Multiple IVF failures...what now?

[oneof14]

Good luck tomorrow Whatthe!

 

[L4hope]

Good luck today Whatthe!

 

[septbride]

Yes good luck!! Looking forward to your update!

 

[L4hope]

Whatthe, how did things go?? Have you had ER and ET?

Lucie, oneof, Sept, mo, how's it going ladies.

Afm, my hubs is working late and I'm busy waking up every sleepy thread I can think of to help keep me preoccupied. I'm going a bit crazy worrying about beta tomorrow. Please entertain me with your stories girls!

 

[oneof14]

Hey Lauren, how is your 2ww going? Sorry I have nothing exciting to report. I go for my co-culture biopsy on Thursday and took a ton of bloods on Friday. I'm a little depressed today, as yesterday I went to my best friends baby shower and the talk was all babies and kids, at one point a little awkward, for me. After that I went to my sisters for my nieces Fourth birthday and my sister just had her 3rd in October and her best friend has a 1 year old and is pregnant again. As soon as I tell myself I'm feeling better, something always reminds me.

I'm approaching my 3rd IVF with such high hopes and well as high Anxiety. Trying to keep myself busy.

Good luck with your beta tomorrow, I have everything crossed for you!!

Whatthe, I'm thinking about you.

 

[whattheiveff]

L4 - thinking of you and hoping for good news tomorrow!! What time is your beta?

AFM, after starting out really slow, I ended up with 12 eggs and retrieval was this morning. I have a history of immature eggs so I'm really nervous about the fertilization report tomorrow.

Hope everyone else is doing well!

 

[L4hope]

Oneof, you are a strong woman for going to the shower! I bailed on the last two showers of my friends and just sent gift cards. It's so hard to stay positive and feeling good when these things keep slapping us in the face. I watched the news over the weekend and an 18 and 19 year old couple were arrested for abusing their 8 week old baby. He had broken bones!!! In what universe is it ok for people like that to have a baby while we sit here aching to be parents?
Sounds like you're getting ready for action soon though. I think after having failed IVF attempts future cycles just come with a combination of hope and anxiety. That's been my whole weekend!

Whatthe, you're off to a good start with retrieval. Hope your resting and being pampered. Let us know how you make out tomorrow.

Afm, my beta is tomorrow at 7:30am. I'm ready to know the result but also scared to have it be negative. I don't "feel" pregnant and the only symptom I'm having is cramps like AF is coming. I know cramps can also be a sign of pregnancy, but after 3 failures its hard to think its not AF. I'm sure only you ladies can really understand this, but the thought of another fresh cycle is mentally, physically, emotionally, and financially draining. I truly hope I'm pleasantly surprised tomorrow.

 

[oneof14]

Whatthe, 12 eggs is awesome, looking forward to hearing the report!

Lauren, I'm excited to hear your results. I'll be stalking all day!

I agree when I hear about child abuse it gets me enraged!! I really pray for a miracle that I can have a natural child, as this may very well be my lady IVF!

 

[Lucie73821]

Good luck tomorrow L4hope!!!!

One, you are very brave for attending the shower. There's no way I'd be able to do that right now. We were invited to a friends gender reveal party and neither dh or I could bring ourselves to go.

As for me, not sure if posted but beta last Thursday was 2.3. Dr is happy with the number and no more weekly bloodwork for me. I have my follow up appt tomorrow. I'm hoping to get a clear plan in place as to when we can do FET. I've also not had AF yet, so I will be asking for provera so I can get on with things...


Hope everyone else is well.

 

[septbride]

L4, wishing you so much luck tomorrow morning!! Don't worry about not feeling pregnant. Sending you tons of good wishes, will be thinking about you tomorrow!

Whatthe, I'm so pleased for you! Fingers tightly crossed for a good fert report.

Oneof, good for you going to the showers. I agree with the others, I would run away screaming.

Lucie, glad to hear you're through that experience and done with bloodwork.

AFM, I'm just hoping everything is progressing well with my bean. I hit 6 weeks on Wednesday, so I still have two weeks until u/s. This is TMI, but I am sooo gassy, it's mortifying. I don't know how I'm going to go back to work tomorrow! Toot!

 

[L4hope]

Lucie I'm glad to hear your beta is down low enough now so you can move forward to you FET! Good luck at your appt.

Sept I'm sure the waiting is driving you crazy for your scan, but your about a tww. So you've done that plenty of times. I've heard you can become quite gassy. Hopefully they're quiet enough so you can get away with it at work. Good luck..toot toot!

 

[septbride]

L4, thinking of you during this hellacious wait!! Come on, test results!

 

[whattheiveff]

Lucie - Good luck today! Hope you get a good plan for going forward.

L4 - Can't wait to hear your results!

Oneof - Good for you for going to the showers. You are a stronger woman than I!

Just got my fertilization report. 8 of the 12 were mature and 6 of the 8 fertilized, so we have 6 embryos. My clinic stipulates that you need at least 4 good quality embryos to do a 5 day transfer, so I'm hoping we will meet that criteria, but we probably won't. If I do a 3 day transfer, I'll go in on Thursday.

 

[L4hope]

Whatthe that's a great fert report! Fingers crossed they all keep going and you'll get to a 5 day transfer!!

Afm, Shock of all shock ladies my beta came back positive at 455! I can't believe it and feel like I don't know how to take good news at this point. I'm ecstatic to finally see a positive. Now the next challenge is to keep it. Of course ill be worrying until I can see a good strong heartbeat. Ahh I'm still in a bit if shock.

 

[whattheiveff]

Thanks L4! What a great beta! You and your husband must be so thrilled!!

 

[septbride]

Whatthe, such a great fert report!

L4, amazing news!! So so happy for you!

This IS turning out to be a lucky thread...

 

[oneof14]

L4 YAY!!! Congratulations! Such a strong beta.

Whatthe, excellent fert reports.

Lucky 13!!

 

[L4hope]

Thanks girls!!! I agree this thread is on a roll now we need to keep them coming. With Sept getting a surprise and me on a 4th transfer shows that there is hope. I can't wait for you girls to join.

Lucky 13?? Did I miss something?

 

[oneof14]

I think I referenced this is the beginning of the thread, since its 2013! I said this will be lucky 2013 thread!

 

[L4hope]

Yeah sorry blonde moment! It hit me after I thought about it more!