IVF until we all get our bfp! 2012-present *13 w/twins & 1 w/triplets!*

[MrsC8776]

Hello Ladies....

Wanted to join in on the thread! I am doing my first IVF cycle in May after many failed IUI's and one miscarriage. I start my meds in about a week and a half.. and embryo transfer at the end of May if everything goes as planned!

Keeping my fingers crossed for all of us.. and congrats to those that have already gotten their BFP!

Welcome Sorry to hear about the failed IUI's and your loss. I hope that this IVF brings you success!

 

[noasaint]

AFM: I forgot to mention yesterday that I asked my FS about what I was told during acupuncture. You know the whole no dairy thing and no cold drinks. I said "so what are your thoughts on this." His exact response was "I have no opinion. It's part of the chinese medicine and if you want to follow it go ahead but I don't require it." He said all of this with a smile so I knew that he didn't really think it would make a difference but I wanted to know what he thought about it and if he thought I should go with the whole idea. I may cut back on dairy and cold drinks but I personally don't see the need to change everything. Oh and at the u/s I had 15 follicles on one side and 7 on the other. This is with no meds so I'm hoping I will respond to the meds well.

What's the deal with the cold drinks??? I've heard to stay away from dairy but never cold drinks. It's 90 degrees here for the next 6 months so that would stink. I've decided to give up coffee as of Tuesday. UGH, it's going to be rough. I switched to decaf almost a year ago and then 3 months ago cut my coffee intake by half. I may still have a cup on weekends but I'm going to do my very best to be completely off it.

I also picked up Royal Jelly w/ Bee Pollen today and tasted it. It does taste like honey but has a definite after taste. It's tolerable. One tsp in the AM and one in PM, I'm going to hopefully keep this up through ET. Two months is just so long to wait!!! I want this here already and I'm quite irked that they didn't start me on bcp after my failed injectable cycle so I'd be ready by now. I have such little patience, how am I going to deal with a child? LOL

 

[MrsC8776]

AFM: I forgot to mention yesterday that I asked my FS about what I was told during acupuncture. You know the whole no dairy thing and no cold drinks. I said "so what are your thoughts on this." His exact response was "I have no opinion. It's part of the chinese medicine and if you want to follow it go ahead but I don't require it." He said all of this with a smile so I knew that he didn't really think it would make a difference but I wanted to know what he thought about it and if he thought I should go with the whole idea. I may cut back on dairy and cold drinks but I personally don't see the need to change everything. Oh and at the u/s I had 15 follicles on one side and 7 on the other. This is with no meds so I'm hoping I will respond to the meds well.

What's the deal with the cold drinks??? I've heard to stay away from dairy but never cold drinks. It's 90 degrees here for the next 6 months so that would stink. I've decided to give up coffee as of Tuesday. UGH, it's going to be rough. I switched to decaf almost a year ago and then 3 months ago cut my coffee intake by half. I may still have a cup on weekends but I'm going to do my very best to be completely off it.

I also picked up Royal Jelly w/ Bee Pollen today and tasted it. It does taste like honey but has a definite after taste. It's tolerable. One tsp in the AM and one in PM, I'm going to hopefully keep this up through ET. Two months is just so long to wait!!! I want this here already and I'm quite irked that they didn't start me on bcp after my failed injectable cycle so I'd be ready by now. I have such little patience, how am I going to deal with a child? LOL

I haven't tried royal jelly but I hear good things about it. I'm in the wait with you so we can go crazy together! It's a long one but the time will pass quickly... I hope.

From what I understand cold drinks aren't the best as they make your insides cold. Cold insides make for an "unfriendly" environment. As I said my FS didn't really have much input on this. I guess it makes sense in a way but then again you would think that once the cold drinks make their way through the body it would warm up. I don't know what to think about the whole thing to be honest.

Does anyone have any appointments coming up? If so can I ask you a favor for us that are curious about this. Will you ask your FS/RE what they think of it? That way we can have some different answers and input on the whole thing.

 

[MoBaby]

im off coffee/caffeine/soda in 2 wks...i start bcp then. so tomorrow i start cutting back. i drink 4 shots of epresso daily! not much soda 3/wk but i will have afternoon coffee also.
whats the deal with dairy? i use creamer daily! i wish i would have stayed off coffee/caffeine/soda...i went 12 wks with only water.
what does royal jelly do?

 

[haj624]

I have my appt Friday. I'll ask then!

 

[MrsC8776]

Thanks haj!! I look forward to hearing what they have to say.

MoBaby~ I have no idea about the dairy. That was something that was said during acupuncture and my FS said dairy is not a big deal. Actually what I asked about the dairy and cold drinks thing I remember him saying... go home and have a nice big cold glass of milk if you would like to. Theres nothing saying it helps or doesn't help so I'm not going off dairy. I use creamer daily as well and thats where I would get in trouble if dairy is a bad thing. I would say to ask your FS what they think of everything and follow what they say.

 

[Lulu 07]

Hey ladies!

I hope you're all doing well and thanks for the words of encouragement. Sorry I went MIA but I've been in a lot of pain. I have an appointment tomorrow to check on follies. I hope I can stop the stims soon. I could barely walk from my ovaries. DH and I were walking from the car to the house and I stopped halfway and told him that I can't continue walking. About the dairy and cold drinks, REs will not know enough about this and won't give it too much credit anyways. I worked with a lot of doctors and know how they think when it comes to natural medicine. My friend was TTC for 3 years and when she started the no dairy diet and no cold drinks she was pregnant 3 weeks later. Also, after I started this diet, my allergies are pretty much gone and I had some pretty bad allergies. I did a lot of research on this and support this diet 150%. You really will get used to it after a few weeks. I'll post some articles once this pain is gone.

