Summer Monkeys IVF Check In August 31

[bonzo]

Welcome to the IVF check-in for August 31!

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.

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QOTW: Do you have a long weekend for Labor Day? Any fun plans?

BFP! Congratulations!

BFN ((Hugs))

PUPO! Congratulations! Rooting for all of you!

Cycle Complete (ER only/testing)

Between ER and ET

Stimming/FET Main Prep
jense927, good luck tomorrow!

Waiting to Cycle
* fikafairy,  hope the studying is going well!
daisy818, yay for moving forward!
bonzo, waiting to start Estrace next week
bananas22, when is your hysteroscopy? FX all goes well!
* lemonliz, I hope you find another job with good coverage so you can figure out your next steps. 
hoosiermama76, good luck at baseline tomorrow!
babyhopes, it's so satisfying to toss the BCP! I hope it's not too much longer.
birch113, I hope your nurse can give you more monitoring!
* skidevil87, hope all is going well!

Read more: howeverithappened.proboards.com/thread/5528/summer-monkeys-ivf-check-08#ixzz4rO34hITk

[bonzo]

I had the bloodwork to confirm LH surge, and I'm scheduled to start Estrace on Tuesday! Any side effects I should be prepared for?

We're going to the wedding of the friend that introduced me to H this weekend. A bunch of our other college friends will be there, so it will be fun to have a mini reunion!

[daisy818]

How long do people usually take to get a withdrawal bleed? I took my last BCP Monday and still nothing. Thinking back, when I stopped the pill when we first started TTC, I just went straight into a cycle and ovulated 15 days after I stopped talking them, no withdrawal bleed. Before that I was on active pills continuously so I never had withdrawal bleeding to know how my body works with it. Ugh, now I'm starting to panic that I'll go straight into a cycle again and we won't be able to do IVF this round. (I know deep down this is silly to worry about and I need to just be patient, but I'm in full panic mode right now.)

[bonzo]

daisy818, I always got withdrawal bleed about 24 hours after not taking a pill. So, if last pill was Monday night, I would have bled Wednesday night. I hope you get something soon so they don't have to cancel this cycle before it even begins!

[babyhopes]

Good luck starting estrace, bonzo. Estrogen always makes me a little emotional, but nothing too bad.

I usually have a bleed within 3-4 days, daisy818. It still may be fine as not everyone has a withdraw bleed and are able to proceed with their IVF. When are you due to start stims?

AFM, still on BCP. My meds will be here Tuesday. I have my endometrial scratch on Thursday and last BCP is that Friday! Woohoo!

Patches should start on 09/13 if all goes well at my baseline on 09/12.

[daisy818]

babyhopes - they were waiting for CD1 and then I was going to go back on BCPs, then start Lupron injections before starting stims, so I'm not sure what happens if I don't have CD1. I called the nurse to check on what, if anything, I need to do and I'm waiting on a call back.

[cythe]

Sept 1, 2017 8:24:29 GMT -6 daisy818 said:

babyhopes - they were waiting for CD1 and then I was going to go back on BCPs, then start Lupron injections before starting stims, so I'm not sure what happens if I don't have CD1. I called the nurse to check on what, if anything, I need to do and I'm waiting on a call back.

Lurkey Loo, my clinic specifically in big bold letters says on the instructions that you may or may not bleed before stims. FWIW - it took me a long time to bleed, like 4-5 days and I was always starting stims when it started.

[bananas22]

bonzo, Yay for starting estarce. I feel a little bloated on estrogen but it's not terrible.
daisy818, I hope CD1 comes soon. Mine usually comes within 48 hours but I've had all kinds of responses to withdrawal bleeds. Before starting stims, I didn't have much of a period but that was likely because I had breakthrough bleeding on the pill.
babyhopes, only a few more days of BCPs!

I'm just very anxiously awaiting my hysteroscopy on the 8th. My period was kinda light for being on estrogen for 30 days, so I'm worried the scar tissue came back. And my RE isn't the easiest to talk to/convince so this should be interesting.

[jense927]

daisy818 I took my last BCP on a Wednesday morning and had a light bleed on late Friday night. Hopefully you get it soon and can start your cycle.
bonzo I haven't noticed any symptoms on Estrace maybe just a little more emotional.

Transfer today went well! Embryo 4AB blast thawed well and we are PUPO!! Nurse called and said progesterone was a little low so increasing to 2mL. Any one else have this happen? it was low last cycle too and now I am a little worried.

[hoosiermama76]

Congrats on being Pupo jense927.

I never had a withdrawal bleed with either IVF cycles, but I did this time before the FET cycle.

AFM, baseline went well, I start estradiol injections tonight, and I go back in two weeks for closer motoring and then the plan is to transfer two of our four embryos!

[daisy818]

Well, my panic was for no reason - RE said just to start back on BCPs Monday if I don't have a bleed.

I did get other bad news - I thought my insurance had started to cover my IVF meds. Turns out that IVF meds have now been added to the covered schedule, but use for ART is specifically excluded - they are only covered for use in gender dysphoria. Thanks for nothing, FEP.Blue. So now trying to figure out where I'll be getting my meds. Menopur is so spendy! Apparently the plan is to start injections around the 11th(!)

[birch113]

bonzo for me Estrace brings the three H's: headaches, hunger and (TMI?) horniness. 😉 GL!!!

daisy818

babyhopes you're getting so close!!! Yes!!!

bananas22 I really hope that your hysteroscopy goes well. Your RE sounds like mine. So frustrating.

jense927 yay!!! Congrats on being PUPO!!!

hoosiermama76 I hope injections are going well!

AFM, I'm hanging out on Estrace and Baby Aspirin. So far, so good. My dose doubled today and I have my "extra monitoring" (blood work that my nurse begrudgingly agreed to) Tuesday. I'm feeling frustrating that they won't agree to an ultrasound, but it looks like I just have to suck it up.

Who was t that mentioned their chiropractor helped with Estrace headaches? I happened to start seeing a chiropractor for a neck issue two weeks ago, and have had almost no headaches on Estrace with is nothing short of a miracle for me!

[skidevil87]

Hey everyone- glad seeing some things are going well!

As for us- just partying it up this Labor Day weekend and camping at Wyalusing Park for our 5 year wedding anniversary next weekend. Our big appointment is on 9/19. Getting nervous