May/June Cycle Buddies

[jenn]

Pat- I'm sorry you are feeling so down. Try to stay positive, it is not over yet. I had those days this week as well. I cried non stop Tuesday and Wednesday. Didn't eat or get out of bed. Dh had to drag me into the bathroom to do PIO shot Wed. night b/c I was so convinced it was over. I feel a little better now. I think I cried my way back into positive thoughts. Feel better!

[tpiper55]

Sophie, I’m thinking about you as your babies come home today and start snuggling in.

Transrn, yeah it’s pretty hot here too. I just walked to a building across the street to deliver some paperwork and I was sweating BUCKETS!!!! What is up with that? Seriously, it’s only 9am…I’m definitely not looking forward to the heat that we’re going to have later today

Jenn, you don’t have too much longer on your wait…I hope you find something to keep yourself busy during the weekend so you don’t think too much about your test on Monday. P&PT to you

Steph, thanks for your reply – and especially thanks for making me realize that I’m NOT the only one who initially thinks “…am I in my right mind…”. I’m no longer feeling down. I had to make a decision – either I was going to second guess myself during the entire process (which would be miserable) or I’d move forward with a positive outlook and leave the rest to God…I chose the latter and I’m in much better spirits because of it. I can’t wait to hear how your sono goes today

Tia, thank you for your words of encouragement. Have you heard from your embryologist this morning about the final number? Pamper yourself this weekend and get ready to welcome your babies home…

Arizonakiwi. I’m glad you’re feeling better today. Are there any good books you’ve been wanting to read for a while? Maybe you can occupy yourself by reading during the next few days. Or maybe rent a TON of movies to watch during the weekend. I’ll be thinking about you throughout the weekend. By the way, one of my co-workers did IVF several years ago (she has PCOS)…they only got ONE egg at ET and that egg did fertilize. She has a 3 year old son from that one egg

Jul1e, congrats on all 7 eggs fertilizing. Please keep us posted on your little embies. Sorry to hear about your doggie, I hope he comes through his operation ok.

Pat, continue to be strong. We’re all here for you.

Susan, did you have acupuncture on the day of ET? Also, is this the first time you did acupuncture or have you been doing it all along?

Have a great day everyone!

[gbnut]

Tpiper55 i have been doing Acupunture for anbout 2 months every week.

I did not have it it done before and after ET. I had it on the thursday and had ET on Sat.

I find it very relaxing but if you are going to do it make sure you find someone that is experienced in Fertility acupunture.

All the very best

Susan x

[tpiper55]

Susan, I’ve been doing acu for a couple of weeks now. I find it relaxing as well – I go to sleep . My acupuncturist is also an ob/gyn and primarily does acupuncture for fertility. He wants to do me both before and after my transfer, but his office is about 40 miles from the fertility center, so hopefully I can get in to see him the day before my transfer and maybe immediately after the transfer on ET day. I guess that part we’ll have to play by ear since it’s so far out .

[mommytobe]

Good Morning Ladies,


Sophie, Just want to say WELCOME HOME TO YOUR BABIES. I will see you in the 2ww on Monday.

Toni; I have not heard from the clinic yet with my final numbers, but i will keep you all posted. I am starting my TLC before babies come home on Monday, hair, mani-pedi, too bad I can't soak in the tub.

Pat: Honey try to stay positve, I know its easy for me to say, but I truly believe you will get your BFP.

Arizonakiwi: I am feeling better some what, water does help, i started the progestrone last night, WOW that HURT Any tips on making this a little better experience.

Susan: I am excited about brining them home on monday. Water is helping with the bloating. Still a bit uncomfortable at night. hanging on. Prog shot a killer . You love, taking it easy sound like the plan for you. My girls (.)(.) are not that big, but they sure have been a little bigger and sore , funny I looking forward to see them grow, is that silly or what

Sticky Baby Dust To All

Tia

[My2LnT]

Just a quick pop in... My sono went very well they saw everything they needed to and my "lil bit" measured right on the day. Our official due date is now January 30th. Our next sono is June 12th at 9:45 and praying that we see the heartbeat.

Hope you are all having a great day.Not sure if this link will work but it is a pic of 5 weeks 2 days!!!

http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.c ... ID=6696859

[gbnut]

Great news Steph it must be such a relief for you.

