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

[blueeyedreamer]

2nd beta 305!!

[Sunshine1576]

Congratulations Blue on your 2nd beta, that is fabulous news!!!! I cannot wait to heat about your next steps! So did your inlaws asked you about the + hpts they found when cleaning the master bath? That would be a crazy way for them to find out! But send them my way my house really needs cleaning too! Last Spring when my mom brought her sisters down on their last day here with all the kids my aunt SCRUBBED the guest bath squeaky clean and I really LOVED that! Something about family, they can get too personal at times though! My mom is still coming next week and no I haven't told her yet that we might have to make a quick venture to the clinic when trigger happens!

Laura, yep all the blood was sucked out of me today too. My vampire couldn't find a vein and then she thought she had one and blood started flowing but I tensed up b/c she was hurting me and the blood stopped flowing into the vial. Thankfully she called her assistant over and she went in the same arm right below and had success on the first try. Is it me or do you have a preferance of who draws your blood? I know I do now, seriously I could feel the thrombing on my way home today. Don't think I'll be watching TwilLight anytime soon! i've learned drink LOTS of water before we go in for bloodwork, anything else such as sweet tea will dehydrate you, but I've been trying to cut back on the caffeine a little better. Anyway, I'm glad you are living in the moment and not letting the craziness get to you. I'm begining to realize it doesn't do a bit of good to freak out over stuff we have zero control over. In fact after we kind of know what to expect it should make this a little less stressful. The 2ww is probably a different story but that's when we're all going out for pedicures!

Thanks Leorira for asking...today was a little emotional for me, went in on an empty belly thinking she would get to see more on the screen but then I realized it's got to be their u/s machines! They are just outdated b/c the empty belly idea didn't work. She kept telling me to press down with my hand over my ovary area to help with the visuals, I really wish we had a better monitoring screen like 3D or something in color. Anyway about the highlights: lining is 5.3 and we have 2 follies on the lt measuring at 11 and 16. I was dissapointed but she also reminded me that it's still early, I'm on day5 so I shouldn't lose it yet, now waiting for my nurse to call with instructions on the meds.

Ninde, you must have a lovely voice and it would mean alot to your family and friends to hear you sing a hymn in honor of your beloved uncle. Amazing Grace has always been a personal family favorite, so which hymn are you planning on singing? I hope the rain lets up a bit for you all in Ireland.

Blessed, How did your appointment go today? I'm always concerned about my lining too, tried everything but standing on my head. lol but I know eatting very nutriously and your progesterone levels alone will help!

[kerpupples]

Thank you to becca5m, bodie1011, rosie84 and anyone I may have missed for your warm welcomes!

Julia73 and Ninde, thank goodness not so tired today! Julia, best of luck on your upcoming retrieval! I can really relate to your "exploding ovaries" comment. Mine feel like they are going to burst and I'm only on day 6 of 10 for stims.

Sunshine1576 - hey to you too girlie! Am I reading your sig right that you are doing an IUI this cycle? What day of stims are you on? 11 and 16 don't sound bad at all for an IUI.

U/S this morning was a little concerning. Still got lots of follies, 10 or so on each side, but I've got one 12mm lead on each side and the rest are all 3-7mm behind. I don't remember if I had big leaders this early on my previous cycles are not. So, I'm just trying to coax my ovaries into catching the rest of the little follies up!

[Julia73]

Laura, I am so excited for you! You have exactly the right attitude! One day at a time. I'm an active member of a.a. and so many of our sayings can be applied to life, not just alcohol or whatever. Today at a mtg one of the readings was talking about staying in the moment. It said that life is just a collection of"nows". That made so much sense to me! I'm already in friday today and I don't even know for sure we are doing the er that day! If I take for granted my moment of 'now' I miss so much along the way. I hope that makes sense. It does in my jacked up brain. I just found that reading...let me share one sentence from it to clarify. "what I do now, in this present moment, is what makes up my life." So keep at it girl. Prayers for you!

Sunshine, praying for you as well. I hate the vampire visits and am such a wimp with needles. I can't even watch.

Kerpupples- this is my first time doing anything like this so I'm learning as I go but it sounds to me that youre still on a good path! Hope it continues. Go follies go!

Blue- I'm not even sure what beta truly is but I'm assuming its after e.t.? I'm hoping that was great news.

