Anyone starting IVF soon? Join me (3)

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Ha! I was just about to post the last message in the old thread linking to this, but I'm too late, we've already filled it up! I'll do the same as last time and send PMs to everyone who's been on the thread recently, but everyone's welcome

Hope everyone is doing ok, its been very quiet on here today!

I have another scan tomorrow and then daily scans and bloods till ec. My biggest follicle was 12mm yesterday but ive been feeling dreadful all day so I'm expecting that they've all grown a lot. I am bloated and have backache and feel like my ovaries are huge. Its very uncomfortable.
I've been reading up on the buserilin trigger most of today to see how it differs to ovitrelle.

I'm expecting the dr to recommend a freeze all approach tbh and that's ok, I just hope they get lots of eggs and that they fertilise so that we will have lots for future fet.
Does anyone know are embryos frozen individually, all together or in batches?

EC tomorrow eeek! Wish me luck! Nervous and excited . Thanks for your wishes Karou, I'm glad to hear all your drugs are present and correct, what day do you start down-regging? What are you on?

waiting sending you and positive energy. Did you manage to fit in a walk? I also recommend that.

blue hope you're feeling better. If it's any consolation you've given me plenty of material for when I have to tell my colleagues about my 48-hour vomiting bug that's going to start tonight.

"I guess I'm just really unlucky, especially after all those late mornings last week while I went for those blood tests that you think were for something completely different" Karou good luck. I feel uncomfortable telling half truths to work but they can't ask me what my medical appts are for.

Lucie that's great news! Fingers crossed for fertilisation.

Good luck for tomorrow blackandwhite I hope you get lots of lovely eggs

I always thought I'd be nervous about ec, I actually can't wait as feel like I've got a bunch if grapes hanging off each ovary I'm so uncomfortable! I managed to go for a short walk today-it was meant to be longer but I only took my cardigan as thought it was warmer than it was and ended up going home as I was freezing!

7 eggs sounds great, lucie - for the egg doning they say I have to get at least 6, so they can be split at least 3 each way, so 7's well beyond that. Hopefully they'll develop well for you.

Hope you're feeling better, blue - food poisoning sounds like the last thing you need!

I start down regging on Tuesday morning, blackandwhite - they've got me on a Synarel sniffer. Two sniffs in the morning and two in the evening (I think - might need to send a panicked last minute e-mail to the clinic tomorrow to check that it's one sniff per nostril, not two! I'm overthinking it to the point of not trusting myself.) EC seems a long way off, but I keep realising it's only about 5 weeks for me. Best of luck to you for tomorrow.

Daily scans sound exhausting, waiting but it must be good, in some way, to know they're keeping a close eye on you. Are you keeping hydrated? Sometimes it seems like 'drink more water' is the solution to all things.

Been away for the weekend and I'm off to work this morning - will catch up properly tonight, but just wanted to jump on here this morning and say good luck to Cat and Waiting, hope you feel better Blue and hello to everyone else.

Argghh I made the call!!? It was terrifying but I'm feeling chuffed. Out of the 7 collected, 6 were mature enough and all 6 have fertilised!! I feel like our chances are half decent now! Come on embryos.

Good news lucie let's hope they are all going to do the splits like purples cheerleaders.

Waiting I like your bunch of grapes analogy, that's exactly how I felt.

Well, just back form EC. They got 6, I was hoping for 7 or 8 so fingers crossed they all or nearly all fertilise like lucie's.

How are you feeling blue

I'm so glad I was asleep for ec, especially as I wasn't allowed the voltarol.

karou my sniffs were one in each nostril each morning and evening. Clinic will confirm with you.

That's brilliant news black, congratulations, 6 is a great number and fingers crossed you get good fertilisation too. Hopefully we both have some good quality eggs there

How was ec blackandwhite was it sedation or general anaesthetic?

I had my appt today, biggest follicle is now 17mm and there are numerous others at 15mm(about six) 14mm (about 8) 13mm (about ten) and approx 10-15 10mm or less on each ovary. They seemed very concerned and said I need to make sure I drink lots and have milk to drink too and if I feel worse or start being sick to contact them.
They mentioned again about buserilin trigger and said ec may be sunday

Wow waiting sounds like you are in for a huge haul there with the size of all those follicles! Definitely make sure you keep up fluids, you have so many you could be at risk of ohss. I'm really surprised they are not going to trigger you until the end of the week and keep you going. I would have thought trigger Wednesday and collect Friday which would allow probably the majority of the 13-15mm ones to mature!

Where are you having treatment waiting?

