Shannon, I do hope you manage to avoid OHSS this time. Take it from a silly goose who learned it the hard way - if you get it again, the hospital really is the best place for you!
BW
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Shannon, I do hope you manage to avoid OHSS this time. Take it from a silly goose who learned it the hard way - if you get it again, the hospital really is the best place for you!
BW
Hey lovely ladies of this thread. Been laying low ;) and probably will until after Tues. I have to come check out where everyone's at tomorrow but know I'm missing you lot when I'm not here and hoping all is well in your lives.
Well day 3 for me today, and absolutely nothing at all to report. I always thought that if they had snuggled in that I would know. I am hopeful but doutful that this has worked for us. Anyway BT on 17/12. So I am geared up for another BFN just days before chrissy.
Luv to all
Ann :pray:
day 8 here ann - and have a very similar feeling!
i caved and POAS this morning - for my own sanity more than anything (can't handle af showing up without warning) - so 12dpo and BFN - still early, but i think it's probably going to stay that way
feeling really ordinary today - had a really sore mouth last night - felt like my wisdom teeth on one side were giving me grief - only thing is - i had them out nearly 3 years ago! this morning, it's not so ouchy in my mouth, but the glands on that side of my jaw and neck are really sore and inflamed. thinking i'm more than a little run down!
shannon - hope your appointment went well this morning hun
BG,
Have you had any cramps or anything. All of my previous cycles I have had cramping on and off all day every day. This time nothing at all. Very frustrating feeling very very normal. Strange but true.
Ann
had some cramping for a couple of days early last week. not much since. have gone from being conscious of my bb's (not sore, just aware that they're there, more than normal), to nothing there too! i just feel heavy in my lower tummy now - and my glands are driving me insane!
have been super emotional too - but i think a lot of that is DH being away, and me having to do this whole thing solo in the weeks leading up to Christmas - all way too overwhelming.
feel very flat and have done for a few days now
ann,
my last cycle ;) I had zero symptoms. No cramping, no sore boobs, nothing.
Ann & BG - I'm with Sushee, I had no symptoms, nothing when I was pg with Luke.
The only symptoms I had were all of the AF ones - and only over the few days that AF was due, so I had resigned myself to the fact that she was about to show - and she didn't.
On every IVF cycle leading up to BT I have had every pg symptom there is - and no BFP, so, maybe its a good think to think positive about the lack of symptoms??? ;) :lol:
Hoping the very very best for both of you - Ann, the 12.06 transfer is just amazing - It is all so incredible with the 6's, I'm so excited to see what it means for you! :)
Hope everyone else is great - YAY! Shannon on the fact that you don't need to cancel this cycle! xxx
Will pop back later today - its 10.15am and I really need to get out of my pj's!!!
xxx
hehehe - holly - i'm still in bed so don't stress too much about the jim jams! :lol:
It's after 10:30 here, and I have absolutely no intention of changing the fact that I'm still in PJs :) PJ days rock!
Know that I'm keeping everything crossed for those of you having/had transfers, and I'm slowly managing to kick my negativity and depression... Bit scared about going back to work tomorrow and seeing the FS, but I'm sure we'll cope.
BW
hehehe - i had a shower - looked at clothes - looked at PJ's - PJ's won!
Sounds like everyone's having the kind of day I am. It's only 9am here but I have no intention of putting on any pants today. Just going to slouch around in underwear and a T-shirt.
sounds good!
i figure anyone who turns up here today can just deal with me being in my jim jams! i'm tired, i miss my hubby - feeling miserable and self indulgent - so they can go to hell if they don't like it!!
i've realised too that the side of my face where my jaw is sore is actually swollen - normally i'd take nurofen, and probably have it resolved in a few hours - but can't do that for now - grrrr!!!
hmmm, speaking of the husband - it's 11am over here - time to wake sleeping beauty and get him working again
I would love a pj day - Sushee, your t shirt & undie day sounds fantastic :)
Luke had a sleep over last night, so I have to go and pick him up soon... have to wear some clothes (or at least some pants he! he!) to his little friends house ;)
Lol go the pj's for the LTAC girls today! They are the only things comfortable on my stomach so have been wearing them all weekend even to my inlaws!!
Appointment is tomorrow morning BG so just enjoyed this mornings sleep in ready for some early starts this week :) And realised if EPU is this thurs i had better get my xmas shopping done this weekend!! Arghhh
i've been on leave for three weeks - can't remember what day it is any more!! ooops!!
oh sounds like heaven three weeks!! Im extremely jealous!! Im looking for EPU so i dont have to go to work :P
i still have another fortnight before i go back to work too!
work Christmas Eve - then off for a two days, work the 27th, then off til NYE, work NYE and then not again til the Friday that week!
