anyone over 35 going for fertility treatments this year? IUI, IVF etc

[noasaint]

Oh goodness that corn looks yummy!!! DH has been munching on matzah all day. We're going to grill some hamburgers in a little bit. Been busy cleaning the windows outside today and doing laundry. DH is not happy AF is here, he was hoping for a little action on Easter. LOL

 

[manuiti]

It was hard to have a full bladder and I overdid it and had to pee right before the FET. they would only allow me one cupful of pee to escape and I was dying to keep going!!!

haha! Oh I was so in the same boat. I went twice before they were ready but was only allowed to do a tiny bit. It's so hard not to keep going! And when they put the speculum in and then press down on your tummy with the scan thingy, it's like oooooooh concentrate! But watching the transfer is amazing and I got totally distracted. But as soon as I was back in my room the nurses passed me a bed pan. I know they're used to it, but I'm certainly not and I certainly couldn't do it with all of them standing there in the room with me. And even though I was bursting, even when they left me, I only managed to do a tiny bit and then my body was like, no way, this is just wrong! lol lol So I held out for another 30 minutes and then lowered my bed right now and snuck into the bathroom and had a bit of an Austin Powers wee. Ahhhhh!


Rona - that lobster dish looks deeeeelicious!!!

 

[Buster1]

Good luck Rona and Manuiti I have my fingers crossed for both of you.

 

[crystal443]

Rona- that lobster looks sooooo good stay positive

Manuiti- good luck!!!! And try to take it easy

Sarah- how are things?

Daisy-great numbers

 

[sarahincanada]

Im great Crystal how about you, when is your first scan?

 

[crystal443]

Not until May 25th they don't scan here until week 12/13..seems like forever away

 

[sarahincanada]

here if its a natural bfp and you dont want to do the screening for downs etc you dont get one till 20 weeks! I had one at 7 weeks to confirm a viable pregnancy and be discharged from my FS, then one at 12ish weeks as part of the screening. 6 more weeks till the next and it feels like forever!
Im still so thrilled you got your bfp, what an amazing story!

 

[Rona]

Thanks Crystal, so excited for you.

Sarah, you're an inspiration

Manuiti, good luck!!! It will be crazy 2WW. I only have few more days to do my BETA.

 

[sarahincanada]

why thank you rona
which day is your beta and how many dp a 5dt is it? mine was 9dp5dt, or 14 dpo. how are you feeling?

 

[Rona]

Sarah,

My BETA will be on the 13th April 2012. This Friday! Friday the 13th? Hmmm...hehe.

That will be my 9dp5dt or 14 dpo also. This morning I did another HPT CI...and starkly white. Do you think I still have hope Sarah? I see so many IVF people who gets pregnant got their positive as early as 5dp5dt. Am I out already?

 

[sarahincanada]

no definitely not. if you are not getting anything by thursday/friday I would assume you are probably out but its still early. I dont know what a CI test is, I only used FRERs. My cheapies didnt show much till nearer beta time.
If you google you will find lots of people saying they didnt get a bfp till 6dp, 7dp etc.

 

[hockey24]

Sarah,

My BETA will be on the 13th April 2012. This Friday! Friday the 13th? Hmmm...hehe.

That will be my 9dp5dt or 14 dpo also. This morning I did another HPT CI...and starkly white. Do you think I still have hope Sarah? I see so many IVF people who gets pregnant got their positive as early as 5dp5dt. Am I out already?

Rona - you are definitely not out! Go stalk the IVF Successes page - there are so many listed if you scroll through the entire thread that didn't get their BFP until 8 or 9 DP5DT - so do not lose your positive thinking!!

 

[Rona]

Sarah,

I probably said it according to my interpretation CI means cheapie internet strip test? Did I say it backward, should be Internet Cheapie?

Now I am thinking to stop at the pharmacy on the way back from work to get FRER....

