I've been seeing all of these wonderful updates, and I'm sorry for not responding all weekend, we had a super busy and exhausing weekend!! I'm rooting for you all!!! This discussion post is getitng better and better! I too like to hear about the BFP's!! Thanks for the inbox Endo, I was a little out of the loop. Nive, endo, whims, jewlz, melry and hopefully, it's all so exciting!!! thinking of you all with your injections, ER's and ET's now 2WW's.......it's all so exciting!

Whimsical please try to stay positive! It's way too early to know if something happened during this cycle. I know how hard it is to wait! I just had my ET yesterday morning and every cramp or twinge I feel I start getting worried!! As far as the other symptoms I've been bloated since my ER. I actually look like I have a pregnant belly! I am definitely a little crampy and my boobs hurt!!
Other than that I feel okay !

wow endo, sounds like your going to have a bumper crop of eggs! you go girl!
whim and melry - the hellish 2ww, eh? where you read something into every little twitch, cramp etc.
jewel - best of luck tmrw with the beta
8 is our magic number, 8 embryos! will find out tmrw how their doing, fingers crossed their strong and continue to grow - especially where their 'home'. ET schedule for wed so i'll also be doing a 3 day transfer. already dreading the 2ww but i guess its just something you have to go through. feeling fine after the ER yesterday morning, went to the beach this morning for some exercise, was too scared to run so walked instead. not quite the same. have been thinking about this- 'all the do's & don'ts', i know they just make me more stressed out than anything else. my RE says that its ok to run a few days after ER; struggling with whether I will or not. he say's its best just to do what you usually do, and your body will do what it wants to do anyways.
i feel like i need to let in a little 'freedom' - this process can be suffocating! x

Hey gals...
Ive been MIA due to being busy at work and a death in the family.

Fingers crossed for all you ladies in 2 ww!!
Melry..my RE says 2 days bedrest and light activity up until beta.
I agree with Endo..NO POAS!! I did had a BFP then found out my beta was 85..and went down not up :(

Im so anxious and hopefully to hear lots of good news in next 2 weeks. For you others who are still doing shots and waiting...GOOD LUCK.

Im still waiting..on estrogen patches. FET is not until 20th for us.

tranferred 2x8 cell embryos this afternoon.
the countdown begins...

Baby dust, baby dust.

Just think, our kids will be the same age as the future king or queen of England. :-)

Maybe one of ours will someday be the royal consort!

Had some bad news and Im pretty bummed out! The embryologist called and unfortunately they were unable to freeze any of our embryos. They had to discard 10 embryo's. Of course I hear this information on my first day back at work since the ET. Im completely heartbroken but still trying to stay positive since I was able to at least have three 6 cell embryo's transferred. Obviously I was hoping for 8 cell's, but that didnt happen. I guess that goes to show quantity does not meet criteria!

I meant to say quantity does not mean quality. Dont know where criteria came from lol

melry, so sorry to hear that none of the embryos made it to freeze. ivf is such a tough process its nice to think that we have a 'reserve' should it be needed in the future.
but you do have 3 little embabies in your womb, 'home' where their suppose to be - root for those little babies, I am!!!
x

Sorry Melry......I only had one make it and had three left after transfer. It's such a gamble.....and I wish the embrologist could just be a "magic person".......for you and for all of us!!! Hugs!!! But hoping the 3 that were transferred stick :-)

Hey girls..sorry, I have been awol..Just crazy stuff....
Melry, I never had enough to freeze..and my last ET were a 2 cell and a 4 cell and I just found out I am PREGGO......You have to keep the faith!

I understand your pain, melry. They took 9 eggs from me and could only fertilize 6. Two fizzled away, so we had 4. We transferred two, and got a letter today that the other two had to be discarded. So, this is all we get, too. :(

YEAH! JEWELZ!! Congratulations! I hope the 1st trimester goes by quickly and that you and baby stay healthy and have an amazingly smooth birth.

Melry, I'm so sorry to hear. It's amazing how many twists and turns and emotional rollercoasters we are on. It's true, you do have quite a few inside you so I'm rooting for the goodies to be good to you.

So, update on my side. I'm ahead of schedule and will trigger tonight or tomorrow night. I got giddy when I heard the news. Trying to stay positive through this mess.

Yesterday I was an emotional rollercoaster. Some stranger beat me to a pulp on facebook (!?!?) for no reason, and then my hubby didn't like the way I handled it and so I cried, and cried, and couldn't stop crying. I'm blaming the drugs, but who knows. Turns out the stranger (who's a friend of a friend) likes to call herself the facebook monster.
I even told her that I've been in and out of the hospital the past 6 months (3 surgeries!) and still have health issues and just would like an apology and her words were something like "you took too much offene to my words, so attribute that to your medical condition"
!?!?!? I don't understand what's happening to the web lately. Is on-line no longer a relaxing and safe place to be?

Anyway, sounds like within a week I'll be in the 2ww - so does this mean I'm in the 3ww range? :-)

Sorry to be off the board recently... I haven't been able to start my cycle, waiting since end of october and now still held up by this stupid cyst.... Loved reading your updates though - baby dust & hugs to all

endowife I am so sorry you had to deal with that... what a b---- I think we have all had crying days like this... I remember going through puberty as a kid and stepping on a coat hanger I had left on the floor and just breaking out into tears. Hormones can make us kind of fragile.

Melry - I am sorry your embryos didn't make it to freeze. I can't wait to hear your BFP though

Jewelzi - your BFP gives me so much hope... best case scenario I will be starting with three eggs if I ever get to start my cycle and ... I am just so excited it worked for you!