Eggs

Still No AF, But We Have a Tentative Schedule!

by Kathy on June 1, 2007 · 0 comments

in Blood Work, Eggs, ER, Family, IVF, IVF #2 (converted to IUI#1), Planning, Protocols, RE, Sean, Trigger Shots, Ultrasounds

I still haven’t got my period yet, but I spoke with one of the nurses this afternoon and as long as I get it between now and Sunday, I will go in for an ultrasound and blood work on Monday at 10:00 a.m. (while Sean will be at his Summer Arts Camp, for two hours, […]

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Here We Go Again!

by Kathy on May 12, 2007 · 0 comments

in Baby Aspirin, Beta Blood Tests, Blastocysts, Blood Work, Eggs, Embryos, Endo Lining, ER, ET, FET, Follistim (FSH), Frozen Embryos, Hope, HPTs, ICSI, Injections, IVF, IVF #1, IVF #2 (converted to IUI#1), Lupron, Lutenizing Hormone (LH), Menopur, Odds, Ovaries, Ovulation, PIO, Protocols, RE, RE Consultations, Sperm, Trigger Shots, Ultrasounds, Uterine Lining, Vacations

We had our follow up appointment yesterday (Friday) with our RE. We were very impressed with him, the thoughts he shared about our 1st IVF cycle failing, what he learned from the cycle and what he recommends for our new protocol to be! 🙂 In terms of our 1st IVF cycle, he thinks the main […]

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And Now We Wait…

by Kathy on April 24, 2007 · 0 comments

in Beta Blood Tests, Bob, Comic Relief, Diversions, Eggs, Embryos, ER, Estridol Patches, ET, Family, HPTs, IVF, IVF #1, Odds, Optimism, PIO, Pregnancy Symptoms, RE, Sean, TWW, Ultrasounds, Waiting, Writing

I am now 2dp5dt (7 dpo)! Translation 2 days past 5 day transfer (7 days past ovulation). One week from tomorrow (Wednesday) we will know if our little embryo burrowed in for the long haul. Bob is back to work today and Sean and I are having another low key day at home. It was […]

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We Have Our Fertilization Report!

by Kathy on April 18, 2007 · 4 comments

in Bob, Eggs, Embryos, ER, ET, Friends, Injections, IVF, IVF #1, PIO, Sean

We got a call this morning (about an hour earlier than the earliest we expected to hear) from the lab to let us know the fertilization report. Of the 11 eggs they retrieved yesterday, 7 were mature. Of the 7 mature eggs, ALL 7 FERTILIZED!!! 🙂 We were ecstatic to hear the news! We know […]

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Lucky #11!!! :)

by Kathy on April 17, 2007 · 4 comments

in Eggs, ER, ET, Fertilization Report, Injections, IVF, IVF #1, PIO

We are home and the procedure went well. We got 11 (my lucky #) eggs!!! 🙂 We are excited and very pleased with that number. We should get the fertilization report sometime between 11:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. tomorrow (Wednesday) and then the day after that have a better idea exactly when the ET will be. The […]

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One Day More…

by Kathy on April 16, 2007 · 2 comments

in Bob, Doxycycline, Eggs, ER, Estridol Patches, ET, Follistim (FSH), Injections, IVF, IVF #1, PIO, Sean, Trigger Shots

To quote one of my favorite musicals Les Miserables, we have “one day more” until our aspiration/egg retrieval (ER)! The trigger shot went well last night. It took me a little while to get the needle in, as it didn’t slide in effortlessly as the Follistim pen ones had and hurt a bit when I […]

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