June/July IVF/FET buddies! :)

[River54]

No, our clinic does conscious sedation, so I am awake, I am just out of it. Oh said I kept forgetting stuff this morning. I can't drive for 24hrs since I am legally impaired.
He has been a sweetie all day and pampering me. I am much more with it now then this morning. I fell asleep this afternoon for a nap, much needed it seems.
I can't wait to hear how the eggs did.

 

[Flannelsheets]

Yay, River! FX for some awesome fertilization results! All you need is one lucky little blob!

Sorry to hear about the cost of your shots, lanet. That's really frustrating. There are kicks in the gut at so many turns of this process. I know I said the IM shots made me almost faint, but now that we've figured out a good routine and followed the nurse's more specific directions (why weren't we given those in advance??), it's not so bad. Ice your upper butt beforehand for 2-3 mins and massage and apply heat afterwards. I do the estrogen in my thigh with no problems, but, my god, do not put the progesterone there.
You can do it! You've come this far, and anyone who has come this far is super tough and determined, despite all the many times we feel the opposite.

Transfer's tomorrow at 1 p.m. Yay!
xo

 

[River54]

Yay flannel for your fet, hope it goes very smoothly!

Got the call,7 out of 8 eggs fertilized!! Soo happy

 

[islandnyc]

lanet - Those unexpected expenses are the worst. My center has a way of throwing curveballs like that too. It always makes me cry. I'm sorry. You'll get through this and in the end it will all have been worth it.

Jsquared- Did you trigger last night?

River- 7 out of 8!! Awesome news!!

Flannel- Best of luck with your transfer today.

This 2ww is so frustrating. I'm agonizing over every twinge. My two year old is still climbing on me like a jungle gym and I keep having to pick him up to put him in the car seat or get him out of the tub. Its so stressful. I just keep going from one extreme to another. One second I'm convinced it's happening down there next second I'm convinced it's failed. I'm losing it. I'm at work and everyone is chatting about they're weekends without a care in the world meanwhile I can barely sit in my seat due to black and blue butt cheeks

I just want to scream DO ANY OF YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT I'M GOING THROUGH!! ENOUGH ABOUT YOU WHAT ABOUT MEEEEEEEE!!

Selfish I know

I'm going to start testing on Friday morning. It's the only way I think I'll get through to next Friday.

They transferred 3, 8 cell, grade A embies on Friday so hopefully they have a fighting chance. If my body cooperates.

I will get a call today which will let me know how many they were able to freeze.

 

[Flannelsheets]

Very exciting, River! 7/8 is fantastic! The eggs must have been excellent quality. Will you do a blast transfer?

Island, hang in there! (And you're not selfish!) Take it day by day. I'll be in that crazy wait with you in a few hours...

FX that you get some great frosties!

 

[lanet]

River that's an awesome fertilization report!
Flannel I feel better knowing that your nurse didn't give you much instructions first either, I was like, hello, I'm a hair stylist, I know nothing about im injections!!!
I'm frustrated too because my nurse forgot to order meds until I reminded her at the last minute, then today I had to remind her to retest my tsh, and show me how to do the injections. Last month they were so on top of everything but I feel like bc this is a fet, it's not priority. I know they get busy but geez. Hopefully the dr and lab are on top of things, I guess that's what matters
Island I can't imagine how stressful the 2ww will be, but exciting too!!!

 

[jsquared]

Island, that sounds like a perfectly reasonable thing to say Hoping for an early BFP for you to put your mind at ease!

I triggered last night, at precisely 9:15 per dr's instruction. Ready for retrieval in the morning!

 

[River54]

oh my! 7 are still going today all average or higher grade. We go in tomorrow, and go over the report of them, with possible transfer

 

[jsquared]

River, that's wonderful! Here's hoping they just keep going!

 

[Disturbia]

Exciting River! Are you gonna do 3 day transfer?
Good luck to you Jsquared! Hope you get many eggs.
I know Lanet, my doctor just changed meds for next month transfer meanwhile I still have 1 week supply from last time. Not to mention MRI and endo scratch cost me as much as embryo transfer *sigh* Hope this endo scratch give me BFP!
How are you doing Flannel? Is shot okay now?

 

[River54]

probably 3 day transfer. The clinic gets you to come in prepared for a transfer regardless, then they'll see how the embies are, and their recommendations. From there, we can transfer, or gamble and wait til day 5.
We've never gotten the choice before (only 3 embies last time)- so this is new territory

 

[islandnyc]

Flannel- I hope that everything went well today. Welcome aboard the crazy train.

