ok so who wants to get pregnant in 2011? (closed group)

[nypage1981]

yep its Addison....yea, her fertility doc said the drugs are aggressive also when she had her little fits. Lol. Hard to fight hormones, I should know!

 

[babyhopes2323]

Sarah, so happy that things have started for you, and your first set of injections.. now, we're hoping and praying that this cycle works out and is a complete success for you.. !!! xxxxxxxxx i cant believe you are here already !! hope the spa business picks up, sorry to hear its been down this week xx

Dew, im sorry about your dad, i hope he is recovering soon from surgery, you dont nee any more tension in your life.. i hope the next cycle comes on soon for you so that you are able to try again

NDH, yay for the fabric, glad you have so many things going on and youre so busy preparing for the baby, you must be excited..

Nikki, she dosent like being on her tummy much.. when she was in the nicu, they used to place her on her tummy for a bit everyday, but theyve told me specifically not to do it at home for the risk of her turning her head and suffocating herself etc.. i know sleeping with me poses enough risks, but sometimes she just wont settle !

sheryl, hope you start feeling niggles soon.. youre next after mummy ! x

 

[nypage1981]

Morning! I can't wait for te next baby to come b

Sarah how do you feel?

Dew how do you feel too? Bleeding die down yet?

Preethi I don't think any baby likes tummy time! It's sad to watch them get mad but necessary to build that neck control. Soon she will like it more as she holds her head more. But no, never for sleeping tie, just supervised exercise time.

 

[Huggles]

i obviously haven't tried lying logan on his tummy for exercise time yet (we don't do exercise time yet lol), but as far as sleeping goes the only time he settles really well is if i sleep with him on his tummy against my chest. In his pram i lie him on his back, but often as night he just won't settle (sleeps really well there during the day), so i usually give up and put him on my chest (tummy to tummy) and lie back and we sleep like that.
He keeps his head turned to the side so breathes easily enough. I also have a portable breathing monitor on him so if he does stop breathing it vibrates on his tummy after 15 seconds to encourage him to breath, and if he's still not breathing after another 5 seconds (so 20 sec in total), then it sounds an alarm. (thankfully the alarm hasn't sounded yet)
I know it's not ideal but i get a bit desperate at night sometimes.

During the day he also loves being chest to chest, and he often tries lifting his head and looking around, so i reckon he gets lots of nice exercise in that regard as a result.

Sarah - wohoo for starting ivf and doing the first injections!

Dew - i really hope the mayo clinic has some positive news for you re doing ivf etc

ndh - yay for hubby still getting a couple of days of work and for the fabric coming so you can make that change bag etc!

hoping mummycat's household gets better soon and that baby pound makes an arrival soon as well

Sheryl - hope kristin arrives soon for you as well.

Flying - hope you and baby are doing well.

 

[nypage1981]

Seems all babies love sleeping on mommies chest! Mine too he would sleep the night away I bet if I let him sleep there. We don't have the portable monitor yet so he is in his bed only....or the swing. Which isn't ideal either but sometimes you just need to sleep!

 

[sarahincanada]

day 2 down

the menopur stung a little more today but its totally tolerable. I hesitated again doing the 2nd needle, it takes so much strength to stab yourself with a needle. Im feeling fine so far, going to the inlaws tonight then can take it easy and not do anything all week while hopefully I grow loads of eggs!

Ive decided Im going to book a hotel room in Toronto the day I do the egg transfer, so I can leave the clinic and go straight to the hotel...theres one 2 mins from the clinic. All the dates are up in the air and my mum goes home in 2 weeks so it might even be around that date.

Just hoping that I respond well to the medication

hope mummys baby comes this weekend, and perhaps sheryls too!

dew hope everything goes well today, when will they have the blood tests back or is it instant?

 

[sarahincanada]

I found some info online about why I might be using the Menopur with the Gonal F, instead of just doing more of Gonal F

"My understanding is that Menopur and repronex (Ferring pharma) contain both FSH and LH. Gonal F and Folistim contain only FSH.

Although FSH causes follicle growth and so is called FSH----(Follicle Stimulating Hormone) they found out that the follicles need a little bit of LH also which is naturally produced by ur body (before being supressed by supressor drugs. (leupron/cetrotide). So docs supplement pure FSH only products, with LH containing products to get proper balance."

 

[sarahincanada]

dew how did everything go yesterday?

 

[nypage1981]

sarah- feeling ok on the hormones?

 

[sarahincanada]

feel very tired and a little queasy today, so just taking it easy. only 1 more set of injections tomorrow morning then an ultrasound on tuesday

how are you doing? how is ella liking having a little brother?

 

[nypage1981]

What should the ultrasound show?

We are fine! ella loves her little baby

 

[sarahincanada]

the ultrasound will show how well I am responding to the meds. Id have done 4 days, been googling to see how many follicles people have on that day and it really varies. I need at least 4 to continue with IVF. I only got 1 on 75 of gonal f and this time Im 300 plus 75 of menopur so FXd I have a good response

 

[flyingduster]

ohhh GOOD LUCK Sarah!!!! I'm so excited for you!

