"impatiently waiting and complaining" IVF November/December/end of the year bumps

[Snowbunny]

Sept - glad to hear you are feeling better

Anxiously - my clinic monitors your lining, but was very clear that what is normal for one person isn't for another...In other words, the number is only part of the story. My lining never really gets that high, so I love this rationale.


Kirst - good luck tomorrow I loved the ET...very emotional for me.

Michelle. - yay for trigger! Plus, you get a shot break, right?

Missnic - congratulations BFP

Afam - keep us posted! Can't wait to hear how things go tomorrow. ER will be here before you know it. I had follies popping up until very close to ER.

Kchope - how's the waiting going. I hope it's not torturing you.

Sandy - how are you girl?

L4 - so glad you are ready for shots (shots, shots, shots).

Hey to anyone I missed

 

[Anxiously]

Snow, that was reassuring! Thanks!

Holy cow, I was hit by the Z monster earlier and knocked out for 3 hours straight after breakfast. Today is not a good day. The awful cramps just come and go...couple that with an angry zit right above the lips, I feel like 33 going on 13!

 

[Kirs_t]

Hi girls,

How is everyone??

ET transfer went very well today! Everything went smoothly and nothing left to do but cross fingers and hope the little thing is getting comfy in there! It was a very exciting and emotional experience. DH burst into tears on the way home from the clinic!

Taking it very easy tomorrow - having acupuncture and a visit from my best friend who is in town for a week (she lives in london and I havent seen her for a year and a half!) Then putting up the Christmas Tree with my nephews on Saturday - a bit early I know!

Lots of love to all xxx

 

[Sandy83]

Hi Ladies

Sorry i been missing this week, Work has been really hectic.

Ive been keeping up to date with everyones post just havent had time to do my own.

Im off tomorrow so will catch up properly and do personal then. Hope everyone is doing well. xx

 

[Razcox]

Hiya all!! Been a long standing member of the site with a bit of a long TTC journey (see siggy!) but would love to join you ladies as finding myself a bit lost in all the IVF stuff.

Got a scan tomorrow to see if ready for ec on Monday and got no idea whats a good/bad/ok number of foliciles ect to have. So really just need a bit of support and willing to offer it right back at you lovely ladies x

 

[michelle01]

Welcome Raz! Sorry for your losses. Hopefully this ivf cycle will be your bfp

Yay on et kirs!!! And how awesome to see your friend

Hi Sandy hope all is good!

I am back home, so sore and tired, but they got 12 eggs.

Hope everyone has a Happy Thanksgiving!!

 

[Anxiously]

Welcome Razcox, I'm rather new to this board myself. I'm so sorry for your losses...I had a hard time getting over one myself, I can't imagine what it must've been like for you

As to your concern on number of good/bad/ok number of follicles, sorry but I've no answer to that myself...and I doubt that there's a magic number anyway. I've read success stories with as little as 2 to as many as 33 follies! Many factors will be at play i suppose, follie size, rate of growth etc. My doc only schedules for EC with at least 3 follies that are 16mm and above on trigger day. GL and let us know how the scan went!

Michelle, 12 eggs! That's fantastic! FX'd for those embies!

I've read that eating pineapple core for the 1st 5 days after ovulation helps with implantation. Something to do with the bromelain enzyme. It's too late for me to start now, but perhaps this will be useful for those who just did ET or are about to.

 

[Snowbunny]

Welcome Raz! You will definitely find the group super supportive. We've all been through different experiences and that always helps. I'm really sorry about your losses. I hope this IVF cycle brings you bfp.

Kirst -t - that is such a sweet story about dh. The transfer is so beautiful. Congrats on being pupo. Enjoy your visit with your friend.

Sandy - hey! Hope things get less hectic soon.

Afam, l4, sept, Kchope, Missnic, anxious...Hello!

AFM, I am one week away from day 1 (I hope)!!!

 

[Sandy83]

Hi Ladies

Eventually got sometime to myself and had a nice lie in and feel refreshed!

Hope you are are all doing well and i know there have been a lot of posts lately and sending all my love to eveyone.

Welcome Anxiously and Raxcoz

Missnic - Congratulations on

Kirs_t, Michelle - Congratualtions on ER and great numbers michelle, cant wait to see your post Kirs_t

Kchope, L4 - Hope you are doing well

Snow - Congrats on being 1 week away from day 1 exciting

Sept, Afam and a few of you have not being feeling well hope you are all getting better

Ash - Thinking of you!

