MAY/JUNE CYCLE BUDDIES!!

[ForMaggie]

Prawnster---I am a heel! In trying to catch up with everyone, I completely missed that you are going in for ET tomorrow as well. Good luck! Wishing you, Dakota and Queenie thick, sticky, welcoming endometriums! (Wonder why there isn't a Hallmark card for this? )

[Prawnster]

Thanks ForMaggie, don't worry it is a nightmare sometimes trying to keep up with such a busy thread and you have pregnancy hormones to deal with as well! I always remember being told that the earliest you would see a heartbeat is approx 6 weeks, so don;t stress if you don't see one. I think the look for the gestational sac and maybe a fetal pole. Good luck for your scan on Monday.

[AdsGirl]

ForMaggie - So glad to hear things are still going well! I had been wondering...

[Neffi211]

Good afternoon ladies!

Imblessed! YAY! Congrats. I just realized that your beta was 15 days after your transfer....is that right? thats long to wait! But who cares, your pregnant! I'm so happy for you! I hope 3rd times a charm for me. When did you do your 1st HPT?

Formaggie-- have you had another beta????

Prawnster, Dakota, and Queenie-- Good Luck with ET! Wait til the day of transfer to find out how they are doing is the worst!

As for me...2WW! Yuck! I had a little less of a PMA today, but this 2ww is much better then the last two, I'm much more clam for some reason. I ordered HPTs online, but I don't know if I can wait until they get here. Tomorrow I will be 7dp5dt and thats when I tested last cycle and got a +. But I'm also going to the beach this weekend and dont want a neg to ruin it, even if its too early. So we'll see how long I can hold out

[valerie68]

Hello everyone. So many good news and I'm a little emotional right now, I'm crying of joy for IMblessed and all of you that are doing well.
IMBlessed : Congrats on your BFP !! Time to celebrate with DH minus the champagne for you...but who cares about that when you have a BFP...let me write that again for you BFP BFP BFP !!!

Dakota, Prawnster and Queenie: Best of luck on your ET tomorrow...you are our 3 embies musketeers ...so bring them home safe and sound !

ForMaggie: Glad to see you're doing well and best of luck on Monday. I think you might hear the heartbeat but it might be a little too soon, so don't get bummed if you don't.

Rubylee: I admire you for being so brave with the PIO shots, that's impressive. So sweet that the dogs are there and if they could help you, they would. My cat knows when I'm not feeling well and will come and lay down on me to help. She did it last time as soon as I came home from ET.
She also did that after my laparoscopy/laparotomy surgery. That was not helpful at all but it was so sweet of her. And she would not give up either.

JHarris: I hope everything goes well at the bank. I'm paying out of pocket as well and it's painful to have to let go of so much cash but oooooh so worth it when I'll be preggo! I so hope we get to cycle together.

SDtrying: How was your boards today? Do you feel it went well?

AdsGirl: What a relief for you to start the stims right on schedule. Good luck and tell your follies to get big and fat all at the same time.

As for myself, AF started today right on schedule. I was not sure if it would be after the chemical, but it is. I never thought I would look so forward to having AF. Now, I wait another month for the July AF and then I'll start bcp again and I'll be on my way to my stims. And I do look forward to all the shots. I can't believe I'm saying that because I was a total needle phobic. Glad I overcame that!

Hope I didn't forget anyone and big hugs to all.

Valerie

[ftg]

IMBlessed!- BFP! That is sooooo awesome and what a great beta number you had! Good for you girl!

Good luck to everyone tomorrow, I know the weekend will be trying for many, but remember its all for a good cause.

Those stimming keep up the good work. I am soooo impressed by anyone who can stick themselves. My first night of trying I was with my DH, and the needle just stopped at my skin, and wouldn't go in! Starting with the 1 shot, going to 3, now again I'm just on the PIO IM shot. DH is so awesome he has, and continues to do them all. Where would I be without him???

Have a great weekend ladies. I've been very sleepy/falling asleep and haven't been as good keeping up with everyone's news. Please keep PMA and you will get there!!

