January 2018 IVF

sidilly · January 2018

@northbeach3 and @J1006 Congrats! 5 blasts is quite an accomplishment.
@chillvazz Yay for 17 fertilized.
@hoping4lilbit Beautiful embies & congrats on your transfer.
@ed2018 Welcome! No side effects from Menopur with me. I found that mixing it with needle was much easier.
@efavell02 FX for a sticky one. I am very tempted to ask my doctor to transfer two this time (mostly in order to save time), but you got me thinking twice there when I started reading on complications from twins.
AFM, trigger today with ER on Sunday and hoping for around 10 mature eggs.

ed2018 · January 2018

Thanks Ladies! I appreciate your answers. Still trying to navigate thru here with all of the information and trying to respond to back. Is there a short cut with the @ button? Forgive me if I am not replying correctly.
@hoffmanr7. Thank you. The needle works much better!!
@halfanewt will try the icing. I heard that can take the sting out
@J1006. Thank you, my dr told me I could take Tylenol or excedrine but I was worried about the excedrine.
@roisis thanks for the sheet. I will update that. That is really nice to keep track of with the whole process.
@sidilly thanks for the information

northbeach3 · January 2018

Transfer complete. Transferred a 4BA and have three frosties. First beta is next thursday morning.

Still in a surreal state of mind. Hope it lasts bc the agony/anxiety of waiting is way worse. Haha

wishing all you ladies good fertility vibes.

Edited to more effectively black out personal info (thanks @tosh24)!

smittenkitten123 · January 2018

I am so glad I found this forum. New to this whole IVF thing so not sure of anything, I feel so lost sometimes and wonder if I am doing it right...it's nice to read the comments and know there are other and I am not alone!
I started my stims on 1/14 with Gonal and menopur. The menopur stings everytime and my headaches come and go throughout the day.
Had my day 5 U/S and labs yesterday And was told to start the cetrotide tonight. Not looking forward to that!
I am feeling extremely tired last 2 days. Usually I wake up when my husband moves at night, but last 2 night don't remember anything! Did anyone here got so tired? I am literally trying to keep my eyes open as i write this.
@matfi236 and @ed2018, i think you guys started to do the stims a day before me?

tosh24 · January 2018

@northbeach3 Yay! So exciting! FX for a sticky embaby!!! (BTW, the black out isn't dark enough and you can still see your full name coming through on your pic so you may want to fix it!!!)

marfi236 · January 2018

@knottie821bc0e621b0fe53 Yup! I started on 1/13!

I'm pretty sure I'm in a perpetual state of tired because I always stay up way too late knitting and then have to get up early for work! In all seriousness though I've not really noticed that I have felt any different than a normal cycle (no bloating or tireness or anything).

laurengon82 · January 2018

@marfi236 good luck at your next monitoring. Hope you get the news that your ready to trigger!

@northbeach3 congrats on your transfer!

@knottie821bc0e621b0fe53 yes I felt completely exhausted the whole time I was stimming!!

AFM I heard from the nurse this afternoon. She said out of the 10 eggs they took 8 were mature and 7 fertilized. I am scheduled for transfer Tuesday morning!

marfi236 · January 2018

Had my monitoring appointment today! Had 7 on each side that were measurable with the largest at 16.5! It’s looking likely that I will trigger on Monday night!

Edit: The doctor called and they want me to go in for another monitoring appointment tomorrow morning so I’m definitely getting close! Guess I won’t get to sleep in any days this weekend but it’s worth it!!

ed2018 · January 2018

@knottie821bc0e621b0fe53 I feel the same way you do. Welcome to the group! I started 1/13 so yes one day before you. I don’t sleep that well in general so I haven’t noticed too much of a difference with sleep. I had two horrible headaches this week that felt like migraines. I did take Tylenol to help. I was trying to stay away from taking anything but it felt debilitating.
I did notice I feel more tired throughout the day then I did before starting
The menopur stings me too. I have tried icing, suggestion of fellow ivfers and that helps a little too.

beachbunnyxo123 · January 2018

@K nottie821bc0e621b0fe53 I felt the same way, tired and slept solid through the night and I’m usually a very restless sleeper and wake up about 4 times a night. Since I started stimming the second I lay my head down I fall asleep and I’m out cold till the morning. I don’t mind it to be honest. Welcome! My only suggestion is to log onto the knot and change your user name so we can recognize you.

beachbunnyxo123 · January 2018

@kiwi2628 good luck today!! Thinking of you on your transfer day!

