Julie: Good luck with your scan today, I hope the clomid is working well for you
Sara: Wheatgrass, is that the little shots, you get in a Health Food Shop ?
Cuddle: I too, have cut down on all the extra's, I am not even doing accu this cycle
Hi to all you ladies I have missed
Julie, I could of bumped into you today, I am going in to pay for my Flare cycle today, and pick up my brown paper bag of goodies ... CD 2 for me ... These embryo's have to stick, or I will be out working two jobs
LOL about working two jobs, yeah, soon I will send DH to drive a taxi at the night
I do feel guilty about worrying about $$$, its not that we can't afford it, but its not that we have a money tree in the backyard either...its a fact all the expense is adding up and sometimes I wonder how much money I will save if my body is behaving itself.
Buliej - I think Clomid worked wonders for BettyBoop who used to visit the TTC after MC thread. She was in our age range. I was looking into it before IVF because the higher estrogen levels it causes may improve egg quality. Good luck
Lisa - you are going to put a hole in the wall Surely, not too much longer....?
Sara - that wheatgrass sounds yucky - must be one of those no pain, no gain thingos right? Read positive things about it - it was the next thing in my bag of tricks to try.
My scan was fine - still early days - lining looks good and 2 follicles are showing - now I just have to hope that there's at least 1 good egg. I have another scan on Monday. The whole issue with this kind of cycle is catching the eggs before they go on their own as you don't take anything to stop ovulation. (Sara - the clomid is just a pill - it's actually a really easy cycle as far as drugs are concerned)
WTH - thanks for that info about Betty Boop - it's encouraging!
You should see our kitchen bench - wheatgrass, vitamins, CoQ10, chinese herbs - the list goes on - sometimes I think what a wonderful business for all these people who support fertility - all of us will do almost anything to give ourselves a boost and they just have to say something may help and I jump.
CP - I wonder the same - we are very fortunate that we can afford to do however many cycles we can stomach - but I just looked at how little our savings has grown over the last 6 months compared to the 6 months prior and the only real variable is the IVF (and the many accupuncture sessions, vitamins etc.). It's rather depressing - if I knew there was a baby at the end of this journey I wouldn't care - but that it all could be for nothing - well, we don't need to go there yet.
Wouldloveabub - we very well could have seen each other - I was in the chemist at Freemasons refilling the Clomid right after my appointment - must have been there around 11:30-ish (I did not have to go back to the clinic after my FS appointment since all I needed was to book a 2nd scan with her)
WLAB - for your new cycle, really hope it's the one for you. Sorry I don't actually know how the flare cycle works - are you using Lucrin but only for a shorter time?
Buliej: great that you scan was good. Hope your follies will grow nicely. Yep, agree about the vitamins my fridge is full of vitamins, can hardly fit any food in. Maybe the solution is we're going in the business of selling this stuff?
CP: did you try the wheatgrass?
WTH: hope things are going well - you are the google queen - is there anything else in your bag of tricks I should know about? Seriously, atm I am happy to try anything....
Lisa & Kel
AFM Agree with you girls with the money issue - it is something that really irks me, when I looked into IVF the first time round with my first husband we would have gotten everythign bulkbilled - probably because PGD was rather experiemental then and we had a genetic reason for it - know every cycle costs us $3000-$6000 out of pocket....and that's without supplements, Acupuncture etc. You shoudl have seen my face last August when the accountant told us.
But anyway, just trying to tell myself that the technique is so much further know and that I am really lucky not to have had children with my first husband anyway.
About the wheatgrass Sara, surprisingly I liked it...I was brave just to mix it with water and drink it and it tastes like Japanese green tea powder...since I like it so much I am definitely going to buy some next week. Can't do any bad right? Plus read the book 'inconceivable', so I might also add in jumping the rope for 15minutes and hot and cold showers tonight...
We had our FS appt this morning, and he?s not going to make me wait another month! Hooray! I start Synarel today, stop the OCP on Saturday, and start injecting on the 20th. I?m so relieved he?s not making me wait until next month. I?m going onto 100 IU of Gonal-F this time, not all the way down to 75 IU, which has taken that worry out of my mind that I won?t develop enough eggs. Because of the blasted translocation we need as many eggs as we can get, as you can see from the disaster that was last cycle. This time we?re going to be doing ICSI, too; we?re using frozen sperm because DH will be down south on a course until the middle of May and FS wants to be on the safe side, even though DH?s SA from last cycle was 60 million and 70%. At least it?s only another $410. So we?ll be doing IVF, ICSI, and PGD. God help our bank account. I just pray that we get one good one for an ET this time. I don?t know if I could handle another loss like last time. Fingers crossed!
Thanks to everyone for their kind words over the last few weeks, too, they are very much appreciated (as always). I?ve just been very down in the dumps, so I?ve kept my negative backside away from everybody.
CP: that is great that you like the wheatgrass - have a great week. Jumping the rope is probably a good idea, actually I stilll have an old trampoline in the garage, may get it upstairs and start using it again.
Kel: Great that you had a good appointment with your FS. Yes, understand that you needed to take some time out but don't worry about leaving off steam here, that's what we're here for. I think we may be cycle buddies, if they let me start this month will also start with FSH just after the 20th depending on when AF arrives.
WTH: Thanks so much for all your tips, really relieved as I am doing most of those things as well but will think about adding tomato juice and Royal Jellie.
Buliej & WTH - hope you're both going, thinking of you and keeping fingers crossed for your cycles.
WTH: Thanks for the PM: your a darling. OriginalP, a BB member who concieved with IUI, told me about the protein as well.
Sara: I missed your earlier question... the flare cycle uses the nasal spray (syneral) alternative to the injection Lucrin, it is still a short cycle, like antagonist, different meds though, I did want the injection that is an alternative to Syneral (oops must take it now) brb .......yuk... I did it ... syneral is a LOT cheaper though
Bullie: How did your scan go today, or did you get it mixed up, or are MIVF open today, being a public holiday ? I hope you have good news
Kel - 11 days to the, hopefully last injections you will ever have to have. I am happy your fs has made you happy and given you the all clear
Hello lovely Cuddlepie, hope you are well
AFM: Syneral and Gonal ill Friday, when hopefully the little magical egg we need shows in its follie form on Friday...
I'd love to do personals - but I'm exhausted - we've had a fun, but very busy long weekend.
I had my scan first thing today - 2 follicles growing - not yet at the right size, but she thinks they will be and wants me to trigger tomorrow for Thurs retrieval. I'm happy about there being 2 because with Clomid, you don't know - 1 is often the outcome. I just hope there's 1 good egg there. Although they were open today, the clinic was so disorganized. They couldn't find my file (my FS said the clinic had it, the clinic insisted FS had it) and thus they weren't able to answer some of my questions. So I'll have to call my FS tomorrow. It wasn't really confidence inspiring.
I too find the wheat grass powder mixed with water to be fine - funny, I thought of green tea as well.
by the way - what's with the jumping rope - what will that do besides help your cardio??
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for my Flare cycle today, and pick up my brown paper bag of goodies ... CD 2 for me ... These embryo's have to stick, or I will be out working two jobs
Surely, not too much longer....?
for you this cycle, hon
Lisa & Kel
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