September/October Cycling Friends!

[Johannanita]

Good Morning Ladies,
I hope you are all have a good day so far!

CT_Michele - I am so jealous of you. That sounds like an awesome page. I don't think I would be able to find something like that were I live. Everything is so expensive. I do have a $100 gift card from Spa finders that I received for my 30th that I haven't used yet. I suppose I better get to it.

statsgoddess - I'm praying for you!

lisa10 - PMA, PMA, PMA!!!

AFM, We wen't over to my in-laws last night and we decided to tell them. I kind of felt like we had to. DH's brother is also having a baby and he's coming in two weeks. This is when we were planning on telling them, after my firsr scan. We had to tell him because I didn't want his brother to think that we were competing with him and didn't want to steal the attention away from him during his visit. I know you might think it's crazy, but he's nuts and he would think something like that. My MIL would have found out anyway. She knows everything and she was asking 20 questions like oh you quit smoking, that great. She was also staring me down! She kept looking at my (0)(0). lol They were totally excited. I thought my FIL was going to cry. We explained that we had to see a fertility specialist and that things are still too soon, but that we would keep them posted. I feel releaved.

Waiting for my phone call on my second beta! GL to all the other ladies waiting also.

[shelbyrn0214]

Malya - The list is on pg 60. We have a lot of betas happening today and I will repost when the first beta comes in today.

Johannanita - glad you feel better after telling your inlaws. We kept everything a secret during the first try, but told everyone about the FET and this one. Even though I m/c with the FET I was still glad to have it off my chest and I didn't have the stress of hiding things anymore. Anxious to hear that wonderful second beta.

Michele - I was debating on having a pedi before ET and you have just made up my mind! I will be having a massage immediately prior to ET on Wed. So excited!

I'm not sure if you ladies watched the news last night, but we had some major rain and flooding last night! And the thunderstorms were terrible! There is so much water that our county schools and the surrounding ones closed for the day! The kids are still asleep, but as soon as they get up they will want to do something we call mud boarding. They take their skim boards that they would ordinarily use when we go to the ocean and use them in the large "pond" we have in our front yard. It's so funny to watch!

[claud662]

hi ladies-

I hope you all had a great weekend! I will do personals later (only have a few minutes this morning)

I am schedule for my ER tomorrow morning at 9:30!! They waited an extra day so that my lining can get thicker and I am a little over a 7mm this morning (which is good for me!!). At my last u/s yesterday they saw almost 30 follicles!!!! I am truly praying that I have some good egg quality and that many of them fertilize!

I had a question, my doctors haven't really discussed 3dt vs. 5dt...when would they do this? should I be questioning them or just wait and see??

BTW the HCG trigger shot hurt more than I thought I hope it gets easier with the POI shots I will start taking tomorrow night!

Good luck with everyone's progress!

[miyaya]

Good morning ladies. I cannot wait to hear today's beta's! PMA all around!

Johannanita~ Good luck with your beta. Here is a ton of doubling dust going your way. Cannot wait to hear the results!

Shelby~Try and keep dry...sounds like you need your waders:)

Sancap~ WOW 19 follies. That is great! grow follies grow.....

CT_Michele~Good luck with transfer. How exciting. And enjoy being PUPO! You deserve some good news. I have a good feeling about this cycle for you:)

Stats~ Wowo, what a rollercoaster.....I am glad to see you are not cancelled. In regards to only 6 on retrieval....just remember, it only takes one! good luck.

Thanks ladies for all your support. I am sorry I was ranting before. DH and I have worked on it and he felt bad. You are right, they just do not get it. He said he would try and remember before reacting next time.

AFM, still have the headaches...ugh, I think its Gonal-F though. I had terrible headaches on Follistim...I think its just the hormones in general. I am a tad bit dizzy every now and again but overall I am ok. Tomorrow I go for my first scan. I will be interested to see how I respond. When I was just doing Follistim...I did 175 iu for 11 days...I was a slow responder. I am on 225iu of Gonal-F....so I will be curious to see if teh lupron slows things up for me or if I progress. They said at baseline I had 15 on right and 15 on left.....it will be interesting to see how many respond....

[katie99]

Hi everyone -

I hope that you all had a good weekend! We were kind of busy, but just errands & stuff. I went yesterday for just b/w, and they DIDNT call to increase my meds! So far so good! I'm pretty happy about that, it makes me think that we are on track this time, but tomorrow will tell. Tomorrow starts the every other day u/s & b/w. I'm SO hoping that there are more than the 4 follies they saw at baseline. I've been feeling some twinges too, and thats early in the cycle for me, so I'll take that as a good sign also! Cross your fingers for my follie count, please!

michele -FET TOMORROW!!! I'm so happy for you, and yes, you toally deserved a spa day for dealing with 3 months of lupron! relax, and wishing you the best of luck tomorrow! You will be PUPO!!!

Wolffie -I think your beta today will be a strong one! Whew! that really was a long wait, thank God they bumped it up for you!!

j & c - Happy 9th anniversary! I hope that your stims are going well & you're growing many healthy follies!!

johannanita -hope they call you soon! we are all waiting to hear!

kala -Wishing you a safe trip tom! How exciting is this?!!

shelby -I hadnt heard about your bad weather, sorry, hope that you have fun laughing at the kids today!

prayin -I'm sorry to hear about all that you're through going right now, you are such a strong women & a wonderful daughter! YAY for AF! What are you thinking about doing regarding your Mom's misdiagnosis?

sancap -I've read that your E2 levels are lower on an antagonist protocol, I dont know how much lower though, i'm doing antagonist also, so I'd like to know too.

lisa -I'm pretty sure that I've heard michele say that FET tends to "late inplant" maybe that why the longer wait this time?

miyaya -Hoping your u/s goes great tomorrow! glad you & DH worked it out! IVF is SO stressing on relationships!

claud -OMG! 30 follies? wow! GL with your ER tom!!

sorry if I left anyone out, you are all in my thoughts & prayers! - xoxo

[katie99]

claud -sorry I almost forgot! Your RE & embryologist will decide after seeing, how many, what grade they are, how many mature & fert report.

