jchris- I too-like Michele had male factor only. It did work the 1st time but we did have to use tese-where they surgically removed sperm from my husbands testes- and then injected them into my eggs. Be sure that that is what your doctor plans to do. In other words, if your wife has 10 healthy eggs-...

Ladies-sorry to crash your thread-but just wanted to lend some hope to getting your bodies back after baby. I too bled until about 14 weeks-when it started I made sure that I slowed down-no more exercising, mowing the lawn etc....Pre-preg I was 135 lbs and very fit-The day before delivery I was 192l...

Faith77-I had OHSS and was told and read in many places that if my embies did implant, it would get worse for a while-I looked about 3 months pregnant at first-then my bloating and pain ended up COMPLETELY going away before beta so I was sure it was a BFN-not true....I have my 6 week old DS to prove...

Faith77-I wish I could tell you SOMETHING to help make the time go by.......I don't think there is anything. As far as signs/symptoms, I over analyzed every twinge or ache-only to find out they were from the progesterone. My only advice, try to keep busy-I know, easier said than done!!!!!! Best of L...

Esperanza & riogirl-thank you BOTH for your tips-I am trying it all......I'll let you know how it goes-It's just so hard to hear him scream when I know I could just put him on my breast, and he will be o.k.-But I have to remember, when he's at daycare, I won't be able to do that. I will keep at it. ...

Charlie78-thanks for the tips-I will look into both-Expensive or not, this kid is gonna have to eat!

I need advice from all you mommies out there. I have a 5 1/2 week old son-who will be going to daycare at about 10 weeks or so. I am breastfeeding him. I have started to try to pump & give him bottles to get used to it-with NO luck!!!! He just spits every nipple right out. Any tips or advice on whic...

Lynniecat-wanted to bump this question for you because others may know the answer for sure-mine was more of a guess or opinion-Anyone???

Lynniecat-I'm no expert on this, but I believe I read on here before that the doc's will not do it if you are still breastfeeding-I'm pretty sure she would have to stop first.

Michele-no I only had 1 fresh cycle. The global fee was 14,000-which I thought covered everything-but as time went on-I remember being charged for sperm handling, storage, embryo handling, storage and all this other stuff-My meds were 4 thousand five hundred-so somehow all these other handling and s...

Ct-Michele-just a thought-Maybe Dr. Levi can give some sort of discount if you ask-I mean Geeez-it's not like he hasn't made a ton of money on ALL of us-and you have travelled a long road with him already. I did notice-listening to the other stories on here-that it seems a bit more expensive than ma...

My CT friend, Michele-I am so sorry that it didn't work this time. I hope when you go to Dr. Levi today he has some answers or ideas about next time. About the money, you WILL find a way. I couln't believe we spent over 24 thousand last year alone on Matthew, and many people think I'm crazy sine we ...

sportsmom-I gained 12 lbs during just my stim period-Normally 135-by the time I got my BFP-147-at delivery a whopping 192-It is ALL so worth it though-the only problem I could tell is that I looked pregnant before I was because of the weight gain-so those that didn't know about my IVF just thought I...

Ct-Michele-just popping in to check on you-BEST of LUCK today!!!!!!

Esperanza-your little ballerina is beautiful!! If I ever figure out how to post pictures (I am computer illiterate) I will post pictures of Matthew too. Funny how important the name was for our little fella too. Matthew means gift from God-and he SURE is!!!!