Fall 2010 Cycle Group

[Lauren319]

Tammy- omg omg omg omg omg. Congrats!! This is amazing news! Multiples! What if its more than twins?! Omg!

[TammyS]

Tammy- omg omg omg omg omg. Congrats!! This is amazing news! Multiples! What if its more than twins?! Omg!

Then we'll have a baseball team!

Bill just saw the door. He stood there and was like "Whoa, really?!" He loved it. Tears followed.

Funny story...I had been holding my pee for the last couple of hours cause I knew that Bill would want to see it come up for himself...well I peed in a cup...had Bill hand me a pee stick...I dipped and threw out the pee...only to realize that he had handed me an ovulation test that came with the pregnancy tests and looks almost identical to the hpt!! Oy. The ovulation test came up positive!

[chilipepperrose46]

Hi All,
Sorry I took so long to reply. I was in alot of pain yesterday. We almost went to emergency room because I was doubled over in pain. Wasn't looking forward to the loong! wait in the eroom so I thought I'd see how I felt in 15 mins. It turned out to be just 1 long contraction. Thankfully the pain gradually subsided throughout the day. I had almost no pain the 1st time so I was very concerned. Well, they got 5 follicles but I don't know if they had eggs inside. I'm on pins and needles waiting for the call I'll let you all know when I find out. The RE said my response was like that of a 37 yr old. Pretty shocked to hear that. Maybe the accupuncture and herbs helped. Thanks sooo much for all of your well wishes!! It's wonderful to have sooo many caring souls out there. Any prayers will be greatly appreciated for my fert report. Thanks!!

Franny and Tammy- I'm sooo thrilled for you both!! XOXOXO

I'll do more personals later. I'm still catching up from yesterday. I have a hair color appt at 3:00. Can't have an old grey haired pregger walking around.
Much love to you all,
Chili

[lou71]

I tried to edit my post and it made a double post so then I tried to delete it and couldn't find that option... just ignore this and read my post below.

[lou71]

Tammy -- OMG!!! Awesome news on your BFP!!! Twins? Haha... maybe Quints! BIG congrats! I hope to join you in another month or so.

Franny -- WOW! So happy you are getting a 3dt! That means your embies are doing awesome.

Chili -- Sorry you were in such pain after ER. That happened to me my first ER... it was HORRIBLE. I hope all 5 follies had eggies in there and I'll be praying for an awesome fert report for you. See... you may be 47 but your ovaries are still 37! I had one ER at age 36 and got 6 eggs/5 mature/4 fert (transferred 2 on day 3 and froze 1, both fresh and FET were BFN) then my next ER I was 37 and got 7 eggs/4 mature/3 fert (transferred all 3 on day 3 = BFP but m/c 12 wks), then my last ER I got 10 eggs 7 mature/ 6 fert/ 2 blasts transferred and 2 frozen and two didn't make it to freeze (fresh was BFN and now I'm on to the FET). So my RE has tweaked my protocol each time and has done a little better for me. Maybe next time (if needed) I will respond like a 27 year old!

This IS definitely going to be a BFP board.... I can feel it!

AFM -- Baseline scan and SnS tomorrow. So nervous. I REALLY hope I'm good to start estrogen and there's no friggin' cyst! And I HATE Lupron. I've been on 20 friggin' headache inducing units. I was up all night with a horrible headache. Now I'm crabby and feel like I wanna kill someone, haha.

[Tiger04]

Franny- what a road that has been for you, but this is it! I just know it! I am just so excited for you!

Tammy - Love the door and I just love that you were able to share that will Bill....how sweet! It's just perfect!

Lou- I'm so sorry that you are dealing with the horrible headaches! Ugh. It's almost over...It's almost over...just keep thinking that. This FET is going to work for you!

Teresa - put your address on here and ALL of us are going to send you HPT's! We are dying here Just Kidding...I know it's hard.

Chili - See, you are as young as you believe! Congrats!

Lauren319- where have you been today? We need your smiles on here

This is going to be the best lucky thread ever!

