Just came back from 2nd beta, should be getting the result in the afternoon, but I POAS today again. My last FRER. Will not gonna be spending money on these things anymore, and hope everything will continue to move forward
Fall 2012 -- started TTC Summer 2015 - no BFP yet, labs normal, referred to RE Fall 2015 - Summer 2016 - Further testing all normal. 3 IUI's -- BFN. Recommended move to IVF. Planned cycle for fall 2016. September 2016 - Surprise natural BFP. MMC @ 8 weeks. RE expressed confidence that we just needed the 'right' embryo. Fall 2016 - Spring 2017 -- Break from TTC June 2017 - Started IVF; egg retrieval for freeze all cycle. 9 mature eggs retrieved, 5 fertilized. 2 4BB embies on ice. August 2017 - FET transfer both embies. BFP. Twin pregnancy confirmed by ultrasound. EDD 4/28/18 September 2017 - Twin B stopped developing; Twin A doing perfectly! Graduated from RE @ 10 weeks March 2018 - Baby Girl born via C/S due to pre-eclampsia -- strong and healthy!
TTC #2 January/Feb 2021 - Freeze-all IVF cycle March 2021 - FET of 1 PGS normal female embryo. BFP! Beta #1 156, #2 472, #3 1241, #4 5268 EDD 12/5/21 - Christmas baby!
Thank you @mkr_0128 can you believe they haven't called me yet! ugh! these people are gonna give me a heart attack one day! and a new nurse drew my blood today, it hurt! wondering if she forgot to call me... like she didn't seem organize or she seems stressed like 1st day at new job kinda.... (*eye rolls)
no more beta they said. I don't know how I feel about it . 1st U/S on thanksgiving Eve (11/21) hope it's a sign! she said I'll be 6 weeks and 5 days I remember correctly
@bkatp thank you! you don't think it will be too soon? that will be a big victory for us, if we can hear HB, because the first time we got pregnant naturally we didn't have a HB so I'm really anxious about next appt already
@babydust2507 omg yayyyy!!! 😁 what a great feeling! ❤️ and yep we made it to Washington! We are spending the night in Eastern WA and finish the drive up tomorrow to the west side, with 2 townhouse showings in the afternoon! I'm not trying to stay in a hotel for very long once we get there so want to get a place ASAP so I can get all my stuff out of storage!!
@babydust2507 I agree with previous poster. You'll be able to see the heartbeat now. At my 1st ultrasound, they didn't let us hear it, but the next one we did. Best of luck to you!
TTC #1 since April 2015 June 2016 - CP 2017 - Medicated Cycles & IUI's IVF w/ PGS - January 2018 FET #1 - April 2018 - BFN ERA Cycle May / June 2018 ERA Biopsy June 2018 ~ Results: receptive (no change) FET #2 - July 2018 - BFP Beta #1 - 137 Beta #2 - 410 U/S #1 7wk1d - HB 144 U/S #2 9w1d HB 166 Anatomy Scan 1st 11/2/18 2nd AS 11/19 EDD March 28, 2019 Baby Girl born 3/26/19
@knottiee829c - yay for great betas!!! you'll have to let us know if there are 2 in there @sarac986 - what does your OB say about the doppler? I was afraid to get one in my first pregnancy b/c I read so many stories about too much use could be bad. i'm so nervous this 2nd time around that I want to get one especially since i had a bleeding scare this weekend. @babydust2507 - I already said it on FB but i'll say it here too... I'm so happy for you!!!! @mkr_0128 - gald you made it safely! Have fun house hunting.
Me: 33 (no known issues)
DH: 33 (lower motility; 0 morphology) TTC since Oct 2013 IVF round 1 January 2016 (w/ ICSI) ER: February 17, 2016; 15 eggs retrieved, 14 mature, 11 fertilized Day 5 Blastocysts: 8 sent for PGS - 5 Normal FET date: April 12, 2016 - DS born Dec 7, 2016 IVF round 2: FET : Oct 4 - 1st Beta 188!
