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11-26-2012 at 2:18 PM
WindyCity3...
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3 days of stims...

And I had my first monitoring appt this morning. I'm waiting to get all of my results from the nurse.

 

Wondering what you've been told to expect as far as numbers after 3 days 

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Unmedicated and medicated IUI's: all fail IVF #1: Dec 2012 26r/16m/15f 12/9: 5dt of 2 beautiful blasts and 5 frosties TWINS! 3/9: 15w4d Baby A PProm 3/9-3/22: Hoping and Praying like never before. Bedrest and pure hell 3/22: Baby A cord prolapse 3/25: 2 baby boys born sleeping Currently: Doing my best to pick up the pieces and find hope.
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11-26-2012 at 3:53 PM
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Not sure, I have my first monitoring appointment tomorrow.  When I did follistim for my IUIs they really couldn't see too much that first appointment, follicles were still pretty small.

Good luck though!  I'm interested to see what others say.....

How are feeling?  My ovaries are making their presence known, very crampy...hoping it means there's lots of follicles in the making..lol:) 

TTC since 3/2009
DH: Normal
Me: High prolactin/mild PCOS/irregular cycles
Dec 2012: IVF- Antagonist/Ganirelix protocol due to OHSS risk
ER: 12/4- 14 R, 13 M, 7 F
ET: 12/9- 2 blasts transferred, 2 frozen
BETA: BFP! 12/18-Beta #1-290, 12/21-Beta #2-over 1100 Beta#3 >10,000
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11-26-2012 at 3:58 PM
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I actually just got off the phone with my nurse. She said I am showing 28 (i think...it's something right around there) follies and right now 8 (4 on each side) of those are measurable with the largest being at 10. My e2 was 301. She said everything was on a great pace and my dr. is pleased with my response thus far. He's continuing my protocal same as it's been. I go back on Wed for my next monitoring appt.

I feel a bit nauseous right now but I'm attributing that to the cookie dough that I had for lunch and a late afternoon snack. So far so good though...no discomfort, bloating or pain! I went to my 2nd ever acupuncture right before my monitoring appt and am going to continue with that...never a believer before but I think there might be something to it.

FX for good things on your end tomorrow!!!

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Unmedicated and medicated IUI's: all fail IVF #1: Dec 2012 26r/16m/15f 12/9: 5dt of 2 beautiful blasts and 5 frosties TWINS! 3/9: 15w4d Baby A PProm 3/9-3/22: Hoping and Praying like never before. Bedrest and pure hell 3/22: Baby A cord prolapse 3/25: 2 baby boys born sleeping Currently: Doing my best to pick up the pieces and find hope.
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11-26-2012 at 4:03 PM
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So glad to hear that things are going well. It is always the worst waiting for those phone calls from the nurse.

Married and TTC since November 2010 SA Normal, HSG Normal, B/W Normal = Unexplained IF
5 Failed IUI's Moving onto IVF, Stims Start 10/27, ER 11/5=27 eggs!, 23 mature, 1 Fertilized WTF?? Rescue ICSI on 12 and we had 3 more fertilize. Transfered 2 on 11/9. Beta on 11/23.
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11-26-2012 at 5:09 PM
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Woo hoo!  Glad to hear things are going right on track!

TTC since 3/2009
DH: Normal
Me: High prolactin/mild PCOS/irregular cycles
Dec 2012: IVF- Antagonist/Ganirelix protocol due to OHSS risk
ER: 12/4- 14 R, 13 M, 7 F
ET: 12/9- 2 blasts transferred, 2 frozen
BETA: BFP! 12/18-Beta #1-290, 12/21-Beta #2-over 1100 Beta#3 >10,000
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11-26-2012 at 5:57 PM
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By day 3..I definitely "felt" a lot of growth...the u/s showed growth as well, but definitely more days to go for me at that point
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Dx: 10/10 - Fibroids; 6/12 - Tubal Infertility
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11-26-2012 at 7:50 PM
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BellaLux:
By day 3..I definitely "felt" a lot of growth...the u/s showed growth as well, but definitely more days to go for me at that point


