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Marina- I am so glad you are at peace with your decision. That is exactly how I feel about the IVF, I will keep going until we just can't do it anymore. That way I feel I did all I could do to have our own biological baby. Then I can explore other options. My puppy is ok but needs special treatment. We had the food and water raised since we got him but was told it was not high enough so we raised it higher. It didn't help and he was throwing up about 3-4 times a day. Now we are feeding him while he is standing on the stairs, so he is at a 45 degree angle and we have to hand feed him little rolled meatballs of canned food. That way the food goes down by gravity since his esophagus doesn't push it down. It seems to be helping since he only threw up 1 time. |
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Lyly i'm hopeful for you :) meaning- both you and the pup- what kind of dog is it? |
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Nicole- He is an english bulldog. So cute but so much work. We knew bulldogs can have a lot of problems but this wasn't one we read about or was warned about by the vet! He seems to be ok but the prognosis is "guarded". He was fine the 1st few months we had him too then he choked so I guess it could happen again. That is what we are so afraid of. Him choking on his own vomit and dying when no one is home. Uggg so aggravating. I wish you luck with the clomid. I hated the clomid. I missed the big O the second cycle. Went in for the u/s and the follies were there then next time gone. I never got a positive on the OPK so we started with the ovidrel triggers (same as hcg). Anyway multiples are rare with clomid. They say 1 out of every 3 follicles is typically capable of producing a baby with clomid. So what day is dh's sperm analysis? How many days after the trigger? Do you know how much hcg you had for the trigger and what type they gave you? If it was a small amount it will be out of your system quicker so you wont have to worry about false positives. |
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lyly: |
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Nicole- I normally ovulate on my own so the first 2 cycles on clomid my RE didn't recommend using hcg to trigger ovulation. I just used a opk to monitor for LH surge and had timed intercourse. The month I was talking about, I did ovulate but somehow missed getting a peak on the LH surge with the stupid kit and missed my chance to have intercourse on the right day. So my second month on clomid we had sex way too late to even to make a real attempt. After that the RE decided to use the trigger shot when my follicles were big enough so that didn't happen again. |
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lyly: |
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Nicole-hmmmmmmmm I'm not sure about the opk sticks as hpt. Oh yeah as to question about if I am home alot: I work full time. I am a speech pathologist and I work for a school district, so I am gone for about 7 hrs a day. However, dh is currently not working because we have my mom who is ill living with us. He is home taking care of her (and the puppy) and bringing her to all of her doctor's appts. |
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hi lyly, |
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Hi Ange- I am so glad you popped in to say hi. We have 4 frozen embies that will hopefully make the thaw and be put in. I can't stand pineapple but I tried it last IVF with no real luck. I did have some actual symptoms last time but then they just stopped so maybe it helped somewhat. My RE doesn't recommend any rest after and actually made me get up about 10 min after the transfer!!!!!!! I think this time I will insist on staying down for about 30 min or so before leaving. I really can't afford 2 weeks of bed rest. I don't have many sick days left at work and will need them if I do get pg for my maternity (we don't have a paid leave so we have to use sick days). At this point I don't even have enough for 6 weeks. So i need to be careful. Well enough about me, how are you doing? The baby? I would love an update. If you want you can send me an instant message on here to let me know (just post to let me know so I can go and check it since this stupid site doesn't notify you). |
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lyly: |
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Nicole,this is a standart dose to trigger ovulation. |
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Ok, I can do that.... so if 10,000 units is a standard dose, what do they go up to?? You know- I have soooo many ept test strips, I could do my own experiment to see how long it stays positive after receiving the shot- then continue to test right through to day 14. Ha! I doubt I do it though. I think it would drive me nuts. |
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OMG Nicole- You sure would drive yourself nuts doing all those test, but it you get a bfp you would see how long it takes to show up after the hcg is out of your system from the shot. Does your dr check your progesterone level 7 days after the trigger? Mine always made me go for p4 (progesterone) one week after and p4 and beta hcg (pregnancy test) after 2 weeks. Are you doing a blood test or only hpt? |
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Nicole- You have mistaken me, but that is okay. Marina is the one starting her stims. I am using frozen embryos left over from my last IVF, so no stims for me. Just estrogen pills until my lining is ready then I start progesterone shots. If all goes well I should have my transfer of embryos on the 15th or so. |
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