Beta on the 6TH

[carina1]

I am new to the forum.  I am on my first IVF cycle and will take the blood test on Monday.  II was reading some of the postings and found out that there are 3 or 4 of us that will be doing that on 8/6.  I wanted to wish everyone the best.  It's been an extremely trying time and I'm doing all I can to just stay positive.  Well, I'll be thinking of everyone on Monday.  

[rdh1981]

I just wanted to wish you good luck! keep us posted!!! :)

[SDteacher]

I just  posted to you on mstrex's post as well.  Yes, good luck and let us all know your BETA results.  We will be thinking of you and waiting for your post.   Keep positive!!!!  ssbd!

[hopngfortwns08]

Welcome and good luck!!! hope u get ur BFP. SSBD!!!

[spec]

good luck carina....glad that you are here with us!!
:)

[majodi]

Thank you for your wishes.... we are the 6th and i'm sending you a prayer.... ssbd..like you said...two days to go...talk to you soon.....

[miky72]

Good luck Carina!
At what time are they going to call you with the results??????
Let us know and SSSSSSSSSSBD**********

[SDteacher]

Soooo??????  BFP????   I hope so!!!!

[mstrex]

BFN FOR THREE OF US...COME ON CARINA BREAK THE TREND. POST A BFP FOR US.

[AngelElizabeth]

....um...well...we're waiting LOL  :-)

[SDteacher]

Well????  Still waiting......  8-)
Is no news ~good news?

[rdh1981]

I want to know soooo bad. I feel like I am waiting to hear from my own doctor!!

Sorry ladies for the rest of you who got a BFN today, I was really hoping all of you would be posting your good news.

[miky72]

we are all waiting Carina..PLEASEEEEEEE a BFP!!!!

[carina1]

You all are the sweetest and have made me smile at least for a while.  I'm sorry to report that my results were negative.  Don't really know what to do next.  THANK you so much for your kindness and support-- it makes the day just a little brighter.  

[mstrex]

ugggggggggggh today has been the worst. I know of six betas today and none have been good news. What is wrong did all the labs make a mistake today. They must have all gotten together on the phones and started a conspiracy or something. Come on what were the odds of all six of us coming up neg?????This is just to weird here . I can say that at least I do not feel so alone now. All of us need to go out and have a drink and toast each other. You have to admit that we have to stay strong and cannot let this stop us. At least most of you used your own eggs or donor We have to find and search for embies to adopt and they are hard to find. We were fortunate in finding another set and are in the process of getting them moved to our clinic but the thing is this is the last set unless we get lucky again.....Hang in there girls.

[llenda]

I am sorry carina.  This was my second failed IVF.  I hope you're not going to give up.  I am 39 and the success rate declines a lot for my age group.  The first BFN was the hardest for me.  I just knew if I could ever afford IVF then I could get pregnant, but it didn't happen.  We just have to keep trying.      

[rdh1981]

AAAAWWWWWW Man!!! I was so hoping you would get a BFP. This make me sooo sad.
Don't worry your time will come!!!

What a bad day this is on the forum....... I don't think I can handle anymore days like this one.

[carina1]

This support is simply amazing.  I can't tell you have if feels to have people sharing similar experiences.  Ilenda, I'm a few months away from 35, with a fluctuating FSH that doesn't give me too much time.  I'm meeting the dr again next week to discuss her recommendations.  I don't know what we'll do.  My dh wanted to try just once-- I think he really thought it would work the first time.  My insurance covers 75%, which I know is much better than others-- but for us, (my husband's a social worker and I'm a speech therapist at a school-- just making it in NYC) it's financially difficult.  I also worry about not having any money to put towards adoption after so many IVF's.  I never thought this would happen to us-- we've always tried so hard to do the right thing.  I can't get beyond feeling this is all so unfair.  

[mstrex]

I know what you mean. I am 44 and we did one ivf in Dec which was out of pocket our ins does not cover ivf. We got our bfp only to loose it at 4 weeks. We turned to adoption as we have been foster parents for three yrs. We were two days away from signing the contract and paying the fee to start the process we had the homestudy and everything done when I started surfing the web. One day I found the site miracles waiting .org. We signed on and within a week had someone donate 4 embies. our total cost for shipping storage and the procedure was 2500 compared to the 17000 for fresh cycle with donor eggs. We now have been fortunate enough to have a second person donate another 4 embies and it is only through this that we are able to try again. I wish we were lucky enough to do fresh cycle but it cost to much and we would like you to have enough to adopt is all other efforts fail. Look at the site and see what you think.....I am a nurse and dh is a civil eng. so we are not rich by any means . I had my tubes tied (stupid move thought I would be married to high school sweetie forever) and they were damaged beyond repair so this is our only option. Good luck...let me know what you think okay...

[llenda]

There is somewhere posted on this site where people donate embies and I heard it is either less or the same as adoption fees and you get to carry your baby.  You might want to look into that if you are not planning to do another IVF.  

[llenda]

That is so funny mstrex we must have been typing at the same time.

[carina1]

Thanks for the info.  I'll certainly keep it in mind.  mstrex, when you have time, can you just tell me a little about your foster care experience?  Thanks.

[miky72]

AAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRGHHHHH!!!!
today was not a good day...

[llenda]

Hey mstrex, I hope you don't mind me asking some questions.  I saw where you had 5 embies (day 4) transfered.  Weren't you a little scarred they might all take?  Also, do you know the age of the donor, why do you think they didn't take?  That is crazy, it sounds like at least one should have implanted.  What grade embies were they?  I am thinking about using donor eggs.  The percentage of pregs. goes up to like 60% when you use donor eggs.  Right now I think the percentage rate is like 27%.  

[mstrex]

for some reason it will not let me give you my email address so I will try and break it up so it does not look like email address the first part is vryluvdwmn and then it is at yahoo. Hopefully this will work.