6/30/2010 3:13 PM
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Ladies, I'm having a nervous breakdown. In 5 days my beta #s have slown down tremendously. They haven't started dropping but they only went up a few hundred points from last Thursday to this Tuesday. From 1390 to 1726. I know it doesn't mean anything but you know my mind is all over the place. I'm praying both babies keep growing.
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6/30/2010 12:19 PM
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@ivf2mom & praying4amiracle --- Enjoy your pregnancy journey and hopefully I will be following soon :-)
@luckie -- good luck in your 2ww -- remember PUPO :-)
Update on us -- we had our follow-up meeting with the RE to discuss where do we go from here and we have decided to move forward with a second cycle. She reassured us that we did the right thing by doing a D3 last time, especially seeing that we only had 2 embies and they were only 6-cell. Of course, there is no way she could tell us why they didn't implant, but more than likely it was because there was some chromosomal (sp) deficiency and they stopped dividing, and had nothing to do with the edno lining. She did say that they normally prefer to do D3 with an 8-cell embie, but have had success with transferring 4 or 6 cell ones before; ours were just a bit slower - hence D3 with 6-cells.
My "cocktail" will be changing this time so that we can ramp up my response and hopefully egg production. She will be putting me on BCP for a month, then we will start the stims. She is also changing my Lupron to a different dose & formula, as well as upping my follistim from 400 to 600. I was stimulated for 10 days, and she says we may increase that to either 11 or 12 days, depending on how I respond.
We now need to decide if we want to start immediately or wait awhile. If we decide to start immediately, I wll need to schedule my sono for this Friday to make sure that I don't have any cysts from this last round, and start the BCP, so that stims, ER and ET would happen in August. If we wait, then I won't need to have my sono until the cycle prior to starting the stims. I am of course leaning towards starting immediately as my age is against us.
It's times like these I wish I was back in my 20's or early 30's :-)
Baby dust to all....
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6/29/2010 8:27 PM
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I finally got my 1st OBGYN appt after waiting for my records to get to my new doc. Its set for July 6. I'm so . I'm not sure what will get done for this 1st visit. I'm hoping for another US . I had my last one on June 21st at my last RE visit. I was 6w5d at the time.
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6/29/2010 5:16 PM
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Well ladies, there are 2 gestational sacs. I could even see the little sweet peas in each one. Next U/S next week, I'm hoping we can at least see a heartbeat. I'm excited and extremely nervous at the same time. I wanna cry tears of joy and fear.
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6/29/2010 10:02 AM
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Hi Ladies -
IVF2mom - good luck with your US that is so exciting!
cristeen - I hoe you are feeling better soon. Good luck with the frozen.
agahope - I am so sorry for your lose. I cant imagine what that would feel like, but I agree with the other ladies getting a positive and then going through that would be devastating. Prayers are with you.
So I had my ET yesterday. They transferred 3 embryos back. (Wannabe) in response to your question about why they didnt do a 5 day transfer. They told me that because I only had 6 eggs they didnt want to take a chance that they would stop dividing on day 4 or 5. Your body can be a better environment for the embryos to grow. So on day 3 the embryos are supposed to be at 8 cells. We had 3 at 8 cells 2 of which were good quality with only 5% fragmentation which they said was normal. The 3rd embryo was also 8 cells and good quality but had about 20% fragmentation. And he said they were all symmetrical. So I hope that we can get at least one healthy baby out of the 3 they put in. We don't have any to freeze so that was disappointing. The embryologist thought that out of the 2 7 cells and one 6 cell we had left that only 1 of them had a 30% chance of making it. So rather than freezing one embryo that only had a 30% chance of getting to blast stage we opted to get a refund for that procedure.
So even though I was disappointed that we didn't have any to freeze I feel very blessed that we have the 3 embryos that we do and they were good quality. So I am in my 2ww and I go for a beta test July 12th. So i am saying lots of prayers, taking it easy and eating my pineapple.
