Lori, best of luck tomorrow, and yes HPTs can be risky. We love that poodles don't shed too- my DH has allergies, which is why we chose them...our two are brothers and a cross between a toy and a miniature- we love them to bits! Yours sounds very adorable too.
Hi everyone,
BFP today... I had the blood test this morning and by lunchtime the clinic had rung to say I am pregnant!!!!! YAY
The only problem is that my progesterone levels are half what they would expect so I am now on progesterone pressaries twice a day and progesterone injections once a day. I have another blood test next Wednesday to check that I am still pregnant and see if my progesterone levels have increased. If I stay pregnant I will apparently need to stay on these drugs for the next 10 weeks and at a cost of $210 per week that's another couple of thousand I now have to see if I can borrow!!!! But it will be worth it if I stay pregnant.
Interestingly my HCG levels were double what is normally expected. I'm wondering if this could indicate twins? I had 2 embryos transfered. Does anyone on here know what it is likely to indicate.
Assuming I am still pregnant I have the fetal heart scan in 3 weeks so I guess I will find out then.
Now I just need to breathe... think positive and hope it/they stay.
Congrats Lori and Possum - very exciting news for both of you
Hope everyone survived the Christmas period.
Nothing new here, Ovarian drilling is booked for Feb 14, still going through adoption processes which will take up most of the year. Desperately want to do IVF again after a break but no funds to do so, and trying to get out of the debt which has piled up.
Bec, sending you my best, good luck with the adoption process and ovarian drilling. Life can be pretty tough going sometimes, so I hope you are doing OK.
lori- congratulations!! what were your hcg and prog levels?
afm- blood test last week at day 16 showed hcg at 365 and progesterone at about 430 (very high). I have a follow up BT today to make sure all is going well...fingers crossed...
Bec good luck with the IVF and the adoption process. A teacher I used to work with adopted a child from overseas and the whole process took about 3 years. He told me there were many times when he just wanted to give up but his wife was determined. He explained that they do so many checks etc (including interviewing our principal and other teachers he worked with etc) that he felt like he was on trial. But in the end they got their little girl.
What I found interesting and sad was that they got her when she was 10 months old and she had spent her entire life in the orphange. It's a pity they couldn't have got her earlier so she wouldn't have had such a cold, lonely start to life. But all the red tape means none of the babies leave the country until they are atleast 6 months old. :-(
Possums, I'm glad to hear you are pregnant too. My blood test yesterday showed everything is going well and I saw one of the nurses who I have many times over the past 2 years and she was also the one at this last transfer. I felt alot better after talking to her because she told me that the extra progesterone should reduce my chance of miscarriage (to less than a normal pregnancy) so I should be viewing this as a positive thing that they discovered my low levels and are able to treat them. She explained that years ago they never even used to test for the progesterone levels.
I also found out that I only need to be on the drugs for another 5 weeks (not another 9 like the first nurse had told me).
Anyway my blood test results - last week progesterone was 56, yesterday it was 92 (which I was told is now within the lower end of the normal range?), HCG - last week it was 192 and yesterday it was over 3,400 (can't remember the actual number). So was told that is good. But wow your HCG was really high last week already and so was your progesterone.
Possums I hope you don't mind me asking but since you have had so many miscarriages in the past I wondered if you know what caused them and if this makes you worry more for this pregnancy? I guess I'm still feeling very nervous about my own pregnancy because with my daughter I fell pregnant by accident (whilst using contraception) and therefore it just seemed she was determined to be born... I never feared losing her. But since this one has needed so much medical intervention to get to this point I dont' get the sense that it is determined to be born? Does that make sense?
Lori - 37, DD 14
Started donor search Dec 06, started donor insemination Jan 09, Started IVF Feb 10, IVF #1 Chemical pregnancy, IVF #2 - BFN, FET - BFN, IVF #3 - BFP (2nd best christmas present ever - having my daughter only a few days before christmas all those years ago was the best christmas present).
hi dreamrise-I am so pleased all is going well for you!
As for my miscarriages, yes, I had lots of tests after the last one, and they found out i have antiphospholipid syndrome...which causes blood clotting issues and can affect many things including the development of the placenta etc. So I am now on daily clexane injections to thin my blood. I also found out I have Graves Disease, and my overactive thyroid has been treated and is currently stable, with just a small dose of daily medication. So I am hopeful treating those things will make the positive difference we need this time. I will also be monitored closely throughout.
My levels today HCG, 3900, progesterone about 550 ...so things are on track. They said this high prog is just a result of coming out of the stim cycle, plus the crinone. I am very bloated too. Just so pleased though that things are as they should be.
Your hcg level sounds great too.... were your tests done a week apart?
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