Dec/Jan 08 Cycle Buddies

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Pummalaemma
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Post by Pummalaemma »

Lisa, Michelle, and Keisha: we will all be having our retrievals this week, i am so excited for all of you!!!! my transfer will most likely by friday and blood work on 12/24. not sure what to do about that, i was thinking about waiting until 12/26.

i won't be able to check email tomorrow, but will let everyone know on wednesday how things went and by the way, my trigger shot yesterday did not hurt at all, i guess my dh has done it once or twice before :)

i am also getting really anxious about testing, i am so scared to get another bfn :(

much baby dust to all.

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Post by ICSI GIRL »

WOW!!! We've got a lot action this week!!!

******BOAT-LOADS OF BABY DUST TO ALL!!!!!!!!! WHETHER YOU'RE STIMMING, ER/ET, 2WW'ING ---- I'M COVERING IT ALL HERE!!!**********

I am SO sorry i can't do full personals......anybody that "knows" me out here knows this is very uncharasteristic of me --- but w/ my big impending work deadline ---- and me needing a paycheck and all ---- i am forced to do whatever it takes to meet my deadline (instead of chatting up all my bff's!!!! :evil: )

I did want to say PUMMA ------ everything crossed for ya girl!!!!!!!! It's you're time.............i KNOW it!!!!!!!!!!! i SO know what you mean about the excited/nervous thing ----- it's the most exciting part of treatment, the anticipation of it all.........and yet once you arrive at the 2ww --- ICK!!! we're here for you though....we are HERE FOR YOU!!!!!! :wink: :wink:

LB --- YEAH ON TRIGGER TIME!!!!!!!!! we'll have yet another added to the dreaded 2ww :twisted:

tali --- awwww, poor puppy!! :cry: i do that w/ my doggy too --- he gets sick or something -- i feel as if i'm a bad momma for letting it happen.... he's a tough a little guy -- i'm sure he's fine!! :wink:

i remain in my "holding pattern"......taking my bcp's thru christmas eve.... wait for af's arrival...stimming.....est er/et week of jan 7th!!!!!!!!!

gotta run.......i PROMISE i'll be back in this week for personals!!!!!!
:-) Angie
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CT_Michele
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Post by CT_Michele »

Pumma- I am testing on 12/24, and I am actually really excited about it. I am hoping it is a sign of a the best christmas gift ever! I also figured, even if I did get bad news, I have the whole day to get it out of my systems and I will be with the ones I love the most that night, and they will all be understanding and help me get through it. But i am really hoping i get to brighten all of their christmas's by telling them about my BFP!

LB- Good luck with your shot tonight, so far, it hasn't bothered me much, just a little painful at shot time. What a relief to be done with stimming though! What is the name of the trigger med you will take? And good luck on Wednesday...I am anxious too, we will get through it together!

Everyone else, good luck this week!
Me- 28 DH- 33 Male Factor
1st IVF- 12/07- BFP! Ella Michele was born 8/26/8
2nd IVF- 04/09 - BFN
1st FET- 09/09 - Chemical
3rd IVF - 04/11 - Embies didn't make it to ET
4th IVF - Fall 2011??
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Neffi211
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Hey everyone--
Not much to say since I dont start meds until 26th...but I do have a question...I was only on BCP for 2 weeks, last one was Tuesday night and still no AF?? the RE said 3-5 days? I started spotting saturday, now nothing?? I usually spot for two days, so I expected to get it today...anyone else have this??? Good luck to everyone who is having ER this week! I'm thinking of you!
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esperanza
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Post by esperanza »

To all my beautiful women having ER/ET this week.

Congratulations on getting there AND lots of sticky baby dust to you all.

Best of the best this week

I'm really excited for you, and I will be anxiously waiting to hear from everyone of you.

Hugs and blessings!

P.S: I'm down with one of my classes..yeeepeeee! two more to go :twisted:
me: 33 dh: 40
2 miscarriages (natural pregs. #1 Aug 2006, #2 May 2010)
IVF # 1 jan 08 BFN
FET #1 March 08 BFN
FET #2 July 08 BFP (DD born on April 2009)
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Pummalaemma
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my dear friends, today is the day for my ER. i am doing pretty good and just wanted to say hello to everyone, who has been thinking about me. thanks so much Angie for your encouraging words, they really mean a lot to me. good luck with your deadline. michelle: yeah, i can see what you mean with testing on 12/24; good luck to you today.

much baby dust to everyone.

Pumma
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Pumma - Praying for you today....good luck sweetie :P !!

esperanza - Congrats on knocking out that class, the others will hopefully be a breeze :wink: !

Well, went to b/w and u/s today. I'm going to take the news as a challange and a blessing. My estrogen levels are through the rooftoop again! I stopped all meds yesterday. My left ovary have tons of follies and almost mature. My right ovary has 10 follies and are about 15mm. They now have me on only 50 units of follistim AND they may freeze all the eggs at retreival Friday. I don't know if I should be happy that I made it to retreival this time or be a little afraid because they will freeze all of them. I know NOTHING about frozen embie thaw rates. To have all my eggies frozen, scares the crap out of me. But at the end of the day, I will accept this as a challange and a blessing.