Good luck to everyone!
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6/29/2010 8:10 AM
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Good morning ladies, all is well with me. I have my 5 week ultrasound today and I can not wait. I pushed it to the afternoon so my RE could do it. I'm very excited.
Big Hug to the BFN!
Sticky Vibes to those in the 2ww or in the middle of a cycle!
Cheers & Support to those preparing to try this again!
@agahope, you have my prayers and total sympathy. I can not imagine how you must feel and I am really sorry you have to endure such pain. Hang in there sweetie.
Have a blessed day!
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6/28/2010 7:00 PM
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@agahope -- I am so sorry to read about your m/c. Please know that my prayers are with you during this time. I concur with cristeen -- having had a BFN, in no way compares to what you must be going through right now. Please don't give up hope.
@cristeen -- my cycle started yesterday and it was an emotional/depressing day as I kept thinking - I wasn't supposed to be seeing this for 9 mths !! My Dr. did warn me that it was going to be painful and heavier than usual and she was so right. I have been popping pain killers every 4 hours. The only good thing, is some of my bloating has gone down, and once I get over these cramps, I am going to play tennis -- which is my stress reliever.
@wannabe -- thanks for your words. We have an appt on Wednesday with the Dr to discuss what just happened and next steps. We can only afford one more cycle, so we want to make the best of this.
Baby dust to all.
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6/28/2010 4:38 PM
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agahope- I am very sorry to hear your news. I know you must be completely devastated. I wish I could say something to make you feel better... just know I am thinking of you and your husband and wishing for positive things in the future.
cristeen- I was thinking how hard it must be for you to go to work and be surrrounded by babies! Stay strong girl!
I am still in the waiting game, doing a million blood tests. New doc wants to re-test everything at his lab, even tests we have already done. I have to get my butt to uptown NYC on thursday to see a hematologist because I had positive tests for MTHFR and PAI 1 mutations in the past. This one is $700 and doesn't take insurance. Last time we saw RE he was debating IUI vs IVF . I think I am going to push for IVF because I dont know how much more of this I can take, if we only have one more cycle we might as well go all in and go for IVF.
Baby dust to all!
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6/28/2010 3:06 PM
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agahope...I'm so sorry for what you are going through. Getting a BFN is bad enough but getting the BFP and being on top of the world only to have m/c has to be devastating. I will definitely be saying some prayers for you.
Wannabe..Thanks for your comments. I have 3 snowbabies...2 at cleavage and 1 blast. Not sure how soon I can do this again, though. Emotionally, I am still pretty raw. This weekend was difficult. Tried to make the best of it, took the family to the waterpark. Decided I would do some things I wouldn't probably do if I was pg. We had fun..got way too much sun! AF came and it has been really painful. The cramps have been really strong. Spent from yesterday at 5p until just now in bed. Feeling drained, ouchy, depressed, etc. We'll see what happens. You're right, though...I thought I had such a better chance making the decision to go with a donor. I feel like I was realistic, though. I knew there was no guarantee. Still really don't know what to think. Been reading that when implantation doesn't occur, it has to do with the embies the majority of the time and not the uterine lining. The embies don't continue dividing for whatever reason. As I said, we are getting another opinion Aug 16. Just want to make sure there isn't anything else we should be doing. Been trying to exercise some and drop some of this awful weight...I had some extra on when I started and this process sure didn't help. Like I said, I still don't know what to think!
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6/28/2010 1:27 PM
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agahope10: soooo sorry to hear the news. I truly know how you feel I was pregnant and then had it taken from me. I was mad at the world and so hurt that it happened. I can tell you it does get better though. I was told that I would need to use a donor and it was like someone was telling me again I could not be a mom but with the help of the ladies in this forum I changed my mind. I am now trying to figure a way to pay for the next try and hopefully it will work with younger eggs since Dr says my 39 year old eggs are so old. I will keep you in my prayers.
