2 heartbeats at 177 and 178 measuring 8w1d and 7w6d. (17.6 mm and 15.7 mm)
Whew!
Next ultrasound at 9w3d on Friday, June 20th.
Tuesday, June 10, 2014
Second Ultrasound
The second ultrasound on Monday, June 9, 2014 at 7w6d shows:
2 heartbeats at 177 and 178 measuring 8w1d and 7w6d. (17.6 mm and 15.7 mm)
Whew!
Next ultrasound at 9w3d on Friday, June 20th.
2 heartbeats at 177 and 178 measuring 8w1d and 7w6d. (17.6 mm and 15.7 mm)
Whew!
Next ultrasound at 9w3d on Friday, June 20th.
Thursday, May 29, 2014
First Ultrasound
Thursday, May 29, 2014 Ultrasound
6 weeks 2 days
And, the results are:
2 heartbeats. Each in their own gestational sacs. Whew! Measuring perfectly at 6w2d and 6w1d and heartbeats are 121 and 120.
There might have been a third gestational sac that never really formed. It's hard to tell and it really doesn't matter. But, it would explain the wonky betas. Let's hope that's it.
We have a long race ahead of us, but it's a very good start.
Without further ado, here's the pictures:
I can't figure out how to turn this one, but either way, they're the same picture.
Next ultrasound will be Monday, June 9th. We'll be 7w 6d.
Thursday, May 8, 2014
IVF #4 The POAS Journey
Wednesday, May 7, 2014 - 8 days past retrieval (DPO) and 3 days past 5 day transfer (3dp5dt):
In the past I've had lingering trigger on this day and the next, so a + might mean nothing.
Friday, May 9, 2014 - 10 DPO and 5dp5dt:
Saturday, May 10, 2014 - 11 DPO and 6dp5dt:
Sunday, May 11, 2014 - 12 DPO and 7dp5dt:
Monday, May 12, 2014 - 13 DPO and 8dp5dt: Didn't test.
Tuesday, May 13, 2014 - 14 DPO and 8dp5dt:
And the beta is.........
385. (I'll pat myself on the back a little for the correct guess and being able to read HPTs. :) )
Progesterone at 97.
And the second beta at 16 DPO will be great, too, right?
No. It's not. Because life is never easy for me like that.
The second beta is 662.
Let me do the math for you. That's a 61 hour doubling time, which, of course, sucks.
I know, I know, vanishing twin/triplet, anything could be going on, blah, blah, blah.
But, really, we're done. No more betas, no super early ultrasound. We'll be doing an ultrasound on Thursday, May 29, 2014 at 6w2d. Either there will be a heartbeat or there won't. I'll let you know.
In the past I've had lingering trigger on this day and the next, so a + might mean nothing.
It look pretty negative to me. There might be the faintest hint of a shadow.
But, that's probably the trigger.
Thursday, May 8, 2014 - 9 DPO and 4dp5dt:
Is that the faintest hint of a +? Can you see it? It could still be the trigger. I've been fooled by the trigger before. Tomorrow will tell.
Hhhmmm. Well, that's a line.
That's definitely a darker line.
THAT is a gorgeous line!
Monday, May 12, 2014 - 13 DPO and 8dp5dt: Didn't test.
Tuesday, May 13, 2014 - 14 DPO and 8dp5dt:
It's starting to make the control line light. Beta today. I'm guessing it'll be between 300-400.
And the beta is.........
385. (I'll pat myself on the back a little for the correct guess and being able to read HPTs. :) )
Progesterone at 97.
And the second beta at 16 DPO will be great, too, right?
No. It's not. Because life is never easy for me like that.
The second beta is 662.
Let me do the math for you. That's a 61 hour doubling time, which, of course, sucks.
I know, I know, vanishing twin/triplet, anything could be going on, blah, blah, blah.
But, really, we're done. No more betas, no super early ultrasound. We'll be doing an ultrasound on Thursday, May 29, 2014 at 6w2d. Either there will be a heartbeat or there won't. I'll let you know.
Thursday, May 1, 2014
IVF #4 Results
13 eggs retrieved
Day 1: April 30, 2014: 10 were mature and 9 fertilized!!! That's my best response yet!
Day 2: May 1, 2014: All 9 still growing. 8 are 4 cell (right where they're supposed to be) and 1 is a 3 cell. We decided we're going to PGS them and include the 7 frozen since we're going to do it anyways. I hope this is the right decision.
