Just starting 2WW, testing 15/11, care to join?

[mimi77]

neeve, i can see what you are saying. i can't imagine being just a number. everyone at our office knows us by name and roots for us everytime. the last er the nurse spoke through the the intercom to the embryologist and announced that i'd be doing the procedure this time. she was joking cause we've been there so many times. they are all wonderful and you can tell they care about you. we've brought our son in to and they seem so proud and happy for us.

i too hope this is it for you. it's a long wait, but try and keep your mind busy and look to us for support. i've never done a hpt before b/w, have you?

mimi

[Mandyluckypants]

Hey girls

Im spending the next week in Eygpt, where I am going to do absolutely nothing! Catch you all when I get back.

Mimi - Good luck for ur test on 7th!
Neeve - Good Luck for test on 12th!

Lots of baby dust to you all!!!

[Neeve]

Enjoy your break and look forward to hearing a BFP when you get back!!

Neeve

[schel67]

I have another week to wait, can I join you? 3 thawed ice babies transfered. I test 11/09

[Neeve]

HI Schel67 of course the more the merrier on this dreaded wait. I test on the 12th so I am right after you. Hope you are feeling ok.

Hi Mimi how are you doing? only a few more days to go my fingers are crossed that you get a BFP!!

Neeve xx

[mimi77]

welcome schel67! good to have you along for the ride! how are you feeling? you test a few days after me. doesn't sound like this is your first ivf...

neeve, how have you been feeling? is your body telling you anything?

i know just 3 more full days and then decision day. i can't believe it. these last few ones are really hard because i always feel like i'm going to get af. a little less crampy this time around, but you never know and it's still early. af doesn't come until about 2 days after bw, so to hard to tell what's going on. just trying to keep busy, but take it easy at the same time. i hope i'm not getting my hopes up to far this time around, but i do feel like it will be bfp. i was right the last 3 times, i knew when i was and when i wasn't but i still am afraid of the disappointment of being wrong. know what i mean?

mandyluckypants, enjoy your trip. sounds like a blast! do you travel a lot? let us know when you are back!

mimi

[Neeve]

HI Mimi,

So far so good for you hang in there the wait is nearly over!!, for me I am not feeling much just slight cramping in my abdomen. Boobs are not sore so this time it does feel a bit different. On my other goes I felt lots of things but it obviously was the drugs. I will be honest I cant even imagine that this will be a positive. It would be an absolute miracle. I must admit I have done nothing since wednesday just lay down and have been waited on by my hubbie who has been so kind. I just hope that it is not all in vain.....
Will you do a HPT? or will you wait until the BW? I will probably do a test this day week if AF does not come. I hope that this will be the most positive thread and that we all will get the results we deserve!!!!
Neeve xxx

[Neeve]

HI Mimi,

So far so good for you hang in there the wait is nearly over!!, for me I am not feeling much just slight cramping in my abdomen. Boobs are not sore so this time it does feel a bit different. On my other goes I felt lots of things but it obviously was the drugs. I will be honest I cant even imagine that this will be a positive. It would be an absolute miracle. I must admit I have done nothing since wednesday just lay down and have been waited on by my hubbie who has been so kind. I just hope that it is not all in vain.....
Will you do a HPT? or will you wait until the BW? I will probably do a test this day week if AF does not come. I hope that this will be the most positive thread and that we all will get the results we deserve!!!!
Neeve xxx

[mimi77]

neeve, i think its too early to feel any symptoms and the progesterone has many of the same side effects, try not to think about it too much. easier said then done, huh? i know its hard, but you MUST stay positive...imagine being pregnant tell your body to be pregnant and talk to those embies. tell them how much you love them and how much you have to offer as a mother, they'll listen.

your dh sounds great! mine works 70 hours a week and the 2 yr old keeps me moving. fortunately i have 2 wonderful sisters that help out a ton. neither of them have children, so they just love for me to do all the work and they enjoy the kids. so they are willing to help. one came over and mowed my lawn, dug up my canna lilies and took everything to the compost. i was SO grateful.

i have never done hpt during ivf. i'm too scared. never seen a positive on one and afraid i will jinx it. however, for the first time i have considered it this time. i guess i'm afraid i'll get a false neg. and get all sad only to get a positive a few days later. when is af due? mine always has come after the bw.

mimi

[schel67]

