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

[azlissie]

Stinas, huge congrats on your bfp!! I can't wait to hear what your first beta is.

Michelle, I'm so sorry DH isn't helping out more - and I can't believe he had the nerve to get on your case about laundry! The pics of Dylan on fb are adorable!

Honey, I sure hope you can avoid ohss this time - that sounds miserable. Best of luck with this round.

Kathy, I'm sorry you had to have surgery. Hope you have a quick recovery & can move forward.

Mo, how are you feeling?

Angie & Laurie, how are you guys doing? What symptoms are you having?

Jenn, I hope your sleep situation improves soon. Have you talked to your ped about it?

MrsC, Getting, Sekky, anmlz, Bubu, and anyone else - hello!! Hope everyone is doing well.

AFM, things are going great. Dawson is up to 7lbs, 2ozs as of yesterday - now that he's 2 months old he's almost the size of an average newborn! He usually wakes up twice at night but it takes so long to feed him & then I have to pump so it's a 2 hour process. My breast milk supply isn't keeping up very well so I think I'm going to have to start supplementing with formula soon. I feel bad but since he's not nursing I guess I don't have the same hormonal stuff going on so my milk just won't last that long.

Hope everyone has a good week!

 

[MrsC8776]

I can't believe it has been 6 months already MrsC!! Can't wait to see the new pics. How's the new house? Are you all settled in? Did the girls adapt ok? I believe you were going to move them into the nursery when you moved, how is that going?

My babies are good. Sleep is still not great, but improving. Emma has been sleeping 3-5 hours at a time for the past few days which is great compared to her usual 1-3 hours. I'm hoping the past few days are the start of improved sleep.

Hi Jenn! The new house is great. I'm still trying to get organized and get things put away. I've gotten a lot done but theres still a little left to do. It's not easy to do with two babies!! The girls are adjusting. It has been a little rough (to say the least). They quit sleeping through the night. I think in the last 3 weeks they have slept through the night maybe 3 times. They get up between 2 and 3, then they decide to stay up for an hour or two and go back to sleep. Like I said it's been rough. The girls are still in our room and are still sharing a crib. That needs to change ASAP though. Emma is trying to crawl in her sleep and thrashes around trying to get comfortable all night and Ava cries for two hours almost every night before actually falling asleep. Not sure what thats about but it's driving me mad!

Well ladies......we have a BFP!!!! Just did a FRER and got a pretty dark line! I also took a ept which you had to do a squint to see the line, but just as long as the FRER was dark, I will consider it a positive!
Will do another with FMU in the am!

Congrats!!!!

Hi everyone!! Sorry I have not been on as much as I would like but trying to adjust and get a routine! I have not gotten much sleep so that doesn't help and Dylan is more needy and always wants to be held. My family is now gone and note getting much helps from DH.

Mo - I am sooooo happy for you!! What a great pic

Woohoo stinas when is your beta?

Angie - how are you feeling!?

Az - Dawson is so adorable and he will do great during his surgeries!! You are so strong and you have so much support here

Hi Jenn, Lindsay, bubu, getting, MrsC, sekky and everyone else!!!

Sorry to hear DH isn't heping much. I hope that changes very quickly.

Congrats Stinas

Hi Mrs C....Im hanging in there...I had surgery to remove some placenta that was left behind and of course my infamous polyps I like to grow....other than that Im good thanks for asking love all the pictures of the girls...cant believe how big they have grown

Hi everyone.....I do think of all of you even though Im not writing much....but I do read and pray for each and everyone one of you xoxoxo

Sorry to hear about the surgery. I'm sure that was difficult on top of everything else you have been through recently. You are a very strong woman!! I can't wait to hear about your next cycle and everything that will go along with the BFP that comes from that cycle.

Wooohoo!! congratulations Stinas!! When is your beta. I hope its twins .

Thanks Mo and Stinas . I feel comforted with your replies. I had an appointment yesterday and really felt fine. It was only late in the evening changes started showing up. My next scheduled appointment is on Thursday but I would go in tomorrow and then ask to be monitored more frequently. I would have liked to go in today, but DH had to travel out of city for work and I don't have a car. So tomorrow it will be.

I have been tested for the usual stuff they do for recurrent pregnancy loss and found nothing. Is there anything in particular I could ask, because if it doesn't happen this time too, I sure need some answers. Please give me some ideas. I have had a chemical pregnancy EVERY time. So There sure has to be a reason why the embie doesn't like to stick in there and I do want to know.

Are there any things I could ask to be monitored after the embryo transfer. These are the medications I would be on after the ET. I have been on all of them except the VitK in earlier cycles.

Predinoslone (excuse spelling mistakes)
Progesterone suppositories 2x daily
folic acic 5 mg
Metformin 500mg 3x
Aspirin
Vit K 50000IU once weekly (did not use in earlier cycles)
Omega 3 once daily
Enoxaparin injections daily.

