Cycling In 2012 Board (formerly Fall/Winter 2011-2012)

Discussion forum for those particularly interested in IVF and embryo transfer including frozen embryo transfer.
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Re: Fall Cycle 2011 (Sept, Oct, Nov) this cycle is the one!!

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Dear friends,
Here is the inspirational quote for this week. Remember, don't ever give up on your dreams. Please feel free to share your favorite inspirational quote today and everyday. We all need a little, sometimes alot, of inspiration and encouragement. Sending you all much love. I hope you enjoy this weeks Insprational quote.

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"When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us". - Alexander Graham Bell
Mrd 11y TTC 8y
Me38 DH49
DS14pr mrg
2 step-ch16&20
IUI 12/10 BFN
IVF 1/11 OHSS
FET 5/11 BFN
FET 7/11 MC
FET 9/11 MC46 XY
FET 12-30-11 BFP 15dpo=266,17dpo=727,22dpo=7125,25dpo=19076,1-20 u/s 2HB's. Our 2 little miracles born on 8-15-12@35w/3d
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Re: Fall Cycle 2011 (Sept, Oct, Nov) this cycle is the one!!

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Sunshine - POL is the progesterone in oil...it's a little thick but so worth it....it helps support the baby and kind of tricks the body in to thinking it is becoming prego before you transfer....

I would love to post pic of my fur baby - can't figure out how...
FET #1, #2 - M/C
FET #3 - @ 7 weeks
FET # 4 - Canceled. Hysoroscopy and DnC
FET# 5 - coming soon! November 2012 or so.
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Re: Fall Cycle 2011 (Sept, Oct, Nov) this cycle is the one!!

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Akdelp, are you referring to PIO, heck I'm learning something new everyday! To post personal pictures I use our favorite blinkie site Photobucket! On there you can link on “Upload Photos” --it’s the green button. Select from “My Computer”, and once they are downloaded, click on “Edit Photo” to resize them and then hit “Save.” ***For the ones not familiar with photobucket, once you save your pictures just move the mouse “pointer” directly on the picture and left click on IMG code one time. This will enable you to transfer them right here. :D
Thank you We for the inspirational quote, I read them everyday!

AFM: Now over a day late, but I'm wondering if I should wait a week before I call my clinic about the thyroid med. I know it's got to be altering my cycle, maybe it just takes time with the synthyroid before I go back to cycling every 28 days. :roll:
Married 13 yrs
36, unexplained
1 natural pg- m/c at 7 wks
(2010-2012) 4 IUIs, 2 IVFs
FET cycle 2/25/2013
Beta: 95, 390, 1361
3/27 HR 140
4/10 HR 184
4/17 Released from RE
6/21 Found out we are having a BOY!
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Re: Fall Cycle 2011 (Sept, Oct, Nov) this cycle is the one!!

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sunshine- Congrats on the new job!!! I love going to church! I have been so glad that I have been able to go.. I have not really talked to anyone about us starting the process of IVF. I know that people mean well but sometimes it is such a long story to go through... :) I agree with men and shopping. My DH wore only golds gym shirts when I met him and trying to get him to shopping was a nightmare!!!

fvrogers- Thank you.... Sometimes it takes hearing something from someone else to make things seem better!

always angel- Thinking of you while you are going through this! I am so sorry. I have you in my thoughts and prayers..... I hope that RE can give you some good advice.

neffi211- I hope that RE gives you the news that you want.... I understand a toddler when DH is away. My DH has been working so much hear lately and I have a little 17month boy who really keeps me busy.... I am so concerned about the transfer and 2ww while taking care of him. I guess that I am so scared that I would not give him as much one on one time or I may try to push myself too hard and something go wrong with the transfer..... I just keep praying through all this.... I am waiting to start the whole process again.... I hope that all goes well with your sister.... I will keep her in my thoughts!

