JAN/FEB/MAR 2009 Ladies!!! :arrow:

Discussion forum for those particularly interested in IVF and embryo transfer including frozen embryo transfer.
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Lady_J
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1st we need to visit with our RE’s...
Hopeful~n~09: (Lupron Feb. 13th)
Uno MAS: 1st stages of IVF Cycle (BW, SA, US)
Kimbob: Jan. 27th
Robin611: Jan. 13th > FET
Sophie1: February Cycle

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aspotoftea (Lupron Feb. 6th)
brit1612 (FET Feb. 5th)
CAFirstInvitro (Lupron Feb. 4th)
ct_michele
Espinozal23 (March FET)
Jmomma (Stims Jan. 31st)
Lady_J (Lupron Jan. 30th)
Nursegator (Lupron Feb. 2nd)
SueQiwi
To_have_fun

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BarbD (FET)
Brown01
d-bear
London
okandtxdr

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dys24 (Natural Cycle #2)
JennLB25 (ER Jan. 28th)
JLB380
Kcraven
Molly23 (ER Jan. 30th)
Prayin4BFP
Rosario
Shelleyj5
tburks
Waitingfor4 (ER jan. 30th)

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Mandeekins (Beta Feb. 6th)

BETA RESULTS!!!!!
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DNT0809: BFP!!! 66 St. Jude Miracle!!! :shock: Amazing
dys24: AF arrived before Beta (Natural Cycle #2 in progress)
Sisi1: Cycle Canceled!!! (Cycling again in March)
Tkat: BFP!!! 369 :P YIPEE!!!
Espinozal23: BFN :( (So Sorry)

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Post by aspotofTea »

mandeekins, I'm sure you are okay. I was told you want to keep your body temperature at it's normal, base temp, but I'm not sure a bath would make that much of a difference. I'm still sending you lots of sticky baby dust!

DNT, congrats! Happy, happy news! the best to you.

waiting, good luck with the trigger tonight. and good luck with ER.

hi d-bear, i'm sorta new here too, and this forum is a godsend, and these ladies are THE best.

molly, best of luck with ER.

everyone else, keep positive, and sending those positive vibes to each other!
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Post by Molly23 »

TKAT congrats on the BFP. I am extremely happy for you!

Of Course I trigger tonight at 9pm, and my ER is on Friday. At this point I am super nervous, but glad for the three day weekend. I really hope I get a BFP, and my eggs are quality.

My doctor said out of the 33 I now have they will get most likely 20. Since we are male factor they say they will try to fertilize as many as they can, and freeze the left over eggs. I am so praying for baby dust. I secretly want twins. :)
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Hi ladies!

I was thinking I would jump over here. I have been on the Dec - Jan board.

I am currently on my 8th day of stimming. I am short 2 days of Gonal-F and it was suppose to be here today and it still hasn't arrived. I drive 3 hours to the clinic and I have to go in tomorrow. I am worried to death it will come tomorrow and I won't be here to sign for it. I have enough meds for this evening and there is a possiblility I may have to spend the night tomorrow if they need me to come back Fri. This is so frustrating!!!

Sounds like there's a lot going on over here!! Lots of BFP"S!!! That's wonderful and very motivating for those of us waiting.

I have 13 sacks so far and they are about 12 in size. Hoping to see agood improvement tomorrow.

Good Luck to all of you!

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ET 2/5 - 1-8 cell 1-6 cell
BETA 2/17 187
BETA 2/19 497
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Post by to_have_fun08 »

tburks - Welcome to the board. Sounds like your cycle is going well so far. I hate trying to get more meds in the middle of a cycle. It just puts more stress on us. I already know I am going to run out of menopure but have to wait to cycle for a few days before I can bug the insurance and the RE to get me more. If it isn't one thing it is another. Nothing can go totally smoot.

Molly - GL at ER on Friday.

JennLB25 - Did you have ER today? If so how did it go?

Hopeful~n~09 - Welcome to the board. All the needles are pretty scary but you get used to them. The PIO needles look the worst because they are so big. Once the needle punctures the skin they are pretty much just like the smaller needles. good luck!

Mandeekins - A bath is fine, just don't make it too hot. They don't want you to raise your body temp, this is why hot tubs are out of the question while prego.