@Griffin5413 I don't think i ever asked my OB about the doppler. Some of them just amplify sound like a stethoscope and call them a doppler. I never really did much research into it. I would never do it longer than 1 or 2 minutes. Just needed to hear that thump and I was good. I stopped once I could feel him
*lurking* @babydust2507 I’m so happy for you and your strong betas and bfp!! I also have PTSD from my last natural pregnancy where we didn’t have a heartbeat at the first u/s but I have a feeling that you’ll be just fine!! Enjoy this moment! You are pregnant!
TTC History in Spolier:
Me: 32, DH: 33 Diagnosis: Me: Unexplained. Him: 1% morphology pre-washed. IUI - CANCELLED Jan IUI - 100 mg Clomid Days 3-7. Cancelled after Estrace stunted follicle growth. BFN IUI #1 - Feb/March, 2017 IUI - IUI+7 days Clomid+HCG trigger shot. March 1st IUI. 3/15 BFN IUI # 2 - August, 2017 IUI - 7 days Clomid + HCG trigger shot. IUI on August 12. 8/26 BFN *TW* November 1st, BFP. Ended in MC @ 6 w 3 days. 11/20/17. **Natural Cycle with Acupuncture & Chinese Herbs. IUI #3 Feb 24 2018, IUI + 7 days Clomid + HCG Trigger Shot. Feb 24 IUI. 3/12 BFN *TW* 5/10/18 BFP/MC. Natural Cycle. 1st Beta 232, 2nd 850. No Fetal pole seen on U/S, 5/30/18. Medicated MC on 6/23. IVF #1, Stims begin on August 17th. ER, 8/28/18. 32 Eggs Retrieved, 18 mature, 18 Fertilized. 12 Day 5. 6 Blasts Tested Normal with CCS. FET 1, 11/6/19. 1 Embryo Transferred. NEG BETA 11/15 FET 2, 1/29. 1 Embryo to Transfer. +HPT 2/5. Beta 2/7 = 137, 2nd HCG = 317. MC at 6w4d. No fetal pole seen on U/S
@albrooks11 how far a long will you be? do you have your EDD yet?? we should have the same date, right? my U/S is on 11/21 and I'll be 6w5d, my EDD so far is 7/12, my bday month! and baby was transferred on DH bday month! I'm seeing it as a sign! @manders85-2 thank you girlfriend! I'm really anxious though, counting down the days and try to stay busy but it's not really working right now....
*lurking* @Griffin5413 My OB actually uses the same doppler I have for check-ups. I only use mine at home maybe once a week because, like you, I've read all the crazy stories! I think its one of those things...everything in moderation
TTC #1 since April 2015 June 2016 - CP 2017 - Medicated Cycles & IUI's IVF w/ PGS - January 2018 FET #1 - April 2018 - BFN ERA Cycle May / June 2018 ERA Biopsy June 2018 ~ Results: receptive (no change) FET #2 - July 2018 - BFP Beta #1 - 137 Beta #2 - 410 U/S #1 7wk1d - HB 144 U/S #2 9w1d HB 166 Anatomy Scan 1st 11/2/18 2nd AS 11/19 EDD March 28, 2019 Baby Girl born 3/26/19
@babydust2507 hey girl we have the exact same thing! I will be 7 week 3 days for first u/s. they orginally wanted it for 7 weeks but that's the day after thanksgiving and the clinic is closed. So they pushed it to the following monday! due date will be 07/12 as well
@albrooks11 same reason why mine is the day before thanksgiving. they wanted like that since I had 2 betas only and didn't wanna have to wait too long for a check up after the holiday. YAY my EDD buddy!
