IVF with PGD #8

Sunbeam - That's a great way to look at things. Take the pressure off yourself - and with movies and yummy food - even better!!

Andie - I honestly don't know how much they can tell from the biopsies. Our PGD discussions have been quite specific to the genetic condition we carry and how they will test for that. Having said that, I have asked them to do chromosomal screening also. I figured, the information is there, they are already studying the cell/s - why not find out as much as we can?! I hope they can answer your questions about chromosomal abnormalities. Update us after tomorrow's appt.:)

I'm on 150 of Gonal-f daily and 'one click' of the Ovidrel pen every 3 days (same pen as used for trigger but one click instead of the whole thing). The reason for the Ovidrel is because my body doesn't readily ovulate on its own. I believe the Ovidrel mimics LH which my body needs help with. The cycle that was just ended was an assessment cycle to see what my body is doing - day 19 and my levels were all still low so they ended the cycle. I don't have an EPU date as yet - I think it will be a case of seeing what my body does, how it responds and then knowing closer to the time. I am so so nervous that my body is not going to cooperate with this. What if I only produce a couple of follies?! Nervous, nervous... It didn't help that the nurse talking us through everything kept saying, 'wow, you guys keep on losing numbers, don't you?'. She was talking about how many follies we could start with and how many follies/embies we may lose along the way. Thanks, Nurse. Super helpful...

Hahaha... Please ignore the 'Gumbo edcuiut' in the title - it was an image verification and I really don't know what happened there!

LOL Elle i was a bit confused about the Gumbo edcuit at the top of your post! Thought i'd missed something. That's really rude of the nurse to say that, I really hate how tactless people can be. GL with the rest of your jabbing!

Sunbeam - I'm sorry you had a pooh weekend, it was a good idea to go home and have some time to your self. Try to positive about what's ahead and don't think too much about what your going to do if this doesn't work. I know it's easy to say, we all do it. I would say an acupuncturist that specializes in fertility would be better, it sounds like you found a good one now tho! I hope your feeling better :hug:

Andie - I wouldn't know what to ask either, I guess the only advice i can give is to ask any questions that pop into your head while your there (no matter how small). Good luck tomorrow, be sure to tell us how you went.

AFM - Had my third and last BT today, my HCG is looking good 39903 and progesterone is looking good too. Starting to feel like it is real, but am so afraid to get too excited still. Oh ROLL ON 25/10!!

Hi to everyone else xox

Hi ladies! Just wanted to see how everyone is?
Andie how was ur appt?

Hi Girls,

Andie- How did it go do you have heaps of information now?

J. Bear - How far along will you be by the 25th, it seems ages since your BFP?

Elle -That's very interesting about the use of the Ovidrel. I often don't O on my own either and my LH is always really low still before my trigger. Minnie has been explaining to me that the LH is needed to make testosterone which is needed to make estrogen (I apologise if I have any of that info wrong, but that's vaguely what I recall). The DHEA is supposed to increase testosterone too so it will be interesting to see if it makes a difference. I usually get good numbers but big drop off, but my last donor also had very poor sperm so it will be hard to compare with this time. Do you have an EPU date?

AFM- Well it's finally here, my cycle has started, first injection was this morning 350iu (god help my poor ovaries)!!. I had a scan yesterday and FS said it was perfect, very thin lining and lots of tiny follies waiting to be stimulated. :D Famous TV person went in to see my FS before me too (won't say who) bit exciting!
I'm loving my new acupuncturist, I was there for 1 1/2 hours this morning, I came out soooooo relaxed! I'm not even minding the new herbs though they are a bit odd and smell like cinnamon and liquorish.

Sneaking in to stalk sunbeam! Yay to jabbing :) and to getting on the way. I am curious as to who went in before you now lol x

Hi all!

Sunbeam - that's great news - you are on your way! Wishing you heaps of luck!! Any hints on the celeb?! Haha!

AFM - I'm struggling a bit. It looks like a 3 follicle cycle for me and I just don't know where that leaves me. I'm really sad and disappointed. I have started injecting Cetrotide now in addition to the others and have another scan and BT on Mon. I guess I just have to wait and see what my FS says after that. I'm driving myself a bit nuts over here...

Oh Elle that's no good babe I'm so sorry. I've not heard of cetrotide,what does it do?

