Starting very 1st IVF in October...anyone else??!!

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mimi77
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fhl, wow, you must have felt so bloated to be carrying around all those eggs! congrats on the number fertilized, that's great! my re says the expect 80% to be mature and to have almost all fertilize is wonderful. let us know as soon as you do when you go in for xfer and how the quality is. have dh wait a little longer for alcohol to dry, that could be why it burned. i bend over the table, stand with my toes in like a duck and shift all my weight to the opposite side of the shot. i don't ice it before or after. dh just rubs it with cotton ball for a few seconds after shot. hope this helps.

melinda, what a nice friend you have. the progesterone gives me all the symptoms of pregnancy...just hang in there. keep us posted too as to when your xfer is. the two of you have to start us of with bfp's! did you see the post for the lady who got a bfn and was really prego? wow!

u/s found my lazy lt. ovary had 3, 2 of which could be ready for er on wed. and my rt. has 11, 9 which could be ready. they all seemed to be close to the same size and e2 levels are right where they should be. this is all familiar to me. all of my cycles have looked similar to this, and didn't work. the problem is when we fertilize, just don't make quality embies. :( i'm trying to stay positive, but afraid. i don't know how many more we can afford, we pay out of pocket for everything and all by ourselves...this has to work!

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1st IVF 11/04-healthy BB!
2nd IVF 3/07 BFN
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hey girls just got a call from the drs office going to do the transfer sun @ 8:30 am im so excited!!i did read that about the lady with the bfn and then the bfp! that is so amazing i am so very happy for her and dh!!!!

mimi77-im praying that eveything goes your way this time i am sure the are going to be good embies :D :D :D

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Well today is Definetely a better day as far as the tightness, bruised feeling from my ER. Melinda:), My RE told me the same thing about the follicles filling with blood and fluid after the ER. Ick. It's amazing our bodies know to do that. So far, they are calling me tomorrow if I need to come in for the ET, or wait until Monday. We'll see!
mimi77, thanks for the Progesterone tips, I could use them!! My poor cheeks! :oops: This morning's shot went MUCH better. It didn't burn, and you may be right about the alcohol pad..yesterday my dh was nervous, and I think he rushed. I iced it for about 30 seconds this a.m., did the shot, rubbed it for a minute or so, then put some heat on it. Seemed to help a bit as well. It sounds like you've got lotsa eggs in the making in you too!! Don't get discouraged, remember every cycle you have is different! I'm hoping for perfect embies for us all!!!
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2 FET-bfn
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Got a call this morning , they are doing my ET Monday at 11:30, which will be a 5 day transfer. I'm thinking of transferring 3???
2 embryos -grade 1 (or A), 7 grade 2 (B), 2 grade 3 (c), and one has not progressed.
How is everyone doing??
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2 FET-bfn
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fhl-thats so exciting!!!i go tomorrow im still haveing a lot of bloatness in my stomach i am trying to do research on it and what i am coming up with it is a side effect from th progeterone :( it is pretty painful!!!my stomach feel like it ways 50 pounds!!!but the dr does not seem to be worried about it!!we are going to tranfer 2 tomorrow i hope they have growed even more they dont call on 4 days so i wont know till tomorrw!!!then i will be on bed rest for 48 hours!!!so i wish you luck!!! :D :D :D :D

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Good luck today Melinda:) Let us know how it went! (after your bedrest) :D
I also am very bloated too, like my pants don't fit...good thing I have lotsa sweats and overalls haha :D Definetely got to be the progesterone, I'm also soooo tired. I get up ok, then by the time I'm done getting ready, my bed sure looks nice!! Tomorrow is ET day, so I guess I'll get plenty of rest after that! I have been so sore from the PIO shots the last couple days, but today is a good as@ day, lol. Not too sore. Over the last few days I finally think I know what works for me. No ice. Just doing the shot and sitting on my heating pad for an hour seems to be ok. So far! And the weird thing is I took 2 tylenol last night because I was sooo sore. Tylenol NEVER works for me for anything ( I only took it because my DH made me) and it helped ALOT. I was actually able to move! Ok, enough of my ramblin' on, anyways, I'm thinking positive for us all!

How you doing Mimi77? I hope everything is moving along well for you!!Do you know when your ER is yet?
Me and DH 30
lots of clomid
3 iui's w/gonal-f-bfn
2 fresh ivf-bfn
2 FET-bfn
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good luck melinda, i hope everything went well today. looking forward to hearing when you are up to it.

i am feeling so "full". well, full for me. crampy and ready to get these suckers out and fertilized, but i'll have to stim another night and morning. er will be on wed. with xfer on sat. i will hopefully have 7-8 eggs...we'll see.

good luck tomorrow, fhl. hoping you both start us off with bfp's! when i got bfp with our son, i had pio shots for 6 wks...the first wk or so i was very sore, but after that you just kind of get used to it. make sure you are rubbing the oil in to disperse it, so it doesn't lump together and get hard.

take care ladies and keep us posted.
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5 failed IUI's
1st IVF 11/04-healthy BB!
2nd IVF 3/07 BFN
3rd IVF 5/07 BFP - miscarried @ 6wks
4th IVF BFN
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Hi everyone I am new to this forum but not to IVF I did a cycle in june/july with BFN. I am starting a new one now I just started my Lupron on Oct 19th and my retreivel date is Nov 9th I hope to get a BFP this time.
I am 30 and DH is 33 with two kids 13 and 10. I have unknown infertility which is very frustrating. I have been reading this forum for some time now and thought I would join for this go round.

