OCT / NOV / DEC 2008 Buddies

[to_have_fun08]

foreverlove - That is good that your nurse will go over it with you again. I didn't have any problems with my shots. My last cycle they started me on Menopure which they did not go over injections in my class. You have to mix menopure and I had no idea of what I was doing. So I went on you-tube and they had several videos of women mixing menopure so I figured out how to do it. I guess the pharmacy also gave me videos but I never thought about looking at those.
I do all my own shots even the PIO. I know DH really doesn't want to give them to me and it just easier for me to do them. After ER my nurse was freaked out because I did my PIO. It is no big deal just a little hard to see.

Kas and Cocosmomma - How are you doing? Hope you all have a good weekend.

Chris

[Kas101]

Hey

To have fun Well we finally moved!!! We are situated in central Indiana outside of INdianapolis and so my task next week (when i have unpacked) is to find an RE. I was initially looking in IL but it seems there are a few in the Indianapolis area!!!!

Also the prices seems much lower here than in South FL which is great news as we are self-pay and i still have 3 boxes of menopur left from the last cycle, so i am feeling good about the move right now, maybe its meant to be .....

Got to sign off now as we are going out to get food as (unfortunately he he) i have not unpacked the kitchen yet X X X

[to_have_fun08]

Kas - Glad you are finally moved. That must be a little stress off your back. I would hate unpacking. I have never moved a whole house at one time and will be dreading it if I ever do. My sister seems to move every few years and i just would hate to go through that all the time. My sister used to live in Avon, Indiana which is also right outside Indianapolis. I believe it is on the western side of Indy. I am sure there are some really good Re's in Indy since that is a pretty big city. Hope you find one you like. Having extra meds is good. I still have around 1200 units of Follistim left so at least I won't have to buy too much more of that. Acutally 900 U that I have a lady from the April/May board gave me so it was totally free. Maybe it was just karma that I needed to use the free meds before I can get PG. Who knows??? Good luck unpacking. Hope you have a good weekend.

Chris

[Kas101]

To have fun Hey how are you doing?
We officially get internet tomorrow so i will be a little more active! At the moment i'm piggybacking on a wireless connection but its a little flaky and whenever i want to go online i cant....

We have unpacked and i quite enjoy moving - DH's job calls for that now and again so i'm used to it and its given me something to take my mind off of the BFN so it was good timing. We are on the outskirts of N Indianapolis and i have found 2 potential RE's so over the next few days i will make appointments with both and see who i feel more confident in.

I have been reading about DHEA and about Dr Toth's antibiotic therapy and have printed a load of stuff of the internet. I like both theories and may try them so i'm looking for an RE that is down with that. The first IVF i felt like i was a rookie and it all happened to me - i didnt question anything or know what was going on but this time i intend to be really well informed and i may even try accupuncture - i really want this to work.

I will admit that since the BFN i have been enjoying myself - been back to the gym and toned back up, been out a few times and had a few tequilas but i am ready to start gain. I'm going to try a detox program from GNC then kick the alcohol, caffine (love those caramel lattes) and start again!!!

Love that you started this thread and look forward to cycling with you again (last time we did ER, ET and Beta on same days) and hope we can get our BFP's this time round

[to_have_fun08]

Kas - Glad you have some RE's in your are, next step is to make and appointment and see when you can cycle again. Did you really like your RE in South Florida? I am not attached to my RE, only seen her twice so moving would probably be no big deal for me. Hopefully, they won't make you go through all the test again. I have been sort of looking at DHEA but haven't made a formative decision if it would help. It is so new and I am afraid it might mess up my cycle. I already have a problem with high E2 levels so I don't want to add any other problems. I feel the same way you do and want to take more control over this cycle. Last cycle I was just told what to do and now I am questioning a lot of it. Right now to help my next cycle, I am trying to watch what I eat and work out some more so maybe I can shed a few pounds. I have read that even cutting 10% of your body weight that it could help with E2 levels so I am trying to lose 20 pounds before next cycle. Who knows if it will work but at least I will give it a shot.
That would be totally cool if we had ET, ER and Beta the same day again. Though this time it will be a good day and we will both get BFP's. Sep 5 must be a really bad day for some reason seeing that you, Muggsey and I all got BFN. Totally sucks but what can you do?


Coco and Foreverlove - How are you guys doing? Hope you all have a good week.

Chris

[foreverlove]

to_have_fun08 - I am starting to get excited about the IVF process now that I am able to share this experience with you wonderful ladies. I even pulled out my paperwork from the doctor and reread it over the weekend. I keep hearing positive stories about IVF success and I have been a stalker on the "pregnant after treatment" board and it is really helping to get me even more excited and confident. I just hope that it works for all of us - what a great Christmas gift to findout we are all pregnant.

