September/October Cycling Friends!

[wolffie]

Shelby - Ohhhhhh, that kind of open house. House hunting is much more fun!

[kiwi]

Johannanita - CONGRATS and big hug

turtle - are you going to Atlanta or the surrounding area? In my opinion it is a great city to live close by to - maybe not the prettiest but there are tons of things to do (party and nature) and of course much much cheaper than out here (CA)

shelby - good luck for you tomorrow - I keep thinking about you.

AFM - I had my ER today - I was so nervous this morning but everything went well. We had enough swimming sperm in the sample to my DH didn't have to go through tese; what a relief Positive thinking and praying is everything!!
I had around 25 follies and we got 12 mature eggs out of them - yieppieh. Now I am just waiting for the call tomorrow how well they did overnight.

I am grateful that we have this nice group here which helps a lot. After today I have to admit that I guess we are all very strong and determined women, otherwise there would be no way to make it through all the meds and emotions.

Big hug to everyone - lots of sticky dust/eggs/follies .....to you

[bei]

hi every one sorry for not replying all of u let me just tell u guys sbout my appoinment my appoinment went well and my lining is good and and i m ready for next step and one more thing today mornig i was feeling littel pressure on my overis and becoz of that i have to go bathroom like so many times so my doctor told me to do urine test that result didnt come yet and i was littel scared and nurse told me its okay and my tranfer is still on tomorrow 1130


wolffe ; i mfying to houston from minnepolis but anyways congrats for the hpt lots of bfp i m happy for u

johnita ; congrets for beta I m happy for u

thanks ladies for wishing me

please pray for me thank u bye tacecare

[kala0704]

Johanna---Congrats.....you are pregos!!!!! Im soooo happy for you! I hope those betas go up up up!!!!

Turtle-Yay on the quick turn around. GL this cycle...sound like a great plan!!! Doing the AF dance for you.

Wolffie-faint line....tiny yay... I hope you get your bulk strips soon so you can keep us updated on the darkening line

lisa: good suggestions...ill see what I can get. Thanks!!

Destiny-welcome!!! Yes we are all moody at one time or another. This is a great place to get support from your IVF sisters.

GROW FOLLIES GROW....to all the stim ladies!!

Shelby-thanks for your fabulous updates!!! All the BFP make me so excited!!! Yay...twilight buddy...If you were nearby I would join you for the midnight showing of new moon. Good luck tomorrow with the ER...eggy dust to you!

Katie-i know about the drive...im two hour from my RE here and when we get to serbia it will be a 1.5 hour drive. GL!

J&-yay for good levels!! Hope it goes well with the houseguests. No stress, right?!?!

Kiwi-yay on the good ER...grow embies grow!!! I praying this go well tonight!

Bei-gl on the transfer tomorrow! how many are you transfering?

AFM-Serbia requested an ultrasound so hopefully I can go to my monitoring dr here to get it done tomorrow. Any idea what this may be for? I have been on lupron for 6 days and have two days left of BCP. I have had AF for the past week and when I told my monitoring dr that she said everything is fine and that is normal. The serbian dr said that i should take 2 bcp/day until saturday. I feel like everything they tell me to do his backwards. Im getting nervous about going there. Today was a good day...no tears...Yay!!!

Im praying for you all....let's keep those BFP's coming!!!!

[stlgirl]

Johannanita - BFP! BFP! What a strong beta! Has it sunk in yet?

Wolffie - It all starts with a faint, faint line...what is today's update?

Kiwi - 12 eggs is a great number! I am sure it was super hard to sleep last night and best of luck for a great fertizilation report.

kala0704 - Wow, that does sound contradictory. Wouldn't it be great if you could just get the two doctors together and let them explain it to you? I must have missed it on the much earlier pages, but why are you going through the treatment in Serbia?

shelby - Big day today! Good luck with the ER and let us know how it went after you rest up a bit.

AFM...am still holding out and not POAS. I am 8dp5dt FET and just realized that I don't have my beta until 9/24 - yuck!! I think I was just willing it a bit earlier, but there is NO WAY I can hold out that long. I am hoping to make it through the weekend since we are going out of town to a Michigan football game. All bets are off when we get back though...am optimistic, have all the symptoms that I remember with my DD, and have really started to believe I am PG (cannot even type that word)...just need to prep myself before testing, if this is not our time.

Ah - the 2WW mind tricks!!!

[katie99]

Good morning -

I hope that all of you are having a good day so far. My DH's schedule just sort of exploded for the next 2 weeks, how lucky is he that he will barely be home to deal with my hormonal stimming mood swings? I think he was afraid last time when RE maxed out my meds!

wolffie -You too? I thought I was the only one to put off the salon in fear of another bad haircut. I'm so jealous of you POAS girls! My RE has all his pt take these HCG booster shots after ET, so no sticks for me!

j & c -I think you should make yourself a med chart so you can check off each inj done, its great to have company, but it sounds like you will have a lot of family coming & going. YAY hormones!

kiwi -12 eggies! what a great number! cant wait for the fert report!

bei -good luck with your ET today!

kala -We just cant get around the big drive, can we? fingers crossed for you!

stlgirl -I hope that you are! but i wont say that word either! Have fun at the game!

hugs & PMA for all of us! - xoxo

[shelbyrn0214]

ER went well. Got 14 eggs and hoping for a good report tomorrow. Me and DH went to Chili's and ate lunch afterwards and now I am going to take a nap. Just a little 'crampy', but otherwise feeling good. I'll check in a little later.

[lisa10]

So I am noticing a little Lupron affects. I have to be on this stuff for 3 more weeks. Yuk! I had a bad headache last night. But a hot bath helped tremendously. I also forgot how to spell the name of my DD's school. I knew the name, just couldn't spell it for the life of me. Had to ask my DH, who just laughed and spelled it for me. To be fair, it is a tricky name.

