Welcome to all the new people here. @BlueEyedDreamer if I remember correctly you were about the same time as me in June. Glad to see you back.
Question for those who have used estrogen patches. Are they better or worse side effect wise than the pills? I start them Saturday and have bloodwork/US as well. Just curious if any of you have had experience with them. I'm using the vivelle dots if that matters any.
me:41 dh:42 me:PCOS, blocked left fallopian tube, hyperprolactinemia (dh's swimmers are perfect/normal) Tried 3 rounds of clomid with Ovidrel trigger (BFNs) May/June 2016 IVF 6/1 ER 7 eggs retrieved, 7 fertilized via ICSI 6 embryos made it to blasts. 6/6 2 AA embryos transfered, 4 BBs frozen Beta 6/18 -- BFN FET #1 August 22 BFN Dec 2016/Jan 2017 Round 2 was a bust. 6 eggs, Only 1 embryo made it, no transfer FET #2 cancelled 10/17 due to uterine polyps. Postponed until 9/2018 due to hip replacement.
FET #3 9/11/18 Uterine scratch and antihistamine protocol/lovenox done this time. 2 AA hatching blasts put in. BFP 9/20/18!!
@wifeinraleigh28 - I don't really know when I'll be starting stims for sure. Depends on when my next cycle starts naturally (no OCPs for me), but I think I'll probably start stims in early Sept based on my calculations.
Me (31) & DH (31) - married 2008; TTC since 2013
SA = normal; HSG = clear; history of DVT/PE Diagnosed with unexplained infertility IUI #1- April '16 - BFN IUI #2 - May '16 - BFN IVF Fresh Xfer #1 (1 blastocyst) - Sept '16 - BFN FET #2 - 11/8/16 (2 blastocysts) - Beta on 11/18 4 more blastocysts on ice
@lilmissslp thanks! Just transferring one. They said all 7 PGS tested ones are pretty much the same grade, so not sure how they are going to decide. Keeping the gender a surprise though!
*TW - Pregnancy mentioned* Me: 28 DH: 33, Married May 2014 3 failed IUIs Dec '15 - Feb '16 IVF April/May 2016 - 1 failed fresh transfer. 11 snow angels.
1st FET 7/29/16 = BFP Lawson arrived on 4/24/2017 at 7lbs 15oz, 21 1/2 inches long! Surprise pregnancy!! Baby #2 due 10/11/18
My baseline and bloodwork looked good so I start my stims tonight! Wowza my RE is not playing around this time. 75 ml Menopur, 125 mg Clomid, 500 ml Follistim. She's pulling out the big guns. She also gave me a helpful hint that I wanted to share. Those follistim vials actually have 100 ml more than what is listed on the package, so that equates to about $100 you could potentially save. Also, my nurse told me that she was a previous patient of my RE and now is the proud mama of twins. YAY! I'm really feeling like this is the one. (We'll see how I feel after a couple of day of med :P)
Me & DH - 41, DH has a cyst blocking his tubes, I'm just old. IVF #1 scheduled May 2016 - 375/525 follistim, 75 menopur - cancelled cycle Day 6 IVF #2 scheduled July 2016 - new protocol, switcharoo...IUI June 2016 - BFN IVF#3 scheduled August 2016 - estrogen & testosterone primed for 3 wks - ganirelix 7 days leading up to stim - 500 follistim, 75 menopur, 150 clomid , no follicle growth on day 6, stopped injectibles. Scanned day 9 just to check, some growth, 3 days 200 mg clomid, day 12 more growth, 100 follistim, 75 menopur, start ganirelix on day 13, ER = 0 eggs, ovulated to soon ( ) IVF#4 scheduled Sept 2016 - Microdose Flare protocol, cancelled stim day 6 converted to IUI (one dominant follicle) IUI cancelled ovulated too soon again. Taking a mental health break. IVF#5 December 2016 - New protocol, same results. My adventure is over.
@caseyw8784, my clinic had me do the hcg trigger and not the Lupron (I was still on 5 units of Lupron til the end). I wonder if I should have asked about it.
Me & DH - 41, DH has a cyst blocking his tubes, I'm just old. IVF #1 scheduled May 2016 - 375/525 follistim, 75 menopur - cancelled cycle Day 6 IVF #2 scheduled July 2016 - new protocol, switcharoo...IUI June 2016 - BFN IVF#3 scheduled August 2016 - estrogen & testosterone primed for 3 wks - ganirelix 7 days leading up to stim - 500 follistim, 75 menopur, 150 clomid , no follicle growth on day 6, stopped injectibles. Scanned day 9 just to check, some growth, 3 days 200 mg clomid, day 12 more growth, 100 follistim, 75 menopur, start ganirelix on day 13, ER = 0 eggs, ovulated to soon ( ) IVF#4 scheduled Sept 2016 - Microdose Flare protocol, cancelled stim day 6 converted to IUI (one dominant follicle) IUI cancelled ovulated too soon again. Taking a mental health break. IVF#5 December 2016 - New protocol, same results. My adventure is over.
@lilmissslp thanks for your encouraging words! I do feel like I currently have two bowling balls in my pelvis so hopefully that's a good sign lol! How many embryos did you end up being able to freeze?
Anyone who has gone through ER already, how did you feel afterwards and did you return to work the following day??
Welcome me to all the newbies that have joined
Me: 35 DH: 36 Me: 1, possibly 2, blocked tubes DH: severe MFI Married and TTC since 2/15 Started stims 7/21/16, ER 8/2 --> 17 eggs, 5 blasts after PGS testing. Fresh transfer 8/8/16: Chemical Pregnancy FET #1 9/13: PGS tested 5AA, BFN Endometrial biopsy 10/18/16: normal result ERA test 10/18/16: "receptive" result FET #2 1/3/17: natural cycle, BFP!!! TWINS!! EDD: 9/21 (8/31 with twin adjustment)
@KirstenCas We've met a few women (employees/nurses) at our RE who have conceived through IF treatment as well. When we were signing consents our nurse was empathizing with this process with us and was like "Well I have a picture of my son when he was a 5 day embryo, how cool is that". Good luck on stims!
@KirstenCas I had noticed that also with my follistim! I wish they had told me that the first cycle. I figured it out the second cycle. It just required sticking myself an extra time some nights.
