OCT / NOV / DEC 2008 Buddies

Discussion forum for those particularly interested in IVF and embryo transfer including frozen embryo transfer.
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to_have_fun08
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Post by to_have_fun08 »

Well I have now been officially canceled. Just made an appointment with another RE to get a second opinion.

I will still be following all of you. i can be the board cheerleader.

i will do more personals later.

Chris
Chris 40- DH 41
6 IVFs Cycles - BFN's
DE Cycle 2/2011 -BFP Jacob born 11/11/11

FET 7/2012 - BFP - Kaylee due 4/3/13

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Post by sloan88 »

To have fun - you have already been an exceptional cheerleader. I'm so so so sorry.... that must be so frustrating. I would absolutely find the best clinic you can and get a second opinion. :cry: :cry: :cry: I'm really bummed for you. You really lift everyone up in the nicest way - you are really such a supportive force on this thread.... With all that love....(and regardless of it) you soooo deserve a healthy shot at this and then of course your BFP... Here's wishing you a good transition to your next try.

wishings 4 blessing - congrats on your BFP! that's terrific!
Me 38 DH 41 Unexplained
TTC naturally for 1 yr.
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starting IVF October 2008!
BFP!!! 11/2 Beta 166, 11/10 Beta 6100
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Post by detroit2007 »

Hello all,
Checking back after a break, Congrats to all with a BFP, praying for all of you on this board. I went for the U/s and b/w today. My FET was scheduled for Dec2. Today's b/w showed an elevation of LH , 18.5. My doctor is concerned with this and so I have another U/s scheduled for 11/29 before deciding the final date. My nurse assured that this has nothing to do with transfer but doctor just want to make sure this is not interacting with the transfer. Is any one had an elevated LH before during any IVF cycles?

Wishing all of you a Happy Thanksgiving day.javascript:emoticon(':?')

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#1 IVF - 2 ET - BFN - 10/12/2008
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Post by JDC »

Chris - I'm so sorry you are cancelled. You are such a support to us and I thank you for not leaving us! Anyway, good luck with the second opinion.

Jill
me 38 dh 36
mc twins 20wks 2000, ectopic 4/2005
1st ivf May 2008 cancelled before ET
2nd ivf/icsi BFP, mc, D&C 9/8/08
3rd ivf/icsi, BFP, mc, D&C 1/5/09
4th ivf DE, BFP!
to_have_fun08
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Post by to_have_fun08 »

JDC - I am so happy that you have 2 fertilzied embies. Wishing you the best of luck at transfer. Can't wait to get hear about your BFP.

Kas - are you starting sims?

Detroit - I have never done a Fet so don't know what they are looking for in LH level. Good luck at your next appointment. How many embies are you going to transfer?

Sloan
- Thanks for the well wishes. I know I will get my BFP sometime. It just isn't going to be anytime soon. It is a bummer but i guess i have been anticipating this for a while so I was pretty prepared to be canceled.

prayin4BFP - I think 10 mm is good for 4 days of stims. You are stimming quit nicely. Enjoy your Thanksgiving.

foreverlove
- Thanks for thinking about me and the hugs. Have a good time on being away from the boards. Good luck with ER and make sure you update us as soon as your back near a computer.

Gina - Those are some really good numbers. i am so happy for you.

Pixelgirl - How did Er go. Hope you have a few good embies to fertilize and stick. Keeping my fingers crossed for you.


It is so great having so many wonderful women on this site for support. I know I would be going nuts without this board. So the good thing about getting canceled is that I never bought my drugs so that saved me some money. YEAH. Now I can buy myself a really good Christmas present.

Chris
Chris 40- DH 41
6 IVFs Cycles - BFN's
DE Cycle 2/2011 -BFP Jacob born 11/11/11

FET 7/2012 - BFP - Kaylee due 4/3/13

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Post by Rosario »

Well guys my medicine has been ordered. They see a cycle start day approximately of Dec 15. I will be using BCPs, Gonal F, Repronex, Cetrotide, PIO, and hCG. I think because of the BCPs I won't actually go thru ER until the end of Jan early Feb. Does that sound right? Well my shipment comes in on the 12th. Everything is coming into place. I am just going to see whats going on with my old clinic. If this issue with my medical records cannot be resolved I will take action. Whats do you guys suggest?
IVF #1: Oct '08- BFN
IVF #2: Feb '09- BFP (Chem)
IVF #3: May '09- BFP
(Triplets lost at 21.5 weeks- Preterm Labor)
BFP: Natural Pregnancy March '10
Little Frank Manuel arrived 11.20.10
June '11 natural BFP sadly ending in miscarriage :(
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To Have Fun I am SO SORRY you have been put through all of this again. You so deserve to sail thru the next cycle and get your BFP. This seems so unfair :( I hope that a new RE will look at your whole protocol and switch it up to hammer down that darn estrogen #, as when you DO start you dont have an issue, its the getting started that is the main problem..... so you need someone who will get you over that first hurdle and i'm sure you will do great. As you say at least you have saved money on the meds. Its a good job you didnt order as you may be on different meds next time. I'm thinking about you XXX

detroit Good to have you back. Sorry i cant help with your question as i've never done an FET, but someone i'm sure will know the answer. Maybe post the question???

