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

[Katielbkr]

Flagirlie - Those embies look fab hun!! Hope u dont get stressed from work :Hugs: At least u have this weekend off how u feeling? xx

Megan - How r u doing after ur fet? xx

Katie -So sorry to hear ur news I'll be starting again at the end of dec/early Jan - How long do u have to take the meds for the fet for? xx

Picses - welcome hun When do u start? Im on short protocol - im not good with all the medical terms but is atagonist short? lol I wish u the best of luck xx

Jessica - Sorry they cancelled ur fet hun, how long u thinking of having a break for? Its best I think to take all the time u need and go for whenur rready rather than when they think is best xx

Prayin - When do u start hun? xx

Henna - Glad to hear u have 2 good embies Good luck for ur fet! xx

Lorna - Welcome back hun 16 follies is great! - good luck for ur ER on Mon!! xx

Sunshine - Hows things with u - have u taken anymore HPT's? xx

I don't know. This will be my first FET, so not sure what to expect...

 

[Plex]

Will u have an appointment to discuss it all before u start? Really just wanna give u a xx

 

[MeganScott]

Plex, I felt mild twinges in the uterus and lower back last night, not sure what it was, but I'm good this morning. Feel absolutely nothing, but i'm staying put in bed to make sure I allow the bean every opportunity to attach!

The embies survived 6 days before freezing, and survived the thaw and started hatching too, so I'm confident they're good enough to attach. All that remains to be seen is if my uterus and immune system allow that to happen. I hope this is the month!!!

How is your cycle progressing?

 

[Katielbkr]

Will u have an appointment to discuss it all before u start? Really just wanna give u a xx

I don't really know. Since my official beta is Monday I figure I will know more then.

 

[Plex]

Megan - wow those blasts sound good! My nurse told me that that increases ur odds anywhere up2 50-60% when taken to 6-7days Really hoping this is ur month fxd! sending u lots of sticky baby dust ur way

Im just waiting for the call to start northisterone - im due to start again at the end of dec xx

 

[Plex]

Will u have an appointment to discuss it all before u start? Really just wanna give u a xx

I don't really know. Since my official beta is Monday I figure I will know more then.

Sorry for all the questions hun Hope u start to feel more like ur old self soon xxx

 

[sunshine1217]

Hi Plex, missed you. How are you? I did take another HPT this morning, finally faint line, after what feels like a very long time. At least I finally saw one, I don't have much hope but DH is still very hopeful. We are suppose to go out eat steak tonight, I want a glass of .

 

[Plex]

sounds very nice lol think i'll have one to help me sleep I say go out anyway and enjoy a slap up meal Ive missed chatting on here too find it difficult to get online cept when im at work and then its pretty quick checks and comments.
So pleased u have a faint bfp - do u have another beta lined up soon? I read u had a beta of 20 xx

 

[flagirlie7]

Ladies, I'm staying horizontal most of the time. Not doing much, kinda eating like crap (sweet cravings)! Will try to get better. Drinking tons of water to prevent constipation and such.
Megan, my doc approved baby aspirin. Nothing else as far as medical supplements.
I know people say all kinds of things, but are walks bad for me these days? Or do they promote blood flow?
Plex- thanks! My work is not too stressful normally, I work in consulting, dealing with clients over the phone and emails. But I also manage people so. Depends. They know so hopefully I'll be good!

 

[Plex]

Flagirlie - what u been watching while on bed rest? U gunna keep on bed rest till u go back? Im hoping no one stresses u out mind u its like having a little bit of good news with you that no one else knows being pupo. 11 days till otd and counting xx

 

[sunshine1217]

Megan that sounds awesome! I never got those twinges till later so that's a good sign for sure.

Plex, I'm going in Monday for another beta (that was actually my original beta day).

 

[MeganScott]

Thanks Plex. I'm most encouraged about our chances this month, because everything went smooth. The lining was the right thickness, the embies survived the thaw and progressed after that, and the transfer was smooth.

Honestly, if this still doesn't work, I don't know if I'll have it in me to start another cycle...

flagirlie slow walks should be fine a couple of days after the transfer. I would say don't get brisk or jog or run, because it personally freaks me out after all the stuff I've read... Your baby aspirin is going to help promote blood flow anyway, but no harm in going for that walk if it makes you feel better!

sunshine good luck with your beta!! Fingers crossed for you!!

