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

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OMG! I hate in when I type this big long post and it isn't there!!!!!! RRRRRR. Will have to post later, busy day at work today.

To answer some questions - my ulrasound is tomorrow morning. So nervous I could throw up. ;) Still having some discharge...wierd. Guessing it's the drugs.

Leora - you know, the pics didn't load on this computer (maybe cuz it's work). I will check back later. Sorry about the cramps. Penguin, how stinking cute!

Have a good day ladies!
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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:D Greetings from Panama City,
I had to come back and check on all you ladies during my little break and glad I did, the board is moving along just fine without little me on here yacking away. :D

It's therapy to get away from the journey for a little while, and we all need breaks but yesterday was my big reminder that our IVF cycle is right around the corner and I need you ladies now more then ever! Yesterday, dh and I got to meet the entire IVF crew at the clinic in Mobile. Someone mentioned needles? They gave me a whole bag of needles and syringes and this is even BEFORE we ordered meds, lol from our MDA pharmacy based in California. But I wanted to tell LaureN I haven't even thought to price check around, we know customer service is a big plus but these meds are so expensive so I appreciate everyone's feedback on what they think about their pharmacy in their own personal experience with dealing with them. Very helpful! :D

Kynlee-
Only two more days, until beta day and I've got everything crossed for you. :D More then ever praying, this is your cycle!

Ninde-
Thank you for not giving completely up, you never have and that means alot! With your upcoming ER, I've been counting down the days, only 11 days away! I know you are getting excited and getting ready for acupuncture. How is the WL training going?

Gina-
Those Paris pictures are breathtaking! I hope you are able to go back and get to stay a little while longer before you all move back to GA. I need to go back and read more about the military papers, but hope Washington,DC gets them and you have no more delays. How is your little one doing after the last dentist experience, imagining you couldn't pay him to go back there anytime soon.

Leora-
Margi is something else isn't she? What a fabulous surprise to get a stuffed penguin in the mail, we know how much you adore penguins!!! :D So any ladies here have pulled us through so much and will continue to be here if we ever need anything.

AFM: So our IVF class was yesterday, was hoping we would meet other couples but told us it was just us scheduled this week. Spring break is also going on, so maybe everyone else traveled home? We got so much one-on-one time with the lab. First they drew 5 vials of blood and I didn't know they were going to do a urine sample, so I had just peed before I walked in. lol so that was sheer surprise, sorry tmi! :D Then we meet with our coordinator who went over the contract for dh and gave us alot to think about who gets what with the surviving embryos. She went over sceneros on couples divorcing and then the battle with the man taking the embryos to make babies with the new wife, I thought what kind of sicko would do that? Or scenero 2 with the wife and husband die in a tragic car accident and the MIL taking the embryos to a surrogant and a baby brought into the world to replace her daughter. I was like seriously who would do that? Or my least favorite scenero 3 where the wife calls the clinic back later on for paperwork to get the husband to release the embryos to her and then she divorcing him and takes off with the embryos to make a baby without him, and then the rest of the embryos sit there and nobody pays the storage fee. I'm thinking what and they managed to pass the drug test?

Okay so after that fun discussion, we head into the next room to meet the spermologist, learned soooo much on how they grade the embryos and repair fragentation, very cool to watch the video on it. What blew me away overall was when dh gave a sample, we saw much improvement not only in the count but the mobility was 76 percent (previously only in the 20s) so they froze this sample. On our drive home, he asked if I had any opk test left, I said I had already given up on trying naturally but he wants to give this our last horrah. I'm just exhausted but thought what do we have to loose?
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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Sunshine- We missed you! I'm glad you are back, we need you as much or if not more than you need us! So the class yesterday sounds like it was great as far as getting more one on one time than you would have if you were in a big classroom setting. My clinic doesn't offer stuff like that, but they are great at answering all my questions, regardless of how retarded they are. And, I have my nurse's email address, so I email her all of the time! So I did shop around for prices on those meds. I'll let you know how they are to deal with. I know when I called them to get the pricing, the guy was very knowledgeable. We had a long conversation on gonal f versus follistim. I just sent a note to my nurse asking if she's done the scripts yet so I know when to expect the call for the $$$.
Me- 40 (Tubal),DH- 46 (MF)
DS- 20 & 18 (previous marriage)
IVF#1- Aug 2011-Chemical/MC at 4 1/2 weeks
IVF#2- Dec 2011- M/C at 8w1d
IVF#3- April 2012- BFN
IVF#4- Aug 2012 DE 8/17 ET, beta 8/31- BFN(have 8 frosties)
FET#1-March 11,2013, beta 3/22-
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Hi ladies,