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6/28/2010 1:14 PM
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Bad news....my beta number fell to 47. I definitely miscarried. I am a complete sobbing mess right now and have no hope of ever getting pregnant. I don't think I can go through all this again to only be disappointed. I am so very angry! Sorry ladies!
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6/28/2010 6:16 AM
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Oh....my antral follicle count AFC was not done until cycle day 16. Could that be why my follicle count was only a total of 9? It is to my understanding the AFC should be done on cycle day 3.
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6/28/2010 1:09 AM
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I had my US, mapping, blood work, and hysteroscopy last wednesday. RE stated everything looked great. 5 follies on the left 4 on the right but there was a cyst obstructing the view on the right side. RE stated the cyst was more that likely the cause of my previous cramping and that this was normal and should go away as I continue birth control. I start Lupron this thursday. =0)
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6/27/2010 6:25 PM
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3DPO for me today. 2nd month of Clomid. I ovulated right on target on CD16 after taking it days 3-7. My hubby doesnt know I took it his month nor did I tell him when I ovulated we just did the deed whenever with no pressure so I am hoping that is all its gonna take. My grandfather passed away some time ago on July 4th but its always a painful day for me because he was the only person in the world I could truly count on. Well on the 4th I will be 10DPO so I am gonna test I know it may be too early but it would be awesome to get a BFP that day. Now what I am about to say sounds silly but a few weeks ago I had a dream that my grandpa came to me and he told me he was sending me my angel baby. So this month feels really lucky for me. It all felt VERY real so I just hold my hopes that this is my month. I put my ovulation date in one of those pregnancy calendars and got an EDD of 3/17/2011 and when you look at the calendar it say I can find out the baby's sex on 9/27 which happens to be my birthday so this month for conception seems to be VERY lucky LOL. Heres hoping.
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6/26/2010 1:15 PM
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Good afternoon, ladies. Hope everyone has a nice weekend planned.
Nurho....very sorry to hear about your BFN. It doesn't get any easier to hear the news but I always feel better once I have a new plan worked out. Good luck to you and again, I'm sorry this time didn't work.
Cristeen....you've been on my mind daily and I was wondering how you were doing. When we go to DE we think there is no way it cannot happen, unfortunately, that isn't always true. Try not to be discourage about going forward with your frozen embies though. Many women get pregnant from FET's. I'll be thinking about you and praying the very best for you. Hope you can cycle again soon.
agahope.....very scary to hear what's going on with you. Know the weekend must feel long & torturous. Will be eager to hear on Monday how things are. Will be praying for you too.
Lucky....GREAT fertilization report! Don't think I've ever heard of someone having all of the eggs fertilize so that is a great sign. Age is definitely on your side as well so that is good news. Curious why they've already decided to do a Day 3 transfer rather than wait to see if you make it to blast stage. Doctors are always changing things up so sure they have their reasons. Congrats and best of luck to you!
Smiles & mablackie....you are both almost there! Very exciting. A girlfriend of mine in the UK is being induced today. She didn't do fertility treatments, but suffered 6 miscarriages (all around 12 wks) prior to this pregnancy so I am so excited for her to deliver a full term baby soon. Hope things continue to go easy breezy for you both! Keep us posted. Did either of you ever find out the genders of the babies?
Epilady, thanks for asking about my meeting. You are sweet to remember. Had a long one with the RE and then the financial gal. Going straight back into cycle this month. No BCP this time just starting Lupron on Day 21. Will have my FET the week of August 16th. (Ironically, my donor had her ER last August 19th). Excited and a bit guarded in my emotions. My DH says this is it....I won't be ready to give up so we'll see. Just praying the FET works (40/60 success rate) so that I don't have to try to drag him back to the "bank account well" to keep draining it.
Ivf2....sounds like all is good for you. Enjoy every minute. As you can see from all that goes on here, you've been given a major blessing!
Take good care girls and I'll talk with you later.
