IVF May/June/July 2015, Lets Get Ready!

[bettybee1]

Hope - hopefully things will get going for you! 2 follies is that like your Antral count ?



Am on day 2 of stims and feeling abit horrid bang remember feeling like this before lol !!! Really curious to how I'll be responding last 3 ivfs I didn't respond till I was 7 days in and upped doseage think I baffled them all as I was 21!!!
But now my amh was 46!!! And my count well there was 40+ follies each ovary to many to count. ! Just some of the stubborn buggers grow for me !!


Hope everyone else is okay xx

 

[waitingongod1]

So today was my last day of birth control (yah!) I go in for ultrasound on Tuesday to make sure no cysts then start injections Wednesday! My question is will I have a period after I stop birth control? Just trying to be prepared...haha

 

[Wish2BMom]

congrats, waiting!!

um, yeah, I'd be prepared for anything. They say you can have 'breakthrough bleeding' but I had a full-on period (tampons and everything) and a lot of it was sludgy old stuff. Sorry to be completely gross, but you want preparation! I hope you just have some spotting!

 

[MrsL4]

So today was my last day of birth control (yah!) I go in for ultrasound on Tuesday to make sure no cysts then start injections Wednesday! My question is will I have a period after I stop birth control? Just trying to be prepared...haha

Yes I had a full period (spotting two days before I stopped BCP, despite being on lupron)....and then I spotted for 3 days after I started stims....enough to need a panty liner. My dr wasn't too worried about it.

I finally stopped yesterday, which was my fourth day of stims. Today I am feeling bloated and heaviness.

And not to be TMI, but on other boards, people say to be prepared for lots of CM during stims, as your body is on hormone overload.....bleck! These meds do all sorts of wacky things so just hang in there!

I am a little nervous how uncomfortable I am going to feel.....I already wanted to sit kind of laid back at work today because my low and felt so full! Ultrasound today had 19 growing eggies! Looking at Monday retrieval.....but next ultrasound is Friday.

 

[waitingongod1]

Thanks for the info ladies! I'm so excited !

Mrsl- 19! Yah! I hope I resond that we'll because I'm donating half of them!

 

[Hopethisyear]

Betty - Sorry you aren't feeling well. I have no idea if that was my AFC?!

Waiting - Yay for stopping BCP and starting injections...on to the next step I was hoping you and I would be stimming together. Everything I have heard says to expect AF after stopping BCP.

MrsL - Great progess!!!

AFM - my tests came back and everything is clear. I asked for my AFC and the rest of my #'s and all she said was my estrogen, progesterone, and LH were all normal. I guess they don't give out #'s which, being the control freak I am is very frustrating.

Now I have a problem. My husband had some tests done and they won't be back until the end of the week at the earliest.
I have to make decisions
1.) Start sims and hope for great test results
2.) Postpone starting stims 2-4 weeks
3.) Start stims and Freeze Eggs if tests don't come back good. My worry is how freezing the eggs might affect them. I'm already planning on doing a FET so I guess that means freezing the eggs, then thawing for ICSI and then freezing again for PGD. I can't see that being great for them, I mean most food isn't even supposed to be refrozen

I'm so confused on what to do. I already have my time off work and schedule approved and it's not going to work as well the following month. My prayer is that in the AM I get a phone call with good results and I can start Friday. Why can't anything be easy for me

 

[waitingongod1]

Hope-what type of tests did he get done? I hope you get phone call. I think im doing retrieval and transfer this cycle. Fingers crossed. What is the reason for your fet?

 

[KrissyB]

Hope - Freezing eggs is definitely not the same as freezing embryos. I would try to avoid that if possible. What tests is he getting done that would effect when you would do ICSI? That procedure is specifically designed to help with poor swimmers. FXed the tests come back quickly and with great results and you have nothing to worry about regardless.

AFM - Tonight starts Lupron! You know, as much as an "off cycle" and "natural FET" sounded nice, Time is moving so much quicker having a timeline of meds to take LOL. It's a bit like Stockholm Syndrome, but I've been monitored and medicated for so long now, I need it to pass the time lol.

 

[Wish2BMom]

so excited for everyone to start their stimming and getting ready for some transfers!!!

hope - I'm with krissy, I think if you're doing ICSI, it shouldn't entirely matter what his SA results are? Maybe it's so they see what they are working with when trying to nail down the good sperm to insert?

MrsL - 19!! That's awesome!!

 

[WhiteOrchid24]

Hi Girls,

I'm quietly following you all but just wanted to say good luck to everyone starting the stims - it will go by so fast! And Krissy - yay for getting going again!
MrsL - wow 19 - good job! Good luck for the retrieval etc.

I hope I haven't missed anyone but if I have. Wish2Be - how are you feeling?

to everyone!! It's all so exciting!

Still just taking it quietly here....AF has finally left the building!! Now I just have to patiently wait and try to make the most of my chill out month!

 

[Wish2BMom]

white - I hope you actually are able to chill out! anything fun planned for this month that you can look forward to?

i'm feeling absolutely fine still, thank you for asking. I think food things might be creeping in but it's so subtle that I'm not sure. I am trying to allow myself one coffee every 2-3 days but when I get it, I only drink about 25% of it b/c it's not very appealing. It sounds DELISH when I order or make it but then...meh.
Other than that, just still with the sore boobs and night cramping. Felt like AF was going to show at about 1:30am last night, the cramping felt pretty bad. But she didn't, thankfully!

 

[Wish2BMom]

myone - I hope your vacation is going well!! Good luck on your test tomorrow!! Keep us updated! have you poas any more since before your flight?

