Thanks Shazette. It has been a long road for us. I am starting to feel good about this upcoming attempt. I am still just on BCP's. I have my US and estradiol on Feb 10, and then if all is well, then I will start a micro dose of Lupron on the 11th, and then stimulations on the 13th. My tentative retrieval is Feb 23.

Good luck to all of you!

Hey ladies, I had my ER yesterday and they were able to get 13 eggs. I just got a call today and they said out of 13 they were able to fertilize 9 and 8 fertilized normally. Getting excited for my trnasfer, dont know yet when it will be ! The ER was slightly painful and Im out of work today, but feel better than yesterday.

Hey ladies,
I have my transfer tomorrow wish me luck!

Congrats on your transfer Kathleen. Looking forward to your BFP.

I had my baseline ultrasound today and everything looks good. I have the go ahead to start menopur tonight.

Shazzette: How are the shots doing? I did not enjoy the Menupor! I hope you are having better experiences! I was unable to freeze any embies :( so I hoping these stick!

Menopur definitely burns more than the buserelin. My hubby does the shots while I distract myself with tv or something. I had a bit of bleeding yesterday from the shot. I guess it's because I'm taking aspirin for improved blood flow to the uterus.

I'm sorry you didn't have any to freeze. Fingers crossed that your two babies stick.

Hi ladies. Sorry I've been a little MIA since I started all this. Kathleen, glad to hear the good news! Sending you lots of baby dust!!

I am on Day 4 of Stims and feeling oh so bloated! I feel like if i could just fart for 5 minutes straight I would feel so much better! TMI lol. Any one else?? Tomorrow is ultrasound #2. Hoping to see some more follies tomorrow!

I had my US and estradiol yesterday. I had 23 follicles! That is more than twice as many as the first IVF, and my estradiol was still within range to start the injections. My doc says that sometimes they just come in waves like that, so we got a good month. I am doing micro dose Lupron, so those are 10 U twice a say, and I started that this morning. I start stimulations on Friday. I'll be using 300 Gonal F and 75 Menopur. My first US and estradiol post stim will be Mon the 16th. Fingers crossed that I do not prematurely ovulate!

Heather, 23 is great! How do you feel with all those follies? I'm on stim day 6, growing 16 follies and feel like I'm going to explode. I had my second US today and after explaining my symptoms to my doctor, she said I might be having early onset of OHSS. I started to sob like a baby. That was my number 1 fear going into this cycle because I went through it last time.

SO VERY IMPORTANT QUESTIONS FOR THOSE WHO HAD OHSS. LADIES PLEASE CHIME IN:

1. My doctor did not lower my dosage which kind of concerns me. If I'm at risk of over stimulating, wouldn't that be step 1?

2. They put me on a high protein/low carb/no potassium diet. And they also want me to drink lots of gatorade and protein shakes. Now, gatorade has over 100 grams of potassium per bottle, as does my protein shakes. It sounds like very contradictory advice. What to do?

3. Thanks to my new diet, I've realized that almost all foods we eat have potassium. So what in the world are we supposed to eat beside meat? No fruits, veggies, dairy...lord help me get through the next few days!

Shazzette: I hear yea and I bled with the Menopur as well, I was also on Follistim, but I did not bleed with that either. The Menopur was defiantly the worst for me! DO you have a ER scheduled yet?

Heather: Wow 23 follicles! Thats amazing! Keeping my fingers crossed for you!

Paris: I was horribly bloated and very uncomfortable! So I can relate. My doctor said to take it easy, drink water, and Gatorade to get the salt back on my body. My ovaries are enlarged and I am having trouble breathing, so I am not sure if walking for me is the best :(. I was diagnosed yesterday with mild hyperstimulation and they are keeping an eye on my weight since their is fluid accumulating in my uterus, which they do not want to get to my diaphragm then to my lungs! Trying to take it easy, because have a hard time catching my breath! As for eating I would like lean meats like chicken, fish (salmon is great), and spinach would be good i would think, not too much water in that. Every article I read says high salt?

I am currently waiting to take the pregnancy test on 2.16!

Kathleen my next appointment is tomorrow so I will find about my egg retrieval then. Tonight is the last of my menopur, I'm praying that they don't give me more.

Paris sorry in can't help you with anything about OHSS. I hope everything works out well.

Heather I'm happy for you with 23 follies. I hope I can produce as many. Fingers crossed for you.

Thanks so much for the info Kathleen! Praying for you. Yay! Preg test is right around the corner! Keep busy and hopefully the days will fly by!

You gals are a little ahead of me. I'm on stim day 7, still got a few more days to go. I started ganirelex today and it stung for like 45 mins! My skin looked like I burned it! Ahh, as if follistim and menopur wasn't bad enough!

Kathleen - I am thinking positive thoughts for your test.
Shazzette - How long have you been stimulating? Do you know which protocol you are on?
Paris - I see you are on the ganirelix agonist protocol. I am on the micro flare Lupron antagonist protocol, but if it doesn't go as planned they are going to stop the process, and go to the ganirelix agonist.

You are all actually ahead of me, since I start stim tomorrow. The 23 follies were my basal count, so hopefully they all will continue to grow throughout the stim process. Once they all start growing I am sure that I will feel pretty bloated. I know I did last time with 11.
I have not experienced OHSS in my past IVF cycle, so I don't have any advice on that really. I was told that to try to prevent it to drink plenty of water once I start the stims. I normally drink a liter and a half per day anyway, so I am thinking I'll try to boost it up to at least 2 liters.

Heather, how does that work? I've never heard of a basal count. Sorry for the dumb question.

Heather yesterday was day 7 of shims for me. I don't know the name of my protocol but I use with buserelin for suppression and menopur for stimulation.