Gah I'm so anxious and conflicted. I'm still having some light brown watery looking spotting throughout the day. It is not much in quantity (I'm talking like a mini skid mark 😂 sorry that's the only thing I can think of) and since yesterday evening there are times when it's been a few hours since I peed and there's nothing there that time, then the next time there will be some there. So I want to say it's getting less often because Tuesday and Wednesday it was like every time I went to the bathroom there would be something there, but who really knows. I feel like it also depends on what I'm doing (sitting, laying, walking around). It's been 72 hours now since it started. My clinic typically does betas day 9, which is Saturday for me. I'm going on Monday since it's the weekend. Part of me wants to test tomorrow since it would be the day before my supposed to be beta so I can know and can start accepting it didn't work if it's negative, instead of keep thinking it potentially did. Then the other part of me doesn't want to know, though I know I'll have to eventually know. I may not even get my results until Tuesday, so that means waiting another 5 days to find out and keep analyzing and agonizing over this!
@mkr_0128 I know exactly that feeling! regarding the bleeding i think implantation takes more than a day so if it's implantation bleeding it's possible to bleed/spotting for more than a day. about the testing thing, do what you think will give you peace. I didn't wanna test,and I didn't wanna know either, the only reason why I tested is because i didn't wanna wait for the call. i wanted to prepare myself. If my beta was in 2 weeks or even a month I would have still wait that long and test the day before. so think about it and again do what you think will give you peace of mind with less stress. GL girlfriend! I got my fingers and everything else crossed for you!
Thanks @babydust2507!! I already posted in the fb group, but I'm still spotting watery light brown on and off for 4 days now 😕 I still have to make it 3 more days until beta! I'm still so worried, this morning I couldn't take it.
@mkr_0128 - I had a bleeding scare this past weekend too. I called the on call nurse and she said as long as I wasn't filling a pad, that it was normal. I had just had a vaginal ultrasound the day before and she said it could be just irritation on the cervix. Plus you have been traveling so that could be part of it. I'm still having a very little spotting every other day or so but not bright red blood. I would say call the RE if you are worried or for sure bring it up when you go in for beta.
Me: 33 (no known issues)
DH: 33 (lower motility; 0 morphology) TTC since Oct 2013 IVF round 1 January 2016 (w/ ICSI) ER: February 17, 2016; 15 eggs retrieved, 14 mature, 11 fertilized Day 5 Blastocysts: 8 sent for PGS - 5 Normal FET date: April 12, 2016 - DS born Dec 7, 2016 IVF round 2: FET : Oct 4 - 1st Beta 188!
@Griffin5413 I called the nurse and she surprisingly called me back and she said the same thing, that try not to be too worried unless it gets heavy to where you are filling a pad every hour or having severe pain. She said she bets it's irritation of the cervix (said it's common in ivf patients) or that it's just brown mucous. I do feel a little better, but still gonna be on edge until results on Monday! Mine seems to have lessened in quantity and frequency as of Wednesday but still off and on throughout the day for now. I hope yours ends completely, and I could totally see it being from them moving around up there with the ultrasound!!
@mkr_0128 I agree with your nurse. I had similar brownish/pink spotting throughout my first tri that varied depending on how active I was. I was put on light activity because of it freaking me out but it was ultimately harmless, just from irritation of the cervix.
~~ Our Story in Spoiler! TW loss/child~~
Fall 2012 -- started TTC Summer 2015 - no BFP yet, labs normal, referred to RE Fall 2015 - Summer 2016 - Further testing all normal. 3 IUI's -- BFN. Recommended move to IVF. Planned cycle for fall 2016. September 2016 - Surprise natural BFP. MMC @ 8 weeks. RE expressed confidence that we just needed the 'right' embryo. Fall 2016 - Spring 2017 -- Break from TTC June 2017 - Started IVF; egg retrieval for freeze all cycle. 9 mature eggs retrieved, 5 fertilized. 2 4BB embies on ice. August 2017 - FET transfer both embies. BFP. Twin pregnancy confirmed by ultrasound. EDD 4/28/18 September 2017 - Twin B stopped developing; Twin A doing perfectly! Graduated from RE @ 10 weeks March 2018 - Baby Girl born via C/S due to pre-eclampsia -- strong and healthy!
