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DESPIRATE INFORMATION NEEDED!!!!!!!! ABOUT FOLLICLES FOR IVF

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tempi · 18/09/2007 19:12

I am having donor egg ivf (sorry! my DH and I are having donor egg ivf!)

My donor is now ready for egg retrieval in 36hrs time. The scan showed only 6 good size follicles and 7 smaller ones..........

Can anyone tell me if this is good or not?????
my dh and I are grateful to her for all that she is doing for us, but we thought she would have grown more????? as they are now saying that only 20% of IVF cycles have enough good embryos to freeze! and only 65% fertilise????

please help! any info welcome (by the way this is our 1 and only last chance of having a baby)

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catcarvell · 18/01/2009 11:52

Well the two week wait is over and i am pleased to announce that i'm pregnant...couldn't quite believe it wen my husband said there were two lines but there they were, i did another test the day after and again positive. we're so excited and couldn't be happier, we have our first scan on the 29th jan!! There is hope and please don't give up on your dreams good luck to everyone xxx

catcarvell · 04/01/2009 00:19

hi all need to keep myself occupied as me and my dh have just finished our first cycle of ivf.....now the two week wait!:{ the results so far have been pretty good...i had quite a few folicles both small and large and on egg recovery they mansged to get 17 eggs which was really good as i was donating half of them to another lady! i got to keep eight and she got nine....five of mine fertilised over night and the day after wen they had seperated two grade A embrio's were placed back in!! we're so excited but don't want to get our hopes up too much as we've been dissapointed so many times before like many others!! good luck to everyone xxx fingers crossed

changeofnameforthis · 19/10/2007 20:41

Tempi ... I've also been wondering about you and hope that your scan went well yesterday.

katendmom · 19/10/2007 20:10

Hey tempi this isn't the thread that you visit anylonger, is it? Just wanted to drop a line and say hello! Hope you're doing well

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tempi · 14/10/2007 10:59

Oh! dutch!.......you are so very very kind and thoughtful!

We just want to get to the next stage, then the next, then the next, then the next.....and so on.

6 week scan on thursday!

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DutchOma · 13/10/2007 19:51

Can't tell you how worried I got when you didn't post. So glad to hear your news.

Congratulations and we will go on praying for the full nine months...and then some

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tempi · 13/10/2007 13:17

changeofnameforthis!!!!!! wow what a name!

Excellent news! well done!!!!! good luck next Friday, post the result.....what time on Friday??????/

Thanks Kate!

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changeofnameforthis · 12/10/2007 16:23

Congratulations Tempi ... I've been following your thread but haven't posted before. I have also just finished an IVF cycle and got a BFP ... my scan is next Friday at 7w2d. Am feeling pretty sick and ugh at the moment so am taking that as a good sign . Hope your scan goes well next week. Please keep us posted.

katendmom · 12/10/2007 13:49

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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tempi · 11/10/2007 21:47

Sorry to keep you all hanging on!!!!!!!! very weird I could have sworn that I had posted to tell you all my news!!!!!!!

I got a BFP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! spent the last week in shock and in a dream world.....obviously paranoid that something will go wrong (3 miscarriages before!!)

Hospital blood test on test day was HCG 151!

Got our 6 week scan next Thursday and trying desperately to stay positive!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you so so much for all your support and the very best of luck to you all!

xxx

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katendmom · 09/10/2007 13:43

Hi Tempi ~ getting a bit worried since no news from you. Hope everything is great and you're just too overwhelmed with planning the baby room and just don't have time to come back on to MN

katendmom · 04/10/2007 18:30

~bumpy bump~ Just hoping you're browsing around Tempi and wanted to make sure this post was on the top for you. Hope you're not here because you're out celebrating with lots of bubbly... APPLE CIDER!

DavidTennantsMistress · 03/10/2007 22:52

tempi - jsut wanted to add my support and say good luck to you, really hope it works for you.

munz.

katendmom · 03/10/2007 22:49

Hi Tempi~ Is tomorrow "THE" day? GOOD LUCK~

~blowing tons of baby dust your way across the cyber space~
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DutchOma · 03/10/2007 18:18

How are you Tempi?

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tempi · 28/09/2007 17:11

OMG Kate! ....I so want to be a preggy mama!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi cedar and everyone. We it has been 8 days since my egg was fertilised and 6 days since ET.

I am putting my feel up and trying to keep my mind busy!!!! I must admit I am really missing the wine!!!!!!

I go from being a little positive to being very negative and I guess this is normal!
The more I think about it the more I convince myself it hasn't work!

By now.. if all is going well, my embryo should have implanted!!!!!!! OMG wish I owned a crystal ball!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am due for a blood test next thursday which will be 14 days after EC and fertilisation and will come home and do my own HPT as I don't want to have to wait 7hrs for the result!

Hope you are all well.

Cedar, look after yourself!

tempi x

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katendmom · 26/09/2007 19:46

Hi tempi just checking in on you How are you, preggy mama?

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tempi · 24/09/2007 22:11

thanks suss! will prob test at home....OMG what a day that will be!

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suss · 24/09/2007 21:27

tempi, keeping everything crossed for you. Great news about the embryo. About the testing my clinic always asked us to do a test at home 2w after transfer. I would test at home, regardless of the outcome its something you want to know before anyone else. Lots of luck, hope and everything else you need

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tempi · 24/09/2007 20:24

arrrrrrr! thanks katendmom! don't know what to do really????? will see how I feel next week. I am due at the hospital next thursday (4/10/7)...which will be exactly 2 weeks after fertilisation.

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katendmom · 24/09/2007 19:21

... and that is "fertile" luck of course!

katendmom · 24/09/2007 19:20

Tempi, I just wanted to join with others and wish you the best and most furtile luck! Sending you lots and lots of pink and blue baby pixy dust~

I think you should test whenever/ however/ as soon as you want to! After all ~ pg girls can do what they want, right?

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tempi · 24/09/2007 11:59

sorry pruners, was not thinking of testing early..... just the morning when the hospital test is due,(2 weeks after fertilisation) so that it would be less traumatic for us (waiting all day till 4pm to telephone them for the result!)...so at least we can prepare for the worst if that is the case!

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Pruners · 24/09/2007 09:23

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tempi · 24/09/2007 09:05

pruners, yes the wait is just awful! but I guess we have no choice.

Can I ask anyone who has been through this, how many of you did your own pregnancy test before the hospital one?????????? I am just thinking about the hospital one, They take blood at 9am and I have to phone at 4pm for results. Just thinking that if I did one at home, if it was neg then this would soften the blow etc. Of course I would still go for hospital one too!

What do you think??????? and how many of you did this???????

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