Me:32 DH:36 Me: DOR, poor egg quality, MTHFR DH: MFI TTC since 3/2014 2015: 3 IUI's-BFN 12/2015: 1st IVF cycle-(9 follicles retrieved, 5 mature, 3 fertilized w/ICSI, transferred 1 excellent and 1 good embryo on day 3)-chemical pregnancy 3/2016: 2nd IVF cycle- canceled (3 follicles retrieved, 3 mature, all fertilized w/ICSI, 1 fragmented, 2 arrested) 3/2016: RE suggested donor eggs- taking an ivf break and to supplement 9/2016: 3rd ivf cycle-cancelled due to early ovulation Oct./Nov 2016: 4th ivf cycle- EPP-AFC:5, retrieved 10, 10 mature, 8 fertilized with ICSI, 6 blastocysts biopsied and frozen. 3 CCS normal embryos
1/9/17: transferred 1 embryo-BFP 1/16 1/18/17: beta #1-104 1/20/17: beta #2-174 2/2/17: first u/s, heartbeat of 107 at 6w1d 7/20/17: baby boy born at 30+3 via emergency c-section
@Andreap681 you're welcome. We have 4 frozen. In regards to ER, I'm lucky to have summers off. I would highly suggest taking the next day off. It was a good 3-4 days before I felt back to normal. Very bloated and crampy.
TTC #1 since August 2013 Unexplained/ Endo Medicated IUIs # 1-3 BFN IVF #1- BFN FET #1- BFP; Ectopic pregnancy found at 7wks FET #2- February 2017 BFP Beta #1- 119 (8dp5dt) Beta #2- 475 (12dp5dt)
@Andreap681, I had my ER yesterday, and I definitely couldn't imagine going back to work today. I know everyone responds differently but I'm super bloated, cramps and over tired. Good luck to you!
@Kp214 So this last time i order the follistim they were out of the 900 ml vial and had to give me a bunch of 600, which sucks cause it means so many more shots but its like my RE explained, you actually come out with so much more medicine! I'll suck it up and take the extra shots!
Me & DH - 41, DH has a cyst blocking his tubes, I'm just old. IVF #1 scheduled May 2016 - 375/525 follistim, 75 menopur - cancelled cycle Day 6 IVF #2 scheduled July 2016 - new protocol, switcharoo...IUI June 2016 - BFN IVF#3 scheduled August 2016 - estrogen & testosterone primed for 3 wks - ganirelix 7 days leading up to stim - 500 follistim, 75 menopur, 150 clomid , no follicle growth on day 6, stopped injectibles. Scanned day 9 just to check, some growth, 3 days 200 mg clomid, day 12 more growth, 100 follistim, 75 menopur, start ganirelix on day 13, ER = 0 eggs, ovulated to soon ( ) IVF#4 scheduled Sept 2016 - Microdose Flare protocol, cancelled stim day 6 converted to IUI (one dominant follicle) IUI cancelled ovulated too soon again. Taking a mental health break. IVF#5 December 2016 - New protocol, same results. My adventure is over.
@AugustAng Yeah so the follistim and menopur make me sweat a lot and yell at strangers, clomid makes me cry uncontrollably, all of these mixed together are going to make for an interesting 10 days. And for some reason i'm really excited about this.
Me & DH - 41, DH has a cyst blocking his tubes, I'm just old. IVF #1 scheduled May 2016 - 375/525 follistim, 75 menopur - cancelled cycle Day 6 IVF #2 scheduled July 2016 - new protocol, switcharoo...IUI June 2016 - BFN IVF#3 scheduled August 2016 - estrogen & testosterone primed for 3 wks - ganirelix 7 days leading up to stim - 500 follistim, 75 menopur, 150 clomid , no follicle growth on day 6, stopped injectibles. Scanned day 9 just to check, some growth, 3 days 200 mg clomid, day 12 more growth, 100 follistim, 75 menopur, start ganirelix on day 13, ER = 0 eggs, ovulated to soon ( ) IVF#4 scheduled Sept 2016 - Microdose Flare protocol, cancelled stim day 6 converted to IUI (one dominant follicle) IUI cancelled ovulated too soon again. Taking a mental health break. IVF#5 December 2016 - New protocol, same results. My adventure is over.
@lilmissslp insurance dictates i can only transfer one this round again, i wish i could do two i would love twins plus the "one and done" would be nice as well.
@wifeinraleigh28 thanks for the welcome and the add to the handy dandy chart
2nd ultrasound tomorrow will hopefully show everything we want and next week is still a possibility for us
sleepyrn
I used estradiol patches, but it was so so so much better for me than
the pills. The pills gave me horrible acne and gas. It was awful. Love the patches.
KirstenCas
good luck with your first stims tonight! Nice to get the first round
out of the way.
AFM, first u/s tomorrow bright and early after 3 days of stims. trying to stay calm ...
@babylonhorn16 Thank you for the warm welcome! It's reassuring to connect with others that understand. Good luck with your FET tomorrow! I am so happy that you have so many healthy embies!
@wifeinraleigh28 Thank you for the welcome! Originally, we were thinking of doing PGS and then a FET, but the closer I get to our IVF the more I think that there might not be enough embies to warrant testing. So I guess we are straddling the fence and waiting to see how my body responds. Sorry about my username. I did not think that through very well.
Me (42) DH (46) Failed tubal reversal in 2011 Borderline AMH, DOR (DH) Low motility Expected ER: 9/7/16
@caseyw8784 Thank you for the welcome! Yes you ladies ARE awesome!
@lilmissslp Thank you for the welcome! It's comforting to hear that you have taken the same meds as me! Sometimes it feels so strange and overwhelming.
@KirstenCas Good luck this cycle! Hopefully "the big guns" will make their mark!
@jodes727 Wow that is a lot of eggs! Good for you!
Me (42) DH (46) Failed tubal reversal in 2011 Borderline AMH, DOR (DH) Low motility Expected ER: 9/7/16
Oh my gosh, I forgot to check this thread for a few days, and I feel totally behind now! It's exciting that we already have a few people done with the retrieval a, and I think I read someone who just did their transfer...good luck and sending positive thoughts your way. I'm on mobile, and I have a really hard time keeping track of everyone since I was so behind, so I'm sorry that I'm not replying individually.
i was sitting in the waiting room of my RE's office today, and they were calling husbands/ partners back for collection for retrieval day, and DH and I both said how we can't wait for that to be us.. Hopefully just a week or so away! Afm, i had my day 5 monitoring appointment today. Lots of follicles on both ovaries, but all still very small- biggest one measured at 6. RE said its not necessarily bad, but could take me longer. After blood work came in, estrogen was low, so he decided to up my menopur dosage. I'm feeling worried that things have already had to change because my body isn't cooperating, ugh. Is this a bad sign? Please catch up body! Hoping my next appointment on Saturday shows good progress.
