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

[Gina1976]

Leora, wow that's crappy alright! I'm sorry it has to be delayed but glad it's just a few days!

[kynlee]

anton- So sorry that they froze that position I love Bolognese sauce Maybe I will try making that this weekend

Leora- sorry about the delay that sucks that your insurance is like that

Cyn- My dr told me to switch sides when doing them... I dont know when I start cause I called Dr to change transfer date so I may start them Thursday As for the Lump from what I was told that is the oil sitting there, did you massage it in after DH took the needle out? Also did you apply heat on it for 10 mins? I heard the heat will lossen the oil... If you havent tried that try that tonight after shot.. Are you doing the shots in the am or Pm? Also how many days were you on estrace before transfer? I am so confused on what I am doing....

Ninde- I am getting worried about you, you been sick for a while... if they get the BW comes back normal I would get a second opinion... as for the UTI drink lots of cranberry juice trust me that works Ill be praying you get better soon

Annashope- That sucks about your plumbing, thank god you could go to your Moms and use her shower... Sucks to have the plumbing bill though...

Christy- the 25th will be here before you know it

AFM- was craving the Sun and i paid for it lol I am over crispy But I am not complaining.... Called the nurse today to reroute my schedule back to original date, now waiting on her to see if that is going to work.. I told her it would since that is my original date and I switched to be with a different Dr she still wants to make sure so i am patiently waiting Hope everyone enjoyed there long weekend

[kynlee]

U/S tomorrow most likely start progesterone shot thursday ( not looking forward to it , but if it gets me my dream Ill deal )

[Ninde]

Evening ladies

Christy: its actually a bad throat and i really hope it goes soon. If you are starting bcp late june, when do you think you will be transferring?

Leora: that's lousy, I know you wanted to start immediately. So if things dont go according to plains your delay 2 weeks or am I reading it wrong?

Anna: oh you poor thing, that sounds appalling. How are you now?

Knylee: when will you transfer? How is your sunburn?

Lauren: how are you feeling? Is all ok?

Amanda? Things good with you?

Maria: email is at least dependable

Afm: looks like we may have adopted a boxer! Ken and bailey (our golden retriever) walked down to our supermarket yesterday and ken tied him up as he does and when he came back bailey and this boxer were sitting side by side. Ken and bailey walked home and she followed and lay in the front garden and wouldn't leave! So he took her to the vet and he reckons she is about 3 and has been out for a few months given the callusus on her elbows. We rang the dog warden today and he has no reports. We are keeping her for themoment to see how she and bailey are but so far he is being far too submissive and although she is quiet she doesntlike him being close to us! He needs to assert himself but he wont, the big wuss! She may get a little more energetic when she gets some good rest and food with us. The vet thinks she had puppies recently and the owners probably threw her out when she weaned them. I think that's so cruel

Ninde

[kynlee]

Ninde- My transfer is Monday if everything looks good tomorrow I love boxers, maybe he or she was looking for the perfect home So sad though if her owner threw her out... ;(

[amanda1979]

Leora- Sorry your cycle got postpone 10 days will pass before you know it

Ninde- I am so glad you took up with the boxer. My DH & I are so bad we pick up every stray we come across, but we both love animals & can't stand to see one injury or alone.

kynlee-YAY for Monday!!!

Lauren- WOOHOO 2 HBS!!!!! How are you? How is the bedrest going?

fvrogers- Your almost there :)

annashope- LOVE your picture! CONGRATS!! I can't wait until we get there

Anton- How are you doing?

AFM: As I posted on FB I am as nervous as a cat in a room full of rocking chairs!! US is in the morning at 9a.m. WE are super excited over our little baby. Yes I am secretly hoping another shows up but if not I am still just as excitied with one!! I just want a healthy baby.

[Cyn22]

Ninde - I'm ok.. Woke up Feeling nauseous & can't even sit on my butt!! Its beyond sore!

Kynlee - So I spoke to a friend about being so much in pain and she said that I am doing them too low. She told me to watch the video at http://www.freedommedteach.com/player/Videos.aspx hopefully you can view it. So i need to be doing to around the top on your butt/almost hip. They say you still will be sore but at least you can sit on your butt. I hurts to drive to sit at work.. I'm all slouched in my seat. ahhahaha so I guess it was an experience. I'm doing the shots at night. I really do have a high tolerances for pain but this isn't good so I know something was wrong.. & I mentioned to Ninde I woke up so nauseous and gained like 6lbs this weekend!! She said those were all normal as well.. So I am just throwing out the scale for a while..
I started Estrace on May 15th 2 pills a day and since May 25th I went up to 3 a day.

Annashope - So sorry about your horrible day! Gosh well hopefully that's all the bad news and nothing but good from here on out!!

