Jan/Feb 08 Cycle Buddies

TammyS · Post by **TammyS** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 12:20 am

Yayy Marin! I know! I cant imagine being alone in this whole journey. I am really glad you girls are here for me.

riogirl71 · Post by **riogirl71** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 1:02 am

My RE has me pull the Progesterone oil wit ha 22 g needle but then switch to 25 g which is a little thinner, I also use a numbing creaam, then a heating pad for soreness. The shots don't hurt at all this way

but still have sore cheeks!!
great news MArin!!

Tammy - DH uses frozen sweet pinneaple from Trader JOes, Orange Juice, and either frozen strawberries or mixed berries (both from Costco), sometimes a banana, we sweeten with Splenda. No ice - the frozen fruit already give you the frozen taste.

soooo good!

Lostgirl - I read your other posts and congratulations! I am vvery excited for you!

Suga- I heard you normally put less embies in if day 5, not a lot of clinics have the ability to carry them to 5 days. I don't think the rate of success is much different though.

Mia - good job on the follies - my estradiol was low also and my doc upped the meds and it jumpred up fine, so don't worry!

How many are you girls going to transfer if they are grade I ?

Baby dust!

waitingforMia · Post by **waitingforMia** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 1:29 am

Rio: I plan on transferring 2. No more, no less (well less if I only have one, duh...) Thanks for the recipe, yummy...

Marin: So glad AF decided to give you a visit!! I cannot imagine doing this w/o all of ya'lls support. Poor ppl, who don't know about these message boards!!

Suga: what are you in school for??

21bat · Post by **21bat** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 1:36 am

I went in for my first u/s today since i started my stim meds. They said everything looks good - i had 8 follicles on my right side and 9-10 on my left, all good sizes. then they just called this evening and said that my bloo tests show a little higher level than they like, so they said to decrease my Gonla-F to 37.5
I am happy with the results today - it was such a no stress day!

How is everyone doing?? I'm going to go read the posts from today

TammyS · Post by **TammyS** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 1:41 am

21Bat: Congrats you are responding very well. Make sure you drink lots of water.

jomae · Post by **jomae** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 1:55 am

Hey there ladies
Tammy Rinnie and Loopie goodluck for friday and Saturday you guys are next i'm jealous

Marin glad af is finally here for you. stims start saturday its good when things finally start to happen goodluck and happy stimming I'll probably end up close to you in time as i expect to be put back a little i seem to need an extra push to grow my follies but hopefully not this time i'm thinking good vibes and lots of follies to work with for the both of us

Sugabeanz 3day versus 5 day i'm not sure on the stats i guess you need to have trust in your doc and keep positive hey nearly test day for you have you given in to the HPT yet

MIA sorry can't help you either with your question about your levels but as others have said Rio i think your doc can do something about it if necessary to get you to the right level and give you the best chance PMA PMA

Weezie you definately need someone there for EC and even for a while after just to make sure your ok ET i'll think you'll be fine. Sorry you have to worry about moving at a time like this i couldn't think of anything worse to do

Katie 15 fertilized thats a great no. plenty to freeze for future brothers and sisters

Rio Wow 4 transfered and good cells division to thats excellant i love your chances

Tammy 15 fertilized excellant how many are you having put back

As for me i'm struggling to drink all that water i think thats worse than having to give myself shots especially when your not use to drinking alot of water as it is and especially when your water tastes like ours does

Chat later
JOMAEXXX

21bat · Post by **21bat** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 1:55 am

Weezie,
my estrodial leve today was 375 after 3 days of stimming - they said my level was a bit high so they lowered by gonal-f dose. ithink they need both the u/s and b/w to determine what's normal for you
I have the same question about being alone on bedrest after ET. My husband will spend the day of ET with me, but works until 5pm all other days - i plan on being on bedrest for 2-3 days after but i dont know if my mom should come over either or not. she doesn' know the specifics of my IVF so i dont know if i should tell her or not. i would rather not..but we'll see

TammyS · Post by **TammyS** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 2:07 am

Jomae: I have 14 follicles so far. Love that you say 15...someone else said that too before. You ladies are gonna PMA me right into having more follicles at my ultrasound tomorrow. Love it! LOL Keep it up. LOL

I am hoping for a great fertilization report. I think if there is at least 10 we will go for a 5 day blast...putting back 2. If it is a 3 day...then putting back 2 great ones or 3 good ones. It will all be discussed more when the fert report comes back.

I too am stuggling with the water thing. However, I am drinking lots of cystal light, too. Weight Watchers considers crystal light as water...so maybe that will help some of you.

Rinnie · Post by **Rinnie** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 2:29 am

I agree with everyone....so good to have support & know that we're all not alone in this. We haven't told people...dh told his doctor & he was soo negative about our chances. It's great to have all this support & positvie vibes...I'm feelin it Ladies

21bat : awesome results, you're really moving.

