Anyone else starting IVF October/November 2015?

[KatO79]

Psalm: FXed that AF stays away for the next 9 months

Jean: Here's hoping it's a good sign

AFM just got back from my appointment and am now cleared to start stimming The cyst was much, much smaller and since it's not a functional cyst (my blood work showed my hormone levels are extremely low), they're letting me start. Going to be taking 225 IU Bemfola and 0.2 ml Suprefact (to prevent Oing). DH was happy to hear the good news Guess I could've taken my MIL with me today since it was good news, I feel kinda bad now and her and my FIL are taking off for a vacation in a few days so she won't have another chance Wow now I really feel bad about not taking her with me

 

[rebecca822]

Jean- I got my BFP on 8dp5dt.

Kat- that's great news! Which medications will you be using?

AFM- I have an ultrasound this afternoon with the doctor. Really hoping it will be good news.

 

[Mrs W 11]

Hi ladies,

Lots of good news here!!

Kat - brilliant news that you are starting stimming. When is your first stim, tonight?

Rebecca - hope the scan went well and all ok with baby.

Psalm - how is the tww treating you so far?

I'm hoping to get started next week sometime!! X

 

[KatO79]

Jean- I got my BFP on 8dp5dt.

Kat- that's great news! Which medications will you be using?

AFM- I have an ultrasound this afternoon with the doctor. Really hoping it will be good news.

I'll be taking 225 IU Bemfola and 0.2 ml Suprefact (to prevent O) starting tonight

Good luck with the U/S

Hi ladies,

Lots of good news here!!

Kat - brilliant news that you are starting stimming. When is your first stim, tonight?

Rebecca - hope the scan went well and all ok with baby.

Psalm - how is the tww treating you so far?

I'm hoping to get started next week sometime!! X

Yep starting tonight with 225 IU Bemfola and 0.2 ml Suprefact (to prevent O).

Yay Mrs W

 

[TLK]

WOW - lots of great news all around!

I had my ER yesterday - I had 12 eggs (how they missed 6 at the last ultrasound is beyond me). 7 mature and 3 maybe and 2 no good. This morning I got the call at 7am and 5 fertilized. Is that good? How many can I expect to make to day 3? Because of my age they are thinking 2 embryos will be transferred. I guess we will find out tomorrow. The cramping was pretty bad yesterday. I slept all afternoon. Today I'm still sore by much much better. Started progesterone and estradol today. They will let me know if I need assisted hatching.

Good luck everybody -

 

[Mrs W 11]

Wow TLK that's fabulous news!! I think they say about half fertilising is average although I know some get more. Of my last 6 eggs only 2 fertilised. I know 5 out of 12 might not sound great but when you were only expecting 6 its fantastic! Well done lovely. Hope those embies keep strong.

 

[TLK]

Wow TLK that's fabulous news!! I think they say about half fertilising is average although I know some get more. Of my last 6 eggs only 2 fertilised. I know 5 out of 12 might not sound great but when you were only expecting 6 its fantastic! Well done lovely. Hope those embies keep strong.

Thanks Mrs W!!

 

[rebecca822]

Everything looks ok with baby! Heartbeat and all!! So so relieved!!

 

[TLK]

YAY Rebecca!!!

 

[TwoTiels]

Hello, I wanted to join this thread. I had a 5dt done last week on 11/3/15 with 2 4AA embryos. Today I am 6dp5dt. I tested on days 3,4,5,6p5dt and all were negative. This was with wondfo's and today with an FRER. I'm feeling discouraged now. My beta isn't until the 16th.
My husband doesn't want me to test anymore and just wait for the beta. He read about false positives with the wondfo's and the new FRER and thinks I should just wait.
I don't have any symptomes. Just a slight pinch/ pull in my lower abdomen on my R and L sides. I first felt the one on my R side 1dp5dt. It's a lot less today compared to these past days. On my L side it started 2dp5dt. I felt it everyday but haven't today.
Anyway I'm kind of sad and thought I need support. No one on earth except my parents and sister know about us going through IVF.

 

[rebecca822]

Hello, I wanted to join this thread. I had a 5dt done last week on 11/3/15 with 2 4AA embryos. Today I am 6dp5dt. I tested on days 3,4,5,6p5dt and all were negative. This was with wondfo's and today with an FRER. I'm feeling discouraged now. My beta isn't until the 16th.
My husband doesn't want me to test anymore and just wait for the beta. He read about false positives with the wondfo's and the new FRER and thinks I should just wait.
I don't have any symptomes. Just a slight pinch/ pull in my lower abdomen on my R and L sides. I first felt the one on my R side 1dp5dt. It's a lot less today compared to these past days. On my L side it started 2dp5dt. I felt it everyday but haven't today.
Anyway I'm kind of sad and thought I need support. No one on earth except my parents and sister know about us going through IVF.

Hi and welcome! This is such a nice group of ladies who really helped me through my IVF cycle. I hope you get your BFP next week! The wait is really hard! I tested on 8dp5dt and got a faint bfp which was confirmed with a beta 2 days later.
Good luck!!

