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

[LYD10]

Just a quick post - today is a very busy day at work - thankfully. makes the week go by fast.

Maria - i am glad your bleeding has stopped.
Leora - fantastic on beta coming down.

AFM, nothing new - just working and keeping busy. My plan is to go for beta tomorrow and u/s on friday.

[Happy Bunny]

We: I'll be thinking of you tomorrow... Best wishes for an awesome result!

Leora: You look great with a newborn!

Indigo: I'm so sorry, that sucks. I'm hoping that your doctor is on board with your plan.

AFM: I'm doing good. I do my last progesterone shot tonight and have my first OB appointment tomorrow. As always, I'm having some pre-ultrasound nervousness.

[Sunshine1576]

I have much more reading to do!

Anton, It's always great to hear from you girly.

Leora, Glad to hear that the numbers are dropping. loved the newborn picture of his BIG yawn and I cannot wait to the day you are holding your LOs too. Trust me, all of this we will someday look back and know it was worth everything we sacrificed. For now we have to move forward and keep going. Thank you I hope we can start cycling soon, but I have some news about my scan today of what we found... I'll share in my AFM in a bit.

We, Praying that your beta tomorrow gets you through this moment of uncertainty- does it ever end?

Ninde, Good luck on your weight watchers program. If you lived down here, I would introduce you to my coworker who was once in pharmautical sales but now has her own Weight Loss progam, called Sylvia's Weight Loss. She's a motivating trainer/coach has been on our local TV airring commercials and launched a website, if you google Nutrition you will find her info but If you lived here I could get you in one of her evening classes. She tells me the worse thing we can buy at the grocery store is anything "boxed" or "canned"-- always shop on the outter perimeter of the store, of course retailers are learning to display junk food on the endcaps, but the best thing we can do is make a list and stick with it.

Cherri, I wish we had some answers for why the embryo didn't implant on the first attempt. I have also considered PGD testing as well. Knowing the embryos change in quality for each given cycle, we do know it would mostly tell us how the embryos looked for THAT particular month. So it could change for month to month on quality... It wouldn't necessary mean we had bad eggs, it would give us the best of the batch. We would also have to go through the ER and have them tested and transfer at a later time as a FET cycle, so then we wonder if the quality would still be good once they were thawed? It may all depend on the clinic's success rates and how diligent they are in.... However I do know several on here have better luck with FETs then fresh so maybe it all depends on the clinic. Looking back, I remember JenMink on here who also tried the PGD with perfect embryos and still no implantation. You might could message her for more info. It's "Catch 22" either way we look at it, but if your insurance covers this procedure OR doctor could give you a good deal on the procedure it might be worth a shot. Our new RE feels the PGD is the newest latest thing everyone is excited about, but he doesn't personally believe it the ideal perfect fit for everyone. Often enough I do worry about the quality of mine, but he says we are still young. lol I wish I could think that way and stop with my fixxed obsession that there has to be a diagnosis with something other then "unexplained infertilty." I'm playing phone tag with the nurse right now to ask them about taking CoQ10 as several ladies on here have said it's certainly something worth looking into. Maybe we'll be the ones here to eventually make up our own diagnosis and find the cure. Don't mind me though, I had 5 hours of sleep last night and rambling away...

AFM: Today I got up at 4:25am left my house at 5:15 and made it to the Gulf Breeze clinic by 7:30. I wanted the Dothan clinic (somewhat closer to home) but nurse told me I would have to register there first...TIme is of essense! So all hydrated, we get the bloodwork done-perfectly on the first stab with no pain; and I get to the room for the u/s and the portable heater in there was so nice. So during the Ultrasound on the screen we find a "black hole" the size of a quarter on my uterus. I asked her what is that????? She said it's a uterus fibroid and I shouldn't worry since it's on the tip of my uterus. Can anyone relate to this??? What causes these fibroids and how do I get rid of it? My stomach is in knots just thinking about it, so any insite please let me know!

[Alwaysangel]

HEY LADIES!!!

Sorry I have been MIA! I needed a break....hope all is well.....it looks like I have a lot of catching up to do!

Here's my update .... Started cycle 5 last week...currently today is day 6 of medication...retrevial is this weekend( sat-mon). This is a fresh cycle with an hcg trigger( not Lupron) pgd and lovolox!!!! So we will see...feeling positive this time!!!!

