IVF/FET in Aug'13' - Aug'14' buddies wanted!!*13 BFP's!!**Updates on first page**

[flagirlie7]

Hi, ladies!

Been on Lupron for over a week now (day 12 today), had major headaches since Friday PM through Monday AM, but thank god it's all good now. This week has been crazy at work, not sure how I would have survived with that... Got AF on Sunday and it's been weeeird. I mean, normally, I get 1.5 to 2 days AF, this time - stronger and longer...

In the meantime, we got our genetic screening blood tests back - no issues. Today was my day 3 baseline - u/s showed 10 on right and 18 on left!! So, will be starting stims this Saturday, but 75 Gonal and 75 Menopur. Originally, they wanted me to start with 150 Gonal and 75 Menopur.

GL to all ladies here!!

 

[Breezie613]

CONGRATS BREEZIE!!!!


So my ER is definitely Friday.. Got all of my instructions this morning. I have to say I am extremely nervous. I think I am worried about being put to sleep.

Katie - Good luck and you will do just fine. You will be awake before you even knew you were asleep. It is such a short procedure.

 

[MeganScott]

Katie I think the tips were posted by Disney, Samsfan and Chickadeedee (not sure if I'm forgetting someone here) stuff like yoga pants for support, drinking Gatorade to help with bloating, etc... I don't remember all of it, but its on this thread itself, if you go back a few pages to read, they've posted advice to others who were going through ER...

flagirlie thats great news about the genetic tests, and excellent follicle count too! I'm glad your Lupron headaches stopped, mine are still come-n-go as they please!

Good luck with beginning stims on Saturday!

 

[flagirlie7]

Katie I think the tips were posted by Disney, Samsfan and Chickadeedee (not sure if I'm forgetting someone here) stuff like yoga pants for support, drinking Gatorade to help with bloating, etc... I don't remember all of it, but its on this thread itself, if you go back a few pages to read, they've posted advice to others who were going through ER...

flagirlie thats great news about the genetic tests, and excellent follicle count too! I'm glad your Lupron headaches stopped, mine are still come-n-go as they please!

Good luck with beginning stims on Saturday!

Thanks, Megan! Good luck to you! Anyway never thought I'd ever say this in my life: super excited to start jabbing myself even more

 

[Chickadeedee]

Yes - yoga pants because you will feel like you were donkey kicked in the ovaries (well, that's how I felt anyway...) Gatorade to help with bloat, heating pad!!!! This is a must! And I was SUPER constipated.... So you'll want something for that

 

[Plex]

Amazing news Lucie!! Congratulations! xx

Breezie - Congratulations hun! xx

Flagirlie - Gosh thats a great number of follies to start with good luck with the stimming xx

Kaitel - Good luck for ur ec on fri hun!! I second everything that Chickadee just said - I will add if u have a looser fitting sports type bra that'll help too, i just felt too squished in my normal bra before setting off so changed and was soooo glad i did was basically uncomfy all over afterwards in a weird way. xx

Anyone have any tips for me? I really want to avoid telling everyone at work this time round and need to find a way to covertly give myself injections - i work funny hours so there will always be a time when i'll be injecting at work. The toilets arent great and im worrying about mixing up the meds at work too in the toilets Please help me lolol

 

[Plex]

Dovkav - Sorry to hear about ur last cycle hun xx

 

[Plex]

Hey ladies I got my bfp at 9dpec on Friday now 12dp and lines are darkening hoping for the Best

Samsfam - just wanted too say good luck I had 2 complete bfns on cycles now 3rd bfp !!!
I also just had a month break in between each cycle x

Dont know how ive missed this post :

CONGRATULATIONS hunni you so deserve this! xxx

 

[Disneyfan88]

My nurse just called back with my first Beta results: 103
I test again Friday and Sunday.

Congrats!!!!

CONGRATS BREEZIE!!!!


So my ER is definitely Friday.. Got all of my instructions this morning. I have to say I am extremely nervous. I think I am worried about being put to sleep.

You'll be asleep for just the duration of the procedure, and you will wake up almost immediately after. I was already in the patient recovery area when I woke up. I'm sure everything will go great!

Hi, ladies!

Been on Lupron for over a week now (day 12 today), had major headaches since Friday PM through Monday AM, but thank god it's all good now. This week has been crazy at work, not sure how I would have survived with that... Got AF on Sunday and it's been weeeird. I mean, normally, I get 1.5 to 2 days AF, this time - stronger and longer...

In the meantime, we got our genetic screening blood tests back - no issues. Today was my day 3 baseline - u/s showed 10 on right and 18 on left!! So, will be starting stims this Saturday, but 75 Gonal and 75 Menopur. Originally, they wanted me to start with 150 Gonal and 75 Menopur.

