March/April 2010 Cycle Group

[hopeforbabies]

Hi me again I just cant seem to stay away even if I get in trouble!

Drboots Your beta is on Friday, right? I had spotting on Sat and Sun then it went away and my beta is on Wed. so it seems like we both had it around the same time in our 2ww. Maybe its implantation spotting. If it gets heavier instead of lighter I would check with your RE but it might just be your babies making themselves at home!

Emma Honey you need to stop stressing about everything. Its not good on your body and therefore not great for you little baby who is trying to bed in. You have no tubes so I highly doubt its an etopic. More then likely its just your ovaries being swollen still from the stimming. Call your RE if you need clarification they are there for you to ask questions like this.

Lauren So glad your levels are good so you can start your stims tonight! Congrats!

Angela and Chris Enjoy being PUPO and the bed rest make sure that the DHs take good care of you guys!

Kajol I'm sending prayers that you get to start stims tonight too!

Helene Wow three babies would be amazing! Maybe you should talk your DH into packing too so that you can take it easy. Just remind him that you may be carring triplets!

Libby Congrats on the twins! So happy and excited for you.

Franca Let us know how your feeling after ER and remember to drink lots of fluids. Sending prayers your way for good retrieval numbers!

tammy Are you being good and staying distracted? If you have a laptop and are stuck in bed maybe check out shockwave.com they have a bunch of free games you can play. You said family was coming to help you out? That's great let them do everything, like cook and clean! hehehehe

claudia Are you excited to hear your baby's heartbeat yet? I'm excited for you!

ta ta for now! ~TERESA

[Tiger04]

I had to jump in!!!

YEAH FRANNY AND TERESA!!! I am so excited for you both! Can't wait to see things progress.

Miss you guys!

[PatyPaty]

Lauren - Congratulations!!! You are on your way

GREAT NEWS!!!!!!!!

My E2 was 67 and the cyst was small enought so I am starting my Stims TONIGHT!!!!!!!! Follistim 300 and Menopur 150!!!!!!!!!! OMG I cant believe it I was so afraid to call the office back bc of course I missed the phone call. The nurse said they all CHEERED for me when my results came back!! So the rollercoaster is about to begin.

Like I said before my BFA count was 9 so she said that is 9 little follicles (I THINK) THAT THEY WILL WAKE UP AND STIMULATE!! IM SO nervous THE HUSBAND is SO EXCITED!!

Any TIPS? Its our first time??

Said the usual is about 10 days of stims...so trigger around the 15th and ER 17-19?? OMG!!!

Ladies wish me luck!

I am praying for Franny and her miracle...and so many more of you

Congrats to Teresa and her double line!!!

Cant wait to hear from Angela and Chris!!

[PatyPaty]

Angela & Chris - Congratulations on being PUPO! Enjoy it and get some rest.

Ladies: I have a question - did any of you experience any excruciating abdominal pain while on stims? I normally experience this kind of pain during my cycle, but it's due to my endo - normally I have to take hydrocodone to get me through it, but I'm not allowed to take anything other than tylenol with codene (it's just not doing it) . I'm trying not to complaint, but the pain is pretty bad that I had to stay home from work today. Just wondering if anyone else had a similar experience or if my body is doing something funky

[lycase]

Theresa, 3 bbs would be too many I think. My c-section is tickling so hopefully only 2. That would be great. Will know tomorrow I guess!

Helene

[angelaezra]

Kajol20 - My RE said that it was ok to have sex no less than 2 days before the ER and no longer than 5 days because they want to have fresh sperm for the transfer. The main decision should be based on your DH’s sperm count/motility. If he has some sort of sperm problem, then I would make sure there isn’t any sort of ejaculation less than 5 days before ER. Since my DH’s sperm is fine, they said it was ok to have sex between 2 and 5 days before the ER but I was too bloated and in so much discomfort to even think about sex … lol.

The ET went well ... I am officially PUPO (pregnant until proven otherwise)! Thanks for asking!

Angela

[angelaezra]

Angela & Chris - Congratulations on being PUPO! Enjoy it and get some rest.

Ladies: I have a question - did any of you experience any excruciating abdominal pain while on stims? I normally experience this kind of pain during my cycle, but it's due to my endo - normally I have to take hydrocodone to get me through it, but I'm not allowed to take anything other than tylenol with codene (it's just not doing it) . I'm trying not to complaint, but the pain is pretty bad that I had to stay home from work today. Just wondering if anyone else had a similar experience or if my body is doing something funky

Paty – I had some discomfort and a lot of bloating (not severe pain). Please don’t ever feel like you are complaining when you call your RE because every symptom that we experience is important and trust me they are used to IVF patients (we go through so much mentally and physically). I would definitely call your RE if the pain is that bad that kept your from going to work because your ovaries are only going to get bigger and you don’t want to develop OHSS. They might have you come in for a blood draw to check your estradiol level and also do a u/s to measure the size of your follicles. When was the last time you had a blood draw and u/s and did they tell you the levels?