Leora - Gosh that sucks!! I was delayed this month 10 days because stupid AF didn't come on time.. So It messed up all my days (because I travel.. so instead of having an extra 10 days at home I don't and will hopefully be prego but now worried that I will be doing too much while out of town. ( I'll be 5 weeks 4 days when I leave. then back on my start of my 6 weeks)
It sounds sooooo good to wish these dates will happen and I'll be prego!!

AFM- Today is almost over so I have 2 full days left to go the bank, pay all the bills, market, acupuncture, follow up appt for my sons doctor, plus all my work stuff... Then we have my husbands cousins staying with us the night before my transfer before they drive cross country back to there home town. They lived here the last 8yrs (6yrs with us) 2 on there own and now they are ready to go back home and start a family (even tho they have been trying for the past 6 months) I'm like don't wait anymore and get looked at we waiting 4yrs before we found out what was going on.. but all there family is back home so they are excited to go back. They helped us alot in raising my son (home schooling him while we traveled.) So its sad to see them leave but we totally understand.

[Madame X]

Hi ladies!!

Lauren, I am so thirlled for you!!! 2 heartbeats and 1 pink 1 blue!! So exciting!! You are living my dream!! How are you feeling? Did the bleeding stop?

Leorira, thanks for asking about me! I really hope you can move right along with this cycle! There was no where else you could go for those 2 days the clinic was closed?

I am getting ready to get back on the baby train. I have 2 batched and we are doing a split donor cycle, I guess looking back at my previous cycles it is our best chance to have a family. But today we decided to get the 2 unknown affected fragile x embroys tested as well. I guess for closure. I will call my clinic tomorrow and tell them. It is rather expensive and I wish I could do another retirval to add to these 2. I know our chances are low, and I don't want to get my hopes up on the biological aspect, but my husband and I really feel that donor is our best option.

I do have a question for you ladies and Lauren I think I even ran this by you before. I have 2 banked at my clinic now, they froze them on day 2. No prob having them tested, but they are saying to have my other embryo tested is an issue.... it was inconclusive and frozen on day 6 ..... how and when would they thaw and test this to make it to transfer if unaffected? If they test it with the others wouldn't it be like a day 8 transfer? Is it worth it?

Thanks ladies!! Hopefully you have room for one more return-e

[Sunshine1576]

Welcome back MadameX!

Leora-
Take a deep breath and now breathe.

Anton-
I know what you mean about University jobs, dh is considering high school since it's so hard to find tenure, but I hope and pray it won't be much longer that the job offer comes in!

Kynlee- Monday is right around the corner and this was your original transfer date so it is meant to be! I'll be cheering you on too!

Ninde-
Estimated RE is July 23rd, I cannot think of a better birthday gift this coming year. How sweet a 3 yr old boxer found a new home, what's his/her name? Ugh it sounds like a bad throat and have you try warm salty water?


AFM: Ugh there's more to add to the drama at work...Remember me talking about my coworker being pg? Well this morning she was supposed to be at work and it was a "no show" we couldn't call since she doesn't own a phone (cannot afford a phone) so we all panic since it's not like her to do this! When she finally called us at 1 she told me she was just in the ER for 5 hours! She said she was in the shower getting ready for work this morning and started bleeding VERY heavy mostly clots, I think she is around 9 weeks... She was admitted into the hospital was there for 5 hours and the physician did a u/s said everything looked fine but told her to stay off her feet. I felt bad for her, shook me up and then a new brand coworker later tonight asked why she never came in and I didn't know whether or not if I should tell her anything. I am not one to spill someone else's story but I can't help wondering how much is enough. I probably have said too much already.

The other night I sobbed into my pillow, we all know how AF brings us down but I couldn't help but wonder is there a way out of doing IVF again? I thought what if all these injections in a long term effects our health and could there be a chance of living a shorter life due to all the infertility meds? Could I possibly kill myself trying to have children? Sometimes I get a little emotional and feel like giving up. Then I thought about AnnaBelle, my neighbor's daughter who has helped me cope with everything and brightened my days, she'll probably never know how much she means to me. But at that moment I felt so much better and I drifted off to asleep. Sometimes I try to find a way around IVF and maybe the outlook would be that much different if insurance covered fertility treatment and more clinics catered to our needs. I feel shortchanged and out of gas yet I know it's what we make out of life that counts. Change is all around us, it's learning to adapt that's hard. But we know "anything worth having in life is not meant to be easy" so we climb a little higher to see the end result.

[Lauren319]

Hi Everyone!

Christy - Oh, Christy. Please know that we all know how you feel. Hopefully, in the end it will all be worth it and we'll forget all about these feelings of despair.

