August 2018 IVF

kristimh80

Starting this board for those of your doing August IVF / egg retrievals. Best of luck to you all!!  

Avrilmai

Well, I guess I'll introduce myself. I've been on the TTGP board for quite some time (so it feels weird to start my own post as an introduction. I'm more comfortable doing the intro here) DH and I started TTC in 10/2016. We did 2 medicated cycles (clomid), 3 IUIs (w/Letrozole) and will be moving to IVF in August. My diagnosis is officially "unexplained" but I also had a low AMH and am AMA. We will be doing IVF w/ICSI and PGS, but we need to get through the ER first. Looking forward to getting to know others who are doing an August cycle. ( @kristimh80 thanks for getting this started)

babydust2507

Hi! I'm in the IVF July 18 but my retrieval is 1st week August, so I figured I will join this one as well! Here is my background. I have been TTC since 2014-2015, got prego on my own 1 month after we got married in 2015 but m/c after 9 weeks and couldn't get pregnant after that. Started fertility treatment a year later, everything we could possibly try, I have unexplained infertility too. I had 5 IUIs total which 3 were regular and 2 monitored with trigger shots. Moving to IVF now this month. I'm right now on BCP  and Lupron. Sunday will me my last day of BCP, will have my baseline on the 25th and start stims on the 28th. GL to you all

emmasemm

@avrilmai welcome friend! 

@babydust2507 I keep straddling months too!

AFM currently priming with estrogen for IVF#6, baseline should be Thurs 26th. I could have ER anywhere from 4th to 10th of August based on my previous cycles. So it will definitely be August. Unless we have a rubbish baseline then we will try again next cycle (which will also fall in August)

babydust2507

Hi @emmasemm! we're gonna be really close! that's excited to have a cycle buddy! GL to you and keep us posted!

Avrilmai

@emmasemm GL w/your baseline today. Hope things go well!

smittyswifey

I’ll be starting my first cycle of IVF in Aug.

Trigger:

I have had two mc. One after a successful IUI. We have since had 3 failed IUIs and decided to move on.

We just got all the financial paperwork completed for IVF and are anxiously waiting for the Aug cycle to start. I have no idea what to expect and I’m beyond nervous! 

babydust2507

Welcome @smittyswifey, this is my 1st IVF cycle also and will start stims this Saturday
And welcome @Avrilmai!
@emmasemm how was your appt? Mine went well, my estrogen was low so they confirmed I can move forward to stim on saturday

emmasemm

@babydust2507 glad you got the green light!

@avrilmai thanks!

@smittyswifey welcome! 

AFM
Baseline this morning and my ovaries were soooo quiet. There are maybe a few super tiny 1mm follies on both sides. Yep that small!  And my FSH was 2.6 and E2 was under 10. So I’m definitely still well suppressed- just hope not too much again.
And... because my labs were soooo low I get to try a Microdose Lupron cycle!!!!!!!!! (Which will either be awesome or a washout...)
We will only do stims every other day this time too to see if we can avoid over cooking my eggs.
First monitoring Monday... 

Avrilmai

@smityswife @babydust2507 I will be doing IVF for the first time in August as well. 

@smityswife I'm with you on the anxiety that comes with not knowing what to expect. I'm trying to focus on taking it one day at a time. I have a habit of getting a head of myself and worrying about things that may never come. The best advice I've gotten from ladies on TTGP about all of this is to just focus on what is happening today. 

@emmasemm GL with the new protocol!!! I hope it is awesome. 

babydust2507

@emmasemm my first monitoring is monday too! GL on the microdose Lupron, so when are you starting stims, saturday?
And GL to you all ladies!

manders85-2

Hi Everyone! Thanks for being here. 
We are doing IVF for the first time. We've had two MCs after natural cycles and three failed clomid cycles. (i've always been a big producer on clomid so doc is thinking the short protocol will work for us.) DH has abnormal morphology. My last MC was this past June. Doctor thinks we're having chromosomal issues and is sure IVF with ICSI and PGS testing will help. I am currently taking BCP and start stims on August 16th. Tentative retrieval date is August 26/27. I am really excited and hopeful that this will work. @Avrilmai, it looks like we're on a similar course.
I'm not sure when we'll do our FET but I have some travel anyway in Sept/Oct and I'm guessing we'll wait until that's done and transfer sometime after October 19. 

