IVF with PGD #8

Hi all you lovely ladies,

Sunbeam, sorry to hear you've overstimmed. Be very gentle with yourself, lots of rest and water. Do you start stimming again as soon as you get AF?? That's hardcore girl, I couldn't do it!

JBear, how are you going? You "sound" good!

Elle, moving and IVF, what a mix. Hope you're feeling ok!!

Sorry I am losing track of all the new ladies but know I wish you the very best!

AFM, I'm doing great. I hired a doppler and have been able to listen to my lil baby's heartbeat! I will be back on Thurs to let you all know how my scan goes!!

b*f

Holy guacamole, what a very emotionally up an down day!!!!!!

Okay long version. I felt quite shattered with not being able to do a transfer this cycle. :shakehead: After this mornings call and our decision to freeze the 3 I then spoke to the nurse and said I want to do another stim straight away to add to the 3, she said she thought it would be unlikely that FS would agree to this. :wall: I said I really want to as it will save a heap of money and I really really did not want to have to wait till next year. I later got a call back to say that FS is fine with me doing another stim and we can just fit it in before they close for Christmas, the nurse will call with my dates tomorrow :dance:. Another call from the clinic to say number 4 made it to freeze too :dance:
I keep thinking if I'd known we had 4 would I have gone ahead with the PGD? I'm so glad I did not have to make that decision and now get the chance to add to the 4! I really don't know if I'm coming or going with my emotions and to add to it its a full moon, I feel like I've had the craziest day :hide:

I get 4 weeks before starting FSH again as I have to get AF then go on the pill for 2 weeks!


B*F - I'm so glad your little bub is ticking along well, can't wait to hear about Thurs scan.

Hey BF so good to hear your doing great, having a Doppler would be a huge reassurance. What a good idea! AFM I'm ok I think! Lol still having days with no symptoms which creates negative thoughts but trying to talk myself outta them & focus on the positives which is working.

Wow Sunbeam you've had an eventful day! That's really good news about having 4 to freeze & that your FS agreed to back to back. Are you feeling better?

sunbeam - how you feeling today, after your whirlwind couple of days? sorry you didn't get to transfer this cycle, sounds common for pgd? (not that it makes it any easier to take, of course). think I should be preparing myself too for that to happen. good news about the 4 frozen though, and being able to do another stim straight away... I hope your feeling a bit less bloated & sore today. xx

elle - sorry you didn't get to transfer this cycle. I have done back to back stims, so it is possible, but I definitely needed a couple months off afterwards. hormones were given a bit of a thrash! not to mention my moods... ; )

afm - scan today showed I am down regulated, so I started puregon jabs this afternoon. still sniffing too, which I really don't like. had consult with another clinic yesterday too, so if I don't have luck this cycle, I think I might switch clinics as the other clinic offers some more aggressive treatments that I would like to try next.

hi to everyone else. : )

Hi Girls

Andie - Whoo let the jabbing begin :dance: Feels so good to actually get started doesn't it.

Elle - Any news as to whether you will get another stim cycle in this year?

AFM - Okay I need advice. I will have the chance to do one more stim this year so I'll be going ahead with that but I won't know till tomorrow whether I will be able to do a fresh transfer from it or have to freeze and do the PGD and transfer next year due to my clinic closing down over Christmas.

Here is my question, should I just freeze anyway and have a nice chilled Christmas away with my parents and a relaxed holiday and a few stress free drinks on New Years etc and come back to it all refreshed next year rather than push to do a fresh transfer and stress all Christmas and potentially have to deal with bad news over the holiday if I don't get a BFP or worse still don't get any good embies????

I know 7 IVF babies and they were all FET, is it just so much easier on your body?

P.S. Thanks to all who asked after me, I'm feeling much better, still a little bloated but no pain and slept through the night last night so I must be on the mend.

sunbeam - last year i had a FET before christmas, BT wasnt until 2 jan or something like that - so still doing progesterone & clexane in the tww over christmas. got af a couple of days before new years. the whole thing sucked. im not a big drinker, but it was annoying having to watch what i ate/drank over christmas period. the side effects of the meds didnt help me to relax either, as well as having to remember to take them etc. im always with family over that period too, so it was horrible to go through the highs/lows in front of everyone (or in a bedroom really!), and not have any privacy to deal with everything. even getting away to do the clexane injections i got 'where are you going? why is dh going with you?' (i guess, you wont get that bc you are brave and do all your injections yourself!). i have arranged this cycle so im not transferring over christmas, so that i can just relax and enjoy some time off. i could probably squeeze in another transfer before christmas if this one doesnt work, but i wont. i know if things had gone according to plan, this is what you would have been doing too... it sucks that you have to making these decisions.

there has been some articles floating around about FET having better success rates than fresh, for the reason you mentioned - thats its easier on the body. but again, i think its one of those things, if its going to work - its going to work, no matter if its fresh or frozen. i have had short lived success with both, but personally feel that my body likes frozen better. not based in any scientific evidence though...!

glad you're feeling better.

