Long Term Assisted Conception - 2010

Hi everyone,

Mummy2chloe and JBM thanks for your support.

Only 4 more sleeps now till my blood test, though my period is actually due in 2 days. The bloating continued to subside (I lost 500grams each day for 4 days in a row but then didn't have access to a scale to check after that). By last Wednesday I felt more normal but then I also felt kinda empty and that made me feel a bit depressed (like I know the embryos are gone)... I'm hoping it was just that the bloating had subsided and I am pregnant.

It was nice to enjoy warmer weather in Qld but then more stress when I returned home and found lots of problems - like a friend who had kindly fed my horses while I was away has caused problems between me and a neighbour as she climbed through their fence and wrecked it and they now want me to move my horses out (they had let me borrow their paddock as my place has no grass to speak of at the moment). I'm very upset about it (as are my neighbours as they only had the new fence built 6 months ago at a cost of $2000). I just hope I can atleast repair the friendship with my neighbours because living in the country you really do need to stay on your neighours good side.

I also had a run in with my immediate boss yesterday and I am so over working there... my contract expires at the end of the year and I'm hoping I'm pregnant because then I will just take some time out until the bub is born rather than try to find a new job for just a few months. If I'm not pregnant and have to wait to try again with the frozen embryos then it will be more difficult to justify to myself not working for a while next year. I currently teach at TAFE (0.5 position so 2 and a half days a week) and the course I teach is supposedly under review as possibly closing down as it doesn't generate enough profit. I have been fighting hard on behalf of my students to ensure they are all given every chance to finish their studies (as most study part-time they aren't due to finish until 2013 and I don't think it's fair if the course closes and they can't finish what they started - no other TAFE in Victoria offers the course in the flexible delievery style that we do so my students would be unable to successfully complete it with any of the 3 other institutes.) My students are the most amazing group of people - mostly mature aged women who juggle jobs and families and study and are so very supportive of each other and I have really enjoyed being their teacher for the past 2 and a bit years.

One of my students knows I'm going through IVF (she had her daughter through it) and she has been a great support to me as well.

But my managers have no comprehension of the human side of it... or the lengths so many of these women have gone to in order to study (many travel between 4 and 7 hours return to attend our weekend workshops), some have health issues, many have struggled against amazing odds to get to where they are (including 1 losing her husband in an acccident when her sons were only 2 and 4 years old) and yet they want to complete their qualifications and realise their dreams. I find them inspiring but the managers are just crushing me and I know I need to get out soon before I have nothing left to give my students.

So crashing back to earth on Saturday wasn't so nice. I'm back off to Brisbane today for a conference which work have reluctantly agreed to because it is part of our accreditation that a teacher of our course (I am the only one) must attend this conference or the course will lose it's accreditation. Not that I want to go as it is always so boring... but atleast it will be nice to get out of the cold and also to talk to others in my field who can relate to my concerns for my students. I get back late Tuesday night and then my period is due Wednesday... so fingers crossed I don't get it!

How is everyone else doing?

Lori

Dreamrise - I'm hoping that you got a positive result from your test.

I'm back to treatment this month, day 6 today and had a strange scan - had a bunch of 5mm follicles which is normal for me, and then a 14mm follicle just sitting there. SO frustrating. So I have to go back for another blood test tomorrow to track what is happening a lot closer than normal. Gah

How is everyone else going?

becD: good luck with your BT tomorrow.

nothing is happening for me atm
still waiting.

so frustrating.

why is this so hard?

chat soon

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so frustrating.

why is this so hard?

chat soon

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I know, it is so painful at times.
BT today was at 1300 again, no idea what is going on with my body. In for another blood test and ultrasound tomorrow morning

And estrogen level now down to 1200 - what the hell is going on!
follicles are slowly getting bigger, wish i knew what was happening

Hey Ladies...

Thought I might poke my head in here and say hi...

Hubby and I are finally in a headspace where we feel like we can deal with ICSI #2 after months and months in a complete rut.

Picked up my little green cooler bag full of meds last night, which is making it feel that much more real... now waiting, waiting for the usually dreaded AF...

Good luck to all the waiters, sniffers, jabbers and scanners

L x

fatgirlslim: i know how you're feeling. we've had a break of 18 months and about to do ICSI cycle # 2. it's a bit scary. i don't have the meds yet as i need to see whats happening for next month with my cycles first. good luck to you.

waiting, waiting for next cycle for me.

chat soon

All the best girls :)
Hoping and praying that we start seeing some BFP in here, its been awhile and there are only a few of us left!!

thinking of you all xxx

hi everyone...lurking around here still, and wishing you all well.

we are resuming IVF next month...an antagonist cycle.

