Hi Girls,
I havent logged in for about a week and its taken me ages to find out what has been happening to you all.
I have got a bit further on my donor egg cycle as I have had my downregulation scan and amnow on my HRT. My donor started stimulation today so we are working towards EC/ET week commencing 10/5.
Caz - You have really been thought it havent you and DH as well of course. What he has had to do would bring tears to the eyes of my DH! Tell him he is a very brave and lovely man! I'm glad you ended up with 6 good embies with DHs sperm and hope you are enjoying (????) the 2WW. Its nice to have a fallback of donor sperm embies as well as that takes the pressure off. I hope it all works out for you.
Gem - And you have had a bad time of it too. I hope you are feeling better and think you are testing shortly. I hope you get the result you are looking for. My fingers are crossed for you.
Zeena - How did you scan go 23/4. I know you had 12 last Wednesday so sounds like you are doing brilliantly. Keep in touch.
JenF - Glad the DI went well. Hoping the 2WW flies by (as if!)
Dagny - On hols - lucky girl - Hope you are having a lovely time.
Staci - Dont worry about your higher dose. It sounds like it has done the trick with 17 follies now. The small ones may still have mature eggs in them as well but they will do your EC when they think they will get the biggest no. Good luck for EC on Thursday or Friday or whenever it ends up as.
Sharon - Havent heard much from you recently. How is the D/R going?
Jaye - I'm glad you did get your positive. I know things have sounded a bit iffy since your first test but if your levels are rising now well it sounds like you will have good news after all. Hope Saturdays test goes well. I have everythung crossed for you.
Alison n - How are you doing?
Bronagh - How did your blood test go? Are you ready to stim?
Traci - Fantastic news mate - It sounds like your donor has stimmed very well to be ready in nine days. You should get a bumper crop. Cant wait to hear how many on Friday/Saturday. I only hope I shall be so lucky.
Sue (Squew) - How its all going well. When do you test?
JulyAnn - Fellow Ipswich girl - Sorrry your DI didnt work out for this month. Which clinic are you at. Hoping next month is much better. Sending you lots of hugs.
Annie - How are you doing?
Tania - 7 out of 8 fertilised is brilliant. Hope ET went well Sunday and good luck for the 2WW.
Sue25 - I have sent you a PM anyway but wishinbg you lots of luck in the home straight. Flowers from work eh - Cant be bad - can I put your work in touch with my boss?????
Hoping I havent missed anyone out but apologies if I have. Babydust to all of you.
Love Allison
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Blimey,
Not been on for a few days and it's taken me ages to catch up!!
Very quick note to say good luck to everyone - Especially Gem (today) and Traci for Friday
Bina - Well done - brilliant news - the first of many +ve I'm sure
Caz - Blimey girl - well done - couldn't believe it when I read you finally made it to your 2ww - astounding, really gives you faith in never giving up and trying every last thing. Your poor DH must deserve a medal! So many fingers and toes crossed for you!!!
Not been on for a few days and it's taken me ages to catch up!!
Very quick note to say good luck to everyone - Especially Gem (today) and Traci for Friday
Bina - Well done - brilliant news - the first of many +ve I'm sure
Caz - Blimey girl - well done - couldn't believe it when I read you finally made it to your 2ww - astounding, really gives you faith in never giving up and trying every last thing. Your poor DH must deserve a medal! So many fingers and toes crossed for you!!!
me 38 DH 47 - TTC - 3.5 years - tubal infertility
4 failed IVF cycles - 1 abandoned
Found to have raised FSH when going for 5th cycle
Now looking at adoption
Let the new adventure start!
Sx
4 failed IVF cycles - 1 abandoned
Found to have raised FSH when going for 5th cycle
Now looking at adoption
Let the new adventure start!
Sx
still sniffing
Allison,
Kind of you to ask.......I'm still sniffing test was 180 on Thursday then 150 on Monday so they want to keep in sniffing for another week and will se about another blood test next thursday result Fri.
the funny think is they said if I have my AF I would not need a blood test . I had my AF but thought I#d go in anyway because they had not done any on me before. So I have the test and they say my levels are too high.
But If IO had of followed their advsce in the first place i would not have had the test done.......am I making sense? Anyway another week will not kill me. Step by Step.
Bro
Kind of you to ask.......I'm still sniffing test was 180 on Thursday then 150 on Monday so they want to keep in sniffing for another week and will se about another blood test next thursday result Fri.
the funny think is they said if I have my AF I would not need a blood test . I had my AF but thought I#d go in anyway because they had not done any on me before. So I have the test and they say my levels are too high.
