Here I go again

[jamila20]

DJ-BJ so happy and excited for you, I am praying for all of us to get a big positive and a healthy pregancy this time. About the nausea with the Dociclyne take the pill with your meal it helps a lots, so good luck and relax before the transfer.

[summit]

Good News BJ-DJ! Good luck with the transfer!

[DJ-BJ]

thanks jamila and summit... its just a miracle for all us to have our little angels. i hope evrything's gonna work for all of us.its just so hard emotionally and physically going through this journey. sometimes i get sad, depressed , excited and happy at the same time. i think im going crazy hahahhah...but the 10 days is going to be the longest wait... i just needed to do something productive while waiting. i was teary eyed when i was told 2 eggs fertilized , and DH too was happy but i know he just composing himself so as not too get too excited. baby dust to all.....

[leorira11]

I just spoke to the clinic ---- 13 of the 14 eggs were mature enough to fertilize.... of those EIGHT embryos! yay! I go at 9am on Sunday for a transfer.

(still haven't decided for sure 1 or 2... leaning toward 1, but I'll be devastated if I don't get pregnant... I really really want to have a baby by the one year anniversary of my twin's due date - May 1. but hell, I also wanted to have a baby by my twins' one year birth/death day Dec 26... so ....)

[Jenna21]

hi to you all....
I am going thru my first IVF after 4 IUIs.
I am familiar with the meds and the OHSS, since I have PCOS. I am going for my last u/s before retrieval today - I believe. Its so hard not knowing whats going to happen or what to tell people about when things will be done....But Good things come to those that WAIT - right???
Most likely retrieval will be on 27th or before, and transfer around the 1st of August, which happens to be my anniversary!!
Best of luck to all of you and isn't it just wonderous what we are capable of??
Love and Hugs,
Jenna

[summit]

Leoria - That is wonderful news! My prayers are with you that all goes well. I know you desperately want to have a baby, heck we all do, but be kind to yourself and your emotional well-being by trying not to set expectations. Gosh, my husband and I have been through that... if we conceive now we will have a baby by such and such date...if we get pregnant now than this can happen etc... but the reality of it is we have no control. As we all know this process is an emotional roller coaster and it is hard to be optimistic yet realistic at the same time. It is important to remember that we are all great women even if we are not mothers. We have so much that we can give to our loved ones and the world. My husband and I really do want to have the experience of being parents and have had frank discussions about what our life will be like without having children of our own. We know that if IVF proves not be successful for us adoption is something that we will pursue. This entire process has made us a much stronger couple and having open communication has been the key. Best wishes for your transfer!

Jenna - Welcome and good luck!

[leorira11]

okay - I spoke to my doctor because I was confused. I had talked with him about transfering blastocysts - and from Thursday retrieval to Sunday was not 5 days. The doctor I spoke to who scheduled for Sunday hadn't known. So I call tomorrow to see how many made it through the weekend. If more than 1 or 2, we wait to see if any make it to blasts! Transfer, hopefully, on Tuesday morning.

God! I hate this part!

[DJ-BJ]

woke up at 7am, went to the clinic and had my 2 embryo transfer today! whoooo hoooo hoooo. everyhting went well, painless. my RE and all the lab tech and US tech were very nice and supportive. no cramping no bleeding! so far so good! just bedrest for two days and HCG test on aug 4 and US for baby heartbeat on aug 24...pretty excited hopefully BFP all the way!

[Jenna21]

Hi and thanks for the welcome!
I just found out today that I will do tonight for injections then bw tomorrow and retrieval on Tuesday...
I am so excited...and nervous too. HCG tomorrow night....
Anyone got any pointers?? Any suggestions or words of wisdom?? Anything???
thanks,
jenna

[leorira11]

no advice - but I would like some myself!

How do y'all relax? I'm sooooo stressed out. I keep telling myself "of couse I'll get pregnant" and then "nah, of course not, nothing will work" and then "I'll get pregnant but something will go horribly wrong again" to "nah, I'll be fine and have ahealthy baby in April", to "no I won't even get pregnant" to "I'll get pregnant but there willbe something wrong"..... ALL DAY!

I can't stop this horrible loop in my head. I want to know already! Just a little bit longer.... My ET is scheduled for Tuesday.... I still have 8 embryos growing....

[summit]

Jenna - My husband had to give my my trigger b/c it had to go in the muscle of my rear, so I think it was really more stressful for him than me! A pointer... ice the area before you the injection, it helps with the pain which is really not that bad (no worse than a tetanus shoot you get from the doctor) You can expect a little soreness in the muscle afterwards, but it is not horrible.

DJ-BJ - Glad to hear that the transfer went off with a hitch! Enjoy your 2 days of bed rest:)

Leoria- I know it is hard not to stress and think about this process non-stop. Do you have any hobbies or other activities that you can do to keep your mind off of things? Prior to the transfer going to the gym was a great release for me. Call your girl friends and go hang out, read a great book, just find things that you like to do and can keep you occupied.

[DJ-BJ]

leoria - i too am thinking the same thing and its only my 1st post transfer ....imagine waiting for 10 more days. im ok, but i feel a little depressed cause at each time i look in the mirror , i feel so bad that i gained a lot of weight in just a few days time. ...i dont which meds gave me this look...huhuhuhu...i feel so horrible, i gained weight so fast! though i still fit in my jeans and clothes, its just my face...it looks so big!!!! like a bread bun hahaha...but i wouldnt matter to me as long as i get that BFP next week...

[leorira11]

okay 5 embryos still growing (of .

blastocyst transfer scheduled for 8am tomorrow morning!

[Wondercat]

On relaxing, I agree that hobbies or activities are your best bet. Keep busy. During my last retrieval thru 2ww I put together 3 1,000-piece puzzles, read 4 books (all ones I had read before, since I was in no state to absorb new information), and spent a lot of time training our new dog which kept me at least moderately sane. We had nick-named our blasts "Shamu" and "L'il Willy" since in the pictures they gave us - anybody else gets pics? - one was much bigger looking than the other one. I took it as some kind of sign when I found a puzzle with killer whales in it, then a killer whale stuffed squeaky toy for the dog in the same shopping trip right after the transfer. Anything to get me thinking positive!

[jamila20]

Hey ladies please relax and think positive, things will be just fine, remenber in life everything happing for a reason, but when we want something so bad and it doesn't happens when we want it, we think it's bad and ask the question why it is happening to us. why others get it so easylly why not us, remenber when our time come we will get it, we just have to keep trying. I believe God is good he has a schedule for all of us. So please don't blame yourself or anything else, think positive, one day we will look back and be thankfull for everything that have happen to us. Remenber the road of IVF made us more stronger, maybe we will not win the battle but we will excell. I wish all of us a positive beta, and i keep all of you in my prayers every single day, may god bless you and honor your wishes.