Shell's TTC Diary - *IVF/ICSI* - BFP!!!!

[shellbham]

Day 10 of Stimming - 2nd Follie Scan

Scan went well yesterday. It seems i am responding more normally this time. They are a little behind in size but number wise everything looks fine. There are 13 decent ones and then several more little ones. I have to go back monday now. Fingers crossed that they get growing by tomorrow so that EC can go ahead as originally planned on Wednesday

xxx

 

[shellbham]

Day 12 of Stimming - 3rd Follie Scan

I have had another scan this morning and it seems that the situation has changed again! I have been busy recruiting extra follicles!! There are now at least 40 including all the little ones so i have had to have a blood test so they can decide what to do next. They said they thought it was a bit weird that i seemed to be responding normally at my last scan! They are still too small also so still have no idea when EC may be.

x

 

[choklatemunky]

What a difference 2 days make eh!
How many should you have then?

Hope EC can be organised soon x

 

[chellieboo]

Shell your ovaries are nuts - have a work with them. they don't need to recruit when all the vacancies have already been filled

Hope the blood test brings good news and EC can go ahead as planned

 

[shellbham]

Day 13 of Stimming - 4th Follie Scan - 2nd Blood Test

Yesterdays blood test came back at 10,000. Last time on day 12 it was 6,500. I have no idea why it is higher as i had a lot more follies before. They spoke to my consultant and he said to only do half of my usual dose of Menopur and to come back the next day for another blood test and scan.

Which brings me to today..........

Todays scan showed around 20ish decent sized follicles, but only 3 of these are ready. Have had another blood test so i'm now just waiting for a call from the clinic with the results and next plan of action. EC should be any day now. I'm hoping i get to have another Menopur injection as i dont want there to be only 3 follies on EC day.

Back later to update

Michelle x

 

[choklatemunky]

 

[shellbham]

OMG OMG OMG, just after i posted the clinic called..........Egg collection is Thursday!! I didn't expect that! Blood came back at 15,000 today so its all systems go. They dont do EC unless your blood is below 16,000 so as i am borderline i cant have any menopur tonight. I asked about there only being 3 follies ready but she said they decide to do EC when there are at least 3 or 4 ready and some of the others will catch up in size.

Last injection, the HCG one, is at 7.45 tonight. There are no more after that. Tomorrow is drug free. I have to be at the hospital at 6.30am thursday morning and i cant eat or drink after midnight tomorrow.

Now that everything is happening, i'm starting to panic. I'm so scared of it not working again. I dont know how i'll cope with 2 BFN's

Michelle x

 

[choklatemunky]

Woohoo!
Thats good news! Enjoy your drug free day tomorrow and Im sure a few more follies will get up to size.....dont panic and be getting upset about a BFN - you have to think positive!
Good Luck!

 

[chellieboo]

Woohoo....time for e/c again for you. keep thinking positive.

goodluck and enjoy your drug free day tomorrow

 

[gypsy]

 

[CB23]

Good luck

 

[Jule]

Hi Shell,

Although I haven't posted for a while, I have still been following your journey.

Just wanted to say good luck for tomorrow - its sounding good for you!!

 

[chellieboo]

Hey honey

hope EC went well yesterday and the eggs and sperm are getting it on as I type.

I'm off on holiday now for a week so I'll have to catch up when i get back, but just wanted to wish you tonnes of luck for ET.

this is it for you

xxxx

 

[shellbham]

Sorry this is late, i wrote it in word first last night and then didn't get round to posting it!!

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Egg Collection - 7/2/08

Egg collection went well. We got 24 eggs!!!! Thats double what we had last time! Felt very sore though, much worse than i was before.

Felt worse after the GA than last time though. It took me a lot longer to come round properly and i kept thinking i was going to be sick. I couldn't eat anything, i was starving but i tried some cornflakes and had to spit them back out! The nurse bought me some melon to try and that was much better. I was in a lot more pain this time which is probably because there were a lot more eggs retrieved. They gave me some morphine and that helped. When we were ready to go home i was so bloated that i couldn't get my jeans done up, i had to just put my coat on to cover them up and hope they didnt fall down.

We called the clinic when we got home to ask how many of the 24 were suitable to use and we have 19.

I feel so happy!

x

 

[Kittykins]

wow! fantastic news!

how on earth did you get from 3 to 24 in a couple of days?!

Hope you're feeling a bit better now and have managed to eat something...


it works out this time!

 

[choklatemunky]

So happy for you Shell

 

[sarafet]

hey hun, i've just read through your ttc diary and wanted to let you know that it's fantastic. i wish you all the luck in the world that this round works for you, it's looking great so far

take care,


sarah xxxx

 

[shellbham]

1 Day After EC

We found out today that 12 fertilised. The clinic has suggested freezing half now as apparantly they have a better chance of surviving if they freeze them early. So we have 6 growing in the lab and will find out tomorrow what grade etc they are. I just want tomorrow to hurry up, its so nerve wracking!! I was a bit disappointed at first as last time we had 100% fertilisation, but we only have 1 less than last time plus we also have 6 frosties so we may get to do FET. So i've realised that actually i should feel very lucky!

Kittykins - I have no idea how it went from 3 to 24. They did say that some of the others would catch up but i wasn't expecting that much more! My consultant is very thorough and likes to get as much as he can out though so thats why i ended up with 5 that were unsuitable. They were not mature so they couldn't inject them.

Choklatemunkey - Thank you for all your posts. It really helps to have such great support.

Sarafet - Thank you for your kind words. I really hope you're right, i dont think i can cope with another BFN.

Back tomorrow with another update!

Michelle x

 

[shellbham]

2 Days After EC

We have 2 grade 1-2's and 4 grade 2-3's. DH spoke to them and he is at work, he did tell me cell numbers but i've forgot what he said now!! I will have to ask him later.

ET is tomorrow at 8.30am. I'm dreading it after last time!!

I haven't moved off the sofa. I'm still very bloated and still cant stand up straight. My friend popped round yesterday. I felt fine in the morning, and it was nice to see her, but i think it made me feel worse by the end of the day. So i am not moving off the sofa or doing anything today!

xxx

 

[Kittykins]

ET at 8.30am on a Sunday? ouch...

so do they transfer all 6? Sorry - you probably explained last time but I've forgotten!

That's great that you have 6 in the freezer though! Always good to make some for now and freeze some for later, as my grandmother would say...

Sounds like you need some drawstring trackie bottoms for the next few days. all goes well tomorrow!