June 2018 FET

kristimh80

@laurengon82 Thank you so much!!!  

linxyz

@kristimh80 good luck!!!

chamomile-2

@kristimh80 hope today's ERA goes well!

linxyz

So I woke up this morning to a little bit of bright red blood. Maybe half a pantyliner worth. I know it's probably nothing but I've still getting the impending period feeling of gassiness(period is due tomorrow, gas is my telltale sign).  I rushed to the clinic and asked them to draw my blood for beta...not feeling too hopeful. Will hear back this afternoon.

TTC #1 since Nov 2015
Me-26 Nothing Wrong DH-30, Low Morphology
6 iuis
IVF w/ PGS  - Feb 2018, 24 retreived, 18 mature, 11 to blast, 6 PGS normal(2 boys,4 girls)
FET #1 - April 2018 -  BFN
Endometrial biopsy/scratch - end of april 2018
FET #2 - May 28th 2018, tww

laurengon82

@linxyz fx that everything is ok and you have a good beta!

mandurz

@linxyz hope you have a good beta. Sometimes spotting can be normal (as scary as it sounds) especial with ivf.
***TW with my first pregnancy I had spotting/bleeding almost the whole time. Scared me to death all the time but it ended well even though I delivered early, the bleeding had nothing to do with that. END TW***
 Hope all is well.

@kristimh80 hope yesterday went well and you get good results.

AFM got meds in to mail today, as long as blood work looks good Fri I will start with the estrogen shots Mon and Fri, will insert the estrogen vaginal ring that will stay in til beta. Can't wait to get this ball really rolling. I called yesterday and talkes to the financial person at my clinic and she suprised me with the information that the Dr is charging me a transfer fee for the donated embryo. I guess to believe that I would walk away Scott free was just a dream. 1350 is still better than 5500 for the whole adoption but was still a surprise. 

MSU_Girl1202

@linxyz Wishing you a great beta!

@k@kristimh80 Hope the results were great for the era!

kristimh80

Thanks ladies! I'm hoping the next 10 days pass quickly so we'll know something. I feel like I'm waiting for pgs results again lol

linxyz

my RE forgot to call me... i managed to hunt down my nurse for the results...

9dp5t; hcg:230! Im having a hard time believing this! I can’t stop crying because im in such disbelief. I keep thinking, maybe the nurse made a mistake and got The wrong file or something. Thank you guys for the support!!!

kristimh80

@linxyz Yay!! Congratulations!!

mandurz

@linxyz that is awesome! Are you doing another beta on Fri? When do they schedule you for ultrasound?

@kristimh80 waiting sucks for sure. Hope you can keep busy enough to not notice the time as much. 

megmac2010

@linxyz omg! Congrats! When is your next beta? I'm soooo happy for you!!!!

linxyz

Yes i go back in on friday. Not sure about ultrasound yet. 

@kristimh80 waiting is the worst part! Pgs test, tww, finding out how many embryos, we all have the patience of saints!

kristimh80

@linxyz  Yay congrats!!! You're so right! I think this time the thought of being on BCP during it is like insult to injury. Like I'm doing the opposite! lol

@mandurz Def going to try too!

laurengon82

@linxyz congrats on your beta!

mandurz

Had baseline lab and ultrasound today. Of course ultrasound showed tons of tiny follicles, hoping that since they are all under 10 it won't be an issue. Waiting for call from nurse to see if I can start my estrogen shot and keep everything on schedule.

kristimh80

@mandurz You should be good to go. My last baseline for FET, I had the same deal...lots of tiny follicles. No one seemed worried  

mandurz

@kristimh80 you are totally right. I guess at this point I am going to worry at any stage. But things are good, started estrogen and next check is on June 14th. Then hubby and I drive down to fl for a few days. I can't wait.

laurengon82

@mandurz glad everything went well and you were able to start meds!

kristimh80

@mandurz Awesome!! Your trip to FL sounds like fun! Glad you got to get started! I just started my 1st day of birth control while waiting on my results. Oh the irony! lol

mandurz

How is everyone doing? Appointments (if any) going well? How are the meds going?

I am getting headaches so far the last 2 days in a row...and i haven't even started progesterone yet. It sucks but will be worth it in the end. Does anyone get headaches just on estrogen?

kristimh80

@mandurz I had slight headaches on estrogen this last time, but mainly only for a couple of days and went away. 

laurengon82

@mandurz I have an appointment tomorrow morning and if all goes well I’ll start pio and crinone on Thursday.  Transfer is scheduled a week from today!  I didn’t really notice having headaches from estrogen.  When is your transfer scheduled for?

mandurz

@laurengon82 ooo am excited for you! Mine is scheduled for June 27th. 

@kristimh80 I sure do hope yesterday was the last one for a while lol. 

@linxyz how are you doing? Did I miss a post on your 2nd beta? I hope numbers were great. You should be getting ready for an ultrasound in the next week or so depending on your Dr protocol.

linxyz

@kristimh80 Birth control is the worst! I get the worst symptoms and moodiness when I'm on them. And it feels counterproductive lol.

So I guess @laurengon82 is next for June transfers? I will be lurking and praying for success!

@mandurz Sorry I forgot to update. 

My follow up beta was 630 on friday...more than doubled! Doctor very happy, and we will have our first sonogram tomorrow. Nurse says we probably won't see anything.

