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[abraham&sarah]

The results were negative on Friday.  I am pretty devastated.   Thanks for all of your prayers and well wishes.

[Hope2Bpositive]

That is a very sad news. All I can say is, I know how it feels, after a month of excitement no results. Well, may be one of your frozen embryos is your destiny. You still have quite a number of those, so look forward for that. I hope I can lessen your mourning period.

[abraham&sarah]

Thanks.  We are exploring transferring the cryopreserved embryos.  Since we exhausted all of our authorized cycles with the insurance company, we need to come up with $4,000.  We've already dished out so much money.

[Hope2Bpositive]

I hope you're better now. What line of action are you guys taking?

[Hope2Bpositive]

What's new at your end. Are you trying for a frozen cycle or a freah one?

[suzettee]

Well i have beingTTc for some time now and nothing but when i read all these sad stories what all you people have to go through it break my heart i once was gald when i didn't have a period from September 18 thought it was pregnancy but it actually show up on the 3 of november i still can't get over the fact that i'm not pregnant since this was the first time i miss my period i had being feeling something on my right side maybe i'm going crazy but good luck to all you who are trying and i willbe here to listen and pray for all you guys.

[abraham&sarah]

Hey there!!   We have an appointment on November 16th as the first step to a frozen embryo transfer.  From what I understand, on day 12 of the cycle, a sono and blood test are given (that's what the 16th is for) and if everything looks good, the embryos are transferred at the start of ovulation. For me ovulation should be the 13th day of the cycle (half of 26 days), which would be Nov. 17th.  I will keep everyone in the know.

Your next cycle will be starting soon huh?  How are you feeling about it?  You have been very supportive of everyone and I really appreciate it.  I really hope you have success.

[Hope2Bpositive]

Thanks for your comment. My drugs shall be starting around 15th and I am scheduled for blood work and ultrasound on Nov 28th. Lets see if we make it this time.
How many frozen embryos are they transferring and at what day did they freeze, day3 or beyond that? Lets pray that all of us are successful this time!!

[abraham&sarah]

I promise to keep you in my prayers throughout your process.  In having faith, I declare that we WILL all be successful!!!!!!  

Three embryos survived through blastocyst (day5) and were then cryopreserved.  All 3 will be transferred.

[abraham&sarah]

Correction - my appointment is tomorrow the 9th not the 16th.  So transfer would be sometime this weekend if everything checks out ok.

[Hope2Bpositive]

Good luck to you, hopefully it works this time. I took a second opinion yesterday from another infertility specialist. He mentioned that patients like me, who produce a lot of eggs and the eggs fertilize well, but there is failure of implantation, might benefit with immunological work-up for antibodies. Also he mentiioned that 3rd day genetic testing of the embryos by CGH, would be helpful, since only the genetically healthy embryos wopuld be transferred, which have an implantation rate of 70-75%. Have your doctors ever dicsussed about these options to you, since my primary infertility specialist has never talked about these options.

[abraham&sarah]

Sorry for the delay in responding.  I haven't been online since last week.  My docs never discussed any of that with me.  I'm going to ask.  Are you planning to switch docs?

[Hope2Bpositive]

No, I am not planning to switch doctors for the current cycle. Maybe after this cycle I might consider. You must have had your transfer last weekend. All the best for that. Hopefully the embryos decide to stick this time.

[abraham&sarah]

No transfer because my estradiol wasn't high enough.  I have  consult with the doc on 11/21. My cycle starts again on 11/23 and we'll see at that time what my estradiol level is.

[mrpatsy]

I just had my eggs implanted 3 my very own eggs. I was told to lounge around and keep off my feet for a few days. I can feel things moving around in my tummy. This is my very first IVF and I am 42 years old. I hope it works. Wish me the best and the best to all you good folks out there

[abraham&sarah]

Please let me know how it goes.  I wish you the best.

I've done IVF 3 times and haven't been successful.  Everything goes extremely well through the transfer but the blood tests always come back negative.  My doctor says it's simply because I'm 41 years old.  

I have 3 frozen embryos that we are going to transfer and I'm praying they will implant.

God's blessings on you.

[mrpatsy]

I did my pregnancy test and on last Friday and the leevl was 31.1. The clinic said that it was a positive pregnancy, and I was so happy and excited. However on Monday I did another pregnancy test and teh level was 11. Then on Tuesday another one was done and teh levl dropped to 6.8. The nurse told me to redo teh test today which is Thursday which I did. I am trying to hold on to the last little bit of hope for my IVF to be successful. I don't know what whill happen today. Right now I am only hoping for a miracle from God. The nurse said that if my level drops lower then they would let me stop teh progesterone shots and teh estradiol pills and then my I would start bleeding. I am so unhappy right now and I have been crying alot. I accidently run into a nurse who does maternity stuff and I told me my situation she said that I could still be pregnant and that stress can cause the hcg levels to drop. I am hoping that she is right and that I am still pregnant.

I am so devestated and I am at a complete loss.

I hope that things work out for you with your frozen embryo. I still got 7 frozen ones so I still got some little hope left.

[mrpatsy]

The nurse finally called and siad that my level of hcg dropped to below 5. So now I am not pregnant anymore I did have a miscarriage. She stopped me from using the progesterone shots and also the estradiol pills. I have already started crying and is actually so worked up about it. I made another follow up appointment to do a frozen transfer. I pray and hope to god that it works fine this time. I am 42 years old and getting older every day so I have to do something real soon.

[Hope2Bpositive]

Hope you're doing fine and youre estradiol is rising. I haven't been on the net since a long time. I had my transfer yesterday. This time I had day 3 transfer, since a couple of my embryos underwent fragmentation. The ones transferred appeared good to the embryologist and were intact. I have to wait till the end of this month to find out the results.

[mrpatsy]

How soon do you have  a period after you stop taking the progesterone shots?  I stopped the shots since 13 Dec when my clinic found out that my hcg level had dropped below 5. The nurse said I had a miscarriage. I am ready to start a new cycle again but I have to wait until my period comes normally. Anyone out there knows is it 1 week or two weeks?

[Hope2Bpositive]

Sorry to hear about your miscarriage after an initial excitement of scucess. Last cycle I had a positive hCG but the level was very low. My period started within a week.

[mrpatsy]

Is there anyone out who knows about Frozen Embryo Transfer. I read that FET has a lower rate of pregnancy. Is there anyone who had a pregnancy from Frozen embryos? I also heard that not all the embryos survive after being thawed.

I am about to start my new IVF cycle and do a Frozen Embryo Transfer hopefully this month or in January 2008.

I am keeping my fingers crossed and praying that it will work and turn out to be fine.

[Renee331]

Glad to find some over 40's trying to conceive.  I wish the both of you the best of luck and keep the faith (prayer ). Please keep me informed! I am 42 and on my second cycle of IVF.  The first was a day 3 tranfer of 4 grade A m(had one frozen blast as well) eggs and I just knew I would beat the stats, however I had no symptoms and got a neg. beta.  Then while waiting to start my second cycle I got pregnent onmy own (shocked, told I had tube blockage on HSG), we followed it for atleast 8 weeks and then I finally had D/C at 12 weeks becuase I wanted it over with.  Then it took another 6-8 weeks for my beta to go to zero.  So all in all I spent 5-6 motnhs on this pregnancy which found out was  a Trisomy 16.

Now I am on my second IVF, day 9 post tranfer of 3 embryos, only 2 grade A this time and again no symptoms except a little nausea (just not hungry also) and fatigue.  And actually last night I had some bright red spotting, very faint which has now turned brownish and still very, very faint.  My theory is that this was not implantatiation bleeding but probably disattachement of an embryo that did not make it, I fell fine now, no symptoms at all.

I do not even want to go in for my beta on the 12/23.  I don't want tha dreaded "i'm sorry" call. Well you are 42, we knew this could happen...etc.  We'll talk later..." I guess I still feel that I have atleast 1 or 2 good eggs left, just may take another cycle or 2 or 3 to get the timing right and for that one good egg to fertilize and implant.  

So my thought are, am I being unrealistic at 42.5.  All my   numbers look great, day 3 FSH 7, normal anatomy.  I so want to keep trying after this, so I might switch clinics.  I read some take woman up to 45 for IVF (their own eggs).  Although God willing  I don't plan to be trying that long, and I hope if this doesn't work out, I will be realistic.

Any way, enough about me, I will keep all of you in my prayers........

[babyluving]

hello i am new to this site i think it is wonderfull. i just wanted to share a little of my story i have had ivf 2 different times the first time the doc i used wasnt even trained  to do the procedure it is very important to investigate the docs some do it for the money side and others really have the knowledge of the procedure. however i did not get preg i did more research and i found a great dr. i did ivf through his clinic 3 fresh tran i got pregnant with a little boy wonderfull blessing he has been . all well with the pregnacey (however my blood hcg did start out a little lower then they wanted to see)  but all went well.  my husband and i decided we would love to give our little boy a brother or sister i had a FET 6 moths afer i had him 3 transfered i did not get pregnant was devistated . i had 4 embryos left and had them grown to blastocyst stage 3 of them made it out of the freeze the embryoligist said they looked great they were transfered on 12-14-07 this is our last hope. my hcg test is on 12-21 and 12-23 this time around i have had different symptoms slight ligament pulling post 1 day of transfere some nausea and dizzy spells i took a urine test it was neg i am still praying for the best however the good lord has blessed me with one child in my life time and i am thankfull for that . i know that some people would rather have their own children but their is a lot of wonderfull children out there that need parents like you to love them . i pray for all of you that are going through this procedure you have been very great and supportive to everyone .  please be sure you are useing a reputible doc it makes all the difference in the world .  god bless you all in your journey :)

[mrpatsy]

I am about to go to my doctor for a follow up tomorrow so that I can start another cycle and have the Frozen Embryos transfrerred. I have 7 Frozen Embryos from last cycle. I hope this works this time. I am so stressed and upset thatthe first IVF did not work. I actually got pregnant but my hcg dropped all the way down to under 5. I think that after I got  apositive pregnancy I thought it was ok and I went about doing all daily activities as usual and I also went back to the usual routine of work and stressed myself out. I kind of blame myself a bit.

I just turned 42 in November and I have been trying all my life to get pregnant but the doctor said that I am not ovulating so he suggested IVF. I am also keeping all o fyou in my prayers and hope things work out well.

Do you all know what you have to do to go on ahead and transfer a forzen embryo? Do youhave to take shots before teh transfer? Or do you have to do blood work and moniture your temperature?
I have no idea about what to expect from teh doctor tomorrow. The whole IVF cycle was pure painful and torture with those needles every day. I thought it was just torture and then at the end disappointment.

Well I will stay positive and continue with my IVF until I get pregnant. I am not giving up like that. God must have somehting there for me.

