Anyone else starting IVF October/November 2015?

[TLK]

Hi everybody, hope everyone is doing well. Had my second scan today and I have 6 follicles of good size. So the dr thinks we can still go ahead with the cycle. He doens't think there will be any left to freeze and that they will likely implant two 3 day embies. His concern is that I am bleeding a little bit. The ultrasound and examination didn't show anything concerning but he says I shouldn't be and that we want the lining to be thick and strong so the embies stick. Ugh another worry. Has anybody else had or heard of bleeding during stims? The nurse said it could go either way. The doctor also said I have too many follicles for IUI and two few ideally for IVF. Great. I love being in limbo. So I have to go back tomorrow. Spent 500$ on one day of meds. I will be broke by the end of this. If it doesn't work out then I'm taking all my credit card points and booking a flight to Hawaii. Ha!

 

[Psalm23v6]

TLK - wishing you all the best! Never experienced bleeding while stimming but hopefully it doesn't mean anything negative. Sorry you're spending so much on meds. I feel you honestly. I am glad I put everything on the credit card because at least I should have enough for a business class upgrade the next time I fly to the US!

Thanks everyone for your wishes! We transferred two embryos today. One was a blastocyst and the other was contracting and expected to be a blastocyst within 1-2 hours. So we are officially PUPO! And now doing PIO shots instead of the progesterone inserts.

 

[Psalm23v6]

I mean compacting! Oops!

 

[TLK]

CONGRATULATIONS!!! Psalm. What's the difference between PIO shots and the progesterone inserts?

 

[Jean40]

My first baby photo! I finally got it shrunk enough to upload. Sorry it's a bit blurry, but I was trying to take a photo of the photo & the light was reflecting off it a bit, so was hard to get camera to focus.

 

[Jean40]

Psalm! Good luck!

I am now officially off bedrest, but I AM still tired, so just doing light picking up & cleaning, sorting through things as I sit down. I am hoping to be able to lift more stuff tomorrow because I have to move a small microwave & heavy textbooks to my office at work tomorrow, using a cart, but I still have to lift to put them into & out of the car.

 

[Psalm23v6]

Thanks all! I think I was half asleep when I wrote that last night because I mean "cavitating". I was using the pessaries before - vaginally - but now we are trying with the progesterone in oil injections (which are intramuscular) instead.

Jean - great photo. Here's hoping they are your sticky beans! Hopefully you can find someone to help you lift those things. Definitely don't want you to be over stressing your body right now.

 

[Mrs W 11]

Psalm - Sorry, I had read that you were in Dubai and couldn't freeze, what a shame. Congratulations on being pupo with your contracting/compacting/cavitating blasts! And now your tww begins! Will you be testing early? When is OTD?

TLK - Sorry to hear about the bleeding, I don't have any experience with that either. Its great that you have 6 good sized follies though and since clinics have their success rates to consider, they must think you have a good chance of pregnancy to be continuing with the cycle. I would think they would cancel if they didn't think you could get pregnant.

Jean - congrats on being pupo. I have always been told to live normally during the tww and that studies have shown that rest doesn't have any impact on success. Obviously if you feel like resting you definitely should, do whatever feels right for you, but just wanted to say in case it was worrying you that you weren't resting enough.

TTC - not long now for you!

Rebecca - how are you doing?

Kat - hope you are well.

Not long until I start my cycle now! Excited x

 

[TLK]

Well, my last ultrasound was today and I take the trigger shot tonight at midnight for ER on Sunday. The bleeding stopped and I'm feeling anxious and excited.

I'll keep you posted as to how it goes.

How is everybody else doing?

 

[Mrs W 11]

That's brilliant news!! This probably sounds very odd but I really enjoyed the egg retrieval in my last cycle. It was exciting! Hope it goes well and looking forward to your updates afterwards x

 

[Unlucky41]

Congrats on being pupo psalm. Sounds like you have two great embryos inside.

TLK very exciting. Fingers crossed that you get quality embryos!

Jean when will you test. Mrs w is right but I would use any excuse to rest. It is good for the body not to be over stressed.

AFM Heaviness AF ever first one for a long time without mini pill or pill.

 

[Psalm23v6]

TLK - excellent things are moving along. Glad your bleeding has stopped and wishing you all the best for tomorrow for the ER. Make sure you drink lots of water afterwards and get your body ready for the transfer.

Unlucky - thanks for the wishes. Sorry you are having a heavy AF. I have been lucky most of my life not to experience really bad or heavy periods, but rather I just feel like I am experiencing sadness every time she shows her face, since its another reminder that we aren't pregnant.

Jean - hope you're doing well and resting up. As Mrs W11 says - when will you test?

Hi to everyone else!

AFM - not much to report. I have a very achy back, but that could just be from the progesterone shots or sleeping funny or whatever else. I am having a hard time believing it might work this time. I am trying to mentally visualise being pregnant and that its all going to work out. I think I have just been disappointed so many times I daren't let myself get excited. Not sure if I will test early. My DH hates the idea of it, but I think it gives me some control over what is going to happen when you get the phone call. I never really test that early and will likely wait until Thursday (so 7dp5dt) before testing. My OTD is Saturday 14th.

 

[KatO79]

FXed for our PUPOs

Psalm I think I've heard that progesterone can give you pregnancy symptoms so they might be misleading. I'm planning on not reading into anything once I start progesterone after my transfer.

TLK FXed that your ER goes well and they all look good and fertilise

Unlucky sorry about the heavy AF

AFM nothing much going on. I haven't been having any twinges in my right ovary the last 2-3 days so hoping it's a good sign that my cyst is gone or close to it but will know for sure on Monday. Don't want to get my hopes up too much in case it's still there

We saw 2 more houses yesterday and DH is planning on contacting his bank to see how much he can loan. He liked the more old fashioned house besta nd I was more into the more modern looking one We'll probably look at a few more before deciding though.