AFM- I was wondering since my cycle was last week, I am already on BCP (have been for awhile).... I know I have my pretesting on Friday... Cant they just start the IVF process sooner or am I going to have to wait to cycle again??? I know I need patience and I continue to pray for some but I am just so excited to try the process again. I just want to be pregnant. The baby clock keeps ticking in my ear. Also... does weight play a big part in it??? I have wanted to lose some weight for some time now but never really did it, just have not been motivated..... I just want to make sure I try my best to do all I can to make sure that this is successful..... Thanks.... Sorry for all the questions. Hope everyone has had a great day!! Baby dust...
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Re: Fall Cycle 2011 (Sept, Oct, Nov) this cycle is the one!!

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Blessed143-you don't have to apologize for asking questions. That's why we are all here. So, I am trying to remember my 1st IVF cycle which was amsupposed to be a fresh cycle but ended ip being canceled because of OHSS and I had to freeze the 10 embies I had. I recall having all of my pre-testing before anything was done. We initially met with my RE and brought him some old documents we had from a prior RE which was really old so we ended up having to have everything redone, bloodwork semen sample, HSG, etc... All of that had to be redone. We initially had an IUI which was a BFN and then went on to the fresh cycle. For the fresh cycle I recall taking Provera to get a period and then taking BCP and then proceeding directly to the fresh cycle. So, I'm not quite sure if I've been ableto answer your question because by the time we started our fresh cycle all of our pre-labs and testing ha been done. I'm not sure if what your RE is trying to do is get you on a regular cycle while all of the testing is completed so then you can start your IVF cycle. I hope this make sense, but don't be shy and call your RE and ask him or her that specific question. I always appologize to my RE when I call him. I feel like we've been at this so long that I have bothered him so much with so many different questions, but he always reminds me that I should never go to bed wondering about something or not knowing the answer to a questions. So he always encourages me to call him.

I also enjoy going to church every Sunday. DH helps in the alter. My DS is an alter boy and my DSD attends Sunday School. My DSS doesn't attend as much anymore because he's 18 now and with work and college it's difficult but hevtries. I teach Sunday School level one whith 4 and 5 year olds. They are so adorable at that age. I really enjoy it. This past Sunday I wasn't able to make it but will definantely attend this Sunday.
Mrd 11y TTC 8y
Me38 DH49
DS14pr mrg
2 step-ch16&20
IUI 12/10 BFN
IVF 1/11 OHSS
FET 5/11 BFN
FET 7/11 MC
FET 9/11 MC46 XY
FET 12-30-11 BFP 15dpo=266,17dpo=727,22dpo=7125,25dpo=19076,1-20 u/s 2HB's. Our 2 little miracles born on 8-15-12@35w/3d
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Re: Fall Cycle 2011 (Sept, Oct, Nov) this cycle is the one!!

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UPDATED 09-19-11 @ 10:09pm EST. Please let me know if I have missed anyone or if I'm missing any updates. Sending you lots of xoxoxo.

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Melinda72-ER 9-12-11

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WeHaveHope-On Lupron & Estrogen patches for FET on 9-30-11
Jen8675309-FET 10-13-11

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Becca-Fall/2011
Tamera-11/2011
Kiminsh-Fall/2011
Alwaysangel-Fall/2011
Sunshine1576-Fall/2011
Lyd10-Fall/2011
Anton-Fall/2011
Fruit-Fall/2011
Krrice28-RE appointment moved up to 9-14 for IVF 10/2011
Jasmin-Fall/2011
Rosie84-IVF Late Oct/2011
Cheri76-Day 3 blood work on 9-9-11 for Fall IVF
LauraN-Nov/2011
Blessed143-Fall/2011
Neffi211-ET scheduled for 10-28-11

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Sky7371-waiting for AF to start BCP for 1st IVF attempt 10-28-11

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Blueeyedreamer-on BCP for cycle 10/2011
Kerpupples-on BCP for cycle Fall/2011
JenMink55-Start BCP on 9-14-11 for Fall IVF
Leorira-On BCP for FET 11/2011.

