March/April cycle buddies??

[hjw]

Good morning ladies, hope everyone had a good weekend. It was very quiet on this thread, so I trust you were all out doing something fun, and that the 2ww ladies were sitting with their feet up watching movies!

dys - glad to hear that ER went well. Will be thinking of you tomorrow - will you get a call before then to tell you how many fertilised?

babyluv, Latino and Josee - officially PUPO! Congratulations to you all and here's hoping that your 2ww flies by...

Neffi - I don't think you are crazy at all to be thinking about transferring before your insurance runs out. I'm sure having two children who are both babies but at different stages will be very tiring, but I have a friend who got pregnant with her second when her first baby was only 4 months old and she found it hard work at the start but once they got a little older, it was great for them to have a playmate so close in age and she thinks it will make her life easier in the long run. Like Michele, my only concern would be whether my body was ready to cope with another pregnancy so soon, but if your RE is happy and you feel ready, then why not...

Trying - so pleased to hear that ER went well. And 13 fertilised eggs, that's an awesome number! So have you had the call saying whether you can do a day 5 transfer?

Sari - I was interested in the advice you got, no sleeping on your stomach or having hot showers. I do both, so that would be quite hard (and I can't actually get to sleep in any other position). Has anyone else been given the same advice by their clinic??

Carolyn - if you are able to pick this up, hope your journey to Prague was good yesterday and that you've settled in. So is your ED's ER tomorrow? Will be thinking of you and DH. Make sure you have some fun out there doing tourist stuff before your ET! How long will you stay out there after ET?

sbr - glad to hear that you were feeling less crampy this morning when you went back to work. Was it definitely the progesterone do you think?

kline - good luck today at your ER, let us know how you get on!

Wishing4baby - wow, I'm blown away by your numbers. 36 eggs and 31 fertilised! Was one of the reasons you didn't do a transfer because you were at risk of OHSS with so many eggs? Do you have likely dates for your FET in May?

Hope2be - sending you AF vibes! When do/did you expect her to arrive?

Michele - GOOD LUCK with your week. What a busy time you are going to be having. I'm thinking of you today having your sonohystogram - hope it goes well and that you get the all clear for the cycle. I'm intrigued that you have an injection class on Wednesday - do you still have to do that even though you've had IVF before? BTW, you've given me strange mental images of the 'creepy looking' bunny at the mall!

AFM, I'm now day 5 of stims, and eager to get to my first scan. My clinic don't do scans until day 7 of stims, so I've got another two days to wait yet. Grrrr.... The injections have definitely got a little easier, so I'm pretty happy about that. Now I can turn my attention to worrying about what the ER is going to be like once I get that far!!

Catch you all soon,
Hazel

[sportsmom]

Morning Ladies! Congratulations to all on their ER's and the newbies in the PUPO club

I have my supression check tomorrow but have not started my period yet. Does anyone know if that means I'm not fully supressed yet? Will they delay me starting stims until I begin my period? Thanks to all!

[statsgoddess]

Hey guys, I've been MIA for the past week or so. We took a short vacation before the shots started and then I have been so busy at work.

I started Lupron last Thursday. I had three days of pretty bad headaches, but yesterday wasn't too bad. I'm not sure about today yet, other than I think I gained a cup size in my chest overnight. Eeek.

I am scheduled to have my suppression check and trial embryo transfer on 4/13. I have some apprehension about this, because I know from the HSG (and whatever the other test is) that I have a tilted cervix, which made both of those tests fairly uncomfortable. It makes me nervous about them being able to get the embryos in the right place at transfer time and it makes me nervous that the trial transfer is going to be pretty uncomfortable.

Anyway, with any luck, I'll be stimming sometime next week

[cymplicity27]

Hi Ladies,

Trying, I hadn't heard of the numbing cream. I'm sure that makes the PIO shots a lot better! I actually don't feel much at all anyway though. I've done 4 myself now with no pain going in. Just a little soreness afterwards and like you, I also massage it for a while.

Nothing new for me...just waiting and waiting and waiting... Just wanted to stop in and say hello to everyone. I think I'm going to POAS in the morning. I'll be 9dp3dt...probably early but i'm tired of waiting! Regardless of what I get I'll keep testing until my beta next Monday.