[Lauren]

We-Good luck tomorrow thinking of you and hope your day went by fast for you today!!

Lyd-Good luck at OB and u/s friday! Im sure all will be just fine!!

Leoria-You look great holding that baby! Sorry your friend is suck a jerk! Have a safe trip and maybe we will be close in cycling im doing early march I thnk!

Anton-So whos your football team??? I may have missed this or forgot but will we be cycling together again?? Im looking at march...I started maca and been taking coq10...we will see! Im gonna start the royal jelly asap!

Bodie-Seems like RMA has great success rates!!

afm-Kinda nervouse about meeting with the doc...anyone give me any info regarding a microflare protocol? that was the only difference with my second opinion.

[WeHaveHope]

UPDATED 01-10-12 @ 7:33pm EST

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UPDATE NEEDED
Melinda72-ER 9-12-11
Kendra_n_Michael-estimated ER 9-20-11
Sky7371-ER scheduled on 10-24-11
Krrice28-IVF 10/2011
Catdempsey-Fall/2011 ER end of October
Pinkboots11-PUPO. Beta 11-7
Kerribell FET Nov/2011
Tamera-ER 11-11, ET 11-16
Becca-PUPO FET 11-2
Fruit-Fall/2011
Jasmin-Fall/2011
Bebesperanza-Fall/2011
Greekchick Fall/2011
Olim78-PUPO 12-1(2 blasts)


Cheri76-FET Feb/2012


Anton-IVF 2012
Gina1976-will schedule appt w/RE in several months for 1st IVF
Ninde-ER & ET 3/2012
Sunshine1576-Summer/2012
Julia73-IVF Feb/2012
Amanda1979-Natural cycle with meds until IVF April/2012
Leorira-IVF Winter/2012
Jayne321-IVF #3 Feb/2012
Tiger04-IVF Feb/2012
Lauren-March/2012
Mommaforthe4thtime-1st IVF 2012
Nikic01-Winter/2012
Indigofire-Winter/2012
Alwaysangel-January/2012




Blueeyedreamer



Outlaw927-Fall/2011





Kerpupples-PUPO 1-5(2 embies). Beta 1-14

RESULTS

Fvrogers-PUPO on 9-22-11 (2 blasts). BFP 9-30 Beta=57, 10-3=290, 10-24 u/s one HB
Tuffy4u-PUPO on 9-24-11 (2 blasts). BFP 10-3 Beta=205, Beta 10-5=519, 10-25 u/s twins 2 HB's
K8ielovett-PUPO 9-19-11. BFP 10-3 Beta=953, Beta 10-6=3403
Toniaa-PUPO 9-24-11(2 blasts). 10-6 +HPT, No Beta waiting for u/s
Counsel13-PUPO(4 embies). BFP 16dpo=470, 18dpo=2060
Bodie1011-PUPO 10-7(2 embies). 10-14 +HPT, 10-16 Beta=248, 10-18 Beta=725, 10-25 u/s twins, 10-31 2 HB's, u/s 12-25 Twins
Jen8675309-PUPO on 10-14(2 embies). 10-27 Beta=46, 10-29 Beta=59, 10-31 Beta 105
JenMink55-PUPO 10-29(3 blasts). +HPT, 11-7 Beta=135, 11-9 Beta=320, 11-28 u/s 1 HB, 12-22 HB 170
Blessed143-PUPO FET 11-3(2 embies). 11-10 +HPT, 11-14 BFP Beta=46, 11-16 Beta=89, 11-18 Beta=239, 12-2 u/s 1 HB.
Nac-BFP 11-28 11dp5dt Beta=42, 12-1 14dp5dt Beta=165
Rosie84-BFP(5dt of 2) = +HPT on 6dp5dt, beta #1: 308, beta #2: 849, 1st u/s (6w2d) - 2 heartbeats
Kbillsy-HPT+ 12/4, 1st beta 309 12/7, 12-9 Beta=642, 12-22 u/s 3 HB's
HappyBunny-PUPO 11/11/11 BFP 14dpo 227, 17dpo 1147
Bonnieucwv-PUPO 12-11, BFP 12-19 Beta=94.5, 12-21 Beta=163, 12-23 Beta=355.6, 12-29 Beta=5640, 1-4 one HB
LauraN-PUPO 12-2, 12-13 +HPT, Beta 12-16=328, Beta 12-20=1650, u/s 1-4-12 one healthy bean
Lyd10-PUPO 12-16, BFP 14dpo Beta=215, 17dpo Beta=845, 22dpo Beta=3539
WeHaveHope-PUPO 12-30, +HPT 4dp5dt, 1-9 Beta=266, 1-11 Beta=


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[blueeyedreamer]

Christy- Fibroids just kind of happen. They are actually quite common. They can get in the way of pregnancy but usually only if they are in certain parts of the uterus. I have some too and my RE said not to worry about them because they are small and not located in an area of concern.

