Week of May 6th

[vmars]

Tomorrow is the transfer!!! I went in for my bloodwork and u/s. My lining is at 8.4 right now. I have to report at 1:40 pm so send me all the positive vibes tomorrow I am feeling very positive right now, so hopefully that continues. Pregnancy test is May 16th.

[joenali]

May 6, 2019 9:21:06 GMT -5 vmars said:

Tomorrow is the transfer!!! I went in for my bloodwork and u/s. My lining is at 8.4 right now. I have to report at 1:40 pm so send me all the positive vibes tomorrow I am feeling very positive right now, so hopefully that continues. Pregnancy test is May 16th.

Great news! I’ll be thinking of you!

I have a follow up today. I’m 99 percent certain i want to try another round of IVF. It just depends on what the doctor thinks. It’s been a depressing week or so. But I’ve kept myself busy with yard work And I finally went back to working out after about a month hiatus. I ran a mile for time and did a 10:34. Not bad for being anemic and having my egg retrieval over a week ago. . Lol! I was so out of breath.

I hope everyone gets a little bit of good news this week! ❤️❤️

[msmerymac]

My birthday is this week and that, along with New Years, is always a big hit to me. Another year gone. It sucks, because I otherwise really like my birthday.

Plus, Mother's Day is hot on the heels of the day of my birth (I was actually born on Mother's Day, so when my birthday is on a Sunday, well, they are one and the same - thankfully that hasn't happened since I've been TTCing). I've been trying to ignore it, but I've been getting mother's day ads and promotional emails for over a week already! Ugh. I just want to delete FB and hide in my house. My cycling club just put out a poll about whether or not they should move this Sunday's ride to Saturday because I guess mother's day mandates you have to spend the entire freaking day with either your mom or your children? My response was along the lines of, "I was hoping to use the ride to pretend that day isn't happening..." I'm not going to go to church because it will be about mother's day. I guess I really will stick to my not-leaving-the-house plan.

ANYWAY, FET is on or just after May 21st if all goes well.

[ilovecandy]

Still waiting on era results.

I am doing an event with my online running community (potterhead running club) and uh I have done 40 miles in 6 days. Please send cookies. Also fight with my brothers last week and now have basically cut them out of my life for the time being family can really suck sometimes

Eta results came back 125 hours and not 120 but still within good range yay! Next up mock transfer, hysterscopy, and follicle count in June.

[vmars]

Transfer is done! Went well, the only uncomfortable part is when they press hard on your bladder while you have a speculum and a catheter inside you lol. Embryo was partially hatched and hatching more as it was being thawed. May 16th can’t come soon enough! We got shake shack to celebrate lol

[vmars]

I may have just put an offer in on a house I saw over the weekend. Idk if I have a shot bc it’s contingent on the sale of our house but we shall see.

[lexisgrrl1980]

May 7, 2019 14:51:29 GMT -5 vmars said:

Transfer is done! Went well, the only uncomfortable part is when they press hard on your bladder while you have a speculum and a catheter inside you lol. Embryo was partially hatched and hatching more as it was being thawed. May 16th can’t come soon enough! We got shake shack to celebrate lol

Good luck. Sending you baby dust.

Had my day two labs and US. Transfer date is tentatively set for May 28. Fingers crossed all goes planned

[megstoo]

I had my laprascopy, hysteroscopy and a d&c yesterday, I was knocked out for all of it. I'm hurting today but the worst is the gas pain in the shoulder. I ended up being a silent carrier of endo so my OB removed 6 or 7 fairly large scar's as well as the fluid that was built up in the uterus (which was caused from the IVF retrieval meds). Moving around is tough and I've pretty much spent all of today sleeping and watching tv. I feel completely useless since I can't go out anywhere or really do anything. My stomach makes me look like I'm 5 or 6 months pregnant because of the swelling and I can't stop peeing. lol. I really want to take a shower but can't until tomorrow morning. They gave me oxy before going home yesterday and I've only been doing tylonel since (no pain meds prescribed)

I did take off the rest of the week but I have a feeling I'm going to be going out of my mind tomorrow since I'm not someone who can just sit and do nothing for more than a day.

We can technically do the next FET right after I get my period but we're thinking of holding off for a bit and doing another retrieval.