My progesterone levels have not been tested. RE says suppositories are usually well absorbed so there is no need to worry. And is there a need to test Estrogen levels in the tww. I have read something about leptin levels and something to do with implantation. Has anyone got any idea on it. Me and DH do not have any chromosomal abnormalities or auto immune disease.

Honey I hope you can remain strong and stay positive for this cycle. Good luck at your appointment tomorrow!

Yay officially on here Stinas !!!!! I'm so excited!!!!

Honey- fingers crossed that you don't go through that again girl!!!

Michelle- that sucks about the sleep and lack of help from DH. Why isn't he pulling his weight more??? Exactly- it's the second time around...

Hi Kath- xoxo

Hi everyone else!! AFM- Reiken is now 4 months old. He's doing so great! Shots are tomorrow and we are getting ready for our trip to Florida next week to see my aunt and cousins. School starts next week but I have an additional 6 weeks of maternity leave that I have left thank goodness lol!!! I do NOT want to go back... Ever lol. Hope everyone else is great. It's 3:30am right now and Reiken decided he was hungry (usually sleeps through the night now). This is DH's shift but I'm wide awake lol. Figured I'd write to you xoxo

Boo for shots tomorrow! I hope it goes ok. This time around for shots went better than I expected. Ava shocked me and seriously only cried for 30 seconds. I think she only cried because the shots pissed her off. Good luck with the traveling!! I've been seeing your comments about this exploding poop and that you are worried about it. We have been dealing with this as well. One thing I've learned is that once this starts it means it's time to move up in the size of diapers. Ava is still in ones and Emma is in twos. Although within the next week they will both be in twos I just have to finish off this pack of ones first. Have you tried switching the diaper size for Reiken? What size is he in now?

AFM~ Well Ms. Ava has started getting her first tooth as I'm sure many of you have seen on FB. It's going a lot better than I expected so far. She gets mad when she bites on something wrong but thats about it. The girls are doing great! We had their 6 month appointment and Emma weighs a little over 17lbs. and Ava weighs a little over 16lbs. He said it didn't look like teething was starting... yeah ok! We have to go back at 9 months for their flu shot but I think thats it until they are 1. Overall they are doing pretty good. Meanwhile I'm just trying to stay sane without a break!

 

[MoBaby]

Hey az I'm doing okay. I have days of nausea. Today just a little this am and I've been starving! Some days it's all day and most days it's at night. No vomiting. I also have huge BBs that are a little tender on and off. I can't complain too much but some days I do feel like crap

 

[honeycheeks]

Az - I hope your milk supply improves and you can breastfeed for as long as you would like. But then each of us has different circumstances and I am sure you would do what is best for your baby

Kathy, I hope you recover soon from surgery. All my tests were also normal and I am on all the drugs you can imagine to support a pregnancy, including Metformin and a ton others. I still have chemical pregnancies all the time. So dont blame yourslef for the metformin. I hope you can start soon when you are ready.

Michelle- your DH better do his part. I would totally flip if someone even mentioned laundry. Poor you, I hope you get more sleep.
And whats PITA? i hope it is something really nasty.

Thanks Linds, Michelle, bubu, Mo, Kathy and everyone sending me the good vibes.

Well today, its late evening here now. I was on bed almost all day. I find it hard to stand up straight without feeling a hard tight stretch all over my abdomen and back. It is painful. I cant stand for more than 15 min or 20 mins if I try really hard. Lol on having to "try" to stand.And random twinges(that hurt) in my ovary, ribs and places I can't imagine. My symptoms are coming on pretty quick.

Remember, I had a random mild- moderate OHSS in June. The pain lasted a little over a month, but my doc doesnt believe me. She thinks it is psychological. Are you kidding me, "psychological" OHSS for a month. That leaves me speechless. Anyways this cycle its another doctor and I haven't told her about my June episode of OHSS as I dint want to be laughed at again. But now, lets get real. It really is happening. I ain't dreaming again.

I have my appointment tomorrow, will update then.

 

[MoBaby]

Honey ohss usually doesn't happen unless you are using fertility drugs. It really cant happen on a natural cycle unless you ovulated multiple follicles and usually you will only hce 1-2 on a natural cycle. You have to hyper stimulate to make it happen. That's why the dr didn't believe you. Did the dr find out and other reason for the pain you had? Maybe the pain is from the growing follicles and because you have so many. Ohss can't onset until the follicles rupture (until surge of LH happens usually from HCG) so right now what you are feeling isnt from ohss. Probably from a bunch of big follicles. I wonder if you had a lot of growth the past day and half. Hopefully they can figure it out tomorrow.

 

[never2late70]

Well ladies......we have a BFP!!!! Just did a FRER and got a pretty dark line! I also took a ept which you had to do a squint to see the line, but just as long as the FRER was dark, I will consider it a positive!
Will do another with FMU in the am!

