I just got the news!! It was a BFP!! My beta was 48!!

Congratulations bc0rny!!! I'm so happy for you.

Congrats bc0rny!!!!

Congratulations! That's wonderful.

Congrats! Great news!!

You poor chick I miscarried 3 years ago and I feel your pain I wish you all the best. I must admit I share your fear of another miscarriage. Because I miscarried the stupid Dr's would not take me seriously and told me I could conceive I was being paranoid irrational obsessive and that I just needed to RELAX..... Did this happen to you too? Now 2 years later I'm 38 next year here I am telling all the Dr's specialist included I told you so!

Being a person who likes my major life events organised and well planned I'm really struggling to deal withthis and put my life in their hands, while remaining in the dark with no idea whats going on with my own health or what happens next.

This is all so new to me but I have no doubt this will be a learning experience I have just been told by my gynae that we are prime candidates for IVF have no idea how long the process takes. I canhonestly say I have never felt so alone in my life none of my friends have been through this most got pregnant first pop which makes mefeel like even more of a failure... and I'm terrified.

My Mums the worst gossip in the world so I don't even feel like I can tell her anything as she'll just tell the whole entire extended family all her friends and then half the town will be up in my business.....

Thank God for this site this is my first day on here I love my husband and he is brilliant and very supportive but at the end of that day he is a man and doesn't understand female emotion like us girls do...

Just gettign to know everyone but thats awesome well done can't wait till I get there :-)

stillw8in - Every miscarriage is hard. I'm so sorry your dr was a jerk to you. Everyone always suggests to me: relax and you'll get pregnant. That's not going to fix my chromosome problem! Infertility seems to make everyone think they can weigh in on your situation, especially online. It must be very hard that you can't talk to your mom. My MIL told everyone we were trying IVF and when it didn't work out last month I kept getting phone calls from family asking about it. Ugh. The great thing about this site is seeing that IVF really does work, even if not the first time.

Do you know when you'll begin meds? I'm currently on BCP and waiting for insurance to approve the IVF so I can move forward.

Hi Everyone! I am new to this group. I started my Follistim and hcg low dose last Sunday. This is my 2nd IVF since my last one ended in Feb. with a miscarriage. The dr has placed me on higher doses of follistim (375 a day) I start my Ganirelix tomorrow. I head back to the dr on Monday. He will do the blood work and ultrasound. He is thinking that the retrieval will be either Thursday or Friday and they will be put back in 3-5 days from then. I am so excited and nervous. I hope it works and sticks this time. I am 39 years old and my DH is 49. We are almost to the end of our journey.

Baby Dust all around! I pray for everyone to have a BFP!

Hi ladies

I've been away because I wasn't quite sure what I'd be doing fertility wise this month. IVF is off the table right now, but I'll be stimming with timed intercourse. Hope you don't mind if I still stick around the group. I need all the support I can get! I took my last BCP today, and will start stims, Tuesday, June 26th. I'm taking Gonal-F...

BC - Congrats!!!! Did you have your second beta yet?

I look forward to cycling with everyone :-)

Congrats BC! Are you having a second beta? Hope you're numbers continue to double! Amazing news.

Well I had bloodwork and ultrasound and have 2 follicles this cycle, measuring 13mm and 16mm. I'm back tomorrow for bloodwork and if I don't surge on my own, I'll have bloodwork and ultrasound on Tuesday. The IUI will still likely be between Tuesday and Thursday this coming week. I just hope both those follies continue to grow!

Hope everyone is having a good weekend.

Hi ladies. I had my first follicle check this morning. I had 1 egg on my right ovary and three on my left. They measured 7,4,7 and 8. I have been on Follistim for 4 days. While some women produce like gang busters, I am a low responder. I was hoping for 2, so 4 is AWESOME for me. I had four last time, so I'm somewhat on the same schedule as before. My estrogen was a bit low, so we hope that will rise significantly by Thursday at my next ultrasound. I hope you're all doing well.

Countingdown, you've got two nice follicles! Does your RE trigger you or wait for you to go on your own? Good luck tomorrow

GCin - I'm a low responder too...but its quality not quantity that counts. Good luck on Thursday!

I start my stims tomorrow. Very excited! No clue when BD'ing time will be. My last three IUI I had 8 days on stims...then 7.....then 5. So, who knows. I REALLY hope its at least 7 days this time. My boyfriend and I don't live together and Monday's and Tuesday's are difficult because he visits his daughter. Plus I'm supposed to go out of town Saturday into Sunday...

Happy Monday :-)

Just thought I'd throw in an update of my own:) I stopped the BCP yesterday and am just waiting on AF now! Baseline u/s is Friday and I can't wait! We moved this weekend and every few hours i feel this panic of making sure i know where my ridiculously expensive meds are and that they are ok. Its been crazy. question: My Ovidril (sp?) arrived in a cooler obviously and the oral meds were in there with it. I just left them all in the cooler and put that in the fridge, do you think that is ok? I didn't see any specific instructions on how to store the oral meds, but figured if they were shipping with the cooler they must be ok in that. With the move I have not taken the time to pull everything out and read all the details- I'm just trying to keep my head above water. on the upside- this move will definitely help when it comes to my TWW! cginOhio thanks for the detailed updates, esp in your journal. I'm right behind you and its nice to know whats coming next:) Hope everyone is having a good night!

JA - not to worry at all. While it is recommended that Ovidreal be refrigerated, the box actually says that it can be stored at room temperature for up to 30 days, so you are fine. Congrats on the move - it may seem chaotic now but at least it'll help keep your mind of your cycle a bit. A bit of distraction is never a bad thing!

Laurie - so exciting. You have such a great attitute. I so hope this works for you. It would be so great all around and it might save you another IVF. Hoping you stim slow and steady. Are you going to be monitored while stimming?

GC - good luck for Thursday. 4 days of stims is still really early - a lot can still change.

As for me, I didn't surge today, so I'm back tomorrow for bloodwork and ultrasound. I hope both those follicles have kept going and are both above 17mm tomorrow - I will update once I know.

Laurie - in the past I've always surged on my own and never triggered. But, I have a habit of half surges. For example, last cycle, on day 13 my LH was 5, on day 14 it was 23 and on day 15 it was 48. They were actually not sure amongst themselves whether the surge should have been considered day 14 or 15 because actually both can be considered surges. I've had these half surges the day before the full surge 2 cycles in a row now, and it does stress me out a bit because it makes it really ambigous re whether the timing is actually good (and they only do 1 IUI per cycle at my clinic). So, tomorrow, if I haven't surged on my own, and my follicles are the right size, I'm going to ask for the trigger - I'd like the piece of mind of knowing that the IUI is timed correctly this time around!