oh my wisest sounding board

[glitterqueen]

Hi RR would love to keep in touch
I didn't get a choice for my date of Lap-I am worried now that I might be preggers when they do it cuz my period is late - now on day 32 and has knocked my whole cycle oudeffo not preggers because I had swine flu while ovulations so no hope of any action!!!! will the test be sensitive enough to detect anything if I am cycle day 25?? worry worry worry
I am off on hols for 2 weeks next tues so bding like crazy over hols and fingers crossed
take care and loads of baby dust xxx

 

[reallyready]

Hi you all, Thanks for all your input, it is really helping us on our way to the decision.

We had another appt with the RE this morning. It went well, we did all our genetic tests etc and he did another ultrasound and I have 10, count them, 10 follicles!

This is up from last week when I had 6 follicles. In fact, I reminded him that this is really good news because last week he'd said, "You have 6 so that is mid-range egg reserve for your age group, if you had 10 you'd be at the top of your age group."

Maybe my ovaries heard him and so rose to the challenge!
I know it sounds weird but I am floating on air because I have 10 follicles. Hee hee.

I also discussed with him about egg retrieval and he said he agrees this is a good plan for me if I want to pursue lap first, that he can retrieve the egg(s) this month and store it until I am ready to use them. We are giving it tonight to sleep on it, but if we move forward with this plan, I'll begin clomid tomorrow.

So we still have to sleep on this but the current plan is to egg retrieve this month, have the lap soon after and try naturally for the next 6 - 9 months to see if we can make a baby on our own and then decide to pursue IVF if we don't. We are def. opting out of embryo freezing because we both would have an easier time letting an egg go if we did conceive on our own than letting an embryo go. Does that make sense?

This is the closest I've felt to a plan in the last 8 days since we first went to meet him. Today is a beautiful day too so this feeling of hope is so wonderful! I actually feel like we have a chance!


Thank you again for all your advice! You are all angels!!!!!!!

xxx
RR

 

[reallyready]

Hi RR would love to keep in touch
I didn't get a choice for my date of Lap-I am worried now that I might be preggers when they do it cuz my period is late - now on day 32 and has knocked my whole cycle oudeffo not preggers because I had swine flu while ovulations so no hope of any action!!!! will the test be sensitive enough to detect anything if I am cycle day 25?? worry worry worry
I am off on hols for 2 weeks next tues so bding like crazy over hols and fingers crossed
take care and loads of baby dust xxx

Hey, we were posting at the same time just now.

It can all be so confusing with the timing thing, right? When can I do this? When can I do that? What about if I get pg before? How will I know?

But they'll do the beta test before the lap I think and then won't do the lap if you are preggo. Don't worry.

So there is this free mp3 download I've been using the last few days for meditating. It might not be magic but I feel like it is really helping me to have these 15 minutes a day to fully relax. And it is something I can DO toward this beyond supplements, and diet. I really need something to do some positive action for it besides reading statistics, reading articles, etc.

I'm thinking of getting a guided imagery meditation just for fertility but haven't found a free one yet. I highly recommend it. You can download it to your mp3 player and take it on vacation with you. Even DH used it yesterday and said it's worth doing once a day to help him relieve stress too.

Today I found out my last FSH reading (last week) was 7 at cd 21. Does this sound okay to you? I've got to look into that.

Happy Sunday, Glitterqueen.

 

[Rach27]

That's awesome RR! 10 follicles - that's great news. I had 8 at that stage with my IVF and I am 10 years younger than you!! We now have 4 frozen blastocycts, which is peace of mind.

All the best of luck and let us know how you get on with whatever you choose to do.

 

[brumbar]

10!!!!!!!!!!!! this is a good number reallyready!!!!! finger x-ed

 

[glitterqueen]

Hi RR
looks like 10 is the magic number! well done you x my fsh at day 3 was 9.6- upper end of normal apparently it is the day 3 one they use for ivf suitability mine on day 21 was 5 - no idea if thats good or bad. Your doc sounds on the ball- mine never even mentioned scanning for follicles just said he saw no reason why I shouldn't get preggers naturally-well he must have x-ray eyes cuz he hasn't even seen inside my womb!! He never even did bloods-that was my GP
I must get a list of the supplements you r taking if you have super follicles and send me some of the babydust I have a feeling you may not need the ivf its all sounds so positive-the relaxation music sounds like a great idea too I am so looking forward to my holiday and hopefully i will come back preggers and not even need the lap-fingers crossed xx