Spring IVF - Come and join the journey! - Page 38

[blueyezz4]

Kewpie -  Good grief!!!!!  You need to catch a break here at some point in time.  Praying for you and those two little beans.  I think Momtoalexis has to give you some hope and encouragement since her twins are healthy as can be now.  Keep your head high and try to relax even though I know that has to be hard.  Thinking of you a ton!!!!

PurplePiggie - Welcome!!!!  Glad you are able to find some comfort in our group here!  Sorry it is here we are meeting you, but I'm glad that we all are kinda in the same boat so we can help each other.  I'd much rather be meeting you in a DDC which is what i normally say to everyone new!!  Sending you lots of sticky vibes. I did a Fresh IVF back in Nov and tested one day before my beta and got a neg and ended up with a ton of stress b/c i knew it just didn't work and then the next morning went for the blood test even though I thought it was crazy b/c i knew i wasn't pregnant and the blood test came back Positive!  So you can never trust a hpt especially with IVF I think, just to warn you!  Good luck and keep us posted!!

Keria - how are you feeling?  I hope your fever goes away.  If it's still there tomorrow and you are feeling better you might want to let your RE know just to be safe and make sure it has nothing to do w/ the ER.

Taxlady - Trigger tonight?  Thinking of you!!! Fingers crossed all goes smooth for you!!

rcr - you on vacation?? I forget.. if so i hope it is going good.  Or did I totally make that up?  LOL

Belly - Hi!!!!

Inwaiting - anything going on with you?  Did you decide about the Attain program?

AFM - Wow, we spent the day painting and still a lot to get done.  Our house has needed an new coat of paint inside for so long, so that is what we have been doing this weekend and it looks so much better so far. DH is doing most of it b/c he is such a good painter and I'm just the rolling person when he gets all the trim work done. Probably will take us another 12 yrs before it happens again.  Such a pain in the butt to do, but it looks so much better.  We figured this is the best time since we don't have a dog right now, so the 24th is our big deadline to get it all done!!!    Need to call another RE's office tomorrow to see if I can switch my monitoring to their office for our next IVF in July or Aug.  Not much else going on here...still hoping for a miracle.  AF is suppose to be here Fri or sat this coming we so we will see.

Edited by blueyezz4 - 6/5/11 at 7:33pm

[Purple Piggie]

Blueyezz4 - thanks for the info - I'll keep my hopes up even if I test negative on a HPT. I'm not sure I'm brave enough to do it because I don't want to see that negative. I've got mild cramps now, like premenstrual cramps. I sure hope AF isn't coming! My LH surge wasn't until CD 14 so I would be surprised if this cycle is short but can't help the fear as I've had ones this short before (it's CD 24 today).

Fingers crossed for everyone!

[Kewpie80]

Just wanted to update. I called the RE last night and he said that the amount of bleeding I was having didn't concern him and he didn't think I needed to go to the ER. He thinks that the bleeding is related to the bleeding I had last week. I've had decreased pregnancy symptoms so they are going to do an u/s this morning to check to make sure we didn't lose one of the babies. The bleeding has stopped as of 3am this morning.

[blueyezz4]

Kewpie - glad to hear that you are going to be able to get in early!!  I will be stalking to see how it all turns out!  Sending up some prayers for you and the little beans (DH too, I'm sure he is a little scared too)!!

Purple Piggie - when is your official beta test scheduled? 

[Purple Piggie]

Kewpie - I'll be thinking of you today. Good luck!

My beta test is scheduled for June 13th. A whole week away - might as well be an eternity!

[Taxlady]

To kewpie, I'll also be thinking of you today 

[rcr]

Hi All:

I'm not on vacation (yet). I don't have a computer or internet access at home, so I don't usually post on the weekends (I use my computer at work). I have been reading along, but I couldn't log on through my phone to reply.

Kewpie - I have been worried for you. I hope everything is ok with your little beans. I am sorry you are going through this. It is so scary. Reading mamatoalexas's post made me feel a little better, and remembering a few other people who had bleeding and went on to have healthy babies. I hope they made you feel a little better. I can't wait to hear back from what the doc says today. hugs to you.

Keira: Hmm, I hope the fever is not from some kind of infection from the ER. That is kinda scary. Are you feeling better today?

