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

[Goldfish]

I guess I've kinda started IVF#2! Started my BCPs yesterday! Though it doesn't feel like I've started till I do injections...after BCPs I will have a pill scan on 9 Sep and then they tell me when I can start the downreg injections.

Having trouble keeping up with this thread but you girls sounds like you have plenty of follicles!! I have low AMH/low AFC so I can only wish haha!

 

[sammy1987xxx]

Hi goldfish.
Ur on the journey
It only takes one eggy our problem is severe lack of live sperm let alone swimming sperm. So lots of eggies may not help us.
Hope ur well. Enjoy the not injecting bit whilst u can lol xxx

 

[Goldfish]

Sammy - that's what I tell myself all the time because I have the opposite problem - not enough eggs!! Haha yes I'm getting nervous about the prospect of injecting again but taking pills is sooo much easier! Good luck on your stims!

 

[bunyhuny]

Only 3 hours into my 36 hours before egg retrieval and I'm already growing impatient. I'm going to have to find something to do tomorrow or I'm going to lose my mind. With the injections I at least felt like I was doing something and there was still the excitement of the next ultrasound. Now that the ER is scheduled, I just want it to happen already!

ababy4us- No problem hun. I know my earlier post wasn't super positive in regards to comfort, but just know that I haven't been uncomfortable at all during the normal day to day. Not even any pressure as I'm sitting here typing. The u/s was definitely uncomfortable, but my RE tends to be a bit jabby with the wand in general. Even my baseline scan hurt and there was nothing there besides a few tiny PCOS cysts. Today's scan wasn't any worse than my u/s scans when I had two follicles on Clomid.

sunshine- Good luck at your scan. I was so worried before my scan last week that nothing was growing because I couldn't feel any pressure or anything and it all turned out to be fine. I hope the same is true for you. Not that I'm always successful in it, but I always try to believe that our doctors have been doing this a long time and would not prescribe us a regimen that they didn't have faith in.

adroplet- 17 is great after just 3 days of stims! Congrats! I had 21 follicles around 9-11mm after 4 days of stims, and after that they grew about 3mm a day. Sounds like you're having a good response, too!

 

[Lucinda7981]

Bunyhuny how exciting bout ER being around the corner!!!! Mine is looking like it'll be this weekend since my follies are growing so slowly !

 

[bunyhuny]

Lucinda79810- I've heard slow growing follicles may be healthier than quicky follicles like mine, so your slow growers may be a good thing! I'm looking forward to hearing about your scan results on Wednesday, and I'll let you know then how my retrieval goes. After you get your eggies, are you going to do a 3-day transfer or a 5-day transfer? We're doing a 5-day so that we'll only have to transfer one back instead of two. I know a lot of ladies want twins, but not me, and those 5-day transfers have such a better implantation rate.

 

[Lucinda7981]

bunyhuny originally at consult my RE said she wanted to do a day 3 transfer and wanted to transfer 3 but all this is dependent on how the embies look by day 3. This is IVF #3 so I'm actually okay with transferring 3. Maybe all the 3's will bring me luck

 

[bunyhuny]

Lucinda7981- Third times a charm yeah?

 

[Disneyfan88]

Disneyfan88- Congrats!
*UPDATE* Went in today for CD 9 scan and after 8 days of Gonal-F 300iu I have 20+ follicles ranging in size from 17mm to 21.5mm. I do two trigger shots tonight an hour apart and then only 36 more hours until ER! We have to be at the clinic at 7a on Wednesday with DH's "sample". Once that is turned in, we head up to the surgery floor so I can get prepped for my ER and finally get these eggs removed. Very excited!

Thanks! I'm keeping my fingers crossed for you! You're almost there!!

Have u had any pains or anything. I feel really uncomfortable tonight! I have to mix two vials with one water xxxx

Sorry that you're feeling uncomfortable. If your taking menopur, I mix two vials of powder with one water, too (plus my gonal-f). What kind of pain are you feeling? I like to massage the injection site for a few minutes after doing my injections. I tend to feel a bit of tenderness at the injection site the next day, but I don't notice it for the most part.

3 days of stimming and my ultrasound today showed 17 follies, all are under 10mm. Go back this Thurs for another one.
So far only 1 big headache.

That's an excellent number of follies! My AFC was only 6 or 7 (5 on the right, and 1-2 on the left). I'm praying that there were more hiding, and they will appear now that I've started my medications. I go in for bloodwork and ultrasound on Wednesday.

I guess I've kinda started IVF#2! Started my BCPs yesterday! Though it doesn't feel like I've started till I do injections...after BCPs I will have a pill scan on 9 Sep and then they tell me when I can start the downreg injections.

Having trouble keeping up with this thread but you girls sounds like you have plenty of follicles!! I have low AMH/low AFC so I can only wish haha!

I'm on IVF #2 as well. I also have low AMH and low AFC, so I know exactly what you're going through.

 

[dovkav123]

I have an update after yesterday first visit for IVF treatment.
CD11,16mm follicle (14 mm follicle is pritty matured-my dr. remarks) and 8mm utrine lining
Blood tests were good!
I did a trigger shot 9:30pm.
Retreaval scheduled on Wednesday at 8:30am. Painkiller-voltaren pill to rectum.
Transfer on Friday, (2nd day), my incubator better than the lab's one

bunyhuny, that is it! Don't stress yourself out! Everything will be fine!
We are doing the retreaval at the same day, 1.5 hour appart! You'll be in my thoughts and fingers crossed for both of us!
Do you feel anything different after a trigger shot(ovitrelle)?

