Hi Corinna, Boy I feel your pain! Stimms can be a stressful time - somewhat exciting cause you're "doing something" but remember your hormones are raging (2000, OMG!!), you're bound to feel yucky and down. BevT mentioned the professionals wouldn't be doing this if they didn't think there was a chanc...

HI - been thinking about your question re: insurance. Bottom line I think if they get pressure to cover, over time they will. But they're not going to give anything up without a fight. My DH and I have great insurance and chose a higher cost plan because they cover up to $10K lifetime. The first tim...

Hi All! I'm looking forward to seeing how you're doing and sending positive thoughts your way. My ET is tomorrow - don't know the "score" of my embies yet but I told them to just use the cutest ones and freeze the rest. :) I think we'll have 5 frozen so that will give us more chances if we need them...

not sure if I'm using the right acronym but I meant intra-muscular when I used IM. Maybe I should have used TBSO for the Big Scary One, haha

Tonia and LM, how are you doing with your shots so far? I was SCARED OUT OF MY MIND but I'm lucky my DH was more than happy to stick me (ha) and that has helped. The first time he had to give me IM shot I kept chickening out, he finally told me to put the pillow over my head and shut up, I barely fe...

Thanks Lisa - they checked me out and I have a mild case of OHSS - as long as fluid doesn't leak into my abdomen or whatever we're clear for the ET tomorrow so I am relieved! Lesson learned - listen to our bodies and call the dr. if we're concerned, don't be afraid your just a hypochondriac. I was i...

Have any of you experienced abdominal pain after egg retrieval that wasn't related to OHSS (hyperstimulation). I had the procedure Monday with mild bloating and pain - it's been two days and getting worse. I'm not gaining weight which is what they told me to watch for but I'm more bloated now and th...

Hi - sorry I don't know what ORM stands for. I was under anesthesia and had the catheter with the retrieval but will be awake for the transfer. Not feeling great but think that's just from lying around in bed all day - I shouldn't complain!! Glad to hear your shots are going well so far - those supp...

Hi there - welcome to IVF. I didn't know what on earth I was getting myself into (haha) but it's all worth it. Find a way to relax, meditate, whatever because you'll be going through lots of ups and downs and will need some way to maintain a balance. I found it tough to talk with my friends in the b...

Hi All, been catching up on posts since I'm in bed and have all the time in the world ... had retrieval procedure yesterday, they got 20 eggs! 12 mature, fertilized via ICSI and 7 are good. Due to my age they're only tranferring 2 back - go in Thursday then on bedrest 3-4 days. Keeping my fingers an...

thanks Tonya for the OHSS description - found that great list of acronyms in the sticky as well. Appreciate all of you for putting that together for us newbies! I have to say, reading through past posts have helped me level-set expectations so I'm prepared if/when my cycles fail. Here I thought the ...

sorry another dumb newbie question here - what is OHSS? Other than another thing to worry about? heehee

hi - tyring to follow this post as getting prepared for 1st IVF. what is superovulation?

Hi all - thanks for the definitions, maybe we need a glossary? haha

what do "ttc" and "ve" stand for? See them in some signatures I believe.

thanks, racquel (bsn - big stupid newbie. bad me, that's not nice)

Hi everyone - it's nice to find a forum like this to share information. I'm new to forums and relatively new to IVF and don't know all the acronyms in both worlds yet so please be patient. Here's my story in brief - I'm 34 and hubby is 40. We've been married 4 years and have a 9 year old daughter fr...