Fall 2010 Cycle Group

[Wondercat]

OMG, forget about missing a weekend - just missing yesterday was huge!

Teresa & Tammy - HUGE congrats on your BFP's! Tammy, I felt like it was going to be good news and I know we're all anxious to hear what your results will be tomorrow!!

Ryann - Your dad is definitely in my prayers.

Franny - So sorry to hear about your husband. He is at a great hospital, in good hands. Do you go to MGH for your IVF treatments, too?

Amanda - That is so incredibly scary. I have known so many people lately who have had seizures out of the blue. Last year my cousin, neighbor, and a friend all had one within a couple months. My neighbor did have a history, but hadn't had one in over 20 years. My cousin and friend had never had one before, and coincidentally on different sides of the country both had one because of a combination of painkillers and a mild anti-anxiety medication. Sounds like you stayed more calm than I would have!

Anacris & Tammy - I would suggest getting a roll-up keyboard: http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/keyboards-mice/5a7f/ My sister (who also has a toddler son who is, shall we say, "inquisitive") has been very happy with hers. Easy to store, the keys don't come off, and you can just plug it into the laptop and be able to type!

AFM - FINALLY had my appointment with the RE yesterday! I have a ton of testing to do before I can get approved by the clinic, then get insurance approval. Yay, I can finally start DOING stuff!!! Even my husband has to get blood tests done, which is kind of silly since it's an FET... but whatever. In the meantime I have the green light (and prescription!) to start BCP with my next AF which is due next week! He did say that I might end up staying on for longer than 3 weeks if my approvals take too long, but at least I will feel like I'm doing something. The only bummer was getting my embryo quality. I never bothered to ask before, but learned that I have 1 hatching grade B blast, one expanding grade B blast, and 2 grade C blasts (I forget what those little buggers were doing). For my BFP cycle they transferred one grade A and one grade B. He said that all 4 are "very good" or they wouldn't have bothered saving them... But still...

[TammyS]

Wondercat...we actually did get a roll up keyboard for my old laptop for Bill to use...but I cant stand typing on them. lol
Expanded and Hatching Blasts is terrific! No worries, you will be pregnant. Yeah, I dont get why they are having DH do bloodwork for a FET...did you question it?

[Wondercat]

Tammy, thanks for making me feel better about my snow babies!I did question the bw, gently but to the point that the nurse was clearly getting (also gently) annoyed by my (gentle!) persistence. The best explanation I got was that before approving me within the clinic they want to make sure we are providing healthy parents for our future babies, and they don't want anybody in the ET room with AIDS. I am over 95% sure he didn't have to do bw for our last FET, but this is a new nurse, this has been the protocol since she got there, and I didn't feel like getting off on the wrong foot over 2 little vials of blood!!

[lou71]

Hi everyone.... very quick post here, I'm soooo busy at work! So sorry for the limited personals.

Franny -- So sorry about DH's Chrohn's flare up. I'm wishing him a speedy recovery. Thank goodness this didn't happen when you were doing ER/ET.

Amanda -- OMG... I'm so sorry your DH had that seizure episode. Sounds so scary. I know what you mean about having your instincts kick in when you need them. I really hope he is ok. What did the follow ups show?

Ryann -- I'm sending love and prayers for your dad.

Teresa -- Congrats! That's a great beta mamma!

Tammy -- I'm sooo glad you got good news yesterday! I'm looking forward to more good news tomorrow. Yay! Congratulations.

Wondercat -- Don't be bummed... your blasts sound great.

Lauren319 -- Haha... everyone asks me where I get my energy or how I "do it". Honestly, I just never have been one to sit still. All week this week I am working, hitting the gym afterwards, AND then have something in the evenings from like 7pm-10pm. It's a bit crazy... I get up at 5-6AM and get home around 10:30PM.

AFM -- Increasing my Estrace to 2mg THREE times a day today. At least the Lupron headaches are gone, thank goodness. Reducing the dose helped. I woke up this morning with a cold and a sore throat. It's not horrible, but I hope it doesn't get worse. Other than that, I'm looking forward to the weekend. Tomorrow I'll be at the horse track from 1-5PM, then staying for the Lee DeWyze concert at 7. Saturday I'm playing tennis in the morning and going to a co-workers wedding and reception. Sunday I will go see my grandparents who live 45 mins away and help them out with things and then I'll grocery shop, laundry, errands, and stuff like that. I'll check in for updates on my phone so if I'm not posting.... I'm reading. Lot's of love to everyone.

[hopeforbabies]

Franny- I am so sorry your DH isnt feeling good again. Do you know what his doctors plan to do about it yet? I know how hard Crohn's can be to keep under control because my cousin-in-law has it too. My prayers are with him to make a speedy recovery. How are you feeling?

