March/April cycle buddies??

[CT_Michele]

latie - Stimming! ER Mar 20
millie 09 - Stimming!
Neffi211 - ER Apr 5, 18 eggs!
Hjw – stim start Apr 2, ER around Apr 13



faithseverything - ET Mar 9, Beta???
tabatha1975 - ET Mar 29, Beta Apr 10
cymplicity27 - ET Mar 29, Beta Apr 13
sbr - FET Apr 2, Beta Apr 14
Sari - ET Apr 2, Beta Apr 16
Latinosunshine – ET Apr 3, Beta Apr 17
dys24 - ET Apr 7, Beta Apr 18
hopeful57 - ER Apr 1 - Beta Apr 17
babyluv123 - ET Apr 4, Beta Apr 18
josee1973 - ET Apr 5, Beta Apr 18
Trying for another angel – ET Apr 8, Beta apr 20
kline - ET Apr 9, Beta Apr 23


SunMoon&Stars – DE w/icsi, ET Mar 16
wmcgrath - FET Mar 23
Waiting For 4 - Consult w/ RE Mar 13
sprouthaus - ganirelix/antagonist cycle - Apr
milpagan - BCP start Mar 7? RE consult Mar 9, ER/ET early Apr
biancajb - Last bcp Mar 20, stim start Mar 25
estrellita - on lupron, start stims Apr 17
wishfull27 (carolyn) - ER Apr 7, ICSI/DE
hope2beamummy - IVF w/icsi April
statsgoddess - IVF Apr/May?
melanie_100 - FET apr 12?
sportsmom - on lupron, start stims Apr 8
trx0424 - on lupron, IVF soon
CT_Michele – last bcp apr 6, stims 4/10, ER/ET/fresh TESE week of 4/20
EmilieNZ - ER around apr 27
Wishing4Baby - 31 frozen embies! FET May/June
Beta Results

babymex - BFP...a true miracle!
Sara30 - BFN
kimbob - BFN
lionoe - BFP!
Sisi1 - BFN
aims327 - BFP!
ianmichael3 - BFP!

Calendar site -
http://freecal.brownbearsw.com/IVFCycleBuddies

[CT_Michele]

To all our New friends on this thread...

I just re-posted our thread tracker, that tells us where everyone is in their cycle. We have had a lot of people join us in the past week, too many for me to keep up with, and honestly, over the past month and a half, we have had a lot of people join us only to dissapear...

but, if you would like to join us and are here to stay for the long haul...please ask me to add you to our list. Just say "CT_Michele, could you please add me to the list?" And don't forget to tell me your dates, such as stim start, ER/ET, Beta, etc. I will gladly add you to the list if you would like to be added...I just don't want to automatically add people who might just be dropping by to say hi, since our list is so long all ready, but don't take that the wrong way, there is always room for more!

Also, if anyone needs info updated, just point it out to me and I will fix it...thanks for you help in keeping us all organized!

[CT_Michele]

ok- now to try and catch up again with you busy busy ladies!

latino- I am sorry you are feeling down, it is completely normal to feel this way during your 2ww, and it is sometimes very hard to keep hope alive....just remember that there are many stories of successful pregnancies with no symptoms at all, I had no symptoms when I got pregnant with Ella. We are here for you, and have everything crossed for you!

estrellita- I am glad that dh got home in time and you didn't have to walk to sisters or pay for a cab...I really don't know how you nyc girls do it without a car! I would be lost without a car.

sbr- I have seen many people get postive hpt's at your stage, but then there are people like me who did not get even the faintest of lines until the afternoon before my beta (10dp 3dt). So it is really hard to know...just know that if you get a negative, it can easily still turn to positive, and if you get a positive, you know it's for real b/c you had no trigger with an FET, right? Let us know what you decide to do.

Hazel- ER must be close for you...do you know when it will be yet? I can't wait until we are PUPO Pals! I hope you get a whole basket of "Easter Eggs."

dys- are you back to work today? How are you feeling?

Mel- Thanks for the article about the aspirin, I searched all over for an actual article rather than message board opinions and I couldn't find one.

Caperez- Welcome to a wonderful support group. I look up to you for doing this while your husband is deployed, but I am glad you have decided not to wait any longer. We kept waiting b/c something was always in the way...school, money, work...and then we finally accepted the fact that if we wait until we are 100% ready, we might be waiting the rest of our lives! Please let me know if you would like to be added to our list and what your dates are.

