Week of August 20

[seeyalater52]

What's new?


My transfer is officially scheduled for Sept. 10th.  

[megstoo]

Today is my last day of taking letrazole. They started me on 7.5 mg which I thought was high for the very first time taking (doing IUI). I go in on Friday for another monitoring/blood work and they'll let me know if I can use ovidrel as the trigger and the size of follicles. Other than the headache I don't feel any different. Several people said they got ovarian pain while on it but since I really have no symptoms I am questioning it and keep going to google.

On good news I got on the scale this morning and I'm down almost 11 lbs in 5 weeks.

[compassrose]

Nice megstoo! I had no physical symptoms on letrazole but it did make me very emotional.

[compassrose]

My official beta is the 24th, Friday. I’m 5dp6dt today. I might test on Weds. I’m so nervous.

[shoeless]

Fingers crossed *Compassrose*

I have my nurse consult this week, I am hoping we can proceed onto another FET without any more extra testing. Pregnancy test this morning was negative so my beta should be <5 now.

[msmerymac]

Nothing new. I'll need another hysteroscopy next cycle if I can fit it in around my work trip. It's kind of nice to just be off medication and relaxing for the time being, not tethered to injections the way I was on my vacation, not constantly waiting for my next appt on the calendar.

[scm1011]

yay, seeyalater52! Hopefully we'll both end up with late May/early June babies

FX, compassrose!

I'm just plugging along with Lupron injections. On Wednesday I have a baseline check and start Vivelle dots. Transfer date is still scheduled for 9/14.

[icedcoffee]

Still no period. And I'm starting to get very annoyed because even though we're not cycling this month we are cycling next month and this is going to push transfer and retrieval into November potentially.

[compassrose]

Ugh icedcoffee! I'm so sorry!

[Jalapeñomel]

I start cycling appointments on Friday for a 9/21 transfer date. I wish I could be more positive about the whole thing right now.

[compassrose]

Aug 20, 2018 14:35:23 GMT -5 Jalapeñomel said:

I start cycling appointments on Friday for a 9/21 transfer date. I wish I could be more positive about the whole thing right now.

I didn't feel positive until the day of my transfer. It's easier to be hopeful when you know there's a tiny embryo inside you.

[seeyalater52]

megstoo, hopefully you will continue to be relatively symptom free! I had a terrible headache but otherwise no real symptoms on letrozole.

icedcoffee I hope your period comes soon! It is super annoying doing the calculations when you're late about how far out it will push your treatment cycles.

scm1011, yay late May/early June babies for everyone! Are you feeling ok on the lupron? I know some people think the symptoms are terrible.

shoeless, glad things are moving in the right direction for you. Do you think you will be able to start meds for a FET right away or will they want you to take a cycle off?

msmerymac, enjoy your time off from treatment!

compassrose, good luck this week. We are all rooting for you.

Jalapeñomel I'm sorry you're not feeling more hopeful about the transfer. You feel how you feel and while it might help you to feel good about things it's not necessary for you to be positive in order for it to work! We will hold the hope for you. <3

[scm1011]

Aug 20, 2018 14:56:48 GMT -5 seeyalater52 said:

scm1011 , yay late May/early June babies for everyone! Are you feeling ok on the lupron? I know some people think the symptoms are terrible.

Yes, I shouldn't have limited that to just us! Here's hoping for a late spring 2019 baby boom around these parts!!
I'm actually doing fine on lupron this time around. Last cycle it gave me terrible headaches, but after 8 days of injections I've yet to have one (which then makes me anxious like is it working?!?). I've never been on vivelle so I guess we'll see if that causes any fun side effects.

[seeyalater52]

Aug 20, 2018 15:08:24 GMT -5 scm1011 said:

Aug 20, 2018 14:56:48 GMT -5 seeyalater52 said:

scm1011 , yay late May/early June babies for everyone! Are you feeling ok on the lupron? I know some people think the symptoms are terrible.

Yes, I shouldn't have limited that to just us! Here's hoping for a late spring 2019 baby boom around these parts!!
I'm actually doing fine on lupron this time around. Last cycle it gave me terrible headaches, but after 8 days of injections I've yet to have one (which then makes me anxious like is it working?!?). I've never been on vivelle so I guess we'll see if that causes any fun side effects.

I hate that "is it working" feeling so much! Do you have a monitoring appointment scheduled sometime soon so you can see how things are progressing?

I'm really hopeful we have another big boom of positives the next couple of cycles.  

[scm1011]

seeyalater52, yup, I have a monitoring appt on Wednesday.

I hope AF comes ASAP, icedcoffee. I know you're trying to squeeze in a pre-Sept 1 baby like me!

[icedcoffee]

scm1011 I think I've even come to terms with the fact that we will probably not have a pre 9/1 baby. At this point though, I'm also worried about retrieval and transfer getting too close to my parents coming to town. Basically--I know this will all happen, but it will wait until the most inconvenient time. LOL

A spring/summer 2019 baby boom sounds lovely though!

