January 2012 IVF

[constancev18]

Constance, hearing about the woman who triggered too soon is just crazy. I guess if the clinic said it's the first time they'd heard of it, it must be a very rare thing. No point anyone getting paranoid over it!
I'm lucky my clinic is 20 mins from my house but I'll probably still go in half an hour or so early! I've been told I will get sedation for the retrieval so not too worried about it. Very brave of you to not take anything for the pain though

The NP said everyone at the clinic was upset--1st time it happened in their 17 yrs. I was under mild sedation (I could hear everything but was out) but I could feel the pain of that vacuum-like instrument. Ouch!! Hopefully it will go smoother for everyone else.

 

[princess_1991]

girls
Typical I'm on my phone and can't remember what everyone has said, but...

Babydrms - I had the same problem, DH had an op in November and I was worried about the meds he was on affecting his sperm but the docs said everything they've given him won't affect it so maybe it's just worth asking

St good luck for scan tomorro, I hope you get answers!

Hope everyone else is ok!

Afm - scan tomorrow, they better tell me how many follies I have or else

 

[Mrs. Bear]

Uh oh - they better tell you or they will have an angry princess on their hands!

Just did shot #5 and I have my first scan tomorrow too. Already feeling discomfort in the ovaries so hoping for some good follies

 

[princess_1991]

Yay good luck mrs bear!

Yep theyll have one angry princess they won't like me when I'm angry

 

[HuskyMomWI]

Yeah for scans tomorrow!!! Good luck ladies! I'll be thinking about you.

 

[aem118]

My first scan is tomorrow also!! So excited to have others on the same journey at the same time!!
I am on the long lupron protocol! My stim meds are follistim and menopur..
Which protocol are you ladies in?

 

[Mrs. Bear]

Yay for lots of scans! I am short protocol so went straight from BCP in December to stims starting 1/7. I am on Gonal-F and should start Ganirilex soon.

 

[Hoping1986]

Still waiting around to start stims on January 20...but reading and wishing the best for you ladies! I am struggling through AF and Im hoping this is the last time I see it for a while. I told my husband today "I cant wait to start" he says "You cant wait to start sticking yourself everyday?" YESSS

 

[schoolteacher]

Lol to the above! I can't wait to start either!

Good luck for all the scans today and tommorrow! X

 

[HuskyMomWI]

My first scan is tomorrow also!! So excited to have others on the same journey at the same time!!
I am on the long lupron protocol! My stim meds are follistim and menopur..
Which protocol are you ladies in?

I'm on the "shoot yourself up with anything and everything from the chemical lab" protocol. I am on the microflare lupron protocol so I take lupron + Menopur in the morning and lupron + follistim at night. All in all - doing the shots isn't nearly as bad as I expected.

 

[Mrs. Bear]

Guys just don't understand how satisfying jabbing yourself with needles can be for us

Just back from the scan and she said there were probably 15 or so on each side (gotta love PCOS). She only measured around 12 that I saw so I'm guessing the rest are smaller or she just couldn't get a good angle on them. But I'll take 12 good ones The lead was around 16 and the rest looked to be in the 10-14 range. This is all from me watching the measurements pop up on the screen as she went so not an official count of course. Now just waiting to hear back from the nurse once they review everything and get my blood results back.

Yay for passing hurdle #2!

 

[vesper21]

Guys just don't understand how satisfying jabbing yourself with needles can be for us

Just back from the scan and she said there were probably 15 or so on each side (gotta love PCOS). She only measured around 12 that I saw so I'm guessing the rest are smaller or she just couldn't get a good angle on them. But I'll take 12 good ones The lead was around 16 and the rest looked to be in the 10-14 range. This is all from me watching the measurements pop up on the screen as she went so not an official count of course. Now just waiting to hear back from the nurse once they review everything and get my blood results back.

Yay for passing hurdle #2!

