Week of April 15

[vmars]

I made it through the weekend by completing some deep cleaning projects I wanted to get done. We are hoping to buy/sell this summer. I am hoping I get my call today with the genetic results, but not super hopeful.

Anything good going on this week?

[vmars]

We got 3 normal embryos!!!! Omg I can’t believe it!!! 4 were sent for for testing.

[megstoo]

I spent most of my morning moving furniture in my office (i.e. our 3rd bedroom) but I think it looks nicer. At least now I don't have my back to the window!

I'm waiting on my OB to call my back with the date for my hysteroscopy/laprascopy. After that it'll be onto ER #2.

[joenali]

Day 4 of menopur and gonal f. I’m feeling ok. A little nauseated but other than that fine.

[ilovecandy]

The estrogen is ugh. Last week high anxiety. Yesterday I had the sads. Fuck estrogen and it's side effects.



Eta monitoring went well. Era on Monday. Also found out I have to inject my progesterone at 10:30 am wtf? I am crying it meana I need to do it myself and I have never done those shots by myself ugh

[lexisgrrl1980]

Starting my 4th FET after the miscarriage. Really nervous but hopeful. Starting BC this week and Lupron next. Fingers crossed this is our cycle.

[vmars]

Apr 15, 2019 19:31:08 GMT -5 lexisgrrl1980 said:

Starting my 4th FET after the miscarriage. Really nervous but hopeful. Starting BC this week and Lupron next. Fingers crossed this is our cycle.

I have my fingers crossed for you. When is your estimated transfer date? Mine is May 3rd.

[lexisgrrl1980]

Apr 16, 2019 10:23:41 GMT -5 vmars said:

Apr 15, 2019 19:31:08 GMT -5 lexisgrrl1980 said:

Starting my 4th FET after the miscarriage. Really nervous but hopeful. Starting BC this week and Lupron next. Fingers crossed this is our cycle.

I have my fingers crossed for you. When is your estimated transfer date? Mine is May 3rd.

Right now it’s looking like the week before Memorial Day.

Fingers crossed for you as well. Hoping May is a great month for both of us.

[joenali]

I have my first monitoring appointment tomorrow. I noticed I have quite a bit of cervical mucus already. I’m on day 5 of gonal f and menopur. Is that normal?

[vmars]

Apr 16, 2019 18:18:06 GMT -5 joenali said:

I have my first monitoring appointment tomorrow. I noticed I have quite a bit of cervical mucus already. I’m on day 5 of gonal f and menopur. Is that normal?

I had it too, but if I remember correctly it was more liquidy.

[joenali]

First monitoring appointment this morning. I’ll have more info later as this was just the ultrasound techs info.

About 10 follicles in right, 4 we’re not big enough yet.

Cyst on left ovary. Find out more about that my later. 4 follicles in left. One or two were big enough. Uterus also looks ready and doing what it supposed to do.

[vmars]

My doctor’s schedule opened up and I am able to do my transfer with him on May 7th. It’s a little bit later than originally thought, but I am glad he is doing it.

[vmars]

My monitoring went well so I am good to start estrace tonight for my FET cycle. Woo hoo!

[ilovecandy]

Apr 17, 2019 12:24:34 GMT -5 joenali said:

First monitoring appointment this morning. I’ll have more info later as this was just the ultrasound techs info.

About 10 follicles in right, 4 we’re not big enough yet.

Cyst on left ovary. Find out more about that my later. 4 follicles in left. One or two were big enough. Uterus also looks ready and doing what it supposed to do.

Yay for 10 follies!

Vmars that is great.

Gave myself my first ever progestrone shot today at work. My co worker was super sweet and offered to help. Thank goodness I only have to have five progesterone shots this round

[vmars]

ilovecandy, why do you only have to do 5 shots? Are the PIO shots painful?

[ilovecandy]

Apr 18, 2019 10:41:25 GMT -5 vmars said:

ilovecandy, why do you only have to do 5 shots? Are the PIO shots painful?

