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

[exwdwcm]

Congrats, Jen! That is wonderful news. Also, congratulations on proving Carla and Nicole's mothers right.

Michelle, I am sorry If it turns out you aren't pregnant, do you get to start round 2 right away, or do you have to wait a few cycles?

i believe i can start round 2 right away and we will. my last appt before vacation she said if i start, just stop the prog and call and we can start the next round or talk and figure out other options if we want. i think we will just do round 2 the same. i can't afford the injectables right now. aren't those like $1000 OOP, not counting the IUI procedure? That's what a friend told me- like $100 a shot or something and you have to take a ton of them.

i had 7 follicles and 4 viable eggs, so the clomid is obviously working. DH's morphology was slightly off (2 SAs), so perhaps that is it, although they said we should still be able to get pregnant anyways, it wasn't off that much.

if this one doesn't work, i am going to consider doing the lap. that was on of the options he gave us to being with- do a hamster test, IUI, injectables, IVF, lap etc. We chose the IUI. U/S show nothing wrong, die test was perfect. my follies were good and lining good. But he said perhaps I have endo due to my irregularity and painful periods/PMS. I guess they can only know for sure if you have it by doing the lap? Who has experience with that? How would endo stop you from getting pregnant? would the egg just not implant well due to the scar tissue? I wasn't sure of the mechanics.

I do have to remember the doc did say that he wasn't sure this cycle would take since i was on oral progesterone for 6 weeks (through my gyn, before i saw him) right before we started this cycle. he said that could decrease the chances/effectiveness (not sure why). but they offered to let me skip that cycle and go natural even due to decreased odds, but i still went for it anyways, so i can't be too disappointed. sorry for rambling!

 

[AllyandJack]

Jen! Congrats!!! What happens with work now? Do you get some sort of light duty or something??

Michelle, endo can pull and tug on the ovaries and the tubes. Even if they're clear, they may not "line up" properly. So, when the egg is released, it never makes it into the tube. If it's in the uterus, it can cause a webbing that would prevent implantation. There is also some theory that if it's bad enough, it can cause hormonal problems that can prevent pregnancy. But, I think the jury is still out on that - especially if your hormones are being controlled by Clomid/injections/progesterone. You can ask for a SHG, which is more reliable than the HSG to detect problems in the uterus. The HSG can see the general shape, but the SHG will see any small polyps or other abnormalities or lining issues.


Watch the news. I'm going back to the lab today for the rest of my blood test. If they don't have it, I'll be the one being dragged out in cuffs.

 

[Jen_in_NH]

Hi everybody!

Michelle - good luck with round 2. When does your doctor plan on you starting the next round?

Carla - Good luck with the lab - I'll be watching the news tonight.

Nicole - Have you written your letter? Is everything still going well with the egg donor?

everybody else!!!

If I calculated right, EDD is May 9th. My doctor's office wants to see me sometime in September (6-8 weeks). I'm just paranoid right now that something is going to go wrong. I've spent way too much time on line reading everything about miscarriages, risks, etc. I'd be way better off not reading anything...

There's no light duty for work. I haven't told anyone here, because our boss is retiring soon, and I'm next in line for the promotion to Captain. I have this nagging doubt that if I tell them now that I'm pregnant, I won't get it. Since I ought to know by the end of next week about the job, I think I can hold off that long.

So - that's my story in a nutshell

Have a great day!!!

Jen

 

[AllyandJack]

Jen, I'll be keeping my fingers crossed for the job! That sounds really exciting. Then you can accept and say, oh, BTW...... Try not to read up about miscarriages and such unless you have a reason. If you have no bleeding or cramping, just let it go. Once symptoms appear, all bets are off! Just go to reputable sites. There are so many sites out there that are around purely to scare the crap out of you.


