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Post by babyhopes on Oct 16, 2017 15:10:41 GMT -6
Welcome to the IVF check-in for October 16! 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 ] QOTW: Any fun Halloween plans? Dressing up as anything? Summer Monkey Image: i.imgur.com/mgKLzNp.jpg BFP! Congratulations! BFN ((Hugs)) PUPO! Congratulations! Rooting for all of you! daisy818 , Congrats! FX you have an amazing beta on Wednesday. birch113 , Congrats! Lots of babies come from CC blasts. Hang in there. I am rooting so hard for you. Cycle Complete (ER only/testing) Between ER and ET Stimming/FET Main Prep bananas22 , Hope your lining looks beautiful at your next check. jense927 , Glad things are growing well. happyin14 , GL getting started. Glad the shots were NBD. Waiting to Cycle fikafairy , January is getting closer! Yay! skidevil87 , GL starting BCP. bonzo , GL moving forward with donor embryos. ((HUGS)) hoosiermama76 , Enjoy your upcoming vacation! Where in FL? I live 1.5 hours from Disney. twohopes , Hope you are doing well. babyhopes , Starting PIO for the ERA...
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Post by babyhopes on Oct 16, 2017 15:14:46 GMT -6
My FET was converted to an ERA as my lining got to 6.59, tanked to 5, and then slowly crept back up to 6.35 today. We decided last week to go ahead and do the biopsy to see if my lining is in phase at 6.5. I know ideally they want it at 8mm+, but I know quite a few people who have had thin linings and had their THB. Start PIO tomorrow and my biopsy is next Wednesday.
On the plus side, I won't have to start BCP with my next FET so we'll start right away with the patches.
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Post by jense927 on Oct 16, 2017 15:19:34 GMT -6
babyhopes sorry that this cycle didn’t work out for a transfer. I hope that the biopsy goes well and your next transfer goes smoothly! Well they want me to trigger tonight. One more does of gonal f tonight at 6 and then HCG trigger at 1130. Which is cruel! I usually go to bed at 9 haha! I guess I am ok with this plan. I feel like my RE is very conservative though and wanted to see the follies a little bigger but I am trying to let it go and trust the process. Retrieval is scheduled for 1130 a on Wednesday!
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Post by twohopes on Oct 16, 2017 15:45:07 GMT -6
babyhopes, Sorry about the conversion and yet another slow-down bump in the process. Fingers crossed the procedure provides good information for the transfer. jense927, best of luck, fingers strongly crossed! I am about to ovulate in a day or two and I think we are going for it the good old-fashioned way now. Then , on November 10th, if this month is not successful, a hysteroscopy, and another natural try with next month's ovulation. Hopefully at goal weight by Dec 1st: weight loss is sooo sloooow for me. But I have made good progress.
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Post by bonzo on Oct 16, 2017 17:02:10 GMT -6
babyhopes, I'm sorry you have to put off transfer! Hopefully they figure out what they need to from the biopsy. jense927, yay for trigger! FX for a great retrieval on Wednesday! twohopes, good luck with the weight loss! My sister is visiting this weekend, and we have our meeting with the donor coordinator scheduled for late next week. I'm looking forward to getting more info about how the process works at our clinic. I still feel like I'm a roller coaster of emotions, but I'm definitely doing much better overall than I was right after my retrieval and regroup. It's weird to think it's already been 3 weeks! Sometimes it feels like ages ago, other times it feels like I just found out.
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Post by twohopes on Oct 16, 2017 17:58:24 GMT -6
bonzo, I feel you on the time warp. TW (loss): I can't believe it will be 2 months since my loss next week. TWO MONTHS!
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Post by jense927 on Oct 16, 2017 18:54:31 GMT -6
Well after speaking with my RE on the phone and telling her my concerns she agreed she would prefer to wait one more day to see if we can get some more of the smaller follicles to catch up. Apparently she was on the fence with it but doesn’t have concerns about giving it the extra day. I almost didn’t call but I am so glad I did.
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Post by hoosiermama76 on Oct 16, 2017 21:19:20 GMT -6
babyhopes, we are near Naples. I have a very very nice friend who lets us stay in his condo. It is really my happy place. I was down in June with my DH after a loss and now am down here with my mother before a FET. Good timing. I love it so much.
