Hey everyone,
As of approximately 1:00 PM PDT today, I had 4 embryos introduced into my uterus. (Embryos, this is uterus; uterus, these are the embryos.) With any luck, one will stick…hopefully one and only one!
So please - think sticky thoughts (but not too sticky :p) in my direction! Also, I’m now on 3 days bedrest, so I’ve got some time - I’ll be glad to answer any questions.
–Maggie the Ocelot
Fingers crossed for one solidly-stuck embryo/fetus (only for 38 weeks+ of course).
How do you feel about the possibility of high-order multiples? I assume there are good reasons you and your doctor decided on four embryos rather than one or two, but there’s always that scary chance of triplets or quads…
Well, here’s the deal:
Of the four that they brought in, two were thriving very very well. One was a little slower in dividing, and the fourth was a touch slower than that. There were also three more that were just not keeping up with their sibs at all. So chances are that the last one and possibly the second to last wouldn’t make it anyhow.
Also, I have a decent-sized fibroid in my uterus. Not huge, but it takes up some space - and if any of the lil’ uternauts try to land on (or too close to) it, they won’t be able to thrive.
Initially, we had only been going to try two or maybe three. However, with the fibroid, it drops the chances of success for each one dramatically, and since we had four that were of survivable quality, we figured we should go for it. A second round of IVF would be barely doable, financially, so we’re trying to maximize our chances with the first one.
If more than two implant, we’ll do a Selective Reduction, which is where they go in and very carefully remove the extra fetuses without dislodging their neighbors.
We’d prefer most of all to only have one - twins would be a difficulty for us. But we can and will take two, if that’s what happens.
Sending out lucky thoughts! I hope it works out.
Good luck!!
Out of curiosity, was it not possible to have surgery to remove the fibroid before the IVF?
Adding my stickiest, luckiest, most hopeful thoughts to add to the pile!
I remember from an earlier post that you were thinking house down payment vs. IVF - did you wind up buying a house as well or did that wind up on the backburner?
And since you’re in the 3-day honeymoon and it might be pleasurable to speculate, do you have a boy/girl preference/intuition? Favorite baby names you’d like to bandy about? Nursery themes? =]
It would - but my insurance doesn’t cover fibroid removal for fertility purposes. And it isn’t giving me the heavy cramping periods that some do (which would give them a reason to take it out), it’s just sitting there.
So I could either lie to my insurance, or take my chances. And I don’t like lying - I don’t do it well - and I really don’t like the idea of committing insurance fraud!
Also, it would delay us being able to do the IVF by a least a couple months. And I’m not getting any younger.
I offer this because it seems like you really desire a child, and a Loved child can change the world.
All of this is spiritual and what I believe but hoping it will get you the object of your desire a child you can Love.
A soul, in a embryo, looks at a womb as we might look at a neighborhood to move into, it’s past history, and what it is now and the promises that are in effect for the future, along with it’s current resources which is a flow of Love from you into him/her. IVF just really forces the soul to try it out for a time. What the soul wants is love, which you in yourself can only supply so much, as it must be received externally and one must willing to receive it, then love can be passed on to him/her.
I would encourage you to ask for prayer and support for you (which you are here), this will supply you with love that you can pass to your son/daughter in the womb, encouraging them to stay, and also if you have a mate that the Love flows to them them to you and to them.
I will pray that one decided to stay.
Nope, no house. It just came down to, I can buy a house in 10 years. I can’t have a baby in 10 years. (well, maybe I could - but no.) So here we go.
Husband and I would really like a girl - though a boy would be loved and appreciated as well. That said, I have a feeling that my eventual child will be a boy.
Names: We’ve got ideas, but will wait till the small person comes closer before we start thinking about it too hard!
Nursery themes? Oh my god. If this works, I have to think of a nursery theme. AAAAAHHHHHHH!!!:eek:
Sticky, stick, krazy glue-type vibes heading your way!
The surrobaby my wife carried via IVF is a bouncing, bubbling two-and-a-half now – hope things go just as as well for you!
Uternauts!!! I love this!
Thinking sticky thoughts for at least one of those boogers to latch on and thrive. 
Wow, it doesn’t seem possible that it was that long ago!
Good luck, OP, I really hope this works.
Sending sticky mojo your way, Maggie!
You’re right about the house: a baby doesn’t care where he/she lives as long as there’s love in the home. You’ll get that house, just later.
Sending you sticky vibes. My daughter who will be 2 next month was an ivf icsi baby. Did you have a three day or 5 day transfer. For me they transfered three but one was perfect and no fragmentation. I wish you well. I did take a pregnancy test before my bloodtest because it was Christmas and I was anxious to know. I know what your wait feels like so your in my thoughts these two weeks. Hang in there!
I think it’s cool that seeing “sticky thoughts” has come to make me think “somebody is pregnant!” STICKYSTICKYSTICKYHEALTHYHEALTHYHEALTHY thoughts sent!
You don’t have to think of a nursery theme. Brings out the walker We didn’t have no stinkin’ nursery themes and we got to old crankiness just fine! Now gerroutmylawn, you young whippersnappers with your nursery themes!
My 3 month old IVF baby is currently playing a few feet away from me at the moment - I am sure that sticky thoughts from all the dopers last year played a part in making that happen
So as my way of returning the favour, I will be sending out all my sticky thoughts to you for the next few weeks. If you get a positive result, you will also need good vibes to ensure no more than 2 little people grow in there. You’re a brave woman getting 4 returned (I had 2 put back and that was worrying enough!), but I can understand why.
So good luck over the next few weeks. And if you can resist doing a pregnancy test in about a week, you are a better person than I. I was testing from 11 days post retrieval, and got a faint positive at that point. By the time I went back to the clinic, I knew it had worked (and it totally stole their thunder too - I think they were a bit miffed!)
I’ve just put my 8 month old ICSI baby down for (hopefully!) the night - both of us wishing you heaps of luck.
My sticky thought - I was worried about shaking the embie out, but heard somewhere to imagine that my uterus was a giant jam sandwich, and it really helped - it’s nigh on impossible to think of a small ball of cells managing to escape from that. (She was nicknamed peanut, since I had a peanut butter and jam sandwich in my tummy!)
Stick, uternaut, stick!
Good luck, positive thought and vibes coming your way! I am a total POAS addict, so I usually start testing at 10 DPO. Do you think you can wait the full 14 days?
Can I ask how much this all cost you, and how long it took for you to get to this point?