Week of Jan 21

[pickel]

Jan 23, 2019 17:54:34 GMT -5 Jalapeñomel said:

Trigger tonight at 12:45 am for a 11:45 am retrival on Friday. 7 follicles, same as last time.

Good luck!! Fingers crossed for you!!

[pickel]

Jan 23, 2019 14:38:39 GMT -5 vmars said:

DHs SA came back normal. I am so happy, what a huge relief! They think bloodwork will be in on Friday.

That’s great news!!

[landmermaid]

Jan 23, 2019 17:54:34 GMT -5 Jalapeñomel said:

Trigger tonight at 12:45 am for a 11:45 am retrival on Friday. 7 follicles, same as last time.

Good luck!!

[Jalapeñomel]

I wish all the shots were as easy as the damn trigger.

[knx9211]

Good luck tomorrow Jalapeñomel!!!

[pickel]

Jan 24, 2019 12:02:48 GMT -5 Jalapeñomel said:

I wish all the shots were as easy as the damn trigger.

Ain't that the damn truth? I have grown accustomed to the PIO shot, but it still hurts and makes my rear so sore.

[Jalapeñomel]

Jan 24, 2019 18:39:18 GMT -5 pickel said:

Jan 24, 2019 12:02:48 GMT -5 Jalapeñomel said:

I wish all the shots were as easy as the damn trigger.

Ain't that the damn truth? I have grown accustomed to the PIO shot, but it still hurts and makes my rear so sore.

I still have pain in my leg for my last transfer in September, when I nicked a nerve with the PIO.

[woowoo]

Jalapeñomel, good luck today!

[seeyalater52]

Good luck Jalapeñomel! Can’t wait to hear how it goes!

[icedcoffee]

Good luck Jalapeñomel!

[stellelinds25]

Good luck today Jalapeñomel!!

[G22]

Good luck today @jalepenomel!

[G22]

Whine ahead...

My box o' meds arrived this morning and I promptly cried while opening it. The last few days have been emotionally rough. I'm increasingly hating my REs office more and more. So much so, that if we require another full IVF I'm going somewhere else. But for now, I'm kind of stuck since we've already transferred our embryos here.

I basically feel like my RE couldnt give 2 shits about my cycle and is in it for the money. They've been very non-understanding about the fact the we live out of town and have drive 4.5 hours round trip everytime we come to an appt. We are self pay because insurance doesnt cover IF treatments and we keep finding sneaky charges being slipped into our bill. Like a $500 charge just for them to take in our embryos from another clinic that no one told me about when I was asking about it. When I asked for a breakdown of what that money covers, they gave a list of shit that is part of my transfer (embryo thawing, testing ect) and shouldn't be part of the charge for outside embryos. But we've already shipped them and cant do anything about it.

I just wish I'd followed my gut from the start when I didnt feel great about the RE after my first appt and found another doctor. Now I'm stuck with him and my 2 embryos and trying to decide what my next move is past this FET. I just have such a negative feeling going into my FET about all this, I feel like its doomed to fail.

[stellelinds25]

Jan 25, 2019 10:39:22 GMT -5 G22 said:

Whine ahead...

My box o' meds arrived this morning and I promptly cried while opening it. The last few days have been emotionally rough. I'm increasingly hating my REs office more and more. So much so, that if we require another full IVF I'm going somewhere else. But for now, I'm kind of stuck since we've already transferred our embryos here.

I basically feel like my RE couldnt give 2 shits about my cycle and is in it for the money. They've been very non-understanding about the fact the we live out of town and have drive 4.5 hours round trip everytime we come to an appt. We are self pay because insurance doesnt cover IF treatments and we keep finding sneaky charges being slipped into our bill. Like a $500 charge just for them to take in our embryos from another clinic that no one told me about when I was asking about it. When I asked for a breakdown of what that money covers, they gave a list of shit that is part of my transfer (embryo thawing, testing ect) and shouldn't be part of the charge for outside embryos. But we've already shipped them and cant do anything about it.

I just wish I'd followed my gut from the start when I didnt feel great about the RE after my first appt and found another doctor. Now I'm stuck with him and my 2 embryos and trying to decide what my next move is past this FET. I just have such a negative feeling going into my FET about all this, I feel like its doomed to fail.

I'm so sorry...I can completely relate to feeling so shitty about your RE because that's how I felt about my previous one and the reason I switched. I've heard with some clinics you have to go through all your bills with a fine tooth comb...if they charge you again for the thawing/testing, send them the itemized one that you already paid and show them you already paid for it. Be the biggest B you have to be! Beyond that, I just want to send some ((hugs)) and the cliche "try and be positive" even though I know it's hard when you feel so crappy about your RE. 

