3/3 Shimmering Shamrocks Check In :-)

happygirl1013

Welcome to the March Shimmering Shamrocks Check-In! 

Check-ins every Monday & Thursday.

This is a check-in for those who are doing IVF/IVM or FET with an ER/ET scheduled for March.  If you are interested in joining, please fill us in on your cycle below (# IVF cycle, where you are in the process, relevant dates, etc.)  Be sure to update us along the way!

Check-in leaders for the month is: @boyankl  (Monday) @CallaLily30 (Thursday)

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QOTD:  What was your favorite Oscar gown last night?

BFPS:

BFNS: 

March Angels:

In the 2ww:

Leavehouse FET #2

Ashris13 FET#2

 

Cancelled/Delayed:

STBMrsMiller IVF w/ ICSI #3

geordie314 FET #3

jertie FET #1

Between ER/ET/ FET:

CallaLily30 FET #1

PrincessPix IVF#1

Stimming/Priming:

Wolfette139 IVF #1

Praying4Miracle17 IVF #2

ExoticAntibiotic FET#2

absolutelymaybe FET#1

neeseeandben FET#1

MrsC430 FET#4

Deardra77 IVF w/ ICSI #2

Badrianne IVF #1

NYGiants2010 FET #1 

SCSmith2011 IVF#2

ekc0630 IVF w/ ICSI #2

O2girl FET#2

Kaly75 IVF #1

Janet1206 IVF #1

BankerBSN FET#1

anitaflora IVF #1

Indianaalum IVF #1

boyankl IVF w/ ICSI #2

CaringCat IVF#2

Prep (BCP/Lupron/EPP):

jaztaz1 FET#3

ronniesgirl1981 IVF #1

walker14 IVF w/ ICSI #1

MaraleeRG IVF #1

Carol77B IVF w/ PICSI #2

kz's_girlygirl IVF w/ ICSI #2

beachy6 IVF w/ ICSI #2

Ttc23 IVF#3

Margritli FET #1

KLAlax IVF w/ ICSI #1

MrsZ816 IVF #3

STL34 IVF w/ ICSI #4

mccall0113 FET #4

ejrobbi IVF w/ ICSI #1

Aliza131 FET#1

Runforcookies IVF#2

Gnl42 IVF#1

Bashert11 IVF#1

sandollar1010 IVF #1

SportsChick33 – IVF#1

Mozzarella13 IVF#1

Cwoodward777 IVF#2

Prayingforblessing FET#1

Love4Labs326 FET #1

PrincessPix

Good morning & happy Monday!

You can move me to 2WW. I'm anxiously awaiting beta #1 next Monday, 3\10. Luckily I'm self employed so I'm working about 2 hours a day all week & watching Netflix!

QOTD- I actually watched this year! I loved Kate Hudson's gown! So classy!

happygirl1013

Stims are starting- waiting for phone call for clearance after my appointment this morning.  

Going to the gym for one last workout before they start tonight.  

QOTD:  I loved Angelina Jolie's --- so pretty!

anitaflora

Hi Shammies!

Thanks for the check in!

Monitoring yesterday on day 4 was fine. Sorry I think I already posted about it in another thread but right ovary went from 5-8 follies and left (with cyst that can't be removed or drained) went from 0 to 1. Lining was good and E2 they said was good at 115 - nurse said at this point they want at least 100. So I'm staying at the same max gonal F & Menopur dosage and will probably go to 10 days. Next monitoring tomorrow.

QOTW: I didn't watch all of it or even most but from what I saw Lupita Nyong'o's gown blew me away. Gorgeous.

Praying4Miracle17

Hi  Shamrocks - good luck to those in the 2WW and to those having their ER or ET this week!! 

Tomorrow morning is my ER!  As of Saturday, I had 21 measurable follies and lining was a little on the thin side (7.5) with hopes it will grow more in the next few days.  I'm drinking water and gatorade like a champ as my E2 levels were 3300 on Saturday.  I really, really need a fresh transfer so I hope I don't get OHSS again. 

QOTD: I second Kate Hudson and actually really liked Jennifer Lawrence's dress for once.

ExoticAntibiotic

Good luck, 2WWers, ERers, and ETers! (((hugs))) to those that need them. Fingers crossed that no one else is cancelled or delayed this month. My lining was 10.2mm on Saturday so my FET is a GO for Thursday.