Susan x

[My2LnT]

Oh susan I am soooo happy sheww. How are you?

[Jovigal]

sophie - how did the ET go? welcome to the 2ww!!!!!

Steph - looks like our due dates are only 2 days apart. I went for my scan this morning and I'm officially 5wks and due Feb 1st. RE seemed pleased with what he saw. He said he felt good about it this time. Sounds like we both took a relaxing breath today after our scans. I go back on the 11th for my 2nd one.

Daly - how are you doing? how's the puppy?

Tia - your question about making the PIOs much easier? Put ice on the area before the injection for a few seconds. Also, before you inject, warm the vial (needle side up so the medication doesn't run out). This will thin the solution and make it much easier to handle and not hurt as bad. good luck!

Pat, stay positive! The more positive vibes that you can send to your embies the better!!!

Jul1e - wow, 7 out of 7 is great!!!! sounds like you have some fighters!!! hope your doggie starts feeling well soon.

By the way, I asked my RE about the "cramping feelings" I am having and he said that was quite normal and especially seen in IVF patients. So, if you're getting AF type cramps that is a good sign!!!

Sorry for missing anyone. I hope all of you are doing well today.

[My2LnT]

yeah Jovi I was to go back that same day but wanted to wait for RE that did my transfer soooo I had to wait another day. Wishing you all the best on the 11th. I am sure by then we will really be able to take that deep breath after.

[Pat19]

Thanks ladies, I was crying my heart out when I sent that first post, but now I'm back on track and feeling alot better.

I haven't really gone out the house in almost 2 weeks and I think today I finally cracked.

This is sooooooooo silly but I'm gonna tell anyway. This morning I got up and it was a lovely day, sun was shining and I wanted to get some washing done and put out on the line, but hubby said he would do it all 2moro, all day I've stressed over not doing it, cause I knew if I'd done it he would tell me off, as he wants me to rest. But I'm the sort of person, I like to get things done.

Anyway after sending my post saying how down I was, I thought sod it, if he tells me off for doing it, the mood I'm in, I'd probably whack him one, so I done one load and hung it out, a few bits at a time without strecthing and afterwards I felt happy again.

When hubby got home, he said oh you done some washing, I said yes dear in a very deep voice and an evil stare, he said nothing more. lol

So looks like I was worrying over nothing, gosh what a silly billy, I'm now laughing at myself. So all I needed to do was the washing first thing this morning like I wanted too, and I wouldn't of got myself in the state I did earlier.

Emotionally Pat (LOL)........These drugs eh?
X

[PMApsy]

Hello ladies!

Well, the last 24 hours were not my best! I went to the acupuncturist and totally relaxed. I snored! lol And he let me sleep as usual. But right after, I started feeling a headache... and then felt very hot in my face, as if I had a fever. In the afternoon, I started feeling pain in my abdomen and it never stopped increasing. By the time evening was there, I was already irritable because of the constant pain. Tylenol and the hot water bottle did not relieve the pain anymore. TV barely distracted me from it. I was exhausted and just did not feel well. I took my temperature twice but I didn't have a fever. I had a very rough night; got up 4 times to pee and felt very very hot but again, no fever.

So this morning we showed up at the clinic. They did an ultrasound and he confirmed that I have OHSS symptoms. However, given the Gatorade I had drunk, I did not have too much liquid in my abdomen. So he gave us the choice to go ahead with transfer and risk that OHSS symptoms will get worse if I become pregnant (not automatic, but it's a risk) or freeze all the embies and wait. Given that OHSS symptoms would not impact the pregnancy per se but just make me miserable for a couple of weeks instead of days, I decided to take the risk. No pain, no gain, right? It might still all go away by the time my little ones implant anyway.

So we went to the surgery room.. SUSAN was there! WOOHOO! She was so happy to see me and so was I! We looked at our embies. My little fighter was one of the Chosen Ones ; it was 8 cells in the morning but then popped two more cells by the time we did transfer. I tell you, it looked splendid! I was very proud! And the other one was 8 cells, very pretty, too. Transfer went very well, and this time my DH was allowed to stay with me afterwards for the 1-hour wait.

