May FET

Ash_SE

I'm totally going to make a secret baby registry haha

Hopeful_mom

kris031409 less then a week to go how exciting!!  happy anniversary, its all coming together!

hbomb513 whoah a whole registry nice, nothing wrong with being prepared
Good luck with your exams, its hard enough trying to work and go through IVF, i couldnt even think of being in school and trying to do this, no way!

caseyw8784 you know its all good ideas of how to keep track of things.  I have to say OH would kill me if he knew i was doing that.  He thinks all the reseach and questions i ask are overkill, can you imagine if he thought I had a registry.  Its interesting about your AF, mine has changed this whole year that I can't even figure out the who or what.  When I was younger it was a good 7/8 days.  Then in my 30's it was more 5/6 and now its way shorter its all confusing.  One thing I wont miss during pregnancy

kaseycoco so crazy how our emotions change about AF when TTC!!

AFM: I did hear that so far I've got 2 blasts 5AA/5BB.  Of course I was hoping for more but was happy to hear that they were all still growing so lets hope tomorrow will have some more good news!!  From what I gather 3 are in a 1A stage which I believe is a blast stage but not the one that can be frozen yet.  Another was at the morula and another was MF - still haven't figured out what that means yet, anyone every hear of that at this stage for grading?

I'm wondering if part of the problem is that my embryos do better in the womb then outside.  For example, if I wanted to do a transfer with an embryo that couldn't make it to the necessary stage needed to be frozen, could that embryo make for a viable pregnancy.  Some things I've read say that the blastocyst has to get to a later stage to be frozen because an early stage blastocyst won't freeze.  Am I losing normal embryos that might be able to thrive if placed in my uterus and just aren't strong enough to freeze...ugh I know its a wild question and even my RE will i'm sure say anything is possible right?

Hoping10

Love the idea of the secret baby registries. I think I need to do this haha. 

@Hopeful_mom So far so good with 2 blasts- hopefully more will catch up to freeze. Such a catch 22 because if you put them back in at day 3 you can't use PGS and won't know if they're normal..it's so hard, but for now try to have faith in the process you're currently in..and remember- it worked for you once which means it can happen again! 

fivetimesnoluck

Waiting for the call on fertilization has me on edge. I am already an anxious person and my stomach is in knots right now with this anticipation!

I know it's out of our control, and I am trying to focus on work, but all I want to do is talk about this huge thing going on in my world!

So far, I have had two PIO shots and they aren't too bad. My SI gives them to me and getting the shot isn't bad at all, but the soreness of the site is no joke. The first shot left me quite sore/uncomfortable. Last night I massaged the location before and after the shot and that seemed to lessen the soreness a bit, so I will just try to keep that up.

fivetimesnoluck

@Prudence9 I hope that June brings you a successful transfer! I am sorry for the delay.

@caseyw8784 I have been on the estrace for a while now and haven't noticed any dramatic side effects so far. Fingers crossed I won't, but I know the progesterone is a different story! I definitely feel it.

@brooklyngirl18 Hoping the best for you this cycle! Very excited for the numbers you have to test!

@Ash_SE I will keep my fingers crossed for you to get some meaningful feedback from the immunology tests!

@kris031409 HI! Happy to have a cycle buddy. How did your PIO shot go? I can tolerate it so far, but it's only been twice! Yes, we made the trip to our lab for fertilization yesterday. Now anxiously awaiting results!

@Hopeful_mom I am rooting for you! 2 - and potential for more is so exciting!

brooklyngirl18

@fivetimesnoluck FX for a great fertilization report! I totally understand your feelings about wanting to shout from the rooftops. 

prudence9-2

@Ash_SE do you know what immunology tests they are going to have you take? Once my hcg level is back to normal I will also have some tests done... 

is is it too early to start the June FET thread? 

Hopeful_mom

Just got the call and 6 blasts made it and were sent for testing.  I can't believe another 4 caught up.  WOO HOO!!  thanks for the support ladies your thoughts/advice really helped!  Praying there are some normies in this bunch!!

kris031409

Hopeful_mom yay!  6 is awesome!!! 

fivetimesnoluck the PIO wasn't too bad, I'm actually paranoid that I did it in the wrong place because it isn't sore at all today.  Do you know when your beta will be?  Fx for your report to come in soon!

Hoping10

@Hopeful_mom Yay!! Amazing news. FX for normal embryos!

@fivetimesnoluck  Thinking of you! Good luck!

@Prudence9  I'm also waiting on immunology blood results too- my RE tested karyotype and few other things (I forget the exact names), but she's testing to see if my body forms little blood clots which could prevent implantation. 

prudence9-2

@Hoping10 here are the immune tests I will have to get once my hcg is down: 
APLS labs (b2gp, ACL ab, LAC)

Does any any of these sound familiar to you? 

immiet

Sorry if I'm just jumping in here. I'm so anxious and don't know where to vent my anxiety. Today was my progesterone blood work. I'm waiting on the results and for my period to start. I've used an ovulation stick since we stopped injections on April 4. No ovulation so I don't even know when my period will get here. The clinic said I should get my period next week or so. I'm stressing myself out again because we want the cycle to start already. We also have a trip out of town June 4-7, so I'm hoping that my cycle will start and we won't have to cancel that trip. 

