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

[Nearly2014]

Mrs T - thinking of you - I know the feeling, it is awful!!! Good luck - take time to rest, cry a lot, it helped a bit for me

 

[Nearly2014]

Hi ladies,
been lurking in the background and following everyone's progress.
For all the ladies who got the nasty BFN's - so sorry, I'm crying with all of you and praying for the best outcomes for all of us the next cycle.
For the ladies with the BFP's - congrats and hope that you have wonderful, easy pregnancies.
For the ladies waiting or having funny symptoms - hoping you get positive results!

Went to the RE for follow up yesterday - apparently my egg quality was not the best. He has prescribed DHEA for 3 months, hopefully then we can do another cycle - no frozen embies so will have to start fresh.

Lots of babydust to everyone!

 

[Disneyfan88]

Disney, I don't think I realized you'd be finding out the sex. How exciting!! So glad the majority were ok. Did they say what was wrong with the other 2?

Thanks! One of the abnormal embryos had an extra X chromosome. The other (a boy, which I think was the lower quality one from the frozen set) was missing chromosome #7 (whatever that is...).

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Hey Bizzbiii, I am home, resting, all this stress got me bad cold, and to top it all AF came too yesterday. We spoke to the nurse and she told us to stop progesterone. The doctor will call us on 18 sep, to discuss FET plan. At the moment I am so exhausted, that except for the feeling of loss and emptiness , I feel nothing.

I just want to relax, be in peace with myself, and have no high hopes, cause expectation kills

Hang in there, sunshine. I know how difficult it is.

 

[Hennapop]

Mrs. T im so sorry. Can it be too early to test? Keeping you in good thoughts!

 

[TeeinAZ]

ABaby - I will be thinking of you guys!!!

Well ladies, I am out of here. I will be back in the am after my beta test. EEEEEEEEEEEEEEK Wish me luck. I need it. I am so so nervous and feeling, well a picture is worth a thousand words.

Be thinking and praying for ya!!!

Do you feel preggers?

You know what's funny. This whole tww, I was convinved I was pregnant, but the closer I got to today, I think I'm not. It's a weird thing to feel two different things at the same time. I've been wanting this so bad, and waiting for 7 years, it's just unbelievable to me.

 

[TeeinAZ]

So I am sitting at work, anxiously waiting for "the call" on my first beta.

This wait has been the longest wait of my life and I was in and out of the doc office in about 5 minutes. WOW.

I'm a mess!!!

 

[bunyhuny]

TeeinAZ- I am so cheering you on girl!!! Been waiting all day to see what your result is!!

*Update* My beta came back at 477.8, so a doubling time of 48.5 hours! Perfect! However the spotting and cramping and clots continue, and my temp is staying low. My doctor refuses to have my progesterone checked or to increase my dose!!! I wrote her telling her DH and I will be at the clinic tomorrow and my progesterone WILL be checked. I am not going to lose this pregnancy simply because my doctor is too much of an idiot to run a basic blood test. Not ONCE during my entire IVF cycle has she checked my estrogen or progesterone. Not ONCE.

I even sent her a pic of my chart. Her response? She's not going to test anything, my dose is fine, and I am to stop temping because it means nothing. Seriously??? The day my temp plummets, I start bleeding red blood with clots and cramping- and she's going to tell me it's not related? Without running a single test?

 

[bunyhuny]

Temp dropped today and I have had spotting and cramps all day. Doctor says to be prepared for a miscarriage. I'll go in and have another beta tomorrow, but spotting seems to be getting heavier so not feeling hopeful. Doesn't look good, ladies.

Dear Bunny , this has been such a difficult time for us, I am praying for you with all my heart. Take care of yourself.

Thank you so much, sunshine. This IVF road is so hard for all of us and nothing ever seems to go as expected. I am just praying so hard that this little bean sticks.

 

[TeeinAZ]

TeeinAZ- I am so cheering you on girl!!! Been waiting all day to see what your result is!!

*Update* My beta came back at 477.8, so a doubling time of 48.5 hours! Perfect! However the spotting and cramping and clots continue, and my temp is staying low. My doctor refuses to have my progesterone checked or to increase my dose!!! I wrote her telling her DH and I will be at the clinic tomorrow and my progesterone WILL be checked. I am not going to lose this pregnancy simply because my doctor is too much of an idiot to run a basic blood test. Not ONCE during my entire IVF cycle has she checked my estrogen or progesterone. Not ONCE.

I even sent her a pic of my chart. Her response? She's not going to test anything, my dose is fine, and I am to stop temping because it means nothing. Seriously??? The day my temp plummets, I start bleeding red blood with clots and cramping- and she's going to tell me it's not related? Without running a single test?

OK so when I talk about my roller coaster, it is nothing compared to yours! I am sooooooooooooooo glad those number went up that hight! Whew, I've been praying for you!!!!

I can't believe they aren't checking your Prog. and Estr. levels! You raise hell!!!

 

[4magpies]

Buny I hope baby is staying put I'm still in hospital bad pain and they won't do my beta.

 

[bunyhuny]

Buny I hope baby is staying put I'm still in hospital bad pain and they won't do my beta.

Oh hunny- I do not know what is wrong with these doctors. How do we even attempt to explain to them what this is like for us- all this not knowing! I sometimes think that every hospital and every clinic should have a person on staff who has had to go through IVF, just so that there is someone there who understands what this is like. I so hope you are able to get answers soon!!!

