Transfer 1 or 2 embryos???

[babydrms]

Teta - my retrieval went well. I did have to deal with one nasty nurse, but otherwise things went well. They got 16 eggs, injected 15 (my clinic does ICSI for everyone) and now we have 11 embryos growing. We are planning for a 5 day transfer on Friday.

Congratulations on your BFP!! Fx'd you only have a singleton or twinkies in there, I shudder at the thought of triplets! What kind of test did you use (which were so sensitive)? I may need to invest!

 

[Teta81]

Oh that's great news! How do you feel after the retrieval? Did you have to work this week? It took me a lot longer to recover than I expected. I think I was hit hard by the anesthesia bc I felt groggy for a few days. I'm still pretty bloated too.

I used first response early result. They are supposed to be the most sensitive. I wish I tested earlier bc I'm curious how early that line would have shown up. You couldn't miss it 6dp5dt. I also had a digital that said "pregnant" but I like seeing how dark the lines get. I have taken on every day since to make sure it's getting darker and wasn't just the trigger. It has gotten darker and darker!

Good luck with your transfer. It was way less climactic than I expected, but I did have acupuncture in the office before and after the transfer which dragged it out a bit. Keep me posted!

 

[babydrms]

I am still a little sore today but haven't needed anything more for pain. Thankully I didn't have to go back to work until tomorrow. It is definitely taking a little longer than I expected to bounce back. I am also VERY bloated. Gained 5 pounds in two days...drinking tons of gatorade and trying to get in tons of protein - do not want to end up with OHSS.

 

[Teta81]

Babydrms how did your transfer go? Did they say what grading your embryos were? How many did you transfer?? Hope all went well!

 

[babydrms]

Teta - we had one perfect 1AA (which is the best in our clinic), so we went with SET. They kept commenting on pretty it was! It looks like we are going to freeze 2-5, as there are few still in limbo. We were open to transferring two, but after a week of bedrest the last thing I wanted to do was push my luck and end up with a complicated twin pregnancy. I would die on bedrest. All the messing around made my belly get super distended again. My right ovary was over 9 cm!! No wonder I feel sooooo bloated. Transfer was quite a mess, they had a ton of trouble getting through my cervix. It was painful and made me super crampy. So they have me on valium to try and quiet everything down.

Now I just need the bean to stick

 

[AmesLouise]

I just wanted to chime in to wish you guys luck! I'm eagerly awaiting your positive results!!! It gives me hope!

 

[Teta81]

Thanks Ames!

Babydrms that sounds so rough I'm sorry it happened like that for you and you have been feeling so lousy. It will all be worth it though! I'm excited for you to see your bfp! Are going to hpt?

I'm back to work tonight for the first time since this all started. I dread it majorly and don't know how I am going to make it 7p-7a. I can barely make it until 10p at home. Ahhhh!

I got my second beta and it was 350. I'm slightly uneasy about it since I didn't exactly double in 48 hours (197 14dpo and 350 16dpo). I know it's still wnl but I still wish it was higher. Repeat on Monday!

 

[babydrms]

Teta - you can do it girl. Just have to get yourself back on the nights schedule. I am so glad to work days for the past year (spent 6.5 years on nights). However, in l and d, we are sooooo much busier during the days that the work is much harder. At least the 12 hours go by more quickly. I tried going back wed and ended up leaving by 9:30 with a horrible belly ache that would let me leave the bathroom. So I just called off for thursday too. So - tomorrow will be my first day back and I am scheduled for 12 also...Ugh. Hopefully, since it is a Sunday, it won't be as bad.

I am torn about doing the hpt, afraid of false positive from trigger and don't know if I can deal with a negative either.

Good Luck at work!

 

[Miss Jennifer]

Just wanted to drop by and give you some hope - I did a single embryo transfer of a perfect 6AA blast last week that is now a mini-me cooking in my oven! Just found out Friday that I was pregnant! The better the embryo, the more likely the docs are to push single transfer... best wishes and prayers to you!!

 

[babydrms]

Congratulations Miss Jennifer!!!

The weird thing is they called ours a 1AA, but it looked like the pictures of 6AA, weird . Anyways, they were very excited about how "pretty it was" the RE, ultrasound tech, nurse, and embryologist were all very excited about the quality. The rate of pregnancy in my age group with this kind of blast are about 65% at my clinic...I really hope to be the majority in this case!!!

I can't believe how many frosties you got!! We only ended up with 3 but at least they are all very high quality.

 

[Teta81]

Babydrms have you tested yet???

Hoping maybe your have some good news!!

 

[babydrms]

Sucks.

 

[babydrms]

Teta, how have the betas been going - still increasing?

 

[Teta81]

How many days post transfer are you? Whe. Is your official beta? I'm still holding out some hope for you! If it doesn't work this time will you try again ASAP? I hope you don't have to

My betas have been rising nicely, today's was 5743!!!!

So it's official, ultrasound is on Wednesday at 9am.

I don't think I have ever been as nervous for anything in my whole life! I don't know how I will make it 5 more days. It's torture!

With my previous pregnancy I had awesome betas and then no hb w identical twins, do I can't trust betas at all at this point.

Keeping my hopes up for you!!

 

[babydrms]

I am 7dpt5dt, should really have a positive hpt by now. Not getting crazy and taking off the strogen patches yet but I will be happy to stop the preogesterone suppositories and estrogen. Just ready to feel like myself again.

I don't know what we will do as far as staring again right away. An April cycle will make for a Christmas baby and since I am one, and have always had such heartbreak when it comes to my Birthday, we are torn. We do have a consultation with the RE for tusday so we can go oer the cycle. I just hope AF comes soon, and I don't end up being one of those people waiting forever for AF and delaying more stuff.

Wow, Wednesday is so soon!! How many do you think are in there?

 

[Teta81]

That's really disappointing, are the going to draw a beta? When will they have to stop the progesterone?

If it makes you feel any better, I had my iui with my daughter on April 17 and she was born jan 7. So she doesn't really have a Christmas bday, by the time her bday comes Christmas feels over. If this whole experience has taught me anything it's that I have no control over any of it, including the due date! I get so mad when my friends are like ok we r going to get pregnant to have a baby in may and boom it happens!

I keep going back and forth about how many I think are in there. But all I care about is that there is one or two healthy beating hearts. I used to hope for one, but if there are two and they are healthy I will be just as happy

 

[babydrms]

I know what you mean. We definitely will be transferring two next time. Anything healthy is a blessing.

We will still have a beta on Monday (the formality of it all!). I was going by April 5th as a retrieval date (two months after the last one) and it makes for a December 26th due date. So again, we will just wait and see what MD says. Def need some time to think things over. Would really like to take a vacation and go diving before we doe this again and I have a sky diving gift certificate which expires this summer...