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Wow good luck tomorrow! You are almost in the 2ww
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I guess theoretically I''m already in the 2ww (since "ovulation" and fertilization was the day of the retrieval). Just set up my acupuncture appointment for 10am, so I have time to finish and get to the clinic for 11:15am. How exciting!

DH keeps looking freaked out and telling me we''re going to have twins. One or two, I''ll be happy as long as God gives me one baby to take home! He seems a little anxious, I''m reasonably optimistic. We''ve made it this far through a really weird cycle, and through my exams. Hopefully God''s trying to tell us it''s finally our time.

Update tomorrow - for now I have to finish the laundry and get myself off to work. I hope the OB floor will be nice and quiet tonight. Or that my staff would like to take care of that while I deal with the main OR. A girl can hope...
 
drk, so excited for you. In fact, I''ve been so nervous, I haven''t be able to say much! I hope all goes really well!

my friend got her eggs harvested this morning. She''s a few days behind you in the process. Her implantation will be this Friday or Saturday.

So I''m on edge of my seat for two wonderful ladies!!! I''ve come up with my own IVF "dance." It''s really unco, so I''ll spare you the video footage!
 
Cmon blasties! I am so confident I can''t even tell ya! After the transfer u will get a polaroid of the embies that where put in....I kept looking and praying at my kiddos 1st pic during that 2ww! Who else will have a picture of themselves as cells :) ....
2ww is hard but try not to think about it too much and keep busy (im sure that''s not a prob with ur work!)...I took the hpt the morning of my beta..try not to take it too early if u decide to take it at all....but im sending my success vibes ur way....
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Good luck Dr. K!!
 
Oh drk, how exciting and nerve wracking at the same time! I hope you have some awesome blastocysts to choose from tomorrow, and that the transfer is quick and comfortable!
 
DrK, I am following your story with fascination. I pray for the very best outcome for you on this journey. I am so glad that everything is going well so far. I don''t know anything about IVF, but the way you tell it, from a doctor''s scientific point of view and a mother''s desire, is tremendous.

Wishing you the very, very best!
 
Kate-Good luck today!!
 
I''m off to acupuncture shortly. Thanks everyone for the continued encouragement. You''ve really helped me stay more sane, strangely enough.

TGal - just wanted to wish your friend luck too! I hope she''s feeling a lot better today after the retrieval. It took me about 20 hours to start feeling pretty good again. Thanks for the dance for us! :)

I''m sure I won''t be able to restrain myself from updating when I get back (before I go to sleep, since I had all of 2.5 hours of sleep last night on call). I just hope it''s great news!

Somethingshiny - It''s always so encouraging to hear of people who''ve overcome infertility or recurrent loss. You''re a beacon of hope!

Chinacat - I''m promising to start the visualizations now!

Kate
 
We ended up with 6 blasts today! Transferred 2, froze 4. They''re watching the other embryos to see if they make it by tomorrow, when they might freeze them too (I doubt that will happen though). We''re pretty ecstatic though. We seem to have proven that we''ve got half-decent eggs and sperm, and the doc is convinced that most of the problem is a hormonal thing with me.
They checked for OHSS (ovarian hyperstimulation), but so far I''m safe. The doc''s going to have me do a couple booster HCG shots 7 and 10 days from now. Unfortunately, he told us that we''d have to choose between getting the ideal luteal support with the HCG or flying overseas to see FIL (who recently had bypass surgery). So we''ve made the tough decision to do the HCG.
Beta is unfortunately not till July 2nd. Which I think is 20dpo. Crazy! I don''t know that I''ll have the willpower. Nor do I know if I can wait that long - I have a feeling I''ll be peeing on a lot of sticks, or I''ll be begging my previous RE to let me test earlier with her.
Just please God let the spotting stay away, and let one or both of these guys implant!

Thanks again everyone!

TGal - how was your friend''s fert report? (if she told you)

Kate
 
Kate, that is great news!!! You have to pee anyway so I see no reason not to POAS!! Just make sure you give yourself a date, and make a promise to yourself not to worry if there is no positive prior to that date.
 
Yay drk! That is so exciting. I''ve been reading up alot on IVF the past few days, so I''m even more excited as I read your report. Hopefully you are getting lots of rest today!

