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

[TeeinAZ]

Ababy that's so funny. Glad you found something to amuse you. Fx the embaby snuggle in fine and put a smile on your face. When is your OTD?

OTD is the 2nd of October and then again on the 4th so about 9 days.

I also got another shot of hCG today and I'm curious as to how they will give me a beta that early because with my IUIs the trigger lasted almost 13 days! OR maybe they were chemicals? I am 98% certain my first IUI was since my test got darker for two days. I don't know, I'm going mad.

Congrats Ababy!!!! hoping for a sticky bean!

And so exciting for those transferring tomorrow!!!!

Ok, I got almost no sleep last night - had a burning sensation in my upper stomach - right under my rib age -- it's not as bad today, but still a little bit there. I assumed it was heartburn from Thai food I had, but now I'm not sure.. When would I start feeling ovarian hyper stimulation????? I know they talk about stomach aches, but this isn't an ache. And I can't tell if I've gained weight because I haven't weighed myself since mid august due to my ACL surgery...
I've only stimmed for two nights... So probably too soon to have any issues??

I don't know a ton about OHSS but I do know that HCG causes it, maybe you are having some heartburn? But I'll tell ya, I have mild OHSS but I am also pregnant so I can't tell which symptoms are which. Keep hydrated and drink smart water and powerade, not the low calorie stuff, the sweetner is bad for you and baby.

Good luck with your stims! When is your follie scan?

 

[Katielbkr]

Started birth control pills today!!! So excited for the next steps!

 

[Prayerful]

Hello ladies, hope it is not too late to join you!
Both me and DH are 33, I only have a right side ovary and my right side tube is blocked. We have started our first cycle last month, buserelin started on the 25th Aug, stimulation with Gonal F on the 10th Sept, ER on the 20th Sept, and just had my ET today on the 22th Sept. As I only have one ovary, I only have 5 eggs collected, and only 2 grew normal, so we decided to transfer both. I am super nervous and hopefully we will have some good news in two weeks!
Good luck to everyone!

Hi SunRay! Good luck! When is OTD? Sorry if you already said and I just missed it...

I am not alone anymore!
MY Embryo transfer was on Thursday. I was sooo nervous!!!!It was a little bit complicated dr. couldn't get into my cervix to my womb, she let this perform to another dr. and she did it great! I was so happy that my clinic has 4 doctors. They help each other.
We saw a photo of embryo 8 cell A grade 3 days old. He is perfect!
WE saw a follicle first last week, today an embryo. We are so blessed to experience live growing. A reward for all dark days and dissapoinments.
Sept 30th is a blood test. But I am testing next Wednesday. I want to rule out chemical preg. Some clinics beleave it is very important to test early.
Dr. orders: no baths and sex for 4 days, no heavy lifting and exercise. Stay warm and rest.
2 years of infirtility, pages of BBT, $$ spent on preg tests, 3 times painful needle pokes through vaginal wall, countless tears and emotional breakdowns.
I asked all my close friends and relatives to pray and ask God for blessings. My grandma went to church. I pray every day. I Thanked God for giving us a chance to be parents.(adead of time)

Don't give up! Don't ever give up. Don't you ever ever give up!

My clinic didn't tell me to come with a full bladder. But I did because I read online.

After retrieval I didn't have any ovary pain, but after the transfer I did had pain for 2 days and also a needle pokes for just a second on my womb. I felt it was implantation. What do you think?
Anybody has symptoms after a transfer?

In my clinic a patient didn't take HCG shot (language barrier), so dr. couldn't retrieve any eggs. Please follow all directions and dr. orders.

prayful, don't worry about heating pad, many women are pregnant not knowing and they take hot baths. Shut your worries and open doors for love and peace.

Congrats on being PUPO!! I know how you feel. After transfer I was on the verge of both crying and laughing. All the emotions, stress, injections, medications, etc all lead up to that one thing and now there is nothing to do but wait. It is exciting and scary at the same time. Good luck to you, and thanks for your reassurance about the heating pad.

Hi ladies, I've been lurking, just not posting lately. Had my baseline apt this am and got the go ahead to start stims tonight!

I hope everyone else is doing well!

Good luck with stimms Lucie!!

We also find out tomorrow how many of the 18 fertilized eggs made it to day 5, and whether we're gonna have any left to freeze... nervous, excited, scared!!

Can't wait to hear your report tomorrow. Good luck!