Waitingfor4 - Have fun triggering tonight. I was so excited to do that last time Another step closer to a BFP.


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Post by hopeful~n~09 »

Thanks everyone I feel better about the
PIO shots already. I hope you all dont mind lots of questions
because I feel like I am going to have a lot with my
1st cycle! So my first question is what side effect did you
all have when you started Lupron? Where did you inject? My dr. said I could do stomach or thigh, thigh seems less painful.

Mandeekins- When was your transfer? How many eggs?

Lady_J- Thanks for the welcome. Trust me I will more than fit in
with the ranting, raving, crying and laughing! Did you have any problems
with OHSS when you did the stimulating? I heard that you are
more at risk when you have PCOS.

Anyone else here from Kentucky??
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Post by mandeekins »

Thanks for all the reassurances ladies! I, of course, freaked out and called the clinic to double check and the nurse assured me I was ok. She said to avoid the hot tub but a warm bath was ok. My bath was more like lukewarm because DH decided to start a load of laundry in hot water while I was running my water. I only stayed in long enough to wash off because it actually made me colder!

Molly and waiting – Have fun with trigger tonight! I took my trigger on a Sunday while at my friends house crafting. Of course, she brought out the camera! Luckily for me the following Monday was MLK day so I didn’t have to work. It didn’t really make me feel any different than the other stims shots.

Tburks – welcome to this board! :D

hopeful~n~09 – My egg retrieval was on Friday, the 23rd. We did a 3 day transfer. I had 25 follies, we only got 13 eggs and only 8 were mature. Kind of a let down on the numbers when I had so many follies.

PMA and tons of baby dust to everyone...including myself!
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Post by CAFirstInvitro »

I'm kind of down/tired today so I won't type too many personals.

Dnt: however with your news i am way excited to hear it lifts what spirits can be lifted :) I am soooo happy for you!!!!!! I was almost teary eyed reading your news. Please keep us informed. All these BFP's are so awesome to hear!!!

Lady j: are you talking about a ovulation monitor thing. i bought one like a year and a half ago it was like $250.00 I didn't really like it. It actually scared me it was saying i wasn't ovulating or peaking, but then again i wasn't following the directions to the T. I know i ovulate every month because when we did insemination i had no problems at all. i had lots of follicles especially with the meds they gave me. the machine probly didn't work for me because i didn't work it properly. i was just getting ready to hand over mine to my cousin, but if she doesn't want it do you want mine too. you just have to buy sticks to pee on. is your machine the same way?
I'm 26 -DH 27
We just found out we have an egg quality issue
Low count, motility
4 insem
Our First IVF with ICSI
FEB/MARCH- BFN :(


Forgive me I don't know all the lingo on here yet :)
Lady_J
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Hi ladies, I just woke up from a little nap... I am so tired, I feel sick, my head hurts, my bones ache. It's crazy cuz, I am only on BCPs.. and I still have yet to do Lupron and stims. First cycle I was fine with meds. I reacted well. I hope it doesn't do me wrong this time.

CA... I hope u r feeling better now. Why r u down today? Talk to us girl. As for the Monitor, I went to go pick it up. Yeah, it's the battery operated Clear Blue fertility monitor. It is supposed to tell u when you are at peak ovulation, u pee on a stick. I am still reading instructions. I can't use it until I am off these meds, so I bought it JIC, this cycle doesn't work, I will try it for a few months afterwards. I just couldn't let this good deal pass me up. But your deal would have been better... thats so nice of you, but thanks CA, I will use this one and maybe your cousin can get a good use out of it.

Mandeekins... I hope i didn't scare you, sorry if I did. I see that the other ladies put it in a more sensitive manner. But yeah, just stay away from hot baths for now and especially once u find out u r PG. Good luck.

hopeful.. YW, as for PCOS and OHSS, they say that u r at a great risk cuz having PCOS, u produce alot of follies as it is, so with the extra stims, u can get OHSS, but the good side is that u respond better usually since u have PCOS. TG I didn't get OHSS, I was starting to on left ovarie, but they kept an eye out and told me to drink lots of water. After a few days of ER it gradually went down. Sad thing for me, I produced 17 follies, but I they were all empty except for 4. So they only retreived 4 eggs and out of the 4 only 2 fertilized and those r the 2 I had tranferred back. they dont know what happened, but possible I did not get enough of the HCG injection... which was my fault... but that is why I say make sure u put the exact amount of trigger shot. so make sure there is no air in needle before u mix liquid to make sure u get full dosage. hope I made sense. Good Luck.

tburks... welcome to the board. I'm glad that u are already almost at ER/ET. Hope everything is going well and goes great and u get your BFP. As for the meds, they usually leave a note if u r not home and will come out again the next day or u may be able to call and pick up at the UPS or Fed Ex office. Hope it goes well.