Thanks for the stalk Joeve I hope I get to join you soon.

hi girls,

i know i have been MIA, has taken me a while to pick myself up after the failed cycle & we have had a bad run of sickness here, the latest is i have an infected tooth that needs to come out and it is SO painful

Elle is it possible to do multiple stims before testing with pgd if your numbers are looking small ? i spoke to my fs about us doing that this week and he has agreed to me doing that 2 or 3 stims and getting everything frozen and tested at the same time.

jbear: great numbers, not too long until your scan :)

joespratt: i read your update on another thread :hug:

andie: what's happening with you ?

hi brightfuture, i hope you are going well

hi everyone else :hello:

hi ladies, hope you all had a lovely weekend.

appt went well, counsellor was not as cheesey as some of the ivf counsellors i have had in the past. one thing i learnt was that they will be able to detect which chromosome/s are abnormal within the embryo. i thought that they just told you if embryo was normal or abnormal, so that was interesting. still on the pill here, nursing & accts appts on wednesday, so hopefully will finally find out when i start jabbing/sniffing etc. still spotting, which is driving me mental. :rolleyes:

minnie - ouch, that sounds painful. i hope you have some good pain relief. i have been putting off the dentist visit for too long... im such baby, im a bit scared... :redface:

elle - how did your scan & BT go today? im sorry your last scan wasnt what you hoped. my clinic also lets you bank embryos if you get small numbers (like minnie mentioned), from memory they let you bank up to 6-7. not sure how you feel about it, but could be an option. :hug:

jbear - sounds like things are going well, best wishes for your upcoming scan.

sunbeam - yay for jabbing! im jealous, wish i was at that stage now. i find it frustrating being on the pill. how are you feeling, a few doses in?

hi to everyone else. :)

Hi Andie- I'm glad the counselling session went well. I'm 3 days in and I'm already getting twinges in my ovaries not that I'm surprised on 350iu, I'm just glad I talked FS down from 450! I can sympathise with the waiting game I felt like I was on the pill forever! I hope you get to the jabbing stage soon. Sorry the spotting is still going, that's a real nascence.
I am waiting to hear back from the clinic that does the genetic testing here to find out if they will freeze day 3 embies if we only had a few and wanted to do another stim before testing. That seems like a sensible plan to me given the cost of the testing.

Hi lovely ladies,

Hope all are travelling well & moving forward in their cycles.

Sunbeam, just read your updates & sending you :heartbeat: and :hug:

I'm going well, 10 weeks this week, I've got a GP appt next week & then ultrasound on the 1st, counting down the sleeps! I've been driving myself insane thinking something is going to go wrong so I have banned myself from too much internet & forums, and staying in positive thinking space only. But I do pop in to see how all you gorgeous people are going, and every night as I'm going to sleep I say a few little prayers for all of my friends facing IF. Sticky vibes to all!!! :pray:

Hi Bright*future I was just thinking of you this morning and wondering how things were going. 10 weeks that's fantastic babe I can't wait to hear all about your scan (hopefully by then I will be lying on the lounge PUPO). I can totally sympathise with the stressing that something will go wrong, I wonder if that ever goes away for those of us that have had losses, I hope so it will be a long 9 months if not!!
Thank you for all your hugs and prayers :hug:

Sunbeam, I'm glad you're happy with your new acupuncturist. How's the jabbing coming along? I'll be 8 weeks and 5 days on the 25th...eeek!

Andie, thanks for the well wishes! I'm sorry your still spotting I hope it stops soon and you get to start your cycle. The waiting is the worst I know you just want to get started but it will be here before you know it.

BF! Great to hear from you, I know what you mean about driving yourself insane thinking about the what if's. Look after yourself and stay positive (i'll be sending you positive vibes for you and your little one) xo

Minnie - Great to hear from you too. Sorry to hear you've had a bad run of sickness in your house, toothaches are the worst too! Hope you feel better soon.

AFM - I'm still constantly analyzing every feeling. I haven't had any real MS, just get dizzy and occasionally nauseous, so i'm worried about whats going on in there! C'mon 25 AUG.

sunbeam - did you hear back from clinic about banking embryos? had any scans to check progress in there yet?!

elle - thinking of you, hoping you're going ok.

bf & jbear - glad to hear your updates, sounds like things are going nicely for you both.

afm - started syranel yesterday, gross. forgot how much i disliked it. i have a scan on the 30th and if things look as they should, start puregon the same day. had nursing & accts appt this week too. had to put my hands over my ears and go to my happy place when discussing the costs... :o

So not good news today. While I should be 8w4d pregnant today, I just had my second scan that has confirmed, that while I (am) was pregnant, no little bubba has grown. While I have had just over a week to process this since my first scan, it was still hard to hear the news and see the scan. Was hoping against hope that the outcome would be different but I suppose deep down, realistically, I knew that the news wouldn't be good. Still hard though. Will see what life brings. I have still been blessed with my precious DD so if it's not meant to be, I am still very very lucky

wishing everyone good fortune!

Joe I am so so soooooo sorry to hear your news. Sending you lots of love and comfort. :comfort:

Joe I'm so sorry - big hugs