Sorry I have been MIA, I did try to keep track of everything though.
I just had my beta results today, and it was for the 4th time a chemical, yet this time it is less than 10 so I am "proudly" referring to this one as our very first BFN. A first something for veterans is something, hey?!
I can not believe my own signature, yet I updated it just to make myself believe.
I don't know how to go on from here, just waiting for hubby to come home from his business trip tomorrow. Straight from the airport off we go to RE's office, to check if I have any cysts. It seems like AF is here, although I have been taking Crinone twice (!) a day. RE wouldn't like us to start immediately, he wants my ovaries to relax even though this has been my first fresh cycle without a trace of OHSS. He doesn't want to put me on BCP to give it a few more days because of the APS. I just find it hard to understand how this is taking so long? It has already been 8 months since our loss. I really get the feeling of being dragged for no reason.

Sending love to all of you courageous women.

Kay
Me - 35 (found about APS after PTL)
DH - 34 (0% morph)
10/10 # 1 IVF (ICSI) - chemical
12/10 # 1 FET - chemical
02/11 # 2 IVF (IMSI/ICSI) - BFP - PTL at 22 weeks 5 days
11/11 # 2 FET - BFP - no HB, D&C
02/12 # 3 IVF - BFN
04/12 # 4 IVF - BFN
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Kay- I am so sorry. And to have to deal with this alone until your DH gets home tomorrow, I'm so sorry! I know that when I had my loss in January, he wanted to give my body a little bit of a rest, and they did that after the first loss as well. I know my losses have been nothing compared to yours. I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers and pray that your body will recover quickly and the RE will allow you to start again as soon as possible.
Me- 40 (Tubal),DH- 46 (MF)
DS- 20 & 18 (previous marriage)
IVF#1- Aug 2011-Chemical/MC at 4 1/2 weeks
IVF#2- Dec 2011- M/C at 8w1d
IVF#3- April 2012- BFN
IVF#4- Aug 2012 DE 8/17 ET, beta 8/31- BFN(have 8 frosties)
FET#1-March 11,2013, beta 3/22-
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Laura- you crack me up with poas, but you got to do what you got to do :) Hey it may not be fun to other people but girls in our situation can find fun in it :)

Christy- SO glad you are back :) Missed you on here even though we text daily :) Sounds like you had a great meeting yesterday and alot of info my RE's office didnt do that all with me guess every clinic is different...

Kay- So sorry :( Hope everything goes well today with your check up (Cyst) Sometimes I think they drag there feet at these offices too, Like I wanted to do a fresh cycle before my new coverage kicked in Dec and they couldnt get me in to start til Jan which then put me at the new rates... UGh!!!! But here I am in the 2ww and already thinking about a Frozen cycle if this doesnt work for next month... My brain goes a million miles a minute on this stuff, I just want to keep going not stopping till I get my BFP... :)


Akdelp- Good luck tomorrow.... Oh and I so hate htat too when I type something up and then it doesnt stick!!!! Most times I am at work and I cant retype so I get frustrated...
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Hey ladies :D

Globetrotter: they give you valium?! Please please can I have some!!!!!

Nicole: honestly I just dont think I could cope with waiting for lines to develop!!! My dh got a migrainecap to help with the ms migraines - have you tried one?

Leora: penguin sounds gorgeous :D how are your cramps today?

Julia: how are the follies?

Kynlee: are your in laws irish? What food did you make? We are gearing up for st patrick's day here in dublin at the weekend :D

LauraN: step back from the pantry!!! I now have this image of you alphabetisizing all your food!!

