Update! Nurse called back yay! She is lovely! Only 2 times in the next 3 weeks they have DH is away... Far out.
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Update! Nurse called back yay! She is lovely! Only 2 times in the next 3 weeks they have DH is away... Far out.
It's a bit strange.. You should have access to those councillors whenever you need one.
So if your referring to sivf/Genea I think most of us are with them.
Glad you got the call back Joeve but WMM is right, they should have got back to you much quicker!!
WMM enjoy your day tomorrow - hope you have a lovely day planned!
Thanks for your replies x I am now booked in thank goodness... Only took all week ha.
Hi ladies,
How are you all?
I'm going well, started acupuncture yesterday and it was great. I have to have herbs too (eww) so not very excited about that but willing to do anything for our best shot at this.
The countdown is really on, prob about 26 days until we start the cycle - OMG what difference can 26 days make??? The chinese medicine dude thought we could make a good difference on the uterine lining and blood flow to the ovaries. It will be acupuncture every second day while I am stimming. Expensive but that's ok. God I am going to get a good tax return this year LOL!!
Hello
How is the acupuncture going? I am thinking of looking into it and yes it sure is going to be a expensive year!
Hey!
Acupuncture is going well and I'm having herbs too. I have been doing lots of research into egg quality (which I can't do much about at this stage I don't think) and uterine lining and they seem to bother be really important factors. My acupuncturist is focusing on "preparing the soil" so I think that is really good.
It's expensive though, my first session was $160 and I got $30 back, further sessions are $85 I think and I'll probably get back about $30 until I reach my limit. Bring on tax time, it's going to be a doozy!!
hi everyone,
i hope you don't mind me popping in here, short story is we have 2 children but since them have suffered multiple miscarriages around the 7-8 week mark, each pregnancy has measured behind on scan with a slow heartbeat and then a week later the heartbeat has gone and i have miscarried.
so after 2 9 week m/c in row (& a few earlier ones) we decided to try ivf in the hope of being able to pick a strong embryo we might avoid the same problems, we got lucky and fell pregnant first go but my scan last week showed it measuring behind again, i had the confirmation ultrasound today that this pregnancy has gone the same way and now im waiting for the miscarriage.
so my fs has recommended pgd and here i am, i know a little about it, from what you girls know do you think it is worth a try for us ? from what i read in this thread most of you have had pgd for genetic issues ? is there anyone here who has had pgd for recurrent miscarriage ? would you mind sharing your stories or anyone who wants to give me advice would be great
Minnie hello sweet, as you know I was recommended for recurrent m/c. After much deliberation we are doing a non pgd cycle this time. I hope you get some answers and you are in my thoughts xxx
Hi ladies
I know ive been MIA...... just been so busy with work and now with daylight savings im up earky so have time to post!
Hi KMN
Hi Jbear how you going?
Hope 11 welcome !
Joeve Welcome!
minimouse welcome!
HOw are you bf and wmm????
i hope i havent missed anyone!
where is every one up to in their cycling?
AFM
Well had the 12 week scan last week and all is looking well!
obgyn appointment yesterday and he is happy with all so fay,,,,,,,Today i have my appointment with the midwife at the hospital......looking forward to the offcial side of it all!
i hope everyone is well
i will try and post more!!
Ttake care!
Hey Lu good to hear from u! How exciting ur 12 week scan, glad to hear all is well with u & bubz. How r u feelin?
AFM - I had transfer today......and so the TWW commences. Fingers crossed this is The One.
Hi Lu great news!
J good luck in the tww!
We have decided not to do pgd this cycle so I will bow out of here good luck everyone xx
Minniemouse - we r doing pgd as I have chromosome translocation which has caused recurrent miscarriages. After about 2-3 yrs of trying naturally I felt like something was wrong perhaps due to the fact I had leukemia as a child. So we eventually went from royal women's hospital where we were diagnosed i guess u could say, to Monash ivf where we had our first cycle in jan this year.
Unfortunately we got a BFN the first time so here we r again hope this is the one.