The SUPER good news, too, is that all 7 remaining embies were frozen! It's sure FAR more than what I expected! Two were borderline fragmented (20%), but the embryologist said she really felt at ease to freeze them. So she froze three in one package, and four in the other. That means we'll have THREE shots at FET if we need it. You cannot imagine how relieved I am! woooooohoooooo!

But as dear Susan said... one thing at a time! lol!

So here I am, at home. I'm taking Tylenol religiously every four hours so I can keep the pain down as much as possible. Obviously, having my two treasures inside helps forget about the pain! I'll take it easy this afternoon. I might be able to read an article or two for work, but I won't push it. My mind is not into it and that though stimming plus ER really hit hard on my body. That's also why I decided not to go to the acupuncturist. I would have to face traffic, find a parking spot far from the office, then face traffic on the way back and possibly have to get back in the car to pick up my DH at work... not worth it. I did it yesterday and felt exhausted for the rest of the day, so that was enough.

We managed to get an apt early in the morning on June 14th! I ALMOST was able to lure the secretary into testing me a day earlier, but I didn't insist. We were lucky to have our test at 8am anyway. We'll have the results at 8:30 and I'll be able to go straight to work and not miss too much. *sigh* it seems far away, but hey... I'll keep myself busy-busy! Starting with doing lots of personals!

Jul1e: that fert report is AMAZING! Congratulations darling! Grow embies! Divide and conquer! Sorry about your doggie... ah, they mean so much, don't they? They give such unconditional love! Thanks for thinking of me darling!

arizonakiwi: awwwwww you're so nice to me darling! I read your post just before I left for my transfer!

pat: I understand, hunny. Granted, it's not been 9 years, but I know that, sometimes for no reason, you just get totally discouraged about that whole thing during the 2ww. You went through a lot, you're a brave woman and you did everything you could to make this work. You should be very proud of yourself, darling! *HUGS* Remember your PUPO status!

gbnut: I'm happy to hear that you're listning to your acupuncturist's advice! I hope you enjoy your lazy afternoon sweetie! Thanks for your kind wishes!

jenn: I'm so sorry to learn that you've cried so much, sweetie... *hugs* It's not over till it's over! Don't trust your body! Sending you mixed messages and hormones are messing with your brain! Take care of yourself sweetie.. just a few more days!

tpiper: you're so sweet! Thanks so much for thinking of me! *hugs* How are you doing dear?

mommytobe: AWWWWWWW! That is SO sweet! I could almost see that on a banner! Hehehehe! Thanks for telling me your ET date. I'll add it on the list! How is the pain sweetie? And about PIO. The lovely ladies here gave quite a few tips lately. I think the best technique is to put an ice cube on the injection site for 5-10 minutes. It will numb you so you don't feel the pain as much. Then right after, you take a hot water bottle and you put it on the spot. This will help liquefy the meds so your skin absorbs it better; you'll avoid nasty bumps that way.

My2LnT: *does super happy dance* Yaaaaaay! Our first u/s in the group! Sounds amazing! So they saw one strong little beanie? Awwww! I'd LOVE to see the pic but the link doesn't work... Congratulations! And I'll be looking forward to hearing about your next u/s!

jovigal: thanks so much for the kind thoughts! How are you doing?

Okay; I hope I didn't forget anyone... I'll update that list in a minute. Take care lovelies!

Sophie

[PMApsy]

Our proud moms-to-be
gbnut BFP! Congratulations! (Beta = 98.3 10dp5dt) First u/s on June??
TansRN BFP! Congratulations! (Beta = 709 10dp5dt) First u/s on June 5th!
My2LnT BFP! Congratulations! (Beta = 98 11dp3dt) 2nd beta 221 (13dp3dt), 3rd beta 504 (15dp3dt), 4th beta 1829 (17dp3dt). U/s on June 1st showed a healthy little beanie; due date January 30th! Next u/s on June 12th.
Jovigal BFP! Congratulations! (Beta = 87.9 10dp3dt)
Nimble Positive HPT; natural pregnancy! Congratulations!