GL to all ladies here!!

Sorry about the headaches. Great news on the genetic screening and follicle counts!! I was on Gonal-f and Menopur. Good luck!

Amazing news Lucie!! Congratulations! xx

Breezie - Congratulations hun! xx

Flagirlie - Gosh thats a great number of follies to start with good luck with the stimming xx

Kaitel - Good luck for ur ec on fri hun!! I second everything that Chickadee just said - I will add if u have a looser fitting sports type bra that'll help too, i just felt too squished in my normal bra before setting off so changed and was soooo glad i did was basically uncomfy all over afterwards in a weird way. xx

Anyone have any tips for me? I really want to avoid telling everyone at work this time round and need to find a way to covertly give myself injections - i work funny hours so there will always be a time when i'll be injecting at work. The toilets arent great and im worrying about mixing up the meds at work too in the toilets Please help me lolol

Hmmm...does your work have any offices or rooms that lock that you can slip into for brief periods? I completely understand about not wanting to do it by the toilets. If you must use the bathroom, make sure that you bring extra supplies with you just in case something accidentally drops. Good luck!

 

[Plex]

I could nip into my boss' office but someone wud come in im sure, am also wondering how to conceal the vials/syringes etc lol Im never working when my boss is in his office so it may work, dont know what id say if i locked myself in there and was discovered though as id have to manually do it...... Am in deep thought over this xx

 

[Hennapop]

Hi ladies,

Just had ER #2 today. We got 10 eggs, we'll see how many make it to fertilization. I'm really sore, and nauseous from the Doxy. My RE did a new procedure today where I got a "booster" HCG when I got to the office for the ER. New research apparently.

We are having our other 7 thawed and all will go to day 5/6 then go to PGD. Those results will take about 2-3 weeks to get back. So, we should know all of the results by thanksgiving.

My RE wants me to wait til Jan (!!!) to do FET but I'm not so sure I want to. I, of course, want to be in the best health for the transfer, but I want to get this show on the road!, also, it occurred to me that we will go into another year of insurance coverage so will have to meet maximums etc. I'm thinking she is foreseeing a delay due to holidays, but I think I may push for dec if possible.

Ladies - how long did you wait between retrieval and FET and also how many cycles did your RE have you go through before transfer?

I'm going to go insane if I have to go on BCPS for 2 months!

 

[Hennapop]

Lucie, congrats

Plex - you go girl

Dobrav - sorry for your loss.

All other ladies - baby dust!!

 

[Chickadeedee]

Henna - will you have your fertilization report tomorrow? Good luck!!!

AFM - I have my first scan today at exactly 6 weeks!!! I'm so nervous

 

[MeganScott]

Henna... 10 is a good number, congratulations!! I hope you have a great number making it to day 5! Good luck!

My second IVF cycle, we had 7 5-day Blasts, we transferred two and froze 5 and opted for the next cycle to be an FET. Well, that was Oct 3rd (my last OTD which came up BFN) and I'm still in down regulation. They put me on two weeks of BCP, and two weeks of Lupron so far, still continuing... I started twice-a-week shots for Delestrogen on 10/28 - Monday, and we go for our first U/s for lining check on 11/7... transfer is tentatively scheduled for 11/16... could be a couple of days earlier though, depending on my test results...

I went through two fresh cycles, the first one didn't yield any snowbabies so we went for the second fresh one... but once we got snowbabies, the RE wanted to do an FET where all we had to was prepare the uterus and no stimming and revving up the ovaries...

If my 5 snowbabies dont survive thaw / dont attach (I'm so afraid of that, I can't begin to describe!!) I'm going to change REs and see if another protocol works for me... I'll also be in trouble financially, cos' we'll be in a new year, with deductibles and out-of-pockets to be met before Insurance pays for anything...

I would certainly push for December if I were you!!

Chickadeedee and the other ladies scheduled for scan today and tomorrow: Goodluck!!

 

[PRAYIN4BABIES]

I could nip into my boss' office but someone wud come in im sure, am also wondering how to conceal the vials/syringes etc lol Im never working when my boss is in his office so it may work, dont know what id say if i locked myself in there and was discovered though as id have to manually do it...... Am in deep thought over this xx

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Morning Plex.... I actually put my one medication in a lunch bag that would keep it cool through out the day (it had to stay cold)...no one suspected anything. They just thought it was my lunch...lol I went to a bathroom that was on the other side of the office where no one really goes....This time around (once I get there lol) I will just give myself the injections at home before leaving to work each morning so I don't have to bring anything with me.

