Fall 2010 Cycle Group

[annashope]

Tammy yay!!!!! I am so happy to hear about your BFP!! I so wanted someone to kick start a lucky streak for us and I could not imagine a more deserving person. Good luck to you sweety - have a healthy and wonderful pregnancy. I cannot wait to hear your beta and find out how many you are carrying

[karin1]

Chili...I'm so happy for you to have 2 embies! That's so great. I have to agree with you...I think that I would do the PGD. I know it's a hard decision to make, but that's what I would do. If they make it through, then it's meant to be. Maybe they are PERFECT and STRONG...just like they're mama. I know that you will do what's right for you. I'm praying for you!

[klinger13]

anacris - Welcome to the fall group!! Your twin boys are so adorable! I'm sorry you're going through beta limbo right now. Let us know how the repeat beta goes today. Since you mentioned cycling in November, I added you to waiting portion at the top of the list for now until you know more of what's happening.

Alicia (shahney) - Welcome to the fall group!! I'm a first time IVF-er too (there's a bunch of us on here) so I'm glad you joined. Congrats on starting your stims! I'll be on an antagonist protocol too and from how it was explained to me, instead of taking the Lupron prior to the stims to suppress the pituitary/ovulation, you start the stims then add the antagonist injections (ganerilix) to act as the suppressant while still cooking away the follies. My RE wants to use it for me because I'll probably be a low responder by default (only have 1 ovary left.) Lousy explanation I know, but did your RE give you any kind of packet that explained the different protocols?

Franny - Wishing you lots of good luck at your ET today!!! You'll be PUPO by tonight, how exciting!!! Take it easy this weekend and can't wait to hear how it went.

Chili - Congrats on your two that fertilized! That is a tough decision so hopefully and you DH were able to come to a decision last night after talking about it more.

Lou - Good luck today at your baseline & SnS! Hope all is looking good & ready to go!

Victoria - Good luck with your beta today! Can't wait to hear some great results from you!

Here's the list for today:


-hopefullintime (Dee) – Sept/Oct
-klinger13 (Amanda) – Oct/Nov
-yingz - FET Sept
-karin1 – Sept/Oct
-lauren1171 – Oct/Nov D&C then fresh
-Cheri76
-carebear77 (Carrie)
-Sher – FET Sept/Oct
-moorebaby (Ester) – Nov
-kbillsy – Sept/Oct
-amanda1979 – Waiting until January
-macfamily
-anacris (Nov)


-Wondercat – Sept/Oct
-annashope – FET – starts Lupron 10.9
-riogirl71 – moved to early Nov
-rypell1985 (Ryann) – Fresh cancelled, 4 Frozen, FET soon


-nbfun (Nancy) – starting BCPs 9.14, start Lupron 9.28
-taxcplforivf (Ginger) – starts Lupron 9.21, start stims 10.1, ER approx 10.12, ET approx 10.17


-lou71 - start Lupron on 9.7/baseline appointment is on 9.17/FET w/ 2 frosties planned for 10.15


-lauren319 – started Lupron 9.7, start stims 9.14, ER approx 9.25
-jla018 – stimming away
-BLang4d (Brandy) – started BCP 9.3, start Lupron 9.15, start Follistim 9.16
-shahney (Alicia) – started stims 9.16


-turtle0619 (Franny) – started stims 9.1, ER 9.14 w/ ET 9.17
-chilipepperrose46 – started stims 9.2, ER 9.15 w/ ET TBD


-dvcantu7378 (Victoria) – ER 9.4 w/ ET 9.7, Beta 9.17
-dawgs1257 – ER 9.3 w/ ET 9.6, Beta 9.20
-hopeforbabies (Teresa) – started stims 8.28, ER 9.7 w/ ET 9.10, Beta 9.22


