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Just got my results and the HGH helped! Or at least I think it did.
2nd with HGH, MD lupron, 150 Menopur, 450 Follistim
8 retrieved
7 mature
5 fertilized
2 made it to freeze!

We are going to do FET and PGD testing. The question now is: We can test up to 8 and batch. Or what our insurance will allow is to use what we have before they can approve the next cycle. Do we use test the 2? or Do we do another cycle to batch?

I'm so geeked, we haven't gotten this far, yet.

@honeydew...was going to ask but didn't want to pester. great news! congrats! the way my pgd batching worked was you can send up to 8 but they can come at different times and you only pay once. so we had 5 tested last summer and they told us we have up to three more we can test "for free". maybe yours works that way? @sweetiepie and @purplepumps might be able to weigh in....they've dealt with a bunch of PGD

@Mrs. Pajamas: Thanks! So did you only have a premature follicle once? What was your protocol after that?
@Honeydew: My PGD testing lab also batches up to 8 but they will only do them all at once, unlike @Mrs. Pajamas: so if I wanted to take advantage of the batching, based on what I've had retrieved so far, I'd still be waiting to test (had 2 to test the first cycle and 4 the next). For us, we felt that the cost to test every round was a worthwhile gamble since it may have meant NOT having to pay for another cycle of IVF. I would have been pissed of we did 3 cycles to batch 8 and then find out the only normal was from cycle 1. But that's just me!

@SweetiePie: Yup just once and I was doing an FET not a retrieval so it's a little different from you. But basically I did the ovidrel shot then got AF a few days later and went back on the normal PIO/estrogen shots leading up to the FET. They did another lining check and bloodwork before re-scheduling my transfer and I had to have I think a minimum of 6 PIO shots before transfer. It was all crazy trying to squeeze it in before our move.

@Honeydew: Yikes! I'd personally just pay to test what I had rather than pay for an IVF cycle OOP I think since it would be a lot less. Sorry, I forget it if was mentioned before, but how much is it for you to do the PGS, or would a OOP IVF cycle cost?

@PurplePumps: what's your status?

@PurplePumps: waitinggggg is the worst. Ugh sorry.
I was just thinking that today. We first started the process back in July. IVF is such a damn long process. The testing then the stimming then pgd then waiting another cycle then more BCP or estrogen priming then stimming. Rinse repeat. And it's a long process even if you don't hit any road bumps!
Sheesh. Anyway, still thinking of you a lot! xo

@SweetiePie: LOL, oh no.... I started my first IVF cycle in Aug of 2014. By last July I think that was my 5th cycle.

@SweetiePie: ooooh haha! naw, we're all proven survivors here. I think we all can take anything thrown at us. Which I hope isn't too much more!!

I guess I'll update. I stimmed in Jan and ended up with 3 frozens. We had a single FET in feb and I'm now 12p5dt. It's been a bit of a ride as I had a negative HPT the morning of beta and expected a negative call. My office called with positive results later that afternoon. I go back Wednesday but still not feeling hopeful. I know it could have been a bad test but I always seem to have crappy luck. Anyway, glad to see some action again on this board! I've missed all of you

Hi ladies, if anyone has considered IVF for secondary undiagnosed infertility, could you please share your experience either here or preferably in my thread:

http://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-consider-ivf-for-undiagnosed-secondary-infertility

I am on the fence regarding whether or not to try IVF and am interested in how others have made their decision. It just seems like a very onerous process.

Thank you!

@endymion4: What about your repeat beta? Any news?

AFM I triggered our my premature follicle last night. Nurse said I'll go in Thursday for blood and US again. Most likely start the patch that day. Then should get my period a week or so after and I'll start stims. Assuming all goes as planned.
And of course now it will interfere with a trip I already bought plane tickets for to see my mom and sister. So I'll probably have to cancel the tickets and come clean with them about what we're doing. Not sure how else I can get away with canceling on them.

@SweetiePie: ugh. It always seems that no matter what we plan our IF gets in the way, doesn't it?

@SweetiePie: 2nd beta looked good. now we wait. i tend to get into trouble about 1-2 weeks from this point

@yellowbeach: so glad to hear DD is doing well and great weight gain! Happy 1 month!!

@LibbyLou: Yup. I've delayed one girls trip 3 times. And I thought this trip with my fam was in the clear because I booked it 2 months ago and I thought my cycle would be well over with. And now it's my tentative retrieval weekend. So annoying!
I have the girls trip now at the end of April and man I will be soooooo pissed if this happens again.

@LibbyLou: thank you!! so glad everything looked great on your u/s!!

@SweetiePie: thank you! And great news- cmon day 1. @endymion4: thank you!

Hey lovely ladies. Calling anyone who has done estrogen priming from mid cycle - was your period delayed at all? My timeline is like this and still no period:

Sat 3/11 - Ovidrel to trigger out premature follicle
Thurs 3/16 to current - estrogen patch (new patch every other day)
Thurs 3/17-19 - Ganirelix (in conjunction with estrogen patch)

They told me I'd likely get my period by now and I haven't. They even called me to make sure I didn't forget to call them because they thought I would have had it. But nope...just didn't get it yet. This is a super long cycle for me (36 days vs usual 28). I did take a hpt jusssst in case but its stark white.

Is my body just f'ed up since I've been manipulating it for the last several months? Anyone else get late period after estrogen priming? I read mixed things on the interweb so looking for some real life experiences from the ladies I trust most!

Newbie here!

Saying hello for some distraction during my tww. Brief history:

*At 28 started trying naturally, tried for about a year.
*Initial testing showed moderate mfi.
*Did 5-6 IUI over the next year, hoping to avoid IVF. *Decided in November to move to IFV after the holidays.
*Had to redo testing for insurance and have a uterine polyp removal
*Finally started IVF cycle 1 about a month ago. BC suppression followed by ~1.5 weeks of stimming. 27 eggs retrieved; 18 fertilized with ICSI
*Transferred one Blast TODAY! Will find out tomorrow how many made it to freeze.

So I guess I am officially PUPO? Trying to be cautiously optimistic - this is as far as I know the closest to pregnant we've ever been!

@SweetiePie: Thanks!