Not much to report so far. The day after transfer I had some obvious twinges right in the middle of my uterus. My progesterone check came back at an awesome 63 today. I think things are going as well as they could be. Hopefully our little embryos are snuggling in tight.
I find I'm not obsessing over this cycle. I must have enough other things going on it keeps my mind occupied. Or maybe I'm just getting more relaxed about the whole process since I'm on my fourth transfer. I find myself with the urge to go for a run or do some aerobics. I just want to get up and move. Instead I'm following the advice of my acupuncturist and Dr. Y and I'm taking it easy. Mostly. I have run a few very quick errands and right after I make myself lay down for a bit. Previously I was content in taking it easy and this time I just want to be really active. Maybe that's a good thing.
I read back through my February transfer. I had the sensation of periodic "orgasms" even when I clearly wasn't doing anything. I haven't had that exact feeling this time, but ever since the day after transfer, anytime I'm laying down, it feels like there's a strong pulsing down there - increased blood flow? Who knows. We'll find out in five days.
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Sunday, October 5, 2014
Wednesday, October 1, 2014
IVF #11 ~ Best Transfer Yet
Transfer went as well as I could have hoped. Dr. Y is getting good at fitting the catheter through my cervix. I tried a new acupuncturist. They're located in the same building as my clinic so I was able to do pre and post transfer sessions. They were amazing. I was seriously stressed from a horrible travel day yesterday thanks to United and I left my first acupuncture appointment completely relaxed with a smile on my face. I was feeling so good I wasn't even bothered by the two idiots that brought their children to the clinic.
We transferred two embryos. 4AA and 4BB. My lining even plumped up to 10 from 8.2 on Friday. Immediately after my transfer I relaxed in recovery listening to my circle and bloom meditation and then switched to classic music when that was done. After we left the clinic we headed back to the acupuncturist where I had another great session. This time the acupuncturist invited my husband into the room and let him lay down on a bed next to me. We both had a very peaceful mini-nap. I spent the rest of the day relaxing at our hotel. Tomorrow we plan on relaxing on the beach and soaking up the awesome weather here. It's going to be so hard to leave on Friday!
Nine days from now we'll find out if our little ones snuggled in. I hope they choose to stay, I love them. A lot.
We transferred two embryos. 4AA and 4BB. My lining even plumped up to 10 from 8.2 on Friday. Immediately after my transfer I relaxed in recovery listening to my circle and bloom meditation and then switched to classic music when that was done. After we left the clinic we headed back to the acupuncturist where I had another great session. This time the acupuncturist invited my husband into the room and let him lay down on a bed next to me. We both had a very peaceful mini-nap. I spent the rest of the day relaxing at our hotel. Tomorrow we plan on relaxing on the beach and soaking up the awesome weather here. It's going to be so hard to leave on Friday!
Nine days from now we'll find out if our little ones snuggled in. I hope they choose to stay, I love them. A lot.
Monday, September 29, 2014
Evil Progesterone
There are few things I truly hate in life. PIO is one of them.
Hubby went to give me my injection tonight and midway shoving it in my butt the darn needle decided to fall off creating a PIO explosion. So of course we had to do it all over again.
This sucks.
Good news is my progesterone level was 46.16 today.
I'm actually happy and excited for our transfer Wednesday. Almost five years into this circus and I know by now - either this will work or it won't. But I've never regretted putting my whole heart into my embryos.
Hang tight little ones, I'll be bringing home two more of you soon. Maybe we'll even visit the beach before flying home.
Hubby went to give me my injection tonight and midway shoving it in my butt the darn needle decided to fall off creating a PIO explosion. So of course we had to do it all over again.
This sucks.
Good news is my progesterone level was 46.16 today.
I'm actually happy and excited for our transfer Wednesday. Almost five years into this circus and I know by now - either this will work or it won't. But I've never regretted putting my whole heart into my embryos.
Hang tight little ones, I'll be bringing home two more of you soon. Maybe we'll even visit the beach before flying home.
Saturday, September 27, 2014
IVF# 11 Moving Faster Than Expected
Of course. Of course my body just does whatever the heck it wants to.
So my Lh randomly surged and was 41. My E2 was 550 and P4 was 1.08. Basically my body decided today was ovulation day. So instead of an anticipated transfer next Friday it's going to be Wednesday.
I'm starting progesterone tonight. PIO and oral progesterone. I wish my body utilized the suppositories better. It took many months for my poor little butt to recover last time from the PIO. I do another P4 check on Monday. We'll fly out Tuesday and home on Friday.
Of course I have a lot of other things going on. Like a sick pet and having to re-home another recent pet that is just not happy here. I've cried non-stop for the past three days. Darn estrace is making me hormonal.
Time to focus on me and not the chaos around me. I'm going to squeeze in some extra acupuncture before we leave and possibly another massage since I'm so tense from all the stress.
Yikes!
So my Lh randomly surged and was 41. My E2 was 550 and P4 was 1.08. Basically my body decided today was ovulation day. So instead of an anticipated transfer next Friday it's going to be Wednesday.
I'm starting progesterone tonight. PIO and oral progesterone. I wish my body utilized the suppositories better. It took many months for my poor little butt to recover last time from the PIO. I do another P4 check on Monday. We'll fly out Tuesday and home on Friday.
Of course I have a lot of other things going on. Like a sick pet and having to re-home another recent pet that is just not happy here. I've cried non-stop for the past three days. Darn estrace is making me hormonal.
Time to focus on me and not the chaos around me. I'm going to squeeze in some extra acupuncture before we leave and possibly another massage since I'm so tense from all the stress.
