Long Term Assisted Conception - April 2008

[slyder]

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[Loula]

Ok ladies not a big post from me

Megan - i hope your appointment goes well today and that i was of some use yesterday? GL

BW - thank you for the book recommendation - from quickly scanning through it, it is pretty much how we eat anyway, although we do eat a lot of red meat and i love cows milk!! looking in the back of the book some of the test she recommends are interesting and i wonder if any can be done here? i guess you would just have to find someone who could/ would. hope you are going well with it and that it will have a positive effect on your upcoming stim. and i hope your day gets better with all you have going on.

BG - GL today with the dentist. im hoping you get some relief.

Holly - how is the business going? i hope you are both not too tired for anything else? will you be home tomorrow morning?

Chez - how did you go with regards to finding out about the vitex? there has been alot of threads about it on bb as i was looking into it a few years back!!that sounds really sad!

Mel - how are you what's the go? i guess Dr s has given you his advice on what protocol to follow meds wise?

Od - having seen you for a while how is the ap going? how are you feeling? headaches stopped?

bb you seemed to have disappeared too?

Sonya - sorry i didn't welcome you back before, hope you have been well - i think i read that you are studying? can i ask what?

Smithy - not long now to the pill - not my fav part of the cycle so i hope it is kind to you GL

TL - how is work have you settled in and have you started sniffing yet?

to everyone else hi

Im in tomorrow for my D&C and TBH i was uming and aring about whether to get it done and TBH i still am very scared!! but the last two days i have been having really bad stomach pains - like af but also like my ovaries are twisting and a sharp stabbing pain!! i will talk to fs about it all before he knocks me out! last nigh i was so doubled over and having been like that for a long time

As for uni - i dont know where to begin - im off there now and so dont want to be late

C ya

[butterfly_warrior]

PP, as scary as it is to go through it, I hope the D&C will give you relief from the pain and possibly even some answers.

BW

[Megan]

PP, the appointment went well Thanks for the quick chat last night...gave me a chance to get things down and know what I wanted to ask him.
FS ordered some BT's for me today and I had 11 vials taken. I've had a splitting headache for a few hours which has just started to subside.
Next cycle will be 300iu (up from 225) and no pill!! I was doing the happy dance out the door after that one I can tell you!! I didn't have to fight for anything.... it was a productive appointment, and I feel so much better. I was dreading going in there as it's usually just in and out, and nothing much happens. So, for today... I'm back to liking my FS.

[Loula]

Great news Megan and i hope you came to some agreement about dh and work lol.

good to hear you feel like you made progress

[Chez67]

Hi everyone

Just a quick update from me. I had my first visit with my new acupuncturist tonight and we had a chat about chasteberry/vitex. She uses it sometimes to assist during ovulation but none of her chinese herb books gave any information about assisting with keeping FSH levels down . Anyway, 2 hours, several needles and a good 45 mins relaxing plus two lots of herbs later, I am feeling pretty good. Next appointment is next week. In the meantime both myself and DF have herbs to take twice a day. I have had mine already - DF is at a work function - and they don't taste too bad. I have told him if he wants to get lucky tonight he has to take his 'man herbs' as my acupuncturist calls them

PP - thanks for asking after me. Things are looking on track now for us. Now I just want to get started! How did your uni go? I am having trouble balancing uni and working full time.

BW - my acupuncturist said something interesting about David's diet. Tropical fruits are known for their cooling properties in chinese medicine therefore she thinks that is the reason why they should be avoided, particularly in winter, and when our bodies are going through the luteal phase of our cycles we need lots of warmth apparently, including warm foods. She was also very approving with the rest of the eating plan. How are you going with it all? I hope the jabbing is going well and you haven't had too many more headaches.

BG - how are you doing?

Ellie - long time no hear. It's amazing how much I take our broadband connection for granted!

TL - hope the sniffing is going well. How much longer to go?

Megan - sounds like you are about to do a flare cycle? I found it so much easier than a full down reg - good luck!

Holly - hope the pizzeria is going well and your DH isn't too tired when he gets home from work

Slyder - where are you and DW at now? From memory you were going to do another FET soon? Hope all is well with you both.

To everyone else, hi. Hope all is well with you wherever you are in your AC journey.
xxx

[briggsy's girl]

thanks for asking Cheryl - i'm reading with interest but not posting much. taking HRT tabs each day and just surviving each day as it comes. yesterday was hard (angel's EDD), but today is a new day and i'm looking forward to the FET and a positive outcome!