Ok, I got almost no sleep last night - had a burning sensation in my upper stomach - right under my rib age -- it's not as bad today, but still a little bit there. I assumed it was heartburn from Thai food I had, but now I'm not sure.. When would I start feeling ovarian hyper stimulation????? I know they talk about stomach aches, but this isn't an ache. And I can't tell if I've gained weight because I haven't weighed myself since mid august due to my ACL surgery...
I've only stimmed for two nights... So probably too soon to have any issues??

I would say it is probably too early for OHSS, but if you have PCOS maybe its not. I don't really know. You should be having a scan soon, right? Hopefully that will show everything is good.

I'll be back online on Wednesday to catch up with you lovely ladies, but just wanted to pop in and say that everything turned out perfectly at our u/s today. All the spotting and cramping has been benign, my disappearance of pregnancy symptoms is being attributed to my staying so well hydrated, taking healthy supplements, and eating right- and best of all, DH and I were able to see our LO's heartbeat today! After all the bad results, terrible beta scores, poor measurements last week, etc, etc, etc, it looks like we are finally in the clear!

I'll be back in a couple days. (DH and I are relocating to the UK for a couple weeks and tomorrow will be a crazy travel day.) Just remember than no matter how bad things look, there is always a chance that things will work out, even when you think all hope is gone. Lots and lots and lots of baby dust to everyone.

That is wonderful, wonderful news. I am so happy for you!

Hi ladies, I finally got my negative beta today. It wasn't a shocker, I definitely felt pregnant last time and really did not this time after the first couple days. We are going to do a natural cycle before ivf bc we are traveling next month. I'll keep you guys posted, most likely start middle to late oct.

 

[Chickadeedee]

Scan is weds!! I am on Gonal f AND hCG now.... The feeling is more in my upper stomach rather than my ovaries...
I'll pick up some Gatorade tomorrow am just to be safe!!
Thank you TeeinAZ and congrats to you!!!

 

[Izabela]

Great news! So pleased for you. X

 

[Izabela]

Bunnyhoney Great news! So pleased for you. X

 

[Izabela]

heya girls - gunna catch up with all the news now. Hope u are all well

Im into day 10 of DR now and feeling ok i think????? lol Apart from feeling very weepy and down that is xxx

Sorry for not feeling very well hope you are better soon. X

 

[Hanawanabump]

Hi All

Went for day 6 scan (5 nights of stimms) they said i had 10 plus follicles on each side, however they were not quite as big as they'd hope them to be, around 4mm-5mm instead of around 10mm. However this can happen due to my pcos
They gave me a blood test and telephoned me at 4pm with the results...
They told me my levels were 596 (didnt explain what this level was), and that they had decided to keep my dose the same (150 iu merional) and review me again on wednesday day 8 of stimms. They also advised id be starting cetrotide injection from wednesday too
I was slightly confused as to why they did not increase my dose now if the follies arnt growing as quick as they should be.
They confirmed my lining was looking good.

This is our first cycle of IVF(ICSI) and it got me slightly worrying that we won't make it to ec and they didnt do much to reassure us, so just hoping things are looking better on wednesday

Anybody experienced anything similar and gone on to have better results at next scan?

Hiya Becky, u ok?

Sorry I don't know anything about the numbers, our scan isn't till Monday. I'm on 150 too, but they don't do our first scan till after 9/10 days of stimming, so you might be fine after a couple more days, sorry I can't be more helpful.
Have u had any side effects or are u feeling good at the moment?

Xxx

 

[Samsfan]

Nope I get the prize. I am 39. First TTC. Been through one failed cycle. Just got AF. Wondering if I should squeeze into a cycle, my clinic closes for quality control, (which means I run there today) or wait till next month. Af came last night and 9.23 was the last day for this group. The doc said to come in if she came by 9.23. I feel rushed, but am I just nervous?

Hello Ladies-

I was wondering if I could join your group. I'm looking at a IVF cycle either the end of this month or next..depending on AF! It's my second cycle and I feel like the group I was first involved with all got their BFP! I have unexplained infertility.

I'm wondering if their is anyone in this group approaching 40.

Right here, I will be 38 this October, I think I may be the oldest one here and TTC #1. Good luck with AF. I'm waiting on it too.

Nope - I think I win!! I'm 38 now - to be 39 in January. We are also TTC #1 - never had a BFP before

 

[ababy4us]

How is everyone?