Going through the 2ww

jenn 2 perfect embies transferred on May 22nd, beta June 4th(13dp3dt)
mandeeq 2 perfect frosties transferred on May 23rd, HTP June 7th (16dp2dt)
arizonakiwi 1 perfect embie transferred on May 25th, beta June5th (10dp3dt).
Pat19 1 perfect embie transferred on May 23rd, HPT June 4th (12dp2dt)
PMApsy 2 perfect embies transferred on June 1st, beta June 14th (13dp3dt)

Embryo transfer

ltaylor, AF finally arrived! Now on estradiol; waiting for FET planned for June 15th.
Jen779, waiting for FET in a natural cycle; looking good! Transfer scheduled for June 5th!
mommytobe, transfer scheduled for June 4th!

Egg retrieval
mommytobe EC on May 31st, 12 embies!
Jul1e EC on May 31st, perfect fert rate; 7 embies!

Ovarian vacation
souris.... started downregging April 28th
Literatriz.... started Lupron May 15th
hrobinson.... started Lupron on May 22nd, u/s on June 1st.
annag.... started Lupron May 24th, FET cycle
daly.... short IVF cycle, started Lupron on May 18th

Birth control pill
tpiper55.... Fresh cycle IVF cycle

Waiting for AF
Literatriz.... fresh cycle, donor embies, started Lupron on May 15th
Shantala.... fresh ICSI cycle AF due June 4th

In our thoughts and prayers
CarolynB, good luck for your postponed cycle in July 2006! And good luck in Dubai!
daly, our thoughts turn to your four-legged little boy who is very sick. Sending you many hugs through this difficult time.
marsxp, we are sorry to learn the news of your BFN and we all send you love, hugs, and good luck wishes for your journey towards motherhood. Take care sweet friend.
arizonakiwi, we are sorry to learn the news of your four little embies that, unfortunately, did not make it to blast/freezing stage. We are all rooting for the lucky little fighter that's snoozing inside of you right now. Take care sweet friend.

[Jul1e]

Shantala, good to hear from you, glad you liked the movie! Nearly time for you to get started, that's great. I wouldn't worry about too much coming out, they must allow for that, that happened to us too.

Jen, that's great that you're doing your FET on Tuesday! Enjoy the sushi, have some for me!

Toni, sorry to hear about the fibroids. If the doc thinks it won't affect the ivf then you should go for it. My boy's home now, thanks for asking

Jenn, so sorry you've been blue, your hormones are all over the place. Hope you're feeling better now. Are you going to do an HPT? What does POAS stand for?? I see it all the time and never know! Soz if I'm being daft!

Steph, that's wonderful news, I'm so happy for you! So you saw your tiny baba? So it's one then? How exciting you have your due date. Thanks for your encouragement about my seven eggs, looks like they were good ones since they all fertillised. I just hope they keep going!

Tia, that's great that you've got 12. Is that a 3 day transfer you're doing?

Arizonakiwi, thanks for your kind words. I hope your wee one's in there fighting fit. Are you going to do a HPT? I'm with you on the sushi, wine and coffee!

Pat, glad your feeling less negative, you might just get exactly what you're looking for. Remember it's good to be active-ish during the 2ww to keep the blood flowing well. Lots of luck sweetie.

Susan, my wee boys home and well thanks. He's really dopey but doing ok, I'm so glad to have him home Can't wait til I get bigger (.)(.)s, I could do with a little help in that department.

Tia, not long til Monday. See you on the 2ww!

Jovigal, how exciting you have your due date! Roll on January.

Sophie, so sorry that you've been unwell but fab that you got to go ahead with the transfer with such good looking embies and so many to freeze too, that's amazing! You rest up good now and let your little ones make themselves at home!

Thanks for all your lovely wishes about my doggie, we're a right lot of doggie people on this board which I love, and lots of rescue dogs too like my boy. He's doing really well but is a bit out of it - like me yesterday! The op went well though so all looks good.

Well I'm really happy about my 7/7 fertillity, I've to go in tomorrow and see the embryologist and decide whether to go ahead and transfer or go for blastocysts! I hope it's obvious what I should do and not a really hard decision. So maybe tomorrow, maybe Tuesday. I really hope my embies are doing well. Wish me luck.

Enjoy your weekend all.

Jules x

[My2LnT]

Oh Sophie I'm so happy your babies are back where they belong. Good luck with the 2ww. Wishing a very strong BFP.

Jul1e - Hey 100% fert. rate is amazing. They seem to lil fighters... I'm sure they will do well.

This is the best pic we got this time since link did not work thought I would put it here hope this works..