Calling all RMA Ladies (1st page updates)

[Poms Mom]

Spoiled - that sounds so Painful! i hope you get better and everything works out when it is supposed to

AFM---hpt again...BFP again!...Darker too than yesterday! i tried asking my nurse if she can bump up my beta test and she said that i could still have hcg booster in my system and it can give false BFP. so better to wait until sunday to make sure its out of of my system. I don't see how if its leaving, my HPTs keep getting darker. I did a dollar store test and FREP test..dollar store was darker..other was light and noticeable. to me this feel like it is a real BFP. BBT stayed the same..no increase. which i still feel what i get is a low number but its still in the higher range.

 

[BlueStorm]

poms - sounds very promising! Don't worry about BBT mine never really went up much even now

 

[Gabie20]

Blue- thank you for the welcome

Poms- I think that sounds very promising as well! Whats a booster HCG?

 

[Poms Mom]

a booster hcg is just another name for ovidrel - the shot that you trigger to ovulate. rma made me order 2 and when i finally used the second was on 5DPO.. my P levels were still on the low side and RE told me to go and take the second- booster -shot to prolong the corpus letuem to continue produce progesterone inthe event i do conceive and the uterus, which relies on progesterone, can sustain a fertilized egg.

I have done a lot of reading lately!

 

[Kins]

Thank you so much Jchic, i'll keep you posted.
So happy to join this forum finally after been a previous lurker *cough*

HAHA welcome Maddie as I tell all the newbies this thread is awesome. You learn so much from one another. I dont know anything about Dr Morris. I am a PA girl no one else on here seems to be.

 

[Kins]

Well ladies it been a rough few days for me turns out my aches and pains which i thought were normal after ER was moderate to severe OHSS so I think my little embies were trying to tell me something... My ovaries were so big they were touching one was actually 102mm x 86mm, pockets of fluid, leg cramps horrible, today on ultrasound they seem to finally be going down and I feel a bit better......Dr. Rybak was actually in today which made me feel better he even gave me my embie grades which my nurse wouldn't give me we have 2AA's, 2AB's & 1BB which made all this pain worth it so far

ooo bummer feel better spoiled. I guess you have quiet the pain tolerance huh? Didnt bother you till it was real bad? What does the AA and BB's mean? What is good?

 

[Gabie20]

Poms- They ordered 2 Ovidrel for me as well, I was wondering why.... I guess now I know lol... my old RE would supplement the progesterone and have me take crinone 8% (icky stuff)

 

[Kins]

a booster hcg is just another name for ovidrel - the shot that you trigger to ovulate. rma made me order 2 and when i finally used the second was on 5DPO.. my P levels were still on the low side and RE told me to go and take the second- booster -shot to prolong the corpus letuem to continue produce progesterone inthe event i do conceive and the uterus, which relies on progesterone, can sustain a fertilized egg.

I have done a lot of reading lately!

I prob should have had two boosters if that is the case because my Progesteron was super low. I feel you pain of waiting around for answers. Can wait till sunday for you

 

[MissyMaddy]

Blue- Thank you and many congrats on your twins! yayy!

Poms- hoping for a real BFP for you, fingers crossed, when is your beta?

Kins- aww but we are still one family, i love this forum, so very supportive as ever. where are you in your cycle? sorry about bfn

 

[Kins]

Blue- Thank you and many congrats on your twins! yayy!

Poms- hoping for a real BFP for you, fingers crossed, when is your beta?

Kins- aww but we are still one family, i love this forum, so very supportive as ever. where are you in your cycle? sorry about bfn

Maddie its actually crazy with me. All my other cycles I was on Gonal-F. This cycle I was on Menopur. I took my ovidrel booster shot Sept 19th. Home pee test about 13 days later BFN. I was bummed. Then AF came so it was time to start my next cycle went in for blood work and u/s and it came back BFP I was shocked but they were low levels. So the RE had me keep coming back for multiple bl works thinking I was having a chemical pregnancy but instead my numbers continued to rise but but not the normal doubling as you expect to see in a viable pregnancy so then she thought Ectopic and I went in for U/S this past monday to see where implantation occured because as we all know Ectopics can be dangerous.

