Fall IVF: beautiful fall leaves bringing beautiful summer babies!! - Page 7

[blueyezz4]

Cassnbeth - Congrats!!!

Aura - glad to hear you are relaxing some at least! When is your beta again?  Fingers crossed for you!!!

Silver - Yay, so glad to hear your good news about the clinic and getting going w/ the donors.  I had to laugh about the "Pain In the Orse" comment b/c you are kinda right actually.  It stands for Progesterone In Oil and it gives you a huge "Pain in the Orse" at least for me it did.

Rcr - hope you had a good trip!  I'm sure you are glad to be home though.  How is DS when you are gone and how do you do that when DH works out of state?  That has to be tough.

Shesaidboom - Welcome!!  I hope you stay here is short and sweet!!!

Laura - glad they found a PIO that works!!!  That had to be awful!!

[auraleigh]

Ps blue, I just ADORE your new profile pic!

[laura-belle]

Aura -- That does not sound like any fun at all. I hope it is at least improving. My beta day is Wednesday 9/26 -- I only have to get through 2.5 more days. I think you are a few days behind me? Thinking sticky thoughts for you!

rcr -- I am glad that you enjoyed your trip to San Francisco. PIO is going better. I like the ethyl oleate so far (and yes, I have a great dad ). I am really impressed that you have been doing yours yourself. I could not do that.

Silver -- Pain In the Orse -- I love that! It really is. Thanks!

Blue -- It was really an overly exciting morning, that's for sure.

AFM -- I POAS this morning (I had one lying around). 12 days, 7 hours post trigger shot, 3 days before my beta. I am convinced I see a faint line (and my mom agrees), but I may be deluding myself. Why do I do this to myself? (And I am totally buying another box this evening, it is really kind of ridiculous.)

[rcr]

Blue - DS stayed with a friend while I was gone. He couldn't go to stay with DH because he is in school here, and there would be no child care for him. The friend who he stayed with is a very good friend (the same person who watches him after school), and they are very close, so it worked out well. He even skipped school one day to hang out with her, and they went camping.

Silver - ha! PIO! that is funny.

Laura - sounds like it is going to be a BFP!! Our first for this thread!

[rcr]

Aura - yes, I am definetely starved for city life. There is one Indian restaurant here, no middle eastern, only crappy Chinese food,  and no Korean food. Plus we are vegetarian, so our options are even smaller. Luckily there is a great natural food grocery store. Yes, we have chickens. We figured if we live in the country, we might as well make the best of it. I love them. They are so funny to watch, and we get fresh eggs daily. We have americunas and barred rocks, so we get blue and brown eggs. They are much yummier than store bought eggs. I often trade eggs for things like babysitting and bring them to friends as presents. We had some ducks too, because we rescued them, but I have since found a new home for them. They really got me into liking ducks, so I have been thinking about getting some in the spring. Plus having little baby chicks is really fun, and DS would love it. He was pretty young when we had the chicken chicks, so he barely remembers them.  When are you testing (are you testing?)

[shesaidboom]

laura-belle - Thanks for the kind welcome!

auraleigh - thank you. I hope your 2ww ends with great news! Come on little blasts! I do like my RE, but we had some issues with our previous one that I think carried over. It's very hard for us to trust any dr after our experience with our first RE. This one is very open with us and doesn't sugar coat things, so I am a lot more comfortable. I start my BCPs today and then wait for instructions. I'll be doing lupron injections, but I'm not sure when they start.

rcr - thank you! At the baseline I had 12 follicles on one side and 8 on the other, so lots of potential. I also have a big cyst on one ovary, but was told it won't interfere. Protocol for now is BCPs + Lupron injections this month as well as a uterine biopsy. We'll be using Gonal F, and to be honest I was so overwhelmed that I'm not 100% sure of everything. I made an appointment to speak with a nurse to clarify everything.

silverbird - thank you! I really hope IVF is the ticket for us.

blueyezz - thank you!

[laura-belle]

rcr -- If only I had a yard. One of my parents' neighbors had chickens and they were the funniest things to watch. Want.

Shesaidboom -- That sounds pretty good -- 20 baseline follicles is a nice start!

