JAN/FEB/MAR 2009 Ladies!!! :arrow:

[SueQiwi]

Chris~I am glad you are on this board and we will be cycling together again! Yep--I need to do some serious work on the PMA. I was so much more excited last time. It's tough to build it back up after the BFNs--but Im tryin! I read the book "Inconceivable" which helped--especially since she has high FSH like me.

Nursegator~welcome to the board. I am taking BCPs right now too and am having the same experience--one heck of a visit from Aunt Flo! I have been bleeding on and off for the entire three weeks I've been taking them. They also make me super cranky and moody. The joys of IVF!

Mandeekins~Congrats on getting knocked up while your Mom was in the room! chuckle. Your embryos sound really high quality and congrats on having three for freeze! You take it easy now. And dont worry about feling crazy and feeling down at times--we are on so many drugs with our eggs being sucked out and put back in--of course your body and mind are going to rebel and freak out a bit.

Rosario~I remember you from an earlier board--I hope you get tons of viable eggs and embryos this time around.

Sorry for not writing back to everybody--I am still getting used to this board and trying to get a feel for all of you and where you are in your cycles. Thank you for welcoming me and hope we will all be Mums soon!

I am going in for a scan in the morning to make sure there are no cysts. I hate being wanded first thing in the morning! Especially on a Monday! ugh.

[espinozal23]

Well Ladies the RE nurse said that I would start a new FET when AF arrived and well she is here she arrived full force last night so looks like I will FET in MArch we are praying for a miracle

[to_have_fun08]

espinozal23 - I am so sorry about your BFN. I know it sucks. Good thing you can do a FET so quickly. This wil be your luck time.

Sueqiwi - Good luck on your scan. Keeping my fingers crossed for no cysts. Those seem to be kind of common lately. The whole monday morning vaginal probing does suck but you will be one step closer to stims.

Mandeekins - Congrats on your transfer and that was pretty cool that your mom could be there. I know my MIL would probably love to be in the room but I would feel too weird. I don't know if DH will be able to go to my transfer. Will all depend on his work schedule. It will be hard enough to get him off for the day of ER. Wishing you the best of luck. When is your beta date?

prayin4BFP - Congrats on starting stims. Don't worry about your antral follicle count. So many people get more follicles then initially are seen.

kcraven - Also Congrats to you for starting stims. I am thinking the ganirelix was like $60 for me last time and that was 50% off. So I would say between $100 and $120 for full price. I was also really excited when i got my meds. make me feel like I am getting closer to my goal of a BFP.

Welcome to all the newbies!!!

Well gotta go, DH wants to watch a movie. I try and post more later.
Oh and no more BCP's!!!! YEAH I am done. Now just waiting on AF but for some reason I think she is going to take here sweet old time to get here.

Chris

[nursegator]

SueQiwi: Nice to know that I'm not the only one having trouble with the BCPs. Good luck with your scan tomorrow-- i'm sending good vibes your way.


Espinozal23: I hope you get your miracle! Tons of babydust and PMA coming your way. Best of luck and know that there are many people pulling for you!

Prayin4BFP: Congrats on your 14 follicles. I hope you produce lots of good quality eggs and that you start to feel more relaxed soon.

BarbD: Good luck with your U/S tomorrow!

[Molly23]

oops I posted on the wrong thread. Here we go...

I went to the doctor today, and I am disappointed but they seem to think I am doing well. I had 5+ on each side, so I am really hoping for some more tomorrow. My Estradol level went from 450 to 850 something, so I guess that is good. My lining measured 8.9 and I was really hoping for more. I have been stimming since last Monday, and I was really hoping for better results by now. From y'all's experience does mine seem normal.

Sounds like everyone else is on track.

[CAFirstInvitro]

Hi all,

This is my first IVF cycle and my hubby and I are so excited!!! I've been reading these forums for hours. There is so much information on here I just can't get enough I've been reading all your stories and it's so exciting to see people who understand what we are going through and hearing all of your experiences at different stages. I'm so glad I found this site I love you all already So here is my story my hubby and i tried 4 inseminations and they were a BFN. That doctor retired and he recomended us to do IVF with our male factor. Now we have just begun our IVF cycle I am on day 9 of BCP's and they gave me a calandar that I will start Lupron on Feb 4th or 5th. They checked my uterous thursday last week and everything was great no pulps or stuff in there to prevent embryo attachement. They also saw I had 5 follicles on each side. I have some quesitons that if ya'll can help me out with. They may seem dumb, but they really have me confused

My questions:

1. What medication produces more follicles? Since I have 5 on each side will more produce or am I working with those they saw in the U/S. The U/S was on the 6 day of BCP's.
2. I've read through these boards and I keep hearing the word "stims" what does that mean? I'm guessing stimulations, but what kind of meds are these?
3. I'm confused because I usually would ovulate about Tues/wed next week so is the BCP's stopping me from ovulating then? I should ask the doc this, but I forget when I'm in the office

Thank you all so much for any help you can give me and please keep on telling your BFP stories. I love hearing them. I want to hear more from Tkat. Has anyone heard how she is doing?

[waiting for 4]

CA- The stims are the meds that produce more follicles and for them to mature. For me these are my Folistim and Miscrodose Ovudrel (FSH and LH). The BCPs wont stop you from ovulating but will prevent you from getting pregnant. The BCPs regulate your cycle to get you ready for the IVF meds. Hope that helps.