babydust2507

welcome @manders85-2!

manramk

I m new to this forum. I had i failed iui and one failed IVF (none of the 8 eggs were fertilized). i have two ( 8 and 2 year old) daughters that were born naturally. due to my history of multiple miscarriages now i  m on my second IVF to conceive my third baby. egg retrieval is scheduled for first week of august but have only 5 follicle growing in total. little disappointed. Hope things go well. baby dust to all of you.

nicole030985

Hello everyone,

My name is Nicole. I had a failed IVF in February and a cancelled IVF in July after doing 9 days of stims! I ended up developing tons of cysts on my ovaries after that. They put me on the birth control pill which shrunk my cysts and overlapped it with Lupron. This is my 13th day on Lupron injections and my 2nd day of stims, which is a completely different protocol from my previous IVFs. I am current taking 10 IU Lupron in the morning and 375 IU Gonal-F morning and night. I will go back Monday for blood work and ultrasound. My retrieval date is looking to be around August 14th. Praying this time will work! 

babydust2507

Welcome @nicole030985 and @manramk! 
@nichole030990 what was the reason of your cancelled IVF? @manramk do you have a date now for your ER? Mine should probably Tuesday they said. They have been adjust my follistim every other day but right now I'm thinking 150 U of follistim, 5 u of Lupron and 1amp of menopur. My estrogen right now is at 2318, lining 8mm and lead follicles 17mm. Praying that August be our month! GL to you all ladies

babydust2507

@emmasemm how are you doing with stims?

manders85-2

Hi @nicole030985. I'm sorry about your cancelled cycle in July. That is my fear having not gone through IVF before. I really hope your cycle meds work this time around! 

babydust2507

@manders85-2 that was my fear too but thanks God my cycle didn't get canceled although my E2 was pretty high(over 3700)I had my appt this morning. I will be taken half dose of the trigger shot and medicine called cabergoline to prevent OHSS. I was also advised to drink Gatorade when I'm thirsty. GL to you all. My ER is on Tuesday 

nicole030985

They cancelled it because I had a spike with my progesterone. I was also bleeding heavily for like 2 weeks and I don’t know why. That cycle they didn’t have me on any birth control and this time they do. I haven’t bled much at all this time. My period was only spotting which only lasted a couple days. 

nicole030985

Babydust- That’s exciting! I will be around 1 week behind you because my retrieval should be the following Tuesday. Good luck and I hope you have a lot make it to freeze!

nicole030985

Manders- I think the worst part for me was all the waiting lol it’s really not that bad. I am actually giving myself the injections now and I was always afraid of needles. The last time I had retrieval, I went back to work the next day so I’m hoping this time won’t be bad either. 

babydust2507

Thank you @nicole030985! I will keep you all posted! Did you work the day of transfer too? I'm taking the day off on ER day but planning to work the next day if everything goes well not sure if I wanna take another day off for the transfer

nicole030985

Babydust- I was told to stay in bed the rest of the day after transfer. 

babydust2507

Thank you @nicole030985! So my ER went well, still recovering. They retrieved 33 eggs don't know yet how many were matured and fertilized will get a call I believe they said today or tomorrow. Will keep you all posted

babydust2507

got an update from my clinic, 21 out of the 33 eggs were matured and 14 fertilized. will be getting a call tomorrow regarding the quality and possible transfer day. FX!

nicole030985

Babydust- Wow! That’s excellent results. Hopefully they will all continue to grow nicely. Are you at risk for OHSS with those numbers? That’s a lot of eggs! 

AFM- I had my day 6 ultrasound and blood work today. I have 3 measurable so far at 12, 13, and 13. My E2 is 359. Still very early. I’m sure the day 8 scan will have lots of measurable follicles. That’s what happened my last 2 IVF cycles. 

babydust2507

Yes @nicole030985 I'm at risk and they're expected that when I was monitored with blood work and U/S so they put me on cobergoline to prevent and asked to increase my salt intake ( salty food and gatorade) so far I'm feeling ok, I guess... hope that works and I won't be getting  OHSS and be able to so the fresh transfer. 
Your numbers look pretty good too for D6! Sending prayers your way! And keep us posted! 