On a different note if anyone is interrested I have extra GONAL-F 3 unopened boxes of 75IU 10 to box. If any one is interrested E-mail me at buddygary246@yahoo.com with offer. Will sell very cheap!
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Today I started FSH. Repronex, and reduced my lupron to 5 Units.
Sometime next week I'll have my ER!!! :D :D . Good luck to everyone!
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well, tomorrow is the big day. i will go in first thing and have the er. looking forward to seeing how many they get. i also don't mind getting put under, it's so weird and kind of fun. as long as there are 2 good ones, they will implant them on sat. morning. keep my fingers crossed. how is everyone doing?

mimi
me-30 dh-30
endometriosis
ttc since 2003
5 failed IUI's
1st IVF 11/04-healthy BB!
2nd IVF 3/07 BFN
3rd IVF 5/07 BFP - miscarried @ 6wks
4th IVF BFN
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hi ladies sorry it has been so long for me to get back on here!!!well on sun i went for my et and eveything went well we only did one blast because they could not get the 2nd one in because my cervic closed!!!weir i know but i guess it all happens for a reason!!!i went and had my progesterone checked yesterday and it was a 88.3 so thats really good they say!!i know that we have 11 frozen!!!6 of them were blast and 5 of them were done on day 3....



enough about me i hope eveything goes good for you mimi77 today and they get lots of eggs!!!!!fhl how are you????my body is now starting to feel normal not so sore thank goodness :D :D :D :D
well have a good day :D :D melinda
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melinda, sounds good...when do you test? i wish my clinic did blast, i think they have a better chance of continuing to divide.

fhl, ready for monday? keeping yourself busy for the time to go by?

well, i had er today. they got 12! that is a lot for me, i kept saying, did someone say a dozen? we'll know about fertilization tomorrow am. i feel really good about this one. i really believe in the power of positive thinking...hang in there ladies and we'll all have a bunch of summer babes in tote. :lol:

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5 failed IUI's
1st IVF 11/04-healthy BB!
2nd IVF 3/07 BFN
3rd IVF 5/07 BFP - miscarried @ 6wks
4th IVF BFN
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well, got disappointing news this morning. of the 12 follies we got yesterday, 9 were mature, but of those 9 only 3 fertilized normally! only 3! i can't hardly believe it, i'm so disappointed. i know all it takes is one, but we needed all the possiblities we could get. we have never had that few to choose from on a day 3 xfer. we've also never had any good ones to freeze...stats don't look good. we won't know any more until we go in for xfer on sat. hopefully we can at least have 1 good one. the rollercoaster of infertility!

how is everyone else?

mimi
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endometriosis
ttc since 2003
5 failed IUI's
1st IVF 11/04-healthy BB!
2nd IVF 3/07 BFN
3rd IVF 5/07 BFP - miscarried @ 6wks
4th IVF BFN
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mimi77 dont worry im sure eveything will be fine!!!what a rollercoaster we do ride for the infertility its just not fair!!!!!fhl i hope you are doing fine!!!how is eveyone else doing!!!im testing on oct 30 5 more days!!!!woooooo hhooooooo!!!but iam getting nervous :) :)

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I'm back!! WOOT! WOOT! :D After being in bed for 2 days, I haven't gone in my room all day! Even though I have a big comfy bed, it's nice to get out in the fresh air! So far, so good for me, they transferred 2 perfect AA Blasts, I believe he said they were 10 cell! My Dr. only wanted to do one, but I had to go with my gut and do the two..Yesterday evening, night, and this morning I was pretty bummed because I started cramping. Felt like pre-af cramps. I called the nurse and she assured me not to be concerned, I'm hoping she's right. When I did all 3 iui's I cramped the entire 2ww. She said not to compare IVF with IUI, it's completely different, but it just made me nervous, and of course it still will. I took some tylenol today and it seemed to help out a bit. AUGH! What we all go though huh? My shots are going SO much better! On transfer day, the nurse gave me some 1" needles, she said to take those instead of the 1 1/2" because of my size. I told her I could handle that! It's like routine now!
Melinda:), sounds like you're doing well even though your cervix was being stubborn!! Things happen for a reason, I always have to go with that! You may have a healthy 10 pounder, and there wouldn't be enough room for two! :D
Mimi77 Keep your chin up, whenever things seem at their worst, they come out the best! You're right, all it takes is one! Just rest up for your transfer, everything will be fine!
My first beta is Sunday, they my 2nd Tuesday.
Talk to y'all later!!!
Me and DH 30
lots of clomid
3 iui's w/gonal-f-bfn
2 fresh ivf-bfn
2 FET-bfn
We're a mystery :(
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