January 2018 IVF

efavell02 · January 2018

@northbeach3 beta number two was great! Doubled to 550 from 255. Told me to keep doing my progesterone and estrogen supplements. No more blood tests, just an ultrasound in 3 weeks.

@kiwi2628 any clarification from ur dr about that weird message?

northbeach3 · January 2018

@efavell02 yeah, high five!! it seems super crazy that there's not more appointments until the ultra sound! have they mentioned anything about setting up appointments with your OB (once you're transferred from your RE)? i'm wondering if i should be trying to make an appointment bc we have terribly long appointment delays...

@BFP ladies:

any symptoms yet? i have moved on from the 2-day migraine to isolated crazy sense of smell (bathroom at work smelled like raw fish) to a dull nausea this evening. felt great today, but post dinner felt kinda gross. i'm just worried that i'm gonna have crazy nausea (b/c i get nauseous easily)... and i'm slightly worried that i'm gonna become a crazed POS lady if i'm not feeling nauseous to confirm that i'm still PG... 20 days is a long time til my next appointment!

kiwi2628 · January 2018

@efavell02 I did!

So, my Dr called and apparently did not mean to be so cryptic. All 4 of our frozen ones were PGS tested and came back normal! Also, all 4 are girls! My H is biting his nails thinking about being an all girl house, but hey, thats how it goes! Although we don;t know if the one in me is chromosomally normal/the sex since we didn't PGS test my fresh one, so we will still have to see about it, just like a 'normal' pregnancy.

shortstack930 · January 2018

@efavell02 great second beta!!

First monitoring went well! They saw three follicles between 15-16mm on the left ovary plus seven under 10mm and another three between 15-17mm on the right and six under 10mm. So 19 total!! They said they can almost guarantee the ER will be Monday!

smittenkitten123 · January 2018

Congrats to all the ladies who got positive betas....so happy to see it worked for you guys...it gives me A little hope.
@hoffmanm7, I am so sorry for your loss and hope you can complete your family in another way.
I didn't get the transfer on Monday. Dr told me the polyp was big and I had to remove it and she didn't what to think "what if". The polyp removal will be in Feb. And hopefully I still have 1 embryo in March to doo a FET. I am going to jump to that board.i know some of you are doing a FET and I was reading about it, but my doc didn't mention being on any more injections or anything. Anyone know what that means?

kristimh80 · January 2018

@kiwi2628 Congratulations on your little girl embies! Glad you got clarification and everything is good!

@knottie821 So sorry you had to put a hold on your transfer! Good news is your body will get a little break

I should be joining you on the March FET.

Firework7479 · January 2018

@kiwi2628 Wow! that's exciting news great that all of your frosties are normal.
@hoffmanm7 So sorry for your loss I completely understand what you're going through. DH and I have already had the preliminary talk about that. If this doesn't work I don't think I want to put my mind and body through this again. Plus we're running out of insurance money (we get a lifetime limit and once it's gone, it's gone) and can't swing it without that insurance.

AFM Had my ER yesterday morning they retrievied 6 so I'm hopeful but cautiously so. We got 5 last time and only wound up with 1 that is not great quality. I'm hoping that these 6 are better quality to begin with and we wind up with more in the end. My clinic doesn't do fresh transfers so now we wait. we'll get the fertilization report today and find out how many made it to blast and testing on Monday. and then PGD testing results in a few weeks

kristimh80 · January 2018

Egg retrieval is complete! So happy to finally be on the other side of everything. ❤️ We retrieved 50 eggs today. Thank god for morphine today lol

mage14 · January 2018

Hi all .My ER went well and we have 9 eggs .
They said they will call tomorrow to see how many fertilized. Do you have to ask for pgs testing kiwi2628?
kristimh80 well done 50 eggs!!! I hope you are ok

laurengon82 · January 2018

@Firework7479 @mage14 congrats on your ER. Fx for a good fertility report!

@kristimh80 congrats on your ER and 50 eggs...Wow! Fx for a good fertility report as well.

Hope you all are feeling ok after retrieval!

kristimh80 · January 2018

@mage14 glad to see your’s went well today too!!

So far feeling good! Morphine is wearing off and ready to take a nap shortly ❤️

tosh24 · January 2018

@kristimh80 Yeah!!! 50 eggs!!! FX for a great fert report tomorrow!!! Hope your recovery goes smoothly! (As an aside, I was almost begging for morphine - the drugs they gave me during ER did nothing!)

kristimh80 · January 2018

@tosh24 Oh no, hate to hear that!! I asked for extra morphine when I finally woke up. So far only issue now I've had is nausea despite being a little sore. Glad you are way past this part of the process!! FX for your Feb FET!!

northbeach3 · January 2018

@kristimh80 oh man, you and @asabelko are egg producing machines!! fx for your fert report and many making it to day 5! congrats! drink lots of electrolytes and good luck peeing! that was the most discomfort i experienced post ER.

also congrats to @Firework7479 and @mage14 on your ERs!! same advice!! drink water fortified with electrolytes and take it easy!

northbeach3 · January 2018

hey @laurengon82 -- how's your 2ww going? when's your first beta? holding up okay?

J1006 · January 2018

Well my number of snow babies drops to two

. Three came back abnormal on my PGS report. They were missing chromosomes. Two came back as cannot be determined. So now we have to unthaw, biopsy again, and refreeze. He said there just might have not been enough genetic material for them to test but he didn’t really sound hopeful.

laurengon82 · February 2018

@northbeach3 I’m doing pretty good. My first beta is on Monday. The nurse said Saturday would have been the day, but they are not in on Saturday. Only one week a month they do IVF. I have one last first response hpt and I’m trying to decide weather to use it or not. I’m starting to get really nervous for the results. Hope you are feeling well today and no nausea!

kiwi2628 · February 2018

@laurengon82 Saturday will be how many days past transfer, and was it a 3 or 5 day transfer? They say that once you get past 10 you can get a positive, and by 14 you should get a positive (aka 5dp5dt would be 10, or 7dp3dt would be 10, and 9dp5dt would be 14 etc...). If Saturday would have been their ideal Beta date and thats 13+ days past ER, then I would go ahead and say its safe to test

northbeach3 · February 2018

@J1006 ahh!! i'm so sorry to hear that... does that mean the 2 frosties you have left have to be RE-tested!?! fx that they are hardy little embryos and have all the right chromosomes so they can find a home in your womb.