Day 3: May 2, 2014: Feeling more discouraged today. :( They are supposed to be 8 cell today. 6 are 8 cell, BUT 3 of those are experiencing 10-15% fragmentation. One is a perfect 6 cell. (This doesn't worry me. I've had 3 6 cellers on day 3 before and they all made it to blast.) The other 2 are a 4 cell and a 5 cell, both fragmented. Those 2 have probably arrested. We finished the consent paperwork and our own bloodtests for the PGS stuff. We'll see how it goes tomorrow. If there are 1 or 2 that look great, we'll transfer them on day 5. If everyone's looking like they'll blast on day 6, we'll biopsy and freeze everything. Stand by to stand by....
Day 4: May 3, 2014: So, OK today. I found out they cultured them separately, so we know who has done what.
2 of the 8 cell-ers from yesterday are fully compacted morulas today. (This is just where they should be.)
2 of the 8 cell-ers from yesterday are 12 cell-ers today with no fragmentation. That's ok. I've had them at 12 cell before and they've made it to blast by day 6.
2 of them are 10 cell-ers. One of them was the 5 cell from yesterday! I'm surprised he turned it around! He has a little fragmentation, but otherwise looks good. What a fighter! The other 10 cell-er was an 8 cell from yesterday.
There's an 8 cell and a 6 cell from yesterday that are an 8 cell and a 6 cell today. That's a bad sign. Too bad about them. I had high hopes for them. :(
The last one is the four cell that was a four cell yesterday and probably a 4 cell the day before. This one's basically out of the running.
So, the plan is to see if 1 or 2 of the morulas are good looking blasts tomorrow and look ready to transfer. If so, we'll transfer at 9 am. If not we'll do no transfer this cycle. We'll just hope as many make it blast as possible and we can biopsy and freeze them.
Day 5: Here we are! So the 2 morulas from yesterday formed a perfect AA hatching blast and a 2cc blast. (We'll talk about the 2cc in a second.) One of the 12 cell-ers from yesterday jumped ahead and made a beautiful AA early blast.
Those 3 were transferred this morning.
The others are now 2 compacted morulas and 2 half compacted morulas. The 2 half compacted morulas don't look that good, so we'll see how they look tomorrow. One of them is the 5 cell to 10 cell from yesterday and the day before. :( Come on little fighter!
So about that 2cc....... They didn't want to transfer it. I insisted. When I looked at it with the embryologist she said that the ICM was actually really well formed, but the trophectoderm was degenerating. So would that make it a 2ac? I looked at some studies and feel really good about the decision to transfer it.
So, without further ado. Here are the pictures I have:
Day 6: The embryologist called and stated none had made it to freeze. Very angry about this. She said they had made it to blast, but were 2CC and therefore not good enough to freeze. I don't know if this speaks to an excellent quality for the 2 good ones and for an excellent quality of our frosties or what. Hindsight being 20/20, I would have transferred the 2 morulas and the runt from above and vitrified and tested the 2 excellent ones with our frozen 7. I think that would've given the most number of embryos a chance. Or, I wish I had thought of really forcing the issue to freeze the bad ones. If they don't survive the thaw, then so be it. At least they would've had a chance.... :(
Oh well, there's many things I would've done differently in this TTC #3 journey. (Especially started sooner!) But, all we can do is move forward and do the best we can.
Day 1: April 30, 2014: 10 were mature and 9 fertilized!!! That's my best response yet!
Day 2: May 1, 2014: All 9 still growing. 8 are 4 cell (right where they're supposed to be) and 1 is a 3 cell. We decided we're going to PGS them and include the 7 frozen since we're going to do it anyways. I hope this is the right decision.
Day 3: May 2, 2014: Feeling more discouraged today. :( They are supposed to be 8 cell today. 6 are 8 cell, BUT 3 of those are experiencing 10-15% fragmentation. One is a perfect 6 cell. (This doesn't worry me. I've had 3 6 cellers on day 3 before and they all made it to blast.) The other 2 are a 4 cell and a 5 cell, both fragmented. Those 2 have probably arrested. We finished the consent paperwork and our own bloodtests for the PGS stuff. We'll see how it goes tomorrow. If there are 1 or 2 that look great, we'll transfer them on day 5. If everyone's looking like they'll blast on day 6, we'll biopsy and freeze everything. Stand by to stand by....
Day 4: May 3, 2014: So, OK today. I found out they cultured them separately, so we know who has done what.
2 of the 8 cell-ers from yesterday are fully compacted morulas today. (This is just where they should be.)