NYGiants2010

Had my lining check this past Friday and it was 7.9. Transfer is scheduled for this Friday the 7th. I also started PIO last night....I was so nervous. I laid on the bed and my husband did the shot for me. I was surprised because I felt nothing. I asked my husband if he did it and he was almost done injecting. I put a heating pad on for about 30 minutes after the shot.
Good luck to everyone in cycle and 2ww!

jaztastic

Hey Shimmering Sistas!!

Still taking those lovely BCP... which Thursday is the last of, then baseline on Saturday. Other than that Im just working hard and getting through this gawd awful snow. Im over it, and ready for spring! 

QOTW: Naw, didnt watch...I get less interested in award shows every year. 

@PrincessPix Congrats on the PUPO! Wishing you all the best... are you going Beta or Bust? 

@Sportschick33 we are in the same boat. Do your BCP give you headaches? I usually get the worst migraines with mine, but was given a different brand this time and actually feel good. 

@boyankl Good luck with stims

@Anitaflora Max level of dosages?!! OH MY... Hormones/Emotions/SideEffects were all over the place for me and I was on very low dosages. I hope you stimming doesnt make you as crazy as mine did me. I'll be thinking about you! But we would gladly take all of this in the name of a take home baby. 

@Praying4Miracle17 Fx all goes well tomorrow and you get great numbers! Hopefully your get your fresh transfer! 

@ExoticAntibotic WhooHoo!! Are you anxious? I know I would be. I'll be doing my FET at the end of the month. Sticky beans to you! 

FishyMom

Well I am officially Pupo!! The thaw was perfect.. Huge relief. Come on sweet pea snuggle in!

Qotd: Did not watch them so no clue.

ejrobbi

Hello all - i am done with BCP and awaiting my mini period, I start stimming tomorrow 300 of Follistim and 75 mg of Menopur each night, I go in for monitoring on Saturday the 8th.

Angelina Jolie and Lupita's gowns were my favorite.... but overall i thought Ellen stole the show, i loved her!!! 

Happy Monday!

CallaLily30

Hi Ladies!

Still not much to update here.  Only one of our ten fertilized embryos made it to blast and freeze from our February retreival.  We are waiting on the PGD results which should come in mid March but since we have three from out last cycle we are going to go ahead with the FET prep as soon as AF shows up.  It should be any day now.

@nygiants2010- So glad to hear PIO wasn't that bad.  I'm so nervous for it this cycle!

QOTD;  I didn't watch so I have no idea!

LizBlue

Hi all, newbie here, jumping in.  We just started IVF#1 after six unsuccessful IUIs.  

I am on day 5 of stimming (225 follistim, 150 menopur.)  My dosage keeps getting upped, but thanks to this board yesterday, I was able to step back from the ledge.  Thanks again for the input everyone.

I go in for my first ultrasound tomorrow, so hopefully we can get an idea about how I'm responding.  E2 on day 4 was 252.

GL to everyone and thanks for having me!

QOTW:  I thought Lupita Nyong'o looked absolutely stunning.  

Deardra77

Hi everyone! :-)
Can you change me to between ER & ET, had ER yesterday.

SO my ER - Quite similar to last time in it's unpredicted crappiness. Last time they thought 11 but got 5, determined I was under suppressed so this time less than half the birth control, microdose Lupron & max stims, RE thought possibly 13 (3 from the craptastic ovary and 10 from the other) but only ended up with 7. Last time was devastating but this time there wasn't the shock factor, more of a why am I not surprised?. No idea how many were mature but will see what today brings.

Pretty much climbing the walls already & it's only approx. 9:30 am. Day after ER last time I got the call that every single egg failed to fertilize. They did ISCI straight away this time so we avoid the need for RISCI which only is successful less than 10% of the time. Blah! Going crazy over here!!!!!!!!!! Thanks, needed to get that out! lol

Am I the only one that finds the fertilization reports days worse than the 2WW? it's like I am waiting to hear just how totally screwed up my body is & what chance I have of this ever working at any point in the future not just this time? May come from I am so concerned about the egg quality issues....

QOTD: didn't watch the Oscars, was happily sleeping off the affects of the anesthesia (drugs r good! lol)

UPDATE: heard back form the clinic, of the 7, 5 were mature and all 5 fertilized with ISCI. Will hear from them again right the night before they expect transfer (so a day 3 or 5 transfer, who knows at this point!) Asked did they know if the eggs had SER aggregates & tick zona like last time but they didn't know (embryologist just gives them the fert report). So as of right now we have QUINTUPLETS!!!!! Wow!!!

