@cmiller73 my ER is next week as well. I have blood tomorrow and U/S Friday. I'm on 300 gonal-f and 2 vials Menopur, I'll probably start Garnilix on Friday. My headaches are worse at night too. Since I'm at the military clinic, the monitoring is not as frequent. They like me to do lots of bloodwork but not so many ultrasounds. It makes me a little nervous because I really want to make sure all my follies are growing evenly since that has been an issue for me. I've been doing meditation to specifically target equal follicle growth. I know it's a little whacky but it makes me feel better.
Me: 37 / Hubs: 42 TTC: April 2013 DOR: AMH .3 - 1.31 (it varies); FSH: 5.1 Clinic NMCSD IUI #1 July/Aug 2016 IVF #1 Sep/Oct Microdose Lupron Protocol - IVF cancelled only 1 follicle IVF #2 Feb/Mar Antagonist protocol w/estrogen priming - 0 eggs retrieved (empty follicle syndrome) Donor Egg Cycle as soon as we find a match
Ugh! Got the call that DH's sperm didn't thaw well so now we have to rush over and have another aspiration before my ER today. Now we will both be recovering and not to mention paying a couple thousand again for it.
@caseyw8784 What pharmacy do you use? Most will overnight them and some even have a same-day courier. When you are getting close just give them a call and let them know when you will likely need them and they can tell you when to place the order.
History and blog link in spoiler
2016 - dx with super low ovarian reserve; failed cycle with clomid, failed IUI, 2017 - egg retrieval #1 - 3 eggs, 0 embryos appropriate for transfer; ER #2 2 eggs, 0 embryos on day 3; ER #3 1 egg 0 embryos moved to donor egg in summer 2017; 35 eggs retrieved; 19 fertilized; 9 total embryos Fresh transfer Dec 2017= BFP! baby boy born 8/22/18
May 2019 - surprise natural pregnancy ended in MC Nov 2019 FET; MC at 9 weeks May 2020 FET; BFN July 2020 FET; CP treated with methotrexate Oct 2020 BFP!
@cmiller73 - ER will probably be end of next week/next weekend, if I'm estimating correctly! When next week are you estimating yours?
@mandasand - would you be able to get more ultrasounds if requested? would you have to pay extra? my headaches also seem to be bigger in the evening also, blech!
@HottLemonade2886 - oh no! I hope everything goes/went smoothly with the aspiration! really sucks about the extra cost, though And good luck with the ER - looking forward to hearing how many eggs they were able to get!
@laurad75 - i use CVS Caremark. They overnighted the meds when they were first delivered, so I'm assuming they can be overnighted again...
WHOA! Well, just back from u/s and the nurse thinks I'll trigger tomorrow night! Unexpected to say the least. This time I was able to get much more information from the nurse (and the u/s tech took time and was very thorough unlike how I felt last time...) Waiting to get the official word from the doc this afternoon.
So I will probably be having my ER Sunday or Monday (depending on if they have me trigger Friday night or Saturday!)
WOW. Ok, this is good. Quality over quantity... just keep swimming... (maybe I should have gotten the Dori bandaids!)
No adjustments to my meds and I have a bunch more follies about to be measurable. It's amazing how much happens in the course of 2 days!
I did get the "what's your benchmark for PGS" talk today which was a bit scary, tbh. Now the fresh transfer might be on the table again depending on the embryos we get. 8am discussions with DH about all the options was... interesting. It's a lot for anyone to digest, even us ladies who have immersed ourselves in learning about it and been dealing with the details for weeks/months!
@caseyw8784 looks like I'll be in ER before you by a BUNCH!
@mandasand OOH, I think I will add more specifics to my meditations (mine have been about encouraging good responses to medication and deep rest and relaxation. I do have affirmations everywhere that I go through whenever I am by the post its (DH def thinks I'm loony).
@HottLemonade2886 FX for an easy aspiration and recovery for you both!
Heading home. Aspiration and ER went well. They got 14 eggs. We will find out tomorrow how many fertilized. Feeling okay. Had a bout of nausea when I first got up so they gave me some meds that helped. Now just some cramping and tired.
Update: cycle day 5: E2 117 (doubled from cd3) ultrasound Saturday morning
Doctor said E2 is on lower side for "normal" patient but as expected for me with low AMH. He said it will probably just take me more time. They don't want to do U/S too early because they won't really "see anything" until E2 is at 300. Since I've been doubling then Saturday is a good day to do U/S.