Ryann- My thoughts are with your father after his hear surgery. Have you gotten any news on how he is doing?

Amanda- How scary about your DH seizures! I would have been in hysterics, but I'm glad you were able to stay calm so you could help him. How is he doing now?

Tammy- I am over joyed that your second beta went up! We are BFP together YAY!!! I go in for another beta test tomorrow too. I'm glad you asked for another one also and can't wait for you to be up and over that 100 mark.

Karin- Sorry about the bruising from the Lupron. I ended up with a really nasty one after one of my injections. It was about the size of a silver dollar. Don't know what I did wrong that day!

Wondercat- I will start the AF dance for you so that she comes and you can start your BCP next week. Congrats!

Lauren319- So are you getting excited for your ER? Its right around the corner now did you find out if you are triggering before the weekend or during?

Tess- Congrats on being PUPO! Sounds like you have some nice blasts taking hold in there.

Krys- How did things go with your ET today? What and how many did they put back in?

Brandy- Congrats on your 6 follies! Anyword on how they are growing or when you might be having your ER?

Lou- I'm so glad your Lupron headaches are gone. Holy cow do you have a busy weekend planned! I hope you have lots of fun and dont forget to change out your patches!

AFM- Tammy you asked if I am having any symptoms and the only thing I have noticed is my poor boobs hurt so much. I am a big time stomach sleeper and I can't lay on them it hurts too much! Other then that I might be peeing more often but that might also be because I am sucking down water like crazy. The nurse said to stay really hydrated so I'm drinking tons and therefore peeing like every 5 minutes!

[riogirl71]

Wow you girls are busy!

Tess - so glad to hear you are PUPO! Congrats and here you go on your way to a BFP!

Amanda- big hugs, so sorry to hear and pelase keep us posted, glad to hear your training kicked in!

Rayn - big prayers for your dad!

Lauren - you will be PUPO soon!! Woohoooo! I can't wait!

Wondercat - a step in the right direction! Waiting stinks!

klinger - too funny about is this doesn't work you will work out after getting drunk first! But no need hun it will work!!!

karin - I have no sympathy for you being told to gain weight

anacris - yep I got the mean old GD weird cause I am not overweight by BMI stds but yes overweight by my stds! But it sucked having to do insulin and everything changed everyday so I would get bad shakes and all. I would love to avoid it this time.

Tammy - good thing you are testing friday!

AFM - (for Tess - As FOR RIO) I was told to not take the inactive BCP and just keep taking active ones, I switched packs and kept on active pills but now I have my AF just as if I never went on more active pills from the next pack, WTF? Have you girls had that happen? I double checked and yes a week of sugar pills laying there from the last pack... hummm.

[txcplforivf]

OK LEMME TRY TO CATCH UP HERE!

Ryann- I am praying for your Dad and your family! I hope all is well. I had open heart surgery twice as a child. My thoughts are with yall.

Amanda - Hope your husband is feeling well now. Did they say for sure what caused the sudden onset.

Chili - 10/1 is gonna be a great day i just know it! Thats when i start my stims...PMA girl hang in there!!!! and thank you for your kind words

Tess - YAY for PUPO!!!!!!! crossing fingers for you....stick little sticky babies!! LOL

Krys - Let us know how the ET goes today! lots of stickyness your way too LOL

Tammy & Theresa - 3 day transfer vs. 5 day transfer??? yall both had 3 day...i was wondering if thats better than 5 day or how they determine that. in my mind it would seem like they need to grow a little more but im such a dummy on all this!! have you two had any symptoms yet? when do u usually get released to a regular OB?

[hopeforbabies]

Rio- My clinic had me skip the placebos on a pack of BCP I was taking too and said that I might still have break through bleeding even though I was taking active pills. If you are concerned I would just call your office to make sure.

TX- My RE said this cylce that we could try to go to 5 day because our embies were good quality but recommended we still do a 3 day because of what happened last cycle. Last cycle nothing made it to day 5 and he said that the embies have a better chance of survivial for us if they are back in me where they belong instead of a dish. That was my personal situation but it can be very different per lady and depending on what quality her embies are. My DH and I tend to make poor quality embies so we went with day 3 to be safe.

[Krys]

Well we are on our way home from the city now..
Fet went well two healthy looking embryos were put
in.. Everything was great except for the waiting..
Nothing worse then your doctor being late when your
on the verge of peeing yourself.. The nurse tells me he's
running very behind to go pee a little... Do they know how
difficult that is, needless to say I survived without peeing all
over the doctor lol... Thanks for all the best wishes now I
get to enjoy the two week wait "yeah"
i hope you're all doing well and hanging in there...