Keeping all my ladies in waiting in my thoughts and baby dust to all.
ME 35/DH-32
DX -PCOS since 2003
12/04 BFP with metformin
02/05 m/c @ 8wks
6/06 - FIRST ATTEMPT AT IVF
7/06 - BFP!!
7/06 - M/C @ 4 wks
IVF Cancelled twice
11/07 - Trying again w/ new protocol
12/07 - BFP!!!
It's a boy (Xavier) on 07/30/08
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Pumma and Michele - best of luck today!! I am definitely thinking of you and am anxious to hear how it goes!!

I go tomorrow, am nervous but definitely ready to get these eggs out - I feel every step lately!! The shot was fine last night - Lupron instead of hcg for trigger so it wasn't intramuscular and the needle was tiny - the easiest so far!

Thank you to everyone for your well wishes and support - it really helps!
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tali
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Post by tali »

Pumma and Michelle - Good luck today - yay! I know everything will go great.

Lisa - one more day!

Lots of baby dust to everybody!

I have to run! Just wanted to check in and tell everyone that I am thinking of you!

xoxo
Tali

IVF # 1 - October 07
Converted to iui BFN

IVF # 2 - Jan 08
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CT_Michele
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Post by CT_Michele »

Hello all....

I just got back from ER! I am so glad it is over. I feel good enough to post before I go lay down for a nap. I slept through the procedure, but was in a lot of pain when I woke up. After the percocet kicked in, I was fine.

They retrieved 9 eggs! I am excited. I only had 11 follies, so the dr said 9 eggs was a fantastic number. They will unfreeze my dh sperm and fertilize via ICSI today. They said they will call me tomorrow with fertilization results. They said transfer will be on friday, unless I have a lot of fertilized eggs which are all of equal quality. They said in that case they will wait until sunday and see which two are the best.

Pumma- I hope everything went well for you too! I can't wait to read later and see how you did!

LB- Good luck tomorrow, hopefully you can occupy yourself today. I was pretty anxious yesterday, but I can tell you now that it is over, I am so relieved. The hardest part, physically, is over. Now we can all help each other get through 2ww.

To everyone else- Thank you so much for the support! As my dh was driving me home this morning, I said, "I want to go home and post!" I was really excited to share with everyone. It is so great to have people who understand and are cheering me on. It really means a lot.

Baby Dust to all! I will of course keep everyone updated, and I will check later to see how you did pumma!
Me- 28 DH- 33 Male Factor
1st IVF- 12/07- BFP! Ella Michele was born 8/26/8
2nd IVF- 04/09 - BFN
1st FET- 09/09 - Chemical
3rd IVF - 04/11 - Embies didn't make it to ET
4th IVF - Fall 2011??
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Post by Tracy S »

Hi Michelle, I am so glad you are past this "hump"! Good luck with the fertilization report! After the transfer later this week, we will all be waiting for your BFP report!!!!
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Post by hellokitty »

Michele,

Yay! 9 eggies are awesome. Soooo happy for you. Drink tons of water and enjoy your rest!

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ME 35/DH-32
DX -PCOS since 2003
12/04 BFP with metformin
02/05 m/c @ 8wks
6/06 - FIRST ATTEMPT AT IVF
7/06 - BFP!!
7/06 - M/C @ 4 wks
IVF Cancelled twice
11/07 - Trying again w/ new protocol
12/07 - BFP!!!
It's a boy (Xavier) on 07/30/08
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hellokitty
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Post by hellokitty »

Pumma - can't wait to hear from you!

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ME 35/DH-32
DX -PCOS since 2003
12/04 BFP with metformin
02/05 m/c @ 8wks
6/06 - FIRST ATTEMPT AT IVF
7/06 - BFP!!
7/06 - M/C @ 4 wks
IVF Cancelled twice
11/07 - Trying again w/ new protocol
12/07 - BFP!!!
It's a boy (Xavier) on 07/30/08
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esperanza
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Post by esperanza »

Congrats Michelle. Your report gives me hope :wink:

Pumma, hope you're doing ok sweety!

LB--Tomorrow is your turn! I'm excited for you. Blessings.

hellokitty --I hear you on the challenge and the blessing part. I am sending positive thoughts your way. Technology is so advanced nowadays that you just have to trust it is going to work. Keep us posted.

Neffi --any sign of AF? :twisted: Come AF...COME!!!!!

Angie--hun, best wishes with your deadline; believe me when I say "I feel you!" although I still find ways to procrastinate :mrgreen:

Ok, speaking of deadlines, I'm going back to my statistics now :twisted:

HUGS
me: 33 dh: 40
2 miscarriages (natural pregs. #1 Aug 2006, #2 May 2010)
IVF # 1 jan 08 BFN
FET #1 March 08 BFN
FET #2 July 08 BFP (DD born on April 2009)
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Neffi211
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hey

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I'm so excited for all that had ER this week!! Good luck, I'm excited to hear about fert. How bad was the pain when you woke up? I didnt know that there was that much pain afterwards. I still havenot gotten AF. My RE said not to worry, sometimes when you start BCP you wont get it, so I'm suppose to start the pills again tonight. Good luck to everyone! ITs so great to learn so much from this site and all these posts.
Me 32 DH 31
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