Week of March 11th

[vmars]

How’s everyone doing?

This is my big week. I start IVF on Wednesday. I finally got my meds sorted out and should be getting everything tomorrow. Insurance approved me for my cycle. I also got my calendar. Starting with 300 iu of Gonal F and 10 units low dose HcG. Anyone done this med combo before? Any side effects?

[megstoo]

I'm still waiting on my clinic to call me and tell me it was a BFN. I tested this morning before beta at 11dp3dt.
I'm assuming I'll stop all meds tonight, have a period and then start again on our last FET.

[msmerymac]

Got the PGS testing back - 5 out of the 8 tested were normal, 3 were abnormal. We have 1 normal and 1 non-concurrent from my last retrieval, too, (and had 1 abnormal and 1 mosaic, which were not transferred to this clinic) so at least 6 more chances! My clinic won't transfer abnormal embryos, but they will non-concurrent. We're pretty excited about how this is looking. We'll be transferring again in April or May. Paying OOP for the transfer because my insurance would count it as "one IVF attempt" otherwise and they'll only help with two, which is insane, but whatever.

[vmars]

msmerymac, we may be transfer buddies!
megstoo, BFN are the worst, I am sorry

[EllenGriswold]

It’s spring break week here so work is super slow. Which I’m very happy about because I can catch up on everything. Still on track for transfer next week. Going to the RE on Wednesday to check on everything and if lining and labs look good, will start progesterone on Friday. Not looking forward to those injections at all - I need to get a heating pad to sit on for after.

[moonriver]

megstoo I’m sorry for the bfn. Be kind to yourself.

It’s TWW for us. So...let the waiting begin.

[landmermaid]

Good luck moonriver 🤞

[G22]

moonriver, crossing everything for you!

[moonriver]

Thank you! I don’t know how I feel really because I still don’t know if I had a huge follicle (29mm at my cd15 u/s, I triggered that evening) or if it was a cyst. So I’m obviously hoping for the best but realizing it could be a total flop this month.

[pandora89]

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Hi! Hope it’s okay that I jump back in here. I was on here from early 2014 to the summer of 2017 when we conceived our son via IVF. We have headed back to the RE for baby #2.

I already did another HSG and a basic ultrasound. Have to go in to do blood work and DH a SA. The HSG showed that both my tubes are now blocked which was not the case back in 2014 when we first started going to the RE. It could either be a block or a tubal spasm. We are meeting with the RE Monday to go over all the results of our retests but already know we are going to proceed with IVF since we transferred our last frozen blast to get DS. Ideally we will do our retrieval cycle this summer and transfer late summer or early fall after I have gone back to work. It took us 3 cycles and an ectopic to conceive DS so I hope this time we have a smoother path.

[knx9211]

Mar 11, 2019 13:03:25 GMT -5 vmars said:

How’s everyone doing?

This is my big week. I start IVF on Wednesday. I finally got my meds sorted out and should be getting everything tomorrow. Insurance approved me for my cycle. I also got my calendar. Starting with 300 iu of Gonal F and 10 units low dose HcG. Anyone done this med combo before? Any side effects?

I did that combo in higher doses for all of my cycles. I feel like I was a little emotional, but that could have just been the circumstances. Maybe a few headaches? No other symptoms. Good luck!

[vmars]

Mar 11, 2019 18:52:40 GMT -5 knx9211 said:

Mar 11, 2019 13:03:25 GMT -5 vmars said:

How’s everyone doing?

This is my big week. I start IVF on Wednesday. I finally got my meds sorted out and should be getting everything tomorrow. Insurance approved me for my cycle. I also got my calendar. Starting with 300 iu of Gonal F and 10 units low dose HcG. Anyone done this med combo before? Any side effects?

I did that combo in higher doses for all of my cycles. I feel like I was a little emotional, but that could have just been the circumstances. Maybe a few headaches? No other symptoms. Good luck!

That makes me feel a lot better, thank you!

[wise_rita]

2WW and as I knew BFN. Two frosties left but I can't go back until May.

Half the year is wasted.

Ugh.

[pandora89]

((wise_rita)) I’m really sorry.

[G22]

wise_rita, I'm sorry. It sucks that you have to wait to be able to cycle again.

[vmars]

Mar 12, 2019 1:07:19 GMT -5 wise_rita said:

2WW and as I knew BFN. Two frosties left but I can't go back until May.

Half the year is wasted.

Ugh.

I am sorry and also sorry you have to wait until May. That really sucks.

[wise_rita]

Thank you but save your sympathy for someone else. Everything is a hopeless mess for me so someone else needs the good will more. Vibes to them instead!

[lovelyshoes]

wise_rita I had to take a few months breaks between transfers and it sucked, but at the same time I was able to just give myself a break, a much needed break. I hope you get to do that for yourself. Wishing you the best of luck moving forward.

[wise_rita]

Mar 12, 2019 8:58:05 GMT -5 lovelyshoes said:

wise_rita I had to take a few months breaks between transfers and it sucked, but at the same time I was able to just give myself a break, a much needed break. I hope you get to do that for yourself. Wishing you the best of luck moving forward.

