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

[Prayerful]

Thanks for all the support ladies. I already feel like its over, I know that is silly but its just not the outcome I expected. We are doing ICSI so hopefully we a have a few. All 5 would be nice, but I'm not counting on that. I'm not sore at all, I don't feel like anything happened besides how drowsy I am. They gave me some sort of derivative of morphine for pain and I was scared about taking that so I'm glad I don't need it. I really hate that I am feeling so ridiculously down about this but I just can't help it. This IVF was our one and only shot, and it took everything we have.

Don't give up.

 

[ababy4us]

Hey, I'm at work but just got the call and wanted to share... I have two 4 cell, one 3 cell, one 2 cell, and one that is only 1 cell. Transfer is at 9:30!

Good luck

 

[Izabela]

Thanks for all the support ladies. I already feel like its over, I know that is silly but its just not the outcome I expected. We are doing ICSI so hopefully we a have a few. All 5 would be nice, but I'm not counting on that. I'm not sore at all, I don't feel like anything happened besides how drowsy I am. They gave me some sort of derivative of morphine for pain and I was scared about taking that so I'm glad I don't need it. I really hate that I am feeling so ridiculously down about this but I just can't help it. This IVF was our one and only shot, and it took everything we have.

Wish you all best luck 5 is good. My sister in law got pregnant with twins day 3 transfer 6 eggs, 3 fertilized. Keep positive x

 

[sekky]

Prayerful thinking of you.good luck with the transfer. Looking forward to your update

 

[ababy4us]

Well ladies I only have 2 embryos developing properly so they are going to do a 2 day transfer so we don't take chances. I'm so disheartened.

 

[sekky]

Well ladies I only have 2 embryos developing properly so they are going to do a 2 day transfer so we don't take chances. I'm so disheartened.

 

[Prayerful]

Ababy, that just means no frosties but you can still get your little sticky bean! Good luck tomorrow with transfer!

Sekky, did you get an update today? How are things going? Is transfer on Tuesday?

AFM - Transfer was today. The actual transfer process went very smoothly. I am a little nervous though. I was told initially that my clinic only recommends to transfer 1 unless there is advanced maternal age. Today though, they actually recommended that we transfer 2. We were planning on transferring 2 anyway, but the fact that they actually recommended 2 makes me nervous that they are not good quality... I am just trying to remain positive and trust in God. Beta will be on Oct 4.

Here are a couple pics from today! The first is my little embies post-transfer and the second is how they looked in the lab just prior to transfer.

 

[sammy1987xxx]

Ababy4us we only got 4 eggs and only 2 fertilised. One is my bfp and one is a frozen blast. Do not be disheartened. It can and does work cxxxx

 

[Chickadeedee]

Prayerful - beautiful embabies!!!!

I start my injections tonight! I am looking for ANY advice from ladies who have already been there. Ice first? Heat after? So excited!!!

 

[sekky]

Yay prayerful for a smooth transfer. I smell twins cos your embabies look perfect.

I won't get any more update till tomorrow and am really praying my transfer is Tuesday because am still very sore and suffering from a very bad bloat. Two more days of recovery will do me a lot of good. Am feeling really sick and hope it doesn't get worse than this.

Prayerful and Ababy will keep you both in my prayers and hope we all get our BFP from this cycle.xxxxx

 

[sekky]

Chick congrats on starting. Goodluck with stimms

 

[ababy4us]

Ababy, that just means no frosties but you can still get your little sticky bean! Good luck tomorrow with transfer!

Sekky, did you get an update today? How are things going? Is transfer on Tuesday?

AFM - Transfer was today. The actual transfer process went very smoothly. I am a little nervous though. I was told initially that my clinic only recommends to transfer 1 unless there is advanced maternal age. Today though, they actually recommended that we transfer 2. We were planning on transferring 2 anyway, but the fact that they actually recommended 2 makes me nervous that they are not good quality... I am just trying to remain positive and trust in God. Beta will be on Oct 4.

Here are a couple pics from today! The first is my little embies post-transfer and the second is how they looked in the lab just prior to transfer.

So lovely

 

[Prayerful]

Prayerful - beautiful embabies!!!!

I start my injections tonight! I am looking for ANY advice from ladies who have already been there. Ice first? Heat after? So excited!!!

I never used ice with the stimm injections but I did occasionally use heat afterwards. I do use both heat and ice for the progesterone in oil injections. I do ice first then heat. It helps a lot, especially the ice beforehand to numb the area some. Good luck!

