@Knottie24173360 Your numbers seem to be right on track.16 is great! Are you going to see your RE before your scheduled trigger on Sunday? I don't think I'll be triggering until mid next week since I'm not responding as well to the stims, but we'll find out more tomorrow, and I'm trying my best to stay positive. It may sound silly, but I've been watching old reruns of Will & Grace and Frasier to keep my mind occupied. The old episodes make me laugh,and it helps kill an hour or two during my down time.
It's so funny you mentioned feeling stuffed. I noticed this evening how rounded my midsection has become, and I can't hold in my stomach without feeling discomfort. Just got really bad today. Between the swelling and being poked two to three times a day, a holiday turkey paints a pretty good picture.
I'm about to have my last FET but before I do I'm having a procedure called the endometrial scratch also having HRT everything is worth a chance right,feeling exited and nervous as it's our last go
@Knottie24173360 wow! That's a lot of changes with the meds and I think the turkey reference is perfect! Congrats on 16 follies! FX for a successful retrieval and a BFP for you this month!
@mel&40 I've been watching Hell on Wheels with DH and trying to build an Armiore with directions only in Portuguese. Whatever works! I'm excited for you retrieval next week! I'll keep my FX you get lots of great follies and numbers today and through the week!
@HBamama2B Good luck today! My appointment got pushed back four hours, so I'm just waiting around. Hoping with the delay my blood work from early this morning will be in by the time I get there. Would really help to have all the info during my US. I'm sorry you have to go alone. I don't like going to any of my appointments by myself either. Try not to be nervous, and again, good luck!
I'm a little less uncomfortable today or maybe I am getting use to it. I did get a really good nights sleep last night finally. Had my Bw/US again today my follies are looking good ranging from 12mm to 14mm. They did e2 and progesterone tests today. Still waiting to hear from them so I can find out what our steps are for our ER this weekend.
Heating pads are def helping but I still have the heaviness.... I found sitting cross legged helps some to
***Pregnancy Mentioned***
1st IVF and Only....
Me:30 DH:29 3/4 ( littles will be a great 30th prez)
PCO w/o symptoms/DH crooked swimmers
Lupron CD21 Aug 18
AF Aug 25
Stim Aug 28-follistim started at 150u
E2 Aug 31- 345- dropped dosage 100u
US/BW Sept 1- 16 eggies E2 695-dropped dosage 75u
BW Sept 2 E2 791 bounced up to 91.6u
BW/US Sept 3 E2 1095 dropped back to 83u 20+ eggies 12mm-14mm range
BW/US Sept 4 E2 2050 same dose @83u 20+ eggies 14mm- 16mm range
EGG Retrieval Day sept 8th 24 eggs 12 embies
EMBRYO Transfer Day 6 Embies
2 embies 8c grade 1 and 2 transfered with Assited Hatching due to Zona Factor
FET tomorrow at noon, so excited and trying my best to stay optimistic for that BFP!!!! All the prayers and everything crossed will be much appreciated!!! GL to everyone during this IVF journey!
@Colleen0516 not too bad although I was surprised at how much water went everywhere! I'll post the Funny story tomorrow. The doctor measured with a catheter for the IVF placement before the sono. Results of sono were 'nothing abnormal.' (My RE is brief to say the least.) The worse part was the speculum.
I had a slight fever when I got home but that could have been due to the heat. I took 400mg Advil 60minutes before the sono and had very little discomfort until it wore off several hours later. I went ahead and took a second dose.
GL! When you stand up keep something significant there and walk around the room for several minutes. I just posted my full experience on the funny side up blog, but I had a flood of water come out afterwards! ">
Today had some mild abdominal discomfort but that could be due to the Advil as I always react poorly to it. Hope yours is uneventful and you have a great outcome!!
All went well. I had some slight cramping but taking Advil before my appointment helped. However, I did feel like Tom Hanks in A League of Their Own afterwards. Apparently I have a beautiful uterus though. Thanks?
