Hi Everyone, I am about to start my 2ww. I had my ER yesterday and will have ET on Sunday. They got 13 eggs - 9 of which were mature. 8 fertilized normally so just have my fingers crossed they will grow nicely over the next couple of days. I have had slow growers in the past but my last cycle was good so I hope that these ones will grow normally.
yep, I am in the middle, but am not going through any ART yet. I spotted on day 16, but have been using the clearblue easy FM. I'm bummed and don't know what to think. I had a uterine polyp removed on 3/25 and have been trying since then. We have been TTC sinc 7/07, so I have to concentrate REALLY hard on only counting the attempts since 4/08 If I can be hopeful, then maybe it was implantation. If so, what would anyone suggest as a good time to try an EPT?? I'm new on here and this is my 1st response/post, so if there's another forum that would apply to me, please let me know, THANKS!!
Me: 35 DH: 40 1% morphology 1 son, conceived naturally 7 years ago, healthy & happy OFF BC since 7/07 Uterine polypectomy 3/25/08 RE initial consult 10/22/08- Secondary Infertility 1st IUI attempt: TBD by 1st day of next AF: looks like it would be around Thanksgiving
Hi lanmichael3. I am not sure what clearblue easy FM is? I am sure as long as you have had no hormones etc you can try the EPT as soon as it says you can on the box. I will do a HPT either Monday or Tuesday (if I can wait that long) next week.
UGH. I keep going over my calendar, just to give me something to do. My average cycle length runs 25-27 days, so maybe day 21..... OH, I don't know! I'm too afraid to do one because I'll be disappointed. Clearblue easy fertility monitor..... tells you when you're fertile
Well, we'll see how patient I can be. It's just day 20
Me: 35 DH: 40 1% morphology 1 son, conceived naturally 7 years ago, healthy & happy OFF BC since 7/07 Uterine polypectomy 3/25/08 RE initial consult 10/22/08- Secondary Infertility 1st IUI attempt: TBD by 1st day of next AF: looks like it would be around Thanksgiving
ok, so today is day 20.... what if my cycle this time is only 25 days.... does anyone have an opinion of when they would use a HPT? I was really hoping someone would have responded
Me: 35 DH: 40 1% morphology 1 son, conceived naturally 7 years ago, healthy & happy OFF BC since 7/07 Uterine polypectomy 3/25/08 RE initial consult 10/22/08- Secondary Infertility 1st IUI attempt: TBD by 1st day of next AF: looks like it would be around Thanksgiving
I don't know if this will help you, but they say that you can detect HcG hormone 10 days after a 5 day transfer, if that helps you at all. Transfer date is usually Cycle Day one, so if you're at 20 you should definitely be able to get an EPT and see something. Call the 800 number (take your cell to the pharmacy) and ask what level of HcG hormone their test picks up. Many are different. I should have made a note of the brands, but some measure at 25, some measure at 50, and some measure at 100. All of which are considered "pregnant," but if your HcG level is around 50 and you take a test that only reads levels of over 100, you're going to get a disappointing negative.
5 miscarriages, no children, TTC for 5 years. 3 IVFs, all ICSI, going through our totcycles with each failure. BFP 7/18/08. Levels more than double every 48 hours on 7/22/08 (HcG is 1,281). Third beta 7/28 is 9,162, but heavy bleeding and cramping that day. 8/1 Hcg is 600 and plumeting. Moving on!
lanmichael, If you know ecxactly when you did ovulate(which is not reliable with over the counter ovulation tests,only u/s can show this as a fact)),count 12 days after the ovulation day and you can use E.P.T. from the pharmacy-they show the result when HCG level reaches 20.
