1st IVF in August - Any possible cycle buddies?

[sarahc]

Hi ladies

Well I have been told my surgery (tube removal) was fine and am now having af (day 5!!!!!!!) BUT... on day 2 of next af i am to go in and get my meds to start af!

Only thing is i dont know what meds? inject or pill? or if it will be suppressing ovaries or getting eggs ready

Good luck everyone!!!

sarah

[meggs1012]

I know what you mean as far as the worries go. We're all gonna need to do our best as far as keeping everyone positive as we go. The way I look it, for whatever reason the man above has a plan for us all and for whatever reason if his plan were to have that happen, he's got something else in the works....(easy for me to say now...wait til im a basket case).....sooo Im more nervous for the shots/egg retrieval than i am worrying about that-i dont know-just thinkin about all of it makes me nautious!

[julianna26]

I am pretty new to this forum. Joined this week. I think I am finally realizing the names on top are the people who posted (originally thought it was the bottom name). LOL.

Meggs - I am getting anxious and worried about the shots, too. I start those 7/28. ER on 8/21 and ET on approx. 8/25. From what I've read on this forum, the shots aren't that bad if you ice for about 3-5 minutes first and try and pinch up the skin. Menopur (sp?) seems to be the worst from what I've read but some on here said if you massage the muscle immediately afterward and put a warm cloth on it, it makes it easier. I'm going to try this advice and hope it helps. Good luck to you! Hope we can help each other through this. Are your dates close to mine?

Baby Dust to everyone on here! I feel like I can't say that enough. I hope everyone has a BFP!!!

Talk to you all soon,
Julianna
(Jul-ee-ah-na)

[Jill_n_Mark]

Hello everyone! Just thought I would chime in and say hi. I am still awaiting the call from RE to start my meds and get tentative dates.

Keep in touch and take care everyone!

Jill

[snowsseven]

I am also new here, I should have my first IVF/ICSI in the middle of August. Start my meds on the 7th. Very excited and scared.

Good luck to all!

[meggs1012]

Julianna! Hey-i dont know my dates yet bc we're waiting for AF which will be maybe in the next week or so, and then from there we'll start lupron on CD 21-CRAZY....so as soon as I know about dates i'll let ya'll know-then we can all see where we're at! Good Luck to all of you! Baby dust, Baby Dust, Baby Dust!!!!

As you all go, post here and let us know how you're dealing with everything-that way, then we all know what we can get geared up for!

~Meggs

[julianna26]

Just wanted to stop back in and say hello.

Jill_n_Mark -
Best of luck to you in your upcoming cycle! I start my shots on 7/28, close to August too. Our dates should be pretty close together, I think. My mock transfer is scheduled for 7/26. Does this hurt at all? Did you need to rest afterwards when you got home? What exactly are they looking for?

Cecilia -
Nice to hear from someone in a similar situation as my DH and I. I am too, trying to be cautiously optimistic because I am 26 and in good health. The Dr was able to get six vials out of DH when he went for ICSI, so we will just have to (anxiously) wait to see how many eggs are produced.

I wish you all best of Luck and BFPs!!! I have a good feeling we are all going to be loving mothers soon!

Sarah, and anyone else I have forgotten, Baby Dust to ALL!

I hope you are all staying positive and thinking happy thoughts. Even though all of this is unknown and scary, we should also make it exciting, too! I've thought of starting a journal to record my thoughts and show my child one day how much they were loved and thought of before they even entered the world, and how much effort and love went into this process. Maybe I will start this soon. Anyone else doing anything similar?

Talk to you guys soon.
Julianna

[Jill_n_Mark]

Hey Juliana! and everyone else, too

The mock transfer was nothing. My RE just said he was wanting to map out my uterus and ovaries to make certain he could get to everything for the retrieval and transfer. I had light spotting afterwards but no pain...he just used an empty catheter similar to what will be used for the ER & ET. Have you done IUI before as it was just like the insemenation process? Forgive me if you stated that prior.

Well, I am about to head off to the movies. My husband and I are movie buffs as he is employed with the movie industry. I am thinking we are going to see the new Harry Potter movie. Ya'll may not care about all that...I was just rambling on...sorry.

Talk to you all later and baby dust & BFP's to everyone!
Jill

[ceiba]

Hi everyone and welcome Meggan, snowsseven, and Shannon,

Sounds like we'll have quite a group going through this crazy process together! Sarah, glad to hear your tubal surgery went well. Julianna, our situations do sound similar! I am a bit older than you at 34- well, quite a bit older in fertility-years- nothing like talking to a fertility doctor to make a girl feel old!! But all tests show I am healthy, and they got 6 vials of sperm from my husband too. They sacrified one for a test thaw to make sure it would survive well enough to be usable, and it was fine. Did they do a test thaw for you and your husband too? And don't worry about the mock transfer- it was not that different from a pap smear for me.