Wahoo! Couldn't be any happier!

Congrats Stinas

Hi Mrs C....Im hanging in there...I had surgery to remove some placenta that was left behind and of course my infamous polyps I like to grow....other than that Im good thanks for asking love all the pictures of the girls...cant believe how big they have grown

Hi everyone.....I do think of all of you even though Im not writing much....but I do read and pray for each and everyone one of you xoxoxo

I think about you all of the time too. I'm glad you're taking care of business.

Yay officially on here Stinas !!!!! I'm so excited!!!!

Honey- fingers crossed that you don't go through that again girl!!!

Michelle- that sucks about the sleep and lack of help from DH. Why isn't he pulling his weight more??? Exactly- it's the second time around...

Hi Kath- xoxo

Hi everyone else!! AFM- Reiken is now 4 months old. He's doing so great! Shots are tomorrow and we are getting ready for our trip to Florida next week to see my aunt and cousins. School starts next week but I have an additional 6 weeks of maternity leave that I have left thank goodness lol!!! I do NOT want to go back... Ever lol. Hope everyone else is great. It's 3:30am right now and Reiken decided he was hungry (usually sleeps through the night now). This is DH's shift but I'm wide awake lol. Figured I'd write to you xoxo

4 months! Damn I dont blame you for not wanting to go backk to work. I am still praying that we will be fortunate enough for me to stay home with our baby. Have a great trip!

Az - good luck with your little man's surgery. I had no idea it took so many surgeries to get it all right. I hope he forgets them all when he grows up.

Mo- thats a super cute scan pic.

Linds - Good luck with the shots and have a great time in FLorida. Lucky you have more time off of work.

bubu - I just read your long post about your SIL. I totally understand how some women can be jerks. And about wanting to give someone the gift of "grandma" and "grandpa" , I am totally with you on that. It has been like my wish/ dream too. None of my parents or DH's parents are grandparents yet, but I guess there could be a pregnancy announcement in the family from my SIL or sister any day and I am dreading that day more than I should. I pray that our struggles end soon and we will all live our dreams soon. I hope you get a Christmas BFP or sooner if you make any change of plans.


Sometimes I just feel it is stupid to get my hopes up every time for every new cycle, but I cant help it and then I feel broken at the end of it. It has been 3 cycles of IVF/FET and 2 earlier chem pregnancies that didn't work for us. This time , it is not even ER yet and I am trying to prepare myself to face a loss again. Believe me , I am not getting better at it, I just suck at coping with the loss. On Sep 9th, it is going to be 2 years since we lost our first little one. I can never forget all the blood that was in my bedroom and bathroom that day. Late into the night before that day, I got very hungry in the middle of the night and DH was so sweet, he went into the kitchen and cooked a full meal for us. It was the last meal I ate for my little one. 2 years since , it is not so hard to think about that day, but it sure is impossible to forget.

Never give up, and never feel stupid for it

Honey - I am so sorry for what you have been going through and I pray this is your cycle!! Having to go through this multiple times isn't fair.

Kathy - now that you had the surgery, what is the next steps for you??

Lindsay - I cannot wait till Dylan's sleeping through the night; I have only gotten one 5.5 hour stretch of sleep! And I get the never wanting to go back to work; it's hard even thinking about going back!

As for DH I keep hearing that I am not working right now so he should get to sleep. And he says he doesn't so infant diapers....wth!?!? And earlier I really lost it with him cause I was gone all day, dr appt and stopped at my work with the boys, then the store, came home took care of the dogs, got the boys taken care of; he came home and bitched that there was a load of laundry I didn't get to in the dryer. That was it I couldn't contain myself; I swear I could have just killed him . I feel talking to him at this point is just a waste of time cause it won't change anything.

Good gravy..I have no words..lol

Stinas, huge congrats on your bfp!! I can't wait to hear what your first beta is.

Michelle, I'm so sorry DH isn't helping out more - and I can't believe he had the nerve to get on your case about laundry! The pics of Dylan on fb are adorable!

Honey, I sure hope you can avoid ohss this time - that sounds miserable. Best of luck with this round.

Kathy, I'm sorry you had to have surgery. Hope you have a quick recovery & can move forward.

Mo, how are you feeling?

Angie & Laurie, how are you guys doing? What symptoms are you having?

Jenn, I hope your sleep situation improves soon. Have you talked to your ped about it?

MrsC, Getting, Sekky, anmlz, Bubu, and anyone else - hello!! Hope everyone is doing well.

AFM, things are going great. Dawson is up to 7lbs, 2ozs as of yesterday - now that he's 2 months old he's almost the size of an average newborn! He usually wakes up twice at night but it takes so long to feed him & then I have to pump so it's a 2 hour process. My breast milk supply isn't keeping up very well so I think I'm going to have to start supplementing with formula soon. I feel bad but since he's not nursing I guess I don't have the same hormonal stuff going on so my milk just won't last that long.

