MY FIRST UNSUCCESSFULL CYCLE IVF JOURNEY September 2008

June 17th-consultation with TCART-Fertility clinic

August 2008-Clinic was ready to move forward with IVF for this month, husband and I were having such a fabulous summer together that we decided to wait another month (told you all I am in a great head-space) I actually HELD OFF TTC!!!!!!!!!!!

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September 11-AF arrives

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September 14-20 injected 250 cc of puregon into the abdomen below the navel

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September 18-20 injected Orgalutron to suppress ovulation into the abdomen below the navel

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September 21- injected trigger shot HCG into abdomen below the navel

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September 23rd-RETREIVAL DAY....went well, was drugged up, slightly uncomfortable at times (as the needle was poked in) retreived 14 eggs. Husband gave his donation today, so they will try to fertilize all eggs and hope as many as possible will fertilize. We will get that call tomorrow!

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September 24th-Only 4 eggs have fertilized, very discouraging from our doctors and our point of view. The doctors have seemed to all of a sudden realize that our infertility is a sperm issue. So we wait until tomorrow to see if our embryos can develope into a good embbie to transfer......another wait.....................

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September 25th-Well good news, 3 of the 4 embryos that fertilized are dividing! one is a 3 cell, and 2 are a 2 cell, the average for day 2 is anywhere from 2-4. We start progesterone suppositories today and go in for our transfer of 3 embryos tomorrow!!

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September 26th TRANSFER DAY, it was SOOO easy, less than 5 minutes. We transferred 4 embryos today, we had intended on 3 BUT we had a last minute straggler, which is not that good of quality, so rather than freeze just one embryo-which might not survive the thawing process-we decided to insert him too! We have 2 6 cell embbies, one a grade 1, and one a grade 2, we have a 4 cell grade 2, and a 3 cell grade 3, so the one 6 ell is exceptionally well. We also opted for some assisted hatching, to help with implantation. I dont feel anything, except that Im still a little sore from my retrival....super gassy and bloated like. We get our results October 8th, so..11 more sleeps!!!

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1dpt-feeling crampy, otherwise business as usual. HCG + on hpt

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2dpt- taking my daily progesterone, 200 mg 3 x a day, feeling less crampy than yesterday, won 1000.00$ at BINGO!. HCG + on hpt

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3dpt-business as usual, nothing new to report HCG + on hpt

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4dpt- nothing new to report, taking daily progesterone...cant believe how Slloooooowwwwww the time is passing! HCG - on hpt

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5dpt-really really gassy HCG - on hpt

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6dpt- seems like I am dehydrated, not peeing much, and finally did a #2, so feeling alot better. Not feeling anything different from yesterday or day before or last week, husband said I was noring last night, so I think I finally got a good nights sleep HCG - on hpt

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7dpt-Was up with cramps last night.....dull AF type feeling in my lower abdomen...

8dpt- Still have this dull lower abdomen cramp like feeling, was thinking of testing tomorrow morning, going to wait until the morning of day 10 instead which will be Monday -4 more sleeps til my beta. Stonger cramps in the evening....

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9-10 dpt- A busy weekend, nothing positive to report, cramps are getting mmore consistent and intense, did an hpt this morning at 10 dpt and a bfn.........not holding out much hope as it really feels like AF is n her way, discouraged but not too sad, am realistic that IVF for some reason doesnt work often for most on the first try. Will go for my beta as planned Wenesday and find out when we can try for our 2nd cycle

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11 dpt-bfn this morning, cramps have subsided, just waiting for the inevitable.......

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12 dpt-went in for my beta count this morning, should get results at 1, not feeling all that optimistic as tested bfn just yesterday on hpt. Oh well, pull up my socks and get ready for attempt #2 in November. OFFICIALLY A BFN..........

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13 dpt-AF has arrived!