Re: Long Term TTC & Assisted Conception June/July 2014
CatyO, it's just a sign that your oestrogen levels are rising. When is your first monitoring with the FS? If it's still a few days away, it might be worth a call in case they want you to come in early? You're using orgalutran this cycle, aren't you? Do you know when you are supposed to start?
Re: Long Term TTC & Assisted Conception June/July 2014
Juniper - I have ultrasound & bloods this morning. And l start Orgalutran tonight, together with Gonal F. Is CD7 but FS wanted me to have an early scan in case she needed to adjust the dose of Gonal F. I thought oestrogen was something bad?
Re: Long Term TTC & Assisted Conception June/July 2014
HI I'm in a hurry so I will be back later to catch up, saw my fs this morning and all follies are getting bigger which is great news but she said to stop bleeding haha
just went to the toilet and I'm bleeding again so not happy also my lining is not good its really thin so she's hoping that will improve by Monday but she may have
to do the EP and freeze all eggs which I'm not happy about either my lining is always good:-( Is there anything I can do for my lining
Re: Long Term TTC & Assisted Conception June/July 2014
I have gone and bought lots of beans, lentils, brown rice and vegies and my acupuncturist is away till next week so I have made an appointment with another fertility specialising in
fertility for tomorrow and next week so if it does not thicken up at least I have tried
Re: Long Term TTC & Assisted Conception June/July 2014
CatyO, how did you go this morning? You do want your oestrogen to rise, but you don't want it to get too high before you start orgalutran or it may trigger your natural LH surge. If you had monitoring this morning and are starting orgalutran tonight, you should be fine.
1MP, it makes sense that your lining isn't good if you're bleeding. I think the biggest help to your lining will be to stop bleeding. If only we had control over that... Hope it works out okay. xx
Re: Long Term TTC & Assisted Conception June/July 2014
1 More - Glad to hear the follies are getting bigger. Did they tell you what could be causing the bleeding? I hope acupuncture can help with your lining. Good luck hun xx
Juniper - Thanks for asking. I had a scan this morning, I thought I was going to have a blood test, but they said they didn't need it yet. I had only 5 follies 10-11 mm I really don't know what that means, if its ok the size being on CD7? Also I have 5 more follies 8 mm. The lining... I don't remember how much measures, but she said is great... I had a list of questions in my mind, but then I couldn't remember what to ask, I just asked how many follies, and what sizes. The nurse said she was going to talk with FS and she would call me in the afternoon and I just got the call from other nurse to say they decided to upper my dose of Gonal F to 300 from tonight, Im on 200 at the moment. Does that make sense? To upper the dose after 5 injections?? Will a higher dose of Gonal F make the follies bigger or will create more?
Also in the morning the nurse told me NOT to start Orgalutran tonight, but tomorrow, then when the other nurse called me, told me to start Orgalutran tonight, then I said "are you sure? because in the morning the other nurse told me to start it tomorrow", and she said, "oh ok then start tomorrow with orgalutran, thats fine". But is it? Is that fine? 1 day wont make much difference?
They still didn't tell me what trigger I will have, and I forgot to ask... Is Lupron an injection or a spray?
I had acupuncture today and fell asleep, was a good relaxing time
I don't understand why they didn't take bloods, last IVF I had a b/t before having a scan, I guess I should have asked.
The EWCM the stretchy one disappeared, but I have a some watery cm, not lots, nothing compared with yesterday, only when I wipe, sorry tmi
I hope everyone is doing great
Re: Long Term TTC & Assisted Conception June/July 2014
CatyO, sorry to hear you're a bit disappointed by this morning's results. It sounds to me like they've increased your FSH dose to try to help those 8mm follicles catch up, but otherwise it sounds pretty good. I'd be happy with those results. And if your biggest follicle was only 11mm, yes, you should be fine starting orgalutran tomorrow. I can't remember for sure the lead follicle size you normally start orgalutran at, but I think it's either 12mm or 14mm. There's not much risk of your body trying to ovulate with an 11mm follicle, even if your oestrogen is high. Lupron (which is called Lucrin in Australia) is an injection. They'll probably decide on the trigger when you're closer to EPU and they know whether or not there's a high risk of OHSS.
