LTTTC Two Week Wait - Nov to Dec

[Venus]

Hi all
Just popping in to join you ladies on the TWW.
I had EPU on 19/11 with transfer of 1 blastie on 24/11. We had 14 eggs collected with all being fertilised. Heres hoping for as much good luck with a BFP. Currently on crinone (1 daily) - our HCG test is on Monday 30/11 - its going to be a very long weekend.
No symptoms at present other than a bit of cramping which is probably from the crinone.
Good luck to everyone on the TWW.

[Brunette]

Hi Venus, I'm going in tomorrow for my EPU. We're hoping to also do a day 5 transfer with a blastie. I find it interesting that you can do a BT less than 2 weeks after your EPU, whereas they are telling me that I have to wait a full two weeks after my transfer to do one! Different clinics must have different wait times. If this cycle doesn't work, I am going to start asking the hard questions before the next one.

[Motherhood here i come!]

Afternoon Ladies,

Well DH and I are back after our week long holiday in Fiji. Although, whilst we were away, it seems that the weather was hotter here in Sydney lol.

Its so hard to catch up on all that has happened whilst we were away!! I have had a browse but I think i will try and keep up from today.

So, an update for you all. Well had our first BT last tues 17/11 which showed some levels of hcg but not enough to make it official (was 27). I couldnt help myself whilst we were away so I snuck into my luggage some HPT's . So after last Tues, was asked to come back when we returned from holidays which was today. So went in bright and early this morning. Just had the call and they have told me that I need to go in again on Monday to make sure my levels are doubling appropriately. Today my level was at 537. The nurse commented that all levels were going nicely but when I asked when would we know "öfficially" because family are asking about the results, she said we have to wait till Monday!!!!! Mind you did 2 POAS whilst we were away (last POAS was on Tues just gone).

So were still kind of waiting. We dont want to say anything to family yet until IVF sign off on it. FX still and plenty of too.

[airline]

mother...that is bloody wonderful news~!!!!!!!

[trubabe]

Woohoo mhic,thats great news.look forward to hearing update monday

[Leabie]

Oooh, MHIC, that's sounding wonderful! Great news, and congratulations!

You poor thing, you're having a 4WW, not a 2WW! Glad you had a great time in Fiji, what a nice distraction!

[trubabe]

hmmmm my boobs are getting sorer over the last day.when i woke this morning they were killing me.its still most likely they way my cycle affects me now,but ya never know.



welcome venus

[Venus]

Thankyou for the welcomes.

Congrats Mother - your hcg levels are fab - well done!! Definitely up the duff

Brunette, I hope your EPU went well and you got lots of lovely eggs. Rest up today and have a great weekend. Having done 3 previous EPUs I now breathe a sign of relief after it as it means no more horrid injections (BTs ones arent that bad). In relation to BT times, my clinic tests 6 days after blast transfer. My last preg was successful and HCG (although minimal) definitely showed on the 6th day. From my experience, however, there are some benefits with prolonging the BT ie: if its just a chemical pregnancy it may save you a bit of heartache.

Take care all.

[Lenny]

Hi all,
Please remember that guidelines prohibit "double-posting" across different LT TTC chatter threads - it makes them too long. We will start to delete these double posts if we come across them in the future.
Feel free to PM me, or the other mods if you wish to discuss this,
Thanks and best wishes to everyone,
Jo

[Brunette]

Venus - Thanks for your well wishes for my EPU. Best of luck for Monday. Hope the weekend flies for you.

It all went well. We were expecting 8 follicles and a couple of `stragglers'.

BUT we ended up with 15 follicles - our highest number yet.

My FS called this morning. Of 15, two were non-injectible. So of 13 follicles, 11 have fertilised!

So now it's the dreaded TWW+5d (since our clinic tests two weeks after transfer).

Fingers crossed, hoping and praying our little embies are strong and continue growing. Kiss and hugs to them in their little petrie dishes. Transfer is scheduled for Wednesday.

[Sal79]

Hi
It's been a while since I've been in here, but I've been lurking and reading. I was hoping I could come in and wait this awful two weeks out with you lovely ladies? DH and I have just started IVF, have little idea of what to expect, and are hoping for the best. Most aspects have gone fine, but transfer was rather traumatic because the embryologist knocked the dish holding our one embryo and lost it! 20 minutes later they found it and then the transfer went well, everyone saying the embryo was ok. Has anyone else heard of this happening and things being ok?

Quick stats for me: antagonist cycle (125 iu Puregon, orgalutran), 6 eggs collected, 1 immature, 3 eggs frozen, 1 fertilized with two sperm , 1 fertilized and transferred Day 3, Crinone and pregnyl. BT 9/12.

I hope to get up to speed and get to know all of you soon.
-Sal

[terry]

Hi ladies

Been a bit busy lately so haven't posted

MHIC its great news that everything is going so well for you. Hope you numbers keeping climbing

Trubabe hope your still travelling ok

For all of you new to the post welcome and hope your stay here is short

AFM still no visible signs but things seem to have calmed down hopefully AF wont arrive. Still 5 sleeps till BT have busy weekend so hopefully wont think about 2WW too much

[WeeMansMummy]

Hi ladies

Congrats to those of you who got your BFP recently. And i'm so sorry for those who didn't.

My TWW is going fine, i've been way to busy to obsess about it. Obviously its on my mind but not in a driving me crazy way.
Im not feeling anything much. Some cramping. Ive heard the crinone can make you crampy but i was using it for 4 days before transfer with no effects and the cramps started two days after transfer. But i wont read to much into it as it may just have a build up effect.

