Got it in one, Shannon. These are the tests that we've gone to see a different FS to have done. Clotting disorders, etc. My mother didn't tell me until after the miscarriage that we have a family history of them, and my FS was too focused on the psychological side of things when we last saw him, so we've gone elsewhere to have them done. Next step from here is to start the pill in order to get to a point where I can have a hy-co-sy done, then back to see Dr S, and hopefully after that we can jump straight into seeing our regular FS and get started on another FET cycle.
Mumof5, you've got great follie numbers there - hopefully your EPU will go well when you get to it. I never asked them to count my follies, but I can tell you that I was damned uncomfortable before my 26 eggs were collected! Take it easy and rest up.
Mo5, hope things continue to progress well for you and the follies keep growing.
Trigger was fine. It went in easier than the Lucrin and DW didn't feel it, but she definitely felt the drug leaving the syringe. Not really bad or anything, but certainly not nice. DW had to ring the nurse though because we were unsure about the special directions we were given in relation to the instructions provided.
Anyway, it's all good practice for if/when she is pregnant because at the moment she can't bend over much and I am doing her shoelaces and stuff like that.
Awww Rols how sweet it even brought a tear to my eye you doing your wifes laces up for her. I'm just having one of those days where anything i do,say or hear is making me cry. I remember my mum having to do my sandels up for me when i was pregnant with my daughter. Just wait till you have to shave her legs for her.lol.
BW- I'm feeling pretty big fat and bloated let me tell you. This kind of baby making is just no fun is it.
Its been a little while - Things in here are moving so fast, too its hard to keep up!!!
I'll apologise in advance for those of you I miss accidently
Mel - Yay on the number of eggs!!!
Things are sounding fantastic this time round... remember you always lose some, so your % still going is fantastic!!!
So great to hear that the nurse said your DH sperm looked great as well!!
Keep thinking positively sweetie!!!
Rols - Trigger done, excellent news!!
Your poor DW - she must be just so uncomfortable right now!!
Will all be worth it tomorrow, though!
Make sure you're right next to her when she comes out from EPU.. if shes anything like me, she'll be feeling very queasy in the tummy.. and light headed.
The first time its a little scary - She'll appreciated you being there with her. Mind you, she has does wonderfully with everything else so far, so she might be lucky and feel fine
All the very best for tomorrow - Good Luck to you both xxx
Ellie - How are you going sweetie?? 2ww driving you insane yet???!!!! Your symptoms are sounding good, sweetie, I have everything crossed and then some for you for this cycle xxx
BW - Have been thinking about you over the last 2 days... won't go into too much detail, but have a read of my journal entry today... The appointment I had yesterday was extremely beneficial to me and my head... May be worth giving a go as well as the therapy... it was truly fantastic xxx
Shannon - Good luck starting the synarel again... its always a pleasure, isn't it???!!!
Poor DH starting the job at the same time.... What can you do??!!!
Nic - How are things with you?
MO5 - You poor thing - got to love the hormones throughout IVF... I was either spending my day crying or screaming - or both!!!
Not a lot of fun babymaking this way but certainly will be worth it when you're fat and bloated for all of the right reasons
Don't stress about them stretching out EPU - Its good letting the follies coast a little longer... better than getting to EPU and getting a mass of immature eggs that won't fertilise! (This has happened to me twice now - They only realised it the second time - Good that your FS is onto it 1st time round!!) Thursday sounds great!
Kerri - So sorry I haven't chased up all of my posts re the natural therapies for you - How exciting you're seeing Antonia - I'm currently on my 3rd cycle with her, and am feeling really positive and happy.
You will just love her clinic when you go there - Such an amazing atmosphere and so buzzy (if thats even a word??!) - You will feel brilliant after you see her!
If you search her name here on BB you will read some amazing stories... LisaL is an Antonia success story and was due to have her baby yesterday!
Welcome to everyone new - I hope your stay in here is short and you guys can move on outta here!!!!
Me - Well, CD 17 of my 3rd cycle with Antonias tonics - Feeling really good.