To anyone ive missed hope you are doing well

AFM - Only 3 days til appt to be able to move on with FET woo hoo cant wait finally feeling like im at the point where i can move on exciting!!!!!! xx

 

[septbride]

Just a quick post for now...

Welcome, Raz! How did your scan go today?

Michelle, great news on ER! Hope you're resting up nicely.

Sandy and Snow, congrats on getting closer to the big start line.

Kirst, congrats on having your embryo safely with you. What a sweet story about your DH.

AFM, I'm up to 6 follies and e2 is 1650. I go back tomorrow morning and my guess is they'll have me trigger tomorrow night. I had 6 follies for my first cycle too, I think this is all my ovaries are capable of! It's OK though, I'll take it!

Big hello to L4, missnic, everyone else!

 

[Anxiously]

Hi ladies! Hope everyone's had a fantastic Thanksgiving (and safe shopping on Black Friday)!

DH threw my BBT away cos he said that the thing is evil

How are things so far for the rest of you? Updates! Updates!

 

[kchope]

Hi Ladies, so sorry to be absent but I've been extremely busy with work and we hosted Turkey Day which meant cooking started right after work on Wednesday. I bought a smoker for DH last year so we smoked a turkey! It was fantastic. I hope I didn't over do myself as my feet hurt like hell by the end of Thursday! Hope you all had a wonderful Turkey day too for those who celebrated!

So, here is my dilemma...today is 8DT3DT and I had a booster shot on Wednesday of only 1/2cc I know it's a very small amount but that stinks for POAS . I decided to test the HCG out of my system so yesterday and today are of course + results. Do any of you know what HPT brand I could purchase that would require 100iui detection of HCG? I think this will give me a better shot of staying hopeful it the HPT's continue to be + ?? I so hate this waiting game.

Also, my beta has been scheduled for Monday BUT I will need to cancel as I have a scheduled conference with London regarding COFA regulation that starts at 8am which means I will need to be on the 630am train downtown. The RE office opens at 630am -- so what another bummer to deal with!!

and now onto personals...

 

[kchope]

Kirs - YAY for pupo! I'm so happy everything went smoothly. I wish my DH would show some emotions. He's always the supportive one compared to my negative side but to just add some emotions for once would be so nice!! GL to you and here's to your BFP!!

Anxiously - Welcome!! So sorry for your loss. I also can relate and it takes some time to heal physically and emotionally. It sounds like you did a great job in giving yourself some time to heal! Where are you in the 2ww? I will be thinking of you and keeping my Fx for a BFP!! GL to you my dear!

MissNic - YAY!!!!!!! Our 1st BFP Congrats hun that is a super great beta!!!!!!!!

Snow - Hi!! Hope you have taken some breathing room from work! Sounds like you are such a busy bee just like me!

RazCox - Welcome! So sorry for your losses. Glad you are staying strong and back in the game! GL to your scan on Monday hope you get positive results.

Michelle - Wow! 12 Eggies that is fantastic! Hope you managed to rest on Turkey day after ER!

Sept - Your follie report is great! I hear you on the ovary part I'm starting to think my poor ovary will only produce 4 now. I have my Fx for excellent quality with your 6!!!

L4 - Hi, hope you are doing well. I believe you start stims? Nice to start injections!

Afam - Keep your chin up and will be thinking of you! I know it's so hard to hear that you may be out 2 of your follies but you seem to be doing much better this round with stims so maybe you will have a few more pop up before actual trigger time.

Sandy - So nice to hear your appt is couple days away!!

Have a nice weekend all - love to all
xoxoxox

 

[septbride]

Kchope, your beta is coming up so soon! Could they squeeze you in later that day? The wait is so very painful.

I trigger tonight and go for ER at 9:00 on Monday morning! I'm up to 8 follicles, so I hope that means 8 good eggs. I'll be saying my prayers tonight!

Michelle, hope you're feeling well post-ER.

Hugs to everyone, hope all who celebrated had a good Thanksgiving.

 

[Anxiously]

Kchope I'm so envious that your clinic takes your beta so early! Mine only takes my beta 17 days after transfer, and I'm just 6dp3dt now. This is sheer torture!