[stellelinds25]

I freaked out this morning because I started spotting...I'm only on CD22, supposed to start stims tonight, why am I spotting?! I emailed my nurse (and posted in my clinics FB group) and apparently this is common when you stop BCP (I took my last one on Monday), so no need to panic...the nurse said it might even get a little worse to where it seems like a period. I was practically in tears my whole hour long drive to work and wondering why nothing can go right for us. Nothing but a roller coaster this journey...ugh.

[Jalapeñomel]

Jan 25, 2019 12:47:36 GMT -5 stellelinds25 said:

I freaked out this morning because I started spotting...I'm only on CD22, supposed to start stims tonight, why am I spotting?! I emailed my nurse (and posted in my clinics FB group) and apparently this is common when you stop BCP (I took my last one on Monday), so no need to panic...the nurse said it might even get a little worse to where it seems like a period. I was practically in tears my whole hour long drive to work and wondering why nothing can go right for us. Nothing but a roller coaster this journey...ugh.

You should bleed stopping BCP. Totally normal.


(((Hugs))) this is a hard process.


8 retrieved. I hope we get two again that make it.

[G22]

Jan 25, 2019 12:43:58 GMT -5 stellelinds25 said:

Jan 25, 2019 10:39:22 GMT -5 G22 said:

Whine ahead...

My box o' meds arrived this morning and I promptly cried while opening it. The last few days have been emotionally rough. I'm increasingly hating my REs office more and more. So much so, that if we require another full IVF I'm going somewhere else. But for now, I'm kind of stuck since we've already transferred our embryos here.

I basically feel like my RE couldnt give 2 shits about my cycle and is in it for the money. They've been very non-understanding about the fact the we live out of town and have drive 4.5 hours round trip everytime we come to an appt. We are self pay because insurance doesnt cover IF treatments and we keep finding sneaky charges being slipped into our bill. Like a $500 charge just for them to take in our embryos from another clinic that no one told me about when I was asking about it. When I asked for a breakdown of what that money covers, they gave a list of shit that is part of my transfer (embryo thawing, testing ect) and shouldn't be part of the charge for outside embryos. But we've already shipped them and cant do anything about it.

I just wish I'd followed my gut from the start when I didnt feel great about the RE after my first appt and found another doctor. Now I'm stuck with him and my 2 embryos and trying to decide what my next move is past this FET. I just have such a negative feeling going into my FET about all this, I feel like its doomed to fail.

I'm so sorry...I can completely relate to feeling so shitty about your RE because that's how I felt about my previous one and the reason I switched. I've heard with some clinics you have to go through all your bills with a fine tooth comb...if they charge you again for the thawing/testing, send them the itemized one that you already paid and show them you already paid for it. Be the biggest B you have to be! Beyond that, I just want to send some ((hugs)) and the cliche "try and be positive" even though I know it's hard when you feel so crappy about your RE. 

Thank you, I'm trying really hard to be positive and know that the money issues dont equate to the cycle failing.

We haven't actually paid anything yet, which is why we questioned the charges when we got the bill for this upcoming FET. The office sent something initially saying it its XYZ cost for our embryo transfer plus the 500 for them taking in outside embryos from another clinic. We asked specifically what the 500 covers, because that just sounds absurdly high for them just taking the embryos in and storing them (we paid an independent shipping company separately to move them between clinics) and is way more than we were lead to believe it would be. Thats when they gave us a breakdown that includes transfer related stuff in the 500. Which is a load of crap and should be part of the XYZ cost.

[G22]

Jan 25, 2019 12:47:36 GMT -5 stellelinds25 said:

I freaked out this morning because I started spotting...I'm only on CD22, supposed to start stims tonight, why am I spotting?! I emailed my nurse (and posted in my clinics FB group) and apparently this is common when you stop BCP (I took my last one on Monday), so no need to panic...the nurse said it might even get a little worse to where it seems like a period. I was practically in tears my whole hour long drive to work and wondering why nothing can go right for us. Nothing but a roller coaster this journey...ugh.

I'm so sorry you had a freak out, but yes bleeding can happen when stopping the BCP! Definitely normal. I'm glad you got ahold of the nurse to get reassurance.

I wish details like that were always included in protocol calendars, it would definitely calm nerves a bit! My current nurse actually put that on mine, which I'm thankful for because I'm sure I would have forgotten and freaked out like you did!