Jayne- I will be thinking of you. How scary for you and having that on top of worrying about your mom.

Maria- I'm glad the bleeding has stopped. I had ridiculous cramps during the first couple weeks of my pg. That probably isn't the most comforting considering I m/c, however my m/c was different and not a result of any bleeding, etc. I've heard that the cramping is totally normal. I know you are worried and you will continue to be worried. I wish you some peace through the journey. Your beta is great!

Indigo- So sorry.

Ker- Hang in there! It's still early.

Anton- As always, lovely to hear from you. Good luck with myfitnesspal. Wow! Your 'friend' sounds delightful**sarcasm**.

Patricia- I'm feeling better. I was hope from work today for other reasons. The cold is mostly gone but it thru my MS for a loop. I had bad headache and depression. I started in a depressive funk yesterday and couldn't focus at all. I came home and took a nap. I've been dipping into the xanax yesterday and today to help. I have been freaking out about this FET and for some reason have been having visions that our embryo doesn't survive thawing. I have no idea why I'm worrying about that. All I do know is that when I get in these funks all I can do is sleep and let it pass.
Good luck with the Weight Watchers. I did it once and lost 30 pounds. They have changed their program to be more healthful instead of focusing just on calories/fat.

Leora- Great pic! I love that the little man is totally swimming in that outfit. Congrats on the beta dropping and the disappearance of the sac. That is great progress!

AFM- Nothing much new. Down in the dumps but getting better. Tomorrow will be an easy day at work and my first day with my personal trainer. I'm looking forward to that! We are having a Martin Luther King, JR assembly and a teaching tolerance lesson for the students. Intermixed with that is activity day. If the students have grades C or above then they can participate in a variety of activities. If they have D or below then they have to go to study hall during activity time and get their work caught up or redone to improve the grade. Plus, it is a two hour early release. So super easy day for me. My university student starts tomorrow as well. That is always fun.

[leorira11]

Kala - I'm so sorry about your BFN. Sucks that you'll have to make another trip.

Felicia - look at you! Almost halfway there! Are you going to find out if it's a boy or a girl? Thanks for the compliment -- I get told a lot that I'm a really strong woman. I don't even know what that means. I just try to get through each day as it comes...

Lauren - nope. Never done supplements.

Kerri - I just started working again in Oct (I was laid off in Feb, in the middle of my IVF cycle - then on bed rest with the boys) --- job searching SUCKS. Big hugs.

Antonia- that's an AWFUL story! Even if your 'friends' don't know about you trying to have a baby - they still shouldn't call you out on it like that! I try to always be sensitive about everything -- one of my mothers' best friends was a (privately) recovering alcoholic (sober for many years). Once, at dinner at my house, my mom served some beers and her friend didn't take one. One obnoxious person kept harassing her about why not ("you're not driving, are you?" "it's okay, just have one" "Don't you like having fun?" etc). Since watching that, I try to always be sensitive about leaving people alone when there is something they don't want to do or talk about --- making you sit with the men because you don't have kids? That's awful!

btw- I get comments all the time too - like "well, you guys have it so easy when you can just go out without getting a babysitter" -- WTF? Sheesh....

Your husband sounds great. Someone gave me the quote once of "at least if we never have kids, I'll still have him" which is sad, but true for me.

Maria - big hugs. Not knowing and waiting are the hardest part... I'm waiting for your beta update today!

Indigo - I think we all kinda figured that was what happened and all understood why you backed away. I'm so sorry. With this pregnancy, I only had good news for about 10 days (before we found out it wasn't viable) and those 10 days, I was so happy. I hope you had a good time on your ski trip -- I'm excited to get away too.

Amy (Jane) - I'm so so so sorry to hear about your mom. I can't believe you have to deal with finding a lump on top of all of that. I'm sure you know that it's probably nothing, but so scary when your mom is dealing with cancer already. I'm sorry it's putting your IVF on hold. Ugh. Life is just unfair sometimes...