AFM I will trigger tonight and ER will be on Monday!

kiwi2628 · January 2018

I am PASP!!!!

Today they transferred a beautiful hatching BB embryo in to my 'very thick' (last measurement was 15!) uterus. We have 2 blasts for freeze today (a 5BB and a 5CB) and I have 3 or 4 more morulas/early blasts that they are gonna grow to tomorrow and see how they do. I will get a call Monday with final freeze stats. I am so excited!

northbeach3 · January 2018

welcome to the board @ed2018 and knottie821... as @roisis mentioned, i started a google sheet to keep track of everyone's point in their cycle. feel free to update your lines as you get more info and check out where everyone else is at.

@beachbunnyxo123 can't believe your time is already here! Sending your developing eggs lots of meiosis maturation love. and it looks like @marfi236 is right behind! so exciting for all of you!

@kiwi2628 yay, congrats! i had to look up 'PASP' b/c that was the first time i heard it. well i like the positivity of the message so I'm PASP too! i've been trying to stay off google but i'm stressing myself out with the blastocyst grading systems. i think you were the one who said it can go either way where highly graded don't implant and vice versa. also trying to minimize symptom spotting and imaginary symptoms.

kiwi2628 · January 2018

@northbeach3 yea, that sound like me. I mean, higher graded blasts absolutely have a higher chance of implanting (especially if the trophectoderm grading is higher), but AA can fail and CC can implant, so its not a guaranteed thing, by any means. One stat I read said (and I dont have the exact numbers on me, so these are remembered, may not be exact) that a A TE grade implanted 55% of the time, a B TE grade implanted like 44% and C did like 24%. But stats are stats are stats are stats, and you and your embryo are you, so FX for us all!

brandydawg14 · January 2018

Hi all,

New to this board: DH and I are TTC #5 via IVF w/my eggs. It's been almost 10 years since my youngest was born and I had a tubal ligation in 2011 when I was sure we were done. :-) I did stim with Gonal, retrieved 7 eggs on 1/10 with all 7 fertilized. Transferred 3 embryos on 1/13, awaiting HcG blood test on 1/25. The wait is killing me!! I am having some symptoms that could be something, but could be nothing. Light occasional cramping, sore breasts, vacillate between hot and cold, and fatigue. Praying for all of you ladies!!

northbeach3 · January 2018

hi @brandydawg14, welcome to the board! i've added you to our board's google sheet that tracks everyone's cycles.. feel free to add more detail. we'll be waiting anxiously with you to hear your results!

good luck today @sidilly! sending you lots of mature egg love! go spermies go!

Fx for the other fert reports coming in! Happy sunday!

sidilly · January 2018

@brandydawg14 Welcome to the board. It's a really cool place to hang out and connect with people going thru the same experience.
@northbeach3 Thanks for the warm wishes!

Just came back from ER. No side effects so far, feeling good and hungry

. A little disappointed with the egg count though. 8 eggs out of what looked like 12 mature size follicles. Praying for most of the eggs to fertilize and hoping that quality will win over quantity, as it actually did with so many people here already.

kristimh80 · January 2018

@sidilly Happy Egg Retrieval Day!!

8 is wonderful!! Hope you are having a good relaxing day now!

chillvazz · January 2018

Congratulations to all the PASP women! Good luck with the TTW I know it can feel like an eternity...
@laurengon82 it’s great that you get to transfer Tuesday! So exciting, FX that all 7 stay strong!

I got a 3 day update: 10 embies are between 6 & 8 cell all of those are good quality (not great but good!) 3 are 5 cell, 2 are 4 cell, 2 are 3 cell. I couldn’t get anymore info out of the embryologist. Except... she did tell me “Stop googling because no matter the statistics show, every embryo does it’s own thing.”

