Whoo new members to our thread welcome Alison and LionsandBears
Sorry to hear about all your losses. It is a hard choice to go ahead with ivf and pgd but it really is the best option if you want a bub using your own eggs. I went down the donor egg route but managed to find a 23 year old donor (with 2 kids) who was pre menopausal!!! (See my CRAZY NEWS below!) So now I am back to trying with my own eggs for the last time. I'm doing 24Sure my embies will be tested day 3 with a day 5/6 transfer if any are good. It cost me $3500 with no rebate but they only had to go to Brisbane.
Andie - So excited to hear your great news. I hope everything continues just as smoothly.
Babymama - Yes unfortunately since turning 40 my AF has all but disappeared for no explainable reason. I always have a nice thick lining when scanned mid cycle and I've had scans after a 24 hour af and all looked as it should so no idea where it goes . FS does not seem phased by it though I'd be more reassured by a good one I hope your results come back quick and clear.
JBear - I'm so glad the tests came back mostly positive and congratulations on a healthy baby boy I hope the rest of the pregnancy flies by with ease.
Jessir - Thanks for dropping in it is so nice to hear from girls that PGD has worked for, it gives us hope.
Hi Joe and Minnie
AFM - I'm back now from my trip up north to Mum and Dad, had a lovely relaxing time. I don't go back to work till the 14th so making the most of a nice rest before all the pgd stress kicks in. I am trying to shift a few kg and working hard on my diet in the hope it will make some difference, who knows.
CRAZY NEWS!!! - The friend who was going to be an egg donor for me back in August, who on 450iu of gonalf grew ONE egg and was later discovered to be pre menopausal with an AMH of less than 0.5 is again pregnant, without trying!!! She must be the most fertile girl ever! I am happy for her (probably happier than she is ) and I really hope she gets her little girl this time. So not sure if AMH means nothing or if being 23 years old solves everything but there your go!
Hi Sunbeam - wow are you kidding re that egg donor friend!! How on earth did she manage to get pregnant....just goes to show it's just a number. Gives me hope with an AMH of 2.6 at best, at worst 1.3!!! Good luck with your next cycle, I'm VERY new to the IVF lingo so excuse me if I ask lots of questions. I'm all up on tracking cycles but that's about it!
Hi MinnieMouse - appointment went well, no mucking around, we are booked in for IVF and it starts this month!!!! Eeeek. Excuse my lack of terminology as I'm just learning the IVF wording but we are going to do like you are doing - a batch for testing.....so 2 egg retrieval cycles with a month break in between so my body cn apparently get over all the drugs etc (looking forward to the sound of that not) and then do the pre genetic testing and hopefully get a good one or two out of it ready for transfer around March/April! Going to be a long few months but nothing I can do. He said there is a waitlist so even if I wasn't doing the testing I'd still have to wait till then to do the transfer. I'm dreading the extra drugs I'll be on and I know it's going to be gruelling but I'm at the end of my tether and this is our last ditch effort. I'm just about over it all! I'm also adding in acupuncture which I started today and taking DHEA again for my egg quality, juries still out for me if that will actually work. This is going to be a crappy ride and I'm scared but also excited! Tell me what to expect from someone who's actually been there. He freaked me out a bit giving me worst case scenarios etc but that's ok. I'm hoping even though it will be harder than the tracking cycles I've been through a fair bit emotionally with 5 miscarriages so I think I'll be ok. Wll be opting for the counselling regardless though so I don't turn into a complete basket case if I'm not already! DH recons he's moving away while I do this though ha ha. So just waiting for AF to show and we'll get started. So, any advice is more than welcome!!!! I just have to hope I get myself a few good eggs, he said he just did a batch cycle for someone, got 17 eggs and not one were viable, I will just die if that happens to me!!!
Can't win can we. xx
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. FS does not seem phased by it though I'd be more reassured by a good one
I hope your results come back quick and clear.
) and I really hope she gets her little girl this time. So not sure if AMH means nothing or if being 23 years old solves everything but there your go!
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