JDC Glad to see you have 2 little embies ready to go back! That's a great thanksgiving for you!!!!!

Pixelgirl Hope your ER went well and you are feling ok. Many of us dont get big numbers of eggs (i am a low responder and i had 4 last time, 3 fert) but there is a pattern that fewer eggs = higher fert rates, so take heart. One of those eggs could be your baby in 9 months

Foreverlove Have a great time, we will miss you but good luck with the ER and ET! We will see you back here in the 2WW!!

Prayin 4 Your follies seem to be growing nicely. Shots are never fun so sorry you will be increasing them, but its all in a good cause :wink:

good to hear from you gina, wonderce, rosario and congrats to whishing 4 blessings on the BFP!!!!!

As for me i went for my baseline and u/s today. I just find this all so stressfull everytime i visit the RE as i am used to disasterous visits, so wound myself up into a state and went dizzy and everything. I honestly think i am going loopy! Anyway it was ok. There is a piece of leftover tube from my previous surgery that has filled with fluid but they dont think its IN my ovary so we are going to proceed. I had to have this drained before but they think it will be ok.... My LH is 3.9 estradiol 39 so i took my first shot this afternoon. So 2 shots of microlupron a day for now. :)
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Post by karenvancouverisland »

hi everyone..

congratulations!!! wishing4- that's sooo wonderful. and 71 is a great beta; please don't worry (like i should talk :lol: )

pixel- hope you 're feeling ok after your ER. keep us updated.

waiting4- i relate to your anger..i often feel bitter. my latest bitterness is that my DH's parents are going to visit his brother at xmas time, which is very far away- and it's cause he has kids..my dh was so disappointed, as we planned a trip to see his parents, and now they're leaving. I KNOW if we had kids- they wouldn't do this...and at my work place- people with kids get priority for xmas holidays! WTF! it even pisses me off at one of our grocery stores that there's special 'parent' parking spots. i'm just bitter. how courageous of you to be available to adopt this baby! that takes heart.

foreverlove- good luck while you're offline for the next while..

prayin- 10mm is good...how many follies do you have?

detroit- nice to hear from you...hope your FET for Dec 2 goes ahead.

JDC- can't wait to hear more from you! let's form a 'it takes two club'

chris- i'm so sorry to hear the continuation of your struggles, i really hope you do buy yourself a wonderful xmas present! this is the time to treat yourself. and i'm very glad you're sticking around with us.

rosario- for your protocal- do you mean you start bcp's dec15?

TKat- welcome and good luck with your beta on saturday.

jandc- how wonderful to have 3 embies in you :D :D :D can't wait for dec 4.

kas- sorry to hear of your stressful experience at the RE"s.. it's awful that we get used to disaster.. i relate.

gina- that's great about your beta..i didn't calculate it,but it seems like a good doubling-time.

as for me, i'm totally suffering before my u/s.. crazy thoughts and fears of this not working. i totally wish i had dramatic pg symptoms, but i don't. i go for more b/w tomorrow..u/s friday. hopefully i won't crack up before then. THIS SUCKS.
38 yrs. DOR, TTC since '04, recommended DE but didn't listen
3 IVF's & 1 FET: 1 cancellation, 1 m/c @ 12 wks, 1 chemical, 1 miracle boy & miracle 'natural' PG right now while waiting to cycle (WTF?)
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Post by pixelgirl »

wow, this thread is hopping! so much news and encouragement in just 24 hours!

ladyJ
karen,
to_have_fun,
marynaz,
forever_Love,
much_hope,
JDC - thanks so much ladies for all the positive vibes and encouragement!!!

to_have_fun - i'm so sorry they cancelled your cycle! my thoughts and prayers are with you and i know that a child is in your future but i also know how frusterating this insane process can be. do something extra nice for yourself. you deserve some big time pampering!

wonderce and wishing4blessings - congrats on the awesome BFPs!!!! yippee!

jacdc33 - three is an great number and how wonderful that you stood up for what you believed in and put your foot down on this one. sticky dust to you!

as for me - my ER was this morning and somehow i remained so insanely calm before hand - it was so not like me! they somehow managed to get 9 eggs out of me when they only anticipated 3-4. the additional eggs came from follicles that grew larger in the last 36 hours so they don't know if any of them were mature or not but i'm glad the doc was persistent in her egg search. i am way, way, way more sore than i had anticipated. i did have some nausea about an hour after they sent me home which sucked and the pain has been much more than i thought it would be so i've just been lying around and trying to find comfortable positions and being comforted by the fact that this and the shots were the most physically demanding parts of this and i only have to look forward to healing up and no more shots!

for those i have not mentioned, i'm following your stories and my hearts and prayers are with you!
- Pixelgirl

Me 37 DH 37
Male Factor (2% Morphology)
4 IUIs - BFN
IVF cycle started Oct 27
Stims started Nov 17
ER on Nov 26, 3 mature eggs, 2 fertilized
ET on Nov 29, 2 embryos transferred
Beta scheduled for 12/11 - BFN
CLOSURE!
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Post by jandc33 »

Just wanted to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving!!!! My thoughts and prayers are with all of you through this journey.


