Any other DISers trying to concieve? Reread OP for the QOTD!

[DisneyDreamer8]

Diana and Mousehouselover!!!

Michelle-sorry about not being able to freeze any leftovers I'm sure this is going to work for you....maybe twins...won't that be great!!!!! Hang in there

Nicole- YEAH FOR THE FAINT LINE

Well there is two faint lines...waiting for Michelle for the trifecta of BFP!!!!!!

 

[Stepharoonie!]

Ok guys...here is the deal. I stopped using the dollar store tests and went on the way home from work to get a box of the First Response Early Detector tests...

well - I of course took it right when I got home and there was a faint faint faint faint line...I showed my husband and he saw the line as well - it is faint faint faint - but there is a line and it appeared about 1 minute after dipping the stick in the pee.

So - perhaps this is a line. Tomorrow hopefully it is darker -- I am going to wait until the weekend to use one of the digital tests that leave no room for interpretation - pregnant or not pregnant...but for now - I am going to sleep good knowing there was a faint faint faint faint line!!!

OMG!! I would think it was my imagine if my DH did not see it as well!

Ok - finally a good night sleep and fingers crossed for a line (hopefully darker) tomorrow!

You guys are the best!

Talk to you soon!

Hugs,
Nicole

PS: Welcome Mousehouselover and Michelle -- Yay - maybe those are symptons!! I am pulling for you!! Sorry there was nothing left to freeze but you have 2 perfect embies in your belly and that is what counts!

 

[ImarriedGrumpy]

ooo...I'm so excited for you guys!! Steph and Nicole and Michelle, I am hoping all those faint lines turn to nice, dark, solid BFP's!!! Ya'll are giving me renewed hope and energy to hang in there until we get our baby, no matter what it takes!

Welcome, Diana and Mousehouselover! One of the things I love about this group is that it doesn't matter where you are in your TTC journey, everyone is welcome and if nothing else this is a great place to just vent when you're feeling frustrated or discouraged. I don't know what I'd do without the gals here!

 

[TiggerStac]

hey guys-

well major cramping all day, lower back pain and now burning up- but i think it is just hot in my office (it's 80 outside!). i have had some slight dizziness this afternoon in the last hour and a little nausea, but i have upset stomachs all the time. the cramping and back pain is similar to AF, but not quite. so i am hoping it is implantation pains or something. who knows. it is 7 days past O for me, since the Egg retrieval on 2/15 is my O date (drug enduced o with trigger shot). but it is only 2 days since the transfer of our 2 beautiful embryos. since i did a 5 day transfer, i heard that mine should implant like yesterday or today. i don't know that i will test this weekend. my beta isn't until next thursday. i might test next tuesday or wednesday. i don't want to get all down if i test too early and see a BFN when it really is just becasue it is too early. i have had a year of treatments drugs and BFNs. i don't want to see another! lol...

oh and none left to freeze. which sucks, but oh well. i can't change it and have to focus on the 2 blasts inside me. we had 6 other morulas (day 4/5 stage) and a few blasts, but they were not of good quality- so they don't freeze them. they waited until day 6 to check them and no go. so i am praying hard these two babies in here take. i keep rubbing my belly and praying! i am so hoping some of this cramping is good. i am on CD23. AF usually starts CD25-26. so this weekend. but since it was an IVF cycle with lots of meds, it would probably be totally off. plus i O'd late and the progesterone delays AF. i just have to wait it out and try and stay distracted!

Steph- i am joining your ****ay watch----mine have been sore since i did the trigger shot back on 2/13, and have gotten huge too. i am normally a small B- like 34B, but these babies have got to be a C now and the aerolas are huge too. the progesterone shots i am doing just make it even worse.
good luck and congrats on the light line! i am hoping for more great news from you soon

Nicole- good luck testing- i am not brave enough. and since i did a 5 day transfer, even though my embies were blasts, they haven't been in there long, but they could have already implanted yesterday! i hope so. it is a rough wait with IVF, knowing you have some in there and just hoping it sticks!

Imarriedgrumpy- lol at DH saying he can't keep up. just tell him you can do IVF like us, and then you don't have to bother BD'ing at all! lol.....DH didn't think that was too funny though

rebecca- snow? ouch! hope it warms up- it is 80 here in Dallas today and burning up in my office. that or i am having a hot flash!

