First time IVF - Started Lupron last Thurs - Would Love some Buddies

[moni77]

Here was my line porn...

 

[beaglemom]

We are totally all girl over here...we aren't sure if #2 will ever happen, so if I only get one baby, I want a girl.

I am still sitting here anxious over how many to transfer when I get to that point. Moni, I know your numbers did not work out the way you had hoped...but if after your retrieval, there were no issues with the embies, how many were you planning to transfer?

 

[moni77]

We had planned on transferring 2. That is until I told hubby about a girl on one of the other forums who transferred 3 and ended up with 4!! - one set of identical twins. After that he was like, maybe we just do one....

 

[moni77]

ultimately we were going to do whatever the doctor recommended based on quality and my history.

 

[beaglemom]

We had planned on transferring 2. That is until I told hubby about a girl on one of the other forums who transferred 3 and ended up with 4!! - one set of identical twins. After that he was like, maybe we just do one....

4! Yikes!

 

[booger76]

Moni - Congrats, again! You must be over the moon. So happy for you.

I think we want boys - well, I know DH does. I think if we only have one, I would prefer a boy. But there is a part of me that would love to raise a girl too. Ultimately, I guess we'll just be happy with whatever we get.

 

[beaglemom]

Pregnancy announcement on Facebook for someone's baby number 2. Frustrating. Oh well...trying not to think about it.

 

[terripeachy]

beaglemom-Are you back home now? Don't be frustrated..sometimes things just come easier for some people. I can't remember the last time one of my facebook friends announced pregnancy. Most of my friends are and either have their kids or are announcing grandkids.

 

[moni77]

Sorry Beagle...

Glad you got to start the BCP terri - not sure if I mentioned that in all my excitement yesterday...

Oh and I wanted to say that at the fertility temple you can ask for names - we got Chimmi and Kinley - so we are calling this little bean Chimmi until we know the gender!

 

[terripeachy]

Thanks Moni--Isn't Chimmi the food stand near your house too? There was something else to that story once you arrived home. One month off isn't bad. Maybe I need to book a trip.

Jen/ERose/brighteyez-What are you guys doing? We're bored without you.

 

[moni77]

You have such a good memory - there is a chimichurri truck near the apartment and the middle "c" was out so it read "chimi hurri"

 

[booger76]

Hi ladies!

Beagle - Sorry about the bummer announcement on Facebook. Hope you are having a fabulous vacation otherwise. Stay away from Facebook!

Terri - How was the baseball game? Hopefully, you stayed dry. I'm jealous. We hardly ever get to go to sporting events. The price one pays living in a small town.

Moni - I think Chimmi is an adorable nickname. I guess your mentioning y'all were calling it that until you find out the gender answers my question as to whether you were going to find out the baby's sex.

JCM, ERose, and Brighteyez - How are y'all doing?

I finally got my schedule! Looks like I'll stop the BCPs this coming Sunday and start my injections on 9/12 with a tentative retrieval of 9/23. I'm excited but a little bummed that they will only let me do the first two sets of ultrasounds/labs locally. That means I have to spend almost a week in the town where my clinic is (which is 4 hours from where we live). I knew this was coming but I still haven't figured how to explain to anyone why I'll be out of town for a week.

 

[beaglemom]

Still in the mountains. We drive home Friday

Moni what is this fertility temple?

 

[JCM]

Hi Ladies!!!
So....I had a huge meltdown yesterday. My meds weren't delivered and long story short I had to pay lots of money at a local pharmacy about 2 hours before injection time. I said ALOT of un-nice things and somebody better be rectifying the situation as I type!!!!
Whew....
Had my ultrasound today. Follicles are growing, so things are happening. I borrowed meds from my clinic for tonight's injections and hopefully everything will be delivered tomorrow. Looks like I'll have lots of extra meds on hand! My next us is Saturday morning and we are pretty sure trigger will be Monday night for Wednesday retrieval. I'm so nervous for it! Have I mentioned I hate disorganization? Haha I'm such a control freak. DH has been really great the past 2 days during all of this.

Booger, yay!!! You are right behind me! My transfer is 9/15! We will hopefully be transferring 2! (Which I have named "the chosen ones")

Terri, hope the game was fun! I love going to games and just yelling. Most times I'm not sure why I'm yelling but it's fun to be around people who are really into the game. Plus, beer and nachos/soft pretzels...YUM! DH is one of the team docs for an indoor football team here. They have good snacks. Lol

Beagle, one day, the announcements just stopped affecting me. It will be my/your turn soon! Don't you worry! Have a relaxing vacation!

Hi Brighteyes and Erin!

Still super excited for you, Moni! Woooohhooooo

 

[terripeachy]

The game was fun even with a 2 hour rain delay. We stayed three innings and had to come back for the dog. I was getting tired anyway. The Os won so that was great.

Moni- I just thought it was a cute story; that's why I remembered. I can't remember where the temple is though. Hee hee.

Jen- sorry you had a meltdown but surprise! It all worked out. You'll forget all this when the chosen ones are in your belly. I can't believe your transfer is so soon. Seemed like just yesterday you started talking about this.

Booger- why can't you just take a weeks vacation? Or go on FMLA. You don't have to disclose why. That's your right. It'll be fine! I'll be right on your tails. I start stim on the 19th and go for 10 days or so. Early October I'm thinking. I'm glad our thread is picking up some action. Yeah!!

