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

[Rosario]

My dear cycle buddies... Is it normal to have a heart rate of 100-120/min? I have been like this since yesterday. I was also running a slight fever this morning along with stuffy nose and dry throat.

[Brown01]

I just wanted to pop in and give a quick update on how my ET went today. We ended up putting 2 back!!!! My embryologist didn't give me a grade on each. She simply said they were two perfectly expanded blastocysts, so I didn't think to ask for a grade. Now I join the 2WW club!!!!!!

We have our beta scheduled for Feb. 20th at 8am.

[kcraven]

tburks: I wish my boobs would get bigger. I think mine may be a little fuller than normal but I'm still in the same bra size.

RosiePosie: I am so sorry on the BFN! As the other ladies said, you have to do what is right for you. Don't worry about us that are paying out of pocket. We are here to support you and want only the best for you, and you get to decide what that is. My heart goes out to you! The good news is you do not have to close the door forever to IVF, just until you are ready again if you so choose. I wish you the best.

Lady_J: WooHoo glad to hear you AF came!! Happy Stimming!!

Shelley: I had the option to do the genetic testing but to be honest since I am already paying a fortune we elected not do it. But how exciting to already know!!! How are you feeling? I'm jealous you are doing your Beta on 2/17 when I have to wait unitl 2/20 and we had ET together I'm feeling great (except the occasional cramping). I think I am just on high right now. What scares me is if I get a BFN how quickly that high will crash. I try to keep telling myself to be prepared emotionally for a BFN, and that is why we paid for the "guarantee" program. but that is easier said than done as you all know.

Rosairo: Sorry I can't help you on the heart rate. I'm not sure what is normal and what is not. I hope you ok. You may want to check with your RE. I hope you feel better soon.

Molly & Barb: Sounds pretty promising. I am sure you will get your BFP's!!

***WOW I think the big bad wolf is outside huffing and puffing trying to blow my house down!!! The wind is crazy right now!!***

Chris: Congrats on your IUI, I hope the 23rd comes quickly for you!

Anxious: When I was stimming I felt things going on in my ovaries. I explained to all my friends as if I had popcorn popping in my ovaries. It was the weirdest feeling.

[kcraven]

Brown01: Congrats on your ET!! We will have out BETA on the same day!!! Sticky Dust headed your way!!

[Lady_J]

Hello Ladies... I was thinking a little while ago. I was thinking of being PG again and having another child. I actually had a scared moment there. I don't know, I think it actually set in, if I do get PG will my 10 yr old daughter be ok with it since she has been an only child for so long? I don't want her to feel left out. Will I be able to handle being a new mommy again? It's been so long. What's wrong with me. i want a baby or babies so bad, but reality is finally starting to set in. Why did I wait so long? aaarrggg lady_J, snap out of it . OMG, these meds and this waiting is driving me nutz. I feel like this right now. Help!!!.

Brown... congrats on your ET today. Glad it went well. I put you on the Beta schedule for 2/20. Lots of sticky baby dust to you and Good Luck.

Roasrio... as for being sick, sorry you are. I don't know about the HR and fever. U may want to talk to RE just in case u need antibiotics or something. Hope u feel better.

Molly & Barb... Since I don't work tomorrow, I may not have time to get on computer till tomorrow night, but jic, Good Luck at your Betas on Friday. I am sure we know your results already but, it will be official on friday. Good Luck.

ladies... i reall am glad that I posted this forum. It has been amazing. I am glad for the ladies that have gotten and will get their BFPs, congrats to you all. Hope u have a happy & healthy 9 months. For those that have gotten or will get BFNs... my heart goes out to you. I hope you find a way to get thru the pain and remain strong. And if you decide to go for another crazy cycle, i hope you end up with your well deserved BFPs. For those that have gotten their cycles canceled or had some rude interuption to their cycles... I hope u can try again soon and this time you complete with a BFPs. Well ladies, there I go again... Gosh I am feeling so emotional rright now. But thanks for joinging me on this trip and sharing your lives with all of us.

Well ladies, lets gert back to work and try to make these babies. Good Luck and baby dust to all.

[espinozal23]

Hello Ladies

Well I have talked to the RE nurse and she has said that the three blasts that I have frozen are graded at AB and she said that was a great grade and that they are at the stage of getting ready to blast out and that this should be my cycle they are going to do AH on the ones that make the thaw so that has made me feel a little bit better although I am still down in the dumps but I guess that goes the all the meds that we put our selves through Hope that everyone is doing good and congrats to those ladies that have gotten BFP and so sorry to those of us who havnt

[waiting for 4]

good morning ladies. i just wanted to bump us back up to the top and get some more conversation going.

i havent been having any symptoms the past 2 days, my bbs dont hurt as much and my skin is clearing up. i sure hope i didnt just have a chemical. i want so badly to take an HPT but DH wont let me and I am glad he put his foot down when I started freaking out a little. Tuesday is just so far away.

