IVF with PGD #2

Hi everyone, feeling a bit tired and down at the moment....but just want to check how Meredith is, I thoughts today is the b/t day? I hope its a good result hun....

Buliej - prying those 3 eggies are great ones. There is a girl in another thread who had her IVF cycle converted to IUI do to only producing 1 follie..... she is now pg so yes, it does only take one!
Hoping you don't have to many days on the orgalutran, its not that nice. Mind you, my belly is a war zone given i am on clexane daily.... very similar needle and VERY ouchy. Leaves massive bruises

CP - how are you hanging in there girl? Into the last week count down.

Kel - so glad you are feeling better and getting back on track for another shot. There IS going to be a good eggie in there somewhere

WTH - enjoy those yukky symptoms as best you can... at least you know things are going on in there!
The 2 week holiday sounds like a great distraction until 7w scan. Now you just have to plan something to keep you going beyond to 12weeks!

Well, I am still here!!! NO AF, cramps have eased and feeling bit blugh. BT tomorrow so will let you all know when I can.
Must admit, my mind has not been totally on baby mode past few days. Worried about my GF who was caught in the bushfires. Eventually spoke to her last night and she is doing ok considering. The story she told of that day was just horrific and it is a true miracle that she, he hubby and the neighbours who sheltered with them, are alive. Her DH and neighbour fought the fires at their doorstep for hrs and is now suffering with chest issues and burns to his corneas (very painful!) but he will be fine and they will be able to rebuild their lives. Amazingly, she saved her IVF meds and continued to take them in the aftermath so may have a chance at a miracle through all this. Monash IVF has also refunded their entire cycle cost ... very nice gift!

Sorry CP - posted at same time. Sorry you are feeling so down. Hang in there girl

Hi girls,

Dreadfully busy at work atm so wasn't able to get online.

Meredith :hug: keeping everything crossed for your BT today. The reports from Victoria are really terrible, feel for your GF - and going through IVF at the same time is pretty amazing. Hope a miracle happens for her.

WTH: have a wonderful holiday - say hello to the Koalas from me. Really :pray: that this one will stick, you have the best chances so hopefully you can enjoy the holiday without worrying.

Buliej: Had the same drama with the Orgalutran, one time I though that I had to get the airbubbles out and lost nearly half the dosage but everything was fine anyway - good luck for your scan today.

CP: Yes read your blog, sounds dreadful - don't worry about the way you're dealing with it, you have a lot on your plate so you just need to go with it as good as you can. Hope the situation at work will get better soon. Thinking of you and sending you good vibes.

Kel: Hope you're fine, the waiting game is just really hard but at least you've already started. Hope you don't have too much side effect from the pill - probably not useful at the moment but there are a number of different pills, the one I used to take is called Yasmin and is supposed to have less side effects and I had no problems with it.

AFM - Waiting for AF which will come some time next week. They have send me a new consent form this time asking if they can use the stemcells from affected embryos - in principle I think it is a good idea especially if it can ultimately help people with a similar condition. Unfortunately the form is really poorly written adn unclear in places so DP and I have decided not to sign it this time. Have talked to a counsellor and asked her to give this feedback on.

Sara

Hey good luck for b/t today Meredith...How generous was Monash IVF, glad to hear these compassionate stories.

Not super confident about this cycle, my temp dropped this morning which is not a good sign. FS said that I have one fiborid (although small) is on the lining, so if this cycle doesn't work it out, he is going to sort that out before another cycle. So trying to make some appointment today but remembered that I need to have some gap between the consultation and this cycle. Sara, is that 14 days or 28 days need to be in between in order to medicare rebate? let me know hun...

WTH, hope you enjoy your holiday and 7 wk scan will be here in no time.

CP: I think you don't have to worry about the gap since this is not related to an IVF cycle but a fibroid, just make sure that they write that on the receipt and ask them when you make the appointment.

:hug: I am really sorry that you're not feeling confident about your cycle at the moment but hoping you may feel that way because of the work issues and that things will still work out for you so that you don't actually ahave to worry about these appointments.

Sara

Cuddlepie - I'm hoping things work out this cycle, but if they don't at least you know your next steps

Sara - think it's great you are providing feedback - so many forms don't make sense and this is stressful enough without trying to figure out what exactly you are agreeing to

Meredith - good news is coming...fingers crossed

WTH - hope you are feeling better

hello to everyone else...

