[SavannahsMom]

http://forums.adoption.com/images/icons/icon_heart.gif Lost Angel...super excited!
Lost Angel ...possible ectopic low hcg???anyone who can help? fertlized! day 3 transfer! On feb 18th of last year I lost my 13 year old only daughter, her birthday was March 11th, please visit her on facebook.R.I.P Scarlett Cash, I thought my life had ended with that day she was promoted to an angel.
As grief has become my best friend we decided it is never to late to add a loved one to the family, IVF became the only option as I had aged and my tubes became blocked and one removed from ectopic. I am on Cycle day 14! all test look glowingly spiritual. Husbands guns are shooting on auto pilot! we are so excited. I start my Lupron next Friday, our chances of twins are high...my uterus looks goods and so do our little passengers that our pilot will be dropping into my uterus.
To have another chance at another daughter , and we will gladly love a boy, we are overjoyed at IVF covergae through my employer! the first day on my protocol starts on Scarletts Savannah Cheyennes birthday....what a sign from god. Best wishes to you all in you journey. Thank you Emory IVF Clinic! in Atlanta


3-11-11 Ok getting better at this "thread" thing!
I start my lupron cycle on my "ANgel" Savannahs birthday! OMG...What a sign from god I swear , waiting for the meds to show up!!!!! I cant wait to get this body ready ...water, water, water! low fat low fat low fat....
you all have me way excited! to be sucessful!
3-24-11 I start my meds stims on my husbands birthday
3-30-11 Stim day #5 0 follicles seen estradiol 134
3-31-11 Stim Day #6 3 follicles on rt/ 1 on left estradiol 238 they moved my lupron down to 10mg
and my 300mg
4-01-11 Stim Day #7
3 follicles on left/ 4 on right
I have started swapping sides of my thigh for injection...i swear it helped the left ones grow when i injected in the left muscular thigh
Estradiol 440...tomorrow is ultrasounds everyday now!
Let's pray for an 880 level tomorrow and lots more follicles..but not too many getting excited the burse says I am doing great but I hope that is not what they are trained to say...not that Lois appears to sling alot of bullsh*t
STIM DAY #8
progetserone 1.28
Estradiol 448
Rt Ovary 6 follicles
Left Ovary 5 follicles about 7 measuirng over 17
moved to 300 follistim tonight and 225 in the a.m. for day #9 still 10 mg of lupron...2 dosages of 225 mg follistim 2x a day now...
Estradiol @ 621
Progesterone 1.40
rt ovary 7 follicles left ovary 4 measurable follicles not to confuse myself with the follicles there but that are "not" measurable..... u/sound tomorrow not sure if the trigger shot will happen day 10 or not....fingers crossed....
DAY#10 stims
progesterone 1180
rt ovary 7 follicles left 4 follicles
she offered to cancel my cycle... i am confused they 10 me they like to see 10.....
but they approved the trigger shot and will go forward on wednesday with retrieval!
tmorrow is retrieval!
April 6th---i knew retriveal would be today because my boss planned something big , and i dont want to share this private medical issue with him, he would not get it for sure.... but anyway they retrived 5 they didnt seem elated at that number but i am staying optomistic...felt great after surgery! downtown atalanta at Mary Macs to relax...
APRIL 7TH---I am dreadfully comotose and my husband had to try to help with my progesterone shot and i was clumsy and have out of it, no work today. i feel like t-total crap! i cleaned the whole house and just realized they will call at 3....oh my the phone is rinign early....better to get it over with to tell me bad news?
and LOis says 4 FERTILIZED!!!!!!!!! day 3 transfer i am so amazingly excited i want to throw up!
please little babies wait for mommy on saturday and just bloom to your hearts content....uniformly and symmetrically! thank you god for getting our new family this far!
see you all saturday! we would love 2 healthy babies!
4-9-2011transferred 3 good 7 cell embryos with assisted hatching..... we will know soon enough!
4-14-2011 like a maniac i convinced myself to take a home preg test...dissappointingly negative......progesterone was 18.1 a little low they prescribed some vaginal progesterone suppositories...__________________
4-15- my ivf friends on here calm my fears so i take another one searching for a faint line.....and and and.........none! clearly too early , clearly impatient and i am clearly driving myself bananas....you are all great on here by the way!
IVF Study Nerd
4-18-2011
ok so I laid off the tests and concluded even though it was early..it just wasn't my time, and was contemplating cycle #2 ? then I spotted today further solidifying my doubts..i thought ok great i am running low on meds and am about to get my period.....i wanted a girl so bad and nopw that i have failed i would have been happy with a healthy boy...learned the lesson of dont be too picky...so i figured I would take one last wack at a test just to have closure on a negative test and my cycle would be complete....and OMG!!!!! Seriously I am work dancing with a stick...i boutgh the cheapest crappiest brand "Answer" i never heard of it...and didnt want to waste my money for a negative and holy sh*# it was positive! i am so amazingly excited...yet reserved of course because my beta is Thursday...and I am hoping my spotting was implantation spotting..it seemed slightly different faint pink...a little mucous followed...i only give TMI just in case someone is interested in the specific signs of what i hope is implantation bleeding....wish me luck my husband was actaully very excited aND I am on cloud 1009....another small hurdle passed and yes i am apparnately a testomaniac...i bought EPT afterwards to see if the cheap tests were jinxed! nope EPT positive on late day diltued urine!
three in one day!
4-21-2011 First Beta 102!
4-26-went on vacation they were not happy with me because i was not at home to take my second beta! needed to unload some stress so tomorrow a better idea of how many!
4-27 follow up beta 18dpt-HCG Level 630...they are worried about an ectopic....! anyone with similar numbers that have a positive outcome..i have read enough about the poor ones....man my husband is supportive...i am so sad again today i know my faith is stronger than their wisdom!
5-2-early ultrasound...she said dont expect to see much..and there it was a gestational sac, a yolk and a flickering heartbeat! 5wks 6 days! due dec 27th!
NOW ALMOST 16 WEEKS...
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IVF Study Nerd

[Debmarti]

Originally Posted by desertmama

Starting my first set of injectibles for for first IVF cycle tomorrow after 6 years ttc. Terrified I will do something wrong. Anyone feel overwhelmed with the sheer magnitude of injectibles? What if I get through entire cycle and see that I missed an entire set of meds?

Doing IVF, ICSI, fresh transfer. Is it completely unreasonable to even HOPE that this could work the first time?

Desertmama - It is totally normal to feel completely overwhelmed during your first IVF. I had a HUGE box of syringes, meds and pills delivered to my house for my first IVF and I burst into tears. My husband calmed me down and told me to take it day by day.

When I went to the clinic, they told me how to take the meds I needed for that week and not worry about the rest until later. It was a step by step process so that made it less overwhelming. The thing with IVF is you just need to "bite the bullet" - jump in and start. As soon as you get over your initial fear and nervousness - it becomes much easier.

As for your question, your first IVF could work. There are TONS of women on this forum who the first IVF worked for them.

For me, the first IVF did not work, but I changed RE's and I was SO RELAXED my second time around because I felt like I was a "veteran" to the process. I was not nervous or freaked out my the shots or the entire procedure. The second time was the charm for me and I am now 18 weeks pregnant with a little girl!

So yes, your first time can work. If it doesn't - I encourage you to take time to heal and then try again! I personally found it much less stressful the second time. Good luck to you!!!

[AML2011]

I totally agree with you...it is the scariest and most draining thing I have been through in my 35 years! But, it has worked for millions of women....so you just have to take care of yourself and have faith that it will work for you, too. I have read about tons of women and know several women who it has worked for on the 1st try!

GL!!!!