Madame - Hey honey!!! I'm so excited that you're trying again. I think it's totally worth it to get the one inconclusive tested again especially because it doesn't cost anymore to batch it, but you already know my opinion on these things.

Cyn - I was sore for like 2 weeks with these shots and suddenly I'm not anymore. It definitely helps to heat the shot in a heating pad first and massage after...like really massage for a couple minutes. And yes, you could be doing them too low. I was surprised that they even called that area my "butt." It really is more like your hip.

Leora - 10 days. Ugh. We can make it though. It'll be fine. It'll go so quickly.

Amanda - YAY FOR TOMORROW! Let us know!!

Kynlee - OMG! Monday is so soon!! Good luck tomorrow!

Ninde - I'm so sorry you've been so sick for so long. Congrats on the boxer though!!

Anton - WTF?? It sucks that you went through all the trouble of doing the presentation and interviewing to have them make this decision. I'm sorry.

Anna - EWWWW. Ugh. What an awful day.

AFM - Bleeding stopped by Sunday night, which is a good sign that I tend to overreact. Bright red just seriously freaks me out, but I guess with twins it's more common - especially after vaginal ultrasounds, so I better get used to it or something. This is all such a rollercoaster. I've been unbelievably tired and nauseous, but no puking yet. I can't complain though. I want all of it. Bring it on. Next ultrasound in next Thursday (6/7), which is DH's bday. So, Beta was Mother's Day, first ultrasound was our anniversary, and now second ultrasound will be DH's bday. First trimester is over on July 4. These are definitely holiday babies, which is hysterical because I hate holidays. HAHA.

[leorira11]

Antonia - that SUCKS about the job falling through. After you had gone through all that? I'm sorry hon! I hope the other things work out-- and SOON!
Israel didn't make the finals this year, but we loved the Cyprus performance! We wanted them to win (or Italy, who was very good too). I didn't really understand the appeal of the Swedish song (that won). It was fun to watch though! We also had a Eurovision party!

Cyn - good luck Friday! Don't worry about traveling, especially so early in a pregnancy. That'll be fine!

Patirica - sore throat and you have a UTI?! You can't win! I'm so sorry! Feel better
Congrats on the new dog! We just got a second a few months ago, and we love her. Post a picture of the new one!

Anna - ICK ICK ICK! Nothing worse than a toilet malfunctioning and spewing sewage!

Christy - getting AF sucks, even for me (and I cannot possibly get pregnant on my own). I'm sure it's devastating for you every month. I'm sorry hon. I'm always hoping for your miracle. <big hugs>

Kynlee - We switched sides for PIO (every other day, left to righ butt cheek). Sorry you sunburned! That sucks. Get some aloe gel with lidocaine in it - that stuff is the BEST. So in the end, did you get the doctor you wanted? Or the date you wanted? Or both?

Amanda - kudos for you for going 'public' on FB so soon. Why not celebrate and share every step? My first pregnancy, we waited until 13 weeks to tell, and then STILL had to "untell" when we lost them. I found that I needed everyone to know what we were dealing with. So the next pregnancy, we told after the HB at 6 weeks - and we lost the baby at 8 weeks. I was glad everyone knew - and glad that I got to share good news, and not only bad. (This last pregnancy, we didn't tell anyone I was pregnant since we were waiting for the HB u/s, when I miscarried before that, I wanted to tell everyone we lost another baby - so I had to share ONLY bad news). I hope you see 1 or 2 healthy HBs today and I"ll be stalking all day for results!

Madame X - nope. Nowhere else to go. It wasn't the clinic that was closed, it was the national health care office where I needed to clarify if I could get an approval to do my cycle sooner than the 45 day limit (apparently, which we didn't know, you can't do ERs within 45 days of each other - my lastone was May 8th and so the next one can't be before June 22). We wanted to fight that, especially since I had started injections - but we couldn't reach anyone. DARN

No advice on what to do with the banked embryos and the PGS, since I have no experience with that. I hope you figure something out...

Donor is a great option - and plenty of people here have had great success with donor embryos. After you carry that baby for 9 months and give birth - that is 100% your baby!

Lauren - I hope everything is still good! Like I said, I had heavy bleeding after my 6 week u/s, and everything was fine. Torture that they are making you wait so long to check though! My doctor said that if I had any bleeding to come in ASAP for an u/s. Weird. Happy bithday to your husband!

AFM - I'm calmer than I was yesterday. I've accepted that we have at least 10 days to delay. I just hope my baseline on Sunda June 10th is good and I'm cleared to start stims ASAP.

Work is busy - end of the month stuff.

