My goodness ladies – I am away for one day and there’s four new pages on the board! I have no idea if I am going to be able to catch up with you all but here goes...
Teachermom – huge congrats on your 5 fertilised eggs. Wishing you lots of sticky dust for your transfer tomorrow!
Syanna – hello and welcome to this cycle. I am sorry last time didn’t work out for you but I am sure ICSI will make all the difference. Me and my DH didn’t tell anyone we were going through IVF until the night before my ER . Anyway, this has meant that I have done all of my sharing...venting and gaining support from everyone here...so vent away...that’s what we’re here for!
Ashleyncsu77 – Thank you for the good luck wishes...they must have worked! Good luck for your base check tomorrow. Don’t worry about getting no symptoms, some people don’t. Let us know how you get on.
Katie99 – I am definitely taking your advice and ‘resting up’. I really wasn’t expecting to feel so rough after ER - hope this is normal?!
10bear – I agree with Katie99, don’t give up yet...you just never know with this crazy IVF stuff. Good to hear from you though – glad you are checking in now and again. Keep up the PMA.
Mommieof2 – I’m glad you feel you can blab away to us all – I certainly do.
Lulu668 – Thank you for your good luck message – I know how you feel about the watermelon thing and I must admit I was expecting to feel a lot thinner, less bloated and empty than I do 24 hours after ER – my stomach is still really bloated -am just praying it’s not OHSS. My follies definitely kept on going after my trigger and the smaller ones caught up all of a sudden too.
2010 – I too have to take notes – in fact I have resorted to typing my messages in a word doc whilst I flick back to the message board – It has taken me about 2 hours to catch up on 4 pages of messages! Sounds like your follies are making good progress. Mine were slow to progress but I ended up with lots (see below!) Let us know how your next u/s goes...
Julia78 – I bet it’s nice to be back with your DH after your business trip.
Thanks for the good luck wish. Your FET will be here in no time, the weeks are flying by.
Me2009 – lots of luck for your ER on Sunday. Those 9 follies sound great and you’ve still got a few days for those smaller ones to catch up – grow follies grow!
Cheekyone – I feel like we did get our ‘bumper crop’ . Fingers crossed they divide and grow into perfrect little embies.
Karenthesorpio –Am glad to hear your FET went to plan. Am sorry they had to thaw so many of your frosties, but it will all be worth it to get your BFP. I am sure they are clinging on as I type! Remember, one is all you need. Only one week to go till your Pregnancy test – not long! I have everything crossed for you.
Kerribell – That’s 6 possible follies there – am willing them on – let us know how you get on.
Tc4474 – Congrats on starting your Lupron. I took Menopur and certainly felt bloated but only towards the end of my stims – from about day 11 – 14. Amazingly I wasn’t grumpy through any of the drugs but I do think that the nerves and the stress just make you a little ‘on edge’ shall we say...and who wouldn’t be – this is big stuff we are going through. Hope you keep checking in on us all, is good to have you with us.
Justwannabamom – glad to hear you have started your lupron too – sounds like there are a few of you to compare notes!
Honey34bunny – I am just a couple of days behind you with my treatment. Good luck for your ET. I too am supposed to be going to acupuncture before and after - let’s hope it helps!
To_have_fun08 – am praying for your two embies – only a week to go until you know. I just know you are going to be a BFP!
Claud662 – Congrats on starting LUPRON today - it’s good to get started isn’t it – something to focus on.
Bethanyneedsluck – that’s so unfair about your insurance isn’t it? You pay all that money and get nothing back. I hope you manage to sort something out – it sounds like your follies are coming along very nicely to me.
Malya324 – Welcome. Am sorry to hear about your 2 m/cs. You’re in the right place for support though.
Turtle0619 – good luck for your baseline tomorrow...roll on those stims!
Supergenius – 17 follies – that’s great progress. A small victory every day is worth a mini celebration – how else would be all get through this. Keep us posted.
BRMommy2B – Am sorry to hear of your BFN but it’s positive that you have a frostie to use. I agree with albany07 – it’s another chance for a BFP and if it were me I think I’d take it. Good luck with whatever you decide and enjoy your mini break.
Jenice – That’s great news that your FET went well. You’ve done everything you could do now so here’s hoping and I wish you the quickest 2WW ever!
Firefly –hello. Me and my DH are certainly very private about our treatment too – just seems easier that way. I too am taking progesterone (pessaries) twice a day – Ugh, but needs must! Good luck for your BFP – you could end up being the first on the board! I agree, some days are worse than others but I am totally a ‘glass half empty’ person and I firmly believe my recent PMA has been through reading everyone’s stories and getting encouragement from a group of girls I’ve never even met – on another continent to me ! Let us know how you get on.
AFM: Well, I had my ER yesterday – I must say, I really wasn’t expecting to feel so awful afterwards – hence why I didn’t check in with you all yesterday. When I came round from the sedation, I had to stay at the hospital for about 4 hours as I was so faint and on the verge of being sick (sorry to be so graphic). DH drove me home (45 mins), with a short stop half way to be ill (again –sorry!) I felt awful all day and barely slept last night, in pain, feeling nauseous and worrying about whether any of our eggs would fertilise. Anyway...the amazing news was that we got 18 eggs!
Way more than I was expecting. The other news that we had was that DH’s results were such that we didn’t need ICSI. I was pleased with these result but at the same time worried that we might not get any fertilized eggs. Anyway, we got a call this morning to tell us that 15 had fertilized! We are of course, really pleased I just hope they are good quality ones that will continue to develop and divide. The only slightly worry thing is that I was clearly on the verge of OHSS. My oestrogen level on Monday was 26,000 when apparently it should have been 12 or 13k – I have no idea what this means. Anyway, I have been prescribed cabergoline tablets for 8 days – Lou – do you know what these do? My nausea has subsided but my stomach is really bloated and I’m petrified they may cancel ET if it doesn’t sort itself out...any thoughts anyone?
Sorry that’s such a long message, promise not to leave it so long next time and it won’t take me so long to catch up with you all. I’ve probably added another page on all by myself!
Thinking of you all.
I know that this nurse ( the not so efficient one) is leaving soon & training her replacement right now, but for the love of! Who would possibly call the patient first, instead of the lab? Like really? as much as I hate the waiting
(taking a deep breath) all you can do is count down the days until shes gone and hope its before she mislable anything else this cycle! did they call you back and let you know they got the labs now?