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

[Molly23]

Well my doctor's office does not even look at my embies today, which makes me mad. They scheduled a transfer for tomorrow at 3:30 and that is tentative. They are hoping the transfer will be on Wednesday and so am I. Do you think it is odd they do not look at my embies today?

I did my first PIO shot ever last night, and I hate it. My hubby made me bleed, and my butt is sore. He checked the needle for blood and there was none, but afterward it started bleeding. Sorry TMI. I cannot believe I have to do this shot every night.

I would write more but I have to head to my folks house.

[to_have_fun08]

Molly - A lot of RE's offices don't want to disturb the embies so that is why they don't look at them today. i know my RE's office gave me the progress the day after transfer but they didn't look at them the day after that. You should find out more tomorrow. Hopefully all is well and you can do your transfer on Wednesday.

Chris

[prayin4BFP]

WOW! I have sure missed a lot this weekend while I was in my Percocet induced state! Heres an update on me…had ER on Saturday (yesterday…feels like it was eons ago!) and RE was able to get 18 eggs!!!!! WOOHOO!! They only saw 14 follicles on ultrasound too! Anyway he did have to go through my abdomen to get to my left ovary which is no piece of cake apparently. My tummy looks like a pincushion. Well honestly my whole body kinda looks like a pincushion since the anesthesiologist had a hard time starting the IV since I am dehydrated from the OHSS. He had to stick me several times. Anyway I am waiting for REs office to call with the fertilization report. After the ER things went downhill quick. I was vomiting the whole way home (emesis basins really need to be made larger) and doubled over in pain. Thankfully DH asked RE for pain meds for me because I was in so much pain at the last ER. He gave me a rx for percocets which I was able to hold down when I got home. I spent all day and night yesterday in bed mostly sleeping since DH was Johnny on the spot with the pain meds. I really worry about him if I do get pregnant how he will be during delivery. He cant take it if I am in any amount of pain…SIGH.
Anyway I have lost about 1.5 pounds in the past 2 days but I don’t know if its enough to proceed with the ET. There are 2 docs in REs office and the one I usually see says he recommended doing FET. The one who did my ER says he thinks I can go ahead and do a 5 day transfer after PGD. I am confused. I wish they were on the same page. Anyway I have an appointment with my RE tomorrow morning and I will pretty much have to make a decision by then. I think DH wants to wait because we are moving and if the OHSS gets worse I will have to be on bedrest for a long time.
That’s pretty much it for me. I am couch bound today since I am still on bedrest and pounding the Gatorade. Yesterday was pretty much a bust for my fluid intake between the vomiting and the sleeping.
So I was about to do personals and RE called. He says that out of the 18 eggs, 15 were mature and ICSId and only 8 fertilized. Even he thinks that number is really low…he thought we should have more. But with the 4 frozen ones we have this brings it to a total of 12 embryos as long as the 8 now keep dividing. So we have to make a decision tomorrow on if we are going to freeze them or go ahead with the ET because the embryos are going to have PGD on day 3 if we are going to have ET. If not they will be frozen and when we unfreeze they will have PGD then. I really don’t know what to do.

waiting for 4…15 eggs is awesome…congrats.

espinozal23…sorry you are feeling down. Its normal to have these thoughts though. Although I try to have PMA sometime I think that this is never going to work.

CAFirstInvitro…although getting slight OHSS is good after ER, mine started while I was still stimming which can be very dangerous to your ovaries. In severe cases of OHSS there are breathing problems and large amounts of fluid that accumulates in the abdomen…can you tell I have been reading alot about this???

Molly23…sounds like you and I are in the same boat…I am disappointed that more of my eggs didn’t fertilize. I hate the PIO shot too and I am lucky. I have a friend who is a nurse who helps me out with it and she gives a really good needle but I still hate it.

to_have_fun08…glad to see you are stimming! Congrats! Thanks for the words of support.

Tburks…good luck on Monday for ER! Thanks for writing that about a New Life. It really touched me.

Kcraven…glad to hear there wasn’t any problems with the medications.

Mandeekins…you make me laugh! I am praying everything will be fine with you and your HPTs aren’t fibbing!

kate65…good luck and congrats on the transfer. I hope everything will be ok for you. I wish I had some advice but I have yet to get that far.

I think I got everyone but if I missed you I am thinking of you all!

[Rosario]

Ok guys u/s and b/w report for today... Yes i go everyday now until i get to trigger. My E2 levels were close to 700. I now have 14 follies (for a slow responder). I don't think they popped out of nowhere because they are all over 10 some even measuring at 15. My ovaries are so close together so thats why I think that they had a hard time seeing my follies. Nurse says i am close to triggering. I say another week or so. I have not started Centrotide just yet and i know I will be on that for a couple of days before I actually trigger. Other than that i am very please to hear I have 14 follies growing. I am very happy and feel like screaming it to the world but no one will understand unless they went thru what we are going thru. Oh god i am just so happy.

[kcraven]

Hey ladies, quick update before the game..... My b/w and u/s went well today. I will trigger tomorrow and have ER on Wednesday!!
Rt ovary: 18, 16, 11.5, 13.5, 14, 13, 15
Lt ovary: 14, 13, 13, 13, 12

I wish you all the best!!!!!!!

[BarbD]

Well ladies tomorrow is my big FET day and I am scared and nervous. We went to get "football game" food, my husband mentioned hamburger and I just started crying. I am an emotionaly reck. Hope everyone is doing well. Keep you guys posted.