Unfortunately here in Ohio we had a bad wind storm (from IKE) and we were without power on Sunday. Luckily we got it back on Monday morning, but my two of my sisters and two of my brothers are still without power today. We just count our blessings that it is all we have considering the devastation I have seen down in Texas. My heart goes out to all of those people.

[jen8675309]

Kas ~ I live in Columbus, IN (an hour south of Indy) and I went to Midwest Fertility Specialists in Carmel. I saw Dr. Laura Reuter and HIGHLY recommend her. One of my best friends is starting IVF with them next month and my SIL is seeing them now for PCOS fertility issues. I just happened along your post and thought I would put my 2 cents in! Good luck to you!

[gina1234]

hello everyone i am also thinking about doing ivf again...this will be my 3rd ivf before ivf i had 6 iui done with all bfn...my dh has a chromsone problem & i have pcos...my pcos is not really bad the docs tell me but i still have it....in aug when i started the 2nd ivf everything was quick i started meds on 8/22/08 & finished my meds on 8/31/08 i had 28 follices and 15 fert. we transferred 2 & 10 are frozen...but we will be doing another fresh ivf cycle rather then a fet.....so i just got my af on 9/16/08 so if all goes well next month i will probably get af on 10/17/08 & then on 10/18/08 i will stop fsh & within 8 days of the fsh & other meds i will have retrival on or around 10/29/08 than 5 day transfer which makes if 11/3/08 and beta will be on 11/14 or 11/15/08 will c....chat with u soon...i am sending everyone some magic baby dust....hope it works out....

[gina1234]

hello everyone i am also thinking about doing ivf again...this will be my 3rd ivf before ivf i had 6 iui done with all bfn...my dh has a chromsone problem & i have pcos...my pcos is not really bad the docs tell me but i still have it....in aug when i started the 2nd ivf everything was quick i started meds on 8/22/08 & finished my meds on 8/31/08 i had 28 follices and 15 fert. we transferred 2 & 10 are frozen...but we will be doing another fresh ivf cycle rather then a fet.....so i just got my af on 9/16/08 so if all goes well next month i will probably get af on 10/17/08 & then on 10/18/08 i will stop fsh & within 8 days of the fsh & other meds i will have retrival on or around 10/29/08 than 5 day transfer which makes if 11/3/08 and beta will be on 11/14 or 11/15/08 will c....chat with u soon...i am sending everyone some magic baby dust....hope it works out....

[to_have_fun08]

Gina - Welcome to the board. Can't wait to start cycling again.

Foreverlove - I also check out the pg after treatment boards. I like to check up on all those that have graduated. Also, seeing what a lot of those ladies have gone through give me a lot of inspiration and hope that this will work for us. Glad you weren't hurt to bad with the storm. Some areas around me flooded quit a bit but I didn't have any major problems. I only lost power a few minutes.

So just to let you all know, some might already, I am currenlty addicted to finding smiley faces and blinkies. I guess they are my thearputic way of keeping up my PMA. Here is my first one for this board.



Chirs

[Kas101]

Hey ladies,

To have fun I have also read lots about DHEA but there dont seem to be any negatives to taking it as far as i can tell. I got some from GNC (25mg) and from reading i think you need to take 3 a day for about 2 months minimum. Apparantly 4 months is the optimum time but i will just give itthe 2 months. One of the RE's i am planning to see advocates the use of DHEA so i will find out all i can and report back!!!

I did really like my Florida RE and i feel that he knows my insides quite well as he has operated on me before. For example on one of my ultrasounds during stims the nurse did it as he was in a meeting, but she called him in as she said i had developed a cyst. Straight away he knew it wasnt that it was a small piece of tube that he had left attached to my ovary as removing it would have compromised the ovary. Another person wouldnt know that. We decided it would just be so much more money to go back to him with flights, car rental, and DH having a week off work and then there's the cost of local bloods and ultrasounds, so it makes sense to do it here and i'm ok with that....

I would like to start stims afer next 2 AF's which i think is end of October, about 7 weeks from now.

Foreverlove I love that you said it would be a great Christmas gift to be PG.It would be the best ever for sure!!!!