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Kendra_n_Michael-on Lupron, estimated ER 9-20-11
Toniaa-Started Gonal F for IVF Fall/2011
Kamina-On Bravelle & Menspur for Fall IVF


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K8ielovett-ER 9-14-11, ET 9-19-11
Fvrogers-FET 9-22-11
Akdelp-FET on 9-22-11

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Sunshine and stars-PUPO on 9-12-11
Indigofire-PUPO on 9-16-11

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Mrd 11y TTC 8y
Me38 DH49
DS14pr mrg
2 step-ch16&20
IUI 12/10 BFN
IVF 1/11 OHSS
FET 5/11 BFN
FET 7/11 MC
FET 9/11 MC46 XY
FET 12-30-11 BFP 15dpo=266,17dpo=727,22dpo=7125,25dpo=19076,1-20 u/s 2HB's. Our 2 little miracles born on 8-15-12@35w/3d
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Re: Fall Cycle 2011 (Sept, Oct, Nov) this cycle is the one!!

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Just sitting there talking to dh one night after work, Blackjack walks up to greet me and jumps into my lap. He's done this several times before, guess you could say he's a wantabe lap dog!
Married 13 yrs
36, unexplained
1 natural pg- m/c at 7 wks
(2010-2012) 4 IUIs, 2 IVFs
FET cycle 2/25/2013
Beta: 95, 390, 1361
3/27 HR 140
4/10 HR 184
4/17 Released from RE
6/21 Found out we are having a BOY!
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Re: Fall Cycle 2011 (Sept, Oct, Nov) this cycle is the one!!

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Vegas, my sweet pun'kin :D
Married 13 yrs
36, unexplained
1 natural pg- m/c at 7 wks
(2010-2012) 4 IUIs, 2 IVFs
FET cycle 2/25/2013
Beta: 95, 390, 1361
3/27 HR 140
4/10 HR 184
4/17 Released from RE
6/21 Found out we are having a BOY!
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Re: Fall Cycle 2011 (Sept, Oct, Nov) this cycle is the one!!

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You guys got room for one more? :)
32, fragile x carrier
DH - 32, 4% morph
#1 - 8/10 - IVF w ICSI & PGD - BFN
#2 - 9/10 - Chem
#3- 9/11 - Cancelled
#4- 10/11 - Batched
#5- 11/11 - Chem
#6 - 5/12 - FET, BFP-474,1081, 3106, 2 hb's!!
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Re: Fall Cycle 2011 (Sept, Oct, Nov) this cycle is the one!!

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Lauren319 wrote:You guys got room for one more? :)

Lauren319-there is always room for one more and especially you my friend. I am so happy to hear from you. I will officially add you to the Fall Roll Call a little later today. It's really nice to hear from you and I'm glad you joined us. Sending you a big long distance hug welcome.
Mrd 11y TTC 8y
Me38 DH49
DS14pr mrg
2 step-ch16&20
IUI 12/10 BFN
IVF 1/11 OHSS
FET 5/11 BFN
FET 7/11 MC
FET 9/11 MC46 XY
FET 12-30-11 BFP 15dpo=266,17dpo=727,22dpo=7125,25dpo=19076,1-20 u/s 2HB's. Our 2 little miracles born on 8-15-12@35w/3d
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Re: Fall Cycle 2011 (Sept, Oct, Nov) this cycle is the one!!

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Hi there! :D

Well, my OBgyn appt went better than I expected...I think...I told him that after the 4 fresh cycles I had with him, I had 2 more fresh IVF cycles and also 1 FET and a number of tests etc. with this other RE and asked his opinion on my next steps. I told him that I was thinking of doing a PGD on my embryos on my next cycle and also an endo biopsy. His reaction was why would you do that?! :shock: and I was like, b/c we kinda run out of options here doc! etc. Well, among other things he told me that first of all in order to do a PGD I firstly need to produce a good number of embryos and even then why waste all that money on that since there’s not any hereditary disease that I should be careful about passing it on and about the endo biopsy, well , besides that my endo lining is always very good and my laparoscopy and hysteroscopy I did back in 2009 haven’t shown anything (all is normal) so why do an endo? Besides is not proven that it can lead to a successful cycle. So his recommendation was to do a Natural IVF cycle. Never heard of that but I have been googling it since Friday I had my appt with him and I found some pretty good info about it and promising. His clinic was actually the first to have a successful natural IVF cycle in my country :D

