Spring Giraffes IVF Check-In 5/25

[bonzo2012]

Welcome to the IVF check-in for May 25!

Check-ins will be every Monday (babyhopes) and Thursday (bonzo2012). 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 ]

Spring Giraffe image: i.imgur.com/i0i4XWD.jpg

QOTW: What are your plans for Memorial Day weekend?


BFP! Congratulations!


BFN ((Hugs))
babyhopes, more hugs, friend.


Angel Babies ((Hugs))

PUPO! Congratulations! Rooting for all of you!

Cycle Complete (ER only/testing)

Between ER and ET

Stimming/FET Main Prep
* mommybumblebee , how are you doing?
birch113 , yay for a good lining check!
bonzo2012
bananas22 , how's stimming going for you so far? I still think you're amazing for doing your own shots!

Waiting to Cycle
fikafairy67, that's great that your family is supporting you in the walk! 
No Display , how are you doing in your wait? 
@eliida , good luck with the baseline today!
kyzo , how is everything going for you?
hoosiermama76, I'm glad you're good to start BCP again and get in before the July cutoff!
* falleaves , how are you doing?

[bonzo2012]

My cyst aspiration this morning went really well! They were right, it's really quick and didn't actually hurt much at all. The RE had me cough when he put the needle in, so I barely felt it. It was actually more uncomfortable when he pulled everything out once he was done!

It was also really nice getting to have the IVF nurse guide us through the first set of injections too. H felt pretty confident after the IVF class, so I'm sure we would have been fine. But since they gave us the option, we figured a little extra guidance wouldn't hurt! We did the Menopur and Omnitrope this morning; Gonal F this evening.

QOTW: My parents are visiting, and get in this evening. We don't have too many hard plans yet, but we'll probably go into the city and do some touristy things tomorrow. It's supposed to be pretty hot this weekend (after snowing this time last week!) so we might end up picking some low key air conditioned activities!

[fikafairy67]

Nothing new to report - except I changed my avatar. I'm thinking about getting a tattoo of that sun, for a number of reasons. I'm also having a really stressful work week, so I am more than ready for the weekend to start.

which leads me to...

QOTW: ZERO. And I'm fine with that. We may or may not travel to DH's family's house, but that is up in the air and it won't be for a long time thankfully.

[No Display]

bonzo2012, Glad to hear the cyst is all taken care of. Yay for getting started and being done with injection training! Thank you for the check in!
@eliida, Yay for starting stims! I hope you get the official word that everything looked good soon.

AFM: Waiting is the worst. I am trying to stay busy. I started painting our bedroom and bathroom. The color turned out to be pretty dark... So I am a bit nervous. I should have the whole bathroom and part of the bedroom done tonight. We chose a grey. It looks like the color of wet clay to me.

I am sad to see how small our group is right now.

QOTD: We live on the water, and so do my sister and her family. So we will probably spend the weekend bbqing, paddle boarding, floating on rafts, we will probably take the boat out Saturday but Sunday and Monday will probably be too crazy out there.

[bonzo2012]

fikafairy67, I like the new avatar! Is that the sun from Tangled?

[fikafairy67]

May 25, 2017 14:02:43 GMT -5 bonzo2012 said:

fikafairy67 , I like the new avatar! Is that the sun from Tangled?

yes it is!  1) I love that movei! and 2) I've been going around and around trying to figure out what I want to get as my first tattoo.  I put my personal reasons for maybe getting this in the spoiler, which are obviously related to my situation.

SPOILER: Click to show

{reasons for tattoo - may be trigger-y}
I always thought DD would have looked like baby Rapunzel, plus she was a "lost" daughter.  I also have to keep reminding myself to hold onto hope for our future.  Kind of like reminding myself to "have a new dream" thing.  It's probably really cheesy to a lot of people, but I keep coming back to this one.

[bonzo2012]

fikafairy67, I think that's a beautiful reason for the tattoo! I love the multilayered meaning.

[birch113]

bonzo2012 I'm so glad the procedure went so well! That's great that your nurse helped with your injections, too. Have fun this weekend!

@eliida woohoo for starting tomorrow! Ugh. I'm so over all the rain!

fikafairy67 what a beautiful tattoo and beautiful meaning behind it. 💞enjoy your quiet weekend!

No Display waiting suuuuuucks. I hope you like the finished pain projects! Sounds like a lovely weekend!

AFM, we watched Freedom's PIO med teach video tonight and my butt hurts already! I did all my injections for stimming, and I'm really nervous having DH do these. Frick that's a big needle!

[mommybumblebee]

Transfer went swimmingly! They gave me my instructions: No sex for a week, take it easy for a few days, might have some cramping and maybe some spotting, vaginal discharge, etc. Then the doctor comes in and notices my DOB on the paperwork and is like "Oh my gosh it's your birthday are you doing anything fun?" Uhm. Didn't you just rule that out? I'm going to Netflix and chill. Literally.

QOTW: this afternoon someone in my family spiked a fever suddenly out of the blue. They felt perfectly fine and then bam, 103. So that kind of puts a damper on any plans we might've had lol.