Hi ladies!!

Just a quickie.

In all honesty Sunbeam, if you have nearly overstimmed I would give your body a break. I am a believer in frozen over fresh as our strongest embie just couldn't stick around in a fresh but our next transfer worked. I had a few months rest in between, and the very best part of a frozen cycle was I was on pessaries, rather than crinone - crinone sent me to the edge!! Good luck!!

Thanks lovelies I'm about 95% decide to go with freezing and having a nice chilled out Christmas. Thanks for your advice.

Hey Lovelies

Thank you so much for all your advice. I have decided to freeze embies from this next cycle and enjoy a carefree Christmas and then do a FET in Jan I think given my tendency to OHSS it is also a good option.

B*F -I'll be waiting to hear how you go tomorrow.

Hi ladies!

Sorry I haven't been around for a few days - still have very limited (and annoying) internet in our new house.

It looks like there is a lot going on around here. I hope everyone is doing well.

Sunbeam - I'm so sorry that things didn't go so smoothly with your PGD cycle, as you know I can totally empathise. I'm not sure if it helps or not, but you're not alone. It is very disappointing and sad to let the cycle go. Personally (a bit of a silver lining), I do like that we have embies already waiting for our next cycle. To me it feels like it takes the pressure of a little, like we are already on the way. It sounds like you have made a good decision - you seem really comfortable and settled with the idea of a relaxed Christmas and a FET next year. Definitely gives you something wonderful to look forward to for 2013!!

Andie - Yay for jabbing! You are well on your way! Keep us updated.:)

b*f - How did your scan go? Can't wait to hear!

AFM - New cycle started yesterday (2 weeks to the day after trigger) and finally heard from nurse about orders from FS. She didn't want me to go straight into another cycle, so I will be having a few weeks rest. I will have a BT on the 22nd and if my levels are all baseline (hopefully they will be), she will be happy to start then. I am pretty happy with that - really happy to do be able to do another cycle before the Christmas break. If the timing works out similarly to last time, ER will probably be around the 7th(??ish) of December. In other random news, I managed to slice into my hand with a knife yesterday and wound up in surgery for the laceration (crazy day!). Apparently I needed a distraction between cycles, haha...

sunbeam - good decision I reckon! it will be a relaxing way to ease into new year & be in the right frame of mind for transfer in jan. xx

elle - glad you get to squeeze in another stim, hope they can tweak your cycle to get you a couple more eggs. hope your hand is ok, that sounds painful!

minnie - did you end up starting injections yesterday?

afm - still sniffing & jabbing, scan on monday to check progress. getting a bit moody now, wondering if it's the synarel? (or just me?!)

Sunbeam sounds like you made the right decision for you. Like Elle said u will have something exciting to look forward to in 2013!

Andie & Minnie, when will u start jabbing? I'm very excited for u both.

BF, how did your scan go?

Elle OUCH! That sounds super painful, hope ur lil hand is ok.

hi ladies, just a quick one - had scan today and looks like epu will be wednesday/thursday this week. think i've responded quite well this time round, so a bit tender and FS has decreased puregon dose to coast until then. havent had to decrease dose before mid-cycle, anyone else done this and still had ok eggs/embryos?... just having a little worry, nothing to big as there is not much i can do at this point anyway! xx

Hi girls, I'm away & on my phone so I'll be brief

Andie: that all sounds good, I have had my meds stopped 4 days before epu & I have had epu on day 13, that's good you have responded well

Elle: I hope you enjoy your few weeks break & can get back into another cycle before the end of the year

Jbear: I hope things are going well for you :)

Sunbeam: not long til the next cycle starts for you !

Bright future: I hope your scan went well, come in & update us :)

afm: I started injections on fri, I'm on 3 injections a night now & because I'm away I'm not having any monitoring for another week (my nurse nearly had a nervous breakdown about that !) so hopefully everything is going ok

Hi everyone,

minnie, hope everything is travelling nicely in there!

Andie - good luck in your EPU, hope you get heaps of great eggs!!! I didn't do the "coasting" thing but I have read about it a lot, I think it's pretty common.

Elle - how is your hand?? Ouch!! Did you need stitches?

Sunbeam, JBear, hope you're doing well!!

AFM, scan was great, it was the cutest thing ever. Bub is looking as good as possible at this stage and I am finally starting to relax and enjoy the pregnancy and get excited. We had a big family do on the weekend so it was really nice to be "out" with the news by then. Thanks for your good wishes!!

thanks minnie & bf, im confident in my FS and their instructions... just cant help worrying a little along the way.

bf - great news about the scan, how exciting!

minnie - 3 a night... bugger. im trying to dodge bruises with just one a day atm, cant imagine finding the room for 3 a day. hope you enjoy your time away.

hi everyone else. :)

Just sneaking in to say I've coasted Andie and it was all good :)

Good luck everyone!

thanks, n2l! :)