[babybearjmd]

Tam, sorry I didn't get back to you. Jen answered the question though. I didn't know if you had done any blood disorder testing before. I'm sure that everything will be fine and will pray that you have a healthy pregnancy.

Amy and Kate, I'm glad y'all are starting your new cycles! I hope you both get your little one from this cycle!

Barbara, I say do whatever you want right now. However you handle thius pregnancy is completely up to you. I hopw everything goes smoothly!

Jen, how's the baby growing? I am still just looking fatter. I have to hold my tummy in with my hands to see the hard bump because I have too much extra junk in the middle! Oh well, I'll pop one day!

Amy, it's hard for me to believe that I am in the 17th week too. I will feel better and better the further along I get!

Hi everyone!!!


IVF Cycle BCPs


August Lupron
Kathelen - Kate - CA 8/11


STIMS YEAH!!! Here we go!
ARoberts26 - Amy - IL 8/2


ER
ARoberts26 - Amy - IL 8/14


ET


FET
Coloradobaby - Leanne - CO 9/11

Beta #1

Pregnant!Due Dates
happygirl08 - Cori - TX TWINS!!!!!
tcrsmom - Lisa - MI
bd711 - Bethany - CA
Tanya75 - Tanya - NY 12/17/08
cathyh - Cathy - ME 1/15/09 c-section
JNIGRL - Jenifer - TX 1/20/2009 or earlier
Babybearjmd - Janice - TX 1/19/09
DaniGrl - Danielle - TX
Jencat - Jen - CO 1/31/09
Passionscientist - Kristen - TX twins Feb ?
Jana - Jana - KS - March ??
tamtam - Tamarah - CT twins 3/29/09
cupcake08 - Patricia u/s 8/18
bq122 - Barbara - NJ Beta #2 8/7/08



Healing
historyteach - Jaime - PA


Cycling next
yogagrrl - Sue - NY CCRM Aug 12
CJS - Carrie August

Pursuing Adoption
Sarah16 - Sarah -

[CJS]

Janice and Jen - I am so happy to hear you are both doing so well!!

Tam - I'm so sorry you are going through this pain; I'm praying for you, your DH and your little heathly one growing inside of you.

Barbara - I think it is wonderful that you are involving your son. Congratulations!

Jamie - I'm thinking of you and hoping all of your testing goes well.

Kate - You are starting again! September will be here soon!!

Amy - How are the stims treating you? Do you know your ER and ET dates yet?

Sue - Hope AF came for her monthly visit. I'll be thinking of you on your trip.

As for me - I am off of the estrogen patch and went for my B/L and U/S today. Estrogen is at 46, FSH is 3.05 and LH is 1.3 - I started 450 Gonal F and 150 menopur today... They saw 6 tiny follicles... I am hoping more pop up.

[historyteach]

Carrie - congrats on the great start with 6 follies, i think you were well on the way for a positive. good luck sweets and make sure that you keep us posted

barbara - thinking about you and praying that you get a wonderful number tomorrow.

tam - how are you feeling?

i am holding on, it seems like the test results are forever away. i have no patience... i hope that times flies and we get some answers... can you tell that i am single minded right now. i hope that everyone is having a great week

[Cupcake08]

Has anyone heard from Tam or Bob? I am worried about them and their US that was supposed to be today.

[tamtam]

thanks ladies for the encouragement. two notices. On the job front I have decided to take a leave and just not come back.
On the baby front we are going to hold out hope for the 2nd baby until we can't anylonger.

Oh we went to a GREAT concert tonight. It was
"live" "collective soul" and "blues traveler" soooo good!!!!
Kate and Amy congrats!!
I am going to try to sleep have court in the morning, but too hyped from the concert....ugh!

thanks for the concern patricia. We are fine and baby is ok, but next scan is next week. Dr was really nice and did a second scan when the first tech did not find what we wanted. He eased my termoil a bit. Our new beta is 19,778. It doubled in 3.9 days. So, we are still confused. The website I found says that the beta should after 6000 double every 96 hours. If that is true then we are doing good.

In many early pregnancies, the hCG level will double every 31 to 72 hours. As the pregnancy progresses, hCG levels rise and the doubling time increases.

"Normal" Doubling Time
hCG levelsDoubling Time:

Under 1200 mIU/ml 31-72 hours
Between 1200 to 6000 mIU/ml 72-96 hours
Over 6000 mIU/ml more than 96 hours

hCG levels rise during the first 6 to 10 weeks of pregnancy then decline slowly during the second and third trimesters.

Please keep in mind there is a huge variation in "normal" hCG levels at any given time in a pregnancy.
These numbers and times are provided only as a guideline.

If you have any concerns please consult with your physician.

Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (hCG) Levels

From ConceptionhCG Level

0-1 Weeks0 - 50 mIU/ml
1-2 Weeks40 - 300 mIU/ml
3-4 Weeks500 - 6,000 mIU/ml
1-2 Months5,000 - 200,000 mIU/ml
2-3 Months10,000 - 100,000 mIU/ml
2nd Trimester3,000 - 50,000 mIU/ml
3rd Trimester1,000 - 50,000 mIU/ml

Non-Pregnant Women< 5.0 mIU/ml
Postmenopausal Women< 9.5 mIU/ml

[jencat215]

Originally Posted by historyteach

so you were on baby asprin for your entire pregnancy. i started taking it and i just want to make sure that i wont be hurting anything if i should happen to get another chance

I will be on baby aspirin throughout my pregnancy. In fact, when I found out about my MTHFR mutation last Feb. I started taking extra folic acid, a prenatal, and baby aspirin, so I have been on it for about a year and a half now. And you WILL have another chance, and it will be a great outcome!

