Fall 2010 Cycle Group

[leorira11]

Karin- I was going to ask how many "dpo" you are - but from your siggy it seems like 15 (10d5pt). If so, 690 is incredibly high! yea! When I was pregnant with fraternal twins, my beta at 17dpo (14dp3dt) was 450 (with my singleton it was 350).
In any case (single or twins), sounds like a really healthy number!

Lou - wow, MF too? That sucks. I have PCO and don't ovulate at all. I didn't realize that until I stopped the pill to TTC (I had gotten really heavy periods when I was 14 which made me pass out since I was already anemic, so I had been on the pill since I was 14). My doc ran a semen analysis "just to check". THANK GOODNESS! Otherwise we would have spent months and months on clomid until we realized something else was wrong. My DH has sperm counts in the HUNDREDS! (most men are in the millions, or at least thousands)

Tammy - yea on 5 eggies! I'm always hard to get needles into. I have awful veins. Even a friend of mine who does blood draws for a living (phlebotomist) says that I'm impossible to take from, and I know he knows what he's talking about. I'm sorry that it takes so much to get an IV in! I know the feeling!

Mishell - yea for another 2ww buddy! The more the merrier!

Lauren- I'm sorry to hear that your blood count is so low. I've had the same problem. Be ware though - iron supplements can make you super constipated! Try taking a laxative or stool softener as well.

Jennie- I know how awful it is to go for a blood test and hope that the beta hcg is finally negative. I'm glad to hear that you are finally finished with your loss. Its so awful when it drags out. I hope those frosties are going to work for you

AFM - I started my progesterone today! I have done both suppositories and PIO in the past - I actually prefer the PIO! I get progesterone in ethyl oleate which is better than peanut or seasme oil - and I much prefer one injection/day instead of an icky, drippy, smelly mess all the time... but apparently my insurance now covers suppositories but not PIO. It's not worth paying out of pocket for! So stinky, smelly, drippy, icky mess I am. oh well....

Since I'm a POAS-a-holic.... I'll start counting now! Today is technicaly "ovulation" day.... tomorrow I start counting dpo!

[x0Heather0x]

Crystal- CONGRATS ON YOUR TWINS! WOOHOOO!!

Karin- AWESOME BETA!!!! Congrats to you and DH!!!

Rio- sending lots of baby dust your way for your u/s!

Ryan- praying for your dad! Hope all goes well with your FET!!

Tammy- Looking forward to hearing about an AWESOME fert report!!

kbillsy- I also used the femara during my last cycle and I had a better time.

Lauren1171- I hope you are doing better! I hope a transfusion isnt necessary!! Lots of prayers to you!

Chelle- Congrats on finally stimming!!

Lou- good luck with your procedure! Will pray for a quick and speedy recovery!

Margi- sending you lots of ~~~~~~~~~~~~~positive vibes~~~~~~~~~~~ positive news!!

Jennie- sorry for your negative, I hope you are feeling ok and jump back into things!

cshell- grow follies GROWWWWW!!!

leorira1- YEAH!! you will be on DPO train very soon!l I know you can! I know you can! I know you can!

Sorry if I forgot anyone! I tried to go back the last few pages and get caught up! This sure is a very good thread for good beta's and twins! WOOHOOO!! Send some of that my way!!
UGH!!! Im still waiting, waiting, yes still waiting on AF! Friday is my last prometrium pills! Then what? 7 to 10 day wait? Ive never done prometrium before. We decided on the FET.. Hubby deploys in January so I have enough Popsicles to get me through to do some IUI's or an IVF cycle if need be. He has his mission, I have mine LOL
Have a wonderful day ladies! Praying for you all!

[klinger13]

Krys - Good luck with your FET today!! Let us know how it goes!

Cheri - Good luck with your beta today! Hoping for great results for you!

Tammy - YAY for your 5 eggs! I hope you get a great fert report today! And I hope your friend's son's surgery goes well tomorrow. Been sending extra prayers for him.

Heather - Hoping you don't have to wait too long for AF after finishing the prometrium!