Knickers and t shirt day. I think we should have a national day of it. It is very hot here. There is a storm coming but as usual it is going to miss us. On the work front I too am looking forward to some time off soon. I'm taking 5 days annual leave, that with weekends and public holidays will give me 12 days off over the christmas hols. Yeeehaaa!! I hope everyone is enjoying their Sunday, back to work tomorrow.
Still feeling so normal It's not funny. I went through an old diary of mine from last year. I wrote down every twinge, ache (imaginary or not) and nocturnal visits to the loo. Comparing it to this cycle, I have absolutley nothing, I mean nothing to report. Ho hum
Luv to all
Ann :pray:[/I][/I]
DH made me get dressed to go out and have lunch. :( Then I got really silly and didn't take water with me, so now I'm back and battling the dehydration again. :cry: I'll learn one day!
Back to work tomorrow for me - I'm two days short of having been off completely for three weeks... two days with kids, two days of tidying up around the place and then school holidays are upon us and I'm a woman of leisure until Australia Day... Also back to see the FS before the end of the year - probably still in the exclusion period for the last cycle, but if he's going to give me a hard time about the anxiety, I'd rather it happen now... so that we can deal with it when my psychologist gets back next week, rather than having it dropped on us at the start of next year when we're wanting to cycle... *sigh*
Storms surrounding us here, too - but looks like we'll miss out. But it means I can keep the computer on longer! :)
BW
Looks like PJ's all round today! We had our work christmas party last night and when I woke up this morning, was feeling a little worse for wear. Don't think it helps that I probably haven't had a drink in what feels like years! Haven't bothered getting dressed and have been dozing all day. I love days like these! Just wish I could have them more often.
No news here....just lurking a bit while I'm in AC limbo.
Lou, that sounds like a nasty AF. Glad you didn't end up having to go to hospital, but still scary.
Ann, lots of stickies for you...I agree about all of the 6's. Surely they have to mean something?!
BG, 5 weeks leave sounds like heaven! I have to wait until Feb for some time off and getting really desperate for it now.
BW, good to hear you are feeling a bit better. Naughty for not taking your water with you today though! You better get drinking or I am sure the water police (BG!) will be on to you!! ;)
hi all
just thought i'd pop in and let you know AF arrived last night, so i'm out. am obviously devastated - and even more so by the fact that i had to shatter DH by telling him over the phone last night. grrr
Don't have any cool words this morning. Sorry BG.
Aw bugger BG. :wall:
:hug:
soo sorry BG!
hugs!
odette
Aww Bugger BG really sorry to hear things didn't work out this time! :hugs:
Just a quick update saw FS again 6am this morning and we now have at least 14 follicles ripe for the picking. Trigger tonight for EPU Wed. Had bloods to check E2 levels as FS is concerned about OHSS again. So should have our answers this afternoon!
Shan
So sorry BG...nothing I can say hun...hang in there xxx
BG, I am so sorry hun.
Shannon hop all goes well for you on Wed.
Ann :pray:
Thanks Ann, e2 levels came back at 16000 so high but still ok so we are going ahead with transfer and trigger is 1030pm tonight :) After a 5am start i think i will be buggered tomorrow. Also very uncomfortable!
Shannon, your E2 levels are higher than mine were both times! Be careful there...
BW
:hug: BG :(
Oh wow really BW, bugger wonder why the FS was fine for me to go ahead then? Hmmmmmm
If you dont mind me asking what were your E2 levels around trigger?
Shannon, for first cycle I hit 14500 the day before my trigger. I had no puregon that day so they would have dropped a bit before we got there. Second cycle I hit 15000 the day before, again with no puregon, they repeated the blood test the next day and I'd dropped to 14300 on the day of trigger. I suspect it may have something to do with numbers of follies as well - they knew I had HEAPS both times - 26 eggs first time, 32 the second. I'd suggest being very careful, hit the gatorade in a big way and head straight to hospital if things get bad. I do really hope that OHSS is something you manage to avoid.
BW
BG - im sorry hun
Shannon, how did you go with EPU today? Hope you're ok.
Ann, still travelling ok with the TWW?
Odette, I've completely forgotten where you're at :redface: all ok?