His advice is to make a couple of Natural IVF’s and then if that doesn’t work then we do another fresh. He seems to believe (and he is not the only one, the whole internet thinks the same too...) that after all those IVF cycles with tons of meds and hormones transferring into a woman’s body, might be more likely to get a BFP with a natural cycle. The woman’s body is drug free, the psychology of the person and the couple’s in general much less stressful and financially is WAY cheaper than a fresh IVF cycle. Actually is the same idea with having a FET cycle but with only one embryo to transfer (SET).

How it works for those who don’t know, is that you are being monitored by your doctor with the help of b/w and u/s from CD7 (Leora! I am using the tip you gave me for CD abbreviation :wink: ) and when the levels etc are where they are supposed to be for harvesting and your “golden egg “ /follicle is at the right size then an ER is conducted and then an SET is followed exactly the way a fresh cycle procedure is. What’s the catch?! Hmm, :? the catch is that, first we are talking about ONLY ONE egg here, ovulation might natural occurred prior to the egg collection, the egg might not get fertilised, the embryo might not survive to day 3 or 5. And for all those reasons my OB told me that 1 in 3 cycles is successful in all the above (the whole procedure) but I can try every month if I want to. Since no drugs are involved in the procedure there is no waiting in between cycles. I liked that :) and also, he will not charge me a full natural cycle if we not get into any of the above steps. If no egg then no charge. If no fertilisation then no charge etc. i liked that too :) but I definately wish for ALL to happen! If all, ER fertilisation and ET happens then I will get charged but WAY less than a fresh IVF cycle anyway.

So girls I am now considering about doing a natural ivf cycle next month big time! :D I had a talk with DH but just to brief him on what the Dr. told me. I am giving him (DH) time to think and space to breath :lol: until my next AF which will come around the 10th October and then we will have to decide if we are doing this natural cycle IVF. I am IN 100% :D I am just going to leave it up to my DH to decide. I dont want to put pressure on him..even though I have a feeling that he is open about it. he was positive when I told him about it after my ob appt. I hope I get a job SOON so I can pitch in this cycle! It will make things much easier for it to happen.

I feel positive again and I am looking forward to try this Natural IVF cycle! :D I have a good feeling about this! But I am also cautiously optimistic that it will actually happen next month....we have a long way ahead of us but I've got my seatbelt on and I am ready for the ride! I now dont feel is the end of the road for us! on the contrary, I believe that this is just a different road direction! that will take US to the BFP destination! :wink:

Wehavehope- I like your motivation quote for this week! :D And I believe that another door has opened for me and I am ready to enter and get my BFP! :D

SORRY for the long post!!! 8) I promise to post personals later...I just wanted to share my news with you guys first :mrgreen: ....Baby dust to us all!

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Re: Fall Cycle 2011 (Sept, Oct, Nov) this cycle is the one!!

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Lydia - glad to hear the D&C went smoothly. When is your next blood test? Waiting sucks - sorry that you have to wait...

Christy - it sucks when AF doesn't show up when she is wanted and expected. I'll be doing a AF dance for you! Image and your doggies are super cute!

Always angel -- yeah - it takes a long time for the beta to go down. Remember that the rise/drop is not linear, it's exponential (ie, doubling/halving). So it takes just as long to go from 500 to 250 as it took to go from 1000 to 500, approximately. I've been there, and waiting for the beta to drop sucks.