BUT instead of ectopic I got good news. My u/s is showing a sac in the uterus. So I am going back this coming wednesday for another u/s and I am praying it is still BFP and that nothing is wrong. Soooooo nervous because of how my blood levels have been and because....

I also have an abnormal uterus found on my HSG test. My RE said it is either arcuate but not quite a septate uterus. I would need a hysternography? to find out for sure.

So we are hoping the embryo didnt implant on this septation. UGH that would suck because then you have a very high risk for miscarriage because the baby doesnt have enough nourishment to grow. I guess they wont be able to see that till the baby is bigger though- I would think.

So ya thats where I stand... I could even tell you how many weeks I am. haha I mean I wonder if its possible that the ovidrel didnt work in the usual time frame and that maybe i ovulated later then expected. who knows. I am taking it appointment by appointment not to stress myself out.

I dont want to buy baby books yet either dont want to jinx anything

 

[Hopeful_NJ]

Hello Ladies,

I'm in the middle of my very first IVF cycle with RMA-NJ. They are the best and make you feel comfortable through the whole process.

My IVF story so far:

Me 30 healthy, DH 40 low/no motility & low count. Went through entire process got 38 eggs 23 fertilized. ET was on Monday, transferred 2 day six embies, 10 were frozen. Now in the agonizing wait period until Tuesday 10/23.

It's so hard not to think about it every moment of the day but I'm trying. Work helps keep me busy. Fingers crossed for a BFP!!!!

Any one else waiting to see if there lives will be changed?

 

[DaisyQ]

Welcome Hopeful - good luck!

10 frosties - that's amazing! I'm guessing you get twins. FX for you.

 

[Poms Mom]

Blue- Thank you and many congrats on your twins! yayy!

Poms- hoping for a real BFP for you, fingers crossed, when is your beta?

Kins- aww but we are still one family, i love this forum, so very supportive as ever. where are you in your cycle? sorry about bfn

My beta is this sunday..was hoping to get it pushed closer but nurse said no! ahh! will keep HPT through sunday though

 

[Poms Mom]

a booster hcg is just another name for ovidrel - the shot that you trigger to ovulate. rma made me order 2 and when i finally used the second was on 5DPO.. my P levels were still on the low side and RE told me to go and take the second- booster -shot to prolong the corpus letuem to continue produce progesterone inthe event i do conceive and the uterus, which relies on progesterone, can sustain a fertilized egg.

I have done a lot of reading lately!

I prob should have had two boosters if that is the case because my Progesteron was super low. I feel you pain of waiting around for answers. Can wait till sunday for you

I never asked why i was to get two. hopefully it worked to my advantage.

And i just read about that you got a BFP at the RE office! praying for positive outcome.

 

[Hopeful_NJ]

Welcome Hopeful - good luck!

10 frosties - that's amazing! I'm guessing you get twins. FX for you.

Thank you DaisyQ, I hope so Congrats on your BFP!!! You must be so excited. I'll post update on my results once I get them.

 

[Littlee49]

Welcome all new RMA'ers!

Question for your girls who already had a transfer and still have some frosties...did u have to pay RMA to keep the embies frozen? My old RE you had to pay $1200/year. Wondering if its the same @ RMA?

 

[armywife91711]

Hi Ladies--

Can anyone tell me what the pros are for taking baby aspirin and mucinex/robitussin are?

 

[jchic]

Hopeful - WELCOME and congrats! Hang in there, your blood test is so close. RMA is wonderful, so hoping you get a sticky bean!

Little - I had to pay approx 800 for my frostie. I think it depends on if your insurance covers it. At RMA its 1,000 but my insurance covered some of that cost.

Army - it depends. I did baby aspirin through after transfer and thats it. Its supposed to help with bloodflow to your uterus supposedly although Dr. Morris told me that they did a study a few years ago at RMA that showed that baby aspirin didnt change the effect of the outcome, so who knows!

 

[Littlee49]

Thanks jchic...when did they ask for the $$?? Haha gotta be prepared!

 

[DaisyQ]

The cost of freezing is $1000 for the first year, and then $1200 a year after the first year is over.

What Jchic said about baby aspirin. Mucinex/Robitussin is thought to help thin cervical mucus so sperm can penetrate it better - so it only helps if you are trying naturally - there's no benefit to taking it if you are doing IUI or IVF.

HTH!