Joe we have decided not to tell family, so I can't really help you there. It is really tricky not telling them, but we felt it was going to be too much pressure and too many questions. We live far enough away to be able to do that though.
I had my second ultrasound today and my hormone levels are low and my follies haven't grown since Saturday. We are continuing injections for another 2 days more ultrasounds and bloods on Wednesday and the dr may readjust my medication after that appointment if we have no progress. A little disappointing today but I need to keep reminding myself that with pcos they can't go to hard too fast. On a positive note the nurse said and I quote that I have 'stacks' of follicles. Haha I believe there was 30 on left ovary and 27 on the right.
Any news Penny on how many made it to testing? And when is transfer?
Snazzy - hope more follicles were growing. I had the same thing first cycle that gave me DD I stimmed for a long time on a low dose & still got OHSS.
Joe - how's your injections going? We have been open with family about our IVF, not about particular dates etc but same thing happened last year DH's parents were up on day of transfer & we had to tell them & used them to look after DD. do they know you are on treatment? It's a tough one.
Had day 11 scan today - about 16 follicles growing but lead follicle is already 14mm so egg pick up could be brought forward to Monday 3rd instead of next Friday. I just hope we get a decent number to work with, as we all know its a reducing numbers game! See FS on Saturday. No side affects for me, but am on the damn Clexane (even though I don't need to be, FS says it helps blood flow etc) so loads of bruising.
Hey girls, well we ended up with 4! blasts!! So we froze 3 and transferred 1 so so happy!
Elarwood we didn't do the PGD testing this round so flying blind which is a bit scary! How's the follis going? I'm still on the clexane aswell and the Prednisolone which is making me nice and bloated!
Snazzy how's everything going? Did your folli pick up?
Congratulations Penny! 4 blasts is fantastic. All cycles (but last one) we didn't have any to freeze. About 50:50 chance of chromosomally normal - so lets hope it's the right one! They pick the best so you're in with a fantastic chance.
How's stimming going Joe? Did DD go well on her first day?
Snazzy - how are your follies going?
Egg pick up Monday - lucky they have spots for CGH as we were booked for Friday 7th. FS said about 12-14 which we said 16 the other day so I'm not sure what we'll get but hoping for more! Now have to make the decision to transfer or not. We have a 50:50 chance of the embryo being a match so our chances drop to around 35%. Otherwise we'll do the LIT treatment.
On Wednesday they increased my dosage, but the follicles didn't get any bigger than 11mm and 12mm by Friday so they have cancelled this round for us!
Back to the FS in the next few weeks to see where to from here. Looks like we may need to have a break for a few months to let the ovaries recover.
Great news Penny!! Fingers crossed you have a positive result in the upcoming weeks!
Hi ladies-
I popped my head in a few pages ago, but find it hard to keep up with this thread and the LTTTC thread.
I've just had EPU today, 17 eggs :-)
Tomorrow I find out how many have fertilized, those will have PGD.
I'm HOPING to have a transfer on Thursday and also some to freeze.
What a ride this cycle was!
Well ladies - here starts my 4th rollercoaster - and let's hope it's much smoother than the past 3 -
I tested this morning with fmu and it was a stark white BFN. I thought oh well, only 4dp5dt, so there's plenty of time for a bfp. I had burning, tingling, fullness type cramping all day and thought hey what the hell and did another test this afternoon and to my disbelief it's a faint BFP ahhh!
It's ridiculous to get excited at this stage I know and I'm trying to contain myself but gosh it's so hard!
Sorry ladies total selfish post tonight but I'll be back tomorrow xx
Snazzy - that's really disappointing. Im sorry to hear they have cancelled your cycle. Usually they make you sit out a month. Hopefully they can get your dosage right next time.
Penny - fantastic news! Hope it's a sticky one! Did you have trigger or pregnyl? If not sounds promising!
Emma - 17 eggs well done! Hope they make it to testing :-)
Joe - hope DD's first day went well & you weren't too teary (the parents are usually the worst - LOL. I'm a teacher so I see it all the time!) good luck with scan tomorrow!
I had pick up today - 22 eggs!! Can't believe it. FS said 12-14 on Sat but I always seem to get 10 or so more. Just hoping for good quality - we did Growth Hormone & Luveris this time so hope that's helps. My main problem is implantation now though so hoping for a few to make it through testing so we have some to play with with the new immune meds.
That's awesome elarwood! Are you getting the fert rates today? Wishing you all the best xx
My scan revealed 8-10 follies which was super for me & such a relief after only getting 3 last cycle! DD's first day at school went well too, she has even agreed to go back today
Joe - that sounds like a much better egg haul. Hopefully all your hard work has paid off. Very cute about DD - always a good sign when they want to go back!
18 eggs were mature & 15 fertilized. Happy with that so far :-) grow embies grow!! Testing on thurs & hopefully transfer on Sat. Feeling pretty well considering. FS has put me on Dostinex to help prevent OHSS.
Hey ladies!! Sorry I didn't get on here yesterday. My mind has just been in a whirl! Thank you all for your congrats!
Elarwood that is awesome!! A huge congrats! Surely you're going to have some winners out of the bunch!
Joe wow that sounds great about your follis! I bet it's such a relief for you that DD actually wants to go back to school instead of not! Gosh I remember I used to hate school as a kid!
Emma that's an awesome number! Congrats! Did you find out about your fertilisation results?
Afm, yes I have been testing every day, sometimes twice and even 3 times haha yes I'm a POAS addict! Girls if you want to see pics just go to the babycenter Australia assisted conception forum and I go under the name of Rubybleu on there the tests have been getting nicely darker so definitely not the trigger now which is exciting! I've been thirsty like crazy and off and on uterus cramps and weird feelings! Now just a wait till Monday for my Beta!
Got a call from the lab saying 9 or 10 out of the 10 would be suitable for testing & whether we wanted to go ahead or freeze for another cycle. A little disappointed that 5 have already died off!! We got 40% normals last time so that should give us 3 or 4 as long as no more die off :-(
I definitely feel your pain elarwood & Emma. You've both got a quite a few though & remember it only takes one! Remind me of that when I find myself in the same boat next week
Out of 9 embryos PGD tested, only 1 was normal.
I have had that transferred, but nothing in the freezer.
I'm trying to stay positive, but I'm devastated :-(
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so so happy!
and the Prednisolone which is making me nice and bloated!
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