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1st ultrasound can't come soon enough!

KR250222KR250222 member
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This is emotionally draining! I'll be 6 weeks tomorrow and I'm going crazy. I don't know how to make it until Monday! 

My symptoms up to today have been AF type, cramps, moody, that's it. Most cramps have been just like a period, and a few have been more intense when I've made a sudden movement while lying down. And because these 99% of symptoms are so familiar it's hard to believe they are pregnancy symptoms. I'm having such a hard time envisioning a happy ending for me. IF sucks in a million ways, but another way is that now I always expect the negative. A woman in a normal situation would probably be finding out about now, might not have noticed many symptoms either and would likely not be sick with worry about a first ultrasound. 

And really, do I have any reason to be? With good numbers and all, probably not. Most pregnancies end up just fine, but I am fixated on the possible negative. What if's bring nothing to the table and yet here I am pondering the what if's wayyyyyy too much!  IF you are a cruel mistress! 

TTC since 4/12 
Me: 32, All clear, DH: 34, low count  
IVF /ICSI: 4/18/13~ OHSS~Freeze-all 
FET #1  6/28/13 BFN 
 FET #2  7/29/13 BFN
FET #3  12/16/13 BFN
*NEW RE*
IVF/ICSI #2  3/18/14 BFP, twins m/c 9w4d
IVF/ICSI #3 08/25/14 BFN
FET #4 10/14 BFN
IVF/ICSI #4 1/23/14 BFP Twins!
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Re: 1st ultrasound can't come soon enough!

  • Mrs.McIrishMrs.McIrish member
    I hear you! I'm 6 weeks today and still trying whether to do the first u/s on Friday or Monday. Not sure I can wait til Monday. I have almost zero symptoms so IF brain makes you go crazy despite great numbers.

    TTC #1 since 8/1/10; Me:41 and BRCA1+, DH:46
    DOR (FSH 24.3)/ terrible egg quality ; homozygous MTHFR c677t
    5 IUI's: 2/11 to 6/11 and 1/12= BFN
    OE IVF#1-4 8/11-6/12= all BFN
    DE IVF#1 11/12 bad embryos= BFN
    DE IVF #2 2/13 BFP/Beta hell: m/c 5w6d
    CFNBC 7 months, not doing well; decided on guarantee program at RBA w/frozen DE
    DE IVF #3 1/14  ET 4BB; BFP;M/C 5w1d, incomplete m/c; MVA extraction in ER 7w1d

    DE FET#1 ET 3/1714; BFP, beta 1 3/27= 197, beta 2 3/31= 1586, beta 3 4/7= 13879!!
    First u/s= Twins with HBs at 6w2d! We are Team Pink x 2!!

    K & K born 11/21/14 at 38wks 4 days

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  • healz413healz413 member
    Good luck with the wait. I thought the time between the morning blood draw and the afternoon beta call was the hardest until I got to the time between last beta and first ultrasound and realized that is the hardest.

    You can do it! And if you get to see a heartbeat and an embryo measuring on track, you will be able to relax a little. Not all the way, of course, cause IF brain persists, but it will get better as the good ultrasounds and the weeks without problems keep piling up.

    ****loss discussed*****

    We're queer. I'm 33, have severe stage 4 endo, and had both fallopian tubes removed. My love ("Manada" on the boards, 32) was diagnosed with diminished ovarian reserve. We did Partner IVF (my eggs, her uterus). We lost our twins Tavin and Casey at 21 weeks gestation.

    Our IUIs
    with @Manada: IUI# 1-7 (December 2012- September 2013) all BFN. Tried natural, femara, clomid, puregon/follistim, clomid and menopur combo, both the ovidrel and HCG triggers.

    Our IVFs:
    IVF #1 my eggs November/December 2013: Cancelled IVF due to poor response

    IVF #2 my eggs/Manada's uterus January/February 2014
    BCPs and lupron overlap Stimmed: 1/22-2/2: Bravelle and Menopur (dosage ranged from B300 and M150 to B375 and M150 to B300 and M225)
    2/4 retrieved 10 eggs. Endo was much worse than expected. Only 3 eggs fertilized; February 7 transferred two day 3 embryos, froze one. All great condition.
    BFP eve of 6dp3dt; Beta 1 (11dp3dt): 110; Beta 2 (13dp3dt): 175; Beta 3 (15dp3dt): 348; Beta 4 (19dp3dt): 2222; Beta 5 (21dp3dt): 4255
    1st ultrasound (3/6  6w 1d): TWINS!!!! Twin A measuring 6w1d with a heartbeat of 118bpm. Twin B measuring 6w0d with a heartbeat of 113bpm. 