Thank you for your kind words. 

2019 is a wash so it's dead to me.  Hopefully wasting 2 months of the year will benefit the next one but it's hard to feel anything other than kicking the can down the road into oblivion.

[lovelyshoes]

Mar 12, 2019 9:05:22 GMT -5 wise_rita said:

Mar 12, 2019 8:58:05 GMT -5 lovelyshoes said:

wise_rita I had to take a few months breaks between transfers and it sucked, but at the same time I was able to just give myself a break, a much needed break. I hope you get to do that for yourself. Wishing you the best of luck moving forward.

Thank you for your kind words. 

2019 is a wash so it's dead to me.  Hopefully wasting 2 months of the year will benefit the next one but it's hard to feel anything other than kicking the can down the road into oblivion.

That was 2017 and most of 2018 for me and if I’m being honest 2016 as well. I had to almost force myself to take a break from the constant stress. It’s so hard. You’re in my thoughts though.

[red]

vmars- I’ve been on those two together a few times, sometimes with other things thrown in. My last cycle we kept it simpler with just those two but a higher dose (450), had my best results so far. Keep in mind this was my third IVF though so they were more aggressive.
pandora89- welcome back, I hope success comes easy to you this time.
wise_rita- I’m so sorry! I know how frustrating it is waiting. Our ER was in Nov and I am finally transferring one the end of this both due to an unrelated surgery I ended up needing.

[red]

I’m waiting for full AF to start my estrace. I’ve been spotting since Sun night but not a full bleed, but now I’m wondering if I won’t have a heavy period due to the BCP. I usually get pretty shitty cramps when it’s here, so I’m hoping they come today while I’m off instead of tomorrow when I’m working.

I do have one win to share- I guess I overpaid the RE $2400 last year, so I should not owe anything for my saline sono or FET. We were assuming we would be paying OOP since we have not touched our $3K deductible yet. Yay!

[vmars]

Are ganirelex and Cetrotide the same? My order from the RE said Ganirelex but I got Cetrotide in my box.

[knx9211]

Mar 12, 2019 18:35:01 GMT -5 vmars said:

Are ganirelex and Cetrotide the same? My order from the RE said Ganirelex but I got Cetrotide in my box.

They serve the same purpose, but I think one has to be mixed and one is premixed?

[starryfish]

We found out that we might not be able to do the ivf clinical trial after all. Ugh.

We are hoping to do another iui. Hoping to go in tomorrow for clearance to start the iui cycle.

[red]

Mar 12, 2019 18:45:12 GMT -5 knx9211 said:

Mar 12, 2019 18:35:01 GMT -5 vmars said:

Are ganirelex and Cetrotide the same? My order from the RE said Ganirelex but I got Cetrotide in my box.

They serve the same purpose, but I think one has to be mixed and one is premixed?

I’ve been on both, they both prevent premature ovulation. Maybe your insurance would only cover the one kind vmars? I’d call your RE/pharmacy to double check.

[lpcats]

Had a 14 mm and 19 mm follicle at monitoring this morning on CD 10. They had me trigger tonight with IUIs tomorrow and Thursday morning. I was surprised how soon it happened. Also, the trigger was just as painless as the internet has led me to believe.

[seeyalater52]

Mar 12, 2019 8:49:30 GMT -5 wise_rita said:

Thank you but save your sympathy for someone else. Everything is a hopeless mess for me so someone else needs the good will more. Vibes to them instead!

I feel you so hard with this, friend. I know you don’t need sympathy but I empathize so much. I’m so sorry.

I have to delay my next/last transfer from this cycle (transfer #5 Jesus Christ) until May also. Knowing no matter what happens we won’t get a baby in 2019 hurts. For me, the transfer will almost certainly be another loss, and I’m scared. This is all bullshit.

[seeyalater52]

Mar 12, 2019 20:28:39 GMT -5 starryfish said:

We found out that we might not be able to do the ivf clinical trial after all. Ugh.

We are hoping to do another iui. Hoping to go in tomorrow for clearance to start the iui cycle.

Oh crap, I’m so sorry to hear this. When do you find out more?

[seeyalater52]

TW: loss

This is a hard week for me. Friday would have been the due date of my first pregnancy. In 9 months it feels like absolutely nothing has changed except the number of babies we have lost. I’m just as barren and more sad than I could have imagined.

My PCP wrote me a script for Zoloft after I told her how anxious and depressed I am. Then turned around and told me that there is a risk of birth defects but depression is also bad for pregnancy. I havent filled it yet even though I know the birth defects comment is a gross mischaracterization of the available research.

We had a consult tonight with CCRM and if we decide to do another retrieval I’m pretty sure this is the clinic we will choose. The doctor was a lot more innovative and had ideas she wanted to try that she thinks could make a difference. I’m not surprised considering CCRM’s reputation but I was pretty excited. She is not out there by any stretch but her willingness to potentially try some of the less invasive immune related protocols is very appealing to me. She seemed cautiously optimistic we would have success if we stuck with it, but I’m pretty sure I only have the emotional energy for one more retrieval.