As Much of a Plan as One Can Have January 26, 2006
I talked to my IVF coordinator this morning in attempt to sort out all of this travelling stuff and day 3 vs day 5 stuff. Normally at my clinic everyone goes in on day 3. If they want to transfer on day 3, you stick around for ET. If they want to go to blast, they go over your embryo info and then tell you to come back in two days. Well, obviously that would be a pain in the ass for us because of the drive, so they’re trying to work it out so that it’s as easy as possible for us.
It looks like the plan is to take them to blast unless they check on them tomorrow and they look like crap. They know our embryos can make it to blast and we started with a good number, so that’s the plan. They want 6-8 really good day 3 embryos to go to blast, so even if just half of ours made it we’d be ok going to day 5.
They’re going to check on them in the morning and give me a call hopefully by 9:00 which is the time we would need to get on the road to be there for when my ET would be scheduled for if we did a day 3 transfer. It’s kinda complicated, but it looks like unless everything goes to hell between now and tomorrow morning that we’ll be doing a blast transfer on Sunday.
On a different note, I did my first Lovenox injection last night. Holy crap, that sucker burned. I mean, I thought Repronex stung, but it’s got nothing on Lovenox. I sat there in shock at how much it hurt. Maybe I’ll try icing tonight. I never ice before I inject, but this situation might call for that.
I’ve been keeping up my OHSS prevention diet and have been watching my body closely. I know that symptoms don’t usually start this early, but I still want to be aware of what’s going on. I’ve been weighing myself in the morning (as I usually do) because it’s important to keep an eye on the whole weight gain situation. I have yet to gain any weight this cycle, and somehow I even managed to lose a pound between yesterday and today.
I know, I know. Getting 18 fertilized eggs and actually losing weight during a cycle is insane to me, too. Now before anyone starts hating me, let me please remind you of my track record. It’s over there on the right if anyone needs a reminder. No one wants to be the girl on cycle #6. The thing is that it doesn’t matter how great my luck may be going, at some point it’s all going to go to shit. It’s just a matter of time before the other shoe drops.
So until it does I’m just going to enjoy the fact that right now, at this very moment, things are going ok. Who knows what’s around the corner. Stalled out embryos? OHSS? A failed cycle? Another freaking miscarriage? They’re all possibilities. The truth of the matter is that we have no way of knowing if our luck will hold out this time or not. It hasn’t in the past. Could it this time? Only time will tell. Too bad I’m so freaking impatient.
- Posted in : IVF Part 6: IVF #4
- Author : amanda
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Wow I can’t believe you got so many embryos! That is great! I hope it continues to go well.
Sorry about the Lovenox but thrilled about everything else and hoping you are done with the other shoe dropping.
I hope those kidlets continue to grow, grow, grow and that OHSS has decided not to mess with you. Because you are awesome and you have intimidated the hell out of OHSS, right?
I have a girlfriend who was on Lovenox for her whole pregnancy, and I always thought she was a weenie for complaining about her shots, since my IF shots never hurt much. Now I know they were actually worse than mine! Oops! Guess I owe her an apology.
I’m glad to hear you’re (probably) doing a blast transfer. And for now, let’s ignore hope and luck. The fact is, you’re working with a TON of embryos, and that’s just freakin’ awesome! Still sending anti-OHSS thoughts your way, but it sounds like you’re doing really well.
I’ve never tried Lovenox, but the icing really worked for all the other shots. I would give it a shot (okay, that’s bad).
Things sound like they’re going as well as can be expected…sorry about the stingy Lovenox. I’m sorry you’re in the waiting game to see how luck pans out. The uncertainty just sucks.
Every time I’ve given someone a Lovenox injection they complain about it burning. I don’t know if icing it will, help, but I guess it’s worth I try. Injecting it quickly seemed to help slightly. I’m still thinking anti OHSS thoughts for you.
NBHHY
Me too - wishing you all the best, thinking many anti-HOSSS thoughts and keeping my finger cramped around each other (i.e. crossed). All the best for the horrible drive on the weekend and luck in general. It has to be there with everybody at some point. Maybe now it your turn I cramp my fingers some more for it to be it!
N
ooops…the fingers were tooo cramped here…of course I am thinking anti-OHSS thoughts and nothing else :-)
N
It’s going to be awesome, Amanda…hang in there and relax. All you need is one. Best of luck!
Hey, good luck tomorrow! I hope you get the 9 a.m. call that says you have so many embryos doing so well that they don’t want to see your face until Sunday.
Wonderful news, Amanda. I’m thrilled with the way everything sounds — except for the pain from the Lovenox, of course. I realize you are waiting for the proverbial shoe to drop, but I’m hoping hoping hoping that this cycle marks the turning point in your reproductive success!
I’m hoping the embies are thriving in their perti dish well enough that you can go to blast. I’m crossing everything for no OHSS, well, at least not a bad case of it. With that amount of eggs retrieved it’s a bit hard to believe you won’t get any, but I’m hoping for as little as possible - and not too much to cancel the transfer. Just keep drinking, and remember that water is good, too, not just Gatorade.
Amanda, while I understand completely the pessimism, I do hope that for once this thing will go your way. With this number of embryos at least you’re starting off fantastically well.
Looks like hope did a little hit and run over here. I’m taking her away now!