I didn''t want to threadjack with my friend''s results so far, since this is your thread. But if you don''t mind me telling you (and since you asked), they were able to harvest 18 eggs. That''s the latest update, so hopefully I will hear today how many were mature and fertilized. Her implantation is either going to be Friday or Saturday, so at this point it seems like they are looking at a day 3 transfer vs a day 5 blastocyst transfer? Like I said, I am waiting to hear...

Fortunately, I have two hands...one set of crossed fingers for you, one for her. I think I''d cry when she gets pregnant. 2 years ago, I got pregnant after a party at her house. I was only off the pill two weeks and didn''t expect it. A few days later, we sat out on her balcony drinking wine and I told her about my silly ovulation story (which is kind of crass) and how I asked TGuy if he wanted to make a baby (we were both "happy" from wine). I asked her, wouldn''t it be funny if I were pregnant, it would be SO my luck. Obviously I did not think I was pregnant and continued on a business trip where I socialized with alcohol.

Imagine my position a few weeks later when I told her I was pregnant. She was so gracious and celebratory and all I could do was blubber and cry like an idiot and tell her I was so sorry.
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wooooooooohooo drk....i knew it!! im so happy about those results and im very confident as well that they will stick,,,yes i said "they" lol. that is a really great result and the fact that u transferred blasts is amazing!!! couldnt have asked for a better result from this cycle! plz keep us posted on ur 2ww....i wouldnt poas honestly until the last minute...it was tough but i held my ground bc i didnt want to be upset if it was to early to tell...but u decide and keep us informed here
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Tgal- wow wonderful number of embies for ur friend as well! im channeling her also...
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sending sticky vibes and keeping you in my prayers!
 
Woohoo DrKate
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Super glue sticky dust going out to you.
Now kick up your feet and rest!
 
Great news DrK! I wonder, if you don't mind sharing, will the "hormonal issues" that they think have been affecting getting and staying pg still be an issue with IVF or is that just a big unknown?
 
Oh, I reread your post to see that you are going to be getting shots with HCG - that might compromise the accuracy of any home preggo test, no? In which case I see why they are testing you so late after the drugs they are to give you have cleared your system. I would *probably* pass on any POAS tests, unless you are a nerd with lots of sticks and detached enough to just want to evaluate your HCG levels knowing they may be artificial and difficult to interpret. If you monitored daily after your last injection and saw a minimum followed by rising concentration, all this inferred from the color of home pregnancy tests that are supposed to be read in a binary fashion (+ or -) rather than quantitative fashion, that might tell you something. But many people would not have the emotional tolerance for this experiment
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Anywho, GOOD LUCK!! Sticky sticky thoughts for you...
 
Yay drk!!!!!!!!
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I am so happy for you and will keep you in my thoughts on the upcoming days!!!. Sending you positive vibes and hoping you join us soon on te pregnant thread!!!!
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Date: 6/17/2009 2:53:47 PM
Author: cara
Oh, I reread your post to see that you are going to be getting shots with HCG - that might compromise the accuracy of any home preggo test, no? In which case I see why they are testing you so late after the drugs they are to give you have cleared your system. I would *probably* pass on any POAS tests, unless you are a nerd with lots of sticks and detached enough to just want to evaluate your HCG levels knowing they may be artificial and difficult to interpret. If you monitored daily after your last injection and saw a minimum followed by rising concentration, all this inferred from the color of home pregnancy tests that are supposed to be read in a binary fashion (+ or -) rather than quantitative fashion, that might tell you something. But many people would not have the emotional tolerance for this experiment
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Anywho, GOOD LUCK!! Sticky sticky thoughts for you...
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Putting it mildly! LOL! Cara I love the Humour in your posts sometimes... nerdy cool.
 
YAY for six blastocysts!!
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Dr. Kate that is just fabulous news!! Good luck making it through that damned wait (I, too, am in it again) so I''ll be sending lots of good thoughts your way!!
 
