Started Lupron 10/31...anyone on same cycle?

[TammyS]

BBdusts...we are always here for you when you feel like talking. Good Luck with your next steps and may you have a very Happy New Year. 2008 will be better for all of us.

[tinaO]

BBdusts - I am soooo sorry. This IVF journey is such a tough one - so many ups & downs. It seemed like everything was moving along so nicely for you. I am so sorry. It sounds like you have a good attitude about it all which is important. Also, you are obviously able to get pregnant - which is great! Maybe you can have it happen through natural conception or maybe a FET! You are blessed to have 3 to freeze! I just wish you all the peace and happiness you deserve. Hang in there and know we are all here for you.

MBG - Whoo hoo! Today is your u/s!!!! Post, post, post!!! I want to hear how many!!! I wish you the best today!!!!

How is everyone else doing? I am sorry I have not posted too much, but we had my MIL in town for....are you ready for this.....8 days!!!!! Yeah, that was a little too long to say the least. She is a wonderful lady but it was hard to have her here at the house staying with us for so long. She just left yesterday. I hope you are all doing well. Happy New Year!

[MBG]

bbdust: I am so sorry about your loss. Like TinaO said, this journey is filled with so many ups and downs...nothing is for certain...I wish you and your DH the best of luck trying to conceive in the new year! I have a feeling 2008 is your year!! Good luck

Well ladies....I went in for my first U/S today..I am very pleased to announce we have one little nugget growing strong!! It is measuring 6 wks 2 days with a heartbeat of 125 BPM (the nurse told me they look for a heartbeat between 95 and 105...anything else is bonus!) My projected due date is AUG. 23rd...WOHOO sounds HOT!!

needless to say DH and I are estatic.....I went out and bought us both picture frames so we can look at our nugget each day every day!

I hope everyone has a nice relaxing New Years eve and New Year full of much JOY! Each and everyone of you ladies deserve it!!

My dh and I are doing a whole lot of nothing..we have about 4 movies to watch...some pizza to eat and couch to lay on!!

Take care everyone!!

MBG

[tinaO]

MBG - Congrats!!! I am so excited for you getting to see the heartbeat!! Our appt is at 8 a.m. tomorrow morning and as always before an appt, my nerves are starting to get to me. I just want everything to go well, you know? Anyway, you are doing AWESOME!!!! So excited for you!!! Ha - and yes, we are going to be huge, hot, and bloated living in the south and delivering in August!!!

I hope everyone else is hanging in there. I hope the whole group will continue to post and let us know how they are doing! Happy New Year!

[itsgottawork]

Hi Everyone!
Happy New Year! Here's hoping 2008 brings us all great news!

BBDust - I am so sorry to hear about your 2nd scan. What a rollar coaster you have been on. I wish you and your DH all the best and hope 2008 works out better for you. My heart goes out to you guys and I look forward to hearing how things go this year!

4ourbaby - That is amazing that your dr is going to work with you regardless of the payments! I am so happy that your appointment went well and that you will be trying again soon! Maybe next cycle is the cycle for both of us and we might even get to go again together!

tinaO - Good luck today with your u/s. I was happy to read you already snuck in a scan and that things are going well. I look forward to reading about today's results too!!! (And, I had to laugh about your MIL visit! 8 days is a long time for anyone. I love my MIL but after 8 days, I can't say what would happen!)

MBG - I still double check every time I type your letters out, and let me tell you I didn't have it correct today either! I am close with an MKB and that's why it is confusing to me. But, I digress. CONGRATULATIONS on your u/s results!!! It is so exciting to read about your success. You and TinaO give me hope and I feel happy to get to read about you both and hear about such happy events!

As for me, I feel like we have finally been able to regroup. 2007 wasn't the best year for us and it ended pretty roughly. In addition to the chem pregnancy, the snow storms caused major roof issues the week before Christmas, leading to an almost flooded kitchen that was fixed in time for me to bake for the holidays. Unfortunately, when I was almost done baking, one of our cabinets decided to come off the wall and fall on me! No seious harm done, just a bad bruise and a few laughs as we wondered what more could go wrong at this time.
My husband had suggested we invite some out of town friends for New Year's and we had a great time with them which really gave me the boost I needed. I am finally getting back in shape after the cycle and actually look forward to weighing myself this weekend!
I am kind of excessively exercising but figure that is okay as I will be healthy for the next pregnancy and it does make me feel better.
We will be TTC naturally this month which should be fun in itself and I try to be hopeful as you never know what could happen. My dr appt is the 18th which is hopefully when I get AF (if I am not pg of course!). I will find out details of my next protocol then unless they call beforehand. Right now it looks like I will pretty much be doing the same thing I did this time although I might go on BCP beforehand this time. I really can't wait. Earliest guess looks like I could transfer by end of February and I should be able to test by my mom's birthday in mid-March. I am very hopeful and look forward to the dr visit to hear more about what he has to say.
I have to say, this board and you girls have been great. While I was down, I still lurked to see how you were doing and I was so happy to read of the good results and it is just great to see how supportive everyone is. I cringe to think of how I would have gotten through all this without being here. So, thanks to everyone!!!
I'll still be around as I look forward to hearing more about the positives we have and the status of the girls that are going to try again!
Good luck to all and I wish everyone happiness in the New Year!

