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

[Julia73]

Anyone heard of Noni juice, or of any health benefits from it relating to ivf? Mi mil got it for me. Putrid tasting stuff..

[LYD10]

I am triggering at 11pm tonight. I am so nauseous from my high estrogen. I am ready to be done with stims. I've never felt that nauseous before. It's weird.

[Gina1976]

LYD10- Yay for triggering! Sorry your not feeling well and hope it ends soon!

[Neffi211]

Ninde- I am feeling completely normal...thanks for asking

LYD-- sorry to hear you are feeling so awful, but YAY for trigger!

Leora- Yay for AF! I hope you can start your fresh cycle right away!

We-- hope things are going as well as they can be....this will be a tough holiday season for your son I'm sure.....

AFM-- I am feeling great. Boobs are a little sore, but thats just from the PIO. I hope my little ones are implanting as I type! Got my POAS tests today! I will start POAS Wed. I feel good, but at the same time I am so scared because I know that if this is negative then thats it for us.....the end of the road and it is scary!

[JenMink55]

Ugh.. getting a BFP is only such a small step in this long journey. I have been spotting/full on bleeding at times since Friday the 2nd. Today was the 5th day with no spotting and no bleeding. DH did some Christmas shopping then went to dinner and I came home to spotting again. Nothing in the toilet but bright red on the TP. F****CKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Tomorrow I will be 9 weeks and why the hell is this crap happening to ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have an ultrasound tomorrow morning at 9am, I am so scared this baby is gone. I don't know what I will do or how I will react. I have been through 4 years of IVF and dammit it's MY TURN.

Sorry to ramble, I am really not happy right now and cannot believe once again I have to see blood! Prayers would be great, thank you my friends.

Jen

[fvrogers]

Jen - Hun try to remain calm. I am sure everything is fine. I bled continuously for 2 weeks after being told I had the hematoma, and so far everything has been ok. My OB explained that everytime the baby moved or got bigger I should expect some bleeding as both would put pressure on the hematoma causing some blood to pass through my cervix. I am sure that is the case with you as well. Just stay positive. I know how nervous the bleeding is, but try to hang in there.

Felicia

[JenMink55]

Thank you Felicia, I appreciate your support. That does make me feel better My RE never told me anything about the bleeding continuing or coming and going so everytime it starts up again I freak out. I just went pee again and no blood so it looks like a little spotting. Are you still having spotting/bleeding?

[jayne321]

Jenmink~I'm so sorry. What an emotional roller coaster. Seriously no fair. I will be thinking of you tonight and tomorrow. I really hope the U/S goes well. Glad you stopped bleeding.

[fvrogers]

Thank you Felicia, I appreciate your support. That does make me feel better My RE never told me anything about the bleeding continuing or coming and going so everytime it starts up again I freak out. I just went pee again and no blood so it looks like a little spotting. Are you still having spotting/bleeding?

It has been almost 3 weeks since I have had any bleeding. I started bleeding around 8 weeks and had heavy bleeding around my 8th week until about 11 weeks or so. I am now officially 14 weeks. Going to the bathroom is still nerve wracking because I am just looking for blood on the toilet paper. I think REs are very protective of us and when we start going to the OB it is like a culture shock because they are so laid back about everything (at least mine is). Anyways, try to get some rest. I am sure everything is fine.

Felicia

[Sunshine1576]

I just got home from a Christmas party and cramping like you know what since AF came tonight. Should not had told dh but he asked me if I was going to drink wine at this party...Needlless to say he got in a depressed mood with me. On the way over to our friend's house we dropped off our Christmas gift to the church for a 4 year old little girl. (Every year my church collects more then 700 portable boxes filled with children's items toy, clothes, gifts etc...) Tonight was the last night to drop off boxes but as I delivered the gift, I heard the children's choir singing and I felt lingered to stay longer but dh was waiting for me out in the car. Anyway we carried on our conversation and I told him we really need to have a back-up plan and all I could hear him say was we shouldn't had waited so long to start a family. I wish I could keep him from dwelling on the past, and instead focused on our next steps. But I honestly feel at some point we need to accept things the way they are. I know right now we need to work on getting out of debt with our previous treatment and let him finally get his truck paid off. Sometimes it easier to say these things because it makes more logical sense to focus on getting everything paid off, but at the same time I feel we haven't accomplished what we set out to do...And I don't know how much more we are able to try, it may take 2 years of saving but I rather have the money saved then be in so deep in debt. I don't understand why it has to be this hard, but my faith alone is what keeps me going.

