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

[beneathmywing]

So sorry, Kat!

 

[Hopethisyear]

Oh Kat, I'm so sorry

 

[Wish2BMom]

Kat, I'm so so sorry.

 

[WhiteOrchid24]

Oh Kat I am so sorry.... sending big hugs be good to yourself

 

[MrsL4]

I am sorry to hear you are going through this Kat --- sending lots of positive thoughts your way

 

[SarahC14]

Kait, so sorry to hear that. Sending lots of hugs your way!!

 

[bettybee1]

Sorry to hear about your embie kat!

Well ladies I stopped my norethisstrone tablets Friday and my period has just arrived this means I'll start stimulating tommorow can't believe it all getting real only feels like yesterday I was Doing All this roller coaster for my son xx

 

[Renaendel]

So sorry Kat, huge hugs.

 

[Renaendel]

BettyBee1, hope stims treat you well.

 

[bettybee1]

Thanks am stunning on fostimon ? Any one heard of it?
Really annoyed as I asked for menpour as that's what I had on my successful cycle !

 

[Renaendel]

Fostimon is also known as bravelle. It is a frequently prescribed ivf drug. The difference between the two is bravelle contains very little LH (~2%) where menopur contains closer to 50%.

You will produce more eggs on menopur but the eggs from bravelle tend to be a higher quality. As women age doctors tend to opt more for bravelle and less for menopur as egg quality becomes so important.

 

[bettybee1]

Thank you !!!

Well I will be phoning the clinc asap today !! It's a new clinic and I really wanted to stick to me pour where everything was better quality !

I have only just turned 23 defo not a age thing lol & my amh is 46 !! X

 

[PecksTTC]

Hi Ladies!!

Oh my word Wish!!!! Congratulations. I cannot believe I missed your BFP. I am super excited for you.

Sorry I have been MIA for a while. I need to take a step back and stop obsessing. Dr Google and these threads started to interfere with work in life and general. A few times last week I logged and started to check up on you all but had to force my self to stop and step a away
My last update was me freaking out about the number of drop offs from 3 to 5 day. Well I was correct to be worried.
On day 5 we received a call that only one made it to blast and was frozen. 11 had arrested and they were going to give the remaining 7 until day 6. Unfortunately 3 more arrested, 4 made it to blast but only 1 with a quality they would consider for freezing. So I am a total test case for quality over quantity. 26 mature eggs and I only ended up with 2 blasts. And the clinic won't tell me their grading.

To say I was devastated was an understatement. Luckily we were at a family function otherwise I would have had a complete meltdown. My DH was awesome though. He really has reminded me why I married him.

So for my own mental stability I thought it would be best to check out for a while. I would have done it completely if it was not for a senior exec at work that is at the the same clinch as me and has wanted chat about the IVF process She is just starting.

Anyway onwards and upwards. Now I need to start preparing for scratch and next months transfers!!!

 

[PecksTTC]

Good luck myoncechance. Wil be looking out for your BFP.

Welcome beneath. I stalk your journal already (but a bit out of the loop as per last post) so I know your story and holding thumbs for your and your frosties.

Kat I am so so sad for you. The things we have to go through absolutely sucks!! But don't give up and your next round may be 1000 times better!

With regards to bleed after ER... My RE said it would start within 7 days. It started in 6 and boy was it heavy. Luckily no/little cramps but I did get worried how heavy it was. Did they say why yours took so long White?

White what happened with your remaining embies? Did they make it to 5? Apologies if you mentioned already. I tried to catch up on all I missed.

Krissy with regards to medicated vs unmediated. My RE said there is no difference with the exception of more control on medicated. Although he mentioned if you Ovulate naturally their first preference is a natural FET. I am so impatient that have tried to convince them medicated but to no avail. But I see you are now going medicated?

Just booked my scratch for next week. Hoping I ovulate this week so I can start to work out when my transfer day is. Generally I am pretty regular and I hope it true now too!

Thinking of you all xxx

 

[Wish2BMom]

welcome back, pecks - you were missed but I'm glad you took some time for you. That is a tough blow to have come out with so many eggs and narrow down to 2. But as everyone kept reminding me and myone - it only takes one. Why won't they tell you the dang ratings of them?? It's so subjective, anyway, that it might cause undo stress for you if they didn't rate them A+, knowing they can still develop in Mama just fine. I'm excited for your scratch next week!

good luck with your stims, betty!

ren - you keep flooring me with your knowledge!! I love it!

 

[KrissyB]

Pecks - Thanks for the info! It seems pretty unanimous that medicated is as good, if not better, than natural, so I'm happy that's the route we went. Pre-stim cycle I had always had regular ovulations. But I down regulated pretty hard after and/or was having an anovulatory cycle during the off-cycle we scheduled between ER and FET. So they gave me the choice to switch from natural FET to medicated. Unfortunately I think things might have evened out and the might have shown if we waited a few more days because I've been VERY crampy since starting BC... but we're on this road now so I'm not going to worry about.
Sorry to hear about your attrition... but two is still good! Enough for twins even! And the fact they made it to day 5 means they are strong. Are you planning on putting them both back for your transfer?

 

[bettybee1]

Clinc have changed me over to menpour now so start tmro instead then in on Saturday for blood test !!

 

[Hopethisyear]

Pecs - Nice to see you back again. I'm sorry that you are having such a tough time. Just think though, those two that made it are nice and strong since they made it that far. Like Krissy said, you could get twins and if they split more. Are you putting them back in at the same time or one at a time?

Ren - Seriously are you part Dr? You have so much information about so much. It's so great to have you here, I'm so glad we are friends

Betty - That's great your clinic changed you. Did they say if they had a reason for you on the other?

AFM: Tomorrow at this time I will be on a plane to my RE for my baseline appointment. I'm so excited nervous for so many reasons. I hate flying (Yes something I should have thought about when I moved to the most isolated land mass on the planet, LOL) Once I get to the big City tomorrow I will have to navigate the bus system to the Dr's Office which I heard isn't to bad, I just haven't been on a bus in 25 years. I'm sure it will be fine, but I hope I don't get on the bus going to the wrong way, or miss my stop. I'm supposed to bring a big zippered bag to bring my meds back on the plane tomorrow after the appointment if all goes well. I wonder how big a bag?

So, I forgot to take my BCP last night and took it 12 hours after I normally take it, 1st thing this morning. I hope this isn't a huge mistake.

I'll keep you all posted on my appointment when I get back tomorrow.
Happy Monday everyone!!!!

 

[WhiteOrchid24]

Hi ladies!

It's so nice to read and catch up with how you are all doing. I just wanted to quickly say that it looks like a July transfer for me now as well. AF arrived in full force on Friday so I called my clinic and they told me that I have to have 1 cycle off to let my body properly recover from everything. It makes sense but still sucks Anyway since my cycles are regular I don't need to go on the BCP so it's a full on natural month for me this month then the transfer in July - I'm guessing around 20th or so... Anyway for now it's just time to chill and wait.... Ah all this waiting

 

[Wish2BMom]

White - that stinks, I HATE the waiting part!!! Would it even be possible to have a little natural miracle this month or are you not even going to attempt?

Hope - so happy you're getting started!! Good luck with your appt tomorrow, can't wait to hear all about it!

betty - glad the clinic changed you over and you're more comfortable with your meds now. I did menopur too - if it was successful, why change?

so I must admit - what is a 'medicated' vs 'non-medicated' FET? What meds are you taking, when, and why?
And pecks - how come the scratch is so early? My RE didn't even introduce that concept to us, nor an FET, so I'm very unaware of these things.

Paging Dr. Ren...?