Christmas miracle - au natural!

just a little story of Christmas miracles..

I have a GF who after TTC for 3 years and 4 cycles of IVF had a baby girl. 2 years later she was sick and went to the Dr. Her Dr did a preg test 'just in case" but not thinking anything as she had irregular cycles and hadn't conceived after trying all the options before IVF like clomid etc. Anyways to cut a long story short they welcomed their precious son to their family in September of last year - concieved the old fashioned way, made with love, hope and just a little bit of Christmas fairy dust...

That's a lovely story.

I love hearing things like that.

Thanks.
:bluedust::pink-babydust:

:cheer:

Thanks for the lovely story and well wishes Kris :D

Welcome Sue! Good to see lots of us in the same boat.

Must say trying the "good old fashion way" is a lot nicer than the assisted way. Not as much stress, mood swings etc.

Hope everyone is travelling well :D

Cheers,

Tania

hi sue!
thanks for the great miracle story kris.

gday possums and missmapgie!

i agree totally, i feel liberated coming off all the drugs. i feel like i have my body back and i've got the control (yes, i'm a delusional person by nature) lol.... don't want to bring the party down, but i am very doubtful of this little expedition working and have no hopes pinned to it at all, but figure it's afun way to get us to the next step in our process.

It's also helping battle the blues i've felt since our BFN. the last thing i felt like doing during the cycle was the baby dance so DH think's he's lucked out... :dance:

Well, there's a few of us in here.... so if we can get one across the line i think that will be a miracle.

ox

Wouldn't it be lovely to see just one little miracle this Christmas.....to have the hope that it CAN happen

fingers crossed for us all :)

Hi girls i thought to drop a line as like a couple of you on here, we were in the same boat in december of 2006. we were due to start IVF the following year as had been trying with alternative therapies for almost 2 years and finally the FS told us that it could only be through IVF because of the severe endo. i remember on December 24 i was having a coffee ( :o ) with my mum and she asked when i was going to have a baby (we hadnt really told anyone that we were having troubles), and i burst out crying saying that i dont think it will ever happen...

anyway, i was extremely emotional all christmas and new year, and finally 2 weeks into the new year DH came home with a HPT and it was a BFP!! (i really didnt believe i was UTD as my cycles were never regular) and sure enough 32 weeks later we had our baby girl (yeah i was 6 weeks along before i twigged!)

it can and does happen girls i am :pray: hard for all of you.

Thanks for sharing your uplifting story with us

Thanks for the story Cassius.

Unfortunately AF just arrived this afternoon. Was have fairly severe cramping for most of the day and was :pray: it was a pregnancy symptom but alas not. She wasnt due until Saturday so I didnt even get a chance to get excited at maybe the prospect of being pregnant.

Im pretty devastated and was on the phone to my DP crying and had to walk out of my office at work to try and compose myself. I was REALLY hoping to have a Christmas miracle. I feel like crawling under a rock and hiding away until all the festivities are over.

Good luck to all of you and hopefully there is some BFP's amongst us.

Take care,

Tania

that's just wonderful to hear cassius! thanks for sharing.

missmagpie - don't take up all the room under the rock, i'm feelling the same way lately so might be joining you. i'm so sorry af arrived. don't let yourself get too down. i know that's easier sad than done.

ox

Awww, Tania hun, I'm so sorry. Huge hugs to you :hug:

AFM - I have no idea how this is going to go. I'm super aware of my body right now, am 8DPO and am feeling some cramps. My temp is a bit weird too but staying high.
I've got my work Christmas dinner tonight and there will be loads of wine which I don't really want to get into. I'm going to have one glass sitting and a huge glass of water and just not draw attention to the fact I'm not drinking it. Hopefully everyone will get so intoxicated that they won't notice! I'm kind of known for my love of fine wines though, so wish me luck!!

This 2ww isn't too bad. So much Christmas stuff to keep me going. And I think that I'm going to hold off testing until the 30th December. I have magnificent restraint when it comes to testing. Six years of BFN's - that would do it!! :ROFL: Of course, that is providing AF doesn't come knocking before that. Who knows.

:hug: :bluedust::pink-babydust::pray: for us all.
Sue x

Tania...so sorry...big hugs to you...it's very hard coping with this stuff at christmas time. my heart goes out to you because i really understand and have been having good and then really-not-so-good days myself

grub- i hear you too

sue- good luck...glad you are feeling distracted at least with xmas stuff...the distractions and being busy have helped me a bit too

good luck everyone else in here hoping for a miracle

Thanks girls. Its nice to have a network of people to share experiences with. I look forward to logging on every day to see how everyone is going.