*TW, Child and loss mentioned*
Me: 28, DH: 28 Married February 2011 DS born October 2012 TTC #2 since April 2014 BFP February 2015, ectopic/ruptured, right tube removed RE consult January 2016 Secondary infertility, Severe MFI(double varicocele, low count, 0% morph) IUI- March 2016, BFN IVF #1- July/Aug 2016(Antagonist protocol), 30 eggs retrieved, 21 mature, 17 fertilized via ICSI, but 0 made it to blast IVF #2 in January/February 2017(Long lupron protocol)
Good luck tomorrow to our fet and ER ladies! Welcome to the new ladies. Afm, I'm so beyond exhausted. Please tell me I'm not the only one. After the extra day of stims I'm triggering tonight and doing my er on Saturday. Yesterday we got the news that there were only 4 mature follicles. Today we have 6-7! My re thinks he might get 1 or 2 more to up our odds. I'm beyond happy to hear that, as he was prepping me for the possibility of a canceled ER and start the stim cycle over again. Sending so much love to you all.
@simple petal that was just about what mine was too!
Me: 35 DH: 36 Me: 1, possibly 2, blocked tubes DH: severe MFI Married and TTC since 2/15 Started stims 7/21/16, ER 8/2 --> 17 eggs, 5 blasts after PGS testing. Fresh transfer 8/8/16: Chemical Pregnancy FET #1 9/13: PGS tested 5AA, BFN Endometrial biopsy 10/18/16: normal result ERA test 10/18/16: "receptive" result FET #2 1/3/17: natural cycle, BFP!!! TWINS!! EDD: 9/21 (8/31 with twin adjustment)
@simple petal. That's what mine was as well. Then mid cycle I had to order more!
Update: My progesterone level came back at 1.7 (so above the 1.5) and my RE wanted to switch IVF to a freeze all and transfer in Oct as he wanted to do a fully medicated FET. I told him no. He agreed to let me do a fresh transfer (my chances went from 65% to 40% this cycle). He doesn't think he will have any left to freeze as it appears they may have let me over stim and that extra night was our culprit. But we are not 100% sure yet... Any way, I will move forward with this cycle as is and accepted that we will likely need another one. I plan to talk to one of the other REs at the practice in regards to a cycle with natural FET as my chances of progesterone going up every cycle is likely. If they just won't do a natural FET at all, I will look to move to different clinic all together.
My DH has been great and very supportive through all this plus mourning of my step father. But everytime I talk to him I just cry!! He called me from work yesterday to ask about an unrelated topic and just the sound of his voice started the flow of tears! I'm sure all the added hormones are helping.
I am am off to the funeral service today and ER is tomorrow at 11am. Hope everyone has a wonderful day!
Good luck to all those ER today and tomorrow and who starting or currently stimming!!
Good morning ladies, I'm so excited to be going immediately into a frozen cycle but do hope it's a good idea. The dr didn't object so I would think it's fine; however, I always read that ppl take a cycle off. Is anyone else moving on right after a failed fresh cycle? Also, I'll be on estrace and estrogen patches. That seems like nothing after all the meds for the fresh cycle!
TTC #1 since August 2013 Unexplained/ Endo Medicated IUIs # 1-3 BFN IVF #1- BFN FET #1- BFP; Ectopic pregnancy found at 7wks FET #2- February 2017 BFP Beta #1- 119 (8dp5dt) Beta #2- 475 (12dp5dt)
@simple petal - "le sigh"...i had a friend in college who used that ALLLLLL the time! haven't heard it much lately, so you just gave me a huge dose of deja-vu!
@babylonghorn16 - i can't remember if i already said good luck and FX, but yay for today!!!
@Sunnshine - I'm glad that your doctor agreed to let you go ahead as you wanted, but that stinks that your chances have gone down slightly cause of the progesterone levels :d Good luck and FX at your ER tomorrow!!
@lilmissslp - if your doctor seems ok with it, i think it will be fine? Estrace is just another form of estrogen, right? How come you'll be on both that and the patches? (Just curious, i know once i get to my FET, my RE usually only does estrace and then only adds another med if the person is being slow to respond...)
Thanks @caseyw8784. That's what I've been telling myself. I talked to the nurse this morning and she said that the RE would only OK it if he thought it was fine. Also I was thinking that they share their success rates and wouldn't knowingly do something that would lower them. Im really not sure why I'm on both. He just said we'll do a high dose of estrogen. Maybe because we're jumping right in from our last cycle??
TTC #1 since August 2013 Unexplained/ Endo Medicated IUIs # 1-3 BFN IVF #1- BFN FET #1- BFP; Ectopic pregnancy found at 7wks FET #2- February 2017 BFP Beta #1- 119 (8dp5dt) Beta #2- 475 (12dp5dt)
ER went well this morning. They got 20 eggs! I'm very happy with that number. The ironic thing is that my husband gave his best sample to date (and of course it's when we're doing IVF and it doesn't matter as much, and not when we did all those IUIs lol). 87 million total count. We've never even gotten anywhere close to that number. Motility is still a little low at 26%, but we still ended up with a pretty good total motile count. Oh the irony
They said we'll get a call tomorrow with an update on how many of my eggs were mature and how many fertilize.
I'm now sitting in my lazy boy with my puppy and I don't plan on moving anytime soon. I'm having some sharp cramps. No nausea though. Glad that it's over!
***BFP & Child Warning***
Me: 34, DH: 38 ~ TTC since 2014 IUI #1-3 (Nov 2015, Feb 2016, May 2016) = BFNs IVF ER (July 2016) = 7 PGS normal embryos FET #1 (Sept 2016) = BFP! DD born 5/30/17 FET #2 (April 2019) = BFN FET #3 (July 2019) = BFP! DS born 3/27/20
That's such great news @wifeinraleigh28! 20 eggs is wonderful and that's so great about your DH. Take it easy today and I can't wait to hear an update tomorrow.
