January 2012 IVF

31...Its all going to be worth all those stings and burns ;) haha!!

Princess! Good luck with your scan!

Hippie! Welcome.. baby dust!
 
schoolteacher - fingers crossed that AF shows up soon for you. It doesn't make it any easier when your body doesn't do what you want it to!

Constance - ER on Tuesday! It will be here before you know it. Have they been giving you updates on your follicle counts?

Princess - Good luck tomorrow. It will be exciting to see what is cooking in there.

Update for today - MENOPUR BURNS! Holy cow! That stuff is zero fun.

I am going to have Menopur too - my nurse warned me it burned but atleast she told me how to mix it with the Gonal...

Hello, mind if I join you on here? I've just started my 1st IVF and will be having ICSI due to DH having azoospermia. I'm on lomg protocol and started down regging last week, injecting Buserelin (0.25) I am due back to the clinic on the 17th for tests after which I will be told when to start stimming. My stims will be Gonal-F (225). I'm lookin at retrieval/ transfer at the end of January or very early February.
I'm in the UK and get 2 cycles on the NHS which is great as it means I don't have to pay, but on the other hand I don't get to make decisions on what drugs etc. Good to be able to share experiences though and to read about what other people are doing, makes you feel less alone. And of course the bottom line is wouldn't it be great to be bump buddies?
Lots of :dust: to all xx

Welcome and Yayee to bump buddies!
 
Hello Again,
Thanks for the welcomes and advice. Its been ages since I posted because our guinea pig had to go into hospital then had to be put down then my car went kaput and is still in the garage being repaired (£1700 bill boo hiss). All in all a crap start to 2012 and I'm really hoping things improve significantly with a successful IVF!

I've started the pill- so weird after being off it for over two years.

Next Monday I have to go to a class to learn to inject myself and pick up my drugs.

I have told my immediate boss at work and he is very understanding. So far haven't told the rest of my team but might do if I become too moody.

The clinic have also recommended testosterone gel for twenty days so I'm sure I'm going to be mega moody! (worried about growing a beard as well!:haha:

Glad to see things progressing well for everyone, good luck with everything coming up

xxx
 
schoolteacher - fingers crossed that AF shows up soon for you. It doesn't make it any easier when your body doesn't do what you want it to!

Constance - ER on Tuesday! It will be here before you know it. Have they been giving you updates on your follicle counts?

Princess - Good luck tomorrow. It will be exciting to see what is cooking in there.

Update for today - MENOPUR BURNS! Holy cow! That stuff is zero fun.

Toward the end my Menopur shots burned too but the first few dys were fine. I wonder what that means. :) Each side had one larger follicle and 4-5 smaller ones. Off to research how much they (can) grow per day...

Update: looks like they can grow 2mm.
 
Hello Ladies,

How is everyone doing? I am doing fine, just having a bad headache since starting Follistim.

I start Menopur and Ganirelix on Wednesday, are ya'll injecting in the stomach or thigh for those?

My RE told me to do in stomach for more absorbtion. What do ya'll think?
 
Hello Ladies,

How is everyone doing? I am doing fine, just having a bad headache since starting Follistim.

I start Menopur and Ganirelix on Wednesday, are ya'll injecting in the stomach or thigh for those?

My RE told me to do in stomach for more absorbtion. What do ya'll think?

It seems like there is so much variation every step of the way. :winkwink:My RE told me to inject in the Menopur in the upper right & left quadrant of my butt.
 
Hi All

Day 3 of stims for me, finally got started on Sat. Had my first cycle b/w today... just waiting for tonight's instructions. Menopur definitely stings a little, I'm really hoping I can stop it soon :growlmad:

Arimas - I started on follistim and menopur on the same day (Saturday) and I do one on either side of my stomach. I find stomach easier as there's so much flesh there :haha:

I've also been getting severe migraines, and thought it was because I'm doing follistim and menopur combo... But having acu about 2-3 times a week so I'm hoping that will help subside them.
 