Akdelp- how are you? I think of u often and pray each time that I do. Both you and We. Keep your chin up.
We- hoping you are doing well today. Its gorgeous here in w.ky.today, sending you some of this sunshine, hope you can feel it.


Afm-biding my time until tomorrows e2/us. Should find out what day for the er in the morning. DH and I had another doozy last night. I'm not sure that I can even blame the lupron now, I think I'm just a b%#@$. I broke dishes and everything

[LauraN]

Sunshine- my veins don't care who sucks out their blood....it's almost crazy. They are all plump.....I do however have preference on who sucks out my blood (too bad I can pick a hot guy that can suck it out of my neck after nibbling for a while...ha! that would make the experience better!). I don't understand how with veins like mine, that pop up and a 2 year old can find the vein, how some can make it feel like a telephone pole is being shoved up my arm, while others, I barely notice the prick. Anyways, I LOVE the regular pricker at my clinic....on the weekends when you go in, you never know who you will get, so they generally hurt a little more, but I try to breath and think about other stuff (hmmm, maybe I need to think about the guy sucking my blood out).....then I relax more. Sorry, I get this way around AF....I don't know what gets into me, but I totally turn into a teenage boy in heat! HA!

Julia- thank you for sharing that. I totally do get that. There have been so many times that I totally missed my life because I was always living in what was to come, whether good or bad, never in what was going on right now. So, by doing that, I missed what was going on right now. The only thing I do notice about living in the now, is that I tend to get a little emotional, a lot of times good emotions, but then I tear up, still because of good stuff, then I get embarassed and stop....isn't that crazy? Like this Friday, they are doing a special ceremony for all of the seniors in the band at school, and I really, really am going to be present in it, so I'm just anticipating tears and will wear my waterproof mascara! My current baby is a senior and so for me, it's going to be all about him Friday, and not about what the football game will be like, what the snacks will be like (hehehehe), or what we are doing the next day, nothing, just about him at the moment. I may do a little going back in my mind- and I think that is ok as long as it's productive and not destructive. Anyways, I guess I'm in a rambling mood today.....

[Gina1976]

These boards move fast and I'm behind! Sick kiddo yesterday.

Blue- Again, Congrats!! What a great time to get the Beta call! I know they are excited! They visited at the right time!

Blessed- Hormones are something else! I know mine are out of wack and always have been! I cry so easily and over silly stuff! I'll be a complete mess whenever I do start IVF!

Tess-- Praying this cycle gets you a BFP!

Sunshine- Sorry about the bruising and hope it gets better. Praying those follies keep growing!

Leora- Sorry your family is gone. I miss mine too! My mom won't fly so if I want to see her we have to go there. Until we do IVF we won't be going because it's expensive to fly to the states. Plus saving leave time and traveling Europe, saving for IVF. It's a lot. Glad you are done with BCP! I pray this works for you! I'm truly sorry for your loss and praying for you during this difficult week.

Kerpupples- Welcome! Nice follicles!

Jen- YAY! Congrats!!

Felicia- That's awesome! What a great feeling!

Julia- Good luck!!

We and Akdelp- Thinking of you both. Hope you are both doing better, even if a little bit. I pray that there will be some answers in the tests you have ahead of you.

[bodie1011]

kerpuppies - I wouldn't worry. Mine always seem to explode and catch up at the tail end. Even if you lose the lead one because it grows faster than the rest, there would be a bunch of others right? Of course, I'm not the best example necessarily since the best I ever did was 10 mature eggs retrieved. I remember the first time, I was next to someone and I heard the doctor come out and tell her he retreived 27. I was a little concerned then! But in the end, it only takes one, right?

Blue - congrats!

Sorry - hope to be back for more personals later but my DH is having a meltdown right now (something about work) so gotta go.

For me - wanted to let you all know that had my U/S this AM and they saw two gestational sacs and two yolk sacs. Twins! Beta was 16,152. So still headed in the right direction. Next U/S is on Nov 1 and I guess I should see heartbeats by then if all goes well. This will be the longest week ever.

