shafia wrote:Now today was mr ER they managed 8eggs of wguch 6 look good,donno what will happen till tuesday.As for now I have decided to do FET later when I am more stable,as for me i take it as "one thing less to think about that is ET. I had some bleeding and I am still soar like hell.
I hear you on being sore!! I am still limping a bit today. DH was really into taking a couple-hour trek along the seawall and I was miserable but tried my best to hide it. He's such an amazing man and I wanted him to enjoy the boats and harbour. Finally I just said I HAD to sit down and we HAD to get back to the car. I was having to stop and rest!
Yay for six nice eggs! That's awesome. How many fertilized? I guess you won't know until tomorrow. I am hoping your blood sugar levels out quickly. I have a full account of my ER on my blog. Were you awake?
Sonya, 40 - DS, 24 DS, 22
David, 45
unexplained
2008 BFP, 2010 IVF & FET MC
2010 IVF #2 - BFP
14dpo 138
16dpo 351
Perfect pregnancy/Delivery July 2011
FET #2 June 2012
DandMe wrote:We had our retrievel this morning and it all went very well. It as a LOT more painful than I anticipated to be honest. I could feel each and every time the needle went into each follicle.
Although I am not nearly as bloated now and that's a huge relief, but I do have moderate af cramps. I was really hungry afterwards and we managed a great lunch before I came back to the hotel and had a four hour recovery nap.
So we got 22 eggs! I am thrilled with the result and now it's all in the doctor's hands. I've done everything I can do!
We'll get a fertilization report around noon tomorrow.
Dandme You said that you felt the needle? Were you awake? I thought everyone got put under for the retrieval? Sorry for just jumping in. I am new here also and starting meds next weekend for my 2nd attempt.
shermy19 wrote:As for me... She actually ended up keeping my gonal-f at 375 because all of my b/w came back good. So, Monday is another u/s and b/w and we'll see how everything goes from there. ER will possibly be this coming Friday, but my follies will dictate that. It's nice because I can check out all of my info online (follies and B/W). I had a meltdown yesterday and cried for about 3 hours (that's what all of these hormones will do to you!). Have a great day everyone.
I am starting to have some more hormonal emotional effects. I'm bothered by my eggs being in a lab, and not safe inside their mommy, to be honest. Now isn't that silly? DH was trying to be funny a few times today and got cold looks. Poor man! I'm really hoping you get some great numbers!!
Sonya, 40 - DS, 24 DS, 22
David, 45
unexplained
2008 BFP, 2010 IVF & FET MC
2010 IVF #2 - BFP
14dpo 138
16dpo 351
Perfect pregnancy/Delivery July 2011
FET #2 June 2012
RE: egg retrieval - some docs totally put you out, and some put you under "twilight", where you're still awake but kind of out of it. My doc does twilight and I was nervous about feeling it, since I had twilight for a colonscopy years ago and really felt it and it was painful! Anyway, I told my nurse about my previous experience and she spoke to the anesthesiologist and they took care of me! I felt a little, but nothing major - nothing that would blow your mind when you're already used to shooting yourself daily and constantly having somebody pry around your private parts! Let them know you're nervous, and be vocal if something hurts while it's happening. It was definitely much better than I expected.
Sonya - I did ER a day before you - 16 eggs - 11 mature, 8 fertilized. Not sure whether we're doing a 3 day or 5 day transfer - will find out tomorrow if I'm transferring tomorrow or Tuesday. Do you know if you're doing a 3-day or 5-day? My first pregnancy test is scheduled for Feb 10 -very nervous. As this is my first IVF, it's very difficult to see how people can go through this 4+ times - he emotions and the waiting are torture. But I'm sure if it doesn't work this time I will be back!
Oh no! Was the transfer painful? I thought that was supposed to be no big deal! I always feel cramping when a catheter gets put through the cervix, like when they did a hysteropingogram and the dry run on the transfer, but that lasted only a second or two. Am I missing something?
I was out for my ER and don't remember anything. I'm glad because it did not seem to be a pleasant experience for you, Sonya (I read your blog). Ouch! The ET was just like an IUI, so for me, it was not painful at all. Good luck to eveyone. I'm waiting to hear on transfer times.
No my transfer wasn't painful. I just don't like anything being down there. I am getting alot better after all these tests/procedures lol. I used to hate going to the gyno! When I got the IUI's and tests I would say don't tell me what you are doing down there, just tell me when you are almost done! After 3 IUI's and a lot of tests I found out they were using a catheter! So I guess the catheter does not bother me much lol. I just get a little freaked out and don't sit still and they have to tell me relax. With the transfer I was trying my best to relax and lay still so nothing went wrong. I had a lot of pain after the transfer and they told me to take extra strength Tylenol. My regular doc did not do the retrieval so I did not know I could take Vicodin. Now I know and discussed this with him. He already gave me a prescription to fill lol!
DandMe- you are right it is a long long waiting game! That is great on your 15 fertilized eggs! Sending lots of positives your way!
Molly05-I have been really emotional with the medicine but thank goodness no other side effects. I am taking 225 Menopur/225 gonal-f and micro dose lupron. Have you had any side affects?
Shermy19- we are very close! Good luck with your next appt.....lots of positives for you too!
I will know more tomorrow afternoon when I go again for another u/s & b/w.
Have a good night everyone!
Hey girls whats up with you all, me still waiting till tomorrow for embryo report.