I just had a Small World experience. My RE is in private practice. In her office, it's just her and her DH (business manager). She's part of a small group (4 doctors total) that's a Boston satellite office of a larger hospital in RI. Anyway, I took a tea break with some co-workers and one of them tells me her friend just had triplets from IVF. I said my RE won't authorize 3 embryos - even though I put up a fight. She said her friend went to NEMC. Me, too. Irony of ironies. I mean, it's a really little known fertility clinic in MA, which is saturated with major fertility institutions. Then she says her RE was Dr. X. OMG! That's MY RE! I couldn't believe it. I asked if her birth announcement was the 3 girls wrapped in pink blankets with the phrase "Help Us Welcome Our Triplets!" and she said that was them! I always stare at that picture on Wall 'O Babies while getting my blood drawn (a reminder of why I'm being tortured like this). She's going to ask her how she got the good doc to transfer 3. Maybe #4 is lucky for my RE.....the triplets came on IVF #4. At the very least, this provides me with something to get my mother to back off of her "switch doctors" mantra.

 

[exwdwcm]

Hi everybody!

Michelle - good luck with round 2. When does your doctor plan on you starting the next round?

Jen

as soon as i get AF. i stopped the prog, so i have to wait and see when AF arrives. she hasn't come yet, CD 32 now. if she doesn't come by thursday, i'll call them and i assume they will bring me in.

Jen- just take it day by day and take care of yourself. it's out of your hands now, just have faith you'll have a beautiful baby in May! i am so excited for you!

Carla- i'll be watching the news- hopefully i won't see you on it! good luck!

 

[AllyandJack]

My parents are taking me to the lab because DH is going to work until 7:30 and, if my parents didn't come fetch me, I'd be trapped at work. Not good. My mother works for the hospital, so, hopefully, if the crap hits the fan, she can work things out for me.

If any of you pray, could you keep a woman named Danna in your prayers. She has been in a few of my IVF buddy groups and was pregnant with twins after her 2nd or 3rd IVF/FET. She had a rough pregnancy. She was on bedrest from about 10 weeks. She's been in the hospital for the last 3 weeks fighting to keep those babies in there for a while longer. Last night, she delivered her baby girls at 27w3d. So far, they are holding their own, but they are both barely a foot long and barely 2lbs each. So, if you could pray for Danna and her two babies, I'd appreciate it. My heart is just breaking for her. We've "known" each other since November when we went through our first IVF together. I know my cousin's baby was under 2lb when we was born, so I know they have a chance.

 

[tiggersmom2]

Oh no Carla! I just said a prayer for Danna and her precious babies. Please keep us updated.

 

[exwdwcm]

prayers out to your friend Carla. i hope those babies pull through! we are all pulling for them.

 

[Minnesota!]

Carla - prayers for your friend! How scary! I know that the chances of survival are very good at that stage - just in for a long hospital stay. And HOW COOL on the small world experience you had! What a great way to get your belief in this back up, right??

Michelle - hoping this is your cycle!!!

Jen - hoping that new position is yours for the taking! May 9, huh? WOW I didn't realize that EDD's were already into May! Can't believe I have known for a month already!!

 

[lil mermaid]

Carla - will definitely send prayers out to Danna and her precious twins.

 

[LisaB]

Prayers out to your friend Carla and good luck with the blood work

 

[Jen_in_NH]

Carla - prayers for your friend. Hope the twins are doing well.

 

[AllyandJack]

Thank you all for the prayers. We haven't heard anything yet (her BIL popped into the group to let us all know what happened, but hasn't been back to give us an update).