AFM -- Today's line was unambiguous! We won't know for sure until the beta on Wednesday whether the numbers indicate viability, but I am tentatively saying BFP! I am ridiculously excited. In the five years and some odd months that we have been at this, I have never seen two lines on a test.

Aura, Vireoes -- still thinking sticky thoughts for you!

[auraleigh]

laura, this is phenomenal news!!!!  i am so excited for you!  i'm in the "never saw two lines" club, so i am celebrating vicariously through you.  what day is this post transfer? i'm on 3dp5dt and all i've got is INSANE cramping, hunger, and hot flashes.  but i'm also on enough progesterone to kill a horse, so i blame it all on that. 

shesaid, i too left my first RE (who wasted my time and my insurance benefits) for a new RE (SIRM NYC) who tells it to me like it is.  their honesty was what sold me.  hang in there! your baseline count sounds excellent, i forsee great things for you! 

rcr, ahh! dying about your chickens.  how many do you have total? are they hard to keep? do they require a ton of space? maybe one day when we move out of our townhouse and have more land i can get a few chickens.  and thanks to you, now i am craving indian, and korean.  and vietnamese.  and thai.  and falafel. man i am HANGRY today! i keep eating and nothing is helping.  again, progesterone.

blue, my beta is next monday! 

afm, these progesterone symptoms are over the top.  i think adding the suppository last night was the icing on the cake.  i'm peeing twice an hour, and every time it's like i haven't peed all day.  i'm having cramps that are worse than my menstrual cramps, and i'm hungrier than i've ever been, and i had to nap in my car at lunch.  and i've gotten some kind of eczema  on my chin so half my face is bright red and irritated.  hormones are crazy! 

[BellyBean]

Aura, thinking of you!!!  I can't wait for your beta :)  LOVE the enough progesterone to kill a horse comment!  You always make me smile! 

Silver, great news about getting to do a private cycle and still get a free one!!!

Deborah, looking forward to your next cycle!

rcr, Is it December yet?!?  I am hopeful for your next cycle too!  I buy eggs from a guy at work that has chickens :)  They taste so much better, and I love their "natural" look!

[rcr]

Shesaid - 20 is great! plus some people end up getting even more than they see on baseline. Did you get your drugs yet? If not, be prepared for some anxiety when you open the box. It is a lot to take in the first time.

Laura!!!!! YAY!!! So excited for you. Congrats!

Belly - Yea, not December yet, but it will be soon enough.  I was talking to a student today about her midterm project, and looked at my calendar and realized that midterm is in like two weeks! So, December is right around the corner.

Aura - We have 4 chickens. We had 8, but gave 4 away for various reasons (two were pecking everybody's feathers out, so we gave them to a friend, and we gave the other two away because a friend wanted to start with chickens but didn't want to wait for eggs because it takes about 8 months for them to start laying). 4 is the perfect number for us anyway. It gives us plenty of eggs. I don't think we will be adding any until these four are older and stop laying. Since we won't kill them, I might as well wait to get young ones until I really need the eggs. They are really easy to keep - I spend about 45 min every Sunday tending to the coop, and they free-range all day (we have a fenced in yard, so they don't go far). They don't require much space at all, although our coop is huge and could easily accomodate 10 chickens because it is an old playhouse. Our yard is a regular suburban lot.  I can't wait until your beta on Monday. I have a good feeling about it.

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LAURA-

[blueyezz4]

Laura -  Congrats!!!  Can't wait to hear what your beta numbers are!!!

Aura - ugh to progesterone symptoms!!!!!!  So not fair!!!  Sure sounds like pregnancy symptoms too!!  Totally keeping my fingers crossed and praying this is it for you! You so deserve it!!!!!

Shesaidboom - hope the bpc's go well for you!  The first cycle is always the hardest b/c everything is totally new and you feel like a fish out of water.  Feel free to ask questions here too b/c all of us women would be happy to help if you have questions or concerns.  Deep breath, it will all get easier!!!

rcr - that is great that you have such a great set up for DS while you are gone.  Sounds like it really works well.

