January 2012 IVF

[princess_1991]

Me and husband are headed to hotel by the hospital! We live 2 hours away.. Then we are going for my last meal!! Sooo hungry!! Lil it seems I have not been sble to get full this last week of stims!! Anyone else feel this?

Ive been the opposite, normally I have a massive appetite, I'll clear my plate then finish off everyone else's
But when I was stimming I couldn't eat much at all, I just put it down to being so bloated, like literally I looked about 4/5 months pregnant

 

[babydrms]

My fab five have now become the fantastic four
We have embies!!
They also said their high grade
They wanna push for day 5 transfer so I'll be taking my pumpkin seeds home Saturday

So excited!!

Definatly gunna be a busy few weeks in here!!

Nice!! So if they are high grade, are going to put back one or two???

Got my fertilization report and we have 9 little embies

25 of the eggs were mature and we did a 50/50 split with ICSI. ICSI did much better for fertilization so that answers a big part of why we weren't pregnant yet. A full breakdown is in my journal.

They are planning for a 3 day transfer right now, so I go in at 10am on Friday to be reunited with my babies

Those are great numbers!!!! I didn't realize you were also splitting...good thing you had extra to spare!

AFM - I just got the call... Out of the 17 eggs collected, 13 were mature and 12 fertilised. We had to ICSI all of them because the outer shell of the eggs was a little tough... My RE told me that this isn't unsual for the number of eggs collected and for someone with PCOS.

At my clinic they do blast transfers if we have over 10 embryros. RE is going to ring me again on Friday to tell me if we go in that afternoon for d3t or Sunday for d5t.

Mrs. bear - just an FYI but to prevent me getting OHSS my clinic made me trigger with Lupron. It means I now have to wear Estrogen patches until OTD, but it definitely made me feel a lot better than if I had to trigger with HCG.

I start the progesterone bum injections tonight, can't wait

Wow, more great numbers...my clinic actually does ICSI for everyone. Also, I am going to trigger with Ovidrel (if I ever start ) - and I am going to wear estrogen patches Crazy

We had another scan today. We have 6 ranging from 12 to 20. Trigger tonight with retrieval on Friday. I have more in my journal. I cant believe we made it this far.

Good luck!

AFM - They are leaving me till Monday for my ER. As I have a few stragglers, they want to leave it longer with me stimming. This makes me feel that they wasted my 1st round as they collected 2 days after a scan where my biggest was 17. Now my biggest is 17 and they are leaving me another 3 days before I trigger I just cried ALOT today It looks like I am only goin g to have 2. I just hope more than 1 egg in each follie. So come home with another 3 cetrotides, 2 gonal f's, 2 ovitrelle and the antibiotics and pessaries ready for after retrieval. I just want to move on to the next step. But then I suppose its best to wait for a better chance.

Well, I think that there is just a lot of gray area - so try not to compare to last time. Keep your head up, I know it is all very overwhelming!

Me and husband are headed to hotel by the hospital! We live 2 hours away.. Then we are going for my last meal!! Sooo hungry!! Lil it seems I have not been sble to get full this last week of stims!! Anyone else feel this?

Ive been the opposite, normally I have a massive appetite, I'll clear my plate then finish off everyone else's
But when I was stimming I could eat much at all, I just put it down to being so bloated, like literally I looked about 4/5 months pregnant

I also have blown up like a blimp just from stress in past six months - I really hope my appetite doesn't increase like you all!!

Then again, who knows when I am even going to start. I should be triggering tomorrow and I haven't even begun to stim...well over a week off schedule. So defeated. It was so much easier to wait when I didn't have the meds and had a "start date" in my mind. Hopefully this is just great practice for the unpredicatable nature of being a parent. Ugh.

 

[princess_1991]

Babydrms we had a massive wait, we were suppose to start in June last year but because of one thing after another this is our first full cycle! You'll find when you do start tho it will fly by!

I'm just waiting for the clinic to call, I know typically the don't do 4 day transfers but if we've lost another one Today i'm going to ask them about it, I'm actually freaking out at the moment waiting for this bloody phone call

Babydrms were having two put back regardless of the grade, twins would be our dream scenario in all of this but I do have a gut feeling that if this works there will only be one

 

[aem118]

8 eggs retrieved!! Procedure was easy peezy!! Now I am about to tear up some breakfast!!!! Is 8 a god number?!

 

[HuskyMomWI]

8 eggs retrieved!! Procedure was easy peezy!! Now I am about to tear up some breakfast!!!! Is 8 a god number?!

Sooooo happy for you and glad it was easy. Go get some bacon!!!

 

[aem118]

Thank you!! Can't wait to hear how you do tomorrow!!

 

[constancev18]

Arimas & aem118, good luck today!

31, good luck tomorrow!

Mrs. Bear, congrats on 12 embies!

 

[schoolteacher]

8 is fab aem! Well done! Ru sore? X

 

[desperate4567]

Hi eveyone. I have started Gonal F stimulating med 1/16. With a possible ER on 1/28 to 1/30.