I also had my cycle review this week- signed a pile of paperwork and they ordered my meds. I will begin Lupron on 7/23, then start Follistim and Menopur when my period begins or on 8/6, whichever comes first. My Dr did not schedule my egg collection or embryo transfer yet, because he said everything will depend on how my body responds to the drugs. I will go into the office for monitoring (bloodwork and sonograms) almost every morning, and he will adjust my dosage or schedule my procedures based on the test results every day. Does this sound like what all of you are doing too? I was surprised to see that some of you have everything scheduled already, since my Dr seems to take it day by day. I guess different doctors have different approaches.

Anyway, our meds should arrive next week. It's so exicting and so scary all at once! I'm so happy to be starting the process and making a baby at last, but I'm also feeling very overwhelmed by all the meds and the needles and the constant monitoring and everything. I can't believe that women's bodies can take so much poking and jabbing and hormonal craziness and still produce healthy babies! But it's wonderful to read on this forum about all the success stories, so I know it does work and that I can do it too. What an adventure!

Okay, hope all of you are relaxing and enjoying your final weeks of normal hormones!

xo- Cecilia

[Jill_n_Mark]

Hello everyone! I got the call today. I started my BCPs today and I have another consult on Thursday. The nurse will go over the tentative dates for the shots, ER and ET. I am really getting excited now as it's getting closer and closer

Hope everyone is doing well and I will post again Thursday once we get our dates.

Wishing us all the best and BFPs!

Jill

[kbat]

Looks like I'll be starting my next IVF cycle in August as well. I'll probably get AF around Aug. 4 and will start Lupron the day after. This will be my 4th IVF cycle. However, we will be doing something different this time around. I won't be doing the birth control at all, which is different for me. Most of the med are the same or similar than what I was doing before. We are going to do IVF/ICSI this time around because the 3rd time, we had no fertilization at all.

Now that I know what to expect, I am hoping to be a little calmer about the whole thing. It's hard not to be a little stressed about it--even after being through it 3 times before. It should be a quick treatment. We are going away for a long week-end for Labor Day--something that we planned before we knew we were going to do this--so hopefully it'll help take my mind off things...

Best of luck to everyone.

[julianna26]

Hi Jill_n_Mark, Ceiba, snowseven, meggs1012, and anyone else I forgot!

Things are going OK here. Getting a little more excited and anxious as each day goes by and I get a little closer to my mock transfer date (July 26) and starting my shots (July 28 ).

I was reading another forum post and now am way more nervous and depressed. Some new research from last year showing sperm chromosomal abnormalities can be present after prolonged vasectomy reversal. Because I'm still pretty young at 26, and during the sperm extraction process, the Dr. got six vials of sperm from my DH, we have been keeping up the PMA and trying to stay positive... but now I'm afraid to even tell DH about what I read and see the disappointment on his face. He is scared we will end up having to use donor sperm and to be honest with all you girls, I worry about it too. Has anyone had to use donor sperm? What was the process like? Do you get to choose?

Well, I know I just need to stay positive and strong. But it can get hard sometimes. I know all of you can relate!!

I just called my Dr and left a message for him to call me about this sperm abnormality risk and if there is a way to test for it first. We'll see what he says. I get nervous when it's so much $, we can only really afford to do it this one time (no insurance coverage for this) and now things are coming up the Dr. never even mentioned. Makes me a little distrustful but oh well... take each day one at a time, I guess.

Everyone else hang in there please and don't get down in the dumps like me. I'm sure it will work for everyone!

Baby Dust to all!!! Talk to everyone soon!

Jules

[ICSI GIRL]

Jules ---- mock transfer........nothin' to worry about!! Is absolutely no different than a pap smear (atleast for me).......and if your doc is anything like mine -- when i had this visit - dh was w/ me and got to come into room while doc performed it......i think it took longer for me to undress than it did for doc to do the "procedure" -- ha, ha, ha.... but really --- doesn't take that long at all......you'll be fine

[ceiba]

Hi ladies,

Got my meds in the mail today- what a pile of drugs!! Honestly the thought of invasive surgical egg collection and of a vaginal catheter for embryo transfer doesn't bother me at all. It's all those drugs and injections that scare me. I feel like my body will be taken over by the drugs and I'll be at the mercy of the hormones. Plus I'm the type who gets all tense when they draw blood, so the thought of all those injections is freaking me out.

Okay, think positively!! I start the Lupron on 7/23, so I have 6 days to get used to the idea. So glad to have this forum to vent to!

Good luck to all of you!!
Cecilia

[nicoleslp99]

Hey everyone! I am also on the august cycle- this will be my first time so not really sure what to expect. I start stims on Aug 6 with tentative egg retrieval on Aug 18 with embryo transfer on Aug 21! Good luck to all of you- hope we all get the BFP!!!