Hockey, thanks for the reassurance....I will trying to hold on my hope. Cramping on and off, nothing major but probably due to the meds that I still taking.

 

[drsquid]

oy this progesterone is evil. sore boobs. tired and irritable. id be cranky anyway working 8 days straight (this is day 4 hr number 32 out of 79) but wow, it is barely covered by a thin veneer.

 

[hockey24]

Sarah,

I probably said it according to my interpretation CI means cheapie internet strip test? Did I say it backward, should be Internet Cheapie?

Now I am thinking to stop at the pharmacy on the way back from work to get FRER....

Hockey, thanks for the reassurance....I will trying to hold on my hope. Cramping on and off, nothing major but probably due to the meds that I still taking.

Go buy the FRER - they are more sensitive than the internet cheapies.

 

[hockey24]

oy this progesterone is evil. sore boobs. tired and irritable. id be cranky anyway working 8 days straight (this is day 4 hr number 32 out of 79) but wow, it is barely covered by a thin veneer.

Evil is correct - and to top it off, the progesterone gives you pregnancy like symptoms just to Mind F you!

 

[drsquid]

at least im finally not feeling as bloaty and uncomfortable as i was. my belly is def fatter (apparently gonal f can cause fat depositionthere.. im hoping that is actually true and it will go away). i havent symptom spot since the 1st round because i honestly think it is pointless and will just make you crazy. just as if i ever get a pos i dont plan on poas again because then you just make yourself crazy about whether it is getting darker. this is the first progesterone cycle so i cant do my usual and just wait for af to arrive cause ive found that less painful than a bfn. not sure if ill get a beta on the 19th or not. or just poas and stop the progesterone if it is neg.

 

[hockey24]

at least im finally not feeling as bloaty and uncomfortable as i was. my belly is def fatter (apparently gonal f can cause fat depositionthere.. im hoping that is actually true and it will go away). i havent symptom spot since the 1st round because i honestly think it is pointless and will just make you crazy. just as if i ever get a pos i dont plan on poas again because then you just make yourself crazy about whether it is getting darker. this is the first progesterone cycle so i cant do my usual and just wait for af to arrive cause ive found that less painful than a bfn. not sure if ill get a beta on the 19th or not. or just poas and stop the progesterone if it is neg.

Is that true re: gonal f causing fat deposits in your belly? That would explain some things. I used Follistim for my first 3 IUI's and while I gained weight, it wasn't awful and distributed out. I used Gonal F for my IVF cycle and gained even more weight and its all in my stomach. And I'm sorry to say - still there a month after the failed cycle. The diet began today!!

 

[manuiti]

Manuiti, good luck!!! It will be crazy 2WW. I only have few more days to do my BETA.

Roll on beta day for you hun - hang in there. I'm with the others in agreeing that you're definitely not out yet. I've been told to wait until 14dp3dt, which happens to be on a Sunday, so then told to wait until the Monday before I do my blood test. My plan is to try and forget about the whole thing until then... failing miserably so far. lol

oy this progesterone is evil. sore boobs. tired and irritable. id be cranky anyway working 8 days straight (this is day 4 hr number 32 out of 79) but wow, it is barely covered by a thin veneer.

I've found I've become really easy to offend as of late. I'm taking everything and anything far to personally. So I've decided to try not to react to anything (unless of course it's going to make me want to cry) and just sleep on it and if I'm still offended in the morning then I can react. I've got sore boobs too but that started for me when I started with the Orgalutran. The progesterone seems to have made mine grow a bit though as DH was thrilled to point out to me on Skype tonight.

 

[noasaint]

I agree. You're not out yet!

GonalF didn't make me bloated thank goodness. I really thought I had very little side effects but now I'm noticing since I stopped it that I'm super emotional and tired. Work is so stressful that it's hard to tell which is making me crazy!

Going in for my pre IVF bloodwork and antral follice sonogram this morning and I've got a headache. Hoping she can find my vein with no issues, otherwise I think I may cry or scream.