I must say, the RE's office is on the ball this week (or last week rather). I received the "Cryo Packet" in the mail, and it has everything that one needs to move on to FET. There is a cost sheet, instruction sheet, consent form and even all the necessary prescriptions (for estrogen patches, PIO & syringes & doxycycline). Wow, I am quite impressed. We are good to go, well, actually, now I'm waiting to hear that the b/w from today (at a local lab) reveals a 0 Beta HCG level.
Oh, does anyone have suggestions for questions to ask my RE when I go in on Friday for my Post IVF appointment? Other than, "what went wrong?" Things like, "should I take low dose aspirin this time for FET?" What about if they will transfer day 3 or do they let them go to day 5 blast? Or does it make a difference? There's only 4. I'm guessing they will thaw all 4 (pray that all make it) and transfer all of them. So, it may be that day 3 or day 5 won't matter. I don't know, I'm just starting on this new obsession and trying to get hope back. One thing's for sure, I'm not telling a soul. No one (IRL) except DH will know about this. They will just know that it's something we are going to do, just not right now. The superstitious part of me feels that everyone was too hopeful and acted like it was "in the bag" so to speak. I wasn't the one telling everyone either. Thanks Mom and MIL and DH and SIL. I know they are (were) all excited, but geeezz.
*Updated to add: Beta HCG is now "in the negative range" according to the nurse. I guess that's a 0. So, no more b/w, for this cycle is done.
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Oops! I'm Infertile!
About Me
- Azalea Baby
- I am 36 years old and have been married for 6 years. My hubby and I have been trying to have a baby for 5 years. I have been living my life in 2 week increments with dissapointment after dissapointment. We have finally decided it's time to move on to IVF. This is going to be my diary and other ramblings that hopefully will have a happy ending.
My Timeline
- 04/23/08 - Beta - negative
- 04/16/08 - Half Time Labs - E2 & P4
- 04/11/08 - Thaw & Transfer Day - 4 day 3 embryos
- 04/07/08 - Day 13 (14) B/W & U/S
- 03/25/08 - AF arrived - Day 1 of FET
- 03/01/08 - Moving on to FET #1 - expect AF sometime around 03/23/08 & start Vivelle Dots
- 02/26/08 - AF showed up
- 02/20/08 - 3rd Beta - 137 - Game Over
- 02/18/08 - 2nd Beta - 422 :(
- 02/15/08 - 1st Beta - 309 !!!
- 02/04/08 - Embryo Transfer @ 8 am - transferred the best 3 8 celled grade 2 embryos and froze the remaining 4 8 celled embryos 3 grade 2 and 1 grade 3
- 02/03/08 - Fertilization Report from RE - all 7 fertilized and are where they should be - all are 4 celled w/ 4 grade 2 and 3 grade 3
- 02/01/08 - Egg Retrieval @ 8am - 7 eggs retrieved & will be fertilized w/ DH's frozen sperm via ICSI
- 01/30/08 - last Lupron Injection & HCG Trigger tonight @ 9pm
- 01/29/08 - last Bravelle/Menopur Injection
- 01/17/08 - IVF #1 Start Appt & start Bravelle/Menopur Injections
- 01/12/08 - take last BCP & start Lupron Injections
- 01/11/08 - Semen Analysis - some morphology issues
- 09/27/07 - 2nd LAP - Bilateral Tubal Ligation (cut/removed)
- 09/07/07 - 2nd HSG - Both tubes closed again and filled w/ fluid
- 03/17/05 - 1st LAP - Bilateral Hydrosalpinges opened and drained
- 02/02/05 - Endometrial Biopsy - normal
- 01/24/04 - 1st HSG - hydro suspected but both tubes patent
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7 comments:
I did the same thing with this latest round, I kept it very hush hush. I felt like everybody knew about our last round and even had a friend at a happy hour (during the 2WW) announce "she might be preggo" - annoying! With this latest round only blog-buddies and DH know, not even my mom (she is a big blabber mouth.)
I have no earth shattering questions to ask the RE during the post appt, sounds like you have some good ones already. We had different circumstances with our post appt from IVF #1 and DH was like a 2 year old with the why this? why that?
When I had my FET there were 4 they thawed all four they had too since they are frozen together and 3 made it through thawing & 3 were transferred and 1 hung on and now we have our baby girl!
One thing I did before my FET was for about 2-3 weeks I went to acupuncture, if you have not looked into you should I feel in my heart it did help that little embryo attach I also went for several weeks after FET and finding out I was finally pregnant. Best of luck & I will be checking on you!
Oh I forgot, the pic of the embryos that day had clearly divided again from the first fresh cycle transfer. I have read the closer to blast the better. I think those were either day 4 or 5 since they are thawed the day before transfer or at least that is how it was with my RE clinic!
WOW - maybe we will be FET at the same time?? I'm taking one cycle off, this cycle, and then start the FET, so looks like April for us. As for questions, i would ask about the baby arpin, i plan on asking my RE about it as well, anything to help my lining. Well good luck.
I made a crazy huge list of questions to ask my doctor at my appt. yesterday from everything ranging from do my FSH and AMH look good to if it was good I could miscarry on my own to if there was anything I could do to help egg quality to genetic testing beyond what we are doing on our embryos.
He listened to me cry through half of them but he answered them and I feel better.
And I've now done the tell no one and tell everyone routes. I have to say the "public miscarriage" was the worst.
Thinking of you!
I wish I could help, I canceled my follow up appt.
Good luck with your FET!!
I'm wishing you the best with your FET!
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