Elaine- what a cute new kitty and love the name Lily!

I went thru IUI and IVF. I was told by RE that I could not (well I could, but it would be pointless) take OTC preg test, as it would be a false positive. I believe it was the trigger shot that contained HCG...so that's what made the positive. I had my last IVF back in 12/05, started w/IUI in 1/05..so it's been 2 years since they told me that...so I can't remember exactly what med. But I never home tested w/the IUI and that was the only common med.

It kinda worked out for me, though to wait for the beta...as I would have spent tons of $$ on OTC ones!!

 

[7beasley]

Hi Guys

Well - I tested again this morning with the First Response Early Detector HPT and I got another faint faint faint faint line. I would say the line this morning was equal to or fainter than last night's line. So - I will test again tonight and over the weekend and will keep praying that these lines darken up!

Thanks for all the good thoughts.

Tiggerstac - welcome to the group and thanks for the info on the trigger shot and how it screws up the HPT --- I did not have a trigger shot because I used donor egg so there are no meds in my system that could be interferring with the HPT. My beta is not until Wed 2/28 -- it is my understand that a strong line may show up on a HPT around Sun or Mon so I have to keep checking - I am ocd like that!

Have a good day guys!

I have accupuncture today at noon - it will be my fourth appt. I don't know if it helps but it certainly makes me feel better and more relaxed. I have to stop on the way home from work and pick up more FIrst Response Tests as all the other ones I have (2 boxes of 3 tests each) are all digital and I think, given how faint the line is, that it is too early for the digitals -- there sensitivity level I have heard is 50 while the First Response is anywhere from 12-20.

As far as I am concerned - these $20 boxes of HPT are money well spent for my own sanity - especially when you factor in that I am already into this adventure for over $22,000!!

Baby Dust to all.

Hugs,
Nicole

 

[TiggerStac]

Hi Guys


Tiggerstac - welcome to the group and thanks for the info on the trigger shot and how it screws up the HPT --- I did not have a trigger shot because I used donor egg so there are no meds in my system that could be interferring with the HPT. My beta is not until Wed 2/28 -- it is my understand that a strong line may show up on a HPT around Sun or Mon so I have to keep checking - I am ocd like that!

Hugs,
Nicole

I am actually a former member. I was on here for a short time, I didn't find this thread until after I went thru most of my infertility treatment. We were waiting to start IVF #3, after DH had surgery to try and correct our problem...had gone to my RE, after his 3 month post op SA and the numbers, were a tiny bit better, but going by the numbers, they still weren't good and we were going to try another round of IVF.

Well, low and behold...I got preg that week!! My thought is it was a couple of days after I saw my RE that I got preg!! I had the baby 4 weeks ago..

I still lurk around here, to see how everyone is doing...

 

[Stepharoonie!]

Boo-Bay Watch 2007 continues:

I broke down and went and bought a 3 pack of the First Response, took one last night and this morning...no lines. However, the line from that other test is still there (faint, but there).

I'm not getting my hopes up too high, but I'm also not going to beat myself down...yet. My period is SUPPOSED to start Tuesday...so I still have 4 more days to go. My boo-bays are very, very sore and I am so exhausted today for some reason.

I did temp chart for two days...lol, not sure how much it will help for following three days, but Wed. was 97.6, Thursday was 97.7 and today was 98.1...all taken at the same time (6:20 in the morning). So...I don't know if you're supposed to do that before your cycle or what, I don't know

BMG was awesome last night...it was kinda creepy when they would lock eyes with you!!

 

[helenabear]

Elaine - congrats on your new furbaby Lily - she is precious! As for getting down in the dumps about whether things will happen for you and Luis -- the best advice/words of encouragement I have ever gotten during this process was that someone once told me "we parent the children we were ultimately intended to parent and that our kids will find us..." Those words have given me strength!

You're a sweetie Nicole! In all honesty, I am not sad about it, just kind of "facing a reality" I am sure one day I will become a parent, but I think this time I just have to do it another way. That sounds very promising about the line showing!!! Especially since I never got more than a faint line with First Response.

Imarried you made me laugh with the story about your DH! I just am glad that my DH is that young wippernapper still. Though he will be hitting his 30s this year

Steph, my fingers are crossed for you! I admit I *hate* First Response. They gave me a scare when I didn't need to. When I was decidedly pregnant, I had pretty much no line on their tests. I will never use them again.