Hope everyone has a good week!

Dawson is making leaps and bounds! So exciting!

Hi everyone
Not much going on here. My Dr's appointment is Friday. Can't wait to see my baby again. Two of my girls are coming with me. Today is the anniversary of my moms death and last night in my dream she showed me a baby boy. I can't wait to see if it's true or just my dream.
I went out and got some maternity clothes this weekend. I cannot get over how big my belly is. It sticks out like a basketball and is hard as a rock. My Dr says you show more with each child, I said even when they're 22 years apart! I'll put up a bump picture tomorrow.

Happy Tuesday!
~Angie

 

[Jenn76]

MrsC: Sorry to hear your nights are sounding like mine. I had a few good days last week but now we're back to 2-3 hour intervals for sleep. Emma also stays up for long periods 1-2 hours most nights so I know how you feel. That sucks about Ava crying at night I hope that improves soon. Glad to hear you are getting settled.

Azlissie: I have spoken to their doctor and she thinks it has to do with them not eating enough during the day so she is sending us to a feeding specialist. I've tried everything to get them to eat more but they refuse and push the bottle away. I'm interest to see what the specialist will say. Sorry to hear your nights are bad too, I really hated the pumping at night too. My milk faded at three months since I was exclusively pumping too. Hopefully yours will last longer.

Angie: Good luck at your appointment, can't wait to see new pics! Great that your girls are going. How are things with your daughter that was giving you attitude?

 

[never2late70]

Thanks Jenn: She is ok I guess. She re-added me on FB and we went to breakfast Saturday morning..its a start I guess.

AZ: I am feeling bloated, constipated, exhausted and dizzy most everyday. I have used, prune juice, prunes, milk of magnesia and fleet enemas. Nothing helps me feel any better. Now I am trying Metimucil morning and night. Also I am up every 2 hours like clock work to pee
My belly is huge...freaking crazy..

 

[never2late70]

ps..totally not complaining

 

[MoBaby]

We need a belly pic!

 

[never2late70]

Mo: It's all bloat

I wonder if I'm sticking out so much because I have a retroverted uterus? Let me investigate..

 

[michelle01]

Mrsc - sounds like the girls are doing great!! I hope the teething continues to go good

Kathy - you know you can get pg and hopefully this time around they get it right! I hope you get to start right away good luck with your appt on the 6th!

Thanks everyone for your support and hopefully things get better with DH. I know my lack of sleep isn't helping either

 

[honeycheeks]

Hey ladies...I am now waiting in the clinic for my appointment. Had my ultrasound and blood drawn already. Ultrasound shows mild OHSS. Now waiting for the blood report and doctor. On my last natural cycle where I think I hyper ovulated .....I ovulated after 6 months of no period. And I already had cysts and a large number of follies. Probably all they needed was a little push to ovulate and that could quite happen. And having had ohss once puts you at a higher risk next time.

Edit: i am back home from my appointment. E2 levels are 2800. My follicles are getting bigger and no more new ones, which is a good thing. I have mild OHSS , but looks like I cant avoid it completely. My body seems to have a thing for OHSS. Atleast I am glad things are moving. I would likely trigger on Sunday and maybe have ER on 3rd Sept. I will be doing 50 IU for 3 more days until then. Resting as much as I can until then so as to keep the pain and bloating down.

 

[never2late70]

Happy Bump Day! 12 weeks today

 

[Stinas]

Honey - Yay glad its nothing severe!!! Yay for almost ER!!!

Angie - Woohooo for 2nd tri!!!!!

I cant wait for my beta friday!! Tests are nice and dark! Doing a digital tom since I have no more FRER!

 

[sekky]

Honey - Yay glad its nothing severe!!! Yay for almost ER!!!

Angie - Woohooo for 2nd tri!!!!!

I cant wait for my beta friday!! Tests are nice and dark! Doing a digital tom since I have no more FRER!

congrats stinas. Praying these ones stay put for the next 38-40 weeks. All the best tomorrow.

Hey everyone!!

 

[PRAYIN4BABIES]

Hi Sekky how are you

 

[michelle01]

Yay stinas!!! So exciting

Hi sekky!

Honey - yay for ER and hope the ohss doesn't get worse!

 

[honeycheeks]

Stinas - All the best for beat tomorrow, cant wait to hear the numbers.

 

[bubumaci]

Looking forward to hearing your amazing numbers today Stinas! Wake up and get to the clinic already *lol* What time is your beta? ... I thought your beta is today?( 29th)?

Honey - I hope that you are able to keep yourself comfortable for another couple of days! All fingers crossed for a successful ER and that you don't go into OHSS post OP!

Angie - so jealous of your bump!