Post by compassrose on Jun 25, 2018 9:49:08 GMT -5
It's another big week around here! greengardener and I have our retrievals Weds and tomorrow, respectively, seeyalater52 has her transfer on Weds, and pooh8402 has her transfer soon, too, right? What else is happening?
Thank you for the recap compassrose. It's hard to remember where everyone is! Good luck tomorrow.
Got official word at mm that I'll be triggering tonight. Just waiting for a call from the nurse with a time. I am soooooo bloated it's awful & my innards hurt. I really hope this is my last retrieval cycle.
I hope so too!!
I just injected my second trigger shot, so Iβm done with injectibles other than PIO for the FET, i hope.
My transfer is tomorrow! Awaiting today's report, but I still had 18 embryos yesterday.
I tested out my trigger shot and it's gone now, so my initial OHSS symptoms are basically gone. Still some bloat from swollen ovaries, all pain is gone as of yesterday.
My transfer is tomorrow! Awaiting today's report, but I still had 18 embryos yesterday.
I tested out my trigger shot and it's gone now, so my initial OHSS symptoms are basically gone. Still some bloat from swollen ovaries, all pain is gone as of yesterday.
I can't believe your symptoms are mostly gone already! That's great news!
I'm still both anticipating and dreading when an embryo implants, since that late-onset OHSS is worse than the early, due to rising hcg levels. If this works, then that will show up in about a week.
Post by seeyalater52 on Jun 25, 2018 12:55:18 GMT -5
We only have 3 good and 3 fair. I'm so scared. We are planning on a day 5 transfer and they seem somewhat confident we will at least get one for a fresh transfer but beyond that, who knows.
ETA and based on this they now suspect egg quality issues. Fucking awesome.
We only have 3 good and 3 fair. I'm so scared. We are planning on a day 5 transfer and they seem somewhat confident we will at least get one for a fresh transfer but beyond that, who knows.
ETA and based on this they now suspect egg quality issues. Fucking awesome.
((Hugs)) 6 is great! Lots of fair embryos turn into babiesβmy obgyn roommate says sheβs not even sure why they grade them because it doesnβt mean much. You have 6 chances for your one baby right now. Thatβs a great thing.
We only have 3 good and 3 fair. I'm so scared. We are planning on a day 5 transfer and they seem somewhat confident we will at least get one for a fresh transfer but beyond that, who knows.
ETA and based on this they now suspect egg quality issues. Fucking awesome.Β
((Hugs)) 6 is great! Lots of fair embryos turn into babiesβmy obgyn roommate says sheβs not even sure why they grade them because it doesnβt mean much. You have 6 chances for your one baby right now. Thatβs a great thing.
Weirdly the cell counts on the fair ones are fine. Theyβre just very fragmented. The embryologist said in her experience fair ones can create pregnancies too but that usually they get better results when itβs slow-growing as opposed to fragmented. Itβs so hard not to read into it. I just wish I knew our one baby was in this batch. Iβm terrified we are going to have to do this all over again and right now I dont want to.
6 is great! I do have egg quality and quantity issues and with my 4th retrieval I only had 4 embryos at day 3 but ended up with 3 blasts on day 5 so hang in there!
We only have 3 good and 3 fair. I'm so scared. We are planning on a day 5 transfer and they seem somewhat confident we will at least get one for a fresh transfer but beyond that, who knows.
ETA and based on this they now suspect egg quality issues. Fucking awesome.
6 is great! I do have egg quality and quantity issues and with my 4th retrieval I only had 4 embryos at day 3 but ended up with 3 blasts on day 5 so hang in there!
We only have 3 good and 3 fair. I'm so scared. We are planning on a day 5 transfer and they seem somewhat confident we will at least get one for a fresh transfer but beyond that, who knows.
ETA and based on this they now suspect egg quality issues. Fucking awesome.Β
Thank you, that really helps! Itβs so jarring for them to decrease so quickly but youβre totally right that all hope is not lost. Iβm really trying to maintain optimism and also remember that the downer embryologist doesnβt have any perspective on bedside manner. This whole thing is so terrifying and emotional. I really donβt think I was prepared at all for how horrible it can feel.
Post by cherryvalance on Jun 25, 2018 16:36:57 GMT -5
seeyalater52, I'll keep everything crossed your baby is one of these 6!
IVF is such a bullshit numbers game. Like, it really only does take one. @@ With our first cycle, we had 4 embryos at day 5, the fresh transfer was a m/c and DS was one of two transferred because they were good, but not great. It really only takes one, but I know it's so hard to think of that when you're stressing numbers.
Thinking about you seeyalater52 itβs hard not to go crazy with any amount of information you have because you have so little control! At this point, what will be will be and no amount of stressing will change it. I hope you can decompress a bit before transfer.
My beta is Friday. We made it to Jackson Hole, WY last night for a work conference for H after a brutal 15 hours of travel due to flight delays. Excited to explore a bit!
Post by seeyalater52 on Jun 25, 2018 17:49:26 GMT -5
Thanks for all the support everyone. Iβm trying my hardest to re-adjust my expectations and stay positive because truly we are not in bad shape even if itβs not what we were expecting. I am feeling a little more relaxed/calm/resigned. Certainly having all these hormones cursing through my veins isnβt helping anything!
I am thinking of all of you with milestones coming up this week.
How do you deal with pregnancy news from people you are close with? SIL called DH for his birthday on Saturday & broke the news that she is 12 weeks along. We knew they were trying, and I am excited at the idea of our potential future kid having a cousin, but I am full of so many different emotions. I haven't reached out to her, and I feel like a bitch for it, but I just break down every time I think about it. I truly am thrilled for them, but it's hard to process. UGH.
Take time to process and try to find a time when you can feel happy for them and write and nice text (or email) congratulating them. My BFF is going to start TTC in August, so I already bought her a gift when I was having a good day, because I know the day she tells me she's pregnant may not be one. Hopefully you will also be pregnant in the very near future and your kid will have a cousin close to their age.
((hugs)) You can also rage and vent and whatever you need here. Nothing about this is fair.