Hey Gals! I know several of you are ahead of me (FX @HBamama2B & @LCK0830 ), but I just had my drug training today, & For those of you still waiting to stim, I just wanted to relay some helpful advice I read to avoid/alleviate any feelings about being totally overwhelmed about all your meds.
When you get them (or after your drug training) use baggies to sort and organize. Date the bag & throw everything from your prenatal to your sharp objects in there. Then on that day you don't even have to think, you just grab your bag, your meds from the fridge (maybe) & go.
Here is what mine ended up looking like. And it had calmed me more than you know!
So we have been given the final schedule Saturday and Sunday set for US/BW then trigger..... I had some follies measuring at 16mm but I have quite a few still measuring around 14mm.... Should this worry me? My UST said they can only measure up to 10 on each ovary but she told me today that I have so so many more. I am getting nervous the closer it gets. has anyone else been told it will be a almost 2 days before retrieval after a HCG injection? I am definitely constipated too no relief there, TMI it almost hurts to sit down to pee it's terrible.....I think I need a peep talk or darn just a good old glass of red......
***Pregnancy Mentioned***
1st IVF and Only....
Me:30 DH:29 3/4 ( littles will be a great 30th prez)
PCO w/o symptoms/DH crooked swimmers
Lupron CD21 Aug 18
AF Aug 25
Stim Aug 28-follistim started at 150u
E2 Aug 31- 345- dropped dosage 100u
US/BW Sept 1- 16 eggies E2 695-dropped dosage 75u
BW Sept 2 E2 791 bounced up to 91.6u
BW/US Sept 3 E2 1095 dropped back to 83u 20+ eggies 12mm-14mm range
BW/US Sept 4 E2 2050 same dose @83u 20+ eggies 14mm- 16mm range
EGG Retrieval Day sept 8th 24 eggs 12 embies
EMBRYO Transfer Day 6 Embies
2 embies 8c grade 1 and 2 transfered with Assited Hatching due to Zona Factor
@jav5y2 That is awesome! Hubbie went out an bought me a mini fridge for our IVF and an extra large white board for me because I am a calendar kinda girl, I have kept my dosages and schedule on there for him so he gets to feel apart of this stage of the process. I honestly think he is excited about the PIO shots he gets to give me starting Monday....:(
***Pregnancy Mentioned***
1st IVF and Only....
Me:30 DH:29 3/4 ( littles will be a great 30th prez)
PCO w/o symptoms/DH crooked swimmers
Lupron CD21 Aug 18
AF Aug 25
Stim Aug 28-follistim started at 150u
E2 Aug 31- 345- dropped dosage 100u
US/BW Sept 1- 16 eggies E2 695-dropped dosage 75u
BW Sept 2 E2 791 bounced up to 91.6u
BW/US Sept 3 E2 1095 dropped back to 83u 20+ eggies 12mm-14mm range
BW/US Sept 4 E2 2050 same dose @83u 20+ eggies 14mm- 16mm range
EGG Retrieval Day sept 8th 24 eggs 12 embies
EMBRYO Transfer Day 6 Embies
2 embies 8c grade 1 and 2 transfered with Assited Hatching due to Zona Factor
Thanks for the tip @jav5y2 ! I get my meds next week. I've heard it can be overwhelming when you first see them all but I bet if they're organized like that it helps.
I trigger tomorrow. I have a few over 18mm but most are 15 or less. I have a estridol level of 3000, fluid and so I'm starting to over stim. My RE said that you'll grow a little more after trigger so I wouldn't worry.
I trigger tomorrow night as well but they dropped my dose way down to 41.6 on my follistim to prep. My levels were 2995 today and my Lining looked great and a lot of my follies measured at 21mm
***Pregnancy Mentioned***
1st IVF and Only....
