IVF/IUI - Winter 2012 & Beyond! (updates 1st page - 25 BFPs, 7 - twins!)

[SquirrelGirl]

YAY Mrs. Bear!!!! Best of luck for your retrieval!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[sekky]

Great news mrs bear. Goodluck on your retrival and hoping e2 goes down so you can tranfer as schedule

 

[BlueStorm]

Yay Mrs. Bear!! Good luck and hopefully you won't have to wait

 

[Lucie73821]

Just got the call - retrieval is Tuesday! He said my E2 is high, over 5000. Asked how I was feeling and told me to drink a lot of gatorade. He didn't say anything about delaying transfer but he may just plan to wait and see or wants to consult with my RE first. I trigger tonight at 830

Good luck Mrs. Bear! Fingers crossed everything goes well and your transfer isn't delayed.

 

[Equal]

omg...im going tww stir crazy......im hoping being at work will provide a distraction.......

 

[Edamame]

So exciting, good luck Mrs. Bear!

 

[MrsC8776]

Good luck Mrs. Bear!! That is very exciting

 

[berki]

Equal- I dread that feeling, I will go nuts.. frig I went crazy for the past 15 months during my 2ww so I cant even imagine how I will be with my IVF cycle

 

[Equal]

Equal- I dread that feeling, I will go nuts.. frig I went crazy for the past 15 months during my 2ww so I cant even imagine how I will be with my IVF cycle

Argh....i know...its brutal!!! so here are my 14 things im going to do to keep me busy (one a day)

1. bake
2. Take my dog for a long walk
3. Work on my thesis (for my masters degree)
4. clean out and organize my closet and donate everything i dont wear
5. make invitations for my best friends wedding shower (or a least go and look at ideas)
6. go out for dinner with a good friend
7. have a nice hot bath and give myself a facial
8. go to the design centre to pick out options for my new home being built
9. get a consultation for getting extentions in my hair
10. go to my parents house for a visit
11. have a movie night with my hubby
12. plan my meals out for the week
13. look into a cheap getaway for hubby and I
14. Visit my sisters gravesite

So there we go....14 things to keep me busy!!

What are you guys going to do???

 

[MrsC8776]

Equal all those things sound great and I'm sure they will help you during your 2ww. Be careful with the hot bath though. There is mixed views on that. Maybe make it a short hot bath just in case! I hope it all goes well

 

[Equal]

Equal all those things sound great and I'm sure they will help you during your 2ww. Be careful with the hot bath though. There is mixed views on that. Maybe make it a short hot bath just in case! I hope it all goes well

Oh yaaa...maybe no bath...just facial lol thanks for the tip!

 

[Mrs. Bear]

Equal all those things sound great and I'm sure they will help you during your 2ww. Be careful with the hot bath though. There is mixed views on that. Maybe make it a short hot bath just in case! I hope it all goes well

Oh yaaa...maybe no bath...just facial lol thanks for the tip!

Yeah, definitely no bath. My RE says not to even get in a pool or anything where you are submerged in water for 5 days after an IUI due to risk of infection. Glad you have a list of distractions though. Are you going to test early or wait the full two weeks?

 

[MrsC8776]

Equal all those things sound great and I'm sure they will help you during your 2ww. Be careful with the hot bath though. There is mixed views on that. Maybe make it a short hot bath just in case! I hope it all goes well

Oh yaaa...maybe no bath...just facial lol thanks for the tip!

Not a problem. It's always good to have people looking out!

 

[Equal]

well i thought i would be strong enough to wait about 12dpo but who was i kidding!!

Im currently testing out my tigger shot--acutally i have a question about that...is it typically around 9 or 10 ten days past trigger or iui that the line will fade?

Do you have a plan yet Mrs. Bear about how you will wait??

 

[Mrs. Bear]

Some people the trigger tests out by day 5 or 6 and others it is still there til 11 or 12. It just depends on how fast your body processes it

I think I will test on Sunday the 29th since that will be 2 weeks past trigger and 12dpo. That way it should be long enough I can trust the test and if it is a bfn I won't have to go into work after.

 

[sunshine1217]

I've done the trigger 3 times and they tested out between 5 dpo and 7 dpo.
My goal is to not test this time....hmmmm I guess earliest I would test on the 31st.

 

[ILuvBabies200]

Sunshine-I was throwing up after the IVF in December. Blah!

Mrs. Bear-oral estrogen Estrace

bastetgrrl-Thanks!!

Squirrelgirl-Definitely for a good purpose! I just came off Lupron and was unaffected by that. I know we all react differently to these meds. Congrats on the twins!! Are these your first babies??

 

[Mrs. Bear]

ILuvBabies - maybe they can let you take the estrace another way. I was on it for a couple of IUI cycles and they had me insert the tablets vaginally for fewer side effects. I've been on the Vivelle patch for estrogen too.

 

[froliky2011]

I went in to look at my egg this morning and I have two mature eggs (no fertility drugs or anything!). However, they say that as we get older we are more likely to make more because our body wants to naturally compensate because with egg the quality of eggs decrease. In any case, I could not believe the monitor when I saw two eggs! I hope they are both good and my chances of a BFP are increased this month. Baby Dust to Everyone!!! Wow! Amazing what you learn about the body with assisted reproduction.

 

[berki]

Equal what a great idea my beta is actually SIXTEEN days post transfer and I have sworn that I will not POAS (at least until the morning of the beta) so I geuss I have 16 things I have to think of to do.
I will be working some days in there but I will bake, go to visit my family, take my dog for a nice long walk, read a book, get a pedicure, write in my blog... a lot..., go out for a nice dinner with some friends, go to see a movie that IIIIII want to see with DH ... to be continued