Do you by any chance remember how many measurable follies you had at this point? Just curious

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Unmedicated and medicated IUI's: all fail IVF #1: Dec 2012 26r/16m/15f 12/9: 5dt of 2 beautiful blasts and 5 frosties TWINS! 3/9: 15w4d Baby A PProm 3/9-3/22: Hoping and Praying like never before. Bedrest and pure hell 3/22: Baby A cord prolapse 3/25: 2 baby boys born sleeping Currently: Doing my best to pick up the pieces and find hope.
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11-26-2012 at 9:15 PM
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Congrats on a great monitoring appointment!  Hoping that things continue to look good on Wednesday.

Side question- What is everyone's typical monitoring protocol?  Is day 3 of stims pretty normal?  I don't have monitoring until the morning after my 6th night of stims.  Is this ok?
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TTC #1 since February 2011
Me: 29 (high NK cells diagnosed 3/5/13)
DH: 28 (MFI low morph and motility diagnosed 5/8/12).
RE is recommending IVF but we want to start with IUI. DH was unwilling to pursue treatment until 7/21/12.
Cycle #21- Injects + IUI #1= BFFN
Cycle #22- HSG 9/21/12 all clear= BFFN
Cycle #23- Injects + IUI#2= BFFN
Cycle #24- IVF #1- ER 12/6/12 (14R, 11M, 9F), ET 12/9/12 transferred 2 day 3 embies
Beta #1 10dp3dt=3 (-). Beta #2 12dp3dt=6.6 (+). Beta #3 39.1 (+)
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Cycle #26- Diagnosed high NK cells 3/5/13. FET scheduled 3/20/13- CANCELLED- lining issues
Cycle #27- Starting Trental for 3 months for new FET protocol. Natural cycles until FET in August
Cycle #28- BFN; Cycle #29- BFN; Cycle #30- ????
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11-26-2012 at 9:42 PM
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Windy--My monitoring appointments after 3 days on stims (so appointment on day 4) never resulted in any measurable follicles.  They would do a quick count, but they were too small to measure so they would just say "X on the left less than 10mm."  Looks like you have some fast growers--GL!

jschwind--I'm sure different clinics have different monitoring protocols.  Mine typically has you come in on day 4 (after 3 days on stims) and then again on day 6 (after 5 days on stims) continuing every other day until the follicles reach a certain size and your estrogen is at a certain level--then they start bringing you in every morning until trigger. Coming in on the 7th day of your protocol does seem pretty late for your RE to figure out if you are over or under-responding to the meds.  Are you sure you don't have an appointment sooner?

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IUI 1-3: Clomid, Gonal F, Ovidrel + Prometrium = BFN
Acupuncture starting January 2012; IUI 4-5: Gonal F, Ovidrel + Prometrium = BFFN
IVF #1 (Antagonist) w/ICSI & AH: ER 8/7/12--7R/4M/4F; ET 2-8-cells + 1-7-cell embies= BFN
IVF #2 (MDLF)w/ICSI & AH: ER 11/26/12--23R/14M/6F ET 11/29 1 early morula + 2 8-cells; Beta 1 (15dp3dt)= 408; Beta 2 (17dp3dt)= 649 Beta scare :/ ; Beta 3 (19dp3dt)= 1485; 1st u/s 12/28/12= 1 sac with 2 HBs 113bpm EDD= 8/19/13; MIssed MC of identical twin boys D&C @ 8w3d on 1/10/13

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11-26-2012 at 9:50 PM
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Maybe Joleisa:

Windy--My monitoring appointments after 3 days on stims (so appointment on day 4) never resulted in any measurable follicles.  They would do a quick count, but they were too small to measure so they would just say "X on the left less than 10mm."  Looks like you have some fast growers--GL!

jschwind--I'm sure different clinics have different monitoring protocols.  Mine typically has you come in on day 4 (after 3 days on stims) and then again on day 6 (after 5 days on stims) continuing every other day until the follicles reach a certain size and your estrogen is at a certain level--then they start bringing you in every morning until trigger. Coming in on the 7th day of your protocol does seem pretty late for your RE to figure out if you are over or under-responding to the meds.  Are you sure you don't have an appointment sooner?