JenMink- I'm praying that you will be able to rest tonight with peace of mind, I'm so glad the bleeding has stopped. Keep us posted on the ultrasound tomorrow. I'll continue praying for you and your LO all the way to your baby's homecoming.

[leorira11]

Gina - a friend of mine didn't even know she was pregnant until 9 weeks - I would KILL for that! Betas have a normal range - higher betas usually mean stronger babies, but it's different in different women. (Unusually high betas, like in the 10,000s very early on, is a sign of a rare pregnancy complication called a molar pregnancy, when a pregnancy becomes cancerous -- but luckily very very very rare!)

Shari - Hopefully in the next few days, I'll trade my faint BFP for your BFN... I totally understand not having the energy for a BFN. I've been there. Hoping for a BFP for you!

Bonnie - congrats! Do you plan to POAS (pee on a stick - ie, take a home pregnancy test)? When is your blood test?

Christy - clearly, I missed something. What's going on? Sorry that AF came, but enjoy your alcohol (I know I am!). Big hugs honey, I'm so sorry life is so difficult...

Patricia - wow! Another professional singer! What type of stuff do you like to sing? I'm a Gilbert & Sullivan fanatic, and actually in a performance of HMS Pinafore that's rehearsing right now!

Julia - nope. Never heard of Noni Juice, but thanks for giving me something to Google today!

Lydia - I have a super sensitive tummy and I'm almost always nauseated. The nerves do it too. I could barely keep breakfast down this morning. I hope you feel better after ER. Good luck tomorrow! Any idea how many eggs they are hoping to get?

Neffi - just a few more days! I really hope you get your BFP.

Jen - I'm so sorry. I had a TON of bleeding with my boys and they were totally fine. Good luck today, let us know how it goes. I'll be refreshing all day, checking for an update!

Felicia - congrats! 14 weeks is a great milestone! How are you feeling? Nausea gone yet?


AFM - well --- I took a HPT today (before dragging myself to a clinic for a beta) and got a faint positive. My beta is definitely going down, but definitely not zero yet. I'm supposed to start stims on CD3, which would be tomorrow, but my beta isn't zero yet.

I'll probably got for a blood test on Wednesday. If my beta is zero, I'll call my IVF clinic and see if I can go for baseline SnS on Thursday (I can't get a straight answer out of them if Thursday will be too late to start stims if I got my period on Sunday -- but I think it should be fine as long as my baseline is good). If beta isn't zero on Wednesday, I'll start BCP and wait 2 weeks (checking the beta levels weekly).

I know it makes sense for me to wait (I have 12 performances of HMS Pinafore in late December, early January which would be affected by the fresh IVF cyle), but I don't care. I'd rather start now. I hope I don't have to wait until January...

[blueeyedreamer]

Jenmink! Sending you positive energy for your u/s.

Patricia, the party was fun. I am excited for my new stuff to arrive.

AFM- AF is here!!!! Start bcp tomorrow for the next FET!
Leora- yes, we got the results back. There was a sex chromosome problem. The fetal tissue had XXX, an extra sex chromosome.

So I must tell u that we went to dh office Christmas party. It was so fun. He got wasted and I have never seen him drunk. It was so freakin hilarious! I wish I would have recorded him. He is a laugher. He even cracked himself up while brushing his teeth. I didn't know tooth brushing was so entertaining!

[Gina1976]

Jen- Praying that all is okay. I've seen many woman on these boards as well as on facebook that bleed and everything is okay. Praying that is what's going on with you. Hope you hear great things at your appointment!!


Leora- Thank you! Yeah it's def scary knowing so much step by step! I was 4/5 months along before I knew I was pregnant with DS. That's most of the reason I never thought of MC's. I don't want to know that far ahead again, but close to that would be nice. Funny cause when I went to get an ultrasound the Tech said I was 8 months along! lol. I was thinking um NO because I wasn't in Korea with DH yet! So it was either an alien that got me pregnant or they were wrong! Hah.

[Gina1976]

Christy- I'm sorry your DH is still holding on to that and wishing y'all started earlier. I still don't like saying how long we've been trying (12 years) because it seems so UNREAL! It really angers me and makes me in shock! It's crazy and shouldn't be that way! I wish many times we started IVF last time we lived in Germany (it was when I found out by a Dr we'd need help which I knew anyway) but I figured "It would happen" and I was trying to make sure we did things together and with our DS. Not put our lives on hold and enjoy ourselves too. I could of balanced both. That's in the past now and we can't get it back. All I can do is push forward and try our hardest NOW.

[leorira11]

hmmm...

I just read a quote I wanted to share. I'm not sure how I feel about it.

"Everything will be all right at the end. If it's not all right, it's not the end."


That's kinda depressing me...