Yay prayerful for a smooth transfer. I smell twins cos your embabies look perfect.

I won't get any more update till tomorrow and am really praying my transfer is Tuesday because am still very sore and suffering from a very bad bloat. Two more days of recovery will do me a lot of good. Am feeling really sick and hope it doesn't get worse than this.

Prayerful and Ababy will keep you both in my prayers and hope we all get our BFP from this cycle.xxxxx

Sorry you are still so sore and bloated! 18 eggs will do that to you! ;-) I hope you are feeling better soon! Have you been drinking lots of fluids with electrolytes, like gatorade? That is supposed to help.

I am praying for you and ababy too. I'm so hopeful for all of us!

 

[adroplet]

Yay prayerful for a smooth transfer. I smell twins cos your embabies look perfect.

I won't get any more update till tomorrow and am really praying my transfer is Tuesday because am still very sore and suffering from a very bad bloat. Two more days of recovery will do me a lot of good. Am feeling really sick and hope it doesn't get worse than this.

Prayerful and Ababy will keep you both in my prayers and hope we all get our BFP from this cycle.xxxxx

The bloating is extra fluid, usually in the ovaries. I got rid of mine by drinking 1 big Gatorade(electrolytes) and 2 cans of V8(high sodium) a day. NO PLAIN WATER!!!

I hope you feel better!

 

[Katielbkr]

Hello Ladies! This is my first visit to your site and I thought what an amazing group of strong women!! I have been struggling to conceive for the past 8 years. We did 7 IUI in 2005/2006 I got pregnant once with twins and miscarried. We have decided to try IVF and I start my birth control pills on Monday. I am extremely nervous and excited.

We have been excepted into our clinics shared risk program, which means we would pay 2 ivf cycles upfront but we would get the chance to try 6 fresh ivf cycles for the price of 2. If it doesn't work we get our money back to explore other options. However if it works the first time then we are out the money.... Do any of you have any advice? Should we do shared risk?

 

[Chickadeedee]

Welcome Katie!!!

I did my first injections tonight!!
Ok, yes they were fine. But I was so nervous!!!!
And DH-- sigh ---I think he was even more nervous. He did the actual pushing of the med on the Gonal F --- but it was so hard to push the medicine in so he was kind of pushing the whole needle down so it hurt a bit and the it started bleeding. So I pulled out the needle and realized a bit was still left �� I didn't dare stick the needle back in again, so it is what it is... I'm sure that's not the first time this has happened!
The second one I put in and he pushed the plunger -- so that was much easier. Although I'm freaking out about the dosage!!! On the phone TWICE the nurse told me 20 units... But the package said 10!!! So I'm going to do 20 again tomorrow and then call to triple check on Monday.
So, I love DH and I am soooo glad he wants to be involved... BUT.... I honestly feel better being in control of the whole process.. So not sure if I will have him help tomorrow... I don't want to hurt his feelings and I want him to feel like I need him.. So I'll sleep on it and decide tomorrow...

 

[Katielbkr]

Welcome Katie!!!

I did my first injections tonight!!
Ok, yes they were fine. But I was so nervous!!!!
And DH-- sigh ---I think he was even more nervous. He did the actual pushing of the med on the Gonal F --- but it was so hard to push the medicine in so he was kind of pushing the whole needle down so it hurt a bit and the it started bleeding. So I pulled out the needle and realized a bit was still left �� I didn't dare stick the needle back in again, so it is what it is... I'm sure that's not the first time this has happened!
The second one I put in and he pushed the plunger -- so that was much easier. Although I'm freaking out about the dosage!!! On the phone TWICE the nurse told me 20 units... But the package said 10!!! So I'm going to do 20 again tomorrow and then call to triple check on Monday.
So, I love DH and I am soooo glad he wants to be involved... BUT.... I honestly feel better being in control of the whole process.. So not sure if I will have him help tomorrow... I don't want to hurt his feelings and I want him to feel like I need him.. So I'll sleep on it and decide tomorrow...

Hello to you I let my husband prepare and give me my injections during our IUI's. He said it helped him be in control (since we can't control anything in this process) He said said it helped feeling like he was involved.... I was okay with it and we plan on doing the same thing in a few weeks when we start IVF stims. But honestly do what makes you more comfortable and less stressed!

 

[Disneyfan88]

Welcome Katie!!!

