June/July IVF/FET buddies! :)

[Flannelsheets]

Yes! These people know what they're doing! And your success is their success. They want you to conceive so that they can show good success rates to their future patients.

Ugh -- had a terrible experience last night with progesterone in oil injection (my first one of that med.). I could feel it going in to my muscle, and it was really painful. I could barely get through the whole shot without fainting. (Had to fall on the floor afterwards!) The area still hurts this morning. Called my nurse. We'll see what she says. I'm NOT looking forward to doing this every night for the next 2.5 weeks!!!

rant rant rant... hope everyone else is doing well!

 

[River54]

hey ladies - had my follie check this morning, have a couple ready to go and a few more within range - 5 in total. They want me to trigger tonight, with retrieval on Saturday. Going to do Standard IVF this time instead of half IVF and half ICSI. Since the standard IVF gave better results last time.
I just need one good one! FX!

 

[River54]

oh yeah - my antagonist burned as well - gave me an itchy lump that went away after a few hours

 

[lanet]

Flannel that sounds awful! Maybe I will ask about suppositories....
River congrats on trigger! Did you have problems with icsi?

 

[River54]

yeah, they got 8 eggs last time, 7 mature. They split them 4 IVF and 3 ICSI. 4 fertilized, 3 from IVF and 1 from ICSI. They transferred the 2 best grade on day 3 which came from the IVF bunch. The others did not make it to day 5 with a high enough grade to freeze. So, in that very small sample, ICSI didn't work so well for us, and IVF gave better results.
So, this time we'll do all IVF, since there doesn't seem to be a problem with the sperm fertilizing that way. - The plan that we are on with our clinic doesn't charge extra for ICSI, so we can make the decision based on what seems better versus $.

In some ways I am disappointed that my body will only produce a few eggs with max doses, but in other ways, I hope they are all of top quality.

 

[lilyrose13]

Hi ladies! New to thread and hoping to start 1st IVF with FET and ER and ET around July the 4th! Wish you and me all the luck in the world!! Will be dropping by periodically to see how you are all doing!

 

[lanet]

River do you know what your amh is?
Hi lily!

 

[jsquared]

Flannelsheets--oh no! Did you hear back from the nurse? How awful. Maybe the next one won't be so bad? Here's hoping!

River--exciting! Sound like you know what will work for you, and having that knowledge is invaluable. Wishing you luck with the upcoming retrieval!

Lily--welcome! July 4th will be here before you know it!

 

[haleiwamama]

Yes! These people know what they're doing! And your success is their success. They want you to conceive so that they can show good success rates to their future patients.

Ugh -- had a terrible experience last night with progesterone in oil injection (my first one of that med.). I could feel it going in to my muscle, and it was really painful. I could barely get through the whole shot without fainting. (Had to fall on the floor afterwards!) The area still hurts this morning. Called my nurse. We'll see what she says. I'm NOT looking forward to doing this every night for the next 2.5 weeks!!!

rant rant rant... hope everyone else is doing well!

Oh no!! Doctor wanred me about this... I'll be taking progesterone injections too because he said they're bettern than the suppositories and that most women choosse it because it increases the success rate... he did mention it was going to be painful... but now you got me scared!! LOL

Lilly, welcome aboard! xox

 

[River54]

lanet - no, they just told me that everything is normal and still unexplained. When I had the last IUI, it got cancelled because I had 5 follies (med doses of gonal f), so when we started IVF right after that, they expected I'd have a better response.
He hasn't mentioned me having a low reserve at all, and he is the type to actually say something and be blunt if he knows.

 

[lanet]

Ok I was just curious. You had a great response to iui anyway so maybe this is just a fluke. I was the opposite, I only had 1 follie at both iuis, one with clomid, 1 with injections, so I expected to respond poorly to ivf meds but didn't.

 

[River54]

yeah, I dunno - the first IVF after the IUI, I got 7 mature eggs, and even then, they almost cancelled the cycle because they only saw a few follies at day 5. More picked up later, so they went ahead...but no frozen, and bfn. That was probably the most disheartening cycle after cancelled an IUI because of too many, to get almost cancelled because of too few for IVF, and with higher dosages...
It is just so weird...

And that was when the blunt guy said - that was their gold star protocol...and I didn't do well on...so he said they'd try something else. He has a hunch it was a quality issue, but didn't know for sure.