Yikes!
Thursday, September 18, 2014
IVF #11
IVF#11 Natural FET. Well, mostly. I'll be on some estrace and of course progesterone after trigger.
My cycle has started out awesome so far!
Baseline yesterday. My rock star ovaries had their finest showing ever with an antral follicle count of 20!!! My E2 was 53 and FSH 12.1. This actually would have been an awesome cycle for mini IVF, oh well! My progesterone also had its finest showing ever at 0.23!! Praying and hoping like crazy my progesterone stays low. My doctor wants me on some estrace starting tonight. Next monitoring is CD 11 next Friday. I'm feeling good about this cycle. : D
My cycle has started out awesome so far!
Baseline yesterday. My rock star ovaries had their finest showing ever with an antral follicle count of 20!!! My E2 was 53 and FSH 12.1. This actually would have been an awesome cycle for mini IVF, oh well! My progesterone also had its finest showing ever at 0.23!! Praying and hoping like crazy my progesterone stays low. My doctor wants me on some estrace starting tonight. Next monitoring is CD 11 next Friday. I'm feeling good about this cycle. : D
Monday, September 8, 2014
Final Embryo Report and Next Step
Well, we didn't end up with nearly as many blasts as I had hoped.
We have one perfect day 5 blast.
And one perfect day 6 blast.
By day 5 one blast was frozen and one embryo had stopped growing sometime between day 2 and day 5. The other three were at the cavitating stage (day 4.5). By day 6 one more blast was frozen and the other two cavitating ones arrested. This has been my lowest blast formation rate. I'm kicking myself for not staying with a lower dose of meds. But it's done and over with now.
Next step is to wait for my next period to start.
I need my lining to grow nice and plump and the biggest issue is for my progesterone to be less than 1 at the time of trigger. I'll be scheduling acupuncture and massages over the next few weeks.
Praying and hoping we get good news by the middle of October!
We have one perfect day 5 blast.
And one perfect day 6 blast.
By day 5 one blast was frozen and one embryo had stopped growing sometime between day 2 and day 5. The other three were at the cavitating stage (day 4.5). By day 6 one more blast was frozen and the other two cavitating ones arrested. This has been my lowest blast formation rate. I'm kicking myself for not staying with a lower dose of meds. But it's done and over with now.
Next step is to wait for my next period to start.
I need my lining to grow nice and plump and the biggest issue is for my progesterone to be less than 1 at the time of trigger. I'll be scheduling acupuncture and massages over the next few weeks.
Praying and hoping we get good news by the middle of October!
Tuesday, September 2, 2014
IVF #10 Retrieval and Fertilization Report
Retrieval was yesterday. It started out so well...
I was the first retrieval of the day so the clinic wasn't busy at all when I arrived. When I was laying on the table getting prepped I looked over at the computer monitor. They post how many follicles you have on each side. This is also the first time I noticed they list what number retrieval this is for a patient. I was on my sixth retrieval. Somewhat depressing.
My clinic doesn't use any anesthesia for retrievals. I know some ladies cycling there will self medicate prior, but I've never taken anything for it. It hurts, but it's over fairly quickly. The initial poke was probably the easiest one I've had at the clinic. But then the doctor kept pulling the needle all the way out after every couple of follicles. And it became progressively more painful. I ended up getting stabbed in the vagina four times. FOUR. TIMES. (I usually get poked once by each ovary. Then it's just a little poke going into each follicle). The last follicle he went after was pretty small, about 10mm. Follicles that small don't contain mature eggs and if they do get an egg, they usually don't mature in the lab, either. But for whatever reason he decided to go for it and before I could say no he was stabbing the follicle. Only follicles that small are hard to penetrate. The first poke didn't go through. So he pulled back and tried harder, this time stabbing it hard enough the needle blew through the other side of the follicle. But he did get the egg. Oh well. I really expect this to be my last retrieval. I'm thankful I'm done.
When it was all over with I ended up with seven eggs! Today the report from the lab was one egg was degenerated (basically over-cooked) and one egg was immature (hmmm, bet it was that really small follicle...). The other five were all mature and fertilized!
Grow little embies, grow!
I was the first retrieval of the day so the clinic wasn't busy at all when I arrived. When I was laying on the table getting prepped I looked over at the computer monitor. They post how many follicles you have on each side. This is also the first time I noticed they list what number retrieval this is for a patient. I was on my sixth retrieval. Somewhat depressing.
My clinic doesn't use any anesthesia for retrievals. I know some ladies cycling there will self medicate prior, but I've never taken anything for it. It hurts, but it's over fairly quickly. The initial poke was probably the easiest one I've had at the clinic. But then the doctor kept pulling the needle all the way out after every couple of follicles. And it became progressively more painful. I ended up getting stabbed in the vagina four times. FOUR. TIMES. (I usually get poked once by each ovary. Then it's just a little poke going into each follicle). The last follicle he went after was pretty small, about 10mm. Follicles that small don't contain mature eggs and if they do get an egg, they usually don't mature in the lab, either. But for whatever reason he decided to go for it and before I could say no he was stabbing the follicle. Only follicles that small are hard to penetrate. The first poke didn't go through. So he pulled back and tried harder, this time stabbing it hard enough the needle blew through the other side of the follicle. But he did get the egg. Oh well. I really expect this to be my last retrieval. I'm thankful I'm done.
When it was all over with I ended up with seven eggs! Today the report from the lab was one egg was degenerated (basically over-cooked) and one egg was immature (hmmm, bet it was that really small follicle...). The other five were all mature and fertilized!
Grow little embies, grow!
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