Me: 37 / Hubs: 42 TTC: April 2013 DOR: AMH .3 - 1.31 (it varies); FSH: 5.1 Clinic NMCSD IUI #1 July/Aug 2016 IVF #1 Sep/Oct Microdose Lupron Protocol - IVF cancelled only 1 follicle IVF #2 Feb/Mar Antagonist protocol w/estrogen priming - 0 eggs retrieved (empty follicle syndrome) Donor Egg Cycle as soon as we find a match
CP #1- due April 2017 lost 5.5 weeks cp #2- due May 2017 lost at 4.5 weeks iUI #1- BFN IUI #2-BFN IVF#1- transfer 2- BFP! Due October 2017 c/p#3 lost at 3.5 weeks
AFM- they said they are keeping me low and slow. On day 7 of stims and adding cetrotide tonight. ER was supposed to be Tuesday but I'm thinking it is going to be pushed back.
Me: 31 DH: 31
Married: June 2012
TTC: December 2015
DX: MFI
IVF #1: March 2017- 16R, 12F, 4 blasts, 2 PGS normal (3BB & 3CB)
IVF #2: May 2017- 19R, 17F, 6 blasts, 1 PGS normal (5CC)
@cmiller73 and @rainbowwishes5 -my ER will mostly likely be Sunday or Monday too! I've had to go to the dr. almost everyday this week...yesterday, today, and back tomorrow...it gets intense close to ER!
Me: 33, DH: 40 July 2016: IVF #1 (froze embryos) Aug. 2016: Hysteroscopy to remove a few polyps & Laparoscopy Oct. 2016: FET #1 BFN Nov. 2016: FET #2 BFP (ended in CP) March 2017: IVF #2 Fresh Transfer of 2 Blasts = BFP!!! (EDD: 11/27/17) Froze 5 Blasts DS born on 11/2/17!!! Back to try for Baby #2
CP #1- due April 2017 lost 5.5 weeks cp #2- due May 2017 lost at 4.5 weeks iUI #1- BFN IUI #2-BFN IVF#1- transfer 2- BFP! Due October 2017 c/p#3 lost at 3.5 weeks
@Cmiller that's great news! It's always fun to get unexpected good new. How many follicles are they seeing? All the best on retrieval this weekend.
@HottLemonade2886 I'm glad your procedures went well. I have you have a great recovery and a good fertilization report
@rainbowwishes5 and @LoveDontCostAThing good luck with your ER this weekend as well. FX for the good quality mature eggs your looking for
@Angelaag omg I couldn't tell you how many times I've looked at my medications over the past couple of weeks. It's so exciting to have them. I've even photographed them for my scrapbook!
AFM, I stopped my OCP today and my baseline sono and lab Appt is now scheduled for tomorrow morning. I'm praying it goes well and we can start injections tomorrow night.
@SugarHead - yay for finally being able to start everything! good luck with your baseline tomorrow!
@Angelaag - i know that feeling!! I got my meds about a week or so before I started injections...i stared, i took a couple pictures of everything all laid out, and then i organized it all in a tupperware container that lives on our kitchen counter (except for the gonal-f and cetrotide, which live in the fridge!) also, good luck at your baseline on tuesday!
Got the call that 7 out of the 14 eggs fertilized. I was hoping for a higher number but feeling blessed that we have 7 possible babies. I wasn't told how many of my eggs were mature but remember the doctor saying I had 7-8 very nice sized follicles so it's possible only 7-8 were mature. FX those 7 keep growing!
hey ladies! for those of you who've done transfers before, do you know if it's normal to feel like your period is coming prior to the transfer? I'm doing my ET tomorrow morning & have been on crinone 8% gel since Wednesday. Haven't had any side effects from it that I've noticed until feeling like AF is coming today.
Has anyone had really bad side effects from any meds? I'm super sensitive to medication. The BCP made me super tired and I constantly spotted for the entire month. It looks like I'm likely in store for cramping and headaches. I'm on Antagonist.
