Infertility

APRIL FET

1232426282950

Re: APRIL FET

  • @artemis618 AHH congratulations!! so happy for you!
    @funkykey @tosh24 I'm sorry you guys aren't feeling great. I'm sure we've all been there. All these hormones doesn't help. Sending love.
    *TW in spoiler*
    Rxed with Non Hodgkin Lymphoma in 2012
    IVF in 2013
    Married in 2014
    Stem cell transplant March 2015
    1st FET April 2018



  • Loading the player...
  • @ndz2018 no poas for me.  I’m too chicken right now.  My beta is Friday and I likely won’t get the results until the evening.  I figure if it’s not good at least I have the weekend to be sad.  Don’t want to add any stress to my work week.
  • @mcgeeva Woohoo!! I’m so excited for you!! 
  • J1006J1006 member
    @mcgeeva. Wooooohoooooooo! So happy for you 
  • @J1006 I feel the exact same way you do about this transfer terrified , scared, nervous and many more emotions I’m trying to be optimistic and if my chances were higher I think I would be more excited than terrified. 
  • Yes yes yes!!! @mcgeeva very happy for you! 
  • mcgeeva  I knew it would be gone!!!! Yes!!! SO good you don't have that hanging over your head anymore!
  • J1006J1006 member
    Does anyone have cramping before the transfer?  I started PIO Saturday and wondering if that’s what it’s from. I had some last night and then more this morning. Right now it’s on one side. Kind of feels like someone punched me in the uterus haha. 
  • J1006 absolutely.... last transfer and this one I started getting twinges and little zings in my ute and cervix after starting progesterone.
  • ndz2018  Yay!! its so close. Literally 3 weeks away!! For some reason, mine still feels far off even though its Friday! lol
  • Ladies do we need to be on estrace after FET for a while? I know I was on progestrone for 12 weeks. But don't know about estrace. I need to order if that is the case. 

    Married: 5/09 ~ TTC Since: 10/10 ~ PCOS ~ Progesterone from 10/10 - 2/11 ~ HSG on 3/18 - Clear ~ Started Metformin 1000mg & Clomid 50mg 2/11 ~ Metformin upped to 1500mg 4/6 ~ 6/7 Now going to SG and put on Clomid, Ovidrel, Gonal F, Prometrium, Estrace ~ IUI #1 7/2 = BFP!!!!!! March 6th our little man was born. 

    6/17/13 - Ovidrel, Follistim, Prometrium ~ IUI #1 7/2 = BFP! March 17th our St. Pattys day baby arrived

    10/29/17 - Started process for IVF, got pregnant & miscarried a 2nd time since summer. 2/22 started stims - Menopur, Gonal F, Cetrotide - retrieval 3/6 - , PIO, estrace 3xday - FET 4/18 = Beta 1: 616; Beta 2: 1342 = BFP 

  • mcgeeva  last fet I was on estrace until (tw) mc was discovered at my 7 week scan
  • J1006  yes! estrogen and/or progesterone gave me cramps both times...my Dr said is normal.
    @mcgeeva i was on estrace (vivelle patches) 2 every other day until MC at 5 weeks.  I think we need it to support the pregnancy, until the placenta starts working at 10-12 weeks
  • Oh okay thank you @dragonette505 so i will order some more. 

    Married: 5/09 ~ TTC Since: 10/10 ~ PCOS ~ Progesterone from 10/10 - 2/11 ~ HSG on 3/18 - Clear ~ Started Metformin 1000mg & Clomid 50mg 2/11 ~ Metformin upped to 1500mg 4/6 ~ 6/7 Now going to SG and put on Clomid, Ovidrel, Gonal F, Prometrium, Estrace ~ IUI #1 7/2 = BFP!!!!!! March 6th our little man was born. 

    6/17/13 - Ovidrel, Follistim, Prometrium ~ IUI #1 7/2 = BFP! March 17th our St. Pattys day baby arrived

    10/29/17 - Started process for IVF, got pregnant & miscarried a 2nd time since summer. 2/22 started stims - Menopur, Gonal F, Cetrotide - retrieval 3/6 - , PIO, estrace 3xday - FET 4/18 = Beta 1: 616; Beta 2: 1342 = BFP 

  • tosh24tosh24 member
    edited April 2018
    @mcgeeva if you're doing a medicated cycle,  yes. You stay on estrogen and progesterone until RE takes you off. Another one of the reasons I did a natural cycle - no Estrace! 
    Me: 35 I DH: 38
    *TW loss and children mentioned*
    DD:2006 | Dx: Unexplained Secondary Infertility | DS: 2011