[babyluving]

hello  i just wanted to tell you i am currently going through the frozen embryo transfere . it is just as hard i have been taking estradial injectiond every tue and fri and a week before they transfered the frozen embryos i started on progestron every am . i will be going for my first blood test in the am   and  my final test on sunday . if you have more questions i will let you know more later im on my way to work .   please dont give up i pray to god you will have the oppurtunity to become a momma god bless you

[babyluving]

hello  i just wanted to tell you i am currently going through the frozen embryo transfere . it is just as hard i have been taking estradial injectiond every tue and fri and a week before they transfered the frozen embryos i started on progestron every am . i will be going for my first blood test in the am   and  my final test on sunday . if you have more questions i will let you know more later im on my way to work .   please dont give up i pray to god you will have the oppurtunity to become a momma god bless you

[sophie9]

Hi, I am wondering if any of you have information on success rates for first time IVF cycles.  I am currently going through my first IVF cycle and am due for my blood pregnancy test on 12/31.  The two week wait is so nerve racking and I am feeling very little symptoms.  Just curious.

[sophie9]

Hi, I am wondering if any of you have information on success rates for first time IVF cycles.  I am currently going through my first IVF cycle and am due for my blood pregnancy test on 12/31.  The two week wait is so nerve racking and I am feeling very little symptoms.  Just curious.

[mrpatsy]

I went to my doctor today and he told me that I can start the Leupron injections on 7 January then a week or two later on I start the progesterone shot then we do the Frozen Embryos transfer.

Now 7 January seems like a lifetime away for me. I am hoping that this one sticks and makes it through. Well good luck to you too with you blood work. I know it was so nerveracking and I felt so lost after I found out I was no longer pregnant.

Anyways I am keeping my chim up and taking another step towards a new cycle.

[babyluving]

i am happy for you i hope all goes well through the procedure . thank you much for the kind words i did have my first test today i will get the second test on sunday i just started spotting today so i dont know what the future holds i am currently still taking progestron injections every am along with estridal injections every tue and friday i gues only time will tell .thanks for the kindness keep me posted :)

[Biegal13]

I'm doing my 1st Frozen Embryo Transfer. The 1st round of IVF didn't work in November. Waiting is the hardest part of all of this. I totally agree with you. I've started the lupron, and estrogen. I take the Progestrogen on the 4th if everything goes as planned with the ultrasound on the 2nd. This means the transfer would happen on Jan 7th and I would know by the 21st. I'm hopig 2008 starts of well for me.

I wish you the best with all of this!

[sophie9]

I hope this post finds all of you well and hopeful.  If one IVF cycle does not work, how long do you have to wait before starting the next?  My first retrieval did not allow for any eggs to go through the freezing process so I will have to do a whole cycle all over again.  Time is so important that I don't want any down time.  Does anyone know how much time, if any, is needed in between the end of one cycle and the start of another?

Happy Holidays!

[babyluving]

hello i just wanted to let you know that i have went through all of this for sometime now i recommend you waiting a couple months at least your body can catch up againe and have a break from all the meds i think you will be alot better off to have a clean and healthy start.i wish you the very best and hope things work for you.

[babyluving]

hello just wanted too let you know i had my blood test this am and guess what it was positive i believe their is hope just keep working at it god bless you all have a very merry christmas and may nothing but wonderfull blessings come your way this new year ;)

[mrpatsy]

I did an IVF cycle in November. I did get pregnant but then my hcg levels dropped and within 5 days I was no longer pregnant. I then had to stop the progesterone shots and my period came down within a week. I now have to wait until January 7 and take the lupron shots, when my period comes down then I will have to tell the nurse and then I will start taking the progesterone shots. But I am doing a frozen embryo so mine  might be a bit earlier. Maybe to do the whole cycle all over again it might be a month just like my wait.

I hope this one works for me this time. We all put a lot of time and effort and money into it and lets hope that miracles happen to us.

Stay positive a nd have a wonderful holiday.

[mrpatsy]

I am happy for you and your positive test. I am starting my new cycle on January 7 so I am praying and looking forward to getting the best out of it. I hope that things work out for me and for everyone else out here.

Have a happy holiday too and best wishes for the new year.

[Biegal13]

I was told to wait one cycle before trying again after our 1st failed cycle. Then they put me on the pill and after my menus I went back on the lupron again. So in total it was 2 months to get going again.

I'm doing a frozen embryo transfer this time, but I was given the option of doing a regular IVF and keeping the frozen embryos for later. We decided to go with the the FET and are planning for the tranfer on Jan 7th.

I hope this helps.

Best to everyone and merry x-mas.

[manybabies]

I'm going through this for the 2nd time. The first time I was told I was pregnant but the HCG level was around 12.  It didn't get any higher and not pregnancy.  So try not to get discouraged.  This is my 2nd time and I was told Monday that I was pregnant. My HCG level was 200.  I was check for a pregnancy 12 days after my implant. I took a pregnancy test on the 12th day b/c I couldn't wait. The first time it came up positive,but the lines were weak. The 2nd time it was darker, but that doesn't mean anything. It really depends on your HCG levels and they should double every 2 days. The 2nd time around I didn't go to the gym at all and really took it easy.
Good luck

[sophie9]

Thank you very much for your responses.  I did find out today that I am not pregnant.  My beta was less than 1.  We are going to have a consultation with our doctor this Thursday to determine our next steps.  I really hope we don't have to wait much time before starting again, but I do want to do what's right to get pregnant.  Although this was no surprise, it was very disapointing.  But, at least we can try again.  

Congratulations to you, ManyBabies, for your pregnancy.  That is very exciting!  You give me hope that it can happen.  

Best of luck to everyone!  Let's hope for a promising and POSITIVE 2008!  

[Biegal13]

I'm doing my FET on Monday Jan 7th. I'm just hoping that 1 or 2 of my frozen embryo's survive the thawing process. I have 4 good frozen embryos.

Any of you try assited hatching? My clinic is having us do that with a 4 days of a steriod. Please keep your fingers crossed for us!

Best to all of you.

[sarahmanda]

anyone have my problem i am 30. had a succesful pregnancy at 25 and have a four year old. my husband had back surgery causing problems for us. i have undergone ivf 3 times now, 2 chemical pregnancies? what the hell...is there any hope

[Biegal13]

We were able to transfer 2 yesterday. Let the 2ww begin!

Sarahmanda... have they tried putting you on estrogen or even doubling it? Mine is doubled right now.... hoping this helps me this time. Not the same issue as yours... but could help the uterus lining.

[sarahmanda]

well the first 2 times they tested my progesterone levels half way in between and they were at the high end. the last time they didn't test them halfway between because of the holidays so i dont know what they were. i think that if they could put the embryos back in when i was naturally ovulating (freeze them) i think that would work i dont know i am very frustrated though i thought this would be no problem since i already had a healthy baby and i have no reproductive issues i am going somewhere else though the next time.

[Biegal13]

Good luck. I know this is very hard.

I would have them monitor your estrogen levels as well since this is the nutrients for your lining. The progestrogen helps you not get your period... but a good linging is key.

Keep in touch and hang in there.

[babyluving]

hello just in case you are still around i just wanted to tell you i had my seven week ultrasound today and found out i am pregnant with triplets can you belive that me and my husband have been on a ten year journey to get pregnant and here i am pregnant with triplets. i seen all three heartbeats today i hope all goes well for my little ones please keep them in your prayers. as i will continue to keep you and everyone else in my prayers

[mrpatsy]

I am happy for you and after that long 10 year journey you can sit back relax and just settle for those triplets. So congratulations to you and your husband.

I started taking my lupron shots on Monday as soon as I get a period I am supposed to call the nurse and go in for an ultrasound. I should do my second IVF the end of January or early February. I have frozen embryos so I am using those. Hopefully things work out well with my transfer. This is my only hope left to have kids.
I am hopeing that things work out well for you and everyone else out there who has been working hard towards thier goal and I also hope that things work out for me too.

[mrpatsy]

I am happy for you and after that long 10 year journey you can sit back relax and just settle for those triplets. So congratulations to you and your husband.

I started taking my lupron shots on Monday as soon as I get a period I am supposed to call the nurse and go in for an ultrasound. I should do my second IVF the end of January or early February. I have frozen embryos so I am using those. Hopefully things work out well with my transfer. This is my only hope left to have kids.
I am hopeing that things work out well for you and everyone else out there who has been working hard towards thier goal and I also hope that things work out for me too.

[Biegal13]

Congradulations!!! Triplets!!!!

Enjoy every moment of this! It shows that all your hard work and emotional up and downs were all worth it.

I hope to get good news on the 18th. One week down... this 2WW is really hard.

Best! :)

Nicole

[littlefeet]

We had two blastocysts transferred on Jan 7.  We did a hpt this morning and it is negative.  We go to the Dr.  Tuesday.  This is our 2nd IVF and we did 6 IUI's.  Ughhhh  Do you think it was too soon and it we still might be pregnant?  We got pregnant with the first IVF but had a missed miscarriage at 8 weeks.

[babyluving]

thank you for the congrats i hope all works out for you you definately deserve the chance after all you have gone through. keep us updated god bless stay strong

[babyluving]

hello we had to three blastocysts tranfered  i took an hpt 5 days post transfere it was negative . i took one 8 days post transfere it was negative . so my appointment for the beta was the 10th day i couldnt wait till morning so i took antother hpt late night very early moring of blood test and had a very faint positive. and i am now pregnant with triplets with u/s confirmation. so yes it is way to soon to get a positive hpt. hang in there i know i cant say much but god has his plan for us all i hope you get good news all i ever hope for is good news for you all good luck keep your head up.

[littlefeet]

Good luck with your triplets.  When we did the blast, the embryologist came in and said one of our embryos had a bridge between two cell masses which could indicate twins.  She was very excited as she had never seen that before and they had just been hearing about this.  So, in the beginning we were "kidding" we could have triplets.  From that to holding your breath for just one.  This is an agonizing process and most people just have no idea!  Bless you all.  Two days to blood test.  Babyluving, you gave us some hope after a day of tears.

[babyluving]

hello i hope you have good news for us all today

[babyluving]

hello its good to hear from you thank you for your kind words it makes things alot easier when people are positive . i really do hope things work out for you keep your head up and stay positive god bless you all in this heartfelt jouney

[littlefeet]

The blood work was negative so we are not pregnant yet again.  Strike 8.  Our RE wants us to skip a month so we'll schedule a consult next week.  Two more tries and then insurance runs out....

[babyluving]

i am so sorry for the news was really hopeing for the best  i will talk to you soon

[Biegal13]

Littlefeet - I'm so sorry to hear your news. Just wanted you to know others are out there thinking of you today. My insurance ends after this try as well and I still haven't been refunded for the costs there were suppose to cover.

