Long-term TTC & Assisted Conception April - May 2010
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wow I think I am the first one to post in the new thread...
am feeling a bit better today my cramping is not as bad, headaches are not as bad and am feeling better just a little tired I did have last night off from milking and slept for two hours then had a great nights sleep with no hot flushes. I started back on my herbs yesterday after loosing faith in them I think I am a convert again lol I think they are helping. no more pill now either woohooall in all feeling much better today.
thanks for all the suggestions guys so many bfp's hopefully those who have just had their precious emby's transferred are very sticky ones and I hope that you also have a few to make snow babies if need be.
I hope this good feeling lasts am feeling great for the first time in weeks.
Chekigal: I had a hard time convincing my FS to prescribe Prednisolone, took me a good 2 months of arguing over it before she finally gave in.
With the 5mg tablets it costs $13.45 for 60 tables in the bottle.
For all my cycles now I am on Clexane 20mg, Cartia 100mg and Prednisolone.
Clexane and Cartia from Ovulation. Prednisolone 10mg from day 1 of cycle then at Ovulation increased to 20mg. I take them 1st thing in the morning with FOOD otherwise I get severe heart burn.
With regards to limits, DH has said this is our limits, there are no more Fresh IVF cycles, he is of the opinion that with his Sperm DNA Fragmentation being so high, I am just wasting my money (and when I say my money, I am paying for all of this not him ). Note: we did do TESA for our last cycle which is supose to reduce DNA Fragmentation.
I have 8 Embryo's left so once their gone that's it for us.
Unless I win Power Ball on Thursday night then I can do IVF till the cows come home.
Ladies just a little reminder about NK Cells. Please ask your FS if you can get tested, its just a blood test and can save years of heartache in TTC.
AFM: Feeling very miserable and dishearted with the whole IVF cramp right now.
Well I did it, I rang and book myself into acp for the first time ever, I am very very nervous, the only problem is that I couldn't get in till 29th April.
Hello to everyone else out there, good luck to you all.
Glad to hear you are feeling better trueblue. It's amazing how more positive you can feel when your body is feeling nearer to normal.
Danyelle, coincidently I booked my first acp yeterday for next Tues. Where abouts in Syd are you? If you want to pm me I can let you know where my acp (recomended by my FS) is.
K78 - Congrats on your ET. Personally, I think that the fact you already have 2 blasties is fantastic. Fingers crossed you won't be needing your little frostie for quite some time.
chekigal - GL for this cycle. Have you heard back yet? As for how much is too much. I just don't know. Sometimes I just feel so emotionally tired of it all and other days I feel extremely positive. All the meds and cycling for so long just feels like you are wishing your life away to get to a point. Feels like you're constantly waiting. Other times I feel really strong and confident.
Juniper - hope your sniffing has started well and you can keep those nasty headaches at bay. Did you POAS?
JBM - I hope you are feeling a little better
KMM - Congratulations on your wonderful surprise and thank you so much for your kind words of encouragement.
Loops - Hey there, did you end up POASing? FX for a surpriseHow far away is your trip?
Hi to Lairdoz, Melissal, Truebabe and anyone else I may have missed (i'm sorry)
AFM - Am 1/2 way thru my 3 month wait. Tick tock. tick tock but am cheering everyone who is cycling on from the sideline.
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.
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:
Hello Ladies,
I'm not sure if this is the correct place to post my question. I want to know if anyone else has had low Hcg and then gone on to be pregnant. I've just finished the 2WW. Because my embryo transfer was on a Saturday my blood test was this Friday (one day early the nurse told me)
Anyway, because I'd done a HPT (I know I wasn't supposed to) which came back positive twice (with a faint line) I was expecting good news but the nurse said it was inconclusive and I should re-test again on Monday.
It seems that my Hcg levels are around 20 when they should be around 100. I'm devastated. I take heart in the fact that I haven't started to bleed yet (but tht could just be the Crinone).
Has anyone else been in this situation? What was the outcome? (I don't just want to hear positive stories)
Thanks
Good luck to you all
Maggie
Maggie Hi, that could indicate that you have had a chemical pregnancy or it could just be that one day too soon. I had two results similar to yours and both were chemicals. Don't lose heart but, it is a good sign that something did try to happen or is still happening. GL with it.
GL to all those waiting anxiously in the TWW and those who are part way through their cycles.
Well here it is ........ I did my POAS this morning and OMG i got a BFP straight awayI can't believe it!!! I am trying to get an appointment with my clinic to get a BT done today just to be sure, but there are no drugs which can cause a false positive this time. I don't know what to feel it has been two long years since we began trying and to end up falling naturally is a huge shock. I will keep you all posted.
Renee - OMG!!! CONGRATULATIONS sweetie! Sooo happy for your excellent news! Hope the BT brings lovely high numbers. How funny, that it ended up being on a natural cycle
Marcellus - thanks for your advice too. We've had a long chat with the embryologist, and decided to go for broke this cycle and grow them all out to day 5. If that doesn't work, next stim cycle we'll try some day 3s.
Loops - I'm so sorry to hear your news hun. Be kind to yourself, and have a wonderful time on your holiday, decompress and get stuck into that beautiful Tassie cheese and wine!
