Fall 2010 Cycle Group

[Lauren1171]

Mishell - My little notebook is at home, but I remember my last cycle E2 number was high but then day of trigger it dropped to 1,000. I asked why and the nurse said that the Cetrotide causes a drop in E2 #. I ended up getting 12 eggs so hopefully yours will be the same type of situation.

MY bleeding has stopped!!!!! My RE just called to see how I was doing. I love him! I told him I do not want to be cancelled. He said he will decide based on my blood levels. He mentioned the stool softened also. I bought it but I did not take it lol. It does not sound very good.

[Krys]

Fet- went well.. We had to use up three of our
embryos as one didn't make the thaw. I don't know
what my problem is but it really bothers me that
we lost one. We have two frosties left that we hopefully
won't have to use until our baby needs a sibling someday.
Now the two weeks of torture begin..
Thanks everyone for the well wishes, really hoping third time
really is the charm for us.
I will do personals soon!

[karin1]

Tammy......Great fertilization report! Praying your excellent embies continue to grow!

Rio......OMGosh! I am scared to death about triplets. Before we did the transfer, we would talk to Hannah about 'when' we get pregnant and she would say....what if you have 3....that means there's one for each of us. I laughed and said no....we're not having 3. She's probably been praying for 3 ever since. I just went to the beta base you suggested. I guess we will find out more on Thursday.

Leora......I'm sorry I know I hack your name everytime. I can't seem to get it right. You are sounding more and more hopeful and excited everyday and it's nice to hear. Keep up the PMA! Oh and.....WTH is MF? And....yesterday was 10dp5dt.

Lauren1171.....It's about time AF leaves! I'm sure you were beginning to wonder...huh.

Heather.....Maybe AF will come to you since Lauren sent her away. I have used prometrium alot. It does slow your period a few days.

Cshell.....Trigger tomorrow? That's great!

Krys.....Good luck on FET! Let us know how it went!


AFm.....Not much here. Just waiting for Thursday. The nurse said we would do an u/s next week. I'm anxious to find out how many i have cooking in there. We are excited and hoping for twins. As for the question of trips....uh....I don't know? Even to think about the reality of twins is intimidating, but trips would be overwhelming and scary. Talk about being out-numbered.

Have a great day everyone!

[riogirl71]

Karin - what did betabase tell you? My numbers were high for singletons but low for twins so who knows? MF is male fertility. Twins scare me too butI think we will be ok, unfortunately no help from mom or MIL makes it harder to imagine it. But I am just praying for a healthy child(ren).

Krys - so glad to hear it went well, sorry your one little bean didn't make it!

Tammy - you got to get those spermies nice and clean before they meet the egg with a good washing 10 transfers on Thursday wow! 4 gorgeous embies waiting for you!

[ChelleDe]

Hey everyone! Thanks for all the congrats for stimming! I could not get home fast enough to start my stims. I think it went well. I think I was more nervous that my husband was standing around watching. He was great though! Now its almost time for me to go home from work again and I'm excited to take my injection. Although it did burn a bit and bruised. Okay, now personals then I have some questions..


Tammy - I am impressed with your post while you were drugged up! You're good I'll send good thoughts tonight for Zach for tomorrow. Oh man that sucks you didn't get the nausea medication until after. Sounds good on the 4 ! oooh I'm excited for you. thursday is not far away!

Jennie - I am so sorry AF isn't being nice. Hang in there !!

Lauren - Thanks for the info on your stims! and Thank goodness you are done with AF. That was even killing me and I wasnt' dealing with it lol

Mishell - I'd say go for the 2-cycle just to be safe. What are you taking with the follistim? Yay on Friday!!

Karin1 - Congrats again. Also on not having to pay out of pocket for U/S and BW !

Leorira - Okay, what is PIO? Sorry for the smelly drippy icky mess !

Heather - yeah 7 - 10 day wait on that stuff. Sorry! I hope everything goes well for you guys and you get a BFP before he deploys.

Questions
Lauren made me question this and I was going to google it tonight. Can I have sex while stimming? My husband had a vasectomy so there's absolute no chance in getting pregnant. Hmm!! I dont know why I haven't asked this sooner lol

Another question - when is technically ovulation day?

[crystal335]

Karin- At 14dpo my beta was 355 and 16 dpo it was 926, so at 15 dpo I'm guessing that I was probably in the 600s. We just found out that we've got twins, so I'm guessing the same for you!

[TammyS]

Karin...before you have a heart attack about trips. lol Betas are all over the place for what is normal. My real life friend (IVF) got her first beta at 17dpo and it was 946...her second beta at 25dpo was 27,820. Normal for multiples was around 10,000 at that point. She had just 1 little bean in there.