Everyone else will be boarding soon too. I'm excited

 

[Tiffanyellow]

Hi Everyone!

Can I join this thread? I'm currently on day 11 of stims. After this morning's scan, I have 11 follicles between 15mm and 19mm and I have 9 follicles measuring at 12mm. I'll be stimming one more day and triggering tomorrow!

Flannel - Goodluck on your transfer today!!!

Islandnyc - I see you're already in your tww! Hows it going fo you?!

Jsquared - Ahh! Good luck on your retrieval in the morning Keep us updated on the results!

River - 7 out of 8?! That's a great number!! Have you decided how many you're going to put back?

 

[Flannelsheets]

Welcome, Tiffany! Sounds like you'll have tons of eggs. That's great! Good luck with the trigger!

Transfer went well. They said our blast defrosted well, lining looked good. I think we both found it a little sad to be doing it again. My husband asked the doc to tell us what we can do in the next few days/weeks to make it work. She sat down and had a nice chat with us to reiterate that we've already done what we can, and now it's up to the embryo. She said given our age, and the fact that we made good blasts, we will get pregnant. One of our blasts will work. It was so comforting. DH burst into tears when she left the room, though. It's funny how we have different times when we get upset. Makes it easier for us to comfort each other. :/

Good luck, jsquared!!

When do you transfer, River?

 

[lanet]

Hi Tiffany, that's a good number!
Flannel that had to be great to hear the dr say that. And it's the same with my dh and I, we switch places being strong or upset. (I get to be upset the most lol) fingers crossed for you! Will you test early? When is beta?
I just did my first estrogen injection and it was so easy!!! It was easier than the tummy ones, although hubs and I were so scared doing it that I was shaking afterwards. Did you have any side effects? If they were scary, don't tell me lol. Do you know what your lining was? And how long were you on the estrogen?
River good luck with whatever happens tomorrow!

 

[Disturbia]

Welcome Tiffany and good luck with EC. Hope you got good embies.
Flannel, are your embies 3 day or blast? When will you test? Exciting!
Lanet, glad to hear you're doing well with the shot. When is you transfer?

 

[lanet]

Thanks Disturbia, my transfer is June 27th.

 

[Flannelsheets]

Hey, lanet. I'm still on the estrogen every 3 days. My lining was 13.2 (or was it 12.3?). Either way, it was/is good. No side effects. I think that's part of the reason they use these muscle shots -- more unpleasant, but lower doses because they absorb better and more steadily.

We transferred 1 blast. I don't have plans to test. Unless I start getting a migraine, in which case I will so that I can maybe take some drugs if it's negative and far enough along. But hubbie isn't into testing early, and he's pretty stressed out this time, so I'll (try to) be strong for the both of us.

xo

 

[islandnyc]

Tiffany- Welcome! This two week wait is an emotional roller coaster. One minute I'm on top of the world, Next I'm crashing HARD. Fingers and toes crossed. Today I am 4dp3dt.

Jsquared- My thoughts are with you today. Best wishes.

Flannel - I am glad that your transfer went well. Hearing a Doctor say that you will get pregnant must be reassuring. Your strong little blast is settling in and getting cozy as I type this. You are so strong not to test at home. Its nice that your husband can actually vent his feelings and you can lean on each other. Mine just fluctuates between overcompensating and treating me like I'm made of glass and acting overconfidant as if I'm 100% preggo already and we need to start planning everything out. There is no middle ground. He agrees with you that we should not test at home.

lanet- Counting down to June 27th with you. Glad you shots are being kind.

I've been having some really crazy dreams lately. The night before last I had a dream that the Sons of Anarchy (TV show) moved into the house behind mine and my other half was trying to plant high hedges to hide it from me so I couldn't see them swimming in their pool. Then last night I had a dream that my coworker was actually my sister and we were fighting because she drank the rest of my pinot grigio that I had stashed in the fridge.

 

[lanet]

Island I had some crazy dreams last month when I had the ohss. And I would wake up soaked in sweat. Here's hoping it's your body being flooded with pregnancy hormones!!
I will test at home. I wouldn't be able to hear that news from a nurse, I want some warning. But I will try really really hard to wait until 7 days past, maybe 6, maybe 5.....lol