Kmm ~ Big Congratulations! All the best for a H&H pregnancy.
JBM ~ Hope you're feeling better soon and you can hav another go!
CK77 ~ Dont feel guilty hun - you're one of the lucky ones and we are happy for you! xo. Cattle farming is not so bad lol, as long as you have a break after transfer. Exercise and staying fit is good.
True ~ I had all those symptoms too hun, it'll pass. Very excited for you guys and you get BFP first go 2.
Juniper ~ and GL hun.
Chekigal ~ 5 is great! Rest up and FX for you. Thanks for your wishes feeling ok. Weird tummy jabs lately though.
K78 ~ They do say Blastocycts are supposed to be more successful. 2 is good, ive never had any to freeze. I reckon the non expanded one will be fine too. Mine obviously didnt even make it to that stage so you're lucky. GL hun and FX
Danyelle ~ GL hun, hope you dont ever need to do another stim cycle again anyway! Stay positive xo
AFM ~ Still getting weird tummy jabs and so wondering and hoping again for a miracle. Highly doubtful but you can only hope. Also have had the odd feeling of nausea. Could all be AF coming very soon though, which will be good anyway.
Tantee ~ Hi hun, sorry we must have posted at the same time. I havent POAS'd yet. Think I'm gunna wait until Monday because normally I would start to get AF on a Sunday. So If I havent by then I'll test. We leave for Tassie on the 9th May - not long to go and I can't wait - very excited.
I hope your wait for June goes quick. Im sure it will, we are nearly at May already LOL!
Wont be long until the cycle starts for you. GL xo
CK77 - We are about to have our 9th try (our 4th FET) in a couple of weeks and I always try and stay really healthy, exercising, eating well etc. I rest up a lot too after ET and just pretty much put my feet up. I stopped work later last year as we ran our own business and after so many years of TTC it all became too much and I really needed to just de-stress and I have to say I am very relaxed. My husband also does hypnotherapy so he has done some really great work with me to relax. We had a fresh cycle in Dec 09 and I remember just crying and crying from the moment we walked into the hospital because I was sooooo anxious about it working. After doing some work with hypno we did another fresh cycle with our new FS and I was so relaxed and calm about the whole thing.
Re prednisolone I am taking it for elevated NK cells and I firmly believe it made the difference as after 8 years and loads of transfers we got our first ever BFP. Sadly I miscarried a couple days later but my HCG was decent and it showed on when I POAS which has never happened before. I am taking 20mg daily and although I had some bad insomnia and have put on weight I don't care if it gets me a take home bubba.
Congrats KMM and good luck to all the others in the TWW or upcoming ET's.
Firstly congratulations to both Brunette & CK77 on their BFP's and CK don't feel bad that you got lucky on your first go
Loops12 I so hope that what you are feeling is a little miracle if not I'm sure its not to far away
trueblue glad your having a better day. Its amazing how differntly our bodies can react each day hope that you continue feeling good
Danyelle I truly beleive that your not to far away now that you have changed your meds and that you wont have to do another fresh cycle. You'll be surprised how good you'll feel with acp and that the stress levels will be reduced
tantee you haven't got long to wait now I know when I took a break I thought it seemed so far but its really not. Having a normal life for a while really helps
To those I've missed really sorry but hope your travelling well. I totally agree with Danyelle if you have had succesive attempts at IVF and have been told there is nothing wrong with you get more blood tests. After much persitance on my part I had testing done and now they know I have elevated white blood cells so they'll treat that with my next transfer
AFM well I'm finally back on the wagon. Booked in today for a natural thaw cylce. Got my scan next Friday and with a little med's change up after the transfer hoping that this one will be my month
Just wanted to say "hi" and introduce myself. I'm halfway through my first-ever stim cycle after TTC for 6 years (on and off) naturally. When DH finally consented to get tested this year (typical guy -- had his head in the sand for years about our having a problem), we learned he has 99% poor morphology (nothing else wrong, though), so we'll be doing ICSI. As for me, I had an exploratory lap/hyst/dye last month and the FS said everything was perfect, plus I've had no other issues ever with my cycle, so I thought DH's poor morphology was our only problem other than the fact that I've obviously aged over the past 6 years and am now 38! But now I've just found out that my AMH is only 6.9, which apparently is going to create problems, so I'm kicking myself for not making more of stink with DH about getting started on the AC journey a couple of years ago. Live and learn, right?
