Aunty Blizz - I will definitely shower Alex with kisses - as long as you give the same number to Paige and Angus in return (and they are all from me!!). Can't believe Angus is 4mths old.. sigh!! where has the time gone?
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Aunty Blizz - I will definitely shower Alex with kisses - as long as you give the same number to Paige and Angus in return (and they are all from me!!). Can't believe Angus is 4mths old.. sigh!! where has the time gone?
Tarkine - How is motherhood? I bet you are loving every minute of it!!
How is everyone else travelling? Has been very quite on here lately!!
AFM - Things are going well. Morning sickness only strikes occasionally which is good! I am starting to get my appetite back - which is good too! My belly just looks really bloated... hasn't really popped out yet. I can still fit into all my normal clothes. Work pants are starting to get a little tighter but think I can get away with wearing them for a couple more weeks yet!! I have bought some maternity pants though so I am ready for when I can no longer wear my normal work pants!!
Hope everyone is well....
xxx
Joy - I had the same thing during the early months of pregnancy - I didn't pop out and look remotely pregnant until I was well into the second trimester - I just looked like I'd eaten too many doughnuts - even when I was 8mths I think I just looked big, rather than having a cute baby belly.
Yes Motherhood is certainly challenging and rewarding and amazing and hard all rolled into one. I feel very blessed to be this fortunate and wish everyone else the same fortune.
hello one and all,
it's the elusive Miss Blizz here!
haven't been in for ages it seems, well everything is going swimmingly here Gus is growing madly (and has got his hair back!)
Paige is covered in unexplained spots at the moment...apparently not chicken pox according to the doc possibly an allergy to something....just monitoring things at the moment.
Business is ready to go I have a family ready for care with 2 girls (a 2 and a 3 year old)
just waiting to see what happens with the spots but anyday now will be starting, have my accreditation.
will be back later Gus is just stirring, hoping to get him settled so DH and I can watch the Dark Knight,
love to all, Allie xxxxxx
Oooooh so quiet in here..
Just wanted to say HI and hope you're all well..
gosh, very quiet!
i guess there's not too much going on, or maybe there is too much going on!
AFM - we met with our FS and a patient services mgr from MIVF a few weeks ago to talk through our concerns that we raised in our letter. The meeting went so well - it was nice to hear them admit to some terrible handling of us and our situation (that we weren't going crazy or blowing it all out of perspective!), and already start to put new processes in place so it doesn't happen again, to us or others in similar situation. Now we can confidently move forward and put the last cycle behind us. DH is starting back on the sperm tests this week for a few weeks, depending on those results, if good then we'll go for another cycle, and if bad, then we'll be looking for a final yes or no answer from our donor friend. Our FS has even offered to 'make it work' with the overseas IVF clinic in our friend's city once we've made the call in order to streamline the process.
So, not too much to report. Hope everyone is really well and enjoying down time / pregnancy / motherhood, etc
sounds like a little bit of progress was made Lieve, good to hear!
All is very quiet, I just don't seem to have the time that I used too and more importantly- the energy
Gus is still not well has had a cough since he was one month old, not upsetting him over much but it is worrying the heck out of me.
otherwise we are all good. have been putting in the hard yards to get ship shape for FDC which I have done now I am patiently waiting for some clients.
I already know that I have made the right choice Paige and I are the healthiest we've been in a long time, not going to miss the germs on mass you get from children in LDC
love to all, going to finish my coffee then early to bed I think
Allie and the gang xxxxxx
Lieve - sounds like a little progress is being made
Blizz - u must have your arms well and truly full - two littlies and starting a business! - I can't keep up with you! Sorry to hear that Gus has had a cough for so long.
AFM - booked DS into get his first load of immunisations and getting whooping cough as well, due to the outbreak in the state. Things are going as things go with little babies and making the most of every minute!
Take care.
hi all
think the whooping cough is country wide hon, we have it here too, thats what they thought Gus had at first but no joy from the antibiotics, off to see a pediatrician if they can ever book us in, will hopefully pop in later for a catch up gus has beed having a couple of rough nights.
love to all, Allie and the gang xxxxx
oh tarkine i forgot to add, that gus was fine with all injections to date but if you are worried they say to give a little panadol half hour before if you think it may be an issue, just be ready to pop your boob in when he opens up to cry soon distracts them:thumbsup:lol xxxx good luck
:hello: girls,
I am back - never thought i would say that but the urge never went away - never think it will! Anyway January this year my clinic QFG rang and said that they never took me off the donor embryo waitlist and do i still want to be there and without hesitation i said yes - did not even have to think about it - i have been lurking around the threads so i thought i would jump back in. So who knows whats in the future - maybe another angel will come my way (boy i hope so) whilst my head said stop this is futile my heart just could not stop wanting so i thought give it one more year.
So here i am again - waiting and hoping, waiting and hoping but at least if feel more comfortable with this than given up completely. Hope you all had a great start to 2009 and hope that this year brings much joy to us all.