But If IO had of followed their advsce in the first place i would not have had the test done.......am I making sense? Anyway another week will not kill me. Step by Step.
Bro
Hi Bronough,
What you are saying makes perfect sense....but what they are doing does not! Have you been sniffing for over a month now? I was really losing patience after downregging for 16 days so you must be getting quite tired of it by now. I'm surprised they did not just start giving you injections instead so that they could give you a high enough dose to move your levels down more quickly. Oh well. I guess it's useless trying to figure out the reasoning ehind these clinics methods. They are all so different.
Anyway, I hope your level goes down next week and you can actually get started soon!
Staci
What you are saying makes perfect sense....but what they are doing does not! Have you been sniffing for over a month now? I was really losing patience after downregging for 16 days so you must be getting quite tired of it by now. I'm surprised they did not just start giving you injections instead so that they could give you a high enough dose to move your levels down more quickly. Oh well. I guess it's useless trying to figure out the reasoning ehind these clinics methods. They are all so different.
Anyway, I hope your level goes down next week and you can actually get started soon!
Staci
Hi Staci
After my HCG last night I felt OK, today I had some mild sharp pain in my left side, but not a big deal, I pretty much forgot about it the rest of the day. Then, as I was driving home I felt incredibly tired. I've just got back and feel like a little nap before DH comes home. We've got to get an early night because tomorrow we have to be at the clinic at 7:30, so we'll have to be up at 5:30!!
I'll cook dinner for tonight and tomorrow (the same thing I think) so neither of us need to worry about getting dinner ready tomorrow.
I hope your scan went well today - in my first IVF I had really few follies - the largest was 16mm, and I still got pg! So don't worry about the size or number. (M/c at 7 weeks because my N/K cell count is high). Let me know how you got on.
Zeena
After my HCG last night I felt OK, today I had some mild sharp pain in my left side, but not a big deal, I pretty much forgot about it the rest of the day. Then, as I was driving home I felt incredibly tired. I've just got back and feel like a little nap before DH comes home. We've got to get an early night because tomorrow we have to be at the clinic at 7:30, so we'll have to be up at 5:30!!
I'll cook dinner for tonight and tomorrow (the same thing I think) so neither of us need to worry about getting dinner ready tomorrow.
I hope your scan went well today - in my first IVF I had really few follies - the largest was 16mm, and I still got pg! So don't worry about the size or number. (M/c at 7 weeks because my N/K cell count is high). Let me know how you got on.
Zeena
Hi everyone,
Ten follies around 16mm - 18 mm on the left side and 7 which are smaller on the right (of course, the left side causes more pain because the colon, etc. are all over there!). Estrogen level was 2,100 which they said was perfect so the trigger shot is tonight and EC will be Thurs. morning. I'm a little upset that my Dr. is not on IVF duty now (the three doctors alternate weeks) so a Dr. whom I am not even familiar with will be doing the EC and transfer. I mean they all have excellent credentials but it would have been nice to have my Dr. as I'm comfortable with her. At any rate, I'm excited that the finish line is finally within sight!
Zeena,
Glad to know the HCG shot didn't cause any additional symptoms. Hopefully, it will be the same for me. I can deal with being tired. We just have a bit of a drive to the clinic so I didn't want to be feeling sick the whole way over there before the EC. You're lucky your EC is nice and early in the morning. Mine isn't until 10 AM and, since I can't eat or drink anything from midnight the night before, I am not going to be in a very good mood that morning!
Hope everyone is doing well today. I'm devoting today to getting the house cleaned so I can just relax in bed after the EC.
Staci
Ten follies around 16mm - 18 mm on the left side and 7 which are smaller on the right (of course, the left side causes more pain because the colon, etc. are all over there!). Estrogen level was 2,100 which they said was perfect so the trigger shot is tonight and EC will be Thurs. morning. I'm a little upset that my Dr. is not on IVF duty now (the three doctors alternate weeks) so a Dr. whom I am not even familiar with will be doing the EC and transfer. I mean they all have excellent credentials but it would have been nice to have my Dr. as I'm comfortable with her. At any rate, I'm excited that the finish line is finally within sight!