-TammyS – started stims 8.28, Trigger 9.3, ER 9.5 w/ ET 9.8, POAS 9.16 - BFP!!!! Beta 9.22

on your journey
-Krys – going to move on to FET
-DCRunningMama
-Tiger04

[turtle0619]

good morning everyone!!

thanks amanda!!

i just wanted to hop on before i left for my ET!! everyone please keep everything crossed for me! i need all the good mojo i can get! the nurse who called last night said she didnt have any info on how the embies were doing, but that we still had 5 of them. i guess i will find out in a little bit. love you all!! xoxo

chili when would you have to do PGD by? i bet they will survive!! they are lil fighters, and then you wont have to stress out and worry about things once you are pregnant!! i'm sending you good vibes! you will make the best decision no matter what!! xoxo

tammy look at your name on the list!!!! our first BFP!!! yay!!! did you poas again today? how did pictures go yesterday? you must be so tried since you were up at 4am yesterday haha. oh and the pic of you door is adorable!! i love it! and there are 3 candles because one is for good luck...so there ya go, you dont have to change it!! xoxo

ok i'm off......

[katie99]

Franny - I just wanted to wish you Good Luck for your ET today! You did a great job and I'm so excited for you! I cant wait to hear what those little embies report card was! You rest up this weekend and let them settle on in!!! Sticky, sticky thoughts to you my friend - xoxoxo

[BLang4d]

Turtle- I'm thinking of you today and sending postive thoughts your way!

Chiii- Thinking of you as well and sending positive thoughts to you and your little embabies.

AFM..One thing I am concerned about is my uterine lining was 10 and my baseline Wednesday. I'm pretty sure it's because they didn't want me to start the BCP with full flow a few weeks ago, instead they wanted me to start them once my usual spotting started, but I never got full flow. They said once I stop the pill I will prob start bleeding, but I haven't so far. I'm concerned my lining will be too thick and plus it's old lining from last month. I didn't think to ask about this at my appt. I only started thinking about it last night. Anyway, would you be worried about this?

[nbfun]

Tammy -- So very excited for you!!!! Congrats!!! Loved the door.

Franny -- thinking of you today. Let us know how it all goes.

I know there are many others but I'm out of time right now. Thinking of everyone!!!

Nancy

[Wondercat]

Franny, lots of luck on your ET today! Everything is crossed!!

Chili - That's truly a tough decision. I guess for me, I would do the 3-day ET if that's what the embriologist recommends. Chances are that if there was a really bad genetic disorder the pregnancy would not take anyway, so why risk damaging embies that are OK? Whatever choice you and your DH make, bottom line is we are all here to support you and cheer you on!

Alicia - Hi, and welcome to the board!

[hopeforbabies]

Vicotria- Good luck with your beta today cant wait to hear your BFP

Franny- Good luck with your transfer today! Let us know what you put back when you can

Lou- How did your SnS go today? Do you get to start your other drugs? Are they lowering your lupron amount?

Alicia- Welcome!

Chili- Congrats on your 2 embies! Did you and your DH decide to do the PGD?

AFM- You ladies crack me up about sending me sticks in the mail. No need, I've decided to be sneaky and buy some without DH knowing. I'll probably test on Sunday or Monday as I want to wait just a little longer and give my embies time to start making that HCG. Have a great weekend everyone!

[lou71]

Tiger -- Hi! I appreciate your optimism for my cycle. I'm soooo hoping that this will work too. I'm realistic though... it is an FET so my success rate does go down a bit. I'm mentally preparing myself for another fresh cycle, probably in January.

Wondercat -- When is your FET? How many are you planning to transfer? Have you had your baseline yet? What meds are you on?

