Fall 2010 Cycle Group

[Cheri76]

Lauren - I totally dont want to scare you, but if the pain gets any worse, you may want to tell your dr or go to the ER. This CAN be an early sign of an ectopic pregnancy. It could also be implantation, an ovarian torsion, or OHSS so don't panic. Take is seriously if the pain is centralized to one side.

[Lauren]

Moorebaby-I only had 7 eggs out of 13 follies?? ER was nov. 1.

Cheri-Thanks...if it persists im gonna call RE in am...gosh I hope im alright!

THANKS ladies

[Cheri76]

Ester - I'm not sure yet. My clinic prefers 5 day - even last cycle I only had 4 embies fertilize and they pushed it out to 5 days. It really stressed me out having so few to work with - I worried the whole time that they wouldn't make it. Fortunately all but one made it to transfer/freeze. This time, if there are only a couple, I will probably request a 3 day so that I can get them where they are belong and eliminate the stress. Ultimately, it really depends on fert rate and how the quality looks.

How about you?

[Cheri76]

Lauren - I am sure that you will be fine and I even hesitated to put it out there for you to worry about. Unfortunately, I have been through it 5 times and I know how quickly it can become serious if not taken care of so I just mentioned it as a possiblity. Please dont get stressed because there are so many other things that it could be!!!! You need to relax and make sure that if it was implantation that you stay positive and comfortable. Sending good vibes your way!!

[kynlee]

Hi ladies

Klinger- Awesome Beta...

Moorebaby- great follies and good luck with ER Saturday..

Crystal- Congrats

Freckles- So happy for you that must have been exciting to see the heartbeat...

Jennie- Congrats on PUPO... Welcome to the 2ww crazytown...

Cheri- Good luck Saturday

AFM- my lower stomach area is still alittle sore today, hard to explain the feeling... I had the stitch done almost 2 weeks ago and ET on the 5th... Is it normal to be alittle sore?? I dont remember feeling like this last transfer, but I also didnt have to get a stitch and I wasnt all tender inside due to that when doing ET... i think maybe Ill call my DR office to get there opinion... I had a knotty feeling in my leg today, it only lasted a few seconds but that was odd too... Could it be the estrace???

[moorebaby]

Ester - I'm not sure yet. My clinic prefers 5 day - even last cycle I only had 4 embies fertilize and they pushed it out to 5 days. It really stressed me out having so few to work with - I worried the whole time that they wouldn't make it. Fortunately all but one made it to transfer/freeze. This time, if there are only a couple, I will probably request a 3 day so that I can get them where they are belong and eliminate the stress. Ultimately, it really depends on fert rate and how the quality looks.

How about you?

My re only does a 5dt based on embryo quantity & quality. We have never had a 5dt. I hate the wait after the er to see if & what has fertilized. Well i'm off to bed as dh is staying up to watch a football game & then waking me up at 11:45 to give me my hgc injection.
Good luck on saturday!

[BakersBaby]

Lauren - Hope you're ok. Coming from a person that always lets wierd pains go on too long....don't. Go to the ER if they get any worse. <<hugs>> Get some rest.


Sorry for my lack of personals. I have had a "fun" last hour or so. I was giving my dogs some treats just to discover after having fed them a few that out treat jar has tiny brown bugs in it! Yikes!!! After Google searching it I think they are wheat bugs that are common in dog treats. They come as eggs in the treats, but once they sit for a while they hatch and GROW! And I fed them to my babies!!!! I feel so bad. Anyway....the jar is now tripple ziplock bagged and in the freezer in the garage. Kill the bugs, beach the jar, and then run it thru the dishwasher a few times. I know its all overkill, but I hate bugs!!!!!

I do have a question for you ladies. We leave for California next weekend. By then I will be on my Lupron shots. Do you have any advise for traveling with the injectables? I called Southwest today and they said I wouldn't have any troubles at the TSA checkpoints and that I didn't have to have a letter from my doctor. But I am concerned about the vials of meds? Will they be ok? I will pack them carefully in padding and in a safe container in my carry on. Any other advise? Hopefully I can keep the shots hidden from all the family for a week! TIA!

[Karian]

Wow!!!.. it's so hard to catch up on this board!....

Just wanted to give you the fert report. 27 eggs were mature to be fertilized. Out of the 28 we decided to try and separate a few to see if they would fertilize on their own (8 to be precise). And the other 19 were ICSI. Out of the 19 we got 14 fertilized via ICSI and to our surprise we got 7 our of 8 that fertilized on their own. So we have a total count of 21 as of this morning. I have to get back on Saturday to see the doctor and they will determines if they do the transfer that same day or if the wait until monday for a 5 day transfer.

I know I should be extremely happy, but I'm actually more worried than before. I always thought that we were not able to conceive due to some incompatibility issue, since the doctor has not found anything wrong with either of us. So now I'm thinking that It might be my body that rejects the embryo. I don't know if that is something that the doctors can treat... I hope everything works out but if it doesn't at least I have plenty of embryos t keep trying!

I'm still very sore and need to do better on my liquid intake. I worked all day and even went to my parents house to help my dad with the computer.... I did my first progesterone injection and I didn't feel it at all!!!!!

Sorry for the lack of personals!...

[DandMe]

I'm going nuts. For the first time since I can remember, I've spent the ENTIRE day lounging around my house. In sweats, no bra, doing a little laundry and changed my sheets but otherwise being a total bag of ultimate LAZY. It feels great. I made noodles and grilled cheese for lunch and exquisite beef steak tacos for dinner. Had a good appetite today and took advantage of it!

I've kept myself busy and distracted and thankfully tomorrow is work. However, I can't help but think...

Friday. Saturday. Sunday. Monday. Tuesday. Then Ultrasounday.