Next week is going to be crazy! Actually, starting this week with Tabatha on Friday there will be folks going for betas like every other day! So exciting. I'm praying for all BFPs!!!!

[dys24]

hi Ladies,

hjw- yes I got a call yesterday that 9 out of 10 fertilized, thank you for thinking about me I'm glad your shots are better, its weird how we get use to them in no time lol

sportsmom- I wasn't getting my period after my suppression with lupron and my RE said to come in for a baseline u/s anyway, while waiting for my apt I got my period but either way I would start. My Re said he doesnt need me to have my period to start.

kline- GL on your ER! Hopefully you'll get lots of good eggs!!!

Michele- hopefully your sono went well today. I'm praying for you. Too bad I didnt see your post yesterday as I would of called you. I was laying low yesterday because of the spotting...

Speaking of that, I created a post on the main page about this but maybe someone here experienced this and could give me some help. I was bleeding really heavy on saturday after my ER, and yesterday it turned into spotting. Its common to spot 48h after ER but here I am on my third day and I'm still spotting. I'm having my ET tomorrow and am worried that they wont perform it if I'm still spotting. Has anyone had this happen? on my last ER i only spotted 1 day after my ER so this is totally new to me.

[cymplicity27]

statsgoddess, I also have a tilted uterus. My HSG was the worst pain I've ever experienced...ever! I had one other ultrasound where my RE used a catheter to squirt water into my uterus so that he could get a better view during an ultrasound. That was also uncomfortable but not nearly as bad as the HSG. So, like you I was not looking forward to that part of the transfer. I feared I would cramp terribly like before. To my surprise though I didn't feel a thing! I think the catheter was much much smaller/thin. Also they didn't have to use that "thingy" to try to shift my uterus around. So don't worry! You'll consider this a breeze compared to the other stuff

[statsgoddess]

cymplicity - That makes me feel SO much better!! I had an awful time with the HSG and then they made me do the saline thing after that and it wasn't much better, although at least I was prepared to be a "challenge" at that point.

Did anyone else gain a cup size or two while on lupron?? I'm on day 5 and the headaches are better, but I think I am going to have to buy a larger bra! I'm completely spilling out of my current ones.

[latinosunshine]

Cymplicity, I had pain on the HSG and SIS. My RE told me I have a very steep cervix which a co-worker said was a tilted uterus (of course not the RE's words).

For ET, he put the cathether in a different way and the ET was painless.

[babyluv123]

hey girls


they transferred two 4 celled grade 2 eggs.

(last time there were grade 1 eggs but I still got a BFN)

I m keeping everything crossed . beta on 4/18

so I m now in 2WW ....any advice

i m constipated and have severe back ache. also my legs pain a lot. just 2 days since transfer and all of this

[Sari]

Hello everyone:

Babyluv - We are very close, my BETA will be 04/16. This is killing me. I also have back pain and pressure in my lower abdomen since transfer. Are you feeling better?

Hazel - I was watching a tv program last night called "I didn't know I was pregnant" and the suggested is better to sleep in our backs to improve circulation for the uterus. Like you, is almost imposible for me to sleep like that, but I am doing it. And the hot water, the nurse told, nothing should change your body temperature, everything is 5 or 10 grades hoter inside.

Sarah - How come if we had ET the same day my beta is 2 days later? Mine is 04/16. I don't think can do POAS. I am afraid of the result. How are you feeling? I don't know if its my imagination but last night I woke up at the middle of the night hungry, and have a weird flavor in my mouth. Maybe is the shots, don't know. And also, very tired.

For everyone else a big hug.

[latinosunshine]

Wow! So many of us have our betas together. Mine is on 4/17

[sbr]

Sari, each clinic is different. My clinic checks betas at 12dpt. I am thankful for that and I'm sorry that you have to wait another couple days after me . I'm going absolutely nuts, but so far I feel good. Other than the day of the ET and the day after, I've felt totally normal, no real "symptoms". Those two days I suffered terribly from cramps and bloating. (This was a FET so I knew it wasn't OHSS...although it felt like it--I remember all too well from my fresh cycle.) I think that it was just the side effects of the progesterone. Since then, I think my body is accepting the meds now. No, I don't have any symptoms and I'm trying to not think about anything! Ya Right!