 

[ChloeNicolle]

Hi hope everyone's keeping well, congrats to the bfp's

I'm 9dp5dt and I've been getting on and off period pains since 5dp5dt 2 days at the beginning, quite strong ones just in the morning and then the other days light ones on and off but very rarely through day, my skin has gone really and but I do always get spots around period time! My boobs hurt for like 2 days and now they don't hurt but are still bigger! I have been getting twinges and pulsing pains in both ovaries on different days but mainly I got them 4 days past transfer! I just don't know if it's good bad or all in my mind I just feel like it's not going to work I can't imagine ever seeing the word pregnant on a test xx

 

[Disneyfan88]

Hi ladies,

Just had ER #2 today. We got 10 eggs, we'll see how many make it to fertilization. I'm really sore, and nauseous from the Doxy. My RE did a new procedure today where I got a "booster" HCG when I got to the office for the ER. New research apparently.

We are having our other 7 thawed and all will go to day 5/6 then go to PGD. Those results will take about 2-3 weeks to get back. So, we should know all of the results by thanksgiving.

My RE wants me to wait til Jan (!!!) to do FET but I'm not so sure I want to. I, of course, want to be in the best health for the transfer, but I want to get this show on the road!, also, it occurred to me that we will go into another year of insurance coverage so will have to meet maximums etc. I'm thinking she is foreseeing a delay due to holidays, but I think I may push for dec if possible.

Ladies - how long did you wait between retrieval and FET and also how many cycles did your RE have you go through before transfer?

I'm going to go insane if I have to go on BCPS for 2 months!

I did exactly what you're doing. My ER was August 29. 5 days later, they biopsied 4 of 6 fresh embryos that I had (the other 2 arrested on day 6) and they thawed my two frozen ones to biopsy. I got the biopsy results about 10 days later.

My doctor let me schedule my FET during the next cycle. I think she said that about 5 weeks later was pretty normal. My FET was scheduled for October 10, but I could have done it the week before if I wasn't at a conference for work.

My FET medication protocol did not include injectables or BCP. I let my doctor know when my period started, and she asked me to schedule a visit for a baseline check to make sure that my estradiol level was where it should be, that my lining was looking as it should on cycle day 2 or 3, and that my ovaries were quiet. After that appointment, I was to start taking estradiol pills (2 in th AM, 2 in the PM), Dexamethasone (1 in the AM), baby aspirin (1 in the AM), and my prenatal vitamins. I'm still on those today. They found 2 "good sized" cysts at my baseline ultrasound, but my doctor wasn't concerned and said it wasn't a show stopper. The physician's assistant told me I might need to go on BCP for a couple of weeks until they shrunk down, but my doctor said that wasn't necessary and they'd just check on them at my lining check. They were actually gone at my lining check.

My FET went well. My doctor swabbed my uterus with a tiny amount of hCG (and intrauterine hCG infusion) before transferring my embryo. Studies have shown that it can help "jump start" the implantation process.

I'd push for your FET to happen this year -- especially if insurance comes into play. Let me know if I can answer any questions for you. Good luck to you and your embabies!!

 

[Disneyfan88]

Henna - will you have your fertilization report tomorrow? Good luck!!!

AFM - I have my first scan today at exactly 6 weeks!!! I'm so nervous

I'm thinking about you today!!

Hi hope everyone's keeping well, congrats to the bfp's

I'm 9dp5dt and I've been getting on and off period pains since 5dp5dt 2 days at the beginning, quite strong ones just in the morning and then the other days light ones on and off but very rarely through day, my skin has gone really and but I do always get spots around period time! My boobs hurt for like 2 days and now they don't hurt but are still bigger! I have been getting twinges and pulsing pains in both ovaries on different days but mainly I got them 4 days past transfer! I just don't know if it's good bad or all in my mind I just feel like it's not going to work I can't imagine ever seeing the word pregnant on a test xx

Hang in there -- all of this stuff messes with your mind. My only symptoms before I caved and tested were some twinges and what I assume was a tiny bit of dried, old blood from implantation (sorry, TMI ). My boobs didn't hurt and still don't. When is your official test date? I'm keeping everything crossed that you get your BFP.

 

[Disneyfan88]

I could nip into my boss' office but someone wud come in im sure, am also wondering how to conceal the vials/syringes etc lol Im never working when my boss is in his office so it may work, dont know what id say if i locked myself in there and was discovered though as id have to manually do it...... Am in deep thought over this xx

You can keep the meds in a small box or lunch bag. If you're found in your boss' office, maybe you can say that you needed to make a quick, private phone call and it was your break.

 

[Breezie613]

Henna - will you have your fertilization report tomorrow? Good luck!!!

AFM - I have my first scan today at exactly 6 weeks!!! I'm so nervous

That is great!!!! Super excited for you!