@laurengon82 oh man, that's the worst when you're waiting on the clinic. i also go to a small practice and they do all their IVF ladies on the same cycle. well best of luck in whatever you decide to do about POAS!! come on BFP!

ed2018 · February 2018

@kristinem17 wow 50 eggs! That’s awesome. Fx for everything! Hope you are feeling good! Relax and drink plenty of fluids

kristimh80 · February 2018

@ed2018 Thanks! How are you feeling? So far, I just feel like I had a good ab workout! lol

@J1006 Thinking of you!!! 2 snow babies is wonderful, esp since have been tested and know they are good quality.

AFM Report today was that 28 have fertilized conventionally, rest were immature or abnormal. So now back to the waiting game.

tosh24 · February 2018

@J1006 I am so sorry you didn't get the results you were hoping for and it presents another delay. This process sucks. FX for two strong embabies and two normal results!

@kristimh80 Great fert report! Grow embryos, grow! Do you know how often you get updates?

kristimh80 · February 2018

@tosh24 Yes, I'll here by on Saturday for Day 3, then Monday for Day 5. Then we'll know how many are going for PGS testing.

mage14 · February 2018

Hi ladies .I had my phone call today 7 from9 fertilized. They will call me Saturday to tell me what will happen. Hugs all and hope we will have good news.

laurengon82 · February 2018

@kiwi2628 thanks! I’m thinking I’m going to hold off til at least Saturday in case of bad news. Then at least I don’t have to slap a smile on my face and go to work.

@kristimh80 @mage14 Fx you continue to get good reports!

ed2018 · February 2018

@kristinem17 28 is great!!fx for waiting game and next steps for you. ☺️
I feel fine but noticed some light pain on my right hand side. I’m still waiting for the embryologist to call me and see my next steps. I feel I’m still a little lost in the whole process as I don’t have any answers as to my next steps yet.

ASabelko · February 2018

@kristimh80 - congrats on all those eggs! fx for those embryos to make it to Day 5!

AFM we had 15 embabies on Wednesday morning and we're expecting another update tomorrow morning.

kristimh80 · February 2018

@ASabelko Thanks!! Congrats to you as well!! 15 is a great #! Sending good vibes for your report tomorrow!

northbeach3 · February 2018

Great Fert reports ladies!

best of luck on your ET tomorrow @tosh24!

shortstack930 · February 2018

My ER will be Monday! Tonight should be my last night of stims and trigger hopefully tomorrow night!

kristimh80 · February 2018

@tosh24 Thinking of you today!!! Happy Transfer Day!!!

@shortstack930 Exciting!!!

tosh24 · February 2018

Thank you @northbeach3 and @kristimh80!!! Everything went well today and beta is Feb 12th. Just got back from acupuncture and am feeling nice and relaxed. I'm feeling a lazy night of movie watching coming on

ed2018 · February 2018

Hi all just received another update. I have 4emmbies now and will wait for the Pgd testing. (4-6 weeks) I will see my Dr this week and see if I need to do another round of ivf to get more eggs. Did anyone have an similar situation?

kristimh80 · February 2018

@tosh24 Love it!!! Hopefully Feb 12th is a great day for us both! That's also my follow up day to talk about my embryo transfer

@ed2018 FX for good reports from testing!

northbeach3 · February 2018

@tosh24 how many did you end up transferring? my fx are crossed for a sticky bean!

beachbunnyxo123 · February 2018

@tosh24 glad that everything went well and that you had a nice relaxing day today!! Fx for you!!

@kristimh80 wow 28 fertilized!!!!! What a great report!! Keep us posted!!

@ASabelko 15 embryos! Congrats!! How was your update today?

@ed2018 hoping you get great testing results for your 4 embies!

@shortstack930 yas girl you got this!!!!

AFM we got our PGS results back already!!! Our embaby tested normal!!! We are absolutely thrilled! I have to get a cervical dilation surgery on 2/12 and then we will prep for FET!!!

ASabelko · February 2018

@beachbunnyxo123 We went from 15 to 13 embryos and out of those 4 are good quality. We should hear numbers again tomorrow and then our ET is Sunday!

Following ER and starting Progesterone has anyone else dealt with nausea and stomach cramps (not uterine)?

kristimh80 · February 2018

@beachbunnyxo123 So happy for you!!!

@ASabelko Yes! They gave me meds for nausea, luckily and it hasn't really been back since the day of ER. But I do get stomach cramps on and off still. Usually, for me, they are indicator that I need to go the bathroom. It was like that before ER since it got crowded down there. I figure it'll still happen until the ovaries settle back down some.

kristimh80 · February 2018

AFM: Embryologist just called. Still have 24 hanging out in culture. 11-Good, 8-Fair and 5-Poor. Tuesday they'll call with Day 6 before PGS testing. So not sure what to expect...was expecting 1/2 this today.

ed2018 · February 2018

@beachbunnyxo123 thank you for the well wishes! Good luck with your 2/12 appointment

@kristinem17 fx on Tuesday. It’s really a process and the waiting game is tough. Wishing you all the best with your embies

@ASabelko fx on your report tomorrow. Hope you feel better from the progesterone

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