All,
I have my pregancy test on Friday. I had 2 (3-day) frozen embryo's transfered on the 7th. I took a pregnany test this evening (9 days post transfer) and it was a no. Here's hoping that things change on the Friday. I'm going to try and not take another test b/c all it did was make me sad.

Still hoping! :)

Thanks for listening.

Nicole

[littlefeet]

I'll be thinking of you until Friday.  Hang in there.  The one thing the hpt's helped was preparation for the official BFN from the Dr.  We had already been all cried out by then.  May you continue to find the strength and courage it takes to continue to TTC!

[Biegal13]

Thanks for your note. I did another test this morning... still no. You are right... at least I'm prepared for Friday now. It won't be such a sad day.

Good news is that my husband is sooo supportive. I'm crying and he keeps telling me not to worry and we won't give up. Means a lot to me that he is 100% behind me on all of this. I was nervous b/c with no more insurance funds, now we are tapping in to our savings and reteriment. But to me... you can't put a price on your child!

Thanks for listening and being there!

Take care of yourself as well. We can contunue this journey together.

Nicole

[littlefeet]

Support does help but it doesn't make it easier with every try.  As I got closer to the day of the blood test I started singing All I Need is a Miracle.  You still hold out hope.    You are right, you can't put the price on a child and you have to keep trying as long as you can or better yet, until it happens.  Two people I work with both went throught his for years and just adopted in December.  They are thrilled but they had to get there in their own time.  Let me know how tomorrow goes.  I pray for you, and all of us, to have strength and courage!

[Biegal13]

BFN for me today. I'm doing ok. The home test helped me get ready for today.

This is only my 2nd try... One Fresh and one Frozen. We will be trying another fresh cycle when we can. I think I have to wait a bit before we can get going again. I believe I call them after my period comes and talk to the Dr again.

Waiting is the hardest part. I want to be doing something to make this happen! :(

Thanks for the support.

Nicole

[littlefeet]

So sorry.  I know there's nothing anyone can say to make it any easier.  Take the time you need and try again.  That's all you can do.  Hang in there, it will happen in its own way, and in its own time.  Keep us posted.

[Biegal13]

Thank you! I'm doing fine. Hoping to meet with the DR's soon to find out what's next and when we can get started. I'm better at moving forward then sitting and waiting.

I hope you are doing ok as well.

Best,

Nicole

[littlefeet]

We are sitting and waiting too.  The Dr. wants us to skip a cycle, go on birth control, then try a little different protocol.  We should be ready for another retirieval by the end of February.  Good luck to you

[Biegal13]

Thanks for the update.

I just met with the Dr today and we start on a different protocol when my next period comes. Looks like we will start the new cycle around the 23rd of Feb and have a retierval mid /late March.

I wish you the best as well. Stay in touch! :)

Nicole

[happyfeet122]

Hi all! Im new to this site... actually this is my first site that i actually posted to. Anyway  I just went through FET on Mon 1/28. This is my third cycle. My first one was un sucessful, the second on was a sucess with twin boys until i had a pre term labor when i was 18 weeks and a half. NOW this is the third one. My drs put two grade AA Blast in me. I havent experienced any bleeding, but i am getting light headed. My right breast is sore as of today, but not the left. I have so many mixed feelings because i would normally get my period on the 28th but my drs did my transfer that day... I read that your implantation windom is usually right before ur period. Is that correct?

Sha

[littlefeet]

Since you mention Blast I am assuming you had a Day 5 transfer.  Implantation is usually 24 - 48 hours (give or take).  Good luck

[3xcharm]

I just finished my 3rd IVF and I'm pregnant too and my 1st beta was also 200.  Out of curiosity are you pregnant with a singleton or twins?

[3xcharm]

I'm new to this site also and I wish I had found it earlier.  My husband and I have been on a 5 year journey to get pregnant and I wish I knew then what I have read now.  I'm happy to say that we just found out today that we are pregnant and my Beta was 200.  Does any one have info on if this could be a twin pregnancy?  

To Littlefeet and Biegal13
Good luck to you both.  I had a change in protocol after 2ivf and 2 IUI  and I think that is what made the difference.

[babyluving]

hello i had my first beta it was only six then the numbers sky rocketed and i am pregnant with triplets after a frozen embryo blast transfere. the doctor says that triplets are very uncommon with this type of cycle. thank god all is still well in the oven i am now going on eleven weeks and all looks very well . my doctor said they dont like to tell people how many babies they may be haveing because everones body is different you can still have a high beta and only be pregnant with a singeton but then you can have more then one the best way to confirm is your first ultrasound thats how they did it with me anyhow best of luck i hope you get what you can want god bless you and your pregnancy as well :)

[BabyGlow]

  Hello Ladies,  I am on my 2nd IVF cycle and have two more days to go for my pregnancy test.  My Dr. did a little scraping before the transfer and my husband and I are very hopeful. Has any body had this done before. I spotted about 7 days after retrieval, but just a light pink spotting.  Last time I was pregnant. I spotted the same way.  Wish me lots of luck,  I will also keep you in my prayers. Baby dust your way...

[BabyGlow]

  I forgot to tell you I am new to this site. I have looked at other sites before but never participated in forums. This site made feel comfortable and serene. It is all the good energy out there. Thanks in advance and best wishes to all of us.

[Biegal13]

Good luck! All signs sound positive! Let us know when you get a chance.

I start my 2nd Fresh Cycle at the end of Feb.  Baby dust!! :)

Best,

Nicoe

[Biegal13]

Good luck! All signs sound positive! Let us know when you get a chance.

I start my 2nd Fresh Cycle at the end of Feb.  Baby dust!! :)

Best,

Nicole

[mrpatsy]

I did my frozen embryo cycle and it did not work. I had my blood work done on last Tuesday and it came up negative. What has to be done to keep these embryos and make them stick? I think I did everythign possible to help with the implantation. I am about to start a fresh cycle since I do not have and frozen embryo left over. I was really hoping that the frozen one worked but it did not. The bad thing is that I have to pay out of my pocket for the egg retrieval and the medication. My insurance does not cover for IVF. Does anyone knows of any type of insurance that covers IVF. I am looking into new insurance so that I can get the IVF covered or else my husband and I will have to pay out of our pocket for the IVF. It really is very dissapointing that the IVF did not work this time. Last time on my first cycle I was even more devastated when I had a miscarriage. This time it was negative so I handled it easier and was prepared but disappointed. I prayed every day and it did not work, don't know what I'm doing wrong. I will see my doctor on 28 January and February and I guess the naurse siad that I can start a new cycle right away. I will have to go through with everything again egg retreival and all.

[babyluving]

i am so sorry to hear the bad news my heart goes out to you and your family. i feel your disapointment. my husband and i had to pay for all of our ivf treatments out of our pocket as well it was very hard . i really feel insurance companies should cover at least on chance at ivf it is alot cheaper for them in the long run if they only new that .i was told that a fresh  transfere has a higher rate then a frozen transfere. i really dont know what i can say but my prayers with be with you and your husband . it will happen ;)

[mrpatsy]

Well all I have to do is keep my chin up and do it all over again. Maybe this time things would be a positive with a fresh transfer. I go to the doctor next week Wednesday and  we will see then. I fell like I am throwing so much hard earned cash in the trash with these unsuccessful IVF. But as I have heard many who got pregnant by IVF have said that the joy of having a baby makes up for it all. Hopefully one day I would be pregnant too and have real babies. I hope things are going well for you with the triplets. I know you must be excited.
I remember when I first did the IVF and I got the results that I had a positive pregnancy I was so happy and the feeling was so good, only to have it all turned to disappointment a few days later on. I sure would like to have that feeling of joy once more only to have it last through the whole nine months of pregnancy. I am 42 and all my life I have been trying to have kids and I am still going through the journey today. I hope things work for me and also everyone who are in this same situation.
I am thinking that maybe I should wait until the end of March and then start another cycle so that I can give my body a rest from all this emotional torture and medications and sticking myself with so many needles.

Well you hang in there with those triplets and stay positive and so would I.

[babyluving]

hello there thank you for the positive words . i know how hard it is to want a baby we were greatly blessed with the children we have been given however we decided that if ivf didnt work we would adopt a child that needs all the love that people like you have i know it is hard but you may consider adoption its a guarantee you will have a child . the  only thing is that there is always that chance that the ivf will work . the thing that interested me about haveing one myself was the experience and i wanted to see what my little one features would look like. as far as delivery goes i was just eager to see my little one the delivery was not something i was that fond of even though i had a c section  he cost us about 40,000 out of pocket before we got him we gave up everything .he was ivf and we decided that we wanted to go on in life so we wanted to use our frozen embryos 4 were left one didnt thaw three did . we told the doc if it takes it takes we were content with one child and then what happened i think it was the volume pill the doc gave me before the procedure i was so realxed from it i even feel asleep after the procedure it was so weard .my husband was there and when i got in the car i put my seat as far back as it would go and put my feet on the dash when i got home i was on bed rest for 3 days stayed down watched lots of good happy movies and as bad as it may sound i didnt even shower i just let my hubby do everything . i want you to know that i do love my son i have now with all my heart and would do it all over again if i knew i would get him but at a point i would have considered adoption as well if i didnt have him . i really hope for the best for you . i really hope for the best for me as well i am only 13 weeks and have already been in the er i thought i had a miscarriage thankfull to god all is still ok but i wont be out of the woods untill they arrive i am very scared and all i can do is pray and be positve in about 7 weeks the doc is putting me on bed rest i am also scared of that financial burded but as i say all i can do is pray that the good lord pulls me through i have faith he will thank you for keeping me updated if you may have any question at all please feel free to ask take care and i will talk to you soon

[littlefeet]

The following is a link to find out if your state has madatory fertility coverage.  Some states have great coverage, some states don't have any. Also, check with your doctor's office to see if any patients have donated unused meds.  Hope this helps.

http://www.asrm.org/Patients/insur.html

We start our meds tonight for our third IVF attempt (first one was successfull but ended in a miscarriage at 8 weeks/2nd try was unsuccessfull).  Please keep us in your prayers!!

[Biegal13]

Sorry I'm just getting back online. I've been sick with this Flu for weeks. I'm so sorry that it didn't work. I know how hard that is...

I'm right there with you on going back to a new fresh cycle without insurance. I'm in the same boat. I'm praying this next time works... I'll be diving into our retierment saving now, fortunanlty my husband and I agree on this... but I sure wish that insurance would find a way to help us through this. :(

I'm just waiting for my period to start so I can get going with pill and then start the lupron. PRAYING PRAYING PRAYING that this time is the one.

Keep your chin up. I know it is NOT easy. Just know we are all here thinking and praying with you!!

