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Re-intro after postponing IVF - ER this week!

DharmaChickDharmaChick member
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Hello again!

Sorry for being MIA.  I posted back in September about moving from IUI to IVF after 5 failed IUIs and 1 medicated TI cycle.  I dropped off the board after insurance required one more IUI (another BFN) and had some pretty bad anxiety and depression about the process.  I become withdrawn when that happens, and I apologize for that.  Work has also kept me extremely busy.  Even though I haven't posted much, please know that I have always kept you all in my prayers!

I'm happy to say that I have since been seeing a therapist, and that it is helping.  I hope to be around here more often, and to share my support as more than a lurker.

It is now cday11 and I have had 10 days of Gonal F and 2 days of Ganirelix.  Other than being sore and extremely tired (that's normal, correct?), it has been okay.  I just heard from the nurse that I am to trigger tonight (at midnight) with Novarel and ER is happening on Wednesday.  My RE does a 5-day transfer, so I guess that means Monday?  It will be a single-embryo transfer.

Any last minute advice for any of this?  I have never had anesthesia, nor any kind of surgery, so I'm a little nervous.
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ME: 34, Atypical PCOS (lean, no O without meds) + unexplained; DH: 33, mildly low motility
09/2012: Start TTC after stopping NuvaRing.  No cycles seemed to occur.
01/2013 - 05/2013: Tried Provera to "jumpstart" cycles. No luck.
12/2013- 01/2014: Clomid 50mg - no big follies, stepped to 100mg; One mature follie, Ovidrel (HCG trigger), IUI #1 completed - BFN
02/2014: Clomid 100mg; One mature follie, Ovidrel trigger, IUI #2 completed, Crinone - BFN
03/2014: Clomid 100mg - no big follies on 1st round, 2nd round prescribed; One mature follie, Ovidrel, IUI #3 completed, Crinone - BFN
04/2014-05/2014: Letrozole 5mg + Ovidrel HG to prep for IUI #4 switched to TI, Crinone - BFN
05/2014-06/2014: Letrozole 5mg; one mature follie, Ovidrel, IUI #4.1 completed, Crinone - BFN
07/2014-08/2014: Letrozole 5mg; one mature follie, Ovidrel, IUI #5 completed, Crinone - BFN
09/2014-10/2014: IVF Prep - Insurance requires IUI #6; Letrozole 5mg - no big follies 1st round, 2nd round prescribed; IUI #6, Crinone - BFN
11/2014: "Break" - Letrozole 5mg to cycle before prepping for IVF - successfully O'ed, but BFN
12/2014: Extending 'break' one more Letrozole-only TI cycle for mental health break - BFN
01/2015-02/2015: Prep for IVF - BCP then Gonal-F, Ganirelex, Novarel trigger;  ER scheduled 2/11!
http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/4cf919
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Re: Re-intro after postponing IVF - ER this week!

  • berries555berries555 member
    Welcome back @DharmaChick.  I always get really bloated when I am stimming.  I go for my 2nd u/s tomorrow.  I am thinking I will have ER on Saturday.  My RE prefers to do a 5dt, but it all depends on the fert report.  If you have RE on Wednesday, and you do a 5dt, that would be Monday.  

    FX for lots of eggs!!  
    ********Warning BFPs and Losses Mentioned*********
    ME-38 DH-39  DX: DOR  TTC since Nov 2011.
    5/6/13 IUI#1 BFN
    6/3/13 IUI#2 BFN
    7/3/13 IUI#3 BFN
    8/813 IUI#4 cancelled bc no stim
    Referred to IVF
    IVF #1 9/25 start Stims
    10/10 ER 7 Mature Eggs
    10/11 Fertilization Report-nothing fertilized so a rescue ICSI performed.  4 eggs were fertilized.  
    10/13 3 embryos transferred on 3 days(7 cell, 5 cell and 4 cell)
    10/25 Beta BFN
    IVF #2 Start Stims Feb 2014
    2/7 ER 14 Embies...9 Fertilized
    2/12 ET 2 excellent grade.  2 frosties
    2/21/2014 First BFP EVER....ELATED
    3/28/2014 Miscarried.  DNC performed that day. 8w6d
    6/20/2014 FET 2 frosties.  
    6/30/2014 SO HAPPY...BFP #2
    7/21/2014 First u/s.  Low heart rate. Scheduled 2nd u/s in 1 week. 6weeks
    7/28/2014 U/S #2...no heartrate.  Scheduled DNC for 8/1/2014 7weeks
    2/15/2015 IVF #3  E2 Protocol ER 12 eggs retrieved.  ICSI'd 9.  
    2/20/2015 2 transferred. None to freeze.  
    03/2/2015 Beta 4 - CP 
    4/2015 IVF #4 E2 Protocal
    4/19/2015 ER 13R, 11M, 10F w/ICSI
    4/24/2015 ET 2 blasts none to freeze
    5/4/2015 Beta 1 108 
    5/6/2015 Beta 2 225