2 of the 8 cell-ers from yesterday are 12 cell-ers today with no fragmentation. That's ok. I've had them at 12 cell before and they've made it to blast by day 6.
2 of them are 10 cell-ers. One of them was the 5 cell from yesterday! I'm surprised he turned it around! He has a little fragmentation, but otherwise looks good. What a fighter! The other 10 cell-er was an 8 cell from yesterday.
There's an 8 cell and a 6 cell from yesterday that are an 8 cell and a 6 cell today. That's a bad sign. Too bad about them. I had high hopes for them. :(
The last one is the four cell that was a four cell yesterday and probably a 4 cell the day before. This one's basically out of the running.
So, the plan is to see if 1 or 2 of the morulas are good looking blasts tomorrow and look ready to transfer. If so, we'll transfer at 9 am. If not we'll do no transfer this cycle. We'll just hope as many make it blast as possible and we can biopsy and freeze them.
Day 5: Here we are! So the 2 morulas from yesterday formed a perfect AA hatching blast and a 2cc blast. (We'll talk about the 2cc in a second.) One of the 12 cell-ers from yesterday jumped ahead and made a beautiful AA early blast.
Those 3 were transferred this morning.
The others are now 2 compacted morulas and 2 half compacted morulas. The 2 half compacted morulas don't look that good, so we'll see how they look tomorrow. One of them is the 5 cell to 10 cell from yesterday and the day before. :( Come on little fighter!
So about that 2cc....... They didn't want to transfer it. I insisted. When I looked at it with the embryologist she said that the ICM was actually really well formed, but the trophectoderm was degenerating. So would that make it a 2ac? I looked at some studies and feel really good about the decision to transfer it.
So, without further ado. Here are the pictures I have:
The one on the bottom left is the "2CC". The top one is the top one below and the bottom right one is the bottom one below.
This is the top one in the picture above. It was an early blast rated AA in the morning, but really started to expand and by transfer it looks like it's hatching at the one o'clock in the above picture.
This one is the 2AA in the morning. It is definitely hatching at transfer which you can see in the top 2 pictures at between the 6 and 7 o'clock. See that little bit sticking out? That's the beginning of hatching.
Day 6: The embryologist called and stated none had made it to freeze. Very angry about this. She said they had made it to blast, but were 2CC and therefore not good enough to freeze. I don't know if this speaks to an excellent quality for the 2 good ones and for an excellent quality of our frosties or what. Hindsight being 20/20, I would have transferred the 2 morulas and the runt from above and vitrified and tested the 2 excellent ones with our frozen 7. I think that would've given the most number of embryos a chance. Or, I wish I had thought of really forcing the issue to freeze the bad ones. If they don't survive the thaw, then so be it. At least they would've had a chance.... :(
Oh well, there's many things I would've done differently in this TTC #3 journey. (Especially started sooner!) But, all we can do is move forward and do the best we can.
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
IVF #4 Plan for April / May
So for our fourth and final IVF we'll do a Microdose Lupron Flare. I'm perfectly OK with cancelling if this doesn't seem to be going well. But, my understanding is that the Lupron Flare tends to give higher Estrogen levels overall, so hopefully this will reflect on good quality embryos.
We'll do 2 weeks of birth control with a hysteroscopy on Thursday, April 3, 2014 just to check and make sure everything is ok and to do an endometrial scratch. Then somewhere around the 11th-ish, we'll stop the BCP and start the microdose Lupron and then we'll throw in 225 iu Menopur and 225 iu Follistim. Here goes.....
Update: The hysteroscopy went fine. My uterus looks normal as expected. I guess the uterine scratch was successful because I'm still spotting 4 days later. :$ I hope that'll stop soon. I'm still not sure how Letrozole will figure into all of this. I tried to ask while drugged after the hysteroscopy, but I don't think I was too coherent! :P
I'm just standing by to stand by......
We'll do 2 weeks of birth control with a hysteroscopy on Thursday, April 3, 2014 just to check and make sure everything is ok and to do an endometrial scratch. Then somewhere around the 11th-ish, we'll stop the BCP and start the microdose Lupron and then we'll throw in 225 iu Menopur and 225 iu Follistim. Here goes.....
Update: The hysteroscopy went fine. My uterus looks normal as expected. I guess the uterine scratch was successful because I'm still spotting 4 days later. :$ I hope that'll stop soon. I'm still not sure how Letrozole will figure into all of this. I tried to ask while drugged after the hysteroscopy, but I don't think I was too coherent! :P
I'm just standing by to stand by......
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
March Plan...
