Good luck to you!

During this whole crazy process just remember to keep your stress level down (or at least try to :) ) If you work try to cut down on your hours if you can. Have your husband to more for you at home, etc.

Some pointers I have learned from these IVF websites are....to drink lots of ...

Ladies -
I just went to my RE on friday for follow up, after two failed IVF's, and we were discussing embryo quality. Basically, he said embryo quality is not a good factor to look at. You could have poor quality which result in a pregnancy and you could have great quality that doesnt result in ...

Lind -
I live in NJ but go to the RE in NYC. I hear what you are saying about wasting time. Also the energy spent in that 2 week period waiting for a positive result. Telling yourself you're pg to stay positive and then get that call that you're not! Its completely exhausting and devestating.

Trish

Lind,
Thanks for the information. We actually did ICSI and still only had the 2 fertilize. So Im not sure if its that my eggs are bad or what but out of the 8 mature only the 2 feritlized.

We did not do PGD. Correct me if Im wrong but isnt that when they test the embryos to determine which ones are ...

thanks for the info! Good Luck with your retrieval and transfer!
Tricia

Rotobay - question for you?? I did not have too many follicles either. My first IVF I had 9 oocytes retrieved and only 1 fertilized = bfn. My second IVF I had 10 retrieved and 2 fertilized = bfn.

How many of yours fertilized? I am curious because I am going to see the RE on 9/14 and am trying to ...

Thank you for that information. It is unfortunate that someone would do that. It was nice of you to try and help someone out in need!

Kelly - Best of Luck. Keep us posted. And remember no question is every silly!!

Well ladies unfortunately I got a BFN on 8/29. We are following up with our RE on 9/14 to discuss the next step. Thanks for all your positive words. Here's hoping the third time is the charm!

Kelly - I've done 2 IVF's and I still don't know half of this terminology. However, here's what I know. When they do the egg retreival (ER) those are oocytes. Personally, I had 10 oocytes retreived. The next day I got a call and was told that out of the 10 8 were mature. Usually if the oocyte is not ...

Mandy - I just had a 2nd IVF = bfn. We are looking into doing a third. the first time we only had 1 embryo 6 cell. The second time we had 1 8 cell and 1 4 cell.

I just read that you drank lots of water. Is that supposed to help? I have not heard that. But I am definitley going to drink lots of ...

K - Its good to hear that other people had to do it a few times. That makes me feel that eventually, it will work. So funny you are in NJ also. I am definitley going to try and find ways to destress myself. I am going to talk to my supervisor next week to see if I can work a 3 or 4 day workweek. I ...

Vlada - thanks so much. we are already talking about doing it a 3rd time. Ughhhh.....this is so exhausting I wish I could quit my job

kangela - thanks so much for your words (and hug!) I think we are going to go for a 3 rd time. We do it in NY right now and live in NJ. We are actually thinking of trying a clinic in NJ because its closer to home (and hopefully that would be less taxing) however the one in NY is so well known ...

I got a BFN. I very sad. This was my second IVF and I was so positive it was going to work.