Felicia - Since I have an Israeli passport as well as an Israeli immigration visa in my USA passport (I immigrated to Israel 4 years ago from the USA), I can't visit any country that doesn't have relations with Israel -- so basically, the only Arab nations I can visit are Egypt and Jordan (we have peace arrangements with both of them). Egypt isn't such a great place to visit these days though! I would love to visit Dubai, the UAE, Kuwait, etc - but they wouldn't let me in. Oh well -- Europe is also close enough to visit, so we'll go there! :D What kind of nurse are you? 12hr shifts sound BRUTAL!

Neffi - what did your RE say? Is the transfer still on? I'm always sad to hear that my posts/stories make people sad too - I wish I only had good news to share...

akdelp - can you ask for the progesterone suppositories instead of the PIO? I'm not sure why so many American clinics still use PIO when the suppositories are proven to work just as well. Did you ask your RE why he recommends the injections?

blessed -- my husband owned a large collection of ripped jeans and tie-dyed T-shirts when we met --- I'm responsible for all of his clothing now! :D

Lauren - HELL YES we have room for more! Come join us! Welcome!this board is moving fast -- but I don't have much to update! Same old, same old...
8 IVF+6 FET=6 BFN+8 BFP =

-b/g twins 22w (12.09)
-mc 10w (9.10)
-Micha (7.19-24.11) & Asaf (7.19-28.11) born at 24w
-mc 5wk (2.12)
-no HB at 18w (10.12)
-BO (4.13)-
-mc 6wk (9.13)

last attempt - donor sperm - baby girl born healthy July 2014
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Re: Fall Cycle 2011 (Sept, Oct, Nov) this cycle is the one!!

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Antiona --wow, that's so interesting. I've never heard of that before. If the concern is that all the hormones are making your body crazy, could you do a fresh cycle, freeze all the embryos and then do FETs every month until it works? Good luck with this natural IVF thing - I hope it works for you!

AFM - I'm having some spotting, which I think is really weird. I've never had spotting on BCP before. I'm taking a different kinda than usual (they discontinued the brand I usually use, so I'm taking whatever the RE had a sample month of). I have a pipelle endo biopsy on Thursday morning (not becuase I need the biopsy, but because it might help implantation rates - I'll be part of a study) and I'll ask the doctor then (my doctor won't be doing the biopsy since he doesn't work Thursdays, but a different RE in the clinic). I also have a HSG next Tuesday -- fun, fun, fun....

I'm a dork and I put a countdown ticker on my phone -- I don't know yet when exactly my FET will be, but I'm pretty sure before Nov 1 - so I'm counting down to Nov 1 -- 42 days!

Also - I have 4 job interviews this week! yay! The one yesterday went really well -- so fingers crossed!
8 IVF+6 FET=6 BFN+8 BFP =

-b/g twins 22w (12.09)
-mc 10w (9.10)
-Micha (7.19-24.11) & Asaf (7.19-28.11) born at 24w
-mc 5wk (2.12)
-no HB at 18w (10.12)
-BO (4.13)-
-mc 6wk (9.13)

last attempt - donor sperm - baby girl born healthy July 2014
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Re: Fall Cycle 2011 (Sept, Oct, Nov) this cycle is the one!!

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Leora- well like they say...no news is good news! :wink: ...the only difference between a FET and a Natural IVF cycle is the MONEY! :lol: ...of course I would love to be able to transfer more than one embryo but if one is our fate than I'll take it! :) so we shall see how it goes and who knows! maybe this is what I needed all along to get that BFP....yeah! PMA all the way my friend! :lol: ...Boy! looks like you are having a busy medical schedule! i wish you ALL the luck in world! both medical and carreer wise! ...I've been to Dubai twice and even though for business, I loved it!! definately a place to visit! :D

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Re: Fall Cycle 2011 (Sept, Oct, Nov) this cycle is the one!!

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Hi everyone, So I had my egg retrival yesterday they got 11 eggs 9 of which have fertilised (so im really happy with that). The doctor has recommended a 5 day transfer as opposed to a 3 day transfer !! Can anybody shed some light on this, is it better to have 5 day ? and what is difference ? I have gone with the advice of my doctor so am scheduled to have the transfer on Saturday.
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