MAY/JUNE CYCLE BUDDIES!!

Discussion forum for those particularly interested in IVF and embryo transfer including frozen embryo transfer.
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Post by IMBlessed »

Cocosmomma - Thanks!
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1st IVF - 1/08 - BFN
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3rd IVF -5/08- BFP - THANK YOU GOD!!!
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Cocosmomma - Thank you for the advice. Im chugging it. I did feel like i was knocked up already last week. I was avoiding streets with speed bumps in them :shock:

Rinnie - Thanks for the rundown. That will be helpful to begin my obsession with POAS, cause I know I'm gonna be obsessed.

SD - I once saw a girl who had 41 eggs on another board, so I am beat. I am proud of you for leading the POAS club. There is no shame, right?

I got my fert report! 3 out of 18 of DH's fertilized! Yay, I'm so happy we have three. I was getting really worried we weren't even going to have a chance. Out of 4 donor, 3 fertilized as well. We will decide before the ET on monday what is going in; all DH or a combo.

Hope all you ladies are having a relaxing weekend.
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TTC almost 2 years
U/S 6/17 IT'S TWIN GIRLS!!
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hopinginpa
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Post by hopinginpa »

I have missed so much! Hope everybody is enjoying their weekends!

SD- you are a POAS addict. It does sound like you have a positive!!!!! Come on double! Not a bad idea having a co-worker order test. Good idea :)

Rubylee-congrats on the fert report. That is great.

Rinnie and Lovebug- Can't wait to hear your BFP.

Karen- I am sorry it wasn't your time for a BFP. I also had a BFN after a 5 day blast transfer. Everything was perfect.....it is very frustrating when nobody has answers. Thinking about you.

Jharris- Hope you are relaxing and allowing DH to take care of you!!

I had my first AP this week. I didn't find it that relaxing but looking forward to next week. I am also getting a massage with it :)
My AP is expensive. I paid $125 for initial and then $75 per visit. the massage is $60 but I figure that will really relax me! The ap will focus on my abdomen once I start stims. I will start them on 6/1.

Hope everybody else is doing well.
Me-35 DH-35
m/c 12wk 1/06
m/c 9/06
IVF #1 10/07-Chemical
FET #1 2/08-BFN
Natural BPF turned to BFN 4/08
IVF #2 no mature eggs
IVF # 3- ER 7/23
ET 7/26
BFP!-ectopic
IVF #4-January 2009 BFN
IVF #5-May/June BFP beta 11dp3dt 90
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Post by jharris12 »

Good afternoon ladies!! OK, bed rest isn't near as much fun as you I thought! I'm already ready to get up and move around! Maybe that's because I'm home by myself! My DH had to go to his nephews birthday party. We haven't told anyone what we are doing, so he just told them I had a migraine today! But he needs to get home, I'm hungry! :D So a little update on our ET this morning. We had 10 eggs retrieved, of the 10, 6 were mature enough to fertilize, so they did ICSI on those 6. Of those 6, 3 fertilized. They used assisted hatching on those 3. So they transferred all 3 that fertilized, so we don't have any little frosties. :( But that's okay, I am confident that the 3 we transferred are already getting cozy!! Oh, and they gave us a picture of our embies and the preti dish they were in. That was cool! Plus we got to see them under the microscope before the transfer. That was amazing!!

hopinginpa: Hope the massage and AP works for you! And thanks, I am trying to relax.

Rubylee: Glad to hear you got 3 to fertilize. Seems like 3 is the lucky egg number for us ladies!! Good luck!

Rinnie:I am thinking that 3 is our lucky number! Good luck!

SD: Are there support groups for POAS addiction?? You are hilarious! But it sounds like positive results to me, so you go girl!!

To everyone else, hope you are having a great weekend!
Me: 32 DH: 30!
1st IVF 5/08 - BFN
2nd IVF 7-8/08 BFP!! :D
ER 7/22, ET 7/25
1st beta 8/8 - 72
2nd beta 8/10 - 150
3rd beta - 43
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Post by SDtrying »

quick post- sorry on my way out to dinner and can't get to all the personals.