....sorry to ask but do u now why ur g's recommend pgd? Do u know what they are looking for? As u said mostly pgd is done for genetic reasons & I'm new to this so don't know what other things they test for.
xox
Opps *fs (not g's) sorry
J.Bear: sorry for the delay, we are away & I'm on my phone. So far I have only spoken to my fs about pgd (I assume I will speak to someone further at some point), I got the impression they weren't looking for any specific chromosome condition but would be looking for the most common chromosomal abnormalities, down syndrome, trisomy 18 etc & just see if we have mostly chromosomally abnormal embryos
Oh that's ok MM - Well I hope it all goes well : )
Joeve - thanks so much, going mental but it's all worth it (hopefully) I hope all goes well with ur cycle. Take care xx
Hi ladies!
Sorry I've been so busy with Easter, visitors etc!! I am on day 30 of my cycle today so I think I'll get AF any minute now. I had acupuncture yesterday too and it felt really "strong" so I think that she is on her way. So I will start jabbing in the next few days and it will probably be a freeze all, so then a transfer maybe in May/June depending on when my next AF comes.
I have a goal in my head, trying to be realistic so I'm not let down when the time comes. My goal is 20 eggs (I'm being mega stimmed as it's really a numbers game for us with the PGD because of a 50/50 disease), 15 fert, 8 are good disease free embies. That's my aim and I'm sticking with it - gotta stay positive!!
I've been finding it really hard to concentrate, it's been nearly 2 years since we started this bloody journey, it's hard to believe we're here. Last night I went to sleep listening to a fertility meditation and I woke up feeling so much better, so I'll be making a habit of that.
Hope you are all well. xoxo
Hey BF, good to hear from u. Sounds like ur on a nice & healthy path! I hoped get ur goal numbers : ) Have done acupuncture previously? I was thinking of trying but don't know much about it.
Morning ladies!
AF arrived this morning! Business time!
I phone the clinic at 7.30 and haven't heard back yet - they will call me soon to organise a blood test right?
Hey J.Bear, yep I did acu a few years ago for stress & back pain and it was really useful. There are still two schools of thought on whether it truly does improve your chances but the guy I go to here people swear by, and it is helping me focus on my zen at the same time LOL!!!
Hey BF woo hoo how exciting I hope the nurse has gotten back to you? Sounds like you've done lots to focus on your mind body & soul's health so I hope you get your goal numbers :crossfingers:
I got a BFN today, so bummed! But i was thinking of looking into acupuncture & meditation while we take some time off for a few months.
How are the rest of you lovely ladies?
JBear so sorry. Wishing you lots of peace and good work restoring your soul & figuring out what's next for you.
I picked up my drugs this morning, just waiting on the nurses to call and tell me when to start jabbies! I'm on puregon, orgalutran and ovidril trigger (not that that means anything to me yet LOL)!
Hope you all have a beautiful day.
Thanks BF I'm trying to focus on the positive, our health & happiness. Oh & our savings because this has been so expensive. It's very hard not to feel jaded sometimes so I think acupuncture & meditation would be really helpful.
So have u start jabbing yet? Don't worry you will quickly remember what needles u need to do at what times. I hope everything goes well & get lots of good healthy eggs. I won't be on here as much but am keen to check out how ur going. Good luck xox
Hi JBear,
Thanks for popping in and asking about me!
I'm not far off trigger... I have over 30 follies but quite a few are still at the 12-14 mm mark so FS is letting me go another day or so. I have felt my ovaries all day so hoping I had lots of growth today, I'm off for another scan in the morning (3rd day in a row). I'm over it and want these eggs out and to get back to normal!! I was feeling quite OK this morning but back to feeling like a puddle of mud (or something else that looks like mud) now!
Hoping you find lots of peace & a great mindset for the next step - whatever that is for you. I think the meditation & acu is a great place to start for mind & body. Sending you peace!
Hi ladies
J bear I'm sorry for your news .... I hope things are more positive next time....
B f: how r u going?? what stage are you up to?
How is everyone else????
Hey BF, thanks for your support & well wishes. I hope things are progressing well for you, how did egg collection go?
Lu! Good to hear from you, how are you going?
AFM - I had my follow up appt with FS today & she seemed surprised that we had not had success with the last 2 cycles. She wants to do a hysteroscopy to check & test uterus..... so I am booked in next month. Then will get the results in July & hopefully do another cycle August. I'm not sure how I feel about this. Has anyone ever had a hysteroscopy?
Hi ladies,
How are you all going?
