August Frozen Transfer

[blairwh58]

Jersey- What kind of teacher are you? I have debated on becoming a teacher...partially because when we have kids it would be nice to have summers off with them.

kizmet- Men in general just dont understand. Even though DH knows that I have to give myself a shot every night at the same time and take certain pills on certain days, he likes to tell me to try not to think about it. Just like when Im in the 2ww and says I have some kind of abdominal pain/cramps he likes to tell me its probably just gas...even though I know its not.

AFM- Last day of Birth Control!!!! I will be starting all the estrogen Friday and continuing the Lupron shots. Went to the RE yesterday for my annual (fun stuff) and the NP said she was really hopeful this time and really thought we may end up with twins. I told her as long as we get at leats one I will be ok.

[Jerseyjane]

Blair - I am a kindergarten teacher, here in Jersey we have full day kindergarten. Do you? I love being a teacher and you're right the hours are perfect for being a mommy and I have to admitt that the benefits are great. My IVF is covered up to fresh transfers and any frozen transfers that result from a fresh cycle and I believe I get 6 IUI's so I definitely cannot complain. Yay I am so glad you can start the estrogen. Let me know how you feel on it. My mood is great on it, I even feel frisky on it, not like when I am on lupron alone and I am like "Don't touch me, I have a headache" when I am really not lying, I really do have a killer headache. The only problem with the estrogen is I feel pretty bloated on it so I am curious if it's just me or do you feel the same. I hope your NP is right and this is the cycle for you. Would you want twins? I used to say "oh I would love twins, 2 and done." Now I am not so sure, 1 is so much work, lol.

AFM - I cannot believe August is here and we are all actually going to have our transfers soon, Yay!

[blairwh58]

I am pretty sure KY has both half day and full day Kindergartens. I think that if I did go into teaching I would probably do elementary education. I dont know what grade exactly but probably 1-3. Whats funny is I actually work for an insurance company....and I still dont have great coverage. Even though I am glad they will pay $5000, I have to meet the deductible before they start paying 50% (up to the $5000 lifetime). I think if I knew that I could have summers off and pretty regular hours, and IVF coverage I would probably go for it. I almost took a position as a Biology teacher at the high school I attended, but since its Catholic I dont even think they would allow infertility treatment. I was watching some show on TLC and the lady said she had to sign a contract before they hired her that she wouldnt pursue any infertility treatment while on staff at the Catholic school. I have been on the estrogen before and felt pretty good.....but Ive never been on so much estrogen at once. I start out normal with 1 pill and a patch, do that for 5 days and then add a pill for the next 4 days, and then end up with 6 mg and a patch. NP did say you should feel very "feminine" on the estrogen though.

AFM- It is crazy to think 2 weeks from Friday I will find out if the transfer is a go for the 24th. So basically a little over a month from now we should all be getting positives!!!

[melmar]

Hi girls!

I hope I am not too late getting in on this board....I will be transferring 2 frozen in about another two weeks. I have been taking my estrace now for a week-went for my first lining check and will go back again for my second on Thursday. I am hoping that we all have little ones by next May....

-Melissa

[blairwh58]

melmar- Welcome. You are not too late. Sounds like you are right around the same time we are all transferring. And I hope you are right and we all end up with little May babies.

[Jerseyjane]

Welcome Melmar, glad to meet you. Where are you from? I am from New Jersey obviously.

[kizmet]

Malmar - welcome and I hope you're right about the May babies! I'm a May baby and so is my mum - so hopefully that's a good omen!

JerseyJane - OMG, I'm so glad it's not just me feeling frisky on the estrogen!

Blair - Interesting to know you are a biology teacher. I work at a university in science - mainly physiology but a bit of molecular and basic biology.

AFM - U/S to check my lining tomorrow and hopefully get a date for next week's transfer.

Cheers
Kiz

[blairwh58]

Kizmet- I am actually not a biology teacher, I just considered taking a position. I am actually a pharmacy analyst at an insurance company- basically I help manage the drugs that are covered/ not covered for the formularies. And you mentioned you were a May baby- me too. We actually have 5 May birthdays, so I had always said I didn't want to have a baby in may(obviously before the fertility issues). At this point I would be more than happy with a baby on or around my bday on may 8th!

[kizmet]

Blair - Oops, sorry!

[Melo_P]

Kizmet/Jersey Jane: Gosh - you girls really have had a time of it with OHSS. That would really just be the icing on the cake. Is there much less chance of this, this time around with the FET's? Or no? Am not familiar with the medicated FET cycles and whether they use the same stimulation meds.

Jersey Jane - Oestrongen ... yes that wee hormone - I only just made the connection this time around that the down regs make you feel like total **** (but thats early menapause for you) - and the stuff that makes the oestrogen rise (I am on puregon) does make you feel pretty good! I've had a few days of feeling hopeful, but have to say not even high dosages make me feel "more like a woman"!! I've been having your "don't touch me I have a killer headache" for ..... oh let saaay about . . . . 6 years now Must be something to do with 5 years of forced timing and how blimmin hopeless the old act of procreation has proved to be for the last 12 years. It might supposedly be fun - but it SERVES NO REAL PURPOSE. So well its not really any fun! Leave me alone!!

Kizmet - your first fresh attempt sounded very full on. I hope this time around is more peaceful and of course with the big postive waiting for you at the end of it! Good luck with the US tomorrow! This is to check lining right? Maybe you'll end up transfering well before me. How are you feeling? Managing okay to take it just day by day? Let us know how tomorrow goes!

