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Post by babyhopes on Jun 6, 2017 7:59:37 GMT -6
Welcome to the IVF check-in for June 6! Check-ins will be every Monday (babyhopes) and Thursday (bonzo). If we've left you off the check-in, or if you'd like to be added or removed, please let us know! This is a check-in for those who are doing IVF or FET. Please don’t hesitate to use this check-in for IVF/FET info and support even if you’re not currently cycling. If you are interested in joining, please fill us in on your cycle. Everyone is welcome. Also, please update us along the way! Asterisks will appear by your name if you do not update us in a check-in. After four consecutive asterisks (2 weeks), you will be removed from the list. Don’t fret if you are removed from the list, check in again and we will add you back. Once you get a strong repeat beta, congrats! We eagerly await your 3TIF Grad Check-In posts! We encourage you to intro on PAIF, and while here in the meantime, please consistently use warning tags in posts and siggies, and be mindful of your status, especially on 3TIF outside this check-in. To hide content behind a spoiler tag use (without the spaces) [ spoiler = Spoiler ] Hidden content here! [ / spoiler ] Summer Monkey Image: i.imgur.com/mgKLzNp.jpg QOTW: What is your favorite get pumped up song to listen to? BFP! Congratulations! BFN ((Hugs)) Angel Babies ((Hugs)) mommybumblebee, I am so sorry. PUPO! Congratulations! Rooting for all of you! birch113 , Congrats! I am rooting so hard for you! Cycle Complete (ER only/testing) Between ER and ET bonzo, 6 is great! FX for an amazing fert report. Stimming/FET Main Prep bananas22 , Amazing numbers! Hope you are feeling ok. @eliida, Is ER today? FX you get good numbers. @falleaves, Woohoo! Hope stims are going well. nikiswims , Come on, follicles! FX the upped fsh does the trick. Waiting to Cycle fikafairy , Hope you are doing well. Dogpaddle29, Come on, AF! FX you can get started soon. hoosiermama76, BCP are the worst! Hang in there. babyhopes , Consults went well. Now decision time... kyzo, You are getting so close. 1 week! lemonliz , Welcome! FX you get the approval soon and can start stimming! Eep! |
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Post by babyhopes on Jun 6, 2017 8:04:23 GMT -6
Sorry I didn't post this yesterday. My second consult went a lot longer than I expected and we didn't get home and settled until almost 9pm.
We had our consults yesterday. We liked both RE's and now we are trying to decide which one will work best for us. And then decide whether we want to stim again or transfer one of our two remaining blasts.
If we go with the second RE then we are to call CD1 to get the ball rolling. I don't have to repeat much except bloodwork, which I'll get done this week.
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Post by bonzo on Jun 6, 2017 8:29:24 GMT -6
Only 2 were mature and fertilized.
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Post by babyhopes on Jun 6, 2017 11:49:53 GMT -6
Only 2 were mature and fertilized. I am so sorry. I am keeping everything crossed for your two! Hang in there. |
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Post by bonzo on Jun 6, 2017 12:00:42 GMT -6
Only 2 were mature and fertilized. I am so sorry. I am keeping everything crossed for your two! Hang in there. I keep reminding myself that it only takes one good one. We're not out yet. It's just a much smaller number than we had hoped for. I'm really glad H and I both planned on taking today off too, so we can feel our feels and talk. |
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Post by fikafairy on Jun 6, 2017 12:38:30 GMT -6
bonzo, keeping FX for those two! babyhopes, good luck choosing the RE. Is there one you are leaning more towards than the other? AFM, nothing new to report. It's my birthday tomorrow, and I kind of just want to skip it. I wish I could stay in my house with my pjs on all day, but unfortunately work is far too busy (end of school year madness) for that to happen!
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Post by fikafairy on Jun 6, 2017 12:43:02 GMT -6
as usual, forgot the QOTW here!
QOTW: for general keeping-me-sane-through-everything, my go-to song is Something Wild by Andrew McMahon and Lindsey Stirling. For a get up and move song, either Hold My Hand by Jess Glynne or Me Too by Megan Trainor!
