Summer IVF Buddies

[rachjas0623]

Anyone want to join? DH & I have been trying since 3/08. Preggos once after doing Ferma, trigger & IUI. Sadly, we MC at 5w6d. Now we are moving on to IVF. I am currently taking BCPS (5/19-6-8). I will be starting Lurpon Tuesday (6/2). We are doing the long lupron/luteal lupron protocol. I would love to have some cycle buddies!

[kmcarino]

I will also be moving on to IVF but I won't start my Lupron until later June and have the IVF done in July.  I will also be on bc pills starting when af comes.  Good luck to you!

[rachjas0623]

I'm glad to see that you are moving on. Is this your first IVF? It is ours. You won't be too far behind me. ER for me is aroudn 6/25 and ET is around 7/1.

[boyjoy777]

I would love to join I have already been through my first ivf cycle and it didn't work about to start my second cycle in august ! The first time i was on the short protocol this time my doc is going to put me on the long protocol ! So good luck i can try to help if you have any questions about the retrieval or transfer !!!

[4everwealth]

I would love to join this forum. My DH and I have been ttc for 5yrs now. We have done 2 IUI that didnt work. Its been six months since the 2nd IUI and we are moving on to IVF. Its going to be our first IVF. I only just did my hormonal test yesterday and will go for the result on Monday 6/1. According to my dr, I start my injections on the 6/16. I guess that means I'm on the short protocol.
I'll let you know what else is discussed from my next dr's visit.
Good luck to you all.

[rachjas0623]

boyjoy777- great! it will be nice to have someone on the thread who has gone through it before.

4everwealth- I am to start stimming on 6/15. What meds. will you be using?

[4everwealth]

I'm going to ask my dr about the meds I will be on when I see him 6/1
I didnt ask him the last time I saw him. We only talked about my fertility treatment history and I wanted a fresh hormonal test done and that day was my CD3.

I will keep you posted. May I ask what stimming is?

[rachjas0623]

4everwealth- Well, I actually start Lupron on Tuesday. That is used to stop me from Ovulating. I will stop that right before I trigger (used to make you ovulate). A lot of people refer to the injections that stimulate your eggs... as stimming. I start that around 6/15. That call last from 8-12 days... it depends on how you react.

[KaraLehann]

I wish I could afford IUF

Kara

Currently hoping that Clomid will help.........
Here's my situation........


I have been trying to conceive with my fiance of two years for almost 18 months now! I have unknown infertility problems. I just finished up my first time use of Clomid! I have not had any side effects from it and I am now ovulating. Today is cd 14 and I am ovulating...this is normal for me. I get my period every 28 days and most time ovulate on day 13 or 14, usually 14.

Is there anything that you can recommend for me to do while ovulating?

The doctor is thinking of increasing my dose of Clomid from 100mgs to 150mgs if this cycle is not sucessful...does the higher the dose produce more eggs?
Also I read somewhere that the higher the dose of Clomid you are on the higher your chances are for twins or multiples.
I was told that since I do not have a family or personal history of twins that my chance is around 10%...but will that 10% increase if my dosage of Clomid increases.
I don't care if I have triplets (as long as all the babies and myself stay healthy), I just want to prepare myself for that chance. Also, I have two other children
to previous partners, ages three years old and seven years old.
My partner has two kids to previous partners and they are ages 12 and 8, we just can NOT seem to even get pregnant to one another.
I heard that prior births could cause twins to occur whie using Clomid. Is that true?
Sorry for the million questions, today is Sunday, so my doctor is NOT open or I would call. My doctor is NOT monitoring me except for me to come in on cd 22 for and altrosound to see if I am pregnant. Thanks for ANY answers you can give me.

[boyjoy777]

hi just checking in  ! Thanks for welcoming me ! My doc said he is going to put me on lupron this time they say its better for strong ovulaters I was on generlix first cycle but my body responded differently than what we were hoping for so i am glad you are starting with lupron !

[fairyzduzt]

Hello ladies, DH & I have been ttc for 9 yrs. male factor/mild PCOS. Last March had an eptopic pregnancy. 1st IVF this past May (unfortunally BFN), 2nd IVF with start of next AF should put my ER around end of June, ET around beginning of July. Best of luck ladies, have any questions feel free to ask.

[rachjas0623]

boyjoy777- I am excited to start the lurpon. I still have several days until stimming, but at least I get to start something... tmw. DH & I also start Doxycycline (antibiotic). He is not looking for to that.

fairyzduzt- It seems like you are just behind me. ER for me is around 6/25. ET is 7/1.  Are you trying a new protocol this time around?

[fairyzduzt]

Go back to RE on 6/6 but when the nurse called she said that we could try again with my next cycle if we were ready. (My DH couldn't understand why we couldn't start right away since my AF started right on time) So I won't know if we will try a new protocol till then. I would say it will be the same I responded well 6 retrived, 4 fertilized, 3 transfered, & 1 frozen. My sister got her BFP on her second IVF, so hopefully we get our BFP this time around. Keep me posted.

[A_Muse4u]

DH & I will be in close contact every month with our Doc concerning my periods.  We are presently awaiting for AF to make her visit this month.  Then, we will be phoning the doc to update him on the specifics of AF.  Stims for me will not begin until August and DET/IVF will be set the month after that in September.  I am just researching and studying everyone's triumphs/failures bc I want to triumph as we all know we all do A.S.A.P.  SSBD2YA  

[4everwealth]

This question is to those who have had an IVF done before - do you know of a protocol where you take one injection (don't know the name....yet) on CD21 and you dont take any other drug or injection for about a month, then the follies starts being monitored from then. I dont know if other drugs will be given then or not. Also if I take the injection on 6/16, ER wont be until towards end of July or so.
Help......anybody.