Hoping10

@Prudence9 APLS sounds familiar, but the others don't..

brooklyngirl18

@hopeful_mom that's great news!! 

fivetimesnoluck

We got ALL 6 thawed and fertilized!!!! I am soooooo happy right now!

Angelaag

Wow this board has been busy! I can't seem to keep up!! I love reading everyone's exciting posts! And now I'm starting a secret registry! Ha!

AFM, stop BCP Saturday, baseline Tuesday, and start Estradiol Wednesday! Phase II is almost here! This week I was driving to work and realized in less than a month, I may be pregnant!

Ash_SE

@Prudence9 This is what they are testing you for. https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/261691-overview#a4  This is the initial immune tests that are done as part of a RPL panel. I would also also ask for MTHFR, PAI 4g4g, Factor V Leiden . Those are blood clotting issues and folate absorption issues that are know to cause miscarriage and easily treatable. I've got them! 

There is also a whole 2nd level of testing you can get done. If you are interested I'm more than willing to email about it. Way too much to type here. Some REs believe in immune fertility some don't. Mine in DC does. I figure it is new and looking specially at causes for Repeat loss that hasn't really been investigated yet. Back in the day IVF was experimental do things have to start somewhere. 

Hopeful_mom

fivetimesnoluck i know i posted it on the other board but i'm so freaking excited for you!!! grow embabies grow!!

Angelaag keep believing it and seeing it and it will come!  thats at least what everyone always tells me

immiet i've never done an FET and I'm not at that part yet.  You're trip is luckily in June so I think you should hopefully still have enough time!  Try not to stress, easier said then done in this process however for me when i stress that makes AF stay a way longer so try and relax.

Appreciate everyone good thoughts - THANK YOU!!  I truly believe its a group effort here helping me get better results.  Let the good news keep on coming!!

prudence9-2

@Hoping10 I think the other are the types of APLS labs..

@Ash_SE thanks for the info... check your inbox...

whitebarley

@hopefulmom and @fivetimesnoluck - yay for six! six was my number, as well! so maybe it needs to be a good luck number on this board?

@brooklyngirl - are you a fellow NYCer? congrats on the 10 for testing! that is an amazing number. which clinic are you at if you are here in NYC? i'm at RMA. i got my PGS results back really quickly. cells went out on monday and RMA called this results on friday.

AFM, my lining check wasn't spectacular this morning. minimal growth since monday so i have to go on the patch in addition to the 3 estrace tabs a day. i haven't had any side effects with the pills, it's just that they are so small, it's hard to believe they are doing anything! i have a lot of EWCM (although not nearly as much as i did when i was stimming) so i know my E2 must be pretty high, but I seem to be parked at around 7.1. they need it to be at least 8mm before i can go on progesterone. RE said he wasn't worried that that since my lining got nice and thick during stims they will get it there again. tentative transfer date is may 8! let's hope it stays that way . . . 

brooklyngirl18

@whitebarley yes ma'am born and raised in Brooklyn and now live in Yonkers. I go to Westmed in Rye. That's great you got your results so quickly! FX your lining grows and you can transfer on the 8th. 

Hoping10

@whitebarley I go to RMA also!! (I monitor on Long Island). FX for your lining!!

Hopeful_mom

LMAO so many new yorkers here  Funny you think I would've questions @brooklyngirl18 ha!  Brooklyn is awesome!!  But it has just gotten so crowded like the rest of the world!  I was looking into RMA too Hoping10 @whitebarley but i dont think they took my insurance at all and would be oop for even monitoring didn't think to even ask if you were allowed to monitor elsewhere.  I do hear great things about them.

@Ash_SE Prudence9 we should be in a group email would love the same info.  I missed your post last night - I have the MTHFR too.  My RE says they tested for everything but I need to double check again

whitebarley i'm sure your lining will catch up just relax and give it time, frustrating how our body plays tricks on us!

brooklyngirl18

@hopeful_mom so funny! I love brooklyn but it's so insane now. I settled in yonkers when I got married. where are you? 

caseyw8784

@whitebarley - frustrating that your lining isn't cooperating! how many times have you been/will you go in for a check? I've been on estrace since monday and wasn't told to come in until next Friday, the 5th. I almost want to call them to ask if i can come in to see how the lining is responding...lol. I'm assuming it's growing, cause like you, there's been a good amount of ewcm... ::shrugs::

My RE says they want the lining to be at least 7mm, but i'm not worried that it won't get there cause at one point during stims i think i saw that it was around 11-12 or so. it makes me a little anxious that there's nothing i can go in the meantime, and just wait til friday! haha

whitebarley

Yeah, my lining got pretty thick during stims too (although maybe not THAT thick @caseyw8784 - good on you lol). I just put on my first patch, and will start drinking POM tonight in the hopes that it does something! I've now been on the pills for 11 days, and only had one other interim check on Tuesday, where I was at 6. So I did grow to a 7 but they want at least 8. I also know that when you start progesterone your lining often contracts a little bit. So I am hoping that I'm bigger than 8 on Tuesday! Eeeek.