Thank you for all the responses about the baby aspirin. I honestly don't know what to do. My clinic never suggested it last time, and I did not use it, and I had a successful pregnancy. I understand that it may be beneficial for people with recurrent miscarriages, but what about people who have never miscarried? I wonder if it is just better not to take it, but then I think, if there is anything that can help, why not try? I will probably talk to RE first. It was a nurse who mentioned it yesterday and she wasn't 100%, she just said I could if I wanted to.

Ok, I will check in on everyone later.

[cymplicity27]

Sarah, I got my bfp on the hpt 8dpt. Tabatha got hers 9dpt. I say start testing in the next couple of days! Just don't get down if you don't see it right away

Latino, so sorry you're down. I'm praying for you! I mentioned before that my clinic doesn't do 5 dt because they believe embryos are better off back in the uterus as soon as possible. So just because the others didn't make it, doesn't mean your body isn't taking care of the ones inside you. Keep the faith!

[babyluv123]

hey girls

I am on 6dpt2dt..........getting intermittent cramps and lot of white discharge (sorry for the details). Is it because of the progesterone?

I m scared. when can i POAS if i have had a 2 day transfer? i did it last time, 1 day before the beta and it came negative so i dont want the same this time around. my beta is scheduled for 18th april??

[sportsmom]

babyluv I think it's a little early to POAS yet but in another few days. But the POAS experts may be able to give you a clearer answer And as far as the cramping. Don't lose hope yet. It may be a sign of your uterus stretching making room for the baby! Just keep encouraging the little one to stick and grow!

[CT_Michele]

babyluv- are you doing shots or crinone gel/suppositories for progesterone? I had alot of white discharge from crinone gel.

It is probably too early for an hpt. And if you are not prpeared to see a negative, then I wouldn't do it. It might still be early enough for you to get a false positive from the trigger shot (if you had one). I think the absolute earliest I have see true positive hpt's on this thread tend to be around 10dpo (which for you would be 8dp 2dt), and even then it could still be negative. Remember, I did not see the faintest of lines until the afternoon before my beta (10dp 3dt), it is different for everyone. If you are going to be an hpt'er, then you have to take everything with a grain of salt and know that nothing is official until blood test....

but definitely let us know what you decide.

[CT_Michele]

speaking of hpt's...

I just ordered a whole bunch online....5 of one brand, 6 of another...haha...I hope 11 will be enough! I went through atleast that many last time, and it cost me a ton of money running to the pharmacy, so I figure this time since I know I will go crazy again, I might as well plan ahead, be prepared and save some cash!

[hjw]

Latino - sorry to hear about your embryos not making it to freeze, but don't let that convince you that the ones you transferred won't take. Outside your body in a laboratory test tube is not the natural place for the poor things to be - now that they are inside you where you belong they can do their stuff. Keep the faith!

So, sbr, are you planning to start POAS??

Tabatha - looking at Michele's (as always) fab list, is your beta tomorrow? Good luck!

To the 2ww ladies who are worried because they aren't feeling any symptons, I know that I'm a first timer and I haven't got as far as the 2ww yet, but I've spent a lot of time reading these boards over the last few months and the biggest single thing I have learnt is that everyone is different in what physical things they feel in the 2ww (and indeed in the down reg and stims phases as well). Just because one person who ends up getting a BFP has certain symptoms does not mean that you have to have those symptoms to get your own BFP. Think of all the women who get pregnant 'naturally' without assistance in the 'outside world' - for the majority the first and only sign that they are pregnant is AF not arriving. My personal view is that the cramping etc may well be an indicator of an embyro implanting, but may just as easily simply be due to the drugs we are all taking. And spotting/bleeding could as easily be our bodies objecting to the retrieval/transfer as anything else. So try not to over-analyse (whether you are having some, all or none of the symptoms other people have described), and keep a PMA!

Michele - as always, you're an angel for keeping our list up to date. It will be intersting to hear what your RE has to say about baby aspirin - do let us know. And yes, I'm hoping that my ER is getting closer, although I'm very lucky that after having had horrible side effects from the down reg drugs, I'm not having any real side effects from the stims so far (touch wood)! So unlike a lot of women, I'm not feeling so bloated/headachy/emotionally affected etc that I'm desperate to get to ER. I guess getting off lightly like this may have something to do with only having 6 follies developing, who knows. My clinic doesn't scan every other day like yours does (grrr...) so after they upped my stims following my day 7 scan on Wednesday, I have to wait until Saturday (day 10) to see what's going on in them ovaries. So I'll have a better idea then. If they told me to trigger that night, ER would be Monday. But as that's a public holiday here in the UK, I'm thinking that Tuesday may realistically be the earliest day they would have me in. We'll see...

babyluv - I agree with Michele, if you aren't prepared to see a negative on a HPT, then I think you would be better waiting until your beta. Let us all know what you decide either way though!

