Snow Kitten IVF Check-In - 04/03

[babyhopes]

Welcome to the IVF check-in for April 3!

Check-ins will be every Monday ( babyhopes ) and Thursday (ironbaby). If we've left you off the check-in, or if you'd like to be added or removed, please let us know!

This is a check-in for those who are doing IVF or FET. Please don’t hesitate to use this check-in for IVF/FET info and support even if you’re not currently cycling.

If you are interested in joining, please fill us in on your cycle. Everyone is welcome. Also, please update us along the way!

Asterisks will appear by your name if you do not update us in a check-in. After four consecutive asterisks (2 weeks), you will be removed from the list. Don’t fret if you are removed from the list, check in again and we will add you back.

Once you get a strong repeat beta, congrats! We eagerly await your 3TIF Grad Check-In posts! We encourage you to intro on PAIF, and while here in the meantime, please consistently use warning tags in posts and siggies, and be mindful of your status, especially on 3TIF outside this check-in. To hide content behind a spoiler tag use (without the spaces) [ spoiler = Spoiler ] Hidden content here! [ / spoiler ]
Snow Kittens image: i.imgur.com/8jQKvh1.jpg

QOTW: What are 5 random facts about you?

BFP! Congratulations!

BFN ((Hugs))

Angel Babies ((Hugs))

PUPO! Congratulations! Rooting for all of you!

Cycle Complete (ER only/testing)

Between ER and ET

Stimming/FET Main Prep
babyhopes, Continued lining woes.
** bean17, Hope you are doing well.
mommybumblebee, FX the switch to Estrace gives you less side effects.
4furrypaws, Woohoo! FX this is it for you!

Waiting to Cycle
fikafairy67, ((HUGS)) This shit is not easy. Hope you're feeling better.
@plbge, I am so sorry. All the wine for you.
ironbaby, Hope today well well and it everything comes back normal.
hoosiermama76, BCP are the worst! Unfortunately, bloat is a common side effect. Hang in there.

[babyhopes]

Hi guys, sorry this is a little late today.

Had another lining check today and my lining is barely a 6. It was 5.5 Wednesday. It is obvious that I am not responding to the estrace! I complained to my nurse and I am waiting to hear what my RE says. My lining previously has always been 8mm+. Hoping we don't get cancelled and they let me switch to the patches.

[mommybumblebee]

babyhopes, I hope you respond better to the patches and don't have side effects like I did! 😕

As for me, I'm still alive, heh. I've been complaining on here all weekend so there's really nothing new. Sorry guys! Hysteroscopy is on Wednesday, lining check on Friday.

[fikafairy67]

babyhopes , I hope the lining increases soon!

AFM, I have my second consult with a different clinic next week, and DH won't be going since he started his new job today. I'm feeling a little better emotionally than I did last week, Friday was a rough day for about a million reasons.

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*poof* - thanks to everyone who offered the advice! 

QOTW:

1 - I hate pickles. Like gag on them DESPISE.
2 - I teach color guard for middle and high school students. Voluntarily.
3 - I love to read long book series that are ridiculously indulgent and have some kind of science fiction/supernatural element to them.
4 - I am one of those people that will pumpkin spice everything in the fall. No shame here.
5 - I can understand most Swedish when I hear it from my family, but I can't respond in Swedish.

[ProfessorChaos]

babyhopes , ugh, I hope your lining catches up. It's so weird that you're just having an off cycle when it normally goes well. Are you doing vaginal estrace? Apparently it can make a big difference for some people.

mommybumblebee , good luck with your hysteroscopy!

fikafairy67 , poof.

AFM, I've been in a weird heavy spotting/light flow/not-quite-CD1 place since Saturday and it's getting annoying. I'm guessing things are just weird bc all the meds were competing with my body's normal ovulation cycle. But I'm ready to get going on this FET, so every time I go to the bathroom, I look at the TP like "NOW???" And then nope.

QOTW:
1. As revealed above, I look at the TP pretty much every. single. time. Too many years in IF/loss world.
2. I love, love, love playing bridge and have played competitively.
3. I'm a truly godawful singer.
4. I'm a plant dork.
5. I genuinely prefer fruity candy to anything chocolate.

[mommybumblebee]

Oops I forgot the 5 facts.

1. I'll copy ProfessorChaos, I look at the TP every time too. 🙈

2. I don't like coffee. Or tea. I'll drink tea if it's got a whole lotta sugar in it. Coke is my weakness.

3. I'm kind of a geek, but at the same time I cannot stand anything with ghosts or spirits like Supernatural.

4. I have a 14 year old dog. I've had her since she was a puppy. She's mostly incontinent....

5. My favorite color is turquoise.

[ironbaby]

mommybumblebee, I hope the hysteroscopy goes well tomorrow.