Friday, February 28 - Get my period. Start 2.5 mg Letrozole.
Saturday, March 1 - CD 2 - Follistim 450 iu, Letrozole 2.5 mg
Sunday, March 2 - CD 3 - Follistim 450 iu, Letrozole 2.5 mg
Monday, March 3 - CD 4 - Follistim 375 iu, Menopur 75 iu, Letrozole 2.5 mg
Tuesday, March 4 - CD 5 - Follistim 300 iu, Menopur 150 iu, Letrozole 2.5 mg
Wednesday, March 5 - CD 6 - Follistim 300 iu, Menopur 150 iu, Letrozole 2.5 mg
Thursday, March 6 - CD 7 - Follistim 300 iu, Menopur 150 iu, Letrozole 2.5 mg
Friday, March 7 - CD 8 - Follistim 300 iu, Menopur 150 iu, Letrozole 2.5 mg
Saturday, March 8 - CD 9 - Follistim 300 iu, Menopur 150 iu, Letrozole 2.5 mg
Sunday, March 9 - CD 10 - Follistim 300 iu, Menopur 150 iu, Letrozole 2.5 mg (BD)
Monday, March 10 - CD 11 - Follistim 300 iu, Menopur 150 iu
Tuesday, March 11 - CD 12 - Folistim 300 iu, Menopur 150 iu
Wednesday, March 12 - CD 13 - Follistim 300 iu, Menopur 300 iu, Trigger (BD)
Thursday, March 13 - CD 14 - (BD)
Friday, March 14 - CD 15 - Probable Ovulation Day (BD)
And the results are.....
BFFN
Saturday, March 1 - CD 2 - Follistim 450 iu, Letrozole 2.5 mg
Sunday, March 2 - CD 3 - Follistim 450 iu, Letrozole 2.5 mg
Monday, March 3 - CD 4 - Follistim 375 iu, Menopur 75 iu, Letrozole 2.5 mg
Tuesday, March 4 - CD 5 - Follistim 300 iu, Menopur 150 iu, Letrozole 2.5 mg
Wednesday, March 5 - CD 6 - Follistim 300 iu, Menopur 150 iu, Letrozole 2.5 mg
Thursday, March 6 - CD 7 - Follistim 300 iu, Menopur 150 iu, Letrozole 2.5 mg
Friday, March 7 - CD 8 - Follistim 300 iu, Menopur 150 iu, Letrozole 2.5 mg
Saturday, March 8 - CD 9 - Follistim 300 iu, Menopur 150 iu, Letrozole 2.5 mg
Sunday, March 9 - CD 10 - Follistim 300 iu, Menopur 150 iu, Letrozole 2.5 mg (BD)
Monday, March 10 - CD 11 - Follistim 300 iu, Menopur 150 iu
Tuesday, March 11 - CD 12 - Folistim 300 iu, Menopur 150 iu
Wednesday, March 12 - CD 13 - Follistim 300 iu, Menopur 300 iu, Trigger (BD)
Thursday, March 13 - CD 14 - (BD)
Friday, March 14 - CD 15 - Probable Ovulation Day (BD)
And the results are.....
BFFN
Wednesday, February 5, 2014
February IUI Plan
Sunday, February 2 - Got my period. This is shaping up to be a strong period. After last month's period, I'm glad to see it. Start 2.5 mg Letrozole today.
Monday, February 3 - CD 2 - Follistim 450 iu, Letrozole 2.5 mg
Tuesday, February 4 - CD 3 - Follistim 450 iu, Letrozole 2.5 mg
Wednesday, February 5 - CD 4 - Follistim 375 iu, Menopur 75 iu, Letrozole 2.5 mg
Thursday, February 6 - CD 5 - Follistim 300 iu, Menopur 75 iu, Letrozole 2.5 mg, HCG 30iu
Ultrasound: 11 follicles growing. The biggest ones are 10 and 8. Woohoo!!!!! E2 = 60
Friday, February 7 - CD 6 - Follistim 300 iu, Menopur 75 iu, Letrozole 2.5 mg, HCG 25iu
Saturday, February 8 - CD 7 - Follistim 300 iu, Menopur 75 iu, Letrozole 2.5 mg, HCG 25iu
Sunday, February 9 - CD 8 - Follistim 300 iu, Menopur 75 iu, Letrozole 2.5 mg, HCG 25iu
Monday, February 10 - CD 9 - Follistim 225 iu, Menopur 150 iu, HCG 200iu, Ganirelix
Ultrasound shows follicles at 18, 17.5, 12, 12, 12, 11.5. Estrogen =122.