I *also* have MTHFR @hopefulmom! I am compound heterozygous! It's a real party in here. All I am doing for it is taking Dr. Thorne's special prenatal, a methylfolate supplement, and baby aspirin. I really hope that's enough. RE does not want to do the whole Lovenox thing.

whitebarley

Oh yes and RMA is amazing! They are really good about getting back to you and everything. It is a bit of a farm, but I was warned about that going into it so haven't found all the people or the rotation of doctors jarring. It does suck that they only take certain insurance. At first I thought I was going to be screwed, but for some reason the *fertility* coverage of my insurance has a carveout and is covered by United. It's very bizarre. I feel very lucky.

brooklyngirl18

@whitebarley where are you in NY?

whitebarley

@brooklyngirl18  - we just recently moved to LIC (QNS, baby!) from Chelsea. I love it but the only thing that sucks is that there is NO duane reade or CVS in our neighborhood. i guess a bunch of stuff is going to open up in the next year so i hope it includes that!

brooklyngirl18

@whitebarley LIC is blowing up now! hopefully they open one soon, those are essential stores!

Hopeful_mom

@whitebarley Chelsea is an amazing area you really dont have to leave that neighborhood for anything.  You've got cvs, movie theatre, clothing stores, and any type of food you can think of to eat in one block radius! brooklyngirl18 i'm still in bk BUT should be moving to NJ so we shall see.  Its too much insanity now, my family is still here so its not like I'll never be back!

caseyw8784

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xBCP8pprreQVAofIQ8s5yVgM0pthBcGgpgbLPcQsFDw/edit#gid=0

So according the spreadsheet, it looks like @kris031409 and @fivetimesnoluck are both having their transfers tomorrow? Ladies, how are you feeling?Ready? excited?

Good luck tomorrow and can't wait to hear how it goes!

kaseycoco

I can't believe that May is finally here @kris031409 and @fivetimesnoluck I second caseyw784's comments, and want to say good luck for when you do have your transfer!

brooklyngirl18

@fivetimesnoluck @kris031409 good luck tomorrow!!

in the 20 ish years I've been getting my period, I can not remember one single time of spotting before period and yet here I am waiting on the most wanted period EVER and i've been spotting all day since I woke up and no flow. what the actual f?! let's get this show on the road body!

Hoping10

@fivetimesnoluck @kris031409 Good luck tomorrow!!

Yay for May finally being here!! 

caseyw8784

Yay for May being here!

ok, random (possibly/probably TMI) question....I usually have 31-32 day cycles, and when i was tracking with OPKs i usually ovulated around CD19 or 20. So, i'm nowhere near ovulation time. Today is CD8 and I'm on Day 7 of Estrace. I've noticed an increase in CM (which I've heard/read is quite normal) but today I've noticed that there's a teeny bit of brownish bloody/tinge with the CM. Is this normal? Not scheduled to go back in for monitoring until Friday, so it feels weird to be going so long without any check-ins lol...

Hopeful_mom

@fivetimesnoluck @kris031409 good luck tomorrow!! sending you super sticky vibes!!
caseyw8784 ok now I"ll be TMI - any sex involved? 

kris031409

caseyw8784kaseycocobrooklyngirl18Hoping10Hopeful_mom thank you!!!  Transfer is 3 hours away!  Excited and nervous (I don't think I'd be so nervous if it weren't our only embryo) Hopefully my xanax in 2 hours will calm me down (does everyone's RE have them take xanax for transfer?).  I was told to just drink a bottle of water on the way to the hospital, so I shouldn't have the crazy full bladder issues that I've heard others complain about

@fivetimesnoluck good luck!

caseyw8784 I didn't have that issue, but I know how you feel about it feeling like soooo long between check ins, after the stim cycle this one took forever.

fivetimesnoluck

Thanks everyone! On the way there now - our clinic is about 2.5 hours away. Should be in the 11:00 hour (eastern)!! As of Saturday, we still had six embryos growing on track so I'm very excited!! 

Good luck, @kris031409!! I'm rooting for you! I was not prescribed Xanax, but would so take one if I was!!! 

caseyw8784

@Hopeful_mom - haha no sex involved! DH has been working a marathon shift at the station so i haven't seen him in a few days!

@kris031409 and @fivetimesnoluck - FX for good transfers!