fatigue, bloating, breast tension and tightness in the abdomen when the ovaries grow.

AFM nothing to report Still experiencing headaches and some nausea from the Suprefact but here's hoping I start stimming on Monday and these side effects go away

 

[rebecca822]

Thanks for all your support ladies.

So the plan is to go Friday for my final Bhcg. If the number did not increase enough the doctor will have me stop the progesterone and call it quits.

I'm really disappointed and sad. We'll probably wait a while to do an FET.
I have 9 frosties.

 

[Psalm23v6]

Rebecca - hope that you get some answers on Friday. It is hard to be in this limbo situation. That's a great number of frosties. Take your time to be ready to do a FET (if you need it). The hard thing for us to deal with is that you can't freeze embryos in the UAE. So even if we have more embryos left over after transfer, we can't freeze them.

Unlucky - I am sure you did better than you think! We always seem to think the worst of ourselves in stressful situations.

Kat - wow that seems like a long distance. Are you moving to be closer to a job or something?

AFM - scan went well today. Seem to have 7 follicles on the left and 4 on the right. One of them on the left is already at 26mm which seems too big. Just did the trigger for egg retrieval on Saturday at 9am. Dr is a little worried about over stimulation and asked me to make sure I have Gatorade and whey protein in for after ER on Saturday. Hoping I am not getting mild OHSS because that puts transfer in jeopardy and since we can't freeze embryos that would be a disaster. Fingers crossed it didn't come to that.

 

[KatO79]

So sorry rebecca I hope your FET gives you your super sticky bean

Rebecca - hope that you get some answers on Friday. It is hard to be in this limbo situation. That's a great number of frosties. Take your time to be ready to do a FET (if you need it). The hard thing for us to deal with is that you can't freeze embryos in the UAE. So even if we have more embryos left over after transfer, we can't freeze them.

Unlucky - I am sure you did better than you think! We always seem to think the worst of ourselves in stressful situations.

Kat - wow that seems like a long distance. Are you moving to be closer to a job or something?

AFM - scan went well today. Seem to have 7 follicles on the left and 4 on the right. One of them on the left is already at 26mm which seems too big. Just did the trigger for egg retrieval on Saturday at 9am. Dr is a little worried about over stimulation and asked me to make sure I have Gatorade and whey protein in for after ER on Saturday. Hoping I am not getting mild OHSS because that puts transfer in jeopardy and since we can't freeze embryos that would be a disaster. Fingers crossed it didn't come to that.

Yes my DH got a new job (he was fired from his previous one after 9 years due to cutbacks) and we need to move closer since his commute is currently 1½ hours or so Since I'm a housewife I have no job we need to consider so we can just move closer to his. Although we're going to only move closer to his job and not to the same city since he doesn't want to risk moving too far away from Copenhagen in case he wants to have the opportunity to apply for other jobs in a few years if need be.

Wow so exciting! I hope you don't get OHSS Drink as much as you can, like 3-4 liters a day and that should help. Why can't you freeze any of them? Don't most clinics normally do that if they deem that the embie(s) can handle it?


AFM still feeling nausea, headaches and occasional hot flashes It's been fairly bad the last 3-4 days and I'm hoping that once we start stimming, these side effects go away Once I start stimming I'll be taking a lower dose of Suprefact (from 0.5 ml to 0.2 ml) so that should help also.

On a more personal note I think I'm soon cured of "stalking" my narcissistic brother's and sister's FB profiles. My narcissistic sister only puts pics up of her kids or telling how wonderful it is to be a mother (don't know if it's a dig at me since she knows I'm going through infertility). My narcissitic brother was going on about his "amazing" SIL recently and how he hopes people will donate since she's trying to raise money for a charity. He always writes how "amazing" she is on FB. So tired of seeing how everyone else he knows is so great and he never mentions me on FB, only likes my stuff every 4 months or so and just despises me and what little contact we've had it's been him being condescending and telling me what an utterly awful human being I am (also while I'm going through infertility), especially when I protest against his abusive behavior I just don't need this

 

[Psalm23v6]

Kat - it is against Shari'ah law to freeze embryos. There is concern that they cannot determine parentage and so clinics in Dubai are unable to freeze embryos, even if you have ones capable of being frozen. It's a shame really because a lot of studies have shown that FET is more successful than transfer right after a cycle. Many people think it is better because your body doesn't have to suffer with the medications of an IVF cycle.

 

[TLK]

My doctor said I should try and inject at 1pm each day, not sure why. Something about a med that I start in a week than has to be at 1pm. Preparing the needles was a little stressful, especially knowing that I had a client waiting. But today it went much faster. I had a headache all day yesterday, not a bad one but a lingering one nonetheless. Next ultrasound and blood work is on Monday. Hubbie and I are also both on antibiotics.

Otherwise - I'm trying to eliminate coffee. And I love my coffee. I had a cup this morning and now I am having a decaf latte at Starbucks. I would imagine that drinking coffee during stimulation isn't that big of a deal, but I figure if I'm going to be spending 12 grand I better try my best to be healthy.

How are you doing Rebecca?

How are you feeling Kat? Everyone else?

 

[rebecca822]

Hi ladies,

I'll catch up on everyone's post later on. Just wanted to report that my numbers are still going up. Took a leap from 180-345. So, although not quite doubled numbers are moving up.
I go Monday for an ultrasound and more labs.

Will keep you all posted.

 

[Unlucky41]

Rebecca that sounds promising.

Today I just feel so deflated. I was told my sister got pregnant. She basically just got her period after reducing the amount of breastfeeding she is giving my niece and boom they are pregnant. All the years of agony comes rushing back. The first time she got pregnant she and my brother inlaw were living in different states and they saw each other once a month.

I just can't believe so people have so much good luck and others have to suffer so much. Life is just not fair. I know I am very blessed to have my daughter but I just can't stop feeling unhappy.

 

[Psalm23v6]

Unlucky - so sorry to hear how deflated you are. We can't control how we feel and these are real emotions that most people don't understand. Life isn't fair and it sucks but let it out. Do you have someone to talk to about how you feel? How about your DH?

Rebecca - wishing you the best. Glad that the beta jumped. Did the dr give you any reasoning why things are happening this way? Got my fingers crossed for Monday for you.

Hi to everyone else! Hope you're having a good weekend.

AFM - we got 12 eggs this morning at the egg retrieval! Which was more than we were expecting. Just trying to take it very easy today. Drinking 3-4 liters of water including Gatorade and 1 glass of whey protein. Next update will be tomorrow.