Have been having my weekly AP and herbs, and yesterday had some ETT (Emotional Trauma Therapy) - It was truly amazing!
Antonia recommended this as she believes my subconcious is still blocked due to my horrific labour with Luke - and my 4 failed IVF cycles.
I won't bore you guys with the details of my history, but my journal has everything covered!!!
I am going back for a few more sessions.. and some hypnosis to clear my subconcious of fear & negative thoughts.
It was just great, and I can recommend it to anyone on this painful TTC & AC journey... I learnt a lot about myself, and it truly perks you back up again and keeps you positive to keep moving forward.
Well well worth it!
Big Hi to everyone I've missed!!
Hope everyone is doing great!
Hi everyone, thanks for all the good lucks and wishes.
The scientist called this am, 6 have fertilised- she said that's great! Hmmm, im like what...Anyway apparently was the same number as last time, so its just a matter of wait and see. We only need one or two, then we will be happy. 6 is good.
Just back track to yest. Things were totally diff than first time around- hey that was only in March! DH wasnt with me in Mar and he just thought this time was yukky! Ok, old hospital, i understand, but its private and pay a fortune for it all really. So last time, we (friend and I) got shown to a 4 bed room, not a lot of privacy but was ok. Had to walk into surgery- only had silly thongs on!! Well they didnt warn us. And we were wheeled back after op and rested in bed for couple hours. I was ok with that. Also had some privacy so if i was upset (just hormones!!!), it'd be ok. This time, we got taken to wrong room first, then to a day stay bit. Room with five sort of crappy recline chairs that had one chair next to them for partners. You could reach and touch the chairs next to you. First up there were only three couples, then five. And the nurse (wacko nurse), had put us in the wrong chair. So she said get up, come on and get over here. I was teary. I was so upset at the lack of privacy already. You know, if things were bad news and stuff, like not many eggs, there was no place to cry or hide or anything. Anyway so swapped chairs... The nurse did stuff that nurses do- she was loud and sorta arrogant- yelled your name out from out in the corridor. Like as if im going to answer to someone i dont know screaming my name out. NOt that im overly shy shy about my weight but we had to weigh ourselves in front of everyone, and then when she cut my arm band off she cut my finger. Went to surg and that was ok. Happy with result. Lady next to me got 4 eggs and i felt a little sad for her They pushed me in bed back to room and i had to get up and stand up and get into a chair. I had really bad cramps- like ouchies. Really sore. Have had more pain this time than last. So i had to try and draw my legs up whilst i ly in this silly chair. Hey, im sure my bum was hanging out in the theatre- afterwards anyway!! Could feel a cold breeze!! I asked for pain relief- she gave me 1 panadeine, then i had to ask for more. I hate to think if i had excruciating pain....
Later the scientist came and she took each couple away to a room, so that was at least a decent thing to do. I know things didnt go so well for one couple... im sad for them. Just the whole process was upsetting, and i dont ever want to see that hosp again. Im sorry for ranting on about this. I feel a little better about it all today. Just i dont understand. IVF is such a private thing, and i know i share my thoughts and emotions on here, but sometimes i feel like its made a mockery of. The nurse also yelled out at the start, come on everyone talk to each other. I felt so embarrassed... I want to share but not in a forced way, and the lack of privacy was horrible. Im not sure what other places are like....Ellie..any comments on Perth???? Hehehe.... But we love our FS and that's the important thing i guess.
Sorry everyone...i hope i havent bored you all.
Ellie- i hope that your wait is going fast, did you have your prog levels done today??
Holly- it sounds like you are happy. I hope things are going well, and that you get that deserved BFP soon
Rols, good luck for tomorrow, best wishes for you and your wife.
BW- i hope you are feeling better than yesterday, the vampires!! Im glad things are moving forward for you.
Mumoffive- wow lots of follies on board, just wait til Thurs, if you are already bloated now.... I agree, its no fun this way
Hi to Nic and Shannon, and to BG- (im sorry), and to Deni and Leeshie and Shellyd.
