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

[septbride]

Hello ladies!

Michelle and Afam, how's the beginning of the 2WW?

L4, how did your scan go? Bring on the follies!

Anx, hope the testing goes well!

Kirst, that looks like a positive pregnancy test, my friend! Come on, little embie!

AFM, I had my transfer yesterday and now have 3 embryos snuggling in. One 8-cell and 2 7-cells. Went to acupuncture before work today and am focusing on stress management.

Raz, Kchope, Snow, Sandy, hello and

 

[michelle01]

Awesome Sept!! I don't know why I thought it was today Snuggle in little ones

All I have to say is that this 2ww SUCKS

 

[L4hope]

Hey ladies, quick check in..
I have about 18 follies total but only 6 measurable right now. Hopefully some more of them catch up and grow over the weekend. I have to go back Monday morning for another ultrasound and bloodwork. Hopefully I'll be ready to trigger Monday night. Ahhh I'm sooo ready for ER!!

Michelle sorry the tww is killing you... It really does feel lime forever. Right now I'm feeling like it's taking forever to get to ER! This whe fresh cycle had been so drawn out that every extra day of waiting feels like an eternity! Hopefully the weekend will fly by!

Sept congrats on being PUPO with three!! Exciting!

Happy Friday to all!!

 

[Afamilygal]

hello!!! so many posts! It is always fun to come back on here!
First of all, congrats to those with the emerging BFP's so exciting!!!
Anx- I totally see those pink lines and I agree- get yourself a FRER.

& Kirs- that is one good looking BFP!! horray! and great news on beta getting moved up! YIPPEE!!!

to L4- 18 follies! WOW and YAY!!! I got a good feeling about you lady! I'll bet you are ready for ER, it will be here soon enough and then you can join me in the 2ww!

Sept- HORRAY for your transfer of 3 lovely embryos! so exciting!!! I'm very hopeful for you love! hows the 2ww treating you? time seems to be moving awfully slowly huh?

Michelle- hopefully the 2ww isnt making you batty too! how are you feeling? are you really crampy? I haven't done this before but I assume that is normal from the ER and all the drugs etc? (that question can be answered by anyone obviously)

Ash- welcome back, so sorry about your cycle I wish it had been different for you... sounds like your all ready for your next meeting though, GL with that! will you be able to start again soon?

Sandy & snow- hello darlings! are you both well? Sandy- I totally recommend acu, I LOVE it. It is expensive but It did wonders for me in respect to anxiety and stress which I always struggle with. I support acu 100%! I also believe in taking DHEA and CoQ10 if you aren't already doing that (for egg quality)

Charley- hello and welcome! you chance is as good as any of us from what I gather, it is all about as random as anything can be. My lovely embryologist spent a lot of time talking to us about embryos and it is such an inexact science but anything is possible! I hope your little guy is snuggling in!

afm, just been taking it easy. SO easy that my back is hurting me for lying around like a lump of clay
I've been watching me a helluvalotta tv...
as I mentioned earlier, I am kind of crampy a lot which Im assuming is normal after everything I put myself through. besides that and time moving SO stinking slowly, as is well here.

Hope everyone is well today! xx

 

[michelle01]

L4 - That is a great number of follies and more will show up ER will be here before you know it and you will be joining this dreaded wait!!!

Afam - This wait stinks no matter what way you look at it. The only things I have been feeling/having is bloating, tiredness, headaches (2 days now) and very mild cramping; most of this I think is from the endometrin. The ONLY thing different for me this cycle and not sure if I even call this a symtpom is that I have been having a lot of dizziness since ET! I have basically no other symtpoms then that. The other things from the progestrone I don't really count as a symptom. I would be watching tons of tv too if I wasn't sitting at work This weekend will be a lot of sitting around while implantation is supposed to be happening

 

[Snowbunny]

Sept - Yay for PUPO with triplets...lol! I hope you have a quick wait and a positive result.

