Summer cycle group

[Lauren319]

Hahaha. Lou, I just had the funniest vision of you standing over a lab technician, telling him which sperm to choose. Haha.

[moorebaby]

lou- awe...what a cute girl sidney is & i absolutely love your boxer. we have a boxer, too...her name is jazmin & she is 10 years old. i love her so much! i have a good feeling about tomorrow's fert report. dh & i watched a little of shark week yesterday & today. you're 1 brave woman for cage diving w/ great whites!

fitzjr11- i'm assuming you had to mix the hcg powder w/ the water? i don't remember about my 1st cyce, but during my 2nd cycle, i had to go back the next morning after the trigger (hcg) shot, so they can confirm that it's in my system. i looked it up & here's what i found:

The hCG trigger injection is one of the most critical parts of the IVF medication protocol. After the eggs have been stimulated to grow and develop, the hCG trigger is the final medication given before the egg retrieval.

The hCG trigger has several functions:


•Induce final maturation of the eggs
•Cause the resumption of meiosis
•Loosen the egg's attachment from the follicle wall
•Allow for the timing of the egg retrieval
If an egg retrieval was not performed, or if it was not performed on time, the hCG trigger would eventually cause ovulation to occur. Therefore, the egg retrieval is performed at a very specific time. At IVF, we like to perform the retrieval as close as possible to 36 hours after the hCG trigger is given.

The levels of hCG that get into the bloodstream are affected by the dose of hCG given and the weight or body mass of the woman taking it. Heavier women have lower hCG levels than lighter women even if they take the same dose.

so i guess, if the b/w shows that there's no hcg or not enough of it, it may make er more difficult/less effective...i don't know, just a guess.

anyways, i hope that continuing w/ the menopur & follistim for an extra day & then triggering (w/ non-faulty hcg!) will work!

teresa- i haven't taken bcp's in FOREVER, so i'm not sure if my answer is correct, but i believe that if you continue w/ them & skip the placebo pills, then you will not get af. as far as when a baseline u/s is done...w/ lupron, i believe it is on day 3. for me, who is not on lupron, it's day 2. i'd call & ask.

jenna- welcome! congrats on your twins! are they identical or fraternal? boys/girls? how old? i have fraternal twin brothers. i noticed your twins were from an iui. if you don't mind me asking, why did you end up having to do ivf? yes, waming the pio is very helpful. so you transferred 3....were they 3dt? i will add you to the list...when is your beta?

margi- that is absolutely UNACCEPTABLE i would be calling the director of the lab & the clinic! 1st of all...losing/misplacing (whatever they did) your results is a bunch of crap! 2nd of all...even if they did, a phone call is a freakin' descent thing to make & at least inform you! what a bunch of morons! i'm so sorry! i'd be calling 1st thing in the morning! better yet, i'd BE there 1st thing in the morning! i hope you don't have to re-test!

franny- you sneaky girl! good planning on your part! so where are you going for 2 weeks? i'm jealous! i'm relieved you will be bringing your laptop w/ you...can't have you not around for that long...2 days is too much, never mind 2 weeks!

lauren1171- bermuda sounds amazing!

afm...i'm going to see charlie st. cloud w/ my sil tomorrow early afternoon...maybe we'll fit lunch &/or shopping somewhere into the day. oh yeah, & maybe af can fit herself somewhere into those plans, haha

[karin1]

Sher--Congrats on your BFP! When is your beta?

Lauren 1171--Bermuda sounds awesome! I've been on quite a few cruises in the Caribbean, but never been there. It's going to be great! Enjoy!

Tammy--You're almost there! I had the CM just before trigger too. My RE said it was normal. Any idea how many follies or did I miss the update?

Margi--I'd be pissed too! You spend your countless hours and money wanting results and they OWE you a simple phone call. Let them know how hard your night was of not knowing. Fingers crossed for positive results!

Kbillsy--2 Embies are awesome! 2 perfect little chances!

Ester--No AF? Still? What's up with that? I guess we'll all be dancing until she arrives.

Lauren319--Shopping is a good stress reliever that's for sure. I feel the same way, what's $100 when you spent thousands yesterday and got nothing. At least you get instant gratification at the store. Right? Funny story...while we were cleaning out closets for the open house. I have a shopping bag full of needles, Ieftover IVF drugs and stuff. I put them in a Louis Vuitton box and put it in the top of my closet. I said to my husband....can you imagine how many Louis Vuitton purses I could have instead of wasting it on IVF? Shoot....I could have bought a car! Not a really nice car, but still a car. I'm sure that most of the girls on here could have bought fancy cars for what they've spent.