Jharris-- I agree bedrest wasn't so fun. BUT BEING PUPO IS EXCELLENT!!!! Congrats.

Ruby- Congrats on your fertilized little babes! What a difficult decision about using all your DH or mix. One way you'll know for sure its from DH and the other you'll never really know which is kinda good too. Boy, what a tough one. I'm sure you and your wonderful hubby will come to a decision that makes sense to you both. Keep up posted.

And for all of you lovely ladies who commented on my addiction....yes I have no shame, my name is nicole (everyone together now: "Hi, Nicole") and I am a POASaholic. I've been sober now for approaching 10 hours, but am concerned that I might have just one more before nightfall...... :lol:
Me-34- 1 tube shy of a pair
DH 33- 6% morphology
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IVF 5/2008-- BFP! (joy to the world)
DS born 1/25/09
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Post by Love Bug »

You ladies are so funny!!! I really do enjoy our thread. I think this 2ww is making some of us go a little crazy, though. :)

SDtrying You go girl! Pee away! Just know it's super early, and that it might be the trigger, but it sounds like it's helping your PMA, so keep it up.

Rinnie
I am feeling the oddest things. Sometimes nothing, and then sometimes a sharp pain on both sides. This might be TMI, but I did have a little bit of blood on my TP just about an hour ago...it was really light. I thought I had a cut on my finger; I looked and wiped again, and there was a little more. So who knows...Thanks for the schedule too.

Rubylee: Congrats on your 3 maybe babies!!!! I am so excted for you!!! Good Luck on Monday!!!

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IVF- #1 - 3 BFN
IVF #4- May 09 BFP 4dp/5dt :)
Beta #1 8dp5dt- 170!!
Beta #2 10dp5dt- 300!!
Beta #3 14dp5dt- 1305 :)
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jharris: Totally agree. Besides the PIO shots after 2 weeks, the worst part of all of this is the bed rest after transfer. It drives me nuts! One would think it was great, but I feel so guilty having my husband do every little thing for me and I move a mile a minute, so I hate it.

SDtrying: You are killing me with the peeing! My first cycle I didn't pee, I was too scared of a false positive. My first FET I peed and it helped because I knew what was coming. This third, I will probably be more like you. There is no shame in your game!!

Ruby: What an unbelievable choice, but what a blessing you even have it to make! That child (or children) will be the most loved regardless! Congratulations to you and your DH. We're cheering for you.

Love Bug: that could be implantation bleeding and a really good sign!

I wish I were in my 2ww with y'all! But I'm having a blast reading all about it.
Me 33 - DH 43
2nd FET - 12/1/08
Beta #1 - 527; Beta #2 - 2806
U/S #1 - 1/2/09 - TWINS!
3/17/09 - BOYS!
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Post by Neffi211 »

Well ladies--

I know I havent been around much, but I have been reading everything, I just didnt have much to say because I wasnt doing anything. I am very excited to say that last night I took my last BCP. So as soon as AF shows her ugly face I will be able to start stimming. I do not do Lupron, otherwise I would have been doing stuff the last couple of weeks. I am very excited to get started with this cycle. I feel like I have been waiting forever!

Looks like there is so much going on here on this thread! I am so sorry to hear of the canceled cycles! I hope that your next time around works out and that it doesnt seem to far away. I worst part of this entire process for me is the waiting!(oh and the full bladder!!!! :evil: )

For the ladies in their 2ww---hang inthere. I was also a addict POASer last cycle.....it drove me crazy! I did get a + though which ended in a chemical, so it was really devastating becasue for 6 days I thought I was pregnant! I still think I will POAS this cycle, maybe not a early as last time.

FOr the ladies that are stimming---GROW FOLLIES GROW!