Akdelp: how are you? How was ultrasound? Really hoping for good news for you x
Christy: helloooo!!!! Lovely to have you back but glad you took a break for your own head space. Re the embryo situations, we are totally different in ireland - the embryos belong to us both but if we divorce or die then one part of the couple has no claim on them and they will be thawed and "allowed to perish" Fabulous you are on your way :-)

Waiting kay: oh im so so sorry. And your poor body. You must be one hell of a strong lady. Im wishing only the best for you

Afm: had baseline and (not surprisingly given my 19 double doses of down reg meds!!) my ovaries are nice and quiet!!my lining is also nice and thin. So i start the first stimmimg injection tonight. I also had my final training session - sob! My strength has apparently doubled and he pushed me hard today. So from now on I can only walk and swim but apparently brisk walking is fine and on an incline is ok too. Would I be right in thinking that any sort of abdominal work like pkanks and sit ups would be a bad idea with the risk of tortion?

Ninde
Ivf # 1 aug 2011 bfp. M/C 9 weeks
Ivf # 2 Mar 2012, beta Apr 12: Bfn
Ivf # 3 Aug 2012, another heart breaking bfn
Ivf # 4 Feb 2012
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Ninde- that is my understanding on the workouts, that abdominal ones, not so good because they can cause the ovaries to get all out of wack. And I know that after ER and definitely after ET, they say I can't swim or take a bath or anything. so for me, that equals sitting on my butt for the 2 weeks before the ER and then forever until I deliver :)

Sunshine- so I got a call from the pharmacy, super nice to deal with, they even went over everything that was ordered and I was able to take off some stuff (needles, etc that I already had) and they were totally patient with me and everything. So, I gave them my card information and we decided that having them delivered by Tuesday, so they will run my card Monday and the meds will be here Tuesday. Super sweet. I will keep you posted on delivery and how everything is packaged, etc. And, I can share the numbers I have with you if you want. If you know what dosages they will put you on so that we can compare apples to apples. Like I know that my dosage of follistim is 450 per day, so we order 900 unit pens. I know per 900 unit pen, it's $750. The only cheaper one was gonal at $744, but we prefer the follistim pen versus the gonal pen, so the little bit extra is not a biggy. And then the menopur was 65.90 per 75 unit vial (I will use 2 per day), then the trigger shot was 59.90 and then the lupron microdose was 79.90. Now, there were other places that had the lupron and trigger for slightly cheaper, but not enough to break up the order, which I totally could have done. So the pharmacies that I have information on are(and forgive the spelling, I'm sure some of these are spelled wrong): Roxan, Walgreens Specialty Pharmacy, Freedom Pharmacy, Ambulatory Care Pharmacy, Village Fertility Pharmacy and Metro Drugs. Then of course the amounts I am telling you above are from Alexander's Twin Pharmacy.

Akdelp- how was the ultrasound?
Me- 40 (Tubal),DH- 46 (MF)
DS- 20 & 18 (previous marriage)
IVF#1- Aug 2011-Chemical/MC at 4 1/2 weeks
IVF#2- Dec 2011- M/C at 8w1d
IVF#3- April 2012- BFN
IVF#4- Aug 2012 DE 8/17 ET, beta 8/31- BFN(have 8 frosties)
FET#1-March 11,2013, beta 3/22-
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Ninde- Yes my In-laws are part Irish, My husband would tell you he was full blooded he is so proud to be a Irish boy I think its so cute :) Its his favorite Holiday of the year... I made Cornbeef and Cabbage, I always add a stick of pepperoni in the water must be the Italian in me :) Are you full blooded Irish? Or just live there? Do you have any good recipes? I would love to try a yummy irish Dish for the Husband :) Yah for stimming tonight :) You are almost there :)
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LauraN - What does it mean to get organized? I got second shipment today. How do I get organize?

AFM - I noticed in my schedule that the baseline ultrasound is on the first or second day of my period. OMG, really? I guess doctors are used to this but I am mortified!!
ME 32 (blocked tubes), DH 35 (A-OK)
April 2012 #1 IVF ...Single embryo transfer. 1st beta 11dp5dt: 520! 2nd beta 13dp5dt:1260!
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Patricia- I don't see anything wrong with planks. Static exercises should be ok. Crunches and sit-ups would not be recommended. You don't want to do anything that could twist the ovaries.
I've never heard of migraine cap . I'm going to look that up. I got my book in the mail today. It's called The Keeler Migraine Method. My neurologist friend recommended it. I have an appt with my neuro in April.