Lou---Hello sleeping beauty! I'm sorry you're in pain, but isn't it the best sleep ever? You did so good....10 eggs! That's so great! Can't wait to hear the report. I'm sure that your DH 'outcome' was just fine. You only need a 10 good ones....right? You both did good....you'll see. Your niece Sydney is beautiful! So is Roxy. Get some rest! Keep us posted!

Cakes--10 Fertilized is awesome! This could be your time! How many will you put in? So exciting!

Tiger--I am thinking of you tomorrow for your 2nd IUI! This could be your cycle! Lots of love and prayers for you!

Fitz--I hope that everything is okay for you. Praying that you will get better news tomorrow.

Franny--Where are you going? Have fun! Enjoy yourself!

Teresa--You have to be tired of the BCP by now! I've skipped pills before and you will skip AF. You might spot, but that's about it. Or that's what happened to me. You'll be on Lupron before you know it! Hang in there!


AFM...We had a realtors preview this morning. I'm completely exhausted, but the house looks amazing! It's so clean...I love it! Maybe I will get lucky and the deal will fall through. I'm just not excited about moving right now. I love living here. I live a block from the beach and can see it from my bedroom window. Northern California isn't nearly as nice. It would be nice to see DH every night and to sleep in bed with him. It's just hard for me to focus on anything else other than having a baby. I think that I might have found a donor. I called an agency today and the lady sent me a few profiles and I saw this one girl and thought...this is the ONE for us. She has all of the physical characteristics of me. I emailed the lady and hope to get more of her profile and photos tomorrow. We might actually put her on hold this week. That means that after I have AF, that I could start pills to get us on the same cycle. There's alot of other stuff that has to be done too. Lots of paperwork and tests. I was beginning to worry about finding one. There's lots of donors, but feeling good about them is a different story. I feel good about this one.

I'm sorry if I left anyone out. Please know that I am reading and trying to keep up as much as possible. I am thinking and praying for all of you.



*Lots of love*

[Lauren319]

Karin - I'm so naming my baby Lexus.

[Jenna21]

Hi again....
So glad to get a response and from peeps who know this subject!! Thanks!!!
moorebaby....when I went to log in for the second time, I saw your name and thought I must have registered with that name - I am also a MOORE....a lot of times my login id is 'alittlemoore' since that's all I want is a little more.....
Anyway - my twins - fraternal Boy/Girl and they are nine. I have one older who is 12 (girl). After the birth of my first, I wanted so badly for her to have siblings. I did not know the joy or closeness of siblings. I have one sister who is my half sister and nine years younger. We do not speak - she is so much like my stepdad and has been offering me advice like she is a god of all things good, so I just dont talk to her...Less upset for both of us - she's due w her second the end of Aug.
ANYWAY - can you tell I am not taking my adderall - I cannot stay on one subject!! I am finding emails I sent that I DO NOT recall sending at all. From days ago - not months ago.
I did my first two iuis to get pg for the second time. I had to go downtown to a womens hospital at 4.5 weeks to get a better u/s as I had severe bleeding. I had been pg with triplets, and one of those angels decided they did not want to stay. So, I ended up with my b/g twins that are 9. Love them. There is some jealousy from the older one in regards to wanting to stay little I think. She just cant decide to grow up or not. I think thats common for 12 year olds though.
I divorced the kids dad when they were 2 and 4 and it took a year for the divorce to be final. We actually went to a trial...=0!! It was horrific! No fighting in front of the kids though. I was back and forth with another person and knew he was not the right one, but never did anything to prevent pg, but I am PCOS....and never had one af visit while I was with him (6 years). I got with my present husband when the exboyfriend demanded I get a job instead of taking care of the kids since he was laid off all winter.....I got more than a job!! =) I got the sweetest, most caring, loving and wonderful person in the world! After I had worked for him for about three or four months, he had a mental breakdown and slammed his hands on the desk and said 'thats it - you - me - in your car - right now'. I was like ....ok....??? I had no idea what was going on,I thought I was going to be fired! He broke down in the car telling me how in love with me he was and he couldn't stand it, couldn't take it, couldnt' even work hardly anymore. He's like.' I know thats not what you came here for and Im sorry, but thats just the way it is!!' OMG!!!! I had been so madly in love with him but not yet accepted it - he was all I could talk about to everyone, I worked late with my kids there, brought them in to work on saturdays.....& then that one saturday when he proclaimed his love - I did not go home. My kids and I went home with him. After moving in with him I started having reg af visits again, which I thought was weird. I ended up pg in June, married aug 1 2009, and lost the babies in Sept. They had been one tubal causing me so much pain and the other poor thing was not getting adequate nutrition for development....SOOOOOO, we tried a round of iuis. I think they did not work since they NEVER did u/s, NEVER made sure I o'd, and didnt do any blood work. They would monitor my follies via u/s but never did one right before the iui......
They did this to me twice!!!!!!!! I was a sucker and thought since what I had been through with iuis before, the second one would work.....Nope.....
SO here I am with IVF,only because a very very good friend of ours works at a clinic and we were able to save a substantial amount of money!~
Day 3 after transfer today.....feeling pulling, sometimes pinching near belly button, have gone down in 'girth' (gotta love that word) and weight....
Now Im gonna go back and read your thread to get to know you all better.... =)
hugs,
jenna