Nicole

[Biegal13]

We start Lupron on Monday! I'm excited that things are starting again. This will be our Third try... (2nd Fresh cycle.)

Littlefeet I hope your third round is going well so far. Have you done the retrieval yet?

Best,

Nicole

[Biegal13]

We start Lupron on Monday! I'm excited that things are starting again. This will be our Third try... (2nd Fresh cycle.)

Littlefeet I hope your third round is going well so far. Have you done the retrieval yet?

Best,

Nicole

[Biegal13]

We start Lupron on Monday! I'm excited that things are starting again. This will be our Third try... (2nd Fresh cycle.)

Littlefeet I hope your third round is going well so far. Have you done the retrieval yet?

Best,

Nicole

[Biegal13]

We start Lupron on Monday! I'm excited that things are starting again. This will be our Third try... (2nd Fresh cycle.)

Littlefeet I hope your third round is going well so far. Have you done the retrieval yet?

Best,

Nicole

[Biegal13]

We start Lupron on Monday! I'm excited that things are starting again. This will be our Third try... (2nd Fresh cycle.)

Littlefeet I hope your third round is going well so far. Have you done the retrieval yet?

Best,

Nicole

[Biegal13]

We start Lupron on Monday! I'm excited that things are starting again. This will be our Third try... (2nd Fresh cycle.)

Littlefeet I hope your third round is going well so far. Have you done the retrieval yet?

Best,

Nicole

[littlefeet]

We did the retrieval (3rd time) but had to freeze them on Day 2 due to other medical issues the Dr. wanted resolved before transfer.  We had 11 eggs and 7 fertilized day 1.  Today they froze 6.  We are nervous about how many will thaw.  This is our first frozen.  Has anyone had any experiences with frozen transfers?  I have not heard of many being successful.  Also, the last two retirevals have resulted in severe abdominal pan and cramping.  Last time I went to hospital for 2 days and no one could figure it out.  It's not OHSS.  We're thinking reaction to anesthesia?  Dehydration?  Constipation?  Any ideas?  Has anyone dealt with severe cramps after rerieval?  Ughhhhh  We'll transfer next month.  So, instead of the 10 day wait, we have  a longer wait and then the 10 day wait.

[Biegal13]

I'm sorry that you are having medical issues. The good news is that you had 7 fertilized eggs and now have 6 frozen embryos. In my last cycle, I had 4 frozen and ended up with 2 great embroys after they thawed. They typically say that 50% will survive the thawing process so you should be in great shape.

I have two friends that got pregnant on their first Frozen ET. It was actually much easier on their system and it just clicked. I hope that is the same for you.

I'm sorry for the extra wait. I know how hard that is...

We start the lupron on Monday. I'm praying this is the cycle that works for us.

Nicole

[littlefeet]

Thanks for answering Nicole.  You gave us hope.  We are hoping at least three good ones thaw.  I agree that it is easier on the system and that may be what makes it click.   Especially because of the pains and cramping after retrieval.  That is still a mystery.  Anyway, wishing you all the best in this cycle.  I have heard the third time is the charm!  Keep us posted

[alhazeena]

hii every body i am new on this web , i did ivf on march/01/2008.they transfer 2 fresh embryo on march/01,day 4 after fertilization. my due date of blood test is march /15. now i am in day 9 . iam experiance cramps on my lower abdomen and feeling like i want to get my period .on day 8 i did blood test hcg it was negative . did i do very early? is there is any chance to be pregnant for the next coming day? plz help me this first time to attempt ivf .

[alhazeena]

hii every body i am new on this web , i did ivf on march/01/2008.they transfer 2 fresh embryo on march/01,day 4 after fertilization. my due date of blood test is march /15. now i am in day 9 . iam experiance cramps on my lower abdomen and feeling like i want to get my period .on day 8 i did blood test hcg it was negative . did i do very early? is there is any chance to be pregnant for the next coming day? plz help me this first time to attempt ivf .

[babyluving]

hello just wanted to tell you i took a test on the ninth day and t came out negative i didnt find out i was pregnant untill the early morning of my first pregnancy test when i did my first hcg blood test it was only 8 and i am pregnant with triplets . so even though you got a neg be positive . i hope all things work out for you and you get the news you are waiting for :)

[alhazeena]

hii thanx very much for reply and reasurance , today iam in day 11 post transfer , iam waiting for blood test on march,15. i hope every thing will be ok , but to tell u the truth iam very stress and anxious for the result . right now i am try to prepered to accept the truth what ever will be and cope with the satuation . iam pray thing to work to everybody who are hardly try to have a baby . i will write to u soon when i get my result . iam really apreciate your reply.thanx

[alhazeena]

hi, how are you ,things not good just i want to inform u that my ivf cycle failled ,my hcg was negative . iam not planning to do any more ivf right now . iam praying it will happen naturaly . thanx for your support .

[babyluving]

i am so sorry to hear your news . i hope all works out for you in the future. my heart certainly goes out to you . thank you

[mariastar]

My husband and I are on our third try of IVF.  The first round I became pregnant however after two weeks the ultrasound showed no signs of sacs.  We were not expecting that and it was very difficult.  The second round was negitive.  This time the transfer was on 3/13/08 and my blood test is scheduled for 3/24/08.  I made the mistake of taking an EPT test this morning (3/20) and it was negitive.  I was wondering if anyone has ever had a negitive on EPT and still have a positive blood test.  Our situation is a bit different.  I am 49 (very active and come from a great gene pool), my husband is 42.  The transfer was with an egg doner.  Should I still hold a glimmer of hope that the blood test will be positive?

[Biegal13]

Just checking in with you. I hope you are doing well and feeling a lot better.

I've started the hormone drugs and find out on Wednesday how things are going. Last time we started off really slow with growing the folicles. They almost canceled my cycle twice the last fresh cycle when they went in to get my eggs. I'm just praying that things are easier this time and many are produced.

Best to you,

Nicole

[littlefeet]

Hi Nicole,

Since the surgery for the perirectal abscess, the Dr. wants to wait two cycles before we transfer the little popsicles back in.  So, we are expecting to transfer them in late April.    The wait is horrible but we want to wait until we are sure everything is okay.  We only have one more try after this so we want all to be just right.  The colo-rectal surgery said we are good to go.  The fertility Dr. wants to go with a natural cycle and progesterone suppositories.  Do you know anything about that? This is our first frozen transfer.

Hope your follicles are growing - many eggs & healthy!  Keep us posted.

[Biegal13]

Hey!

I think that is really smart to wait until your body is ready. I did a frozen cycle last time with suppositories. It is really much easier then a fresh cycle. And the suppositories aren't bad at all. I actually prefer the shots at this point, but I had no issues using the suppositories. I have an absorption issue (due to scar tissue from colon surgery 3 years ago), so the shots are better for me.  Both my friends who are now preganant and due within the next three weeks did natural cycles with suppositories.. so hope that helps.

My appt went went today! YEA!! They are seeing follicle growth. I remember our 1st fresh cycle when the nurse called me and asked me if I was taking my meds. I was so appalled... of course I'm taking the meds. Who pays $12,000 and doesn't take the meds. Thankfully so far so good on producing follicles on this round. I hope this is a good sign.

Keep in touch!

Nicole

[littlefeet]

That is so awesome for you - Grow eggies, Grow!  We downloaded a great affirmation/meditation cd for each phase of IVF.  Imagery and meditation in support of Invitro-Fertilization.  Check it out.  We listened to it each night.  I think it helped.  We got the most follicles and eggs yet (11).  

Thanks for the info on suppositories - helpful and hopeful.  I really think it is going to work this time.

I can't believe the nurse asked you that.  Honestly they should know better than to mess with women on hormones.  Obviously there was a problem, so why would that be the first thing she asked.  Ughhh

Good luck and keep us posted!

[stam]

hello everyone,

i am 32 years old and had 3 operations because of endometriosis and ovarion cysts. I started my first IVF 4 weeks ago. I injected my self  for about 8 days. I had 6 eggs. unfortunately only 2 furtilized. My endometriom was excellent acording to the doctor and the inplantation (implantation) was very easy and succesful.
I just had to wait for those two long long weeks. It felt more like two years!
I felt uncomfortable around the right ovary area for about a week but the doctor told me that its from the egg colection.
My breasts wore sore could'nt sleep on my tummy. Felt nausea and a strong taste of bitterness in my mouth but that all stopped on about day 10.
I thought that since i had no pain, no spotting and since i rested for most of the time that i must be pregnant. Well, on day 14 i did the blood thest and it was negative. I since then ( Monday- a few days ago) have my period.
I am very upset but this website has helped me undestand that i am not alone.
Good luck to everyone else.
I will need to wait 3 months before i try again, so i will keep you posted for my second attempt of IVF in June.
thanks Stam.

[Biegal13]

Hi there,

I got the go ahead to take the HSG shot tonight. This means the retrieval is Wednesday. YEA! Excited to get things going. Now just praying that we get lots of eggs on Wed so we can try for a 5 day embryo transfer.

Hope you are doing well.

Nicole

[littlefeet]

Awesome!  How many follicles do they see?    Keep happy and positive thoughts for a happy uterus!  Hope all goes well.   Let me know.

[Biegal13]

Thanks for the note!

They see 10 at good size at this point. This is much better than last time when they only saw 6. So I'm praying for a good numbers tomorrow morning.

Thanks for the support. It really means a lot!

Nicole

[littlefeet]

Nicole, We've been thinking about you today and hoping all went well.

[Wakey]

Hi there,
I just had my embryo transfer on Monday. This was our second round if IVF, last time we had 5 follicles, 4 eggs, 3 fertilised and only 1 lasted to implantation day. I lasted just over a week last time and I started to bleed. That was 3 years ago, it was a horrible experience for us.. It has taken us this long to try again. This time I had 9 follicles on ultra sound day, when I had my egg collection they got 15!! I could hardly believe it when I looked at my hadn when I woke up!!! The next day 13 had fertalised, again we were so amazed and thankful. Monday came we had one 8 cell embryo put in, we were over the moon!! The embryologist was saying how wonderful the embryo looked, then to our surprise she told us we had 9 frozen... we could not have asked for a better outcome!! Last time it was all so scary and stressful, this time was much easier as we knew what to expect. I was in a lot more paint tis time but it was worth it. Post transfer I feel 100% better than last time apart from the nausea and sore breasts. We have to wait till 18th April to test which is 18 days after transfer, it is so long to wait. I wish all of you luck and lots of baby dust...

Monie

[Biegal13]

Thanks for thinking of us! Yesterday went well, I'm home today from work b/c I'm still a bit sore.

We got 15 eggs and they said 12 of them were mature enough to do ICSI with.

