[angie056]

Originally Posted by caty561

OMG i feel you pain about the trigger tomorrow night. as the nurse was explaining to us yesterday dh was also texting away and i just gave him the dirtiest look how can u be occupied at a time like this??? it is my butt were talking about!!!!!

i was tell about it tomorrow but i think he will have to practice on an orange a few times....lol

Mandy how are you doing?? thanks for all the prompt updates!!1 you are awesome!!!

Love the idea about the orange! I will have to have DH do that. Plus I am going to try to ice the area for 10 minutes or so first. I am getting so excited though.

[mabelina01]

Threelittlebirds-Best of luck to you tomorrow. Very exciting. Can't wait to hear how it goes.

Thanks for the tips on the trigger shot. I'm so nervous about it. DH thinks he'll do fine. Why does he think he'll do fine? Because he had to give his goats shots. Yes that's right, goats. I told him that's great and all but my hiney might be a little different from a goat's hiney. But I guess if that's makes it easier for him, then so be it.

I can't say I've had good pregnancy/baby dreams. It seems like my dreams always involve me forgetting about the baby or dropping it on the floor. So, how should I interpret that? Dreams are wierd.

QOTD: I'm not sure I have utmost favorite movies but I have ones I can watch over and over again like Best in Show, Napoleon Dynamite, and the Lord of the Rings Series.

AFM: Going in tomorrow morning for u/s and b/w. Really hoping my E2 levels are okay. Right after my appointment we're going straight up to the the inlaws up north. Not sure how much I'll be able to get online over the weekend so I might have a lot to catch up on on Sunday. If I can't get on I hope everyone has a great holiday weekend and good luck Angie and Caty on your ERs

[Mwalls]

HI everyone! I hope everyone is doing well - I only been talking to very few people here. I just joined last month and I been trying to follow everyone's progress as I share mine. I'm not sure what QOTD means? but I saw some questions that you guys would like to know a bit about myself....

Anyway I had my appointment yesterday and my follicles are growing ok they are all still under 10mm but RE said that's ok because I was only on 75u of Gonal F and I have PCOS. Also, my E2 is only 100 my nurse told me that this morning and she said it's also normal as she seen alot of this with PCOS patients. Anyone else with this E2 number around 5 days on stim? I have another US/E2 this Saturday and I'm hoping that E2 increase... I'm not so sure what that is... lol but I saw on this forum that its a must that Estrogen level is higher... so I hope mine gets to wherever it's supposed to go.

MY answers in RED:

1) Where do you live and what clinic do you attend? Live in Louisville, KY going to OB Gyn Fertility Clinic

2) What does everyone do for a living? Analyst for insurance company.

3) What is/are your favorite book(s)? Sad to say I don't like book. I do like Magazines if that counts.... Cosmopolitan and People

4) Where are you going for vacation this summer? We went to Disney last June and spent there for 7 days. That was almost a work out than a vacation because we have to run around the parks all day long. It was very tiring! But atleast a time out from work and more time for DH and DD was great.

5) What are you passionate about? My husband, daughter and family. Working to make more $$$ @ home to help with my IVF.

6) What's everyone's 4th of July plans for this weekend? My DH's sibling is coming in town and everyone is staying at our house. His family and mine... what a crowd! Cook out and swimming.

7) POAS or Not? I have done this soo many times I spent over $200 one time and I just can't take the pain of waiting and hoping for that next line. So I will say not on 2ww...I'm afraid to see....

8) Are you doing a 3 day or 5 day transfer? I dont know my RE said that it depends on how the embryos will develop.

9) How many embryos are you planning on transferring? 2

10) What names do you have picked out for your baby boy/girl? Boy: ADRIAN PATRICK / Girl: ELLAH ? I don't know the middle name yet... But I like Ellah.

Have a great 4th of July everyone! Good Luck to anyone doing ER/ET... I wish you all the best. I hope we all have our great news at the end of the tunnel.

[Mandy911]

Originally Posted by Mwalls

HI everyone! I hope everyone is doing well - I only been talking to very few people here. I just joined last month and I been trying to follow everyone's progress as I share mine. I'm not sure what QOTD means? but I saw some questions that you guys would like to know a bit about myself....

