Anyone else starting IVF October/November 2015?

[TLK]

I'm ok with twins - just scared. I just want another healthy baby. As we all do!!

Kat: I remember with one of my meds (Luveris I think) the same thing happening when you got to the bottem of the syringe. It would almost hurt and at times I thought it was stuck.

I keep getting bloated off and on. Is that from the egg retrieval or the progesterone?

Psalm - the TWW sucks big time. I just try to stay super busy. It's so hard not to feel every twinge your body is experiencing.

I am going to try my best not to take a HPT before my blood test.

Have a good evening everybody! We just went outside to play in the snow (yup we have several cm of snow here). I'm hoping it will melt away soon as winter is long enough.

 

[KatO79]

I'm ok with twins - just scared. I just want another healthy baby. As we all do!!

Kat: I remember with one of my meds (Luveris I think) the same thing happening when you got to the bottem of the syringe. It would almost hurt and at times I thought it was stuck.

I keep getting bloated off and on. Is that from the egg retrieval or the progesterone?

Psalm - the TWW sucks big time. I just try to stay super busy. It's so hard not to feel every twinge your body is experiencing.

I am going to try my best not to take a HPT before my blood test.

Have a good evening everybody! We just went outside to play in the snow (yup we have several cm of snow here). I'm hoping it will melt away soon as winter is long enough.

It's entirely up to you of course Just saying if you are 100% against twins then you should tell your RE. If you're not then having 2 put back in is fine.

Wow that's weird, I wonder why some meds are like that

As for the bloating I have no clue although I've read that the Crinone gel can make you retain water.

Lucky! We have not had any snow yet here although DH is a big snow fan He always hopes we have snow for Christmas but that hasn't happened in Denmark since 1996 I think. So not very likely but we'll see

AFM I forgot to mention I haven't really heard from my childish friend since her birthday party on October 31st (her birthday was actually September 23rd but she delayed her party). She knew I was going in the 9th (after I'd been downregulating for 2 weeks) but never asked how it went and I don't want to bother telling her. Back when we went to our very 1st appointment with the hospital she sent me an SMS saying she hoped it would go well then showed 0 interest in my SMS back to her telling her how it went (she didn't answer and didn't ask more about it). I think since she has a boyfriend and is back studying she is totally "busy" with all that. That seems to be how she is. When she's single and not working or studying, she's clingy and much more interested in contact and seeing us (which gets to be too much).

 

[Psalm23v6]

TLK - I am with you on the bloating. I had it terribly after ER and then I am getting it on and off. I am also suffering on and off with constipation which is definitely from the drugs. Hope you are keeping hydrated. Lots of water and if you need it, gatorade.

 

[froggyfrog]

Thanks for the welcomes! I'll be on 75 of menopur , 225 of follistim and ganirelix. I go get my meds on friday! And wait for af to show up! She should be here Tuesday! I'm just really worried about hyperstimulation since I have pcos. They are actually planning on me to hyperstimulate, and in that case I would have to wait for my transfer

 

[TLK]

Just got home from ET. They put in 2 day 3 embryos. They are not sure if any others will catch up and can be frozen on day 6.

I'm not supposed to do any heavy lifting for 2 weeks over 10 lbs. That won't happen as my son is 22lbs.

How is everybody else doing?

 

[rebecca822]

Just got home from ET. They put in 2 day 3 embryos. They are not sure if any others will catch up and can be frozen on day 6.

I'm not supposed to do any heavy lifting for 2 weeks over 10 lbs. That won't happen as my son is 22lbs.

How is everybody else doing?

Congrats on being PUPO!

Feel good!

 

[Psalm23v6]

TLK - congrats on being PUPO! Hope you might have a couple to freeze as well. Got everything crossed for you!

Froggy - here's hoping your AF shows up on time. The meds sound good. Make sure you really take care of yourself if they are intentionally trying to overstimulate you!

AFM - I tested this morning with FMU and got a very faint positive. That's the first BFP of my life!! It's still early (I am 7dp5dt) and OTD is in 2 days. But praying this might finally be it for us. It has taken us 3 years and 3 IVFs to get just to this point. So not getting too excited yet, but trying to be optimistic

 

[KatO79]

Thanks for the welcomes! I'll be on 75 of menopur , 225 of follistim and ganirelix. I go get my meds on friday! And wait for af to show up! She should be here Tuesday! I'm just really worried about hyperstimulation since I have pcos. They are actually planning on me to hyperstimulate, and in that case I would have to wait for my transfer

If they're planning on overstimulating then be sure to drink lots and lots of water. My RE told me to drink 3-4 liters per day, especially once we get closer to ER day and the days following.

Just got home from ET. They put in 2 day 3 embryos. They are not sure if any others will catch up and can be frozen on day 6.

I'm not supposed to do any heavy lifting for 2 weeks over 10 lbs. That won't happen as my son is 22lbs.

How is everybody else doing?

Congrats on being PUPO TLK FXed I hope that some of the embies can be frozen.

AFM - I tested this morning with FMU and got a very faint positive. That's the first BFP of my life!! It's still early (I am 7dp5dt) and OTD is in 2 days. But praying this might finally be it for us. It has taken us 3 years and 3 IVFs to get just to this point. So not getting too excited yet, but trying to be optimistic

OMG how exciting Psalm, hoping this is really it for you

AFM nothing to report. I think I may be having extremely slight twinges but time will tell. It'll be exciting to see how things are going in there on Monday. I hope I'm making some really good eggs

 

[Psalm23v6]

Kat - thanks! So do I!! Hope all goes well on Monday. It's hard to "feel" that something is happening in those first few days because you don't get scanned as often.