TTC #1 since August 2013 Unexplained/ Endo Medicated IUIs # 1-3 BFN IVF #1- BFN FET #1- BFP; Ectopic pregnancy found at 7wks FET #2- February 2017 BFP Beta #1- 119 (8dp5dt) Beta #2- 475 (12dp5dt)
@wifeinraleigh28 that's awesome! Rest today. Looking forward to your update tomorrow.
Me:32 DH:36 Me: DOR, poor egg quality, MTHFR DH: MFI TTC since 3/2014 2015: 3 IUI's-BFN 12/2015: 1st IVF cycle-(9 follicles retrieved, 5 mature, 3 fertilized w/ICSI, transferred 1 excellent and 1 good embryo on day 3)-chemical pregnancy 3/2016: 2nd IVF cycle- canceled (3 follicles retrieved, 3 mature, all fertilized w/ICSI, 1 fragmented, 2 arrested) 3/2016: RE suggested donor eggs- taking an ivf break and to supplement 9/2016: 3rd ivf cycle-cancelled due to early ovulation Oct./Nov 2016: 4th ivf cycle- EPP-AFC:5, retrieved 10, 10 mature, 8 fertilized with ICSI, 6 blastocysts biopsied and frozen. 3 CCS normal embryos
1/9/17: transferred 1 embryo-BFP 1/16 1/18/17: beta #1-104 1/20/17: beta #2-174 2/2/17: first u/s, heartbeat of 107 at 6w1d 7/20/17: baby boy born at 30+3 via emergency c-section
@Simple Petal my meds are about $6K ugh all out of pocket for me
@lrynwnab thanks! 1st day is in the books ... 10-14 more to go
afm - i'm so annoyed that the follistim pen only lets you dial up to 450...boo that means i'll have to do 2 of those each night plus the menopur (i know its too early to start complaining ) I had to rewatch the videos to make sure i was doing it correctly. Actually i'm super pumped, i just have a feeling this time i'll make to the er!
Me & DH - 41, DH has a cyst blocking his tubes, I'm just old. IVF #1 scheduled May 2016 - 375/525 follistim, 75 menopur - cancelled cycle Day 6 IVF #2 scheduled July 2016 - new protocol, switcharoo...IUI June 2016 - BFN IVF#3 scheduled August 2016 - estrogen & testosterone primed for 3 wks - ganirelix 7 days leading up to stim - 500 follistim, 75 menopur, 150 clomid , no follicle growth on day 6, stopped injectibles. Scanned day 9 just to check, some growth, 3 days 200 mg clomid, day 12 more growth, 100 follistim, 75 menopur, start ganirelix on day 13, ER = 0 eggs, ovulated to soon ( ) IVF#4 scheduled Sept 2016 - Microdose Flare protocol, cancelled stim day 6 converted to IUI (one dominant follicle) IUI cancelled ovulated too soon again. Taking a mental health break. IVF#5 December 2016 - New protocol, same results. My adventure is over.
@wifeinraleigh28 Fantastic news!! I am so happy you got 20 eggs and everything went well! Enjoy your puppy snuggles and get lots of rest today!
@KirstenCas I think I heard 450 was too much to mix with the menopur, but maybe you could mix the 50 with the menopur and still only have to do 2 shots!
Me (36) DH (39) 3 early m/c before pursuing fertility treatments Diagnosis: Unexplained
Welcome to all the newcomers! I am having a hard time keeping up with all the activity, though I love reading all the updates! Goodluck to everyone who has started stimming! I have my baseline on Wed and start stims next Saturday (assuming they ever ship them to me- getting a little worried since my pharmacy hasn't called yet!), so can't wait to get this going!
History in Spoiler
Age: 32 (same with DH). Together since 2006, Married June 2013 and TTC since August 2015 Diagnosis: Mild Endo, DOR (AMH of 1.5), Poor Quality Eggs/embryos, Displaced Window of Implantation (ERA Post Receptive) March-May 2016: 1 TI and 2 IUIs- BFN June 2016- Laproscopy- found/removed mild endo and confirmed only 1 normal healthy ovary. August 2016- IVF #1 with Antagonist Protocol- Cancelled (2 lead follies), converted to IUI- BFN Oct-Nov 2016- IVF #2 with Estrogen Priming Micro Lupron Protocol, 2 eggs retrieved, day 3 transfer of 1- BFN January 2017- New RE, IVF#3 with Estrogen Priming Antagonist Protocol, 12 eggs, 8 mature, 6 fertilized, 2 day 5 early blasts transferred (none to freeze ), BFN May 2017- Sept 2017- Starting Donor Egg process! Waiting for donor to be available... and then she is pregnant at baseline Oct 2017- Donor #2: 25R, 22M,18F, 12 blasts frozen! Fresh transfer cancelled due to thin lining with fluid Nov 2017- Hysterscopy to remove polyp Dec 2017- DE FET #1 on 12/8 on 2 perfect blasts- BFN and devastated Jan-Mar 2018- ERA #1- Post receptive by 24 hours, ERA #2 RECEPTIVE with 4 days of Progesterone Apr 2018- DE FET cancelled for lining issues Jun 2018- DE FET #2 of two 1AA blasts- first BFP ever! Beta 10dp5dt- 378, Beta 14dp5dt- 2840, Beta 16dp5dt- 4035, beta 18dp5dt- 10916. Due on 2/20 with one baby after a vanishing twin Baby Born born early @ 33.5 weeks due to Pre-e Back for # 2!
@babylonghorn16 I love that song!! It really does have a happy, calming vibe to it. Thanks for welcoming me back, and I hope your transfer goes well today!!
@omarismyhomeboy I like Radiohead - I will have to check those songs out! Thanks for the recommendation.
@teriulbricht I have the Circle and Bloom meditations, too! I used them during a couple of my IUI cycles, but I sort of found that doing them at night caused me to dwell on the sad side of things for some reason. Hopefully you will have better luck with them than I did! I think they have really helped a lot of people going through IF.
@wifeinraleigh28 I am glad your ER went well today! 20 eggs is fantastic!!! Thank you for adding me to the spreadsheet for the thread. You are so on top of things, as usual!
@sleepyrn Yes, good to see you, friend! I hope that this cycle will have a better result for both of us.
@Andreap681 I had some mild OHSS after my transfer, so I was pretty uncomfortable. Everyone is different, but I wouldn't have wanted to go to work the next day. Hopefully you have a desk job that doesn't require to much moving around!