Hey everyone!
I haven't posted in a while - went through this period of time where I didn't really want to talk about anything beyond the minimal.
I've been pouring a lot of my time and effort into work lately.
The amusing part about that was I was on a bus the other day going to sport, and there was an ad for, of all things, an IVF clinic.
Maybe a gentle hint that there's not long to go???
ETA: Welcome back Lissie!!!!
hi all, good to hear from you Lissie and Gargy, you have all of my most positive wishes for the next IVF stage girls, xxxxx
Lissie and Gargy - I agree with Blizz - sending you loads of positive and BFP vibes your way for the next stage in IVF.
:grouphug:
The syncronicity continues...go to the toilet, see an ad for 'maybe baby'.
Go to pick up a pizza, see an ad for a different fertility clinic...
Gargy - sounds like signs to me!!
Just dropping in to say HI.
All so quiet in here for ages.
Hope you're all enjoying the break...and that the Easter Bunny has been good to you all..
hi all,
im new here so just wanted to say hi.
my hubby and i have started our first ivf cycle today, we will be using donor sperm (with icsi) due to zero motility and lack of sperm from hubby. we're not quite sure where this will lead as i also have high fsh levels (12) so we wont know for a week or so how im responding to the puregon, im already on double dose. have any of you used donor embryos? im not sure of the laws on that in australia. any advice and info would be appreciated :p
Leah - all the best for your IVF cycle. haven't used donor embies, so can't provide any advice - but we did use donor sperm.
Look after yourself during IVF. Take time out for yourself and remember to go with the flow.
Hi All
It's been ages since I have posted in here! It seems it has been very quiet!!
So how is everyone going?
Tarkine - How is little Alex? I hope you are enjoying motherhood! I cant believe Alex is nearly 3 months already!! Time is going so fast...
I was 27 weeks yesterday and everything is going great. Have just been feeling tired but apart from that pretty good! Going to be finishing work in July so not long to go!
How is everyone else travelling?
Chat to you all soon!
xx
take care of yourself Joy - do what your body needs to do - if you need to have a sleep, then have one and then have one for me!
Alex is going great guns, I'd like to say he is a quiet and contented bubs BUT everytime I say that he does the opposite.
Hi all, I am soooooo slack, I haven't been anywhere of much lately and have been neglecting BB badly, hope everyone is still travelling along Ok? I send me love to all and I will be checking back in soon to have a proper catch up,(will post photos of my extremely fast growing off spring shortly as well, can you believe Paige turns 3years next month and Gus is just about to reach 7mths....way too scary)
how's your little man Tarkine??? hope everything is great, Gus is calling will catch you later, Allie xxxxxxx
Hey everyone,
Also have been very busy. I am actually getting very frustrated with the lack of balance in my life.
Suddenly had an epiphany at work the other day about how much our SD has actually put on the line for us. I felt like rushing out and giving him a great big hug.
Still trying to sort out work crap so that everything is out of the way for a new cycle after our tax cheque comes back next term.
DH and I have also decided to go on a mini and a long holiday this year. Down to Canberra for the long weekend and then down to Tasmania and Melbourne in July (hint hint to those people living there - I'll PM you in the next few days with the details - for those in Melbourne I'm going to set up a meet up thread).
Hope everyone is travelling well!
Hello everyone long time...
I did a final cycle with Monash went great, better than all 5 cycles with previous clinic no luck in transfer because the lovely Professor Kovacs can't make me 25 again but he did get way more fert. eggs than ever before.
I have one frozen to try then donor for me
Future mumma,
I will keep everything crossed for you hon, and send you all the positive vibes I can throw your way,
Allie xxxxx
Thanks Allie :)
Hi Girls,
Not been around much lately - hope you are all well and happy.
Futuremum - good luck with the frostie hope it works for you.
I have been on the waitlist for donor embies for 2yrs now and am not feeling really confident that it will happen but i am always hopeful at the same time.
I wish you all luck in your journey and hope like hell that you all get the chance to be mothers.
lissie!!
I hope you don't have to wait too much longer for your donor embie and I really hope you get to be a mummy too
Lissie and future mum :grouphug:
:hello: Blizz :hug:
Hi ladies,
Was nice to open up this thread today and see there's been a bit of activity..I've been very slack, but.. a lot has happened in the past 5 months. Dh did some more tests and they haven't been very promising, so we're now actively pursuing the donor path. DH's friend who we asked has said yes (he's such a beautiful person and I wonder if he'll ever really know what it means to us), so now he's starting to get some testing of his own done before we arrange to fly him out to Melbourne for counselling, deposits, etc. It's quite exciting, and it feels like DH and I have come such a long way since we were initially told we would most likely have to use a donor almost 12 months ago. It feels like a really good option for us, and it's amazing how all the things I used to think were important (genetics, having a mini DH, etc) are so insignificant now when all you really want is a family and a child to love. And I'm blown away by how supportive everyone we tell is, they're as excited for us as we are! So, we're in a good place...it just takes so damn long and that's probably the most frustrating part, the whole quarantining for 6 months. Oh well, i believe paid maternity leave comes to Australia in 2011!!!!!
