IVF October/November ???

[amy8686]

Welcome, babyseeker!

Kk, congrats! Fingers crossed for you. Are you going to wait for your official test, or obsessively test at home at the earliest possible moment? I'm glad to hear there are clinics that choose to transfer one. Mine does two by default, but we are choosing to only transfer one at a time.

Babylights, how are you doing?

 

[kk2003]

Amy- I think I will hold out this time. I tested once or twice last time and it made everything way worse. I going to wait (hopefully!). I think they chose one due to our age (5) and no other issues noted. I think it's possible if we have another failed tx, two would be considered.

Babyseeker-Welcome!!

Clinic called this am! 3 more made it to top grade blastocyst A/A! Total 6 on ice and we can't be more excited! I hope this means I don't have to do the whole thing again! We had such great results this month, I just am so happy. Last month was needless to say a disaster!

Any updated for anyone else?

-KK

 

[babylights]

babyseeker welcome!!

amy how are you doing, any updates?

kk that is AMAZING I’m so happy for you!!! Sorry if you already said, but when is beta?

I’m just chugging along with the estrogen, it’s making me so tired and nauseous! Not sure how it’ll affect when I get af but suppression check is on Nov 6, the day after I stop estrogen and start hgh.

 

[kk2003]

Babylights-
I test the 8th I think? So 10 days post transfer. I'm super tired today, not sure if it's from the events of yesterday or the meds or both! Yuck. Does the estrogen make you sleepy? I haven't been on it before. There is a lot of prep going into your cycle. Go YOU!

 

[amy8686]

Kk, that's awesome that you have 6 to freeze! It's such a relief to have frozen embryos after going through all of this. After having my son, I was obviously very glad I had gone through the whole process, but I also vowed never to do it again. Frozen transfers are so much easier to go through.

I was super tired the day after both of my transfers, too. I don't know if it's the medications or the emotions or something else happening physically (implantation!!???), but you're definitely not alone.

Babylights, that's so weird that the estrogen is making you nauseous! The only side effect I get from estrogen is that it messes up my sleep. I wake up, WIDE AWAKE, at 3am, and can't go back to sleep until around 5:30, which is unfortunate when my alarm is set for 6. Anyway, I hope you'll move out of that phase ASAP.

No updates for me. I just have to wait for my period and then they'll see if I can be ready for a January transfer. I'm figuring I have at least 2 weeks to wait for that, but who knows... clearly my cycle isn't doing what it's supposed to do, so maybe I'll be lucky and it'll come sooner.

Kk, I'm glad you're planning to not test. I tested early both times and definitely made it much more of a rollercoaster than it needed to be. Hang in there.

 

[kk2003]

Amy-
Do they regulate your cycles after AF? Sorry I haven't done any FET so I don't know the process at all.

Yeah I think the tx is an emotional thing, and those always exhaust me. Blah! feeling better today though, but still a little tired. Just glad I don't have to go into the clinic for a bit!!

-K

 

[amy8686]

I think different clinics do it differently. Since mine has to get me onto their schedule, it's birth control, Lupron, Estrogen, and Progesterone. So it's still kind of a lot of stuff, but it's night-and-day easier not having to go through the stimming and retrieval parts!

Also, it's a total of 2 ultrasounds and 3 blood tests prior to transfer (2 of which are on the same visits as the ultrasounds), so it doesn't feel like you live at the clinic like it does for fresh cycles.

 

[kk2003]

Amy,
Thanks for the info! Yeah that does sound better than a fresh transfer! Does your clinic have cyclic transfers (group everyone together?)?
K

 

[amy8686]

Yes. It's a smallish clinic and they only do cycles 5-6 times per year, with everyone grouped together on just one or two days each time. I know they bring in their embryologist at those times, and I think there are some other specialists that only come at those times.

Kk, are you passing the time ok? Hopefully not driving yourself crazy with the wait?

Babylights, how are you doing with the estrogen?

 

[ashknowsbest]

Hoping to join in. I'm doing my 6th IVF, retrieval set for November 25th. I'm excited and nervous. I'm just hoping for a good outcome. Fingers crossed. Good luck to all!

 

[amy8686]

Hi Ash!