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6/26/2010 12:17 PM
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Hi ladies -
I am a bit more with it today. And my pain is not as bad. I received great news this morning. All 6 of my eggs fertilized!!!! The embryologist said yesterday that my eggs looked good and he was going to be happy if 4 fertilized. So they are really happy that all 6 did! So I just need them to keep growing! I was nervous that I would lose half in the fertilization process, because I know that is very common. But the nurse told me that I really have my age on my side, I am 30. The plan is to do a 3 day transfer on Monday at 11:00 with 3 embryos. So I am praying that they continue to grow!Thank you ladies for all the support!
BTW I wanted to add that they ICSI all of them. So I don't know if that helped contribute to them all fertilizing.
Cristeen - you were right I guess it is all about quality then quantity.
Nurho - So sorry about your BFN! They say that the RE's learn a lot from going through a cycle and they can take that info to adjust their protocols for the next time. Good luck!
Good luck to Smiles and Mablackie sounds like you are almost there. It's good to hear that this can work.
agahope - I really hope that everything turned out OK for you and that you are feeling better.
IVF2mom - Keep up those numbers! Still sounds like twins to me.
Good luck to everyone and have a nice weekend!
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6/26/2010 7:21 AM
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For you ladies who got a BFN these past couple of weeks, hang in there!!! One thing I can say about that is now your RE knows so much more about your cycle. He knows how you'll respond to the amount of drugs he put you on, he know approximately how many eggs you create, how they fertilize, he also has ideas on what to do different. I know so many girls who's first and even 2nd cycle didn't work. But once their doctor figured out their cycle, they got a BFP. I did 3 failed IUI's before my first IVF. The one good thing about all of them is my doctor did learn a lot about how I responded to the drugs. After my first IVF transfer my doctor did tell me that if this one did't work, he knew how my husband's sperm could fertilize my eggs and how they grew, which increased my chances even more after my first IVF. So hang in there! Good luck!!!
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6/25/2010 10:19 PM
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Lucky what happened was when they did your U/S you had nine follies but not every follicle has an egg in it. I had like 15 follies and only retrieved 10 eggs. Good luck though still sounds like a good number to me.
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6/25/2010 8:03 PM
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Lucky...I'm crossing my fingers for ya!! Glad everything went well. Like I was told...it is about quality not quantity!
IVFmom...congrats...what an exciting time!
nurho I'm right there with you. Still feeling pretty up and down about the BFN. Feeling crampy so I'm sure AF on her way which feels so sad to me. Wasn't suppose to deal with her for 9 months. Went back to work last night ..it was rougher than I expected- I work labor and delivery. I have alot of good friends there who know what I went through this week so that helped. It was hard telling everyone it didn't work. Just feel overwhelming feelings of loss...didn't expect those feelings to be so strong. Still look at the picture of the embies and feel like I let them down. Just trying to get through it. I have an appt Aug 16th with a new doc at the same clinic for a second opinion..have 3 snowbabies but feeling a little "gun shy".
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6/25/2010 7:30 PM
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Hi everyone going to make this quick. Had my ER today. They only got 6 eggs which earlier in the week I had 9. So I am not sure what happened between now and then. I really hope they do well and were good quality. They will call tomorrow morning and let me know. I am just so nervous.
BTW you were right I was completely out and don't remember a thing! My tummy hurts but I figured it would. Going back to bed to rest.
Thanks for the support!
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6/25/2010 6:51 PM
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Hi everyone...thanks for your prayers and words of comfort. Yesterday was extremely emotional with lots of tears, but doing better today with a more positive outlook. My DH and I have decided to try another cycle and will be scheduling an appt for sometime next week to talk about everything with the RE -- what happened, how long should we wait, what will/should we do differently, etc.
@epilady - you are correct, I did a day 3 transfer with 2 perfect 6-cell embryos. Assisted hatching was used I think based on my age (38) upon consultation between the RE and the embryologist. Out of the 8 eggs that I produced, only 4 were mature and out of those only 3 fertilized. The third one stopped developing after the 2nd day (they called it "arrested development") so we didn't have any frosties.