This morning we got the call that of the 12 that were mature eggs, they were able to do ICSI with 11 of them. Of this 11, they said that 7 are fertilizing.

So the good news is that we have 7 embryos and hopefully they are strong ones. The bad news is that we were hoping to go to 5 day embryos transfer b/c they have a higher pregnancy success rate with just one embryo, but we would need 5 of these 7 embryos to all be perfect 8 cells at day three. So the chances are pretty slim there.  We will probably be doing a three day transfer on Sat.

I know this is still very positive... Trying hard to not get my hopes too high again, but also be postive at the same time! :)

Monie - good luck to you! Hoping for good news for you on the 18th.

Nicole

[Wakey]

Congratulations, what a good result!! I have my fingers crossed and you are in my thoughts. I hope all goes well with the transfer. Good luck and rest up...

xx

[littlefeet]

Nicole, I think that is a great result!  I have seen so much on Day 3 vs. Day 5 transfers who really knows whch is best. At this point, I truly believe it is sooo out of our control and what is meant to be will be!  Remember, it only takes one.  Best of luck.  I have good feelings this month for you and for us! Think positive and think pregnant.  PLEASE keep us posted!  

[Biegal13]

Its crazy..... but we did get 6 eight cell embryos out of the 7 possible. The 7th embryo was a 5 cell. So this means that we got the OK today to try to go to blast and do the transfer on Monday. So now we are praying that at least one and hopefully two make it to Monday so we can transfer them back.

I'm excited and scared at the same time!! I hope we have something to transfer on Monday.

Also... I'm still a bot sore from the Wed retriveal. I think its b/c my ovaries are going down... I didn't gain any weight or have hyperstimulation, but I like the idea of not feeling crampy in that area before do the transfer.

Thanks for listening and being there. Its been a very emotional day and I'm sure I'll be this way all the way to Monday until we know if we have something to put back. And THEN the 2WW starts. Nuts!!!

Nicole

[Biegal13]

Good news.... we were able to transfer two blasts today. Now just hoping for good news on the 16th!!  I'm a bit crampy today on my left side... but I've crampy every since the retrieval. They tell me its normal for some folks. Hope that its the case for me. :)

Littlefeet - we are now in April. You FET should be coming soon. YEA! I have a good feeling about this round for you!

Nicole

[Wakey]

Congratulations!!! Fingers crossed for the 16th!!! I am crampy too...

xxxx

[Biegal13]

thank you! I'm crossing my fingers for you as well on the 18th! Thanks for sharing that you are crampy too. Makes me feel a lot better. :)

Best!

Nicole

[littlefeet]

I am so happy that transferred two.  Did the others stop splitting? Start the imagery of those little babies implanting and growing.  Can't wait to hear.  Aren't these next couple of weeks crazy???  Keep positive - think positive thoughts, say positive things, imagine it is all working the way it needs to.  Keep us posted.  As for us, we are just waiting for the cycle to start which should be within the next 4 or 5 days. We'll find out the protocol on Day 1 and then we go to the Dr. on Day 10.  That seems so far down the road.  This is our first frozen cycle so it will be interesting.  I hope it works for all of us!!!!  

[Biegal13]

Yea!... I'm excited that soon you will be starting your first fresh cycle soon. I really think this will be your time. Many people just respond better to a FET cycle b/c its closer to our natural cycle. YEA!! :)

I'll find out on Thursday when I go for the post op meeting if any of the other embryos were able to be frozen. I'm hoping we have a few.

I'm so nervous for the 16th. I really want this to work. I went back to work today b/c sitting at home thinking about it is worse than going to work and keeping my mind busy! I took next Monday through Wed off though. I don't want to be in the office for Wed when I get the news.

Hoping April is a good baby making month for all of us! :)

Nicole

[Biegal13]

Just checking in to see how you both are doing?

I'm doing fine. Cramping a bit more which makes me nervous, but from what I have read it doesn't seem like a negative thing as long as no bleeding. The wait is the hardest part.  I just can't wait!!

Best,

Nicole

[babyluving]

hello i just wanted to let you know that a little spotting is still ok . it is a sign of implantation as well just thought i would let you know that . good luck to you all

[Biegal13]

Thank you for your note! I've been online for the past hour reading everything I can on cramping. So far... no sign of spotting. But thank you for the tip.

This wait is just CRAZY! :)  Wed can't come fast enough.

Hope you are doing well.

Nicole

[littlefeet]

Nicole,  Cramping I think is okay and so is spotting.  I know just how you feel though.  You think about every little thing and does it mean something.  My breasts are tender, is that because I am pregnent or I am getting my period, I'm moody, is that because I am pregnant and my hormones are going crazy or because I have PMS,  ughhhh  Hang in there.  This is such a horrible wait I sometimes felt like I was holding my breath the whole time.  I am praying so hard for you!!!

[Biegal13]

THANK YOU for your note and making me smile today! You are so right... I'm looking at every little thing and thinking... what does that mean. It is crazy.

Tomorrow's my husband's b-day. I so hope we can have good news the day after his b-day.

Just two more days!! and PRAYING this time it sticks!

Has your cycle started? I have a feeling that this FET is the one that's gonna work for you.

Best,
Nicole

[Wakey]

Hi there,
I started to bleed last thursday so a big fat NEGATIVE for me... we have 9 frozen day 3 embryo's and the clinic said we can try again in June. I did not post as it was a little hard for me as you well know, I am starting to feel beter and I am trying to stay positive. Thank goodness I have some frozen, I could not do the whole stimulated cycle again straight away!! Well maybe third time lucky for us, as you said above I have heard good results from FET's and they are more natural and less stressful, guess we will have to wait and see...

As for you I have all my fingers crossed for you, sending you baby dust... please post as soon as you can!!

Littlefeet
You too I am sending you baby dust as well and wish you all the success!!! please let us all know how you go!!!

Monie
xxxx

[littlefeet]

Cycle didn't start yet - We thought it would start Sat or Sun so here we wait........  This is just such a cruel process for some of us.  I hope the people that get pregnant just after one or two IUI's or IVF's realize just how lucky they are.  

Monie - So very sorry.  Really not much else can be said.  It's hard to continue to deal with the letdowns.  

We pray for you both (and us too) and send clouds and clouds of baby dust!

[Biegal13]

Monie,

I'm so sorry to hear you news. I'm not sure if this will help our not, but I bleed a week early on my first fresh cycle. They have tried a few different things with me and "knock on wood" so far the bleeding hasn't happened again.

-1st they tried doubling my progestrogen and estrace - I didn't bleed with FET but got a BFN
-This time they just kept me on estrace after the transfer and normal level of progestorgen. I think the estrogen did the trick for me. It streghened my lining.

I hope this information may help.

Also I have friends where the FTE was the way they got pregnant b/c its much easier on the body.

Littlefeet,

Thanks for the update. I think about you all the time.

Tomorrow's the big day for me. Scared out of my mind. I didn't do a home test this time b/c my husband really thought it didn't help last time to worry or get excited before the blood test.  

Thanks for the baby dust!

Nicole

[Wakey]

Thanks for all your support, it is hard but I have to keep trying... Let me know how you went...

Monie
xx

[Wakey]

Hi,
Thanks for your support... Hope you are ok and doing well.

Monie
xx

[Biegal13]

ok.... now just waiting to hear! crazy crazy crazy right now. :(

[Biegal13]

So excited! Its postive! Number was 215! I believe that is a strong number. I go back in on Friday for the next blood test to make sure everything is on track.

Excited and nervous at the same time. Thank you for your support!.

LIttlefeet... I'll be thinking of you this weekend.

Monie... it was the third time that helped me so far. I SO hope it does for you as well.

Thank you for being there ladies!

Nicole

[littlefeet]

WOW - good for you.  You are like us - cautiously excited.  Here is my best advice - stay in the moment and be excited when you have something to be excited about!  AND -you have something to be excited about!     Did you ever think the possibility of having morning sickness would get you excited and make you happy?  We are so happy for you Nicole!  PLEASE keep us posted every step of the way.

Our cycle started today so we should start in 10 days.  Maybe this is lucky for all of us.

[babyluving]

i am so very happy for you i couldnt help but tear up . i remember when i got my first positive you deserve this wonderfull blessing and i thank god that he put in a hand for you . i hope all goes well for everyone else . god bless you and take care of yourself :)

[mrpatsy]

Biegal13, I am happy for you, I hope things go fine and its really great news. I tried twice before, The first time was a Fresh Cycle and I got a Positive but after the second blood test the HCG levels dropped and I had a miscarriage. The second cycle was a frozen one but it did not work, it was negative. I am about to start a fresh cycle soon. I got my period and I am patiently awaiting day 21 when I start the lupron shots then I would be on my way through the cycle once again. I hope that things work out well this time.
Babyluving hope thatt hings are going fine with you too. I got so disappointed after the first two cycle that I decided to wait a month before I start another one. I was supposed to start my new cycle in March but I decided to sit back relax a bit visit relatives, and then start a new cycle with no big rush. I might be doing my Egg Retrieval and transfer in early June . This time I am doing my best to hope for the best and hoping that things work fine this time.
Littlefeet, hang in there maybe it will work soon.

[Wakey]

CONGRATULATIONS!!! THAT IS WONDERFUL!!!

Love Monie
xx

[Biegal13]

All,

Not the best news today... I started bleeding this afternoon. I go in tomorrow for another blood test. I'm PRAYING all is ok and the numbers are way up.

I apprecaite all the support. Having a hard time tonight. Hard to get so excited and then have a day like today.

Nicole

[littlefeet]

Oh no, hang in there until the blood test.  You never know.  I am holding my breath with you and praying.  Please let us know what happens and know we are with you in spirit.  I continue to hold you in my thoughts and hope the best for you.

[littlefeet]

Oh no, hang in there until the blood test.  You never know.  I am holding my breath with you and praying.  Please let us know what happens and know we are with you in spirit.  I continue to hold you in my thoughts and hope the best for you.

[Biegal13]

Thank you! I took the test this morning...... praying all is OK.

Nicole

[Biegal13]

ok... got the call. Numbers did double. so all is OK for now. But I'm still bleeding which is not good.

Ultrasound is on May 2nd. So we have to wait to see.

Crazy!

Thanks for being there ladies.