Chekigal - hope your feeling good and FX that the little embie is burrowing in nicely!
Albi - go the acupuncture - its great! I'm convinced that my acupuncturist is helping keep OHSS at bay for me, I love her. Doing it to grow strong eggies, then before and after transfer. The way I look at it is, I'll throw everything I can at this TTC thing! No regrets.
Babytruj - hope the scan today goes well and your transfer is next WEDNESDAY!
Tantee - have a great girls night. Me personally, I'd be having a few bevvies! We've got to stay somewhat sane in this crazy ride, don't we?!
Melissal - HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Hope you have a great day, only 3 more sleeps to go. Hang in there. Thanks for your kind words - OHSS is still lurking, but I'm doing much better than I should be, apparently!
HI to anyone I've missed! Gotta fly, got a girlfriend coming over for morning tea. Have a great long weekend!
OMG Renee!!! How wonderful. What a great surprise. I hope you can get in for your BT ASAP. You must be in shock!!
Leabie - Enjoy your morning tea. It is great to have some time out. I hope you manage to keep your OHSS at bay.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Melissal - Have a good day. I'm sorry that this month is so agonising for you. I hope the next couple of days are kind to you and you get a wonderful belated birthday gift. Some months are just harder than others aren't they?
Lairdoz - I think the blastie plan sounds good. You have had such a full on year already and it's only April. My fingers are crossed for you that this will be the last cycle you need for a long time.
Maggie - I'm sorry, but I am not much use to you as I have not had a BFP but I have heard that even a lower level can result in a healthy preg as long as the numbers are doubling and cathch up. Good luck on Monday, I hope your results are clearer for you.
Hope all you other ladies are doing well and have some fun stuff planned for the long weekend and take some time out from this crazy TTC world.
GL to those of you in the 2WW.
AFM: Think I will chill out and have a few bevvies with the girls tonight (thanks for the perspective ladies) -nothing crazy, but just relax and hang out with no distractions.
I hope you are all having a good day and enjoying the long weekend. Maggie, I will be keeping my fingers crossed for you , and it is fabulous to hear of your BFP, Renee!
AFM, I had my 2nd scan yesterday. The doc has now seen 8 good-sized follies, including 3 (from memory) in the 20-22mm range. We are set to trigger tomorrow evening for EPU on Tuesday. Unfortunately, he also told me that estradiol levels were a lot lower than he would have expected for the # of follicles he's seeing (2970 at Day 7 of stims). He said that he would usually only expect 3-4 eggs from that level. So now I'm wondering if half of my follicles are empty, or if perhaps I'm just somebody whose eggs produce less estrogen than other people. I'd love to hear if any of you were in a similar position and what the outcome was as far as # of eggs produced at pick up.
Thanks everyone, and wishing you all good luck wherever you are in your cycle!
Hey loops... Tx for advise.., did get in trouble tho.. Didn't see your post before getting message.
Should have seen signature before.... I had to condense it to meet 250 characters... Which I thought was all that was required... No biggie... I think it's ok now!?
Hi can I join? I wasn't going to just yet seeing as we don't start IVF for another few months but thought what the h-ll why not plus I wanted to chat to ltttc-ers and can't unless I am in these threads. I have been hanging around the 12months plus ttc thread for the past 12months.
My story briefly. We have been very actively ttc for almost 2years now (2yrs in August) but three years if I count the yr we were not trying not preventing but I was BFing. I weaned DD in 08 thinking that might have been stopping me getting pregnant. We have a pregnancy of unknown location in May 09 that failed on its own then In July 09 I fell pregnancy again and this time was ectopic so had my right tube removed along with the pregnancy. So here we are 10months since my surgery and haven't fallen pregnant since. At that stage I was also diagnosed with PID and endo and adhesions caused from both I guess. I had a lap and dye last year and my last tube is pinned down but opened. DH also has high percent of abnormal sperm and low motility. I saw the Gyno in March and start IVF August/September this year if we haven't fallen pregnant by then we are still we do.
We are seeing a Gyno not FS due to our location. Our plans are to have IVF through IVF Australia and we do it all through our Gyno locally and just see the FS for EPU and transfer if we get to that stage. Its not ideal but I dont have alot of choices due to where we live and DH not coping with all the travel.
Mildez, hi and welcome! Of course you may join in the mayhem here! I only wish you didn't need to and that you had succeeded in your TTC endeavours earlier. Hopefully you'll be able to learn a bit about the IVF process from those of us doing it now so that it seems a little less scary when you do start. Better yet, lets keep our FX that you never need to start.
Hi Ladies,
Thanks for all your replies. I go for the second blood test this morning. I must admit, I'm not very hopeful but am open to miracles. Told DH we'd either be celebrating tonight or consoling each other with a bottle of wine on the couch.
I'm hoping for the best for all of you who are still waiting for results.
Maggie
Long-term TTC & Assisted Conception April - May 2010
). Note: we did do TESA for our last cycle which is supose to reduce DNA Fragmentation. 
All the best for a H&H pregnancy.
you get BFP first go 2.
and GL hun.
to all!!
), 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: 
i got a BFP straight away
CONGRATULATIONS sweetie! 
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