IVF with PGD #8

I'll write more later but just wanted to say I'm so sorry for your sad news, Joe. Thinking of you! And what a beautiful outlook to be thinking of how lucky you are. Wishing you even more luck in your future!

Hi girls,

Joe - I am so so sorry to hear your news, how devastating, especially after all the effort of pgd. Huge hugs sweetie :comfort:

Andie - Whoo, things are starting for you that is great news :dance:

J.Bear - OMG is it the 25th yet? It feels like it is taking forever!! (Taps fingers impatiently!!) Lol you put the 25th AUG in your post, think by then bub might be a bit over cooked :lol:

Hi Elle, BF and Minnie :hello:

AFM - I had a bt yesterday and my E2 was 2905 so they got me in for a scan and bt today (thankfully because I really did not want to have to wait till tues to find out what is going on in there). My E2 today is 4672 and I have 10 follies on each ovary all 12-14mm and my lining is at 8mm. They are a little worried as I am quite bloated and said they will call to check on me on monday and another bt on tues. FS seemed happy with everything and has left me on 350iu. The bloating is not really bothering me but the stabbing pains in my boobs I could do without, ouch!

Hi lovely ladies!

Andie - Wed is just around the corner and you''ll be jabbing before you know it! I'm glad to hear the ball is rolling (and you will be off that pill soon, too!).

b*f - Exciting!! Good job with the self-imposed ban - hard but necessary! Haha! Hopefully the 1st is here before you know it.

J.Bear - Just a few days to go! Eeeee!!

Sunbeam - Sounds great - 10 follies on each side, I would be so thrilled! I hope the bloating and boob pains (ouch!) settle. Keep us updated. What is your EPU date again? I think they must do things differently here - my EPU was dictated by scans, BTs etc (pretty much last minute - do your trigger tonight, retrieval in 2 days..). I'm guessing the different FS's and clinics have their own protocols-?!

AFM - Crazy week! I have been going in for BTs and/or scans daily. They ended up calling it as a no-go cycle for PGD fairly early on with the plan that we would go through EPU and see how we go, then freeze and do another cycle, then batch the 2 together for biopsy and PGD. Nothing seems to have gone the way I was 'planning'/expecting. I feel as though I have just been taught a big life lesson -- I really can't plan the unplannable/control the uncontrollable. It's hard to relinquish control and realise that some things are just out of my hands. I don't know if you will know what I mean, but it has been an important thing for me to realise. Sooo... EPU ended up happening today! I was so nervous and just wanted it to be over with and to know what was going on in there! Haha! Turns out they retrieved 7 eggs (at one stage, via scan, it was looking like 2-3 max so I was pleasantly surprised, even though I know it's still not the best number). So I will be talking to the embryologist tomorrow and finding out about their fertilisation. Things feel a bit up in the air now, though, because at 2-3 eggs, PGD was clearly not a good idea but what if 6 or 7 fertilise? Does anyone know the rules as to how many you can freeze and batch together with another cycle? I thought it was around 3 only, but I could be wrong. So now I don't know if it is too late to even do PGD on these little embies, as it was called off early in the cycle. How much notice do they need? Good thing I'm working on that lovely lesson of not trying to plan the unplannable! Anyway, at the moment I will marvel at the fact that we have eggs fertilising as we speak - amazing! Any experience/advice any of you have would be so much appreciated at this point. Surely I'm not the only one whose PGD cycle has been uncooperative...

Take care, ladies!

Joe - I'm still thinking of you and wishing nothing but the best for you on your journey.

Hey elle - Whoo 7 is my lucky number. I'm so glad you got more than you expected that's a nice surprise :clap:. I hope you get great fertilisation. I know what you mean it is hard to decide how many is a good number to PGD. I spoke to the scientist at my clinic yesterday and she said the Brisbane clinic will freeze on day 3 if there are not many and you want to do another stim cycle to add to them but I don't know how many is not many. FS said we won't need to do that, he is convinced I'm going to get a nice batch of eggies, but as we all know lots of eggs does not necessarily mean lots of embryos so we'll see.

PGD is different at every clinic, with mine you have to book a date with the Brisbane lab that does the PGD and when you have your date they then time your cycle to have you ready for EPU on that date. If you really had to go early then I assume the lab would just fit you in. I was very shocked that it looks like I'm right on track, IVF almost never runs to plan! My EPU is next friday.

Yes I'm sure we all understand. One of the lessons of IVF and indeed TTC all together is to give up control, lets face it we have NONE! We can eat right, lose weight, drink yucky herbs and take all our vitamins but that's it, the rest of it is down to our Drs and the TTC gods! I found it much easier to do all this once I realised that. Obviously it is easier said than done to not stress about what you can't change but when you really think about it it is such a waste of time and energy so I have learnt to be quite Zen about the whole thing which I manage most of the time (I am only human;)!) Meditation and yoga help but mostly its about learning to control, as much as possible, what you let your mind think about so you have to learn to distract it.