Diana, welcome to the thread!!!! Sounds like you might not need to hang around for very long... though I hope you stay no matter what

Ash, my fingers are crossed for you as well! My DH actually had his hopes up with one month when I had some sort of stomach issue. I hope this is more than that for you!

Michelle, I am really hoping that you are pregnant as well. For me constantly being hot and sore nipples were the biggeset for me!

Noni I think we've all gone through cylces like that. Have you talked to your GYN about issues too. They might be able to help as well because sometimes hormonal issues mimick thyroid and the like.

 

[mickeyboat]

Michelle - I am sorry there are no little blasts to freeze. But I am still sending good thoughts for you that those little ones are sticky sticky sticky.

Steph - I still think it might be too early for you to get lines. Keep your hopes up. It is still looking good as far as I am concerned.

Nicole - A line for you! I don't care that it's faint, it's there. I think there is some really good news coming soon for you. I would keep testing, too. I wouldn't be able not to!

mouselover - welcome! How long have you been seeing your RE? I am surprised he hasn't already run a thyroid test. Heck, when I went to Planned Parenthood because my cycles were all messed up, even they checked my thyroid and prolactin levels before they referred me to the RE. Have you been tested for PCOS?

Denae

 

[Stepharoonie!]

Nicole, I am so excited for you!!!


Personally, I do not care for First Response, but peeonastick.com said that it was one of the best...I may just go and buy a digital one this weekend.

My boo-bays hurt, I'm exhausted today, my face looks like I'm a teenager again, I feel a liiiiiiittle queasy today, and I have on and off cramping (not horrible, but a little noticeable).

I hate the pimples, but I'll tell you something....I don't care if I look like I need to go on Accutane, or if I'm throwing up every 10 minutes for 9 months due to morning sickness...I just want to be pregnant!

Nicole, when is your cycle supposed to start?

 

[7beasley]

Hi Steph!

I am breaking out horribly too and am crampy - but those are my only symptoms -- my boo-bays (that still cracks me up!) are only sore if I touch them/push on them - not just sore in general.

I hope the lines darken up soon.

I don't have a cycle and therefore can't say when it would start - with the POF - I really haven't had a period since going off the pill. But - today I am 7dp3dt - which is still pretty early for a postive test result - my beta is still a full 4 1/2 days away.

But I am treating the faint line with cautious optimism - it is definately there - there are no drugs in my system that could cause the line - it just needs to now darken up over the weekend. Today is one week from my transfer and the eggs were fertilized on the 13th - so I guess maybe today is 10 days past ovulation (fake ovulation that is).

Anyway -- I think things sound positive and hopeful for both of us and we should keep our spirits high! This just may be our month!! I really think Michelle is going to get a positive too because the 3 at the same time is just too perfect and seems like fate ( I really do beleive good things come in threes) -- and then we will all have so much fun because all 3 of our EDD would be right around the same time (beginning - mid November!!)

How fun!!

Let's stay positive and optimistic.

Go buy a test!!

My accupuncturist just called to see if I wanted to cancel because she has a cold - so I cancelled - don't want to take any chances with the peanuts!

-Nicole

 

[AllyandJack]

Nicole! A line is a line. My line was so faint, I had to call DH in to make sure I wasn't going nuts. The next one was actually lighter. But, the next one, at 10dp3dt, was nice and dark. So, don't worry about the faintness. Like me, you're very early, so it's normal for it to be really light. This is amazing. I am so excited for you.

Michelle, I had lots of cramping during the 2ww. I thought it was AF, but I guess not. I'm sorry you didn't have any left to freeze. After 4 fresh cycles, I only have about 6 frozen. It was disappointing, but only in the sense that it means more work to try again instead of a frozen transfer. It doesn't mean anything about the quality of the embryos they transferred already. The only way I held off the HPTs is because I didn't have any in the house and I live about 30 minutes away from the nearest place to buy any.

Elaine, I love the new kitty! It's so sad to lose one, but having a new furfriend around does help to ease the pain and lonliness.

Steph, I'd rely on the boo-bays since it's still really early for an HPT. The boo-bays don't lie. My first symptom was sharp, stabbing pains in them. It felt like someone was holding a lit match up to them in random spots. Ouch. They're usually the first to know about a pregnancy.