 

[Psalm23v6]

Rebecca - yay! Congratulations. I am so happy for you that all looked good yesterday. Wishing you a happy and healthy 9 months.

Kat - glad that you get to start stimming. Finally the wait is starting to be over which is wonderful. Let us know how you get on. When's the next appointment for you?

Mrs. W - glad you will be starting soon. We're here for you!

TLK - that's absolutely fantastic! Well done on getting the 12 eggs and the fertilization is great. Praying for you that you have a couple of good embies to transfer soon. Did they say why 3 day transfer?

Welcome Two Tiels! This is a wonderful bunch of ladies on here who I am sure will help you out. Sorry you are feeling a bit disheartened but as Rebecca said, a lot of people don't get their BFP that early. Can't believe they are making you wait til the 16th for your beta! I had my ET on 5th Nov and I go in on 14th Nov for beta test.

Jean - Hope you're ok and not too discouraged by the BFN. Hope the "dizzy" feeling is a good sign.

Unlucky - any update? Thanks for asking how I am doing. This 2WW is for the birds. I can't concentrate on anything. I have watched an entire series of One Born on You Tube just to give me something to do and that doesn't help because everyone on there has babies!! Anyway, hoping I will calm down a bit soon.

AFM - nothing really to report. Got muscle ache from the PIO shots but I think my DH is getting better at doing them now. I don't have any symptoms per se and don't really know what to think about whether it has worked or not. Trying to be positive. My acupuncturist seemed to think it was going well on Sunday but it's not like she has x-Ray vision into my uterus! More acupuncture tomorrow and so hopefully a chance to feel more relaxed.

 

[KatO79]

Everything looks ok with baby! Heartbeat and all!! So so relieved!!

Great news rebecca, H&H 9 months to you

WOW - lots of great news all around!

I had my ER yesterday - I had 12 eggs (how they missed 6 at the last ultrasound is beyond me). 7 mature and 3 maybe and 2 no good. This morning I got the call at 7am and 5 fertilized. Is that good? How many can I expect to make to day 3? Because of my age they are thinking 2 embryos will be transferred. I guess we will find out tomorrow. The cramping was pretty bad yesterday. I slept all afternoon. Today I'm still sore by much much better. Started progesterone and estradol today. They will let me know if I need assisted hatching.

Good luck everybody -

Great news TLK I have no idea what's normal, the average at the hospital I'm going to claims 60% I'd say 5 out of the 7 sounds pretty good nto me though

Remember to drink a lot of water the next few days!

Hello, I wanted to join this thread. I had a 5dt done last week on 11/3/15 with 2 4AA embryos. Today I am 6dp5dt. I tested on days 3,4,5,6p5dt and all were negative. This was with wondfo's and today with an FRER. I'm feeling discouraged now. My beta isn't until the 16th.
My husband doesn't want me to test anymore and just wait for the beta. He read about false positives with the wondfo's and the new FRER and thinks I should just wait.
I don't have any symptomes. Just a slight pinch/ pull in my lower abdomen on my R and L sides. I first felt the one on my R side 1dp5dt. It's a lot less today compared to these past days. On my L side it started 2dp5dt. I felt it everyday but haven't today.
Anyway I'm kind of sad and thought I need support. No one on earth except my parents and sister know about us going through IVF.

Welcome TwoTiels The hospital I'm going to recommends to not test at home until maybe the same morning of your blood test (if you'll be having one). I suppose it's for a reason. Some people are a bit slower rising with HCG and blood tests are more reliable since they detect lower levels. FXed for you!

Rebecca - yay! Congratulations. I am so happy for you that all looked good yesterday. Wishing you a happy and healthy 9 months.

Kat - glad that you get to start stimming. Finally the wait is starting to be over which is wonderful. Let us know how you get on. When's the next appointment for you?

Mrs. W - glad you will be starting soon. We're here for you!

TLK - that's absolutely fantastic! Well done on getting the 12 eggs and the fertilization is great. Praying for you that you have a couple of good embies to transfer soon. Did they say why 3 day transfer?

Welcome Two Tiels! This is a wonderful bunch of ladies on here who I am sure will help you out. Sorry you are feeling a bit disheartened but as Rebecca said, a lot of people don't get their BFP that early. Can't believe they are making you wait til the 16th for your beta! I had my ET on 5th Nov and I go in on 14th Nov for beta test.

Jean - Hope you're ok and not too discouraged by the BFN. Hope the "dizzy" feeling is a good sign.

Unlucky - any update? Thanks for asking how I am doing. This 2WW is for the birds. I can't concentrate on anything. I have watched an entire series of One Born on You Tube just to give me something to do and that doesn't help because everyone on there has babies!! Anyway, hoping I will calm down a bit soon.

AFM - nothing really to report. Got muscle ache from the PIO shots but I think my DH is getting better at doing them now. I don't have any symptoms per se and don't really know what to think about whether it has worked or not. Trying to be positive. My acupuncturist seemed to think it was going well on Sunday but it's not like she has x-Ray vision into my uterus! More acupuncture tomorrow and so hopefully a chance to feel more relaxed.