Here's hoping we all get nice early xmas pressies this year xx

Just popping in to shower you all with:bluedust::pink-babydust:

i know times are up and down, but look forward, if it happened for us then please take hope that it WILL happen for you.

love always

Hi Ladies
I think I might join you if that's ok. Ive seen most of you around in other forums I think and I think ive now been doing Assisted Conception for long enough to be able to come in here.
Looks like we are currently going through another failed IVF/ICSI round. Im 11DPO now, have small amount of blood, AF type headaches and a temp of 35.9 only - so I think safe to say its over and Im not sure where we will be heading next. Maybe I need a bit of encouragement to try another IVF because right now Im feeling as though I just wanna give up a bit. Sorry to come in here and vent straight away.
I hope some of you ladies have had success.

Loula Congratulations on the birth of your beautiful little boy :)

Hi Girls,
Just popping in to say Hi. Welcome Loops12, get it all out girl.

Congratulation to Loula!!!!! :lol::dance::lol::dance::lol::dance::lol: Yeahhhhhh.


AFM: Am philisophical today. Probably spelt that wrong! And want to get a few things down. Bit serious!

Anyway, have had last transfer ever last week. Not hopeful, but who knows really.
Decided earlier in the year that Jan was my last stim cycle. Had 8 froz left and decided after last trf last month that I couldn't stand it any more.

Am 43 and want to start feeling like a young 43 instead of a very old 43. Have gorgeous daughter, so apprecitate her now.

This is one last hurrah, thawed all 8, lost 4 in thaw (that never happened before, one of the reasons has been hard to give up was that I always got good egg numbers and lost very few - too good, OHSS 4 times). 4 grew on to blasts. 2 in, 2 in bin.


I found keeping the basal body temperature chart very good, only discovered that this year after 3.5 years IVF from my chinese doc, gave a sense of control/ certainty.

Found chinese yukky herbs very good, made me feel stronger and regulated my progesterone, could see it clearly in the temp charts when we got it right.

Went to the IVF councellor, very good to just get it all out. Went to the Carers councellor the same week, was getting so depressed, as my Dad slowly disappearing with alzheimers.
Very good booklet about loss, realised that I am also part carer for deaf husband. Loss of how you expected your life to be and dealing with ongoing loss of his hearing. And of course loss of the many children I wanted. And we lost most of our business and lifestyle this year. Tough year actually.

So I have already finished the self inflicted flagelation of IVF. Good. Get my head around that. I've grieved so many times that once the result is known I'll either be ecstatic or just relieved. Blood test next Mon.

Trying to keep my head on until then. Maybe in 6 months will be able to see what I learned from the process. It all works out inthe end, if it's not workign out, its not the end!

Wish you all the very best.

Hi Samandpoppy ~ thanks very much for the welcome and understanding of my venting.

Im very sorry to hear about what you have been through - a very tough road and I fully understand and can appreciate when you say this will be your last because you want your life back. This does take over our lives and I feel a bit the same way. I think we'll only try IVF a couple more times as it is just way too stressful and emotional and hard on our relationship.
Sorry to hear about your DH's hearing and about your dad. I too know about loss as I lost my sister in 2004 to a car accident - she was only 18. So with IVF disappointment on top of that times get very hard. Also all of my IVF cycles now Ive never had any frozen so its always another full stim cycle for us :(
Big hugs and I will be crossing fingers tight for you. Will be thinking of you Mon and :pray: Good luck

Hi all, sorry for the long absence, just easier to stick my head in the sand really.
Have booked in to have ovarian drilling done feb 14 next year with my FS. Our last cycle was cancelled (second in a row) due to erratic hormone levels and very few follicles - the complete opposite of the previous cycle.
I've had enough and right now I dont want to do any further treatment, my doctor agrees and wont treat me unless i do the ovarian drilling anyway.

We are pursuing local adoption in WA, and also hoping to pursue donor embryos from people who have completed their families through ivf. Its a long shot, but we are at our wits end with ivf, there isnt much more we can do if i cant even get to egg collection anymore.

