January 2012 IVF

[Mrs. Bear]

Welcome Hoping and Gracy

Gracy - sorry your Dec cycle got cancelled. hope AF holds off a few days for you

 

[Springy]

Welcome Gracy and Hoping1986

I hope everyone has had an amazing Christmas, and our last without BFPs!!!! Mrs Bear I am so estatic that DH got home intime for Xmas

31 - totally didn't jinx yourself that is an awesome way to tell DH about a BFP.

 

[babydrms]

Merry Christmas everyone, I am soooo ready to start the new year. So I did get AF on friday for another perfect 28 day cycle - so things are on for u/s and bloodwork on tuesday and start bcp's. I hope the rest of this process goes smoothly...Just stinks to be so regular and still not be able to conceive on our own. Well, all things told it is probably better this way because I might not of been ovulating by the time we wanted to have another and I would never have had the chance to save some forsties for later...

So oddly, on a totally different note - I got a diagnosis of Rheumatoid Arthritis this week. I feel kind of numb to it a bit. I mean yes, my hands are hurting that is why I went to the doctor but all of the treatments I have read about are not compatable with pregnancy...my mom is freaking out a bit. Since she has no idea what we have been up to lately, I think she is a little confused by my lack of concern - I mean I feel like I am dealing with bigger issues right now than painful hands!! I just don't need to have anything more to stress about...

 

[Mrs. Bear]

Merry Christmas everyone, I am soooo ready to start the new year. So I did get AF on friday for another perfect 28 day cycle - so things are on for u/s and bloodwork on tuesday and start bcp's. I hope the rest of this process goes smoothly...Just stinks to be so regular and still not be able to conceive on our own. Well, all things told it is probably better this way because I might not of been ovulating by the time we wanted to have another and I would never have had the chance to save some forsties for later...

So oddly, on a totally different note - I got a diagnosis of Rheumatoid Arthritis this week. I feel kind of numb to it a bit. I mean yes, my hands are hurting that is why I went to the doctor but all of the treatments I have read about are not compatable with pregnancy...my mom is freaking out a bit. Since she has no idea what we have been up to lately, I think she is a little confused by my lack of concern - I mean I feel like I am dealing with bigger issues right now than painful hands!! I just don't need to have anything more to stress about...

A good friend of mine has RA and she just had her 2nd at age 35. I believe she is on remicaid (sp?). She comes off it when ttc and goes back on after having the baby. No breastfeeding on the meds of course. So while it can make pregnancy more complicated it is definitely still possible.

 

[Gracy 004]

babydrms, sorry to hear about your RA I can see why you are distracted from it though, IVF is an all consuming process i find But i wanted to say also that i too have a friend who is 40 and she has had RA since her late 20's and has it controlled with medication. She has 3 children, one 8 year old and very new twin boys only a few months old. All the kids were concieved after she knew about the RA so it is definately possible. But as Mrs Bear also said she had to come off the meds whilst ttc, not sure about breast feeding though. If your cycle is due to begin shortly maybe you wont start any meds until after?
Its late in the evening on boxing day here and AF is officially 2 days late! Can it hold off for 1 more???? please then im in with a January chance! Its strange for me to be late but i feel like its coming so badly, major cramping and bloating and im very grumpy Its gonna be a shocker when it comes but i dont care, just 24 more hours. I feel like i have willed it away haha

 

[tortoise]

Hi ladies
Can I join this thread? I've just started BCP and will begin injections from 5th Jan at Lister - EC estimated around 25th Jan. I'm 32 and have been TTC for two years with 4 MCs in that time. Hoping we all get a good start to 2012....
xx

 

[HuskyMomWI]

Hi ladies, I think I see a few familiar ppl from previous posts. After a rough year of iui, laps, miscarriage etc. finally I will be going forward with IVF January 2012. Luporon shot Jan 3...starting stims Jan 20...I CANT WAIT, not excited about paying $10,000+ tho

Welcome! The price of this stuff is CRAZY but it will be so worth it. Our total bill will end up being around 20K with the medication but the way we are looking at it is that we don't have a choice. If we don't go for it - we will forever regret it so we have to at least try.