Re: Long Term TTC & Assisted Conception June/July 2014
Thank you very much Juniper, I really really appreciate you being here taking the time supporting us and answering our questions, even if you are not doing ivf at the moment. I told hubby the results of the scan and all the questions I had and he said, "ask juniper, she will know" lol
Re: Long Term TTC & Assisted Conception June/July 2014
1 more, hope the bleeding stops for you hun, it must be so frustrating. I'm not sure if they can give you anything to stop it, but here's hoping all is well by Monday. FX sweetie!
Caty, well done on growing lovely follies! I've only had my Gonal F upped once, just like you they wanted the follies to catch up and they did. That's why they scan you to see how they are growing and increase the dose if need be. GL hun!!! Fingers crossed all goes well for your harvest
Well I've been meaning to update you all on my FS appointment but I've been sick with tonsilitis (firts time ever!) and then I just couldn't get motivated. The FS was great. He asked me what my expectations were and I told him this would be my last cycle and he was happy that I'm realistic about things. Bottom line is, at my age (44) I have roughly a 2% take home baby chance, 10% overall but mostly women my age face a m/c or the embryo doesn't take at all. What he would do differently is 4 HCG injections, and genetic testing on day 5 embies. So I have several challenges to begin with, I have to a) grow good follies, b) get embryos c) grow them to day 5 for testing and then hope and pray there is at least 1 good one that can be transferred. Asking too much????? Yep. And it's gonna be expensive, but it will be my last shot so I'm gonna throw everything at it. In my heart, I know I'm really pushing you know what up the hill, but I just need to try one more cycle with a new FS and cross everything. So there's my update, I'm currently waiting to do my genetic counselling.
Re: Long Term TTC & Assisted Conception June/July 2014
Me too.... GO missb! I will be praying for that take home baby for you with all my heart xoxo
P.s I like the hcg injections plan it's the only thing I did different
Re: Long Term TTC & Assisted Conception June/July 2014
Hello All,
Thanks for sharing the link...
It's wonderful reading all your stories feel like I've lived your journey.., thanks for sharing it's wonderful to know we aren't alone on this roller coaster...
I'm a first timer at IVF on week one of treatment, getting used to injecting however the 2nd needle starts today not so sure about that loved how the nurse said it's like it's blunt you will need to use more force! Gulp 😣
So we are booked for our ultrasound Wednesday all going well get the EC done Friday... Was expecting a lot more symptoms just a lot of bloating & wind pain very uncomfortable but they give you all these warnings hard not to be terrified when you start this journey...
Re: Long Term TTC & Assisted Conception June/July 2014
chellico, hi and welcome! GL with your cycle! If the second needle you're talking about is orgalutran, unfortunately your nurse is right - they do tend to require a bit more force to get through the skin. They can also sting a bit when you do them and for a while after. Not the nicest thing, but not horrendous either... You'll be fine.
Miss.B, glad to hear it went well and you're happy with your plan.
Re: Long Term TTC & Assisted Conception June/July 2014
I had my cd 21 appointment yesterday. My scan showed a cyst, though. I've never had one before, afaik. I was told it's a 50/50 chance it'll be gone by cd2, but if it's still there, then it depends on my oestrogen levels as to if we can go ahead with the egg collection cycle or not. :/
And there are things that are different to last time- the embryologists don't look at the embryos every day, which they did last time. They won't do a 3rd day transfer at all now, only 5 days. And we're not to have unprotected sex for 10 days from egg collection. So much for the plan to dtd the night before transfer!
I'm so desperate to get on and do this cycle, I'm so frustrated and scared by every month that goes by that I'm not getting pregnant. I just don't want any more delays. I turn 40 next month.
Long Term TTC & Assisted Conception June/July 2014
Pholi- How frustrating... Big hugs xx sending positive vibes your way... ☺️
Juniper76 - yes starting Orgalutran today... Oh joy have a needle phobic husband so guess I need to toughen up! lol I know it's all going to be worth it... No pain no gain they say... 😉
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Re: Long Term TTC & Assisted Conception June/July 2014
I really don't know what that means, if its ok the size being on CD7? Also I have 5 more follies 8 mm. The lining... I don't remember how much measures, but she said is great... I had a list of questions in my mind, but then I couldn't remember what to ask, I just asked how many follies, and what sizes. The nurse said she was going to talk with FS and she would call me in the afternoon and I just got the call from other nurse to say they decided to upper my dose of Gonal F to 300 from tonight, Im on 200 at the moment. Does that make sense? To upper the dose after 5 injections?? Will a higher dose of Gonal F make the follies bigger or will create more?
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