Cheri - HI! *waves* How are you? So nice to see you back! I've heard that PGD is only really useful for looking for specific things (ie a specific genetic illness, or specific age related things like T21) and that for regular people, the odds aren't any better with PGD embryos (because doing the PGD damages the embryos a little bit). I'm not sure how true that is (I've never looked into it). When I had 4 bad cycles in a row (3 BFNs and a miscarriage), my doctors ran some tests. I had already had a RPL (repeat pregnancy loss) blood tests done - but he did a HSG to check my tubes. Even though you don't need tubes for IVF (and therefore, I had never had a HSG before, since our issue is male factor), having blocked tubes can create a bad enviroment for the embryos --- have you done a HSG? that's all I can think of....

Amy (kerpupples) -- even with twins, I didn't get my super super super super faint BFP until the evening of 5dp5dt --- maybe there's still hope! Let us know!

Patricia - did you decide what to do? Are you cycling this month, or waiting another month to lose the weight?

Lydia - good luck today!

Barbara - I'm hoping to have a newborn of my own someday -- so I'd better practice with friends' right?

Christy - I've heard of people cycling with fibroids before without problems. (Ask Rosie -- I know she has fibroids. One is near one of her twins and they are concerned about that) Sorry that drive is so long! I hope you can get to the closer clinic.

I often think about "will this all be worth it when we finally do bring that baby home". I hope so, but I don't know anymore. We've been through quite a large pile of sh*t....

AFM - I'm happy my beta went down! I'm pretty sure that it didn't just go from 414 down to 324 in 9 days -- more likely it went higher and is dropping faster than that.

Because we leave Feb 17 - if I want to cycle again before, I'd have to start by Jan 25th at the LATEST (and probably NOT tell my clinic my travel plans! ) so I doubt it... we get back Feb 28 - so maybe I'll get to start on lucky Feb 29th I have a countdown widget on my phone (which I *love*) --- 38 days until vacation, and 50 days until March 1st (and hopefully starting again)


Also --- for those who don't know, I'm a little obsessed with penguins (the CUTEST animals on the face of the planet, btw!) I was passing by a store yesterday that had a little pink onsie with the cutest penguin on it. Since my friend just had a baby, I went in the store to see if they had it in a more 'boy' appropriate color (blue, yellow, gray - anything but pink!) but all they had was pink and "newborn" size --- so I bought it! Even if I don't ever have a girl, I'll give it as a gift, but I hope I have a daughter who can wear this one day. It cost about $4. I showed David when I got home - he agrees that it's okay for me to pick up occasional baby items (especially on sale and especially PENGUIN things!) either for gifts or for "someday". I'm happy I bought it...

[LYD10]

Anton, I just read your post about your "friend". Omg, you are such a good person for just putting her in the stupid category and ignoring her. I would have so blown up by now. You are a very good person, indeed.

[WeHaveHope]

Ahh, I'm exhausted. Did not sleep well last night. 2nd Beta this morning and I should be excited or nervouse yet im not deeling much of anyrhing right now. Its prerty sad what this IVzf journey can do to a person. Don't get me worn, I'm not angry or sad I'm just kind of used to being disapointedso I'm not expecting anything different today. We only have one more try so our journey is quickly coming to an end. I guess deep down I'm looking forward to the end of this journey whether we get one result or the otter. Saying many prayers for each and everyone one of you. You all mean alot to me. Sending you all my love and hoping you all have a nice day.

Maria

[Kerri_789]

Indigo,I can totally relate to your dilemma: wanting things to be over and the same time enjoying to be pregnant. My fertility treatments started from an “unexpected” pregnancy. The pregnancy took us in surprise though I was aware that I had taken any BCP for 7 years. Within the 7 years, I was actually depressed most of time until I found a job. My depression came from a lot of sources, relation with my parents and my DH, my study and my career, but nothing to with a child. We were not really talking about having a child because of the uncertainty of my life. After I found a job matching my study and worked for one year and a half, I was pregnant. When I saw the double strip on the HPT, I hesitated a bit before telling my DH. He was totally thrilled. However, I had a lot of thoughts racing across my mind. How should I arrange all my plans? I finally got my life on track again and it needed more time to smooth things around. I took me a couple of days to settle my mind. Meanwhile, we found out it was an ectopic pregnancy. The foetus was growing in my left tube for almost 8 weeks and had to be removed with an operation. While I was naively suggesting the doctor remove the foetus from the tube and plant it back to uterus, my DH sitting next to me, burst into tears. I did not know what to do since I did not anticipate his strong reaction.
Then numerous consultations, examinations and operations followed. Today, I made an appointment with a RE to discuss my last subsided IVF. I don’t know if you can image how much I wish to go back to the life before my first pregnancy and have everything planned as the way it should be.
Jayne, I am very sorry for your mom. Take care for yourself. I hope the mammogram and ultrasound result are ok.