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Post by birch113 on Oct 17, 2017 6:05:56 GMT -6
babyhopes frig. I’m so sorry about your lining! I’m glad that you’re at least able to convert to an ERA so it’s not a total loss. Fx for your results! I’m glad you can cut out BCP. Any time saver helps! jense927 I’m glad you advocated for yourself and got the call extra day! Let’s go, follicles! twohopes weight loss is no joke. I lost 60lb between my IVF and FET. It’s intense, but it feels really good going into things knowing you are so much healthier! bonzo I hope you have a great time with your sister. I’m sending you all the good thoughts for next week. AFM, I’m just trying to enjoy being PUPO and not obsess too much. Ask me how that’s going. 😉
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Post by daisy818 on Oct 17, 2017 7:00:30 GMT -6
babyhopes, I'm so sorry that you aren't getting to do a transfer this cycle, but hopefully the ERA goes well and provides you with useful info! jense927, I'm so glad you spoke up for yourself! FX for some nice growth Also, my trigger was at 11:30 pm as well - we set several alarms in case we fell asleep! twohopes, FX during this cycle! And good luck with the weight loss - it's definitely not easy, but I know you can do it! I had good luck with Weight Watchers in the past. bonzo, have fun with your sister, and good luck with the consult next week! hoosiermama76, have fun on vacation!! birch113, yay again for PUPO! When is your beta? AFM, beta later today! All the feelings about it.
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Post by fikafairy on Oct 17, 2017 7:14:13 GMT -6
I'll pop back in and tag others later, just wanted to say good luck with beta daisy818!!
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Post by babyhopes on Oct 17, 2017 7:25:06 GMT -6
daisy818, happy beta day! FX you have an amazing beta. I’ll be back to tag others and finally join in for once. 🙂
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Post by bonzo on Oct 17, 2017 7:38:12 GMT -6
Good luck today daisy818! FX for a great beta!
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Post by bananas22 on Oct 17, 2017 9:26:37 GMT -6
babyhopes, I'm sorry you had to cancel your transfer but at least it's not for nothing. I hope you can get good results from your biopsy. jense927, Good for you for advocating for yourself. If nothing else, I've learned to trust my instincts with all of this. Good luck on retrieval on Thursday (?). twohopes, Good luck on the weight loss and congrats on what you've accomplished so far! bonzo, Enjoy your time with your sister and good luck at your consult. hoosiermama76, Have fun in Florida! That sounds relaxing. birch113, FX for you!! daisy818, Good luck at your beta today! Sending good thoughts! AFM, last lining check was today and lining looks good at 10mm so transfer is scheduled for next Tuesday morning!
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Post by fikafairy on Oct 17, 2017 12:19:18 GMT -6
Baseline results back - 2.08 AMH, all others normal! AFC was 11, but they had a hard time visualizing because of the ovary-squashing.
Only scary thing is my anti-Kell titer is now 1:1024, which is double what it was last year. My anti-jka is 1:1. Those numbers don't mean anything to anyone here except me haha.
On track for January!!
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Post by happyin14 on Oct 17, 2017 13:25:46 GMT -6
babyhopes, sending good thoughts. Sorry for the disappointment. It sounds so cliche but this roller coaster is SO MUCH. jense927, yay trigger! I'm excited for you! twohopes, weight loss is hard work but it's rewarding work. Congrats on everything you've done on that so far! bonzo, I always feel nervous heading into appointments and consults but better after. More information is always better than speculation. Hope it brings you good information. birch113, congrats on being PUPO! daisy818, hope you got some good news! fikafairy, ....I'm not sure what any of that means but being on track is always a huge win, right? bananas22, SO EXCITING. How will you sleep?? AFM: I'm on day 4 of stims. Probably starting ganerelix tomorrow. Honestly, the injections really aren't bad at all.... it's just the headaches. Today, the head is better but of course I'm worried I messed something up last night. At monitoring on Monday, I had a lot of follies showing but they didn't count all of them. Just the leading ones... I have like 3 around 10-11 on each side. How open are you guys about your process? I've been an open book with a lot of folks in my life. It seems like too much effort to explain why I can't make any plans and am being a weirdo about things. I'm sort of surprised because I was always incredibly private about my pregnancies and subsequent losses.