[Ninde]

Evening ladies

Akdelp: know there are no words for your shock and loss right now. Im glad your love for your dh and his to you is so strong. Are you managing to rest at all?
Felicia: how amazing to hear that heartbeat about the nausea have you tried ginger tea? Check it out first with your ob
Bodie: how are you doing?
We: I hope the tests give you some answers. I had a hsg rather than a hysteroscopy and I think my re found it very useful and i found it reassuring. You are an amazingly strong woman.
Becca5m: those days can really knock you cant they? I really hope today is better for you. What do u find helps?
'Lauren319: im so sorry you are having such a rough time. With time differences im not sure if you have seen your clinic or if that's tomorrow?
Blue: fantastic news
Sunshine: did you getbthe call? And thank you, singing is something I love to do. I sang how great thou art because my aunt wanted traditional hymns
Kerpupples: im glad you arnt as tired. What is your clinic saying about your follicles?
Julia: doesn't matter if its hormones or emotions, this is a difficult time. Try and go gently if you can and dont judge yourself as a b**** - but one suggestion if its not patronizing or anything? Try bouncing a tennis ball rather than breaking dishes - 2 reasons - it wont take as much out of you emotionally and you wont have to buy more dishes. Bouncing off the side wall of the house is brilliant for just all that pent up emotion
Gina: how are you?
Tess: you too? How are you doing?

Afm: did no one like my skype idea? we had te funeral today for my uncle. It was nice and the entire family were there and so many others. I found it a bit much with the people so I just went to te mass and graveyard but not the reception. I was exhausted afterwards and slept for an hour and a half before going out to teach. This healing lark takes time doesn't it

Ninde

[blueeyedreamer]

Julia- The beta is the blood pregnancy test. It measures hcg, the pregnancy hormone. It should double every 48-72 hrs or so. My first was 167 and my second today was 305 so we are looking good.

Sunshine-No, they didn't find out that way. They were sitting with us at lunch when we got the phone call so we told them. Thank goodness! I would have been pissed had they found out by cleaning. Their cleaning habits used to offend me and now I have gotten used to it.

Can't talk much now!

[WeHaveHope]

Ninde-I am so sorry about your uncle. I'll keep you and your family in my thoughts and prayers. What about Skype, I think I may have missed reading bout this.

Bodie-congratulations. Sending you many blessings.

Blue-congrats on your Beta.

Neffi-how are you feeling? Sending you tins of baby dust.

Becca-this journey is though. But your strong. Keep your head up. Sending you a big hug.

Kerpupples-welcome back.

Julia-try to take it easy. Trust me, the hormones make monsters out of the nicest of us. It will all be worth it in the end.

LauraN-how are you doing?

Akdelp-keeping you and DH in my thoughts and prayers. Praying that each day that passes gives you a little bit more peace.

Sunshine-looks like things are moving right along. Praying that all goes well for you withthis cycle.

Lauren319-how are you feeling. Praying that your follies continue to grow and that you get to go through with this cycle.

Sorry for no more personals. Still having a bit of a difficult time with this. But please know that I am following everyone and that you are all in my prayers constantly. Thank you all for your kind words and prayers.

AFM-I spoke with my RE today. He received the results of the genetic testing on the tissue I droped off exactly a week ago today. To his surprise, it was in fact pregnancy tissue and not my tissue. To more of his surprise, the genetic testing showed that the embryo had 46 chromosomes and was perfectly normal. So, good that our little ine was normal but we are still left with questions. Why did our little one who was chromosomal perfect end up in a MC??? My RE says that this gives us more reason now to hvethey hysteroscopy & endometrial biopsy and have the RPL Panel done (recurrent pregnancy loss panel). So the plan is to go in for another Beta on Monday. It should be zero by then. Then we will schedule the hysteroscopy and endometrial biopsy in the next week or so and then have the RPL Panel done in about 4 weeks. Prying that we get some answers from all ofthese tests.

Sending you all my love,

Maria

[Neffi211]

Bodie-- Congrats! Twins! How exciting!

Kerpupples-- I think we may have cycled around the same time in the past, your name seems so familiar to me!

Blue-- congrats on your rising beta! Do you have an u/s scheduled?

blessed-- so far we should be around the same schedule...I think your FET is one day later than mine!

We and akdelp-- thinking of you guys!

AFM-- I am having a lot of spotting/bleeding....RE thinks its from the high dose of Estrace but I am having another u/s just to make sure my lining is ok on Thursday. Hope all is ok.... I NEED this to work. My sister, 2 friends and 2 coworkers are all pregnant and due this spring....when my friend posted her u/s on Facebook yesterday I cried. I should be happy for her, but am SO JEALOUS!

[blueeyedreamer]

Neffi- Yes, I do. My u/s will be November 11. It can't get here soon enough!

Maria-I still think of you every day. ADKELP too!