 

[KatO79]

Kat - thanks! So do I!! Hope all goes well on Monday. It's hard to "feel" that something is happening in those first few days because you don't get scanned as often.

Yeah it'd be nice if there was some better signs of how many follies are being made and how good teh quality is already after a couple of days. Will just have to wait patiently for the scan

BTW my dentist wants me to get a root tip amputation in this one tooth where the roots are infected (and put a crown on it ½-1 year later) but wanted me to ask my RE. My RE says that if my dentist would do it on a pregnant woman (since it will happen a few days short before I can get a blood test done to know for sure) then that'd be fine. My dentist today assures me that it'll be a local anaesthetic and seemed confident it won't hurt anything if I am pregnant by that time (it'll be the 30th she can do the amputation). I told her ok but should I have tried to delay? The problem is I don't think it can be delayed for very long but don't know if it'd be better if I do get pregnant this IVF and wait until I'm a bit further along to get the tooth surgery done

 

[rebecca822]

TLK - congrats on being PUPO! Hope you might have a couple to freeze as well. Got everything crossed for you!

Froggy - here's hoping your AF shows up on time. The meds sound good. Make sure you really take care of yourself if they are intentionally trying to overstimulate you!

AFM - I tested this morning with FMU and got a very faint positive. That's the first BFP of my life!! It's still early (I am 7dp5dt) and OTD is in 2 days. But praying this might finally be it for us. It has taken us 3 years and 3 IVFs to get just to this point. So not getting too excited yet, but trying to be optimistic

Omg!! I hope this is it for you!! Loads of baby dust!

 

[ttcbaby117]

Psalm that is such awesome news! Just think all forever babies start with a faint positive. I can't wait to see your bfp darken.

 

[Psalm23v6]

Thanks Rebecca and TTC! We shall see. Would be great to have it work for all of us! Xoxo

 

[Unlucky41]

Congrats Psalm this board is starting to be more positive! Yah

 

[KatO79]

So found out what happens when you don't hydrate well during stimming I felt sick yesterday, like bad nausea and horrible headaches so will be more careful in the future. Think I'll try and drink about 3 liters each day.

I've been feeling some pressure around my ovaries so hoping it's a good sign Will find out on Monday

So as I said, my RE said that I could get my root tip amputation done (a tooth I had a root canal done about 1 year ago is infected at the root tips) if the dentist would do the procedure on a pregnant woman (since she'll have to act like I am). My dentist assured me it's a local anaesthetic and won't hurt anything if I am indeed pregnant after the IVF so I went ahead and scheduled the surgery for November 30th. Or should I have tried to delay it? Got the news that some of my fillings need to be fixed (one is broken and I hadn't realized it) and redone (one needs to be redone in gold and the plastic ones on my front teeth should be redone because they have a couple of very small stains) plus yet another crown and she says it will cost in total about $3,000 But she says we totally can divide things up so the cost is kept relatively low if I get a couple of things done every 2-3 months since not much of it needs to be done right now, just in the near future. DH isn't too happy about it but says he thinks we should do it.

I'm just a bit upset because all my tooth issues are from when my narcissistic mother refused to do anything about 8-9 year old me "deciding" not to brush my teeth for years with a "She'll just have to learn for herself and pay for her decision later in life!" Which is why I had e.g. plastic surfaces done on my front teeth, I had huge white miscolorations on them that looked horrible and my previous dentist felt it was a pity for me to have them since I was so young so convinced me to get them fixed. I haven't told my current dentist all this because my mother also uses her and wouldn't want it to gte back to her and then she starts a smear campaign against me

 

[Jean40]

Sorry I haven't been on in a few days, but work has been insane. I haven't done a pee test in a few days, I didn't feel any symptoms and couldn't hold my pee more than a few hours, so I waited until I had my blood test this morning. I was certain it would be negative, but it is positive! However, my number is only 23, which is lower than the doctor would expect at this point. I am to increase my estradiol to 3 times per day and repeat beta on Monday. We'll see if this baby wants to stick. In case it doesn't, I am already looking for a reproductive immunologist to see if my autoimmune disease could be the problem.

 

[tiffttc]

Hey ladies do you mind if I join?? Iam planning on a fresh cycle this month so my story goes
I have a son nearly 3 yrs old from my first ivf we were very lucky it worked the first time so Iam currently trying for baby no2 I had a failed ivf cycle in July so we have saved up every penny and decided to try again this time they have changed me to the long protocol so af arrived on the 4th of October and day21 I started Synarel nasal spray two sprays in the morning and two sprays in the evening I hate it it irritates my nose so I started my puregon yesterday 150ui so I have to stick with these until my appt Tuesday to see how many follices we have I have to do a fresh cycle again as we got nothing to freeze the last time 😔 so Iam hopeful we might get some frosties this time as my dr said that this cycle will give us more eggs so it's an annoying waiting game but hopefully this time might be it for us #positivethinking rant over is there anybody else going through ivf this month looking for a cycle budding 😊

 

[Unlucky41]

Welcome tiffttc hope your cycle goes well.

Jean wishing all the best for your Monday blood test. Let's hope it is just a late implanter.

Kat so sorry about your teeth. I have nightmares about my teeth falling out and I always end up in tears. Hope the implants are harmless.

So after a month I found out I was unsuccessful for the role. What hurts is that I am more senior than the other lady but she had regulatory experience. Going to be sad this weekend and try to bounce out of all this bad luck!

 

[Jean40]

This is from a 3 hour hold late this afternoon. I barely had a faint line on an internet cheepie, but I think these speak for themselves.

 

[TLK]

YAYAYAY Jean! Congrats!!