As to your question on the test stick, it's probably going to be hard to find what you're looking for. Most over the counter brands are ultra sensitive now. Are you able to schedule your beta for a later part of Monday instead? I understand how difficult it is not to know but at least with a beta test, you'll know for sure. Test sticks at this point may not be as reliable as we want them to be.

Perhaps you can use a regular test stick on beta test morning - I assume that's when the doc determines your hcg from the booster shot will clear your system since they scheduled for the beta that day. I've read that a beta pregnancy test is considered positive when the hCG level is 25 mIU or higher. Most test sticks detect pregnancy at 25 mIU.

 

[Afamilygal]

hello ladies! This is going to be a short one, I need to get to bed early tonight- retrieval is tomorrow! (whoa I know) it all happened REALLY fast... triggered last night and its actually been somewhat stressful with having to travel back and forth from my parents to get the the RE, etc. we spent a LOT of time in the car this weekend. I'm exhausted.
so... I stimulate quickly but not well like they thought- they are thinking the most I'm going to have is 4 eggs but I knew that going in so... I'll take what I can get!
sorry to not have the time for personals. I'll get around to it soon.
Hope you are all doing really well!!! lots of love! x

 

[Anxiously]

Afam, all the best for ER tomorrow!

 

[L4hope]

Hey hey ladies!
First shout out to the upcoming ER's. AFam so excited for your retrieval tomorrow. Praying you get the best 4 eggs to make super-embies!! Sept you're a day after on Monday! Hope all 8 are good for you too!!

Kirs, congrats on being PUPO!! Sounds like it was a great transfer experience. Now the hardest waiting in this process. Hope it flies by for you!

Kchope how frustrating to push back beta an extra day! Boo... I hat when work gets in
the way!!

Michelle how are you feeling? Anxious to here your fertilization report!

Sandy I'm sure you're excited to have your appt and get the ball rolling.

I know I'm missing a few but I can barely keep it all strait we're getting so many ladies to share, vent, ask advice, and support! I love this thread because we all really take the time to check in on everyone and share words of encouragement! Love you gals!!!

Afm, took my first round of stims tonight. Menopur, Follistim and still on Lupron. Man I forgot about the menopur needle being a bit bigger. Not a pleasant one..guess I blocked it out from last time! I'm really hoping the Lupron side effects chill out now that it's been reduced from 20 to 5 units. I have been having horrible headaches all week and holy hot flashes at night!! Oi vey! Only 10 more days till ER (hopefully)!

 

[Kirs_t]

Afam - and Sept
Just a quick pop in to say goodluck for ER to Afam and Sept! Hope you both go well and I'll be thinking of you. Hope you have a speedy recovery and have lots of time to rest and relax afterwards xxx

Kchop - Hanging out to know how your beta goes! Keep us posted and I hope the next few days fly by for you. I am dying in this tww wait too!

L4 - hope you are feeling better and stims goes ok for you! Let us know how you are going x

Michelle - cant wait to hear your update too!

Sandy - how did your appointment go? A bfp by Christmas for you too I hope!

Afm - i am slowly going insane and have no idea how i will be able to wait until next week for my beta. I had a faint positive this morning at 4dp5dt... but i am thinking its just my trigger. This is the first test ive done - so i have no idea if the trigger had left or not. I triggered 9 days ago - how long does it stay in your system? Either way i suppose if I am pregnant - I am. And if I'm not - I'm not. It would be done by now and I just have to learn the art of patience!! xxx

Hi to all the other ladies - look forward to chatting soon. Lots of love

 

[septbride]

L4, Kirst, thanks for the shout outs! I'm looking forward to getting ER over with tomorrow. Feeling cautiously optimistic about my follies and hoping for the best! Bring on the super embies!

Afam, hope everything went smoothly this morning and that you got great eggies! Looking forward to hearing your update. Hope you're home and resting up.

L4, congrats on starting stims!! You're on the same combo Afam and I just did. Which needle are you using for Menopur? Hope it all goes OK and that those headaches ease up now.

Kirst, I think I've heard the trigger stays with you for 10 days? Not sure though. Sorry you've reached the "going insane" part of the experience. It just plain sucks! But know that we're all here for you and that we understand!

Raz, GL at your scan tomorrow!

Hugs to you all and to Sandy, Snow, Michelle, and anyone else I've missed.