Barb

[to_have_fun08]

rosario - It does sound like you are pretty close. What does centrotide do? I have heard of it before but not many women use it. Is it like Ganirelix to keep you from ovulating? I am so happy you have so many wonderful follies. Keep up the good work.

BarbD - Wishing you the best of luck tomorrow.


chris

[Molly23]

prayin4BFP- OMG, you have really been through a tough time. I am so sorry your ER was so rough on you. Are you feeling better now? I really hope you are not still OHSS and your doctor lets you do the transfer. I am going to be thinking about you.

To Have Fun. You always seem to put my mind at ease with your answers. I really hope all 6 are still growing tomorrow. They are not going to let me know until after 9am, so I am not sure I will have a half day at work tomorrow, or what. I am praying they say I get to do my transfer on Wednesday.

How is your stimming going? I hope you produce a lot of quality eggs.

[Lady_J]

Hello ladies... It's me. Just checking in afater a very long and busy weekend. Tonight is day 3 of Lupron. Feeling ok. No headaches nor nothing. Just pains in abdomen feels like AF is arriving even though it shouldn't yet. I have alot of cm. Anyway. I will try to catch up on personals right now...

Espinoza... I hope u r feeling a little better today. It is completely understandable the way u r feeling after a failed cycle. I still have my days that I wonder what did I do wrong to deserve this. But then I have to TG that at least I still have a chance thru IVF and that I was at leased blessed with my beautiful daughter. Coming from someone that has been thru a failed cycle, it wasn't our time, but u will see that out time will come. I wish u so much luck for your FET in March. I hope you get your BFP this time.

CA... I am glad your tooth extraction went well... painful but well. At least u have gotten it out the way and not have to go thru it while PG cuz then it wont be good at that time. And luv DH for being by your side thru that. Did u squeeze his hadn to death.

Molly... Yippee, for 6 fertilized eggs. All you need is one to get your BFP. Good Luck.

Chris... I am so happy that u r finally stimming and by the sounds of it you are doing well. I am so glad for you. I wish u lots of luck and I will keep my fingers crossed. I am doing 20u of lupron. No bad feelings yet.

Tburks... Good Luck with ER tomorrow. Hope you get alot of mature eggs. Keep us posted.

Mandeekins... 2 weeks.. then girl, consider yourself PG. Yipee... So happy for you. You must be over the moon of hapiness right now. Congrats.

praying4BFP... Congrats on your fertilized eggs. I hope you are doing better and RE says u can do your ET as long as he feels it is safe. Keep drinking that Gatorade. Good luck, let us know as soon as u know something.

Barbd.... Good Luck tomorrow with your FET. I hope you get your BFP. I will also keep my fingers crossed for you as well. How many are you tranferring?

Well as for me. I have to do laundry so I will check back later.

[waiting for 4]

Sorry for being MIA. I got the report Sat morning that of my 15 eggs, 7 were mature and only 6 fertilized. I am so upset about this but somewhat hopeful since only 4 fertilized last time. I am dying to know how they are doing but the office won't open until 8:30. I may go in this afernoon for the transfer but am hoping we have enough to put it off until Wed.

The RE was upset with the quality of my eggs. He said he wouldn't expect eggs as grainy from someone until they were much older- really bummed me out. I hate that this TTC difficulty is bc of me. It really tears me up when I think about it.

That being said, I have been toying with the idea of putting 3 embryos back in. I know I am only 25 but with quality and after losing my last one (from a 2 emb transfer) I just feel like we would have a much better shot at getting a baby to hold in 9 months if I transfer 3. What do you guys think?

I will be checking back quite often to respond... I am SO stressed about this stuff right now.

PS. Molly, I'll be praying for both of us to pull through with flying colors

[Molly23]

waiting for 4- Wow it sounds like you and I are in the same boat, and playing the waiting game today. I will be praying for both of us. I really hope we both get a call and they wait until Wednesday. I am 31, and I was also very disappointed in my egg quality as well as my RE. We always thought we were dealing with a male factor, but it now looks like we have a male and female factor. Do you think you can convince your RE to put 3 back? I always got a firm no before, but this is before I found out I had such poor egg quality.

I will be thinking of you today.

[waiting for 4]

I think my RE would be game bc he offered to do 3 the first time. We went in for transfer and only the 2 we were using were decent quality so he offered to throw in one of the poorer ones if we wanted to. We elected to stick with the original 2 and none of my others made it to day 5 for freezing. I just dont know what to do. The office opens in an hour... I cant wait

[Molly23]

I will have to ask my RE about putting back in 3 as well. We shall see. They do not look at the embies until after 9am today, so it is the waiting game for me. Kind of sucks, because in the meantime I have to head to work, and may have to call in half way there. I will keep my fingers crossed for both of us.

My PIO shot was not so bad last night, but boy they make your breast ache. Sorry for TMI.

[waiting for 4]

I have had to come up with some silly story of my mortgage paperwork needing to be revised so I may have to take off this afternoon or Wed... I hate thi sneaking around stuff!

My PIO shots arent too bad. They just make me feel like I had a killer glute night at the gym! My dr switched me to the vag inserts but they sounded too messy so I opted to stick with the shots... they dont bother me too much.

ugh.... still an hour! i need to stay focused on work so I can have time fly by

[waiting for 4]

Molly- where are you from?