I did my first injections tonight!!
Ok, yes they were fine. But I was so nervous!!!!
And DH-- sigh ---I think he was even more nervous. He did the actual pushing of the med on the Gonal F --- but it was so hard to push the medicine in so he was kind of pushing the whole needle down so it hurt a bit and the it started bleeding. So I pulled out the needle and realized a bit was still left �� I didn't dare stick the needle back in again, so it is what it is... I'm sure that's not the first time this has happened!
The second one I put in and he pushed the plunger -- so that was much easier. Although I'm freaking out about the dosage!!! On the phone TWICE the nurse told me 20 units... But the package said 10!!! So I'm going to do 20 again tomorrow and then call to triple check on Monday.
So, I love DH and I am soooo glad he wants to be involved... BUT.... I honestly feel better being in control of the whole process.. So not sure if I will have him help tomorrow... I don't want to hurt his feelings and I want him to feel like I need him.. So I'll sleep on it and decide tomorrow...

My doctors office showed us how to mix the meds so that I only had one injection per night (gonal-f, menopur, and eventually ganirelix). I'd follow whatever the nurse said (versus following the package instructions), but it doesn't hurt to double-check. I gave myself the injections, but DH mixed the meds and prepped the syringe for me. That kept him involved but allowed me to maintain control of the pressure and speed of the injection.

Good luck!!

 

[Disneyfan88]

Hello Ladies! This is my first visit to your site and I thought what an amazing group of strong women!! I have been struggling to conceive for the past 8 years. We did 7 IUI in 2005/2006 I got pregnant once with twins and miscarried. We have decided to try IVF and I start my birth control pills on Monday. I am extremely nervous and excited.

We have been excepted into our clinics shared risk program, which means we would pay 2 ivf cycles upfront but we would get the chance to try 6 fresh ivf cycles for the price of 2. If it doesn't work we get our money back to explore other options. However if it works the first time then we are out the money.... Do any of you have any advice? Should we do shared risk?

Welcome!

I didn't participate in a shared risk program, so I can't offer any advise on that specifically. I did go through two IVF cycles, though (first attempt was unsuccessful, and although we had two frozen embryos from that cycle, we opted to do another fresh cycle with genetic testing on all embryos the second time around). We are waiting for my embryo transfer in a couple of weeks (we couldn't do a fresh transfer as we were waiting for the biopsy results), and we're praying for success this time around.

Good luck with your cycle! This thread moves very fast (too fast for me at times), but the ladies here are terrific and provide lots of support. Stick around.

 

[Prayerful]

Hello Ladies! This is my first visit to your site and I thought what an amazing group of strong women!! I have been struggling to conceive for the past 8 years. We did 7 IUI in 2005/2006 I got pregnant once with twins and miscarried. We have decided to try IVF and I start my birth control pills on Monday. I am extremely nervous and excited.

We have been excepted into our clinics shared risk program, which means we would pay 2 ivf cycles upfront but we would get the chance to try 6 fresh ivf cycles for the price of 2. If it doesn't work we get our money back to explore other options. However if it works the first time then we are out the money.... Do any of you have any advice? Should we do shared risk?

Hi Katie! So sorry for your struggle over the past 8 years. Welcome to the group though! It is such a hard decision to do a shared risk program like that. Our clinic didn't offer it so that made our decision easy. Good luck, whatever you decide!

Welcome Katie!!!

I did my first injections tonight!!
Ok, yes they were fine. But I was so nervous!!!!
And DH-- sigh ---I think he was even more nervous. He did the actual pushing of the med on the Gonal F --- but it was so hard to push the medicine in so he was kind of pushing the whole needle down so it hurt a bit and the it started bleeding. So I pulled out the needle and realized a bit was still left �� I didn't dare stick the needle back in again, so it is what it is... I'm sure that's not the first time this has happened!
The second one I put in and he pushed the plunger -- so that was much easier. Although I'm freaking out about the dosage!!! On the phone TWICE the nurse told me 20 units... But the package said 10!!! So I'm going to do 20 again tomorrow and then call to triple check on Monday.
So, I love DH and I am soooo glad he wants to be involved... BUT.... I honestly feel better being in control of the whole process.. So not sure if I will have him help tomorrow... I don't want to hurt his feelings and I want him to feel like I need him.. So I'll sleep on it and decide tomorrow...

Yay for starting injections! Initially I didn't like the way my DH did the injections either. He got better as the time went on though.