Life is too short. My cousin was killed in an accident last week, and I dont want to spend the next 5-10 years of my life doing something that makes me unhappy. I need to get myself back together again.

Geez BecD you've had such a rough trot as well ~ (((GBH))). Im so sorry to hear of your TTC/IVF struggles and stress and also about your cousin. So sad and tragic. I so hear you about getting your life backtogether again and not wanting to go through all the unhappy times. Will be thinking of you and all the best with the adoption etc. Deepest condolences for the loss of your cousin :hug:

Hi ladies, I have been blogging, but havent been on the forums for quite a while.
Just wanted to send you my best....
Becd and samandpoppy, i am hoping for positive outcomes foryou. You are right, life is short, and sometimes we need to make sure we are enjoying the here and now.

I have started another cycle...injecting now, expect egg collection sometime next week. Detached at the moment...but a xmas surprise would be wonderful

Hi Possums,
Good Luck! I hope it works perfectly for you, and for everyone else.

AFM: Sadly my last ever IVF transfer resulted in another biochemical. Thanks for all your good wishes. I am still very sad, but have to step up and deal with it as last week our business went into receivership.
Looks like we will have to sell the house. We have another business that will probably work, but no income for the next 6 months at least. We are starting to work through what we need to do. Must say having done the Landmark Forum really helps when dealing with this stuff. Got a lot of support last night when I was at a seminar there, and can pick up and dust myself off and create something new to wish for.

I wish you all the very best

Hi SamandPoppy,

So sorry to hear that your final IVF cycle was not successful. I would love to hear how you move on from this as I am about to start my last IVF cycle (egg pickup is on Monday) and I'm so scared about how I will cope and move on with my life if it doesn't work.

I have an almost 14 year old daughter who I concieved naturally (and by accident) when I was 22. I always wanted to give her a sibling but as a single woman I didn't think I could do it, until 4 years ago I started this process with a long and exhaustive donor search and then a year of donor insemination before moving onto IVF early this year. This will be my last attempt as the money has run out (well I have borrowed the maximum I can borrow... now have to work out how to pay it back).

I had one chemical pregnancy on my 1st cycle but BFN on my next 2. This will be my 4th. :-(

I'm sorry to hear about your business failing as well. It must be extra hard when you have invested so much into paying for IVF and then with your business going belly up you might lose your house... I really feel for you. I hope your new business is a success.

Lori

Hi Ladies.
I've not been on here for a long time and not many people i recognise except for you loops12!

Hi keep strong loops never give up :pray:

I've been hiding away for to long now after my little boy was stillborn with my first cycle, so thought i would check in here as really helped last time!

I've had FET with 2 blasto on the 2nd has anybody got expierience with frozen blasto? my doc says they have not done enough to get any stats.

Hi Ladies
Possums ~ thank you. All the best with this cycle, will :crossfingers: for you!

Samandpoppy ~ Very sorry things didnt work out and also about your business - must be very hard. Stay strong and I hope good things come to you in the future. None of us deserve this crap. Hugs

Lori ~ very sad to hear of your troubles, I will be :pray: and :crossfingers: you get your little miracle. I hear ya on the money situation, we've had all sorts of money troubles and its just so unfair that its so expensive and that we have to spend this money. I hope it pays off for you hon. Goodluck

Williamsemma ~ Oh so sorry to hear about Thomas, can't comprehend how hard that must have been (((GBH))). I wish you all the very best for another little miracle and an earth brother or sister for your angel. I would think because blasties are supposed to be the best quality that if it thaws ok, it would probably be pretty great. FX'd its a real sticky lil bub! Thank you - I wont give up - at least not for a while yet xo

AFM ~ Had FS appointment last week and we are having a few bloods for different things and probably another IVF/ICSI attempt in May if we can get the funds.

Hi to everyone and I hope you are all well, despite all the TTC challenges :grouphug:

Hi Williamsemma, Loops12 and everyone else,

I want to echo what Loops said and wish you the best of luck Williamsemma with your blastocysts. Since they are meant to be the best quality hopefully you will have more luck. I'm so sorry to hear about your still born baby. I sometimes wonder if that's why I have never fallen pregnant (apart from a chemical pregnancy) with IVF... because when I pray for it to work I pray to have a healthy baby born (and I guess that I'm asking for too much) but I don't know how I could cope if I had a miscarriage or still birth or have a child born so fragile that it only lived a few days etc.