The Band Perry song "If I die Young" came on the radio this morning... the lyrics "Lord make me a rainbow, I'll shine down on my mother. She'll know I'm safe with you when she stands under my colors. Sometimes life ain't what you think it oughta be, not even gray, but she buries her baby" really got to me and I started crying...

Social worker visit #2 last night went well again. She is busy the next few weeks, so our third (and hopefully last!) meeting with her will be June 19th.

She asked me about the abuse I suffered as a kid (my father was verbally abusive to my mom, and physically abusive to me -- I haven't spoken to him in several years and don't plan to --- I'm terrified that I'll be like him - not loving my kids and a tendancy to violence -- but I've worked through a lot of that in therapy) and she wanted to talk about what it was like when we lost the boys. Soooo hard. I'm still feeling exhausted from bringing up all those issues....a





Kynlee-FET June 4th!
Dandme-FET 2012
Chris (to_have_fun08) - transfer week of July 16
Cyn - FET in May - on Lupron, AF arrived 5/15 - FET on 6/1!


Antonia (Anton)-IVF 2012
Gina1976-will schedule appt w/RE in several months for 1st IVF in Spring 2013
Christy (Sunshine1576)- tentatively starting BCP on June 25, estimated ER - July 23, 2012
Amy (Jayne321)
Patircia (Ninde) summer 2012
Nicole (blueeyeddreamer) summer 2012
Georgia22 summer 2012
Leora (leorira11) - stimming delayed! next baseline June 10th and hoping to start stims immediately!





Sarah (Kala 0704) - bcp started 4/21. FET planned for June 20









KrysE - FET - beta 5/27



*Julia73-PUPO 3-23, 4-26 BFP Beta 542, 4-29 Beta 2343, 4-11 Beta 4102, 4-16 u/s - heartbeat!
*Annashope-BFP 4-11 Beta 35, 4-13 Beta 121, Beta 566 - u/s = 1 heartbeat!
*Globetrotter HPT BFP at 12dpo, beta at 16dpo = 540! Next beta 4/27 = 1260, U/s in 2 weeks
*HopeThisWorksM-PUPO 4-14, beta 4/25 = 238! beta 4/27 = 588, beta 5/2 = 5700! u/s 5/11 = 2 heartbeats!
*Lauren- FET 5/3 - +HPT. Beta =474! Beta#2 - more than doubled! u/s on 5/18= 1 sac, next u/s 5/26 = 2 hbs! u/s 6/7
*Amanda1979- ER 5/1 - ET x 3 - beta 5/14 (10dp4dt) = 100! beta 2 on 5/17 = 234! next beta 5/23 = 4038! u/s = gestational sac and fetal pole! u/s 5/30 =


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Nicole (blueeyeddreamer)

[Julia73]

Hi all, i'm lurking and still praying for you all. Just not much to post about. I'm 3 months pregnant yesterday and so far uneventful, thankfully. I did my last pio while in Memphis on a weekend holiday. That was great! The closing on the house we are buying is the 6th so we are getting ready to move. So excited about that! I bought the first item for the babys room, I have a thing for mail pouch tobacco barns and found one that is a bank so we got it. Thinking of all of you!

[kynlee]

Amanda- Cant wait to hear about your U/S today

Cyn- thanks for sharing the link I will be checking that out, My Nurse marked the spots today for DH to give me the shots, still super scared lol... I started my estrace the 15th too ( day of A/F) And started 3 pills yesterday the 29th wonder why our dates arent the same since we started same day... Are your embies 3 day or 5 day? Maybe that is the difference? Mine are 5 day...

Leora- They changed my date to original date different Dr I guess I cant have it all... But maybe the new Dr that I get will be the one to give me my baby or babies Sounds like things are plugging along with the social worker, how many more visit do they do before they chose you? So sorry that your Father was abusive to you, sending you a hug... It is better to talk about so maybe then you can get past some of the pain of it... We are always here for you...

Christy- I totally know how you are feeling I think the same thing sometimes if all these meds are going to shorten my life but I am trying to see the big picture and getting that noise out of my head... I have to trust that God will take care of me and bless me... I am always here if you need to chat.. xo

AFM- Went for U/S today the nurse said lining was only 6.3 so she sent me for bw for progesterone level,I asked her what this all means she said it could possible delay my transfer date... We will see... If it all looks good I will start the progesterone shots tonight.. still not looking forward to those... When you give these shots do you set a 2 hour window or do the same exact time every night???

[amanda1979]

We saw a HB of 93 today!!!! they didn't think we would see one today but we did. 1 good strong HB I am now officially 6wks 3 days. Due date is Janurary 21 which is funny bc that is DH birthday. Looks like we are all having milestones on important dates.

[kynlee]

Amanda- Awesome News on the heartbeat so exciting Congrats