AFM - had 2nd scan today - all looking good with the 3 eggs (no more, but FS was happy with the looks of the 3) - retrieval should be Monday - will know for sure tomorrow. I never mentioned the loss of a bit of the injection - but it seems not to have mattered as I haven't ovulated.

Hope all goes well on Monday Julie....everything crossed for you!

Thanks Sara, I will think about appt next week....

Meredith - soooooo relieved we have heard from you :) No AF - that is fantastic news! Glad you also feel BLAH!!!! :crossfingers: for your BT result. Will be thinking of you!

Cuddlepie - I too am sorry you are not feeling confident and that work is stressful. I have never temped during an IVF cycle as the meds mess things up. Hope you are COMPLETELY wrong and COMPLETELY UTD. Sending many, many :stickyvibesgirl: :stickyvibesboy: your way.

Buliej - sounds like your eggies are great quality :D GL with your prospective EPU on Monday.

Sara - Hooray. You're nearly there. C'mon AF (just for you). Mean't to ask you if you got back your DHEA results?

Kel - Glad you are on your way. Sending bucket-loads of :bluedust: :pink-babydust: for a better outcome this cycle.

AFM - I'm fine. I think the massive level of progesterone is easing as I am not so dizzy today, just tired. Have BT late this afternoon. It will be my last one before the 7 week scan so I am :pray: for lots of symptoms to keep my mind at ease over the next couple of weeks.

Meredith sending you a :hug: worried that we haven't heard from you but hoping it means good news. Thinking of you.

WTH: The DHEA BT result takes three weeks :wall: Anyway, it will probably be more relevant for me if my next cycle does not work and by that time I'll at least have the result - did you take DHEA during your cycle as well or only in between? Good tha tyou're feeling better - feeling tired is actually a great sign. Hoping your BT today has a good result and you have lots of symptoms during your holiday. Sending lots of sticky vibes.

Buliej: good luck with yoru scan tomorrow.

:hello: CP & Kel

Sara

Meredith: Hon, you are absolutely keeping us all in suspense. I hope that you're alright. :comfort:

WTH: How are you feeling? You hanging in there okay? Are you going to have another beta done? Thank you very much for all the babydust, we need all that we can get! :)

Sara: Will you be starting again when AF arrives or do you have to wait another cycle out? I'm going to be down regulating for about four weeks before I see FS again, and only then will I know when I start supressing and stimming again. As for the OCP, because I'm oestrogen dominant (because of the PCOS) and FS has me on an oestrogen dominant pill, my poor face tends to wear the brunt of it. The bonus is that my lining is fantastic because of all the acne-causing oestrogen. Next time I'll ask about an alternative Pill.

CP: I'm sorry you're feeling down. :comfort: I hope you feel better soon.

Julie: Good luck for Monday! It really is about quality, hon, not that that's probably making you feel any better. I hope you're feeling more positive soon. :comfort:

BW: :hello:

I hope I haven't missed anyone...

AFM, still on the OCP (fun :rolleyes: ), still waiting for my appointment in March, still trying to figure out exactly how patience works, and still praying for a miracle next time around. I have been so calm throughout the whole thing, I haven't even lost it and had a good long cry yet, but now I'm even more fearful that we just won't ever create that one good embryo. Stinkin' *&^%$#@ translocation. :angry: That being said, DH and I are so much closer and more open for the whole experience. He's not much of a talker, but he's tried so hard since the EPU, and especially since I went into hospital. I guess some blessings are wearing better disguises than others. :)

Sorry girls, this has to be be brief. Will try and do persies latter

By some miracle, after all the lining dramas etc, we got a BFP!
HCG 523, prog 880 ( really feeling this!)
Amazed and obviously happy but also now petrified as BFP defnitely does not = baby for me.
And although HCG sounds well within "normal", for me personally, its one of the lowest levels I've ever had ( even with singleton pg) so makes me quite anxious.
Just gotta cross my fingers and pray. Not much more i can do.

Meredith - quietly cheering for you with everything crossed :hug:

Hi Girls,

Meredith: thats really great. keeping fingers crossed.

Kel: You know I feel exactly the same, patience is not an easy thing and like you I am afreaid I'll never have a good embryo to transfer or even worse that I next time may not even have a blastocyst to test. I will start straight away with an antagonist cylce when AF comes end of next week as long as FSH BT is okay.