Yes.  I start stims tomorrow night and go in Monday morning for monitoring.  Eeek!
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TTC #1 since February 2011
Me: 29 (high NK cells diagnosed 3/5/13)
DH: 28 (MFI low morph and motility diagnosed 5/8/12).
RE is recommending IVF but we want to start with IUI. DH was unwilling to pursue treatment until 7/21/12.
Cycle #21- Injects + IUI #1= BFFN
Cycle #22- HSG 9/21/12 all clear= BFFN
Cycle #23- Injects + IUI#2= BFFN
Cycle #24- IVF #1- ER 12/6/12 (14R, 11M, 9F), ET 12/9/12 transferred 2 day 3 embies
Beta #1 10dp3dt=3 (-). Beta #2 12dp3dt=6.6 (+). Beta #3 39.1 (+)
Bleeding and low betas=very cautious Image and video hosting by TinyPic C/P 5W3D
Cycle #26- Diagnosed high NK cells 3/5/13. FET scheduled 3/20/13- CANCELLED- lining issues
Cycle #27- Starting Trental for 3 months for new FET protocol. Natural cycles until FET in August
Cycle #28- BFN; Cycle #29- BFN; Cycle #30- ????
PAIF/SAIF/ALL Welcome! 
11-27-2012 at 7:33 AM
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jschwind22:

Congrats on a great monitoring appointment!  Hoping that things continue to look good on Wednesday.

Side question- What is everyone's typical monitoring protocol?  Is day 3 of stims pretty normal?  I don't have monitoring until the morning after my 6th night of stims.  Is this ok?

I started stims on a Monday and originally was scheduled to come in on Saturday after that but he moved me up to Friday (so after 5 nights of stims). They are worried about OHSS because I have so many small follicles. I have gone in everyday since Friday. My vein on my left arm is now shot and they have done the right the psat two days. They lowered my dose of gonal F on Saturday to 37.5. This am, my largest is 17 on the right and I have 10 on the right above 12mm. On the left, I have 4 above 12mm. E2: Monday pre-stims: 23 Friday: 392 Saturday: 891 Sunday: 1225 Monday: 1747 Tuesday: pending My ER is tentatively scheduled for Friday but who knows. They have thrown out there that it could be on Saturday. I only have 2 days of menopur left before I would need a refill.

Married June 2011
Dx: anovulatory due to prolactinoma (1.5cmx 1.5cm in 2006)
April 2012: MRI- questionable cyst 8mg by 12mm in pituitary
referred to RE by Ob-gyn after amenorrhea x 4+ months, provera ineffective, low estrogen level
cycle 1: May 2012, clomid 50mg; cycle cancelled, thin lining, no response
cycle 2: June 2012, femara 5mg; cycle cancelled, no response
cycle 3: July 2012, femara 7.5mg; cycle cancelled (largest folli on Cd12 & cd 16: 11, lining 4)

Aug. 8: met with RE, move to injectables if HSG and SA normal
Aug. 23: HSG all clear; DH- perfect
Switched to a new RE in early Sept. IVF here we come
Genetic testing reveals: Fragile X- Intermediate risk/grey zone.
IVF#1: ER 11/30: 14 retrieved, 10 mature, 7 fertilized. E2 prior to trigger 5200. Decision made to freeze 6 embryos and transfer later due to OHSS.
IVF#1.2/FET #1: estrogen injects start 1/18, FET delayed to try to thicken lining. lining 5.4mm. FET- 2/18- transferred one 3AA expanded blast. BFP 5dp5dt. Beta #1- 2/27 9dp5dt- 102.27 beta #2 3/1: 147 :(, beta #3 3/4: 268 stop meds. #4: 269, #5 133, #6 72, still in beta hell. Beta 7 (3/25) 29. beta 8 15.7 beta 9 8 beta 10 4.6- finally a negative
FET#2: scheduled for June 10th. delestrogen injects + estrace vaginally, ASA and endometrial scratch 5/6. 
11-27-2012 at 11:06 AM
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