Next appointment is November 16th for a scan to see if they need to adjust my dose of Bemfola. I'm guessing that's why I only got a prescription for 7 of the 225 IU ones Then there will be a scan 2-4 days later to decide when egg retrieval will happen Can't wait Hoping I soon have sore, painful ovaries so I know I'm making lots of follies I could already feel twinges when I was taking Puregon to make 2-3 follies for my IUIs, I can just imagine how I'll be feeling if I hit the 8-12 follies they're aiming for

Yeah doing shots can take a couple of tries before it comes routine. I don't think I'd worry too much about symptoms, some women don't really experience anything and being on progesterone can give you pregnancy symptoms.

AFM did my first Bemfola shot last night. Was a bit nervous since it's a slightly different system from my Puregon Pen but did it fine I think. Had DH to confirm though

 

[froggyfrog]

Hello everyone, I posted here a while back. I'm hoping to be able to pop back in. We are using my natural cycle, and af should come next Tuesday or so, and that's when we will begin! I have an appointment tomorrow to get my meds ordered, and learn how to administer them. We had some family fundraising which was very successful, and I have just been financed by a company called ARC. We purchased a package of 2 fresh 2 frozen cycles, so we have backups. I'm so excited and so nervous! !!

 

[KatO79]

Hello everyone, I posted here a while back. I'm hoping to be able to pop back in. We are using my natural cycle, and af should come next Tuesday or so, and that's when we will begin! I have an appointment tomorrow to get my meds ordered, and learn how to administer them. We had some family fundraising which was very successful, and I have just been financed by a company called ARC. We purchased a package of 2 fresh 2 frozen cycles, so we have backups. I'm so excited and so nervous! !!

Hi froggy welcome back

So you're doing short protocol IVF then? Do you know what meds you'll be on? Glad to hear you've managed to find the money to do this Hope your appointment goes well and looking forward to hearing how it went

 

[TwoTiels]

Thanks @Rebecca, Psalm, Kat.
Psalm I hope you get your BFP.
I am so frickin bloated today ! It's my 12th day taking progesterone. Would it make sense to have a side effect this late ? I hope it's from being pregnant, of course.
I decided to hold off on testing. This morning as my husband left he warned me not to test lol. I had the weekend off so I was a bit obsessive but I'm glad it's the work week and just praying that I'll get my BFP on the 16th.
Thanks for the support ladies.

 

[Psalm23v6]

Hi Froggy - welcome (back)! Congrats on getting the funding to start your cycle. Here's hoping it all goes well.

Two Tiels - praying you get your BFP too! Your DH is probably right and you should stay away from the tests. My DH thinks they are the worst and that we should just wait to Saturday and see what it brings. Progesterone does really crazy things to our body. Just Google it for a couple of minutes and you will see all the possible side effects from it. I have to say, I actually think the effects are less from PIO then the suppositories, or maybe I am just used to the symptoms now and so know how to manage them after 3 tries?

 

[TLK]

so out of the 12 eggs to start, 7 fertilized, 2 made it to day 2 and look good to transfer. They are suggesting 3 day transfer as the they are more likely to survive in me than out.

I am so scared of having twins. I know we can handle it but I would much prefer one.

Well we shall see what happens.

 

[Unlucky41]

Psalm the tww is awful I agree. Really hope it all works out well for you.

I keep bugging HR about the job but they said they haven't decided yet. They are so slow!

Tlk wishing you all the best for the transfer ! I would be scare with twins as well but I am sure you will do great.

Twotiels welcome and wishing you all the best. I didn't get any symptoms when I was successfully I was freaking out when it came to my beta. Anything possible.

Kat great news about the cyst!

AFM next week hysterscopy. If all goes well my RE said I can get off the pill and start when af shows up. Hoping we can transfer before xmas because they are closed for two weeks!

 

[KatO79]

so out of the 12 eggs to start, 7 fertilized, 2 made it to day 2 and look good to transfer. They are suggesting 3 day transfer as the they are more likely to survive in me than out.

I am so scared of having twins. I know we can handle it but I would much prefer one.

Well we shall see what happens.

If you're dead set against having twins then you could tell your RE that you don't want twins and only want 1 embie put back in. But you probably should've told him from the get go.

AFM next week hysterscopy. If all goes well my RE said I can get off the pill and start when af shows up. Hoping we can transfer before xmas because they are closed for two weeks!

Good luck with the hysterscopy FXed that your FET is before Christmas.

AFM I'm finding the Bemfola Pens slightly annoying. It goes fine until you've reached the last bit of meds that needs to be injected/pushed out and then the plunger part seems to get harder to push down on. It's a bit trying to both push down hard enough and holding the pen steady so the needle in you isn't moving around too much FXed I won't have the bother after this and the 1st IVF works

DH has officially confirmed to that couple that invited us for their Christmas luncheon on the 28th that we're coming although he partly regrets it after finding out we have to pay about $36 each to help pay for the food, drinks, ect and since I'm a pescetarian (since 2012) there may not be much for me to eat and DH doesn't want to mention it to them for some odd reason.