January 2012 IVF

[berki]

I too have my nursery all planned out (male or female), have planned how I want to tell everyone, I have one little girl outfit and one little boy outfit that are my lucky charms I look at that to inspiration every now and then, but I too won't buy or accept any baby things until after I am 20 weeks preggo!!

So hard because after all of this if you end up with a BFP I kno I will want to be sooo excited but I don't want to set myself up for disappointment sometimes I feel like this is a lose lose battle!!

 

[pk2of8]

Oh and I meant to add earlier...

Gracy, you really never know from the grading of the embies whether or not they will take. My doc has such strong feelings about that that he won't even check the grading of the embies at transfer. He says that the docs know for a fact that a "beautiful" embryo can fail to implant whereas an "ugly" or poorly graded one can implant and have a perfect healthy baby from it and there's really just no rhyme or reason to it. So I think you'll get your baby #2 from your frosties

 

[Springy]

Oh and I meant to add earlier...

Gracy, you really never know from the grading of the embies whether or not they will take. My doc has such strong feelings about that that he won't even check the grading of the embies at transfer. He says that the docs know for a fact that a "beautiful" embryo can fail to implant whereas an "ugly" or poorly graded one can implant and have a perfect healthy baby from it and there's really just no rhyme or reason to it. So I think you'll get your baby #2 from your frosties

My coworker did a SET with a perfect AA embryo BFN. On her FET cycle they put back 2 "ok" embryos and 1 "poor" embryo. She just gave birth to twins .... go figure! Don't judge the embryo solely based on the grading as there are many factors that contribute. Hang in there #2 will come from the frosties!!!

 

[Arimas]

Hi Ladies,

Hope everyone is doing well.....the only baby items i have at home are for the baby shower....I am gonna have a Winnie The Pooh theme and i went crazy last year when some items went on sale (cups, banners, toys etc) Other items such as clothes and furniture are not in the home yet, I think I will wait until my second trimester to start gathering things

 

[princess_1991]

Arimas - my in my head nursery is all Winnie the pooh themed, right down to a Winnie the pooh dimmer switch

I did my first injection tonight
Mixing was a bit fiddly but I barely felt it
One down, lord knows how many more to go
And one step closer too!
Im praying this works!!

Hope everyone's ok!

 

[HuskyMomWI]

Princess - Congrats on the first injection! Good to hear it wasn't as bad as you expected. It is amazing what we can do when we have to Good job!!

 

[princess_1991]

31 it's amazing what DH can do when he has to

 

[babydrms]

babydrms I totally agree. I wont be buying and telling until I am totally comfortable and sure. After ttc for 5+ years I have become so jaded and the possibility of seeing a BFP almost seems non existent, but everytime af was late I had I somehow told myself "oh its a miracle Im preg...only to be shattered when af came. But....it doesnt hurt to just look at baby stuff because they are just sooooo cute.

It is sooooo cute - me and DH have been eyeballing some monkey pajamas - they are actually for toddler age but I have this thing that I pretty much wear monkey socks everyday and especially to appointments, lol. They can only be Paul Frank monkey socks - I just love that little Julius! Anyways, there is a pajama set we saw when we were Christmas shopping and I wanted to buy them for our god daughter and he got really defensive and said that Julius was "our" thing. So I found men's pajamas and gave them to him for Christmas.

I've had names picked, I've mentally decorated my nursery and picked out cribs, decor etc, haven't actually brought anything yet, DH would flip a lid if I did, he'd say I was jinxing it, i kinda agree

I can't lie, I do have my names and DH knows them and I don't dare speak them aloud otherwise.

Anywhoo, scan went great (well as great as a vaginal ultrasound while bleeding can go! ) no cysts or anything like that, soooo I start stimming today
They've changed my meds slightly, they've upped my dose of merional and I take just merional for the first 3 days then I also have to add in a low dose of centrocide booked in for my follie scan on Monday and Thursday too!!

I'm really excited yet super nervous!

Glad to see everyone else's baselines went well! This week is defiantly all go!

Yayee for stimming today!

Just to clarify ... I haven't actually bought anything baby related, other than the designer maternity jeans .... I just know what I want to buy and I won't be actually buying any of it till I am through the first 20 weeks of pregnancy WHEN that does happen

Love the positivity and you have to post a pic of these jeans - so curious!!

Oh and I meant to add earlier...

Gracy, you really never know from the grading of the embies whether or not they will take. My doc has such strong feelings about that that he won't even check the grading of the embies at transfer. He says that the docs know for a fact that a "beautiful" embryo can fail to implant whereas an "ugly" or poorly graded one can implant and have a perfect healthy baby from it and there's really just no rhyme or reason to it. So I think you'll get your baby #2 from your frosties

My coworker did a SET with a perfect AA embryo BFN. On her FET cycle they put back 2 "ok" embryos and 1 "poor" embryo. She just gave birth to twins .... go figure! Don't judge the embryo solely based on the grading as there are many factors that contribute. Hang in there #2 will come from the frosties!!!

Soooo true - I delivered a baby not too long ago that was "older" than older his sibling because it was a frostie that had been given the shelf!!

I know our clinics big thing is if it is not dividing as planned - they will call us in for a day three trsnfer rather than 5...there is supposedly some reasearch to support this practice and positive outcomes...?

Arimas - my in my head nursery is all Winnie the pooh themed, right down to a Winnie the pooh dimmer switch

I did my first injection tonight
Mixing was a bit fiddly but I barely felt it
One down, lord knows how many more to go
And one step closer too!
Im praying this works!!

Hope everyone's ok!

