Long Term Assisted Conception - November 2005 #3

Shazey fingers crossed that your little ones do what they are supposed to do.

Also I hope that all is well with Tiff, please pass on warm wishes to her for me if you get the opportunity.

Thanx

thanks Shazey :flower: for telling Tiff I guessed she was in hospital and I was going to ask you to tell her - you are a mind reader.She sent an email via Dave.

Hope your embies grow beautifully now - hold on to the hope -easy to say but hard to practice.

Bee- thinking of you for tomorrow ... we need another miracle

with hope
Trish

Just another quickie to say I'm thinking of you Bee, darling. [-o< for very good news today.

Love,

Mel

PS: Big group hug for everyone. You are all wonderful.

just popping in quickly (at work... noooorty) to wish Bee all the very best for your scan today!! [-o<

GOOD LUCK BEE!!!!

Awww thanks guys! I just logged on to see if anyone else had any exciting news and planned to post later today after I get more BT results back but your kind thoughts sucked me in! Well, the scan went well this morning - sac is where it is supposed to be and not in tubes which is good news. Too early to see anything else really so another scan next Fri. Did another BT so will let you know results this afternoon. All in all, everything looks like it is supposed to but Dr did say it has less than a 50% chance of continuing because of my levels. I figure each day I get further along presents better odds, and to be honest, I'm completed thrilled that something is actually growing in there!!!! I started to have doubts and even if this one doesn't work I'll be right back in there and ready for the next go. \:D/

Bee,

I can't help it, I'm getting all teary. This little one went from "not viable" to 50% chance? I don't know about anyone else here, but this sounds like it's bucking the odds. I'll be crossing my fingers for your BT results today!

love
sushee

Bee - I am so pleased for you it is not in your tubes - what a relief

did you see my post above - I read about HCG need to be certain level to see baby ?

I am hoping bub is just a petite little'un. By all counts it seems to have been doubling 50% chance is something to hope for like Sush said .

Your positive attitude to other option and #4 is amazing.You so deserve this to be a sticker

with hope
:heartbeat: Trish

Hcg is 2100 - keep going little one!!

wooohoooo you little beauty! I knew it's a fighter!

love
sushee

Bee
that has more than doubled =D> - hang in littleone

we will be one edge of seats till next Friday's scan

Oh Bee i wish you all the very best my sweet... sounds like this little fella is so strong and trying to battle his way into the world!!!! I am thinking of you and will check in soon to see how everything is panning out.. all the best

Trish hope you are well too and to everyone else good luck and many hugs and baby dust and baby glue!!!

leis xx

Bee this is just the best. It DOES sound like you have a little fighter there who is determined to hang on. I hope the next ultrasound shows a little spine with a cauliflower head attached and a little heart, beating away like mad!

Wow Bee, this is fantastic news!!! YIPPEEEEE!!!

This is such positive news! I can't wait until next Friday!!!! YAYAYAY!!!

BEE your emby/s are little fighter/s. Yah... Thats incredible.

TRISH: Hope you are well.

SUE: Hope you are ok. Thinking of you lovey.

My thoughts are also with MAGIC/ANNEY/SHAZEY/TAM/MELINDA/SUSHEE/BLUE/MARG/LEIS/MARGOZ/
HUMPHREY/MELBO/TIGGY/KIRSTYHope you are all well.

I have been slack with my postings, but have been reading and hoping that you all achieve a BFP - will try and post as often as i can.

If you dont mind could one of the mods please update my details to read

Name - Confusedegg (CHRIS)
State - NSW
My Previous Cycle Length - IRREGULAR
Cycle Type - HRT FET
Months of TTC - 4 Years #1 EP (2000), 5 months #2-BFN (2004), 2 months #3 -BFP Twins (2005)
Medications - Estrogen, progesterone pessaries
Important Dates - 1/12/05 - Transfer ( 5 day blastocyst)
Extra Info - m/c twin girls 4&5/07/05 & EP lost tube 08/2000

Thankyou chris

Woo Hoo Bee - wonderful to hear your BT results. Keep hanging on little one [-o<

Chris - your details are all added for you.