Jennie - I'm so sorry for the negative results. Keep us posted on how you're doing!

Mishell - That's a tough decision you got there! And I know what you mean about gambling with the savings. We were completely OOP too and it's terrifying handing over all of that money on a chance. So if your ET is Monday, when are they thinking you'll be ready for ER?



-leorira11 (Leora) – started estrogen 11.16, FET 12.5


-x0Heather0x – FET




-rypell1985 (Ryann) – start Lupron 10.11, lining check 11.29, FET 12.3
-zen_scrapper – start Lupron 11.10, approx ER 12.7
-BakersBaby (Kelly) – start BCPs 11.1, start Lupron 11.18, start stims approx 12/1-12/3
-ttg1219 (Tiff) – hysteroscopy 11.19, start Lupron 11.21


-lauren1171 – start stims 11.20, ER approx 12.4
-kbillsy – start stims 11.22, ER approx 12.3
-Cshell717 (Mishell) – start stims 11.22, ER TBD, ET approx 12.6
-ChelleDe (Michelle) – start BCP 10.25, start stims 11.29


-TammyS – start Lupron 11.18, start stims 11.19, ER 11.29 w/ ET 12.2
-Krys – started estrogen 11.11, FET 11.30


-Cheri76 – start stims 11.2, ER 11.13 w/ ET 11.15, Beta 11.30
-margi26 – IUI start stims 11.9, IUI 11.18, Beta 12.2
-ladybugg1999 – Gest Surrogate – ER for ED 11.18, ET 11.23, Beta TBD


-hopeforbabies (Teresa) – ER 9.7, ET 9.10, Beta 9.22 = 276, 9.24 = 534, u/s 10.1 – Twins, Next u/s 10.11 – Singleton
-Tess69 – FET 9.22, Beta 10.1 = 150, 10.6=1066, 10.13 = 15000, u/s 10.26 - Singleton
-macfamily – ER 10.5 w/ ET 10.8, Beta 10.19 = 143, 10.21 = 393, u/s 11.2
-FrecklesDC (Kaylie) – ER 10.12, ET 10.15, Beta 10.26 = 123, 10.28 = 256, u/s 11.4 – Singleton, u/s 11.11 – saw HB
-baby_blu73 (Stephanie) – ER 10.13, ET 10.17, Beta 10.26 = 273, 10.28 = 660, u/s 11.4 – Twins, next u/s 11.22
-DandMe (Sonya) – ER 10.12 w/ ET 10.17, Beta 10.26 = 137.8, 10.28 = 351, 11.2 = 2826, 11.4 = 6060, 11.8 = 19840, u/s 11.17 - Singleton
-Cassmaster – ER 10.14 w/ ET 10.19, Beta 10.28 = 32, 10.30 = 78, 11.1 = 248, 11.4 = 2120, 11.6 = 5498, u/s 11.12 – Singleton
-klinger13 (Amanda) – ER 10.21 w/ ET 10.24, Beta 11.4 = 266, 11.8 = 1126, 11.11 = 3066, 11.15 = 11603, u/s 11.18 – Twins, next u/s 11.24 - Singleton
-amesy – ET 10.22, BFP 11.5, b/w & u/s 11.25
-crystal335 – start stims 10.16, ER 10.28 w/ ET 11.2, Beta 11.11 = 355, Beta 11.13 = 926, u/s 11.29 - Twins
-riogirl71 – start stims 10.27, ER 11.6 w/ ET 11.9, Beta 11.19 = 107, 11.22 = 387, u/s 12.2
-karenthescorpio – start stims 10.28, ER 11.9 w/ ET 11.15, Beta 11.23 = 111, 11.25 = 256, u/s 12.2
-karin1 – ED starts stims 11.1, ER for ED 11.14 w/ ET 11.19, Beta 11.29 = 690, Beta 12.2 = TBD

on your journey
-DCRunningMama
-Tiger04
-dvcantu7378 (Victoria)
-turtle0619 (Franny)
-chilipepperrose46
-lauren319
-lou71
-BLang4d (Brandy)
-starwishes
-Anniegirl
-Meinemo
-NancyB
-eyes230
-Osi
-Lauren
-kynlee
-annashope
-moorebaby (Ester)
-Karian
-jennieswa