AFM, AF started yesterday. I had my baseline this morning and got my schedule for this cycle. If all goes well, we will be transferring one embryo on 8/17. I've enjoyed my time away from cycling this past month, but I'm feeling glad and even excited about getting started again. Hopefully FET #3 will stick.
*** Trigger Warnings ***
TTC #1 since March 2011
Dx = Unexplained IF 1 medicated TI cycle & 4 clomid IUIs = all BFNs
June 2013 IVF #1 = 6 frosties + BFP! DS1 born 2/14
TTC #2 since December 2014 May 2015 unassisted BFP ended in m/c at 7wks April 2016 FET #1 = BFN June 2016 FET #2 = c/p August 2016 FET #3 = BFP! DS2 born 4/17
Re: August/September IVF/FET
Question for those who have used estrogen patches. Are they better or worse side effect wise than the pills? I start them Saturday and have bloodwork/US as well. Just curious if any of you have had experience with them. I'm using the vivelle dots if that matters any.
me:41 dh:42
me:PCOS, blocked left fallopian tube, hyperprolactinemia (dh's swimmers are perfect/normal)
Tried 3 rounds of clomid with Ovidrel trigger (BFNs)
May/June 2016 IVF 6/1 ER 7 eggs retrieved, 7 fertilized via ICSI 6 embryos made it to blasts.
6/6 2 AA embryos transfered, 4 BBs frozen
Beta 6/18 -- BFN
FET #1 August 22 BFN
Dec 2016/Jan 2017 Round 2 was a bust. 6 eggs, Only 1 embryo made it, no transfer
FET #2 cancelled 10/17 due to uterine polyps. Postponed until 9/2018 due to hip replacement.
FET #3 9/11/18 Uterine scratch and antihistamine protocol/lovenox done this time. 2 AA hatching blasts put in. BFP 9/20/18!!
Diagnosed with unexplained infertility
IUI #1- April '16 - BFN
IUI #2 - May '16 - BFN
IVF Fresh Xfer #1 (1 blastocyst) - Sept '16 - BFN
FET #2 - 11/8/16 (2 blastocysts) - Beta on 11/18
4 more blastocysts on ice
@simplepetal - welcome! Good luck with the beginning of your ivf cycle! you'll find a great group of ladies here!
**Warning - Child Mentioned**
Me: 33, DH: 39 Unexplained Infertility
4 IUIs (chlomid) in 2013 which resulted in DS born in April 2014
TTC #2 since August 2015
5 rounds of IUIs (1 chlomid: resistent, 1 femara, 3 gonal f) = all BFN
ER March 9: 26 eggs retrieved, 19 mature and 17 fertilized, 8 made it to genetic testing, 4 normal!
FET #1 5/31 = BFN
FET#2 7/26 = BFP!
Andreap681 I was told I would have to stim for another night as well and then had great growth and didn’t have to. Maybe the same will happen to you.
wifeinraleigh28 Good luck tomorrow! So exciting!
Simple Petal Welcome! I did Gonal F and Menopur as well just slightly different doses. Good luck to you!
babylonghorn16 Good luck tomorrow! How many are you going to transfer?
Unexplained/ Endo
Medicated IUIs # 1-3 BFN
IVF #1- BFN
FET #1- BFP; Ectopic pregnancy found at 7wks
FET #2- February 2017 BFP Beta #1- 119 (8dp5dt) Beta #2- 475 (12dp5dt)
Me: 28 DH: 33, Married May 2014
3 failed IUIs Dec '15 - Feb '16
IVF April/May 2016 - 1 failed fresh transfer. 11 snow angels.
Lawson arrived on 4/24/2017 at 7lbs 15oz, 21 1/2 inches long!
Surprise pregnancy!! Baby #2 due 10/11/18
Unexplained/ Endo
Medicated IUIs # 1-3 BFN
IVF #1- BFN
FET #1- BFP; Ectopic pregnancy found at 7wks
FET #2- February 2017 BFP Beta #1- 119 (8dp5dt) Beta #2- 475 (12dp5dt)
@babylonghorn16 GL tomorrow!
My baseline and bloodwork looked good so I start my stims tonight! Wowza my RE is not playing around this time. 75 ml Menopur, 125 mg Clomid, 500 ml Follistim. She's pulling out the big guns. She also gave me a helpful hint that I wanted to share. Those follistim vials actually have 100 ml more than what is listed on the package, so that equates to about $100 you could potentially save. Also, my nurse told me that she was a previous patient of my RE and now is the proud mama of twins. YAY! I'm really feeling like this is the one. (We'll see how I feel after a couple of day of med :P)
IVF #1 scheduled May 2016 - 375/525 follistim, 75 menopur - cancelled cycle Day 6
IVF #2 scheduled July 2016 - new protocol, switcharoo...IUI June 2016 - BFN
IVF#3 scheduled August 2016 - estrogen & testosterone primed for 3 wks - ganirelix 7 days leading up to stim - 500 follistim, 75 menopur, 150 clomid , no follicle growth on day 6, stopped injectibles. Scanned day 9 just to check, some growth, 3 days 200 mg clomid, day 12 more growth, 100 follistim, 75 menopur, start ganirelix on day 13, ER = 0 eggs, ovulated to soon (
IVF#4 scheduled Sept 2016 - Microdose Flare protocol, cancelled stim day 6 converted to IUI (one dominant follicle)
IVF#5 December 2016 - New protocol, same results. My adventure is over.
@babylonghorn16 good luck tomorrow!!
AFM, out of the 36 mature eggs, 27 have been successfully fertilized. So now they will call back on Sat for another update.
@jodes727 WOW that's amazing, i have egg envy
IVF #1 scheduled May 2016 - 375/525 follistim, 75 menopur - cancelled cycle Day 6
IVF #2 scheduled July 2016 - new protocol, switcharoo...IUI June 2016 - BFN
IVF#3 scheduled August 2016 - estrogen & testosterone primed for 3 wks - ganirelix 7 days leading up to stim - 500 follistim, 75 menopur, 150 clomid , no follicle growth on day 6, stopped injectibles. Scanned day 9 just to check, some growth, 3 days 200 mg clomid, day 12 more growth, 100 follistim, 75 menopur, start ganirelix on day 13, ER = 0 eggs, ovulated to soon (
IVF#4 scheduled Sept 2016 - Microdose Flare protocol, cancelled stim day 6 converted to IUI (one dominant follicle)
IVF#5 December 2016 - New protocol, same results. My adventure is over.