Ladies,
Thanks for the welcome! Let me tell you alittle about me and DH. We have been happily married for 11 yrs now. When we first got married we didn't even think about having a baby because I had been told I would not have any children of my own due to 2 years of chemotherapy at the age of 21-23 and . My husband knew this before we married and said he would be happy with or without children. It was what happened in Dec. 1998 that turned us around. I got prenant naturally and found out I was 6 weeks pregnant. It was a short lived miracle. The embryo stopped delevoping at 91/2 weeks gestation and I had a D&C. It wasn't until then that I had such an overwhelming deire to be a mom. After that, we tried to concieve again, but nothing. I got tested again for ovary function and they told me I was well into menopause. Told me I have no eggs in my reserve.

So at age 39 we decided to do IVF with donor eggs. At least I will be a birth mom and it will have my husbands DNA. We've had 2 donors so far. The first donor was healthy but the embryos weren't that great and I had a very difficult 1st fresh transfer because the Dr. couldn't see my uterus on the ultrasound. After the failed attempted Embryo transfer (wasting 3 of my best embryos) they found out my uterus tilts back and is curved. So then they mapped me out and the following FET went super smooth. However we got nothing from it. Then it was on to a picking new donor. I picked her cuz she was so much like me. A perfect match. She gave us some beautiful eggs which after fertilization made 9 fabulous blastocyst. So then we had our 2nd IVF freshies transfered and had one implant that stopped growing at about 5 weeks (HCG dropped to 37). So I went off hormones and waited for AF.
Now I'm doing 2nd FET with 3 out of 5 frosties. They thawed 2 and weren't sure of viability of onen so that's why they thawed another and placed 3.

I'm going to start testing with high sensitivity tests tomorrow (20 mIU/ML HCG) . I will not allow myself to get bummed if I don't get a BFP though cuz I know testing early can give a false negative. I tested early last time and got a false negative only to find out a BFP with the Beta test.

Hubby is currently on an active duty tour in San Diego. He'll come home for a weekend when I do the Beta test. Thanks for letting me share my story.

[Neeve]

Oh Schel that is the most moving story really the women on this site are really so inspirational I hope and pray that you get a BFP. do keep me updated as soon as you get the news.

Thanks for the kind words mimi I am trying to stay positive as everyone says but after all the negatives it is hard, I keep feeling cramping in my abdomen it really makes me nervous.... As for when AF comes, the first 2 tries it came a couple of days prior to BW and the third try it came the day after BW so I think it really depends on the treatment. I did the short protocol so I imagine my AF will come on time as I did not downregulate who knows I just hope that one of them is sticking!!!!!!

Take care my fingers stay crossed for all of you.

Neeve xxxxx

[Neeve]

Hi Mimi good luck for tomorrow my fingers are crossed hope you get your BFP!!!!! keep us posted Neeve xx

[mimi77]

schel67, thank you for sharing your story, very moving. how is the testing going? i'm glad to hear your dh will be home with you this weekend. keep us posted, these last few days are grueling aren't they.

neeve, please keep positive! it's much too early for you to be feeling pms cramps isn't it? i too was feeling crampy about a week ago and now nothing! i can't wait until tomorrow, i think this is it. some of that cramping could be the embies attaching to the uterus, let's hope for that.

thinking of you too mandyluckypants.

i'll be online tomorrow and let you all know what the outcome is. here's to starting us off with bfp's!

mimi

[schel67]

Mimi,
How are you and what's going on with you this week? Did you test yet? Thanks for askin' bout my HPT testing. I musta been foolin mysef to think I could test, see a negative, and think it's ok cuz it's probably a false negative. Fact is I started testing last Friday and after getting a BFN three days in a row I decided to stop testing cuz I was getting very depressed and beginning to lose my positive attitude. Now, I'm back to imagining a BFP on my Beta test on Friday.

[mimi77]

well, i got my bfp today! i'm so excited...monday's numbers were 67.2 and today it was 259! nurse said she was certain it would be a viable pregnancy...i am a little nervous after losing a viable this summer.
my u/s will be 11/20, probably too early for heartbeat, but at least we can see the little one. should have another u/s for heartbeat early dec.

thank you all so much for your prayers and well wishes. i'm sending them back to all of you.

so, who's next? schel, i think it's you and now that you are back to positive feelings...the better chance you have.

i'm thinking of you neeve, just a few more days now...keep positive it's the most important thing you can do.

mimi