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

[moorebaby]

JenMink- Woohoo, you are so preggo!!! Yay!

[Kiminsh]

Looks like a BFP to me!! Congrats Jenmink:)

[JenMink55]

Thanks Moorebaby!!! I think it's pretty dark for only 7dp 5dt!! YAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[JenMink55]

Looks like a BFP to me!! Congrats Jenmink:)

Thank you!!! My first EVER BFPPPPPPP

[blueeyedreamer]

JenMink!!!! Congrats! That is a great BFP!

[blueeyedreamer]

Kim-Trigger Dancing for you!

[jayne321]

Jenmink~~OMG! so preggo. Big congrats. I want to go back and read your symptoms and see if I'm having any of the same. Really happy for you. I can't remember, did you transfer two?

[amanda1979]

Jenmink55 - I wanted to pop in & say Congratulations!!!!!!!

[Sunshine1576]

JENMINK, OMG I AM SOOOO EXCITED FOR YOUUUUUU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!We certainly know the journey you have been through and you so deserve this! I cannot wait to hear about your beta on Monday!

[Sunshine1576]

MooreBaby- It's so good to hear from you, you sound really busy but I really hope things are going great for you! I certainly will be popping over to the PAT board to read more updates too about your progress with the twins! It's so awesome and inspiring to know each other's journey and then the miracle happens. It give us so much hope, and certainly makes us a stronger group of women in the end. Thanks for staying connected with us here. My beta is Thursday and I'm really trying not to read into the symptoms too much, I told the girls at work today that if this cycle doesn't work we'll just keep on trying. Hopefully we can get approved for the IVF Attain Program, my doctor doesn't have much confidence that we will get approved since we have already tried IVF once with no success. I think since our case is "unexplained" we are in the 10 percent catagory where anything could happen, but the IVF program is looking for good candidates who have endometrioisis or a blocked fallopian tube, something internally obstructive. With that said, I'm leaving this in our Father's hands. I know this year we have much to already be thankful for and I'm certainly holding on the good friends I've made on here along the way. xoxox Christy

[rosie84]

Congratulations, JenMink - that is quite a 2nd line you've got there Best wishes for a great first beta!

I just wanted to pop in to say that I did receive my fertilization report last night - 8/10 fertilized. I don't yet know how many of the ICSI'd eggs fertilized vs. how many fertilized naturally, but I am curious to find out. I am really pleased with this number...I feel it's about as good as I could hope for with 10 eggs! Last fresh cycle we had 12 eggs and also 8 embies, so our fertilization rate was better this time around. My RE will update me again today on how the embies are doing, but I am really hoping we will be good candidates for a 5-day transfer.

I hope to catch up on personals later today. I hope everyone is having a relaxing and enjoyable fall weekend

[amanda1979]

I am feeling so depressed tonight. I am @ work so this has to be quick. My pee test have been so faint I feel like it is going to be a negative. I know we ad that good looking one from the serum but I wish the pee test were darker. Maybe I feel depressed from the hormones. I don't know

[leorira11]

Julia -thanks. It really means a lot to me that people here are impressed that after everything we've been through, we are still going. People in real life don't get it. I'm the only one they know whose been through anything like this, so they think that the way I'm coping is normal. People who see me everyday 'forget' that I'm going through hell, because most of the conversations I have are about TV shows or what to make for dinner. Thanks for reminding me that I am special and I am strong.

Kerpupples - congrats! 36 is crazy! What was your e2? Weren't they afraid of over-stimming? I was told that I could easily produce 20+ eggs, but they didn't want me to because of the risks of OHSS. My doctor told me that ~15 is ideal. Maybe because I'm PCO and more likely to OHSS? It was kinda win-win with the study, no? Either you get a transfer now, or you get a transfer of known-to-be-perfect embryos later. Do you do your FET next month, or have to wait longer?

pinkboots - thanks! I like to think I'm funny, but so does everyone, right? Harrisburg - our state's capital - and otherwise boring town I think the only exciting part of our trip to Harrisburg in 8th grade was the stop-over in Hershey Park!

HopeThisWorksM - congrats! I didn't cycle with you this summer, but I was stalking the summer board and I remember you. Congrats! Keep us posted on your us!