[pickel]

Jalapeñomel, that's great!! I have my fingers so tightly crossed for you!!
stellelinds25, I will echo everyone else, I was told to expect period like bleeding after stopping BCP.
G22, that sounds SO frustrating!! This is all so $$$, even an extra couple of hundred dollars makes a huge difference. I'm sorry you aren't happy with your clinic, that is not a good feeling. I definitely had times where I was like "why did I come here??" and would see red over some of the things they would do or say, so I wonder if that is just kind of a normal feeling going through such a stressful process.

[seeyalater52]

Jan 25, 2019 10:39:22 GMT -5 G22 said:

Whine ahead...

My box o' meds arrived this morning and I promptly cried while opening it. The last few days have been emotionally rough. I'm increasingly hating my REs office more and more. So much so, that if we require another full IVF I'm going somewhere else. But for now, I'm kind of stuck since we've already transferred our embryos here.

I basically feel like my RE couldnt give 2 shits about my cycle and is in it for the money. They've been very non-understanding about the fact the we live out of town and have drive 4.5 hours round trip everytime we come to an appt. We are self pay because insurance doesnt cover IF treatments and we keep finding sneaky charges being slipped into our bill. Like a $500 charge just for them to take in our embryos from another clinic that no one told me about when I was asking about it. When I asked for a breakdown of what that money covers, they gave a list of shit that is part of my transfer (embryo thawing, testing ect) and shouldn't be part of the charge for outside embryos. But we've already shipped them and cant do anything about it.

I just wish I'd followed my gut from the start when I didnt feel great about the RE after my first appt and found another doctor. Now I'm stuck with him and my 2 embryos and trying to decide what my next move is past this FET. I just have such a negative feeling going into my FET about all this, I feel like its doomed to fail.

I’m so sorry. I would be livid about the extra charges, especially when you didn’t even have an opportunity to co sent to them. I hope you have success with this transfer and never have to see those jerks again! ❤️ But also, albeit for very different reasons, I so can relate to feeling like the FET is doomed to fail, so sending you hugs.

[G22]

pickel I had a different RE last time, as weve moved since then. I loved my REs and the entire experience. So that may be jading my experience this time.

[landmermaid]

I hope you're doing ok starryfish. I've been thinking of you.

[starryfish]

Jan 26, 2019 9:09:27 GMT -5 landmermaid said:

I hope you're doing ok starryfish. I've been thinking of you.

Thanks! I’m doing much better. My beta is still not down to zero but closer now. Hopefully by Monday this will be over.

Then it’s just the wait until we can start the ivf trial

[landmermaid]

Jan 26, 2019 10:22:42 GMT -5 starryfish said:

Jan 26, 2019 9:09:27 GMT -5 landmermaid said:

I hope you're doing ok starryfish. I've been thinking of you.

Thanks! I’m doing much better. My beta is still not down to zero but closer now. Hopefully by Monday this will be over.

Then it’s just the wait until we can start the ivf trial

I'm glad to hear things are improving! I hope you were able to avoid surgery. Good luck on Monday, and I'm sending positive thoughts for your IVF trial. 💖

[starryfish]

Jan 26, 2019 16:08:20 GMT -5 landmermaid said:

Jan 26, 2019 10:22:42 GMT -5 starryfish said:

Thanks! I’m doing much better. My beta is still not down to zero but closer now. Hopefully by Monday this will be over.

Then it’s just the wait until we can start the ivf trial

I'm glad to hear things are improving! I hope you were able to avoid surgery. Good luck on Monday, and I'm sending positive thoughts for your IVF trial. 💖

Thanks. I did have surgery. But feeling better now!

[King26]

Jan 24, 2019 22:15:09 GMT -5 Jalapeñomel said:

Jan 24, 2019 18:39:18 GMT -5 pickel said:

Ain't that the damn truth? I have grown accustomed to the PIO shot, but it still hurts and makes my rear so sore.

I still have pain in my leg for my last transfer in September, when I nicked a nerve with the PIO.

I had pain in one side of my butt for 4 months after my one round of PIO. Every time i ran and my butt jiggled it hurt.

[Jalapeñomel]

Looks like I may only have two that fertilized. I had three last time, two made it, so I’m hoping I get one. I just need one good one. Just one good one.

[shoeless]

Keeping everything crossed for you Jalapeñomel

[landmermaid]

I'm so hopeful for you Jalapeñomel