Melmar - welcome! Yes it does seem like spring is in the air! Lots of may babies sounds very musical to my ears. I hope whole heartedy that this thread is showered with blessings! August is our month for good news. And May the month for miracles My miracle DD is not a may baby, but she is a New Zealand spring baby and named Måia - which means May / goddess of spring / nurse mother (and courage in Maori) so perhaps she counts to bring us all spring luck too!

Blair - it's tough that we have to make so many choices and that the fertility doesn't only impact on that aspect of our lives - but on so many other choices too. i.e. like work choices. For us - we never got married. And delayed buying a house for 10 years - as a sacrifice to pay for IVF cycles. I've have a tricky time with work too. I travel a bit - so have spent really the last few years endlessly juggling and lying about this and that to try and make travel fit around IVF and IVF fit around travel.


AFM: I have US on Friday - to check follies. I am starting to get nervous and easily upset. . . Clinic sent blood script to the wrong pathology centre for the fifth time in a row yesterday, so I did the obvious thing . . . and burst out crying in the middle of a packed reception and then had a (very public) meltdown on the phone to clinic because I was convinced this is a sign the whole (very private) operation is being managed by Mr Magoo and his merry one legged kangeroo. Slight over reaction? Perhaps! Now I have to face wrath and resentment of said clinic nurses to whom I had my big "no one is monitoring my cycle sob sob" wail. Sigh.

Bags of dust and Kia kaha kia maia tatou (Stand strong and have courage all!)

M

[blairwh58]

melo-Yea I do feel lucky that my current job is pretty flexible with all my MD appts. If I need to I can work from home or make up time so I dont have to use my Vaca/Sick time (since Im saving it with hopes of taking a long time off in May). Even though there are only 6 people on my team, it did just so happen that 1 had a daughter pregnant, and 3 of the others were all pregnant. It was stressful hearing everyone I work with always talking about being pregnant or having babies....but hopefully that will change this month. It stinks that you had delay everything to work around the IVF. Even though we couldnt pay cash for all this infertility stuff, we ended up getting approved through Arc for some of the money. Luckily we got the 0% interest for 6 months so we are really hoping to pay it all back before it starts accruing interest. SOrry you had a breakdown in front of everyone, but you know its just the hormones and stress. You probably wont see a lot of those people again so dont let it bother you. Good luck with the US friday- keep us posted.

AFM- still doing lupron and waiting anxiously to start estrogen Friday. Getting excited thinking I get to go back in a little over 2 weeks to make sure the transfer is a go!

[Jerseyjane]

Kizmet - Yesterday was birthday, had a few glasses of wine mixed with 3 estrace a day and my husband said, "Could we get you more of these estrogen for the rest of the year?" I told him to enjoy it while it lasts because I am the type of person who won't do anything after the transfer at least til the first ultrasound God willing of course.

Melo - You crack me up, not the misfortune with the lab of course but the headache bit. I agree with Blair, you'll never see those people again so screw it. Sometimes we need to blow up at someone and it can't always be our DH's or in my case even my poor mom gets it sometimes. About the OHSS, luckily with FET's they are shutting down our ovaries so there is no chance of becoming hyperstimulated.

Blair - When is your next appointment? Will they check your lining a week after starting estrogen?

AFM - I didn't think I had to go but apparently I have to go for another ultrasound and blood check tomorrow. My clinic checks FET patients once a week just to be safe.

[blairwh58]

jersey- I am so jealous that they actually check you once you start the Estrogen to make sure things are on track. I dont go back until August 20, after I will have been on Estrogen for 2 weeks. It just worries me that they arent checking and we will have been able to catch sometihng if they were. I guess I just have to go with what they say and grow a thick lining so we can finalize things and schedule the transfer at that appt.

[Jerseyjane]

Blair - I am sure everything will be great. Do you know what your doctor wants your lining to be at? My clinic likes around 11, but I have read other women's posts and theirs likes the lining to be around an 8.

[kizmet]

Melo - JJ is right, no chance of OHSS with a FET cycle - thankfully! Next time I see the inside of a hospital room had better be because I'm giving birth! I also completely understand your meltdown. I had a LOT of them in the fresh cycle. Complete nut case, especially when I was in the hospital with the OHSS. I felt abandoned in there by the IVF clinic who failed to even check on me until the morning I left hospital, leaving me in the hands of an ob/gyn team that had no idea what they were doing. Spontaneous over the top meltdowns were my specialty! I also found out yesterday that my case was presented as a "special presentation" at the hospital and that the ob/gyn team were congratulating themselves on what a fab job they had done getting me through the OHSS to a successful transfer...WHAT the? Ah, no they did a shocking job of making me sicker and not listening to what I was telling them! Anyway...hopefully that is all behind me now. Good luck with your U/S tomorrow. LOve your DD's name by the way!

AFM - ultrasound was cancelled this morning. The IVF clinic rang yesterday and left a message to say that my appointment was on Friday at 11.45am. I rang them back to say I'd been told to make my own appointment for today, so was this another appointment or was I double booked. The nurse spoke to me like I was an idiot - why would I make my own appointment, so I hung up on her and faxed the sheet I was sent telling me what to do and when. When she got that she rang and apologised, but could I please cancel the Thursday app and go to the Friday one. So now I have to wait another day - something I'm not very good at! So despite the fact I'm constantly told that my RE is one of the best in the world, I feel like I should find another clinic if we have to go round again with a fresh cycle because so far my experiences have all be very negative in terms of customer service.