I did want to comment on some of the girls talking about the quality or rating of their embies....dont let it get you down. My first cycle I had an absolutly perfect 5day balst and one that was almost perfect.....BNF, then in my second cycle my embies didnt do well.....I only had 2 that made it to balst but they were the worst quality and one that hadnt made it to blast but we still transferred it, and I got pregnant!(for a little while anyway) so dont worry about the quality and the letters they give you!

Hope everyone had a nice weekend. I am going to the beach for Memorial day weekend, so I hope the weather is good next weekend!
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Post by SDtrying »

hey ladies!

Neff- enjoy the beach Memorial day weekend

JHarris- Are you still on bed rest? I hope you haven't pulled all your hair out yet, it won't be too much longer! just keep rubbing your pregnant belly!

Lovebug and Rinnie I can't wait til Friday together!!

As for me, I'm getting all exciting because my early faint BFP came a little faster this morning and is a little darker!!! I'm about to cry right now, I know I have to wait for my Beta to double, etc, etc..... but ladies, I got a positive on a stick, I'm allowed to celebrate, right? I don't want to start worrying about the next phase....will the beta be above 100....will it double....will there be a heart beat...I just want to enjoy this moment in time, I can say I'm pregnant!!

On Friday my Beta was 7 (4dp5dt), Saturday HPT very faint positive, Sunday a little stronger positive. Monday I'll do another Beta at my hospital. I'm SO happy right now, I hope and prayer it lasts but I refuse to worry, I don't want to waste any of these moments while pregnant worrying. This is one of the best days of my life (hopefully THE best day will be when I get to hold our baby...."our baby"....the hope is finally alive again, their is beautiful, wonderful, tear-bringing HOPE!!!!!

I know their are some of you who out their who pray, please send me some prayers.
Me-34- 1 tube shy of a pair
DH 33- 6% morphology
TTC- since 1/07
IVF 5/2008-- BFP! (joy to the world)
DS born 1/25/09
planned FET mid-November 2010
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Nicole/SD Trying
How exciting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by Rubylee »

SDtrying - I am so happy for you and admire your PMA. We did see a couple people, like Dri-Jim, who watched that line get darker and darker the further away from the trigger they got. Sounds positive (pun intended) to me!!

JHarris - My bed rest starts tomorrow afternoon. I know I am going to be like you, completely stir crazy. My mom actually came in town to help us out because my DH is still in a lot of pain from his biopsy. We're quite a couple right now.

Rinnie - That could be implantation. You are at the right days for it. Tell us when it stops, which I am sure it is going to!

Neffi - Well your wait is soon over. As you know, once stimming starts the brakes are off.

Thanks to all you girls for your well wishes on this decision. We are feeling so good about it though; even DH has come around. Right after my ER they told us they had only found 5 in his sample (they had been working on it for 2 hours) I was crying and feeling so awful for my DH. He was so amazing; he just kept telling me it didn't matter anymore. He said what we had been through so far with the shots and procedures has brought him to the conclusion that no matter what, it was going to be his baby too, he understood it now. I can't tell you how great that was to hear.

Have a great weekend girls -
Me 33 DH 36
TESE/ICSI
TTC almost 2 years
U/S 6/17 IT'S TWIN GIRLS!!
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Post by AdsGirl »

Hello Ladies! I've tried to update our list...but I feel like I'm missing some details for some of you! If you have any updates, drop a quick line, and I will fix the list! Praying for all of you in the 2ww!