    TFAS since 2012

    Oct 16: Spontaneous BFP | m/c @ 9w1d (massive SCH) | D&C
    Apr 17: IUI #1 = BFN
    May 17: IUI #2 = BFN
    Jun 17: IUI #3 = Late BFP (18 DPO) | NMC 17Jul17 @ ~6w
    Aug 17: IUI #4 = Cancelled due to premature ovulation | TI = BFN
    Sep 17: IUI #5 = Cancelled due to overstimulation (10+ follies)
    Nov 17: IVF #1 = Cancelled due to non-IF related health issue | TI = BFN
    Dec 17: IVF #1 = Puregon 200, Menopur 75, Orgalutran, Suprefact trigger due to OHSS risk | 22R, 18M, 16F, 10B frozen  
    Feb 18: FET #1 (medicated) = BFN
    Mar 18: FET #2 (natural cycle) = CP (beta 1: 54; beta 2: 0)
    Apr 18: FET #3 (natural cycle) = cancelled due to missed ovulation
    Apr 18: FET #3 (natural cycle) = BFP! Beta 1: 201  Beta 2: 585 Beta 3: 3254 Beta 4: 9715 U/S 19May - one bean measuring on track with a HB of 125!
    EDD: 07Jan2019 Team Green
    My Rainbow Baby Boy born 03Jan2019 <3 

  • @mcgeeva yay!  Glad the fluid is gone and you are good to go.
  • mcgeevamcgeeva member
    edited April 2018
    @tosh24 do you think unmedicated was better for you? If you don't do meds what do you do instead? I don't think I would ever have that option considering my body skips steps and never O's.

    Married: 5/09 ~ TTC Since: 10/10 ~ PCOS ~ Progesterone from 10/10 - 2/11 ~ HSG on 3/18 - Clear ~ Started Metformin 1000mg & Clomid 50mg 2/11 ~ Metformin upped to 1500mg 4/6 ~ 6/7 Now going to SG and put on Clomid, Ovidrel, Gonal F, Prometrium, Estrace ~ IUI #1 7/2 = BFP!!!!!! March 6th our little man was born. 

    6/17/13 - Ovidrel, Follistim, Prometrium ~ IUI #1 7/2 = BFP! March 17th our St. Pattys day baby arrived

    10/29/17 - Started process for IVF, got pregnant & miscarried a 2nd time since summer. 2/22 started stims - Menopur, Gonal F, Cetrotide - retrieval 3/6 - , PIO, estrace 3xday - FET 4/18 = Beta 1: 616; Beta 2: 1342 = BFP 

  • @mcgeeva Natural cycle is way better for me.  I won't ever do a medicated cycle again. If you don't O naturally, it's a little more complicated because you will have to be on stims and then be triggered. Does femara work for you?  That's what my clinic uses for patients who don't O and want a "natural" cycle FET. Then you'd just trigger when ready and use progesterone. If you don't respond to femara, I have heard of ladies doing low dose Gonal F or similar to grow a follie or two and then trigger. You only need to do a fraction of the progesterone as well if you do a natural cycle which is another bonus. Because you have to monitor follicles, the monitoring is more like an IUI cycle rather than the one check they do during a mediated cycle,  but I'd still rather the disruption of monitoring appointments than having to live by my alarm 3 times a day for 12 weeks using Estrace and progesterone (if KU). I feel way better just going with my body's natural flow than trying to suppress my system. My body just doesn't like it. 
    Me: 35 I DH: 38
    *TW loss and children mentioned*
    DD:2006 | Dx: Unexplained Secondary Infertility | DS: 2011

    TFAS since 2012

    Oct 16: Spontaneous BFP | m/c @ 9w1d (massive SCH) | D&C
    Apr 17: IUI #1 = BFN
    May 17: IUI #2 = BFN
    Jun 17: IUI #3 = Late BFP (18 DPO) | NMC 17Jul17 @ ~6w
    Aug 17: IUI #4 = Cancelled due to premature ovulation | TI = BFN
    Sep 17: IUI #5 = Cancelled due to overstimulation (10+ follies)
    Nov 17: IVF #1 = Cancelled due to non-IF related health issue | TI = BFN
    Dec 17: IVF #1 = Puregon 200, Menopur 75, Orgalutran, Suprefact trigger due to OHSS risk | 22R, 18M, 16F, 10B frozen  
    Feb 18: FET #1 (medicated) = BFN
    Mar 18: FET #2 (natural cycle) = CP (beta 1: 54; beta 2: 0)
    Apr 18: FET #3 (natural cycle) = cancelled due to missed ovulation
    Apr 18: FET #3 (natural cycle) = BFP! Beta 1: 201  Beta 2: 585 Beta 3: 3254 Beta 4: 9715 U/S 19May - one bean measuring on track with a HB of 125!
    EDD: 07Jan2019 Team Green
    My Rainbow Baby Boy born 03Jan2019 <3 