Looking at your signature... you are coming back just a year after having twins?? Brave woman! I couldn't even think about it until my son turned 2.

 

[ashknowsbest]

amy - Some days I think I'm crazy too! I don't know why but I have such intense baby fever! Also, we're doing the retrieval and I have to be on depot lupron after for 2 months (to help the embryo implant). We're not planning to transfer until May/June. We're also doing CCS testing since that's what worked for us last time and that takes 2 weeks after retrieval.

 

[emilydee87]

Hi ladies! Mind if I join you? I'm currently stimming my first IVF cycle, and could use some buddies!! I've had to jump boards a lot: TTC, long term TTC, TTC after loss, and now IVF! Quick bio is that I switched doctors after 6 failed IUI's with another doctor who said I had "unexplained infertility. Within 24 hours this new doc had diagnosed me with PCOS, elevated NK cells, low Vitamin D, and a uterine polyp!! Answers are good! Answers are treatable!! So I'm feeling very optimistic about my situation now. I had the uterine polyp removed last week, and I'm taking meds for the other stuff. So I guess my advice would be to get a second opinion if you arent getting answers from your current doc

On day 4 of shots Gonal F and Menopur! No real complaints so far But not sure if things will get worse?

 

[emilydee87]

Welcome, babyseeker!

Kk, congrats! Fingers crossed for you. Are you going to wait for your official test, or obsessively test at home at the earliest possible moment? I'm glad to hear there are clinics that choose to transfer one. Mine does two by default, but we are choosing to only transfer one at a time.

Babylights, how are you doing?

Amy, the one v. two embryo transfer has been a hot topic with my husband lol I'm with you, just one at a time for my first child - I mean I dont know what I'm doing! My husband wants twins of course - he says, what, like its hard?? haha

Luckily my clinic defaults to 1 if you are classified as "favorable". They define favorable by several criteria including under 35, they grade the embryos, lining, etc. They said most likely I'll be favorable. They also said that regardless of favorable or unfavorable, you have to sign a waiver now to transfer two! I think that's a new standard from insurance companies? Because they are realizing it costs more to cover a multiples pregnancy than it does to do multiple transfers... all very interesting

 

[emilydee87]

Hoping to join in. I'm doing my 6th IVF, retrieval set for November 25th. I'm excited and nervous. I'm just hoping for a good outcome. Fingers crossed. Good luck to all!

Ash I think I'm lined up with you! My retrieval should be somewhere around the 18th its my first one so I have no idea what to expect. Any advice? Is it painful during or after?

 

[kk2003]

Amy- Yeah I have been pretty good about being distracted, which is great. I'm trying to ignore the fact that I may or may not be pregnant.

 

[babylights]

kk not too much longer now, keeping everything crossed for you!!

Had my suppression check this morning, need to take estrace two more days, continue with hgh. Will probably start stims on Friday.

 

[ashknowsbest]

emily - Only advice is to take it easy after. Don't push yourself to do anything. If you've ever been under anesthesia before and get sick make sure you tell the anesthesiologist so they can give you anti nausea meds. And eat lots of salty foods, it helps ward off OHSS if that's a concern. And during you won't feel anything if they give you twilight anesthesia, it will be uncomfortable when you wake up, but for me it wasn't any worse than period cramps. Best of luck!

 

[amy8686]

Hi Emily! That's great that you have answers. Fingers crossed that the stars will align for you now.

I actually wasn't as concerned about the possibility of twins for my first child as I am now (I have a 2-year-old). I was so desperate for it to work that I was kind of in a "the more the merrier" mindset. But having had kind of a hard pregnancy and placenta issues, I just kept thinking about how much worse it would be with twins. So it's actually the possibility of a twin pregnancy, and the associated risks to the babies, that are firmly grounding me in the one-at-a-time camp now.

As far as retrieval pain goes, like Ash said, you won't feel anything during with the anesthesia. I had some weird cramping afterwards, but it was gone by the next day. Nothing to worry about.

Kk, so exciting!

 

[lucy_smith]

Sorry I haven't been back in a while! Found it easier to not over think the process, but here I am in the 2ww after only having 1 of 12 eggs fertilise!


How on earth do I stop thinking about the 2ww ??? It's constantly on my mind!