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Nervous and Excited!

Kbroske11Kbroske11
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I recently found out that my husband and I are able to proceed with IVF!!!! Our firts official appointment is March 1st. Can anyone please tell me what to expect?! I would greatly appreciate it!!
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  • kimberm0511kimberm0511 member
    Great news!  I did my first round of IVF in December.  I believe there are different protocols, but I went straight to IVF without a suppression cycle.  Usually you have a suppression cycle where they put you on BCP.  For my IVF, I was put on follistim (which I had before for IUIs) and menopur.  The shots aren't that bad, but the menopur burns a bit.  It seems very overwhelming when you receive your meds, but it wasn't so bad.  I was also put on ganirelix to not ovulate early and then I had a trigger shot before I went in for the ER.  The ER isn't bad at all.  I had general anesthesia and it went very quickly.  The worst part of IVF for me was waiting on embryo updates.  I had a 5dt and my RE requires you to be on 48 hour bedrest after the transfer (some don't do this).  After the transfer I had progesterone shots daily, which were no big deal. Then you just wait for your beta!  Good luck!  It's really not so bad.  :) 
    TTC #3 (#1 for DH) since September 2011. DX: Unexplained infertility with possible cervical factor. May 2012 did clomid with IUI - BFN August 2012 IUI #2 w/ follistim/letrozole - BFN September 2012 IUI #3 w/ follistim/letrozole - BFN October 2012 IUI #4 w/ follistim/letrozole - BFN November/December 2012 IVF/ICSI #1 Retrieved 12 eggs, 8 fertilized. Transferred 1 beautiful embryo and 5 made it to freeze. Got my BFP! January 2013 u/s showed empty gestational sac. FET cycle April 2013.  Transferred 2 5 day embryos.  BFP!!!!!  2 heartbeats!!!!  EDD:  12/27/13
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  • Kbroske11Kbroske11
    Thank you so much for responding! I have not had any other infertility treatments done so a lot of this stuff sounds foreign to me!! I wouldn't mind 48 hours of bedrest to be honest with you! Why would the RE put some people on a suppression cycle and not others??
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  • kimberm0511kimberm0511 member

    imageKbroske11:
    Thank you so much for responding! I have not had any other infertility treatments done so a lot of this stuff sounds foreign to me!! I wouldn't mind 48 hours of bedrest to be honest with you! Why would the RE put some people on a suppression cycle and not others??

      I honestly don't know why they would put some on it and not others.  I'm pretty sure it is the norm (someone else can feel free to chime in).  It was the end of the year for me and our insurance was changing and so my RE decided we could go forward without it so I could have IVF done before the end of the year.  He was nervous for me though because my body responds VERY easily to the follicle stimulating meds...I was on very low doses to try to lower the chances of developing OHSS. 

    TTC #3 (#1 for DH) since September 2011. DX: Unexplained infertility with possible cervical factor. May 2012 did clomid with IUI - BFN August 2012 IUI #2 w/ follistim/letrozole - BFN September 2012 IUI #3 w/ follistim/letrozole - BFN October 2012 IUI #4 w/ follistim/letrozole - BFN November/December 2012 IVF/ICSI #1 Retrieved 12 eggs, 8 fertilized. Transferred 1 beautiful embryo and 5 made it to freeze. Got my BFP! January 2013 u/s showed empty gestational sac. FET cycle April 2013.  Transferred 2 5 day embryos.  BFP!!!!!  2 heartbeats!!!!  EDD:  12/27/13
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  • Kbroske11Kbroske11
    Gotcha!! Thanks again!
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