Waiting for an update
-dawgs1257 – ER 9.3 w/ ET 9.6, Beta 9.20 - ??
-jla018 – stimming away - ??
-shahney (Alicia) – started stims 9.16 - ??
-coop2010 – start Lupron 9.17, Follistim 10.1, ER approx 10.9, ET approx 10.14 - ??
-carebear77 (Carrie) – ER 10.11, ET ??
-andrea4 – ER 10.10 w/ ET 10.13, Beta TBD ??
-LisaB75 – start Lupron 10.6, start stims 10.23??
-hopefullintime (Dee) – Sept/Oct
-yingz - FET Sept
-Sher – FET Sept/Oct
-babidreamz – starting IVM early Oct
-anacris (Nov)
-Wondercat – in our thoughts
-amanda1979 – Waiting until January
-jenna81078 – BCPs, baseline 11.8
-taxcplforivf (Ginger) – BCPs, waiting for calendar

[crystal335]

Nancy- I have about 4 unopened boxes of Bravelle (20 vials, I believe) that you are welcome to. Let me know if you are still in need.
Crystal

[NancyB]

Nancy- I have about 4 unopened boxes of Bravelle (20 vials, I believe) that you are welcome to. Let me know if you are still in need.
Crystal

Just sent you a PM. Thank you ever so much!!!!!

[Cshell717]

So if your ET is Monday, when are they thinking you'll be ready for ER?

I'm scheduled forER this Friday at 9:30 am. I am just praying I get more follies to grow. RE says I have 4 great looking follies on my left ovary. Just hoping that the extra units of follistim will help my right side move along. We'll see at tomorrows ultrasound. Thanks for asking.

[Lauren1171]

Heather - I am going to send AF your way, because I think it's finally on the way out the door! Thank God, since it's only been 12 days.

[Lauren1171]

Mishelle - This is your 1st IVF? I always end up getting a few more eggs than I think I am going to. From the trigger day to ER, a few more usually pop up. Good Luck Friday. How do they know it will be Friday? I never know until the day they tell me to trigger. I am hoping mine will be Sunday, so we will be in 2ww together. Even if they cancel me, I assume they will do IUI in that case.

[Lauren]

Karin-CONGRATS!!!!!! TWINNS!!!!! So Happy for you and DH!

TAMMY-5 EGGS!! Thats awesome girl. Hope you are feeling better. Cant wait to hear your fert report! Know it will be great

Just popped in real quick...reading and cheering from the sidelines. I did finally get my bloodwork done yesterday..few more days and I will know what my AMH is and what this means for my future cycles!

[TammyS]

Just got my fertilization report! Out of the 5 eggs they got, 5 were mature, and 4 fertilized. If all 4 make it to transfer...we will put all 4 back in on Thursday afternoon. Hoping and praying that they all make it and that there is at least 1 little baby in that group.

You know...I put Bill back on some vitamins, told him no coffee, no wine, etc for the past 2 weeks and his counts went from 52 mill in Sept/83 mill in Oct...to 187 million yesterday!!! Wowzers! He has never had a problem with count though...his problem is motility which was 40% yesterday and 48% in Sept and Oct and his morphology is really bad (they dont check this during IVF). She did say that after the sperm-wash that his motility increased to 86% and counts were 14 million...which is what they expect to see after weeding out all the bad...and that it's good.

I actually have no idea what is normal and good for sperm analysis pre-wash and post-wash, can anyone here elaborate for me?

Krys...Good Luck at your FET today! Keep us posted!

Karin...You'll be happy to know that you jinxed me. I ended up biting my tongue "literally" last night and boy does it hurt. lol

Cheri...Good Luck today! Hoping and praying for a BFP!

Mishell...Keeping you in my thoughts and prayers for a great u/s tomorrow and that those follies catch up.