Do the doctors have any idea why he was still born or what they might be able to do in future to reduce your chance of going through that again? I can't imagine how painful that would be.

One of my friends had her son (through IVF) 13 and a half weeks prem. It was very touch and go for pretty much the first 12 weeks... everytime it looked like he was improving and going to be okay they would have some sort of set back (lung problems, infections etc). He's now doing really well and is almost 4 months past his due date and almost sitting up. She virtually lived at the hospital for most of the 14 weeks that he was in there and I think she was amazingly strong. I don't know how I would manage to hold it together like that.

Anyway Loops... I noticed in your sign off that your hubby has low sperm count problems... my friend above had the same problem and they found that after 6 months of being on menivite (the male version of elivate) his sperm count increased 10 fold. Not sure if you have tried it? They still had to do ICSI as they ended up with only 2 viable sperm by the time his sample got to the lab. But as they say it only takes one. My friend had 2 eggs picked up so they did ICSI on both but only 1 developed and that ended up being her son.

My egg pick up went okay today. I got 13 eggs and don't feel too sore. Now we just have to see how many embryos I get and how many make it to Blastocyst. Fingers crossed.

Lori
37yrs with daughter who turns 14 in 2 weeks time.
Started donor search Dec 06, Started donor insemination Jan 09, Started IVF FEb 10. 1st cycle - chem preg, 2nd cycle BFN, FT - BFN, currently on 3rd full cycle.

hi everyone

samandpoppy- reallysorry to hear you didnt have success with your cycle, and the news about your business. You sound really strong and hope you all come through this ok and find a fresh start

dreamrise- best of luck with those eggs! here's hoping lots of embryos for you

williamsemma- good luck! i had a pregnancy from a frozen blast, so i think they can be pretty strong! (that pregnancy didnt last for other medical reasons)

loops, hope you are doing well

and hi to anyone i have missed!

afm, currently in the tww, with a blastocyst on board, and one in the freezer after this cycle. BT is dec 23rd, so either great xmas news or a bit of a bummer in the festive season...here's hoping for good news! I'm starting to get pretty nervous now

Good luck Possum with the blastocyst and one in the freezer is great news too. I've never managed to get any blastocysts. Had transfers on day 2 and on one cycle I got 2 embryos frozen at day 2 because they didnt' think they would make it to blastocyst. None of them have taken.

Anyway I have my blood test on the 22nd Dec so like you it will either be a great Christmas present or make for a very depressing Christmas.

Hopefully we will both get great Christmas presents.

I'm a bit worried as today I had the farrier out to do my 6 horses and ponies feet. My one year old miniature pony got a little crazy when the farrier went to trim her back foot and she rammed straight into my stomach. It still feels a little tender now. I hope that I don't find out that I was pregnant but lost it (chemical pregnancy) due to that stupid pony. I was so upset with her. In hindsight I guess I should have tried to see if one of the neighbours could have helped or something though you don't expect anything like that to happen.

Goodluck to every one else too.

Lori

hi ladies

sorry i havn't been here in a while. i've been having a lot of stress lately so doing another cycle has just been put off.
i hope we have some more good news in here soon.
i don't know whats happening or when or if ever.

i can't even think about it at the moment.

i'll chat soon.

Hi everyone,

Okay my period should be due today - egg pick up was Monday 6th Dec. No sign of my period yet (now 6pm) so I'm starting to get hopeful. I haven't had any period cramps like I have had in the past... so maybe, maybe????

Blood test is Wednesday (why do they make you wait so long).

This cycle I have had lots of nigling pains throughout the 2 week wait and also a tearing type feeling a few times (difficult to explain).

It's driving me crazy not knowing... and trying not to get my hopes up because I don't want to end up crushed.

Lori
Started this journey Dec 2006 so it would be great if this worked (egg pickup was almost exactly the 4 year anniversary of starting).

JBM i am so sorry hun that you have had to put off your cycle :( im not to sure whats going on but if you ever need to talk, we are always here for you! i hope things get better for you soon xxx

Dreamrise659 things sound very promising!! have you POAS yet? i always like to do a HPT before my bloods, just so i could sort of prepair for what the BT might bring! not long now till your bt, all things are looking very good for you :) sending lots of sticky vibes your way. what a wonderful chrissy present it would be!

