So I am preparing myself for a BFN from beta tomorrow. I tested at 8dp3dt on Friday with a dollar store test and it was a BFN. I tested yesterday at 9dp3dt with a dollar store test and it was a BFN. I tested again today at 10dp3dt with a FRER test and it was a BFN. Even if I do get a BFP tomorrow, it will probably be low and not result in anything, like last time. IF sucks. :(
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Sunday, June 9, 2013
Sunday, June 2, 2013
IVF#2
Sorry I haven't posted in awhile, but here's and update. We have done IVF#2 and I am now in the 2ww.
This time I was on Menopur 450units (the max dose), which means I should have responded very well, with lots of follicles. However, that was not the case. At my first monitoring u/s, I only had 5 follicles. At the second one, it was about the same and the RE said that there is something "seriously wrong" with my ovaries, because they aren't responding the the medication properly. I asked him why, and he said there are many causes. It could be something as simple as my mom getting a fever when she was pregnant with me and the toxins going to me. He said he didn't want to get into what could be causing it, but he wanted to focus on this cycle.
So when I went back for my 3rd monitoring u/s, there were a couple more smaller follicles but it looked like there would only be 4 good ones. Three of them were around 20mm but one was bigger at 26mm. So I did the HCG trigger shot that night, May 25th, with egg retrieval scheduled for May 27th.
On the egg retrieval day, they got 8 eggs, which sounded promising. The good thing was that they must have gave me more IV pain meds than last time, because I hardly felt anything that was going on. Which was a relief, because last time was agony.
On the morning of May 28th, the embryologist called me with the fertilization results. Of the 8 eggs retrieved, only 3 were mature. That must mean that we lost that big one that they saw at the last monitoring u/s. This was obviously disappointing. But the rest was even more disappointing. Of the 3 mature eggs, only 1 was for sure fertilized, 1 was for sure not, and 1 maybe was. They wouldn't know if that one was actually fertilized until they saw if it started to divide. So that meant I probably only had 1 embryo to transfer, therefore it would be a day 3 transfer on May 30th.
On embryo transfer day, we went in and found out that there was only 1 to transfer. However it was a good 6 cell, grade 2 embryo with less than 10% fragmentation. The transfer itself was very VERY uncomfortable. It really sucks when you have a full bladder and the nurse is pushing on your pelvic area with an u/s wand, while the RE is inserting a speculum and catheter. It's even worse when my cervix doesn't cooperate, so the RE needs to keep re-positioning the speculum, making the procedure last a lot longer than it is supposed to. I was super glad when that was over.
So now I am just hoping and praying for this one little embyro to stick and become a baby.
Beta pregnancy test is scheduled for June 10th.
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This time I was on Menopur 450units (the max dose), which means I should have responded very well, with lots of follicles. However, that was not the case. At my first monitoring u/s, I only had 5 follicles. At the second one, it was about the same and the RE said that there is something "seriously wrong" with my ovaries, because they aren't responding the the medication properly. I asked him why, and he said there are many causes. It could be something as simple as my mom getting a fever when she was pregnant with me and the toxins going to me. He said he didn't want to get into what could be causing it, but he wanted to focus on this cycle.
So when I went back for my 3rd monitoring u/s, there were a couple more smaller follicles but it looked like there would only be 4 good ones. Three of them were around 20mm but one was bigger at 26mm. So I did the HCG trigger shot that night, May 25th, with egg retrieval scheduled for May 27th.
On the egg retrieval day, they got 8 eggs, which sounded promising. The good thing was that they must have gave me more IV pain meds than last time, because I hardly felt anything that was going on. Which was a relief, because last time was agony.
On the morning of May 28th, the embryologist called me with the fertilization results. Of the 8 eggs retrieved, only 3 were mature. That must mean that we lost that big one that they saw at the last monitoring u/s. This was obviously disappointing. But the rest was even more disappointing. Of the 3 mature eggs, only 1 was for sure fertilized, 1 was for sure not, and 1 maybe was. They wouldn't know if that one was actually fertilized until they saw if it started to divide. So that meant I probably only had 1 embryo to transfer, therefore it would be a day 3 transfer on May 30th.
On embryo transfer day, we went in and found out that there was only 1 to transfer. However it was a good 6 cell, grade 2 embryo with less than 10% fragmentation. The transfer itself was very VERY uncomfortable. It really sucks when you have a full bladder and the nurse is pushing on your pelvic area with an u/s wand, while the RE is inserting a speculum and catheter. It's even worse when my cervix doesn't cooperate, so the RE needs to keep re-positioning the speculum, making the procedure last a lot longer than it is supposed to. I was super glad when that was over.
So now I am just hoping and praying for this one little embyro to stick and become a baby.
Beta pregnancy test is scheduled for June 10th.
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Friday, March 22, 2013
Medically Confirmed
I got the call this morning that beta #3 yesterday was 5, so it is a confirmed chemical pregnancy. I'm trying not to be sad, because I already knew, but still. I'm just going to try and work on my goals and not think about it.
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