Cheers to BFPs in 2-0-1-7!

[abennion]

Woohoo! You only need one

 

[abennion]

Well ladies, I finally have some news to share! I feel like this cycle has just dragged. Had my lining check today (an all of 5 minute appointment) and my lining is sitting at a 7.8mm (they need 7 to okay transfer). We have been greenlit, and provided we have at least one embaby thaw, we should be transferring on August 8!

 

[Sheece]

Fluffy & Abe - what great news!! So excited for you both, come on you good eggies

I have some good news too, just not of the baby variety yet. OH & I got engaged this weekend! Some happy news to end a shitty month on

 

[Fluffycookie]

Congratulations Sheece!! ^.^ I only got married last year, I remember all the preparations so well - let me know if you need any tips

Abe - oooh exciting, let's hope this next week will be magical for both of us

 

[steph1607]

Sheece, that is wonderful news, congratulations! I am also a newly wed - it is so very exciting no matter what type of wedding you decide to go for. Happy planning to you both!

Abe, brilliant news about your lining. Wow, the 8th of August will be here in the blink of an eye. We are all rooting for you.

Fluffy, you already know how excited I am about your egg!

I don't have anything particularly exciting to add to the party at this point, but hubby and I had our latest appointment yesterday. We are hoping be to be eligible to do egg share IVF and thinks are looking promising so far. I had lots of blood taken yesterday to be tested for various things (unfortunately some are chromosomal tests which take 4-5 weeks to come back!) and in the meantime hubby and I have to arrange a counselling appointment. If my blood test results come back clear then the process begins to match me with a recipient.

 

[StarryEyed88]

Good luck Abe! Fingers crossed for you!

 

[abennion]

Congratulations Sheece! It's a very exciting time ahead for you

 

[Sheece]

Thanks Ladies We are pretty excited. Wedding won't be for a while, at least until after we've had our first bubs & I've lost the baby weight And the chocolate weight ha ha.

CD30 for me today. I have everything crossed AF shows on Friday, because the cycle after my last D & C was 31 days. Don't want anymore delays! Then I can jump on the cycle train with you ladies

 

[Fluffycookie]

@Sheece
Fingers crossed for a short cycle!!


Had the IUI today - didn't hurt one bit! They said from my blood results, my hormone level was 330 and they'd want at least 200, so that was good - but I was too nervous to remember what that level was of ^^"

Now I'm supposed to inject HCG 3x over the next two weeks. The nurse said I could test 14 days dpo and to call them if there is no bleeding by then, for a blood test. I'm pretty scared of getting a false positive, do you ladies think it's safe to test 14 days dpo if I inject the last dosis of HCG (1500) at 9dpo? :S

 

[sarah34]

Good luck cookie! Looking forward to seeing your tests. 14dpo should be fine, lots of people test before that even xx

 

[Sheece]

Good luck fluffy!!

When I was reading up on IUI I saw a lot of ladies were testing out the booster shots with internet cheapies. From what I saw the hcg was out of their systems around 10 - 12 days after. So maybe thats something you could do to ease your mind a bit?

I was thinking of doing it, if nothing else, for easing my need to POAS

 

[Fluffycookie]

@Sheece

Thank you for that info! That would mean waiting until 19dpo to test which would be a Monday - maybe I'll wait until 18dpo (if AF hasn't shown by then...) which is a Sunday They asked me to call at 15dpo to schedule a blood test anyway, so I'm assuming that would happen after the weekend and I would really like to test at home beforehand! So testing August 20th ^.^

 

[Sheece]

Exciting! Hurry up Aug 20

 

[Sheece]

Well I've had 2 days of spotting, so I'm hoping AF is here today or tomorrow.

The clinic emailed me back too and said I can start IUI this cycle because my consent forms don't expire until October. She just has to check with my specialist to see if he needs to see me again first.

I kind of don't know how I feel about it yet though! I guess I'll wait to hear back from them and figure it out from there.

How are you ladies going?

 

[abennion]

I'm doing alright. My clinic called today to let me know transfer will be at 9:30am on Tuesday, so hopefully that means one of our embryos thawed okay and that we should be PUPO soon!