Let us know how your embies are going. Grow embies grow :cheer:

Joe - sorry about your loss
hugs.
Kate

hi girls,

i wrote a big post this morning and it went through ok but now has disappeared !

anyway........

elle: things have been up and down for you, how did the fertilisation go ? my clinic never said a number as such they just said i could freeze embryos from multiple cycles

andie: my tooth is still bad, probably coming out next week. When i got the pgd report they told me exactly what was wrong with every embryo (all had different problems)

brightfuture: good news on being 10 weeks, hopefully the next scan goes well

jbear: only 3 more days for you, time must seem like it is dragging for you !

joe: :hug: again

sunbeam: i have my fingers crossed for you :)

afm: i got lucrin today and will start again tonight, here we go again.......

E2 is 11200 today, will get a call tomorrow for my trigger time. No turning back now!

Ladies :D
Andie - How exciting things are moving along for you. I know what you mean about putting your hands over your ears when they go through the costs! PDG makes it so much more expensive but all worth it in the end. GL on the 30th.

Sunbeam - OOPSEY on the dates lol...OMG i'm going insane here it can't come soon enough. How are you feeling? Any news on when EPU will be?

Elle - Hope you get a 7 out of 7 Fert rate :crossfingers: Sorry if you explained already but why did they call off PGD?

Joe - Sending you love & hugs.

Minnie - Good luck with the next cycle will be checking in on how you're going.

Hi BF :) Hope your feeling good and positive and your lil one is doing it's thing and getting nice and strong.

AFM - I'm really struggling to keep it together to be honest. I have'nt had any vomiting just nauseous here and there & dizziness, everytime i'm feeing sick I feel a little reassured. But as soon as I feel normal I feel down and worried.... i'm so afraid the scan is not going to be good. *Sigh* I know that nothing will make me feel better but to see a HB on that scan. So am trying to stay away from the internet as I find myself roaming aimlessly for answers that don't make me feel any better.

J Bear - I so understand how you are feeling. I've been thinking about it and decided if I get pg I'm going to need some counselling before my first scan because I'm going to be sooooo scared! I have everything crossed for you sweetie that it is all perfect :crossfingers:
My EPU is friday morning.

Thanks sunbeam, counseling is prob a good idea. Well time will tell.

Good luck Friday - hope after all that hard work u get lots of healthy eggs.

jbear: i know the fear too, in fact if i ever get pregnant again i don't want a scan until my hcg numbers get to a certain level because i now know what i will see based on the numbers, good luck for you !

sunbeam: im excited you are nearly are EPU :crossfingers:

elle: how are you ? what happened with your embryos ?

afm: last night of the pill for me, feels like another step to getting back to epu

hi everyone else

Hi ladies,

Good luck tomorrow Sunbeam, so exciting!!

JBear, I totally understand how you are feeling. I keep squeezing my boobs to make sure they are still sore!! I am really scared about my next scan (a week exactly today I will be lying on the bed finding out our fate). I have no reason at all to think anything has gone wrong, so I am still worried. I tried to calm myself down a lot last night - if anything has gone wrong we will find out about it soon and deal with it. If everything is fine then I am causing undue stress on my baby, so I am going to choose the zen....

Big love & luck to all you other ladies!

Thank you wonderful ladies.

Well we had one of the biggest weights lifted off our shoulders today, we saw our lil bubba wigglin around and he/she has a good HB 175bpm! Phew.....Yay. We also saw the genetics counselor to talk about weather or not we want to do Amniocentesis or not. That was a confusing/interesting conversation but the counselor was really good and really reassured us that having done the PGD testing that really improves the chances of this pregnancy going to term. So we are going to have a good think about it and get back to her.

BF - Are you still doing Acu? I know what you mean, that lil voice in your head freaking out then telling you to calm down and there's no reason to think anything is wrong. I do it all the time and we are very happy now but I'm sur ein just a few days i may be freaking out again. All I try to think is it's out of our hands, to an extent of course you can control what you eat and what you do to help the pregnancy, but you can't control what happens in there. I hope you start to feel a bit more relaxed and get to enjoy the rest of your pregnancy. PM me anytime you need to chat :hug:

Sunbeam - Good luck tomorrow, will check in to see how you went. Do you have acupuncture before EPU?

Elle - Any news on your lil embies? Hope it's all going well and your feeling ok.

Minnie - It's a great feeling to be moving along and starting a cycle. Very excited for you.

yay jbear: sunbeam and i have been checking the thread for your update lol so pleased to hear everything went well ! :happyforyou: :stickyvibesgirl::stickyvibesboy:
can i ask you would consider an amniocentesis ?

J Bear I'm so Glad to hear all is well with your little bub. That must be such a relief. I hope the rest of your pregnancy goes just as perfectly.

congrats, jbear - how exciting! wishing you all the best.

sunbeam - goodluck for tomorrow, will be stalking tomorrow for updates. ;)

minnie - had my last pill this week too, we might be cycling around the same time. i am hoping to start fsh next week.

joe - i know its belated, but wanted to say i was sorry to hear your news. take care. xx

hi elle & bf, hope you're both well.

afm - stopped pill tues, hoping to start fsh next week if all looks well. starting to get a little anxious about actually getting to epu on a down reg cycle (having enough follicles), and then getting any to transfer... but i guess i will find out soon enough. :)

andie: i stopped the pill wednesday and will start injections next friday so we should be close cycle buddies :-)

Hey girls
Home now got 13 eggies. Post more later: -)