[joenali]

So I had my follow up yesterday. We are pretty sure we are going to to try another round of IVF. They don’t know why all six eggs arrested, most likely due to my age. We have a series of next steps we have to do before we start again. get my anemia under control, I may get another infusion, will continue to to take progesterone to lighten my monthly bleeding even though it doesn’t work nearly as well as regular birth control. I had a DVT years ago and can’t take anything other than progesterone. We will be getting some money back from this round because our eggs didn’t need any testing. I’m guessing it won’t be much , but whatever it is it can be applied to the next round. The protocol will change from antagonist to something else. I can’t remember what it’s called. Basically more shots, higher doses and will trigger with HCG rather than lupron. We also talked about egg donors. We aren’t quite there yet but could be an option down the road. In the meantime, back to working out and finishing up the school year!

[joenali]

My RE wrote a letter to my regular dr requesting an iron infusion from my general doctor. At my egg retrieval they did a CBC, and my hemoglobin was a 10.7. At my follow up (after my period) is now at a 10.2. My egg retrieval was two weeks ago. I’m feeling anemia symptoms already, I can’t catch my breath when I workout, I’ve been getting leg and foot cramping at night and feeling out of breath going up stairs.

My regular dr did not want to do an infusion . Which I don’t understand. My periods are so damn heavy, are they going to wait until I’m super low again? I was so anemic last December (I was at an 8)I could barely walk upstairs, I was dizzy and lightheaded and pail. I take iron every day, and clearly it’s not enough. I hope my regular doctor will give an infusion.

Normal hemoglobin for women is 12 and above.

[vmars]

May 8, 2019 20:13:23 GMT -5 joenali said:

My RE wrote a letter to my regular dr requesting an iron infusion from my general doctor. At my egg retrieval they did a CBC, and my hemoglobin was a 10.7. At my follow up (after my period) is now at a 10.2. My egg retrieval was two weeks ago. I’m feeling anemia symptoms already, I can’t catch my breath when I workout, I’ve been getting leg and foot cramping at night and feeling out of breath going up stairs.

My regular dr did not want to do an infusion . Which I don’t understand. My periods are so damn heavy, are they going to wait until I’m super low again? I was so anemic last December (I was at an 8)I could barely walk upstairs, I was dizzy and lightheaded and pail. I take iron every day, and clearly it’s not enough. I hope my regular doctor will give an infusion.

Normal hemoglobin for women is 12 and above.

Wtf? I would be pissed. What is their reason to ignore your RE?

[vmars]

I didn’t get the house I put an offer in on, but I am okay with it. My house goes up next week. Eek!

I am feeling some dull cramps and soreness in my abdomen which is giving me hope. I took off my Beta day - if it’s good news I wanna celebrate and if it’s negative well I def won’t want to be at work.

[joenali]

May 10, 2019 14:34:34 GMT -5 vmars said:

May 8, 2019 20:13:23 GMT -5 joenali said:

My RE wrote a letter to my regular dr requesting an iron infusion from my general doctor. At my egg retrieval they did a CBC, and my hemoglobin was a 10.7. At my follow up (after my period) is now at a 10.2. My egg retrieval was two weeks ago. I’m feeling anemia symptoms already, I can’t catch my breath when I workout, I’ve been getting leg and foot cramping at night and feeling out of breath going up stairs.

My regular dr did not want to do an infusion . Which I don’t understand. My periods are so damn heavy, are they going to wait until I’m super low again? I was so anemic last December (I was at an 8)I could barely walk upstairs, I was dizzy and lightheaded and pail. I take iron every day, and clearly it’s not enough. I hope my regular doctor will give an infusion.

Normal hemoglobin for women is 12 and above.

Wtf? I would be pissed. What is their reason to ignore your RE?

I honesty think it has to do with insurance.
It just was confirmed today that I can get an infusion. I have to make an appointment in Monday. My dr agreed that my daily iron pills are not enough to make a difference right now.

[joenali]

May 10, 2019 14:37:04 GMT -5 vmars said:

I didn’t get the house I put an offer in on, but I am okay with it. My house goes up next week. Eek!

I am feeling some dull cramps and soreness in my abdomen which is giving me hope. I took off my Beta day - if it’s good news I wanna celebrate and if it’s negative well I def won’t want to be at work.

When is your beta?

[vmars]

May 10, 2019 21:12:51 GMT -5 joenali said:

May 10, 2019 14:37:04 GMT -5 vmars said:

I didn’t get the house I put an offer in on, but I am okay with it. My house goes up next week. Eek!

I am feeling some dull cramps and soreness in my abdomen which is giving me hope. I took off my Beta day - if it’s good news I wanna celebrate and if it’s negative well I def won’t want to be at work.

When is your beta?

Thursday May 16

[joenali]

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Saw this on Facebook.

I like it . I would instead say (at least at the stage I was at) that it shouldn’t say “baby””, but hope.