~~August Tropical Ovaries Check-In! 7/21~~

gsancho

Welcome to the August Tropical Ovaries Check-In!!!  Check-ins will be every Monday (sweetsurrender9) & Thursday (gsancho). 

This is a check-in for those who are doing IVF/IVM or FET with an ER/ET scheduled for August. If you are interested in joining, please fill us in on your cycle below.  Please include what cycle number this is for you, where you are in the process, when you expect to start stims, and when you're planning on retrieval and transfer.  (Also, please update us along the way!)

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QOTD: Curious where all the ladies are from...where does everyone live?  Do you travel far for your RE?

FET Cycle

Aimothy FET#1

gsancho FET#1

LundleBean FET#1

MeatandBandP FET#1

sunshinedaisies000 FET#1

TheNaijaGal FET#2

Stimming/Priming/Monitoring

alpCRNA IVF#1

Cindal IVF#1 (natural cycle)

LeggyJeggy IVF#5

tifga IVF#1

Prep (CD1/Lupron/Waiting on CD1)

Andy99 IVF#1

angjohns99 IVF#2

AshleyS131 IVF#1

AuroraP725 IVF#2

Buttmonkey34 IVF#1

Canuck13 IVF#1

CaringCat IVF#3

ChristieH917 IVF#2

Frenchteachermama IVF#1

heatherrb23 IVF#1

Kinderteach78 IVF#1

Lesliem0901 IVF#1

ronniesgirl1981 IVF#2

sweetsurrender9 IVF#1

gsancho

I tried to find a tropically gif...I'm a gif addict!  Still trucking along on lupron, but we should start seeing more of us getting into the stimming phase soon.

We live in Dallas, so we have several RE options around.  Ours is 5 minutes from work, so it makes things easier...I know we are very lucky as far as that goes.  

ronniesgirl1981

Screwed over by a cyst! Have another check on Wednesday....please Lord let it be gone!! QOTD: Baltimore! My RE is literally .25 miles from work and 4 miles from home. I actually get to work earlier when I have morning monitoring!

alpCRNA

I started stimming yesterday (300units Gonal-f + 10 mcg HCG).  Will start monitoring Wednesday.

We live in VA.  My RE's office is about 2 hours from home.  I am taking 2 weeks of vacation to get through this IVF cycle.  The distance makes it impossible to work and attend all of my appointments.   We actually have a clinic in that would be about 15 minutes away, but its fairly new and the doctor splits time between VA and FL.   I chose to sacrifice the distance for a clinic with a better reputation.

CMH25

@alpCRNA‌ I also take time off for IVF just to keep myself clear of work stress, but I can't imagine the challenges with your clinic being far away! Ugh!

gsancho

@ronniesgirl1981 update us Wednesday.  I've seen plenty of ladies start cycling with a cyst, so FX it all works out!

Canuck13

I am going for cd3 blood/ultrasound tomorrow and starting stims (150 Puregon/150 Menopur) so it's about to get real...they initially gave me a potential retrieval day of Aug 4th but my period showed up 3 days early so we'll see how it pans out once I start stims. I live about 40 mins east of Toronto in Canada. My Re is about 30 mins away, so not too bad!

Kinderteach78

I finally have something to update (yay!!) I start BCP tomorrow morning! I'll be on them for 17 days and in that time, I will have to do my mock transfer and IVF class. I'll start stimming on August 11th.

I currently live in Northern Virginia but I moved here from NY a few years back. My RE is 10 min from where we live, so it's very convenient!

Kinderteach78

OAN, I started an IVF journal when our journey began. I have been writing down thoughts and feelings each step of the way. Not much to write so far, I'm sure when I start meds I'll have more to write each day! I thought it would be a good idea to keep track of the process.

CaringCat

Hey ladies -
Just got my positive OV yesterday so I will begin my estrace in a few days. We're trying a freeze all and separate transfer this time around so I'm optimistic with a new protocol!

I'm from the Seattle area. Our clinic for the first two IVFs was 45 min drive. Our new clinic is 20 min! Not too bad!

Frenchteachermama

Thanks for the check-in @gsancho!  Love the gif!!

I have my teaching appointment today so I'll know my exact schedule this afternoon.  Baseline is August 4th and I think lupron (they keep calling it a micro lupron) starts on 8/6 and Gonal-F on 8/8.  I finally got the final total for all of my meds and even though I knew it was coming it was still a shock to hear.  My insurance covers nothing related to IVF but Freedom is still going to try to submit the whole thing to see if some things like the antibiotic and steroid I'll be on after ET are covered.  

QOTW:  I live in upstate NY and luckily there are 3 RE practices in my town.  DH is a GI doctor so we went with the practice that is associated with the large teaching hospital in town.  Only a 10 minute drive.

LeggyJeggy

I'm on day 4 of stims and start monitoring on Thursday this week.  I don't usually get awful headaches but I am this cycle.  I'm even drinking 100+oz of water a day and eating healthier than I did with previous cycles.  I think I need more chocolate.

QOTD: I live in MA.  My RE is 1.5-2 hrs away but the main clinic where the ER/ET is only an hour.  I can do monitoriing more locally, except on weekends it's at the main clinic.

ChristieH917

I finished my estrace and prometrium and I waiting for AF to show up.  Of course, she isn't.  My nurse called and said I should be starting soon.  She ordered up all of my meds for the cycle and I should have them tomorrow.    I really wish AF would just show up so that I can get this show on the road!!  I have to start with estrace again and then I can start my stims. 