Me:30 DH:29 3/4 ( littles will be a great 30th prez)
PCO w/o symptoms/DH crooked swimmers
Lupron CD21 Aug 18
AF Aug 25
Stim Aug 28-follistim started at 150u
E2 Aug 31- 345- dropped dosage 100u
US/BW Sept 1- 16 eggies E2 695-dropped dosage 75u
BW Sept 2 E2 791 bounced up to 91.6u
BW/US Sept 3 E2 1095 dropped back to 83u 20+ eggies 12mm-14mm range
BW/US Sept 4 E2 2050 same dose @83u 20+ eggies 14mm- 16mm range
EGG Retrieval Day sept 8th 24 eggs 12 embies
EMBRYO Transfer Day 6 Embies
2 embies 8c grade 1 and 2 transfered with Assited Hatching due to Zona Factor
Good luck! I'm looking forward to hearing about your progress!
I'm starting to get nervous that through the IVF process the doctors will find a secondary, more serious reason for my infertility. What if all my embryos arrest or they find that my uterine lining isn't sufficient enough for implantation? Is anyone else having the same concerns?
I have to go in tomorrow for my next ultrasound and estradiol, they recently increased my bravelle. Thinking egg retrieval Wed or Thursday...I was so nervous about running out of meds this holiday weekend I may have got hundreds of dollars of meds I won't use...I was crying about it, but my husband told me to let it go (he's awesome!)...at first I was so relaxed to finally be started, now I'm counting follicles, doing math on likelihood of eggs retrieved, mature, fertilized, chromosomally normal....I think I need more than just a glass of wine....maybe a whole bottle LOL
Glad to hear that things are going well for you girls!
******TW***** Me 39 DH44
Married 8/2/14
TTC 9/14
Dx: PCOS, blocked L fallopian tube, suspect poor egg quality
MFI (low #, poor morphology)
IVF #1 9/15 Failed
IVF #2 12/15 Failed 1st DE FET 5/16-BFN 2nd DE FET 7/18-BFP 8/17 Baby HR 140/min EDD 4/6/17
So I just got back from my final US/BW the Doctor on call told me that I am at risk for OHSS.... I don't have any of the things you are suppose to worry about... No severe pain or shortness of breath no lose stool(god I wish at this point) and i am peeing more often then I normally do. I am scheduled to trigger this evening. But if I am just not symptomatic and I do in fact have so OHSS.. any thoughts aside from eating a ton of salty foods and taking it easy on what I should do? I am ready to be a mom and I know they don't let you wait to long but if they have to freeze but I am scared......
***Pregnancy Mentioned***
1st IVF and Only....
Me:30 DH:29 3/4 ( littles will be a great 30th prez)
PCO w/o symptoms/DH crooked swimmers
Lupron CD21 Aug 18
AF Aug 25
Stim Aug 28-follistim started at 150u
E2 Aug 31- 345- dropped dosage 100u
US/BW Sept 1- 16 eggies E2 695-dropped dosage 75u
BW Sept 2 E2 791 bounced up to 91.6u
BW/US Sept 3 E2 1095 dropped back to 83u 20+ eggies 12mm-14mm range
BW/US Sept 4 E2 2050 same dose @83u 20+ eggies 14mm- 16mm range
EGG Retrieval Day sept 8th 24 eggs 12 embies
EMBRYO Transfer Day 6 Embies
2 embies 8c grade 1 and 2 transfered with Assited Hatching due to Zona Factor
So, I got AF on Saturday and they told me to call when I got it to figure out when to come in to do lab work and ultrasound or whatever else is usually done at this point but they are closed today and tomorrow will be the 4th day. We don't have the PGS testing results back yet. I don't want to bother the doctors answering service.. Should I call them in case I need to start on the birth control pills or just show up there tomorrow morning before work and see if they can fit me in quick? Maybe the 4th day will be ok. I hope so because I don't want to wait another month for the transfer.
Answering service definitely. Just to let them know and usually holidays fall under weekend hours so typically they will have you come in the following week day
***Pregnancy Mentioned***
1st IVF and Only....
