I am back to work in a few minutes after 5 days off. Mom - for your info - 5dp3dt means - 5 days past a 3 day transfer. I'm hoping the busy work week will help the week go by faster. I'm trying to decide when to POAS (mom that means pee on a stick). I know for sure Saturday morning, but I'm thinking about testing as early as Thursday which would be 8dp3dt. That may be kind of early and I don't want it to put me in a bad mood for work either, so we'll see. Maybe I'll start Friday instead.
On my last 2 IVFs with my own eggs I started spotting exactly 7dp3dt. I'm wondering if I see that same spotting on the same day will it be indicative of a negative? I'm really hoping that Wednesday comes and goes without spotting. I know spotting can occur with positive cycles too, but I just hope it doesn't happen on the same day.
I'm going to ask the nurse if it's okay if I get a massage on Thursday night. It would be with my friend who used to be a nurse at RMA, so she would know how to do massage so as not to disturb the embryos. Nothing too intense, just a light and relaxing massage. I want to make sure it's okay however.
That's all, nothing too exciting during this early part of the week!
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Yay, you are pupo (mom that means pregnant until proven otherwise)! Hope the week goes by quickly. I think you should wait til Friday to test, but I'm not a big tester. Some people start testing right away so they KNOW it will be negative, then see the positive line get darker and darker (hopefully!)
I bet a massage will be ok, but it is good to get the "thumbs up" from your clinic. Thinking of you this week!
Thanks for all the explanations!!! You gals know so much more than I did when I had Kelly. We just went to the hospital and they explained things as we progressed. Love learning! Thanks
I spotted with the twins so it's definitely a possiblilty with a positive too! Busy is good...keep it up and the week will fly by!
Yay! You are so calm. Waiting for great news later this week.
SO EXCITING! Sorry I haven't kept up with all this in awhile. But I'm thinking only good supportive thoughts about this time for you!
I've always been a believer of "pee on a stick early and often" (kind of like the wilfred brimley of the IF world) (no idea if i got his name right). Not only did I believe of poas early, i believed a bfn at 11dpo (obviously in non-ivf cycles) was indicative of a "real" bfn. i knew there were late bfps, but i thought they were so rare, they shouldn't ever be thought of in the cases of hope.
Anywho, you may remember my story. I started poas at like 5dp3dt. (it was mother's day, i mean, COME ON. how could I not?) and got a strickly white BFN at 5dp3dt, 6dp3dt, 7dp3dt, 8dp3dt, 9dp3dt and 10dp3dt. Even though I know it doesn't quite work out to "13dpo", that's what it was closest to. Then on 11dp3dt, I got a digital "pregnant". Now, I hated digitals cause how they used to only detect larger amounts of hcg and I couldn't do the "IF line stare". I used all my regular hpts and had one of the "get one free" thingies for the digital.
ANYWHO (as i'm about to write a novel here, sorry)
My beta that day, about 2 hours later, was 15. FIFTEEN. at 11dp3dt. And, well, you know the rest of the story.
So. I don't know if my story gives false hope at later bfns because I am one of those rarities you should never think about. OR, that I'm proof they are more common than I think. Although I will say I am the 4th IVF I personally know (well, through message boards) that started under 25. One was lower than mine, but no idea what dpxt it was.
Okay, so my whole point of this was that if you poas early, i'm all for it. But if you get a BFN, when I'd usually say my condolences, I now believe you can't count anything until much later.
My goodness. All this to tell you "go ahead, although don't rely on a bfn, it may be too early".
(although, you know you may get an early bfp too!)
Goodluck miss soapchick. I'm rooting for you.
I ended up POAS at 11dpo(7dp4dt), and was shocked, shocked I tell you, to see a faint line. I think if you want to, you should go for it.
and like i haven't commented enough, but i wanted to add in about my spotting. my ivf cycle with karl was the ~only~ cycle I've ever had with spotting.
it's going to be so hard to wait! hopefully work will keep you so busy you won't be able to obsess about it all day (so it just leaves the night to stay up and praaaaaaaay!)
so hoping for big fat dark PINK lines!!!
Hey, it's Wednesday and I just wanted you to know I'm thinking about you!
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