I'm not doing much and nothing is happening with me, but I can't help posting. I am just waiting waiting. Am 1dpo today, I have my ET booked in for Saturday. I am praying my blasties will thaw ok, but feeling very positive.
Sazz, Sorry I can't help you re the itchiness, I haven't had this. Hope you are well.
Neptune, thanks for popping in, you are an inspiration, I am sneakily going to the PALTTC tread to see how you are going. Thinking of you.
Jaxi, Great news you did not cancel. Will Wed be 5 days of injections? If so, seems a little early to see what is going on. Either way I hope you have some lovely follies growing. GL with your scan.
Busy, so sorry AF arrived, GL with your next cycle.
Lani, so sorry about your BT. Interesting they are suggesting something tried to happen, from what I have heard most women have some small level of hcg in their system all the time. I have read that a normal non-pregnant hCG level is under 2; however, labs have different standards as to what they consider positive. Some lab norms say a level is negative under 5, under 10, or under 25. I would clarify this with your FS, as it makes a big difference if your result is a very early m/c or just a normal low level of hcg, and potentially how they treat you further. Would love to hear what they say about this, as a low level would still give us some hope that something is happening.
TwoMums, I have heard lots of inspirational stories of lower follie numbers that have resulted in a BFP. Either way, whether you go to EPU or do IUI, I really hope this month is the month for both of you. GL for Friday.
Jaxi - Dr said he would like to have at least 8 follicles to make it worthwhile to go ahead with IVF. If we still only have 4 follies on Friday, we will trigger and do IUI instead. If that is not sucessfull we will do IVF again next cycle, starting on 300iu of Gonal F straightaway to try and get 8+ follicles. Kim is what he calls a "poor responder".
Babydreamtime - Do you mean cycles that were converted to IUI or IVF that went ahead with low follie numbers?
Just letting you all know spoke with the clinic again and FS wants to repeat BT on Friday.
Babydreamtime- I know what you are saying about low levels of HCG could be normal.
I will keep you updated with what happens on friday.
Also can everyone please advise what FS they are seeing if they are in Sydney. I am looking at getting a second opinion but thought I would see who if anyone others are using.
I am day 9 of my first (short) cycle of IVF. Weird symptoms everyday. One question I wanted to ask was, is it normal to still get te stringy discharge and low temps you would normally see around ovulation time? Because that's what I have and I have begun to worry that perhaps the Synarel might not be doing it's job.
Laniwantsababy - I live in Bris now, but had an awesome FS in Sydney when I lived there who I would love to recommend to you. Can I email his name to you?
Twomums - sorry to hear about another IUI for you both. Say positive.
I'm crossing my fingers that my body is not trying to ovulate right now before my EPU next week.
Lani I live in Sydney and am REALLY happy with my FS so far. I'll PM you his details.
Well I just came back from my first ultrasound since starting the puregon and was amazed to find that after only 4 days of injecting 150ml I have around 30 follicles (about 15 on each side) that already range between 8-11mm so they're reducing my dosage to 100ml and will get me back in for another scan on Friday. They've also now diagnosed me with PCOS which had never been diagnosed before. They said it's the only explanation for what's happened so quickly and I guess I'm now at risk of OHSS (that is what it's called right??). Interestingly, TwoMums, I've read about a few studies where they've shown they are able to obtain much better quality eggs where the follicle number is low so now I'm concerned about the quality of my eggs with so many. I would be interested to hear about anyone else with a similar experience and the outcome. Should I be nervous or excited. I don't know whether this is a good or bad start!?!
well i am back from camping now. so say hi to
WLB: how r u going? hope all is well
MELLMELL: how u going also, anytning exciting happening?
BDT: love your new avvy, so cute. count down to ET. good luck, cross fingers.
sazz: sounds a bit ouchy!, hope it goes away, good luck
jaxi: hope all is well, wow 30 follies, that's amazing, do take care, good luck
busy: hugs 4 u, horrible AF, we do hate her.
twomums: good luck maybe new sperm donor might make the difference, good luck, fingers crossed and all that.
lani: so sorry, maybe good news on fri, good luck
brisvega: IGNORE ALL SYMTOMS is all i can say they just make you more crazy, well o.k they make me crazy, i overanalyse evereything, good luck to you , fingers crossed.
if i forgot to say hi sorry, been away for a few days and so much happening.
AFM: well all seems well, i had my FET on friday and now i am in the TWW. we took off up the coast for 4 nights camping, was fun, had very relaxing time. except i got sea sick on last day then had to drive back home 3 hrs feeling yuk all way,wasn't nice.
i'm taking the day off school today as i have a big head ache, i feel wasted, DH said it is early morning sickness ( i wish !)
i am taking pregnyl, i had to do one on sat morn, then tue morn and again i'll have to do one on fri morn, OUCH !.
i don't even think of testing as i know pregnyl gives a false pos reading. so prob earliest i could test would be on next tue (17th march).
this will be day 31 and usually pregnly would be out of system aft 3 - 4 days.
don't have any symtoms yet? but have learnt to ignore them anyway. i've got everything crossed and lots of prayers too.
Hi Jaxi,
I too have slight PCOS tendencies, my first cycle produced 20+ follies on FSH 225, (I started off on a higher dose as my baseline FSH level at Day 3 was 12, which is very high). My E2 levels at Day 8 of injections were 26,000. This cycle was cancelled. My second cycle at 125 FSH by Day 8 I again had 20+ follies, by Day 12 my E2 was 22,500, I went to EPU but no ET due to fear of OHSS. 19 eggs were retrieved and 15 fertilised, all were frozen at Day 1. In hindsight I wish I had have know enough to have them all grown to blastocyst and frozen, as I fully believe that the very high E2 levels at EPU compromised the quality of the embies, they were all very slow growing, only 5 or 6 cell by Day 3, and all had moderate fragmentation. I did 3 FETs with these embies all BFN.
However please keep in mind I have done 2 following stim cycles with lower follie numbers and had 3 and 4 great blasties respectively by Day 5, all of good quality, but still another 2 BFNs (so maybe it is me, not my follies). I have 3 in the freezer.
I think with PCOS also, it is possible to have a large number of follies however they may not all contain an egg, or a mature egg. The more mature the egg, the more E2 it will produce so if your E2 levels are also high, this will likely mean that you will get more eggs. I hope this makes sense and is of some help. GL for your next scan.
TwoMums, have a look back over the last 2 months of the TWW thread, the very lovely Neptune I believe had her IVF cycle converted to IUI and is now pregnant. I have seen quite a few others where this has happened, or where they have gone to EPU with only 3 or 4 follies and ended up with a BFP. Best of luck.
Brisvegas, my temp is always low until ovulation, I think that is pretty standard, so your temps should be low until you take the trigger and introduce prog. GL
Lani, I hope your BT on Friday shows you something more.
Hi to everyone else.
I am feeling a little low today, eventhough I O'd very early Monday morning, I have only had a slight rise in temps, I am obsessive about charting, and wondering why my temps have not gone up, I am on Crinone 1 x day, I wonder if I sould up this dose just in case. Any thoughts?
Bookmarks