[icedcoffee]

Maybe I'll buy one of those fancy digital pee sticks that are like $20 a pop. That usually gets AF going. LOL

[scm1011]

Aug 20, 2018 15:29:06 GMT -5 icedcoffee said:

Maybe I'll buy one of those fancy digital pee sticks that are like $20 a pop. That usually gets AF going. LOL

lol, so true!  

[pooh8402]

Aug 20, 2018 14:43:56 GMT -5 compassrose said:

Aug 20, 2018 14:35:23 GMT -5 Jalapeñomel said:

I start cycling appointments on Friday for a 9/21 transfer date. I wish I could be more positive about the whole thing right now.

I didn't feel positive until the day of my transfer. It's easier to be hopeful when you know there's a tiny embryo inside you.

Yea what she said.

[icedcoffee]

I peed on a few wondfos last night just for fun. Apparently expiration date does matter because 2 of the 3 had errors. These all expired in 2016. Haha The 3rd was a negative which is fine because I expected it. Hopefully it starts today before 5 so it can be day 1!

[compassrose]

Aug 21, 2018 7:07:25 GMT -5 icedcoffee said:

I peed on a few wondfos last night just for fun. Apparently expiration date does matter because 2 of the 3 had errors. These all expired in 2016. Haha The 3rd was a negative which is fine because I expected it. Hopefully it starts today before 5 so it can be day 1!

Huh. I have no idea what the expiration date is on mine... 

[starryfish]

ugh, BFN today. And if I can't delay my period for a few days, we won't be able to cycle the next two months due to vacation and work travel. Beta isn't until Thursday, so I would stop progesterone supps then. I can't remember, how long after you stop the progesterone does your period start? What if I take them an extra 1-2 days? I really need to just extend it a few days to make it work.

GL to all those transfers this week!

[compassrose]

I’m so sorry starryfish. I’ve only taken progesterone when pregnant so I’m not sure but I can’t imagine a few more days would hurt anything.

[seeyalater52]

Aug 21, 2018 12:34:41 GMT -5 starryfish said:

ugh, BFN today. And if I can't delay my period for a few days, we won't be able to cycle the next two months due to vacation and work travel. Beta isn't until Thursday, so I would stop progesterone supps then. I can't remember, how long after you stop the progesterone does your period start? What if I take them an extra 1-2 days? I really need to just extend it a few days to make it work.

GL to all those transfers this week!

I'm sorry, what a drag. Usually I got my period 2 days after stopping progesterone. When I needed to make some cycle adjustments during IUI my provider was fine with me popping a couple of extra suppositories (in my case 4 days worth) to delay my period from coming. I did have a little bit of spotting toward the very end as my period tried to come but it was all fine and very helpful as it set my cycle start at a time that didn't conflict with a work trip. Hope you are able to have the same luck. 

[icedcoffee]

I'm sorry starryfish. I'm sending you all my late period vibes!

[Jalapeñomel]

Aug 21, 2018 12:34:41 GMT -5 starryfish said:

ugh, BFN today. And if I can't delay my period for a few days, we won't be able to cycle the next two months due to vacation and work travel. Beta isn't until Thursday, so I would stop progesterone supps then. I can't remember, how long after you stop the progesterone does your period start? What if I take them an extra 1-2 days? I really need to just extend it a few days to make it work.

GL to all those transfers this week!

I’m sorry. I stopped progesterone when I got the negative beta, and then got my period two days later.

[FishChicks]

I'm sorry starryfish. Like others, I've seen progesterone work to delay my cycle sometimes, but not always. So it's worth a try, but know that it doesn't always work.

[scm1011]

I'm sorry, starryfish I hope the timing works out for the next couple of cycles.

I had a lining check this morning and all looks good! I also started back up with a research study done through Harvard Medical School like I did last cycle (my clinic is within a Harvard teaching hospital). Basically for every appointment during treatment (and hopefully pregnancy) they take a urine and blood sample and I complete a short survey, and in exchange I get a $25-50 Amazon gift card. Last cycle I made like $700, so its a good haul! They're studying the effects of different products (mostly beauty and personal care, but also cleaners, food from cans, etc) on fertility/pregnancy/children.

[icedcoffee]

That's so cool scm1011 . I would love to be able to do that!

Still no AF. Womp, womp.  I leave today for work travel and I am excited to starfish the bed and watch TV alone and eat yummy food.

[Jalapeñomel]

Aug 22, 2018 8:25:52 GMT -5 scm1011 said:

I'm sorry, starryfish I hope the timing works out for the next couple of cycles.

I had a lining check this morning and all looks good! I also started back up with a research study done through Harvard Medical School like I did last cycle (my clinic is within a Harvard teaching hospital). Basically for every appointment during treatment (and hopefully pregnancy) they take a urine and blood sample and I complete a short survey, and in exchange I get a $25-50 Amazon gift card. Last cycle I made like $700, so its a good haul! They're studying the effects of different products (mostly beauty and personal care, but also cleaners, food from cans, etc) on fertility/pregnancy/children.

This is cool! Totally worth the copay. 🤣