So yesterday seemed to be "shot" day around me. My DD's got their flu shots, which were very traumatic as you can imagine. Also the radio had some DJ's getting flu shots to encourage everyone to go out and get one. These men were such babies about it. One guy wanted a band aid even though he wasn't even bleeding just incase because he was wearing white. Another guy shouted when he got his. I wanted to call in and tell them to suck it up. Us IVF girls give ourselves shots many times a day for many days and you don't see us crying about it. Now this is the angry Lupron side of me to get so worked up about this...but really. It's one little shot!

[claud662]

Shelby-Good luck with your 14 eggs....hopefully they will all make it over night:)

Johannanita-CONGRATS!!! That is so exciting! When do you go in for your second beta?

Wolffie-good luck with POASing today! hopefully that line will get darker and darker

kiwi-any word on your eggs? are you less bloated once the eggs are removed? I can't wait to get mine out of me!!! I can barely walk....

stlgirl-have fun at the football game this weekend and try not to think about your symptoms-let us know if you decide to POAS!

kala-A great book to read when you are in Serbia is A Thousand Splendid Sun or the Kite Runner-I loved them both!

Turtle-AF. AF, AF!! Ha...I used to hate my period and I now I'm chanting it for you

Bei-good luck tomorrow.

AFM....I am kind of freaking out and hoping you ladies can help calm my nerves! I went in this morning for u/s and b/w and my follicles are growing at a nice and rapid rate (my two leading follicles are each 20mm) and I have a bunch 12 and over on each ovary. They originally thought that my ER would be Tuesday and the doctor told me that it was most likely going to be Monday with a Sat night trigger. BUT....my lining today is only 5.6 and I have a past of having thin lining I am really hoping that tomorrow it will be over 6...but my question is will it keep getting thicker even after the trigger shot?

Also...and I know this is TMI (sorry) but I have TONS of EWCM today and I'm nervous my body is going to ovulate on its own since this is my main symptom when I usually ovulate off the meds. They even had to remove some today at the doctor because it was surrounding my lining (gross-I know). If I had an LH surge before my trigger shot, they would detect that on my bloodwork, right???

Thanks in advance for any advice!

[sancap14]

Hey Ladies!
Hope you are all having a great Friday!! Congrats shelbyrn0214 on your 14 eggies!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (There's 14 !'s, one for every eggie) Yes, I am a total nerd...I know

Wolffie and Katie99- now you've got me thinking about a haircut. Last few times I got my hair cut I went to this fancy salon and got a free hand/arm massage from one of the techs, might be time to go back again! Wolffie-has the stripe gotten any darker?!

kala0704-geez that sounds confusing. Are the 2 Dr.'s communicating with each other? GL keeping track of everything.

stlgirl-OMG are you strong willed or what! I don't want to POAS when the time comes either so I hope I can stay as strong as you. Hang in there, the wait has got to be excruiating.

The producer of the IVF show on WE called today and we start shooting next Friday! It sounds like it's going to be just a few interviews rather than a "reality show" but still exciting. It'll air in January.

Later everyone...Have a great weekend and wish me luck with my little growing eggies Sunday!

[kiwi]

bei - good luck with your transfer today and lots lots of sticky dust

shelby - 14 that's an awesome number - congrats. I took a day off today because of the cramps, hope it gets better.

Claud662 - my bloating got better when I started drinking the protein shake (muscle milk). after the ER I only feel a little bit bloated but I have cramps every now and then, but it gets better every hours.

AFM - we got 8 embies out of the 12 - RE said it is a good result; statistics say that 75% make it overnight but less if there is a severe male factor as we have. So we hope they all make it until sunday or even Tuesday.

[wolffie]

bei - I hope you're doing well after transfer. How did it go? How many did you transfer?

shelby - 14 eggies is AWESOME! How are you feeling? I am looking forward to hearing your fertilization report.

kiwi - 8 is good so far. I hope and pray that they keep growing and doing well!

sancap - I can't wait to watch your show! Did you ever find out if you receive anything for participating?

claud - was the RE concerned about your lining? I would ask him if there is anything you can do to help with that? The thick lining is important to have prior to transfer. The progesterone support will help thicken it.

lisa - so sorry that lupron isn't being very kind to you lately. I hope that the effects start to fade soon.

stlgirl - You have got some self control girl! I could not imagine stopping myself from POAS! My beta was supposed to be on the 25th but I called and moved it up since I've had the positive HPTs. How aer you feeling?

kala - how frustrating with the docs! Hopefully once you get to serbia everything will fall into place.

AFM, I POAS again this morning. The line was definitely darker but still faint. I didn't have to act like a contortionist (SP?) in order to see it this time. I just hope it keeps getting darker and darker. I was supposed to have my beta on friday the 25th but I called the RE office and moved it up to Monday! I pray for a nice strong number!

[bei]

hello ladies ,i was taking rest and they tranfer 2 embies and I m transfering day 5 embeis they say its good looking embies an now I m in 2ww with all other ladies and everything went well

thaks f ladies for wishing me takecare

[kimjos2000]

Hello, I am starting the ivf cycle now and I am on my 5th day of lupron. I am so nervous right now. I am 34 and my husband is 34. One tube that is damaged. 1 ectopic pregnancy and been trying now for 9 yrs. Finally save the money for IVF. Wish me luck.

[shelbyrn0214]

Good evening! I just woke up from my nap. I kinda felt like I had been punched in the tummy a few hundred times. Things are better now. The embryologist said that she will be calling us early in the morning for the fert. report so I will let you all know when find out

Kimjos - Welcome! I hope your shots are going well. We are glad to have your company on the "BFP train" . Any question you have, please feel free to ask away.