[MBG]

ittsgottawork: Well I am glad you were able to get my letter combo correct!!

You sound so positive. I am very proud of you! Sounds like you have your head where it should be...focusing on you and DH!! Your kitchen visual had me laughing....you must have been ready to just throw your hands up at that point!! Glad to hear you were not seriously injured!!

I am glad you have had time to relax and enjoy your friends! You just sound good and very positive! I truly believe that positvity is half of the battle during the roller coaster of emotions of infertility treatments!

You must keep us posted on your progress in this new year!!

Good luck!!!

Lots of hugs!

Marybeth

[tinaO]

Well ladies, it appears out little thread has gotten very quiet. I know we have had quite the roller coaster with all of us, but I do hope everyone is doing well.

4ourbaby, BBdusts, itsgottawork...how are you doing? I hope everything is going ok with you all and let us know how you are doing. I know MBG, dancinnancy, and I are still doing well as we keep up with each other on the Aug pregnancy thread. But I still think about you and wonder how you are!!

Ok, I am off to get ready for bed. Another u/s in the morning. Hopefully the baby's heartbeat has risen to where it should be...pray, pray, pray!!!!

[itsgottawork]

Hi Everyone!
I just got back from the RE to go over the last cycle and start preparing for the new one. He is switching things up a bit and the big difference I see is an additional injection each morning when I am on stims! I am optimistic about this though and can't wait to get started!
I am moving on to the Feb/March cycles thread. Hopefully this will work and instead of a summer baby, I'll be having one in the fall. I think it would be amusing if this cycle works. Here I was so worried about Thanksgiving plans this past November and I have a chance at giving birth this November!
I have lurked on the August thread and am very excited to read about some of your journeys there.
I wish you all the best of luck!
And, tinaO, I don't wan't to offend you but I have to say "Go Pats!"

[tinaO]

itsgottawork - So excited for you!!! I bet it feels good to get started again and it sounds like you have a great attitude!!! We will all be pulling for ya!!! Please keep us posted!!! Sorry about the additional injection though - I am so sick of shots!!! I only have a couple more weeks and I am done!!! It is these PIO shots that make me crazy. Oh well - all for a good cause, right??

Oh - and go check out MBG's most recent post. Guess who had a twin hiding??? Yep - she is having twins and they just found out! How crazy is that??? She is thrilled, of course.

[4ourbaby]

TinaO, MBG, dancinnancy, itsgottawork:

Hi Girls!

Long time, no talk! Congratulations on how well everything has been going for you all. I am very happy that each hurdle has been surpassed with flying colors!

I just wanted to give you a quick update on me. In February, I had surgery to remove an endometrioma from inside my left ovary. Ouch. Everything went well and the doctor also removed my fibroids and took care of any endometriosis which came back. My uterus was still in great shape. Phew!

My dh and I are in our 4th cycle now and I just had the ER today. We were expecting 18-20 follicles, but they actually got 27!!!! I guess several of them had been hiding on the ultrasounds. Haha.

Most likely our ET will be this Monday, as I have always had a day 3 transfer done. But, once again, we are hoping for a 5 day transfer which would make it this upcoming Wednesday.

Please keep me in your prayers and send those baby vibes my way! We should know tomorrow how many fertilized. Keep your fingers crossed!

~4ourbaby

[tinaO]

4ourbaby - So good to hear from you!! I was wondering what happened to you!! 27 follicles - WOW!!! Those are some great odds then!! When do you find out how many fertilized??? Good luck!!!! Just think positive as it sure sounds like you are off and running to a great start this go around. Please keep us posted and know we are all thinking about you. Hopefully soon you can join us with the moans ans growns of pregnancy. No, seriously, it is all great, but wow - you sure learn a lot about your body and all the craziness pregnancy does to it. I wish you the BEST! Are you going to go on bedrest for a couple of days after ET?

So glad you are doing well!

Tina

[4ourbaby]

Hi tinaO!!

I knew I could count on you to write back It made me smile! The doctor called yesterday and 18 fertilized! Woohoo! Considering I am two and half years older than the first time we did IVF, that's pretty good. Our first IVF, 15 out of 28 fertilized. So now we are just hoping they all make it and maybe we'll even be lucky enough to transfer at day 5.

Just to remind you, our last IVF results: 21 eggs, 10 fertilized, 3 transferred, 0 frozen. So we are definitely hoping this is the cycle. I am trying to stay as positive as possible and not stress over every ache, pain and flutter! I also bought that book you suggested, "The Secret" and am currently reading it. It is definitely helpful so far.