Hi everyone! I am really hoping to do a FET in january as well. It was supposed to be in December actually but my cycle was cancelled by the clinic We are doing IVF for MFI and my FET cycle was supposed to be a natural non medicated cycle. Long story short i got really sick about a week before the transfer with something called hand foot and mouth disease! I'd never heard of it but it was supposed to be a mild illness that children usually get - not for me it was awful! So anyway now i am waiting for AF so that i can get the next cycle going. But my anxiety continues because the clinic is closed over xmas so the earliest i can get AF is the 28th dec or i will miss another month and will be delayed until FEB! ARRRGGGHHH. AF is actually due today (xmas day) but so far it hasnt arrived, just gotta be late for a couple more days - please please please stay away AF (not preg did do a sneaky test in the small hope of a natural bfp as that really would have been a nice xmas present) . Oh IVF , just spend every day waiting for things its such an emotional rollercoaster , cant believe i am doing this again

Yikes! Talk about stress! Welcome to the luck that is January I hope you have your FET this month!!! Let's do our best to overpopulate the world in October!

Hi ladies
Can I join this thread? I've just started BCP and will begin injections from 5th Jan at Lister - EC estimated around 25th Jan. I'm 32 and have been TTC for two years with 4 MCs in that time. Hoping we all get a good start to 2012....
xx

Welcome Starting the BCP makes it feel official!!!



On this end - I recieved an email from our pharmacy that has links to injection videos. I watched the one for follistim and lupron. I am SO glad I watched them. Those shots aren't going to be as big of a deal as I thought. My medication will be delivered in 2 days and we have our mock transfer and injection training on Friday. I go back on Tuesday for the first Ultrasound!! CRAZY! I may see if they can just do the ultrasound that day so we can stop the BCP and get started a few days earlier. I also started spotting today which is wierd. I know they said that you may spot on BCP but wasn't really expecting to. One more week of BCP!!!!

 

[babydrms]

Thanks for all the encouragment - honostly pregnancy in general is an anti-autoimmune state (because your body tries not to get rid of the other DNA present), so I guess I just figure I am going to be pregnant by the end of January and then I can worry about the RA after delivery. Some of the reading says you may not get a flare for up to two years. Really, this flare in my hands is really calming down, so thankful.

31andtrying - so glad you are feeling more confident about the injections. I obviously know how to give them (I am an RN) but I have no idea if I can give them to myself. Though, for as much as I want a little person - I don't think it is going to be a problem.

So, now I just have to have labs tomorrow and heres hoping for a large antral count!!!

 

[princess_1991]

Just another week girls can you believe it!
The suspense is killing me!
Just 4 more days untill I stop my BCP
Welcome tortoise
Babydrms sorry to hear about your RA
Hope everyone's well!

 

[tortoise]

Thanks for the welcome ladies! I need to confess to being fairly ignorant about the whole process. I think I come off BCP in the first week of Jan - what happens then? My prescription has gonorral or something on it. Plus I travel a lot with my job and am wondering whether I need to clear my travel schedule for January and make some excuse to work. Are the rest of you telling work about IVF?

Keeping it far from my mind has worked for me because I struggle with emotional stuff - don't want to think about it too much or I'll have to consider the possibility that it might not work and then where will be...

 

[princess_1991]

Tortoise after BCP I think the usual thing is to wait for af then the "gorronal" which I presume is gornal F but I could be wrong is your stimming drug, it varies what cycle day the docs start your stimming but sounds like you'll be starting soon
As for work DH is the worker in our relationship so I don't have the problem but I would advise your work that you will have to have time off but you can just tell them it's personal problems

 

[babydrms]

Just another week girls can you believe it!
The suspense is killing me!
Just 4 more days untill I stop my BCP
Welcome tortoise
Babydrms sorry to hear about your RA
Hope everyone's well!

Only four more days!! Wow, I can't wait until we are there! What drug are you stimming with? Are you stimming the day after you stop bcp?