Anyway I had my appointment yesterday and my follicles are growing ok they are all still under 10mm but RE said that's ok because I was only on 75u of Gonal F and I have PCOS. Also, my E2 is only 100 my nurse told me that this morning and she said it's also normal as she seen alot of this with PCOS patients. Anyone else with this E2 number around 5 days on stim? I have another US/E2 this Saturday and I'm hoping that E2 increase... I'm not so sure what that is... lol but I saw on this forum that its a must that Estrogen level is higher... so I hope mine gets to wherever it's supposed to go.

MY answers in RED:

1) Where do you live and what clinic do you attend? Live in Louisville, KY going to OB Gyn Fertility Clinic

2) What does everyone do for a living? Analyst for insurance company.

3) What is/are your favorite book(s)? Sad to say I don't like book. I do like Magazines if that counts.... Cosmopolitan and People

4) Where are you going for vacation this summer? We went to Disney last June and spent there for 7 days. That was almost a work out than a vacation because we have to run around the parks all day long. It was very tiring! But atleast a time out from work and more time for DH and DD was great.

5) What are you passionate about? My husband, daughter and family. Working to make more $$$ @ home to help with my IVF.

6) What's everyone's 4th of July plans for this weekend? My DH's sibling is coming in town and everyone is staying at our house. His family and mine... what a crowd! Cook out and swimming.

7) POAS or Not? I have done this soo many times I spent over $200 one time and I just can't take the pain of waiting and hoping for that next line. So I will say not on 2ww...I'm afraid to see....

8) Are you doing a 3 day or 5 day transfer? I dont know my RE said that it depends on how the embryos will develop.

9) How many embryos are you planning on transferring? 2

10) What names do you have picked out for your baby boy/girl? Boy: ADRIAN PATRICK / Girl: ELLAH ? I don't know the middle name yet... But I like Ellah.

Have a great 4th of July everyone! Good Luck to anyone doing ER/ET... I wish you all the best. I hope we all have our great news at the end of the tunnel.

Hi MWalls... QOTD means Question of the day!!!! a lady on the board will ask a question and then pass the question of the day job over to the whom she chooses... it is fun... glad to see you have joined in... I don't have pcos so I don't know too much about it... however I have always been really high on 5 days of stimming... but that was on injectible cycles with IUI.... This is first time IVF and I am on suppression drugs so kinda curious on how this all works and praying I respond like he is expecting me too... good luck honey...

Mandy

[Mandy911]

Originally Posted by chuchu

Threelittlebirds, GOOD LUCK TOMORROW!

Angie, congrats on triggering!

Board mother, I hope that cyst goes away soon!

Thanks Claudia!!! I will find out tomorrow the verdict... God I hope we can get this ball rolling...

How are you doing?

[Mandy911]

Originally Posted by caty561

o i saw hangover opening day and it was soooo funny. we also saw transformers and i loved the movie but i just cant believe it is pg-13 i did not think it was suitable for young kids.

my next movie will be proposal.

we are movie buffs and that just about all we do...lol


O god i did have a baby dream last night but it was a bad dream. we were waiting in the room for our retrival but it was a scam they were trying to kill us and take my follis away... we were running......

Girlfriend that was a nightmare!!!!

[Mandy911]

Originally Posted by caty561

OMG i feel you pain about the trigger tomorrow night. as the nurse was explaining to us yesterday dh was also texting away and i just gave him the dirtiest look how can u be occupied at a time like this??? it is my butt were talking about!!!!!

i was tell about it tomorrow but i think he will have to practice on an orange a few times....lol

Mandy how are you doing?? thanks for all the prompt updates!!1 you are awesome!!!

Hey Cathy... Thank you for the compliment... you are tooo sweet... I am doing okay just waiting to go to the RE in the morning and hoping that the cyst is gone and levels are where they supposed to be so I can start stimming tomorrow night.... I cleaned house alll day... but man it sure feels good and ready to relax!!!!!

Are you ready for Retrieval on Sunday... I am sooo excited for you, Angie and threelittlebirds... I am sure you, Angie and Threelittlebirds will all do well this weekend for retrieval just remember get plenty of rest and also don't forget that all of us girls will be anxious to hear the reports on how many retrieved and how many fertilized... to all 3 of you this weekend!!!! Next week you will all be pregnant until proven otherwise(PUPO)

[TakingChances]

Originally Posted by LauraRose

AFM-It is really hard for me to answer the baby name question. I see everyone posting names and I don't know....I guess I am still so afraid that it will not work for us that I am not letting myself get carried away with those thoughts. I am taking everything day by day and trying to only think about what is going on right now with all this stuff. For instance, we are trying to decide how many embryos to transfer. My clinic says that if you transfer 2 blasts on day 5 you will have a 50% chance of twins. I want the IVF to be successful but don't know if I could handle twins. The RE is kinda pressuring us to try for one-they like to see "singletons." We only want 2 kids and I know if we had twins we would be done. I kinda feel like I would be getting shortchanged out of the whole pregnancy experience by having both at the same time. But then again do I really want to go through this again for another "singleton?" Every day I change my mind as to if I want to try for (as my husband calls them) "Mr. Singleton" (one baby) or "Mr and Mrs. Singleton" (twins).