I haven't been giving any instructions on Ganirilex yet but if they will let me do stomach I will do it there. I prefer there because it is easier and I find for me it hurts less after. I doubt it matters but I also like the stomach because I figure it is 'closer' to the ovaries so it has to work better right? :winkwink:
 
Each side had one larger follicle and 4-5 smaller ones. Off to research how much they (can) grow per day...

Update: looks like they can grow 2mm.

I think anything over 14 at retreival can have a viable egg so I would think the smaller ones could catch up. Did they give you any idea on size for the smaller ones?
 
Thanks ladies :hugs:

I will be doing all three (Follistim, Ganirelix, and Menopur) on Wednesday-Sunday so I just wanted to make sure that i dont poke up my stomach if I didnt have to.

But that makes me more assured that if I do all three in the stomach its gonna be better.

My head has been so foggy and just not feeling good but just another week of injections. :wacko:
 
Each side had one larger follicle and 4-5 smaller ones. Off to research how much they (can) grow per day...

Update: looks like they can grow 2mm.

I think anything over 14 at retreival can have a viable egg so I would think the smaller ones could catch up. Did they give you any idea on size for the smaller ones?

DH remembers the RE mentioning some 14mm follicles. We'll see tomorrow. eek!
 
Hello ladies!
I will be starting bcp tomorrow...this is my first IVF and i'm super excited, but nervous too!
Good luck to everyone
 
Good Luck for tomorrow constance :dust:

Welcome Sarah :hi:


As for me - shot #3 is complete, step down from 300 to 225 tomorrow. Still two more days before my first scan. Hope everyone else is doing well.
 
I have a question. It seems like everyone is taking birth control pills prior to stims...why is that?
 
I have a question. It seems like everyone is taking birth control pills prior to stims...why is that?

It just depends on the protocol. Quite a few of us seem to be on short protocol this month where you take BCP and then go straight to stims instead of down regging with something like Lupron.
 
Hi ladies! Mind if I join I in? I am currently going through first ivf with long lupron protocol, follistim and menopur. My history is 6 RPL with several immune issues..
Anyways, will go in for first scan Thursday to see follies!
Just looking forward to sharing this journey with others who ACTUALLY understand!
Hope I can be of any support for you all also!
 
I have a question. It seems like everyone is taking birth control pills prior to stims...why is that?

Hi Hoping - BCP isn't a necessity for IVF. When I was going to do IVF with my old clinic they were not putting me on BCP. Was just going straight from AF to stim meds.
 
Good luck with your scan tomorrow, Sarah.

Mrs. Bear, I admire your savior faire. This is all so new to me that I'm surprised every step of the way.

Hoping, I did the Lupron (no bcps) like Mrs. Bear mentions.

Welcome, aems!
 
:hi: ladies

im dead sorry but im just copying and pasting this from my journal because im rather busy today

but heres my update from the scan :thumbup:

sorry i didnt post last night, once i got back dh took me for a meal to say sorry for not being there

scan went well (i think )
the doctor didnt tell me much, she said she didnt wanna tell me how many follies there were because its not gunna make a difference this early i still would have liked to have known!

but what she did say was that my lining has thickened which she was pleased about
i was being nosey tho
on the scan i saw, on the right there was maybe 2 big follies and about 3 smaller ones, then on the left maybe 4 smaller ones but couldnt say 100% because she kept moving the scan

i also heard her on the phone and she said theres one big one thats about 16mm and all the others are about 8-10mm, they said they may let the bigger one go and concentrate one the smaller ones, shes also lowered my meds so i dont ''go too quickly''

ive got another scan on thursday and will find out then how many and what size follies ive got and when they want to trigger me

last nights injection was awkward, we had to do it in the disabled toilets of the restaurant, in a bit of a rush because food was coming and dh messed up abit, he put the one in forgetting to get rid of the air bubble and had to take it backout and do it again! so last night i had 3 jabs for the price of two its getting a bit dodgy now, i think im getting bloated and im definately super bruised which is making the actual injecting a pain to do and im running out of places to do them!

hope everyones well :hugs:
 

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