[fairyzduzt]

This was my protocol, my RE followed my natural cycle (31days). I started Lupron on the CD23, when AF arrive(3days late) I called the RE, had u/s & b/w on CD4, started gonal-f  CD8 they lowered the Lupron dose at this time, u/s & b/w on CD 7 started menupor with gonal-f still on Lupron, CD 10 u/s & b/w, stopped gonal-f double dose of menupor, CD12 u/s & b/w HCG injection that night, ER on CD 15. It sounds like you are going to be on Lupron for your 1st AF cycle then with the start of your next is when you will start stimms. I hope this helped. I know how it feels to not know what is going to happen and when and the waiting is diffucult because you have waited so long with all the test and so forth to get to this point. But it seemed to me that once we started it flew by. Best of luck to you!

[rachjas0623]

A_muse4U- Thanks for your inspiring words.

4everwealth- I would agrre with fairyzduzt. It sounds like you will be taking Lupron.

fairyzduzt- I am keeping my fingers crossed for your second try. When are you expecting AF?

[4everwealth]

Thank you for your reply. It makes me feel so much better.
My DH says he's sure we'll get to know about the protocol once we fully commit to it, that is, the dr will be more tham willing to tell us about it all. When that happens, I'll keep you posted.

fairyzduzt - I'm really looking forward to the days flying past once the whole treatment starts. Thanks for encouraging me. When do you start the protocol for your second IVF? I wish you BFP!

rachjas - How are you responding to the lupron? I hope you are doing good. Good luck with this IVF cycle. I wish you BFP!

[rxyrxx919]

Hi!   I also am doing IVF at the end of June.   My we have been ttc for 3 years (blocked fallopian tube).   My Dh and I are currently on the antibiotic z-pak.  We go next Friday for our injections class and then will start injections on Saturday... I am really nervous about that!  Other than that hopefully we will have the procedure done on the 27th or 29th of June... I am looking forward to reading ur stories and hearing how things are going with all of you! :o)  

[fairyzduzt]

rachjas- I started AF the next day after I got my test results, so I expect my next to be 6/20. Go back to RE on Sat. which will be CD 17 for me so I will most likely start Lupron the following week. This is just going by my 1st IVF, RE seemed happy with the 1st cycle but won't know for sure till Sat.

4everwealth- I expect to start on Lupron around the 6/12 CD23 but as I said before I won't know for sure till Sat.

rxyrxx- Welcome to the forum. I was really nervous about the injections too so I had my husband do them the 1st day but the next day I had to do it myself it was not as bad as I thought it would be, just take a deep breath and go for it! It will all be worth it when we are all holding our baby (babies) in our arms.

[rachjas0623]

4everwealth- So far, so good with the lupron. This will be my second day. I am taking 10u which seems to be the average for most. Some people take more and others take less. I have even heard of the dosage changing when you get closer to trigger.

rxyrxx- It's been great talking to you on our profiles. It seems like a lot of teacher wait to do IVF until summer. I guess it make the most sense.

fairyzduzt- Yeah! Not that long and you'll be getting started! It sooo exciting and nerve racking for me.... It seems like it's going to take forever to get there.. but I have a feeling once stimming starts it will go by fast. I have to go to the doctor almost every other day. She wants to make sure I don't overstimulate. I have mild PCOS on top of being hyprothyroid and having bad tubes (scar tissue from ruptured appendix).

[happilymarried1]

I have just gone through my first IVF cycle (long protocol) and found out May 21 that we are pregnant! I actually have an app't with my Dr. this Friday for an ultrasound. I think I'm still in shock and won't really belive it until I see what's going on in there. I had 3 embryos transferred...ah! I am still on Progestrone injections and Estradiol pill every day. They said I'd be on them until about 9 weeks, and today I'm officially 6 weeks pregnant. I wish all of you much luck. This definitely is not an easy process and can be so mentally and physically draining (and not to mention, expensive!) but will all be worth it in the end!

Lots of positive thoughts going your way ~ good luck to everyone!

[rachjas0623]

happilymarried1- Thank you sooo much for your success story. Wow!  You put back in the 3?!?! Do you think you have more than one sticking in there? How have your betas been? Really high?

[happilymarried1]

Yes, my Dr. said my chances of getting pregnant were definitely greater if we did 3 instead of 1 or 2 (we also had 2 more frozen), so I thought "go for it" ~ maybe if nothing else, at least one will stick...I honestly don't know what my #'s are! I had blood work done on May 19th and 21st, both were positive and those #'s started in the 80's and were into the 100's by the 21st (all I know is the nurse told me anything greater than 5 was good). They haven't done anymore testing since then, just have me on the injections and going for the ultrasound in 2 days.

I have been a little crampy off and on since my embryo transfer almost a month ago, my breasts are still sore, etc. and I wonder if it's mostly due to the side effects from the meds or really from the pregnancy. I hope all is well! I will definitely keep you posted :-)

[happilymarried1]

Yes, my Dr. said my chances of getting pregnant were definitely greater if we did 3 instead of 1 or 2 (we also had 2 more frozen), so I thought "go for it" ~ maybe if nothing else, at least one will stick...I honestly don't know what my #'s are! I had blood work done on May 19th and 21st, both were positive and those #'s started in the 80's and were into the 100's by the 21st (all I know is the nurse told me anything greater than 5 was good). They haven't done anymore testing since then, just have me on the injections and going for the ultrasound in 2 days.

I have been a little crampy off and on since my embryo transfer almost a month ago, my breasts are still sore, etc. and I wonder if it's mostly due to the side effects from the meds or really from the pregnancy. I hope all is well! I will definitely keep you posted :-)