[babygurlsolages]

Thanks everyone for all the warm wishes. I started reading this because I didnt know what to do with myself. Now I cant wait to get online and check on everyones progress. I'm sorry but I dont know what PUPO is. The doctors office said that HPT will give me a false positive. I'll dying to do it, but i'm going to wait. My first beta is 6/18 and second is 6/20. I'm so sleepy and BBs hurt bad! On suppositories now, still have a knot on hiney from PIO. Mucho baby dust to all!

[hopinginpa]

ForMaggie- Glad you are progressing nicely. You probably won't hear heart beat until 6 1/2 weeks but will know how many implanted
Congrats on the porn star boobs!

IMBLESSED- CONGRATS. 3rd time is a charm. I am so happy for you!

Prawnster, Dakota, and Queenie- Good luck tomorrow, you are in my prayers.

Jharris-I hope all goes well at the bank...I need a cycle buddy!

Neffi- Keep up the PMA, have fun at the beach and hope you come home to a BFP on Sunday!

Adsgirl-Glad you are stimming. It won't be long until your BFP.

SD- hope you rocked your boards!

Well as for me, I spoke to the RE and nurse today. I had a late egg blossom, it didnt look too good, so I decided not to even try to fertilize it. I think next month will be it. I am waiting for AF now, which they say will be in about 10days and then I will start on lupron. I am hoping to be stimming the first week of July. I think it is important to get right back into the ring.
I must say though, I am not looking forward to my niece and nephew's 1st bday party this weekend. My sil got pregnant on her first IVF cycle. It makes me question whether it will even happen for us. I am going to go with the theory, 3rd time is a charm. IMBLESSED you are my HERO!

Hope everybody has a great weekend.

[valerie68]

Dakota: A quick note for you because I saw your other post. I had excruciating pain during the night of the retrieval, I'm talking pain so bad I was screaming, in a fetal position on the floor, the worst pain I've had in my life !! . Called my RE in the middle of the night and he prescribed vicodin and called me back a 1/2hr later to see if pain had diminished and it only slightly had. Another 1/2 hr and I started to feel like it was tolerable.
I was in pain for the next 2 or 3 days, constant cramping and it has to do with your ovaries still being big and the fact that they went in there to retrieve the eggs. My RE was very concerned that I had a twisted ovary. The next day we went in the office ( this is Sunday now) to do an US to check on the ovary. It was ok. He said it's possible that it twisted and untwisted on its own.

So if you're experiencing cramping, I would not worry, only if you're in screaming pain or very intolerable would I do something about it.

Good luck, I hope you feel better. And best of luck for tomorrow.

Valerie

[Dakota]

Thank you valerie!!!! I will be praying all night long and ask them the min I get there in ther morning. I'm not in any pain at all, nor do my ovaries hurt, its all in the uterus. Maybe its just anxious to get her little o's put where they belong

Thanks again.

[SDtrying]

valerie and hopinginPA--

thanks for remembering me on my boards day. It went fine (i think). I get results in 8 weeks-- is it just me or is EVERYTHING in life a wait. I think my New Years resolutions will be to try to stop "waiting" for anything, is that possible? It just seems I'm so unproductive when I feel like I'm "waiting" for something!

Ladies on the 2ww- can I get an AMEN!

Lets so if I can get through some personals

IMBLESSED-- XXOOXX-- congrats that's wonderful
ForMaggie-
Dakota- GL tomorrow!
babygurl- the lure of the HPT is very, very strong
neff- you know where I stand on the HPTs!! I hope to hear good news soon!
ADS- thanks as usual for taking such good care of all of us. you rock
Prawnster- GL!!
ForMaggie- I think that if Hallmark saw your posts they'd hire you on the spot, if that doesn't go well I think you could definitely make some extra cash designing onesies for our little ones! And if THAT doesn't work out....well you've got the porno star breasts that I'm sure good bring in a pretty penny!!! I wouldn't expect a HB at 5 weeks, even an early HB is at 6 weeks, by 7 weeks you should expect it. GL monday!
Queenie- GL!!
RubyLee- I'm also impress about you giving yourself the PIO!!
JHarris- How are you doing? I read queenie's post about you looking into studies, i couldn't go back farther to see your last post. What's going on with you, what are your plans?