I hope everyone else is doing well too... it's been a bit quiet in here. Dew, I've been thinking of you so much, I know things will eventually work out for the best, but it sucks right now...

I'm doing good. Caleb was cluster-feeding for 36 hours straight, with only a few wee 1-hour sleeps during that whole time so I was SHATTERED when he finally gave it in and we both crashed for 5 hours straight; woot! He's now back to sleeping for an hour or two after a good feed, so I have had the chance to catch up online and sort my pics and stuff from the last few days.

All the pics are in my journal, but here's a couple for here too:
first bath:
https://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j162/flyingduster2/IMG_3548.jpg

in the classic "don't shoot!" pose of a sleeping newborn:
https://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j162/flyingduster2/IMG_3559.jpg

and I managed to catch one of his smiles today; at one week old (he's been smiling since 4 days old though. lol)
https://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j162/flyingduster2/IMG_3580.jpg

 

[sarahincanada]

he is so gorgeous flying!

yay so I have managed 4 sets of injections so far, tomorrow is the ultrasound and I will find out if my dosage changes. I hope I have some follicles growing I felt a bit tired and woozy yesterday, and had some diarrhea but other than that its going fine.

so no babies for mummy or sheryl yet

 

[nypage1981]

I cant wait to see what you are cookin in there Sarah! So, what do they do with the follicles in IVF? IM pretty stupid about it all really.....

 

[sherylb]

Nope, no baby. But I did find out I can drink egg nog from the grocery store so that's exciting. Every day I think she's coming and every day I'm still freakin pregnant. Hoping you get some good news while I wait for my own.

 

[nypage1981]

Sheryl yay for egg nog! Lol. Small things gotta keep you happy now!

 

[sarahincanada]

I cant wait to see what you are cookin in there Sarah! So, what do they do with the follicles in IVF? IM pretty stupid about it all really.....

so what happens is you 'stim' (take the injections) for 8-12 days depending on your response, and they are looking for my follicles to grow in size and then when they think they are ready I will take the trigger shot, then go in for the egg collection. this part now is exactly the same as when I was doing IUI, the only difference is instead of ovulating on your own they take out the eggs and put them with the sperm.

I need to have at least 4 follicles to continue, they prefer around 10. Not every follicle will contain an egg, and the egg might not be mature, so thats why they want lots. You dont want too many as they then feel your body is focusing on quantity not quality. Many girls on here get 10-20 eggs on the retrival, but some only get 5. Not all eggs will fertilize and many dont grow so thats why you want about 10. Not sure what tomorrows ultrasound will show exactly, we will see! If I dont have many they might suggest switching back to an IUI cycle, but my medications are pretty strong so hoping I have a good response.

Im also having ICSI and thats where they inject the sperm right into the egg instead of putting the sperm and egg into a petri dish and see what they do together. At my age they say often the shell of the eggs is hard, so recommend doing ICSI straight away.

if all goes well Im expecting to be on the medications till the weekend and perhaps the egg collection by monday, then they inject the mature eggs with sperm and let them fertilize and grow, and depending on the results decide whether to do a transfer after 2 days, or after 5 days. the benefits of the 5 day transfer is that the embryo has grown into a blastocyst and they can choose the best couple to put back inside. At day 2 its just an embryo and harder to rate the quality. however lots of people have 5 embryos at day 2 and then they all die off by day 5, so usually when someone doesnt have many they put them back in day 2, as its thought they do better in the body than in the dish. All that depends on the results of the fertilization. Yikes that will be so nervewracking!!

I was talking to mum and hubby yesterday about putting back 2 embryos (if we are lucky enough to get that far and have a choice)....I was thinking perhaps putting back 1 as I dont want twins that much....I hear the stories about no sleep and think x 2 will be so much harder plus just so hard on your body and health risks for them. Seeing as im unexplained I dont know why Ive not gotten pregnant yet and what if its now been corrected with IVF and so both will likely implant. But theres lots of people who have 2 put in and only get 1 baby. Im tempted to put in 1 first time, then freeze anything else, as the next month I could have the frozen ones put back in and do 2 seeing as the first month failed. But some of me thinks no just put 2 back in first time and take the risk, but theres higher chance of pregnancy then. Such a hard decision! The defrost and transfer is about $3000 and some might not survive so theres that issue too. I would be happy if I got twins but if I had to choose Id prefer not.

haha bet you never asked now

 

[nypage1981]

Ok so then when you retrieve the eggs(hopefully 10-20) this is where they put them in the petri dish and want them to grow and mature? but some dont? Do they just throw the others away?

What does your hubby and mom think about how many to put back? thats a super hard decision..

 

[sherylb]

Actually it's very interesting and I read every word. Did you ever want two kids? After going through so much to get one I may be more inclined to be ok with twins if I was in your shoes.

Addison on Private Practice is also having ICSI. They showed on the show this week the fertility specialist injecting the sperm into the egg while Addison watched on a second scope viewer. So neat!