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

[Hopethisyear]

Woo hoo on being PUPO MyOneChance...now settle in little embie. Just curious what your after instructions are from you Dr. I've hear some people can resume normal activities and I've heard others 2 days bed rest. I've got my fingers crossed for you

 

[Wish2BMom]

Congrats on PUPO, myone!!!

Hope - my doc told me to relax the rest of the day but could return to most normal activities the next, except running or any high-impact workouts. Been kind of a drag not running but I can start again after my test.

No symptoms here or at least everything can be explained away. Boobs aren't as sore as they have been today. The only odd thing has been a couple of quick lightheaded spells. I'm sneezing a lot but it's also pollen season. That's it! 8dpt and I'm going nuts!!!

 

[Kat_F]

Congrats on being PUPO myonechance let's hope it's a sticky one!

AFM EC scheduled for Thursday and my scan yesterday was stressful... only 3 big follies and six little which doesn't match up with Saturday's scan at all. When i asked the nurses they were noncommittal and a bit rude TBH! Sigh.

 

[myonechance]

Thanks for the happy thoughts all

Hope- my instructions were to take it easy per say, no heavy lifting or strenuous exercise until test. no bedrest necessary. I was told that thought process is out dated.

Kat- I'm sorry to hear that the nurses were rude. We aren't all like that I promise! I read that scans can differ each time because someone may see something and another wouldn't. It doesn't make it easier for you though!

Wish- not too much longer!!

AFM-I am finally home and so so glad. I do have a question though. I am feeling VERY achy and tired and a little short of breath on exertion. Bowel and bladder are fine. I wasn't aware of any post transfer symptoms like this. I know my body has been through a lot and I am DEFINITELY more emotional than I ever have been. Meds in my system Im assuming. Any one else have this happen or hear of it. I feel like I have the flu or something. Time for me to lay in my own bed! Goodnight!

 

[Wish2BMom]

myone - how are you feeling today? that stinks you weren't feeling well. You HAVE been through a lot, more than I think we (at least me) let ourselves understand. Maybe this is your body telling you to slow down now. I hope you feel better soon!

 

[SarahC14]

Hi Everyone,
Sorry for joining two weeks ago and then disappearing after my first post! I'll tell you why in a minute. Thanks for all of your comments and advice on 3 or 5 day transfers, it was great to hear from you!

Pecs: I actually had the endo scratch today! Although it wasn't awful, it was probably the most uncomfortable part of this whole process so far. I also had my mock transfer at the same time, so I'm not really sure whether some of the discomfort came from that or not. I'm pretty sure most of it was from the scratch. It felt like sharp localized cramping. She did it a few times and told me to count to ten each time. The whole thing (mock transfer and scratch) took less than three minutes, but they were three pretty uncomfortable minutes, especially since I had a full bladder, as was needed for the mock transfer. Now, about 6 hours later I still feel slightly crampy. But I was able to drive myself, and I went straight to work (I'm a teacher) after the appointment, and that has been fine. I'm not sure why I had the scratch, but it looks like it's standard protocol at my RE's office, as it is typed on the timeline sheet they give to all IVF patients.

 

[SarahC14]

So I decided to do a second post to give you all my update, otherwise the first one would have been too long!

I got a call about 10 days ago from my RE's office that my FSH was 10.5 which is considered elevated. As a result, they changed my protocol from long lupron to short lupron. Basically, they don't want to risk totally shutting my body down with the lupron because they are afraid it will have trouble starting back up because of my elevated FSH. So instead, they use a microdose of lupron at the beginning of my cycle to try to augment my body's natural hormones. As a result, they have less control over the follicles which means that there is risk of one becoming a "lead follicle" and suppressing the others' growth, which means they would get fewer eggs at retrieval. But the flip side is if they shut my body down with lupron and it can't start itself up, they won't get ANY eggs. So I guess microdose it is. (If you understand better than I do, feel free to correct anything I wrote above!)

Well, this just devastated me, as my FSH level in December was 5.9! ASo it's gone up more than 4 points in 5 months. They said it has to be under 13 to do IVF. So basically this time, my chances are still pretty good, but I'm concerned that in a few years if I want to get pregnant again my levels will be too high for a fresh cycle and I'll have to rely on whatever we are able to freeze this time. I was pretty upset and anxious, and I just needed a break from bnb, so that is why I've been gone for so long.