I’m having a rough ER recovery. Now I understand better why my Dr. is doing a freeze all. My body really does need time to heal from the >30 follicles. I think I have mild OHSS. The scheduled transfer is now March 14th, longer then I expected but the office said they don’t have room for me until then.

kristimh80 · January 2018

@chillvazz 10 embies is wonderful!!! Hope you get to feeling better!! Your embryologist has a good point! I know I'm guilty of "googling" everything! Sounds like you are on a great track already, so try to get some rest and not worry too much

kristimh80 · January 2018

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Little late to the party, but it's FINALLY getting started!! Anyone else starting meds now or soon???

holly_owensmom · January 2018

Anybody else on post-transfer meds right now? I’m on Endometrin and Estrace and (sorry, tmi) having lots of clear or white vaginal discharge. Also started having some cramps today. I’m trying not to read too much into it, but hoping we are having some implantation going on.

shortstack930 · January 2018

@kristimh80 so exciting!! I’m on Lupron right now and starting my stims this coming Friday!!

ed2018 · January 2018

@kristimh80 your set up is so pretty. I am taking 300 follostim, 150 menopur and just started ganirelex last night. I started the other meds last Saturday. Sending you positive vibes

kristimh80 · January 2018

@shortstack930 Yay!! It’ll be here before you know it!!

@ed2018 Thanks!! It didn’t be stay that way! lol I’m only doing random pics to document the journey. I'm on 250 follistim and 150 menopur for now, so close to your doses! Best of luck to you as well!!

When is your possible ER date?

northbeach3 · January 2018

@kristimh80 omg, you've been so patient this whole month!!! so excited for you to finally get to start stims. Love your day 1 set up! if you have to jab your self with a needle, might as well have a well-appointed setup!

@hoping4lilbit i'm only on progesterone supplements 2x daily and then PIO shot every 3-4 days. i HATE the supplements and almost rather be on PIO shots daily... they stink and majorly leak, and sorry for the TMI, but then it dries in pubic hair and sticks to my underwear. BLECH!!!!!!!!!!! so while I feel like i do have more discharge, i'm assuming it's the gross things! haven't felt too much in my uterine region, so trying not to read too much into it as it just makes my mind race. $:\$

@chillvazz drink more water with electrolytes! trader joes sells big bottles with electrolytes added and if you like fizzy water, trader joes also carries gerolsteiner mineral water that is high in the necessary minerals. i also heard eating more protein and salty foods could help with the bloating. if you're experiencing pain/discomfort when peeing, trying putting your feet on a shoebox or something akin to a squatty potty. this totally helped relieve some of the pressure.

@sidilly i understand the small disappointment when you didn't get as many eggs at ER as you were hoping. just looking at everyone's numbers this month, there seems to be only small attrition from mature to fertilized, so hopefully most/all will be mature and be fertilized! is your clinic doing natural or ICSI?

@beachbunnyxo123 best of luck on your ER tomorrow!

AFM, i got an unexpected call from my RE this morning and he said 2 more eggs made it to blast, so i ended up with 5 frosties (dunno grades though). only day 2 post transfer and both days have been extraordinarily ordinary. continuing to resist the urge to symptom spot, but slipping up frequently.

glad the work week is starting b/c that's the only thing that can keep my mind occupied. Happy Monday!

brandydawg14 · January 2018

So, I know I am not supposed to take an HPT before my Beta, but I couldn't help myself!! I have been taking one every day since 4 days post ET. The first two came up with faint lines (probably the leftovers from my trigger), then nothing for three days, then a very faint positive two days ago to a pretty decent positive today. I have my beta on Thursday, but is it possible that the HPT is right this early? I am 9 days post-ET today, which seems early to me.

J1006 · January 2018

@northbeach3 congrats on 5!

@brandydawg14 I’m not sure, but in my opinion I think it’s a good thing you got the positive then negative and back to positive. FX for a positive beta for you!!

AF arrived early for me!! Now I get to start my long process toward my FET. Back on BCP for now....and anxiously awaiting my PGS testing.

kiwi2628 · January 2018

@beachbunnyxo123 good luck today!!
@kristimh80 yay for starting stims!!
@northbeach3 congrats on 5 frosties! Thats great!!

AFM- 2 dpt and I feel.....nothing. I actually feel like it didn't work, which is kind of a bummer. And I know you dont 'feel' anything yet, I mean more in my heart, I don't think it worked. I get the final freeze report today so we shall see about that, but I am feeling kind of down.

ASabelko · January 2018

Stim Day 4 and just found this thread. We weren't good candidates for IUI, so this is my first experience with any meds. Any advice for a newbie?

