Summer Board 2011

[NancyB]

Happy Birthdy, Anton! Sounds like you have a lovely day planned.

[lou71]

Happy Birthday Anton!!!!

I'm wishing you that 37 is your lucky age and you will become pregnant with your next transfer. You are an inspiration to all women on this board. Your outlook is bright and you always keep your PMA. It can happen! It was my SIXTH transfer when I got pregnant with this amazing little girl. With only one embie fertilized too. I'm always praying and pulling for you every step of the way. Tons of baby dust on it's way across the ocean.

Much love my friend!

[WndrGrl]

Blueeyed - I've been getting a little bit of a headache too. Thankfully nothing too bad. I've been trying to drink to drink a lot of water and hoping that helps.

Has anyone noticed that the shots hurt a little more each day that goes by? I'm a week into shots and last night they actually hurt. I don't know if it's because I'm getting bloated from the shots and don't have enough "extra" stomach to grab on to when I give the shots. I'm not looking forward to the rest of my shots. I go in tomorrow for another u/s and more blood work. Hopefully I get the goahead to start ganirelix.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANTON!!!

[Sunshine1576]

Anton, our Angel-
Your words of encouragement are always uplifting and even though we live across the ocean- so many of us think of you as family! I just wanted to tell you thank you for always being there and for helping so many get through this journey. It certainly wouldn't be the same without you! You warm our hearts and keep us going with so much adventure and we love hearing from you. I smiled when I saw your name over here, in such good company...We wish you guys lived in the states too, but hey thanks to this forum, we can say we have friends from all around the world! The flowers and card was the sweetest gift from dh, he sounds like a wonderful husband.

Wishing you a wonderul birthday filled with so much love and pray your upcoming new year will shower you with many blessings.

Happy Birthday-
From all of us!

[RMB]

Happy Birthday Anton. 3 and 7 are lucky numbers. Hopefully this is your year! Sounds like you will be having a nice, relaxing birthday! Have a beautiful weekend!!

[blueeyedreamer]

Happy Birthday Anton!!!!!!!!!! Wow, you're in Cyprus. Awesome. I love that we have found connections from all over the world. It's a big world but small too.

Wndrgrl-Yes, my shots are hurting more each day. I have plenty to grab on to so I can't say that is your problem! I think we just get tender the more and more we stab ourselves. What is ganirelix? Is that your trigger? Good luck with your u/s. I went in today.

I went in for my day 8 u/s today. We found 14 good size follies this time all on the right. My left ovary just isn't wanting to play along. I think that endometrioma is really screwing with it. I'm happy with what we've got.

I had a sub doc today because mine is off this weekend. She suggested a Thursday retrieval instead of Wed. I hope they figure out what they want to do because I'm gonna run out of gonal-f. Must call tomorrow to find out what they want me to do.

Have a wonderful Sunday.

[NancyB]

I went in for my day 8 u/s today. We found 14 good size follies this time all on the right. My left ovary just isn't wanting to play along. I think that endometrioma is really screwing with it. I'm happy with what we've got.

I had a sub doc today because mine is off this weekend. She suggested a Thursday retrieval instead of Wed. I hope they figure out what they want to do because I'm gonna run out of gonal-f. Must call tomorrow to find out what they want me to do.

Have a wonderful Sunday.

14 follies is really good especially just from one ovary. When I did IVF they only got 15 total and both of my ovaries were working.

Definitely call and find out if you need more meds. I hope you don't. I know that stinks having to order more.

Beta is tomorrow so I'm hoping today flies by. I've been POAS daily using internet cheapies. This a.m. I used a FRER and got a beautiful BFP. I knew that I couldn't be getting that many false positive on the cheapies but seeing that second line on the FRER really helped me this morning.

Hope everyone has a great Sunday.

[jcbaby]

Anton: HAPPY BIRTHDAY! OMG you live in Cyprus. My sister lives there. Its so beauitful there. I was there twice once 2 summers ago and last Easter. My brother in law got transferred there for his job, so they upped and moved to Cyprus with my 4 nieces and nephews. I was going to plan a trip there this summer, but now I just had my FET on Wednesday and possibly my sister is coming to States for Summer. Where in Cyprus are you, she is in Limossol.