Well, I went to the Rockies game tonight. We sat there for 1.5 hours waiting for the rain to stop (rain delay). We finally left, then they canceled the game. It hasn't rained here like that since May! WTF, on my one night out! Anyway, I get home and there is a message from my nurse saying that my urine culture came back positive for a bladder infection. I had to go pick up my antibiotic (with 5 minutes to spare before the pharmacy closed). Don't know why the stupid nurse couldn't call my cell like I asked them to! Urgh! And I don't have any symptoms. Well, i pee every 5 minutes, but I assumed that was due to pregnancy. Go figure.

[Coloradobaby]

Tam- I am glad that things are looking good so far!

Barbara- How are you feeling?

Jen- It rained like crazy here where I live! And we found out our roof leaks!!! It really hasnt rained since we bought the place and now we have to call the insurance people!

As for me I take BCP until the 17th and then i think i start some other meds, to get ready for my FET on Sept 11th! I am excited...i am just concerned because our doctor is nervous to transfer anymore embryos then 1, because of my age...she doesnt want multiples. But we transfered 2 last time and they did not take, and we have 3 snowbabies, so we figured we thaw them all out and hopefully they all survive and we trasnfer all three... That is what we really want to do, i am just not sure how to talk the dr. into it! Any ideas?

[Kathelen]

Leanne- I think I stop BCP on the 15 or 16th of August. We are also expecting the ET to be the second week of September. You and I will be together.

[historyteach]

jen- thanks for the information on the baby asprin, i have started that along with extra follic acid, we will see what happens with the test results. just wanted to let you know that i was watching the phils win last night, last year your rockies beat them up so maybe this year they will come out on top!!!

tam - congrats on getting the new good news. i am glad that you are making some positive changes in your life. you and your little one are in my thoughts and prayers

leanne - if you want to really transfer three, than i say go for it and tell your doctor that you are willing to take the chance

kate - as long as the tests come back, i am going to be right behind you, i will have my retrieval the week of sept 22nd. we are going to make beautiful june mamas!!!!

[jana]

Wow, there is so much going on. With the nieces here, I get very little time on the computer. Oh well. Sounds like everyone is doing well.

Jamie, I'm only on the baby aspirin until week 20 unless my OB changes that.

I have two more weeks of PIO, estrogen, suppositories, and Heparin injections. WooHoo!!! I've been on them since June. A little nervous about them ending, but so looking forward to it.

I hope you all are having a great week.

[babybearjmd]

Jana, doesn't that mean that you are past the first trimester in 2 weeks??? I so happy for you!!!

Jaime, I hope those results hurry up!!! How long did they say it would take?

Kate, Jaime and Leanne, we're goin to have some great news on this thread in October aren't we???

Tam, are you going ot start your leave now so you aren't stressed during the pregnancy? I hope things get easier! Your beta sounds good!

Carrie, you are well on your way. I hope those doses of stims really get those follies going! When is you anticipated retreival?

Barbara, I hope you get some great results today!!!

Hi everyone!

[bq122]

Hi my thread sisters,
Feeling run down right now, I promise to post later and catch up. Of course all of you are in my prayers.
Ill keep you posted with beta..They werent worried about it when I when in this morning. I praying it doubles. Thank you for your prayers.

ttyl...God bless...

[Yogagrrl]

Argh - thank you all for thinking of me- but still no AF!!! I am now almost 5 days late- did POAS (without any hope but had to do it, thought that would make her show up!) and it was neg, but WTF??? If AF does not come by tomorrow, I have to cancel our trip to CO and try another time!!! DH is trying to keep me calm but he is out of state until tomorrow (so I can't even jump him in the hopes of getting her started!). So, wearing the lightest pants I own, my favorite undies, have gone running, am vaccuuming...I mean, what else can I do????

Well, I just got back from my mom's...and on Tuesday she had my Brother and SIL over and we got into a big family fight and my brother and I yelled and it ended with foul language, he packed up his kids and left and we haven't spoken since. It is hard to explain - is a really reallly long story - but we used to be inseparable and in recent years, his family has changed a lot. They are doing things that are bad for the kids, etc, and taking money from every family member we have, (to name a few things) well he was asking for my opinion so I told him it was his life, but I disagree with what he is doing and he got pissed and stood up, trying to threaten me (his is a big guy and has become a bully recently). So that is it. Not much has changed, it is just in the open now...but it still makes me sad. (it seems he has changed since he came back from Iraq and I was trying to be sensitive but he was awful!). Actually, I take that back - he has been relatively okay since he got back from Iraq, but my SIL has picked fights with each family member and now he is following suit...argh...why is family so difficult???

Anyway- that was my exciting week....now, for what I've caught up on.

Janice- so glad your tooth is okay. Eek.

Barbara- Congrats! 33 is great! I think they want anything over 20! I know we all want over 100 so we can breathe easier, but try to be happy and somewhat stress-free! you are !

Carrie- good luck with the cycle! Glad AF cooperated for you! (I can't complain, this is the first time AF is really trying to mess with me, but I'm still annoyed). I am that third time is the charm for you!

Tami - sorry to hear about your vanishing twin...I do hear that it happens alot. Concentrate on that really strong baby you have growing in there...

I'm sorry I am missing people...my dogs want to go outside. They are so happy to be home.

[sarah16]

Leanne and Kate, uggg I'm not being patient. Can't wait until you both get to Sept. Sue, I'll look for Aunt Flo for you. She's gotta be around somewhere.

[Coloradobaby]

Originally Posted by Kathelen

Leanne- I think I stop BCP on the 15 or 16th of August. We are also expecting the ET to be the second week of September. You and I will be together.

YAY !!! We will be cycle buddies, and then Pregnant buddies!!!!