[Wondercat]

Teresa - Yes, definitely have a clear birthing plan. I underestimated the importance of that. I was there when my sister delivered her first baby and she had the opposite problem - my niece's heart rate was plummeting dramatically, my sister was not (and never did, even with pitocin) dilating - yet the doctors refused to listen to her when she WANTED a c-section! I have since been shocked to learn that out of 6 women I know of who have had babies at the hospital where I had Sean, NONE OF US got the level of pain management we wanted. One woman had a natural delivery with no medication at all because the nurses wouldn't give it to her until she was examined by a doctor, and by the time the doctor bothered to show up hours later it was "too late." I used to think women who did home delivery or even midwife-only deliveries were crazy, but between my birth and other prenatal fiascoes I now have completely different views on the over-management of prenatal/L&D care in this country.

Chili - That's such a good number for your ER! Fingers crossed for your results - when are they supposed to call you?

Tammy - Too funny, I have totally done that before with the ovulation test! EPT? They need to start wrapping those things in different colors at least, don't they realize us hormonal women aren't thinking clearly?!

Franny - I am absolutely blown away by the difference in response switching to the other clinic! It's just so wonderful that you got that much better results just by switching doctors. It's funny, so many of us will get at least 3 estimates for something like having new flooring installed but we can be so hesitant to question a doctor... And you are so not crazy for talking to your little ones. We named our embies, and my husband started talking to my belly right after the ET.

[Lauren319]

Tiger- I'm here I'm here! I'm excited for Tammy's baseball team and possible TLC show!

[Tiger04]

That's the Lauren I was missing!!! HAHA! Well, there could be worse things, right?

[klinger13]

Tammy - loved the idea you chose to tell Bill! I'm so happy for you, Bill, & Zach!!

Franny - YAY for having a 3dt tomorrow! I am so excited for you...this cycle is going to be it!!

Chili - Hope they got 5 great eggs from those 5 follies of yours! Can't wait to read your next post.

[chilipepperrose46]

Hi All,
Here's the update: They actually got 4 eggs and 2 fertilized. In the embriologist's oppinion they may not make it to the PGD stage because they are not great quality. She suggested transfer at day 3 but I feel strongly that PGD be done because of my age. I feel that if they make it that far the chances of viability are much better than taking the risk of genetic disorders without the PGD and transfering earlier. My DH seems to agree but I told him we can discuss it further when he's done with work. I'm still trying to wrap my head around all of this. I remember when microwaves and cell phones were just a dream and now I have 2 babies growing in a lab. Wow! Any of your opinions on our embies would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks again for all of your well wishes. I'll do personals later when I'm done processing all this. Much love to you all and you're all in my thoughts.
Love hugs and baby dust to all,
Chili

[karin1]

Tammy.....OMGosh....BFP!!! ! I am so HAPPY for you ! Can't wait to hear how many! You need to sprinkle your baby dust all around!

Love the door!

[BLang4d]

Tammy OMG OMG OMG!!!!! Congratulations!!! I'm so happy for you and I love the way that you told your DH. I can't wait to see my dh cry those happy tears! But for right now I can not wait to see how many little peanuts you've got growing in there. How exciting!!! Oh and thank you for AFC info. I'm feeling extremely optimistic now!

[shahney]

Hello! I am new to this site and this is my first IVF cycle. I am 38 and am very new to this. Last yeat, after having a hysteroscopy to remove scar tissue, we bacame preggo only to have a m/c at 7 weeks. I was devestated. The past 6 months, we tried IUI with no luck. My FSH after the IUI was 12 and I had developed a cycst. Six months later it is 8.6 and since my RE said my levels looked good, and the cyst is now small, I decided to start IVF.

I am excited and a bit nervous as to what to expect. Today I started Gonal-F (225)and Menopur. Can anyone tell me what an "antagonist protocal" means?

I feel fortunate to be able to do IVF. Sending positiveness to everyone.

Alicia

[Lauren1171]

Tammy - I am so happy for you and Bill!!!!!! Woo Hoo! Great start to this board too! Congratulations!!!!