I'm at create. I'm surprised too that she said Sunday. Tbh I wanted to cry I feel so uncomfy and Sunday is so far away

I'm not sure what to say waiting,they are concerned you will have ohss, you are feeling really uncomfortable and you have loads of eggs that will be mature in a few days but still they want to drag it on all week. It doesn't make sense to me. Maybe some of the others would be able to advise? Could you maybe tell them how uncomfortable you are and that you are concerned about waiting that long and ask why they are not triggering sooner? On my final scan I had 2 follicles which were 13mm and other bigger ones. There was no doubt by my clinic that when I triggered 2 days later those ones would be mature and contain an egg and they did. So in your case if you triggered in 2 days you would likely collect around 25 eggs! Do you have pcos?

Yes I have pcos, amh was 63.5 and I've been on 112.5 gonal f and cetrotide. I have appointment for bloods tomorrow and a scan wed so I might ask them to trigger sooner as I did tell them how uncomfy I feel its really getting to the point where I don't want to carry on much longer with this I feel rough!
They were saying today they are almost certain I will have to freeze all embryos due to such a high risk of ohss and I'm fine about that a spend just want them to hurry up and do the ec

Hopefully even with all the follicles the buserilin trigger will stop me getting ohss

Ah ok that explains it then, definitely worth asking about the trigger being brought forward though and see what they say.

I'm going to as can't imagine being this uncomfortable till the weekend. Dh was asking me yesterday why was I walking like I was nine months pregnant. I'm so bloated its unbelievable and have a horrible burning sensation in my groin its just horrid. Will all be worth it I hope but I'm really feeling sorry for myself.

waiting sorry you are so uncomfortable. Hope that high number of follicles means you'll have plenty of frosties.

EC was fine, it was sedation but I was completely asleep. Hurt when they put the canular in my hand as I'd not had any pain relief at that point. Had a lot of sleeps this afternoon, ovaries are sore, but glad the grapes are out.

I'm guessing that the biggecst follicle over-matured, and that's why there were only 6.

Picked up a couple of pineapples on the way home, what else should I be eating to help plump up the pillows and help potential embies take root?

I've read about pineapples, I think you are meant to eat the core as well, not sure how nice that'll be but if it helps !
I've also read about always keeping your feet warm helps with getting pregnant, something to do with Chinese medicine as far as I know.

I'm feeling very sorry for myself. I'm even more bloated tonight, just done my injections and I feel rubbish. I had a good cry and a long talk with dh. I feel like I've lost sight of my goal and now it just seems to be about getting through ivf day by day and managing my symptoms rather than hopefully having a baby, and for me to say that makes me realise just how unwell I feel. Literally hour by hour I can feel myself getting more uncomfortable and bloated. I need to remind myself why I'm doing this as I want another baby so desperately to complete our family. Its a horrible feeling wanting something so badly then having to go through uncomfortable/painful treatment to get that. Even my scan today hurt, I had to push down on my abdomen as she scanned me and it was so sore.
Sorry, I'm really complaining and being miserable. I need to just take this day by day and hopefully in a week or so I will be feeling better.

Waiting I think you should really get in touch with your clinic tomorrow and tell them how much discomfort you are in. You are at such a high risk for ohss I don't think you should be carrying on like that. Have a chat with them. Big hugs to you x

I'm going to speak to them as I feel lousy. If I knew I only had to cope for a couple more days I could manage but Sunday seems a long way away.

I know I'm high risk for ohss but I'm assuming it can't develop before hcg trigger and/or pregnancy so if I have a buserilin trigger and no fresh transfer I won't get it? Or am I wrong? I've tried to google but can't find anything anywhere about ohss whilst just on stimms/cetrotide

Yes I think the risk is only with the trigger. I'm not sure they should have stimmed you that hard though to get that many follicles over 14mm.

Great news, Cat and Lucie - you must both be very chuffed. Definitely got my pompoms out [grins] (I typed "gins" then...oops. That would not be very supportive, would it?!)

Waiting - hope you feel better soon.

Blue - hope you're feeling better after the food poisoning x

Karou - definitely check your Synerel schedule - I only had one sniff morning and evening. It may just be that I'm old and it didn't take much to close me down, but a panicky email is always a good thing if it puts your mind at rest.

I was on two sniffs each morning and evening until I started stimming, then it dropped to one each morning and evening.

It should say on your paper schedule from the clinic, but no harm in checking.

They told me I was on a low dose but I was surprised on thurs when they said initially to keep the dose the same and not add cetrotide, then a few hrs later blood results came back high (e2) and they said actually I should start cetrotide. I assumed they would have just lowered the gonal f dose a bit but they've maintained the 112.5 throughout.

This will sound silly but I also feel a bit misled, on the website it says mild ivf is 5-9 days on injections and the info sheet said 2-3 treatment scans and up to 12 days before ec and I'm looking at possibly 13-14 days of injections!!! I've had 3 scans now and will probably be scanned daily and have bloods daily, they said they want to add other tests like Fbc and ones to check kidney and liver function. I've never felt so sorry for myself and dh said I now resemble a frog as my stomach is huge, i can't even fit into my biggest stretchiest leggings! The things we go through!