Purple piggy - nice to meet you. Sorry about your DHs attitude. My story is not exactly like yours, but my DH is kinda indifferent to having another child. He is fine with just one, and if it were totally up to him he wouldn't go through all of this. So it is annoying that he is supportive, but he doesn't think about it all the time like I do. In fact, he offered me a beer this weekend, and I was like, DUH! it is the TWW! I don't think he ever really thinks about it. But, I do remind myself that he also didn't really want DS, and he is totally in love with him now. DS was an accident, and he wanted me to terminate the pregnancy because it wasn't a convienant time to have a baby. I actually brought that up in a session with the marriage counselor, and he had totally forgot about it by now! (yea, we are going to marriage counseling, which is kinda helping, but not as fast as I would like). Anyway, sorry you are going through this kinda alone. We are all here for you. I do have one good friend IRL who knows about it, and it is really nice to have somebody to talk to and who knows where I am with my schedule.

Just so you know, If  you haven't read far back enough, you may notice that I am not doing IVF right now, but I still post here. I did IVF in Feb, (BFN), and had poor fertilization (two fertilized, one didn't grow, and the other, which we transferred, was less than great at ET). The doc thought that we would have better success with IUIs, because the eggs are poor quality and don't do well in their environment, but may do better inside me. So, we are on our third IUI with injectables, and moving back to IVF after a few more IUIs if this doesn't work (maybe with donor eggs, but probably with one more try with my own eggs). I am doubtful about the IUIs, so I think I will be doing IVF around December when I am off school. Anyway, the ladies here were nice enough to let me stick around even though I am not doing IVF right now. I got pretty attached to them, so it is hard to leave. I hope you find the support here that you need, and that you don't have to stay long!

Taxlady - was your trigger last night?

Blue -  nope, I am not on vacation. Just had a busy weekend of cleaning up because I have family in town this week visiting my mom.

AFM - my beta is tomorrow. I am actually kinda optomistic about it, which is weird for me because I always have known it will be a bfn, and I just do the test so that I can know to stop the progestrone. I usually have AF cramps starting around 7 or 8 dpo, which I got this time was well, but they are much less frequent and aren't nearly as bad as usual. I feel kinda weird about being positive, as I am so used to knowing it will be a bfn, and right now I really don't know one way or the other. The secretary will say tomorrow morning "I really hope we get some good news today" (as she always does), and I usually reply "we won't, I know it is negative". But this time I am not really sure.

[Kewpie80]

The babies are fine.  I'm coughing my head off and heading to bed.  I have another u/s on thursday to monitor the bleeding and everything.  He thinks my bleeding is just more of the same from last week cause he saw black in the same spot (blood)  

[rcr]

Phew! Great news, Kewpie

[blueyezz4]

Kewpie - Girl, you need to tell those babies to stop scaring all of us like that!!!!!  Good grief!!  Lay down and just relax!!  So glad to hear all is fine!!!!

[Taxlady]

Oh thank goodness Kewpie.. I have had nerves all morning and I just breathed a sigh of relief.  Happy napping - all 3 of you!!

[Laggie]

rcr - I hope you get a BFP tomorrow!!! All I felt in my 2WW was some very minimal cramping so I hope that's the same thing you're feeling!

Kewpie - oh thank goodness. I hope your bleeding stops soon so that you can relax. I have a friend who got pregnant with twins via IVF and she was showing right away too so I think it's normal - I think that the weight gain with the hormones for IVF gives us a head start. Yay, bloating  But I don't care how bloated I get if it means there is a baby. I just weighed myself and I gained about 5 pounds over the last month. Which doesn't sound like much but it's enough to make my pants uncomfortable.

Purple Piggie - welcome to MDC! I'm sorry your husband isn't supportive, but it sounds like you'll have a BFP soon. I hope he comes around. I waited until my beta, I didn't want to use a pee test because some people said they had negatives on them the day before the blood test. I hate getting a BFN, it is so depressing even when I know it's too early to test.

Blueyezz - I love putting new colours on walls. Well, not the process but the end result is happy. We are renting so all I've painted is our bathroom (and I now have to retouch the ceiling because I was sloppy about it.)

Taxlady - I hope your ovaries calm down and the E2 is okay. Drink lots of fluids and electrolytes so you don't get dehydrated. Good luck with the ER tomorrow.

Keria - 4 Fertilized, awesome!! I hope you're feeling better, maybe you are having the ET right now...

[Purple Piggie]

You girls rock! I'm feeling way more positive now just reading your posts.

rcr - I am glad you are going to marriage counselling. It can do nothing but good and I really wish my DH had agreed to go. I asked him to but he refused, saying, "What good will it do?". I also have a couple of real-life friends that know what I'm going through and it does help a lot to be able to talk about it all. One of my friends just told me that her husband surprised her with a night in a fancy hotel and a couple's massage. He arranged for her parents to travel into town for the night to babysit their 2 kids too. I'm so jealous because something like that would NEVER occur to my DH to do. He even complains about having to get me a card for Valentine's day or our anniversary, etc. Yeesh!