DRK!!!!!!!!!! YAY!!!!!! I''m so happy to hear that things went so well for you and I hope the two week wait goes quickly!
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July 2nd is also the day of my first ultrasound so, I feel like I am also in a 2ww...that day can not come fast enough!!!
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Lulu - sending you good thoughts as well during your wait!!!!
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Congrats and good luck drk!
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It seems weird to be just sitting around and waiting for July 2nd now. No frantic worrying about what the next bloodwork or ultrasound will show during stims. No anxiety about how many embryos will make it through the night (the remaining four morulas they were watching overnight arrested, so I ended up with just the 4 to freeze - still, no complaints here!). Now I''m just under orders to avoid heavy lifting, strenuous exercise or housework (including vacuuming, of all things), sex, the big O, swimming, hot tubs etc. It was a weird list they handed me.

Tgal - so how are your friend''s embryos coming along? 18 eggs is fantastic! I hope most of them fertilized and that they''re happily dividing as we speak. Have they decided yet if she''s going to have her transfer Friday or Sunday? Or maybe they''ll make her wait till day3 tomorrow to make the decision based on how many are still going strong. It sounds like the two of you are really great friends, and both very considerate of each other. How long have she and her DH been trying for? I hope she meets with success this time around!

Nycbkgirl - I''ve got tomorrow off, and then I''m on call this weekend, have Monday off to sleep, and then work Tues-Thurs before I have vacation till I start my new job July 20th. Sadly, it doesn''t look like we''ll be going anywhere, but if DH is busy with work and doesn''t take time off, I may go visit my Mum while we wait to see how things pan out. It''d be nice to be babied again for a few days :) At least now she''s finally gotten herself internet at home, so I won''t feel totally cut off from the real world while I''m there. Keep on channeling those divide divide and implant implant vibes over here. They obviously worked well for you!
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Cara - you''re definitely right on needing to wait because of the HCG boosters. I''m sure if I''m pregnant, my betas will be high enough by 20dpo to be obviously not just from the booster. I haven''t decided if I''ll pee on sticks just for the heck of it to watch the lines changing colour or not. With the colour varying depending on your blood HCG level and the concentration of your urine, I think it might just drive me too nuts to keep analyzing those daily. We''ll see how much willpower I have.

Dreamer - I think the hormonal issues may be partly overcome by IVF (ie driving me to produce many eggs), but I''m not sure how it will play out in the luteal phase, which is when I''ve had lots of problems too. My hormone levels tend to be low and drop off quickly at the end. My 8.5 week pregnancy might only have occurred because I accidentally took the HCG boosters till slightly later in the LP than I was supposed to. Who knows... I sure hope the issues are resolved!

Skippy and Mandarine and Hlmr and am04 (and everyone else) - thanks for the continued cheerleading!

Blushing - good luck with your first ultrasound. I hope we both get great news that day!

Lili - hope your 2ww ends well too!
 
DRK- 2ww was the worst part of all for me as well! everything else paled in comparison so its nice to have this forum to talk,...
go shopping! that helped me out lol.
 
drk, I can imagine after everything you''ve put into this, it must be so strange to just have to WAIT. At least when you are doing something, you''re DOING something. Sitting around waiting is no fun. Maybe we should play games on this thread for the next couple of weeks?
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As for my friend, out of the 18 eggs, 10 were fertilized. It looks like she is going in for the day 3 transfer. I''ll assume her doc knows what s/he is doing. Her sister just got pregnant with IVF using the same doctor and is having twins.

I going to be sitting on the edge of my seat for the next two weeks, so I can''t imagine how you''re feeling! I''ll just keep doing my weird dance, I suppose!!!
 
drk- Thinking of you!! Sending sticky vibes.
 
Lots of positive thoughts and prayers for you, Dr.Kate!!!

I''m so very very hopeful and expectantly awaiting your POSITIVE news!!
 
It''s so weird to just be sitting around waiting. Good thing I have some work to take my mind off it for the next few days.

TGal - hope your friend''s transfer went well yesterday and that she had a few left to freeze, or that there were so many going strong on day3 that they''re waiting to do a day5 transfer tomorrow. It''s a nerve-wracking process!

I haven''t done much but relax and read novels for the last few days, and watched a couple movies. DH and I killed ourselves laughing at this one movie we loved: Hot Fuzz. I can highly recommend it. Some Brit with a wicked sense of humour must have written it, and I''m sure I''ll be watching it again in the next few days to see if I can pick up on some of the more subtle nuances in it.

Now for the latest Maeve Binchy novel... Thanks for the continued words of encouragement.

Kate
 
Thinking of you drk!! Can''t wait to hear the good news soon!!
 
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