Sonya great numbers how many you gonna tranfer,15 is a super number. wishing you loads of luck. One more thing"were you given the option of local anesthesia" I mean seeing the number of follicels it was gonna be tough and it was for you,But I am sure its all gonna be worth each pinch.
Sarah whats up with ur bw and us do keep us informed.
jeandawga wrote:Sonya - I did ER a day before you - 16 eggs - 11 mature, 8 fertilized. Not sure whether we're doing a 3 day or 5 day transfer - will find out tomorrow if I'm transferring tomorrow or Tuesday. Do you know if you're doing a 3-day or 5-day? My first pregnancy test is scheduled for Feb 10 -very nervous. As this is my first IVF, it's very difficult to see how people can go through this 4+ times - he emotions and the waiting are torture. But I'm sure if it doesn't work this time I will be back!
So you'll know today if your transfer is today or on Tuesday - I hope you update soon! How will they determine which day? How many are you doing? I know me - I'll be testing out the trigger and then daily. I'm not even going to pretend that I have patience. I don't know if I'll do IVF again but I am hoping that we'll have enough to freeze some and go from there. I am very hopeful for this cycle, though.
Sonya, 40 - DS, 24 DS, 22
David, 45
unexplained
2008 BFP, 2010 IVF & FET MC
2010 IVF #2 - BFP
14dpo 138
16dpo 351
Perfect pregnancy/Delivery July 2011
FET #2 June 2012
Hey everyone!! Anxiously awaiting reports on how you are all doing. I am still kind of recovering from ER to be honest. Slight cramping and lower backache. The progesterone makes me tired, I'm on 600mg a day, the highest I've ever done. Soooo what are you all up to on this Sunday? My DH goes back to work and leaves at 5 - we're going to hit up one of our favorites - Dim Sum!!
Sonya, 40 - DS, 24 DS, 22
David, 45
unexplained
2008 BFP, 2010 IVF & FET MC
2010 IVF #2 - BFP
14dpo 138
16dpo 351
Perfect pregnancy/Delivery July 2011
FET #2 June 2012
Hope everyone is doing well. Sonya - I definitely did not feel great after the ER, but felt better each day. Take Tylenol and drink plenty of water/Gatorade (I love G2!).
So, I did a 3-day transfer today. I was a very disappointed in the lack of consultation when coming in for the ET. My husband and I have a 2-year old, so really don't want twins - I can't imagine having the energy and financial resources for twins, and we don't live near any family. So all along, I've been telling my doc I wanted to do a single embryo transfer, unless the egg quality was very bad. It's my first time - I can always revisit for a second or third IVF attempt. Anyway, it was a Sunday, so we had to take our daughter with us to the doc - I figured my husband and her could sit in on the consultation about embryo quality and then my husband could leave with her during the actual transfer. Well, sounds like they had me set to transfer today with 2 embryos! They were a little pushy about it, and I had trouble getting straight answers from them, but from what I could tell, either 7 or all 8 of my fertilized eggs were still around on today, day 3. 4 of the 8 were 8 cells, the rest were a mish mash - maybe some 6-cells and a 5-cell? It seems that unlike most clinics that rate 3-day embryos on a scale of 1-4, mine rates each embryo twice, with 1,1 being the best. I had two 8-cells that were 1,1 (the two they were going to transfer) and 1 8-cell that was 1,2 and one that was 2,2. That doesn't seem too bad to me! Anyway, the embryologist didn't want to hold them all off until 5-days (my clinic does 90% day three transfers). I just hate that if I hadn't said anything, they probably just would have loaded me up wih two! And with no consultation! I was told to undress as soon as I got in the room, and my husband and daughter were not allowed in the room since they understandably don't want a child disturbing other patients undergoing procedures. I just thought that we'd meet in the office area first for a few minutes with the doc before heading back to a procedure room. Anyway, I told them the 3 vs. 5 day transfer was up to them, but I was only transferring one embryo this cycle. So, I did my single embryo transfer today on what the embryologist felt was the best of the 8-cells. When I asked them about freezing, I was told they continue to culture the remaining embryos until day 5 or 6 and freeze the ones that make it to the blastocyst stage.
All in all, I'm not feeling great about my experience today. I felt like I was part of some IVF factory where they do the same thing on everybody and, although I know my chances are lower with just one embryo, they were very discouraging for what I feel were their own purposes. If I didn't have good embryo quality, I could picture them encouraging me to go for two, but I don't feel that was the case. Sorry for my super long post - just had to vent!
jeandawga Thanks for the tips - I've been doing well - no bloating at all, and peeing lots so that's all a good sign. Mostly I am really really tired - all the drugs and now 600 mg of progesterone a day. Ugh!
Hey I'm sorry your clinic was a little pushy. I know they rarely want to do one embryo transfers because it does take your chances down by 50% and it's just so hard on your body. On the other hand, it's your body and your money so you should have the final say without having to feel bad about it.
It sounds like you have an excellent quality embryo so hopefully you will be sporting a new baby bump very soon!!
Sonya, 40 - DS, 24 DS, 22
David, 45
unexplained
2008 BFP, 2010 IVF & FET MC
2010 IVF #2 - BFP
14dpo 138
16dpo 351
Perfect pregnancy/Delivery July 2011
FET #2 June 2012
That is great on your 15 fertilized eggs! Sending lots of positives your way!