I am 10dp3dt, anyone that has had a BFP on a HPT void of symptoms like me?

[Molly23]

Waiting for 4- I really have no symptoms any longer. My face is clearing up, and I am no longer bloated. However, each day I POAS and get a instant positive. I just hope it remains the same when I have beta. So don’t give up hope, and you only have a few days left even though I know they will be super long for you.

[shelleyj5]

Rosario: Do you know what your HR normally is? Some people just have high heartrates, but 100-120 is pretty high. Your HR will increase with a fever though, everyone's does. Hope you got your answer. Sorry it took me so long to reply.

Kcraven: I'm glad you are feeling better!! I am feeling great too (except I can't sit down on one side of my tush because of those stupid PIOs...and occasional cramping) We pretty much had to PGD because I've had 5 early miscarriages, most of them before 6 weeks. And after getting the results of the testing, I'm SO glad we did it. We had 9 early blasts on the day of ET, but only 2 of those were genetically normal!! Can you believe that!? If we hadn't done the testing, we would have just picked 2 and frozen the other 7...who knows how many FETs we would have gone through before we found the normals. I could've potentially had 7 failed impantations/miscarriages! It was expensive though!! Yikes! We are all out of pocket too That is why we can only afford this one cycle. So, BFP here we come!!!

Brown: Congrats on your ET!

[JennLB25]

Well, today I am feeling really really boated and have a bad pressure in lower abdomen when I walk and when I go from sitting to standing and from standing to sitting. Just a lot of pressure, like I get when I have a cyst growing in my ovary.

I called RE's office and was told that my ovaries are filling with fluid AGAIN because I had so many eggs and my ovaries were huge. I was told to drink two "32" oz bottles of Powerade Zero every day now until BETA. WHAT????? I'm already up 3 times a night to pee!

To make matters worse, our power went out last night at 11:30 pm and we had no heat all night and the wind was so bad I thought my roof was going to blow off. Needless to say, I didn't sleep much, and it was like 50 degrees this a.m. in our house.

I'm wanting to just cry. I swear, my boss just looks at me wrong today, and I'm going to lose it.

Sorry to be a downer today. I really don't have many days like this, but today is just a really bad day for me.

I pray ya'll have a good day today.

[RosiePosie]

JennLB25-thats aweful, go right ahead and complain! You will make it through this and turn out just fine! I feel the same way about my boss but that is on a daily basis, no matter if i am on stims, if AF is coming or whatever!

[Anxious]

Brown - I am so happy to hear that you had 2 great embryos to transfer. I am sure you are on your way to a BFP!!! I wish you lots of sticky baby dust:)

espinozal - Sounds really positive that you have 3 AB embryos frozen. It looks like things are getting better.

Waiting - I have no idea what you are going through yet - I am still stimming. But, be patient you will know very soon and I have a feeling it is your time!!! I have a feeling my DH will be the same way as your DH - no HPT and waiting until BETA. I don't know how men can be so patient sometimes.

Molly23 - Girl, you sound like you are totally pregnant! I hope the BETA confirms that for you real soon.

I went in for b/w and u/s this morning. My RE called me this afternoon to say that my estrogen is low - 70. He said that it should be 200. So, I now have to do 3 vials of bravelle and 3 vials of menopur starting tonight. He said that we need to shake things up a bit. Anyone else have this same experience. I go in again on Monday morning for more b/w and u/s. I am just so anxious to get to the egg retrieval and then egg transfer - I JUST WANT TO BE PG!!!!

[Anxious]

JennLB25 - I almost forgot - how many eggs were you able to retrieve? Were you over-stimulated? I feel awful for you that you are going this!

[nursegator]

Hi Ladies! I don't have time to do personals today, but know that I'm thinking about all of you and hoping for the best possible results.

I went to the RE today for my baseline US and was given the all clear to start stims. My Lupron dose was halved to .05 and i'll be on 375 u of Follistim for the first 5 days.

Have a wonder ful day!

[Rosario]

shelleyj5 My heart rate is always in the mid 60s-mid 70s. My increased heart rated started before my cold symptoms but i just dont know why. It was a little better today it was in the high 90s.