[babyluving]

hello  i just want to tell you that  all will be ok as you  know i am pregnant with tiriplets i had a scare a few weeks back i was at work i was about to get off  at 7 am i felt like i had to go to the rest room well i went and i was bleeding badly it was just pouring as if i was urinating  i was so frightened  i walked out and told my co worker what happened luckily i work at a hospital and they wheeled me down to the er . the er nurse kept telling me that i was miscarrying and i refused to take it to heart all i wanted was a u/s to make sure all was well and guess what they were all their with great heart rates i couldnt help but thank god for protecting them. when i got back to the er room i was so happy all was ok i told the nurse they were all there she continued to say you will probably still miscarry. i left the er very disappointed  because people should be more considerate of other peoples hearts and think before they speek as you know positive is the most impotant when it comes to people like us going through so much to have a family ,anyhow i continued to bleed untill just recently i hit my 20 weeks all is well with the babies the doc said it is common to bleed with multiples and after implantation so i just want you to know you should continue to be excited and dont let anyone get you down with negative feed back we are all praying for you . the power of prayer is everything.. :)   i would also like to share my news i found out that i am having two girls and a boy . i hope everyone else has good news as well take care

[Biegal13]

Thanks for your note and sharing your experince.  YEA two girls and a boy. Very exciting!!

I think I'll feel better once we get to May 2nd and we can actually do an ultrasound and see that everything is ok.

The bleeding has lighten up a bit which makes me a lot happier and it was nerver like a period, but it was more that spotting. Also, before my boobs with all swollen and I had other sysmptoms. Now, aside from cramping and night sweats, I don't feel any different.

My hope is that its just really early and that's why I'm not feeling the other symptoms and that May 2nd will provide us with some exiting news.  Until then, I'll probaby be bouncing back and forth from being postive and protecting myself.

Thank you ALL for the support!

Nicole

[Wakey]

I am thinking of you.... I have all fingers crossed and sending you a big hug!!!

Monie
xx

[Biegal13]

Wakey,

Thanks for the support. It means a lot!

Littlefeet,

How did it go this weekend. I was thinking of you.

Nicole

[littlefeet]

We are keeping our fingers crossed for you!  

Well, we are in the middle of an insurance mess and the Dr. is refusing to go further with treatment until she gets some insurance $$$.  SO, the cycle started Thursday and we are due to see her this Sat and who knows!  It has been terrible.  Every day we are dealing with the insurance companies and the Dr's office trying to get it sorted out.   I'll let you know next week if she sees us on Saturday.

In the meantime, we think of you everyday and hope the best for you.
  

[Biegal13]

I am so upset for you! That is not right that you have to deal with all of this! We had marjor issues with insurance as well. Don't they understand that this is hard enough without them making our lives hell.

I'm so sorry and I sure hope your clinic sees you on Sat. I wish there was something I could do to help.

Thanks for praying for us. It means a lot.

Nicole

[Biegal13]

All,

Did another blood beta yesterday. I couldn't wait to May 2nd. The HCG has contunied to double. So this is GOOD news. Now just waiting til May 2nd so we know all is in the right place.  Still a long way from being out of the woods, but I'll take all the positive signs i can get. :)

Also, just wanted you to all know I've been thinking about you as well.
Nincole

[mysty2001]

good luck
can't wait to hear fri

[littlefeet]

Nicole, sooooooooo thrilled that your numbers are moving up!!!  Still praying for you.  We went to the Dr today and she saw us - YEAH.  I think we have the insurance sort of worked out.  At least enough to proceed with this cycle.  Everything looks good, we check LH tomorrow with ovulation kit.  If all goes well, we will transfer at the end of the week.
So, here's praying for our lining to be good, LH to surge tomorrow, embryos thaw and we have some good ones to put back in.  Lots of prayers out there.  We should both getting good news about the same time next week.  We all have to STAY POSITIVE!!!  LOTS & LOTS OF BABY DUST

[Biegal13]

YEA! I'm so happy for you! I was thinking of you all weekend!

Lots and lots of baby dust your way!!

I find out on Friday how things are going. Nervous and excited for the 1st ultrasound. Just praying everything is ok.

I'm really thrilled for you! Looking forward to the end of the week for both of us! :)

Nicole

[littlefeet]

Ok everyone, we need lots of super sticky baby dust!!  We are doing our frozen transfer Thursday morning.  All six embryos survived the thaw, we are praying that they are growing nice and big.  We need all the prayers you can send out, so please keep us in your thoughts.  The "two week wait" begins tomorrow.

Nicole, we are praying for you as well, please keep us updated!

[Biegal13]

Littlefeet,

I'm so happy for you that all 6 survived the thaw. That is a GREAT sign! I'm so pleased for you. Good luck today on the transfer. I'm sending TONS of Baby dust your way today and over the next two weeks!

Thanks for praying for us too. Tomorrow is the first ultrasound. So I'm PRAYING all is OK. I'm sure I won't be sleeping tonight.

Hope you are home now resting and thinking postive thoughts.

Nicole

[littlefeet]

Thanks for the the baby dust!  Everything went great this morning.  Five of the six continued to divide (the sixth had too much fragmentation).  So they transferred four and we re-froze one.  We are so excited.  We are thinking lots of positive thoughts and I am going for accupuncture this evening.  Anything that might help.  Please update us on your ultrasound tomorrow, our prayers are with you!!  I will be home with my feet up for the next day or two trying not to overanalyze every little twinge.  It's so exciting, but so nerve wracking!!

Lots of positive energy!!    

[Biegal13]

Well.... this is a very crazy day! The statically impossible happen. We put in 2 five day embryos with a 40% chance of twins and a less than 1% chance of triplets. It was 1/1000.

We found out that we have triplets! This is just crazy! They say that there is a 50% chance that nature will fix this on its own and turn this into twins. We are praying that's what happens. The Dr won't let me carry more than twins... so I'm completely terrified at this point. I had to have colon surgery 4 years ago due to 6 years of Colitus.... so I'm already a high risk pregnany.  

Trilled to be pregnant and that they are healthy, just scared of what's happening over the next few months.

Thanks for listening and the support.

Nicole

[littlefeet]

Yeah, crazy is an understatement!   Congratulations.  I knew it would happen for you.  We wish you the best in how this resolves itself.   We are so glad the babies are healthy and we hope you continue to feel good throughout.  We'll continue to keep you in our prayers and positive thoughts and please keep us posted every step of the way.   We are here for you.

[babyluving]

congratulations i am so happy for you i hope all comes together for you god bless you and take care :)

[mysty2001]

nicole - good luck
don't forget its your body - "doc won;t let you"  is not the way it should be
does he recommend against it - well it happened for a reason - how can a person choose one life over another - I really wish you the best I hope it does resolve itself
good luck

[mrpatsy]

Congratulations to you biegal13. It's good to hear that things have worked out for you. I started the lupron on Saturday and I have to wait unitl my period comes, hopefully soon, then I start the gonalF and menupur. I am doing a fresh cysle this time. I am thinking positive and praying. I probaly will do teh egg retrieval at teh end of may and then teh transfer in early June. I look forward to this positively. We all do deserve to have good news at the end of the cycle.

[Biegal13]

Thank you so much everyone. Nature has indeed stepped in... I think our bodies know what we can and can't do. I'm soooooo glad that this was taken out of my hands.  So as of now... looks likes twins. Just hoping the bleeding stops so that I don't have any additional issues.

I've had 6 surguries (2 colon and 4 fertility) over the past 4 years just to get to this point where I could have a child. So the Drs were really scared about my life with trying to carry three. I'm thankful that my body stepped in and helped. I really want both my life and the babies life to be safe through all of this. We only plan to do this once and will adopt if we want more children due to my health issues. I just so want to experience the 9 months of carrying a child, that I have been willing to do whatever I could to make this happen, even when my family said to not put my body through all this. Good side... I'm now a pro at surgery... the c-section will be a piece of cake compared to everything else. :)

I'm know I'm still a long way to the end of the 1st trimester. I think I'll actually breath when I get to that point!

Littlefeet - I've been thinking a lot about you. I know this 2ww isn't easy... but know we are all sending you tons and tons of baby dust.

Thanks again for the support, listening and just being there!

Nicole

[littlefeet]

Nicole, I don't even know what to say other than we have been thinking of you everyday and wondering it is going.  We talked to our acupuncturist last night and told her about your journey.  She is praying for you as well.  Nature is amazing and I am glad too it was taken out of your hands.  How do you make such a decision.  We hope everything goes okay with the other babies and you.  Please continue to keep us posted.

This 2ww absolutely is horrendous and we are trying not to overanalyze.  There are no indications of anything happening - no spotting, no soreness, no nothing.  Maybe it's too soon??? Transfer was last Thursday.  Last time, there was slight spotting which we now know was implantation but don't remember when that occurred.  Blood test is Monday morning.  We are doing a home pregnancy before we go just in case.  We'd rather be prepared together than hearing bad news at work over the phone.  Please continue to pray.  Did anyone out there not have any symptoms before the pregnancy test and the test was positive?

[Hope2Bpositive]

Hi Girls,
I'm on this forum after 4-5 months. Well, this note is to pass on the message to not to loose hope and have a positive attitude and keep trying.
Well, my story is, I've had 3 neagtive IVFs, starting July 07-December 07. My 1st cycle did not have good embryo quality, my 2nd and 3rd cycles had great response with 22-23 eggs and good number of healthy looking embryos. Once I was transferred blasts, but they ended in chemical pregnancy. My doctor was pushing me for donor eggs after my 1st falied cycle, although we were not ready, since I'm still in my late 30ties.
After 3 failed IVFs, we decided to switch clinics. We went for an out of state clinic, which investigated me again and they thought that I was not a candidate for donor eggs having a good response with fertility drugs. Also they found a small leiomyoma, which I think, was missed by my previous clinic. This leiomyoma was removed and we utilized the same cycle for my 4th IVF. I was put on very minimal doses of drugs, which initially puzzled me. But again I had a good response with 15 eggs, out of which 10 fertilized and on day 3, I had 9 good looking embryos that could be taken to day 5. So we ended with day 5 transfer of 3 blasts. The doctor wanted to put 2 blasts but we pushed him for 3, because of our previous experience of 3 falied IVFs.
Now, today was my blood test, I got an hCG value of 325!!! Although its too early to be excited, since I do have to follow up with the levels and ultrasounds and also I have 9 months to go through for a successful pregnancy, but I wanted to convey the message: never to loose hope and keep on trying!!!!!

[mrpatsy]

Good luck to you and I hope things work out as well. I myself will be doing my third attempt at IVF and I am praying and keeping my fingers crossed. I wish you all the best of luck. At the end of this month (approximately) I will be doing my next IVF. I started the lupron on 3 May so I think i still have about 2 - 3 weeks to go again before egg retreival and also embryo transfer.

Keep us informed.

mrpatsy

[Hope2Bpositive]

Thanks for the wishes. I wish you all the best and hope this cycle will work out for you.I know it will happen for you.Yes, it seems you have 2-3 weeks before your egg retrieval and embryo transfer.
My hCG level did double today. Now I shall wait for the ultrasound in 2 weeks.This cycle, I took 2 weeks off work to reduce my stress level.
All the best again.