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6/25/2010 3:27 PM
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epilady,
My ultrasound is scheduled for Tuesday afternoon. I was going to go Monday morning but the nurses will do it and I want my RE to do my first one. We (RE, myself and DH) have a great time anytime he is examining me..it's not so cold and strictly business so I'm going to torture myself for another day and a half...plus I probably won't get my next beta levels until Wednesday since I'm going Tuesday afternoon. Will let you ladies know as soon as I know.
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6/25/2010 2:41 PM
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NWells: thanks for the update. So sorry your body is out of whack. Naturopaths suggest L-argenine and L-carnitine for helping with slow swimmers. It's hard enough to lose weight, much less motivate someone else to do so!! Good luck - and have a fantastic vacation. I hope you enjoy.
ivf2: might be! You might have gotten your wish! When will they do your first OB scan?
aga: I hope you're okay. It's okay to feel how you feel (and for what it's worth, I don't think what you did was vent.) I know how scary it is, and the weekend will seem long. Try to do things that take your attention (movies, World Cup - whatever works for you) so you don't dwell. I know that for me, the feelings of not being able to do anything to influence the outcome have often been the hardest to deal with. I'm used to being able to have my determination get me what I want. But when I was experiencing things like this last year, I found that distraction was really helpful. Know that we're all thinking of you and really hoping for a positive outcome on Monday. Feel free to come by and just say how you're feeling, though. It's hard to only have your husband as the only support system.
Nurho: sorry to hear about your BFN. I hope that your reconference with your RE will provide you with some more insight. Did you have any snowbabies/frosties? If I also remember correctly, I had a question about one of your procedures. Your ET was on day 3, right? But your dr said she did assisted hatching? Maybe I got the details wrong, but I thought I'd ask. It's my understanding that assisted hatching is usually done on blastocysts (baby has expanded from 6-8 cells to a hollow ball). There are some clinics that have seen their IVF rates skyrocket when they do the blasto/assisted hatching transfer.
Lucky: how did the ER go???
Wannabe: what happened at your reconference? If I remember correctly, it was this week. I might be a little early, but I've been thinking about you.
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6/24/2010 8:04 PM
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hello ladies,
I know it has been a while and there has been so much activity on here, as well as newbies.
I will make this general because there are so many ladies to address, so to those who are pregnant congrats, that is awesome
to those who are starting hang in there, it can be a long bumpy road but as you can see we all make it in the end
mablackie, you are almost there you must be so excited
As for me, well everything was FINE YEAH tell me about it!!!! our genetic testing normal, my biopsy fine and is where it should be on day 25, however I do or did have a polup, and I bleed mid cycle this month (no hormones) so needless to say my RE is baffled, and they are again discussing the Lupron treatment, who knows. My 3d ultra sound was fine only thing was my hubbys swimmers have slowed down and there are not as many so he needs to starting losing weight, that is fun trying to get him to do that, and eat better, again so much fun!!!! My RE is thinking of starting another protocall with me, I don't start with Lupron and I start on day 2 of my period. We can't start that until August though because i will be away next week and they are closed the last week in July when Myrtle is expected. so that is where I am.
I have a busy weekend and leave for SC on monday so i iwll be gone for a while. I hope everyone has a good 4th holiday, I will check back in week or so. Good luck to all, baby dust to all!!!!
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6/24/2010 7:56 PM
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agahope...sounds scary. I am praying for a positive outcome for you. Hang in there dear!
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6/24/2010 7:05 PM
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I have had a REALLY BAD day today. I started cramping pretty bad last night, and this morning was worse. I was also bleeding, like a light period, yesterday, but it was getting worse this morning. Before I went to my OB, I passed a very large clot and the cramping started to go away. They did an ultrasound, but didn't see anything. Technically, I am 5 weeks today, so they should have seen a little sac. My beta numbers came back and they were 1360. My numbers were 640 on Monday, so they little more than doubled in 72 hours. On the way home, I passed another large clot. It looks like to me that I've lost both babies....I don't know what to think...I'm freaking out!!!! My OB wants me to have another blood test done this weekend, and then we'll find out Monday what my numbers are. I'm supposed to stay sane till then....ya right!!! This is crazy!!