 

[Jean40]

Oh, I tested with an internet cheepie this morning with a 3 hour hold, negative, of course.

I have to go in to work at least part day today & get some stuff caught up. I saw just how much there was when I stopped by yesterday to drop off stuff. I sit to do the part I need caught up on, about half of it will be typing up paperwork that none of the secretaries did. Last time I was off for over a week, one of them typed it all up the day before I got back, so I didn't have as much to do. It is also not as staffed on Saturday (but more than on Sundays), so it should be quiet and no one should bother me.

 

[rebecca822]

Jean and Psalm when are you both testing?
I'm waiting anxiously for Monday's scan. No symptoms, waiting for bad news

 

[Psalm23v6]

Kat - you are absolutely correct. The cruelest thing about taking progesterone is that it mimics all early pregnancy symptoms. I don't believe anything is a symptom of pregnancy because I have never in my life been pregnant! I don't know what it should feel like so I can't worry. That said, I am cramping a lot and really worried it's period cramps. Though I know that a lot of people say they got implantation cramps when they got pregnant so I have no idea!!

Jean - how many days post transfer are you now? Seems like it might be too early to test? Hope you're not too bummed with the negative.

Rebecca - sorry for the lack of symptoms. Hope everything goes well for you at the scan tomorrow. Praying for you!

Hi all!

AFM - nothing much to report. I am really struggling to believe this has worked and can't work myself up into believing it has. Not trying to be negative I just don't feel it. I am so scared of getting another BFN and seeing all that time and energy wasted. Anyway, enough of my crappy pity party. Hope you're all ok!

 

[Jean40]

I am 5 days past transfer, so yeah, early. I used an internet cheepie that fizzled out this morning (eh, I got about 10 more) then used the lone Dollar Tree test I had left, 5 hour hold, negative. There are people who get BFP this early, but usually it's a couple days later. I am supposed to go in to an area using radiation Tuesday (I work in health care) and Thursday, so I am going to use a FRER and request either double lead (those things are heavy) or see if I can be outside the shielded room. I also have a dentist appointment Wed and not sure if I will be getting X-rays. So, I will have to be super careful. I will probably have to tell those coworkers about a possible pregnancy, I already told my supervisor since we work with some hazardous chemicals, but I don't use as much as most of my other coworkers due to my job duties. I am only in the room with the radiation going because that doctor works so fast, I have to do my work in the room while he is doing his part, but I think I could do it right outside the door. The room is shielded, but I will still keep my lead suit on. I know the radiology staff doesn't recommend anyone pregnant in the room.

My little cat has been snuggling into my belly the last couple days. Maybe she knows something is going on.

 

[KatO79]

Kat - you are absolutely correct. The cruelest thing about taking progesterone is that it mimics all early pregnancy symptoms. I don't believe anything is a symptom of pregnancy because I have never in my life been pregnant! I don't know what it should feel like so I can't worry. That said, I am cramping a lot and really worried it's period cramps. Though I know that a lot of people say they got implantation cramps when they got pregnant so I have no idea!!

Jean - how many days post transfer are you now? Seems like it might be too early to test? Hope you're not too bummed with the negative.

Rebecca - sorry for the lack of symptoms. Hope everything goes well for you at the scan tomorrow. Praying for you!

Hi all!

AFM - nothing much to report. I am really struggling to believe this has worked and can't work myself up into believing it has. Not trying to be negative I just don't feel it. I am so scared of getting another BFN and seeing all that time and energy wasted. Anyway, enough of my crappy pity party. Hope you're all ok!

I wouldn't think your cramps are AF cramps so they could be implant cramps? Although that being said I've on rare occasions had cramps around 3-4 dpo for 3-4 days at a time without being pregnant so it's hard to know for sure But the progesterone should be keeping AF at bay and giving the embies time to implant so I doubt it's AF cramps either way. FXed for implant cramps

Totally understand your feelings - I know I'll be the same once I get to transfer an embie, hopefully soon.

AFM my appointment is tomorrow afternoon so here's hoping the cyst is gone but I'm of course not counting on it and preparing myself for needing to have it removed. I have a cold which totally stinks, I hate having a cold I haven't had a cold in a long time now that I think about it. I'm hoping it's a 24 or 48 hour thing since I've had those on occasion but we'll see. Will be going to bed early tonight to get some sleep and hope it helps with my cold.

Jean FXed your cat knows something I have a cat also, a little blue and white kitty with a white chin and the longest whiskers

 

[Psalm23v6]

Jean - yes definitely be safe and stay as protected as you can be from the radiation. Agree you should test again on the days you know for sure you will be coming into contact. I believe I read that women who had frozen transfers tend to have slower implantation, but then again you're right so people get BFP on 5dp5dt so anything is possible I guess. Hoping that you just tested early and that as Kat says, your cat probably knows something.

Kat - wishing you all the best for tomorrow. Hope that your cyst is cooperating and they will let you move on. With the cramping I would usually agree that it shouldn't be AF cramps since I am on progesterone, but the first time I had a 6 day transfer of 2 embryos last year, I started bleeding at 5 days post and had my full period before I had my official beta (I told them I had had my period and they didn't believe me). So sadly I can bleed through progesterone. I was on a much lower dose than the IVF I had in July and now the PIO shots, so hopefully it's implantation cramps (please God I hope).

 

[Jean40]

BFN on a FRER with a 5 hour hold this morning BUT about 15 minutes ago, as I was sitting in front of my computer reading an article, I got a bit dizzy. Very odd. I drank some juice and am ok. About to go to work now. I will keep snacks with me.