Heather...Doing the AF dance.

Lauren1171...Hoping and praying that they dont cancel you....Ugh! Glad that AF is on it's way out the door now.

Lauren...Good to hear from you...cant wait to hear what your results are...keep us posted.

[Lauren1171]

Tammy - I am also supposed to be doing 4 if I get to that point! Good luck!

[Cshell717]

Mishelle - This is your 1st IVF? I always end up getting a few more eggs than I think I am going to. From the trigger day to ER, a few more usually pop up. Good Luck Friday. How do they know it will be Friday? I never know until the day they tell me to trigger. I am hoping mine will be Sunday, so we will be in 2ww together. Even if they cancel me, I assume they will do IUI in that case.

Thanks Lauren for easing my mind a bit. This is my very first IVF attempt and I may just be worrying myself silly since it could be that my RE couldn't see my right follies well because my right ovary is always difficult to pick up on ultrasounds. Im hoping they are just hiding and more will come about soon...like you said..once I trigger. After yesterdays office visit they told me to trigger tomorrow night and we'll retrieve on Friday. I just called about my estrogen levels and they are just shy of 1000. Nurse said that is good, but that sounds like only 4 mature eggs to me. At least I've got something to work with..I was just expecting more. Positive thoughts positive thoughts!! I go back tomorrow for another u/s and lab.

Does anyone know much about estrogen levels?

Good luck Tammy.. Im with you and praying for a great Thursday for you!!

[klinger13]

So if your ET is Monday, when are they thinking you'll be ready for ER?

I'm scheduled forER this Friday at 9:30 am. I am just praying I get more follies to grow. RE says I have 4 great looking follies on my left ovary. Just hoping that the extra units of follistim will help my right side move along. We'll see at tomorrows ultrasound. Thanks for asking.

That's coming right up! Hopefully that extra follistim will crank some follies into action! Definitely let us know how tomorrow's SnS goes.

[riogirl71]

Cshell - all it takes is one sticky bean! Keep the PMA! They might be able to find more but ask your RE if he has a backup plan to get to that shy ovary, like going through your belly. You don't want to go through all this only for them to bypass one ovary completely. Good luck!!!

Tammy - wow 5 out of 5 mature that is awesome!!! 4 fertilized wooo hooo put them all back! There is a bean or two in there for sure! Sorry I am not much help on counts after wash, we do ICSI because of the MF, did you do ICSI and AH? When do they call you again or only at ET now? praying for your friend's son!

Krys - super baby dust luck!

Lauren - good luck with your BW and I can't wait for the results of your WTF meeting!

Lauren1171 - how are you feeling? 12 days of AF, ouch! You poor thing, lots of baby dust for ER on Sunday!

Amanda - one more night for you and you get to see your bean again!!!!!!!!

Karin - yeah triplets I am thinking, that is a super high beta, did you go to http://www.betabase.info yet and compare?

Heather - doing an AF dance for you! You certainly are a woman on a mission!

Margi - how you holding up? Two more nights till your BFP! Remember a negative HPT means nothing!Sticky vibes your way!

Leorira - we have MF too. Do you do ICSI and AH? I am doing endometrin and like those better than the shots by far, you are crazy to like the shots better! THink of it as your Christmas vajayjay since you get all the white "snow" down there!

AFM

[TammyS]

Rio...We always do ICSI and AH too...and apparantly they do sperm washing...which I never realized. I will get another fert report tomorrow morning around 10:30am again. Hoping and praying for (4) 4-cell embryos with little to no fragmentation tomorrow....although that is what they said last month on day 2...and between day 2 and 3 ...they kinda fell apart. So, I am more worried about how they will look on Thursday afternoon when we get there. My approx ET time is 3:15est on Thursday...though she said she was just guessing at this point and wont have a time for me till tomorrow. There are apparantly 10 transfers on Thursday, unless a few of them go 5days, to Saturday...due to the holiday last week.

My friend's little boy Zach's surgery was moved to Thursday morning...due to everyone in the family having the flu. Ugh.