As for me I have another BW/US tomorrow. I am freaking out bc of the reduction of my FSH. I guess its normal to change the med levels but I didnt have to last time. I just started getting cramps in my ovaries today... I guess they're getting to that size again Cant wait until the appt tomorrow... I need to know everything is fine.

[JennLB25]

Well, no PMA for me today.

Weekend was rough. I was told Saturday that I was close to triggering and needed to go Sunday for more B/W and U/S. I was told to coast and take no follistim Saturday. Well, doc said Sunday that my follies were absolutely fantastic and ready to go, HOWEVER, my estrogen is through the roof. He said it when up 50% even though I didn't take follistim the night before. My estrogen(sp?) went from 3200 on Saturday to 4700 on Sunday. He said that is too dangerous and wanted me to coast another day without stims to see if my estrogen goes down.

RE also said that you can't coast more than 4 days so today is day 3 and I'm figuring they'll want to cancel this cycle. The bad part of that is, we have no money left through insurance to continue and have no money of our own to keep going.

I just want to cry!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and scream!!!!!!!!!!!! and shout!!!!!!!!!

I'm sitting here waiting on that dreaded phone call.

I hope you all are doing better today than I am. Sorry to be such a downer. Really Really Really bad day today.

[waiting for 4]

Jenn- it seems like I am coming into the same problem. I dont have my results back from the bw this morning yet but they have cut my Follistim in half. I dont have as many follicles as last time but they are already in the 20s- I am hoping they dont run away in size before we decide to do something. Hopefully my estrogen has gone down. I dont know the levels but I will try to remember to ask when the nurse calls this afternoon. Try not to freak out too much. A lot can change in just one day. I am sure everything will be fine for the both of us... too many JennLBs in here for this not to be our lucky month

Like I mentioned above, I had a US/BW this morning and the follicles are HUGE. I have a few less than last time but hopefully they are better quality. The nurse said I may need to do my ER on Thur instead of Fri but the RE was upset about the #s and wanted to see if we could wait for the others to catch up. I can't tell if I am losing my PMA or just having a mood swing but the this all seems a little hopeless right now and its made worse by the painful bruising and constant pressure in my abdomen. I guess I need to take my own advice and stop feeling bad for myself... I haven't gotten any bad news yet

[CT_Michele]

Jenn- I am sorry about your news. I have heard this happen a lot on these boards, but I don;t know what it means. Why would they cancel a cycle is your estrogen levels are high? How is it dangerous and how does it happen? I hope the extra day of coasting will work for you and you will be able to continue. No matter what happens, we are all here for you.

waiting- good luck with us/bw today. Let us know how it goes.

CA- welcome to the boards, you will find a lot of info and support here. Stims are short for stimulation, drugs/injections that help us all make lots of mature eggies. My dr uses the bcp's to control our cycles, and get everyone together, he does all of the ivf during the same week each month, so he needs all of the ladies to be together in their cycles.

I got a message on my machine this morning (while I was sleeping in) from the drug place about ordering my meds. I better go call them back...wow, everything is coming up quick!

[JennLB25]

CT Michelle

I was told that with my estrogen being so high that it makes me a likely candidate for hyperstimulation and could end up hospitalized or losing ovaries. With my estrogen being so high, I will have more fluid build up in my abdomen. At least that's what they said this a.m., I THINK. I was a little worked up this a.m. I can't seem to control my emotions the last couple of days and was crying pretty good and just wanted out of there this a.m.

[espinozal23]

So Ladies I talked to RE nurse today and I start BCPs today and take them until Feb 21st and I start Vivelle patches on that day and continue on them and ON CD 12, 13, or 14 I will go in for US and BW to see how things are going and then if everything is good I will do transfer in March and praying that everything goes good we are praying for a miracle I ask nurse if I needed to come in and see RE about seeing if everything with my uterus is ok and she said that the original ultrasound that I had done said that everything was ok but if I wanted to I could come in and have him check it again just to make sure So what do you ladies think should I have it checked again just to make sure or should I trust the nurse and go with what they say

[Molly23]

Waiting for 4

I hope everything works out and your other follies catch up. I am thinking of you and wishing you baby dust.

Jenna

I am really sorry to hear you may be over hyper stimulating. I hope you are able to continue your meds, or do your retrieval. Try drinking lots of fluids, and eat high protein meals. Hang in there.


Yesterday I was all bummed out, because I only had 10 follies, and my lining measured 8.9. I went in today and I had super good news. IMO. My lining is now 11.9 and I have 23 follies, which is my lucky number. They said I might have my retrieval on Friday or Saturday. I am still waiting to get my blood work this afternoon, but the nurse seems super positive. I will give y’all and update then. I am really hoping for a 5 day transfer too.

[DNT0809]

Literally, I had my 3 perfect embies transferred on 1/18 so is today day 8 or 9 of transfer? I already took 2 HPT's ARGH BFN. I really don't get it. I went Saturday for blood & they put me back on PIO 1 ML everyday. I would think with this that I would be. I find out on Wednesday but I don't think so...Lots of prayers & baby dust over here. I'm sorry for being so selfish right now I can't help it

[waiting for 4]

DNT- try not to think too much into it (impossible right!?) but you never know until the Dr tells you. you just have 2 days left and any late implants may be too early to show on an HPT. We are definitely thinking of you and sending you tons of sticky baby dust *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* (thats my version of baby dust)