 

[Mrs. Bear]

aem - 8 is a great number! Glad it went easily for you.

constance - thanks! I have 9 though, vesper has 12 - both still awesome though

babydrms - one thing about IVF is it does you no good to plan because things can and will change with little notice. My DH wanted me to tell him when stuff would happen and it was so frustrating to get him to understand that you don't really know. Even once you start you only know a few dates for sure and the rest can change at any time. It is so hard to go with the flow though when you are so impatient

desperate - yay for starting stims

I'm feeling way better today. OHSS seems to be staying away for the most part so hoping transfer will go forward as planned. I feel like I am eating or drinking all the time with all the fluids and protein DH has me downing. He does a checklist each night to make sure I've been a 'good' patient

 

[Mrs. Bear]

I'm just waiting for the clinic to call, I know typically the don't do 4 day transfers but if we've lost another one Today i'm going to ask them about it, I'm actually freaking out at the moment waiting for this bloody phone call

I totally understand your fears. They aren't even looking at mine again til tomorrow morning and I have this fear that my call tomorrow will be that they didn't make it. I'm trying to decide if I will ask for a 3dt even if they want to go to blast... So scary

FX all 4 embies are doing great and all of your worry is for nothing

 

[aem118]

Not really sore at all.. Yet.. I stayed awake during entire procedure and watched and talked to them!!i was so nervous about this procedure but my dr made it painless and quick.. I am a little groggy now.. 4 hours after procedure..

 

[babydrms]

8 eggs retrieved!! Procedure was easy peezy!! Now I am about to tear up some breakfast!!!! Is 8 a god number?!

8 is a great number - can't believe you stayed awake the whole time!

Babydrms we had a massive wait, we were suppose to start in June last year but because of one thing after another this is our first full cycle! You'll find when you do start tho it will fly by!

I'm just waiting for the clinic to call, I know typically the don't do 4 day transfers but if we've lost another one Today i'm going to ask them about it, I'm actually freaking out at the moment waiting for this bloody phone call

Babydrms were having two put back regardless of the grade, twins would be our dream scenario in all of this but I do have a gut feeling that if this works there will only be one

Yayee for twins - fx'd! Forget the gut feelings - lately my gut is totally off!!

Hi eveyone. I have started Gonal F stimulating med 1/16. With a possible ER on 1/28 to 1/30.

Good luck!

I'm feeling way better today. OHSS seems to be staying away for the most part so hoping transfer will go forward as planned. I feel like I am eating or drinking all the time with all the fluids and protein DH has me downing. He does a checklist each night to make sure I've been a 'good' patient

Glad your feeling better. Hmm...didn't know we need a special diet...I will have to look more into it.

So, I got the call...Genetic test results are back - everything is normal. Baseline scan tomorrow and possibly starting meds on Sunday! Fx'd nothing else comes up!

 

[AMPCAT]

Hi everyone,
Have been following how you've all been doing, and sounds amazing. Lots of successful retrievals and developing embies. All good, and fingers crossed the outcome is the one we are all desperate for. This is such an emotional journey...
I am back for scan tomorrow to see how follies are growing and hopefully down for EC on Monday (that's the plan!), but not feeling as confident after they had to increase my dose).
I am so bloated and my boobs are really sore, I'm ready to stop injecting, I feel really sorry for diabetics.
Good luck to everyone xxxxxxxxxx

 

[Traskey]

Wow, super busy in here at the minute. It's all looking good

I can't remember who asked but my transfer went ahead with OHSS after collection and so did another lady that did ICSI with me. Ok, mine didn't work (but the clinic were adamant it was not down to the ohss) and the other lady's did so it's not a worry (other than you feeling awful).

Scan tomorrow for me to determine trigger day and egg collection next week

 

[Mrs. Bear]

I'm feeling way better today. OHSS seems to be staying away for the most part so hoping transfer will go forward as planned. I feel like I am eating or drinking all the time with all the fluids and protein DH has me downing. He does a checklist each night to make sure I've been a 'good' patient

Glad your feeling better. Hmm...didn't know we need a special diet...I will have to look more into it.

So, I got the call...Genetic test results are back - everything is normal. Baseline scan tomorrow and possibly starting meds on Sunday! Fx'd nothing else comes up!

The diet is mainly because I am at high risk to develop OHSS, which leads to dehydration, so the fluids and high protein are supposed to help with that. Glad to hear the tests came back fine and you get to start soon.

Trask - thanks for the info about the successful transfer even with OHSS

Good luck for all the scans tomorrow ladies

31 - sending you lots of dust for retrieval

Arimas - How did retrieval go?

As for me - unless they reschedule I should be PUPO by 11am ET

 

[princess_1991]

Oops forgot to update this morning
We still have 4 embies going strong and dividing as they should be
We will hopefully be PUPO with twins at 12 o'clock on Saturday

Mrs bear good luck for et tomorrow!
Good luck to all dr'ing, stimming, triggering and doing er!

 

[Mrs. Bear]

Great news princess! I'm sure that is a load off your mind. If they keep going you may end up with two frosties too Good luck for Saturday if I'm not back on before then. I think you are 5 hours ahead of me so you will be PUPO before I even wake up on Saturday (except for the trips to the loo every 2 hours )

 

[princess_1991]

Unfortunately we haven't got enough spare cash lately to be able to freeze any
I can't work out time diffrences to save my life and sorry if I'm early but congratulations on being PUPO

 

[Mrs. Bear]

No transfer today for me after all, they pushed it back to Sunday so we will have a 5 day transfer. As of right now all 9 embies are still going strong. 5 8-cell (1A,4B), 1 6-cell B, 2 5-cell B and a 3-cell B. They doubt the 3-cell will make it but that still leaves 8 embies in the game. They are going to call me later with the exact time for Sunday, but she said it will probably be around 10 or 1030.