I didn't get arrested yeterday. But, I also didn't get my blood drawn and I DID make quite the scene. A nice woman in admitting registered me. She just put on the paper that there was no lab slip and to check the faxes. I go down to the lab. The woman peeks through about 4 faxes and tells me it's not there. You HAVE to be kidding me. I tell her to call scheduling since they said it would be faxed there, too. Nope. Don't have it. The lab lady, seeing I was about to explode, offers to page my RE. I later found out the message she left with the service was simply, "Have her call the lab." No mention that a patient was sitting there. My RE was with a patient and figured it was just the lab, not an emergency, and it could wait. I waited half an hour. Then, I freaked out. I told them I was leaving and I would just keep having m/c after m/c and, if they had done the tests back in July like they were supposed to, I wouldn't be there for the 3rd time. I went back to admitting and asked for a feedback form. The nice woman who checked me in asked if she could help me - and I started back into the hospital incompetence and how it's been faxed twice and the only reason I have to COME BACK was because the idiots at the lab not only didn't run these tests when they were supposed to, but can't manage to pick a fax off the machine. A few other people came over and gave me the name of a specific person to send a letter to.....I guess she's a higher up at the hospital and responsible for "quality control" or some crap like that. The admitting people kept asking why they couldn't just get the original order and compare it to the tests that were run and then run the ones that weren't done because those were them. Nope. I guess that's too much work for people who have nothing to do all day but tell people to put their pee sample in the pink tub.

About an hour later, my RE calls my cell. I ignore. She leaves a long message apologizing and explaining how the lab never told the service I was sitting there. Oh, well. About an hour later, she calls again, from her house. I ignore again. She called my house a few times, but I was at my parents'. I never called back. I figured I'd let her stew in it for the night. Anyway, she said she's going to get the special tubes and ice packs from the lab and draw my blood herself Friday at her office and courier it to the lab. So, I'll call this morning and tell them I'm coming in Friday.

Lord help everyone in MA if something goes wrong Friday. They will hear a scream like they've never heard before and it will echo from Boston to Stockbridge (to paraphrase James Taylor).

 

[lil mermaid]

Carla,

I am so sorry you are going through all this That sucks, big time.
I just hope everything goes well on Friday.

 

[LisaB]

I am so sorry about the lab sometimes they can be such idiots.

 

[AllyandJack]

My RE's DH took full responsibility for everything. No idea why. He said he should have "done more". Like what? Go there, get the fax, and staple it to someone's forehead?

Anyway, I'm going in Friday at 8am.

Lisa, what have you been up to? What's the next step for you guys?

 

[exwdwcm]

wow Carla, here is praying that everything goes smoothly on Friday. what complete morons. i guess some of these folks just don't take into consideration the emotions you are already going through and this is just icing on the cake. let us know how it goes on Friday.

 

[LisaB]

We not doing anything this month. We need to catch up on some bills. I think we will start the injections next month again.

 

[exwdwcm]

We not doing anything this month. We need to catch up on some bills. I think we will start the injections next month again.

best of luck to you, sometimes a break is good!

how are those twins Carla? I hope they are doing well.

did my U/S yesterday to being cycle 2. we are clear and ready for lift off. they are lowering my clomid to 50mg (instead of 100mg). i respond well (duh, 7 follies!), but it did thin my lining. so hopefully 50 is fine for follies and lining. they are giving me a different trigger shot this time too. i did ovidrel in the back end last time, she said this one would be a stomach one. go in on my birthday, 9/10 for the first u/s to check for follies.

oh and a girl i played soccer with is a nurse up there. an old childhood friend of mine referred me there (also played soccer with us on a women's team)- she is pregnant now after 3 cycles of IUI. the nurse told mea notehr girl we played with (who is itty bitty!) is pregnant with twins now through them too. i hope their baby dust spreads to me. she has 3 girls now from our soccer team seeing this one RE. good business i guess! lol

have a great holiday weekend ladies and mucho baby dust to you all

 

[7beasley]

Carla

I hope everything with your blood work went ok today!

I wanted to ask you a question about glucophage/metaroim (I think I am spelling metaroim wrong...)

But anyway - I thought I recall you saying you were taking that drug and I wanted to know what kind of reaction (if any) you are having with it. My doctor just prescribed it to me because I am borderline diabetic and she thought it would help with weight loss as well...

I took my first pill this morning at around 8am and then around 11am I had horrible cramps and had to run to the bathroom...I thought I remember you saying something about stomach problems from this pill.

Just wondering -- any info would be appreciated!

I am sincerly hoping it helps with weight loss -- I just joined weight watchers and I am going to *try* to lose 40lbs between now and Jan 1 (since I think my implanation will be done in January).

Thanks again.

~Nicole