[shesaidboom]

laura-belle - I was super excited because we had a lot less our last cycle so this is good.
A tentative BFP is so exciting! I joined this thread at exactly the right time. I'm so excited for you. It must have felt amazing to see that second line.

auraleigh - I'm glad you found a better RE. Ours is definitely much better than the first, and we've learned to ask to see physical copies of all our results now. It's still kind of scary to put so much trust in someone though, especially with the emotional and financial load involved!
I'm sorry you're having progesterone symptoms. I've only ever used the suppositories, but it is always awful. Hang in there!

rcr - thanks, and that's good to hear! I haven't gotten the drugs yet, just the BCPs, but I'll keep that in mind. I always get anxious about taking any medication, even a tylenol, so I know it's going to be hard at first. It'll hopefully be worth it though!
I love chickens and hope to get some in the future, so it's exciting to hear about yours. How long have you had them?

blueyezz - Thank you! That is actually the perfect way to describe it. I feel so out of the loop. Thank you so much for the support, I know I will have a million questions, but reading this thread and going back to read some of the posts from the summer thread has definitely helped.

[hope4light]

laura - CONGRATS!!  I am SO happy to see another BFP on this thread... here's to hoping you have AMAZING numbers tomorrow!!! 

shesaidboom - sorry to see you over here now, but also glad as I think it will help a lot.  Good luck - I'll be stalking you :-)

aura - I can't wait to hear your results!  I'm thinking more good news is coming this threads way!

 and back to stalking....

[shesaidboom]

hope4light - I think it will help too. Thanks for the good wishes! I'm stalking you too, not too much longer now!!

I got a call from the nurse today with a bunch of dates and oh, my it is so overwhelming! Here's the procotol now:

Oct 4th - teaching session for Lupron and Luveris injections

Oct 5th - start Lupron - .1ccs

Oct 8th - last birth control pill

Oct 18th - endometrial biopsy

Oct 23rd - assessment ultrasound/bloodwork

Oct 25th - start medications

Nov 5th - tentative retrieval date, if everything goes as planned

I feel a little more in the loop with the dates written down. It all feels so soon though! Eek.

[laura-belle]

Thanks all!

Aura -- Today is 10dp3dt. I have been alternating hungry and nauseous, and I'm tired, but overall it isn't too bad. Yours sound much worse than mine are.

Shesaidboom -- One part exciting, one part scary -- I compulisively calendared everything about this cycle, down to medication times (complete with alerts), so I totally understand feeling more comfortable when you know what is going on.

AFM -- So far, so good. I am buying a box of less sensitive tests to see how I do on them. Today I am of course considering everything that could possibly go wrong (not a high enough beta, no doubling, this could just be a chemical pregnancy, etc.) It is nuts. Beta is tomorrow; that will probably help.

[DaisyMae08]

Yay Laura belle!! Good luck with your beta tomorrow. Fingers crossed for a fabulous number that leaves no shred of doubt!

Had my endometrial biopsy on Friday. No big deal there. Then got my period Sunday night, so I'm now on Estrace and the Vivelle patch. Ultrasound and bloodwork next Thursday and tentatively scheduled for FET on the 9th. Looking forward to getting on with it after my early loss this past time.

[blueyezz4]

Originally Posted by laura-belle 


AFM -- So far, so good. I am buying a box of less sensitive tests to see how I do on them. Today I am of course considering everything that could possibly go wrong (not a high enough beta, no doubling, this could just be a chemical pregnancy, etc.) It is nuts. Beta is tomorrow; that will probably help.

Laura - don't waste your money just buy some $ store tests.  I've always gotten good results w/ them when I'm pregnant.  Looking forward to hearing your number tomorrow.

Shesaidboom - glad you've got a schedule.  That always made me feel better when i could have something that done on a calendar even if it might change a bit.

Daisy - glad your biopsy went well and that you have a schedule too!!!!  Fingers crossed for you!!!

[Vegan Princess]

Dropping by to wish Aura lotss of babydust!!! I hope Monday brings amazing news!!

Laura: I'm youur neighbor. :-) Congrats on your BFP!!! I hope youur numbers come back awesome tomorow!


Cindy

[vireoes]

Just a quick congrats to Laura!

I hate that all the side effects of progestrone seem to mimic those of early pregnancy.  How unfair is that. :(

Finally Beta tomorrow.  I have been good and not POAS, since I don't have any and have no idea how to ask for them here.  Some things you don't want to try to ask for in a second language.  Especially if you want to buy a big box of them and not just a single.  People already look at me a bit odd here.