PrincessPix

@jaztaz1 - I'm relatively new. Beta or bust??? I'm assuming that means no POAS? lol. If that's the case , then yes. I've gotten so many BFN's from hpt's that somehow hearing the news from my favorite nurse was easier during my failed IUIs. So I think that's the route I will take this time too! Weird, right?

jaztastic

PrincessPix said:

@jaztaz1 - I'm relatively new. Beta or bust??? I'm assuming that means no POAS? lol. If that's the case , then yes. I've gotten so many BFN's from hpt's that somehow hearing the news from my favorite nurse was easier during my failed IUIs. So I think that's the route I will take this time too! Weird, right?

Yep you got it. Beta or bust mean you will wait until beta to find out.... and no that's not weird at all. You gotta do this thing your way. Wishing you all the best! 

happygirl1013

@jaztaz1- I'm a total beta or bust girl too.  

SCSmith2011

I started stims on Friday. Due the the snow we thought we would get my next monitoring isn't until tomorrow.

QOTD: I was kind of underwhelmed by the gowns last night.

neeseeandben

Hi all!

Had my transfer on Saturday, so I'm officially in the 2WW. We transferred two excellent little frosties.  Doc ended up defrosting three as one of the original two didn't look great.  So, we lost one, which kinda stinks.  Here's hoping they snuggle in! 

 It's my first time having any kind of transfer, so I don't know if I'm supposed to be feeling anything or what, but I'm not...other than my butt is officially killing me from all the PIO shots.  Also I've been having crazy vivid dreams, when normally I don't really dream....I assume that's from the progesterone as well, as I've also started suppositories.  

Any way, just trying to make it through the anxious waiting time.  I haven't decided whether to beta or bust.  I can't stand the idea of getting bad news over the phone from a nurse, but I dunno.  

Good luck to all!! 

QOTD:  I was kinda meh on the dresses this year

ttc23

Hi Shamrocks I am CD1 so start stimming tomorrow. I will finish testostone tonight and start my clexane. I spoke with my doctor over the phone yesterday about my medications as I was confused and he was trying to explain everything to me and I just wasn't getting it. I could hear him getting more and more frustrated as he was repeating himself and I was getting really flustered. I don't think I ever feel more stupid than when I'm speaking with my FS! Anyway I think we got there in the end- I just wish they made it clearer on the forms.

QOTD: I find Jennifer Lawrence refreshingly and funny and liked her dress last night. As an Aussie I love the Hemsworth brothers and thought Chris' wife Elsa looked gorgeous with her twin bump.

STL34

Hi ladies!!  I start stims tonight!!  I am so excited (and super nervous)!  I thought for sure my cycle was going to be postponed again.  I saw the tech measure a cyst (they don't tell me anything during the ultrasounds).  Luckily it is the cyst that moved me from being a hopeful heart to a shimmering shamrock and it is collapsing like it is supposed to after ovulation!  Yay!!

I go back in Friday morning for blood work! 

QOTD:  I didn't watch the oscars.  So, I don't have a favorite dress out of all of the dress worn.  I thought Lupita looked gorgeous but I didn't really like how low her neckline plunged.  Sandra Bullock's dress was gorgeous.  I loved the deep blue.  I really liked Camila Alves dress and I thought Kerry Washington looked AMAZING!! 

kz's_girlygirl

No news here- Still taking estrogen and 10units of lupron.  Will prob get AF on the 7th or 8th. 

I'm a downer and didn't watch the show last night...I am hoping to catch a re-broadcast!

leavehouse

I'm PUPO ladies Yay for 3 days of bed rest.

How's my transfer buddy @ashris13 doing?

QOTD: I didn't watch the Oscars.

Prayingforblessing

Time seems to be moving so slow..I just finished my BC yesterday..still taking 10 units of lupron. I have 17 more days of taking it..waiting on my baseline labs and ultrasound on Wednesday. I can't wait to feel like I am really doing something..lol I am anxious to know how thawing will go..I have 12 frosties and I hope they will survive thawing..and I also wish the doctor would let me transfer three cause I am scared 2 won't work..the two that were put in were suppose to be the best and they didn't work during my IVF cycle

QOTD: I didn't watch so I don't know.

MrsZ816

Stims start tomorrow!! Excited to get this show on the road. 