I'm starting to enjoy being PUPO! I am having a bit of an issue with my progesterone. I'm only on the tablet suppository and it seems to always come out in a huge blob. Anyone else using Endometrin and have this issue? I want to make sure my bub has a nice healthy home to implant in.

 

[sekky]

Hey ladies.

So happy for you buny. Wishing you a H & H 9 months.

Prayerful and Ababy how are you post transfer?

AFM am PUPO with 3. OTD is 10/9. Ugh looks like forever but am definitely testing before then.

 

[ababy4us]

Hey ladies.

So happy for you buny. Wishing you a H & H 9 months.

Prayerful and Ababy how are you post transfer?

AFM am PUPO with 3. OTD is 10/9. Ugh looks like forever but am definitely testing before then.

YAY! PUPO!!! I'm ok just having an issue with the progesterone.

 

[JessicaG121]

Hi all.

Bunny - I was so happy to read your positive outcome! Lots of love and luck

Brief update - Yesterday's numbers were still a little low (I have no idea what they are supposed to be). Saturday e2 was 77, Monday it was 208 (6 days of stim). I have my first scan tomorrow to see what kind of progress is going on inside. I've been having terrible headaches. My RE said he can't prescribe anything because he doesn't want to interact with other meds I'm taking; he said to check with my PCP. My PCP is in France for a week. <sigh>

 

[sekky]

Sorry about that Ababy. I use the suppositories

 

[ababy4us]

Sorry about that Ababy. I use the suppositories

Me too, the tablets. I'm worried they aren't staying in long enough and I'm not getting the amount I need.

 

[ababy4us]

Bunny- I'm just so happy for you and your little fighter bean what a lovely handful that LO is going to be!!!

 

[Becki09]

Hi All

Went for day 6 scan (5 nights of stimms) they said i had 10 plus follicles on each side, however they were not quite as big as they'd hope them to be, around 4mm-5mm instead of around 10mm. However this can happen due to my pcos
They gave me a blood test and telephoned me at 4pm with the results...
They told me my levels were 596 (didnt explain what this level was), and that they had decided to keep my dose the same (150 iu merional) and review me again on wednesday day 8 of stimms. They also advised id be starting cetrotide injection from wednesday too
I was slightly confused as to why they did not increase my dose now if the follies arnt growing as quick as they should be.
They confirmed my lining was looking good.

This is our first cycle of IVF(ICSI) and it got me slightly worrying that we won't make it to ec and they didnt do much to reassure us, so just hoping things are looking better on wednesday

Anybody experienced anything similar and gone on to have better results at next scan?

Hiya Becky, u ok?

Sorry I don't know anything about the numbers, our scan isn't till Monday. I'm on 150 too, but they don't do our first scan till after 9/10 days of stimming, so you might be fine after a couple more days, sorry I can't be more helpful.
Have u had any side effects or are u feeling good at the moment?

Xxx

Hi Hana

Thanks for the reply, Yeah iv been reading some forums and it seems that theres still time for them to catch up and apparently they could up my dose tomorrow if things are still a bit slower than they should be. Suppose ill have to see what they say tomorrow.

I have been bloated, few hot flushes but thats about it really. how you feeling?
Good luck for Mondays scan

 

[Allika]

@ababy: I had the same. I think the only tablet that really stayed in was the one I did for night time. So annoying!!!!

 

[TeeinAZ]

Scan is weds!! I am on Gonal f AND hCG now.... The feeling is more in my upper stomach rather than my ovaries...
I'll pick up some Gatorade tomorrow am just to be safe!!
Thank you TeeinAZ and congrats to you!!!

Good luck on your scan. with the HCG it could be the OHSS, but it isn't a bad thing, my doc said it'll go away on it's own. I will be thinking of you and hope you have an awesome scan!!!

 

[sunraybaby]

Hello ladies, hope it is not too late to join you!
Both me and DH are 33, I only have a right side ovary and my right side tube is blocked. We have started our first cycle last month, buserelin started on the 25th Aug, stimulation with Gonal F on the 10th Sept, ER on the 20th Sept, and just had my ET today on the 22th Sept. As I only have one ovary, I only have 5 eggs collected, and only 2 grew normal, so we decided to transfer both. I am super nervous and hopefully we will have some good news in two weeks!
Good luck to everyone!

Hi SunRay! Good luck! When is OTD? Sorry if you already said and I just missed it...

Thanks Prayerful OTD is on the 6th Oct, I am so attempted to test this weekend though