Wow Bee!! Will keep [-o< for you petal!

Congrats Trish - wonderful news. =D>
humphreyand Bee - I have everything crossed for you [-o<
Good luck shazey - 4 embryos is still fantastic :D

Arrived home today finally! I can't believe in the past couple of weeks I have had 22 injections, 7 blood tests and driven over 2000kms! No wonder I'm tired!

Things didn't go as well as hoped but still have my fingers crossed. OPU was midday Wed and although they saw 4-5 follicles, only found 2 eggs. One ET done Fri pm and they are still keeping an eye on the other embryo to see if it will make it to the freezer. I really hope it hangs on.

Beta due 9th Dec. Usually I have heaps of patience but the TWW is definitely one of the toughest parts of the whole procedure! The Clinic have said not to do a HPT but it might get the better of me! When is the earliest you can do a HPT? Guess I should probably wait til beta!

Sending heaps of positive thoughts to everyone. xo

Marg

Marg congrats on the little embie on board good luck for the beta
Trish how are u
Chris thanks for your thoughts
Humphrey did u have your beta ? how did it go
Bee hope that little embie is nice and snug in utero
Hi to blue, Magic, sushee (I have sent you a PM)
Hello to anyone else I have missed
Well I have good news the clinic phoned this morning to say 2 of the embryos have reached 8 cells and are starting to compact, 1 embryo is still at 4 cells and unfortunately 1 stopped at 2 cells but there is no more fragmentation and the transfer is planned to go ahead on mon
thankyou all for helping me get through this last couple days when I thought my chances would be dashed, I think they heard me getting stern with them, too scared not to do what they are told LOL

Hi guys, I posted earlier but I think my internet disconnected, now what did I say....

Wow what a week,
Trish, great news for you, not sure if it's a miracle, we knew it would happen.

Bee, I'm sure that little embie just took the scenic route for a late implant, feeling good about it.

Shazey, those embies are moving right along, how many are you transferring on Monday?

Marg, that TWW is a killer, just ask Trish, but it will be worth it with a BFP at the end. Hope to help you through anyway.

Heather, what's up with your cycle.

Chris, you & Marg can TWW together

Sue, Sheree, Leis, hope you are enjoying your 'you' time.

I'm just getting along, quite busy with work, DDs birthday in a couple of weeks & Christmas will be here before we know it!

Take care all.

Hi Tam I am hopefully having 2 transferred if they do what they are told
how are u going, are u enjoying your break from this very frustrating ride

Hi Shazey, I'm sure you'll get 2 to transfer. will they call you again tomorrow.

I am definantly enjoying the time off, I've been quite busy so I guess it was good timing for me.
My first cycle hasn't finished yet, I'm a bit worried that I'll want to go again at next cycle (Dec) but I just know I have to wait until January, too much going on over Christmas, Last year I was doing IUI with an insemination on New Year's Eve. I want to enjoy it properly this year.
I have a long cycle normally (5 weeks) so I was thinking it might not be until end Jan/early Feb when I cycle again.

Thanks for asking, I look forward to cheering you on for a BFP too!

Tam the embryologist said she wont call me tomorrow she will call me on monday if they look like it will go ahead but the clinic will call me tomorrow to let me know a time,
Unfortunately I have to work a night shift on new years eve and new years day so there would have been no partying for me anyway

INSPIRATION: Thank you for adding my details.

MARGOZ: 2000 km. Long Trip. We will be 2 ww together.. fingers x’d for you and all in BB for Bfp’s and you are right, the 2ww is the pits and the hardest time, I think. I used to think it was the procedure of injections, scans etc that were the worst. My BT will be 12/12. Praying for your other little emby.

SHAZEY: What does this mean, you only have 3 embies or 4? 3 is still good. Pray for you for healthy BFP.

I admire you ladies that work and doing the TTC, i find it so emotional and so exhausting and i am not working.

Hi to: Inspiration, Blue, Marg, Shazey, Tam, Trish, Sue

:bdust: all round.

Chris

I have everything crossable crossed for you Chris. [-o< It would be wonderful for us to both have good news around the same time.