[Biegal13]

Both of my girlfriends who did FET cycles didn't have any symptons when they found out they were pregnant. And one of them only have one to transfer in. She basically given up and then they called and said it was positive. Two weeks ago she delievered a very healthy baby Grant. Don't give up hope!! :)

We went back in today for another ultrasounds to find out why I keep bleeding. Turns out we have a polyp on the cervix, which is what is causing the bleeding. The good news is that there is no issue with this, but I will just bleed some through the entire pregnany. At least I know what is going on now!!

I'll be thinking of you all weekend and Monday and sending baby dust as well.

Best,

Nicole

[Hope2Bpositive]

Hi, I followed your postings, it seems you have been thru a lot with all the surgeries. I'm happy for you that the ultimate result is a happy one. Hoep your bleeding is better now. Are you still following uyp with your reproductive endocrinologist or they have shifted you to an Ob-gyn doctor?

[littlefeet]

Nicole, Never anything easy, huh?  I hope the babies continue to grow and are healthy.  As for us, still no pregnancy signs and we took pregnancy tests the last couple of days and they were negative so we are expecting a BFN tomorrow from the Dr.  It will be day 12 post transfer.  Sad day today and we really don't know if we can try again (for the 10th time).  It has almost been two years and we are feelinf so defeated.  

Be well!!  We are happ for you and praying for everything to go well for you and the babies!

[Hope2Bpositive]

Don't be disappointed. Wait till tomorrow for the blood test. I know this is very hard. I have gone through this several times myself. Did you consider taking a second opinion from another doctor.
All the best. I hope there is a surprise for you tomorrow.

[Biegal13]

I'm still going to be praying for you tomorrow. Pregnany tests don't show HCG numbers below 50. You could just have a HCG below 50 and still be pregnant.  They really only want something above 10 from what I understand. I'm really hope this comes through for you tomorrow.

Please know we are all here for you... me especially. You have really be there for me and I can't tell you how much I appreciate it. Let me know if I can do anything for you.

Nicole

[littlefeet]

Well, BFN today.  Dr. really doesn't know why.  We had the best cycle yet.  She wants to do another saline hystogram (sp??) to make sure we didn't miss anything since it's been a while.   She said it could just be poor egg quality.  So, we have one more try.  Thanks for the thoughts and prayers.  This is so hard and emotional.  I just don't know why.  Anyway, hope you are doing well.  Keep us posted.

[Biegal13]

I'm so sorry for the news today. I know this isn't easy.

I had that test done as well. They were able to see that I needed to take estrace to increase my lining. The test really isn't so bad... but not fun to have to do again.

I'm really sorry! All my prayers are with you and your husband right now.

Nicole

[Biegal13]

Just thinking about you. Hope you are doing ok.

Nicole

[littlefeet]

We are doing okay.  Just found out there is a link between thyroid issues and fertility.  If either the thyroid or the antibodies are off, it effects fertility and increases miscarriage.  We are looking into it.  A friend of my sister-in-law got it checked, it was the slightest bit off (With the new ranges) and she had tested positive for the antibodies.  She had had IVF successfully 2 or 3 years ago (after $30,000)  previously because they had tried for years.  Last year she had her thyroid checked by her fertility Dr.   When her thyroid medication started, she was pregnant naturally within 2 weeks.  She just had her second son.

So, we'll explore that.  It jsut takes a blood test so I see no harm in trying.   How are you doing?

[Biegal13]

I'm glad you are doing ok. I've been thinking about you a lot. Sounds like the blood test is totally worth it.

I'm doing ok. We have the 8 week ultrasound today and got some so so news. One of the fetus is looking GREAT. But the 2nd one is a bit small but still within the normal range. This is the one where we lost the twin.I'm just hoping that things are ok with the 2nd one. They having us come back each week now to monitor things.

Starting week 10 they are going to transfer me to a high risk Obgyn due to my internal J-Pouch (basically my small intestine is connected to my rectum directly... the large colon was removed a few years ago. This then allows me to not have an external bag. It basically saved me life and has been great!).

Please let me know how the blood tests goes. I'm hoping its someting that they can easily fix with medication like you friend.

Nicole

[babyluving]

hello first of all i just wanted to let you know i have been thinking about you and tell you about my experience. as far as thyroid condition goes i also have a thyroid condition  it was since birth it is totally important to watch that many women are diagnosed with thyroid conditions and struggle for many years when all it takes was a simple blood test . a very unexspensive medication can take care of it, i have under active thyroid which has to be monitered often throughout pregnancey my normal dose is 175 but with pregnancey i am now up to 250 it will go back to my normal dosage after the birth of the babies keeping your thyroid level to normal range is very crucial to your babies development and becoming pregnant. another thing i wanted to mention was that when i had my ultrasoud one of the babies were smaller then the other two but it is the biggest one now keep in mind the u/s measurements are not always on especially when they are that small you can only get certain angles with the u/s you will see things are good at your next u/s take care and i hope this is helpfull information

[mrpatsy]

Hello I was jsut wondering how did it go for you. Did you do your ultrasound yet. I was taking the Lupron and my period finally came on Friday. I am about to call the nurse tomorrow and let her know then I think I might be starting the gonal F and the menupor this week. Then its the painful shots and finally the egg retreival, then the embryo transfer. Here I go again on the same road like last November. I wish you all the best with the ultrasoiund and hope this cycle also works for me.

[Hope2Bpositive]

My ultrasound is scheduled for next tuesday, so I still have a week to wait. My blood tests have been ok so far.
I hope this cycle works for you. I'm sure you will have a sucessful IVF. Just have a positive attitude and determination.
Your protocol seems different from mine. I was on Lupron, Folistin and Menupor. I presume, you might have egg retrieval sometime early June.

[mrpatsy]

I went in today for the first sonogram and the nurse called and said that on Friday I start the Gonal F and menupur and I still continue to take the lupron but at a lower dose. I am happy to get started again but I hate sticking myself with those huge needles. I am so bent on giving it my best shot. I'm thinking that the egg retreival will definitely be in June but I was hoping that it was the first week in June but with the way things worked out, I had a period two week after taking the lupron. So it definitely will be early June or the middle of June. I am also preparing for when I do the embryo transfer. I like drinking coffee but i heard that if I keep off the coffee it will help with the embryo sticking. Last two times on IVF I drank coffee until the embryo transfer. So now this week I stopped the coffee completely. Don't know if it will help but I'm doing everything the positive way, which is the best thing to do. I wish you the best so that your  ultrasound is positive and things go well with you. The blood work is fine so I am sure everything will be fine. Talk to you soon.

[Hope2Bpositive]

I was also told to restrict caffeine, and that included everything from coffee, choclates, coke, etc. This is the 1st time in all my IVFs that I was informed about this. It is supposed to decrease uterine blood flow. I have avoided caffiene from before my egg retrieval till now. This last cycle, I did in Denver and I've been very satisfied. They spotted the small leiomyoma which I had and may be that helped me.
I read from your previous postings that your preganancy test has once been positive and then the numbers declined. That was sad. This time, hopefully the embyos decide to stick for full nine months!! They shall have best wishes from all of us.

[Biegal13]

Just thought I would give an update....

I'm 9 weeks 2 days at this point. The single is looking really strong. YEA! But the twin that was part of the monozygote twin (my third that already miscarried) isn't doing so well. The sac is to small and the fetus isn't growing The Drs think that I may lose it over the next 2 weeks. I see a high risk Dr on June 3rd b/c of my medical history.

This is soooo scary! I so want to be a mom.

LIttlefeet - hope you are doing well. How did the the blood work go?

Nicole

[littlefeet]

We've been thinking about you.  Sorry to hear about the other twin. We hope the single continues to be strong.  It must be extremely scary to  have all of that going on.

Bllod test came back normal.  The thyroid is well within the normal limits.  So, as the Dr. so nicely stated (not)  "It's just poor egg quality."  We are going to have our last attempt in July.  

You remain in our thoughts and prayers!

[Hope2Bpositive]

Its been sad to hear about your falied IVF. As I had mentioned in my posting, I've had 3 failed IVFs, the doctor blamed it on poor egg quality. So I decided to change my clinic, I went to Denver, instead they said I wasn't a candidate for donor eggs, and they spotted a small leiomyoma. Following the removal of my leiomyoma, the 4th cycle has been successful till now (although I cross my fingers saying this, since its too early I still have my 1st ultrasound pending). So I would sincerly recommend you taking a second opinion.

[Hope2Bpositive]

We did the ultrasound 2 days earlier than scheduled due to our curiosity. The results have been good. We could see one gestational sac with a heart beat. This is the healthy one, but there is one more, which looks small for age and it doesn't have a heart beat. This one does not have good prognostic signs. Lets see, how the second one progresses.
How is the cycle progressing at your end. You must be getting close to your retrieval, probably in the first week of June. All the best. I hope things come out good for you.

[mysty2001]

hope 2b
congrats on HB
how many days were you (one lady on here had hers at 6 weeks exactly no HB on 2nd one and next time she went back it was there)  she delivered B?G twins in 06

[mrpatsy]

I am happy for you and hope that with the next ultrasound that things are better. Well as for me I started taking the Gonal F and menupur last Friday 23 May. I am still taking it and I have to go back for the sono tomorrow to see if the follicles are growing. The very first time that I did the fresh cycle I had pains in my ovaries and tender breast, but this time I am having no symptons what so ever. I hope that the  follicles are growing and producing eggs. I have a ten day supply of the medicine so now I am thinking that next week would be egg retreival and embryo transfer. I hope that things go well. I just find its a bit different from the first time I did the egg retreival and took all those shots. So far things are looking well with you maybe next time you do teh ultrasound then you will see the two heartbeats.

[Hope2Bpositive]

Thanks for the wishes. Yesterday I was 6w5days. The other sac is too small, so I'm doubtful whether it will grow or not.
What are you upto, are you also in the middle of a cycle?

[Hope2Bpositive]

Thanks for the wishes. We are doubtful that the second sac will progress. Two would be a bonus for us but now I hope at least one of them remains strong.
Well, I have never got a lot of symptoms while I'm on IVF drugs, so I guess don't be too corncerned for that. I'm sure the ultrasound will show good follicles as always.

[Hope2Bpositive]

Yesterday, was not a good day for me. Last evening, I started bleeding heavily without any warning. I rushed to a doctor. I was afraid that I would be miscarrying. They did an ultrasound and thank god, both the sacs were doing fine, but there was collection of blood lying separate from these sacs-subchorionic hematoma. Now I have been advised bedrest, so here I am at home at bedrest. Suprisingly the second sac developed a yolk sac, which was missing on sunday, but stil the heart sound is not there.

[mysty2001]

good luck hope to be
I had bleeds with last two pregs

[mrpatsy]

I hope that things work our for you and that everything goes fine. I think that most women have bleeds with their pregnancy. Just pray and things would go fine and get that bedrest that they recommend for you.