@angelaag yes. Follistim gave me headaches from exactly 30 minutes after the first injection. My estrogen was sky high so they were pretty bad. I'm having the same thing now with my FET estrogen prep. BCP spotting is miserable, I'm so sorry
BFP #1: 1.22.16 MMC: 2.29.16 (
tetrasomy 11, partial deletion 1, XXX) D&C: 3.2.16 BFP #2: 4.14.16 CP: 4.17.16 BFP #3: 6.10.2016 CP: 6.17.16 RE appt: 6.27.2016-
saline sono all clear Progenity: + carrier
Tay-Sachs, Gaucher's, hemachromatosis. DH: carrier Alpha 1 anti-trypsin PCOS, hypothyroid,
MTHFR, hx of LEEP in 2006 Clomid +
TI Cycle #1: 50mg Trigger 8.24.2016- BFN Clomid
75mg + IUI#1 9.25.2016-
BFP #4 10/6 Beta #1 15 Beta #2 38 Beta #3- 71
beta #4 171 Beta # 5- 21 Natural MC 10/21 HSG- clear IVF Jan 2017 Egg Retrieval 1.22.17: 32 eggs retrieved,29 mature, 24 fertilized, 14 to blastocyst for biopsy PGS results: 4 PGS normal 2 XX, 2 XY FET: 3.13.2017 for 2 PGS embryos Beta#1: 3.24.2017......... 78; Beta # 2 241; Beta #3 4198 Baby BOY due 11.29.2017
@Angelaag - i've had a headache from the morning after my first gonal-f injection. I'm also sensitive with bloating - the bloat is so real. I've been living in yoga pants the last few days! and (sorry, tmi) my boobs are getting pretty sore and are filling my bras more than before!
@HottLemonade2886 -7 is good! Are you going to grow them to three or five day?
I just talked to my dr. I'm in a weird predicament...well, not that weird lol. My follicles are all different sizes. I have 11 follicles that are between 13.3 and 21mm. My progesterone is 1.25. They can trigger me tonight, but risk not having as many mature or trigger me tomorrow, but risk my progesterone reaching 2.0, and then I would have to freeze because they want the level whatever they want it...I don't know. Anyway, he recommended triggering tomorrow, which I am going to do to try to get as many mature as possible. There is a chance I can still do a fresh, depending on my bloods tomorrow...but I may have to freeze I never did a fresh, and I wanted to!
Me: 33, DH: 40 July 2016: IVF #1 (froze embryos) Aug. 2016: Hysteroscopy to remove a few polyps & Laparoscopy Oct. 2016: FET #1 BFN Nov. 2016: FET #2 BFP (ended in CP) March 2017: IVF #2 Fresh Transfer of 2 Blasts = BFP!!! (EDD: 11/27/17) Froze 5 Blasts DS born on 11/2/17!!! Back to try for Baby #2
@LoveDontCostAThing frozen has better success rates so either way your in good shape!
@Angelaag I had no side effects w antagonist. Lupron however has given me major headaches (lupron is used in down regulation and micro flare protocols)
Siggy Warning--------
CP #1- due April 2017 lost 5.5 weeks cp #2- due May 2017 lost at 4.5 weeks iUI #1- BFN IUI #2-BFN IVF#1- transfer 2- BFP! Due October 2017 c/p#3 lost at 3.5 weeks
6th night of stims for me. First night of adding the cetrotide. Was unpleasantly surprised cause the injection needle for that one seemed a lot thicker than the ones for the menopur and gonal-f. DH had been called into work for overtime, so it kind of sucked not having anyone there for mental support...lol.
Today felt more "full" and bloated than previously, and felt some aches. I'm hoping that means the meds are working! Have a 7 am ultrasound and blood work appointment in the morning, so I guess I'll have some answers soon!
@caseyw8784 -you are on the same protocol as me...gonal, menopur, and cetrotide. The injection needle on my cetrotide doesn't seem thicker...ugh I'm sorry yours is. What day of stims are you on?
@rainbowwishes5 -thanks...I did hear that frozen and fresh have similar success rates. I am just eager, and wanted to do the immediate fresh. I know it's smarter to wait and try to get more mature eggs, though.
Me: 33, DH: 40 July 2016: IVF #1 (froze embryos) Aug. 2016: Hysteroscopy to remove a few polyps & Laparoscopy Oct. 2016: FET #1 BFN Nov. 2016: FET #2 BFP (ended in CP) March 2017: IVF #2 Fresh Transfer of 2 Blasts = BFP!!! (EDD: 11/27/17) Froze 5 Blasts DS born on 11/2/17!!! Back to try for Baby #2
@HottLemonade2886 congrats on 7!! I hope they keep growing for you!! @Angelaag yes! I'm horribly bloated, very tired and a little more emotional than normal...but for me the bloat is the worst!
@LoveDontCostAThing - today is day 6. tomorrow is the 1st ultrasound, so i'm kind of excited to find out how things are progressing. what day of stims are you on?
@caseyw8784 we are on the same day of stims! I am doing follistim and low dose hCG though.