For the endometrial receiptivity I only do 5 starting around ovulation day. They do the biopsy 120 hours after eight start my first shot and I continue taking them until day of my biopsy. (I think it basically acts as the trigger because the era to determine if my lining is receptive at that time for embryo transfer). I am sure there is a very scientific reason to it allbutthay is what I have been told to do /speculate. Then I switch to suppository.

The shots the needs are 1.5 inches long and I am usually sore in the area after. It usually isn't all that painful except towards the end of the Injection depending on how long it takes with your dosage and adminstrativing it.

Eta not trigger but simulates retrieval when you do ivf since transfer is usually done 5 days (120 hours) after retieval.

[megstoo]

Apr 18, 2019 10:41:25 GMT -5 vmars said:

ilovecandy , why do you only have to do 5 shots? Are the PIO shots painful?

When I did PIO shots for FET1 I found them not to hurt.  The best thing is to get lidocaine, put that on 30 minutes before (cover with a platic "bandage" type, then ice for the last 5 minutes, then inject.  DH did all of them for me and just about every time I said will you hurry up already and his response was he was done.  I literally didn't feel anything.  Massage the area for a few minutes after to prevent knots.  

[vmars]

So I may be slightly crazy or maybe I am a genius because we are thinking about putting our house on the market next month. It will be a great distraction, but I am already slightly overwhelmed. We know the house will sell quickly, but we are having a hard time finding a house in the town we want to live in. Our realtor is coming next week to take a look at the house and give us our listing price.

[ilovecandy]

Apr 18, 2019 20:24:11 GMT -5 vmars said:

So I may be slightly crazy or maybe I am a genius because we are thinking about putting our house on the market next month. It will be a great distraction, but I am already slightly overwhelmed. We know the house will sell quickly, but we are having a hard time finding a house in the town we want to live in. Our realtor is coming next week to take a look at the house and give us our listing price.

How far away is the move?

Also I can't judge we listed and sold my car in like 3 days without having a thought in mind for another vehicle. Bought a new (to us) vehicle a few days after that that has spent this week getting worked on so yeh. Come join the crazy train.

[vmars]

Apr 18, 2019 21:16:39 GMT -5 ilovecandy said:

Apr 18, 2019 20:24:11 GMT -5 vmars said:

So I may be slightly crazy or maybe I am a genius because we are thinking about putting our house on the market next month. It will be a great distraction, but I am already slightly overwhelmed. We know the house will sell quickly, but we are having a hard time finding a house in the town we want to live in. Our realtor is coming next week to take a look at the house and give us our listing price.

How far away is the move?

Also I can't judge we listed and sold my car in like 3 days without having a thought in mind for another vehicle. Bought a new (to us) vehicle a few days after that that has spent this week getting worked on so yeh. Come join the crazy train.

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2 towns over, def not far at all. We always wanted to live in this town but it’s a little more expensive. Our house has gone up in value and the houses in our neighborhood are being sold quickly. We think it’s a good time to make the move.

[msmerymac]

I was in a funk yesterday after talking with my nutritionist about her maternity leave. I basically realized that I was subconsciously upset that she was pregnant, and I had to be like, "Um, stop it. She didn't get pregnant to spite you. It has nothing to do with you, so STFU, Mere's brain." In fairness, she implied she didn't want kids like a year+ ago, so it was kind of a surprise to me that way. Anyway, I told my husband and he said, "She probably forgot that you told her about your own IF." I was like, 1) wrong thing to say, and 2) no, she didn't, we talked about it today and how I'm doing more treatment (transfer) next month. She knows about both my miscarriages because I had to tell her both times I was pregnant since it seems like relevant information for a nutritionist. And finally, it has nothing. to do. with me.

Just one of those days. *sigh*

Also, my BFF who used to want to talk about infertility allllll the time now pretty much only wants to talk about her baby, so that's cool and stuff.

