Hi Sara. I just spoke with the lab here and they do the ET the day after PGD's done, whether it's done one, three, or five days after EPU (I only knew about it being done three days after EPU before this morning), so it looks like ET will be on Thursday next week, not Wednesday.
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I did a long post yesterday but probably didn't answer that random question thingy so all lost!
Meredith, WTH and Kel, so good to see the progress and how exciting forthe Friday EPU kel, best of luck!
About being surrounded by PG ladies, well, I have learnt to filter my inner friends circle after this TTC journey, most of them already had one child, luckily none of them are willing to have two, I sometime have to push them to think so maybe we can be belly buddies. So at least no pressure there. We talked about my IVF stuff but I never tell them the specific date and they never ask its like an agreement, they also know when to ask me depends on my mood, I guess I am spoilted in that sense. I did grow apart with a few friends but I guess that's what life does to you, some friends are for life but some are left behind...
Sara, looking forward to do some walking with you soon...I just hope the weather won't be this hot! I never felt the heat before but since I've piled on a few kilos, man, I am sweating like a pig!
AFM, can you believe that AF is still not here, which means relief TR won't be crashed with other events on 5th FEb. But it probably will show up later this week and I won't be able to swim when we are in Jervis Bay this long weekend! Well, I can't have all so I made peace with that!
Have a great day everyone, I hope I won't lose this post!
CP - that's good news, hope that AF finally gets her timing right. Yes, it's pretty hot here atm, don't think I'll be able to go for a lunchtime walk today.
Kel: Yes actually that makes sense, my EPU was on a Frioday too and they talked to me on Wednesday first and since the embies weren't yet at Blasto stage contacted me on Thursday again, test was done in the morning and ET would have been in the afternoon.
Kel - sounds like you are going to get a bumper crop on friday. How are you feeling?
Praying you get lots of great embies and several at least to blasto stage to test. Its going to be a long week eh?
CP - At least AF is playing the game for once. Hope she keeps it short and sweet we she arrives so you can still do some swimming
WTH - How are things looking today?
Me - Mixed feeling about scan this morning. Follies all doing te right thing. I have about 40 in total now but only 4-5 between 11-13mm. They don't actually measure below 11mm but looks like prob several 9-10mm so hopefully some ( but not to many) will catch up. Downside and whats really concerning me, is that my lining is still only 4.7mm so barely changed from couple of days ago. Would have thought it would be doing a lot more by now given all the stuff I am taking to try and help it along.
Haven't had nurse call yet so don't know how E2 faring. Picked up couple of doses of orgalutron so expect that will start tonight and another scan Fri. Praying that lining gets going. Don't know what else I can do?!
Cuddlepie - that is great that AF has not come. Did you end up increasing your dose of B6? Jervis Bay is gorgeous BTW - what is this random question everyone is referring to?
Kel - your scan is the stuff my dreams are made of. Nice going Good luck with the trigger tonight - yay, no needles tomorrow. I think I may be doing it tonight, too.
Meredith - Glad that your follies are "doing the right thing" . About your lining: mine changed from 9mm on Monday to 8mm today. The operator explained that the measurement can vary according to the angle of reading the uterus. So your's may be improving despite similar measurements . Are you doing accupuncture? It seems to help with mine.
Sara - thanks for your warm well wishes
AFM - I completed our hatrick of scans late this morning. Like Meredith, I have mixed feelings. I have 6 follies between 14 and 21 mm and will find out soon when to trigger (suspect tonight). So I guess we are looking at about 5 mature eggs? On the flip-side I have NINE follies at 10 mm or less. To have a total of 15 follies is a record (for me) . But it seems like such a waste of potential to have such a large proportion that won't mature, especially given my average fertlisation rate of 4/7 last cycle with just one blast. So I just have to really that the quality is there this time around. Find out the next step in the next hour...
Hi Meredith, about lining, I remember last cycle mine was a bit thinner than normal, about 6mm but nurse said regardless EPU will go ahead there won't be any effect, then after that, they will see and give me some lining support after EPU, but it turned out all fine. Hope it will soon catch up. Good news on the size and number of the eggs.
Wow, almost trigger time! seems like this cycle flied by, I am sure it didn't seem like from your end. Can they wait for one more day for those 10 smaller ones to catch up? To me, it might only take extra day to grow them even you might lose a couple of bigger ones its still winning ont the total numbers. Hope you hear some good news hun!
Cuddlepie - I agree with you. That's what the FS did last cycle and the extra day did amount to an extra egg. This time 3 of the follies are 20mm and 1 is 21mm, so I do not know how much further he will push it.
Meredith - are you using Pregnyl/Ovidrel to trigger? I think these also assist with dev't of the lining. But I have just remembered there is a good accupressure point to gently massage. It is easy to find - just measure with your four fingers below your belly button. Right below is the point to massage. Hope it's a help...
Kel - the LH will vary from day to day. What you don't want is for it to go up too much before the trigger - the Lucrin is doing a nice job preventing you from ovulating early with all those wonderful follies. I was told the E2 will double roughly every two days. It will really increase as the follies mature and produce more of their own estrogen (hope I have explained this correctly). Cannot stress enough to drink up the water. The trigger will further temporarily increase your E2 (apparently) so drink - drink - drink
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Okay, BT results:
LH: 1.0 (is it okay that this is less than yesterday?)
P4: 2.8
E2: 16,480.0 (HOLY CRAP! I thought that this was supposed to double every three days?)
Kel, I am not very good with numbers, so not sure about LH and P4. But E2 number does seems a bit high. I remember in my 1st cycle, just before EPU, mine was just above 12,000 and FS had strick instructions to drink 2L water a day and monitor b/t every second day after that just to be causious in case for OHSS. So I did drank loads of water and it was fine.
Keep your fluid level up and I hope after EPU, the level will come down soon.
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BTW - what is this random question everyone is referring to?
Good luck with the trigger tonight - yay, no needles tomorrow. I think I may be doing it tonight, too.
. Are you doing accupuncture? It seems to help with mine.
. But it seems like such a waste of potential to have such a large proportion that won't mature, especially given my average fertlisation rate of 4/7 last cycle with just one blast. So I just have to really
that the quality is there this time around. Find out the next step in the next hour...
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