I have had appointments everyday for the last three days and another one tomorrow morning. I should start taking my ganirelix tomorrow.
Unfortunately, during my ultrasound this morning, a 1.0 cm shadow popped up. She said it looked like a polyp. They didn't see it during any other ultrasound this week, so we are hoping it is may have been a blood clot or my lining was just thicker in that area. Tomorrow morning, we should have a better idea but I am pretty upset with my uterus at the moment. My polyps seem to always come back after removal within 1-2 months....it is so frustrating.
If it doesn't go away, then I have to have another hysteroscopy during the egg retrieval to see what it is. If it is another polyp, then polypectomy and freezing instead of fresh cycle.
The problem with freezing is that even if we remove it, they come back so quickly that I would be constantly racing against the polyps in trying to transfer embryos.
I work as a PA, and I have used every avenue to find more data on polyps to try to diminish the recurrence but there is such little research that I am an anomaly....especially with my unique endometrial lining pattern.
Frustrating evening.
Me: 34
TTC: 40 months Me: endometrial polyps and most recently diagnosed with polypoid endometrium. Mild endometriosis. AMH 4.5. FSH 9.2. TSH 8.5 (recently started synthroid) Everything else normal. DH: now an exDH. lol. JUST MEEEEE! IVF #1: ER 3/11/17 (5 fertilized) ET 3/16/17 BFP (B#1-113, B#2-534, B#3-3190) MC @ 8 weeks TTC with just donor soon!
@caseyw8784 -I'm on Day 9 of stims! I am supposed to trigger tomorrow. I have had so many ultrasounds. They have you wait until Day 6 for your first one?
Me: 33, DH: 40 July 2016: IVF #1 (froze embryos) Aug. 2016: Hysteroscopy to remove a few polyps & Laparoscopy Oct. 2016: FET #1 BFN Nov. 2016: FET #2 BFP (ended in CP) March 2017: IVF #2 Fresh Transfer of 2 Blasts = BFP!!! (EDD: 11/27/17) Froze 5 Blasts DS born on 11/2/17!!! Back to try for Baby #2
@LoveDontCostAThing - They actually said the results could take up to 6 weeks which sounds crazy to me. I believe the lab website says 7-10 days so that's a pretty big difference. I guess we will just wait and see.
@QsMadd -Frustrating news. FX you will find out tomorrow it's nothing to worry about.
@LoveDontCostAThing - FX that you do get to trigger tomorrow! I had bloodwork on day 4, and i guess my estradiol was on the low end (it was 70?) cause they upped my gonal-f, so I think they wanted to give it an extra day to take effect before doing an ultrasound...
@LoveDontCostAThing It's freaking me out a little that @caseyw8784 and I are in the exact same boat! My labs day 3 were low and at day 5 at 117 so they wanted to give me an extra couple days of stims before first ultrasound, which will be tomorrow (day 7). My doctor said they don't like to do ultrasounds until E2 is at 300 because they won't be able to see much until the estradiol levels are higher (i.e. measurable follicles). I am on 2 vials Meno and 300 gonal, I'll most likely start Garnilix tomorrow. I am praying seriously hard my E2 is doubling (it has been since CD3) and have lots of evenly sized follicles. Again this cycle I'm doing it mainly alone. My husband was able to go to the baseline but he is mostly MIA. I'm not too bothered about it because he's in law school and had midterms this week, plus he's the president of the veterans legal society and works in the law library, so he's got a full plate. He just found out that he is being awarded the "student of distinction" award which is kind of a big deal, they have a reception and everything. So I'm hoping all his good news rubs off on me!
Me: 37 / Hubs: 42 TTC: April 2013 DOR: AMH .3 - 1.31 (it varies); FSH: 5.1 Clinic NMCSD IUI #1 July/Aug 2016 IVF #1 Sep/Oct Microdose Lupron Protocol - IVF cancelled only 1 follicle IVF #2 Feb/Mar Antagonist protocol w/estrogen priming - 0 eggs retrieved (empty follicle syndrome) Donor Egg Cycle as soon as we find a match
Re: March IVF
TTC: April 2013
DOR: AMH .3 - 1.31 (it varies); FSH: 5.1
Clinic NMCSD
IUI #1 July/Aug 2016
IVF #1 Sep/Oct Microdose Lupron Protocol - IVF cancelled only 1 follicle
IVF #2 Feb/Mar Antagonist protocol w/estrogen priming - 0 eggs retrieved (empty follicle syndrome)
Donor Egg Cycle as soon as we find a match
MFI - Due to blockage
IVF#1 Feb/Mar 2017 - ER: 14 Eggs, 13 Mature, 7 Fertilized, 1 Blastocyst (PGS tested abnormal)
IVF#2 May 2017 - ER: 16 Eggs, 14 Mature, 5 Fertilized, 1 Blastocyst (PGS tested abnormal)
IVF#3 July/Aug 2017 - ER: 15 Eggs, 13 Mature, 12 Fertilized, 6 Blastocyst, 5 PSG normal (3 Girls, 2 Boys)
FET# 1 September 29,2017 1st Beta - 236 2nd Beta - 806 3rd Beta - 2932
Due Date - 6/17/18 Father's Day!
Me: 31 DH: 31
Married: June 2012
TTC: December 2015
DX: MFI
IVF #1: March 2017- 16R, 12F, 4 blasts, 2 PGS normal (3BB & 3CB)
IVF #2: May 2017- 19R, 17F, 6 blasts, 1 PGS normal (5CC)
FET#1: July 2017- BFP!
2017 - egg retrieval #1 - 3 eggs, 0 embryos appropriate for transfer; ER #2 2 eggs, 0 embryos on day 3; ER #3 1 egg 0 embryos
moved to donor egg in summer 2017; 35 eggs retrieved; 19 fertilized; 9 total embryos
Fresh transfer Dec 2017= BFP! baby boy born 8/22/18
May 2019 - surprise natural pregnancy ended in MC
Nov 2019 FET; MC at 9 weeks
May 2020 FET; BFN
July 2020 FET; CP treated with methotrexate
Oct 2020 BFP!
Take a look at my blog
MFI - Due to blockage
IVF#1 Feb/Mar 2017 - ER: 14 Eggs, 13 Mature, 7 Fertilized, 1 Blastocyst (PGS tested abnormal)
IVF#2 May 2017 - ER: 16 Eggs, 14 Mature, 5 Fertilized, 1 Blastocyst (PGS tested abnormal)
IVF#3 July/Aug 2017 - ER: 15 Eggs, 13 Mature, 12 Fertilized, 6 Blastocyst, 5 PSG normal (3 Girls, 2 Boys)
FET# 1 September 29,2017 1st Beta - 236 2nd Beta - 806 3rd Beta - 2932
Due Date - 6/17/18 Father's Day!
@mandasand - would you be able to get more ultrasounds if requested? would you have to pay extra? my headaches also seem to be bigger in the evening also, blech!
@HottLemonade2886 - oh no! I hope everything goes/went smoothly with the aspiration! really sucks about the extra cost, though
And good luck with the ER - looking forward to hearing how many eggs they were able to get!
@laurad75 - i use CVS Caremark. They overnighted the meds when they were first delivered, so I'm assuming they can be overnighted again...
So I will probably be having my ER Sunday or Monday (depending on if they have me trigger Friday night or Saturday!)
WOW. Ok, this is good. Quality over quantity... just keep swimming... (maybe I should have gotten the Dori bandaids!)
No adjustments to my meds and I have a bunch more follies about to be measurable. It's amazing how much happens in the course of 2 days!
I did get the "what's your benchmark for PGS" talk today which was a bit scary, tbh. Now the fresh transfer might be on the table again depending on the embryos we get. 8am discussions with DH about all the options was... interesting. It's a lot for anyone to digest, even us ladies who have immersed ourselves in learning about it and been dealing with the details for weeks/months!
@caseyw8784 looks like I'll be in ER before you by a BUNCH!
@mandasand OOH, I think I will add more specifics to my meditations (mine have been about encouraging good responses to medication and deep rest and relaxation. I do have affirmations everywhere that I go through whenever I am by the post its (DH def thinks I'm loony).
@HottLemonade2886 FX for an easy aspiration and recovery for you both!
MFI - Due to blockage
IVF#1 Feb/Mar 2017 - ER: 14 Eggs, 13 Mature, 7 Fertilized, 1 Blastocyst (PGS tested abnormal)
IVF#2 May 2017 - ER: 16 Eggs, 14 Mature, 5 Fertilized, 1 Blastocyst (PGS tested abnormal)
IVF#3 July/Aug 2017 - ER: 15 Eggs, 13 Mature, 12 Fertilized, 6 Blastocyst, 5 PSG normal (3 Girls, 2 Boys)
FET# 1 September 29,2017 1st Beta - 236 2nd Beta - 806 3rd Beta - 2932
Due Date - 6/17/18 Father's Day!
cycle day 5: E2 117 (doubled from cd3)
ultrasound Saturday morning
Doctor said E2 is on lower side for "normal" patient but as expected for me with low AMH. He said it will probably just take me more time. They don't want to do U/S too early because they won't really "see anything" until E2 is at 300. Since I've been doubling then Saturday is a good day to do U/S.
