https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 10 May 2026 17:49:27 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-deal-with-the-slightly-less-than-tww-after-ivf#post-1969926 Wed, 03 Dec 2014 21:39:04 +0000 FliegepilzHut 1969926@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bluestriped bee: :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-deal-with-the-slightly-less-than-tww-after-ivf#post-1966777 Tue, 02 Dec 2014 00:08:29 +0000 BSB 1966777@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@FliegepilzHut: great link! I'll need to remember this in Jan. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-deal-with-the-slightly-less-than-tww-after-ivf#post-1963788 Sat, 29 Nov 2014 12:22:02 +0000 FliegepilzHut 1963788@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>TWWing now! How are my fellow IVFers doing? Are you succeeding in your usual method of coping?</p> <p>ETA: Here's a handy article that I also attached to the IVF thread:</p> <p><a href="http://www.inviafertility.com/conception/drsigal/tips-to-help-you-stay-sane-while-waiting-for-your-pregnancy-test-results/" rel="nofollow">http://www.inviafertility.com/conception/drsigal/tips-to-help-you-stay-sane-while-waiting-for-your-pregnancy-test-results/</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-deal-with-the-slightly-less-than-tww-after-ivf#post-1953056 Thu, 20 Nov 2014 15:45:53 +0000 FliegepilzHut 1953056@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Any more thoughts of IVF/FET TWW survival? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-deal-with-the-slightly-less-than-tww-after-ivf#post-1876632 Thu, 25 Sep 2014 09:07:40 +0000 Shutterbug 1876632@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Haha I'm another POAlltheS-er, so I'm no help. Although I would say that you can get a pretty definitive :bfp: or :bfn: by 7dp5dt, so if you have a late beta you can at least cut it down by testing then. If you really just don't want to test, then maybe try to find a big project at work or at home to take up a lot of your time so you can't really think about it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-deal-with-the-slightly-less-than-tww-after-ivf#post-1876516 Thu, 25 Sep 2014 07:39:46 +0000 FliegepilzHut 1876516@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm afraid the POA(ll the)S's approach just won't work for me. Thanks for the thoughts, though! :heart: I will wait until just before my beta to POAS, so as not to add to my OCD-like tendencies... :wink: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-deal-with-the-slightly-less-than-tww-after-ivf#post-1876174 Wed, 24 Sep 2014 19:57:09 +0000 mrswin 1876174@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jaguar: You rock it lady! I admire ladies that start peeing on sticks super early. I am a big scared-y cat, I only peed on two sticks my whole cycle. One to make sure the trigger was out and another one when I got my BFP. :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-deal-with-the-slightly-less-than-tww-after-ivf#post-1876134 Wed, 24 Sep 2014 19:19:00 +0000 jaguar 1876134@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrswin: It's the truth! I guess I get so excited to actually have a SHOT at getting preggers, I go a little nuts on the pee sticks.</p> <p>@Jenn23: Me too! 50 million internet cheapies per cycle, lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-deal-with-the-slightly-less-than-tww-after-ivf#post-1875570 Wed, 24 Sep 2014 12:11:17 +0000 Jenn23 1875570@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm with Jaguar. I just started peeing on sticks very early! And at all times of day including the middle of the night. I just couldn't help myself! I have no advice but that. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-deal-with-the-slightly-less-than-tww-after-ivf#post-1875278 Wed, 24 Sep 2014 08:31:13 +0000 mrswin 1875278@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@FliegepilzHut: :grin: </p> <p>@jaguar: Hahaha.... this is the best answer! :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-deal-with-the-slightly-less-than-tww-after-ivf#post-1875117 Wed, 24 Sep 2014 04:18:44 +0000 jaguar 1875117@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I peed on sticks from 4dpt... but I'm a weirdo. :P </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-deal-with-the-slightly-less-than-tww-after-ivf#post-1875115 Wed, 24 Sep 2014 04:02:46 +0000 kentuckygirl 1875115@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Good luck! I only did a fresh cycle but just tried to distract myself during the wait. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-deal-with-the-slightly-less-than-tww-after-ivf#post-1875049 Tue, 23 Sep 2014 21:43:30 +0000 FliegepilzHut 1875049@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrswin: I'll work on that! I may have more questions for you about your protocol (how often, etc) soon! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-deal-with-the-slightly-less-than-tww-after-ivf#post-1875035 Tue, 23 Sep 2014 21:22:27 +0000 mrswin 1875035@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@FliegepilzHut: Definitely find a new practitioner! Mine is specifically trained in the "German method" (??) which is an acupuncture protocol specifically meant to complement IVF/FET. She had been to my clinic for other patients previously and was familiar with the process. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-deal-with-the-slightly-less-than-tww-after-ivf#post-1875031 Tue, 23 Sep 2014 21:10:33 +0000 FliegepilzHut 1875031@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@filly: That sounds like a pretty good plan! The less time I spend obsessing, the better I feel generally!</p> <p>@mrswin: Thank you! :heart: That's a very sweet picture, you reciting "You Are My Sunshine." :happy: I may go ahead and do some acupuncture again, especially before...but maybe I'll look for a new practitioner. My current one is kind of strange...and seemed to not so subtly mistrust the whole IVF process (though she apparently has done some separate training in IF.). :meh: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-deal-with-the-slightly-less-than-tww-after-ivf#post-1875022 Tue, 23 Sep 2014 20:56:25 +0000 mrswin 1875022@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@FliegepilzHut: I am excited for your upcoming FET, sending lots of good thoughts your way. :heart: </p> <p>For me I had an acupuncture session before and after transfer (as well as throughout my stims) and those sessions helped to put me in the right frame of mind. I told myself I had done everything possible for success and every night I spent a few minutes doing a meditation/reciting "you are my sunshine". Work was also really busy and so that worked as a distraction during the wait. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-deal-with-the-slightly-less-than-tww-after-ivf#post-1875019 Tue, 23 Sep 2014 20:48:39 +0000 filly 1875019@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't remember the wait after my IVF fresh cycle round but the wait after my FET, that was tougher. </p> <p>I read 3 book plus watched a new tv series, ha! I wasn't working so I tried to keep myself as busy as possible and before I knew it the day arrived!!!</p> <p>Good luck and I'll be thinking of you :wink: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-deal-with-the-slightly-less-than-tww-after-ivf#post-1874996 Tue, 23 Sep 2014 20:09:44 +0000 momazon 1874996@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yeeeeeowwch! PIO after a fresh cycle! Those needles are so scary looking- I know they're not as bad as they look, but I was definitely hating all 31 of them i had to do for my frozen cycle (PIO and Del Est)!</p> <p>For me, it's really only days 5-8 after the transfer that are really hard. Because before 5dp5dt, you're likely not going to see anything, and by 9dp5dt, it's likely to be either a strong positive or a definite negative, right? So really there are only three or four days where I really have to distract myself from testing if I don't want to torture myself. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-deal-with-the-slightly-less-than-tww-after-ivf#post-1874939 Tue, 23 Sep 2014 19:01:55 +0000 FliegepilzHut 1874939@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@momazon: I put up with weeks (a month?!) of PIO after my fresh cycle, so hopefully that won't be too bad. :silly: I have 3...so that's probably 1 try. Do you generally try to think about what's going on inside your body (after transfer) or do you try actively not to think about it? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-deal-with-the-slightly-less-than-tww-after-ivf#post-1874934 Tue, 23 Sep 2014 18:55:18 +0000 momazon 1874934@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>With a FET, at least you won't have to wait the 5 days in between the egg retrieval and the transfer! :silly: I have no advice, other than try not to test too early-- wait until you're pretty sure it will be a definite BFP or BFN, so you don't have extra days of torture wondering either way. </p> <p>I normally tape up a calendar on our pantry wall with all my different meds listed for me to check off (helps as I'm taking seven doses throughout the day and it can be tough to remember) and with the beta day and home test day circled. Then at least I can cross off each day as it happens. Also, if you wait to buy pregnancy tests, you can't cheat! </p> <p>I forget, how many frozens do you have? Will you have just the one FET chance, or multiple? The PIO for the FET really did make me very emotional and teary, just as a warning! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-deal-with-the-slightly-less-than-tww-after-ivf#post-1874831 Tue, 23 Sep 2014 17:07:38 +0000 FliegepilzHut 1874831@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm still waiting...but starting to think about how to keep my head straight during my next (real) TWW, after a FET (tentatively planned for late November).</p> <p>I think last time I managed to stay calm and adequately distracted for the first week or so with work, rationalization, etc...and then started to lose my mind for the few days before my first test.</p> <p>Can you share any tricks or tips you use for keeping yourself cool, calm, and collected after your IVF or FET cycle/transfer? </p>