Chili -- Hooray for 2 fert! As for doing PGD, I understand your concern with having an abnormality and in fact considered it myself last cycle because my m/c at 12 weeks was due to trisomy 18 which is "incompatible with life". Here's why I decided not to do it. First of all, I never have enough embies to bother with. If I had more than 5-6, then I would definitely consider it. secondly, my RE explained to me that embies can "auto-correct" so that you may remove an abnormal cell and toss the embie when it possibly could have corrected itself and not replicated the abnormal cell. He also told me that a "normal" cell could be removed and there could still be abnormal cells or that abnormal cells begin to develop later in the development process AFTER the cell removal for PGD. He also told me that PGD can damage the embies, esp in older women who have "weaker" embies to begin with and that I might not end up with anything to transfer and be out the money spent on PGD AND IVF. I decided I'm just going to let things fall where they may and not do PGD. There was no reason for my baby having trisomy 18, it's not inherited from one of us or anything like that.... and there's no increased risk for the next pregnancy. In fact, the chance is still less than 1%. That's my take on it.

Franny --- Good luck today! I'm really happy for you to be PUPO!

BLang4d-- When did you stop BCP? I always get AF within 3 days of stopping. If you don't, then I would call RE and see what they say. I definitely understand your concern.

Shahney -- Welcome! Sorry about your m/c. I know the devastation that brings all too well. Do you know why yours happened? An antagonist protocol means that you will use a GnRH antagonist (Ganirelix or Cetrotide) to suppress ovulation when stimming. You will start this around when your lead follicle is 14 mm or so and continue until ER. An agonist protocol uses Lupron. Lupron first is an agonist and causes an LH surge or "flare" response followed by supression. This medication must be started much earlier. The antagonist protocol works better on us older gals. I got only 6 eggs with the Lupron protocol but 10 on my last antagonist protocol with Ganirelix. Good luck!

Teresa --- Ah, so you're going to give in to peer pressure and the evil sticks! Ha ha. I'm still waiting for instructions but I think SnS went well and I will get to start estrogen tomorrow. I'm not sure about Lupron... I think it continues.

AFM -- Baseline u/s and SnS this morning. Didn't show any concerning cysts.... just a couple around 10 mm on the left which isn't concerning RE. Whew! I'm waiting on my instructions to begin estrogen once my blood work is back. Hopefully everything is a go! I hadn't seen or talked to RE since I got my BFN. He told me this morning he was "surprised" and even the embryologist was "shocked" because my embies looked so good. I asked "what happened" and he told me that even with perfect embies, they still only get about a 50/50 success rate. RE gave me around 60% based on my info. I asked about my frosties and he said they typically only have a decreased success rate from the fresh if they were a lower quality. He said my embies were all high quality so he would still give me 45-50% success with two. I'm cautiously hopeful.

[Osi]

Hi, I am new this forum and IVF. Hubby and I have been delaying the process for years and now decided that we are getting old so we best get a move on. My drugs arrived this morning, I could not believe the size of the box and how many needles! I have them on Sunday, i have to go to the hospital for them to teach my hubby how to inject me. great fun. Very nervous but excited also!!

[BLang4d]

Lou- I took my last bcp this past Tuesday. I was only on them for about 10 days. I hope it starts in the next day or two. Thanks for replying.

[txcplforivf]

Hello everyone!

Yall type too fast...cant keep up!

AFM - Your going to start your lupron on MY BIRTHDAY!!!! yay thats a good sign LOL

TAMMY - AMAZING RESULTS!!!! CONGRATS...let us know about your beta numbers (even though im not real sure yet how that works)

FRANNY - its 230 where im at now and im thinking of you...let us know how it goes and what the experience is like!

VICTORIA - praying for good beta numbers for you today!

ALICIA & OSI - welcome, im new too!!!

Oh, i finally figured out how to do my signature so that i can put my life story on there like yall !!!

[Osi]

I am still trying to work out my signature. please share how. Hubby nearly had a heartattack, when he saw the drugs, but I think he is now starting to get excited. Going for my acpuncture consultation tomorrow, mainly for stress than anything esle.

[dvcantu7378]

Just when u think u can be so close to a big dream then reality hits. It's BFN. Don't know what we r going to do. Victoria