Possum :) thinking of you hun!! when is your bt?

even thought i am not currently cycling, i hope you all dont mind me sticking around in here! only place right now where i feel like i belong IYKWIM?

hope chrissy brings in lots of bfp's to this thread.....something tells me its going to ;)

Hi Lovely Ladies

Dreamrise ~ thanks for your wishes and sharing about your friend. Yeh DH was on Menevit and a couple of other things and his sprem analysis has seemed to improve a bit but then we heard from our FS that Menevit is actually crap so now not so sure but perhaps anything is worth a try - I reckon. All the best tomorrow, :crossfingers: and :pray: for you that you get a wonderful Xmas present. If not, go out a get drunk I reckon. Goodluck hon. Hope the pony didnt do any damage. I doubt it though.

Possum ~ hope you get a wonderful Xmas present as well (probably the only present you want - huh?). :crossfingers::pray: for you as well, goodluck on Thursday.

JBM ~ sorry to hear of your stress, hope you can get back into the swing of TTC very soon.

Mummy2chloe ~ good to have you around. All the best to you and I hope you have a wonderful Christmas.

Merry Christmas ladies - enjoy the festive season as much as you can. Even though our dreams for a child may not come true, life can be short so we need to celebrate with family and friends. xo

AFM ~ I will enjoy Christmas with my family even though in some aspects it will be hard as one sister has a 18month old and my other sister is due to have her 1st in 3 weeks and I'm still waiting. I love my family though so know I will still have fun. Been a bit depressed lately - it's all taking a toll now after 5yrs of TTC and thousands of $ spent and we are broke but I wont give up.

:grouphug:

Thanks for your well wishes. Well still no sign of my period.. though the little niggling pains continue (but not like period pains). Everytime I go to the toilet there is a sense of dread of what I might find but still nothing... so I am getting my hopes up. Every other time I have at the very least had spotting and cramping by now (if not my full period) so this is the longest I've gone... hopefully it has worked and bub or bubs will stay for the full 9 months.
I had two fresh 2 day old embryos transfered.

I haven't done a preg test because I'm worried it might not be accurate and might squash my hopes for no reason or give me false hope. Trying to be good and just wait it out. I've always had my period by the time I had the blood test in the past so the result has never been a shock.

Lori
DD 14
Started donor search Dec 06, Started donor insemination Jan 09 - all BFN's, Started IVF Feb 10. 1st fresh cycle - chemical pregnancy, 2nd fresh cycle - BFN, 1st frozen cycle - BFN, 3rd fresh cycle - blood test tommorrow.

JBM- sorry to hear you have been stressed, i hope things are back on track for you soon

loops- I hope christmas isn't too hard, it can be tough with little ones around and you've had a hard road, thinking of you

m2c- always great to hear from you! hope you have a great christmas

dreamrise- good luck for your blood test! andyes, have you POAS?

afm- my BT is on thurs...and I POAS yesterday morning and it was a BFP!! :D Still in shock, excited, yet very nervous too...fingers crossed

Hi Possums,

Looks like we must have both been posting at the same time.

Congrats on the positive test... hopefully it is confirmed on Thursday and this one sticks for the full 9 months.

Maybe we will both be celebrating good news this Christmas.

By the way we are the same age (I'm also 37) and I have only 1 dog but she is 3/4 toy poodle 1/4 bichon. I love the poodle breed and the fact they don't shed and are so small and easy to fit in anywhere. :-) She has adapted well to me doing family day care and her having to be locked in a crate while the kids are here. I think she realises it is safer for her to be away from the noisy toddlers. Though as soon as they are gone she is relieved to get out and follow us around everywhere again. At night she sleeps in my teenage daughter's bed with her.

Lori

i did do a really good reply then accidently deleted it.

good luck to all and a great christmas to all

chat soon

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.

Good luck with your test tomorrow possum

Lori

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.

I guess thats life though.

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...

hi everyone,

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?

Hi Possums,

Yes my tests were done exactly a week apart.

I'm glad they were able to give you some answers and that the drugs you are on now should help. fingers crossed. I don't know how I'd cope if I had 3 miscarriages (actually I think after 2 I would give up trying).

best wishes
Lori

Possums and Dreamrise ~ congratulations ladies, very happy for you :)
Hope all goes smoothly over next 9 or so months.

BecD ~ All the best with everything and I hope the adoption process works out. I am thinking of looking into it in 2011 myself.

Goodluck everyone and have a very Happy New Yr! xo

good luck to all this year 2011. sending sticky vibes to all or preg vibes. whatever you need.

chat soon