Best wishes to everyone!

Me: 29 DH:35

TTC #1 since Jan 2016

DX: MFI (low count & low motility)

IVF Consult - April 2017

IVF #1 - Jan 2018

ASabelko · January 2018

kristimh80 I just started on Friday!

kristimh80 · January 2018

@northbeach3 Such great news!!! 2 more frosties! Yeah!!

@J1006 Sending good vibes for PGS news!

@ASabelko Welcome to the club! I'm on Stim Day 2 today, so not far behind you. I haven't gotten any bad side effects from meds so far. Everyone says menopur causes headaches, so I bought mint tea and now drink it right after "just i case" and now taking to work with me in case hormones start acting up!

Firework7479 · January 2018

Hello ladies just found this forum and I've been reading and found it so informative! I'm currently stimming (day 7 of micordose lupron in the am and pm/follistim 300 /menopur 150). Last month we got one embryo but it doesn't look good, it was frozen but I've been told that will be our "Plan B" as CCS was inconclusive (RE thinks it's because the sample was too small). She said that they could thaw/biopsy/test/re-freeze but she doesn't think it will survive a second thaw.
As of yesterday I had 6 on each side all "less than 10" which is the worst thing to hear when you assume things are moving in the right direction. 12 is more than I had last month at this time so I'm choosing to be positive. I'm back for monitoring on Wednesday hopefully news will be better then. Good luck to all!

marfi236 · January 2018

After having monitoring appointments for the last 3 days I finally get to trigger tonight! My estrogen level behaved so I get to do a HCG trigger instead of a Lupron trigger which means the likelihood of being able to do a fresh transfer is good! My RE doesn’t always do fresh transfers after a lupron trigger.

Retrieval on Wednesday (time TBD)!!

hoffmanr7 · January 2018

@brandydawg14 Welcome! I know its so hard to not POAS. I am amazed I have made it this long without (our Beta is on Wed). Fx for your Thursday beta!
@ASabelko and @Firework7479 Welcome
@sidilly Fx for a good fert rate!
@laurengon82 Good luck on your transfer Tues
@chillvazz Grow little embies grow! Sorry you are having a rough ER recovery.
@kristimh80 Happy (belated) first day of stims! I love the pic!!
@hoping4lilbit I am on progesterone in oil injections. I had done progesterone supps after each of my 3 iuis. I never would have thought, but I prefer the injections. No goopy discharge.
@northbeach3 Yay for your 5 frosties!!
@kiwi2628 I'm sorry you are feeling that way. I understand how hard it can be to stay positive sometimes. Keeping my fx for you

So I was talking with a friend yesterday and mentioned to her that I had been wracking my brain trying to think of a nickname for our embaby as I have just been calling it embie in my daily pep talks to it. She came up with the perfect one.....Rio! So now DH and I have begun to refer to it as Rio.

kristimh80 · January 2018

@Firework7479 Welcome to the group!! It looks promising, seeing you had last cycle to compare things to! 6 on each side is great! FX Wednesday is a good day! I have monitoring on Wed too, but a little behind you

marfi236 · January 2018

@hoffmanr7 I’m looking forward to the PIO injections for that reason, the suppositories were annoying.

kiwi2628 · January 2018

@hoffmanr7 I call mine Fergus the Fetus, lol

AFM- I have 4 frosties! They are going out for PGS testing (hoping since I am only 30 2 or 3 of them are normal)

ed2018 · January 2018

@kristimh80. Documenting the journey is always nice. Hopefully you won’t get any headaches from the menopur. I was told I could take Tylenol. I have an appointment tomorrow and hopefully will find out when I trigger. I am thinking end of week for the retrieval. I never went under anesthesia so I’m worried about that but the end result is worth it. Then will wait while they test everything. We are doing pgd and pgs testing. Something I’m not familiar with at all but I assume feb/March if all goes well

kristimh80 · January 2018

@ed2018 Awesome!! I went under anesthesia once, all I remember it was like a good sleep. I don't remember passing out and was groggy when I woke up, kind of in a daze! We are doing PGS testing as well, so will be playing the waiting game as well. We are anticipating a March transfer, as my dr would like the body to rest and be as close to a natural cycle as possible.

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