Thanks for the welcome ladies! I need to confess to being fairly ignorant about the whole process. I think I come off BCP in the first week of Jan - what happens then? My prescription has gonorral or something on it. Plus I travel a lot with my job and am wondering whether I need to clear my travel schedule for January and make some excuse to work. Are the rest of you telling work about IVF?

Keeping it far from my mind has worked for me because I struggle with emotional stuff - don't want to think about it too much or I'll have to consider the possibility that it might not work and then where will be...

I am not currently telling my work about our treatment, I am going to keep them on a need to know basis. I only work three days a week though and it sounds like they can monitor me around that and then hopefully plan for retreivel on my days off, transfer as well.


As far as I go - I am so pumped I actually had an antral count of 13 this morning -woot! They told me I had six last month but who knows with the other clinic I was going too. So I am set to start bcp's this evening. Now if I can contain myself for about four more weeks...

 

[michelle01]

Can I join in too? I have my consult tomorrow and get all my meds delivered tomorrow as well. I am not sure what meds I will be on; for sure I know lupron, which I am supposed to start on Jan 2. I was supposed to start on the BCP, but since I am prone for migraines and was on migraine medication up until last week, they didn't want me on the pill. I am nervous, yet very excited to finally start!! I think they mentioned ER around 1/23, maybe sooner now that I am starting a couple days earlier since I didn't have to be on the pill.

I will post more after tomorrow's consult, since I should know more by then.

 

[constancev18]

I'd like to join too. ER is right around the corner~roughly 10 dys away. This is our 1st ivf so we're a little tense about everything. So far, so good though. Beginning menopur in a few dys.

Fx'd for everyone!

 

[Springy]

There are so many of you ladies all starting around the same time this thread will be popping out those BFPs before we know it!!!

 

[babydrms]

There are so many of you ladies all starting around the same time this thread will be popping out those BFPs before we know it!!!

Your only going to be a few weeks behind - I know right now four - six weeks feels like an eternity but when our chidlren are only 1-2 months apart it will be perfect!!

2012 is going to bring us all BFP's!

 

[Springy]

There are so many of you ladies all starting around the same time this thread will be popping out those BFPs before we know it!!!

Your only going to be a few weeks behind - I know right now four - six weeks feels like an eternity but when our chidlren are only 1-2 months apart it will be perfect!!

2012 is going to bring us all BFP's!

I agree once I am preggers it won't seem that far apart....but right now it's feeling like forever!! I don't think we will get started till April which is 12 weeks but that gives me lots of time to eat healthy, loose these last lingering 10 pounds and get back into a normal workout schedule

What did you decide to do about the RA? I know the company I work for sells one of the most widely used drugs for RA, however I dont think you can use it while pregnant. If you can hold off till after your bun is cooked then you could start with the treatment!

Did you have a good Xmas?

 

[Arimas]

Should we all start posting here if we are doing IVF in January? I usually post under Mrs. Bear's thread

 

[Springy]

Should we all start posting here if we are doing IVF in January? I usually post under Mrs. Bear's thread

I think they started this one for just IVF so go nuts posting in here are you starting again in January?

 

[Mrs. Bear]

Thanks for the welcome ladies! I need to confess to being fairly ignorant about the whole process. I think I come off BCP in the first week of Jan - what happens then? My prescription has gonorral or something on it. Plus I travel a lot with my job and am wondering whether I need to clear my travel schedule for January and make some excuse to work. Are the rest of you telling work about IVF?

Keeping it far from my mind has worked for me because I struggle with emotional stuff - don't want to think about it too much or I'll have to consider the possibility that it might not work and then where will be...

Welcome

Sounds like you are on gonal-f, unless there is another one out there with a similar name, which is possible. As far as travel, once you get started they will want to scan you and do bloodwork every couple days, if not every day. Then once you get to ER/ET you will definitely need time off. I haven't told my work what I am doing but my boss is flexible with scheduling. If you think it could be an issue with getting the time for your appointments it may be a good idea to give your supervisor a head up.

If you come off BCP the first week of January you will likely start stims 5-7 days later. If you figure 8-12 days of stims depending on how you respond you could be looking at egg retrieval during the 3rd or 4th week of January, depending on how your stims go.