Sorry for the random thoughts-feeling emotional and stressed today-must be a side effect

LauraRose - I'm with you on baby names! I just won't let myself go there. When we FIRST starting thinking about kids, we talked about names all the time. Once we discovered it was looking like a 'long road', we stopped. I'm terrified of getting my hopes up too high. DH and I have talked about the twin thing too. We'd love to have two kids, but twins would be a LOT to handle. We've kind of decided that if we someone end up with twins, it was a sign that we can handle it! We're going with faith on that one....

And LauraRose, Angie056, sweetpea, 3littlebirds - the Bachelorette. WHAT IS THE WORLD IS UP WITH THIS WES CHARACTER. I watch that show and want to punch him in the face I was so sad when 'too perfect' Jake left (although he was too perfect), and then the poor guy goes back to set her straight on Wes, AND SHE BELIEVES WES. Seriously. I love terrible TV so much it's frightening! I get giddy when things start getting juicy

I'm crazy busy with work, but will catch up more with everyone over the long weekend. I'm still behind on reading posts! Take Care everyone!! I keep everyone in my prayers...

[JustOneMore]

Originally Posted by Sweetpea

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Maybe I mentioned this already on this thread ( I think it was the other thread Im on) but I did have a dream that I was at costco in the frozen section and opened one of the freezer doors, and someone from inside handed me a little naked newborn boy. And his name was Soren Bernard. A name we've talked about. LOL.

interesting, seeing as my cycle is a frozen cycle!

Now, that's what I call a totsicle! So glad things are progressing well. Fingers crossed that the your embies survive the thaw and thrive!

[Sweetpea]

Originally Posted by TakingChances

LauraRose - I'm with you on baby names! I just won't let myself go there. When we FIRST starting thinking about kids, we talked about names all the time. Once we discovered it was looking like a 'long road', we stopped. I'm terrified of getting my hopes up too high. DH and I have talked about the twin thing too. We'd love to have two kids, but twins would be a LOT to handle. We've kind of decided that if we someone end up with twins, it was a sign that we can handle it! We're going with faith on that one....

And LauraRose, Angie056, sweetpea, 3littlebirds - the Bachelorette. WHAT IS THE WORLD IS UP WITH THIS WES CHARACTER. I watch that show and want to punch him in the face I was so sad when 'too perfect' Jake left (although he was too perfect), and then the poor guy goes back to set her straight on Wes, AND SHE BELIEVES WES. Seriously. I love terrible TV so much it's frightening! I get giddy when things start getting juicy

I'm crazy busy with work, but will catch up more with everyone over the long weekend. I'm still behind on reading posts! Take Care everyone!! I
keep everyone in my prayers...

OMGosh!!!! Wes is so out of control! I cant believe that Jillian is being fooled! I really hope that creep isn't somehow getting paid to make the show interestingseriously. My Dh keeps saying its got to be scripted(we watch it together every time). . esp. the part where Jake comes back.
And I'm also sad that Jesse got eliminated. I really liked him. Ed's great and all, but come on. Jesse-what a babe!
Who do you think she's going to end up w? My call is Kyptyn. I loved him until the home dates. I think his family is totally scary.
That Mother in Law looked like Cruela deVil. so much plastic!
And Reed. Im not a fan of him either.
I guess I hope it comes down to Ed and Kyptyn now. I dont really like the guys in her final pool, I guess.

[Sweetpea]

LauraRose-youre hilarious. Are you a writer? you sound like a writer. I think you should just stick one in if you dont want twins. The odds are high for two to take if you do two.
In my IVF last year, there was a couple that conceived twins and wasnt happy about it. It was really sad to see all the stress and anger that they were expressing about it. The husband kept saying he felt like he "gambled and lost." It was really hard to read, esp since we lost a twin that same cycle that we were praying to keep. But I tried to bite my tounge. Twins just are not for everyone, and theres no getting around it.