I am so sorry for the girls who feel uncomfortable with meds, in the end it sooo worthy!
Sending blessings to all growing juicy follicles!

 

[sammy1987xxx]

Hi Disney. My back and sides feel really uncomfortable I can tell things r happening.

Good luck to those getting ready for er xxxxx

 

[tcreasey88]

Hi everyone, sorry for my absence yesterday! Glad everyone is coming along nicely! I had a nightmare yesterday, our urology appt is 4 weeks tomorrow, and he wrote us a letter saying he was missing the genetic tests for my oh, luckily I found out today they had just misplaced them, thought it was going to set us back so was very upset xx

 

[sunshine8]

Have u had any pains or anything. I feel really uncomfortable tonight! I have to mix two vials with one water xxxx

Sammy hope you feeling much better today doll. I have been very emotional two in the last two Days, spontaneous Crying for no apparent reason and general tiredness. Also due to all this I can't concentrate on work and I have so many dealines upcoming .


One Quick question to ladies stimm with menopur, did you get fertile CM while while stimming? Sorry (TMI), but I am noticicng CM just like the type I get prior to ovulation, hope this is not some bad news ....

 

[sammy1987xxx]

No but I have notices a increase in cm this morning but doesn't seem fertile. I don't think it could be bad news. Have u checked doctor google xxxz

 

[Rurin]

Hi ladies - have been lurking on this thread but not posting - but thought I should pop in and say 'hi' and can I join you?

Just started stimming on short protocol 5 days ago for my first IVF, had first scan this morning and plenty of follies seem to be doing well. Just waiting to get the phonecall re doses going forward and next scan.

Looking forward to seeing the BFPs rolling in soon for us all!

 

[Mrs. T]

Welcome Rurin!

 

[Mrs. T]

Hi tcreasey88! Sorry about the friend thing. It is very rough and do not feel guilty about your feelings over it.

 

[Rurin]

Hi everyone, sorry for my absence yesterday! Glad everyone is coming along nicely! I had a nightmare yesterday, our urology appt is 4 weeks tomorrow, and he wrote us a letter saying he was missing the genetic tests for my oh, luckily I found out today they had just misplaced them, thought it was going to set us back so was very upset, that along with my best friend telling me she is having her coil removed next week and will be trying for baby number 2, all equals a very depressed evening! I am happy for her but I don't know if I could go through her pregnancy again after we started this journey together almost 3 years ago, me with nothing and her with 2 :-/ infertility makes me so selfish, I hate it xxx

I don't know any woman who has struggled to conceive who finds it easy to watch friend after friend get pregnant with no feelings of sadness or envy... We all feel that and then we all feel terrible for feeling it! We need to give ourselves plenty of time to process those feelings. I find it helpful to pray for the girls in question - or if you're not the praying type, wish good things for them. It sounds counter-tuitive but somehow that really helps. Also - some kind of forgiveness or letting go helps me. I always think I can't take much more of this journey, but when I get to those 'I don't know if I can...' moments, there's always a new strength that comes and I'm sure it will for you too.

 

[nlk]

tcreasey, I know what you mean. I feel so awful for it, but I get so insanely jealous...especially when I know that I've been ttc#1 longer, and others have joined, had baby one, conceived baby 2, and I'm still stuck! I don't think it's uncommon. You just need to remember that your time will come...and you will be all the more appreciative of your child because of all the things you had to go through to get them definitely try to not feel guilty over it.

welcome, rurin :wave: hope you hear back from them soon!

AFM, had my bloods taken today to recheck my thyroid...they said I could call up tomorrow, and they should have them back in. So hopefully, if all is okay, I can start down regging soon! Exciting!

 

[bunyhuny]

dovkav123- Hey, fantastic news! When will you ET be? Mine will be next Monday.

sammy1987xxx- I'm sorry you're so uncomfortable! At least you know things are moving along.

sunshine8- I did Gonal-F this cycle, and I started getting EWCM just a few days into stims. It got to be so much I needed tampon/pad. I wanted to know why it was happening so I did some digging. What I found out it that the more estrogen you have, the more EWCM you have. Since every follicle releases estrogen, that can mean LOT of fertile mucus for women during IVF stims.

Rurin- :wave: Hi, hun!


*UPDATE* (Very icky, puke related update. Be prepared to be grossed out.)

I had some icky side effects from the trigger shots last night. bout three hour after my second shot I started getting nauseous. I have some prescription anti-nausea pills (Phenergan) that I brought with me to CZ, but I totally forgot that I had them!! My 2am, I was so sick, that I couldn't fall asleep. By 3am I was crying it was so bad, then DH remembered the pills and gave me one. Around 3:30 I exorcist-style vomited my entire stomach content for about five minutes, (totally gross and really painful!!), and then I felt a LOT better. I took a half of another anti-nausea pill and passed out. I had forgotten how sleep-inducing these anti-nausea pills are. Didn't wake up today until 17:45.

I'm so glad that DH learned how to take care of me while I was on Clomid. By the time I was really sick I had a glass of ice tea, a glass of ice water, and a bucket all right there for me, I was tucked in in my TARDIS blanket, and he was sitting there quietly juts being supportive. I'm also really glad I drank all that tea and water. Having something to throw up besides dinner was really good. I hadn't had much to drink with dinner, so without the liquid it could have been even more painful than it was.