  • tosh24  I did a partial natural cycle where I didn't use any meds until O, but my clinic still wanted all their patients on luteal support through the first tri. I think it just depends on your doc. I had hoped to escape luteal support last FET too, but my clinic insisted on it. And my current clinic doesn't even DO natural FET's which bummed me out :(
  • @dragonette505 Yeah I have to be on progesterone as well during the LP (and until 10 weeks if I get a BFP). I've never had any issues with my progesterone level but they still put everyone on LP support. The natural cycle peeps get to be on less progesterone, though  (supps 2x/day instead of 3). Bummer your clinic doesn't do natural cycles. My RE said at my clinic personally,  they haven't seen a difference in success rates between medicated and natural FETs so it's up to the patient what they want to do (they do stimulated FETs for annovulatory women). My body just really hated the vaginal Estrace, likely because of endo, so I was in constant pain. 
    Me: 35 I DH: 38
    *TW loss and children mentioned*
    DD:2006 | Dx: Unexplained Secondary Infertility | DS: 2011

    TFAS since 2012

    Oct 16: Spontaneous BFP | m/c @ 9w1d (massive SCH) | D&C
    Apr 17: IUI #1 = BFN
    May 17: IUI #2 = BFN
    Jun 17: IUI #3 = Late BFP (18 DPO) | NMC 17Jul17 @ ~6w
    Aug 17: IUI #4 = Cancelled due to premature ovulation | TI = BFN
    Sep 17: IUI #5 = Cancelled due to overstimulation (10+ follies)
    Nov 17: IVF #1 = Cancelled due to non-IF related health issue | TI = BFN
    Dec 17: IVF #1 = Puregon 200, Menopur 75, Orgalutran, Suprefact trigger due to OHSS risk | 22R, 18M, 16F, 10B frozen  
    Feb 18: FET #1 (medicated) = BFN
    Mar 18: FET #2 (natural cycle) = CP (beta 1: 54; beta 2: 0)
    Apr 18: FET #3 (natural cycle) = cancelled due to missed ovulation
    Apr 18: FET #3 (natural cycle) = BFP! Beta 1: 201  Beta 2: 585 Beta 3: 3254 Beta 4: 9715 U/S 19May - one bean measuring on track with a HB of 125!
    EDD: 07Jan2019 Team Green
    My Rainbow Baby Boy born 03Jan2019 <3 

  • tosh24  I'm betting my clinic does it for timing convenience... even my transfer was timed for scheduling... I could've done Wednesday or Thursday, but my doc wanted to do Friday for her own convenience. In a way its fine because I can have three days of downtime instead of one, but it just shows how much stuff is probably unnecessary. 
  • suzycupcakesuzycupcake member
    edited April 2018
    @mcgeeva Yayyyyyy and FET is tomorrow! I'm rooting for those baby girls! <3 
    People think we become mothers when we give birth but the truth is we become mothers the moment we start calling our babies to us in our thoughts, dreams and prayers. Some paths are short and some are so long that you can easily forget where you were headed.

    How I feel all of the time.
    My 7 Year Journey ***Tw in spoiler***
    IVF
    IVF #1 - September 2018; Follistim, Menopur, Cetrotide & Lupron/HCG combo trigger; PGS; ICSI
    Back on Levothyroxine
    FET #1 - October 2018; cancelled, all PGS aneuploid
    FET #1 - November 30th, transferred anyway
    Wondfo BFP 5dp5dt, CB Digi 6dpt, 
    1st Beta on 7dpt 93
    2nd Beta on 10dpt 510!

    TTC #1 since 2011. Tried for 5 years before we knew there was a one year rule.
    Diag w/MS 2016; w/PCOS & IF 2017
    New RE 2018; PCOS diagnosis taken away, IF due to ovary adhesions, but prev. RE insists PCOS IF

    IUI
    IUI #1 July 2017 w/100mg Clo+trigger; BFN; benched w/big cysts
    IUI #2 October 2017 w/50mg Clo+trigger; BFN; benched w/big cysts
    IUI #3 February 2018 w/5mg Femara+trigger; low P
    BFP February; mc March; Subclinical hypothyroid started Levothyroxine 
    IUI #4 March 2018 w/7.5mg Femara+trigger; BFN
    Medicated cycle & TI April 2018 w/7.5mg Femara+trigger; BFN
    Tried several cycles on our own; all BFN
     
  • J1006J1006 member
    @mcgeeva Happy transfer day!! GL!
  • @J1006 The small victories are definitely worth celebrating when pumping yourself full of hormones lol!!!!