Zeena,
Glad to know the HCG shot didn't cause any additional symptoms. Hopefully, it will be the same for me. I can deal with being tired. We just have a bit of a drive to the clinic so I didn't want to be feeling sick the whole way over there before the EC. You're lucky your EC is nice and early in the morning. Mine isn't until 10 AM and, since I can't eat or drink anything from midnight the night before, I am not going to be in a very good mood that morning!
Hope everyone is doing well today. I'm devoting today to getting the house cleaned so I can just relax in bed after the EC.
Staci
Staci that's brilliant!!
You must be so pleased to have such great results. What a relief for you. So just focus lots of positive thoughts on Thursday and then it's just a couple more days...did they say when they would like to do the ET? My clinic has provisionally said Saturday morning, but I would prefer Saturday afternoon so that DH can come (he has to work in the morning). I will ask them tomorrow.
Good luck for Thursday.
Zeena
You must be so pleased to have such great results. What a relief for you. So just focus lots of positive thoughts on Thursday and then it's just a couple more days...did they say when they would like to do the ET? My clinic has provisionally said Saturday morning, but I would prefer Saturday afternoon so that DH can come (he has to work in the morning). I will ask them tomorrow.
Good luck for Thursday.
Zeena
Hi girls,
Bronagh - Sorry you have been delayed a week. I'm sure your level will be Ok by the time they are tested next week.
Zeena - Hope your EC went Ok this morning. Let us know how you got on.
Staci - 17 follies is brilliant. Hope EC goes well tomorrow.
Hi to Caz and Sharon and to eveyone else.
Love Allison
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Bronagh - Sorry you have been delayed a week. I'm sure your level will be Ok by the time they are tested next week.
Zeena - Hope your EC went Ok this morning. Let us know how you got on.
Staci - 17 follies is brilliant. Hope EC goes well tomorrow.
Hi to Caz and Sharon and to eveyone else.
Love Allison
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Panic
Hi everyone,
Warning...this might be a long one.
I went in to the clinic this morning for a "pre-op" appt as EC will be tomorrow morning. I met the Dr. who will be doing the procedure. He had absolutely no personality but seems like a good Dr. so I guess that is what counts most.
Anyway, I am pretty calm about the EC itself since I was promised I'll be completely knocked out. I'm just terrified about the days/weeks afterwards. I've been kind of uncomfortable (esp. when sitting for some reason or when moving from a standing to a sitting postion) as the largest number and largest sized follies are all on the left side and pressing against my digestive organs; at least that's the Dr.'s explanation for the discomfort. I ate about half the amount I normally do for dinner last night and ended up in pain. Basically, I can only eat a few bites of anything before my stomach feels completely overloaded and I start having increased pain (despite this, I think I have still gained a few lbs.).
So, I told the Dr. I had thought that during the procedure they drain the fluid out of the follicles which seems like it would result in less discomfort and reduced bloating but that I had been reading that people are more bloated and uncomfortable after the ER and I didn't understand why that would happen. I was hoping for reassurance that it was rare but he told me that, yes, the fluid is drained out but then the follicles refill with blood (? I had never heard of this) so the ovaries can remain quite full and heavy and that cysts often form. My DH asked how long before they would go back to normal size and he said 1 to 2 weeks if not pregnant but it could take up to 10 weeks if one is pregnant.
Then, when the nurse was reviewing things with us and mentioned no exercising, my DH told her I had been exercising yesterday (what I had really been doing was pedaling around on the elliptical trainer with no resistance and barely raising my heart rate). So, of course, I got a big lecture from her about how exercising could actually cause the follicles to fill up with additional fluid thus taking longer for the ovaries to get back to normal size and increasing the possibility of ovarian torsion (she said they have had several cases result from people doing light exercise) and possible loss of an ovary. And, of course, my DH got angry with me and made me promise no exercising (at this point, I hardly think I would be anyway).
Then, I got home and started researching things on the internet again and, of course, saw articles about women who got pregnant through IVF and were already wearing maternity clothes in their 5th week due to the extreme abdominal distension, etc., etc. I read about one woman who gained 35 lbs. (not sure how many stone that is) in the course of the 2 ww. Is that possible?!
So, here I sit in a complete panic that I am going to turn into a blimp in a matter of days. I know you guys gave me some reassurance before that you were just quite bloated but do you mean bloated in the sense of the kind of bloating that comes before AF or something much worse that is actually noticeable to others? Are there any cases out there where people got a +tive but were actually not completely bloated and overweight starting out their pregnancy and things just progressed as a normal pregnancy?
