IVFers over 40 for March/April??

[Hopefulcb]

I'm having IVF starting at the end of March.  This is my first one so I'm really nervous and would love to share this journey with someone!!

[tones99]

thanks hon .. I always test at the beginning of my treatment .. as the blood test for pregnancy is done on day 23 of my cycle, and if I've O'd late that month, there would not have been enough time for hcg to be released so just for my peace of mind I always test until I get my af .. and it's always negative .. except this time.

You will always have my support love .. I think you may have been the first person on here to help me last year when I needed it.

shed a few tears today and have got very little work done (I work from home so if not in a good frame of mind I am easily distracted), but then put some music on loud and danced around my living room for half an hour .. I feel much better now . that and the fudge cake I have had 3 pieces of today!!  My MIL made it and it's yum!  back to healthy now!

[MEL4141]

This round will be YOUR round, I am out of curiosity just going to take a hpt when I start my meds, just to see for my own peace of mind if a pink line comes up again. Bestest wishes and look forward to your posts and support, melissax

[tones99]

Well my little bean wasnt a sticky one. No line this morn so I'll be back on the lucrin today. Don't want to miss out on this round now as it's what's keeping me going!  

[MEL4141]

Thanks for this, I always was mystfied why I got a positive, even on a digital it said 1-2 weeks pregnant, but the clinic gp said my lining was only 3, def not pregnant and was the menopur that had triggered  faint positive!? that was the only drug besides burserelin (to stop ovulation)that i had took. They were really annoyed i had been using hpt's but I had a funny metalic taste in mouth and was curious so thats why I tested. I so hope you have had a natural conception, fertility is so much a lottery getting that good egg and the sticking of it. Saying my prayers for you, keep me updated lots love melissax

[tones99]

oh and I found this on a few different sites:

Q: Can fertility medications such as Clomid, Serophene, Gonal-F, Follistim, Humegon, Pergonal, Repronex or Fertinex cause false positive results on HPTs?

A: The only fertility medication that can cause a false positive on a home pregnancy test is one that includes hCG

so my thoughts were that you had a chemical pregnancy .. unless you had a med with hcg in it.  but anyway .. I am not expecting anything tomorrow!  just hoping a little x

[tones99]

yes .. I'm aware that it's too early to get excited but I'm not on any meds that could give a positive .. only had 2 days of the lucrin and that can't make hcg .. it was such a faint line though that it could be gone by tomorrow .. I know that 50% of pregnancies fail in this early stage and I think that was probably more likely what happened to you.  

I am not going to celebrate just yet as I have never gotten past this point naturally before .. only with IVF .. hoping also that if the line is not there in the morn that I can start again on the lucrin .. as it's the long protocol I am thinking that they could probably switch me to a shorter treatment .. if not, we'll just go again the next month.