As for me I did my sonogram on Tuesday and there were some eggs growing. I went back yesterday and the eggs are still growing and on both ovaries. Last time I had eggs only on teh right side so I think I am doing better this time. Maybe my body needs a little push to produce eggs so that I can ovulate. Tomorrow I do more blood work and then on Sunday I do another ultrasound and the doctor will tell me when he can do the  retreival. I think it will be sometime this coming week  the first week in June.

I am having the same symptoms as when I did the first IVF except for the the tender breast.  I get little pains in my ovaries and the ocvaries feel so tender there. I think its because the eggs are growing. I hope things work for me this week. I am keeping calm about everything and taking some time off from work to do this, in this way I would not stress out. Hope2bpositive just hang in there and things would go fine for you. I think that after this IVF if it does not work out then I would take a long break like 6 months off and try to get pregnant naturally. Just the pain and torture of sticking myself with needles and going through this is enough for me.  Not to mention the amount of money I have to spend on IVF and my insurance only covers for the blood work, all doctor visits and xrays and any other lab works and they also only pay for the cheap drugs such as the progesterone but not the Lupron, the Gonal F or the Menupur. So I am digging into my savings to pay for this. So just keep thinking positiove and things would be fine for you.

[Hope2Bpositive]

I had a follow up ultrasound today. To my surpsrise the second sac has also developed a heartbeat, it has grown in size but comparetively it is still smaller. My Ob-Gyn is quite supportive, she thinks that this embryo implanted later and she's expecting the embryo to catch up. Things looked better today, the bigger embryo has increased in size and the hematoma has decreased to less than half the size. Though I am still on bedrest.
Mrpatsy, your ultrasounds do sound promising with eggs in both the ovaries. You must be getting quite close to your retrieval. Taking a few days off from work is a good idea, so that you remain stress free during this time and you can concentrate on yourself. Even my insurance didn't cover anything, not even the blood tests. It was just the progesterone which was covered. So the entire procedure becomes very expensive.  

[Biegal13]

All,

I'm 11 weeks pregnant today with twins and also woke up to heavy bleeding. It REALLY freaked me out, but fortunalty today was my first appointment with the high risk doctor... so perfect timing to have this happen I guess.

They did the ultrasound and didn't seem worried about the bleeding at all. So I felt better after I got the news that all is OK. a VERY scary experince though. I go back in next Tuesday to make sure all is still in good shape.

Still holding my breath until 14 weeks though.

Littlefeet - my prayers are still with you. I hope you are doing well.

Nicole

[littlefeet]

You are having quite the roller coaster experience!  Like you haven't been through enough yet.  We have decided to wait a few months and the acupuncturist wants us to try some Chinese herbs to help with the egg quality.  It's really a **** shoot if that truly is the issue but she thinks a few months of herbs may help in better egg selection.  We have one more shot with insurance (6 IUI's and 4 IVF's) so really after 10 tries it probably is it. So, we'll try again inthe fall.  Meantime, we'lll keep checking to see how you are all doing.

[Hope2Bpositive]

Hope you're doing fine. You must be close to your retrieval. All the best.

[mrpatsy]

I did the egg retreival on Wednesday 4 June. I had 15 eggs retreived. I will have the embryo transfer on Sunday morning that is on 8 June. Out of the 15 eggs. 12 were good and they injected sperms into it. 9 got fetrilized and the nurse said that only 7 showed good signs of multiplying. I do not know exactly how many I would have left over after Sunday. I know that they suggested that I put in 4 embryos this time.

If I have any frozen ones left then I would go on ahead and do another cycle if this does not work. After I am thinking of doing acupuncture and trying naturally with ove rteh counter products. I do have some money to pay out of my pocket for another try of IVF, since me and my husband both work. But I am thinking about doing something different if this one does not work. I had a lot of pain after the egg retreival this time. I could not even walk up the stairs to go to bed. I was in severe pain all night. The doctor warned me about it since he said that on one of my ovaries he had to scoop out the egg, and that if I had too much pain to give him a call and he would write me a prescritpion, but the pain started after 8pm so he was not in the office then. On Thursday all day I was much better, a liitle pain nothing much to talk about, but a little sore. Today I am so much better but I feel so bloated after all those medicine and it just does not go away at all.

I am happy for you and your good ultrasound. Actually things are looking up for you. Thats a good effort and teh hard work pays off after all. I was thinking after all teh paion on Wednesday night, this is what a woman has to go through if she insiist  and is persiistent on having a baby. I remember teh first time that I did the egg retreival I has some paina nd was s ore but not like this time. It felt like pure torture and it was so horrible. I have never had no kids before so I guess it was a little of pains when a woman goes into labor. I have ahigh tolerence for paina nd this time I was so overwhelemed with it.

On Sunday I hope that things go fine even though I feel as if my allergies are bothering me, I hope it does not stop me from getting my embryos transfered. I feel as if I am trying to break through an iron wall with this IVF and the wall would not budge. I am also 42 years and that does not help either. My bio clock is ticking and it gets me anxious and nervous too. Hope this one works out. Actually I feel as if I am going through a regualr routine with this IVF this time. I think its because I did it twice before and I am more prepared to face up  with the results  If it happens I would be happy if it does not then at least I can say that I pursued all my options and made that extra effort instead of not trying at all.  I will update you on Sunday what happens then.

I will talk to you soon

Patsy

[Biegal13]

Thanks for the note. I feel like its been touch and go from the start. I'll be so relieved when we can actually start telling family and friends and the DR says we are out of the high risk area. Would be nice to breath a bit! I go in next Tue again. Praying all is still strong.

Good idea on the acupuncturist. All of my friends swear by it and they made me go as well. At first I wasn't a believer, but I have to say... I really started to feel different and more relaxed after starting the process. So in my mind... its worth trying.

Just know I'm thinking of you and wishing you and your husband all the best.

Nicole

[Biegal13]

Just wanted to say... good luck on Sunday!!  

[Hope2Bpositive]

It seems you have been on a rough road this time with all this pain but the good thing is that you had an impressive egg count and also a good fertilization rate. This last cycle, I also had 15 eggs. I really hope this cycle works for you after all this you had to go through. Accupuncture also seems to be a good idea. I hope, by now your pain has subsided. You must have gone through the transfer today. Last time I was adviced bedrest for 2 days immediately following the transfer. How is it for you? All the best, I shall wait to hear form you regarding an update on your health and the embryos.

[Hope2Bpositive]

I have also been placed on the 'high risk status', as a result of bleeding. I am being followed up weekly to look up the size of the clot and the fetuses. Last time my clot was reduced to half its original size. Following the bleeding, were you put on rest. I was for a week followed by modified rest. Bleeding is really very scary. My next U/S is tomorrow.
I hope your ultrasound results are good this tuesday. All the best.

[Biegal13]

Thanks for your note. I'm sorry that you have also been placed on high risk status. This really is very scary!

They didn't tell me to do bedrest b/c when they looked at the ultrasound, everything looked ok with the twins. But they did tell me to take it easy - no exercise, stairs or anything too strenous. The bleeding slowed down within 24 hours and was fine until yesterday where there was some additional bleeding the really freaked me out. I'm just praying that Tue all is ok.

Please let me know how it goes tomorrow with you U/S. I will be thinking of you and hoping all is ok.

Best,
Nicole

[Hope2Bpositive]

My U/S went Ok, but the second twin which was small to start with, has stopped growing, so now I have just one. Although it was disappointing but I'm happy since the doctor was convinced that this fetus is quite healthy and is growing fine. My clot has almost gone.
Regarding bedrest, I think the doctors belong to different schools of thoughts. Some think that it has no added benefit, while some think that it is beneficial. For my episode of bleeding, I had fresh red blood that lasted maybe 8-12 hours, after that it has been brown discharge, which I have been pasing till now. The doctor kept on asssuring me that this was the clot which was passing out and she was correct since now the clot is almost gone. So I feel that the bedrest has been beneficial to me, since the clot has almost gone.
Beigal13: Maybe your bleeding was not something which requireed rest, that's why your doctor probably did not advice that. I had a subchorionic hematoma. I hope all the best to you for tomorrow. Update us on your progress.
Mrpatsy: Hope you're fine and your pain has subsided

[mrpatsy]

Hello,
I am glad that your bleeding has finally been passing. I am sorry about the other smaller fetus. At least you got one healthy fetus.
Well as for me after the egg retreival on last Wednesday by Friday I was much better and the pain was all gone and I felt quite fine. I was all rested and prepared for Sundays transfer. We did the transfer and the doctor recommended that I transfer  4 embryos that were of excellent quality. I went along with him. I have 3 left over he says they were of good quality and he is still growing them to the blastocast stage to see if they will survive. If they survive then he recommend that I freeze then. They were supposed to call me and let me know today or tomorrow, so far I have not heard anything from anyone today. I was also told to rest for 1 day but I decided to rest for two days, yesterday and today. I do feel fine and I have been doing good. Tomorrow I do the blood work to check the hormone levels so I would have to move around a bit. I took off from work for the rest of the week unitl Friday. I go back to work on 16 June so that should be enough time for the eggs to stick and grow.
Last cycle I had 12 eggs, 8 fertilized 3 were transferred and I had 5 left over but when I had to do my second cycle out of the 5 eggs that were frozen, only 3 survived and were transferred, and it did not work. This is how I ended up doing a fresh cycle. At present I think that I am having a positive attitude and hoping for the best but I,m also prepared to hear the worst. I have no pain at present , but if there was some way to tell how the fetuses are doing I would welcome it. Wednesdays egg retreival was a very painful one for me, but luckly all the pain went away by Thursday morning. So far I am fine and looking forward to knowing the final results.

[Hope2Bpositive]

Glad to know that you are fine and have been transferred 4 high quality eggs. Taking off from work is a good idea, so as to leave you stressfree and give good grounds for the babies to stick. What hormone level are you having checked? I haven't gone through that protocol. You must have started the progesteron shots now.
Take goood rest and be stressfree!

[mrpatsy]

Today I had the estradiol and progesterone levels checked, i am waiting for the nurse to call me and tell me that everything is fine. I guess my doctor does this so he could ensure that my hormone levels are normal if they are lower then I have to take the estrace pills. I started the progesterone shots on last Friday so that I do not bleed. I am resting quite a bit and hoping and praying for the best outcome. I walked around a little today to go to the lab to get the blood work done and after I took a nap for a couple of hours. Otherwise I feel fine. I am not lifting anything heavy or stressing out too much. I hope that the embryos are still there, sticking and growing normally.
Last two time I did the IVF I had a lot of rest so I do not understand why it did not work out well. I am doing everything possible to make it work.