[Prawnster]

Hello Girls, In my emotional excitement I had to share with you:

The clinic just called and I have 14 embryos and a few of them are of better quality then I have ever had before - so stuff it to dragon Doctor causing me all that worry. I will have some to freeze for the first time ever! Yipee!!!

I am having Assisted Hatching which they will do at 1pm and the transfer is set for 2pm.

Loads of luck to Queenie and Dakota and I will be thinking of you this afternoon.

Sorry if some of you are having a bad day, I am not boasting but wanted to share my good news with you girls as you understand what it is all about.
Thank you.
x

[IMBlessed]

I'm at work right now, but I wanted to send a quick post to start the day.

Ladies - I want to thank you all from my heart for all of the love and support you've shown and continue to show on this thread. It really means alot to me to know that I can share my experience with women who can relate to what I'm going thru. You all have encouraged me to remain positive in more ways than you'll ever know. You all have been a blessing to me and I hope to be able to pass that blessing on to others who need the same love and support. Again, THANKS!!!

Dakota, Prawnster, & Queenie - GOOD LUCK today with your transfers. You ladies are just minutes away from being PUPO!

MzTia - GOOD LUCK today on your retrieval. Make sure you get much rest afterwards.

Neffi - I did my first HPT 11dpt, then again everyday up until the day before my beta and got the same results each time. However, I didn't do HPTs with my first two cycles.......I was a good girl.

Sorry if I missed anyone, but I'll send more personals later. I hope everyone enjoys their Friday!

[Dakota]

Imblessed OMG!!!! That is so great!! I am so happy for you!!

ForMaggie I have read post where they have seen the HB a soon as 5w5d. GL to you!!

Neffi Enjoy your trip to the beach and GL with POAS.

Valerie Glad to hear you are right on schedule! July/Aug will be here in no time.

Prawnster Yeah!! GL today and I am glad that your little ones came through.

So much for sleeping in and relaxing this morning before I go in for ET. The cramps have picked up full fledge where I had to take tylenal at 3am and then started really freaking out because my bb's are no longer sore. This is exactly what happens to me the day I start AF. I knwo that the progestrone is suppose to ward off AF, but its VERY weird to me that my bb's stopped hurting last night, which is a tail tell sign that I'll start AF that day. I've left a message for the nurse, but wont get a call back until almost 10am. Here I was weining yesterdau about my bb's being sore, now I want them to come back!!!

[jharris12]

Good morning wonderful ladies!! I just wanted to say good luck to Dakota, Prawnster and Queenie on your ET's today!! You get to reunite with your little ones today!! YEAH!!

And good luck to you MzTia. I hope they get some nice, healthy eggs today!!

Hey SD: Glad your Boards went well! You have had so much going on, I don't know how you do it! I'm doing good. Me and the DH are going to the bank tomorrow to see if we can get a loan to pay off one of the DH's old high credit cards, and get a little extra for annother IVF cycle. We don't want to get too much further in debt since we are paying out of packet. I looked, there are no IVF studies going on anywhere in NC!! But my RE is looking into discounts from the pharmacy on my meds, and is discounting ICSI for us next go since we have to have it because of DH's diabetes. So I am very hopeful that I should get to start BCPs beginning of July and get going again, with a new protocol!!

valerie & hopinginpa, have you joined another group for the next cycle, or staying here? I want to keep up with 2 of my fellow cycle buddies!! My next AF will be around the beginning of July and then I will start BCPs, so we shouldn't be too far apart. And valerie, I love my $13000 petri dish at home! Me and the DH have joked about how much this baby is costing and it's not even here yet!

babugurl: PUPO means Pregnant Until Proven Otherwise, which is what we say after the embryos are transferred back in!!

neffi: The HPT's are SO hard to resist, just ask SD! When will your online order be there to get started?

ForMaggie: Good to hear from you! Can't wait to hear how your US goes!!

Hope the rest of you ladies have a fantastic Friday the 13th!!