Hope your all well.
xx

[Leabie]

Hi all you lovely ladies

Hope you're all surviving the TWW as best you can!

Brunette - congrats on the pick up - what a nice surprise to have more eggs than you were expecting!

Sal79, Venus, S'rose, wouldluvabubba - HI!!

Terry - hang in there, not too long til your test now, great that you're keeping busy this weekend.

Trubabe - sore BBs can never be a bad sign, can they?

AFM - still seems a looong way til my BT (if I make it that far, AF usually shows up before BT due). Found out yesterday that DH has to stay in PNG another week, so won't be around for the results. Having heaps of symptoms - fatigue, nausea, really sore BBs with tingly nipples, etc, but I'm trying to convince myself that they're all just side effects of the drugs, and that I've just talked myself into being UTD! At least I'm feeling tired so I can sleep away part of this dreaded TWW...

Hi to everyone I've missed, hope you're all doing OK.

[bronsie]

Hi Everyone,

Well this is my very first post on this forum (or any forum like this). I'm not a shy person normally but for some unknown reason, I have some phobia of chat rooms and forums! So here I am conquering my phobia.

I, like most of you other lovely ladies, are currently in the TWW. This is my fourth (and most successful) IVF cycle so far but only my second TWW. I have severe endo; one ovary & tube have been removed and I have a low reserve in my remaining ovary. Despite all this and my first three cycles being unsuccessful, I am very optimistic about this one. I had my EPU on Tuesday 17th and was absolutely thrilled to wake up with 3 written on my hand!! All 3 fertilised (even more stoked) and I was scheduled for a transfer on Saturday 21st. On the Thursday though, I was admitted to hospital with excruciating pain in my abdomen and it turns out I had an infection (likely from EPU). I stayed in for 2 nights and was fed morphine and antibiotics through an IV. I was released on Saturday and my wonderful FS and embryologist agreed to do my transfer on Sunday for me. I had two blasties transferred. The third didn't make it to day 5.

So now I’m awaiting my BT which is on the 3rd. My first cycle was the only other one that I’ve successfully made it to transfer and the evil AF arrived the day before BT was due. I was devastated (as I’m sure you all can understand). This time though, I’m expecting a BFP!! I don’t have any symptoms of anything out of the ordinary and I feel completely normal (other than obvious effects of Crinone)... is this common in TWW?

Anyway... just wanted to say hi and congratulations to all of you who have finally gotten your BFP! And I’m very sorry to hear about those of you who haven’t - you'll have your time eventually - just like I will...

[Nicole S]

embryologist knocked the dish holding our one embryo and lost it! 20 minutes later they found it and then the transfer went well, everyone saying the embryo was ok. Has anyone else heard of this happening and things being ok?

Sal79, sounds like quite a day you had
Although my dish was not knocked my embie was drawn up, inserted and then at the last minute FS changed his mind and took out the catheter, put the embie back in the dish and started all over again....scared the C*** out of me and my DH and thought for sure damage was done to our one and only embie and that we would end up with a BFN.
However I am happy to say that no damage was done and we have a baby boy.

Hope this can help ease your mind a bit and just stay positive that your little embie will stay nice and snug for the next 9 months

Best of luck to everyone in the TWW, hope to see lots of BFP!!

[Moonflower]

Hello Ladies.

A very big, warm congratulations to all those of you who have shared your happy news. And bigger, warmer hugs to those of use still in the mix trying to get through our tww.

It's been a while since I've been here. Struggling with this whole thing. I'm nearing the end of my upteenth tww and have been thinking of you ladies and how you all are.

DH and I have now decided to go the IVF route. I'm desperately hoping that it won't come to that. But the frank, honest part of me knows it's the only choice we have left.

I just want to say how much I admire all of you who not only try the IVF thing but do it more than once or twice. You are all so strong and comitted and it's truly wonderful to see.

Good luck to you all and do try to stay cool!

[Brunette]

Bronsie - Welcome to the site. Hope your wait, like all of ours, goes quickly. Sounds like you have had a pretty dramatic time between EPU and ET. It's nice that your FS and embryoligist worked on Sunday to transfer your blasties. In response to your question about what is normal to expect during TWW, I don't think there is a `normal'. Other ladies mention cramping from Crinone, but I never get this. Previous symptoms have been sore boobs, bloating, tiredness and being very thirsty - but all symptoms were side-effects of the drugs as all BFNs. to you.

Leabie - It must be so hard to go through the TWW by yourself. I know I drive my partner mad by constant obsessing. At least you can share thoughts/feelings through this forum and we can all obsess together I think it's so unfair that practically all the symptoms that drugs give you (ie sore boobs, tiredness etc) are the same symptoms you would expect if pregnant!

Sal, your transfer sounds traumatic. I think I would give the embryolgist a good whack over the head! The only similar thing I have heard about the embryo being dropped was in a quarterly QFG newsletter - and they didn't find that embryo; the lady's only one to be transferred that day! Hopefully Nicole's positive result is giving you some relief.

I have a question for you ladies: After hearing fertilisation rates on day 1 (after ET), is it usual to get a report on day 3 and then if you're doing a day 5 transfer to simply turn up to the hospital not knowing whether you've got a blastie or whatever? On our first cycle I think I only heard on day 1 and I called most days after that but didn't know till turning up at hospital that we only had two morulas; no blasties. The second time it was a day 3, so I think we only got a report on day 1. Tomorrow (Monday) is day 3. I do have our scientist's number and am thinking of calling for day 3 report. Do others call their scientiests or do you automatically get a day 3 report? Thanks in advance ...

Good luck to everyone out there in the TWW forum!