I just don't understand why no one at the clinic mentioned this sort of thing in our informational meeting. They made it seem like the medications could cause a bit of bloating and weight gain which is only from fluid and that everything resolves after the EC. Were they just outright lying or is this what does happen in most cases?
Please give me your experiences. Just give it to me straight. Has anyone come out of this feeling back to normal within a few days? Is that the norm or the exception?
I hope you don't think I'm vain having these concerns. I mean I know the ultimate goal here is to have a child and I should be willing to make sacrifices in order to do so. It's just with my past history, I might have taken more time to think about it before going through with this or have gotten counseling first to make sure I could handle it if I had known this sort of thing was a real possibility. As it was, no one at my clinic told me about the exercise restriction until we were already into the process. That is a tough one for me but I can deal with it but not at the same time as turning into a baloon when I'm not even eating!
Staci
Warning...this might be a long one.
I went in to the clinic this morning for a "pre-op" appt as EC will be tomorrow morning. I met the Dr. who will be doing the procedure. He had absolutely no personality but seems like a good Dr. so I guess that is what counts most.
Anyway, I am pretty calm about the EC itself since I was promised I'll be completely knocked out. I'm just terrified about the days/weeks afterwards. I've been kind of uncomfortable (esp. when sitting for some reason or when moving from a standing to a sitting postion) as the largest number and largest sized follies are all on the left side and pressing against my digestive organs; at least that's the Dr.'s explanation for the discomfort. I ate about half the amount I normally do for dinner last night and ended up in pain. Basically, I can only eat a few bites of anything before my stomach feels completely overloaded and I start having increased pain (despite this, I think I have still gained a few lbs.).
So, I told the Dr. I had thought that during the procedure they drain the fluid out of the follicles which seems like it would result in less discomfort and reduced bloating but that I had been reading that people are more bloated and uncomfortable after the ER and I didn't understand why that would happen. I was hoping for reassurance that it was rare but he told me that, yes, the fluid is drained out but then the follicles refill with blood (? I had never heard of this) so the ovaries can remain quite full and heavy and that cysts often form. My DH asked how long before they would go back to normal size and he said 1 to 2 weeks if not pregnant but it could take up to 10 weeks if one is pregnant.
Then, when the nurse was reviewing things with us and mentioned no exercising, my DH told her I had been exercising yesterday (what I had really been doing was pedaling around on the elliptical trainer with no resistance and barely raising my heart rate). So, of course, I got a big lecture from her about how exercising could actually cause the follicles to fill up with additional fluid thus taking longer for the ovaries to get back to normal size and increasing the possibility of ovarian torsion (she said they have had several cases result from people doing light exercise) and possible loss of an ovary. And, of course, my DH got angry with me and made me promise no exercising (at this point, I hardly think I would be anyway).
Then, I got home and started researching things on the internet again and, of course, saw articles about women who got pregnant through IVF and were already wearing maternity clothes in their 5th week due to the extreme abdominal distension, etc., etc. I read about one woman who gained 35 lbs. (not sure how many stone that is) in the course of the 2 ww. Is that possible?!
So, here I sit in a complete panic that I am going to turn into a blimp in a matter of days. I know you guys gave me some reassurance before that you were just quite bloated but do you mean bloated in the sense of the kind of bloating that comes before AF or something much worse that is actually noticeable to others? Are there any cases out there where people got a +tive but were actually not completely bloated and overweight starting out their pregnancy and things just progressed as a normal pregnancy?
I just don't understand why no one at the clinic mentioned this sort of thing in our informational meeting. They made it seem like the medications could cause a bit of bloating and weight gain which is only from fluid and that everything resolves after the EC. Were they just outright lying or is this what does happen in most cases?
Please give me your experiences. Just give it to me straight. Has anyone come out of this feeling back to normal within a few days? Is that the norm or the exception?
I hope you don't think I'm vain having these concerns. I mean I know the ultimate goal here is to have a child and I should be willing to make sacrifices in order to do so. It's just with my past history, I might have taken more time to think about it before going through with this or have gotten counseling first to make sure I could handle it if I had known this sort of thing was a real possibility. As it was, no one at my clinic told me about the exercise restriction until we were already into the process. That is a tough one for me but I can deal with it but not at the same time as turning into a baloon when I'm not even eating!
Staci
Hi Staci
I read your post last night but didn't have time to reply, I hope you read this before you go in for your EC today.
