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

[kynlee]

Pocos- What was your E level? Feel so bad that you feel horrible, make sure you are drinking plenty and I would stay in bed all weekend to get your body rested... When I had the OHSS I stayed in bed to help relieve the pain... Has your Dr checked you to make sure you dont have fluid build up?

[Pocos]

Kynlee - My E2 was at 3400 when I triggered. I had 19 follies. The doctor retrieved 19 eggs. He said he wanted to empty all the follicles so I would have less fluid. They found almost no fluid, the problem are my huuuge ovaries, and I have a small frame, its just not enough space.

I feel a little better now, after taking my pineaple + mint juice. My husband made some and brought to the office where I work.

[kynlee]

pocos- whats pineapple and mint juice? When I had OHSS I had 27 eggs and I believe my E levels were above 5000 I gained over ten pounds so my Dr had me coming into the clinic every other day to make sure i didnt have fluid rising above ovaries etc. I also have a tiny frame so I looked like 5 mths pregnant so I had to take a couple weeks from work or people would of thought something happened, it was horrible... After that trama all meds got lowered on my other cycles and I had mild OHSS which was nothing like the first time, it was scary so I know how you must feel Hope you feel better soon

[Tiger04]

Kynlee – That makes me feel better. I was sneeky and asked the receptionist if I could schedule the U/S this morning after I had my blood draw. She said, nope, they give me a date range that you’re allowed to schedule it and will then let you schedule it…so I don’t know if my plan is going to work! When is your next U/S?

Chris – SEE! ABSOLUTELY AMAZING! I AM SO VERY VERY HAPPY FOR YOU!

Pocos – more gatorade is in your future! I hope you can rest a lot this weekend and visualize your babies snuggling in!

Leora – thinking of you! How is everything going? I pray for you each day.

AFM: BETA #3 = 584.8!!!! So freaking excited, I can’t even hold it in! Doubled in 38 hours!!! Grow little bean grow! U/S on 8/14!

[Alwaysangel]

I'll post personals later but hpt was positive!!! Beta on Sunday!!

[WeHaveHope]

Alwaysangle-congratulations on your + HPT. Praying for a great Beta.

Tiger-congrats on your great Beta. Can't wait to hear all about your u/s.

[Ninde]

Evening ladies

Andsasha: hello

Kynlee: congratulations, oh im so hugely thrilled for you x I wish you so many beautiful moments on your journey

Ker; how are you feeling?

Dys: how are you?

Pocos: im going to try that pineapple detox just for weight loss before I start stimming!! How are you now after your transfer?

KLinger: oh mirabelle is gorgeous

Maria: how are you now? Did you get any sleep?

Christy: how are you? What's your weekend looking?

Nicole: congratulations!! Are you on a different protocol this time?

Madam x: hot flashing not so bad thankfully how are you feeling?

Always: how bad is the storm. Oh that's great news about your positive test!!!

Kay: how are your feeling? Is it good to have dh home?

Tiger: the u/s in ireland are only ever at 7 weeks but i know you guys in the states seem to be earlier. What an amazing third beta!!!

Tohavefun: oh congratulations!! That's wonderful and really shows miracles happen

Leora: how are you doing?

Afm: got results of hip mri. I was expecting a tear in tne tissue. Turns out its arthritis! Havnt spoken with my doc yet as he left me a Voicemail and was on holiday today. Other than that doing well. Drinking three litres of water on the down reg spray and hoping to stave off the headaches for as long as possible. Reading everyone's betas I cant help but think dh and i were very unfortunate with our m/c last year. We only do one beta here in ireland but my results were 515. Fingers crossed this third one will be the one. If anyone feels like doing the af dance for me feel free - but not you newly pregnant women - you are to rest!!!!

Ninde

[Madame X]

Tiger--- Great beta and awesome doubling time!!!

Always---- OMG that is awesome! Congrats on your BFP on your HPT!!!

[Sunshine1576]

Maria- Not much longer until you'll be holding your girls!

Ninde- Arthritis, oh no it's not what I was expecting to hear...I hope the doctor is able to prescribe something to ease the joint pain and a medicine that doesn't counteract with your upcoming fertility treatment.