I guess there's quite a lot of us heading into some sort of break over Christmas... from memory (and I'm really struggling to keep track of everyone at the moment), me, BG, Megan, Lou, Ellie, Mel - all on a break? getting awfully quiet in here again.
Anyway, wanted to report that my appointment with the FS went well - he's behind me in my decision to use the pill over the break to manipulate transfer into being a bit earlier than it otherwise would be (even helped me work out when I should stop it for best timing in relation to the clinic and lab getting sorted out after the break!). No hard time over pre-ovulation the anxiety, just instructions to get my psychologist to help me find ways to deal with it. Accepted that it's just the way my body responds to high estrogen levels... also accepted that the hyperstim is just the way my body does things, not due to crappy diet and no exercise! I think he's finally getting his head around the fact that my body isn't necessarily cooperative and "normal" in responding, but I will generally be consistent.
Worst thing was the following day when the business manager at the clinic rang and started out with something along the lines of "I'm really sorry, BW, but we've discovered a mistake..." Here's me panicking that they've miscounted my embryos, lost them, given them to the wrong person, used the wrong sperm... but it turns out that it was just an error in the way I'd been billed. We were billed for synarel, but used lucrin. I was also then billed later for the orgalutran shots - on the same bill they credited the synarel, billed the lucrin... but when we paid it they missed the credit. All that panic over a billing mix up! Our FET will just end up being $105 cheaper than normal next time.
BW
Well we are back from our break in NZ. Had a great time got sunburnt and all the usual holiday things....came back feeling really positive and stuff........ and then went and saw the FS today.......
Well in a nutshell we came out both devastated and shellshocked.
The results of both the cycles combined sow that we have on average a healthy embryo rate of about 17% which is way below the norm of 40 - 50%. As they don't yet have the technology to tell whether it is the sperm or the egg they are saying we have to think about replacing one of them. and as it is more likely to be the eggs that are the issue I need to decide whether I want an egg donor...... HOLY S&*T...... how do you get your head around that one?
We have decided to give it one shot....... Lyndon has given me the names of two very reputable naturopaths who specialise infertility and we are going to give it at least three months of hard work and see if we can improve things and then do onemore pgd cycle and see what we get. After that........??????
Crap I feel like Crap...have never felt so physically ill walking out of a doctors in my life.
Mel hun - i'm so sorry to hear that! i wish there was something i could say that would take some of the sting out of it, but i know anything i could say would be empty cos i honestly can't imagine how you're feeling right now
sending you massive hugs and hoping that you can get some improvement with the naturopath
take care hun
BG
Hi Girls
Mel - No idea what to say hun i would definately alternative therapies a go first they can get some really fantastic results, did he speak about DH doing a DNA fragmentation test? Its much easier to see if its his fellas that need replacing before you get an egg donor (we are facing the DNA thing in the new year), definately dont give up hope! :hugs: i cant hear any fat lady singing!
BW - Glad to hear FS appointment was so productive and that he was with you all the way :)
Ann - How are you going hun?
Big Hi Odette, BG, Lou and anyone ive missed
Well thank goodness those bloody eggs are out i was in agony right before EPU, but we got through it and we have 13 eggs! Yay our highest number yet, a little bit tender but havent hit the pain meds yet so taking that as a good sign. Have to call FS tomorrow to see if we are doing a freeze all from OHSS or not, all depends how im feeling. DH is watching me with an eagle eye.
Hope i didn't miss anything important and hope what i said wasn't insensitive Mel, im a little with the fairies still.
Shan
Far our, Mel! I have no words - I'm just devestated for you. :hug: I hope you can see a clear path ahead in time.
Shannon, glad to hear you are feeling ok so far. I hope it stays that way. I wish I knew how OHSS worked - does it depend more on E2 numbers or egg numbers, or a combination?
BW
Mel - hunny gosh what a load to get your head round today - sending you lots of hugs hun. would be interested in who your FS is going to send you too as i think i have seen every NP in Melbourne.lol - I'm thinking I've got an idea - any one in Fairfield?
Shannon - great new - that is wonderful - will wait to hear your news to see if you are going to TF - GL hun
Me - very tired and a 10000000000000001 things still to do lol. must get off to bed as im getting a massage in the morning - flying with a crook neck is no fun. Started taking my aspirin again tonight.
Been feeling very odd of late - sore BB a little, dizzy, lump in my throte, and a general feeling of not being quite all there IYKWIM??? little worried there is nothing i can do befor the big flight but oh well. hoping the aspirin will help.
night night