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  • DharmaChickDharmaChick member
    Thanks @berries555 - good luck to you, too!!
    ________
    ME: 34, Atypical PCOS (lean, no O without meds) + unexplained; DH: 33, mildly low motility
    09/2012: Start TTC after stopping NuvaRing.  No cycles seemed to occur.
    01/2013 - 05/2013: Tried Provera to "jumpstart" cycles. No luck.
    12/2013-     01/2014: Clomid 50mg - no big follies, stepped to 100mg; One mature follie, Ovidrel (HCG trigger), IUI #1 completed - BFN
    02/2014: Clomid 100mg;     One mature follie, Ovidrel trigger, IUI #2 completed, Crinone - BFN
    03/2014: Clomid 100mg -     no big follies on 1st round, 2nd round prescribed; One mature follie, Ovidrel, IUI #3 completed, Crinone - BFN
    04/2014-05/2014: Letrozole 5mg + Ovidrel HG to prep for IUI #4 switched to TI, Crinone - BFN
    05/2014-06/2014: Letrozole 5mg; one mature follie,     Ovidrel, IUI #4.1 completed, Crinone - BFN
    07/2014-08/2014: Letrozole 5mg; one mature follie,     Ovidrel, IUI #5 completed, Crinone - BFN
    09/2014-10/2014: IVF Prep - Insurance requires IUI #6;     Letrozole 5mg - no big follies 1st round, 2nd round prescribed; IUI #6, Crinone - BFN
    11/2014: "Break" - Letrozole 5mg to cycle before prepping for IVF - successfully O'ed, but BFN
    12/2014: Extending 'break' one more Letrozole-only TI cycle for mental health break - BFN
    01/2015-    02/2015: Prep for IVF - BCP then Gonal-F, Ganirelex, Novarel trigger;  ER scheduled 2/11!
    http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/4cf919
    PAIF/SAIF Welcome.
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  • Pookster1020Pookster1020 member
    I remember you!  How did ER go today?

    Good luck with the rest of your journey!
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  • DharmaChickDharmaChick member
    They retrieved 24 -  I had no idea that there would be so many - no wonder I was sore and tired!
    I'm a bit of a workaholic, but decided to stay home today as I'm so sore and bloated.  The nurse called, and emphasized that it is exactly what I should do, as the high number puts me at a bigger risk of OHSS.  I'll be calling the doc tomorrow if I still feel like this.
    The nurse also mentioned that 19 fertilized!!  I am so happily surprised.  I have a history of estrogen-receptive breast cancer in my family, and would not be comfortable with doing another round of stims, so hopefully this good number of embryos will make that unnecessary.  FX!

    ________
    ME: 34, Atypical PCOS (lean, no O without meds) + unexplained; DH: 33, mildly low motility
    09/2012: Start TTC after stopping NuvaRing.  No cycles seemed to occur.
    01/2013 - 05/2013: Tried Provera to "jumpstart" cycles. No luck.
    12/2013-     01/2014: Clomid 50mg - no big follies, stepped to 100mg; One mature follie, Ovidrel (HCG trigger), IUI #1 completed - BFN
    02/2014: Clomid 100mg;     One mature follie, Ovidrel trigger, IUI #2 completed, Crinone - BFN
    03/2014: Clomid 100mg -     no big follies on 1st round, 2nd round prescribed; One mature follie, Ovidrel, IUI #3 completed, Crinone - BFN
    04/2014-05/2014: Letrozole 5mg + Ovidrel HG to prep for IUI #4 switched to TI, Crinone - BFN
    05/2014-06/2014: Letrozole 5mg; one mature follie,     Ovidrel, IUI #4.1 completed, Crinone - BFN
    07/2014-08/2014: Letrozole 5mg; one mature follie,     Ovidrel, IUI #5 completed, Crinone - BFN
    09/2014-10/2014: IVF Prep - Insurance requires IUI #6;     Letrozole 5mg - no big follies 1st round, 2nd round prescribed; IUI #6, Crinone - BFN
    11/2014: "Break" - Letrozole 5mg to cycle before prepping for IVF - successfully O'ed, but BFN
    12/2014: Extending 'break' one more Letrozole-only TI cycle for mental health break - BFN
    01/2015-    02/2015: Prep for IVF - BCP then Gonal-F, Ganirelex, Novarel trigger;  ER scheduled 2/11!
    http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/4cf919
    PAIF/SAIF Welcome.
    December 3T Siggy Challenge: Favorite Holiday Movie
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  • Pookster1020Pookster1020 member
    Those are great numbers!!  Fingers crossed for you that a lot of them make it to blast and you have plenty of frosties!

    Hope you're feeling better today.  OHSS is no joke!

    Good luck with your transfer on Monday.
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