1st IVF in August - Any possible cycle buddies?

[julianna26]

Hey guys
Wanted to let everyone know I'm taking the "trigger shot" tonight at 8:30. My ER is scheduled for 6:30 am on Friday morning. Since it's over an hour drive for us, we'll have to be on the road at 5 am. Hopefully I'll be too tired to even be nervous. They saw 15 follicles at my first U/S but I've had a couple more since then and only 6 appear to be growing pretty well on the right and 3 on the left ovary. So I'm just hoping they can get at least 6 eggs out of me and hope for the best!

Take care everyone and I will post Friday sometime to let you know the results!

Anxious, Nervous and Excited in Ohio,
Julie

[icsipixie]

Hi!
We started IVF on August 9th! We will have our extraction on Wednesday of next week and a transfer date of 9/1 or 9/3!!!! can't wait!!!

[Aliann09]

So I am a little disappointed right now I got to looking at the calander and I realized that I had counted my 12 days wrong and should be testing on Friday instead of Saturday so I call the clinic and they say no you need to test on Sunday 14dpt because you did a 3dt not a 5dt so I should have just kept my mouth shut because now I just added another day on to my sentence

Hey is anyone else swollen up like they are 4 months preg, I sure am literally some people in my office buliding asked me if I was pregnant today! and I am quite uncomfortable I also feel like my left ovary is swollen I am even walking funny because of all of this?

[cyclone]

Hey girls!!

Things are really moving fast all of a sudden. It seems like I just started this whole process and tomorrow is already ER. I did the trigger shot last night and I was so worried about it. I guess I shouldn't have worried so much because I barely felt it. You hear people say that but I never believed them, but it is true. The shot isn't that bad.

My ER is tomorrow morning at 9. I am starting to get nervous about it. I haven't thought about it all day but now that I am home for work it is all I can think about.

Well good luck to everyone on their 2ww. Baby dust to all!!

[Jill_n_Mark]

Aliann09, I know how you feel. I am so bloated after my retrieval on Monday. It hurts to walk and even use the bathroom (sorry if TMI). I too look like I am about 4 months pregnant. I finally called the dr office today b/c it was just so uncomfortable. The nurse said it was most likely fluid retention from hyperstimulation and my bladder shrinking back down to normal size. I am scheduled for my transfer on Saturday and really hope the swelling goes down prior to then as I know I will bloat back up

On another note, I still have all 15 embryos growing strong. I am so excited about doing the blast transfer. I guess I will get the exact time later in the week.

Good luck to everyone who's waiting on beta results and those who'll be testing over the weekend---BFPs coming your way

Keep us posted girls!

[ceiba]

Hi everyone,

Yes, my belly has been swollen like I'm 4 months pregnant too, ever since I started the stims. I thought it would go away after stopping the stims and the ER, but it hasn't budged at all. My RE said it basically won't go away unless I don't get pregnant. So we just get 10 months of swollen bellies instead of the normal 9! It's so bad that I can't wear half my clothes anymore. I am seriously considering buying some stretchy maternity pants already, just because I can't fit into anything else right now! And yes, after my ER I too found going to the bathroom the most painful thing- yuk.

julianna and cyclone, good luck on your upcoming ERs! And welcome icsipixie!!

[icsipixie]

My stomach has been really bloated through the whole processes. i am going on the stim meds for about a week now and look about 3 months pregnant.. I have been wearing those empire waist tops to get my coworkers to not talk about it

[ICSI GIRL]

QUICK UPDATE.......I TESTED TODAY:

OK - here's the deal..........my beta number is 15......ideally - they like/want to see atleast 50.......technically ---- anything between 5-50 is considered BFP............so they want me to continue all meds......and come back sat morning for round 2 bw --- if it double and/or increases dramatically -- that will be a GOOD SIGN.........if it doesn't really do much/go anywhere ---- it will have been considered a chemical preg.....

I NEED ALL THE STICKY BABY DUST IN THE WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

much love to all........will check back in morning

[julianna26]

ICSI GIRL

Sticky Baby Dust!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sticky Baby Dust!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sticky Baby Dust!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm so ROOTING for you

[kbat]

icsi girl
[/u][/b]STICKY BABY DUST!!!!

I am hoping good news for you!!!!

[Aliann09]

I am so excited for everyone we are all coming right along retrival girls good luck you will coast right through. transfer gals just think in the next few days you will have little babies in your belly shortly, and for all of us waiting to test hold on its a long bumpy wait but I am sure we will be there soon!