Pocos- I hope you are feeling much better this evening, sounds like you have a wonderful sweetie to bring you pineapple mint juice to work, anything to ease the swelling, right? Make sure you are keeping yourself hydrated and cool. Maybe a footrub from hubby this weekend to ease some stress. Ha I think we all can use some bathandbodyworks body butter! Thanks for asking dh and I have placed everything on hold right now but hopefully we'll have some clarity as to what our IVF plans are soon, I'm not giving up just yet.

Klinger- Maribal remarkably favors you so much! That precious gummy smile brightens your day I know. Thank you for sharing!

Kynlee- So you have a select few you are telling, I would tell dh it's impossible to hold in a secret this big!


ToHaveFun, Tiger04-- Congratulations ladies on having a rising beta, and way to go AlwaysAngel on the HPT yes shout to the rooftop you are pregnant!

AFM: Got to take off fm work early today, so I picked up a salad fm Subway and had lunch on the beach. It was delightful as I sat out there in the little beachchair with the waves crashing upon the shore on a breezy afternoon. I watched a mom and her baby girl play on the beach together, it was so sweet. I thought maybe she adopted her, she seemed so in awe with her daughter, it could of very well been her first trip to the beach. She crawled around in the sand her head covered in a pink bonnet and tiny eyeglasses made me think this little one was well taken care of. After I polished off the salad I went shopping but was good and didn't bring home any purchases today. lol I'm off the rest of the weekend and have a neighborhood party to attend tomorrow night, should be fun it's with a group we play volleyball with.

On the flipside of everything, dh and I didn't get much sleep last night from all the rage. Our neighbor next door called the law on our labrador retrievers. When I got home the other night there was a notice on our front door that we had 72 hours to contain our dogs or they would be picking them up. We were stunned b/c this was done behind our back, the neighbor should of had a sitdown talk with us if she had a problem with our dogs. We did hear about their trash can being knocked over. Yes periodically over the last year they have left shoes on the front porch and Vegas (our female dog) would walk off with a shoe but the shoe is always intacted and they thanked us when we brought it back over. The day she complained about the trashcan, she brought us over pizza. So you would only think everything was fine, well we were misleaded. Plus the neighbor's husband NOT ONCE has complained when we're over there and Vegas comes over to her husband and he rubs her belly. But the underlining factor is Marcy, my neighbor does not like dogs, overall this wasn't handled the right way whatsoever. My husband was LIVID about this, said the pound should not of been called we could of handled this in a civilized manner. In the meantime we spent $250 on brand new shock collars and called the pound to let them know everything is ok. It's ridiculous because we live out in the country with 6 houses in our neighborhood and what kind of person doesn't like retrievers, they are the most loyal dog ever so no we are not getting rid of them. I just hate it that we now have this between the neighbors but they have to understand these furbabies are our life and I don't know what it's going to take for her to come to a resolution with us.

*Update 3 hrs later: While my dh was down the street helping a new neighbor move furniture in, Marcey's husband came over and spoke to me and we straightened everything out. Obviously they were not straight forward with us at the same time this had been going on for more then a year so Marcey took it on herself to call the pound. I told him next time you guys come over and talk to us if something is wrong we are very open-minded so there is no reason why we can't figure it out together and come to an agreement before the law gets involved. I commend him for coming to talking to talk to me tonight but this should of been done a LONG time ago before the whole thing blew up. That's my ridiculous drama for the week!

[blueeyedreamer]

Sunshine- What a mess! Glad it all worked out in the end. I would be livid if my husband did something like that without me knowing. Ugh. Your beach trip sounds wonderful. I love watching families together. It's refreshing considering all the bad news in the world.

Patricia- Arthritis! Really! Wasn't expecting that one, but it does make sense with all the pain you have had. Yes, I'm on the antagonist protocol. I take Gonal F in the morning and evening along with mini-hcg in the evening. No Lupron this time. I have Cetrotide to suppress the ovulation. I will take it with me to my u/s on Tuesday and each one thereafter.

Chris- Congrats on the rise! That's great.