Anyone who has gone through ER already, how did you feel afterwards and did you return to work the following day??
Welcome me to all the newbies that have joined
Me: 1, possibly 2, blocked tubes
DH: severe MFI
Married and TTC since 2/15
Started stims 7/21/16, ER 8/2 --> 17 eggs, 5 blasts after PGS testing.
Fresh transfer 8/8/16: Chemical Pregnancy
FET #1 9/13: PGS tested 5AA, BFN
Endometrial biopsy 10/18/16: normal result
ERA test 10/18/16: "receptive" result
FET #2 1/3/17: natural cycle, BFP!!! TWINS!! EDD: 9/21 (8/31 with twin adjustment)
@jodes727 I'm with @KirstenCas. I have egg envy also! That's awesome!
@KirstenCas I had noticed that also with my follistim! I wish they had told me that the first cycle. I figured it out the second cycle. It just required sticking myself an extra time some nights.
Me: DOR, poor egg quality, MTHFR
DH: MFI
TTC since 3/2014
2015: 3 IUI's-BFN
12/2015: 1st IVF cycle-(9 follicles retrieved, 5 mature, 3 fertilized w/ICSI, transferred 1 excellent and 1 good embryo on day 3)-chemical pregnancy
3/2016: 2nd IVF cycle- canceled (3 follicles retrieved, 3 mature, all fertilized w/ICSI, 1 fragmented, 2 arrested)
3/2016: RE suggested donor eggs- taking an ivf break and to supplement
9/2016: 3rd ivf cycle-cancelled due to early ovulation
Oct./Nov 2016: 4th ivf cycle- EPP-AFC:5, retrieved 10, 10 mature, 8 fertilized with ICSI, 6 blastocysts biopsied and frozen. 3 CCS normal embryos
1/18/17: beta #1-104
1/20/17: beta #2-174
2/2/17: first u/s, heartbeat of 107 at 6w1d
7/20/17: baby boy born at 30+3 via emergency c-section
Unexplained/ Endo
Medicated IUIs # 1-3 BFN
IVF #1- BFN
FET #1- BFP; Ectopic pregnancy found at 7wks
FET #2- February 2017 BFP Beta #1- 119 (8dp5dt) Beta #2- 475 (12dp5dt)
Good luck to you!
@babylonghorn16 Yay for your FET tomorrow!! Sending you tons of sticky baby dust!
@KirstenCas- Wow, your RE sure is pulling out the big guns! Dang, that is a lot of meds!
@jodes727 Super congrats on that many fertilizing! Wohooo!
@LeFemmeViolette I am so sorry yesterday was brutal. I hope and pray that perfect little embryo becomes your baby!
3 early m/c before pursuing fertility treatments
Diagnosis: Unexplained
IUI #2: Mar 2016 (Follistim + Ganirelix + Ovidrel) *BFN
IUI #3: Apr 2016 (Follistim + Ganirelix + Ovidrel) *BFN
IUI #4: May 2016(Follistim + Ganirelix + Ovidrel) *BFN
IVF #2: begin stims mid August
@Kp214 So this last time i order the follistim they were out of the 900 ml vial and had to give me a bunch of 600, which sucks cause it means so many more shots but its like my RE explained, you actually come out with so much more medicine! I'll suck it up and take the extra shots!
IVF #1 scheduled May 2016 - 375/525 follistim, 75 menopur - cancelled cycle Day 6
IVF #2 scheduled July 2016 - new protocol, switcharoo...IUI June 2016 - BFN
IVF#3 scheduled August 2016 - estrogen & testosterone primed for 3 wks - ganirelix 7 days leading up to stim - 500 follistim, 75 menopur, 150 clomid , no follicle growth on day 6, stopped injectibles. Scanned day 9 just to check, some growth, 3 days 200 mg clomid, day 12 more growth, 100 follistim, 75 menopur, start ganirelix on day 13, ER = 0 eggs, ovulated to soon (
IVF#4 scheduled Sept 2016 - Microdose Flare protocol, cancelled stim day 6 converted to IUI (one dominant follicle)
IVF#5 December 2016 - New protocol, same results. My adventure is over.
@AugustAng Yeah so the follistim and menopur make me sweat a lot and yell at strangers, clomid makes me cry uncontrollably, all of these mixed together are going to make for an interesting 10 days. And for some reason i'm really excited about this.
IVF #1 scheduled May 2016 - 375/525 follistim, 75 menopur - cancelled cycle Day 6
IVF #2 scheduled July 2016 - new protocol, switcharoo...IUI June 2016 - BFN
IVF#3 scheduled August 2016 - estrogen & testosterone primed for 3 wks - ganirelix 7 days leading up to stim - 500 follistim, 75 menopur, 150 clomid , no follicle growth on day 6, stopped injectibles. Scanned day 9 just to check, some growth, 3 days 200 mg clomid, day 12 more growth, 100 follistim, 75 menopur, start ganirelix on day 13, ER = 0 eggs, ovulated to soon (
IVF#4 scheduled Sept 2016 - Microdose Flare protocol, cancelled stim day 6 converted to IUI (one dominant follicle)
IVF#5 December 2016 - New protocol, same results. My adventure is over.
@wifeinraleigh28 thanks for the welcome and the add to the handy dandy chart
2nd ultrasound tomorrow will hopefully show everything we want and next week is still a possibility for us
@jodes727 great numbers. fx they grow
Me & DH - 31
TTC since December 2011
Diagnosis: Unexplained, although mild polycystic ovaries (not syndrome) and irregular cycles
2013/14: 6 rounds clomid,
Aug 2015: IVF #1 = Antagonist Cycle: 100 Puregon and Orgalutran
21 eggs collected, only 1 viable embryo, transferred but BFN
July/Aug 2016: IVF #2 (with acupuncture) = 87.5 Gonal F and Synarel Spray 2xdaily
ER 8/8, transferred 1 day 5 blastocyst 13/8, 2 frosties.
Beta #1 = 85 Beta #2 = 242
EDD 1st May 2017 *Baby Boy*
wifeinraleigh28 good luck with your ER!
