Anyone else going crazy in the 2WW?

jcurlygirl · Post by **jcurlygirl** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 5:12 pm

Hi all I am just looking for some people to vent with and share our crazy 2WW. I am almost done but boy it can't get here soon enough. I keep feeling like, "OK I'm pregnant," "Well maybe I am pregnant," "I might not be pregnant," "OK I'm not pregnant," "Well maybe I am!" I have not been this nutzo back and fourth ever!!! I am on 50mg PIO twice a day and 2mg estrace three times a day and it is playing tricks on me. I now feel like AF will arrive any minute, cramping, tingling BBs on/off. I am 6dp6dt and promised myself I would not HPT this time, my beta is Thursday! How is everyone else?

Thanks for the support!

ajdec · Post by **ajdec** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 5:19 pm

Hey! I feel your pain! lol I am 7dp5dt. My DR said I can have an "early" beta on Friday. I'm going for it even though DH thinks we should wait until Monday. I'm on Endometrin suppositories 3x day and a patch. No injections for me! I'm really trying hard to have PMA...but it's definitely a struggle this week. I was doing great last week (transfer was on 10/13) but I had a very long and busy weekend and I think being so tired has affected my attitude. I am totally feeling the same way...I'm pregnant, maybe I'm not, nope I'm not, yes I am! Ugh...lol. I had these like grand illusions that these two weeks were going to be no big deal. But was I fooling myself! Is this your first IVF? It's mine...

harleyloo · Post by **harleyloo** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 6:20 pm

HI Ladies,

Oh my lord.. i am SO in the same boat.
I feel crampy.. and my back is sore.. no spotting - I am exhausted, moody, and nervous!

I had my 3dp5dt and I am having my beta done on Sunday. This is my first IVF.. so, I don't even know what to expect.. or if these symptoms are from the 1cc of Progesterone that I am taking daily. It is nightmarish.
I am at work.. and dragging. I am in need of a nap.

This could also be partially b/c of my "cold turkey" approach to caffeine intake.. which is really rough!

Any good suggestions on what we can do to make this time go by any faster? 6 more days feels like an eternity!

~Lauren

jcurlygirl · Post by **jcurlygirl** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 9:12 pm

Hey ladies thanks for the response! I don't think there are many in the 2WW right now.

Harley: my back is sore too, this is what it is like before AF. I know that I will not get AF since I am on the estrace and PIO! This is my 1st FET, (2) 6 day blasts. My first IVF cycle was in June '08 which resulted in a chemical pregnancy. I did not feel they way I feel now. I don't know what that means. As for how to pass the time, I am full force into google! Every angle I can, this day post o, this day post transfer, pg symptoms, like I said CRAZY 2WW!!!! I sit and think about the computer when I am not on it. I am nutzo, lol.

Ajdec: that is great that you get to test early, but don't read too much into it since it is early! I am wondering how they say this is early since you are no 7dp5dt you will be 11dp5dt so technically you will be 16dpo! That does not seem too early to me. My first cycle I tested 7dp3dt, now that was too early my beta was only 4, retested two days later and it was 8, so it double but still very low. Like said earlier it was a chemical pregnancy.

Good luck ladies and if you come up with anything else to pass the time let me know and lets keep each other posted!

Love, Luck and Babydust!

ajdec · Post by **ajdec** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 10:31 pm

I think that my RE considers is "early" because they would normally wait two full weeks before testing...which would be Monday, October 13. But if they're willing to do it...from everything I have read, it should be a fairly accurate test at that point. Don't you think?

Ugh...as for passing the time. Last week seemed to go quickly for me, but I think that was because I knew that it was really too early to know anything for sure. And this past weekend I had a ton of family stuff going on, so I was kept very busy and my mind was occupied. Back at work today...OMG....I spent like 2 hours on this site just researching and reading. I'm definitely a lot more crazed this week. But I'm REALLY trying to focus on all the stuff I have to get done this week. DH birthday is Wednesday so I am making a cake tomorrow night...cleaning the house with DH tonight (oops...maybe taking a break to check the boards!)....Wednesday night we'll go out to dinner and Thursday night we will have his boys (he has two sons from a previous marriage, 11 and

for the evening so we'll celebrate DH birthday again with them. And then...it will be Friday! lol For me, really, the hardest time is at work. I'm SOOO not interested in being at work right now. Just could care less!

Baby dust to all!

amfmbaby · Post by **amfmbaby** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 11:51 pm

as you know i am also in this crazy 2ww i am at work right now and wont see home until 10 i feel very crazy right now i think i am i think im not breast tenderness disappeared and im worried my pio level has dropped some more i called the nurse she too says im reading to much into this and to focus on something else the whole time shes talking to me its like being in a tunnel blah blah blah all i want to hear is yes you are pregnant can we get to that conversation now please well gotta go its time to start taking my patients off the machine log in later thanks for listening

val8375 · Post by **val8375** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 11:54 pm

I am so glad I am not the only one stuggling daily! I am 5dp5dt. I go in for my beta on the 27th. I feel no symtoms at all pregnacy wise. I keep telling myself I must not be pregnant but I know that not everyone has symptoms. I only had 3 embryos and 2 died during the thaw so I think in my mind that my chances aren't good....and I tell myself that so that I don't get my hopes up to much. Then I feel guilty for not being more positive lol. I went to my family dr today because I thought I had strep (turned out I didn't) but I had her look at my PIO site because they hurt and itch constantly. One side has a huge red welt and she thinks it may be from the heating pad on high and it is burning my skin. She told me to stop using the heating pad because it can heat you up too much and cause miscarriage......great another thing to worry about.