Tomorrow we need to call the doctor at 7:30am and either we will go in that afternoon to transfer or he will tell us to go in on Wednesday. I will be on a minimum of 3 days bedrest...doctor's orders! He is very serious about that. Luckily, I am not working so I can actually be on bedrest the whole 2ww. But I don't think I would last that long! I will just take it easy after the 3 days.

Anyway, thank you so much for responding! I really have missed you guys. But as you know, we all have to deal with the emotional side of IVF in our own way. By the way, your pregnancy belly looks great and your husband is very handsome

Talk to you soon!

Love,
4ourbaby xoxoxoxo

[tinaO]

Hi! Well, you sound great with such a great attitude and 18 fertilizing is AWESOME! We only had 12 and 10 fertilized and then 2 transferred, with one little one frozen. So, your odds are GREAT! I think resting for 3 days is worth it. I did pretty much 2 full days straight after transfer and then got out on the 3rd day, but still took it easy. I will say for those 2 days though that I barely did anything and hardly got out of bed. It was hard for me, but worth it now that I know the results. Who knows if it really makes a difference, but at least you know you are doing everything you can, you know? I am glad you are enjoying The Secret. This is such a crazy, stressful time and the more you can focus on thinking positive, I think the better. I know that can be tough sometimes! I was a NERVOUS WRECK my whole first trimester. The clinic would crack up on me because I would just start shaking before every appt so scared that something bad would happen and the baby would no longer be there. It was nuts!

Hopefully itsgottawork will see this post and pop in as she got pregnant back in March and now I have not heard from her. Hopefully everything is going well for her. Marybeth is doing great and looks fantastic for carrying twin boys and dancinnancy looks like I did 2 months ago - she looks incredible. Maybe I need to lay off the ice cream?

Ok, let me know how tomorrow goes. GOOD LUCK and THINK POSITIVE!!! Lots of love to you!!!

Tina

[itsgottawork]

Hi 4ourbaby!
Good luck today!!! I am so impressed by your retrieval results. It must be a great sign that this is the cycle for you!
I have to admit I am kind of jealous. We had 25 follicles and only 3 fertilized this time around, we transfered 2 and 1 stuck. So, I guess whatever works but I wish I had a couple on ice. I am hoping for a successful transfer and lots of frozen embies for you!
I read The Secret this time around too! I think it definitely helped me stay more positive. I explained a couple of principles to DH and he didn't buy it so much. I think I am the more optimistic of the two of us and he is more cautious. He only really started believing we were having a baby after our 9 week ultrasound! I believed it from the day of the transfer as I told him I put the order in to the universe and it will happen!
I hope you enjoy your bedrest! I had a transfer on Thursday this time around and had Friday and the weekend to take it easy. I think it definitely helps. If only for your sanity if nothing else!
Please keep us posted on how the transfer goes!!!

Good Luck!

[4ourbaby]

Hi Girls!

itsgottawork: Congratulations on your pregnancy! It's so nice to see that so many girls from our original thread are now pregnant! I sure hope I'm next! Thanks for responding!

I know how you feel about starting out with a lot of follicles and ending up with very few to transfer! Last time I cycled with you guys, I had 21 eggs, 10 fertilized and only 3 made it to transfer...and I had none to freeze So I really hope this works.

tinaO: Once again, I am so glad you respond to my posts because you are such the cheerleader! It's exactly what I need to get through this 2ww. I know it's only been one day, but so far I am just resting and not thinking about it too much. My dh and I are just talking like I am already pregnant and calling the embryos babies already. Who knows...maybe it will work.

So, we ended up doing our transfer yesterday which was a 3 day transfer. I actually got a picture of the 5 embryos that they transferred! Yipeeeee! It's as good as an ultrasound to me right now! This is the first time I ever had a picture.

Anyway, they transferred 2 A's and 3 B's. They have 9 more in the lab that they are "culturing" and hoping that they make it to blastocysts. We have to call the office on Thursday to see if any made it. Whether this cycle works for me or not, I hope we have some frozen because I will definitely do IVF again...hopefully to get some siblings!

I will be on full bedrest until at least Thursday night. But I plan on taking no chances after that. Now, I just wait. Also, dh really wants to POAS. I wasn't sure I wanted to do that this cycle, because I don't want to stress over a negative because we all know that anything can happen. But I guess I'd rather be prepared for when the nurse finally calls with the beta results.

So, I tested on 5/2 (my day of retrieval) to make sure the HCG shot was showing and it was. Then I tested on 5/5 (my day of transfer) to see if the HCG was still there. The faintest line showed up...honestly, if you didn't hold it up to your nose, you wouldn't even see it. So I guess from this point on, if a second line shows up, it will be a glorious BFP! Then I'll just have to sweat out the 1st beta. Then the 2nd. Then the 3rd. Then the first ultrasound. Then the heartbeat. And on and on and on, right???

Anyway, thanks again for keeping in touch. You girls are the best

xoxoxoxo