ProfessorChaos, that's so annoying. I hope you get some real bleeding soon.

fikafairy67, big hugs. I hope you can find some peace and resolution.

babyhopes, what the hell, lining. Get in gear! Did they let you start patches?

AFM, hysteroscopy was yesterday and was all clear, as expected. I stopped bcp and now wait for a period. Hopefully when that comes, we'll start FET prep. Biopsy results should be back in a week or so. If anything comes back there, we'll cancel, but I doubt it will.

5 things:
I was a big band geek in high school.
I despise avocado.
I spent a summer semester in the Dominican Republic.
I've run 8 marathons.
I drink a cup of hot water in the mornings.

[fikafairy67]

ProfessorChaos , 

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*poof* - removed JIC


ironbaby , thanks. I hope we figure out what path we want to take soon. High five to fellow band geek!


ETA: spoilers went wonky.

[mommybumblebee]

I woke up this morning with a sore throat and a little bit of congestion. If I'm getting a cold they're not going to be able to put me under anesthesia are they?

[4furrypaws]

babyhopes I hope they get you switched

fikafairy67 ((hugs))

ProfessorChaos that's frustrating. I look at the tp most every time too. Ugh.

ironbaby so glad things were all clear!

[4furrypaws]

mommybumblebee idk why they wouldn't.

[4furrypaws]

AFM. Just plugging along on estrogen. Weeeeee

QOTD: hmmm...
1. I could be happy being a hermit
2. I couldn't live without my fur babies
3. I want my own excavator
4. I also want chickens and a goat
5. I like fruits more than veggies

[laurensc927]

Apr 4, 2017 11:11:30 GMT -5 mommybumblebee said:

I woke up this morning with a sore throat and a little bit of congestion. If I'm getting a cold they're not going to be able to put me under anesthesia are they?

I had similar symptoms before my ER, if I remember right they are also side effects of gonal F or one of the other stims. Hopefully that's it and some extra sleep will get you through to ER.

[mommybumblebee]

Apr 4, 2017 13:11:57 GMT -5 laurensc927 said:

Apr 4, 2017 11:11:30 GMT -5 mommybumblebee said:

I woke up this morning with a sore throat and a little bit of congestion. If I'm getting a cold they're not going to be able to put me under anesthesia are they?

I had similar symptoms before my ER, if I remember right they are also side effects of gonal F or one of the other stims. Hopefully that's it and some extra sleep will get you through to ER.

I'm only on the estrogen right now. I wonder if it could be a side effect of that. One of my family members is sick too. Sinus infection.

[ironbaby]

4furrypaws, when is the tentative date to start adding in progesterone? I hope your lining checks are going great.

mommybumblebee, good luck today. I hope the cold doesn't cause any issues.

[mommybumblebee]

ironbaby- thanks. I'm checked in and waiting to be called back. I'm most nervous about them starting an IV when I haven't been able to drink anything, lol.

[4furrypaws]

ironbaby P starts on day 15 after lining check. I respond well so I don't foresee any issues.

[babyhopes]

Good luck with your hysteroscopy today, mommybumblebee.

fikafairy67, Hope your second consult goes well. And so many hugs. I hope you are able to find some closure soon.

Been there many times w/ the tp, ProfessorChaos. Ha. Hope AF shows and you can move forward!

FX your biopsy results come back good and you can proceed w/ your FET, ironbaby.

Hope the estrogen is treating you well, 4furrypaws.

I spoke to the nurse yesterday and she said my RE didn't want to change anything. I kind of freaked out on her only to realize that my lining was not a 6, but 7.4. E2 was 621. Oops! I'm sure they my RE thinks I'm neurotic. I go back in Friday and hopefully my lining will be 8mm+.

[mommybumblebee]

babyhopes, yay! What a nice surprise! I'm sorry you were stressed out and everything but that's pretty great news!

Hysteroscopy was fine, apparently everything looked normal, as expected since I just had one back in November. (But I did have a CP since then so better to check!) Also as expected the IV was the worst part, lol. I'm not sure if the nurse was trying to do a bonus surgery free of charge with the needle in my left wrist, but finally she gave up and moved to the right wrist. I requested she get some lidocaine like they used when they started the IV for my one in November... I'm not sure why she tried to skip that since she could see my veins were crap! I seriously think I have nerve damage in my inner elbows because blood draws and IVs just don't bother me there anymore, but the hands, geez.

[fikafairy67]

ProfessorChaos, sorry to tag you from something a while ago - do you mind editing/taking out the spoiler that you responded to me with here? I'm probably being too paranoid, but I just want to be sure that any mention of it is gone.

thanks!

[ProfessorChaos]

May 24, 2017 13:07:03 GMT -5 fikafairy67 said:

ProfessorChaos , sorry to tag you from something a while ago - do you mind editing/taking out the spoiler that you responded to me with here? I'm probably being too paranoid, but I just want to be sure that any mention of it is gone.

thanks!

Done.