TTC #2 January/Feb 2021 - Freeze-all IVF cycle March 2021 - FET of 1 PGS normal female embryo. BFP! Beta #1 156, #2 472, #3 1241, #4 5268 EDD 12/5/21 - Christmas baby!
Re: Oct 2018 FET
That's a nice strong line there!!
Summer 2015 - no BFP yet, labs normal, referred to RE
Fall 2015 - Summer 2016 - Further testing all normal. 3 IUI's -- BFN. Recommended move to IVF. Planned cycle for fall 2016.
September 2016 - Surprise natural BFP. MMC @ 8 weeks. RE expressed confidence that we just needed the 'right' embryo.
Fall 2016 - Spring 2017 -- Break from TTC
June 2017 - Started IVF; egg retrieval for freeze all cycle. 9 mature eggs retrieved, 5 fertilized. 2 4BB embies on ice.
August 2017 - FET transfer both embies. BFP. Twin pregnancy confirmed by ultrasound. EDD 4/28/18
September 2017 - Twin B stopped developing; Twin A doing perfectly! Graduated from RE @ 10 weeks
March 2018 - Baby Girl born via C/S due to pre-eclampsia -- strong and healthy!
TTC #2
January/Feb 2021 - Freeze-all IVF cycle
March 2021 - FET of 1 PGS normal female embryo. BFP! Beta #1 156, #2 472, #3 1241, #4 5268 EDD 12/5/21 - Christmas baby!
"When all is lost then all is found."
can you believe they haven't called me yet! ugh! these people are gonna give me a heart attack one day! and a new nurse drew my blood today, it hurt! wondering if she forgot to call me... like she didn't seem organize or she seems stressed like 1st day at new job kinda.... (*eye rolls)
Beta #2 : 286
no more beta they said. I don't know how I feel about it
. 1st U/S on thanksgiving Eve (11/21) hope it's a sign! she said I'll be 6 weeks and 5 days I remember correctly
June 2016 - CP
2017 - Medicated Cycles & IUI's
IVF w/ PGS - January 2018
FET #1 - April 2018 - BFN
ERA Cycle May / June 2018
ERA Biopsy June 2018 ~ Results: receptive (no change)
FET #2 - July 2018 - BFP
U/S #1 7wk1d - HB 144 U/S #2 9w1d HB 166
Anatomy Scan 1st 11/2/18 2nd AS 11/19
EDD March 28, 2019
Baby Girl born 3/26/19
@sarac986 - what does your OB say about the doppler? I was afraid to get one in my first pregnancy b/c I read so many stories about too much use could be bad. i'm so nervous this 2nd time around that I want to get one especially since i had a bleeding scare this weekend.
@babydust2507 - I already said it on FB but i'll say it here too... I'm so happy for you!!!!
@mkr_0128 - gald you made it safely! Have fun house hunting.
TTC since Oct 2013
IVF round 1 January 2016 (w/ ICSI)
ER: February 17, 2016; 15 eggs retrieved, 14 mature, 11 fertilized
Day 5 Blastocysts: 8 sent for PGS - 5 Normal
FET date: April 12, 2016 - DS born Dec 7, 2016
IVF round 2: FET : Oct 4 - 1st Beta 188!
@Griffin5413 thank you 😄
Diagnosis: Me: Unexplained. Him: 1% morphology pre-washed.
IUI - CANCELLED Jan IUI - 100 mg Clomid Days 3-7. Cancelled after Estrace stunted follicle growth. BFN
IUI #1 - Feb/March, 2017 IUI - IUI+7 days Clomid+HCG trigger shot. March 1st IUI. 3/15 BFN
IUI # 2 - August, 2017 IUI - 7 days Clomid + HCG trigger shot. IUI on August 12. 8/26 BFN
*TW* November 1st, BFP. Ended in MC @ 6 w 3 days. 11/20/17. **Natural Cycle with Acupuncture & Chinese Herbs.
