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New to IVF

Are you new to IVF and starting your IVF/FET for 2012?  Please join this forum so we can exchange stories.
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2112850 tn?1335988958
Got beta today 12dp5dt   Beta 352 :)
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1422615 tn?1334064234
Congrats on the BFP!!! your beta is a good number to start with . I hope your next one is great also.
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2112850 tn?1335988958
Went for beta yesterday 10dp5dt BFP!!! Beta 88.7, next one on Friday :)  Heads up do not use or waste your money on thoes internet hpt 10 miu... I took two on day 9 both BFN, then got a early responce test, BFP.  I was so upset with thoes 10 miu test I would not trust them!
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1422615 tn?1334064234
ok that makes since!! thank you for sharing.
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1748995 tn?1427334864
Suprefact or buserelin acetate is a medication that has been designed to mimic the actions of natural gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH or LHRH), a hormone released from the hypothalamus gland in the brain.

The hypothalamus uses GnRH to send messages to the pituitary gland in the brain, which then sends messages to the ovaries in females, and the testicles in males, telling them to produce the sex hormones estrogen (females) and testosterone (males).

Normally, GnRH comes from the hypothalamus in pulses. If GnRH came from the hypothalamus all of the time (rather than in "pulses"), it would have the opposite effect and "turn off" hormone production. This is how buserelin works.

So basically it is an ovary suppressor.
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1422615 tn?1334064234
What is suprefact?
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1748995 tn?1427334864
No one told me I needed to avoid caffeine while on the suprefact?/ Why..cause I have been having coffee...oops
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2112850 tn?1335988958
:) I hope you get to start right away!
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2112850 tn?1335988958
May 2nd is comming fast!!!!! Enjoy your last but of caffeine before then :)
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1422615 tn?1334064234
Gl JennyB! I cant wait to hear how well it goes!!

Babytime1: I hope the first one is the lucky one for u also.  U ladies will start your meds before me so do tell me how it goes.

I will see my new re on may 8th.  from there we will start the cycle so i guess it all depend upon my cycles.
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1748995 tn?1427334864
I start my meds for my very 1st IVF cycle on May 2nd!
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2112850 tn?1335988958
First IVF for me as well!
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2112850 tn?1335988958
I am on Stim day 5 :) I hope everyone gets a BFP :)
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1748995 tn?1427334864
I believe they want you on BCP to get your cycle regulated & in a certain state, so to speak, my clinic told me if my cycle did not regulate after the prometruim I would have to go on BCP for 3 months!

I felt the same way about "missing" months of trying if I had to go on the BCP, but I am putting my trust in the doc, the clinic I am going to has a high rate of success.

I would try to call your clinic & ask why they want you on BCP & for how long just so that if you need to be on them for a certain length of time your not dragging it out.

Good luck!!
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1422615 tn?1334064234
yes i ask the nurse and she said i have to set up an appointment and they will go over it with me.

I didnt start bcp this month because i couldnt get it in time. plus i just thought it was crazy to give up even 1 month of trying.  I know it is only about a 1 in a billion shot but i will take the chance.
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I am just starting an IVF cycle. I get the impression that everyone has different protocol. I am to take suprefact and puregone. My clinic said they dont do bcp at all. I down regulate for two weeks and then start the puregone. have you asked the nurse the questions you posed on here? Let us know what they have to say. best of luck!
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1422615 tn?1334064234
Hi ladies i would love to join this group. I start ivf in june.

I am confused about the bcp. the nurse told me to start taking them now. why this early? What is the normal cycle like?  How many day of bcp, lupron, shots/stims, etc.


any help would be wonderful!!!

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i started IVF treatment last month....had ER done on sunday March 18, 2012 at 7:45am. i am a little worried cause i had 7 eggs from 11 follic but only 2 are fertilized. now i am scared that it might not work. i have ET on wednesday.
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My doctor recommended that we stop our first cycle since we didn't yield enough mature eggs for retrieval. I stopped taking my meds and one week later I had some spotting.  The spotting lasted about 1 day.  I guess my body is regulating back to my normal cycle.  I'm not due for my period for at least another week. I called my doctor and he couldn't explain the spotting. He told me to monitor it and give me him an update next week.  I'm anxiously awaiting my next cycle. We can't wait to start again in April.  I hope we have success with the 2nd cycle.  

I'm wondering if anyone else had a similar experience after having stopped their cycle due to not having enough mature eggs?  How long did it take to get back to normal?  Was there spotting?
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1985863 tn?1327761216
Well its official PREGNANT the Dr called 14dp3dt My Beta is 1524...... they wont test progesterone till mon 3/5 and they also have me sched for an US mon too. I am being crazy and worrying about my beta being too high, if my horemons are that high why dont I have any symptoms?   Thats alot to have to double by mon. deep breaths. Husband is over the moon and now thinking twin with a # that high. Me I am just worried I wish I could relax Thank God for being this far and being able to have BW and US monday.

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1748995 tn?1427334864
Did the acupuncturist tell you why she thinks this?? That is so cool!! I hope she is right!!
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1748995 tn?1427334864
OMG yay!!  I really hope this is it for you!!  I am so excited for you!!!!!!  Congrats girl!!!
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1985863 tn?1327761216
I am starting to get excited. as u know I have been testing since 0dp3dt and always BFN But today I had implantation bleeding and this am I had a slight BFP and then took another this evening and now have a darker BFP... trying not to get excited but it doesnt work. :)
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1651459 tn?1333682709
I just came back from the second appointment with my accupuncturist.Once we got there she checked my pulse in the beginning of the session. Then she asked me if I tracked my ovulation for this cycle( which I didn't). She told me that she won't be putting any needles in my stomach because I may be pregnant. At that DH & I looked in each other in shock and confusion because we both know that we really didn't try this month as DH wasn't feeling well. We bd once last week( which may have been around the beginning of my ovulation cycle about CD 11). Just don't know what to make of it. I mean what are the chances for me to getting a bfp??We are planning to travel in a few days. Don't what to do now!!
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