I hope you're right about the twinges, they happened many hours after the transfer and there was nothing before that, so I'm sure it wasn't related to the transfer. But then, during the 2ww its so natural to be alert and try to make sense of every little twinge you feel... I'm now wondering if I imagined it? I guess we'll know in a week from today!!

 

[flagirlie7]

Flagirlie - what u been watching while on bed rest? U gunna keep on bed rest till u go back? Im hoping no one stresses u out mind u its like having a little bit of good news with you that no one else knows being pupo. 11 days till otd and counting xx

Plex, you are so sweet! I haven't even counted how many days till OTD! Thank you. Countdown begins! I watched more one tree hill, my usual figure skating Grand Prix events (huge fan and skater myself, oh I miss it), now speed skating lol. Never seen so much speed skating in my life. Catching up on so you think you can dance from summer!!
And I have an exam for my certification in a month, so studying as well. But I'm getting bored!

 

[MeganScott]

flagirlie i know what you mean, staying confined to one place is hard... i've moved camp to the reclining couch and im cozied up in front of the TV while DH is waiting on me.. He made breakfast this morning and now he's making lunch. Ah, this is a good for a change.

 

[Luciola]

Fx and praying for you Flagirl and Megan!!

My retrieval is scheduled on the 19th at 7.30am, two days to go.
My last scans showed 10 follicles measurable, extremely high E2 (over 10000...). I am hoping everything will be fine!!

I would regardless do the transfer only in another cycle, so I will only be PUPO in a few months, I am sure you guys will already be expecting by then!!

 

[MeganScott]

Thanks Luciola. I hope you're right!!

Your retrieval is in less than 2 days, good luck!! Hope you get many good eggs.

flagirlie, how are you feeling?Any symptoms yet?

AFM - I had mild twinges for about an hour at 6pm on the day of transfer as well as the next day. Other than that, just a little sore at the injection sites but nothing else.

My natural AF is due Tuesday, so lets see what happens... hopefully the PIO will prevent the bleeding...

 

[flagirlie7]

Good luck, Luciola!!

Megan, i have not had much going on, as far as side effects throughout the whole cycle, guess I'm lucky. Minor stomach pains after ER. But last night I felt a bit dizzy and today all morning had twinges in my ovaries - per the research they might have cysts or just be normalizing or rebounding? Gonna get more Gatorade (stopped it on Thursday, started water). And dizziness was maybe from crinone? It was minor though. My stomach has been filling out with not a lot of food quite a bit. Guess it's just digestion issue. That's it!! Guess embabies are only blastocysts today, don't expect anything till Tuesday maybe? Excited and ready to get back to work tomorrow, huh, that's a change!

On another note, lab doc called today, my other two precious ones made it blastocysts as well, freezing!! Gives me a peace of mind for sure!

How are you?? Anything? You are a few days ahead of me...

 

[Katielbkr]

Okay ladies... I need help! I have been crying non stop for 2 days over our first ivf attempt didn't work. How did you guys handle it? I am just so devastated. I don't even know what to do with myself.

 

[flagirlie7]

Katie, I'm so sorry! You have all the right to be sad and devastated. Do you have a plan for what's next? I have not been in your situation yet. But I always feel I need a plan B! We were gonna do another fresh if this one fails. Luckily we have two frosties now! Will you do frozen next? Do you have a timeline?

 

[MeganScott]

flagirlie thats great news!! So you ave two frosties too! Yay!

Other than the minor twinges in the evenings for a few minutes everday and the injection site soreness, I feel a little bit of achy legs from below the knee to the ankle... all the way down the bone. Historically thats been my complaint when I'm fatigued or stressed, but my mood is normal, and I'm only getting up to go to the restroom so how can it be fatigue?

Possibly the injectable hormones, but who knows.

Oh, and I HATE pineapple core. Its porous and fibrous and horrid, a mildly bitter taste too... I'm braving through it, but god, I hate it!

Katie I'm so sorry hon! We all handle disappointment differently, but one thing's common - when you finally achieve that BFP, it makes all the effort, all the disappointment on failure, stress of repeated attempts, ultimately worth it.

When DH and I started our TTC journey with IUIs, we read so many cases of people who found success with their first IUI itself! But the reality is, not everyone achieves success at their first attempt.

Today, after 4 failed IUIs, 2 failed Fresh IVF cycles, and currently in FET #1, I'm preparing myself for a chance that it wont work this time too.

You have every right to be disappointed... let it out, cry as much as you need to... But hon, even though it isn't an exact science, it WILL happen eventually. I'm praying for you. Take care