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Help, I'm an IVF novice!!
Dec 09, 2009 02:26PM in the Fertility / Infertility Expert Forum
Hi! Everyone is different on the stimulation timing, and there are so many protocols, I'm not sure that any two are the same. FSH levels can be artificially high if you used any fertility meds on the cycle BEFORE the FSH was taken, so don't despair. ALSO, if you do overstimulate, ask your RE if he/she can "coast" you so that you can still retriev...
how do u calculate the first date of "pregnancy"?
Dec 09, 2009 02:17PM in the Fertility / Infertility Expert Forum
HI! YAY!!!!! Doctors calculate from the first day of the last menstrual period. We use this because there could often be more than one opportunity for the conception date. Especially if you were "trying". If you calculate from your LMP, you are probably about 4 weeks pregnant. Many of the pregnancy wheels will also have a conception day line, ...
I have a period 5 days after transfer of embryo
Dec 09, 2009 02:13PM in the Fertility / Infertility Expert Forum
HI! I'm sorry you feel so discouraged! I'm also sorry that you lost your pregnancy! Does your clinic offer PGD? pre-implantation genetic diagnosis? If so, you might want to consider that! Typically an embryo that survives to the blastocyst stage has a pretty good chance of continuing, but in your case, it could certainly be that the embryo was not genet...
Ovulation
Dec 09, 2009 02:05PM in the Pregnancy Expert Forum
Hi! If you are not having periods, you have three options---1)check tests everyday and sooner or later it will turn (hopefully!) 2)wait for your period and then start tracking with cycle day 11 3) call your doctor and get some progesterone (I like Prometrium) to start your period so that you can start tracking sooner. ALSO If your periods are very irregu...
ovulation
Dec 09, 2009 02:01PM in the Pregnancy Expert Forum
Hi! If your cycles are 45 days long, it means that you aren't ovulating. Sometimes in the course of 2 pregnancies, people gain a few pounds. ( If you didn't, I hate you!) Gaining weight can be just one of many reasons that periods can become irregular. If you were my patient, I would check a pregnancy test ( I ALWAYS do that, even if ) and if negative, ...
Repeat Ultrasound
Dec 09, 2009 01:57PM in the Pregnancy Expert Forum
Hi! You are probably over-reacting! Isn't it funny, when people are pregnant, it is the only time they are happy to hear that! We always like to measure the drainage system of the kidneys on both sides to be sure that they aren't swollen. This measurement is hard to get, especially if the baby is moving. It is very likely that this is what they want to r...