Molly... good luck tonight with trigger and GL with ER. Hope u get alot of good mature eggs. Keeping my fingers crossed.

Aspotoftea... sending lots of positive vibes to u as well hun. :P

Jenn... how r u doing? Did u get to do your ER today? Let us know hun, hope it is well.
I am 32 yrs / DH is 34
PCOS/1 tube/ DH low sperm count
1st IVF cycle... Nov 2008 = BFN
2nd IVF cycle...Feb 2009 = BFN
FET... Sept. 2009 = BFN
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Lady J: I'm down because I don't want my cycle to be interupted and I have a wisdom tooth comeing out and it hurts really bad. I went to the dentist today and he said it needs to be pulled. He is an old school dentist so he doesn't put me under. I've had a previous one pulled with him without meds. So this time this tooth is impacted and he said he might have to shave off some bone. I'm dreading the pain. My appt is tomorrow morning. I can handle the pain, but I'm scared it may interrupt my cycle. I don't know how it could, but im just worried. He said he recomends me takeing a valume since he won't be putting me under. He asked if I wanted to be referred somewhere else since this is going to be a lot more painful, but I think going under will interupt my cycle for sure. Won't it? I'm calling my clinic in the morning, but either way I want to go the safest route to not interupt the cycle and I won't take the valume because I don't want it to affect anything either :( So we ordered out from my favorite restaurant since food will be tough to eat for a while. Dang it what are the odds my wisdom tooth at this time :( Reguarding the Clear Blue Fertility Monitor. Yeah on mine you have little sticks you pee on and you put it in the monitor. you have to pee on them on the days it tells you and you have to check it at the same time every morning cause you have to use your first pee. i used it for like 3 months, but i'm not a morning person and i wasn't good at checking it so all 3 cycles i was negligent. i would forget to check it and pee and then realize i had to check it and it would be a time i had to pee on it when i already pee'd.

Thats all I can say for now until I'm released from the torcher chamber tomorrow. I know I'll be fine, but he said it's going to take an hour. I can handle a few minutes of torcher, but an hour. Maybe it won't be so bad. He is numbing my mouth so he said it will be uncomfortable, but when that wears off he said i'll feel the pain. So if you'all don't hear from me for a while, pray for me!!! That means I'm in bed and I can't get up :( When I get that BFP it will all be worth it :) Thats what I gotta focus on :)
I'm 26 -DH 27
We just found out we have an egg quality issue
Low count, motility
4 insem
Our First IVF with ICSI
FEB/MARCH- BFN :(


Forgive me I don't know all the lingo on here yet :)
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Post by DNT0809 »

Thank you so much for all the well wishes. I go again tomorrow for blood again. Ok I am not to good at this thats why I'm gonna ask. I did the retrieval on 1/15 then the transfer was on 1/18 so how far along am I & how do you figure out the ie 11dpt3dt? What exactly is that??


Lady J-I always read the classifieds in the newspaper and here is the prayer..

NOVENA TO ST. JUDE

May the Sacred Heart of Jesus be adored,glorified,loved and preserved throughtout the world now and forever. Sacred Heart of Jesus pray for us. St Jude, Worker of Miracles, pray for us. St, Jude, Helper of the Hopeless pray for us. Say 9 times for 9 days. Promise publication by the 8th day and your prayers will be answered. Thank you, please continue (Intitals)

I cut it out & taped it to my cell phone so I do it everyday usually while I am waiting to get ny blood done :D

CAFIRSTINVITRO-Can your Dentisit give you antibiotics so the swelling goes down? Usually if this is done you can put off your wisdom teeth being pulled because its the infection that is causing the pain & the RX will stop that. I would ask him but also talk with your IVF dr. too. Good luck

MANDEEKINS-I was told no hot showers at all. Kind of hard in the winter time. Now my Dr. said no baths at all. I'm not a bath person so I don't mind. When is your BETA test?