I have a sis w two sets of twins and a singleton. She really wants a sixth child. They keep trying more IVF stuff. It never works anymore. But when asked about whether she would advise another person to try for twins or a singleton, she always says that the experience she had with her last, her baby boy, was the one she re lives in her mind, and would want for another person.

All that somehow doesnt stop me from putting two in again. I do hope for twins secretly, like so many of us do. Part of it also is that this is a frozen cycle, and the odds for success are so much lower.

Being pregnant w one is hard enough. Ive done it twice. Its so so fun, but its hard. The worries w a normal pregnancy are still huge. Dont kick yourself for wanting one. Go w your gut and feel proud. If this cycle fails, you will probably have frosties. So, if patience is on your side, you can get Mr. and Mrs (or shall I say Ms.) Singleton one by one. And I think thats probably more fun anyway, if youre shooting for two in the end. Give 100% to each baby, each as they arrive. Its so nice to celebrate twice!

[tygerlilly]

So, I may have a few posts in a row... I am reading and responding to each one as I go ...

QOTD: The Usual Suspects, Peter Pan, and Little Miss Sunshine

[tygerlilly]

Ok, so that wasn't so bad... a lot of reading tho! So I went to my RE and everything looks good. I want to say that there was a total of at least 12, but I was not given any numbers today. They want us to go back (3 hour drive) on Sunday and Monday for more US/BW appointments. So My meds change a bit starting tomorrow... I will move Menopur to the AM and I will only stim in the PM. So two Injection's in the AM and two in the PM.

So as you all know I did not get AF... well thats b/c of the Menopur...it forces my body into menopause so that I can stim when they want me to stim . No AF for me.

I am nervous though b/c this week I have felt really "full" in the abdominal area and today it has gone WAY down... on the way home I felt some cramping and I hope that I am not ovulating already b/c I need my follies to get bigger and I need those follies Wednesday, not today lol. Do you know if this is common on all the medsd we have?

[sadkrissy]

Anyone would like to share thier IVF stories with me, I am Starting my first IVF this cycle and I'm really nervous about it.

Married 3 years (Husband with no problems) Myself not so much, I have two blocked tubes with no chance of a narural BFP. I had surgery 2 months ago to remove both tubes. I kind of lost myself, Thinking why me, What did I do to deserve this.

Anyways, I'm now starting my very first IVF and starting to have mixed emotions about it..Am I ready? Do I really want to go through this? Can we afford it??? Not to mention I had a m/c quite a few years back and never really got an answer as to why, So now in my mind I'm worried if I am able to carry. I't seems that alot of woman seem to m/c on thier first try of IVF???


What are the meds like?. They have me starting with Lupron, Then on to Puregon, Ovidrel. Everntually 3 types of pills and 1 suppository. This just seems to be alot of meds to me, Just thinking about giving myself a shot every morning makes my stomach turn..... Oh my

[lilcbru]

Originally Posted by sadkrissy

Anyone would like to share thier IVF stories with me, I am Starting my first IVF this cycle and I'm really nervous about it.

Married 3 years (Husband with no problems) Myself not so much, I have two blocked tubes with no chance of a narural BFP. I had surgery 2 months ago to remove both tubes. I kind of lost myself, Thinking why me, What did I do to deserve this.

Anyways, I'm now starting my very first IVF and starting to have mixed emotions about it..Am I ready? Do I really want to go through this? Can we afford it??? Not to mention I had a m/c quite a few years back and never really got an answer as to why, So now in my mind I'm worried if I am able to carry. I't seems that alot of woman seem to m/c on thier first try of IVF???


What are the meds like?. They have me starting with Lupron, Then on to Puregon, Ovidrel. Everntually 3 types of pills and 1 suppository. This just seems to be alot of meds to me, Just thinking about giving myself a shot every morning makes my stomach turn..... Oh my

I think you are going through what we all do at some point. It is only normal to be nervous and second guess yourself. I'm sure you and your DH didn't jump into this decision, so try and remember all the reasons you decided to do this. I'm not going to lie, it is hard and scary. The shots are not too bad, once you get the hang of it. The side effects can be annoying, but it will be worth it if you have the little baby of your dreams. I don't know the statistics of m/c on 1st IVF cycle. You can check your clinics stats and see how many live babies are brought home by women in your age group, as well as how many get pregnant in the first place. Good luck and .