All our BFP ladies- Congrats! There is so much great news! It's definitely encouraging.

Tia- How are you? I've looked into Sign2Me. Turns out they are local for me. I'm definitely considering it.

Tiger-You are funny! Too bad they didn't go for it!

AFM- Made it through day one of the shots. I'm super tired and have a raging headache. Most likely it is from not getting enough sleep last night and wearing my contacts today. I usually wear my glasses but decided to put on my contacts after about 6 months or more. I couldn't believe how clear the world seemed! I have ruined my glasses by wearing them in the sauna. I didn't think about the heat melting the coatings on the lenses. So the first thing I did this morning was go to the eye clinic and make an appointment to get new glasses! These old ones will become my sauna glasses. My vision is so poor that I don't like to do anything without them especially climbing around in a 190 degree room.

Does anyone else use the sauna? I love it! It's ironic too because many people with MS are heat sensitive. I am heat sensitive if the outside or house temp is up but seem to be able to do the sauna. It's probably because I immediately cool down upon exit.

I have acupuncture tomorrow and hopefully we will enjoy a walk by the water. My clinic sits near the Puget Sound.

Night night!

[Alwaysangel]

Sunshine-thanks, I can't wait for my beta number

Madame-thanks, how r u feeling?

Ninde- thanks- we did not get the storm as bad as they thought, just a lot of rain and crazy lightening. No tornados or hail! I'll do the Af dance in spirit, not too much energy

Wehavehope- thanks. I can't believe how time has flown by. How r u feeling today?

Tiger- Yeah, grow baby grow! How are you feeling!

Pocos- glad ur feeling better

Kynlee- I can't believe how much our stories are simiar with ohss!

To have fun- that's great news! How ya feeling?

Afm-I feel asleep at 830 last night. Really tired all week but doing ok, feeling a little queasy today. Can't wait for tomorrow's beta. Happy Saturday

[Tiger04]

Always angel - congrats on the positive HPT!!! Can't wait to hear the results tomorrow!! I'm feeling good! No symptoms, but I am more tired than normal, so I've actually been sleeping really well, which is unlike me!

Ninde - so what does arthritis mean? are you going to be okay?

sunshine - sorry that you are dealing with your neighbors! sounds terrible!  I know you will be out of IF limbo soon. I hope that you are able to start soon! Then, you will be brining a beautiful child to the beach as well!

blueeye- i love the sauna. whenever we go on vacation, I always use the saunas at the hotel. But, now that I'm pregnant, no sauna's for me! this cycle will be successful for you and then you won't be in the sauna either!!

AFM: busy day today. volunteering this morning, then a 1st b-day party, then dinner with friends! Hope everyone has a great weekend!

[klinger13]

Tiger - Another awesome beta, woo-hoo!! I can't wait for your u/s!!

Ladies, thanks for the sweet words about Maribel. She lights up our lives every minute. And I'm glad that even though our ivf journey is over you don't mind me crashing your thread. As I follow former cycle buddies, I find myself cheering you all on and sharing in your sadness when the news isn't great. So know you've always got a cheerleader out here in me.

[Sunshine1576]

Thanks ladies for all your encouragement, we will get through this rough time. I appreciate all the former cycle buddies crashing it truly means so much that we have your support too. xx Christy

[kynlee]

Nicole- Yah for starting shots your time will fly by

Christy- I cant beleive your neighbors did that, its not like your Dog was barking or going to attack her...

Alwaysangel- So excited for your Positive stick, cant wait for your beta results tomorrow

tiger04- Awesome beta#... Hoping they can change your u/s date, mine is Weds Ill be 6w5d I still dont have symptoms so this is so weird that it is so Real Not complaining just wish I had some symptoms to not make me wonder so much

Klinger- Us girls love extra cheerleaders, And I love that you come crashing to check in it means alot to have you still checking on your past cycling buddies

AFM- I am feeling like I am getting a nasal infection again, I know its my allergies but my clinic is closed so I dont know what I can take for it... Anyone that is pregnant or already had baby#1 know what allergie meds I can take??? I went on a shopping spree today for yarn and buttons Now crocheting time