QOTD: I actually didn't see the Oscars. I usually enjoy watching but after taking twelve 8th & 9th graders on a church retreat this weekend there wasn't anything I could do to stay awake!

O2girl

Hello ladies

Nothing much happening here. Still nauseous from my increasing e2. :-q

Congrats to the PUPOs. FX for everyone else.

QOTD: I didn't watch so I have no idea.

MrsC430

@Ashris13 and @leavehouseYay!!! Congrats on being PUPO ladies!

@SportsChick33 I agree about the coffee creamer I recently discovered that Coffeemate has girl scout cookie flavors - so good.

AFM - Our FET is on Friday. Starting to get anxious! DH must have hit a nerve or something while giving my PIO injection last night (the shot hurt way worse than usual & now that area is numb?) which was fun. Hoping it was just a fluke thing!

QOTD: I liked Kate Hudson's a lot.

 

FishyMom

MrsC430 said:

@Ashris13 and @leavehouseYay!!! Congrats on being PUPO ladies!

@SportsChick33 I agree about the coffee creamer I recently discovered that Coffeemate has girl scout cookie flavors - so good.

AFM - Our FET is on Friday. Starting to get anxious! DH must have hit a nerve or something while giving my PIO injection last night (the shot hurt way worse than usual & now that area is numb?) which was fun. Hoping it was just a fluke thing!

QOTD: I liked Kate Hudson's a lot.

 

I asked before my transfer if we were shooting in the wrong spot which we were. She said DH was pretty close to the nerve, which I bet is what happened for you. She said it would be fine if it would have happened it just would have hurt a lot. DH asked if it would have effect the meds absorbing, they told him no. They also taught us where to inject... Really more on he hip., take your pointer finger and put it on your hip bone then stretch your thumb around to your back, squeeze and that is the area to inject. I hope hat helps, as it was very enlightening for us!

MrsC430

@Ashris13 That made me feel a lot better Thank you!! Trying that method tonight for sure!

Carol77B

Hi everyone! We had a snow day here, which was nice! I added Gonal-F and Menopur to my Lupron this morning and was glad to not be messing with it while trying to get out the door. I go back for testing on Wednesday and am really hopeful that the ultrasound will show more follicles from the Lupron. QOTD: My favorite dress was Charlize Theron's.

badrianne

Hi everyone,
I just found out I get to trigger tonight so ER on Wednesday. Thank goodness, because I am so bloated and my ovaries are super tender. My follies are between 15-18mm and I had my acupuncture today too. Since, a bunch of ladies at my clinic have ER on Wednesday I am not triggering until 1am this morning because my ER won't be until 1pm Wed. I hope my RE/embryologist aren't to tired after all those retrievals. Anyway, I am SO excited for this next step. FX.

QOTD- didn't see them.


@Praying4Miracle17 good luck for your ER tomorrow! Sounds like you have a lot of follicles.
@ExoticAntibiotic good luck with your FET on Thursday.
@NYGiants2010- I am glad the PIO didn't hurt. I am swaying btw endometrium supp or PIO...
@SportsChick33 BCP gave me headaches. I had never taken prior to IVF and BCP was the only difference.
@Ashris13 WOW! YAY, for  a perfect thaw.
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9:29AM
@LizBlue my stims were up to your exact prescription and everything went well.I'm triggering today stim day 11. I hope the same is true for you. It's good that your doctor is adjusting early.
@Deardra77 Just read your update. YAY, I am so glad ICSI worked well for you and your quints .
@neeseeandben fingerscrossed.
@Wolfette139 sorry to hear about your left ovary being inaccessable. but your other side was a rockstar. Good luck with your fert tomorrow.
@leavehouse fingerscrossed.
@O2girl I am so sorry for your nausea. that must suck.

janet1206

Hi everyone!
It was a nice sunny day today after the storm we had this past week. Well, I had an ultrasound today and there are 15 follies growing! Yay:) everything looked good, but need to go back tomorrow morning for another follow up and they'll let me know if I trigger tomorrow or wed. So ER will either be thur or fri! Eeek! Rooting for u all! Have a great wk!

Qotd: loved Lupita's dress..it was stunning.

Irishlove16

Hello ladies!