[blessed143]

neffi- that is awesome that we are cycling together. So I just figured out that estrace is what I am taking I am so clueless in the whole thing. I feel like all the questions that I ask they answer but it does not register in my brain. I know that it is hard dealing with people that are pregnant especially when they are close to you. I pray that you and I get BFP!

bodie- yay twins that is awesome! congrats! Cant wait to your next u/s

we- I am sorry that the answers did not come back as you wanted. I know that hearing that everything was fine with the little one... I am praying with you. I hope that you get the answers that you need and deserve! Thinking of you!

blueeyedreamer- Congrats on the double beta! That is so awesome! Cant wait to hear how your u/s goes!

gina- Yes hormones are something else! I am a mess! I actually doubled up yesterday and I felt even worse... Uh.... I think that its so funny I am falling apart and then I cry. Thinking of you! Hope your emotions stay in check

julia- I am sorry that you are having a rough day! I know that hormones dont make it any easier. Ihope that your days get better! I hope that the appointment goes well!


AFM- My appointment went very well. My lining is 14.1 and I am so happy. They gave me my schedule! I stop lupron on Saturday, and start PIO, errr.... then I start with more and more meds! So all is good to go on Nov 3rd! I cant wait. Scary to think that its only a week away.... I am so happy! I just pray that I get a BFP..... I am thinking of youall and I hope that you all have a great day!!! Sorry I am a little behind and not so many personals. Spent all day near my RE office so I did not drive home right away... Should have came home and took a nap but hey enjoyed seeing a different town!

[WeHaveHope]

UPDATED 10-26-11 @ 9:33pm EST. Please let me know if I have missed anyone or if I'm missing any updates. Sending you lots of xoxoxo.







UPDATE NEEDED
Melinda72-ER 9-12-11
Kendra_n_Michael-estimated ER 9-20-11
Sky7371-ER scheduled on 10-24-11


Becca-u/s 10-21 FET 10-28-11
Amanda1979-FET Oct/2011
Kerribell FET Nov/2011
Blessed143-FET scheduled for November 3rd
Tess69-FET Nov/2011
Kala0704-FET Dec/2011
Olim78-FET Nov/2011


Tamera-11/2011
Kiminsh-Fall/2011
Alwaysangel-Fall/2011
Sunshine1576-Fall/2011
Lyd10-Fall/2011
Anton-Fall/2011
Fruit-Fall/2011
Krrice28-IVF 10/2011
Jasmin-Fall/2011
Cheri76-Fall IVF
LauraN-Nov/2011
Neffi211-ET scheduled for 11-2-11
Bebesperanza-Fall/2011
Catdempsey-Fall/2011 ER end of October
Greekchick Fall/2011
Kerri_789 IVF Fall/2011
Gina1976-will schedule appt w/RE in several months for 1st IVF
Hopefulmommy-Nov/2011




Kerpupples-on BCP for cycle Fall/2011
JenMink55-Start BCP on 9-14-11 for Fall IVF
Rosie84-On BCP for IVF Oct/Nov 2011
Outlaw927-started BCP on 10-7 for 1st IVF attempt Fall/2011



Lauren319-Fall/2011
SamanthaRae21-Fall/2011
Julia73-Fall/2011


Leorira-FET 11/2011.


..
Jen8675309-PUPO on 10-14(2 embies). Beta 10-27.

RESULTS

Fvrogers-PUPO on 9-22-11 (2 blasts). BFP 9-30 Beta=57, 10-3=290, 10-24 u/s one HB
Tuffy4u-PUPO on 9-24-11 (2 blasts). BFP 10-3 Beta=205, Beta 10-5=519, early u/s twins
K8ielovett-PUPO 9-19-11. BFP 10-3 Beta=953, Beta 10-6=3403
Toniaa-PUPO 9-24-11(2 blasts). 10-6 +HPT, No Beta waiting for u/s
Counsel13-PUPO(4 embies). BFP 16dpo=470, 18dpo=2060
Bodie1011-PUPO 10-7(2 embies). 10-14 +HPT, 10-16 Beta=248, 10-18 Beta=725, 10-25 u/s twins
Blueeyedreamer-PUPO on 19-13(2 hatching blasts). 10-23 Beta=167, 10-25 Beta=305


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[Neffi211]

Blessed-- wow 14.1! That is a good lining! How much Estrace are you taking? Do you have any spotting at all?