TTC: April 2013
DOR: AMH .3 - 1.31 (it varies); FSH: 5.1
Clinic NMCSD
IUI #1 July/Aug 2016
IVF #1 Sep/Oct Microdose Lupron Protocol - IVF cancelled only 1 follicle
IVF #2 Feb/Mar Antagonist protocol w/estrogen priming - 0 eggs retrieved (empty follicle syndrome)
Donor Egg Cycle as soon as we find a match
@HottLemonade2886 - 14 is a great number! FX for lots of fertilized eggs!
@mandasand - ultrasound buddy, too! Good luck on saturday morning!
AFM: ER Sunday
CP #1- due April 2017 lost 5.5 weeks
cp #2- due May 2017 lost at 4.5 weeks
iUI #1- BFN
IUI #2-BFN
IVF#1- transfer 2- BFP! Due October 2017 c/p#3 lost at 3.5 weeks
MFI - Due to blockage
IVF#1 Feb/Mar 2017 - ER: 14 Eggs, 13 Mature, 7 Fertilized, 1 Blastocyst (PGS tested abnormal)
IVF#2 May 2017 - ER: 16 Eggs, 14 Mature, 5 Fertilized, 1 Blastocyst (PGS tested abnormal)
IVF#3 July/Aug 2017 - ER: 15 Eggs, 13 Mature, 12 Fertilized, 6 Blastocyst, 5 PSG normal (3 Girls, 2 Boys)
FET# 1 September 29,2017 1st Beta - 236 2nd Beta - 806 3rd Beta - 2932
Due Date - 6/17/18 Father's Day!
@cmiller73 & @rainbowwishes5 - I'm jealous you ladies will be done soon! Hope it goes well!
AFM- they said they are keeping me low and slow. On day 7 of stims and adding cetrotide tonight. ER was supposed to be Tuesday but I'm thinking it is going to be pushed back.
Me: 31 DH: 31
Married: June 2012
TTC: December 2015
DX: MFI
IVF #1: March 2017- 16R, 12F, 4 blasts, 2 PGS normal (3BB & 3CB)
IVF #2: May 2017- 19R, 17F, 6 blasts, 1 PGS normal (5CC)
FET#1: July 2017- BFP!
July 2016: IVF #1 (froze embryos)
Aug. 2016: Hysteroscopy to remove a few polyps & Laparoscopy
Oct. 2016: FET #1 BFN
Nov. 2016: FET #2 BFP (ended in CP)
March 2017: IVF #2 Fresh Transfer of 2 Blasts = BFP!!! (EDD: 11/27/17)
Froze 5 Blasts
DS born on 11/2/17!!!
Back to try for Baby #2
@caseyw8784 thanks!
@mtele yes but I'll be right back at it in April!
@HottLemonade2886 thanks!
CP #1- due April 2017 lost 5.5 weeks
cp #2- due May 2017 lost at 4.5 weeks
iUI #1- BFN
IUI #2-BFN
IVF#1- transfer 2- BFP! Due October 2017 c/p#3 lost at 3.5 weeks
-Sugar
@Angelaag - i know that feeling!! I got my meds about a week or so before I started injections...i stared, i took a couple pictures of everything all laid out, and then i organized it all in a tupperware container that lives on our kitchen counter (except for the gonal-f and cetrotide, which live in the fridge!) also, good luck at your baseline on tuesday!
12 little follies! Now I get to wait for portal instructions, I am hoping to start stimming tonight!!!
MFI - Due to blockage
IVF#1 Feb/Mar 2017 - ER: 14 Eggs, 13 Mature, 7 Fertilized, 1 Blastocyst (PGS tested abnormal)
IVF#2 May 2017 - ER: 16 Eggs, 14 Mature, 5 Fertilized, 1 Blastocyst (PGS tested abnormal)
IVF#3 July/Aug 2017 - ER: 15 Eggs, 13 Mature, 12 Fertilized, 6 Blastocyst, 5 PSG normal (3 Girls, 2 Boys)
FET# 1 September 29,2017 1st Beta - 236 2nd Beta - 806 3rd Beta - 2932
Due Date - 6/17/18 Father's Day!