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Post by pixelgirl »

not hopeless yet - i just got your message that you sent last week. sorry, i suck. i didn't even see that i had a message waiting nor do i have any idea how to send one back to you. i appreciate the thoughts and it's always great to know that there are others out there with the same backup plans!

happy thanksgiving all!

the embryologist just called and said that out of the 9 eggs they got, only 3 were mature. i think he thought i'd be disappointed by this but i had only ever planned on having a chance at those biggest three follicles so i was really just expecting 3. the other six weren't mature enough which is sort of what they expected from those last-minute smaller follies.

the good news is that out of the 3 mature ones, 2 fertilized! now i know that i've still got two days or something until i know if they survived to ET (saturday) but i have to say that i'm so excited that dh and i successfully managed to make something together!!! even if they only last 24 hours, that is such a huge thing for us. we've been ttc for like 4 years and after 4 failed iui's i didn't think that we could ever even have 24 hours of having something alive that we made ever!! when i told this to dh, he laughed and said that we could have made cookies together or crafts and it would have been a hell of a lot cheaper! LOL!

so hopefully by saturday morning, we'll still have two embies alive and well. at least at this point my irrational fears at having triplets are gone.

my soreness is still with me today but it is somewhat less. the doc said to just stay horizontal as much as possible and it should continue to get better. we ordered a cooked thanksgiving dinner from kroger - though not as good as home-cooked, the idea of being this uncomfortable and having to cook a giant meal was definitely out of the question.

hope everybody has a wonderful turkey!
- Pixelgirl

Me 37 DH 37
Male Factor (2% Morphology)
4 IUIs - BFN
IVF cycle started Oct 27
Stims started Nov 17
ER on Nov 26, 3 mature eggs, 2 fertilized
ET on Nov 29, 2 embryos transferred
Beta scheduled for 12/11 - BFN
CLOSURE!
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Post by Much Hope »

HAPPY THANKSGIVING..........

Pixelgirl , I am so excited that 2 fertilised for you. I will say a prayer that they both make it to day 3. Your DH is funny about the cookies!!!

Karen. I hope you and your family have a wonderful Holiday and knowing that you have little beans growing in you makes this Thanksgiving even more special.. I know I woke up this morning and felt sothankful that I have been given this amazing gift.....

With all that said. May this Thanksgiving be filled with much Joy and Happiness to all of you amazing women.......

Much Sticky Happy Baby Dust
Elida
10dp5dt 405
12dp5dt 924
14dp5dt 2255.7
U/S confirmed Triplets, 3 little Girls
We know their females from PGD

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Post by Kas101 »

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!!

Congrats pixelgirl on your 2 little embies!!! They will be back where they belong very soon!!

Has anyone ever had a bad reaction to Lupron? I'm taking microdose 0.2ml and i have only had 2 shots so far and i am geting very red and itchy hives. Feel like i have been attacked by mosquitos!!!

If it wasnt Thanksgiving i'd call the clinic but i guess i will wait till tomorrow. I'm due for my PM shot soon and i'm already suffering....
Nothing ever goes straight-forward for me. Now i am having an allergic reaction to my new meds. On day 2!!! Benadryl cream isnt helping. If anyoine has had this before, did the prescribe something to ease this or should i just take a benadryl pill????
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Post by JDC »

Today we transferred my 2 little embies....my RE didn't tell me grades, but the one had some fragmentation, but the other one looked quite good - even cell size and no fragmentation.

Pixelgirl - congrats on the your 2! Don't worry, they will make it. I had the same fear, but they made it. Good luck to you!

Officially PUPO!!!!
me 38 dh 36
mc twins 20wks 2000, ectopic 4/2005
1st ivf May 2008 cancelled before ET
2nd ivf/icsi BFP, mc, D&C 9/8/08
3rd ivf/icsi, BFP, mc, D&C 1/5/09
4th ivf DE, BFP!
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Post by Kas101 »

Just to update. I paged my RE who said to stop taking Lupron, just start menopur tomorrow. Obviously doing a Lupron flare protocol without the lupron isnt going to work too well and as my main problem is low response to start with i negotiated with him to keep on with lupron with benadryl tablets. He has agreed if i try a half dose of lupron, so i will try that even though i am so itchy i could scream.

Why cant things ever go straight forward? I hate that i am such a difficult case with unexpected turns at each stage :(
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