I tell my husband my concerns and he's like quit thinking about it ect...men just have no idea what we go through!
Thanks for letting me vent!
Good luck to you all!

harleyloo · Post by **harleyloo** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 11:56 pm

hi!

I am so with you - not wanting to be at work.. you should see me - i google, read the board.. and when i was home yesterday, i was reading all sorts of books. I have the what to expect book, a book called pregnancy and labor.. and a book that I picked up a few weeks ago, called "A few good eggs" which is quite comical. I feel that reading makes the time fly by. Oh! and i have been so tired.. i took a two hour nap yesterday.. (not quite as easy to do at work!) ugh!!

As for the rest of the week, I work for L'Oreal.. so, we are a busy company and being in HR, we are doing our salary exercise which means lots of meetings, reading lots of reviews... and a whole lot of other nonsense.. that takes up far too much time!

Anyway, i wish you both good luck this week!! I will be watching to see if you both report great news!!

Baby dust, cement and best wishes!
Lauren

angelaezra · Post by **angelaezra** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 12:25 am

Hello everyone,

Ok I have to admit I have cheated 3 times. I did my egg retrieval on Oct. 7th and a 5 day transfer on Oct. 12. So I took my first pregnancy test last Thursday and it was neg, which I am glad I took because now I know the Ovidrel is out of my system. The next test I took was on Sunday and it had a faint positive. So I called my office and informed them and they told me to take another test so I did this afternoon and it is POSITIVE... So my RE moved my beta test to tomorrow because my original beta test was scheduled for this Thursday. I am not telling everyone to cheat but I had all of the symptoms that I was pregnant, which went away after my Ovidrel shot wore off and returned 4 days later.

Good luck,

Angela

jcurlygirl · Post by **jcurlygirl** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 4:01 pm

angelaezra: Congratulations!!! That is so soon to get a +HPT, that should mean great numbers. Please post with your beta #s.

Harley: this is really funny I read your post about working for L'Oreal and had a dream about working for them, wierd!

val8375: sorry to hear some embies did not make it but, your chances are good it only takes one! I agree with you men have no idea what we are going through. They say they understand but really let me poke you with needles and load you up with a ton of hormones!! Then we will see, lol!

amfmbaby: I think we know our bodies, for the nurse to tell you you are reading too much into this, whatever! I felt the same way after my first IVF cycle breast pain stopped and low and behold my progesterone level dropped, so they increased it. We do know our bodies, that is one thing every nurse should know, patients can tell you more about themselves than they know.

Good luck ladies, the time is slowly passing, 2 days left for me.

ajdec · Post by **ajdec** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 4:35 pm

I am really having a rough week. I am not focusing on anything but my upcoming test. I really want to just try a HPT tomorrow...but I know I shouldn't. UGH. This week is pure torture.

hackney · Post by **hackney** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 6:12 pm

Oh My Goodness, I too am losing my mind. I have done nothing but read message boards and research IVF all day today at work. This is my second IVF and I am trying really hard to stay positive and not get compulsive about it, but as you can see I am not doing a very good job!

ajdec · Post by **ajdec** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 6:29 pm

When is your beta?

hackney · Post by **hackney** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 6:40 pm

My Beta is 10/28/08. I had my ET on 10/18. This Beta is at least sooner than my last, I think this is because I had a 5 day transfer this time instead of a 3 day transfer. But the wait is still just driving me insane, no matter what I keep telling myself, I just keep thinking about it!

harleyloo · Post by **harleyloo** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 6:56 pm

hi all -

hackney - i am in the same boat.. my beta is 10/26.. and I am going INSANE. if my job doesn't fire me for message blogging and internet browsing.. it will be amazing.. and I SIT IN HUMAN RESOURCES!! just keep yourself busy.. and know that I am here for you!!

jcurlygirl - i have had some of the most vivid dreams.. that is pretty funny that you had a dream about working for L'Oreal.. these hormones are crazy!! I seem to wake up at like 3:40a, for no apparent reason.. and think about the wacky dreams i have had.. then fall alseep around 4:30 again. insanity!

angelaezra - congrats... hopefully you have twins in there.. with such an early response w/hpt's!! good luck tomorrow!

val8375 - keep your chin up.. not everyone experiences pregnancy symptoms.. (and besides, who could really tell which was one over the hormones)? good luck on Monday.. I will be hearing on Sunday.. so, I will be thinking about all of us with upcoming beta's!!

Baby cement,
Lauren