Anyway, I'm feeling a lot better now, and I'm trying to just have a positive outlook on everything. Part of the good news is that I don't have to take lupron for two weeks and deal with all of those side effects! So for now the plan is that i stay on bcp until June 7, and then I will get af, and I'll go in for baseline tests on the 12th. Hopefully I will also start lupron, follistim, menopur, etc all on that day as well (I think?!?). Then egg retrieval will be 8 or so days after that.

It's been really fun to read about all of you who are a bit further along in the process than I am. I'm thinking about all of you!

 

[KrissyB]

Congrats Pupo Myone!! FXed for nice and sticky embies

AFM - It seems I'm not getting this "off cycle" completely off. I'm back in for monitoring tomorrow to figure out why I'm CD 22 with still very light OPKs. The nurse said it's "not exactly what they'd expect". I'm guessing it might just be an anovulatory cycle after being cleaned out for the ER... and maybe they'll just put me on meds to move things along... and hopefully those meds don't mean I need another down cycle before the transfer.

 

[ttcbaby117]

wow so sorry you had to go through all of that. I am also on the short protocol and am worried about getting a lead follicle too....I think they probably made the right decision with you though and sometimes we just need to trust our doctors!

Positivity is everything! It is the only way to get through this....good for you!

Fxed for your BFP!

 

[myonechance]

Sarah- sounds like it was a good thing to take some time for yourself and regroup. I was on the microdose protocol because the doctor thought it would be best for my system. Like ttc mentioned...sometimes we just need to trust our docs

Krissy- I hope your monitoring went well today!

AFM-Still feeling run down, but a tad better than Monday. Day by day I suppose

 

[KrissyB]

Well... basically, there's a good chance I'm completely down-regulated from the stim cycle, so it'll potentially be a very very long and/or anovulatory cycle. So - I can either wait it out and go with a natural cycle whenever the timing works out. Or I can go ahead and start up on BCP tomorrow, and work into a medicated FET. I'm probably leaning towards just going medicated so I don't have to worry about travel at the end of July as much if things drag on too far. Anyone know any pros/cons of medicated vs. natural?

 

[beneathmywing]

Im here :wave:

 

[WhiteOrchid24]

Hi ladies!

How are you all? I've been quieter but still reading everything
I'm just waiting for my period to start - I started spotting on Sunday which was only 7 days post retrieval but no proper bleeding as of yet.... Until then I know nothing!!! Once AF arrives then I go to the clinic and they check hormone levels etc and decide whether to do the transfer then or whether I have to go on the BCP to completely down regulate me..... Ahhh the waiting - it's such a killer!!!

 

[Renaendel]

Yay beneathmywing. I have you and your three added to the front page.

Thanks for checking in WhiteOrchid. It sounds like you and Krissy are in similar situations.

 

[KrissyB]

White - Did you only have a single day of spotting post-retrieval? I had a full bleed post retrieval (starting at 4 days after), but after that I haven't had the slightest sign of ovulation for 23 days, and today's ultrasound showed I am nowhere remotely close. So they're switching me to a medicated FET. From other threads I think I'll be better off, gives them a lot more control over all the conditions and timing... eventhough it means I'll have to wait a few extra weeks.

 

[Hopethisyear]

Ren - Is the 2X on the front page how many frosties are waiting or how many are being transferred?

 

[beneathmywing]

Yay beneathmywing. I have you and your three added to the front page.

Thanks for checking in WhiteOrchid. It sounds like you and Krissy are in similar situations.

Thanks! I need to catch up tonight on this thread!!

 

[Renaendel]

Ren - Is the 2X on the front page how many frosties are waiting or how many are being transferred?

How many are waiting as that is the information I have from most people. If folks want to tell me how many they are putting back I will gladly add that.

Ugh just started bleeding a week before I take out my nuvaring. I have a call into the RE to see if she wants me to switch meds for the last two and a half months here.

 

[waitingongod1]

I'm still here! I promise...Been reading up on everyone and it's so exciting to see where everyone is..not much going on here...on birth control in till next Wednesday. ..next ultrasound is June 9...so hard to wait..days are kind of dragging on...

 

[Wish2BMom]

test day today - i'm a bag 'o' nerves right now. Kinda want to vomit and not the early pregnancy kind!