[Jenna21]

Oh yeah.....whats 3dt mean??

[cakes0502]

Good Morning Friends!

I am about to go crazy! This is the day that I get the call for either a 3dt or 5dt. It is 9:13 and they open at 8:30, why havent they call me yet?!! I know they will call me becuase they always do. Im just nervous ....Guess what? God is so amazing! In case we didnt know! As I was typing this, I got a call from my RE and the transfr is going to be on Saturday! 5dt! She said my embabies are doing very well!!!

I am excited! I know that I shouldnt be, but I cant help it. I should be resevered and just take one day at a time. But this is something that I have been trying to do for the last 8 years. Thank you God!!!!

[Jenna21]

Thanks Cakes....and for those who asked......my 3 were a 5dt and all blasts.
xo
jenna

[Tiger04]

Tammy – thanks so much for the good luck!

Franny – I am using the same donor. I have heard stories that some people just don’t click with the donor and when they change donors the get a BFP. I really like this donor…so much like DH…so just trying to figure out how many times I should use this donor before considering to switch! My beta will be on 8/17.

Fitz – I’m not sure! I never had blood work done after my trigger…sorry I can offer some advice! I’m glad you are able to move forward!

Margi – completely ridiculous. Please tell me you gave them an ear full first thing this morning!

Lou – I need all the luck I can get! Hopefully a heaping pile of it is enough! I know, I will be pupo today and I feel like I am already in crazy town! Oh my gosh lou, I am amazed that you actually got in a cage! I am actually completely afraid of the ocean…when DH and I go on vacation, I only get in just past my ankles! If I did that, I would probably have a heart attack. Way to go girl, you are adventurous for sure! I really want to see a pic. Oh, how cute! Sidney is adorable and so is roxy!

Moorebaby – awesome that you started a blog! It looks great! Sounds like a super fun day with SIL. Seriously, where is AF. She needs to get here stat!

Karin – YEAH! I’m so excited that you found a donor that you are interested in. If she’s a donor already has she completed a lot of testing already? What are the next steps? Haha! That’s so funny that you put it all in a louis vuitton box…and yes, we could all fill our closets with them! I was actually equating it to this amazing cruise I want to take on the greek isles…it’s a beautiful sail boat called Star something and it’s about $10k a person…yup, could have had one of those vacations with DH! How was the feedback from the realtors tour?

Jenna – Thanks for sharing your story. Sounds like you have a wonderful family and DH. Wishing you the best of luck on this cycle.

Cakes – I’m just so excited for you! Saturday will be here before you know it.

AFM: Leaving now to go to the clinic! Here goes nothing!

[klinger13]

Hi ladies - Ester, you can go ahead & take me off the list. I'd been waiting for AF to come so I could get my IUI cycle started. The last few days I POAS and got BFP's (even on a digi), but it was short lived again. I went for my beta yesterday and an hour after I got home I was cramping & spotting pink. Today the spotting's heavier and my beta from yesterday was only 10 so it looks like it's on its way back down (must have been higher at some point to register on the hpts.) So now I have to repeat betas till it gets back down to 0 and we'll have to wait till my September cycle to do our IUI. 3 pregnancies, 3 losses, and I haven't even gotten to IUI/IVF yet. We could keep trying naturally for years I guess, but I just feel I'll have a better shot with IUI or IVF to hopefully get a more mature egg or better lining or whatever it is that's keeping these from sticking.

I'm glad I was part of the thread for awhile because I sure learned a lot and if we eventually move on to IVF, I definitely know where to come for support & encouragement. You ladies rock! Wishing each and every one of you the best!