Avrilmai

@babydust2507 wow what great results.  FX that OHSS stays far away. Do you have a transfer day?

@nicole030985 I hope this cycle has better results. How are you feeling on the new med regimen?

babydust2507

Thank you @Avrilmai. so I got a report from the lab, all 14 are growing at the sane pace which they said they were pretty happy about it (4-6 cells) graded B so far. I don't know the grading scale of my clinic yet, will ask tomorrow when they call for a new update but they said B was pretty good for D2 at their Lab. My transfer will be on Sunday 

manders85-2

Wow @babydust2507 those are some great results so far!!! You must be so excited. Keep us updated with your progress and transfer day. How many are you transferring this weekend?? Baby dust to you! 

babydust2507

Thank you @manders85-2, I am excited but at the same time don't wanna overreact and be disappointed at the end. My transfer is this Sunday and my doctor recommended to transfer only one, so I hope it will be the lucky/best one!

babydust2507

So I just got the daily report from the Lab and I also asked about their grading scale they do + and - on the letters but they said they don't focus on the sign because they can change really quick. So the 14 embies are still growing 8-12 cells, she said some are growing faster than what they're expected it to be on D3, because they wanted to be around 8 if I remember correctly, which gives me some B+ and B- forgot the exact number, sorry... but they still all Bs. And They will decide on Sunday which one to transfer and which one can be frozen, and no more reports until transfer day. Wish me luck!

nicole030985

Thank you Avril

nicole030985

Just got home from my day 9 scan. I have 16 follicles ranging from 12-18mm. My e2 was 1020 yesterday and now it is at 1650 today! The doctor just called with my instructions which were do 300 IU menopur am and pm with Lupron in the morning. I go back to the doctors on Monday. I’m pretty nervous that my e2 level is going to sky rocket and put me at risk for OHSS. But I’m also happy that the other follicles should have a chance to catch up. What do you think. 

Babydust- it sounds like your little embies are growing wonderfully! That is so awesome. How many will you transfer?

manders85-2

Congrats @babydust2507 on your 14 embies and your transfer tomorrow! Tell us everything after you get back.
@nicole030985 16 is wonderful! Thanks for sharing your details. I haven't ever done stims before and I didn't know checking e2 is what alerts the medical team to OHSS. Eeek! Keep us updated.

lemondrop1976

@babydust2507 Good Luck with your transfer tomorrow!

mbradfo2

@nicole030985
I had similar e2 levels at that point and they topped out around 3500 by ER, so sorta close to the cut offs but i had less than 20 follicles (15 i think) so they weren't concerned. Only got 10 eggs though   some of the follicles were just babies i think; they were being pretty careful about the estrogen levels with my med doses. 

good luck with the start of your stims @manders85-2 !!

babydust, those are awesome embie numbers! Get some extra to put on ice   My embies were grade 4bb but most RE's say that the grading isn't really predictive at all. 

nicole030985

Manders- it’s really crazy how much you learn! It’s amazing how every little thing has to be perfect for it to work including bloodwork. Hard to believe how many people accidentally get pregnant. I am always checking my blood work along with my ultrasounds. If you have any questions or need anything just let me know

nicole030985

Mbrad- That stinks they only got 10 eggs! My last IVf my e2 was only 2400 at retrieval and I did not have any success. I had 14 retrieved, 9 fertilize, only 2 made it to day 5 morulas which were transferred with no success. I think they triggered me too early so I’m really happy they are giving me an extra day of stims. I am just worried my non measurable follicles will start growing and catch up to the 16 I have. I just want food quality. Quality before quantity! Hopefully I can get some to freeze this time Incase this one is unsuccessful. It will be a lot easier to do FET while working!

mbradfo2

Well I was okay with the 2 embies in the end since I did get my take home baby from it! But I’ll have to go thru all of it aga