HPT negative this am

If it is negative, then I want the nausea to go away!

Boo, anyway try again tomorrow.

For all the family and friends who do not understand this obsession with pee on sticks I offer the following from a fellow cycler. Keep in mind this is a quote from someone else not me.....I have not yet had a positive test.

"My transfer was monday and I started on friday, I know it was too
early and would get a neg but i did it anyway. 2 days and 13 tests
later I finally tested positive last night. My beta is wed"

Theresa

Hooray I threw up tonight!

Ok, maybe not an occasion you want to run out and buy a cake for, but I am happy!

Not yet positive

This morning I did a home pregnancy test and it was not yet positive. We are 4 days past 5 day transfer. Our last pregnancy was positive at 5 days past 5 day transfer, so we will see what tomorrow holds for us. Many people to not test positive until 7 days past 5 day transfer. On our first transfer we never got a positive home pregnancy test and still had a positive blood test.

For those of you not in the fertility game, 9 days past 5 day transfer is the day your period should be due. We still have many days to test between now. We will keep you posted.

Here is an amusing exchange. My husband wrote an email updating his family after the transfer. Here is part of the email and the response from my not so subtle sister-in-law whom I love to pieces.

Husband: By the way, the IVF transfer went very smoothly yesterday, more smoothly than the others had, giving us a very good feeling. Unfortunately someone rear-ended us on the way there when traffic slowed abruptly on 880, but the damage is very modest and no one was hurt. Theresa is now enjoying her rest. We will know more officially when we do the blood test on 11/14, but Theresa might do home pregnancy tests before then.

Sister-in-law: Theresa "might" do some tests before them? Might?
Either she's had a major conversion or you are the king of understatement!
Which is it?:)

Talk about feeling "antique"

Today we went out for a bit to a nearby area called Niles, that has many quaint little antique shops. As we were shopping I had some rather intense cramping and I broke out in a terrible sweat. I asked my husband if it was hot in the shop, and the lady behind the counter said, "I think it is hot, but I am usually hot" and made that knowing look like it must be menopause. Well I can't tell you how old this made me feel. I am now a member of the perimenopausal and postmenopausal club of woman who suffer with hot flashes.

On the upside, I am being treated like a princess at home. My husband is very attentive and supportive. I guess even a princess has to endure a little nausea and a few hot flashes now and then.

Home pregnancy tests are usually not accurate this early. The earliest I have heard of positives is 9 days post retrieval and that was with twins. I tested positive at 10 days post retrieval during our cycle in July this year. Since we transferred on Wednesday and they were 5 day embryos so the earliest will be Monday and that will be 10 days.

Hooray bedrest is over!

So this morning I got up and started cleaning the house. After about 20 minutes I got nauseated and started gagging. So I sat down for awhile. When I started back up, I once again got really hot and started gagging. Hmmmm.....now we know that progesterone which I am getting by the butt load (literally) can cause nausea. Still, isn't it fun to hope it may be something more?

Update

Good news of our 5 remaining frozen embryos, 2 were thawed and both
survived the thaw! Hooray leaving us with 3 on ice.


Also, because this is my third time back "in the saddle" I was able to
advocate for myself in regards to the best position and the like and
so the transfer was very fast. Those 2 embies were in there new home
in record time.

Bad news, the camera was not working in the lab and so we have no pics
of these embies. Also, we were involved in a car accident in route to
the fertility clinic. Just a fender bender, someone hit us from behind
of the freeway. Still it was a crazy way to start the day.

BETA is in 9 days, obsessively peeing on sticks to start in 5-6!

update

Our transfer has been moved up by one day. We are transferring Wednesday the 5th instead of Thursday the 6th.

Wish us luck!

Theresa