DH and I got together in the evening.
Tuesday, February 11 - CD 10 - Follistim 450 iu, Menopur 150 iu, HCG 200iu, Ganirelix
Ultrasound shows follicles at 18, 17, 16, 13, 12.5, 11. Estrogen at 157. P4 = 0.6
Wednesday, February 12 - CD 11 - Follistim 450 iu, Menopur 150 iu, HCG 200iu, Ganirelix
Ultrasound shows follicles at 19, 18, 17, 15, 13.5, 13 and lining at 11.5. E2= 271.
DH and I got together in the evening.
Thursday, February 13 - CD 12 - Folistim 450iu, Menopur 150 iu
Ultrasound shows follicles at 20, 19, 18, 16, 16, 16 (but the tech thinks one of the 16s is a cyst). Lining at 13.5! And E2 = 397. 15,000 HCG trigger at 10:30 pm
Friday, February 14 - CD 13
Saturday, February 15 - CD 14 - IUI at 12:30 pm (They were running late.). :( So that's 38 hours past trigger and since I didn't take the Ganirelix Thursday night, it's technically possible that my body could've started surging earlier.... Eh. Who knows? What will be, will be. But, if there's a next month I'll definitely do the 2 IUIs instead of the one. DH's count was great. 415 million total sperm with an 88% motility. The sample ended up with 71M total and 63M motile. They just want to see anything above 10M in the sample and at least 50% motility, so it clearly conquers those goals.
So, I guess now we wait.
And the results are:
BFFN
I'm supposed to get pregnant and then miscarry. I'm supposed to at least get a +. I guess my body didn't read the script....
Monday, February 3 - CD 2 - Follistim 450 iu, Letrozole 2.5 mg
Tuesday, February 4 - CD 3 - Follistim 450 iu, Letrozole 2.5 mg
Wednesday, February 5 - CD 4 - Follistim 375 iu, Menopur 75 iu, Letrozole 2.5 mg
Thursday, February 6 - CD 5 - Follistim 300 iu, Menopur 75 iu, Letrozole 2.5 mg, HCG 30iu
Ultrasound: 11 follicles growing. The biggest ones are 10 and 8. Woohoo!!!!! E2 = 60
Friday, February 7 - CD 6 - Follistim 300 iu, Menopur 75 iu, Letrozole 2.5 mg, HCG 25iu
Saturday, February 8 - CD 7 - Follistim 300 iu, Menopur 75 iu, Letrozole 2.5 mg, HCG 25iu
Sunday, February 9 - CD 8 - Follistim 300 iu, Menopur 75 iu, Letrozole 2.5 mg, HCG 25iu
Monday, February 10 - CD 9 - Follistim 225 iu, Menopur 150 iu, HCG 200iu, Ganirelix
Ultrasound shows follicles at 18, 17.5, 12, 12, 12, 11.5. Estrogen =122.
DH and I got together in the evening.
Tuesday, February 11 - CD 10 - Follistim 450 iu, Menopur 150 iu, HCG 200iu, Ganirelix
Ultrasound shows follicles at 18, 17, 16, 13, 12.5, 11. Estrogen at 157. P4 = 0.6
Wednesday, February 12 - CD 11 - Follistim 450 iu, Menopur 150 iu, HCG 200iu, Ganirelix
Ultrasound shows follicles at 19, 18, 17, 15, 13.5, 13 and lining at 11.5. E2= 271.
DH and I got together in the evening.
Thursday, February 13 - CD 12 - Folistim 450iu, Menopur 150 iu
Ultrasound shows follicles at 20, 19, 18, 16, 16, 16 (but the tech thinks one of the 16s is a cyst). Lining at 13.5! And E2 = 397. 15,000 HCG trigger at 10:30 pm
Friday, February 14 - CD 13
Saturday, February 15 - CD 14 - IUI at 12:30 pm (They were running late.). :( So that's 38 hours past trigger and since I didn't take the Ganirelix Thursday night, it's technically possible that my body could've started surging earlier.... Eh. Who knows? What will be, will be. But, if there's a next month I'll definitely do the 2 IUIs instead of the one. DH's count was great. 415 million total sperm with an 88% motility. The sample ended up with 71M total and 63M motile. They just want to see anything above 10M in the sample and at least 50% motility, so it clearly conquers those goals.
So, I guess now we wait.
And the results are:
BFFN
I'm supposed to get pregnant and then miscarry. I'm supposed to at least get a +. I guess my body didn't read the script....
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