K78 and Chekigal. I am so very sorry to read that your cycles also resulted in BFNs. It can be a really hard process in many ways, and I hope you both have good support. Sending you both a big hug. Christina.
Chekigal - I am so sorry about your result. I really hoped that you were going to get a BFP. Next year will be the year. Enjoy your break and keep in touch.
AFM - thanks for all of your kind words of support, it's been appreciated. I am feeling better now and just looking towards our FET which will be in June all going well. Woke up in the middle of the night last night with extreme cramping, not sure what it is? Must be my AF coming or the drugs finally leaving my system, not sure but it was awful. Hopefully won't happen again tonight. Going to have a few glasses of wine with some girlfriends tonight as my DH is on nightshift (and has been for the past 4 weeks)... Need some company
Best wishes to all of you x
I received a call from the centre who asked me to do a second BT tomorrow - I don't know why and am feeling exhausted from the BFN yesterday. Anyone know why this may be the case?
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Hi Chekigal,
Did you have any HCG in your first BT? If so, or if your progesterone is still high, they often like to do repeat BT's to make sure they return to normal so that there is no trace of HCG in your system which might later suggest an ectopic OR might be a very late implantation but not likely unless they made this suggestion. They should have told you about when you rang for your intial BT results that you would need another and why you would - either way I would be ringing to ask why you need the repeat, but I suggest this is likely the reason.
It ends up that I did have HCG in my system and you are right - they are looking for indications that there is no trace tomorrow (that is was only residue from the Pregnyl support injections).
Glad it gave you the answer that made sense - hope the BT today was OK - It's hard not to stress doing all this stuff, I try to stay calm but fail each time!
Chekigal - how did the 2nd BT go? I hope that everything is as all right as it can be under the circumstances.
AFM, 3 more days to my BT. It is hard to wait, but on the other hand I almost don't want the day to arrive b/c I know that I'll likely have a BFN and want to live the dream a little longer before it gets crushed. For the same reason, I haven't gotten up the nerve to POAS yet. I've had some symptoms -- nausea, cramping like AF for the past few days (but no AF has arrived), headaches -- that could potentially be pregnancy symptoms . . . but they are also listed as side effects of the Crinone, so I know that I can't count on them. Also, I usually have a 26 day cycle, and today is CD27, with no sign of AF. But I don't want to get my hopes up since I have no idea if the IVF has changed my cycle somehow. Have any of you found your cycles to lengthen while you were on Crinone or any of the other drugs? I don't want to take anything for granted since I realize all the drugs can play such havoc with our systems.
Hi to everyone reading this thread. I hope you are all going well.
KitKat72
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The 2nd BT showed that I was in fact pregnant - but at levels so low there was no way that I could sustain the pregnancy.
They were right - m/c yesterday.
Aargh - I am starting to go nuts with the waiting. And all of the symptoms I was feeling the past few days (cramping, queasiness) have gone away today. I know they were probably from the Crinone anyway, but I'm feeling like the disappearance of my symptoms is a bad sign. Anybody have this happen then get a BFP? As it is, I'm bracing myself for a BFN on Thursday. I'm almost tempted to POAS tomorrow morning and put myself out of my misery, but I'm scared to see the answer. And I'd hate it if I got a result (good OR bad) that didn't match Thursday's BT, so there doesn't seem to be any point. This is the most down I've felt during the whole TWW. Any positive words would be appreciated.
Thanks, girls.
KitKat72
PS. Chekigal, I'm so sorry to hear of your MC.
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I did it: I succumbed and peed on a stick this morning. It was an old test -- almost expired -- that came with an ovulation predictor kit I was using last year, and my second pee of the morning, not my first. So maybe the test isn't working properly anymore. But I got a faint positive line! Please keep your fingers crossed for me that it sticks till my BT on Thursday!!
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Hi ladies :wave: Just starting my 2ww here, DH and I were having the year off, but I feel like I've actually ovulated for a change, and we've accidentally times everything perfectly, so in getting myself excited!
HI KitKat - I have until the end of next week, so a little while yet - I'll look forward to seeing some good news in here tomorrow - and will be thinking of you tonight! FX and GL xx
Chekigal - sorry to hear about your last cycle. Chemicals suck bigtime.
Kitkat and Lairdoz - good luck for this week - here's to two BFP's.
Good luck to anyone else in the TWW.
We had our FET today with two blasts. The doc said they looked just perfect - yep heard it all before but here's hoping that our second transfer whilst on Prednisolone will be THE ONE. Blood test due 21 May.
Just thought I'd pop in and introduce myself as after a very long drawn out process (partially due to the clinic stuffing up blood test results) I am finally on my first IVF 2ww.
I am doing this as a single woman and started the journey over 3 years ago with looking for a donor and then doing donor insemination and now doing IVF. I have no known fertility issues and concieved my 13 yr old daughter by accident, so hadn't counted on this being so hard.
I had egg pick up on Monday and Embryo transfer on Wednesday 12th May. It was a 4 cell 2 day old embie which I'm told is good. I'm trying to stay positive as I know some people do get pregnant first go... but it's hard because you don't want to end up too devastated when you get a BFN (like I did in Jan from my last round of donor insemination).
It also looks like I will have no frozen embies from this cycle so if it doesn't work I would have to start from scratch again... so I'm praying this works.
Have taken today off work to just rest. I'm booked in for a blood test on the 26th of May. Currently on Crinome... so I assume this might stop my period coming when it would have been due (which would be the 24th)? Anyone know?
I was planning on going away for part of the 2ww so I would be distracted but it hasn't worked out that way.
I can relate to the comments made about it being hard when you know you have "concieved" as there is a fertilized egg inside you but it's just a matter of praying it attaches. Does anyone know how long it normally takes to attach (if it is going to do it)? I know in horses it takes almost 3 weeks but I don't know about humans.
Lori
Busy couple of weeks ahead with work but I have no motivation at all!
Started donor search Dec 06, started donor insemination Jan 09, Started IVF Feb 10
Good luck, Trea and Dreamrise, and welcome to the TWW!
Hi to everyone else.
I've written a longer note in the "main" TTC thread, so just a quickie here. Had my BT this morning. I don't know how I'm going to make it to the phone call this afternoon! I've been naughty and peed on a stick 2 more times -- yesterday (in the ladies' room at the shopping center right after I bought the test -- classy, NOT!) and early this morning. Both were BFPs. So now I've had BFPs on the HPT 3 days in a row. (By the way, these are the first positive HPTs I've ever had in my life! So I'm kind of excited whatever happens . . .) Also, I've had a lot of cramps over the past few days, which is either a good sign or just a side effect of the Crinone. Anyone have any thoughts on the likelihood of this being a chemical PG when I've had consistent positive tests over the past 3 days? I know it doesn't really matter now since I'll have my BT results hopefully in a couple of hours, but nothing like a little speculation to make the time go quicker! Besides, I'm trying to get myself prepared for bad news after being dumb enough to go the POAS route - LOL.
What about the rest of you -- any signs that might be signalling one way or the other? (Again, I know, most symptoms can probably be explained away, but if you're like me, you're probably hyperanalyzing them anyway!!)
Hope you all have a great day.
Kitkat72
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