I'll be waiting to hear about your blood test!  According to most men, there never is a "convenient" time to have kids. If we waited until they were ready, it would be too late. Why can't we ever be on the same page, reproductively speaking???

kewpie - glad to hear your babies are doing well! I can uncross my fingers now which will make the typing easier!

laggie - I think listening to your and others' experiences with the HPTs that I will wait until my beta. I am afraid of the crushing disappointment that a negative HPT will cause. I've been having mild pre-menstrual like cramps off and on since the day of transfer and each time it happens I expect to see AF. It's good to know you had it too and had a positive outcome. I have been through this all before but it was 4 years ago and it's all a blur for me now. I can't remember many details like how I felt before my blood test. I do remember not really being that anxious about it.  Different circumstances, different age, less stress I guess.

[rcr]

Oh, taxlady - E2 rising early was something that happened to me during my first IUI. It means that your body is gearing up to O, so they need to do the ER and can't wait any longer, I think.

Kewpie - I was showing right away last time I was pregnant. Heck, I think with all these fertility drugs every month I am showing now

Gah, I can't wait for tomorrow!

Actually, laggie and Purple, I had AF-like cramping last time I was pregnant too, so I don't know why I worry so much about it now.

[Keria]

Kewpie I`m so glad you got to see them again today and they are fine

I did have my ET today even though I'm not 100% better doctor said it was not ideal but it was better to transfer now than to freeze them and then do a FET, so  we transferred two beautiful 8 cell grade 1 embrios no fragmentation at all, we have 2 embrios left that if they reach blast stage we'll freeze them but they are not as perfect as the ones we did transfer so we'll see.

Here is a crappy cell phone pic of the babies they showed them to me on video as well directly form the microscope they are so tiny,  my husband thinks they are going be devilish children since we got 6 eggs and transferred on 6/6 haha I'll take it :)

[Kewpie80]

Keria - Those are some NICE looking embies.  I think you may be joining me with twinnies.   Stick stick stick!!!

ETA: Do you have your beta scheduled yet?

[Laggie]

Yay, Keria, awesome that you got an embie photo. I'm so jealous, all we got is a white-dot ultrasound photo of the embryo transfer. Magic sticky baby dust to you!

I just got the call back for my second blood test. The result on Friday was 135 and today it is 563! (that's good right?) 

I got to be the weird question lady again though - I asked if there is still the same "no sex" restriction and she said yes. Then I asked what specifically that means  because I would have thought no penetration, but another fertility clinic's website said no orgasms, period (although they encouraged you to participate in activities to please your husband ) until 8 weeks. I still don't know the answer to that part though, because the nurse went and asked the doctor and he said sex was fine.

[Keria]

Thank you guys for the sticky vibes we are in love with our little 8 cell bundles.

Laggie great betas do you think it's twins?, it's funny how clinics do everything differently my doctor said to return to normal life the day after tomorrow including sex if I felt like it,  today and tomorrow take it easy but to NOT stay in bed he says bedrest is not necessary and that women just worry too much when they are in bed,  in the other clinic they gave me huge lists of NO's including no sex or orgasms until the hertbeat is seen,  I still don't think we'll have sex until the beta at least.

Kewpie my beta is on june 20.

[Taxlady]

What beautiful embryos you have Keria!!  So fun to see the picture.. I'm so happy for you and those look amazing!  Sticky Sticky dust!!

RCR - !  I'm looking forward to positive results!  so funny what you said about already showing.. I am so bloated I had to work with my pants unbuttoned today.  What  you said about the E2 was exactly what the doctor said about the ER.  

Laggie - amazing beta!  Looks like you're well on your way!

I am so happy there is so much goodness going on here.. thanks for all the positive thoughts and I'll have an "Egg Report" for you tomorrow - retrieval is at 7:15.

[blueyezz4]

Taxlady - good luck tomorrow!!! Sending lot of positive vibes your way!!Keep us posted!!

Keria - those are so good looking embies!!!  Hope you feel 100% soon!!!  Take care and relax some if you can!!

Laggie - Wow, that is a great jump.  They usually want it to double every other day, i think it is so i think you are right on course. How confusing about the whole sex thing.  If it was me I think I'd just not do it and be safe.  Keep us posted.

rcr - fingers crossed for you tomorrow!!!!  I sure hope your feelings pay off and you get your BFP so you don't have to go back to IVF.  When will you get your results... 3-4pm  or so, is that right?  I'm trying to remember from last time.  I'll be stalking you tomorrow for sure!!