Christy! Yay, you're back. Sounds like you had a great time at the clinic and got to learn so much!

Globe- yes, they are quite used to it! You will get used to it too.

I have some work to do so I will check in more tomorrow.
Nicole 35, DH 42
IVF 1 BFN
FET 2 BFP twins, M/C 7 weeks.
FET 3 BFP, chemical beta high 81
IVF 4 BFP, chemical beta high 707
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Wow the boards are moving, I miss so much in just 1-2 days but it's nice seeing it so active!!

Thank you for all the wonderful comments on my pictures. We had the best time and we are taking the ICE train next time and staying 2 nights. Maybe in June/July. NOT climbing those Effel Tower steps again though! :D Holland/Amsterdam is next month!


Ninde- Yay for starting Stims! It will surely fly by now! I think holding off the abdominal workouts are a good idea. You just never know and rather safe than sorry.

Globtrotter- I always hated exams during AF. They are used to it, but I'm sure not!

Leora- You should definitely go back some time! SO glad we went. Many people don't like it there but we loved it. Can't wait to go back!! Vacation reminders are always fun. What a thoughtful gift :)

Lauren- I LOVE to organize too! I plan everything even months ahead, so I know how you feel!

Akdelp- I hope the Ultrasound went well.

Kay- I'm sorry to hear about the BFN and that your DH wasn't there with you. I know he hated he was away also.

Kynlee- Wow tomorrow is THE DAY!! Glad you are still feeling good and no sign of AF! Can't wait to hear the results and I am sure it will be good news!

Christy- So glad to hear from you!! Your post always brighten my day! :) Can't believe your cycle begins so soon! That's great you got more one on one time, probably better anyways. Don't you just hate when you already went to the bathroom and find out they want a sample too? lol. I used to have to wait around a while before I could try again! Never thought they would go over Scenarios like that, but it does make sense. I remember a military wife whose husband died, had to fight with her MIL to get a sperm sample so she could have a child they had talked about when he returned. I believe she did win the case.

That is awesome that his improved SO MUCH! Wow! Glad they got to freeze it! Who knows it could happen! I just got in touch with a childhood friend back home, she's actually a cousin by marriage, we are are close to the same age but maybe a 1-2 year difference I'm not sure. She was doing the pre-testing for IVF and got pregnant. So ya never know!

AFM- Waiting, waiting, waiting.......the story of my life lately! My anxiety is horrible and my appointment is in two weeks for blood/exam check ups. The latest now is that the paperwork once signed by this last person, is approved and goes no further!! That's awesome if it's true. Last time the retirement guy said Kentucky and the one that processes it said DC. Now she says neither lol. So I guess we will find out in a day or two. Gah people get it together! We want to know already!!

So when we went to get his teeth fixed......they said it was just an exam grrrrr! So we go back Monday for a cleaning THEN they do the work. Makes me want to scream! They were great with him though and so glad of that! He has, as you can tell in the picture a underbite.
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Hi all just a quick note this morning. We need prayers please. At my follicle check yesterday I only had 4 on the right that measured up to spec and one on my left that's too big for this point. We were only on day 5 of stims and it was already 15mm. So they considered canceling us but at the end of the day I got the message to continue meds and come back Friday as planned. apparently, follies grow mm per day. This over achiever has to slow down! God is good though and came in right on time so i'm trying hard to stay strong in my trust. Baby dust to all.

Sunshine-so glad you're back and your visit to the clinic sounds awesome!
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DH-51
Ivf#1 BFN
ivf#2: 2/12, beta : 4/6. Good Friday! Bfp!! Beta 4/6: 542, Beta 4/9: 2343, Beta 4/11:4102, 4/16 U/s, hb 100 bpm. 4/23, u/s : hb 136, 4/30 u/s: hb 167, graduated from the clinic!
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Julia- I'm so glad they didn't cancel the cycle. I will definitely send out a prayer for you! I see you are in Kentucky! We left there late 2010. Lived in Elizabethtown.
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No baby.....so tried of trying and failing!!!!!!
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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