I'm in the TWW at the moment.... going out of my mind.... We had a day 6 fully hatched blast transferred on Friday afternoon. I feel slightly crampy & have had a couple of dizzy spells but that's it. I'm worried that because it was fully hatched it should have implanted quickly but I have no signs.... I'm going to try and wait til about Thursday to do a test and then I have bloods on the following Monday.
Everything has gone perfectly with the cycle though and we have 4 unaffected in the freezer, which was exactly what I was aiming for. The EPU was painful (got 24 eggs) but I was OK within a couple of days. The ET was totally nerve-wracking waiting to find out who we had that made it to test and were unaffected. If I don't fall with this cycle I'll prob have a couple of cycles off then go for the frosties. We had 9 tested in total and 4 affected so that was a real reality check.
Lu - what are you up to?
JBear good luck with the extra testing, sorry I can't share any experience on all of those extra tests, but hope it turns something useful up for you & that they are not painful tests.
Hey BF, good luck in the TWW! Sounds like you had great numbers for pick up & to have 4 frosties...well done! I hope this one gets you your BFP & those frosties aren't needed just yet. So have POAS yet?
Thanks for your supportive words, I really hope the testing gives us some answers. I'm trying to focus on my health & stay positive but it's really hard sometimes.
How are the rest of you lovely ladies?
xo
How is everyone????
So quiet in here???
Hi There,
I am new to the forum and am in the middle of my third IVF/PGD cycle. I am hoping this might give me an outlet to talk as we have not really been telling anyone about what is happening so they don't join our emnotional roller coaster.
I have started puregon injections and am having a scan this Friday. Have been a little more controlled with emotions this time but I am starting to get a little nerbous about egg numbers. I see that some of you ladies get large numbers of eggs, that is fantastic. I am crossing my fingers and hope to have fabulous news like that some time next week.
Any advice for headaches and nausea? Had a little over the weekend. Have had headaches before but never the nausea. Although we have uped my dose quite a bit this time around.
I hope you are having good results.
Any advice on learning all the abreviations?
Jess :o)
Hi Jess,
Welcome! Your third cycle huh, you have been on the rollercoaster for a while?
We haven't told anyone we know either about doing PGD and I have really relied on this and one other board for an outlet, I get it completely.
How did you go on your other cycles? How were your egg numbers? I didn't get much nausea on the puregon but I did get some killer headaches. I just drank heaps of water (about 4 L per day) and went to bed early. Get lots of rest - your body is working hard. On the abbreviations - ummm not sure if there is a sticky somewhere that lists them, but please just feel free to ask. Best of luck to you, let me know how you go!!
AFM, thanks for the good luck and sorry I have been absent for so long! I ended up with a chem pregnancy and have really taken a while to get over it. Going back for an FET following my July period which should be arriving around 22 July, so eary August I'll be back on the TWW!! I am feeling very hopeful that this transfer will work, trying to stay as positive as possible and do everything I can to prepare my body for that!!
JBear how are you travelling? Have your tests started yet?
Hi bright*future,
Roller coaster is an understatement. We had our first appointment with our FS in May last year and didn't do our first round until November/December, then again in January/February and of course now.
I am trying to drink as much water as I can. Having troubles remembering when I am at work. Although I have a feeling the nausea was me pushing myself too hard. I forget how much work my body is trying to do.
Our numbers have been heart breaking. 4 the first go, only 3 fertilised and only one unaffected. It was transferred and didn't take. That was hard but it was even harder when we went round two and only got one 3 eggs, only one of which fertilised and then didn't grow enough to be tested.
I have not been nervous until the last few days and now I am starting to unravel a little. Hoping for good numbers given the high dosage and trying to stay positive but had a best friend tell me she is pregnant on the weekend (naturally) and just cried. I felt terrible because I love her and am so happy for her but wow it's hard.
Where are you up to? So nice just in the last 24 hours to talk to someone who is going through the same thing. What is a chem pregnancy? FET? TWW?
Jess :p
Just sneaking in - FET = Frozen Embryo Transfer
TWW - Two week wait (after ovulation, before doing pregnancy test ;))
chem pregnancy - or chemical pregnancy - pregnancy that fails at about 4 weeks, so you might have a BFP (Big fat Positive) when you POAS (Pee on a stick) on the first day of missed period, but then the next day or pretty soon after you'll have a BFN (Big fat negative) as the pregnancy has failed to hold.