[WndrGrl]

Does anyone else feel like they are at the doctor's office more than they are at home? Today I had another u/s and more blood work at 9am. My husband got to come with me. He got home from work in just enough time. It was a new doctor doing the u/s. She was super nice. She said everything is looking good. Follicles are measuring good. We started ganirelix this morning. Smallest mean on the left was 9.79 and largest was 11.38. On the right the largest mean was 13.25 and the smallest was 6.42. They measured 6 on both sides. Said the minimum they want to see is 4. I'm feeling really positive about this. The ER is now tentatively scheduled for Friday. I go in for more monitoring on Tuesday.

I'm starting to feel impatient. I'm ready to get this show on the road. It seems like it's been forever since I started shots. Patience is a virtue right?

[Dreams2009]

Anton~ Happy Belated Birthday! I hope you had a great time celebrating with your family. I bet you are excited for the dh to return tomorrow.

Nancy B - Beta will be here before you know it; with a positive FRER I am sure everything with go great tomorrow!

Blueeyeddreamer - I had a sub doctor too today! I definitely like it better when I see my regular doctor...just a lot more comfortable.

Wndrgrl - My shots also hurt more each day (my muscles are getting so sore!) I have not yet tried the stomach, I have been doing the front of the thigh as i am scared my stomach muscles will hurt much more. Have you done both locations and think one hurts less than the other?

AFM - Went in today for another check up. I am ready to trigger!!! I had 1 more dose of 2 bravelle & 1 menopur early in the evening and then 9pm for the hcg trigger! I am really nervous for this one as the needle is so much bigger and it has to be intra-muscular. But I'm sure it will be worth all the pain and nervousness- Retrieval is scheduled for 9:30 am on Tuesday!

[Kbanks]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANTON, THIS IS YOUR YEAR!!!!!

Nancy B, can't wait to see what your numbers are, sending positive vibes for tomorrow!

Thank you everyone for the support! I just wanted to chime in that yesterday was my first day of stimming (YAAAAAAAAAY) and the AM shot went good considering I was poking myself with a needle and it seems so unnatural... You all know what I mean. But the evening shots included HCG and that one hurt for like 1/2 hour after! As far as where you all are doing the injections, I was told just the stomach. If you pinch the skin around the injection site does it hurt less? I have a small frame anyway, but tried holding the skin tight when pulling the needle out and even after 10 seconds a tiny bit of liquid came out with it. Needless to say I didnt do that again and it has been fine. Also, this AM's shot, it actually made me bleed and bruise and this is just day 2! hahaha. I just know we will look back on this and not only laugh, but think of what small sacrifices we made to bring our miracles into the world. I hope you all had a great weekend!

[WndrGrl]

Wndrgrl-Yes, my shots are hurting more each day. I have plenty to grab on to so I can't say that is your problem! I think we just get tender the more and more we stab ourselves. What is ganirelix? Is that your trigger? Good luck with your u/s. I went in today.

No. I probably won't trigger til Wednesday. Ganirelix I guess is what stops me from ovulating? I take it in the morning and then the gonal F & hcg in the evening still.

[Lauren]

WOW...I worked 4 12 hour days and this board blew up!!!!!!!! I have a lot of catching up to do!

PUPO ladies....ER happening and Nancys BFP!

WELCOME to all the LADIES!!!

Anton-HAPPY BIRTHDAY and WELCOME Hope you got yourself something special.

AFM-Just been busy at work Have acupuncture tomorrow...willing to try anything at this point! ITs MF but you never know then u/s bw on tues....praying we have good results!!!! and STIMS start I am so exhausted from work. bed and then as soon as I catch up.personals later...

[NancyB]

Lauren,
Wow on working four 12 hour shifts. No doubt that is exhausting. Are you a nurse?

[Sunshine1576]

Well it's almost midnight here on the gulf coast, but I wanted to touch based with you all before bed. Today was a great day, started the morning with church and then lunch with hubs followed by an afternoon at the boutique I so happen to work at . But this morning I said a little prayer that throughout this journey our sovereign God will bring all of us peace of mind and contentment. My best friend hopefully finished all the adoption paperwork today, they have now been fingerprinted for the 3rd time! I am hopeful that she will make progress with the adoption agency and her dreams will come true this year. We've been friends for over 25 yrs and she asked me to write a little journal for the biological mom to have, more like a novel for me lol with some pictures of us about our friendship and some qualities about how I personally think she would make a great mom. Adoption is a personal decision but she is tired of having miscarriages and ready to move forward. I am so happy to be a part of this!

I wish I had more time for personals at midnight with everyone but I will be off tomorrow and talk more to you then.
AFM: Monday 9am: scheduled u.s and b/w possibly doing the trigger shot for IUI. Praying the follicle(s) look great!