Hi All. Thought I would all jump into this thread as I'm amount to start my first IVF (after 3 failed IUI's). Af is due anytime this week and I started Synarel last Friday. I have been reading through the thread about down reg cycles etc. Can someone explain what these are?
Hi B2B,
Down reg cycles are basically a pill cycle where the clinic makes sure your body is under control for when the stim cycle starts. It basically means you don't ovulate as such so they can best manipulate your body.
Good luck, and there is plenty of wisdom around for IVF support in here.
Hi Meo! Congrats! and I'm so sorry for your hospital trip... That would be very scary...
But I'm so glad things worked out perfect with your ET!! My 1st cycle was the same as your 1st cycle (poor egg division) so hearing from your experience with ICSI just gave me more confidence for my next cycle!!
Now you can join S'rose and Cadence! just waiting for the blood test!!! Hope all goes well!!
Possums how are you doing?
Hi Baby2bee! Welcome to this thread!
Me: feeling very down today... a little bloated and with lower back pain... starting needles on Thursday!
Puregon is a stim drug. So you are about to embark on the stim cycle. Synarel is designed to flat line your body and prevent you from ovulating. You'll be taking it early to have it in your system so when you start the puregon your body can produce the follies without risk of them popping before collection.
Hi ladies,
It has been pretty quiet in here, how are you all going?
Hope that all is well, would love to hear some updates and am thinking of you all!
AFM I am almost half way through my tww and it is realy dragging!
I am already wondering whether I can wait until my bloodtest next week or whether I will be tempted to POAS next Mon or Tues? Does the crinone gel make a difference in regards to false positives?
Anyway hope all is well with you all.
Hi Cadence, good to know things are going well for you! Well I think that the crinone could give you a false positive on urine test, I don't know about blood test though...
Just a little bit more...hang in there...
S'rose and Meo how are you doing? Hope you all feeling good!
ME: I guess I'm scared about my second cycle, I've been sad, and crying all the time... and also after KR announcement last night which will make IVF so much more expensive for us... and have you heard about the clinic in Canberra? at least five embryos have died in an incubator malfunction!!!
Girls, sorry... I've been a little bit down lately...
Big hugs, esperan. All this IVF crap takes it's toll, I know. Even if it means waiting (and not being in the best budget position) you should wait for your next round until YOU feel ready. Don't let KR's announcements push you into something that you can't cope with yet or you'll just be even more of an emotional wreck! I took a month off after our first IVF attempt. Thought it was going to be longer, but by the time I'd got my second AF, I put myself back on the pill for another down reg and we were fully ready for it! I think that's one of the things that has made our results so far this round so amazing to me.
Hi Cadence - I saw a "timeline post" of where your baby will be at after a certain number of days in the LTTTC TWW thread, I think it's on the second page? All I remember reading was that a HPT will show up the hcg in your urine at 11 days post-transfer . . . Not that I'm encouraging you to POAS! Also, I think it's only the pregnyl injections that give you a false positive, not Crinone as the Crinone is a smaller, slower release progesterone dosage. I could be wrong though. Also, HPT's measure hcg, not progesterone so shouldn't make a difference?
Baby2Bee, welcome to the thread! I hope you get plenty of info. From what I understand, I think you might be doing a flare cycle, not a down regulation one. Good luck though! I think either is pretty effective
S'rose, how goes the waiting? I am also 2dpt and was still SO SORE from the OHSS, even though it's only a mild dose. For those of you who can afford it, my recommendation is JAPANESE ACUPUNCTURE! I just got back from my appointment this evening and now it's almost like I never had OHSS, just got some bad PMS bloating instead I can live with that! I know a couple of wonderful ladies in Kew (Melbourne) who practice it, PM me if anyone's interested in their details. FWIW, one of them was the lady I was seeing who got me the closest I've been to pregnant naturally in Nov 2006 (chemical pregnancy) so she's worth her weight in salt, I reckon.
Anyhoo, off to cook some tea - salmon for omega 3s and lots of broccolli for folate!
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Not that I'm encouraging you to POAS!
Also, I think it's only the pregnyl injections that give you a false positive, not Crinone as the Crinone is a smaller, slower release progesterone dosage. I could be wrong though. Also, HPT's measure hcg, not progesterone so shouldn't make a difference?
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