L4 - great number of follies. I hope your weekend moves by in a blink.

Afam - our bodies go though so much during this process that I think it's normal to be crampy etc. Have you been watching anything good on the telly?

Michelle - the end of the 2ww was killer long for me. I tried to keep busy, but it consumed me. I hope it moves faster for you.

Sandy, Raz, Missnic, Charley...Hey!

AFM - I phoned in Day 1 today. They tried putting me on hold to check if I was too late, but I quickly informed them I already confirmed that I would be okay to proceed...lol. So, I thought I had to go in on Day 3, but it looks like I don't. I will do my endo biopsy on Tuesday and then start monitoring on Day 9. Fingers crossed already!

 

[Kirs_t]

So good to be starting snow! That is fantastic good luck for the biopsy- is it a natural fet?

L4- excellent scan result! Grow follies grow! Let us know how Monday goes.

Lots of love to those in the TWW- time definitely crawls slowly- looking forward to more updates! X

 

[Snowbunny]

Thanks Kirs-t, yes it is a natural. The only thing I will be taking (so far as I know) are the progesterone suppositories.

 

[ashknowsbest]

L4Hope - I like the name for the consult, it made me laugh. It truly is a WTF meeting. I really do hope he can come up with some sort of ... educated guess as to why it didn't work but I'm not expecting him to tell me anything other than bad luck but ... I'm kind of not going to take the explanation either. I don't want to go on and on about it here, but I really think they need to look into it being a hatching problem with the embryo or an implantation problem since they fertilized and grew fine until they were put back into my uterus. Okay enough of that! Thanks for the hugs anyways, it's nice to have people to support me but I went through about a week and a half of ... feeling sorry for myself that I have to go through this and it's getting better. Today I went to a birthday party for a friend of the little girl I nanny for and that was quite annoying since there were a lot of kids, and the mother of the birthday girl is pregnant with her 3RD!!!! I want to scream really, but I conducted myself in an appropriate manner. I hope you get some more follicles that are measurable at your next appointment and that time flies to get to your ER!! I know that I was DYING to get to the ER and get the real show on the road!

Anx - I really hope it's a bfp for you! I have my FX'd!

Kirs - thanks, it really means a lot that you're so understanding and I can come to you for advice, or venting! I'm still pretty torn up about it ... I can't watch or do anything involving babies but oh well. I was at barnes and noble today and noticed that I was standing by the "What to Expect when you're expecting" section and had to immediately just walk away! And OMG you're getting good lines, so happy for you!! Was this your second IVF? Just curious cause ya know I'm getting ready to do my second and I'm actually extremely nervous. Is it weird that I'm more nervous this round than I was the first? Well congratulations again and can't wait to find out what's going on in there!

Snow - thanks for the welcome back! Yay for CD 1 and getting things moving!

Sandy - What did you and your RE talk about at your WTF appointment? Just kinda curious now and wondering what to expect ... did your doctor do an u/s at your appointment to check things down there? I haven't had an u/s since the day of my trigger and would like to know how big my ovaries still are and if I have any cysts etc ... ? I'm going to ask him to do one either way I think. Best of luck with your FET cycle, I REALLY hope this is it for you. Infertility is not fair!

Michelle - hello You're in the TWW and I have everything crossed for you! Hope you've been taking it easy letting those beans get comfy!

Sept - Yay for PUPO! Hope you have some nice sticky beans in there!

Afam - I will most likely be starting another cycle in January BUT because I'm such a control freak and don't want to waste any time, if my RE does an u/s on Monday and we don't see any problems and my ovaries look okay and I don't have any cysts I'm going to push to start this cycle .... I'm CD 11 today and I wouldn't start the lupron until CD 21 anyways ... so .... I'm REALLY going to push for it but will take my doctors medical advice into consideration, obviously! So happy you had your ET and you're taking it easy! I feel your pain with your back hurting. I HAD to get out of bed the first day and sit up for a little bit because it was pretty much unbearable.