Me: 31 DH: 31
Married: June 2012
TTC: December 2015
DX: MFI
IVF #1: March 2017- 16R, 12F, 4 blasts, 2 PGS normal (3BB & 3CB)
IVF #2: May 2017- 19R, 17F, 6 blasts, 1 PGS normal (5CC)
FET#1: July 2017- BFP!
Has anyone had really bad side effects from any meds? I'm super sensitive to medication. The BCP made me super tired and I constantly spotted for the entire month. It looks like I'm likely in store for cramping and headaches. I'm on Antagonist.
BFP #2: 4.14.16 CP: 4.17.16
BFP #3: 6.10.2016 CP: 6.17.16
RE appt: 6.27.2016- saline sono all clear
Progenity: + carrier Tay-Sachs, Gaucher's, hemachromatosis. DH: carrier Alpha 1 anti-trypsin
PCOS, hypothyroid, MTHFR, hx of LEEP in 2006
Clomid + TI Cycle #1: 50mg Trigger 8.24.2016- BFN
Clomid 75mg + IUI#1 9.25.2016- BFP #4 10/6
Beta #1 15 Beta #2 38 Beta #3- 71 beta #4 171 Beta # 5- 21 Natural MC 10/21
HSG- clear
IVF Jan 2017
Egg Retrieval 1.22.17: 32 eggs retrieved,29 mature, 24 fertilized, 14 to blastocyst for biopsy
PGS results: 4 PGS normal 2 XX, 2 XY
FET: 3.13.2017 for 2 PGS embryos
Beta#1: 3.24.2017......... 78; Beta # 2 241; Beta #3 4198
Baby BOY due 11.29.2017
I just talked to my dr. I'm in a weird predicament...well, not that weird lol. My follicles are all different sizes. I have 11 follicles that are between 13.3 and 21mm. My progesterone is 1.25. They can trigger me tonight, but risk not having as many mature or trigger me tomorrow, but risk my progesterone reaching 2.0, and then I would have to freeze because they want the level whatever they want it...I don't know. Anyway, he recommended triggering tomorrow, which I am going to do to try to get as many mature as possible. There is a chance I can still do a fresh, depending on my bloods tomorrow...but I may have to freeze
July 2016: IVF #1 (froze embryos)
Aug. 2016: Hysteroscopy to remove a few polyps & Laparoscopy
Oct. 2016: FET #1 BFN
Nov. 2016: FET #2 BFP (ended in CP)
March 2017: IVF #2 Fresh Transfer of 2 Blasts = BFP!!! (EDD: 11/27/17)
Froze 5 Blasts
DS born on 11/2/17!!!
Back to try for Baby #2
@Angelaag I had no side effects w antagonist. Lupron however has given me major headaches (lupron is used in down regulation and micro flare protocols)
CP #1- due April 2017 lost 5.5 weeks
cp #2- due May 2017 lost at 4.5 weeks
iUI #1- BFN
IUI #2-BFN
IVF#1- transfer 2- BFP! Due October 2017 c/p#3 lost at 3.5 weeks
MFI - Due to blockage
IVF#1 Feb/Mar 2017 - ER: 14 Eggs, 13 Mature, 7 Fertilized, 1 Blastocyst (PGS tested abnormal)
IVF#2 May 2017 - ER: 16 Eggs, 14 Mature, 5 Fertilized, 1 Blastocyst (PGS tested abnormal)
IVF#3 July/Aug 2017 - ER: 15 Eggs, 13 Mature, 12 Fertilized, 6 Blastocyst, 5 PSG normal (3 Girls, 2 Boys)
FET# 1 September 29,2017 1st Beta - 236 2nd Beta - 806 3rd Beta - 2932
Due Date - 6/17/18 Father's Day!
Today felt more "full" and bloated than previously, and felt some aches. I'm hoping that means the meds are working! Have a 7 am ultrasound and blood work appointment in the morning, so I guess I'll have some answers soon!
@rainbowwishes5 -thanks...I did hear that frozen and fresh have similar success rates. I am just eager, and wanted to do the immediate fresh. I know it's smarter to wait and try to get more mature eggs, though.
@HottLemonade2886 -How long does it take to get the PGS results?
July 2016: IVF #1 (froze embryos)
Aug. 2016: Hysteroscopy to remove a few polyps & Laparoscopy
Oct. 2016: FET #1 BFN
Nov. 2016: FET #2 BFP (ended in CP)
March 2017: IVF #2 Fresh Transfer of 2 Blasts = BFP!!! (EDD: 11/27/17)
Froze 5 Blasts
DS born on 11/2/17!!!
