Oh man, I thought I'd had a rough day until I heard about yours! I can't believe you had to break into your own house ...nothing like keeping the stress level down, huh?
I'm glad to hear that you're on course. My appt went okay as well. There are 6 follicles on the left and 5 on the right and all seem to be about the same size. I'm a little discouraged because when I checked in for the appt the receptionist said the dr told her she thought my er would be on Monday, but after the appt they said not ready yet and so I have to take two more days of drugs and go back tomorrow morning for another appt. I was frustrated because my normal doctor wasn't there and I don't like the weekend doc as much. I just get bad vibes from her, you know. Plus, I had to buy two more generilix shots, so that sucks because those aren't cheap. Oh well, enough whining I guess. (Although it is a little fun to complain--makes me feel better in a petty way.)
I am getting sooooo nervous the closer this gets. I keep running the "worse case" scenerios through my head. Help!
Our stories sound similar. I was originally told that my retrieval would be on Tuesday and than my doc moves it possibly to Thursday. My poor receptionist is going to kill me for having to reschedule everyone again at work. I have to take a whole day off of work each time since I am on the road a total of 6 hrs.
I am so ready to end these drugs. The doc says you should feel "discomfort". Waking up around 2 A.M. in the morning from this is more than "discomfort". The shots were so easy to give at first and now they seem more painful each time. Maybe my whole body is getting more sensitive. I can feel every bump in the road when I am in the car.
I know what you mean about thinking the worst. I have always been a pesimist. I tell my family that it is better to be a pesimist and be pleasantly suprised vs. being an optimist and being greatly disappointed. With that being said, I have lots of hope for both myself and for you that this is going to work. I am trying to change my tune this time. It helps to read the success stories and avoid the others at this time. Hang in there. Soon we will be starting a new thread "Two weeks waiting" and hopefully sharing our success stories.
Thanks for the positive thoughts--I so hope you are right. Gotta go get my shot and go to bed. My appt is at 7 am tomorrow--I am not a morning person, so of course the only time they do appts at the dr's office is at the butt crack of dawn. My dr said that was to prepare us for when we have a baby and will never get to sleep in again Hope she's right! Have a great night!
I had my other ultrasound today. My right ovary is still not doing as much as my left. The largest one is 17 on my left. He wants me to stay on the meds three more days. He was going to increase them but the nurse said that it is too late to increase. I go back on Wed. I just want to move on already. I guess I have to be patient. Do you know if there is a chance for the eggs in the bigger follicles to deteriorate while waiting for the smaller ones to mature?
I'm so sorry...I bet the wait is killing you. I don't know about the eggs, but I posted the question on another board I'm on a lot with a lot of other girls, so I will let you know if any of them have an idea! I can't imagine that the doctor would take a chance if it wasn't safe?!?
I went in this morning and was told all looks well. I don't know about the numbers--they didn't tell me anything like 20 or 17?? I don't know much except they said it seems like I have plenty of follies so here's hoping.
I'm supposed to take the trigger tonight and then ER will be on Weds morning and transplant on Saturday. I wish you had got the okay so that we were on the same time frame!!!!!! Oh well, as I said I bet this wait is for the best and that you will have huge, happy, follicles on Weds!
Hang in there!
Hey--a girl on the other board said that she was worried about the same thing with the follicles and her doctor said that it's basically playing the odds and that he would know when to take them and not risk the bigger ones.
If you have any other questions like that or feel I'm not enough for you you should check out the Nov 'o6 thread in the general forum. There are lots of people going through it so it's interesting and lots of comments and they all seem very sweet and helpful.
Of course, I like chatting with you better because I feel like I've gotten to know you...but more opinions can only help!
Thank you for your help. I'll check it out. Good luck tomorrow. I'll be sending good thoughts your way. I am nervous about my appointment tomorrow. I hope I get the go ahead. Can't wait to hear how many embryos you get.
Well, yesterday was the transfer and it wasn't bad at all. A little crampy, but overall not a bad experience.
The nurse just called and told us out of the 12 eggs they retrieved, 9 fertilized so I'm so relieved! I called my DH to let him know at work and I thought he was going to cry--he was so worried they weren't going to fertilize because our main problem has been with his sperm. Big, big relief!
How did your appointment go? Let me know, please, I'm dying to find out!