I just want to say that you may feel quite bloated afterwards (I do, I had mine yesterday) and uncomfortable, it is all normal. But, after this is all over, your body will return back to normal - there are so MANY women with beautifully slim figures who have children. You will get back to your original shape, especially if you were already slim before it all started. And having a good level of pre-IVF fitness will also help!
Try to focus on 'Wellbeing', both physically and emotionally (use relaxation and visualisation techniches, they really helped me) and try to forget about your shape for now. Counceling would have helped, but if you had coucelling for your anorexia, you can go back over some of the things that helped you pull yourself out of it. I strongly recommend you don't weigh yourself for now, and try to look at your bump in the mirror in a positive light - this is the beginning of a little life(lives?) inside you!!
I really hope this helps. Good luck for today.
By the way, I really felt uncomfortable yesterday ( I had to take some extra strength Tylonol!) but today I feel fine and am just on my way to work. So you will feel much better by Friday.
Best of luck.
Zeena
I read your post last night but didn't have time to reply, I hope you read this before you go in for your EC today.
I just want to say that you may feel quite bloated afterwards (I do, I had mine yesterday) and uncomfortable, it is all normal. But, after this is all over, your body will return back to normal - there are so MANY women with beautifully slim figures who have children. You will get back to your original shape, especially if you were already slim before it all started. And having a good level of pre-IVF fitness will also help!
Try to focus on 'Wellbeing', both physically and emotionally (use relaxation and visualisation techniches, they really helped me) and try to forget about your shape for now. Counceling would have helped, but if you had coucelling for your anorexia, you can go back over some of the things that helped you pull yourself out of it. I strongly recommend you don't weigh yourself for now, and try to look at your bump in the mirror in a positive light - this is the beginning of a little life(lives?) inside you!!
I really hope this helps. Good luck for today.
By the way, I really felt uncomfortable yesterday ( I had to take some extra strength Tylonol!) but today I feel fine and am just on my way to work. So you will feel much better by Friday.
Best of luck.
Zeena
Hi Staci
I really can't believe what your nurse said about not doing exercise. My clinic Barts has got a very good reputation and success rate and they have told me there is no problem doing light exercise. It sounds like they were quite unfeeling with you.
I was feeling bloated, around EC and ET, my ET was on Monday, but at the moment I am feeling less bloated.
I will be doing some form of exercise from next week. I decided not to this week but I will be afterwards. They give us an information sheet after the ET and it says you can do light-medium exercise. Plus the head nurse lives over the road from me and she told me try to do things as normally as possible. I am sure if I told her what your nurse said she would not believe it. I have asked a couple of doctors at the clinic too and get the same answer.
Pleae try not to worry too much.
I am trying so hard not to count the days and minutes but my DP and I keep talking about it.
Good luck
Tania
I really can't believe what your nurse said about not doing exercise. My clinic Barts has got a very good reputation and success rate and they have told me there is no problem doing light exercise. It sounds like they were quite unfeeling with you.
I was feeling bloated, around EC and ET, my ET was on Monday, but at the moment I am feeling less bloated.
I will be doing some form of exercise from next week. I decided not to this week but I will be afterwards. They give us an information sheet after the ET and it says you can do light-medium exercise. Plus the head nurse lives over the road from me and she told me try to do things as normally as possible. I am sure if I told her what your nurse said she would not believe it. I have asked a couple of doctors at the clinic too and get the same answer.
Pleae try not to worry too much.
I am trying so hard not to count the days and minutes but my DP and I keep talking about it.
Good luck
Tania
Zeena, Tania, and Allison,
Was just signing on before getting ready to go to the EC in the hopes that someone responded. Thank you for helping to put my mind at ease.
I guess I just have to take this one step at a time. It's just always been so important to me to have complete control over my body that I am finding it so difficult to lose that. How screwed up is it that I seem to be less concerned about a major complication of the procedure itself than I am about bloating and looking fat afterwards?!
Anyway, I guess I shouldn't type much as I am barely awake yet!
Hope everyone is doing well.
Staci
Was just signing on before getting ready to go to the EC in the hopes that someone responded. Thank you for helping to put my mind at ease.
I guess I just have to take this one step at a time. It's just always been so important to me to have complete control over my body that I am finding it so difficult to lose that. How screwed up is it that I seem to be less concerned about a major complication of the procedure itself than I am about bloating and looking fat afterwards?!
Anyway, I guess I shouldn't type much as I am barely awake yet!
Hope everyone is doing well.
Staci