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Post by daisy818 on Oct 17, 2017 14:48:24 GMT -6
happyin14, with IVF I have been super open at work, because there was just no easy way to do it otherwise - I have taken so much random leave, left early so many time, etc., that they would have started questioning it. Plus I needed people to cover court for me sometimes without a lot of warning, and they were all super happy to help once they knew what was going on. I used to be super private about everything too, but I just finally wanted to talk about what was going on.
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Post by bonzo on Oct 17, 2017 14:50:59 GMT -6
fikafairy, I'm glad your numbers are on track! happyin14, how open I've been has really depended on the people and the situation. Our close friends knew when we were cycling, partly because we do happy hour once a week and they'd always notice when I'd stop drinking for a few weeks in a row! But it's also been really nice to have that support system through the process. I've always been really vague with work though, since the nature of my work means I'm always working with different people.
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Post by fikafairy on Oct 17, 2017 16:31:57 GMT -6
happyin14, I have red blood cell antibodies - basically my husband has a rare secondary blood type (Kell) that I don't have, and my immune system is way too efficient. 1024 is WAY high, it means that the antibodies are present at 1024 dilutions. *triggers - LC, loss** We assume my DS sensitized me in 2012, and then DD inherited it as well, was severely affected, and was born too anemic at 27 weeks for drs to do anything. ** end triggers ** So here we are working on PGD to avoid passing on the blood type and possibly facing future heartbreak. tl;dr; version - my body is crazy.
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Post by birch113 on Oct 17, 2017 18:21:16 GMT -6
daisy818 Beta is Monday. @bananas AWESOME!!! fikafairy I’m glad most of your tests came back good! Does the anti-Kell titer cause any issue since you are doing PGD? happyin14 the headaches are always the worst part for me, too. Hopefully your headaches have just leveled off. I found that after a few days on each dose the headaches eased up. As far as how open we’ve been, my boss knows we’ve been going through treatments. I’m way more comfortable with her knowing when I need to come in late for monitoring or take a day for ER or FET rather than being cryptic or making up excuses. A couple of close coworkers know as well. MH has been open with work, too. I have told several friends and MIL knows. My family is pretty high strung, so I’m not open with them because it would end up causing me a ton more stress.
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Post by fikafairy on Oct 17, 2017 18:44:02 GMT -6
birch113, the titer only matters if I were to be pregnant with a Kell positive baby. PGD will (hopefully) avoid that. The only other thing it impacts is if I personally ever needed a blood transfusion, it HAS to be Kell negative (and jka negative) or it could be really, really bad for me.
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Post by jense927 on Oct 17, 2017 18:46:19 GMT -6
daisy818 any betas results yet? happyin14 we have been open as well with our infertility. We are nearing the 3 year mark and it is just a long time to keep it from friends and family. Especially with all the weird excuses last minute. That stress wasn’t worth it. I am happy overall that we have been open in sharing. birch113 fingers crossed for beta on Monday! Are you going beta or bust? So trigger is tonight and retrieval on Thursday! Everything is looking good so far and we are as of right now planning to do a fresh transfer next Tuesday.
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Post by daisy818 on Oct 17, 2017 21:13:06 GMT -6
Beta came back - 166!!! I'm pregnant!! RE was very happy about it. Thank you all so much for your help and support through all of this. I will be lurking and stalking you all so hard - FX for all of you!!
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Post by bonzo on Oct 17, 2017 21:16:06 GMT -6
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Post by hoosiermama76 on Oct 17, 2017 22:49:09 GMT -6
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Post by ♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪ on Oct 18, 2017 1:24:10 GMT -6
daisy818, all MFing body parts are crossed for you, doll!!!
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Post by jense927 on Oct 18, 2017 4:42:37 GMT -6
Yay daisy818!! I am so happy for you. Congrats!
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Post by laurensc927 on Oct 18, 2017 6:04:06 GMT -6
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Post by birch113 on Oct 18, 2017 7:04:03 GMT -6
jense927 YAY!!! Sending you all the good thoughts for tomorrow!!! daisy818 YESSSSSS!!!!!!
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Post by skidevil87 on Oct 18, 2017 7:16:59 GMT -6
daisy818, All of the warm fuzzy feelings! That's so awesome! Keeping my fingers crossed for your next set of blood work!
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