Woah I think I got everybody. I'm trying to get my OH to go out tonight and play some pool ... maybe have a few drinks. Hope everyone has a WONDERFUL weekend!

 

[Anxiously]

Hi everyone, sorry not in the best of moods today. Today is the 3rd day with faint lines on ICs. It's not darkening at all and this can't be good. I'm going ahead and call this cycle a bust. Do you girls know when is the earliest one can do an FET after a failed cycle?

Worst of all, I got into a misunderstanding with my mother-in-law yesterday.

Hope everyone's doing fine - I'll write more later.

 

[Sandy83]

Hi Ladies

Sept - Congratulations on being pupo

L4 - Fx'd for trigger on monday

Snow - Great news on getting started time will fly now

Michelle, Afam - Hope you are doing well on your 2ww not long to go now!

Kirs_t, Raz, Missnic, Charley...Hey!

Ash - I had a 6 week wait between my failed cycle and my WTF appt so went through that many different emotions but when i had the appt she talked about the whole cycle what they thought about every step and where they think things could have went wrong or could have got better results but actually my cycle was text book they said the only thing that went wrong was i didnt end up pregnant! They didnt do any scan as all my blood work and previous internal scan showed no evidence that there were any cyst or any other complications. I would have been able to move on straight away and have FET in dec if it wasnt for the lab closure over xmas so cant seen any reason why you wont be able to start on your next AF cycle. Im looking forward to the FET as its meant to be so much easier on your body due to less medication and not ER. I hope you will be joining me in Jan for FET. Looking forward to seeing your post after WTF appt

Anx - Really sorry lines arent getting any darker i hope its wrong! When is your beta? I hope its not the case but if you do have to go to FET most FS say to have a natural AF after failed cycle then able to start on next cycle, but i have know some ladies start straight away. Sorry to hear you had a misunderstanding with MIL hope it wasnt too bad, your emotions will be all over the place without having to deal with that as well. Thinking of you

 

[ashknowsbest]

Sandy - thanks for all of the info, unfortunately I did not get any frosties so I'll be doing a fresh cycle. But I hope I can join you in a BFP for the second IVF!

 

[Anxiously]

Hi Sandy, beta's this Thursday. Today's tests were almost stark white at 14dp2dt. I could hardly see the line anymore. Looks like a chem pregnancy. It's heartbreaking and I'm psyching myself up for FET now. I've been so emotionally distressed by the whole MIL thing the past 2 days, I'm not even sure it it could've caused the chem pregnancy.

I'm going to call the doctor's office and ask if I can do an earlier beta and request for an FET asap.

 

[Afamilygal]

Anx- I'm sorry to hear that I'm still holding out hope for you.

 

[Afamilygal]

Is everyone very crampy throughout the whole 2ww? Is that just an ivf thing?

 

[septbride]

L4, good luck on Monday!

Afam, I'm having some crampy twinges and slight pains. Is that what you're feeling?

Anx, sorry about the test and your MIL. The HPT could definitely be wrong, the blood test is much more sensitive. Good luck!

My 2WW is going OK so far, better than last time. Fingers are super crossed.

Hubby is starting Walking Dead episode and that's my cue to exit the living room. Hugs to all!

 

[Afamilygal]

Sept- yeah its been crampy the whole time since ER so I figured it was that plus I am extra gassy so it could be a combo. I figured that was just an IVF side effect and thought I'd ask.
going CRAZY up in here... how you holding out sept?

love to all of you!

 

[Anxiously]

Beta results came back. It's a negative. Have an appointment with the RE this Wed.

This whole process is so emotionally draining.

 

[Sandy83]

Anx - Really sorry to hear its a negative, thinking of you! Hope you can join me with FET very soon

 

[Kirs_t]

So sorry to hear anx.... Hope the fet is the one for you too

How is everyone going? How's the TWW for those in it? Any updates?