 

[MrsL4]

thank you guys for all the support!

ready for my ultrasound tomorrow....
today i have just been emotional......trying to be optimistic and hopeful (as stims have gone good so far, in terms of response) but also cautious as i don't want to get my hopes up too high, if things don't go as planned

just feeling a little overwhelmed by it all

i think part of it .....is that i am physically feeling uncomfortable, my lower abd is tender to touch....so all day i am reminded of IVF! IVF! ....and since it is on my mind, i have been thinking about it more

also tomorrow i am having to change my appt all around because a coworker will be there at the same time....
(i work at the same place where my dr is)
my coworkers know we are going through infertility but i don't particularly want to share each milestone and step....and she knows we have tried IUI before..... but i am just a very private person

anyways....glad i have y'all to talk to (and rant!) ......

i know y'all understand the ranges of emotions with infertility and IUI and IVF and frozen transfers and two week waits and injections and everything else......

Just feeling a little blue tonight and ready for some good news at my ultrasound tomorrow to get me thru the weekend

 

[myonechance]

Im able to get on now, and wow I have a lot to go back and read!! So, hold on and I will get back when I see what y'all have been up to!

 

[myonechance]

Today I need your advice ladies. Last time i took a pill based birthcontrol, I was a lot younger but I remember getting super sick with it. Do you recommend taking it in the morning or the evening. I don't want to be puking the next 10 weeks while I wait for sims to start. Ths was one benefit of that nuvaring for sure. Too bad it looks like I still ovulated on it, and have a cp cyst on each ovary. (hope, not a dr., nope, just an electrical controls engineer with too much time on her hands)

What helped me was taking it with a yummy piece of toast with peanut butter on it. and drank a glass of milk. idk....its comforting for the stomach lining

 

[myonechance]

myone - I hope your vacation is going well!! Good luck on your test tomorrow!! Keep us updated! have you poas any more since before your flight?

Thanks wish! I've been trying to keep away from my laptop while here cause my parents, sister, and my 4 year old niece are all over the place and I don't have much privacy unit I go up to my room to rest I have been very relaxed..as much as i can. My Beta is tomorrow .....here;s the kicker...so...monday I got a faint positive then cramping, brown d/c, . later that day it was darker, next morning i did it it was a little darker. so, i have tested monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday. all positive. i want to say "YEAY"...BUT this morning i cramped up real good and I walked to the bathroom and I couldn't get there soon enough. fresh with clots.....POO.... It didn't last....it felt like it had been in there and needed a release of some sort. the rest of the day was very little bleeding. no even a whole light tampon. sooooo....ive prepared myself for the worst, still hoping for the best....but I've got a better grasp on the situation....i think I sent an email to my nurse explaining what has gone down this week and that I will be anxious to get her call. (which won't be till monday...grrrrr.)

 

[myonechance]

thank you guys for all the support!

ready for my ultrasound tomorrow....
today i have just been emotional......trying to be optimistic and hopeful (as stims have gone good so far, in terms of response) but also cautious as i don't want to get my hopes up too high, if things don't go as planned

just feeling a little overwhelmed by it all

i think part of it .....is that i am physically feeling uncomfortable, my lower abd is tender to touch....so all day i am reminded of IVF! IVF! ....and since it is on my mind, i have been thinking about it more

also tomorrow i am having to change my appt all around because a coworker will be there at the same time....
(i work at the same place where my dr is)
my coworkers know we are going through infertility but i don't particularly want to share each milestone and step....and she knows we have tried IUI before..... but i am just a very private person

anyways....glad i have y'all to talk to (and rant!) ......

i know y'all understand the ranges of emotions with infertility and IUI and IVF and frozen transfers and two week waits and injections and everything else......

Just feeling a little blue tonight and ready for some good news at my ultrasound tomorrow to get me thru the weekend

Fingers and toes crossed for you MrsL!!!!

 

[Hopethisyear]

MyOneChance - Oh, I'm so sorry about the clots hun. I've been through that so many times and it just sucks! Hopefully it was just a random bleed and your tests come out great tomorrow. FX'd for you hun

MrsL - I hope all goes well with your ultrasound tomorrow. It's so hard not to think about IVF all the time and it must be harder when your body is making you.

AFM - I start stimming on Saturday!!!! I'm so excited! DH's tests haven't come back yet but RE fertilization rates won't be affected since we are doing ICSI so we are moving forward!!!!! I can't believe I'm finally saying that I'm officially doing IVF. Here's my meds.
6 AM - Dexamethasone pills & 450 ius Follistim injection
7-8 PM - 3 vials Menopur & 2 vials Bravelle (I get to mix them in one syringe)

I hope I don't turn into a crazy(er) person with all these meds...LOL!

 

[Wish2BMom]

myone - I have everything crossed for you that it was just a common bleed and everything is still ok. I can't wait for your labs today!! GOOD LUCK!!!!

Hope - eeeeeee!! So exciting to start stimming!!! Good luck to you too, you can do this! Come on little follies, GROW!

 

[KrissyB]

Mrs - I totally feel your pain. I just started Lupron last night and had a little cry about it because I forgot how much of a constant reminder it is, and how.... unnatural it all seems. I'm all about science, it's not that the method matters to me. It's just a reminder of that "broken" kind of feeling. But you know when you see that all those thoughts are going to vanish and be long forgotten. Best of luck on the U/S today!

Myone - Ugh! These roller coasters are so unfair! FXed super tight for your test today.

Hope - I didn't understand why things would be a problem if you were going with ICSI. Congrats on the go ahead and best of luck with the stims.

And lots of all around!