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Post by Dogpaddle29 on Jun 6, 2017 13:36:48 GMT -6
babyhopes, Thank you for the check in! I am glad both RE's were good. I hope you guys have an easy time making a decision. Make sure you really like your RE, I think that is so important. bonzo, I am so sorry your numbers did not work out as well as you had hoped. I hate it when that happens. I have everything crossed for your two. I know its always said "you only need one" but I hate that saying. I'd rather have 5. That is nice you guys got to take the day off. Let yourself be angry or sad or whatever you are feeling. Be kind to yourself. And on the up side, you have two right now and we are all rooting for them! Grow grow grow! fikafairy, Happy Birthday (day early). I am sorry you are feeling like you want to avoid it. I get that. I hope you are spoiled and it makes you feel a little better. And eat all the cake! AFM: I got AF Thursday late afternoon. I called my clinic and started meds Friday. I have a lining check and blood draw on 6/13. I am guessing transfer will be 6/20 give or take a day. The estrace, blah, I forgot how tired and foggy it makes me feel. I have just wanted to be a big couch potato and even when I am out doing things I feel all blurry and not feeling very happy right now. I really hope I snap out of it soon. Also, for fun, MH took a lot of OT for the next few weeks (he works 48 hour shifts and signed up for 96 hour shifts for a few weeks) so I will most likely need to figure out how to do the PIO myself... I have always either had him or my sister do it for me, but my sis will also be gone that week camping. AHHHH I don't even know how you get a good angle to do them. I am going to ask my case manager if I can learn to do them in my thigh. I liked giving myself the subQ shots rather than someone else, so maybe once I get the hang of it this will be the same...? QOTW: I don't really have specific songs. I kind of have an eclectic range of music I listen to. I can't even think of a pump up song right now...
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Post by lemonliz on Jun 6, 2017 18:47:06 GMT -6
Waiting for that fert report and getting not so awesome results is like the worst few days of life bonzo. Hang in there! The tide can totally change. Look at g&t! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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Post by lemonliz on Jun 6, 2017 18:48:38 GMT -6
Really hope your transfer goes smoothly Dogpaddle29! I've always done my own PIO. I find it easier to do it myself. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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Post by fikafairy on Jun 6, 2017 18:51:32 GMT -6
bonzo, I'm with Dogpaddle29 about the saying re: "you only need one." While technically accurate, I would also feel much better having a soccer team of options. BUT - two DID fertilize, which is way better than one and a billion ones better than none! FX that one of them is your "one"!
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Post by lemonliz on Jun 6, 2017 18:52:24 GMT -6
Meds are on order over here so maybe by the end of the week I'll have a calendar. This is our first cycle with HGH and using PICSI. I'm excited to see if there is any marked difference.
QOTD: there is a Spotify "have a great day!" channel. I turn that on! Don't Worry Be Happy is always a favorite.
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Post by nikiswims on Jun 7, 2017 6:39:16 GMT -6
bonzo I'm sorry about the disappointing fert report but it truly only takes one so everything crossed for your two fighters. Dogpaddle29 Estrace made me pretty blah as well. I've given myself PIO before. I don't love it but it's possible. I do all my other shots but for whatever reason MH usually does those. I find that standing up in front of a mirror looking back with the knee on the side I'm injecting bent works best. lemonliz good luck with the new protocol! AFM E2 was up to 1688 yesterday and I'm back today for an appointment. Yesterday they thought maybe trigger tonight, we'll see!
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Post by nikiswims on Jun 7, 2017 6:40:17 GMT -6
Sending happy birthday wishes and hugs fikafairy! |
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Post by nikiswims on Jun 7, 2017 19:22:55 GMT -6
E2 was up to 2640 today so I triggered tonight for ER Friday am. Interestingly they still had me take my stims.
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Post by lemonliz on Jun 8, 2017 8:37:58 GMT -6
bonzo, do you have any updates yet? Will they call every day? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Post by bonzo on Jun 8, 2017 8:42:08 GMT -6
bonzo , do you have any updates yet? Will they call every day? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk No updates yet. At our IVF class I thought the embryologist said they'd call every other day, but when they called Day 1 they said they probably wouldn't call again til Day 5. |
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Post by lemonliz on Jun 8, 2017 9:32:40 GMT -6
bonzo , do you have any updates yet? Will they call every day? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk No updates yet. At our IVF class I thought the embryologist said they'd call every other day, but when they called Day 1 they said they probably wouldn't call again til Day 5. TORTURE. They really should check on day 3 as well. At least. Jeez. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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Post by bonzo on Jun 8, 2017 9:41:13 GMT -6
No updates yet. At our IVF class I thought the embryologist said they'd call every other day, but when they called Day 1 they said they probably wouldn't call again til Day 5. TORTURE. They really should check on day 3 as well. At least. Jeez. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk After I wrote that, I realized today would be Day 3, so maybe? I might email my nurse just to check in even if they don't call... |
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