[claud662]

thanks katie!! btw...they definitely didn't see 30 follies at the initial u/s, so there is definitely hope that you will produce more than 4 follies

I also emailed my doctor and hopefully she will let me know about egg quality/feritilization info so I don't do crazy internet searches!!

[shelbyrn0214]

Just got my fert. report for today: We still have 5 - 6 that look good and the embryologist is thinking that we will have enough for a 2 embie transfer and possibly some to freeze. I'm pleased with that. She will call again tomorrow after she looks at them again. I'm feeling a little better this morning and hope that I am in tip top shape for Wed.

[Sangria]

Like beta numbers and follies, this thread keeps getting bigger! hehe.

Johannanita - Thanks for praying for all of us. You've given me a lot of food for thought as well, regarding the sharing of information. DH and I haven't told anyone what we are doing, including work and family. I get up at 4:30 am so I can make it to the clinic and be at work without anyone knowing what's going on. I could go later in the day, but family might wonder what's going on. It might actually be a relief to tell people.

Miyaya - I think it's the gonal-f that gives me headaches, too. But after the first 6 days, the headaches seemed to go away. Or maybe I've just become adjusted to life with headaches.

Statsgoddess - I'm so glad you weren't completely cancelled. Good luck.

Katie99 - Grow, little follies, grow.

CT_Michele - Holy crap. Where is this magical spa for $100? I wanna go. Good luck with the FET.

Claud662 - Good luck with the ER. I'm having follie envy right now.

Lisa - My clinic schedules the first beta 14 days after ER, not ET. I'm not sure if that is normal or not. I'm starting to think my clinic is a little out there.

AFM, yet another delay of game. My ER was originally projected for 9/23, but it will probably be 9/24. The left side looks great right now, but they want an extra day for the right to catch up. I suppose it wouldn't be so bad, but I've been going to the clinic daily since Saturday and I'm supposed to continue this until ER. I'm running out of veins to poke at this rate.

[jaydentd]

Hey girls, glad to see everyone is doing good. I been getting headaches and I think is from the lupron . I start stim on monday but don't have a day for retrieval. How many days after starting stim does it usually happen?
PMA PMA PMA ladies

[statsgoddess]

Hey guys - Just got back from retrieval - they got four eggs out from my biggest follies, so hopefully at least a couple will be mature. I'm hoping for one or two embies out of those, but we'll see. Hopefully I'll get my little blessing that the clinic wanted to cancel! If it doesn't pan out, we will transfer our two frosties on Saturday.

Anyway, I need to rest. More later. I'm thinking of all of you guys today!

[tonyacheek24]

Hey Everyone-

Hope all is well. Time is getting so close and boy am I getting nervous. I had a dream last night that I had six embryo's hahahahha. Friday was my last day of the pill and AF came on yesterday so I have my blood work and ultrasound tomorrow and then the Estrodial will be begin. My husband is out of town for week through next sunday so I have no idea who is going to administer the shot for me. I looked at the calendar and I have two and a half weeks left for the transfer praying they both unthaw

I can't lie the past week or so my mind has been going in all kinds of directions and I'm so focused on it working but then something comes in the back of my mind and be like well what if it doesn't, but I know that is just a distraction to keep me off track so I thought I would write the board to give me some encouragement as I know you guys keep me going.

Praying for all positive outcomes for everyone.

statsgoddess- Wonderful news

jaydentd- Hope your headaches get better. When you get your BFP your headaches will continue unfortunately well at least they did for me

CT_Michele- Good Luck on FET

Wolfie- I'm just so excited for you, you give me hope!

I can't keep up with all the names but you're in my prayers!

have a wonderful day!

[Johannanita]

Hello Ladies,
I'm sorry but I don't have time for personals right now, but I wanted to give you an update. My second beta is.......1497 and she said it was perfect! I'm so excited!! I called DH and he's like so you're officially pregnant?! LOL I said Hello, I was pregnant from that first pos on HTP! Any who, I get to schedule my first scan for anywhere after the 1st of Oct! I'm going to try to wait til the 5th to ensure I can see a HB!

I hope everyone had a great day and GL on the other betas rolling in today.

[marya]

OH boy... good luck to everyone. My beta is Monday the 28th.. I think I am going to stop on my way home from work and get a hpt though. I can't stand the wait. I should see something by now. My ET was the 13th.

J&C thanks so much. The ice helps... DH gives me mine too. He's been so fabulous through all of this. Honestly, I don't think I could make it through if he wasn't being so understanding and caring. I'm so happy you were able to get a babysitter and go on a date!! Happy Anniversary. Good luck and keep us posted.

Kala: OMG, that sounds like a great idea. Good luck with BETA... positive thoughts are coming your way.

Wolffie: Good luck on your BETA... how long after your ET did you get the positive read?? I'm so happy for you.

Moorebaby: I know how you feel. Same here. The 2WW is awful and my symptoms of cramping seem to have stopped, too. I can't wait for next Monday.

Good luck to everyone. It's so nice to be able to come here for advice and support.

[marya]

Johannanita.... congrats to you!!!!!! Fantastic News.