Trying for a 2017 Baby

Hi Ladies!

@ Jooste i'm feeling my old self again! I was worried about OHSS, but luckily that was not the case. I was stressed out yesterday for the call but God willing we got good results!

@ Minyon welcome, i hope your stay is short!

AFM, my ET has been booked for tomorrow @ 13:30!! Were transferring two. Then it's slogging in bed for the "long weekend"

So my journey is almost halfway through, the difficult waiting part is still waiting on me!! The FS says that he does not test early so we'll have to wait a full 2 weeks I have decided that i'm definitely not going to test at home. I do not want extra stress. And if we have managed to wait 3 years for a positive we might as well wait those few days as well.

I'm praying that this works!!

Hi Minyon!
Welcome!!! Lets hope your stay is short and sweet and that you (and the rest of us!) will soon be able to move onto the pregnancy threads!

Hi ladies.

A little back ground, after 2 miscarriages and a chemical pregnancy we welcomed our baby girl in 2013. She is my everything. Had the Mirena placed after her birth and had it removed November last year. I had to have it replaced twice because the first time it had gone into my uterine lining and second for it falling out. Have been ttc now for 11 unsuccessful months for baby no 2. Periods are regular and the few months that I did ovulation testing where all spot on. Hubby had an op 6 years ago for fertility and wondering if that problem has returned or if the Mirena caused scaring. It's all very disheartening and the age gap getting bigger and bigger. Can finally book a checkup from the end of the month and see what is or is not wrong.

Liza
Wowie!!! You will have enough to transfer and have some on "ice" for more kiddo's if you want later on!!
Really wonderful news! I can remember being so nervous during our IVF waiting every morning to hear what the embryologist have to report back. Are you suffering a little from hyperstimulation?? I can imagine that it might be the case, since they have really stimmed you guite a bit to get 22 follies!!

Sammy
Great that your DH has such good SA-results now.

Chanti
How are you feeling?? Still managing all the injections?

Zarah
Always so good to hear from you....close to my heart..

Nicola
Strange - no endo? Once we have endo, I've been told that it always comes back. It never goes away after surgery - it stays away for anything from 3 - 8 months - but then it slowly creeps back. So - it is very strange that she could not see any at all. I started off with Grade I endo....and 11 months after my first operation - had grade II. Now...grade II everytime I go back for operations. Even though they remove it all with lazer - it still returns in less than a year.

AFM
Thank you for all your prayers and kind words. You are really such a great group of people. Today is CD4 for me.....busy with the Femara......wondering how I will respond. We use to have 1 to 2 follies with 2.5mg - 5mg Femara. So upping the dosage a little - we are really hoping to definitely have 2 follies, so that we can have a better chance to catch a healthy eggie. Just listening to Liza's results - it is amazing to realize that less than 50% of our eggies are actually able to carry on to be babies....

Liza
Wowie!!! You will have enough to transfer and have some on "ice" for more kiddo's if you want later on!!
Really wonderful news! I can remember being so nervous during our IVF waiting every morning to hear what the embryologist have to report back. Are you suffering a little from hyperstimulation?? I can imagine that it might be the case, since they have really stimmed you guite a bit to get 22 follies!!

Sammy
Great that your DH has such good SA-results now.

Chanti
How are you feeling?? Still managing all the injections?

Zarah
Always so good to hear from you....close to my heart..

Nicola
Strange - no endo? Once we have endo, I've been told that it always comes back. It never goes away after surgery - it stays away for anything from 3 - 8 months - but then it slowly creeps back. So - it is very strange that she could not see any at all. I started off with Grade I endo....and 11 months after my first operation - had grade II. Now...grade II everytime I go back for operations. Even though they remove it all with lazer - it still returns in less than a year.

AFM
Thank you for all your prayers and kind words. You are really such a great group of people. Today is CD4 for me.....busy with the Femara......wondering how I will respond. We use to have 1 to 2 follies with 2.5mg - 5mg Femara. So upping the dosage a little - we are really hoping to definitely have 2 follies, so that we can have a better chance to catch a healthy eggie. Just listening to Liza's results - it is amazing to realize that less than 50% of our eggies are actually able to carry on to be babies....

Hi Liza... Just a QUICK reply to your msg... Regarding your DH... my hubby was also continuously told his sperm count was high but the morphology was extremely low (so basically he has retardedly shaped sperm!).. anyway, he wanted to start the Staminogro also, but was advised by a Urologist to instead start taking Prelox (but the silver and blue box). It's rather pricey and unfortunately only certain pharmacies stock it. What area are you in? He took these pills, daily for about 6 months (sperm basically regenerates every 3 months I think?) Anyway, during this time, he drank a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice every morning and a glass of freshly squeezed pineapple juice at night. Started ONLY wearing boxers, only ever showered (no more warm baths), ate loads of fruit & Veggies, limited alcohol (that one was hectic!) and a few other things, and when we went for the IUI on Thursday, his count was 80 MILLION!!!! They did the booster and after they gave a rating of 3+ (NO idea what that meant! - but he only got a 3- on the last round!?!)... We also have a pharmacy near us that instead of the Prelox, actually gives hubby an injection (it lasts 2-3 weeks) that contains all the same goodies... but prepared, because their sex drive goes through the roof on either one!!!!! - Sorry for the LONG "Quick reply" hahahaha

Morning ladies

Hope you all had a good weekend! (I'm a day behind as i was at home yesterday)

So i had my retrieval on Saturday (not the most pleasant procedure) and they retrieved 22 follies.

So feedback from the clinic on Sunday morning was that 12 follies has been fertilized. Got a call this morning and as it seems 15 follies has fertilized. 6 of them are a bit slow, so we have a definite 9 that are good!

So why we were initially told to do ICSI/IVF is because of hubby's low count. With our last SA the count was 7 million. So he started taking Staminogro and low and behold ... His count was 15 million when he gave his sample Saturday!

I had to see the FS last night as i had alot of pain in my stomach. The sonar shows that i have some fluid in my belly and that my ovaries are still swollen. He says it's normal and would go away. I do feel a lot better today!

So ET is scheduled for Thursday they will phone me tomorrow to confirm a time.

@ Sammy good luck with the wait!! I have no idea how i am going to keep myself occupied!

@ Nicole i really cant believe the audacity of some Dr's. We are just normal people as Sammy said and we need answers thus the only reason we go to them! Hope you feel better!

@ Jooste you are in my prayers everyday! Does the Gynie have any idea why this is happening?