Cheri76,
welcome back. I don’t think ladies in this board will be brought down so easily. I cannot recommend you anything since my previous doctor give few recommendations in terms of supplements. Concerning the lack of implantation sign, they ordered once MRI for me to rule out Adenomyosis. And Hysteroscopy seems a very useful way to check the implantation environment.

Leorira, Glad to hear your good news. Cheers!

Kerpupples, it is too early to say BFN. Wish you a BFP!

Anton, I had actually started the job hunting much earlier than the end of my contract (June 2011). But I had the idea that I could not find a job anyway if I was pregnant so I did not do it full-heartedly. The result is predictable and it brings my disappointment of IVF further down. I think that job hunting is just like IVF treatments. The more applications/IVFs you do, the more chance you get, though you don’t know when it happens. It is a new year. Let's keep our spirits and the good luck will come!

AFM, Sent out another 25 applications yesterday. In total, I sent out 50 and got 6 feedbacks, all saying “we are not hiring people at this moment” or “there are no positions meeting your profile”. I will work on the companies starting with C today. Next to it, got a new appointment with a new RE next Tuesday and am waiting for AF to come.

Have a nice day,
Kerri

[Gina1976]

Leora- Glad it went down some, finally!! I know you're ready to get things going!

As for buying that. Nothing wrong with doing so! Can't beat $4 either!! Germany as some really cute baby things and before we move I'm getting some pregnant or not!!

[Sunshine1576]

Kerri,
Good for you on the part-time job search, most employers prefer part-time openings too since it cost less for their organization to hire part-time, plus it gives us the flexibility we need for our doctor appointments and even once we bring home our baby we might could even hang on to the job if it works out where the hours are good. Most of all to get away for a few hours would give you a much needed break from the IVF world. Keep us posted on the job search. It's good to keep your options for work open too. I drove past someone yesterday on my way to the clinic that had an idea I never would of considered. On her car it said "Julia's Gopher Service" I smiled her way when I read that she caters to running errands for other people such as "dry cleaning, grocery shopping, lunch pickup, etc...I thought these are things we do everyday without thinking about them and some people do them for a living and get paid for it. If you lived in a good sizetown or big city it might be worth getting into a business like that, but really thought how original!

Blue,
Thank you, I guess it's alarming to see the fibriod had grown, last time she told me I had one I didn't even notice it on the screen. But like I said earilier, she did tell me it's on the tip of my uterus so I shouldn't be concerned. I just don't want to see this get into the way of a pregnancy, I will see what others say.

Leora,
Your cruise/travel plans with David sound amazing and I love that you have a countdown to everything, that sounds like something I would do. Glad you bought the penguin onezie! Speaking of Penguins...Love all animals in general so thoroughly enjoyed our last business trip to Chicago visiting their aquarium, but the dolphins are one of my favorite! Everytime we go out in the gulf, I'm always looking for them! Of course speaking of animals... Have you seen the movie, "Return to Me"???? This morning since I obviously couldn't sleep I watched this flix and LOVED it! Totally recommend it to everyone out there looking for something good to NetFlix instantly.

Maria,
I know the feeling, one way or another we're ready for something good to happen. So ready to put all the worrying behind and enjoy a well derserved pregnancy and we want more then anything to feel it's possible. I guess that would be a question to pose to HappyBunny. (Barbara) "Does it get ANY easier the second time around?"

AFM: Still more personals to come, but a good start...Hope you all have a gorgeous day!

[WeHaveHope]

Beta today is 727. Progesterone is 20. Next Beta is on Monday. Although, I know that we have been here before and we have a really long way to go, I can not thank you all enough for all of your prayers. I love you all. Back later for personals.

[Sunshine1576]

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