Yayee

So we met another hurdle today...Apparently the Gonal has been denied by insurance, they are going to try and go around this, supposedly they will get back to me ASAP

Also, something is up with our consents - have to call office tomorrow am...hmmm

Kind of frustrating because I need those drugs to start stimming in less than a week!!! So glad too, because I keep waking in the middle of the night nauseated from the BCP...hopefully less than a week of those!

I didn't mean to be Debbi-downer with my comment about being superstitious but at this point my parents won't even mention kids anymore and DH's asked him if "we ever wanted children" over the holidays...Little did they know we were "supposed" to have a honeymoon baby that would be one of four-six children, sigh, the best laid plans - right?

 

[Mrs. Bear]

babydrms - it's ok to be down sometime, heaven knows we all have our moments, and I think we are all superstitious about what is ok and afraid we will jinx ourselves. I have no plans to buy anything big till well into 2nd tri. I don't know that I will even announce til I'm in the 16-20 week range. I hope they get your meds figured out soon. It always seems that as soon as you have all your ducks in row something pops up to spoil the party As far as TTC, my family knows but my mom still tends to change the subject when I talk about our IVF. I think people just don't know what to say so they just don't say anything. I hope your DHs parents bringing it up wasn't too upsetting

 

[HuskyMomWI]

babydrms - I know our pharmacy sends them next day delivery so try not to stress. A week should be more than enough time to get the meds - as soon as the dr/insurance straighten things out.

 

[princess_1991]

Babydrms sorry your insurance is being a PITA with drugs, best laid plans always go wrong, I've always wanted a big family, the way this is going we'll be lucky to get one!
We had all our cycle planned out and everything went wrong so this time round I don't even know the date of ec or et! I prefer it, that way I don't get ahead of myself and can concentrate on the here and now

Second injection tonight, hoping this one goes as smoothly as the last

 

[Springy]

Arimas - my in my head nursery is all Winnie the pooh themed, right down to a Winnie the pooh dimmer switch

I did my first injection tonight
Mixing was a bit fiddly but I barely felt it
One down, lord knows how many more to go
And one step closer too!
Im praying this works!!

Hope everyone's ok!

YAY for the first injection being done!!!! I remember when I did my first Gonal F injection for my IUI I was SO excited that I did it without a) passing out cold on the floor and b) doing it myself!!

I agree the mixing is fiddly - that's why I prefer the premixed prefilled pens where you just "dial" up the dose!!!!

31 it's amazing what DH can do when he has to

Oh princess .... you'll honestly have to try giving one to yourself, they are way easier than you think it will be, trust me, I'm the queen of the needle phobia club!!!

 

[Springy]

Just to clarify ... I haven't actually bought anything baby related, other than the designer maternity jeans .... I just know what I want to buy and I won't be actually buying any of it till I am through the first 20 weeks of pregnancy WHEN that does happen

Love the positivity and you have to post a pic of these jeans - so curious!!


Yayee

So we met another hurdle today...Apparently the Gonal has been denied by insurance, they are going to try and go around this, supposedly they will get back to me ASAP

Also, something is up with our consents - have to call office tomorrow am...hmmm

Kind of frustrating because I need those drugs to start stimming in less than a week!!! So glad too, because I keep waking in the middle of the night nauseated from the BCP...hopefully less than a week of those!

I didn't mean to be Debbi-downer with my comment about being superstitious but at this point my parents won't even mention kids anymore and DH's asked him if "we ever wanted children" over the holidays...Little did they know we were "supposed" to have a honeymoon baby that would be one of four-six children, sigh, the best laid plans - right?

You're allowed to be down sometimes - we ALL are! And as 31andTrying said most pharmacies can get you the drugs next day or within a few days so you should be ok! I also know most of the clinics carry the drugs so you would be able to just buy it from them to get started should your other stuff not show up on time.

As for the jeans ... these are them:
https://www.apeainthepod.com/Product.asp?product_Id=232570144&MasterCategory_Id=MC25

I bought them when we first started TTC as I was SO sure that it would work right away for us and I was in LA on business and they are cheaper in the USA than in Canada so I picked them up along with a black skirt to wear to work ... both are sitting in my closet nicely folded with the tags still on them .... 2+ years later!!!

 

[princess_1991]

Springy it's not so much that I can't do it (although I really don't want to) but if I had to I reckon I would but this way DH gets to have some involvement other then just Beating the bishop

 

[Springy]

Springy it's not so much that I can't do it (although I really don't want to) but if I had to I reckon I would but this way DH gets to have some involvement other then just Beating the bishop

that made me laugh REALLY hard!!! I have said to my husband on MANY MANY occasions "wow I go through tons of poking, proding, injecting and then the massive needle for collection you just get to play with yourself and leave it it a cup" and he just laughs and says "yep!"

 

[princess_1991]

I definately think we get the raw end of the deal!
Tbf tho if it works we get to feel our babys growing inside us and kicking out insides out so I reckon that makes up for it

 

[Springy]

I definately think we get the raw end of the deal!
Tbf tho if it works we get to feel our babys growing inside us and kicking out insides out so I reckon that makes up for it

I guess .... but nothing equates to pushing a watermelon out of a pin hole .... once again raw end of the deal!!!!

 

[princess_1991]

oo I forgot about that part! Funny how you over look the bad bits when you think about having a baby!
Agreed we get the short straw!

 

[KristyHart]

Hope you ladies are all keeping positive. I should start stimming any day now, just waiting for my cycle to start after a month of bcp so I can go for my scan and get my drugs

Cannot wait to get started again

xxx

 

[vesper21]

*Sigh* same here... waiting for the witch to show any day now, then I can get started. Waiting for it seems to be taking forever... I stopped provera on Sunday, so it's been 4 days now. In the past it's taken about a week after provera to arrive, but I'm getting impatient

Hope all of you are doing well..