It's good to hear you're all well ;
- Can't believe the babies, Alex and Angus are already so many months old;
- Joy - gosh not long to go, wow! Hope, despite the tiredneess, you feel great!
- gargy - I can't remember if i already know this but is your donor a friend? I'll love to meet when you're in melbourne by the way.
xxxx
Lieve - great to hear that things are moving along for you. 6mths does seem like a long time but it will pass very quickly.
I am 45 with a biologically conceived 2 year old daughter - who is our our own DNA - and I am 9 weeks pregnant with a donor egg.
Becuase of the difficulty in obtaining donor eggs in Australia because of the laws that do not permit anonymous donation, my husband and I decided for a number of reasons - to come to a business arrangement with a US agency and a US reproductive centre to help us create our longed for 2nd and hopefully 3rd child. One thing I first want to say, is that it is not as expensive as you are led to believe, and that the process is protected with legal contracts for both the donor and recipient. I exchanged letters with the beautiful 30 year old girl who donated her eggs to us, and the doctors at the reproductive centre in Los Angeles who treated her for her cycle, said to me that she was just a charming, funny, lovely girl - who saw her donation as a way of doing something for someone else. The total cost of the agency fees (that included the fee to compensate the donor, the legal fees for both the donor and us the parents was AUD $10K) this also included travel expenses, a geneticist consultation and the agencies programme fee. The costs for the straight IVF for the donor mother + drug costs for both me and the donor, plus anaesthetic costs for the transfer totalled AUD $18K). Now I totally realise that this may be out of the ball park for many people, but I know of Australian women who supposedly have donation from women that answer their ads in Australia - who end up paying the same amount of money in compensation - even though it is supposed to be illegal. For us? Sure our child will not be able to meet their biological mother - because that is the request of the donor - not me. But we do have it written into the contracts that if for any medical reason on both sides of our families (donor and recipient) that they or we need to contact the donor again, we can do so in a protected fashion via the US agency. In total my donor provided us with 21 eggs - 15 of which fertilised. I had 2 transferred and 1 embryo has taken. The whole experience has been extremely professional and wonderful. From the moment we decided to go down the egg donor path using a US agency, to now - it took 3 months from sign up - for me to get pregnant - and let me assure you, after 11 rounds of IUI and 3 IVFs and 3 miscarriages using my own eggs - it has been a joy and so EASY to go down this path. We have already spent more than the amount it cost to go through the US donor process - doing the Australian IVF options. If only we had done this first!!! I know a lot of people may disagree with what we are doing - but heck - its great news for us as a family - if anyone wants to contact me separately about what agencies to approach or find out more information - I am happy to answer any queries.
sh2863...I would sooooo love to speak to you..as you have not posted 20messages yet i cannot PM you..
if I gave you an email would you contact me??
Thankyou sooo much for your story..
sh2863 - I would like to speak to you as well. Thank you for sharing your story
Hi everyone!
Well a dryer that decided to die meant no travelling to Canberra :(
Tarkine - I will get there eventually :( Hope you and your little man are going ok!
Futuremum - hope everything is going well with the frostie.
Lissie - hope you hear something soon.
:hello: Blizz!
Lieve - yes our donor is a friend of ours. I was just walking with a colleague at work and then suddenly realised how much he had done for us. Just something random - completely unrelated to the conversation with my colleague. We are heading to Melbourne in July so I should see you then - I'll be placing the info in the meetup section soon.
:hello: sh2863 - nice to meet you.
Not much going on for me on the IVF front - possibly going again towards the end of the year. I'll keep you posted.
Thanks to the women who have wanted to get in contact with me further to learn more about the donor egg options - based on my own experience. Because I am new here and not sure of the protocols etc - I apologise in advance if I am breaking the rules - BUT - if you want to speak to me privately about my experience - so that it might help you, you can contact me via email (please PM Gargy for my email address)
All my best wishes to those mums who are out there who are exploring the donor egg options.
:)
Hi sh2863,
I am one of the Moderators on Belly Belly.
Generally we don't allow people to put private email addresses on here - what I will do is take the address from the post and PM it to wouldloveabubba and Miss Pink for you.
If anyone else wants to get in contact with sh2863, could you please PM me and I will give you her details.
Thanks.
SH2863..sent you an email yesterday...
please check your junk mail just incase..thanks
Hi SH2863, thanks so much for posting yoru story, you're giving me hope, will also send Gargy a PM asking for your details.
Sara
Hi Gargy
I am a new member and also interested in contacting SH2863 about her egg donor experience in the USA. Please forward the moderators who would best be able to assist me please. Thankyou
babyseeker