[wannabeamomma]

Hey all - thanks for all your good wishes..

Just wanted to let you know that we got our Fertilization Report this morning...

10 eggs
8 mature
6 fertilized w/ ICSI

We are really excited with this report !!

Now we sit and wait and see how they do -
We are tentative for a 3 day transfer but will see if we can hold out to day 5.

Thanks again for all your support !!

[ecox03]

Originally Posted by can'tgiveup

Thanks, mlm, for checking in. I did have my ET today. I confess that we were a little disappointed with the progress of our embabies - but the results explain so much about why the last two rounds of IVF failed. Our kids start our above average, but then flunk out of the 3rd grade!

At day 3 we had nine Grade 1 & 2 embryos. Today, we still had nine, but only one had made it to full blast stage, and it is a grade 2. We transferred it along with two grade 2 morulas and one grade 3 early-blastocyst. So we transferred four!!! It sounds aggressive, but the Dr felt that the risk of high multiples was so slight that it was worth it.

Leora - I definitely had some major flunkies too! Out of the 7 that we got, 5 held on until the day before the 5dt but only 2 stuck it out (even then they were only in the early blast phase). It's just so disappointing when that happens. I'm so glad that you had a full blast and some good morulas to transfer! 4 - WOW! I'm that one or two strong ones stick for you!

[ecox03]

Originally Posted by wannabeamomma

Hey all - thanks for all your good wishes..

Just wanted to let you know that we got our Fertilization Report this morning...

10 eggs
8 mature
6 fertilized w/ ICSI

We are really excited with this report !!

Now we sit and wait and see how they do -
We are tentative for a 3 day transfer but will see if we can hold out to day 5.

Thanks again for all your support !!

YAY!!!! What a great report! You are going to have an eventful 4th of July if you go with the 3dt! I hope that you are feeling ok. Get plenty of rest and enjoy being waited on by your DH!

[KelB]

So, I did something I never do and POAS yesterday. I went to walgreens a bought FRER and got a very faint line with FMU. This morning the line was darker than yesterday. As you can see below, my beta on Tuesday was 18. Since the line is getter darker, should I expect my beta to be higher today or am I getter my hopes up just to be let down again? I really don't ever POAS and I have never used FRER so I am not sure what to expect... the web is full of a lot of info, non of which is very helpful.

[mlm]

Kelb-sounds like a good beta is on it's way

Leora-the one thing I keep reading over and over is it only take one!

Wannabe things keep going well!!

[Brooklyn]

I'm sorry if this is a stupid question but...what is a FRER?

[cagirl2003]

first response early result (pregnancy test)

[Brooklyn]

thanks cagirl!

[AMF728]

Originally Posted by Brooklyn

AFM - I feel your pain girl. I only got two betas 14 and 16dpo and don't get my ultrasound until I'm 7.5 weeks - imagine that wait. I'm going bonkers...

Well, I couldn't wait any longer. I thought I might have a yeast infection (I've been taking antibiotics for the infection I got at the PIO injection sites), so I went to the ob, and while I was there, I asked if they would please do an u/s....


Happily, they obliged, even though I'm not quite six weeks (will be six weeks tomorrow). So, there are three (GULP!) sacs, and one with a heartbeat that they could see and measure. He thought it was too early to count the other two in or out yet, but I'm going to take this as really good news.

Yay!

[Brooklyn]

AMF - holy crap - possible triplets!!!

Lucky you though, I still have 8 days to wait for my US... I'm going bonkers.

I do have some pretty serious morning sickness right now though - the first I've had *blah*.

[Baby4Gerbee]

YAY Wannabeamomma!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Congrats

KelB, my FRER have been getting darker each day. I assume, and have read, that implies that your HCG is going up. Keeping my fingers crossed.

AFM, I have cramps today and yesterday, but my FRER came up right away with a dark line this morning. Is the cramping normal???

[IndieBlue]

AMF: Congrats....wow, that's great. I'm praying that when I go in on the 14th that they see atleast 2.....I'm dying though, and my SIL is a sonographer so I could just call her up and go in. Not sure I want a vag. sonogram by my SIL though LOL

KelB: The PeeOnAStick website says that HPT's don't tell you HOW pregnant you are, they just have dye that either sticks to the hormone strip or not. But I did see mine get darker....I guess the more hormone in your body to stick to that strip the more dye it might soak up? I do have some really cheap HPT's though that I buy online and they don't really get much darker.....so I think it really depends on the brand. The equate ones I bought get a dark blue line but then the next day it's barely there...just kind of really thin blue line, still dark but not as wide as it was the day before. The FRER keep their color pretty much.....I've marked all mine with a sharpie and I've kept them in a ziploc just to compare from day to day. This process makes women do strange things doesn't it LOL

[IndieBlue]

Originally Posted by Baby4Gerbee

YAY
AFM, I have cramps today and yesterday, but my FRER came up right away with a dark line this morning. Is the cramping normal???

It's very normal. My nurse said that your uterus is growing and things are moving around so the cramps are completely expected. You cramp during AF because your uterus is doing what it's meant to....and you cramp pretty much the same when you're pregnant because it still deals with your uterus. It's a good sign....embrace it LOL The difference in my AF cramps and the BFP cramps were that I could kind of move around or lie on my back...etc and the BFP cramps would subside sometimes, AF cramps hurt no matter what position I was in.

[IndieBlue]

Originally Posted by Brooklyn

I do have some pretty serious morning sickness right now though - the first I've had *blah*.

I have evening sickness and diarrhea....not fun. I've been going to bed earlier though, and trying to eat a filling meal at lunch so I can skip supper since it makes me so sick.

[IndieBlue]

Adkwmn.....still hanging in there? Can't wait to hear tomorrow