February IVF Buddies!! 2nd Cycle. FET

[barbikins]

Nice clarification!! I am doing OK but not without symptoms.
Nausea, headache, dizziness. This is all from Estrogen. I am taking 4mg, 3 times a day! I am hoping I will adjust soon. Anyone else get this?! Blurg.

No haven't got any nicknames for the frostie embies.
Are you going for bloods on Tuesday or did the clinic say otherwise because AF arrived?! Are you doing another cycle ASAP?

 

[pisces78]

Sorry to hear your feeling sick Barbikins, sounds terrible! I thought these cycles are suppose to be easier than the stimms!!!

Yes, went for bloods today, to get the "official BFN". Lucky me, which I already knew.

Looks like I'm out girls for the month, as at my clinic they are relying on my natural ovulation to determine the date of ET, and due to the stimm IVF cycle, my cycle will most likely be all messed up and I may not even ovulate resulting in cancellation of cycle therefore I have to wait a month for cycle to normalise

So, I will be cheering you girls on from the sidelines!! Hoping you get for this cycle!

 

[barbikins]

You gotta love when you have your period and sitting at the clinic to get a pregnancy test. Ya I love those moments lol.
Sorry Hun. Hope you can start a new cycle soon!

Ya I feel better than when stimming but I'm taking some three times the Estrogen amount and so I'm getting symptoms.
Blah

 

[Hatethewait85]

Ugh sorry you are not feeling so well on the meds, Barbikins! I had terrible stomach issues (nausea, cramping) yesterday but feel quite a bit better today. Although this afternoon I feel a bit bloated which I do not like. Hopefully your body starts getting used to the estrogen soon!

Sorry about the 'official' results, Pisces. I hope this month flies by so you can get started on your FET. OR maybe you will be one of the lucky ones who gets a surprise BFP! One can always hope, right!

I found my FET much easier to manage as I did not have to give myself any injections and there was only the 2 appointments (baseline and lining check) but mentally I found myself wondering what the heck was going on in my uterus which I found stressful, too. I'm hoping that now that I've been through one FET that the second one will not stress me out as much! So far so good...

 

[pisces78]

Thanks girls for the support! Yes, I was abit disappointed not being able to jump straight back in the saddle but also happy to take an enforced break, as it is a stressful process!

Sorry, to hear about all those symptoms! Yes, you hope FET will be less stressful, I guess once you have been through it like yourself Hatethewait, you know what to expect. With IVF everything is new, you learn so much and that can be stressful in itself really.

Do you girls know why you have to take aspirin daily, just curious?

 

[barbikins]

I started taking E vaginally & happy to report I feel better in general.
I'm taking Asprin too but took a break yesterday because it can also cause me nausea. But took one tonight and we will see how I'm feeling tmr.
Asprin my RE told me is also for the lining but I've read that it helps implantation and prevents blood fr clotting.
We shall see

 

[Hatethewait85]

Pisces - a forced break is good. I found having this last month off after my failed FET was a good break to relax and enjoy things in life I'd forgotten about. By the time AF came the other day, I was ready for FET#2 and fully recharged! As for the aspirin, my understanding is it improves blood flow and improve the lining. A part of me wonders if it also serves some purpose to prevent blood clots which can be caused by high doses of estrogen.

Barb- Glad you found a way to tolerate the meds better. I am feeling pretty good today. I wonder if I'll feel more symptoms when I change my estrogen patches tomorrow? Did you find that AF was much shorter this cycle than usual? Mine was really only 3 days and I am used to it being 6-7 days long. Even with my last FET I had spotting thru days 5-6. Just curious as to what your experience has been.

 

[Allie2009]

Had my scan today Everything is looking good! uterus lining was 12.2 so I will start my progesterone injections on the 16th and transfer will be on the 21st.

 

[barbikins]

Pisces - a forced break is good. I found having this last month off after my failed FET was a good break to relax and enjoy things in life I'd forgotten about. By the time AF came the other day, I was ready for FET#2 and fully recharged! As for the aspirin, my understanding is it improves blood flow and improve the lining. A part of me wonders if it also serves some purpose to prevent blood clots which can be caused by high doses of estrogen.

Barb- Glad you found a way to tolerate the meds better. I am feeling pretty good today. I wonder if I'll feel more symptoms when I change my estrogen patches tomorrow? Did you find that AF was much shorter this cycle than usual? Mine was really only 3 days and I am used to it being 6-7 days long. Even with my last FET I had spotting thru days 5-6. Just curious as to what your experience has been.

I had a fresh IVF cycle and my period was heavier and longer by a day.
Lots of lining to shed I suppose! Glad to hear you're feeling better.
I have a wonky appetite but I'm not feeling nauseated anymore. I'm so glad for it. Having blue discharge is a bit weird but really, such a small sacrifice! I'm still tired, had a headache most of yesterday and I get the foggy head feeling. But it is what it is.

 

[barbikins]

Had my scan today Everything is looking good! uterus lining was 12.2 so I will start my progesterone injections on the 16th and transfer will be on the 21st.

That's a great lining! I have my lining check on Friday & my transfer Monday!

 

[barbikins]

Pieces, I had a forced break last year when I found out my tubes were blocked. Between then, my surgery & IVF was three months.
Not that I would have wished this predicament on me or anything but I felt normal again. So it's completely understandable!

 

[Hatethewait85]

Allie that sounds like a great lining! I'm trying to figure out when my ET will be, but I thought I'd start the PIO the day of the lining check if everything looked good. Why are they waiting to have you start the PIO injections until the 16th? Anyway, I'm anxiously awaiting the 21st, too since that's my lining check day. I hope it flies by for both of us!!