Zippy THANK YOU! Yes that info does help and is familiar to me ( with the all too well known surfing time on the internet ). The trouble is I think the transfer day 1 versus my cycle day 20 is very different. Per my Clearblue Easy Fertility Monitor, I should have ovulated somewhere between July 21st or 22nd, so that is about 10 days ago. I'm such a chicken! I'm afraid it just won't be positive... so I sit and stew
Marina Thank you too! Now I know I shouldn't test until closer to Monday, August 4th, which would be day 25. OMG, this whole 2WW thing is so crazy. DH and I won't start Fertility testing until September. I'm going to be 35 on August 21st and would have loved to been pregnant before the 'cut off' for being considered "high risk" :'( Oh well, I suppose God only knows the IF and/or WHEN we have another (our son is 5 1/2 yrs old) conceived naturally after 10 months (but only after I used an ovulation predictor kit).
Thanks again ladies, I really appreciate your feedback!
Me: 35 DH: 40 1% morphology 1 son, conceived naturally 7 years ago, healthy & happy OFF BC since 7/07 Uterine polypectomy 3/25/08 RE initial consult 10/22/08- Secondary Infertility 1st IUI attempt: TBD by 1st day of next AF: looks like it would be around Thanksgiving
NOPE, no preggers this month again huge bummer. BUT, I have GOT to remember we've only been trying since my polypectomy for 3-4 months..... but that's still like 5 cycles
Me: 35 DH: 40 1% morphology 1 son, conceived naturally 7 years ago, healthy & happy OFF BC since 7/07 Uterine polypectomy 3/25/08 RE initial consult 10/22/08- Secondary Infertility 1st IUI attempt: TBD by 1st day of next AF: looks like it would be around Thanksgiving
My name is Stephanie. I am a new member to this forum but I have been lurking for a while. I am a 23 yo healthy female with a 33 yo healthy husband. But for some reason we cannot get pregnant. We have been actively trying for nearly 3 years now with not even a blip on the radar. My hhusband had a vasectomy at the age of 24 and then a reversal about 3 years ago. His count is fine, my hormone levels are normal, yet nothing.
Earlier this year we decided that we are going give IVF a try. We tried a full cycle once in Mar 08 with no joy. At that time we froze 6 embryos for later FET. On July 20th we did our one and only FET. 3 of the babies did not thaw properly =( So the Dr implanted the 3 remiaining embryos and I have been in my 2WW since. Well today was the 14th day of my 2WW and still nothing. I tried a E.P.T. and got a BFN. Twice! ={ But I am nearly 7 days late for my normal cycle. I have been reading the progesterone I am taking can delay the onset of a period; but 7 days? I am SO worried. I got to the clinic tomorrow for my blood work and to see if the procedure worked; but I am afraid of the results coming back a BFN. What can I do. I finished my 2WW with no problems; no bleeding, no cramping, but also no "normal" 2WW symptoms.
Has anyone else here completed their 2WW with no bleeding, yet still have a BFN?
Is the Progesterone keeping me from starting my period?
Steph, first and foremost welcome. See what tomorrow reveals. Remember that home pregnancy tests have a low threshold and are only qualitative (that is, the are either yes, or no; no numbers). So the blood test may reveal taht you are pregnant, but the levels were too low to be detected by a HPT.
also, i'm wondering why you're doing IVF and not IUI since your anatomy is completely normal??
Also, what day transfer did you do? Day 3 or 5? what were the embryos' quality?
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If I can be hopeful, then maybe it was implantation. If so, what would anyone suggest as a good time to try an EPT?? I'm new on here and this is my 1st response/post, so if there's another forum that would apply to me, please let me know, THANKS!!
I keep going over my calendar, just to give me something to do. My average cycle length runs 25-27 days, so maybe day 21..... OH, I don't know! I'm too afraid to do one because I'll be disappointed. Clearblue easy fertility monitor..... tells you when you're fertile 
Thank you too! Now I know I shouldn't test until closer to Monday, August 4th, which would be day 25. OMG, this whole 2WW thing is so crazy. DH and I won't start Fertility testing until September. I'm going to be 35 on August 21st and would have loved to been pregnant before the 'cut off' for being considered "high risk" :'( Oh well, I suppose God only knows the IF and/or WHEN we have another (our son is 5 1/2 yrs old) conceived naturally after 10 months (but only after I used an ovulation predictor kit).