Sue - good luck tonight. Its such a hard time of year not to be drinking/socialising.

After getting AF yesterday arvo, I had a wine (or 2!) last night without feeling guilty. I wish I had a reason not to drink but unfortunately I didnt. I have a busy calendar between now and Christmas and just couldnt be bothered with it all especially since alot is going to involves friends/family who have children/babies. I was REALLY hoping to be able to announce to our families that we were having a baby. Instead I have another 2 month stim cycle to endure.

Good luck girls and hope to see some BFP miracles :D

Tania

hi girls, just a quick one... we're going out for dinner. after the past 8 weeks and although i know i'm ovulating... i'm going out and having a few drinks with our friends.
we basically have hardly left the hosue for 2 months so watch out world... just got my new hair straighenter too... i must say i think i'm looking pretty darn hot tonight :dance: ... lol

anyhoo, i hear the no drinking thing but i've been in a no-drinking phase for about 6 months and that doesn't have seemed to have helped my cause so i only feel slightly guilty about having drinks tonight.

but i know, trying to cover when you aren't drinking specially if you are very good at it (like me) can be tough... all people in my line of work are expected to be big drinkers so it's hard... i use the headache excuse, cost then i can go home early. good luck.

okay, not so short post. lol
anyway... as ellie said - drink lots, eat lots. dtd LOTS.... my poor hubby tonight ... woowowwoww

be strong women.
ox

Hey girls! (I'm officially an idiot, I totally posted this in the wrong thread - DOH!)

Just checking in. Friday night went fine and I only had a couple of small glasses of wine. Everyone else got so drunk that they didn't notice which is what I hoped would happen!! :D

I'm still getting cramps. It feels like it did last time I was pregnant (before I m/c). But I don't have any other symptoms yet - but again, they didn't come till week 5 before.

My chart looks ok, but i guess it could go either way. I really have no clue. :rolleyes:

I bought a couple of HPT's today just to have in the house for over the Christmas period. AF is due friday but if I am still getting cramps, I am going to do a sneaky POAS on Christmas eve and if it is a BFP then I'm going to surprise DH on Christmas day. If not, then that is ok too, no-one else has to know!! :shhh:
I'll keep you all posted!

Hope that everyone is hanging in there.
Hugs :grouphug:
Sue xxx

Well ladies, I have posted in the TWW but also wanted to say here, that I am totally in shock... I POAS yesterday, at 11 or maybe 12 DPO (not sure) and nearly fell over when I saw TWO PINK LINES! Can it be so? I am terrified it's another ectopic (I am high risk) and also scared maybe it's a chemical pregnancy and all going to come to nothing...but at the same time, what if we really do have a natural Christmas miracle!!?? We really really did not expect this and can't believe I have positive HPTs (checked with different brands) sitting at home.

I called my IVF nurse who kindly offered to do a BT for me this morning, even though it's so early....I am worried the HCG will be low anyway, at this early stage, but hopefully it will give some indication. It will then be some weeks, if I am indeed pregnant, before we can tell if it's ectopic...she has suggested a 7 week scan would be appropriate. If I am pregnant, that will be a long agonising 3 and a bit weeks from now. We've been through so much, it's hard to not worry now. But at the same time, maybe this is it!

I can hardly concentrate at work!

Possums, that is amazing news hun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I can totally understand your hesitations though. I feel like you and I are in the same boat with all of the issues surrounding pegnancies!

Let us know how your blood test goes and keep your chin up. Positive thoughts!!!!

:dance:

Love S X

Oh Possums I have everything crossed (so much so that i am almost a human pretzel) LOL!

Good luck with the BT today. :pray: for extra happy news this christmas!!!!!
:bluedust::pink-babydust:

Thanks girls...I am officially pregnant!!!! May that be the start of some little Christmas miracles here.... I am in shock, I really really did not expect this. Of course, there is still the risk it's ectopic and we feel cautious and nervous as well as excited...but there is a chance this will be our baby which will stay with us for the long haul. Wow ladies. It CAN happen. I am 12 (possibly 13) DPO and HCG 67 and progesterone 160, which my nurse says is great for this early (they like HCG to be 100 or more by 16DPO)...another BT in a week to monitor things and hopefully see HCG levels rising normally (and not ectopic).