[Tess69]

Hi everybody

This is such an active board - so many replies overnight

Krys - I'm absolutely with you on the bladder thing. My first ET, I drank so much water and was busting before I even got to the clinic. Then I had a 45 min wait as they were running late. It's no comfort at all when the Doc says, 'Well done on the bladder front', whilst the nurse is pressing the scanner down hard on your belly. This time around, I went a little easier and the Doc had to wait for 10-15 mins for me to fill up. I think he was glad for the cuppa break though.

We ETed on the same day PUPO to you too. Were they 3 or 5 day embies? When is your first beta (bloodtest)? Sorry so many ?s.

TX - 3 versus 5. My first IVF was 3 day because of my vintage and it being my first cycle. This time round, my FET was 5-day. I think my clinic might only freeze 5-day in most situations. It really does depend on your situation, and how embies progress. Your RE should be able to give you the best advice.

RIO - Sorry I can't help re BCPs. I didn't go on the pill on my first IVF due to my migraines. Not that it made much difference, I still got slammed with some whammies after my BFP.

Teresa - yes, I remember the sore boobies. It was such a relief to unleash them from my bra at the end of the day!

Lou - wow - you are busy! Hope the cold doesn't amount to much. Think positive and try to take it easy for a while. Hard as it might be!

Wondergirl - your blasties sound great. We got a photo of both our 3 day and 5 day embies prior to ET. I love looking at the blastie photos and thinking that they might (WILL) be babies!

Tammy - it's all sounding good for you. I am SO SO SO SO pleased to hear that you're getting symptoms back. You're a POAS addict!

Karin - good luck with your cycle

Chilli (sorry the last time I posted, the computer auto-corrected the spelling to 'Chilling'! DH and I treated ourselves to an iPad and I still struggle typing on it. Your 1st beta is the day before mine. Will be watching the board closely and thinking sticky thoughts for us all ....ummm...sounds rude!

AFM I sat on my chuff most of yesterday avo and then went for a gentle stroll with the dog. My clinic is very relaxed and believes that you should carry on doing as you normally would. As long as it is not too strenuous. So it's a bit of housework and then off to the airport to pick up my friend and her kiddliwinks. She's followed my progress all through the IVF thing so it'll be great to have her around during the next very long weeks wait!

Will try to post everyday (otherwise I lose track of what is happening). I'm doing brain training on my Nintendo but not sure it's helping!!! No hope!

[BLang4d]

Congratulations Theresa and Tammy!!!

I go for another SnS tomorrow morning and then again on Sunday morning. My ER was tentatively scheduled for the 29th. We should know for sure on Sunday. Thank you all for the positive words about my 5 follies, I read the entire IVF success forum and seen several success stories from people who only had 2 follies at retrieval so I believe 5 is a nice number.

[txcplforivf]

Ok! Thanks Tess and Hope...i thought maybe 5 just sounded better than 3, but i understand now.

These lupron headaches are not cool...not at all.

[rypell1985]

Hi ladies. I'm sorry I'm TOO beat for personals, but I thought I'd hop on and thank you all for your thoughts and prayers for my dad. For those of you from the summer board, you know he was hospitalized this summer in A-fib. Well it turns out the meds they had him on while he was deciding his next move made his liver function go WAY down and wasn't even doing anything to help his heart. So when the doc saw the liver test he told my dad he would recommend getting the surgery done ASAP. So, he went in yesterday and after 14 HOURS of surgery (they went in and cut out the enlarged muscle and re-mapped some other stuff) we got the news that he was out. They had to thin his blood prior to surgery to avoid clots, and then it was supposed to thicken back up before they removed the sheaths from his arteries, but his blood wasn't thickening back up and he had some bleeding. By late last night they had his blood level squared away and I finally came home from the hospital to a dog who had spent 20 of the last 24 hours in her cage. Poor thing did such a good job. I let her play for an hour or so and then HAD to go to bed to be back at the hospital this morning to see my dad before work. LOOOONG 2 days. I am going to bed right now and it is 4:45 in Chicago I will do personals tomorrow. But, again, thanks for all the prayers!

Oh...my frozen-uterus-in-a-box is on it's way and will arrive tomorrow.