 

[beaglemom]

Thanks...they typically don't bother me. It was a girl I used to be friends with but it ended in high school because of stupid nonsense. I think it is the people like that it bothers me about. Plus she had a pic from a wedding she was in & people told her how nice she looked & she said it was probably the pregnancy glow. Bleh! But the other thing I think about is I have no idea about her journey. So I can't be too judgmental. For all I know it took 2-3 years for #1 & then the same for #2. I had a friend who took about 2 years to get pregnant. I had seen her a while back & she mentioned something about trying again & I asked her how long & she said 3 years. Her daughter was 3 so basically they started trying again right away. No idea what their issue was. So I try to keep it in perspective.

I am sure soon enough I will be making people gag with my pregnancy stuff

We are back after another long day of waterfall hunting. We went to one called sliding rock & it is basically a huge water slide you can slide on. Husband did it but not me. The water was way too cold. I walked around in the shallow end. Then we found a creek to have lunch by & we had fun throwing rocks & soaking each other. I love the mountains.

So tomorrow is a nothing day. We have one place we want to go...it is a pin ball machine museum. You pay $10 & play all the games you want on vintage machines. But I am hoping to be gone only 2-3 hours & back to the cabin. I want to spend the day walking around the lake with my dogs & reading my book.

 

[moni77]

Beagle that sounds like an awesome vacation!!

The fertility temple was in Bhutan - I went there with hubby's company in February. You get blessed by a big dildo!

Yay for everyone starting their stims - this is going to be a productive month! Erin what is your schedule??

AFM - yes I plan to find out the gender - ASAP - I am a control freak as well...no more headaches - which has me slightly worried - but I am already doing better then a couple ofhours ago...

 

[booger76]

Beagle - Good point about not knowing her story. It is hard to not let these things bother us. It's just human nature to feel a little sting when you see something you want come to others. I'm not necessarily saying it's jealousy or anything like that - I am always happy for someone when they tell they're pregnant and I know it's something that they have been wanting - but that doesn't mean that it doesn't also hurt a little that it hasn't been my turn yet. Waterfall hunting sounds fun! Enjoy your last couple of days. I hope the weather stays nice for you.

Moni - The fertility blessing sounds interesting, for sure! We were in Hawaii in February and went to a fertility rock. I should post a picture - it's pretty hilarious. You can definitely tell how people would get the idea. If I knew then what I know now, I would have totally made it an offering! Try not to worry about the lack of headaches which is easier said than done. I like to think that when I do get pregnant we won't find out the sex because I love surprises. However, I'm not sure I'll actually be able to hold out for the entire pregnancy since I'm also pretty impatient. We'll see!

Terri - I agree it's exciting that we're all kind of going through the same process at the same time. I know I sound like a crazy person fretting over the whole excuse thing for why I'm away from work. I guess the only reason I even care is that I have 2-3 really good friends at work and they are the ones I'm more worried about asking about what's going on. I'm just not ready to tell them. They all have huge mouths and I know they won't be able to keep it to themselves. In any case, I think I have figured out what I'm going to do. We are allowed to telework and I'm just going to say that I have some stuff I need to get done (which will be true) and I need total concentration.

JCM - Sorry about your meltdown - I don't blame you. Sometimes we just have to let it all out. Good to hear that your follicles are progressing nicely. Hang in there, you're getting so close. I love your nickname of the "The Chosen Ones" Made me laugh.

I'm not going to lie, I'm starting to get nervous! I'm not really nervous about the shots or anything - more like I've just been running all the worst case scenarios in my head. What if we don't get many eggs, what if only a few fertilize or none of them make it to blastocysts? Or what if we get them to blastocyst and then none of them test out normally? I know this isn't healthy but please tell me it's at least a little normal? I'm normally a fairly positive person. I guess I'm just focusing too much on the $$$ part of it.

On an exciting note, I think we have decided to do our FET in November instead of December. We figured we might as well not worry about potential due dates and just move ahead. The only downside to that is we'll be traveling a bit in October so I'll have to be medicating while on vacation but I don't think it will involve any shots, so that's okay. We're going to visit DHs family in Connecticut for 2 weeks at the end of the month.

 

[beaglemom]

Moni - the headaches may have been your fertility meds...so makes sense they would go away. My meds usually caused at least one back headache in each cycle...so I am sure the lack of headaches doesn't mean anything. Awesome you get checked up on so much with the RE before going to the ob.

Booger - although I have not done IVF, everything you are feeling is totally normal. I felt it during IUI & it is more intense as IVF comes closer. I will have to be honest, Moni's experience has really made me get more positive about the IVF. And I know this thread has way more success coming to us.

So I have not gotten a confirmation my grant app was received. I went on their site & looked at the app again & the address changed! I had a feeling it would. They have a new director in another state. But before I sent my app, I looked again to be sure the address I had matched. So that just changed within the past week. So frustrating. I am going to wait another week to see if I hear anything & then inquire. I also had to send an app fee so I will be looking for that to come out of my account. I am sure they have a forwarding system set up. I think I am just getting paranoid & anxious. They are a volunteer organization so I cannot expect immediate responses so I am trying not to worry about it.

Vacation almost over...sigh...but I have the weekend & Monday. I am hoping to get some things done over the weekend. The good thing is my place here is set up with a washer so no laundry to wash when I get home. Today is very overcast so it is the perfect day to do nothing. My dogs are completely POOPED! They are all sleeping around the house & my husband on the couch. I just got finished balancing my check book so one less thing to worry about this weekend.

 

[moni77]

Booger - that is completely normal - I had many doubts about spending the money the first time - and with our results we were already figuring if we could afford to do it again...luckily we didn't have to make that decision!