Suga: I didn't think they carried them to 5 days unless they were doing PGD, but maybe not. I also heard about that other treatment where they scrape a little spot from the side of each embie to allow them to grab on better...I think that's day 5 as well. But as for an ordinary transfer on day 5, I don't think our clinic does that either.

Mia: Don't worry, estradiol jumps like crazy from one day to the next...mine jumped 700 in 2 days. It just means your eggs aren't mature yet & they use it to gage that. It's more effective than the egg size because that can actually go up & down...mine shrank a bit from one u/s to another. If it's rising two slowly later they'll just up your meds. I think I read somewhere that the level is supposed to be 150-300 for each mature egg.

Marin: Go girl! You're on your way !

Rio: Your dh is a doll! & 4 embies. I have a good feeling! Thanks for the news on the bladder, I was dreading a super full one. Maybe one of those butt cushions for your work chair like people with bad backs have

Loopie: The things we do ! And you had to hide from your friends right? Wow. Keep us posted on if it's Sat or ?

Weezie: I'm so sorry you're going through this! Err on the side of safety I think. I know what you mean about your mom, but you need to be taken care of & feel comfortable & safe for ER. I think you need to be less stress after ET, so maybe that should be by yourself & you can be in peace & calm. Yes on the dog walker too. Take some time to meditate too & deep breathing...that should counteract moving & mom stress.
And 613 is awesome after 3 days.

Me: Still coughing but no cold. I am praying it stops after I stop Menapur...so far last dose is tonight. u/s & b/w tomorrow morning, so we'll see...

Take care
R

21bat · Post by **21bat** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 2:37 am

Mia, was your u/s today? how did it go?

sugabeanzs · Post by **sugabeanzs** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 3:09 am

I love all the support from you ladies! I am glad that I stumbled upon this site!

21bat : nice results. I know it is hard getting everything right with those meds...ugh I am glad those are done with!! Keep growing!!

Mia: My levels rose REALLY slow so they doubled my dose for a few days then everything caught up...I mean I was on them for like 3 weeks and they were having issues getting mine to grow but then they finally did...so just keep faithful!!!

Marin: woohoo!!!

Weezie: I know it is hard but try to get stress free!! Find something that makes you happy and takes you to your "happy place" So sorry hun. I know this is such a stressful process and most people do not understand how hard it truly is.

Me: THanks for all the replys about the day 3 transfer. I am glad others do the day 3 as well. I was thinking today that it is day 6 so my eggs should be broken out of their shell and implanting soon!!! No, I have not given in to a preg. test. I dont think I will till closer to the blood test just because the HCG is probably still in my system.

I have a bachlors in social work but I am going back to school to get certified to teach elementary school. So I thought I was done with school but then nope! Then I will probably get my masters in guidance counseling. But that will not come till after the kids. I plan on staying home for a bit until the kids are in kindergarten...

waitingforMia · Post by **waitingforMia** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 3:13 am

Thanks girls for the encouragement. I looked up my levels online: http://www.fertilityplus.org/faq/hormonelevels.html and they look right where they are supposed to be.

21bat: E2 164, 12 follies 10-13mm. RE was happy. I go in again on Friday. Still looking at Monday for ER, but I have a feeling it will be moved to Tuesday. Sounds like you had a good report today as well

Rinnie: You are thinking of assisted hatching when they scrape part of the embie. It doesn't always happen with day 5 tranfers. Sorry you still have that stinkin cough - that is such a wierd side effect!! Good luck tomorrow!

Tammy: Woohoo 14 sounds great!! I am sure you will have an outstanding report tomorrow!!!

21bat, Jomae I am also struggling with water!!! Today I only managed 1 bottle, a cup of hot tea, hal a glass of juice, and that is it!

Tammy: Why do we need to drink water??? I need someone to remind me why it is important while stimming. Motivate me girls!!!

My ovaries are a bit sore today. They were hurt while dh and I were bding

So hoping they cont to grow grow grow!Oops, gotta go take my meds.

MP

21bat · Post by **21bat** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 3:20 am

Mia
thanks for the website!! I was just googling for this exact info

good job on your u/s today!
we'll compare notes aagain on fri - i'm not going tomorrow but then i'm there thurs - sun every day!!

riogirl71 · Post by **riogirl71** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 3:42 am

21bat - quick note, I stayed home after ET (still am) and hubby will be at work until 5 pm those two days. My RE said you can get up just take everything easy and no lifting, ccouch potato but not bed ridden. You should be fine!

How long do embies take to implant? 2 to 3 days or more?

Girls on 2ww - are you going to succumb to POAS?

Baby dust!

waitingforMia · Post by **waitingforMia** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 3:50 am

Had a bit of a prob with my gonal f pen tonight. I was supposed to take 325 units. But the pen doesn't have that as an option. and doesn't have 25 units either. SO I extracted leftovers from my used pen and it was about 17 units and added it to 300 units in the new pen. Am I stupid, is there an obvious way to have done this???
MP

Jan/Feb 08 Cycle Buddies

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