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KYW – BFN :(
4fanops - 2ww
DNT0809 - FET 5/9? 2ww?
Stephanie1 - 2ww - 5/22 beta
SDTrying - 2ww - 5/23 beta
LoveBug - 2ww - 5/23 beta
Rinnie – 2ww - 5/23 beta
LB - 2ww - 5/28 - beta
Aims327 - 2ww - 5/28 beta
jharris - 2ww
RubyLee - ET Monday!
ImBlessed – Stimming! Approx ET 5/26
ForMaggie – Stimming! Approx ER 5/23?, ET 5/26-28?
Kimmysq – ? on BCP & Syneral, Approx ET 5/30
IrishHope – waiting for AF...Approx ET 5/31?
Faith88 – ? Lupron - Approx ET end of May
SueQiwi - ? Approx ER 5/26, ET 5/29-31
FaithHopeLove – BCPs – Approx ET 6/1
cwrj00 - Starts stims 5/22 - Approx ET 6/2??
Sharona – On BCPs – Approx ET beginning of June
IndieBlue - Begin Lupron 5/15 - Approx ER 6/2, ET 6/5-7
Neffi211 – Waiting for AF to start stims! Approx ET 6/7
Amberb - BCPs - Approx ET 6/7
Prawnster – Started Buserelin - Approx ET 6/10
MzTia - BCPs - Approx ET 6/12
Dakota - on Lupron and BCPs - Approx ET 6/13
Kristen - Aprox ER 6/16
Queenie77 – Starting Lupron 5/18 – Approx ET 6/14
Hopinginpa – on BCPs, Start Lupron Approx 5/28
Cocosmomma - FET July
Brit1612 - Starting Lupron 5/31 - ET June
Bichonmom – Approx ET July
AdsGirl – May cycle cancelled...Hoping for June or July :(
JDC - May cycle canceled...Next IVF - July :(
Turtles - May cycle canceled :(
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Post by aims327 »

Thanks for updating the list Ads!

SD - You make me laugh with your POAS addiction and getting your own beta test. It does sound like you have a postive though!

As for me, not much going on. The 2WW is going really slow, and I'm only 3dpt. I'm taking 1cc of PIO, 200 mg of Endometrin, and still on Estrace everyday, so I haven't been feeling very well. The middle of my stomach is killing me and I'm really tired. So, I've spent a lot of time in bed watching tv and playing pogo.
Me 33 DH 41
1st IVF - BFN 1st & 2nd FET BFN
2nd IVF 3/09: ICSI & AH BFP!
1st Beta - 250 2nd Beta -554
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Post by jharris12 »

Good afternoon ladies! I'm still on bedrest. My RE said bed rest for 24 hours after ET, then be a couch potato as much as possible for the next 48 hours. Which my DH took to mean bedrest for 3 days! :D I should be well rested after these 3 days! Hopefully it will help make my 2ww go by quicker!!

Ads: Thanks for the updated list! My beta is scheduled for 5/31!! So I will know before the end of the month!

Rubylee: Good luck on your ET tomorrow!! My DH has been out doing yard work and stuff, so I have been stuck in here by myself! So I am really going stir crazy! I hope you get through it better than I have! Can;t wait to hear how it goes for you!

SD: I have been rubbing my belly quite a bit! And I've been talking to it, too! So has the DH. We keep telling the little embies to get comfortable! Sound slike things are going positvely for you!! I am so excited for you! My DH keeps telling me he's not going to let me POAS! I don't know if I will be able to hold out! I'm praying for you!

Nefffi: Yeah on your last BCP!! I was so glad to finish mine. Things seemed to go a little quicker from there! And thanks for the message about embie quality. I haven't let it get to me too much since I got home. It was a little concerning when she first told us, but I have decided I'm okay with it! Have fun at the beach. I was going to go, but I don't feel like explaining my bruises, or the fact that I'm not drinking, so we are staying home.

cocosmomma: I really was thinking the bedrest was going to be a piece of cake, but quickly realized I was wrong!!

To everyone else, hope you are having a great weekend!
Me: 32 DH: 30!
1st IVF 5/08 - BFN
2nd IVF 7-8/08 BFP!! :D
ER 7/22, ET 7/25
1st beta 8/8 - 72
2nd beta 8/10 - 150
3rd beta - 43
4th beta - 15 - chemical pregnancy
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Hi Ads girl:
Thank you so much for the update!!! You are amazing and super organized!!
Just a quick update on me...stopped bcp, taking Syneral nasal spray and Estrace. My next u/s will be 5/25 and hopefully my lining will be okay, and I can have ET on 5/30 (FET).

Hoping your cyst goes down like it is supposed to you so you can get started again.
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