Can you please add me to the list!  Looks like I'm here to join you all.  We recently did IVF #2 and I was really hoping to do a fresh transfer tomorrow but Sunday they confirmed I had a mild case of OHSS with lots of fluid in the pelvic cavity so its a freeze all cycle for me!  I am anxiously waiting to hear about my update tomorrow on how many of my 11 fertilized eggs made it to blast!  We are also getting the PGD testing done on our blasts tomorrow.  So now hopefully I get my AF next week some time to get going on the FET.  I think transfer should be the end of March sometime.

Looking forward to reading everyones post and getting updated with where everyone is in their cycles so far!  GL!!

Mozzarella13

Hi ladies! Congrats to all the PUPOs, and fx for the upcoming ERs & ETs!
AFM, my Sonohystogram is Thursday, at which point I will hopefully get clearance to start lupron and finish out these BCPs.
I'm with you ladies @MrsC430 and @SportsChick33, the coffee creamer is the lifesaver on the decaf coffee!

violetmarie61516

Hi Shamrocks!  Sorry I'm late to the check-in, I had a horrible migraine last night and I went right to bed after work yesterday.  I'm hoping it doesn't come back today.  I'm on day 5 of Vivelle, I paid to reserve our embies yesterday and I'm just waiting for my lining check next week.  I really hope my lining is nice and think.  After yesterday, I'm really concerned it won't thicken up quick enough.  I have heavy bleeding with AF this cycle so I don't know if it will be okay at CD13.

QOTW:  I didn't watch them so I'm no use.

PrincessPix

SportsChick33 said:

@jaztaz1 I couldn't decide of the BCP was the cause of the headaches I've been having or if it's the lack of caffeine. I lean towards BCP because I cut caffeine about a month ago, so I would hope that the withdrawals would be done with. 

Just for the record, decaf coffee with the right creamer can actually be decent. Doesn't help get me going, but I swear there is a mental aspect with just drinking coffee of some type 

That's so funny- (the decaf part) - I just texted a pic of my "donut shop decaf" to my bff & said "giving myself 4 shots a day was nothing compared to the pain this causes me!"

mrscsw

Hello All!  Sorry my internet was down yesterday!

I have stopped BC and I am waiting for AF to come.  I have my first ultrasound and blood work tomorrow, and I am supposed to start meds on Thursday.  I am nervous since AF should have arrived yesterday.  I do not want to delay anything if possible.  We picked up all of our meds on Friday, which was exciting.  Everything finally feels real! 

FX for everyone out there! 

QOTD - I really liked Kate Blanchet's dress.  She was beautiful. 

LizBlue

Hi all!  Bloodwork and ultrasound for day 6 happened this morning and doc said everything looked good.  She said my lining was great and I had "a nice group of follicles" going.  The funny part is - I didn't ask how many, which ovary, how big.  I'm usually so Type A about all of this but this time around I seem to be just ignoring the details.  So strange for me.  I'm sure when the nurse calls back with my E2 I'll start asking more questions.  But for now, all is good.

So excited for the PUPO ladies - everything crossed for you!

KLAlax

Hi!  Just waiting for the results for my husband's final SA this morning (he had a fever last month so they wanted to make sure that it didn't effect anything before starting) and if all is good, I will start Lupron this evening.  I just hope this SA does not delay us anymore!!! We are doing ICSI so it would have to be awful I would think!

ekc0630

Been stimming for 6 days today.  My 14 follies they saw the first time dropped to 7 this time.  I'm hoping that some were just hiding.  Next appointment is tomorrow.

I did not watch.  I didn't have cable until today

absolutelymaybe

These updates are soooo not as interesting when you're in a FET cycle. I'm just chugging along w/ Lupron (5 units), 2 MG estradiol 3x a day, and baby aspirin. The RE nurse keeps saying "everything is looking great!" My lining was 11 mm trilaminar yesterday (can you tell I'm looking for small wins to celebrate?). I start PIO, doxy and one more thing (can't recall the name) Saturday and countdown to FET is t-minus 8 days. QOTD: I didn't watch them. Honestly, not a huge movie buff. I hadn't even seen anything that was nominated.

Deardra77

Today's update: so our 5 little embryos are doing fine today on what is their day 2, all between 2 & 4 cells and doing nicely. They are pushing for a day 4 or day 5 transfer depending on what the next couple of days bring.

And top it all off, the 2 eggs that weren't mature matured over night & the ICSI'ed them yesterday (didn't know that was happening!) and voila they fertilized so as of today we have the 5 embroys at day 2 & now these 2 at day 1 for SEVEN in total. WOW!!!!!!!!! Beyond shocked!!!!!