[sportsmom]

ct-michele good idea! I know when the time comes I will be POAS also. My DH is wanting to wait until beta and not do any hpt. Is it wrong to do it and not tell him? I wont be able to keep it from him. I'm a TERRIBLE liar. LOL!

[Sara30]

Hi guys

I have been reading lots and you are a busy bunch!!!! Congratulations to the new BFP's and I just wanted to add pleeeeeeese do not stress out about symptoms you may or may not be having, everybody is different and in the 2ww we all completely over analyse what our bodies are doing as we are awaiting for our miracle to happen. We look for signs and stress out when we get some and stress out even more when we don't, it is the hardest 2 weeks of the whole process!!!

For those of you that I cycled with as there are lots of newbies since, I wanted to let you know we have decided to look into adoption and will be following our dream still of having a child or children, so sometime later this year or next year we will be parents!!!!

Willl keep checking in and wishing you all that are still waiting for your BFP lots and lots of sticky baby dust!!!!

Love Lee xxx

[Sari]

Hello everyone:

Just drop in to say Hi. Last night I was thinking about all of you. Just need to say THANK YOU!!!. I don't know If I could go through all this without your peptalks, advices, and PMA. Michelle, Hazel, Estrellita, Millie, Esperanza, Lee, Babyluv, Latino and everyone else, You ladies has been very special. I don't know what my results are going to be, but I feel very lucky to have some friends to share this.

Today, since everything started, I feel fine. No cramps, no pains. It's impossible not to look for symptoms, although it could be for the progesterone, I'm using supp and shots. I feel very tired, and with a weird taste in my mouth, and getting up to pee at nights. My belly is getting bigger, I had to buy cloth today. I don't want to get my hopes up, but I'm enjoy the fantasy.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

[sbr]

I think that I have decided to start POASing tomorrow! That will be 8dpt 3dt. I didn't have a trigger shot because this was an FET, so I shouldn't have a false BFP. I also know that tomorrow is quite early, so I certainly could start with BFNs! I never had the opportunity to be tempted by HPTs with my first cycle due to the OHSS hospitalization, so I guess I'm going to indulge myself! I have 5 First Response HPTs. That will be one for every day to my beta. Friday-Tuesday (Beta Tuesday am). I'm excited!!

CT_Michele--I, too, have heard about the baby Aspirin regimen, but my RE has not suggested it for my protocol...however, he did recommend it to a friend of my who has had 3 failed attempts. So, I really think it's an individual case situation. I'd probably stick with what worked with Ella!! BTW, you're not kidding about being a "POAS QUEEN"!!! That's hilarious that you bought them in bulk on the internet!!

hjw--you're absolutely correct about every person having individual, different symptoms and lack of symptoms. We all have different protocols and situations too. This board is awesome for support and information, but it's so important to trust your own RE and trust he/she is doing what's best for your situation! If you get a string of failures or something, then it's probably OK to question and ask about different protocols!

Tabatha--good luck with your beta tomorrow. Everything is crossed!!

babyluv--I have white discharge because I'm doing the progesterone suppositories. I think that's normal! I'd also wait a couple more days to POAS. No need to unjustly torture yourself with early negative results! Hang in there!

cymplicity--I hope I'll be like you with a BFP on 8dpt 3dt!! Do you think you're carrying multiples because it showed up positive so early? How many did you transfer?

Caperez--Welcome! You're amazing for going through this alone. I am fortunate to have my DH here every step of the way. He was much more involved with my fresh cycle due to the shots and his "deposit" than with this FET, but he's still here to hear me go crazy! Thankfully your mom is there for you, and joining this forum is another awesome support system! We're here!!

Latinosunshine--I'm so sorry that your embryos didn't make it to freeze, but to echo what others are saying, just because those didn't make it in the LAB does NOT mean that your precious embies aren't making it in your NATURAL UTERUS!! That's where they're suppose to be...not in the lab...so, keep the faith, girl!

And finally, to all you girls doing your own PIO shots: You're amazing!

Hang in there everyone!
~Sarah

[sbr]

Lee--Thank you for updating us. It's a peaceful feeling to know that you're alright and looking forward to adoption. Congratulations on making that decision and good luck!

sportsmom--That's hilarious that you're thinking of doing it without telling DH. My DH was leery at first but now he's on board with the POAS! Let us know how that turns out.

Ok, bye--back to work!
~Sarah

[latinosunshine]

Dr just called. He is upping my PIO shots from 1 cc to 1.5 cc and two Vivelle patches instead of one (estrogen is abit on the low side). I asked if that was bad news for potentially being pregnant and he said its too early to