TiggerStac, congrats on the baby! I remember when you got pregnant a while back just before your IVF cycle. I can't believe it's been that long.

Welcome to mousehouselover and Diana!


I've started my real estate training. I'm licensed and all that crap (so, if anyone wants a house in Southern, NH, you know who to contact!), but I still need all that training on how to run the business and stuff. I'm working with ReMax, but I'm still self-employed. Scares the crap out of me, but it's so great. I was worried about taking time off and only putting DD in daycare 15 hours a week starting at 7 months. Coming from being a lawyer where that plan would get me the hairy eyeball, it was strange to have the managing broker tell me "Whatever you want to do." Um, OK. Apparently, I don't need to clear my schedule with him, I just do whatever I want. This is coming in handy being so sick. I go in about an hour a day a few days a week and the rest of the time I can be home resting.

I had a little trip to L&D this weekend. Long story short, I wasn't having contractions and my fFN test was negative. But, one of my anti-emesis medications was wreaking havoc with my colitis and causing intestinal spasms, which I can no longer distinguish from my uterus. Since I have spastic colitis, I suspect I'll be making those calls quite a bit over the next 16 weeks! Whatever. My doctor understands and says to call whenever and I'll take whatever I have to take because it's all worth it.

 

[Jen_in_NH]

I'm so excited about all of the potential BFPs here!!!!

Carla - I'm glad everything turned out all right. Are you going to the Elliot or CMC, or someplace else (what's actually close to you?) I don't live very far from where you are, but it seems like a whole other world

Take care everybody! Keep up the boo-bay watch - it's hysterical to read!

Jen

 

[Tiggerlover91]

I like following you ladies now that I'm one of them. It's still early for me, so I'm just going to keep quiet and lurk for awhile. Blessings to all of you having problems and I hope to see that Baby GaGa ticker in your signatures soon!

What's BFP?

 

[Stepharoonie!]

BFP is big fat positive

 

[kimntrent]

I am somewhere in my 2ww still. My bbs stopped hurting about 3 days ago. Just flat out stopped. And at that point I think I figured on about a week left. I get my AF on cd 30 most of the time. On the 10th of feb I would have been cd 14 (checked at the DR) so that means today would be CD 27. I hope, but I am not getting my hopes to high up. After 4 years of let down you tend to do that.

Kim

 

[Stepharoonie!]

I'm not feeling very well. My boo-bays still have the throbbing pains thumbsup2 ), and I keep feeling a little bit of a throbbing pain on my lower left side, but I feel hot and my stomach is queasy. I'm waiting to eat lunch until I can meet up with my hubby at 2:30, so I had some mixed nuts and I am WISHING I didn't...blargh. That, and I feel dizzy Not sure if these are all good signs...if they are, I won't complain ANYMORE!!

 

[mickeyboat]

Kim

 

[Stepharoonie!]

I am somewhere in my 2ww still. My bbs stopped hurting about 3 days ago. Just flat out stopped. And at that point I think I figured on about a week left. I get my AF on cd 30 most of the time. On the 10th of feb I would have been cd 14 (checked at the DR) so that means today would be CD 27. I hope, but I am not getting my hopes to high up. After 4 years of let down you tend to do that.

Kim

 

[exwdwcm]

I went thru IUI and IVF. I was told by RE that I could not (well I could, but it would be pointless) take OTC preg test, as it would be a false positive. I believe it was the trigger shot that contained HCG...so that's what made the positive. I had my last IVF back in 12/05, started w/IUI in 1/05..so it's been 2 years since they told me that...so I can't remember exactly what med. But I never home tested w/the IUI and that was the only common med.

It kinda worked out for me, though to wait for the beta...as I would have spent tons of $$ on OTC ones!!

yes, the HCG stays in your system for at least 10 days and it can give a false positive. which is why i am not going to test until just before my beta. many folks will test early and keep testing every day to see the negative, so they know the HCG is out of their system (hence the negative). I had my HCG shot on 2/13, so it should be out of my system by this weekend, but isn't a guarantee.

NICOLE- how awesome! i am cheering for you!

still twinges, cramping and my belly is HUGE! i mean like having to wear a rubber band on my jeans to make room for it. it is so bloated, yet hard, not soft like normal. i am hoping this is a good sign.