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YEAH!! That is great news my friend! After all that you have gone through, you now can lay back and rest knowing that your DAUGHTER might just be snuggling in for life!! Congratulations!! And i think that you have a great shot of being preggers!! In fact, you are already PUPO! I hope to hear a ++++ news from you in about 10 days...? Oh, who are we kidding,...
15 Oct 2009 10:44 PM
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Hi October girls,
Ok, so I have some news. Dh and I got our fertilization report back this morning, and I'm happy to report that we ended up with the very best news possible for this cycle. From a cycle that started out with only four follicles (and almost sent me to the looney bin), we got 8 eggs yesterday at ER, 7 were mature, and 6 of them fertilized beautifully and grew ...
15 Oct 2009 8:41 PM
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Wow, you need to get yourself a new girlfriend...i would be about done with that one!
15 Oct 2009 1:09 AM
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That is SO irritating...it's just amazing how judgemental people can be. My thought has always been, if you haven't walked a mile in their shoes, keep your mouth shut!! it's served me well so far, but i wish that others would do the same ! I'm so over people saying that we are "selfish" for having a dream. Hope is what keeps people healthy in the long run...it's healing pow...
15 Oct 2009 12:41 AM
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Hi ladies,
I just wanted to give you a quick update. I had my egg retrieval this morning at 9:30 and it went well. Despite some very early and dismal numbers this cycle, my doc was able to get out 8 eggs from just one ovary!! I know that might sound low still compared to some people, but considering that we were only seeing about four last week and it's now doubled, I'm very rel...
15 Oct 2009 12:21 AM
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Hi There,
I don't know if others will offer other advice, but I do struggle with anxiety anyway, even before going through this whole crazy process...so I completely feel your pain. But, that being said, I have not allowed myself to take anything for it during this whole process. It was really hard and I did have one full blown panic attack about 7 days into stims ...
15 Oct 2009 12:08 AM
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Congratulations!!! Now just to hope that they nestle in good! Stay off your feet!
HMC
14 Oct 2009 11:50 PM
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Thank you, and I agree...it's very hard not to compare yourself with others. But you are right, it's always quality that matters. i read a story awhile back about a lady who was thrilled to get 38 eggs from her ER. She went on to fertilize and only four made it through that and matured. Then in the end she only had one to put in! I don't know if she was successful, bu...
13 Oct 2009 5:43 PM
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Hi girls,
I just thought that I would get you a quick update on how my saga is going. It was a very hard and emotional week, as i'm sure it was for many of you too! We saw some improvement this week though, which is good. Doc found 7 follicles on Friday that are looking pretty good which was more hopeful than our previous numbers (we thought we might only have fou...
13 Oct 2009 6:44 AM
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Whew!! What a huge relief that must be. I know that the hardest part of this whole thing is the "not knowing" and "always waiting" to see what you have to work with. enjoy your day at Disneyland now that you know that you have some strong little embies there!
HMC
12 Oct 2009 9:39 PM
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Wow, that is great news! Congratulations! I can only dream that I will one day experience the same elation that you are right now. Enjoy being pregnant with your daughter! it's been a long road for you and you deserve this joy!
HMC
12 Oct 2009 9:28 PM
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I would be tempted to call and ask the dr. tomorrow...but I'm thinking that it's probably not a huge deal as long as everything is going well so far. I would love to ask a few questions about these shots though...are they painful? Are you using a 22 gage needle? Is your husband doing it or are you doing it yourself...and is there anything that you can use for the pain at the inje...
12 Oct 2009 4:51 AM
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GOOD LUCK!! Keep us posted when you can!
HMC
12 Oct 2009 4:48 AM
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I think that your plan sounds like a really good one...go for it and let us know how you are doing tomorrow. I hope your little embies are doing great! I'm glad that you have MS on your side, so you most likely are working with little girls anyway!
HMC
12 Oct 2009 4:47 AM
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Stacey, I am curious...what is a flare protocol???
HMC
12 Oct 2009 4:45 AM
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Hi there my friend,
I have been feeling confused and discouraged about my situation, but then I read yours and I just feel sad for you too. I do think that you still have a great chance of getting your daughter, and I have to believe that same thing about myself. But I have realized that this may not be a smooth easy journey for either of us. We seem to be running into som...
12 Oct 2009 4:39 AM
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Yes, we have lots of retrievals, three are paid for, and we can add more for if we need to so we are ok. and we have money to do whatever we have to. we will be moving forward, but we're just thinking of combining the two cycles...and waiting until we have a larger group of embies to do PGD. It might also be a fluke...the dr. said that I might reach totally different next tim...
10 Oct 2009 1:05 AM
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Hi girls,
I thought that I would drop in and just update everyone. This is such a hard, hard journey, and it's still so early...but it appears that i have one ovary that is a poor responder so far, and we have no idea why. I just turned 34, so it doesn't seem to make much sense.
I don't know if anyone else has ever had this challenge, but in a nutshell, my right ovary has...
09 Oct 2009 11:21 PM
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Just thought that I would add my thoughts. I'm in the middle of my first IVF cycle now and will be putting back 2 if i'm lucky enought to get 2. Based upon what I have learned over this last year and your age and situation I would definately not just transfer back in one. I would for sure go with two and possibly even three depending on how much money you have to keep going...
08 Oct 2009 10:37 PM
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I agree with what most people mentioned. I think it's far better not to tell anyone in real life. We have not and will not tell ANYONE! The only people who know are myself, DH, and our fertility dr. Basically, I don't really know how our family would react. I think some of them would probably be fine with it, but I know a few others who would be very judgemental, so i...
08 Oct 2009 10:33 PM
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Hi everyone,
Wow, what a rollarcoaster this whole deal is. I had an ultrasound today and things look ok I guess. I'm showing some great follies - five with a sixth little one trying to catch up on my left side. So that ovary is responding like a champ so far.
However, i'm only showing one large one right now, with a possible little second c...
07 Oct 2009 9:27 PM
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Hi girls,
I just wanted to say hello! all is going well so far with me. My E2 levels were checked again this morning and are high and right on schedule. i'm on day 6 of my stims today and have another u/s tomorrow morning to check my follies. I will update you when I have more. I hope that everyone is doing well...and mommytwinkle is in my thoughts tonight.
HM...
07 Oct 2009 12:31 AM
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I am so sorry to hear that...I was hoping that you would have some great news today and watching for it too! Hang in there...and I'm so glad to hear that you are not giving up - you should not give up! Chase your dream with passion!
HMC
07 Oct 2009 12:28 AM
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Hi there!
you are truly on your way now! I have been on full meds for five days not - today will be day 6 and am not having any side effects at all. I really do feel good. The only thing that i have is sorness at the injection sites and feel like a pin cushion of course, but otherwise, I haven't felt any different. But, i know that we are all on different protocals a...
07 Oct 2009 12:18 AM
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Hi girls,
I just thought that i would check in with an update. I am on day 4 of my stims and am beginning to feel like a pin-cushion!! Anyone else?! I had to laugh tonight as I was stabbing myself again three times at the things that we will do to chase our dreams!! lol! And I would not change a thing because I feel so empowered by ACTION!! I think that ma...
05 Oct 2009 6:47 AM
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