Mrs Bear - we seem to be on the same schedule! I also had an u/s today but the dr who scanned me was so dismissive (I had to ask him v. specific questions and he answered as though I wouldn't understand! ). Are you taking Menopur too? And what dose of Gonal F are you on? I'm really begrudging taking menopur as I've heard it's not good for PCOSers

I have around 40 follies altogether (also PCOS), but there were only a few lead ones at around 11mm.... still got a way to go. But lining is coming along - 8.7mm. Not holding out for many eggs though. Even though there's so many follies I only ever produce a handful

He said I probably have around 5 more days before trigger. I feel this cycle is really dragging compared to the last one.

 

[Mrs. Bear]

I'm on Gonal-F. I started at 300IU for 3 days then 225IU for 2 days. I will find out this afternoon what meds to do next. I was a little surprised to see so many because I did an injectible IUI cycle with 150IU of Gonal-F and only got 2 follies. I don't know anything about Menopur, my RE has only had me use Gonal-F.

I'm going with the 2/3 rule in my head. If I figure that 2/3 of the follies are eggs, 2/3 of the eggs are mature, 2/3 of those fertilize... etc. That way I don't have any super high expectations. I know with PCOS a good number probably aren't going to have good eggs.

The Drs don't do the scans at my clinic unless it is over a weekend or holiday so I usually have one or the other of the ultrasound techs and they are both good about explaining and if they don't I always ask questions. Of course I've had so many scans at this point I'm getting pretty good at estimating the follie size by what I see on the screen

 

[constancev18]

Great follicle numbers, Vesper and Mrs. Bear!

 

[aem118]

Hi ladies! Wow y'all had waaaay more than me!! I had 6 10 mm follicles on each side.. My lining is 7.5.. go back until Monday to determine when trigger shot will be given.. Should I be concerned that I don't have as many follicles?

 

[schoolteacher]

Good news vesper and mrs bear! Don't be concerned aem, they as I do have pcos, which produces lots of follies but as mrs bear said they won't always be big enough or good enough! Yours sound fine, good lining measurement too! I had 30ish follies last cycle but got 18 eggs due to pcos.
Will update properly when home everyone! X

 

[Traskey]

Aem, 6 on each side is great! Don't worry.

Princess, any news yet on your scan.

ST, hope your scan went well today and you have some answers.

My clinic does hardly any scans, one one day 9 and that's it!

 

[Arimas]

Hello Ladies!

Looks like we are all getting poked around this week I did Menopur and Ganirelix last night along with Follistim and wasnt as bad as I was thinking. The mixing of Menopur and the burning from it was awful but just gotta suck it up and get sticked I have to take two of the powder vials and 1 cc of saline and that was tricky getting the solution in and out of the vials.

Looks like everyone has a good number of follies

Has anyone had bad side effects? I have just had headaches and sometimes heart palpitations And i have had the weirdest dreams and all i want is to just have a good night of sleep

 

[Mrs. Bear]

aem - schoolteacher is right, our numbers go high due to the PCOS. 6 on each side is awesome! The success charts I've seen show the best results in the 10-12 range but we've had ladies on BnB with half that many end up with twins so you are doing great

Arimas - I haven't had headaches but have had an awful time getting to sleep the last few nights. DH calls it the 'crazy legs' - pretty much no matter what I do I can't get comfortable and my legs from the knees down feel all twitchy. Don't know if it is the meds or what I know some of the meds do cause headaches so that is probably what you are getting them from.


As for me - Talked to the nurse and she said both my scans and blood tests looked great - right on track I am supposed to stay at 225 tonight and tomorrow and start adding the Ganirilex tonight. I go back in first thing Saturday for my next scan and blood draw (hurdle #3).

 

[smileypants]

Hi ladies,

Hope you are all doing ok on treatment, I start stimulation phase tomorrow with gonal f injections. This is my first cycle so am very scared and unsure what to expect. Any words of encouragement or insight would be greatly appreciated as am feeling a bit apprehensive. X x x