Good luck Jess!
And sneaking out...
HI
Welcome Jess.... im sorry that you have had such a hard time......ive been where you are and its sooo heart breaking.......
please feel free to share, vent ask questions etc etc etc
I too was getting low egg numbers.... one cycle i had nothing to even test.....
my last cycle we tried something different well a few things so i dont know wheich one helped more
* I begged my doc to perscribe the DHEA (which he did not think would work)
* i ate pure royal jelly (not to be taken if you are allergic to bees etc) absolutley vulgar!
* I have acupuncture fortnightly / weekly for 8 weeks before the cycle and before and after my transfere
* and lastly... my doc swiched me from the long cycle that im usually on that starts with the lucrin then with the peuragon ect and goes for ever to the quik cycle that starts with the puragon and no lucrin.......
i dont know what it was that got me from 6 eggs, 3 ggs etc to 19 eggs but something worked :)
my doc really doesnt believe in the natural stuff etc i could tell by the look on his face and he aslo said he has never had a positive result either with the dhea.....
can i ask the clinic your with?
ill stop blabbing now and go :)
Bright future: im sooo very sorry about your chem pregnancy....i hope goes well with the FET (frozen embryo transfer) my fingers are crossed for you :)
where is everyone else
wee mans mummy????
Jbear????
Sorry for all the jargon Jess!!! You will be fluent in no time though!! Chat away to us anytime!!
I'm just waiting for my next frozen transfer, trying to look after myself as best as possible which is hard while I am still grieving the last cycle, to be honest.
Thanks Lu, I'll take all the fingers and toes crossed I can get!!
Hi there,
Bright future - I'm crossing my fingers for you also and sending positive vibes your way. I know what you mean about grieving, I was only two weeks in, not even a positive blood test and I am still a little broken from it.
Me forever - thank you for the shortcuts. TTC?
Luisella - I am getting the accupuncture and considering the royal jelly. I am with Genea. Who are you with?
I would be interested if anyone knows of any other clinics that do the PGD in Sydney As my research only bought up Genea. I found other places that do IVF but not the PGD. Also my FS came recommended.
Feeling very bloated and tired tonight. Time to try and sleep - which I think the accupuncture has definitely helped. The insomnia from last week is gone.
I hope you all have a good warm nights sleep.
Jess
Sneaking in -
TTC - Trying to conceive
(I used to be really bad at them, but in one of the books I read about TTC :) they had a whole list. If I don't know one now I'll just google it ;) But happy to help!)
Sneaking out
Morning all.
Jess, I think most people doing PGD are with the big clinic starting with G!
Hope you got a good sleep Jess and you're feeling less bloated today. I know it sounds strange but heaps of water helps you feel less bloated, as it flushes through some of the hormones rather than them sitting there bloating you up.
I think IVFA do PGD as well. Are you thinking about the cost? Last cycle we ended up about $12K out of pocket - thank God it is nearly tax time. I really wanted to try and squeeze in the FET before 30 June but it wasn't possible. With the new change to the medical rebate stuff on tax we wont be able to get as much back next year if we need to stim again.
Good Morning,
me4ever - thank you. Google will become my new best friend although I think I am starting to get the hang of the abreviations.
bright*future - Our FS is Dr Dezarnaulds. Can I ask why you are choosing PGD? I am a haemophillia carrier.
Our FS is great and to be honest it is probably a little too late for us to change clinics, I was just curious because I guess without competition they can charge what they like on the PGD side of things. I am quite angry at the government for changing the rebates. It is hard enough to do the IVF but going through PGD for us will save the government money in the long run. Sufferers of what we carry cost the government hundreds of thousands of dollars every year in treatment and yet they wont support the PGD (at this stage) which could save them money.
Slept better last night. Bloating worse this morning. I really am struggling with the water. 2 litres a day is hard and I really do want to drink more. I get distracted at work and of course when its cold the last thing I want is water. But I will keep working on it.
Must be having a bad day - just struggling to be positive today. I feel bad because most posts on here sound so happy and positive.
What do you do to make the waiting between rounds easier? I did a fitness program between my last two just to distract me from the fact we could not stim again straight away.
Trying to smile,
Jess