Hey Cadence
I did 10 days of injections with 200 units. We got 17 eggs and the clinic just rang to tell me 11 of them were mature and injected (ICSI) and of that 7 fertilised. Scheduled for transfer on Sunday if all continues to go well.
Good luck with the Puregon, it wasn't half as bad as I had imagined! Let hope these IVF cycles lead to BFP for us both.
Hi K1,
Thanks for the reply!
That's great 7 eggs fertilised, how exciting. I hope all goes well with your transfer on Sunday, I will be thinking of you.
I will be on 200 units for 6 days and then will have my scan to see if I need to take further injections.
Keep me updated as to how it is all going, take care.
esperan, I'm sorry to hear it didn't work out this time around. Please treat yourself gently and feel what you need to feel. And sorry for the delayed response
Welcome, Loops, good luck for your first IVF cycle. We tried IUI a couple of times first but no dice. I wasn't comfortable going straight for about the most invasive baby-making procedure I could think of
Good luck K1 and also welcome aboard. Your egg numbers and fertilisation rate are looking good!
Seems like my puregon dosage is a bit low (100 units) in comparison to you and Cadence, but I'm in a bit of a risk category for OHSS, so I guess it's better to be safe than sorry! Still, worked last time, so it can't all be bad, just means a few extra days of stabbing myself in the guts, oh joy. Once you get over that particular mental hurdle, it's not actually so bad, I reckon
PS, sorry for hijacking, Cadence, just wanted to wish everyone luck. I'm still new to the whole IVF thing too.
I had just been through my first IVF ICSI cycle and on Friday found out that I had a Bio-Chemical Pregnancy, very upsetting.
I have never heard of this before and was wondering, does anyone know anything about it. Has anyone had a Bio-chemical pregnancy then later on done a Frozen Transfer with a happy ending.
Have now booked on for my Frozen Egg Transfer so fingers crossed for me.
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Me 39 (Pcos) DH 40 (Sperm DNA Fragmented over 20%)
IUI Dec 2003 1st Try - DD Born Sept 2004
IUI May 2006 3rd Try - DS Born Feb 2007
IVF March 2009 Fresh Cycle - No Good - Bio-Chemical Pregnancy
FET May 2009 ?????
Last edited by JustOneMore; April 28th, 2009 at 12:07 AM.
: Added my personal history
I'm sorry this has happened to you. I haven't had this myself but a close friend has. She is doing IVF with ICSI and this happened to her twice. my understanding (and this is secondhand) is that a biochem pregnancy is where the embryo implants but does not continue - the only pregnancy sign is a detection of hcg in the blood. There are so many reasons why this can happen - the lining not thick enough, hormones not ideal, the embryo cells dont continue to divide - so it's difficult to determine why but not impossible.
Talk to your FS - there are many tests that can be done to determine why this may have happened - and many treatments for anything that might come up.
My friend discovered she has anitbodies - NK cells? (sorry I can't be more technical) - her next IVF round she will take asprin and steriods - and her FS is quite positive of their chances.
Hopefully someone else on here can give you a better answer - just wanted to share what I know and give you some support. hopefully this is a one off for you and you get your BFP with your upcoming FET.
Hi all,
Hope you are all going well with your sniffing, jabbing and whatever stage you are at!
Just a quick update from me, had my scan this morning and have 20 follies (15 on the right and 5 on the left), largest is about 14mm so ll is on track and I will be continuing puregon for the next few days and am booked in to have epu on either Mon or Tues next week (will be confirmed on Fri). I am so happy to be given some positive news for once.
Hope everyone else is doing well and am looking forward to updates from you all, thanks again for all your support!
Just wanted to offer hugs as I am pretty sure that I had a chemical pregnancy way back when we began the whole TTC roller coaster. I got the faintest positive HPT one day late on a very regular 28 day cycle, then got a really heavy and painful period the next day, like nothing I've had before or since.
It's very disappointing. I don't want to diminish your grief in any way, but my personal opinion is that it's for the best. Obviously there were some issues with the embryo which meant it wasn't viable. Hopefully your next round will be the one you've been waiting for - a perfect BFP and completely uneventful pregnancy and healthy birth. Good luck.
Just a quick update on me - I'm not progressing with the Puregon as required so I'm no longer feeling left out dosage wise as my FS doubled my dose to 200 units from tonight, with another scan scheduled for Friday. There are about 12 follicles that are around 9-12mm, so hopefully this will ramp up their progress and EPU will be next week.
Cadence, just saw your post - we could be belly buddies! Here's hoping it goes well for you on Friday as well. Funny how you're seeing this as a good thing and I'm looking at it from a frustrating perspective though
ETA some personals!
K1, how did you go on Sunday?
Esperan, thanks for the luck - it's a good pick me up. I will be positive, at least it looks like I'm heading for EPU.
Loops12 - how you doing?
Cadence, wanna hold my hand??
I am taking my first dose of Puregon tomorrow too. Such a huge step forward finally for me. Lots of mucking around with getting me down regulated.
I am starting on 175 and have my stim scan booked for the 1st of May. Hoping time flies by and we can get good news on the follies and eggies and bt's.
Hi all,
Don't worry Meo, more than welcome don't stress about hijacking am glad that this thread has provided support for people!
Loops- good luck for your appointment on Thurs, thinking of you hope all goes well.
SROSE, yes let's hold hands and go through this together, hopefully at the end of it all we will be celebrating our BFP'S together.
Good luck and best wishes to everyone else.
Thanks Cadence... its nice to have hands held along the way. I have primed my puregon pen tonight ready for the morning dose. I'm just hoping its as easy as the Lucrin injections.
First one is always the most nerve wracking I think, so once tomorrow is done we should be on our way.
Hey y'all! I have to say thanks to all you lovely ladies in this thread, I'm really feeling at home here. It's good to find some others who are "new" to the LTTTC thing, IYKWIM?
Loops, how did your appointment go today? I hope you got some good advice and it helps with your decision making process.
Cadence, S'Rose, just wondering on your higher dosage of puregon - do you take it all at once or in two injections? I only have the one in the evening, but only on half your dose. S'Rose's comment about getting the morning needle ready kinda confused me.
I'm going ok, got my follicle scan tomorrow morning, and then the rest of the day free which will be nice. I feel like my midriff is expanding by the hour though, quite bloated today and have discovered that I have to wear my jeans to work as that's all that fits at present! Luckily they're not too concerned about it.
Good luck, ladies, and I'll be back tomorrow with an update for you all
Meo - Sorry hun, I take my Puregon in the morning, thats all I meant. And yes all in one dose, I found it stings a little but the advice I was given was to apply pressure to the spot to ease it. I actually feel like I am on a moderate dose actually, a lot of the women I've followed have been on up to 300 units a day, and I can say that would not be at all easy. I'm glad that you get to take it easy with your dose though, I worry about OHSS terribly already.
ps. on a completely unrelated matter... there's a BB request to reset your mood, they want everyone to do it so they can complete a fix - there's a thread about it in the messages from BB section. Just a head's up
My injection was pretty okay today, its still a fine needle and easy to do. The clicking pen is a little off putting and I didn't like the stinging but I think I will be better at it tomorrow, at least a lot less nervous.
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so I'm no longer feeling left out dosage wise as my FS doubled my dose to 200 units from tonight, with another scan scheduled for Friday. There are about 12 follicles that are around 9-12mm, so hopefully this will ramp up their progress and EPU will be next week.
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