Anyway, I just had my first scan today. (See my other threat in the IVF subforum asking how many follies it is normal to see at the first scan.) I had 7 follies that were big enough to count, and some smaller ones. It sounded low to me, but the doc seemed quite happy with that considering that we didn't know how well I'd respond to the Puregon (I'm on 275). I have another scan in 2 days, and he thinks we'll probably end up doing the EPU on Tuesday. I hope Tuesday works out b/c one of my parents is flying in for a visit on Wednesday morning and I'm not sure who would pick them up from the airport if DH is busy producing his swimmers and I'm doing my EPU then! (Plus, it would be awkward having to explain what was going on considering that my parents don't know I'm doing IVF.)
So, that's my story. Nice to meet all of you. I've been lurking in this thread for a week or two now so I feel like I "know" you girls to some extent although I haven't posted here until now.
Good luck to everyone with your cycles this month!
Hello All,!
Im just jumping on the IVF rollercoaster..couldnt find which forum was best suited to me but I thought Id jump in here.
Anyhow me so far:
TTC #1
Off OCP 18months but formally TTC since Dec 2009
Irregular cycles since off OCP with main problem being spotting (spot/bleed from 5dpo)
Hubby has had 2 x varicocele ops - found out today has a lowish sperm count 9000 and low motility
Have had 2 US and numerous blood tests.
Saw FS today and had US who said I have 3 follicles at 10mm at cd11, thought I was going to ovulate friday but not the case!! FS thinks I may not be ovulating, hence the spotting. So both male and female infertility factors!
Plan for repeat US Monday cd16 which will hopefully show me about to ovulate, if not will start treatment to cause that. Will also be having some hormonal support post ovulation to hopefully stop spotting.
Trying to decide how long we give this ago as FS has given us options of IUI or IVF.
How long have other people waited before going IUI?
Thanks!
Wow a lot has happened in such a short space of time.
Hi to all those ladies who are joining us for the first time, FX your visit will be short.
Gongrats to those ladies who have achieved their BFP's That is great news!!!
Hello to everyone else, sorry i don't have time to catch up with everyone at the moment, bell is about to ring (I'm a school teacher).
AFM - i am still waiting for AF to arrive i am getting a bit nervous. I am now on day 51 of my cycle and according to POAS ovulation kit i ovulated the Wed after easter so that is now 16 days ago!!!! I am to scared to do a preg test, but really don't feel that AF is on its way. I will cave on the weekend if still nothing. So i am now just praying we have a little miracle on the way!!! Will catch up better when have some spare time.
Chekigal, DH & I were talking about limits on the way home yesterday. He thinks we can only afford either 1 or 2 more after this one, so I guess we're almost at our limit. Of course, what Danyelle said about lotto would apply for us too.
Danyelle, it took me over a year to talk myself into trying acu. I took a break from it after my last IVF because I need a break from all things TTC. I never realised how much I was missing it until I started back a few weeks ago! Even with my fear of needles I love it!
tantee, yes I POAS and it was BFN. I could just about convince myself there was a hint of a line there if I squinted a little and got the light right (and spun around 3 times on one foot while reciting the alphabet backwards and doing a vodka shot ), so I'll test again in a couple of days. It's probably just wishful thinking though...
So, I started the synarel this morning. Now I just have to work out how/when to tell my managers... I'm tempted to wait until AF is here and there's no going back, but we have an agreement that I tell them ASAP and in exchange they accept me taking the required leave on short notice. Hopefully I won't have too many s/e this time and that will work out okay.
I think I have just come to the (not-so) startling conclusion (as I was writing) that I really hate doing IVF... I think I might go do this for a while:
All the best for a H&H pregnancy.
you get BFP first go 2.
and GL hun.
to all!!
But now I've just found out that my AMH is only 6.9, which apparently is going to create problems, so I'm kicking myself for not making more of stink with DH about getting started on the AC journey a couple of years ago. Live and learn, right? 
), so I'll test again in a couple of days. It's probably just wishful thinking though...
I think I might go do this for a while: 
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