Symptom wise, I'm having serious heart palpitations all day, everyday since 3.5 weeks. I'm also seriously fatigued. I can barely keep my eyes open even though i get plenty of sleep. I would love to nap every few hours and have to fight this urge. I'm a bit worried, I thought it's too early for me to have any symptoms. I think I should ask my doctor about the heart palpitations.

In the meantime, the crinone got better. I'm less itchy than last cycle for some reason. I believe it's because my discharge is more watery and the crinone isn't coming out in clumps.

laurengon82

@mandurz getting close for you too!
@linxyz so glad you had a good second beta.
@kristimh80 when will you get results from your era?

I’m pretty sure there is someone scheduled for transfer before me, but I can’t remember who.

kristimh80

@laurengon82 Hopefully this week. They took $$ finally and I saw my biopsy sample was in Miami...so already jealous it got to go to  fun place! lol

laurengon82

@kristimh80 LOL!!

mandurz

@linxyz so happy for you! I would ask your Dr to check for any possible mineral/vitamin deficiency. I had a magnesium and vitamin d deficiency in my first pregnancy and I had similar symptoms. The earlier they can catch that the better. It's not something that is super awful just something that can help in the long run. 

@kristimh80 hope the results come back from Miami soon.

beachbunnyxo123

@laurengon82 how have your ultrasounds been? What lining thickness and type do you have? I have my transfer a day after you! Yay!

@linxyz great news! I would ask the doc, hope you feel better soon! 

@mandurz you’re getting close!! So exciting!

@kristimh80 hope your results come back soon!!!!

ETA- I start PIO and Benadryl on Friday and I’m all on track for my transfer on 6/20!

mandurz

@beachbunnyxo123 so exciting! I haven't heard of Benadryl being part of an FET protocol...do you know what the Dr is using it for?

chamomile-2

Had my lining check this morning and feeling kind of down - lining is 13mm (whoa! never more than 8 before) but is homogenous isntead of triple layer. I know that has a lot lower rate of clinical pregnancy and I'm so sad - last cycle had no problem with this. My RE still says to go ahead with the transfer and I don't want to contradict her but it sucks. I guess if I cancelled I don't know what we'd do differently? Also found out the one doctor I don't like out of the practice of 5 is on to do retrievals/transfers on my day and neither their schedule or mine can be changed. Ugggghhhhhh. Supposed to start PIO tomorrow night.

mandurz

@chamomile-2 honestly go with your gut. If you don't like the Dr and aren't comfortable with the lining... don't do it. If you feel comfortable to move forward go for it. How you feel about everything does make a difference. 
If you chose to cancel you don't always have to make big changes to get different results. I hope whichever route you go with you see good results no matter what.

kristimh80

@beachbunnyxo123 Yay that's exciting!!!

@chamomile-2 I agree with what was just said. If you have any doubts, as the dr to see if they can do another lining check before starting progesterone. Maybe a little more estrogen will help with the triple line situation. Plus, could give a different doctor for your transfer  

laurengon82

@beachbunnyxo123 I had my ultrasound and blood work this morning.  They never tell me numbers.  Even when I was doing the full round of invetro they never told me how many follicles I had or their size.  I know a lot of women get all that info, but I’ve been ok just going on them letting me know that everything looks good.  The nurse just said my lining is right where it needs to be and looks good.  She also said ovaries look good too- no cysts.  Then she gave me instructions for starting pio and crinone and instructions for day of transfer.  I am good to go!

@chamomile-2 sorry to hear your lining is not where it should be.  I agree with @mandurz that if you don’t feel comfortable going ahead with the transfer you shouldn’t.  Do what you think is right?  How many embryos do you have?

chamomile-2

@mandurz @laurengon82 @kristimh80 I really appreciate your input! It helps me feel like I'm not nuts for feeling off about this! I really like the idea about asking for another lining check to see if it got better (with the benefit that it gets me off the day of that awful doc). I'm not normally a superstitious person but having a person I deeply dislike place my embryo inside me feels like bad juju. I put a call in to the IVF nurse, who will send message to my RE, who will call me back...sometime. The practice is where I work so I go there for convenience, but they are not so great with patient communication. Oh, and I have two non-tested blasts - planning to transfer 1. I guess worst case we ditch this month and try again with either more patches, more frequent monitoring, or estrogen shots?

ETA I'm actually curious how long you guys were/are on estrogen before lining check and what type of estrogen delivery? I was on skin patches for 18 days.

kristimh80

@chamomile-2 I do estrogen (pills) and have lining check between dayts 12 -15 of the cycle. My doctor typically does all transfers on day 21. After the lining check, usually I have always started progestrone (PIO) the following day. 

laurengon82

@chamomile-2 here is what my FET schedule looks like.

beachbunnyxo123

@chamomile-2 my nurse said that if my lining was triple layer before PIO that they would cancel my cycle. She said the lining shouldn’t be type 3 until after PIO because it indicates that the progesterone has kicked in. if you haven’t started PIO yet it shouldn’t be triple layer yet. You should have a better idea your next appointment before transfer but after PIO. 

kristimh80

@beachbunnyxo123 That's very interesting! My dr looks for the triple lining between days 12-15 and starts you on PIO for around a week til transfer. I also do a progesterone blood draw at the same time to see levels and they call to say to start PIO once bloodwork is in.