I agree that although the injections, scans etc are really tough - the most emotional time is the TWW. I've been told by friends to just not think about it - but how do you not think about the one thing you want most in the world.

Work is going to be really busy the next few weeks so I'm not sure if that's a good thing or bad thing! I did tell my boss what I'm going through only a couple of weeks ago. It makes it easier taking time off work now that he knows (and I'm not stressing out about it as much!) but at the same time I know he doesn't really understand just how draining and emotional it all is. Oh well - what I'm really hoping is that I can walk into his office one day soon and tell him I'm taking 12 months maternity leave! :D

Good luck for Monday shazey.

Marg

MARG: Thank you for your thoughts. Your not wrong about having good news around the same time. Your boss must be really understanding, must be female?
Being busy would be a good thing, keep your mind occupied. This has to be it for you and 9/12 will confirm it and you can tell your boss when you want maternal leave.

Last week with all the finale' episodes, will make our 2ww a bore, almost every night there was something on from 5pm-9.30pm. Now prob just crap. OH well, Looks like DVD nights.

Fingers x’d Monday Shazey.

Regards Chris

Hi Chris the answer to your question about how many embies will I have I have 3 at the moment hoping the 3rd one will be a 6 or 8 cell by tomorrow may have one to freeze, I will also be in the 2ww with you and Marg my beta will be 7/12 so we will have to keep each other sane (to some degree) good luck with everything.
Just out of curiosity what clinic are u at, Im with Hunter IVF, I also live up your way (Hunter Valley) we may have to catch up for lunch one day soon

SHAZEY: Thats great, you go for transfer Monday and I go for scan Monday. All goes well and 1 thaws (only have 2 eggsfrozen), I will be in on Thursday for transfer. Little anxious, but at same time thinking positive. Hoping you have your lil one to freeze. I am only allowed 1 back in this time, not 2. so i will be left with 1 just like your lil fella. fingers x'd

I am such a worry and desperate to try to maximise my chances, that i have been told to lay down with pessaries for 1/2 hour, instead of 1/2 hour, I grab dvd been laying down for 2 hours - LOL.

No matter how strong one is going through IVF, we still need something/someone to help keep us sane and help time pass in these difficult times.

I am with SIVF Newcastle and they are at Merewether, I thinks you are at Lambton Heights (near Newcastle Private), I live at Raymond Terrace.

Lunch sounds great.

Regards
Chris.

hey Chris I live in Taree, and go through SIVF city clinic in O'connell street Sydney. But sometimes i have had to travel to lingard for bloods or u/s.. but mainly i just head up to SIVF port macquarie. I have EPU and ET's at City clinic... when on IVF i do heaps of travelling..

Hope everyone is well...

love and hugs leisxx

Hi Leis,

Oh My, you must clock some km's when doing ivf. I wouldnt know what would stress me out more, travelling or ttc.

Is Sydney closer? I thought Lingard would be closest to Taree.

My MIL lives in Port Macquarie, nice place.

Nurses at Lingard are great.. especially having to have to put up with patient like me lol...

Chris

I'm going through Albury (RMA) - they have been really fantastic but the 600km round trip from Bendigo is exhausting. And I feel like the excessive travelling can't be helping my chances. I might need to consider transferring to Ballarat IVF if this looks like being an ongoing thing (which I think it will be unfortunately). I have been over there for a scan and they also seem really nice.

Good luck :crossfingers: Chris and shazey. It will be great to have someone to count the days with! Mind you my moods go from one extreme to another (within hours!) in this TWW - so you might be sick of me by the time my beta is due! :smt021

Marg

MARGOZ: The weather here is very dissappointing, it is raining and feels very cool. Wow.. That is like travelling from Sydney and back from Newcastle twice over, in one day.. holy crap. I agree with you, travelling, I dont think would be great for the body under such circumstances. If it were me and had opportunity to move closer i would.

Thank you for your wishes on Thursday, my thoughts are with you also.

My moods are the same also, so we can blend in together (ask DH-LOL), I get sick of no one, we all have our good, bad days.