Amanda - sorry that you are going crazy -- my HPTs were really light last cycle (even at 14 "dpo") and my beta was 200 at 16"dpo" - and I was pregnant with healthy twin boys! Fingers crossed for a great beta tomorrow. I love love love love that you played mad scientist! That sounds so fun! I'm glad your DH is on board with the 2ww craziness!

Jayne - luckily, if we adopt through the government here, we don't have to pay anything to adopt (in fact, we'll get a subsidy). International adoption is easier, faster and better, but costs upwards of $50,000 - which we can't spend right now. All domestic adoptions here are through the government (it's a really small country!). We are meeting them again today! Do you mind if I ask how you lost your daughter? Did she pass in utero, or delivered too early? (if you don't want to answer on the board, you can private message me) I totally hear you on not getting excited until later on -- I think that even if I have a baby in my arms I won't believe it!

blue eyed- I agree that we shouldn't start a religious debate. I find it odd that some people find their faith strengthen through adversity and others lose their faith. I truly wish I was someone who found stronger faith. I was preparing for an audition and was browsing a site with movie-based monologues and came across the monologue Bethany gives in the movie "Dogma". She gets pregnant by accident and has an abortion - later she finds out that something went wrong in the procedure and she can't have anymore kids. Her husband leaves her (because he wants biological kids). She talks about how that made her lose her faith -

Bethany: I remember the exact moment. I was on the phone with my mother, and she was trying to council me through this...thing, and nothing she was saying was making me feel any better. and she said......"Bethany....God has a plan." I was...I was so angry with her. I was, like...what about my plans, ya know? I had planned to have a family...with my husband...wasn't that plan good enough for God? (long pause) Apparently not. I hate thoughts like that, but y'know, they come to you with age. When you're a kid, you never question the whole faith thing. Nope. God's in heaven, and he's...she's...always got her eye on you. I would give anything to feel that way again.

That really speaks to me (but was too emotional to use as my audition!)

Jen -CONGRATS! That is a fantastic line! Only 7dp5dt? That's crazy! I got super-faint lines at 7dp5dt when I was pregnant with twins!

Ninde - I added some Bailey's Irish cream to my hot chocolate... yummm.... I kinda want to add some more to my coffee, but it's only 9:30am - too early to drink! I need to reply to all these skype invites... hmm... Maybe this week when I'm less busy!

Neffi - Yup! A small world! What years were you in Pitt? Maybe we sat next to each other on the bus once! (Remember any really awkward looking teenage girls in ugly plaid school uniforms? - that was me!). I have heard of Viagra for IVF cycles (but I don't remember specifically for what). Why is the Viagra so expensive? Because you are using it "off label" and the insurance won't cover it? Can't you have your husband go to his doctor and get some "on label" and just take it yourself? (Would your husband admit to ED, if it would save $500? )

Christy - buying baby shower/birthday presents is the WORST! Someone pointed out that I have new baby clothes in my house (that I bought for the boys) and I should give those as gifts instead of buying more. But NO! Those are MY babies' clothes. Irrational, I know, but still. Thank goodness for internet shopping and avoiding pregnant people in stores! Are you going to POAS before Thursday? I hope you get approved for the IVF program - sucks that having a failed cycle might disqualify you. I really hope you get a miracle baby.

Ester - crashing is welcome! how are you feeling?

Kiminish - oy - 8 days in a row? that's awful! I'm sorry! Is the clinic at least near your house? I'm trigger-dancing for you!

Rosie - 8 out of 10 is fantastic! Congrats!

AFM - getting sooooooo soooooo SOOOOOOO antsy. I love seeing all these BFPs and really hope I'm one of them, even though I know the odds are against me.

Adoption meeting today and SnS tomorrow morning. Fingers crossed really tight that my secret plan (adding an extra Estrofem tablet vaginally) has worked and my transfer can be next week instead of the week after....

[Gina1976]

Jenmink- Congrats!! Can't wait to hear your Beta #'s!

[leorira11]

Come on, Americans, wake up! I'm sitting here at work -- soooooo excited for Amanda and Jen! Sooo exciting to see those pretty second lines! I'm so happy for you guys (and super jealous!)