[iwannabeamommy2]

hi there, i'm new to this board.

we just did our transfer a few days ago and we're waiting. the waiting is awful.....

me: 40, tubal blockage. we've been trying for about 2 years
I had one known miscarriage about 2 years ago (etopic)
hubby: okay
1st and last IUI: failed (this procedure is a rip off if you don't do ALL testing to understand what's wrong with you....HSG should be the first on the list)
eggs at baseline: 15
eggs retrieved: 10
egges transferred: 4 (all top-notch As)
egges frozen: 4

i'm trying real hard not to think about it....but it's hard NOT to.

anyway, i wish everyone on this board success (including myself of course)

MY RANT:

also, i wanted to say to everyone who's dealing with the hardship of infertility and no insurance coverage (SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS!!). it's wrong and honestly, i feel with the new health care bill coming, these drug companies will be doing something that is illegal. i really felt like i was taken advantage of at the register and at the doctor's office. my husband and i were taken "hostage" because we want a family so bad and the entire medical care system wants to profit off of that....not cool. this also leads me to want to create a thread specifically addressing my concern about the profiterring that's being had by doctors, embroyoligists, and drug companies. my feelings about wanting to conceive and having a healthcare disorder shouldn't be seen as an opportunity for these people/corporations to profit off me. infertility is like any other disorder. insurance companies MUST COVER IT. has anyone ever wondered why the injectables are....well...still injectables? insurance companies won't cover it & oddly enough you can't get the drugs any other WAY!!

people if we don't do anything about it, it's going to get worse.....

jenny

[Lauren319]

Jenna - Congrats! Deep breaths. We're here to vent to.

Kling - I'm so sorry. You def will have a greater chance w IVF and just think, you could be pregnant again in only a month!

Cakes - Saturday!! Amazing!! I would be freaking out. I'd need some kind of project to keep me busy. In fact, I should start thinking about that now. Especially for my 2ww.

Jenny - 4 transferred?? Holy crap. As for your rant, I couldn't agree more. In fact, I was just reading about this and the problem is that once ivf works for parents, they get so consumed with their pregnancies and children (as they should be) that they jump off the proactive bandwagon. I think it might be this one: It also comments on women's need to keep things hush hush...for so many reasons. The weird part is I feel so connected to the ivf community and I'm actually not technically infertile. I'm a fragile x carrier and my husband has 4% morphology, so we're doing ivf w pgd. I don't really think my husband thinks about it because he knew we were doing ivf w pgd before he even found out about his borderline infertility. Regardless, this first cycle is costing us $20,000 out of pocket, which is ridiculous.

afm - nothing really. went to the acupuncturist who told me to get rid of everything i like and then called me today to tell me to eat goji berries. guess i'm going to the herbal store.

For all those using donors - is it still true that testing for fragile x is not required?? It wasn't until I got pregnant that they even knew I was a carrier and after this, we found out that both of my sisters are too (dad was the culprit and it's x-linked, so of course he passed it to all of us). At the time, my oldest sis was 8 months preggers. We just found out that my niece doesn't have it (WOOHOO!), but suffice to say, I would demand my donor be tested.

[Tiger04]

Lauren- we are using donor sperm and i don't think that they require fragile x testing. Can you tell me what that is? I'm not even sure I know what it is...thanks for sharing!

[margi26]

Well, I finally got my results (and no apology, btw, regarding the delay !)

Not sure what to think...feeling less than thrilled because I was really hoping for a large jump, but not totally "out of the race yet." My beta is now 590--well, it was on Monday when they drew my blood. That is a doubling every 80 hrs. according to the little calculator thing online, but still awfully low...wth!? Don't completely know what to make of it.

I'm feeling discouraged. I will have an u/s on Friday-10 am, so I guess that will give us a clearer picture...sigh...just have to hold on for 2 more days....

Thanks for all the well-wishes and support Ladies...it means a lot to me.

[Lauren319]

tiger - fragile x is an x-linked chromosome disorder that is the leading cause of mental retardation. It lies on the x chromosome and has to do with the number of repeats of the FMR-1 gene. This specific gene provides protein to make the brain function properly and if one has too little or too much, it obviously messes things up a bit. It expands throughout generations. Everyone has the gene, but some people have too many repeats of it. It's a little complicated, but if passed down from a male, it rarely expands. Also, this would only apply if the male donor passed down his x, meaning you were to have a girl. In girls, however, the other x can compensate for some deficiencies, but you wouldn't know exactly how the baby is affected until the baby is born. I would suggest EVERYONE adding this to his/her genetic testing. We had no idea that anyone in or family was even a carrier until I was already pregnant and my sister was 8 months pregnant.

http://www.fragilex.org/html/summary.htm



marrgi - wtf? no apology at all? from what i've heard, the doubling is what matters!