SHAZEY: Thoughts are with you for today and this 2ww.

May we all graduate and get our BFPs this cycle.

Oops.. me on computer and thunder just hit.. (I ducks for cover)

Chris

Marg,
I have a few friends that have gone throu Ballarat, I was going to transfer but had some frozen embies and to transfer them from clinic to clinic was going to cost $800 so decided to use them up first.
Shazey,
[-o< that little one is a sticker, all the best for tomorrow. I will start watering my lucky bamboo for you, don't ask but is producing some good results..lol
Tam:Hope you are enjoying the time off, With Chrissy time always goes to fast so hopefully it will be a little distracting
Chris: I know your frustration with the single transfer, but it does work :D . lol at the 2 hr recovery time. Be thinking of you on Thursday.
Bee: Sounds like your little fighter is comfortable, Good luck for Friday.
Bec

Hey guys just thought I would check in and thank you all for your kind thoughts
Chris the weather was absolutely shocking today and I am with you and Marg my moods are absolutely horrendous at the moment even the girls at work are a bit scared to talk to me because every time someone says something to me I think they are having a go at me. My poor DH is ducking for cover.
Bec please give that bamboo a drowning for me I need as much luck as possible, DH said today that he dosent want to go through this again so this one has to work (he reckons it will )
Well I had my little girls dancing concert today and she looked so cute, one song they totally forgot the steps and just stood there looking at each other it was so cute and funny, the next dance they all had wigs on and I couldnt even tell which one she was, it brought a tear to my eye (hormones I think, or just a proud mum)
Well everything still seems to be going ahead for tomorrow unless they call me in the morning I have a appointment for 1.15 so I will hopefully have 2 little blasts on board tomorrow afternoon.

I hope everyone else is well and I hope we all get BFP very soon

Shazey - all the very best for you tomorrow with transfer and the rest of 2ww...

:luck: :crossfingers:

Hi Chris the reason why i deal with city clinic is my gynie is also my IVF doctor... he knows all my history and it is easier to stick with him. We moved from sydney up here 2 years ago and being a nurse in the public health system i wouldn't use any gynies up here.... not when i work for the health service...they all gossip...

lingard seem good but still happy to travel and stick with my gynie as treating IVF doc.. he is worth his weight in gold and also he still practices as an obs so he can also deliver our baby in sydney.. (wouldn't have it up here either) My Doctors name is David Shelley Jones and he just the best... but i think to being a nurse they treat you differently.. he often bulk bills me .. saves me 90 dollars every visit...

take care love leis

Hi Trish thanks for your wishes
How are u feeling , has it sunk in yet
this has been a great month for BFP I think that someone is finally listening to us
Can anyone tell me how long after ET it was before you went back to work, Im not sure whether to go back on Tues afternoon shift or have an extra day off, I dont really do anything strenuous but it can be emotionally draining sometimes
Im hoping my little embies will hear the lttle bubs crying and decide to stick around LOL

Shazey
see how you feel -I was back at work the same afternoon (our business so I sat and played on computer ).My DH cooked dinner that night with a little help.

The transfer was like a pap smear and I felt fine physically -just an emotional 'case'.

The next day my DH was away from work most of the day and it was my busiest day in months for customers (LOL) -so I had to walk up and down 100m at a time - about 7-8 times.

I was worried my embies would be stressed and I told one lot of guys to hurry up at one stage because I didn't feel well standing out in blazing sun. It couldn't be helped. I wanted to lock the door/gate and hide.

I would take it easy -emotionally and physically- personally after all we go through to get to this point -what is another day off work.

Shazey,
All the best today! Have given the bamboo a drenching this morning so all is in place..lol
A girl I know did IVF throu QIVF, and she wasn't allowed to carry shopping(grocery) bags during her 2ww, It always worked for her.
I went for a job interview after my transfer, that worked! But do what you feel best.
Good Luck
Bec

Hi guys I have posted in the other thread but I just thought I would let you all know I now have 2 blasts on board =D>
Unfortunately there was none to freeze but I know these ones are going to work [-o<
Bec thanks for drenching the bamboo I will let you know if it works
:D