QOTD: I live in the suburbs of Chicago.  My RE office is about 45 minutes from my house but only 15 minutes from my work.  I am with @ronniesgirl1981, I am usually earlier to work on days that I have a monitoring appointment. 

Kinderteach78

Forgot to mention that although my RE is close, we have to drive 1 1/2- 2 hrs for our ER /ET . Yuck! :-S

Cindal

Hello everybody!
I had my baseline appointment and endometrial biopsy yesterday. The endometrail biopsy hurt pretty badly for about half a minute but it was over relatively quick. Doctor claims it will be the worst pain of the whole process aside from childbirth. Let's hope so. They aren't sending it off for testing it's just to improve implantation later on down the line. Anyways we got the all clear to head on. So I started my letrozole tabs last night, 7.5mg, and my steriod this morning, and DH started his antibiotics. I go back on thursday for another monitoring appt.

QOTD: We live in southern middle tn. There are 3 clinics within driving distance, all three are an hour and a half away, two in Nashville and the other one is in Chattanooga. We go to the Chattanooga one, its smaller and more intimate. My RE actually experienced IF himself at one time. I'm so jealous of you ladies who live so close. It's already turning into a pain to drive that far so much. So glad I was able to leave my job and have this time at home, pretty sure they wouldn't have been understanding.

Lesliem0901

Hi ladies!
I just had my baseline b/w and u/s yesterday. I go in for the HSG and cath check on Monday. I begin Estrace on 8/4. Very nervous but glad to be moving forward.
My TSH came back at 4.5 so I just started taking Synthroid. Anyone else have this issue?

QOTW: I'm from and live in Michigan. My RE office is 30 minutes away from my house and another hour from work.

TheNaijaGal

Hey ladies. Nothing to report. Waiting on AF. These last 2 cycles, AF has showed on day 28, so it should come on the 28th if everything works out. The closer the days get the more nervous I get.

QOTD: I live in Pennsylvania, outside of Philadelphia. My RE is about 20-25 min away.

tifga

Today is CD 7 I have been doing 300 iu of menopur since cd3. Went in for a check today and the Dr. seemed a little unhappy with how slow I'm growing, I have 15 all under .8. So now I'm worrying because that's what I do. She upped the menopur to 450 and I go back Thursday for another check. I know I shouldn't be surprised its taking longer i uusually ovulate around cd19 but hearing 2 follies "died off" since Friday has really upset me.

QOTD: I live just outside of Toronto (but still the GTA) so it take 30-40 min to transit into the clinic. On the other hand the cheaper pharmacy is an hour transit both ways.

alpCRNA

@CMH25 Being two hours away does suck, but it will be worth it if this works.  

@Lesliem0901  I started taking 50mcg Synthroid per day in April.  When I had my TSH rechecked last week it was still 3.12.  My RE wants it to be less than 2.0 so they increased my dose to 75mcg.

Aimothy

Nothing going on here yet. I'll have another SIS on Monday to determine if the remaining tissue is gone.  My period was SUPPPPPPPPPER light, so I am not feeling very confident at this point.  If it's not gone, I'll need a D&C and will be delayed for the FET.

I am from the Twin Cities in MN.   My RE's office is about 15 minutes from my house, but the office where they do transfers is in Minneapolis, so it's about a 30 minute drive. 

CML11

I started Gonal F Saturday, started the Menopur tonight. Several days of blood work and Ultasounds. My arm looks like I have track marks, seriously!
Doing a road trip for a visit to see family and friends in NJ, so this could be tricky. Hoping they will be ok doing blood work a day early :-S

QOTD: @LeggyJeggy‌ and @Buttmonkey34‌ hey another NE'er here!
I live in NH, I travel about 15-20 minutes to my RE from my house or 30 minutes from work. ER and ET will be about 1 1/2 hours away

Andy99

Hi ladies.  Nothing to report here.  The waiting for AF sucks!!  Why is it that when you don't want her to show her ugly face, she shows up waaayyy early and when you're really excited and can't wait for her to show, then it takes forever?

I will probably be going for my CD3 ultrasound roundabout the 6th of August, so it's still 2 whole weeks away!!

QOTD - Like I said previously, I'm in Cape Town, South Africa.  My fertility specialist's office is about 10 minutes drive from my house and 5 minutes from work.  So I'm lucky.

Lesliem0901

alpCRNA said:

@CMH25 Being two hours away does suck, but it will be worth it if this works.  

@Lesliem0901  I started taking 50mcg Synthroid per day in April.  When I had my TSH rechecked last week it was still 3.12.  My RE wants it to be less than 2.0 so they increased my dose to 75mcg.

@alpCRNA - Your RE is still proceeding with stimming you even though you're not under 2? Just curious...Thanks!

alpCRNA

@Lesliem0901

Yes, from what I understand my levels are within the normal range for medical standards.  They would just prefer it under 2.0 for TTC.  It also had trended down since starting Synthroid, so they said we could continue.

ronniesgirl1981

Alright, I'm back in the game! Cyst stopped producing estrogen and stims start on Saturday.

gsancho

ronniesgirl1981 said:

Alright, I'm back in the game! Cyst stopped producing estrogen and stims start on Saturday.

Yay!