[mommybumblebee]

birch113, I'm not going to lie to you: PIO is a literal pain in the a**. (See what I did there? Since you inject it into the butt muscle?) I used to use ice beforehand but I've heard you're not supposed to. Now I just have DH pinch the area he's about to inject into (like the video probably showed) and that seems to help. Before he always just did it, I didn't realize he was supposed to pinch till I watched an instructional video. And massage the area afterward. Its not as bad as it seems. Just make sure you use the grey or blue injection needle, not the pink drawing needle to inject. (Friend of mine used the pink drawing needle to inject once because the pharmacy forgot to include an injecting needle. 😱)

[mommybumblebee]

fikafairy67- I love that. Beautiful. I can't figure out how to change my avatar.

[hoosiermama76]

@mommybumbelee, I did that once with the PIO. Ummm. Ouch. So glad your transfer went so well:-) congrats!

fikafairy67 I love the tattoo reason. I got my first when I was 35 and Looove it. I want more.

No Display you're doing the right thing staying busy. Any pics of the color? I'm sure it looks great.
@ellida so god that the baseline went well!

bonzo2012 I'm so glad the cyst is out and it wasn't bad. Thanks for starting the thread.

Obviously, nothing new here. I'm just waiting to cycle and trying to get my mindset in order. I'm trying not to put pressure on myself if this doesn't work out, but it's hard because it's probably our last attempt. I could take a loan against a retirement policy, but basically we would have to try to decide if we wanted to use it to try again or to look into adoption. I pray we aren't faced with that choice. I need to look into fostering to adopt, which has worked for a friend. I am going to just go with the process and hope for the best! Back at acupuncture next month, get back exercising, and no bad carbs. I felt acupuncture really relaxed me, so I need to do that again.

I'm sorry this board is smaller, but on the plus side, it seems drama free.

[bonzo2012]

@eliida, yay for starting stims tomorrow!

No Display, how did the painting project turn out? I find that darker colors always make me second guess when I'm about halfway through, but they often turn out great in the end!

birch113, good luck with the PIO!

mommybumblebee, congrats! Enjoy your weekend and take it easy!

hoosiermama76, that's great that the acupuncture helped you relax. It's good to take that time for yourself.

[birch113]

mommybumblebee so glad your transfer went smoothly! Thanks for the tip about pinching. I don't think the video actually showed that.

hoosiermama76 sounds like you've got a good plan moving forward.

[bananas22]

bonzo2012, Yay for no more cyst! Hope shots are going well. After the first few, it's been no bug deal, at least for sub q shots.

@eliida, glad everything looked good on your baseline!

fikafairy67, I love the idea for the tattoo and the meaning behind it.

No Display, I'm so jealous of your weekend plans. I love being at the lake but there are none close by to us. When we go back home in the summer, my favorite part is going to the lake.

birch113, hope the shots go well. Those ones scare me!

mommybumblebee, glad your transfer went well and hope you've been enjoying Netflix. Happy belated birthday!

hoosiermama76, I think getting into a good mindset can be an incredibly difficult thing but it sounds like you are on a good path. Acupuncture can definitely help to relax if nothing else. I had a great nap at mine today!

I'm super behind this week. We had the last day of school yesterday, my sister graduated this morning, and I've been moving my classroom all day. I had my first monitoring appointment this morning and everything looked good. I had at least 20 follicles that are close in size, but still under 10mm, and my estrogen level was going up, so I think that's good.

QOTW: We have a pretty calm weekend since I have monitoring everyday. We're helping some friends move tomorrow, a birthday party on Sunday, and then most likely grading on Monday 😒

[hoosiermama76]

bananas22 what grade do you teach? I am so sorry you are moving classrooms. I've done it a lot, and it sucks. I teach 12th grade and creative writing during the day and then college English at night.

[bonzo2012]

bananas22, sounds like your first monitoring appointment was good! I have my first tomorrow morning. The shots aren't that bad. I think my dread of the is worse than the actual shots themselves. I think I the Menopur is the worst one, just because it burns a little, but it's till not too awful. H has been fantastic so far!

[bananas22]

May 27, 2017 7:53:21 GMT -5 bonzo2012 said:

bananas22, sounds like your first monitoring appointment was good! I have my first tomorrow morning. The shots aren't that bad. I think my dread of the is worse than the actual shots themselves. I think I the Menopur is the worst one, just because it burns a little, but it's till not too awful. H has been fantastic so far!

Glad they are going well. Try icing for a few minutes before the Menopur. I've noticed that it burns less that way

[bananas22]

May 27, 2017 0:03:14 GMT -5 hoosiermama76 said:

bananas22 what grade do you teach? I am so sorry you are moving classrooms. I've done it a lot, and it sucks. I teach 12th grade and creative writing during the day and then college English at night.

I teach 6th, 7th, and 8th grade Spanish. This will be my 10th year teaching and my 6th classroom 🙁

[bonzo2012]

Nothing like clogging the toilet at the RE's office right before my first monitoring appointment! That was embarrassing.

On the other hand, besides being tired and tender around the abdomen, things seem to be going well.

[kyzo]

I'm a big slacker updating on a Sunday night. Just chugging along with vaginal estrace and lupron. I was trying to keep my transfer date on the down low, but it slipped out when I was talking with my sister today. Hopefully she won't badger me about betas.
I'll come back tomorrow and tag people (maybe on the new thread).