WTH: Hope you're having a great holiday

CP: Hope you're feeling a bit better, hang in there hun - when is your BT?

Buliej: good luck for EPU on Monday - not sure if it helps but I had three eggs last tiem as well and had one blastocyst out of those - couldn't transfer as it was affected but that's a different story.

:hello: BW

My FS called yesterday with general BT results. My cholesterol is slightly high (5.6) and my iron levels are low, everything else is okay. DHEA levels will only come in a few weeks. She suggested to take iron supplements plus some medicine against constipation which the iron supplements will cause - I am in general not happy to take too much supplements since I am already taking iron in the normal supplements I have. Also was already badly constipated during the last cycle (sorry for TMI) which caused trouble with the ultrasounds and made me eating lots of dried prunes which helped. Will therefore just try to change my diet further: have more red meat and cut out cream, butter and cheese completely - all a bit difficult as DP is a vegetarian.

Sara

Meredith - that's great - congratulations!

Sara - is 5.6 considered to be high cholesterol. I had mine done recently (and it was higher and I was scolded) - I was told I should be targeting 5.5 and yours sounds just about there. I don't feel like I'm a bad eater - but I do love cheese, which I've cut out - so I'm not sure why mine is so high other than it runs in my family. Good luck with yours as well as the iron. I've been there and know what you mean.

Hi to everyone else.

Hi Buliej,

I think 5.5 is just okay, only once it is over 6.5 it's a real problem. Mine used to be around 3 about two years ago and had on gone up to 5.5 last July, after that I tried to change my diet with cutting out most cheese and butter and changing over to skim milk and skim yoghurt, so I am quite disappointed that this doesn't have seemed to have helped. I'd like to get my cholesterol under control now as high cholesterol runs in my family and I feel if I don't get it under control now I never will. That said I think the general advice is not to worry about cholesterol if you're pregnant.

Sara

Meredith, congratulations! That's a great step forward, I know you are feeling a bit petrified, keep positive and this one will be different given its through IVF although without PGD.

Easy said being positive, I am not one of them. I am feeling particularly worn out by all these this cycle and seriously feeling sick of being hopeful each time only to be disappointed at the end. I feel I've had enough. So I'd better to keep this to myself plus I will be away this weekend, so at least you won't hear any vent from me...

Hi to Sara, Julie, kel and wTH, sorry no personal....have a great weekend guys!

CP: Please feel free to vent, that's what we're here for. Hope your weekend away will be relaxing.

Sara

Meredith - :dance: I AM THRILLED FOR YOU :leap: I know what you mean about already worrying, but that is the highest HCG I have read from a first post-IVF BT. I did exactly what you might have done and looked up my past numbers, then rang the lady who took me through the miscarriage investigation program. She has detailed Australian stats. Just to put your mind at ease, mine was 296 at testing (and 1606 yesterday) and apparently I am on the exact 50th percentile on the graph for both numbers. as a guide. apparently 2000 is average for 5 weeks. You are doing great :happyforyou:

Cuddlepie - sorry you are feeling so drained. I totally get it. I really hope this works for you and that you start feeling really crapola over the next few days. Will be thinking of you on 16th :pray:

Sara - I have just gone back on to Ferrograd c with this PG (my levels have been ok lately). I am a vego too and eat a profound amount of dairy.I find drinking plenty of fruit juice helps to keep my stomach with the iron supps. Also, I think the oil in my ttc supps made me a bit more regular...

Buliej - :crossfingers: for your EPU. Hope your eggies fertilise and divide beautifully.

Kel - by the time I make it back on line you will be ready for your March appointment. I hope everything is okay between now and then, but don't shut it all in. There is nothing like a good "ugly" cry (a term I learned on the TTC after MC thread). Sometimes you just have to let go IYKWIM? Take care:hug:

AFM - BT yesterday afternoon - the last one before my 7 week scan. Went from 296 on Monday morning to 1606 at 3.3 days later. My OB was very happy with the increase, which is more than doubling every two days. It will be great to head off on holidays knowing my numbers were normal when I left. Interestingly, my progesterone has risen even further - from 545.5 to 646.1. Strange, as I am not on any progesterone support. I am feeling quite crabby and tired, so I imagine Meredith is feeling like quite the zombie at 880!

Take care everyone. Will be back in a 2.5 weeks and hope to see more lovely BFP's
:grouphug: