Marching through IVF! - Page 19

Ladybuglee · #**271** (**permalink**) 04-26-2008, 12:24 PM

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Originally Posted by cathyh

hi all

Well not the news I wanted but I have 5 follicles that are ready.

I will do more meds tonight and trigger tomorrow night. E2 is only 485.3 less than last time. I don't get what is going on with the 9 or more other follicles easily seen on the screen but not measured and are smaller. Maybe they'll grow by Tuesday.

cathy

5 is great and many times they find more than they thought. your follies will still grow after tonight's shot and even the trigger shot, right up until ER. this is gonna be it for you! keep listenin to that anji cd!!

cathyh · #**272** (**permalink**) 04-26-2008, 12:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Ladybuglee

5 is great and many times they find more than they thought. your follies will still grow after tonight's shot and even the trigger shot, right up until ER. this is gonna be it for you! keep listenin to that anji cd!!

Thanks Liza

I only will do 9 days of stims this time I did 11 days last time.

I really appreciate you beign here for me

Cathy

Ladybuglee · #**273** (**permalink**) 04-26-2008, 12:29 PM

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Originally Posted by cathyh

Thanks Liza

I only will do 9 days of stims this time I did 11 days last time.

I really appreciate you beign here for me

Cathy

you don't know how badly i want this to work for you. maybe i'm living vicariously through you! i only did 7 days of stims last cycle. you never know, but 9 is average my RE says. you don't want to push them too far. i will be here for you through everything, ok?

cathyh · #**274** (**permalink**) 04-26-2008, 12:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Ladybuglee

you don't know how badly i want this to work for you. maybe i'm living vicariously through you! i only did 7 days of stims last cycle. you never know, but 9 is average my RE says. you don't want to push them too far. i will be here for you through everything, ok?

thanks

I'm going to watch the nationwide race Tony has the pole and take a nap. 5 follicles are ok I shouldn't be so frustrated about that! I only had 4 when we did IVF last time and ended up with 5 eggs.

Cathy

jana · #**275** (**permalink**) 04-26-2008, 06:41 PM

Cathy and Janice, you ladies are moving right along. While I may be more quiet than usual, please know that I am routing you ladies on and praying that you get your BFP this time around.

Cathy..........Toni won! I was thinking of you when DH turned it on. I heard the last 3 laps and knew you were probably jumping up and down.

cathyh · #**276** (**permalink**) 04-26-2008, 06:43 PM

Oh yes Tony did pull through. I was so excited and glad my embabies weren't home yet! Ha ha.

Cathy

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Originally Posted by jana

Cathy and Janice, you ladies are moving right along. While I may be more quiet than usual, please know that I am routing you ladies on and praying that you get your BFP this time around.

Cathy..........Toni won! I was thinking of you when DH turned it on. I heard the last 3 laps and knew you were probably jumping up and down.

ScootiesGirl · #**277** (**permalink**) 04-26-2008, 07:55 PM

Cathy - remember...quality over quantity! Good luck on your upcoming ER! Come on eggies!!

babybearjmd · #**278** (**permalink**) 04-26-2008, 08:57 PM

Thank you, thank you Liza! I am hoping for a great present for both my b-day and anniversary! I got my e2 levels back this afternoon and it was 1625. It's not that high but I think I only have around 8 or so mature follies.

Thanks for the encouragement Jana. I'm just not sure what to expect with everything as this is my first IF treatment of any kind. It's just kinda scary. I've never had any surgeries for anything and am a little wary of this. Y'all all made it through so I will too.

Cathy, I hope you're doing ok and that you're day goes well tomorrow!

Ladybuglee · #**279** (**permalink**) 04-26-2008, 09:03 PM

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Originally Posted by babybearjmd

Thank you, thank you Liza! I am hoping for a great present for both my b-day and anniversary! I got my e2 levels back this afternoon and it was 1625. It's not that high but I think I only have around 8 or so mature follies.

Thanks for the encouragement Jana. I'm just not sure what to expect with everything as this is my first IF treatment of any kind. It's just kinda scary. I've never had any surgeries for anything and am a little wary of this. Y'all all made it through so I will too.

Cathy, I hope you're doing ok and that you're day goes well tomorrow!

Janice - the ER and ET are a piece of cake, don't worry! I had no pain at all, and the ER is quick. My DH said before he knew it I was already out - it's like 15 minutes or so. If you know you get nauseous from anesthesia have them give you something in your IV. It helped me since when I had my lap they had to give me a shot b/c of nausea. Drink lots of water after and you'll be good! Nothing at all to be scared about.

babybearjmd · #**280** (**permalink**) 04-26-2008, 09:08 PM

Thanks Liza. I'm worried about dh too since he has to have his procedure done right before mine. The RE wants him to have anesthesia too for some reason. His UR told us that it would just be valium and local anesthetic so I'm not sure why the RE wants to change it. I want my hubby to be there right after I'm done. Do you think that's a little weird that the RE wnats to change the way my dh is having his procedure done?

Ladybuglee · #**281** (**permalink**) 04-26-2008, 09:26 PM

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Originally Posted by babybearjmd

Thanks Liza. I'm worried about dh too since he has to have his procedure done right before mine. The RE wants him to have anesthesia too for some reason. His UR told us that it would just be valium and local anesthetic so I'm not sure why the RE wants to change it. I want my hubby to be there right after I'm done. Do you think that's a little weird that the RE wnats to change the way my dh is having his procedure done?

hmm.. i honestly don't know. who does the procedure - the RE or urologist? why would the RE get a say in it? if DH's anesthesia is like yours, he will wake up quickly and you can be together.

babybearjmd · #**282** (**permalink**) 04-26-2008, 09:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Ladybuglee

hmm.. i honestly don't know. who does the procedure - the RE or urologist? why would the RE get a say in it? if DH's anesthesia is like yours, he will wake up quickly and you can be together.

The UR does the procedure at the RE's clinic. They work together on these cases where sperm needs to be retreived. I'm not sure why she would get a say in it; that's why I was confused. DH always throws up with anesthesia if we're not really careful. I think that we'll be pretty stubborn about not using the anesthesia unless they can give us a good reason.

I hope you're doing ok. How's the waiting goin? Are you keeping busy? Is work any better?

Ladybuglee · #**283** (**permalink**) 04-26-2008, 10:08 PM

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Originally Posted by babybearjmd

The UR does the procedure at the RE's clinic. They work together on these cases where sperm needs to be retreived. I'm not sure why she would get a say in it; that's why I was confused. DH always throws up with anesthesia if we're not really careful. I think that we'll be pretty stubborn about not using the anesthesia unless they can give us a good reason.

I hope you're doing ok. How's the waiting goin? Are you keeping busy? Is work any better?

Hope he won't have to have the anesthesia, but make sure he gets that stuff in his IV if he has to. That helped me immensely. I keep forgetting I'm in the 2ww b/c I know it's bad, but I've got little faith in IUI's working for me. IUI's are sooo much more relaxed than IVF. Work is ok, thanks for asking. I can see that light at the end of the tunnel since we only have about 40 school days left!

babybearjmd · #**284** (**permalink**) 04-26-2008, 10:51 PM

Yay for almost summer!!! No more school for teachers. Y'all will get a much derserved break after teaching all of those delinquents, I mean children out there! LOL No really, y'all do such a hard job and I appreciate it!

AzooDude · #**285** (**permalink**) 04-27-2008, 12:13 AM

Janice - I'm planning on doing micro-TESE next time we cycle, and my UR said he'll put me under. I trust his judgment, but I've also read (via Google) of it being done with local anaesthesia, and even more frequently so for TESA.

It's worth asking for clarification on, of course, but if your RE and UR have differing opinions on it, it seems to me like it's the call of whoever is doing the procedure, which sounds like the UR in this case. I'm interested to hear how this turns out, so please keep us posted.

Btw, it's not for the squirmy, but I found a link with a video of various sperm-retrieving procedures being performed. (No, that's not code for porn. It shows MESA and TESE.) The video is surgical and graphic, so consider yourself warned if you follow the link: MESA and TESE performed under local anesthesia - Video

Edited to add: I checked out the "media library" link underneath the video window on the page in that link, and there's lots of interesting stuff there. It's not all of procedures, but among other things, you can see a clip of what ICSI looks like under the microscope, as well as assisted hatching.