Me:30 DH:29 3/4 ( littles will be a great 30th prez)
PCO w/o symptoms/DH crooked swimmers
Lupron CD21 Aug 18
AF Aug 25
Stim Aug 28-follistim started at 150u
E2 Aug 31- 345- dropped dosage 100u
US/BW Sept 1- 16 eggies E2 695-dropped dosage 75u
BW Sept 2 E2 791 bounced up to 91.6u
BW/US Sept 3 E2 1095 dropped back to 83u 20+ eggies 12mm-14mm range
BW/US Sept 4 E2 2050 same dose @83u 20+ eggies 14mm- 16mm range
EGG Retrieval Day sept 8th 24 eggs 12 embies
EMBRYO Transfer Day 6 Embies
2 embies 8c grade 1 and 2 transfered with Assited Hatching due to Zona Factor
Re: September / October IVF
@Knottie24173360 wow! That's a lot of changes with the meds and I think the turkey reference is perfect! Congrats on 16 follies! FX for a successful retrieval and a BFP for you this month!
@mel&40 I've been watching Hell on Wheels with DH and trying to build an Armiore with directions only in Portuguese. Whatever works! I'm excited for you retrieval next week! I'll keep my FX you get lots of great follies and numbers today and through the week!
Heating pads are def helping but I still have the heaviness.... I found sitting cross legged helps some to
Glad you are feeling better @Knottie24173360! Love seeing such strong ladies power through this craziness.
@Knottie24173360 that's great!! fX for you!
Unexplained Infertility- Postive for MTHFR Gene Mutation
Natural cycles with 1 miscarriage
-3 IUI's w/ Clomid= BFN
-IVF #1-Follistim and Menopur= BFN
***11 Eggs, 10 mature, 8 fertilized, transferred 1 (day 5) 2 made it to freeze
-FET #1- Transferred 2, day 5 embryos =BFN
-IVF #2- Follistim and Menopur = BFN
***11 retrieved, 8 mature, 6 fertilized, transferred 2 (day 3), 4 made it to freeze (Follistim and Menopur) = BFN
-FET #2- Transferred 2, day 3 embryos = BFN
**Changed doctor**
-IUI #4- natural cycle = BFN
-IUI #5- Follistim (5 eggs) BFP- lead to Miscarriage
-Laproscopic Surgery for Endometriosis, Polyp removal and Cyst removal.
-IVF #3- Menopur, Follistim, Lupron, Ganirellex- BFP lead to Eptopic Pregnancy
***11 Eggs retrieved, 10 Mature, 8 fertilized, transferred 3 embryos (day 3), 0 made it to freeze
-Lapropscopic surgery- Removal of Fallopian Tube
-IVF #4- Estrogen Priming with Vivelle dot, Menopur, Follistim, Ganirellex- BFP
***15 Eggs retreived, 11 mature, 11 fertilized, 2 embryos transferred (day 3), 2 made it to freeze
Found out I was positive for MTHFR Gene Mutation during TWW of IVF #4
All the prayers and everything crossed will be much appreciated!!!
GL to everyone during this IVF journey!
I had a slight fever when I got home but that could have been due to the heat. I took 400mg Advil 60minutes before the sono and had very little discomfort until it wore off several hours later. I went ahead and took a second dose.
Today had some mild abdominal discomfort but that could be due to the Advil as I always react poorly to it. Hope yours is uneventful and you have a great outcome!!
When you get them (or after your drug training) use baggies to sort and organize. Date the bag & throw everything from your prenatal to your sharp objects in there. Then on that day you don't even have to think, you just grab your bag, your meds from the fridge (maybe) & go.
Here is what mine ended up looking like. And it had calmed me more than you know!
GL!
I'm starting to get nervous that through the IVF process the doctors will find a secondary, more serious reason for my infertility. What if all my embryos arrest or they find that my uterine lining isn't sufficient enough for implantation? Is anyone else having the same concerns?
Me 39 DH44
1st DE FET 5/16-BFN
2nd DE FET 7/18-BFP
8/17 Baby HR 140/min EDD 4/6/17