I've got mixed feelings out the outcome - I know we stand better chances because we did assisted hatching so this embryo will be farther along than our last one, but its hard to remain positive. I've been trying to keep my feet warm, and I've been doing pineapple core this cycle. Also trying to remain as stress free as humanly possible right now. 2.7 lbs to go to a normal BMI, so hopefully that does nothing but help.

I won't be testing until I go in for blood work this time either, so we won't know until the end of August, but I've got everything crossed. If this doesn't work we've got to decide if were going to be doing another retrieval or if we will be jumping into becoming foster parents for now.

 

[Sheece]

I've got everything crossed for you Abe! And I am an advocate for the whole keeping your feet warm thing too. Worked for me!

You have done so well with your weight loss too. So close to a "normal" BMI, I reckon you are already there, because we all know BMI is a pretty loose guide sometimes.

Fingers crossed for Tuesday!!

 

[Fluffycookie]

@abe
Best of luck to you! From everything I've read, BMI makes a world of difference and you should be proud for all the hard work you've done to get there - you're giving this embryo the very best chances!

@Sheece
Exciting that you're doing IUI this cycle! If you don't know how you feel about it, do you mean you have mixed feelings? Don't feel bad if you do, I know I did. On the one hand, you're ecstatic that things are moving along and you're getting a chance. On the other hand, at least that's what it was like for me, I also felt resentment that now it had "come to this" in terms of needing support, and a bit sad that now the miracle of just spontaneously getting pregnant was not going to happen. So if you have any thoughts like that, know you're not alone What I'm thinking now is: maybe it would still have happened on it's own eventually, but we decided to go ahead now because we don't want to lose time to pride (not saying that would be you, but this is what it was like for us, emotionally)

AFM:
5dpo today. Keeping my feet warm as well, haha! Can't hurt, right? I've come down with a pretty bald cold anyway, so keeping socks on seems like an overall good idea now.

 

[sarah34]

Looking forward to seeing your tests when you do them cookie!

AFM - day 3 of flashing smiley today, lots of EWCM. We have been bd every other day this cycle already so will bd tonight and hope to get my solid smiley tomorrow morning

 

[Sheece]

Fluffy - I think thats exactly how I'm feeling. Especially as we conceived naturally twice now :/ Its the time factor that worries me as I've just turned 34. So that coupled with long cycles is a recipe for disaster.

Yet I still really want to try naturally. That's the whole issue I think. So does my OH.

But when I take the heart out of it, the head knows that getting help will get us there. Once we have our baby we won't be questioning the what-ifs I guess!

Other than that, still no reply from clinic about if my doc wants to see me, and I'm still spotting so god knows whats happening.

Sarah - fingers crossed for a good smiley tomorrow! Sounds like you are covering all bases

 

[Fluffycookie]

@Sheece
34 is no age at all yet, but of course with fertility, for many women things get more difficult after 35, so I understand you'd be concerned. Having the long and irregular/unpredictable cycles myself, I feel like our situations are pretty similar. I'm "only" 28, yet I didn't want to wait anymore either. We decided for the IUI to meet our baby sooner rather than later and to stop the stressful time of worrying about when and if a next ovulatory cycle will come around. I feel like (hopefully) this is our ticket out of the TTC limbo!

Also, when you think about it: hubby went to the clinic with me to provide the sperm sample that morning P), he was holding me hand during the IUI, a process which lasted all of 10 minutes. It didn't hurt one bit, honestly just like the faintest "I might be getting my period?" feeling (very slight pressure in my uterus). I feel like we were there together for it, we both put the work in so to say, and everything still happens in my body. My doctor called it natural conception with support Basically, after taking clomid to ovulate, the IUI is just to give the swimmers a speed boost. So we both got a little boost, that's all. Before I went in, I thought the IUI might be some big procedure, but it was no different from my yearly gyno check up.

You and hubby will ultimately have to decide what's right for you two, but I think for most couples it comes down to pride vs. no more waiting, more certainty, less stress (from being in the TTC limbo for longer). So think about how stressed, worried and impatient you are, and make your decision based on that. From my experience, an IUI is such a small thing, you forget about it the day after. Way less invasive than taking clomid or anything like that!

@sarah
fingers crossed for you! Sounds like you'll join me in the TWW soon!