Wow! CONGRATULATIONS to those with BFPs!! And thanks siouxsie for the update. There are just so many that it's hard to keep track of! But the more the better! I completely agree with you JuneBug that we still have a long way to go and I think being back to "cautiously optimistic" is exactly how I am taking it. Hope all the positive energy keeps on going! Good luck Monday tiffichels!
tiffichels Good luck with your test coming up. Two days before my test I was cramping so bad I was sure AF was coming. My DH kept searching the internet to reassure me that that is a very common symptom and not to worry. Turns out they were right.
Barbd- Yeah I read cramps are normal, and I mentioned to to my doctor. He said the cramps are normal unless it is a shooting pain that makes you bend over from it. You will be fine. I cannot wait to get my ultrasound, so my mind will be at ease some.
Barbd- when you had your ultrasound didn't they tell you how many sacs they saw. I thought with an ultrasound they would be able to confirm twins. How did you get them to put back so many?
Had my beta this morning, and unfortunately I got a BFN. We'll keep trying and see what happens on the next go round. Good luck to everyone, this board renews my hopes each time I read about someone else who is on the journey after a BFP.
JuneBug- awesome! Keep that beta rising, although sounds like you are off to a terrific beginning of motherhood.
Siouxsie- thanks for the update of everyone. Quiet a few of us around. I always wonder why there are so many of us with infertility anymore? Science and its ability, changes in the environment? Something is causing all this.
Well I wrote a huge long note this morning only to get deleted, go figure. Goes along with about how I'm feeling, why would I expect anything else. For me, I am really really down today. Signs of AF are all around, coming and going, and any signs of pregnacy are out the window. I was a little hopeful, even with my BFN on the HPT (6dp3dt), since my girls were still swollen and sore, but on Friday (7dp3dt), and my would have been AF day, the girls were deflated and not sore anymore. Sure sign for me! That has only progressed to worse. They are completly back to normal size, no pain at all. Yesterday I was a bit confused b/c more veins showed up, mostly in the right bb, but all that is gone today, I was a little hopeful then too. But I should have known. My ovaries are aching like crazy, and so is my lower back, a sure sign of AF for me. I also keep thinking she's arrived and when i go to the bathroom, nothing there, but I know its the phantom AF, and the POI shots are keeping her at bay for the moment. I JUST WANT TO SCREAM! I think my angry phase is setting in, just like after my fresh cycle this past summer. Not angry at anyone, just life in general. I was so determined this FET would work, it was my last shot, and the doctor pretty much told me it was my only hope with my endo, yea $20,000 in his pocket, all out of pocket for me. No more frostbabies and no more $$, esp with this ecomony. Last night, I woke up in tears, NEVER done that before, I had a bad dream about my dad and apparently it brought me to tears, I was balling. WEIRD, I guess the depression is really taking a tole.
Thanks for everyone's support over the past week & 1/2. I know everyone relates and i don't have to explain feelings, you all just know. I think this will be my last post. I need time to heal and move on with myself. My husband could give two S*its if we have a baby, so his support isn't there, its been tough. Although he says he wouldn't have gone along with everything if he didn't want it, YEA WHATEVER! OK, I'll get off my angry yelling book here.
Good luck to everyone, you girls are awesome and deserve your BFP's! Keep those healthy babies growing and enjoy life with them! Soil yourself rotten and take care.
floridagirl
I don't think you have waited long enough for the HPT. You really need to wait and take one on the 10th day. That's what I did. I felt like all of my symptoms were gone too and they were. Your body goes thru so many changes bc of all the drugs you just don't know what is going on! I had some cramping on and off but usually when AF comes for me the cramping is vicious. Which I am having some pretty intense cramping now that concerns me but what I have been reading says it's normal.
I just don't know that anything is "normal" when you do IVF.
I think you need to give it a few more days. You never know!!!
Junebug I am so very happy for you. Congratulations on your BFP!
Satilu Sorry to hear about your results. You'll be in my thoughts and prayers.