Another friend from this board who Rio and I cycled with started with a beta of 13 and it went up very slowly...was pregnant with twins.

My same real life friend who had the extremely high betas...did an FET last June and her first beta at 17dpo was only 200 and something this time...she was freaking that it was too low compared to her 946 with her first pregnancy...and guess what? She has identical twins coming this time!!!

Another friend of a friend on my mommies board had huge huge betas (not IVF)...something like 10,000 for her first beta (not sure of dpo, but it was early) and she had just 1 bean in there, too.

However, like I said in an earlier post...another real life friend of mine had IUI and 2 took but one split...so she has 3 babies...a set of identicals and 1 fraternal...all boys. Yes, it can happen, but it is pretty rare. So try not to focus too much on the number.

Heck, at 17dpo for 2 of my pregnancies (Zach and a FET miscarriage) I had a beta of 524 (yep same exact number both times)...weird huh?

Point is...dont go having any heart attacks yet about trips...I have seen crazy numbers on here and in real life...and although your numbers are super high...I no longer put alot of stock in them. If you do have 3 coming by some crazy chance...you'll do just fine...my friend with the triplett boys...has a terrific time with 3 babies...and the pics she posts are to die for. lol She learned real quick on how to put them all on the same schedule...and she still has lots of me time too. The boys became each other's playmates so to speak.

[crystal335]

Chelle-My RE told me that sex was encouraged during stimming, UNTIL 3 days prior to ER. I think that ovulation is the day of ER.

[Lauren1171]

Chelle - My RE says to have sex 3 days before ER (or any time sooner too), but not for two days prior to ER so the sperm quality is better. I would ask RE's opinion though. Not like I do though since I have been bleeding for a month between the D&C and AF lol!

Ovulation is considered ER day.

[TammyS]

Chelle...Thanks! lol I should be drugged up more often. I actually went back to re-read my post later on to make sure it made sense. We obstain 3 days before ER too, for the highest counts, 2 days before had lower counts for us. Of course we kinda have to guess on which day ER is going to be. Ovulation day is ER day. PIO is the progesterone in oil shot...which reminds me...I have to start that and the meds tonight, dont I? My nurses dont even bother going over anything with me anymore...just hand me the paperwork...since I have everything memorized these days. Sad. Zach's surgery is Thursday now.

[TammyS]

Krys...So sorry that 1 of them didnt make it. But, yayyy for being PUPO mama!!!

Rio...Ask them if they pre-wash your hubbys sperm...I'm curious now. Is it standard practice? She made it seem so at my clinic.

I'm still curious about hubby's numbers and how normal or not normal they really are. Can anyone elaborate?

[riogirl71]

Tammy no idea if they washed the sperm but here is what I found, different labs have different ideas of normal too.
Sperm concentration (also called sperm density) is measured in millions of sperm per milliliter (mL) of semen. Normal is 20 million or more sperm per mL, with a total of 80 million or more sperm in one ejaculation. Motility is the percentage of moving sperm in a sample and an evaluation of their rate and direction of travel. At least 50% should be motile one hour after ejaculation, and they should be moving forward in a straight line with good speed. The progression of the sperm is rated on a basis from zero (no motion) to 4, with 3-4 representing good motility. If less than half of the sperm are motile, a stain is used to identify the percentage of dead sperm. This is called a sperm viability test. Morphology analysis is the study of the size, shape, and appearance of the sperm cells. The analysis evaluates the structure of 200 sperm, and any defects are noted. The more abnormal sperm that are present, the lower the likelihood of fertility. Abnormal forms may include defective heads, middles, tails, and immature forms. Semen pH should be between 7.2 and 7.8, fructose at 150-600 mg/dL, and there should be less than 2000 white blood cells per mL.

[ChelleDe]

YAY!!! Since my hubby had a vasectomy and they have vials of his sperm, then I am good to go until ER !!!

I haven't been able to for 3 weeks because of the Hysteroscopy. Oh heck, why am I still online????

Thanks Ladies! HUGS!

[karin1]

Tammy.......Thanx! Now I feel much better. I've read alot and it seems that we are in the twins category, but it could be just one. Like I said....we're hoping for twins. I don't care how many are in there as long as they stay for the next 9 months. What about you? What if you have 2 or more? Oh....and they do sperm-washing at my clinic too. Are you doing PIO?

Rio.....it seems that I am in the twin range from what I saw on betabase.

Crystal.....Thanx for the input about my beta number and your little twinkies.

Chelle......What are you waiting on! Go for it! It could be a while once you're PUPO!

[x0Heather0x]

YEAH!!!!!!!!!! To my shock AF has arrived this afternoon! Thanks so much for doing the AF dance for me! It worked it worked!