Sorry to vent, Ladies, but I have no one else to talk to besides my husband.
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6/24/2010 4:36 PM
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Sorry to hear about a BFN today...
IVF2 - those sure do sound like good healthy twin numbers!! Can't wait until your first ultrasound...
Today I woke up feeling a bit uncomfortable & Dr sent me to the hospital - seems we are in the early stages of labor!! I think it was the baby trying to tell us to stop procrastinating & get things ready! We got the hint & are now back at home gearing up...someone told me yesterday that babies like to come on a full moon which is this Saturday so I guess we just wait & see! Can't believe that we were getting ready for IVF #5 this time last year (which failed) & now we are getting ready to have our baby - Keep believing ladies - our dreams can all come true...
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6/24/2010 3:52 PM
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nurho- I am very sorry to hear about your BFN. This process is very stressful and can be very discouraging. i am very grateful for the support of this group to help thru difficult times.
ivf2 great news on the high beta!
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6/24/2010 3:52 PM
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nurho..I'm so sorry about your results. Thank you for all your support and kind words. I will continue to pray for your and send you some positive sticky vibes for cycle #2. God speed dear!
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6/24/2010 3:40 PM
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My RE's office just called and I am BFN. Good luck to all of you that are cycling, and those that are pregnant. This was our first try and we were so hopeful. Going to take some time to figure out what now and wait for my cycle :-(
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6/24/2010 1:10 PM
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IVF2MOM, it sounds not only like twins, but a very healthy twin pregnancy!!! Here were my numbers: 10 days post 3 day transfer 360, 48 hours later, 1360, one week later over 13,000. So mine were tripling as well. I am 33 weeks with twins and so far have had a fairly easy pregnancy (knock on wood). I can't wait to hear if it's twins or not. I'm betting it is!!!
Nuro, good luck today!!! Praying for you.
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6/24/2010 1:00 PM
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Ladies, I am floored. The nurse called with today's numbers. My beta numbers more than tripled since Tuesday. Today which is 11dp5dt my number is 1390. holy cow...are there 2 in there?
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6/24/2010 11:28 AM
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@Nurho, We're patiently waiting on that BFP
@Lucky, your retrieval will go great..keep us posted
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6/23/2010 5:28 PM
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Hi ladies --- okay so my 2ww ends tomorrow at 7:30am and I am finally getting nervous!! I have had no symptoms this entire time -- from the shots to now. I am PUPO!!!
@lucky -- good luck with your ER on Friday -- will keep fingers crossed for you.
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6/23/2010 4:40 PM
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Update for me they called back yesterday and told me that the RE took another look at my numbers and they decided to let my follicles grow for 1 more day. So Friday at 12:30 is my ER. I just want to get this over with!
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6/22/2010 3:45 PM
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Hi Ladies -
Looks like there are some positive vibes going on around here. Keep them coming! I made it this time my ER is scheduled for Thursday morning at 10:45 EST. Today they saw 9 follicles so I hope they all make it out! I will update Friday and let you all know how everything goes.
IVF2mom - great numbers so early. Very cool that you didnt have to wait 2 weeks. Hoping for some of that positive energy!
Irishgirl - that is very cool!
Congrats to all the ladies on the success!
Good luck to everyone!
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6/22/2010 2:23 PM
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Sorry Possible I'm thinking about you...I meant Praying! Can I blame it on pregnancy brain yet?
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6/22/2010 2:04 PM
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Irishgirl, That is really cool and I think a good sign.