That's a good point about your AF after fresh IVF barbikins. Only 2 days to go to see how things are looking! Hopefully it looks great - that'll make all the side effects worth it!

AFM just got done with acupuncture and feeling pretty good. Do any of you do acupuncture with your IVF cycles?

 

[BabyDancing13]

Keep the faith ladies, I just got my first ever BFP from a FET cycle. xx

 

[barbikins]

I did some acupuncture for relaxation and that it did work.
I don't believe my practitioner was quite aggressive enough to provide treatments fore to prepare for IVF. For that I'm disappointed.
I decided to just do nothing this time around. I'm always doing something to improve my chances and thought I'd just try nothing for a change!

Congrats baby dancing! Is this your first FET?

 

[BabyDancing13]

I did some acupuncture for relaxation and that it did work.
I don't believe my practitioner was quite aggressive enough to provide treatments fore to prepare for IVF. For that I'm disappointed.
I decided to just do nothing this time around. I'm always doing something to improve my chances and thought I'd just try nothing for a change!

Congrats baby dancing! Is this your first FET?

Yep sure is. I had a failed fresh ICSI cycle with a top grade blast, 5AA, and success on this FET with blasts with lower grades. x

 

[Hatethewait85]

I did some acupuncture for relaxation and that it did work.
I don't believe my practitioner was quite aggressive enough to provide treatments fore to prepare for IVF. For that I'm disappointed.
I decided to just do nothing this time around. I'm always doing something to improve my chances and thought I'd just try nothing for a change!

Congrats baby dancing! Is this your first FET?

I definitely think it's a good relaxation tool, but I'm not sure it helped much for my IVF either as my lining for my last FET was < 8 with the acupuncture. This time I'm adding in 1-2 sessions to see if it gets better (but also made other changes to the protocol so who knows what's doing what). I think if we decide/need to do another round of IVF I will skip the acupuncture, too. Perhaps I'll just get a couple of massages for 'relaxation' instead!

How'd your lining check go today??? Fx you are good to go for ET on Monday!

 

[Hatethewait85]

I did some acupuncture for relaxation and that it did work.
I don't believe my practitioner was quite aggressive enough to provide treatments fore to prepare for IVF. For that I'm disappointed.
I decided to just do nothing this time around. I'm always doing something to improve my chances and thought I'd just try nothing for a change!

Congrats baby dancing! Is this your first FET?

Yep sure is. I had a failed fresh ICSI cycle with a top grade blast, 5AA, and success on this FET with blasts with lower grades. x

Congrats!! It is always good to hear success stories. This will be my second FET and I'm hoping this is THE ONE!!! Not sure how I'll handle another BFN.

 

[barbikins]

Oh man I understand disappointments & failure cycle after cycle. I'm so over it! Fuck you'd think a FET & my second IVF would works since we are 'perfect' otherwise!

Happy Valentine's ladies! Hope you have an awesome one.
I've been MIA b/c I've been SO busy at work!!!

I went in for my ultrasound & bloods & RE says my lining is great!
I am ready for 8am on Monday for my FET!!! Whoop!
I am starting Progesterone shots today, continuing my high dose of Estrogen, baby Asprin. I have three days of antibiotics to take & four days of a steriod. I hadn't a clue about the steriods until today. Basically it's to suppress my immune system so that my antibodies don't attack the frozen embryo. Apparently this is common with frozen transfers. Interesting!

Other than that, not much going on over here. I can't wait until this day's over (not yet for me) and I can go into weekend mode. I plan to hit the liquore store. I need to take off the edge from this week. AND it's my last weekend to drink up! I'll be sobre for minimum 2 weeks, Maximum 40plus LOL

 

[Hatethewait85]

I hear ya barbikins! So frustrating to be 'perfect' but still failing!

Thanks for the v-day wishes. I hope you had a wonderful day with your hubby! Sorry work kept you so busy though. I, too, needed a nice glass of wine (or two) this weekend. I hope you enjoyed the last hooray before a very long 40 week break (fx!!!!)

How are the PIO shots going? I'm doing them this cycle for the first time ever and am shakin' in my boots just thinking about them! Any tips??

I did 5 days of an antibiotic and 5 days of prednisone (both starting 2 days before ET) with my last FET too. The pred is supposed to suppress the immune system around the time implantation can occur I guess. This time I'm going to take the prednisone for the entire tww (and the first tri if it works) just to try something different- it's what my fs does with recurrent mc patients. Not sure that it'll really give me much of an advantage but it certainly won't hurt anything either.

Good luck tomorrow!!! Sending good vibes your way

 

[barbikins]

Its a busy week & last week was as well. Too much to get done ASAP and while BNB is a wonderful distraction & I"d rather be here, I need to disconnect. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! I've been naughty & was putting things on the back burner & now it's catch up time! AHHHHH
I can't wait to have more slack time to chat with you girls all day LOL

I had a few drinks this weekend but to be honest, I've not been craving alcohol much at all. I find when I am most stressed, I want the booze but other wise I'm slightly turned off? Which is good now that we're TTC. Anyway yes I hope this was it & I will not drink booze for a year! YIKES!

I had my transfer yesterday. I only had to defrost one embryo thankfully so I have 3 left! I am hoping we don't need to use them, of course!
It's an 8 cell, 3 day embryo if that means anything to you ladies Anyway now I'm in the awful two week wait! Although I plan to start testing this weekend.
It seems woman going through IVF get really early results. Much earlier than the norm!

The PIO shots are going. My husband does them for me so that makes it easier on me. However, they do cause as sore ass. I have lumps in my ass & it feels mega bruised. I did them last month too & some days it was just SO bad. But I'll do anything if it means the best success rate. It could be worse, you know?