 

[haj624]

Hey ladies!

I hope you're all doing well and thanks for the words of encouragement. Sorry I went MIA but I've been in a lot of pain. I have an appointment tomorrow to check on follies. I hope I can stop the stims soon. I could barely walk from my ovaries. DH and I were walking from the car to the house and I stopped halfway and told him that I can't continue walking. About the dairy and cold drinks, REs will not know enough about this and won't give it too much credit anyways. I worked with a lot of doctors and know how they think when it comes to natural medicine. My friend was TTC for 3 years and when she started the no dairy diet and no cold drinks she was pregnant 3 weeks later. Also, after I started this diet, my allergies are pretty much gone and I had some pretty bad allergies. I did a lot of research on this and support this diet 150%. You really will get used to it after a few weeks. I'll post some articles once this pain is gone.

My re told me I'll have to be on stims for about 10 days. Since tomorrow is day 10 for you hopefully they will tell you that you'll be able to stop. Then you would get to do your retrieval this week!!! How exciting!!!

 

[JDH1982]

Hi ladies,

Sadly I had a miscarriage at the weekend, so now I'm a mummy to 4 angels. I'm gutted

So I may be joining you ladies yet for another round of IVF.

I wish you all every success with your upcoming treatment. I may not be on for a while but I'll keep checking on you all

 

[haj624]

Hi ladies,

Sadly I had a miscarriage at the weekend, so now I'm a mummy to 4 angels. I'm gutted

So I may be joining you ladies yet for another round of IVF.

I wish you all every success with your upcoming treatment. I may not be on for a while but I'll keep checking on you all

I am so sorry hun

 

[TTB]

Welcome to all the new ladies!

The whole issue about diet - I asked my specialist about whether I should be doing anything/not doing anything in regards to my diet, and he just said eat healthy. With that being said, food does have a big influence on your body. It can't hurt to go without cold drinks and no dairy for a month right? I had planned on drinking lots of milk during stims, I have heard protein is very important in egg development, now i'm not so sure.

Not long now til test date Casperelf79. You got great egg numbers, and 3 to freeze, that is great.

Lulu, hopefully you get some more good sized follicles and don't end up with OHSS. I had some mild symptoms of OHSS with my first cycle, and was quite uncomfortable. I couldn't imagine having full blown OHSS.

Congratulations SmileyKez! What wonderful news! How many DPO are you?

Haj, I am superstitious about buying baby things too. The only baby things I have in this house are things I have bought for other people. I would probably wait til the 12 week mark to buy anything, with the exception of what to expect when your expecting. I would be nice to know all about bubs development week by week, and what I should/shouldn't be doing.

Big JDF1982!

AFM - Had a temp rise this morning, so may have O'd, that would have been cd25. I normally O cd12-15. My temps have been all over the place, so i'm not really sure. Hmmm, I guess I will just have to wait and see.

I noticed most of you girls are on the long protocol, are there any benefits in the long protocol over short? I was on short protocol last time and will be next cycle as well, just curious as I seem to be in the minority in here.

 

[oneof14]

JDH, , I am so sorry for your loss!

 

[DancingDiva]

Hey ladies hope u are all well. I am going for ER tomorrow morning I am scared and excited just can't believe it's finally here.

 

[BlueStorm]

JDH - So sorry for your loss

SmileKaz- Congrats that is great news! I wish you a healthy p months

Welcome to all the new girls this thread is blowing up! Mrs. C this may become a full time job for you

Dancing - Good luck on your ER! So exciting

someone was asking about Royal Jelly. I took it before we started treatment. I think it's supposed to help your eggs. I think mine went bad or I got a bad bottle b\c half way thru it I started to get very sick. When I stopped it I was fine and then tried again and got sick again! ughh...

Sorry for anyone I missed I am trying to limit my time on bnb now b\c I have been so busy at work.

 

[MoBaby]

Jdh I am soooo sorry

 

[haj624]

Hey ladies hope u are all well. I am going for ER tomorrow morning I am scared and excited just can't believe it's finally here.

Thats so exciting!!!! When you're up to it please let us know how everything goes!!!

 

[haj624]

Hey ladies, well i finally made it to the week of my baseline. Hopefully everything will go well and I can start my stims on Friday. AF finally left yesterday. 5 days is the longest period I've had in a while since clomid made it so short. Within 2 days I was usually done while I was on clomid. I hope since I've been off BC over a week and my period will be gone 5 days already hopefully all of my blood levels will be good. The only thing I'm a tad nervous about is this little cysts that just wont go away. But the doctor said last time he didnt think it would intefere so if its still there I hope thats still the case. I'm starting to get really nervous and scared. I just want everything to work. I know being positive is so important but the thought of a BFN or miscarriage scares the crap out of me.

Question for anyone who has been through this point of IVF before. After you started your stims how often did you go in for sonos btwn stims and retrival. My doctor told me I would be on stims for about 10 days so I was curious how many times they check your follies.

 

[Casperelf79]

Hi, well
So you only put one follicle back? How did you decide to do that?
Yayyy that's so exciting!!!


The fertility clinic has a 1 embryo rule .... sucks

 

[haj624]

Hi, well
So you only put one follicle back? How did you decide to do that?
Yayyy that's so exciting!!!


The fertility clinic has a 1 embryo rule .... sucks

Is that no matter what age you are?

 

[haj624]

ladies, what is a morula vs a blast? Also if you're getting ICSI done, do they normally do it to all the eggs or only some?