HOPEFULN09-I did all of the shots in the belly. I also iced up each time for a good 1/2 hour each time. As for the PIO that went in the butt. I ice up for that big one between 45 minutes & an hour. I sit on an ice pack every nite. It so helps.

MOLLY23-Good luck with your ER-dont be nervous :D Its not bad at all. I went under do you?

ASPOTOFTEA-Good Luck to you too & thanks again :D
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1 BFN-2 transfer-5 frozen 07/2007
2 chemical-3 transferred no frozen 09/2007
3 chemical-4 transferred 1 frozen 11/2007
12/2007 6 fibroids removed.
05/08 3 FET BFP miscarried at 8 weeks
11/08 3 FET BFN getting new RE
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Post by to_have_fun08 »

I will catch up on personals later.


My scan did not go well, I have a 13.5mm cyst/follicle growing already. I have no idea how this can be happening to me. The nurse said it was no big deal but then I added in that if it was producing estrogen then it was a big deal. Mine always produce estrogen so looks like another screwed up cycle. I give up. Waiting to hear back from the nurse about my E2 and FSH level. Will post more later.



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Post by Molly23 »

Tohavefun, I am so sorry about your cyst, and I had a cyst too. Mine did not prodcue estrogen so they let me go ahead. Maybe your blood work will come back just fine, and you will be abel to proceed. I will be praying for you.

Waiting- It is cool we both have ER tomorrow. I will be thinking of you!

Ever since I took my shot last night my ovaries feel crazy. Does anyone else feel this ever? It just feels like a lot of activity is going on in there. My husband said they were making noise when I was sleeping last night, but for some reason I think he is fibbing. :shock:

I am not nervous about the procedure tomorrow, since I have done it before. I am just nervous about the outcome, and the next couple weeks. They do put me under and I have never had a problem before.
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Chris.... Oh hun, I hope that the nurse is right and that it is not a big deal. If it causes to mess up your cycle, I wouldn't even know what to say. Let's just try to think positive and I am going to keep my fingers crossed for you. I hope they call u with good news. Let us know as soon as you know anythiing.

DNT... As for the weeks, they go buy your first day of last AF (Ibeleive). As for the St. Jude prayer, thank you now when you say "Promise publication by the 8th day", what do u mean by that? Do I ask my wish or do I pulish in Newspaper? I am going to try the prayer for this cycle. TY.

CA... Oh hun, I missed your final posting last night. I am so sorry that u have to go thru that pain today. I have the ame issue as you but I am also too scared to go in. My last wosdom tooth on the bottom right side is coming out sideways and is impacted so they have to do minor surgery and cut tooth in bout 3 peices. FOr now I am ok but eventually I have to take it out. But I do understadn the pain u r reffering too, cuz the other 3 wt came out and it was painful. I would check with my RE to make sure the anesthishia wont interupt cycle. I dont see why it should cuz u still r only taking BCPs right? I hope u feel ok, and do get alot of rest.

I will check back in later.
I am 32 yrs / DH is 34
PCOS/1 tube/ DH low sperm count
1st IVF cycle... Nov 2008 = BFN
2nd IVF cycle...Feb 2009 = BFN
FET... Sept. 2009 = BFN
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Post by prayin4BFP »

Well I am in full blown OHSS and I havent even had ER yet! Went in to see RE again today and he said I am on complete bedrest except for bathroom and going in to the office. I cant even drive. Crap! I am not a happy person right now. Not only am I so bloated I look like I am 6 months along, I am nauseous, dehydrated and feeling like total crap.
RE said that depending on my blood work I may trigger tonight or tomorrow. My ET may be cancelled again though depending how bad the OHSS gets. He said if it is the same or worse as it is now I will have to go through the ER then have my embies frozen after ICSI and PGD. Then do a FET after the OHSS resolves.
I am so angry at my body right now...yeah I know thats pretty unreasonable but I am pissed. :evil: :evil: :evil:
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