Possible, you will have those boys...I just know it. I'm hoping we are preg with girl/boy twins and then we are done. My family is all girls (3 sisters and 8 nieces, 1 nephew) and my DH's family is all boys (1 brother, 1 son, 2 nephews). So I want to give both sides a blessing and shut the baby making factory down. LOL
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6/22/2010 1:51 PM
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agahope, I'm on the progesterone cream (it's more like inserting a tampon, squeezing the cream and pulling the tube out). I do have extra discharge from time to time and today had a little old blood. I took a pix of it and they said it was likely inplantation blood since it was dark (it was old) that was stuck in the excess cream and came out.
Ladies, due to my discharge with the dark blood I went back to the RE today b/c I was a little paranoid. For my sanity, they did more bloodwork and called to tell my in one day my beta went from 137 to 391. This is so exciting!
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6/22/2010 1:50 PM
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agahope-I have someoff and on spotting with the supp. but its has been a very light pink color. and I only see it with the supp. discharge. i did read that you may have spotting (from pink, brown or red in color) with the supp.
ivf-Everyone is so excited. Since we have three teenage girls already (he has one and I have two. this will be our first together) we all want boys. Before i went for my US, My baby girl and i both dreamed about boy/girl twins. But I think that its going to be boy/boy. when I had my baby girl, I really, really wanted her to be a boy. I figured this was going to be my last baby and I wanted a boy/girl set. I hope all the way untill she came out that she would be a boy. Even though I had a US and saw that it was a girl. LOL! So I feel that God knew that I was suppose to have two girls then, cause he would be blessing me with two boys now.
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6/22/2010 1:49 PM
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Wow! Just found out that my new doc was Celine Dion's RE!!! Makes me feel like I am in good hands!
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6/22/2010 1:38 PM
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Hi agahope: I have been on the progesterone suppositories since my ER and have no spotting or other side effects, only the expected "white" discharge (sorry if TMI) once the suppository "melts". From the research I did, the white discharge is expected and by then your body has already absorbed what it needs. For some, the discharge is heavier. Hope this helps.
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6/22/2010 12:56 PM
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Hi Ladies...have any of you used the progesterone suppositories and had spotting or bleeding from it? My RE says its just the cervix being irritated, but its gotten redder today and I am a little worried. I was just wondering if any of you have had this experience or if everyone is on the shots.
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6/22/2010 7:56 AM
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Yay Agahope - I'm hoping to follow suit with tomorrow's numbers.
praying - Twins are awesome. For several reasons I would love twins...but one being the cost of IVF. Can't wait to hear if you are having boy/boy, girl/girl or girl/boy. Do you have a preference other than healthy bundles of joy?
mablackie - you are in the home stretch...how exciting
christeen - so sorry dear about your BFN. Will keep praying for you.
Lucky - I sure do hope you are right. My DH and I predicted twins after the embriologist (sp?) said my blast where the best looking blast he had ever seen and my RE said we had a 40% chance of both sticking. It would be great! My ER was painless and quick. My DH said by the time he finished his "deposit" and sat down to watch TV they came and got him and said I was done. I remember the anethesiologist (sorry I can't spell) injecting some good juice into my IV, being rolled out of the prep room and waking up in another one. Even afterwards I only had mild discomfort, felt more like gas trying to move through than cramps. Good luck, you'll be fine.
Irishgirl - I can't imagine your dilemma. My only option was IVF because my tubes were blocked so we just did what we had to do. Thanksfully it worked the 1st time.
nurho - you'll next girl
Sticky Baby Dust and Vibes.....BFP and successful births, retrievals and transfers to all!
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6/22/2010 12:05 AM
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Hello Sisters,
I have been AWOL recently, but I just read all your posts.
CONGRATS TO ALL THE NEW Mommys.
Hugs, kisses and prayers to the BFN.
PUPO to the 2ww sisters.
I will keep it short, I am on hold since I lost my job, so I wanted to just say hello and tell you all that I am still praying for all of you and will let you all know when I get back on track.