Babylonghorn16 good luck with the transfer!
sleepyrn I used estradiol patches, but it was so so so much better for me than the pills. The pills gave me horrible acne and gas. It was awful. Love the patches.
KirstenCas good luck with your first stims tonight! Nice to get the first round out of the way.
AFM, first u/s tomorrow bright and early after 3 days of stims. trying to stay calm ...
Failed tubal reversal in 2011
Borderline AMH, DOR
(DH) Low motility
Expected ER: 9/7/16
Failed tubal reversal in 2011
Borderline AMH, DOR
(DH) Low motility
Expected ER: 9/7/16
i was sitting in the waiting room of my RE's office today, and they were calling husbands/ partners back for collection for retrieval day, and DH and I both said how we can't wait for that to be us.. Hopefully just a week or so away!
Afm, i had my day 5 monitoring appointment today. Lots of follicles on both ovaries, but all still very small- biggest one measured at 6. RE said its not necessarily bad, but could take me longer. After blood work came in, estrogen was low, so he decided to up my menopur dosage. I'm feeling worried that things have already had to change because my body isn't cooperating, ugh. Is this a bad sign? Please catch up body! Hoping my next appointment on Saturday shows good progress.
Me: 28, DH: 28
Married February 2011
DS born October 2012
TTC #2 since April 2014
BFP February 2015, ectopic/ruptured, right tube removed
RE consult January 2016
Secondary infertility, Severe MFI(double varicocele, low count, 0% morph)
IUI- March 2016, BFN
IVF #1- July/Aug 2016(Antagonist protocol), 30 eggs retrieved, 21 mature,
17 fertilized via ICSI, but 0 made it to blast
IVF #2 in January/February 2017(Long lupron protocol)
Welcome to the new ladies.
Afm, I'm so beyond exhausted. Please tell me I'm not the only one. After the extra day of stims I'm triggering tonight and doing my er on Saturday. Yesterday we got the news that there were only 4 mature follicles. Today we have 6-7! My re thinks he might get 1 or 2 more to up our odds. I'm beyond happy to hear that, as he was prepping me for the possibility of a canceled ER and start the stim cycle over again.
Sending so much love to you all.
Love and baby dust to you all!
Failed tubal reversal in 2011
Borderline AMH, DOR
(DH) Low motility
Expected ER: 9/7/16
Me: 1, possibly 2, blocked tubes
DH: severe MFI
Married and TTC since 2/15
Started stims 7/21/16, ER 8/2 --> 17 eggs, 5 blasts after PGS testing.
Fresh transfer 8/8/16: Chemical Pregnancy
FET #1 9/13: PGS tested 5AA, BFN
Endometrial biopsy 10/18/16: normal result
ERA test 10/18/16: "receptive" result
FET #2 1/3/17: natural cycle, BFP!!! TWINS!! EDD: 9/21 (8/31 with twin adjustment)
Update: My progesterone level came back at 1.7 (so above the 1.5) and my RE wanted to switch IVF to a freeze all and transfer in Oct as he wanted to do a fully medicated FET. I told him no. He agreed to let me do a fresh transfer (my chances went from 65% to 40% this cycle). He doesn't think he will have any left to freeze as it appears they may have let me over stim and that extra night was our culprit. But we are not 100% sure yet... Any way, I will move forward with this cycle as is and accepted that we will likely need another one. I plan to talk to one of the other REs at the practice in regards to a cycle with natural FET as my chances of progesterone going up every cycle is likely. If they just won't do a natural FET at all, I will look to move to different clinic all together.
My DH has been great and very supportive through all this plus mourning of my step father. But everytime I talk to him I just cry!! He called me from work yesterday to ask about an unrelated topic and just the sound of his voice started the flow of tears! I'm sure all the added hormones are helping.
I am am off to the funeral service today and ER is tomorrow at 11am. Hope everyone has a wonderful day!
Good luck to all those ER today and tomorrow and who starting or currently stimming!!
Unexplained/ Endo
Medicated IUIs # 1-3 BFN
IVF #1- BFN
FET #1- BFP; Ectopic pregnancy found at 7wks
FET #2- February 2017 BFP Beta #1- 119 (8dp5dt) Beta #2- 475 (12dp5dt)
@babylonghorn16 - i can't remember if i already said good luck and FX, but yay for today!!!
@Sunnshine - I'm glad that your doctor agreed to let you go ahead as you wanted, but that stinks that your chances have gone down slightly cause of the progesterone levels :d Good luck and FX at your ER tomorrow!!
FX to all the ERs going on today!
Me: 28 DH: 33, Married May 2014
3 failed IUIs Dec '15 - Feb '16
IVF April/May 2016 - 1 failed fresh transfer. 11 snow angels.
Lawson arrived on 4/24/2017 at 7lbs 15oz, 21 1/2 inches long!
Surprise pregnancy!! Baby #2 due 10/11/18
Unexplained/ Endo
Medicated IUIs # 1-3 BFN
IVF #1- BFN
FET #1- BFP; Ectopic pregnancy found at 7wks
FET #2- February 2017 BFP Beta #1- 119 (8dp5dt) Beta #2- 475 (12dp5dt)
They said we'll get a call tomorrow with an update on how many of my eggs were mature and how many fertilize.
I'm now sitting in my lazy boy with my puppy and I don't plan on moving anytime soon. I'm having some sharp cramps. No nausea though. Glad that it's over!
Me: 34, DH: 38 ~ TTC since 2014
IUI #1-3 (Nov 2015, Feb 2016, May 2016) = BFNs
IVF ER (July 2016) = 7 PGS normal embryos
FET #1 (Sept 2016) = BFP! DD born 5/30/17
FET #2 (April 2019) = BFN
FET #3 (July 2019) = BFP! DS born 3/27/20
Unexplained/ Endo
Medicated IUIs # 1-3 BFN
IVF #1- BFN
FET #1- BFP; Ectopic pregnancy found at 7wks
FET #2- February 2017 BFP Beta #1- 119 (8dp5dt) Beta #2- 475 (12dp5dt)
Me: DOR, poor egg quality, MTHFR
DH: MFI
TTC since 3/2014
2015: 3 IUI's-BFN
12/2015: 1st IVF cycle-(9 follicles retrieved, 5 mature, 3 fertilized w/ICSI, transferred 1 excellent and 1 good embryo on day 3)-chemical pregnancy
3/2016: 2nd IVF cycle- canceled (3 follicles retrieved, 3 mature, all fertilized w/ICSI, 1 fragmented, 2 arrested)
3/2016: RE suggested donor eggs- taking an ivf break and to supplement
9/2016: 3rd ivf cycle-cancelled due to early ovulation
Oct./Nov 2016: 4th ivf cycle- EPP-AFC:5, retrieved 10, 10 mature, 8 fertilized with ICSI, 6 blastocysts biopsied and frozen. 3 CCS normal embryos
1/18/17: beta #1-104
1/20/17: beta #2-174
2/2/17: first u/s, heartbeat of 107 at 6w1d
7/20/17: baby boy born at 30+3 via emergency c-section
@wifeinraleigh28 – WOW that is an awesome count – your DH’s too! You take it easy and fx for a great count tomorrow.