    @mcgeeva Happy Transfer Day! Hope everything goes smoothly. Thinking sticky thoughts for you! 
    Me: 35 I DH: 38
    *TW loss and children mentioned*
    DD:2006 | Dx: Unexplained Secondary Infertility | DS: 2011

    TFAS since 2012

    Oct 16: Spontaneous BFP | m/c @ 9w1d (massive SCH) | D&C
    Apr 17: IUI #1 = BFN
    May 17: IUI #2 = BFN
    Jun 17: IUI #3 = Late BFP (18 DPO) | NMC 17Jul17 @ ~6w
    Aug 17: IUI #4 = Cancelled due to premature ovulation | TI = BFN
    Sep 17: IUI #5 = Cancelled due to overstimulation (10+ follies)
    Nov 17: IVF #1 = Cancelled due to non-IF related health issue | TI = BFN
    Dec 17: IVF #1 = Puregon 200, Menopur 75, Orgalutran, Suprefact trigger due to OHSS risk | 22R, 18M, 16F, 10B frozen  
    Feb 18: FET #1 (medicated) = BFN
    Mar 18: FET #2 (natural cycle) = CP (beta 1: 54; beta 2: 0)
    Apr 18: FET #3 (natural cycle) = cancelled due to missed ovulation
    Apr 18: FET #3 (natural cycle) = BFP! Beta 1: 201  Beta 2: 585 Beta 3: 3254 Beta 4: 9715 U/S 19May - one bean measuring on track with a HB of 125!
    EDD: 07Jan2019 Team Green
    My Rainbow Baby Boy born 03Jan2019 <3 

  • @mcgeeva good luck today!! Let us know how it goes!!
  • For all you girls who love a ttc/due date calculator. This one is an IMPLANTATION calculator! Lol
    https://www.yourivfjourney.com/baby-calculators-for-pregnancy/implantation-date/
  • For all you girls who love a ttc/due date calculator. This one is an IMPLANTATION calculator! Lol
    https://www.yourivfjourney.com/baby-calculators-for-pregnancy/implantation-date/
    LOVE THIS! THANK YOU @dragonette505
  • @mcgeeva HAPPY TRANSFER DAY!
  • @mcgeeva NAH enjoy your cup of coffee! Hope your doggie is ok!
  • mcgeevamcgeeva member
    edited April 2018
    ndz2018 said:
    @mcgeeva NAH enjoy your cup of coffee! Hope your doggie is ok!
    Thank you! He’s okay just 15 and falling apart. Has a half collapsed trachea, bladder stones and heart issues but one of those things some nights are worse then others. Otherwise he’s his happy peppy self. He sleeps with me but by the third trip outside at 3 I couldn’t take him he went downstairs. He thought it was a good time to keep going out every hour to sniff around like it was time for a stroll

    Married: 5/09 ~ TTC Since: 10/10 ~ PCOS ~ Progesterone from 10/10 - 2/11 ~ HSG on 3/18 - Clear ~ Started Metformin 1000mg & Clomid 50mg 2/11 ~ Metformin upped to 1500mg 4/6 ~ 6/7 Now going to SG and put on Clomid, Ovidrel, Gonal F, Prometrium, Estrace ~ IUI #1 7/2 = BFP!!!!!! March 6th our little man was born. 

    6/17/13 - Ovidrel, Follistim, Prometrium ~ IUI #1 7/2 = BFP! March 17th our St. Pattys day baby arrived

    10/29/17 - Started process for IVF, got pregnant & miscarried a 2nd time since summer. 2/22 started stims - Menopur, Gonal F, Cetrotide - retrieval 3/6 - , PIO, estrace 3xday - FET 4/18 = Beta 1: 616; Beta 2: 1342 = BFP 

  • kristimh80kristimh80 member
    edited April 2018
    @mcgeeva Happy Transfer Day!! Sorry your puppy kept you up all night! Hopefully, later this afternoon you can get some rest :) 

    @dragonette505  Love that calculator! 

    TTC #1 since April 2015
    June 2016 - CP
    2017 - Medicated Cycles & IUI's
    IVF w/ PGS  - January 2018
    FET #1 - April 2018 - BFN
    ERA Cycle May / June 2018
    ERA Biopsy June 2018 ~ Results: receptive (no change)
    FET #2 - July 2018 - BFP <3 Beta #1 - 137 Beta #2 - 410
    U/S #1 7wk1d - HB 144 U/S #2 9w1d HB 166
    Anatomy Scan 1st 11/2/18 2nd AS 11/19
    EDD March 28, 2019
    Baby Girl born 3/26/19  <3



Sign In or Register to comment.
Choose Another Board
Search Boards
"
"