[turtle0619]

hi girls!
oh man needless to say i am running around like crazy the past few days. driving back and forth to boston and hanging out in the hospital as much as i can to be with DH. i'm exhausted! thank you all sooooooo much for your thoughts. it really means a ton to me. DH and i live here in NH by ourselves. we have no family at all here, and so its really hard to come home to an empty home with no one to stress out to. i try not to freak out DH by crying too much, but he is used to me, and understands that its the hormones and stress of not only seeing my love in a hospital bed, but the distance, being alone, and of course the evil 2ww which turns me into a complete nut on a normal week.
so they are thinking he will have his surgery on saturday if they can squeeze him in...if not then tuesday? i dont know. its all just too much. they did a ct scan, another MRI, and tomorrow he is having a colonoscopy. he has been on a liquid diet since tuesday and they are talking about putting in a picc line to pump in more antibiotics. (i had to google what that was and then almost threw up watching it on youtube!)
DH's parents are coming into town from cincinnati tomorrow, so of course i had to run around and make my house "in-law ready"! even though they said not to worry and just try to keep rested..they have no idea how much it stresses me out to have house guests in a messy home! (i know i'm very anal!!)
i'm glad they will be here to help with the driving, and to have some support. thank god they understood when i asked them to stay in a hotel!!
anyway i'm sorry to go on and on about non IVF stuff in my life...i know we all have so much crap to deal with, but i just needed to let this out! so those who read all that thank you for listening!

on to my afm in the IVF world...i woke up and went to pee...i took out piper and called DH...i went to go do my morning suppository and i decided to pee again just in case. well i went and there was a little bit of brown on the liner i was wearing. then i wiped and the t.p. came back pinkish brown!! of course i freaked out...i always spot during to 2ww and its always meant a BFN, but this was different...it was more and a different color...and it hasnt happened since! today i am 6dp3dt. what the hell does it mean??? i have no freakin idea but i'm not going to dwell on it. it is what it is, and theres nothing i can do about it now.
i called my RE nurse, and i told her...of course she said thats very normal, and it could be implantion spotting, or i could have hurt my cervix last night with the suppository applicator, or it could be the progestrone, or it could be a bad thing. ummmm really??? haha fantastic!
while i was on the phone with her i did find out that we now have 1 frostie hanging out in mass.!!! they said they froze it on day 3...i thought they were waiting until day 5 before freezing them..i'm not really sure why i thought that..i just thought that was how it always worked for everyone???? anyway they froze 1 8 cell grade B embie! my other one stopped growing at 4-cell and was a grade C so it didnt make it. i asked what happened to it, and that i hope it was used for training or something because thats what i asked for (not that i EVER thought i would have any frosties!!) she said she didnt know, but said if thats what i requested she was sure it was helpful.
i was sad they killed one of my embies...obviously it wasnt growing anyway, but do they know how long it took me to make that many?? a damn year!!
so now i have 1 frostie! what am i gonna do with 1?? poor lil guy! oh well..we will figure it out..just not right now!

tammy and teresa i am so so sooooo happy for both of you!!! xoxoxo yay!!!!

ryann sending you tons of good vibes for your dad!! any updates??? thinking of you!

krys yay for being PUPO!!! the 2ww stinks!! go put your feet up when you get home and let those lil ones snuggle in!

wonder i would be very happy with those blasts!! how many will you thaw??

amanda omg!! that story about your DH is soooo scary! i'm so glad you knew what to do, and had other people around to help...can you imagine if it was while he was driving??? ahhhhhh!! so glad he's doing better. i hope they can figure out why it happened though!! xoxo

lauren hey stimmin mama...whats goin on?? how are you feeling? do you have anymore spots left to poke? i forget when your next SnS is?? grow follies grow!!

lou have a great time tomorrow with the ponies!!! dont forget...bet on the pretty ones!! have fun at the concert too! i always watch american idol, but never vote or go see any of the winners! should be fun! enjoy your single night out!!

katie thank you so much for your thoughts!! they mean the world to me!! its funny you said that because i told DH.."i know i asked you to keep me busy and out of crazytown this week....but this is re-god-damn-diculous!!!" haha
how are you and chris? is everything ready for baby girl yet?? i saw hazel posted pics of her baby on facebook, and he is soooooo beautiful!! he is seriously one of the cutest babies ive seen in a long time!! i cant wait to see what kinda baby you got cookin in there!!! xoxoxox love you tons my dear friend! i miss you!!

ok..i know i missed tons...please forgive me....my eyes are gonna fall out of my head, and i need to walk piper and find something to eat in this house for dinner!!

****much love always****

[karenthescorpio]

Hi, ladies. I'll be cycling in Oct/November. I just had a transabdominal cerclage placed last Friday and now my cervix is bionic! No babies are getting through it until it's time! I know many of you from the Winter Cycle group...I'm sorry we are all still struggling with this. It has been hard...especially now that I have a huge loss added to my signature. But I'm feeling positive and optimistic as heck! I'm looking forward to going through this cycle with you all! Baby dust to us all!
xo Karen