Jen Thanks for the heads up on Dr Reuter at Midwest Fert. I was looking at Dr Donahue and Dr Gentry (both in Carmel) but seeing you are PG with beautiful twin girls (one baby would be perfect but twin girls are my ultimate wish) i promise i will look into her as well - THANK YOU and of course, CONGRATULATIONS X X

GIna SOunds like you've been through a lot of BFN's and i know they hurt, so lets both turn that around this cycle!!! Hopefully i will stim at the end of October (if AF co-operates!) just behind you...

[to_have_fun08]

Kas - Let me know what you find out about DHEA. Some of the things I have read is that DHEA effects your hormones. Since I already have a high E2 level I am afraid that it would effect my levels and possibly make them higher. I know some things are not made for everyone. i will do more checking. Will possibly ask my RE about it.

Chris

[babyhope1]

I would love to join you ladies as I am scared as hell. I just miscarried twins 6 weeks ago and am starting IVF now. I hear you foreverlove who had said they had a big family and didn't want to explain things if it didn't work. My DH family is large and everyone knew of my pregnancy, and miscarriage. I felt like such a failure as he is obviously from a large family and "how could it be his fault they are so fertile."

Anyway, I don't want to have to explain things when they go wrong. I am not counting on this working, and if it does I will probably tell only my husband and not announce a due date but rather a miscarriage date.

To say the least I am tainted from the fertility experiences I have had. It is our only chance as we are too paying out of pocket. I start my BC pills tonight then stims on the 29th. I am mid cycle...think I had a period two weeks ago, stopping and starting, but couln't tell from all the miscarriage bleeding. My HCG was at 6 on Monday...still coming down from the prego.

I suppose I put up a brick wall because I don't want to hurt like that again. That is the reason I am on this forum, because I need your support through all of this. I never thought it would come to this...

All my best,

~Babyhope1 Had several cycles of:
ME 31 DH 34
Clomid, Clomid+IUI, Clomid+IUI+HCG
Prego with twins on 3rd IUI
Miscarriage of twins 11 weeks later
6 weeks recovery
IVF+ICSI #1 currently
Scared as Hell

[to_have_fun08]

babyhope1 - Welcome to the board. I am so sorry for your loss of twins. I have never had a BFP which sucks but I think I can handle that a lot more then losing a baby. I can see where you are tainted by the whole experience but there is always hope that this next time it will work for you. It is normal to put up a brick wall after a loss or a let down. I think we all put up some kind of defenses just so it won't hurt so bad if it doesn't work again. I am just to the point that this will work or it won't. I have no control over it and if it was meant for me to have a child I will.

I can relate on having a big family and everyone knowing what you are doing. I have a pretty large family and they all knew that we are doing IVF. I don't mind them knowing, they don't pry for info and I kind of like it because that means I have more people rooting for me for this to work. My aunt even gave my name to a group of nuns, they are called the pink nuns or something like that, they pray for peoples fertility. So the pink nuns prayed for 9 days that I will have a child. I guess it didn't help this time but maybe for the next. Definatly the worst part of it all was telling them it didn't work. I was hurting so bad and didn't want to even talk about my BFN. So I was a coward and emailed everyone. My family is really great and I hope no one had any harse feeling because I didn't tell them personally. I will probably keep them updated on my next cycle also.

Kas - How is the RE hunting going? Hope you find a good one and can get started soon.

Gina - How are you doing. Looks like you might be our first BFP on the board. You seem to be starting your cycle earlier then the rest of us.

foreverlove - Anything new with you?

For me I am just waiting and waiting to begin my cycle. I have kind of mixed emotions yesterday. My sister delivered her second child yesterday, I am so happy for her but depressed for myself seeing that we starting TTC around the same time. Now she has 2 and I have none. O'well, I guess that is just how life works.

Hope everyone has a good weekend.

Chris

[foreverlove]

Babyhope – WELCOME!!! I understand completely about the fertility comments. I am the youngest of 9 girls in my family and all of my sisters have kids – not to mention all my brothers have at least one child a piece. The one sister we joke and call fertile myrtle because if she just blinks I swear she gets pregnant (she has 4 of her own and 2 step kids). I told my DH that I swear she got all the fertility jeans that my Mom had left because I certainly didn't get any. It is very hard as at every family function they are asking when we are having kids and to stop being cheap and just adopt or do IVF. I seriously think they look at it as a joke and don't understand what we go thru. I guess I cant blame them, but they don't know what an emotional rollercoaster it is. I know I wouldn't be able to handle the questions or comments if I ever miscarried or if IVF didn't work - that is why I am not going to telling them. I am so happy I found this board because we are all in the same spot and can lean on one another.

TGIF ladies – we are getting closer and closer to our BFP! Just think at Christmas we will all be a little happier this year with a little one growing in our bellies!!!!!