So, I know now not to expect too many from my body. But I am hoping with the supplements he got me to take, that quality will be much improved.

I have a good feeling about this cycle. Things are all looking pretty good, my stress load is alot less, lining was looking good at 11mm today, even OH was on the ball with when transfer would be etc.

 

[islandnyc]

River- Good luck on Saturday! Can't wait for an update

Lily- thanks for dropping in July 4th will be here in a blink.

For everyone discussing the progesterone shots. I thought the first went so smooth. I was actually wondering what all the fuss was about. Last night kicked my butt (literally). I am switching sides tonight. What a pain in the ___. Okay enough with the puns lol. It really hurts though. :/

I talked with my Doctor. He said that in reality what we are doing tomorrow would actually be a four day transfer since we fertilized Tuesday mid day. He explained that because we want to freeze, use ICSI and implant 3 embryo's, that our best chances at cryopreserving quality embryos is to preserve tomm. He also gave me the option of extending the transfer to sat mid day but that he was closely monitoring my batch and all seems to be progressing well. He is a believer that the sooner I allow them to return to their " natural environment" the better. I'm not going to push the transfer. I'm going to go in tomm and think positive positive positive!!!

 

[lanet]

River and island I think that all sounds very positive and like things are going great! Good luck to you both!

 

[Disturbia]

Hey, ladies...I'm back.
Happy to hear that all doing well with your treatment and sorry the shot sting, flannel. I thought suppositories are troublesome, now I'm glad my clinic does not offer me shots.
I just had MRI done--no hydrosalphinx on the tubes, great relief.
Endo scratch done--womb is good too.
So why last time did not work? Nobody knows!
Nothing wrong is a great news but nothing to fix.
Scheduled for next fet on july 10

 

[Flannelsheets]

Yay, Disturbia! Nothing wrong & nothing to fix is a very familiar story to me... I just keep telling myself that we haven't found the right embryo yet. I hope that's the case for both of us! And that the right one shows itself VERY SOON!

River, good luck tomorrow!!! And island, too!

The good news is that my progesterone shot went muuuuch better last night. The nurse suggested doing it in the upper part of my butt (I'd been doing it in the thigh, which apparently is always worse with this med.). I iced it beforehand and put a hot washcloth on it afterwards, and it was a lot better. I had my husband do my shot because it's an awkward angle. What a relief. My thigh still hurts for two days ago, but my butt's fine. The nurse said the progesterone in oil is just much more difficult for the muscles to absorb, and it needs heat (and it helps to use the muscles more, like run/walk everyday). Good incentive to exercise more, I suppose..

Good luck, everyone!

 

[jsquared]

Flannelsheets--so glad to hear your shot went better the second time around--what a relief!

Island--hope today went well for you!!

River--good luck tomorrow! Fingers crossed for some great eggs!

Today was my third scan since starting stims (last night was night 7 of injections). The ultrasound found 14 follies on the left and 7 on the right (what up, right side??), most measuring 14-19mm. They want me to stim for two more nights and trigger on Sunday. ER will be Tuesday morning. No more scans between now and then, I guess because I am triggering on Sunday. Just can't believe there are no more checks! But I know they know what they're doing and I think things look good. My estrogen was 1701 today; wonder what it will be by ER?

I am nervous/impatient/excited. For starters.

 

[lanet]

Jsquared that sounds awesome!
Disturbia I've heard good things about the scratch, maybe it will be just what you need.
I'm upset today because the total for my fet meds is $700, and i have to pay it two more times to continue the patches and shots if pregnant. I just paid for a fresh cycle last month! I wasn't expecting this. So my dr switched me from patches to im injections for both estrogen and progesterone to save money. Somebody else on here is doing that right? I don't want to do shots or pay a fortune. I've been very positive and patient but I keep getting thrown an obstacle. I just want to cry today. Why couldn't I have just had a fresh transfer and avoided all this. I'm sorry, just need to vent. And know that the estrogen injections will be ok?

 

[River54]

Hey ladies, retrieval went well this morning. They got 8 eggs though probably a couple are immature, but we'll know by tomorrow how many did actually fertilize

 

[jsquared]

River, that's fantastic!! 8 is a great number! Fingers crossed for your fertilization report tomorrow! How do you feel? Were you asleep for the procedure?