GL on your transfer @babylonghorn16 we'll be thinkng of you
@Simple Petal my meds are about $6K ugh all out of pocket for me
@lrynwnab thanks! 1st day is in the books ... 10-14 more to go
afm - i'm so annoyed that the follistim pen only lets you dial up to 450...boo that means i'll have to do 2 of those each night plus the menopur (i know its too early to start complaining
) I had to rewatch the videos to make sure i was doing it correctly. Actually i'm super pumped, i just have a feeling this time i'll make to the er!
IVF #1 scheduled May 2016 - 375/525 follistim, 75 menopur - cancelled cycle Day 6
IVF #2 scheduled July 2016 - new protocol, switcharoo...IUI June 2016 - BFN
IVF#3 scheduled August 2016 - estrogen & testosterone primed for 3 wks - ganirelix 7 days leading up to stim - 500 follistim, 75 menopur, 150 clomid , no follicle growth on day 6, stopped injectibles. Scanned day 9 just to check, some growth, 3 days 200 mg clomid, day 12 more growth, 100 follistim, 75 menopur, start ganirelix on day 13, ER = 0 eggs, ovulated to soon (
IVF#4 scheduled Sept 2016 - Microdose Flare protocol, cancelled stim day 6 converted to IUI (one dominant follicle)
IVF#5 December 2016 - New protocol, same results. My adventure is over.
@KirstenCas I think I heard 450 was too much to mix with the menopur, but maybe you could mix the 50 with the menopur and still only have to do 2 shots!
3 early m/c before pursuing fertility treatments
Diagnosis: Unexplained
IUI #2: Mar 2016 (Follistim + Ganirelix + Ovidrel) *BFN
IUI #3: Apr 2016 (Follistim + Ganirelix + Ovidrel) *BFN
IUI #4: May 2016(Follistim + Ganirelix + Ovidrel) *BFN
IVF #2: begin stims mid August
@wifeinraleigh28- congrats!! that is a great number and glad you aren't feeling to bad after the ER!
@babylonghorn16- Goodluck on your FET today!!
Welcome to all the newcomers! I am having a hard time keeping up with all the activity, though I love reading all the updates! Goodluck to everyone who has started stimming! I have my baseline on Wed and start stims next Saturday (assuming they ever ship them to me- getting a little worried since my pharmacy hasn't called yet!), so can't wait to get this going!
Diagnosis: Mild Endo, DOR (AMH of 1.5), Poor Quality Eggs/embryos, Displaced Window of Implantation (ERA Post Receptive)
March-May 2016: 1 TI and 2 IUIs- BFN
June 2016- Laproscopy- found/removed mild endo and confirmed only 1 normal healthy ovary.
August 2016- IVF #1 with Antagonist Protocol- Cancelled (2 lead follies), converted to IUI- BFN
Oct-Nov 2016- IVF #2 with Estrogen Priming Micro Lupron Protocol, 2 eggs retrieved, day 3 transfer of 1- BFN
January 2017- New RE, IVF#3 with Estrogen Priming Antagonist Protocol, 12 eggs, 8 mature, 6 fertilized, 2 day 5 early blasts transferred (none to freeze
May 2017- Sept 2017- Starting Donor Egg process! Waiting for donor to be available... and then she is pregnant at baseline
Oct 2017- Donor #2: 25R, 22M,18F, 12 blasts frozen! Fresh transfer cancelled due to thin lining with fluid
Nov 2017- Hysterscopy to remove polyp
Dec 2017- DE FET #1 on 12/8 on 2 perfect blasts- BFN and devastated
Jan-Mar 2018- ERA #1- Post receptive by 24 hours, ERA #2 RECEPTIVE with 4 days of Progesterone
Apr 2018- DE FET cancelled for lining issues
Jun 2018- DE FET #2 of two 1AA blasts- first BFP ever! Beta 10dp5dt- 378, Beta 14dp5dt- 2840, Beta 16dp5dt- 4035, beta 18dp5dt- 10916. Due on 2/20 with one baby after a vanishing twin
Baby Born born early @ 33.5 weeks due to Pre-e
Back for # 2!
@caseyw8784 Thanks for the warm welcome!
@omarismyhomeboy I like Radiohead - I will have to check those songs out! Thanks for the recommendation.
@teriulbricht I have the Circle and Bloom meditations, too! I used them during a couple of my IUI cycles, but I sort of found that doing them at night caused me to dwell on the sad side of things for some reason. Hopefully you will have better luck with them than I did! I think they have really helped a lot of people going through IF.
@wifeinraleigh28 I am glad your ER went well today! 20 eggs is fantastic!!! Thank you for adding me to the spreadsheet for the thread. You are so on top of things, as usual!
@sleepyrn Yes, good to see you, friend! I hope that this cycle will have a better result for both of us.
@Andreap681 I had some mild OHSS after my transfer, so I was pretty uncomfortable. Everyone is different, but I wouldn't have wanted to go to work the next day. Hopefully you have a desk job that doesn't require to much moving around!
AFM, AF started yesterday. I had my baseline this morning and got my schedule for this cycle. If all goes well, we will be transferring one embryo on 8/17. I've enjoyed my time away from cycling this past month, but I'm feeling glad and even excited about getting started again. Hopefully FET #3 will stick.
TTC #1 since March 2011
1 medicated TI cycle & 4 clomid IUIs = all BFNs
DS1 born 2/14
TTC #2 since December 2014
May 2015 unassisted BFP ended in m/c at 7wks
April 2016 FET #1 = BFN
June 2016 FET #2 = c/p
August 2016 FET #3 = BFP!
DS2 born 4/17