July Cycle Buddies-FET anyone?

[Melo_P]

Hi Ladies

May I join your thread? I am on my fourth fresh cycle of IVF (seventh attempt all up) - due for collection on week of 08/09 - is this the right thread or place to start?

Would love some company. Thought I could be stoic and do it alone - but find myself crying and snivelling away in secret waaay to much and am dealing with this latest cycle absolutely hopelessly! So much for old timer and not the wiser! I'll spend some time trying to catch up on who is in this thread and where you're all at before bombarding with my detail - but thanks for letting me ride on the coat tails of this July thread.

Does anybody know how to update profiles - mine is a year old and not sure how to update.

Soccer mom - I'm sorry for your loss. Your bounce back is pretty inspirational!

[soccermom]

Hi girls - just checkin' in!
Melo_P - I guess I've just come to the realization that it's hard to allow myself to be down & out when I've been blessed with my beautiful daughter. That being said, if this fresh cycle doesn't go as planned I'm not sure I'll bounce back quite as fast. Looks like you have been through a lot over the years! I think you're an inspiration! To update your profile, click on the User Control Panel bar - that should help you out.
Mrs IVF - how are your fertilized eggs doing? Would Friday be your day 5 transfer day?

[MrsIVFinNYC]

Ok...quick update...I do have mild OHSS. They saw the fluid in my abdomen but they can't do anything. They gave me tylenol w/codeine to help w/the pain. They also informed me that they'll be doing a 5 day transfer on Saturday!!! The last part of the good news was I'm so proud of DH. We have to do IVF b/c he had an extremely low sperm count(like 1 living and 6 dead during his semen analysis). God must have been w/us b/c I found out that they didn't have to use any of his frozen specimen b/c he made enough in his fresh sample. Small victory but happy nonetheless!!! Well, I'm going to take a nap(getting sleeping from the Tylenol). I'll send personals when I wake up. Load of baby dust to everyone

[KatieG]

Mrs Ivf--OHSS is very serious. I had it during my fresh cycle. it was considered Mild and so they went on and did my transfer. A few days later it got a lot worse and to make a long story short I eneded up in the hospital for 5 days. They had to put a drain in my stomach to drain the fluid. It was in for 2 weeks. It was no fun and limited meds b/c i was preggo. Please take it easy and monitor your weight very close.

[KatieG]

Ok ladies I am going to POAS tonight or tomorrow. Im nervous but want to know. I am trying to stay positive but I am nervous and dont have the best feeling. I think when DH gets home I will go buy one. I will let you all know.

[MrsIVFinNYC]

I will Katie...I'm a little freaked out. I heard that it gets worse if I get pregnant and I don't want to risk my pregnancy but my doctors think it's ok so I'm going to just keep a close eye on things.

[krissymichaels]

MrsIVF did you get my msg? Tried to change settings but dont know if it worked...

[Melo_P]

Mrs IVF - take care - and good luck with your transfer

Katie - fingers crossed and baby dust. Those things are evil - but I know there is no avoiding. How far through your 2WW are you? They are horrid. The battle with trying to wait it out is terrible, but I do try and avoid them now. The time I did have a BFP - I actually too the POAS the night before my bloods and it came up negative - I was devastated and would never have guess it would turn out okay. Good luck - let us know how you go!

[MrsIVFinNYC]

Thanks everyone...I'm still feeling crappy...in pain cause of the OHSS(even though it's getting a little better day by day) and waking up to nausea but I know it'll get better.
I'm trying to get excited for my transfer but now I'm more afraid than anything else b/c of this OHSS...I feel like I've worked so hard to get to this point and now I have to deal w/this ish on top of it. Shouldn't it be easier? Haven't I gone through enough? Most people just accidentally end up pregnant and I have to go through IVF. It's just taxing emotionally and financially. Then to get OHSS. It just doesn't seem fair.
Well, thanks for allowing me to vent...I needed that.

Krissy@I tried sending you another message and it won't let me.

I'll catch up w/everyone else soon. Loads of baby dust to you all

[cakes0502]

Hello Everyone,

I went to see my RE today and was told that everything is looking real good. I have 14 folls over 10 and 4 are really close. I will be going in tomorrow for another U/S and BW. They will be calling me later to give me an update on my bloodwork. The closer I get the more nervous I get. Its like I want to be excited but Im scared to be because of all the things that could go wrong. So Im telling myself one day at a time!

[krissymichaels]

cakes...I know the feeling! This is my first IVF as well and so far I have responded pretty well but you never know things could change. I try to stay positive but realistic at the same time so that I'm not too crushed if it doesnt work. Pray pray pray and baby dust your way!

Mrsivf...not sure why I cant get messages.How are you feeling today? Tomorrow is the big day

[KatieG]

Hey melo! Good luck on your up coming cycle. I think I remember you from back in 2008. I think we were on the same thread. If not then I have defininely seen you on the boards. This is a crazy process (as you know)and please vent and keep the PMA as much as possible.
Krissy and Cake you both seem to be doing well! Mrs IVF let us know if you do your transfer today. Take it easy lady. I still have not tested. I need to go buy one. My DH is home so we are going to go to the store and grab lunch so I will buy one forsure today. I transfered Thursday 7/22.

[Heidi67]

Hello,
I am new to this board.

Melo my ER is also set for the week of Aug 9 . This is my thrid attempt with IVF. The first time nothing happened in the dish so they needed to perform emergency ICSI. IVF#2 with ICSI had better results at transfer time but still ended up with a BFN . I've been on Superfact since the 19th and started my hormone shots on Wed (these needles really hurt this time around)

Mrs IVFinNYC i agree it isn't fair that some of us have to work so hard at becoming moms. It will be so worth it in the end when we become parents. I hope you feel better soon. I had a mild case with my last transfer and found the tylonal and gaterade helped ease the symptoms.

Thanks for listening.
Heidi

[amaut]

Hi!
I just started a FET on Wed. I need to take Lupron shots for 2 weeks and go back on 8/10 to see how it´s going. If everything goes well by ET will be on 8/24 or so. Will see.

We only have 2 day 5 embryons frozen and we are going to use both. I´m just a litlle bit scapticle as of course the quality of these 2 is a little bit worse than the other 2 they fress ones that they transferred in June. So we´ll see.

In June when we did the fresh cycle the doctor said I should have gotten pregnant because one of the embryons was extraordinary quality etc but I didn´t so just worried I did something wrong.......

Will let you know.

[KatieG]

Ok ladies so I did an HPT and it was a BFP and the line was dark. I am relieved but still cautious. I don't go for beta until Thursday. I know so much can happen and I will relax more when I see how stong my first beta is and make sure it doubles. Hope everyone who did ER this weekend is resting comfortably.