For the rest of you in your 2ww, I search the internet with the best of them and I'm obsessing over every little thing others have experienced, etc, searching for clues; but last night right before I called it a night, I found one article about implantation that made so much sense to me! It basically said that there's nothing you can do---it will either implant or it won't. It doesn't matter if you eat pineapple or sleep on your back or your stomach, lay with your legs in the air for two weeks, etc. it has EVERYTHING to do with the embryo and its quality. Basically like a natural cycle where couples have sex, NATURE takes its course. Now, I'm not saying that we should all run out there and become horseback riding prostitutes or anything, but generally speaking, just carrying on in our normals lives is all we can do!

We have done everything so technically and scientifically up to this point, so it's so hard for us to just realize that implantation is really up to nature. It doesn't make it easier, but reading that was like a big ol wake up call for me. Tomorrow I could reread this post and think I'm a big idiot, but this is today's mindset!

Best wishes to all....I much prefer the "doing stage" rather than the "waiting stage"! Thankfully I'm back to work today and that's occupying most of my time...although, I did find time to write this post!!

~Sarah

[cymplicity27]

Sarah, I fall right in line with that article. Everyday someone tells me what I should and shouldn't be doing. I'm a firm believer in if it's going to happen, it will happen. Watching women around me find out they are pregnant after weeks of drinking, partying and lifting weights, I'm convinced it's totally out of our control. Plus I don't want to drive myself crazy trying to do everything "perfectly" and still end up with a BFN. I've definitely modified my routine a little but honestly not too much. I have stopped drinking...that alone was a HUGE task for me!

[cymplicity27]

Ok, I know I said I was waiting until morning to test but I caved and tested this evening when I got home. I took 2 different types of test (one with lines and a digital pregnant/not pregnant one). The results on both were BFPs!!!

I'm so excited! I know the blood test is what counts but seeing that positive on an hpt for the first time has me completely in shock!! Now I just have to pray for confirmation with my beta.

[CT_Michele]

latie - Stimming! ER Mar 20
millie 09 - Stimming!
hopeful57 - ER Apr 1 - 7 fertilized eggs!
dys24 - ER Apr 4, 9 fertilized eggs! ET Apr 7
Trying for another angel – ET Apr 8, 13 embies! Beta apr 20
Neffi211 - ER Apr 5, 18 eggs!
kline - stim start Mar 26, ER Apr 6
Hjw – stim start Apr 2, ER around Apr 13



faithseverything - ET Mar 9, Beta???
tabatha1975 - ET Mar 29, Beta Apr 10
cymplicity27 - ET Mar 29, Beta Apr 13
sbr - FET Apr 2, Beta Apr 14
Sari - ET Apr 2, Beta Apr 16
Latinosunshine – ET Apr 3
babyluv123 - ET Apr 4, Beta Apr 18


SunMoon&Stars – DE w/icsi, ET Mar 16
wmcgrath - FET Mar 23
Waiting For 4 - Consult w/ RE Mar 13
sprouthaus - ganirelix/antagonist cycle - Apr
milpagan - BCP start Mar 7? RE consult Mar 9, ER/ET early Apr
biancajb - Last bcp Mar 20, stim start Mar 25
estrellita - on lupron, start stims Apr 17
wishfull27 (carolyn) - ER Apr 7, ICSI/DE
hope2beamummy - IVF w/icsi April
statsgoddess - IVF Apr/May?
melanie_100 - FET apr 12?
sportsmom - on lupron, start stims Apr 8
trx0424 - on lupron, IVF soon
CT_Michele – last bcp apr 6, stims 4/10, ER/ET/fresh TESE week of 4/20
EmilieNZ - ER around apr 27
Wishing4Baby - 31 frozen embies! FET May/June
Beta Results

babymex - BFP...a true miracle!
Sara30 - BFN
kimbob - BFN
lionoe - BFP!
Sisi1 - BFN
aims327 - BFP!
ianmichael3 - BFP!

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