BarbD I still get cramps after BFP. Sometimes its gas and sometimes its enough for me to need to put my hand on my uterus area (on the outside). Sometimes when there are several over the course of a few hours, I get OCD and go the bathroom to check that I'm not bleeding. I was told as long as there is no bright red blood that the "cramps" are just "growing pains". There are less frequent now. However I'm getting nervous for tomorrow. I know there really isn't anything I could do about it, but what if they see nothing! 10am tomorrow seems like it will never come.
Floridagirl1 Girl stay strong. If you want to scream go outside and scream at the top of your lungs. Then run inside the house before anyone seees you. All kidding aside we all have our bad days but we have to take it one day at a time. Before my BFP my boobs deflated and the tenderness went away. This was about 12dp5dt. I was convinced that I had BFN. This happened with my 2nd cycle and I was BFN. I started having cramps AND I actually started spotting. Tears were running down my cheeks and I was just saying "it's over.... it's over..... it's all for nothing AGAIN!!!" while I was sitting on the toilet with dark blood dripping out. (Sorry for the graphic description -- I just wanted to convey how raw and hurt I was feeling) I think I stayed there for 5 minutes before I could get myself to stop chanting and crying. I couldn't convince myself to think that this cycle was anything but a failure. However, DH pointed out that if I was this emotional I just HAD to be pregnant. After your break down (and ice cream) try to stay positive until the beta. In case you are pregnant, baby would rather have positive vibes than negative vibes. Miracle of miracles 3 days later I got my BFP.
TTC '05
Me 35; poor eggs
DH 35; poor morph
12/05 mc @ 5w
6/07 #1 IVF BFP chemical
7/08 #2 IVF BFN
1/09 #3 IVF BFP blighted ovum
BarbD
I have been cramping all day. Bad cramping. I have been so worried but as I am reading it sounds normal. I might call me RE tomorrow just to run it by them. Still have 11 days till my u/s.
thanks for the confidence that the cramps are normal. I guess after trying so hard every little pain seems like AF is coming and even after seeing the sac it does not seem real.
Molly the Nurse Prac. told me they just see the sac at 5 wks but it is to early to see how many, I thought you would be able to see how many but maybe I was wrong. I have another u/s this friday the 27 and they checked my second BETA so I should get those results by Monday afternoon. The RE thawed out a batch which had 4 and b/c I am 37 he said I had a better chance with 4 but only 1% chance that all 4 will implant.
floridagirl, I agree with tburks, I had FET and did not have the HCG shot and even after 6days it was a negative. I did not start seen a faint positive till 8 days. The only signs I kept having were really bad AF cramps so I was sure I was going to get it any day but then I got my BFP so just try to relax and PMA, things will work out.
tburks wrote:I have been cramping all day. Bad cramping. I have been so worried but as I am reading it sounds normal. I might call me RE tomorrow just to run it by them. Still have 11 days till my u/s.
tburks...I had such bad cramping last night that it woke me up out of a sound sleep. It was so bad all I could do was curl up in the fetal position in bed and pray. My U/S is still 10 days away. I guess the good sign is that so far I don't have any spotting or anything to indicate M/C. This waiting game til the U/S is killing me almost more than the TWW. I hope everything is ok with you and your little peanut growing inside you!!!
Married and TTC 11 years
1st IVF
ER 1/28, ET 2/2 (2 blasts)
13 frosties
2/16 - 1st BETA 14dp5dt=[b]830[/b]
2/18 - 2nd BETA16dp5dt=[b]1962[/b]
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Well, I called RE about my pains and they are moving my U/S to first thing tomorrow morning. They would have had me come right away today, but the RE is not in the office today.
They're worried about ectopic pg.
I'll let you all know tomorrow.
On top of that, while I'm getting my U/S my mom will bet getting a heart cath done to see about her heart blockage.
UGGGHHHH. Nothing is easy.
Married and TTC 11 years
1st IVF
ER 1/28, ET 2/2 (2 blasts)
13 frosties
2/16 - 1st BETA 14dp5dt=[b]830[/b]
2/18 - 2nd BETA16dp5dt=[b]1962[/b]
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This waiting game til the U/S is killing me almost more than the TWW. I hope everything is ok with you and your little peanut growing inside you!!!