Love always,
Toni
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6/21/2010 9:04 PM
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ivf2 & praying 4....congratulations to you both on your pregnancies! That is wonderful news. Twins are an added blessing so extra congrats on expecting 2!
mablackie....good to hear from you. Glad you doing well & feeling well. You're entering the homeward stretch now. Keep us posted on things, please.
cristeen....I am so very sorry. I know you're an RN so sure you did the real beta today. If miracles can happen I pray they do for you. Refresh my memory, did you end up with any frosties? I hope you and your DH don't give up. I know it means a lot to you both, and especially him since he has never had children. If you want to bounce anything off of me, feel free. Will be hoping you can try again soon.
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6/21/2010 8:46 PM
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@ivf2mom -- Congratulations -- that is awesome news.
@praying4amiracle -- congratulations on the twins.
@lucky3128 -- The ER was really painless for me. I was sedated and the next thing I remembered was waking up in recovery and my doctor telling me that she had retrieved 8 eggs. I didn't have any side effects from the sedation, just went home and slept most of the day. Good luck with your ER.
Let the baby dust and sticky vibes continue to flow for everyone....
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6/21/2010 6:08 PM
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Hi all:
Glad to hear of all the bFPs!! Congrats to ivf2 and agahope on the BFP and high betas! and praying4 --twins!!very exciting!
nurho- PUPO!!!!
cristeen- sorry to hear of the bfn. but still a chance of bfp with the blood test- it is more sensitve than home testts
epilady- my husband also travels a lot and I had the fun of giving myself shots, it stinks! good luck on beta test!
lucky- good luck on ER. I did not feel anything during the procedure but felt pretty sore later on . and nauseous from the anesthesia.
Had a followup with new RE today for US and mock transfer. he said everytihng looks good, FSH was 8.3 - lower than last time and he said totally within normal range. He is suggesting IUI but I really have a hard time believing that it will work. (brief history= 2 IUIS, 2 IVFs unsucessful). If it doesn't work, he would send me right to IVF the next month. My husband wants to go right to the IVF route because he said he can't handle the emotional strain of possibly 2 more procedures. Not to mention the time off of work for me, this office is in NYC , it took us 2 1/2 hrs to get there this morning so I am going to have to just take a chunk of time off for the monitoring and cycle. I am still thinking about it, have to call and discuss insurance benefits but couldn't handle any thing more today. I have a huge presentation at work tomorrow and that is adding to my stress, I think I will just not think about this for today...
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6/21/2010 5:24 PM
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Hey ladies
Praying - Congrats on the twins! Think of it as 2 for the price of one. Literally in our cases!
Mablackie - You are so close! Congrats you do give us hope that this can actually work. I love hearing all the positives, because it is so easy to get bogged down by the negative.
Agahope - congrats!!!!
IVF2 mom - I think that is really high for being so early. You may be having twins as well. Good luck!
Nurho & epilady - Good luck with your 2ww.
As for me I don't think I will be canceled this time!!!! I am at 848 for estrogen with 7 follicles. Have a few 14's and some more that are close. They are just waiting an extra day or 2 to get them to the 18 to 20 range before ER. Most likely will be Thursday or Friday! I am excited to have made it this far this time but also nervous.
Question does anyone remember the ER or did you feel it? I am having IV sedation and I really don't want to know whats going on!
Thanks ladies! Good luck to everyone!!!!
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6/21/2010 5:17 PM
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So great to hear all the wonderful news....twins and suprise early BFP!! congrats to everyone...it just goes to show that this process can work after all the hard work and emotions that go into it. I will definitely think about that today.
As for us, I did a beta today at work. I had such a strong feeling it didn't work and I couldn't take it anymore. I was right...it was negative..less than 2. Needless to say, we are numb and feeling very devastated. A million things are going through my head. We used a donor, my only issue is that I had my tubes tied and I'm 40, my DH's sperm are top notch, and it STILL didn't work. Just don't know what to say....love and prayers everyone!!
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