[moonriver]

msmerymac im sorry. That’s so hard, but it’s good you were able to recognize your feelings and hopefully process and work on them (if that’s what you want to do). And I get it about the friend thing. My bff and I both started TTC #2 at the same time. She tried for 6 months (before getting pregnant) but those 6 months was pretty nonstop support for each other. I went through IF/treatments to get pregnant with my son so I had some history there. She had gotten pregnant easily with her first and when it didn’t happen RIGHT AWAY the second time she immediately started thinking IF. It would have been annoying but it was actually nice to be able to support each other. Anyways. Once she got pregnant she basically stopped talking to me all together. Now her son is like 3 months old and we’re starting to talk again. It’s hard. I sort of grieved the loss of a friend in a way. I do want my friend back but it’s also hard to be her friend right now.

Infertility sucks.

[msmerymac]

moonriver, *hugs*

My friend went through IVF twice to get her daughter. I've done it 5 times and... I'm still here. She is supportive, but the pain of infertility is just not as prevalent in her life at the moment.

[lexisgrrl1980]

I’m going to hide this here. I’ve been really struggling with doing a transfer after the miscarriage. With no explanation for the two failed transfer and the miscarriage I just can’t get excited or be hopeful this time around. I’m hoping as the date gets closer, end of May, it will get better but right now I’m just feeling down about the whole process and going through another possible loss.

[ilovecandy]

Apr 19, 2019 19:46:15 GMT -5 lexisgrrl1980 said:

I’m going to hide this here. I’ve been really struggling with doing a transfer after the miscarriage. With no explanation for the two failed transfer and the miscarriage I just can’t get excited or be hopeful this time around. I’m hoping as the date gets closer, end of May, it will get better but right now I’m just feeling down about the whole process and going through another possible loss.

This is 100% normal. Hugs.

[knx9211]

Apr 20, 2019 6:47:15 GMT -5 ilovecandy said:

Apr 19, 2019 19:46:15 GMT -5 lexisgrrl1980 said:

I’m going to hide this here.

This is 100% normal. Hugs.

Seconded. I’m sorry that you’re struggling.

[joenali]

Another monitoring appointment. Not sure what to think yet as I haven’t talked with a nurse yet. Only 6 measurable follicles. I thought I would have more at this point. Most were 15 and above. I have a cyst that is growing. 22 mm last Wednesday and now 44 mm. Apparently it’s nonfucntuonal. I have no idea what that means. I was really hoping for more follicles. I felt good after last weeks appointment. Now I’m a little bummed. The tech did not count all follicles, just measurable ones.

[vmars]

Apr 20, 2019 12:07:36 GMT -5 joenali said:

Another monitoring appointment. Not sure what to think yet as I haven’t talked with a nurse yet. Only 6 measurable follicles. I thought I would have more at this point. Most were 15 and above. I have a cyst that is growing. 22 mm last Wednesday and now 44 mm. Apparently it’s nonfucntuonal. I have no idea what that means. I was really hoping for more follicles. I felt good after last weeks appointment. Now I’m a little bummed. The tech did not count all follicles, just measurable ones.

Sometimes it’s quality vs quantity. My good friend only had 4 follicles, but it yielded 3 normal embryos.

[joenali]

Apr 20, 2019 18:29:52 GMT -5 vmars said:

Apr 20, 2019 12:07:36 GMT -5 joenali said:

Another monitoring appointment. Not sure what to think yet as I haven’t talked with a nurse yet. Only 6 measurable follicles. I thought I would have more at this point. Most were 15 and above. I have a cyst that is growing. 22 mm last Wednesday and now 44 mm. Apparently it’s nonfucntuonal. I have no idea what that means. I was really hoping for more follicles. I felt good after last weeks appointment. Now I’m a little bummed. The tech did not count all follicles, just measurable ones.

Sometimes it’s quality vs quantity. My good friend only had 4 follicles, but it yielded 3 normal embryos.

Very true.