IUI #3 Feb 24 2018, IUI + 7 days Clomid + HCG Trigger Shot. Feb 24 IUI. 3/12 BFN
*TW* 5/10/18 BFP/MC. Natural Cycle. 1st Beta 232, 2nd 850. No Fetal pole seen on U/S, 5/30/18. Medicated MC on 6/23.
IVF #1, Stims begin on August 17th. ER, 8/28/18. 32 Eggs Retrieved, 18 mature, 18 Fertilized. 12 Day 5. 6 Blasts Tested Normal with CCS.
FET 1, 11/6/19. 1 Embryo Transferred. NEG BETA 11/15
FET 2, 1/29. 1 Embryo to Transfer. +HPT 2/5. Beta 2/7 = 137, 2nd HCG = 317. MC at 6w4d. No fetal pole seen on U/S
@manders85-2 thank you girlfriend! I'm really anxious though, counting down the days and try to stay busy but it's not really working right now....
June 2016 - CP
2017 - Medicated Cycles & IUI's
IVF w/ PGS - January 2018
FET #1 - April 2018 - BFN
ERA Cycle May / June 2018
ERA Biopsy June 2018 ~ Results: receptive (no change)
FET #2 - July 2018 - BFP
U/S #1 7wk1d - HB 144 U/S #2 9w1d HB 166
Anatomy Scan 1st 11/2/18 2nd AS 11/19
EDD March 28, 2019
Baby Girl born 3/26/19
TTC since Oct 2013
IVF round 1 January 2016 (w/ ICSI)
ER: February 17, 2016; 15 eggs retrieved, 14 mature, 11 fertilized
Day 5 Blastocysts: 8 sent for PGS - 5 Normal
FET date: April 12, 2016 - DS born Dec 7, 2016
IVF round 2: FET : Oct 4 - 1st Beta 188!
@Griffin5413 I called the nurse and she surprisingly called me back and she said the same thing, that try not to be too worried unless it gets heavy to where you are filling a pad every hour or having severe pain. She said she bets it's irritation of the cervix (said it's common in ivf patients) or that it's just brown mucous. I do feel a little better, but still gonna be on edge until results on Monday! Mine seems to have lessened in quantity and frequency as of Wednesday but still off and on throughout the day for now. I hope yours ends completely, and I could totally see it being from them moving around up there with the ultrasound!!
I agree with your nurse. I had similar brownish/pink spotting throughout my first tri that varied depending on how active I was. I was put on light activity because of it freaking me out but it was ultimately harmless, just from irritation of the cervix.
Summer 2015 - no BFP yet, labs normal, referred to RE
Fall 2015 - Summer 2016 - Further testing all normal. 3 IUI's -- BFN. Recommended move to IVF. Planned cycle for fall 2016.
September 2016 - Surprise natural BFP. MMC @ 8 weeks. RE expressed confidence that we just needed the 'right' embryo.
Fall 2016 - Spring 2017 -- Break from TTC
June 2017 - Started IVF; egg retrieval for freeze all cycle. 9 mature eggs retrieved, 5 fertilized. 2 4BB embies on ice.
August 2017 - FET transfer both embies. BFP. Twin pregnancy confirmed by ultrasound. EDD 4/28/18
September 2017 - Twin B stopped developing; Twin A doing perfectly! Graduated from RE @ 10 weeks
March 2018 - Baby Girl born via C/S due to pre-eclampsia -- strong and healthy!
TTC #2
January/Feb 2021 - Freeze-all IVF cycle
March 2021 - FET of 1 PGS normal female embryo. BFP! Beta #1 156, #2 472, #3 1241, #4 5268 EDD 12/5/21 - Christmas baby!
"When all is lost then all is found."