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Cautiously expecting #2
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Hey ladies!!
Brandy, so excited for your transfer! Are you going to put two or one back? Sorry if you mentioned already. I am so foggy headed these days
Bma, I'm doing ok, thanks and yay for an early gender scan!!
I'm sure everything else will turn out just fine with your little beebs 
mmbelle, I echo what Bma said, it took a while for all my follies to grow and for the smaller ones to catch up. I think I stimmed for 10 days before my trigger shot. My collection even got pushed a day because my RE wanted me to stim for one more day and then trigger so the smaller follies could catch up. At collection I had 17 but only 9 fertilized. Remember, it's quality, not quantity
Try to keep your chin up. This infertility rollercoaster can be a real killer!
Starlight, that's awesome! You're on your way to being PUPO!! Sending out good vibes and
for your collection and transfer!
AFM, I just got my immune tests back and apparently I have elevated thyroid antibodies
. It means that my thyroid is on it's way to being destroyed and since your thyroid regulates hormones and so much of your body's functions, problems with it can cause early miscarriages as your body attacks the embryos. Soooooooooo they're thinking that's why we had such an early chemical when everything else was so perfect including my lil embies. Even though I had my TSH tested when we did our fertility workup over a year ago and my level was in the "normal" range, the TSH thyroid test only registers a thyroid problem when you already have full blown thyroiditis! You can have elevated thyroid antibodies for years before your thyroid is actually destroyed and then find out you have the autoimmune disease hashimotos 
. So frustrating!! I wish we had had this testing done before my first IVF and we might actually still be pregnant now 
.
So anyway, now we proceed with my cycle just like last time except this time I stay on the prednisone until 12 weeks. I scheduled an appointment with my GP to have a full thyroid panel test done and hopefully get on some meds to stop my thyroid from being destroyed. Infertility, with it's costs and problems, is scary enough without facing an autoimmune disease too!
I'm getting a little beat down with all these obstacles being thrown our way
Brandy, so excited for your transfer! Are you going to put two or one back? Sorry if you mentioned already. I am so foggy headed these days
Bma, I'm doing ok, thanks and yay for an early gender scan!!
I'm sure everything else will turn out just fine with your little beebs mmbelle, I echo what Bma said, it took a while for all my follies to grow and for the smaller ones to catch up. I think I stimmed for 10 days before my trigger shot. My collection even got pushed a day because my RE wanted me to stim for one more day and then trigger so the smaller follies could catch up. At collection I had 17 but only 9 fertilized. Remember, it's quality, not quantity
Try to keep your chin up. This infertility rollercoaster can be a real killer!Starlight, that's awesome! You're on your way to being PUPO!! Sending out good vibes and
for your collection and transfer!AFM, I just got my immune tests back and apparently I have elevated thyroid antibodies
. It means that my thyroid is on it's way to being destroyed and since your thyroid regulates hormones and so much of your body's functions, problems with it can cause early miscarriages as your body attacks the embryos. Soooooooooo they're thinking that's why we had such an early chemical when everything else was so perfect including my lil embies. Even though I had my TSH tested when we did our fertility workup over a year ago and my level was in the "normal" range, the TSH thyroid test only registers a thyroid problem when you already have full blown thyroiditis! You can have elevated thyroid antibodies for years before your thyroid is actually destroyed and then find out you have the autoimmune disease hashimotos . So frustrating!! I wish we had had this testing done before my first IVF and we might actually still be pregnant now . So anyway, now we proceed with my cycle just like last time except this time I stay on the prednisone until 12 weeks. I scheduled an appointment with my GP to have a full thyroid panel test done and hopefully get on some meds to stop my thyroid from being destroyed. Infertility, with it's costs and problems, is scary enough without facing an autoimmune disease too!
I'm getting a little beat down with all these obstacles being thrown our way
It's alot better than sorry unexplained infertility 
I cant wait to know what you are having.
Enjoy it while you can. That will be so cute to see the heartbeats 
I sure so hope we can tell the gender that day--- it's definitely not guaranteed I will know but hopefully!! Oh yeah I still rarely have any symptoms. The only time I have vomited is after brushing my teeth. I've gotten nausea the last three days but nothing crazy! So, for whatever reason it's been breezy for me! Hope for you as well. Can't wait to hear about your scan,
. I'll let you know what happens 
to anyone I missed 