Back to try for Baby #2
@Angelaag yes! I'm horribly bloated, very tired and a little more emotional than normal...but for me the bloat is the worst!
@caseyw8784 we are on the same day of stims! I am doing follistim and low dose hCG though.
I have had appointments everyday for the last three days and another one tomorrow morning. I should start taking my ganirelix tomorrow.
Unfortunately, during my ultrasound this morning, a 1.0 cm shadow popped up. She said it looked like a polyp. They didn't see it during any other ultrasound this week, so we are hoping it is may have been a blood clot or my lining was just thicker in that area. Tomorrow morning, we should have a better idea but I am pretty upset with my uterus at the moment. My polyps seem to always come back after removal within 1-2 months....it is so frustrating.
If it doesn't go away, then I have to have another hysteroscopy during the egg retrieval to see what it is. If it is another polyp, then polypectomy and freezing instead of fresh cycle.
The problem with freezing is that even if we remove it, they come back so quickly that I would be constantly racing against the polyps in trying to transfer embryos.
I work as a PA, and I have used every avenue to find more data on polyps to try to diminish the recurrence but there is such little research that I am an anomaly....especially with my unique endometrial lining pattern.
Frustrating evening.
TTC: 40 months
Me: endometrial polyps and most recently diagnosed with polypoid endometrium. Mild endometriosis. AMH 4.5. FSH 9.2. TSH 8.5 (recently started synthroid) Everything else normal.
DH: now an exDH. lol. JUST MEEEEE!
IVF #1: ER 3/11/17 (5 fertilized) ET 3/16/17 BFP (B#1-113, B#2-534, B#3-3190) MC @ 8 weeks
TTC with just donor soon!
July 2016: IVF #1 (froze embryos)
Aug. 2016: Hysteroscopy to remove a few polyps & Laparoscopy
Oct. 2016: FET #1 BFN
Nov. 2016: FET #2 BFP (ended in CP)
March 2017: IVF #2 Fresh Transfer of 2 Blasts = BFP!!! (EDD: 11/27/17)
Froze 5 Blasts
DS born on 11/2/17!!!
Back to try for Baby #2
BFP #2: 4.14.16 CP: 4.17.16
BFP #3: 6.10.2016 CP: 6.17.16
RE appt: 6.27.2016- saline sono all clear
Progenity: + carrier Tay-Sachs, Gaucher's, hemachromatosis. DH: carrier Alpha 1 anti-trypsin
PCOS, hypothyroid, MTHFR, hx of LEEP in 2006
Clomid + TI Cycle #1: 50mg Trigger 8.24.2016- BFN
Clomid 75mg + IUI#1 9.25.2016- BFP #4 10/6
Beta #1 15 Beta #2 38 Beta #3- 71 beta #4 171 Beta # 5- 21 Natural MC 10/21
HSG- clear
IVF Jan 2017
Egg Retrieval 1.22.17: 32 eggs retrieved,29 mature, 24 fertilized, 14 to blastocyst for biopsy
PGS results: 4 PGS normal 2 XX, 2 XY
FET: 3.13.2017 for 2 PGS embryos
Beta#1: 3.24.2017......... 78; Beta # 2 241; Beta #3 4198
Baby BOY due 11.29.2017
@QsMadd -Frustrating news. FX you will find out tomorrow it's nothing to worry about.
MFI - Due to blockage
IVF#1 Feb/Mar 2017 - ER: 14 Eggs, 13 Mature, 7 Fertilized, 1 Blastocyst (PGS tested abnormal)
IVF#2 May 2017 - ER: 16 Eggs, 14 Mature, 5 Fertilized, 1 Blastocyst (PGS tested abnormal)
IVF#3 July/Aug 2017 - ER: 15 Eggs, 13 Mature, 12 Fertilized, 6 Blastocyst, 5 PSG normal (3 Girls, 2 Boys)
FET# 1 September 29,2017 1st Beta - 236 2nd Beta - 806 3rd Beta - 2932
Due Date - 6/17/18 Father's Day!
TTC: April 2013
DOR: AMH .3 - 1.31 (it varies); FSH: 5.1
Clinic NMCSD
IUI #1 July/Aug 2016
IVF #1 Sep/Oct Microdose Lupron Protocol - IVF cancelled only 1 follicle
IVF #2 Feb/Mar Antagonist protocol w/estrogen priming - 0 eggs retrieved (empty follicle syndrome)
Donor Egg Cycle as soon as we find a match