So I did some research and sent out o few pm's last night and got an enormous response on my swollen situation so I called my clinic tody and told them what was happening. So they said well have you gained weight and what is you waist size WTF I don't just keep that infor handy with me at work DUH! So I went home for lunch and did thier little questioner. I have gained 2 pounds since retrival no big deal but get this in the last week my waste size has increased 6in so you think I',m swollen!!! Anyway nurse calls back says they think I have a mild case of OHSS but says she thinks its a good sign that I am PREGO because of what s going on in there! with OHSS symtoms usually get worse if you are pregnant and since I am 11dpt probably the case YEA but holy COW MAN I seriously went to dinner last night with my friend who is Prego with TWINS I think she is 16wks and I am bigger than her. But good news is nurse says I can comein a day early for my BETA so I am back on for Saturday! Thanks for all of the info from those that I pm'd

[kbat]

BIG DISAPPOINTMENT... looks like none of my eggs got anywhere--it's the 2nd time in a row this hasn't happened. What makes things worse, is that no one from the clinic even called me to tell me. I got a follow up call yesterday to see how I was doing after anes. & I was told that someone from my team would call me today regarding the transfer on Friday. When no one called me by about 4:45, I called and left a message for my nurse. by 6 p.m. still no call so I had the nurse on call paged and she called me to tell me this. She asked me if someone had called me and I said no. I have caller id, and nothing. Not to mention if I am on the phone, it goes right into voicemail--no message to even call them. I even checked my cell phone number & nothing. I have 2 emotions right now--one of total disappointment and one of thinking it's total BS. This happened on cycle #3, and I had a call by 10:30 the next morning by the doctor (not even the nurse) to let me know what happened. 2 days later from this clinic and nothing. I definately feel like I am getting jerked around. I don't know what to do because both clinics don't seem to be on the ball. Clinic #1 the doctor had no personality/no bedside manner and the clinic seemed really disorganized. I thought going to a new and different one would at least reduce some of the stress and emotions from that, but after last week and now this, I don't know.... I don't think I want to go back to the other one b/c the doctor didn't really want to try past 3 ivf cycles, but this one keeps me in the dark. Don't know what scenerio is better. I wonder how much medicine I've been taking over the past 2 or 3 days that I didn't have to.

Good luck to the rest of you and thanks so much for the support. It has meant a lot to me. baby dust to you all

[Jill_n_Mark]

kbat, I am so sorry to hear this. I would definitely be upset with the clinic. I can only imagine how disappointing this is for you...to go thru this twice in a row. I know that everyone has their own faith and beliefs, but God has a plan for you. Maybe you just need to take some time off and see if you can find another clinic...it may have to be in some other city or something, but it will work out in the end.

Aliann09, I am in so much pain right now and scared to death that something is wrong and the transfer may get canceled. My ER was Monday and by Tuesday, I was as big as whale atleast that is how I felt. Yesterday, I called the nurse and she was asking me how I felt. I told her I had a tightness and fullness in my abdomen and that I had strong muscle spasms when I used the bathroom. She said I was experiencing hyperstimulation and fluid retention. I have done alot of reading online and lots of RE's stop the IVF process and freeze the embryos. I have waited so long for this, feel so positive and pray that my transfer takes place Saturday as planned. I did ask the nurse if this would interfere and she said no, as long as I was not experiencing severe symptoms.

Sorry this was so long-winded, I am just worried

Good luck to everyone in waiting

[kbat]

jill_n_mark--
Thanks for your kind words. Unfortunately, in the whole state of Rhode Island, there are only 2 clinics and i've been to both of them. this was my first ivf treatment w/ the "new" clinic. I thought it was stressful that for the retreivel we had to drive over an hour away. There are probably some good ones in Boston, but that over an hour away for me and I can't imagine doing all my u/s and bw for 2 hour round trip--especially since many of them do them so early. I guess I will have to see what the re says. Although, I don't there's any excuse for not calling me. At this point, I am not sure if this is it for us or not. I can handle the drugs and I can even handle the disappointment, but when people start playing around w/ others people's lives whether or not they know it. I can't handle it. I can't keep changing clinics. Maybe this is God's way of letting me know that it's time to move on...Don't feel like I can wait too much longer due to my age. Out of 4 tries--only got fertilization twice and that was the first 2 times we tried. we are not into adoption, donor eggs or sperm, so whatever we decide that's it....

Oh my gosh, I hope everything works out for you. I'll be thinking of you and praying for you that your transfer goes as planned.

Kara

[Cocoa]

Wow Kbat... I don't even know what to say!!! Dealing with such incompetence BESIDES the utter and extreme disappointment in the fact that fert didn't occur. Did they even give you a REASON for it??? WTF??!!! I like my clinic. They get a lot of out of town and even out of country people. They also have several sattelite offices through the state (NJ) BUT you can be monitored by another lab if you are out of town (country) until retrieval and transfer then you would stay in town for those days (like a mini vac). I don't know any in RI but could you try an out of town place and be monitored through scripts for another lab? The other option is to begin to relax now, take a retreat from IVF, get acupuncture, reflexology, massages and try naturally - it could happen (like the little orphan boy believed about his adoption in "angels in the outfield").

All the best with blessings, prayers and baby dust to you!!!

Cocoa