Next Wednesday Joeve. 10dpo today (8dp2dt). My experience is that FRERs show a pretty good line when your HCG is five (see my "knitting" pics from last cycle). At this stage my HCG would have to be at least 5
Still pretty damn early, chick. I loathe that feeling when you have resigned yourself to the fact it hasn't worked though. Big hugs to you hon, this sucks do damn much,
I am (trying) to not even think about things, it just stresses me out too much. I can't contemplate this not working. And dh won't let me poas. I only want to know the outcome if it's good news.
Saffy - happy transfer day, hope your lil snowbound thaw like champs
For being so negative and self centred in my previous couple of posts.
I feel terrible I didn't even ask how you gals are doing. Sorry
Happy transfer day Saffy!!! I am praying this is the one for you
Melissa - I have a good feeling for you. Sending any sticky vibes I have left over the Tasman to you lovely girl. I reckon the world needs another little kiwi about now x
On my way to my first natropath appointment. Her name is Ruth Trickey. She is one of those renowned "babymaker" types. A former midwife. She does research with my FS. Thats the only reason i got in to see her. She normally doesnt take new patients. Will let you guys know of any pearls of wisdom she gives me. Although neither of you will need them
Hun you aren't self centered, this is the reality of LTTTC/AC . Sometimes you give, sometimes you take, right now it's expected and welcomed for you to be leaning on others.
Thanks M x I didn't even say hello to you before! How rude am I!!!
Well, the naturopath was really, really good. She was very "medical" (everything based on solid research) and not too "alternative", which puts me off.
In a nutshell, for egg quality she said high quality omega fish oil, selenium, high strength coQ10 (all month), and a high protein diet (30mg a meal).
I also need to get my insulin down and get my adenomyosis under control. She has prescribed particular things for that for me (a tonic, lecithin and grape seed extract).
She said it will take a couple of cycles to kick in but to go ahead with stim in December because she thinks I have been along the right track so far.
Girls : a long term ttc'er barging in : have a protein shake each morning, with 100 % weigh (sp)
Protein in it. Take your cq10 with it and I bet your embryo quality improves
Barges out now
One more thing : n2l : please don't poas, I had a negative frer with 27 hcg in my system : they can be wrong
Bengal - interesting. I didn't do the protein shake but did do the coq10 and our two embies were really good quality
Saff - how did things go yesterday?
N2L - awww thanks hun, I'd love a few more little kiwis running round too hoping like anything your good feeling is right. I am a huge believer in naturopathy. My periods were all over the place a few years ago so went to see one, before we knew the extent of our problems. She took my history and told me my biggest problems were my digestive and immune system. Well, since then, I have been diagnosed with coeliac disease plus several autoantibodies pointing towards an autoimmune tendency. Plus the goodies she gave me had my cycles regular within the month and have pretty much been like clockwork since, minus the odd ivf induced hiccup. Hope like hell you have as much success too lovey
Bengal- great tips, hopefully I won't need to to another stim, but if I do I will definately do this. Hope everything going well with your little ones xx p.s. its spelt whey protein if that is what you were talking about
Melissa-sounds like you had good success with the natropath, heres hoping that success continues.... are you going to poas or hold out? Your BT is on Monday isn't it?
N2L- you're not being self-centered, you are in the tww and quite rightly freaking out. I agree, leave off poas for a few days at least, its a hard time near the end of the tww. Good news about the natropath, all those reccommendations are very do-able, and it does sound like you are on the right track. good to have this info.
AFM- tranfer went well, as i have complained about in other threads, I am concerned that my embie wasn't great but I am not going to freak out about it now, there is no point and it will either work or it won't, no amount of googling will change the outcome Going in for an acupuncture in a bit, then dropping my medicare form in, may as well get my money back asap. IF this doesn't work at least i will be able to do another fet next month, then looking at a stim in new year, but god knows where the money for that will come from. At least christmas is coming to distract us from tww torture.
Did another FRER yesterday afternoon (9dp2dt) and it was shockingly white. Too late for any hope methinks. Then, this morning, I am a bit crampy (first time this cycle). Going by my normal 15 day luteal phase, my period is due on Tuesday so I guess it's on it's way
I am very disappointed - of course. With each failure it feels less and less likely to happen. I think I am fooling myself and wasting my money. I will keep going though....for now.
I am slightly bouyed by my new regime as set out by naturopath. I am also happy that I am now taking metformin. I read a study that it can help with egg quality and quantity and fertilization rates....we shall see I guess *sigh*
I am going to go all out this month with diet, supplements, etc. Ideally I would like to wait to do another cycle early next year but financially, it makes more sense to do it now while we are still over the Medicare threshold. Basically, either way, I won't give birth before I turn 41 next June
I am posting in here more than the 2ww and LTTTC AC general thread for now because, honestly, I find it a little hard reading about first time successes. That sounds terrible, I know. And I really hope I don't offend anybody. I am really, genuinely thrilled for anyone who gets pg (especially through IVF) but it kind of hurts too as you are dealing with recurrent failure
Anyway, I hope you are all well and that your cycles end better than mine
Wow Melissa - it's wonderful news. Very excited for you!
N2L - that's why this thread is here. It's so awesome sharing success with fellow longtermers, but sometimes you find it harder to share the joy with first-timers.
Melissa- how exciting! Good for you hun- lucky last comes through! ( did Dh let you poas or did you cheat?)
N2L- i know this is a bit rich coming from me, who's written off her cycle already- but you are only 11 dpo!! There is still time for a bfp,although I know how hard it is to be in limbo land. If you are cramping with no AF then you are still in with a chance!!! Hanging in here is the best idea, theres no need to explain yourself, I know the feeling. I really like your plan ( hoping you don't need it) but i will be doing the same if I get a bfn- going to be hard to be strict over xmas though Hugs to you xx
AFM- nothing of course, 2dp5dt! Trying to pre-occupy myself!
Thank you SO much girls. I will test again over the next few days and hopefully the line is going to get darker. I feel kind of overwhelmed - this is all new for me and DH and I honestly never thought it was going to happen for us. We don't know what the outcome will be as I will be quite high risk but for the time being, we are just going to enjoy it.
N2L - totally get what you mean that it is incredibly hard watching first-timers succeed when we have been at it so long - don't feel terrible as I feel the exact same way. And in agreement with Saffy, 11dpo is early to test and for what its worth, my boobs are not sore. Maybe if I poke and prod at my nipples but the poking and prodding are probably what causes the slight discomfort. Hang in there hon
Saffy - 2ww suck but dig in, little embie!! DH did relent and say I could poas but only if he was with me. I couldn't look because I really expected a bfn. I hate that this whole process beats you down so much that you don't believe it could ever work.
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. Sometimes you give, sometimes you take, right now it's expected and welcomed for you to be leaning on others.
hoping like anything your good feeling is right. I am a huge believer in naturopathy. My periods were all over the place a few years ago so went to see one, before we knew the extent of our problems. She took my history and told me my biggest problems were my digestive and immune system. Well, since then, I have been diagnosed with coeliac disease plus several autoantibodies pointing towards an autoimmune tendency. Plus the goodies she gave me had my cycles regular within the month and have pretty much been like clockwork since, minus the odd ivf induced hiccup. Hope like hell you have as much success too lovey
Going in for an acupuncture in a bit, then dropping my medicare form in, may as well get my money back asap. IF this doesn't work at least i will be able to do another fet next month, then looking at a stim in new year, but god knows where the money for that will come from. At least christmas is coming to distract us from tww torture.
how exciting! Good for you hun- lucky last comes through! ( did Dh let you poas or did you cheat?)
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