When I got my date for the ultrasound it was 18 days away. Time.has.flown. Before I know it I'll be walking down that cool hallway in my stupid hospital gown, facing what will either be a wonderful moment or a full speed head on with an unbelievable truth. They always make David wait outside while they do the first part. I don't want to be there alone when I learn the truth this time. I'm going to ask them to bend the rules.

Last time, I didn't even let them go and get David. I just got dressed and gathered him as I walked by the waiting room. He was bewildered and confused and I couldn't speak until we got into the parking lot. Last time, I still had doubts, but he didn't. He was so sure.

I am eager to get this ultrasound. I'm exceptionally hopeful. However. It's been three solid years of climbing the ladder of hope only to fall hard again and again. Sometimes the climb isn't very high, and the fall isn't very painful. Sometimes, the climb is huge... and so is the hurt.

So anyhow. Although I have every reason in the world to be exceptionally optimistic, and in all honesty, I am exceptionally optimistic - I am not so ignorant or uneducated as to think that this is a sure thing. Part of me has to form some small protective film over my brain, heart, sanity. It's something I've learned to do. It's a survival mechanism. Thing is, I don't want to do it this time. I want to walk into that room as innocent and hopeful and full of joy as possible. I don't want a film over that hope. I don't want to let go of how good this feels... to let some dark fear creep into my psyche seems like letting bad energy into my world.

Sorry for the rant. It's been a long, relaxing day with my own company.

[DandMe]

Wow!!!.. it's so hard to catch up on this board!....

Just wanted to give you the fert report. 27 eggs were mature to be fertilized. Out of the 28 we decided to try and separate a few to see if they would fertilize on their own (8 to be precise). And the other 19 were ICSI. Out of the 19 we got 14 fertilized via ICSI and to our surprise we got 7 our of 8 that fertilized on their own. So we have a total count of 21 as of this morning. I have to get back on Saturday to see the doctor and they will determines if they do the transfer that same day or if the wait until monday for a 5 day transfer.

I know I should be extremely happy, but I'm actually more worried than before. I always thought that we were not able to conceive due to some incompatibility issue, since the doctor has not found anything wrong with either of us. So now I'm thinking that It might be my body that rejects the embryo. I don't know if that is something that the doctors can treat... I hope everything works out but if it doesn't at least I have plenty of embryos t keep trying!

I'm still very sore and need to do better on my liquid intake. I worked all day and even went to my parents house to help my dad with the computer.... I did my first progesterone injection and I didn't feel it at all!!!!!


Sorry for the lack of personals!...

Oh my gosh what an amazing report! That is a fabulous result and I hope you are thrilled. Don't be worried...It's not likely that your body will reject it's own tissue. This is going to be a wonderful experience for you - try to keep yourself distracted and enjoy not having to worry about ER anymore. Keep those salty liquids going so you don't have to worry about OHSS and keep us posted so we can obsess with you.

[leorira11]

Sonya - as Margi correctly remembered (kudos!), I'm located in Jerusalem Israel. One of the best parts of living here - national health care - including as many IVF cycles as I need until I have 2 babies! wheee!
My twins were born after Baby Girl A's water spontaneously broke at 22 weeks. We were advised to induce labor to prevent the risk of infection to me. We got second and third opinions that all said to induce - even though Baby Boy B was fine in his own amniotic sac. Everything happened really fast, and they were born just 36 hours after my water broke (25 hour labor, but that's different story). No resuscitation attempts were made since they were younger than 24 weeks.

Since then, I have heard of other women who suffered from pPROM and went on to have healthy babies (singletons, whose own water had broken - meaning the odds for Twin B were even better since he had his own sac). I'm very unhappy with the opinions I got. I would have like to continue the pregnancy, but was so strongly discouraged against that. If labor had started, they probably couldn't have stopped it, but I was one of the rare ones whose water breaks with NO dilation and NO contractions.

We did what we did with the information we had at the time, and I can't live with guilt the rest of my life. But it's awful that I terminated perfectly healthy babies who had a slight chance of being fine....

On a 'happier' note - last day of progesterone suppositories. I should get my period in 2-3 days! then we start the FET cycle! yay! Fingers crossed that everything goes well...

[TammyS]

Lauren...Cant wait to hear that your line gets darker today! Good Luck! Call your doc if the pain persists.

Ryann...Good Luck today...I am sure you are surpressed by now.

Sonya...Cant wait till your ultrasound...so you can relax and breathe a little bit easier. Glad you got a nice lounging day.

Karian...Terrific report! Woohooo!!!

Rio...Hope your are doing well my friend.

Kelly...Pack the lupron in a lunch cooler with an ice pack. Have a great trip.

Cheri and Ester...Good Luck tomorrow!!! I just know that you are both going to have terrific ER reports!

Kaylie...Congrats on seeing the heartbeat! Isnt it wonderful?

Hope everyone is doing well...more personals later...Zach just got up.

Still BFN for me...gonna call the doc as soon as I can get through and try to get a beta today so I can stop my meds now.

[jennieswa]

Good morning Ladies...enjoying the royal treatment from my Mom and DH but I can't stop my mind from "over thinking" When would yo have implantation bleeding if it were to happen? I think it was within 2-3 days last time but can't remember...

Thanks

[TammyS]

Jennie...Congrats on being PUPO. Implantation bleeding only happens to a very few people so dont be surprised if it doesnt happen for you. However, they say the average is between 7-10dpo...but could also be 6-12dpo for a very few people. How far along are you?

[jennieswa]

Thanks Tammy..I don't even know...(I know that sounds crazy..I'm confused as it was a FET). They were frozen 5 day blasts...I know we all know how lying in bed for a few days just plays mind games with you too much to think!!!!