Question... (If this works PG will be mentioned)

[3 ladybugs]

I was wondering if anyone who is before their ER has a feeling of what they will be successful with this cycle?

I know dh and I are hoping and praying for B/G twins; but I actually feel like it will happen. I don't know if this is more wishful thinking on my part or if it is actually a feeling.

What is everyone else's feelings on this? Ideally for me I would like us to put our predictions on here and then come back after the cycle and say what happened (quoting our first post in the process). I am curious as to how much "mother's intuition" we have before we are "mothers."

Tell me if this topic is not appropriate and I will remove it.

Jennifer

[SomedayMommy]

I LOVE your optimism!!!

Past preg. metd.

With my first IVF, I just KNEW it would work. I pictured a singleton, not sure of sex. It was BFN.

With my first IVF with DH (2nd IVF overall), I was 75% sure it would work, and that it would be twins. Not sure of the sex though!! That was BFN.

With my FET from that cycle, I was 75% sure it wouldn't work. It was BFN. So I was kinda right there.

And with the last IVF cycle, I was 100% positive that it wouldn't work. So I didn't even think about one or two and the sexes......and OMG, two lines! So then I was positive it was twins. Nope! Singleton. Then I was positive it was a girl. Nope! A boy.

Throughout the whole process, I couldn't have BEEN any more wrong at every step!

It will be fun to look back on this thread in a few months time! This is almost like a time capsule...

[BC-tnahope]

I just knew our first IVF worked, I was talking about the Birthday being in June and if I had twins I would be able to have an outside party, I was so excited to finally be PG and I was wrong BFN.

[marsalilass]

Hard to say. I'm in the 2ww now and some days I'm 100% sure it worked and other days I'm 100% sure it didn't. If it DOES work . . . well, we don't care what we have at all. We just want to be parents. Boy/girl doesn't matter, but I have a feeling we're destined to have a girl. I don't know why.


Nicole

[rachel_va]

Jenn:
I was SURE my first IVF cycle would work...after so many failed IUI's and finally being diagnosed with MF...BFN--but, cycle was totally screwed up--I was triggered with lupron (!) and my E2 was 900 (if I had all the info, my optimism would have been tempered with lots of realism.) Lesson for me: get the facts about your chances by asking the RE tough questions about E2, embryo quality etc.

My second IVF we did ER but no ET, lining issues, but good quality embies...

My FET which I had no optimism left for was BFP! When they called me with my beta, I sobbed uncontrollably...so much so that the people I called to tell couldn't understand what I was saying and thought it was negative...including dh!!

Then--our betas were super high--twins! But one vanished between week 6 and 8--our RE warned us this happens in 27% of IVF twin pregnancies. Our singleton girl is due in June. It's been quite a roller coaster ride--and for most people dealing with IF--so if it is BFP for you--congrats!! If it isn't, hang in there! Praying it happens for you!!!

[soultea]

I thought the my cycle worked, I looked up when they would be born, I had the names already picked out and it was a BFN.

I am starting my next cycle on Friday and I already convinced myself it did not work. I even slipped and said I have had 3 failed cycles and I have only had 2 failed cycles.

[TreeHugger]

With my first, I was optimistic in the beginning, but as the 2ww went on and I didn't feel any different, I somehow just knew it was a BFN (which it was).

With this one I feel guardedly optimistic (my beta is in 4 days). The reason I say guarded is you have to protect yourself. I have a friend who did her first IVF last summer, and she was so certain it worked the first time. I cringed every time she said it -- I wanted to protect her but didn't have the heart to tell her to remain guarded. When she got her BFN, she was inconsolable. I don't want anyone to go through that.

Jennifer

[sage2]

I was feeling 100% it would work up until the 2WW, then 80% sure that it wouldn't. When the nurse gave me the news of BFN, I was not surprised. I was feeling that the embryo we transfered was a girl. We have one embie left, and I have the strongest feeling that it is a boy this time. I will wait until the 2WW to feel whether he snuggles in or not. I do feel 90% confident that IVF will eventually work for us!

[jeppy]

Robyn - Love the comment..but hope you are wrong sweety!!! Can't wait until Friday!!


I knew that all the IUIs would not work--ya know--the feeling we get.
I had no idea about my first IVF, but was leaning towards the BFN- ended up being an early m/c.

Now that we are going to see new doctors in a new clinic for the 2nd IVF I am very hopeful - to the point of being overly confident. I really do believe this is it for us

[txstaci]

Jennifer I was the same way. My first IVF in January I was positive it would work. I was picking out names and planning the nursery. I never thought it wouldn't work. I only have blocked tubes so I didn't think there was another reason it wouldn't work. I have found out since that I have MTHFr too. I was inconsolable when I got the call. Now I am guarded. My beta is 3-29 so today I am 6 days past transfer.

Staci