    ***July 18, 2014 we lost our beautiful babies at 21 weeks gestation. They were born too early. Tavin Sara T. and Casey Elizabeth T. are beautiful and precious and we will love them and miss them forever.***

    FET #1 December 2014
    Intralipid infusion on Dec 10. Transfer of 1 day 3 nine-cell embryo into my uterus on Dec. 19. (acupuncture immediately before and after)
    BFP on Dec. 27; Beta 1 Jan 2 (14dp3dt): 665, Beta 2 Jan 4 (16dp3dt): 1859, Beta 3 Jan 6 (18dp3dt): 4449, Beta 4 Jan 10 (22dp3dt): 12,251.



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  • Jen071407Jen071407 member
    The wait is the worst! Hopefully you've got some stuff going on to help it pass quickly!

    Two DDs 10/08 and 08/10, no primary IF
    TTC #3 since 10/2011 - dx unexplained/weak ovulation
     3 BFN clomid + TI cycles, 5 BFN clomid/gonal f IUIs, 1 mmc IUI
    2/19/2014 IVF #1 Unexpected low E2 (oversuppressed) -> increased to max doses = 3 or 4 follicles, converting to IUI
    BFFP Saw 1 beautiful heartbeat at 6w6d, follow up u/s at 9w showed mmc. Eff this.
    NTNP 5/2014-9/2014, OPKs and TI 10/2014 - 1/2015. 
    RPL testing all normal, AFC, AMH, and FSH all normal. 
    IVF 1.2 1/22/2014 natural cycle start, AFC 28, 300 gonal f/150menopur. 
    ER 2/3/15 14R 8M 3F w/ICSI Day 5 transfer on 2/8/15 of one "Grade A+" blast and have TWO frosties! 

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  • missvolvomissvolvo member
    I'm right there with you!  I was 7 weeks yesterday and my first ultrasound is tomorrow.  Hoping Monday comes quickly for you and that everything looks great!  :)
    Me: 33, DH: 33
    Married since 2007

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  • ttuprincessttuprincess member
    Ah.  I completely know what you mean!  My 3rd beta was Monday but first ultrasound isn't until a week from today.  I might go crazy between now and then.  Hope everything looks great for you!

    **************SIGGY WARNING**************

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    Me 32 :: DH 41

     TTC since November, 2011

    DH's SA : Excellent

    Lap and Hysteroscopy June 2012

    DX: PCOS, Stage III Endo, slight Adenomyosis, blocked tube, and probable LPD

    Treatments:  6 Months Lupron Depot injections; 1500 mg metformin; 3 cycles of Clomid + TI = BFN

    3 endometrial biopsies all were "out of phase" 

    September - December, 2013:  Break to lose weight and get healthy

    40 lb weight loss but still not ovulating "in phase"  

    February - March 2014: bcps + follistim + trigger + TI = BFP

     Beta #1 (12dpo): 30; Beta #2 (18dpo): 500; Beta #3 (25dpo): 7,000!!! 

    1st u/s 4/16: One beautiful hb at 144 bmp 

    2nd u/s 4/29: hb at 166 bmp.  Graduated from RE!!

    TEAM PINK! 

    Baby girl arrived on Thanksgiving day weighing 7lbs 6oz and measuring 20 inches

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  • indianaalumindianaalum member
    Every step has been nervewrecking.

    I read in a pregnancy book that the first trimester is horrible for IV people because they are constantly waiting for bad things to happen because we've gone through so much..then once first timester is over, we pretty much have normal pregnancies like everybody else....

    Lets keep hoping. I keep hoping the "next" step is gonna make the "scary" go away, but so far it's still there
    ===siggy warning====
    Me: 40, DH: 42
    Diagnosis: PCOS
    TTC: May 2013
    TX: IUI #1 with Follistim. Canceled due to too many follicles (10 + that were large); BENCHED
    IVF #1 March 6. 14 eggs retrieved, 10 fertilized. 
    March 11, 4 eggs transferred.
    March 21 BFP  :) Beta #1 457, Beta #2 1350, Beta #3 9619. 
    Due Date November 27, 2014
    TEAM BLUE

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