I am happy for you! When do they expect your transfer? I guess my appointment went ok. Only very few follicles on my right and lots on my left. The doc did say it is possible that 4 of my follicles are post mature because they are very large. I have several others that are very small. He said that I may have 10 good follicles, I may have more or less at the time of retrieval and he doesn't know about the eggs. I go tomorrow morning. My trigger shot didn't agree with me. It formed a whelp and has been red and sore all day. The nurse says it's probably ok. I am soooo nervous!
I can't wait to hear when your transfer is. Good luck and lots of baby dust!!!!
I'm hoping your retrieval went well..thinking big numbers for you!!!
My 9 embrios made it through the night (whew!) so we're scheduled for transfer tomorrow morning. I'm soooo excited. I just want it to be here already!
I'm sorry the trigger shot wasn't good---I've been really lucky and had no problems with the shots. Even the PIO isn't bad. Someone gave me the tip to warm the bottle in your hand before you shoot it and that seems to help! Or maybe my poor butt is just used to it by now!
For some reason, (Huh, wonder why?) I'm really emotional today. I'm back at work and everyone is just rubbing me the wrong way and making me want to cry! Love these hormones!!!!
Let me know how it went this morning! (It was this morning, right? Or is it tomorrow? I get easily confused!!!!!!)
That's great! I'll be thinking of you. I made it through the retrieval today. Some mild cramping is all. Not bad. We have 13 eggs and will get the first word tomorrow about how many fertilized. I can't wait!! I'm nervous too. Transfer is planned for Monday if all goes well. I would love to take off the whole week for this but I am planning on working Tues. and Wed.
Now the real waiting will begin for you. It really has gone by so fast and hopefully we will both get great news!! Have you decided on how many embryos you will transfer? If we have two excellent, that is all we will transfer. The embryologist told us something cool! We will get to see a slide show of the fertilization and dev. of the embryos on Monday. If we get pregnant, we will get the pics. That will be sooo fun! He has said that some people make them into Christmas cards. I don't think we will go that far.
13 is fantastic!!!!! I'm praying that you get lots of fertilization. I think for me, the hardest wait so far was the call to find out how many fertilized. So here's hoping tonight goes really fast and the doctor calls tomorrow with great results for you!
I don't actually get to decide how many they transfer--the nurse said the dr will call me before the procedure tomorrow to let me know. I'm hoping for two...heck, I'd even take 3 at this point (can you imagine triplets????)! I figure she's the expert so I'll let her tell me, though if she says just one I definitely will discuss it with her.
That's so cool about the slide show and pictures. If nothing else, this experience has made me appreciate how truly cool science is!
Anyway, congrats on getting through the retrieval and here's throwing tons of baby dust your way!!!!!!!
Yes, I agree about the wait for the phone call. My husband received a call last night and he sounded so "flat". I was sure that it was the clinic to tell me something had gone wrong. Fortunately, we won a vacation to the Bahamas. He didn't think it was real and was trying to be reserved.
We did get our call this morning. Out of 13 of the eggs, only 5 were mature. The rest were over or under. We had 4 to fertilize. I am praying that they make it thru. I am so nervous!!! I would say that we will not have anything to freeze so this is going to be our one chance. I'm going to try to stay busy today to keep my mind off of the call for tomorrow. I wish you the best of luck today and the next two weeks. What a Christmas gift this will be if it works!
I have been so nervous about our embyros. We did get some good news today. The nurse told us that we have 2 excellents and 2 fair as of today. If they stay excellent we are going to transfer them and 1 fair. I feel excited and hopefull again!
How are you? Have the nerves gotten better or worse since you are in the two week wait? At least one of our weeks will be during the holliday and will fly by. Take care!
I thought that 24 hour bed rest would be great, but man I am going crazy! This is the first time I've gotten up to do anything but go to the bathroom since yesterday morning, so it's really weird. It's going to take a little bit before I feel really comfortable moving around and not nervous that I'm hurting them!
They did implant 2, so I was happy with that. The transfer is so easy and we got a picture of ours too. They are soooo cool! We named them little nicknames (mature, huh?) and hopefully aren't setting ourselves up for failure and/or major disappointment!
Congrats on the fertilization! Isn't it a relief that that part is over? I hope hey put all three in and that triplets are heading your way
Well, I think I'm going to go lay down again. Good luck with everything and actually you're pretty much in the 2ww too, so welcome!
PS--A trip to the Bahamas? Man, your luck is just outstanding lately!!!!
...nothing like keeping the stress level down, huh? 
Hope she's right! Have a great night!
you should check out the Nov 'o6 thread in the general forum. There are lots of people going through it so it's interesting and lots of comments and they all seem very sweet and helpful.