Angela

[DrBoots]

Thanks ladies, I do feel better. I am going to try and not test tomorrow, but there is a good chance that I will
Depends on whether I can get through my meetings in time. I have back to bcak meetings at 2 locations and need to get home for DH, he leaves for work at 9pm! I doubt I will have time and that will be a good thing! Have a greta night ladies, so glad to hear everyone's good news!

[rlk1]

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Franny: Good luck tomorrow--I've been following your journey! Whew, I was so glad to hear that your little bean fertilized! I'll be thinking of you tomorrow at 9am!

Claudia and Helene: Good luck at your ultrasounds tomorrow. Can't wait to hear how many took!

Marci: How are things going? Do you know how/when/if you'll try again?

Tammy: So glad that ALL of your frostie babies survived the thaw and are safely back in your womb! YAY!

Angela: Congrats on being PUPO! The embryo that they transferred sounds like it's of very good quality. That's awesome!

Teresa: Is your Beta tomorrow or next Wednesday? I can't keep track! If it's tomorrow, GOOD LUCK!!!

Good luck to everyone else that I missed! I'm still lurking---hope that's okay!

[angelaezra]

Thread crashing!

Franny: Good luck tomorrow--I've been following your journey! Whew, I was so glad to hear that your little bean fertilized! I'll be thinking of you tomorrow at 9am!

Claudia and Helene: Good luck at your ultrasounds tomorrow. Can't wait to hear how many took!

Marci: How are things going? Do you know how/when/if you'll try again?

Tammy: So glad that ALL of your frostie babies survived the thaw and are safely back in your womb! YAY!

Angela: Congrats on being PUPO! The embryo that they transferred sounds like it's of very good quality. That's awesome!

Teresa: Is your Beta tomorrow or next Wednesday? I can't keep track! If it's tomorrow, GOOD LUCK!!!

Good luck to everyone else that I missed! I'm still lurking---hope that's okay!

Rlk1 - I am so happy to hear from you! You know that you are not a thread crasher; you are part of our family! Thank you so much for the well wishes. Please stay with us and chat; we miss you!!

Angela

[Lauren1171]

Franny - Good luck with your transfer tomorrow!!! Hope you are relaxing watching the game now!

Helene - I bet you are excited for tomorrow to find out how many! So exciting!!!

Marci - How did your follow up appointment go?

AFM - Just waiting for my S&S on Friday and then hopefully my transfer will be Monday still.

[babyluv]

Emma - you have got to calm down girl! How could you possibly have an eptopic with no tubes?! We all have crazy weird symptoms after ET for various reasons. Please try to not read into them.

Angela - Yay for being PUPO!

Teresa - OMGosh!!! a line!!! Can't wait for your beta tomorrow!

Claudia and Helene - So excited for your u/s! We all are on the same day, but my u/s isn't until Monday. The time has been flying, but I think it's going to slow down pretty soon. Just want to know everything is ok and if it's one or two.

Libby - YAY for twins! How exciting! This just goes to show you can't rely on betas to tell you how many. My friend had her first beta (at 17dpo like me) of 2200, so she was convinced it was twins, but just one. Many women have much lower betas with two. That's what the u/s is for!

Franny - YAYAYAYAYAYAY!!!!!!

AFM - still thinking it's just one on there, though DS (who doesn't really know...we haven't told him specifically Mommy's got a baby in her tummy) keeps saying two. I asked if he wanted a brother or another sister, and he said both. I told him he could only pick one and he said, "No, there are two." WHAT?! Um, how freaky would that be?

Oh, and one of my brothers sent me flowers today! I almost cried, it was so sweet of him. He and I have talked about IVF in the past (and I told him I did it this time), and there they were on my front porch today. I love my family.

[claud662]

Babyluv-thats so weird you said that about your DS saying you had both because last Thursday I went to lunch with my sil and 2-year old neice and she pointed to my vest and asked what it was and then pointed to my shirt and asked what it was and then pointed to my stomach and said baby is in there!!! I looked at my sil who knows what is going on and we died laughing! How the heck did she know?!?! Kids have crazy intuition:)

[winnie71]

Hi everyone,
Sorry I haven't been posting, there are so many people w/ exciting news, and I have been feeling so in limbo.
I got the call to come for my 3dt tomorrow at noon. The person who called couldn't tell me how my lone emby was doing, or if any more had fertilized, and of course the lab was already closed for the day. Guess I'll know tomorrow... Gonna put a forklift under my PMA, see if I can crank it up a notch...

[angelaezra]

Hi everyone,
Sorry I haven't been posting, there are so many people w/ exciting news, and I have been feeling so in limbo.
I got the call to come for my 3dt tomorrow at noon. The person who called couldn't tell me how my lone emby was doing, or if any more had fertilized, and of course the lab was already closed for the day. Guess I'll know tomorrow... Gonna put a forklift under my PMA, see if I can crank it up a notch...

Winnie - I am so happy for you! Good luck tomorrow! Please post afterwards so we will know how you are doing.

Angela