 

[TeeinAZ]

Buny I hope baby is staying put I'm still in hospital bad pain and they won't do my beta.

You poor thing. I am praying for you!!

 

[bunyhuny]

TeeinAZ- When are your beta results supposed to be in?

 

[TeeinAZ]

TeeinAZ- When are your beta results supposed to be in?

They said a couple hours. It's been TWO, isn't that a couple? I mean what is their couple? 3? 4? HAHAH I'm losing it! HHAHAHA

 

[bunyhuny]

TeeinAZ- When are your beta results supposed to be in?

They said a couple hours. It's been TWO, isn't that a couple? I mean what is their couple? 3? 4? HAHAH I'm losing it! HHAHAHA

That TOTALLY is a couple! They need to step it up!!

 

[bizzibii]

oh Buny - I do hoe it all works out for you ,

Sunshine 8 - how are you holding up my dear ? I have an appointment tomorrow with my doctor to discuss what went wrong and the next step, I am looking forward to my FET but in the meantime I have decided to go away for a girls weekend . I need some time to myself.

rest of the ladies - good luck in your cycles. ! And congrats on the BFP's

Hey Bizzbiii, I am home, resting, all this stress got me bad cold, and to top it all AF came too yesterday. We spoke to the nurse and she told us to stop progesterone. The doctor will call us on 18 sep, to discuss FET plan. At the moment I am so exhausted, that except for the feeling of loss and emptiness , I feel nothing.

I just want to relax, be in peace with myself, and have no high hopes, cause expectation kills

I am glad that you are taking a break, hope you have a great weekend with your girls and get all the positive energy you need to liven up. I will be thinking of you. Please let us know how the meeting with the doc went. Take care and much love.

Mrs.T,, I hope that you get a BFP as perhaps its too early to get the right results. don't stress over the negative, just relax and think happy thoughts.

GL to all ladies stimming, hope you develop many great follies. Congratulation to ladies in their PUPOhood.

Sunshine - Oh hunny My doctor told me today we have 8 (which I knew), and they are all great quality ( which was a good news). She also said " not every embryo will turn out to be a baby, but there is at least one out there that will " and I don't know why but it did make me a bit happier. We are doing unmedicated FET which I am very happy about , we might just use the trigger but nothing before. My AF hasn't arrived yet and if it's not here by Monday I have to go and do BETA. Other than that I must say even the retail therapy did not help. Stay positive please.


4magpies- I am so so so sorry bunny, hope you feel better soon

 

[bunyhuny]

Okay ladies. Got an e-mail back from my doctor. I demanded a progesterone blood test and told the doctor that DH and I would pay extra to have it done. This is the response I got back from my doctor:

"Hi, it is not a good idea. If you use [the previously prescribed dose of progesterone], you must have enough of progesterone. If you will have some kind of abortion, it is not because of low progesterone but because of some problem of the gestation, like genetisc and so... No excess of progesterone (like overdose) can stop abortion if it has to happen. So, i dont recomend you to do it - because it is unlogical
I think you have enough of progesterone. If the pregnancy is ok, everything will be ok.
I recommend you to wait you cant do anything more now. "

So without any blood work, she has decided my progesterone level is fine. WTF????

 

[bizzibii]

TeeinAZ- I am so cheering you on girl!!! Been waiting all day to see what your result is!!

*Update* My beta came back at 477.8, so a doubling time of 48.5 hours! Perfect! However the spotting and cramping and clots continue, and my temp is staying low. My doctor refuses to have my progesterone checked or to increase my dose!!! I wrote her telling her DH and I will be at the clinic tomorrow and my progesterone WILL be checked. I am not going to lose this pregnancy simply because my doctor is too much of an idiot to run a basic blood test. Not ONCE during my entire IVF cycle has she checked my estrogen or progesterone. Not ONCE.

I even sent her a pic of my chart. Her response? She's not going to test anything, my dose is fine, and I am to stop temping because it means nothing. Seriously??? The day my temp plummets, I start bleeding red blood with clots and cramping- and she's going to tell me it's not related? Without running a single test?

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Buny - great numbers. I think our doctors are going mad each time we question their decisions. I will keep my fingers crossed for you my dear.

 

[nlk]

buny, that's insane. How can she make that call? With my clinic, I have to take progesterone supplements from stimming until 12 weeks, if the ivf results in a pregnancy, to help sustain it - until the placenta can take over. Is there any way that you can get a second opinion?

 

[bunyhuny]

buny, that's insane. How can she make that call? With my clinic, I have to take progesterone supplements from stimming until 12 weeks, if the ivf results in a pregnancy, to help sustain it - until the placenta can take over. Is there any way that you can get a second opinion?

My doctor started me on some progesterone the day after my EC but never ran a test to check if the dose was right. I've been reading online that in some IVF cases, the corpus luteum totally fails and progesterone has to be supplemented at a much higher dose, especially in women who don't respond well to normal doses. It was saying that women with PCOS and with insulin resistance (both of which I have) also generally need a higher dose than normal. I even asked my doctor to check my progesterone when she first put me on it and she refused, so we don't even have a baseline of what it was earlier in the cycle!

I am thinking I may call my doctor's office back in the States and find out what my progesterone usually is in my luteal phase, then force my doctor here to do a progesterone check. if my progesterone is way low, I'm going to tell her I need my dose upped. If she refuses to have the blood work run or if she refuses to alter the dose if needed, I will take it up with the head doctor. Just need to see if I can get my home clinic to release the info over the phone...