Lets hope for lots of good news and BFP's soon
Mel
Hi Holly,
Thanks for the encouragement. I am really excited to meet Antonia as I have heard so many great stories about her now. It seems everytime I mention her name to somebody they have already heard of her. Just trying to manage my expectations a little so I don't get disappointed but at the same time feeling really hyped.
Mel - OMG!!!!! That is just horrible! At our clinic you go to the 'day ward' where you have a cubile with a curtain around and you're in a bed etc...I cracked it over that lack of privacy as a parent from the school I was working at was in the same ward...so told the FS that I have top private health cover and want a private room next time...he said no worries and that's what we did! Gave us all the privacy in the world...DH didn't even need to use the 'little boys room' to do his bit..IYKWIM...lol...thank goodness for locks on the bathroom door hey!!! Least I got to 'help out' this time hehehe!!! It was so funny coz as the nurse was coming in the room to do all the admitting stuff I was runny off down the hall to make 'the delivery' of 'the magic stuff' to the clinic...she couldn't stop laughing! I did assure her I'd be coming back to 'do my bit'!!!
Enough rambling...have everything crossed for you huh...I feel a run of BFP's coming this way!
Holly - Thanks for thinking of me hun...all good here...just waiting. Levels are all good one week post transfer ...now one week till the big one!!!
Oh...and forgot to mention...I got home this afternoon and my MIL has sent me the most beautiful crystal cross necklace...this is the first time we've been totally up front with the whole family about what's going on and I'm blown away by how supportive they are all being...AMAZING!!!!
Hi to everyone else...I'm keeping and eye on you all and hoping to see you all in the TWW thread soon xxx
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: forgot a bit!
hi everyone i hope your all haveing a great weekend
well i just wanted to pop in to say best of luck to ROLES and his DW for tomorrow all the very best.
MUMO5, wow you hve a lot of follies on board there i hope they all grow nice and big for you hun all the very best to you for thursday
as for me well its finally here,today is the first day of my pill so im finally on the wayi really feel excited now ive actually started even if it is just the pill..
to eveyone else i wish you all the luk in the world and here is to a heap of BFPs in here really soon have a great weekend
My clinic is public, but they are all so wonderful! on EPU they put Dh in waiting room with comfy chair and TV until i was all sorted with forms, id tags and gowning up. then i joined DH until they called us through to cubicle. i was popped onto a bed and my aneasthetist came and chatted with me and then my fs. then i was asked what i wanted to have when i woke up. i chose a lovely sandwich with all the trimmings (even avocado!) and then wheeled into surgery. when i awoke i was in a curtained cubicle. i was offered as much pain relief as i wanted. i was lucky enough not to need any, but apparently i already had some morphine in my system. they make you lay down for at least 1/2 hour in which time both my FS and anaesthetist both check on me. FS told me my number of eggs and gave me a re assuring smile and pat on the knee. Anaesthetist just checked on my pain levels and told me to have panadol to cope with the trip home. then i ate my yummy sandwich. then they called DH as he went out after i went into theatre. about 1 1/2 hours after EPU we were on our way home with heaps of instructions and encouragement.
sweetie, THIS is the way IVF should be. im so sorry you were given such primitive treatment. maybe ask FS if he/she treats elsewhere. my FS has 2 other hospitals.
take care everybody. hope to join you in a few days when AF decides to show. no suggestion of her visiting yet.
Mel thanks for the head up on more bloating (yay for me).
I'm so sorry to hear what you and hubby had to go thru. IVF is very private as specialy at that time of your treatment. Yes we all get on here and share our stories but that is so different then sitting in front of someone. If that had of happened to me i'm sure i would have said something cause i have a big mouth and i cant keep it shut.
Smithy- woohoo matie cant wait for you to join me
Hollybolly- Good luck this cycle, your treatment sounds very interesting.I dont know much about herbs and stuff.
Take care everyone XX
Rols - wanted to wish you and your DW the best wishes for EPU tomorrow morning - will be thinking of you both and hoping for a smooth and relatively painfree procedure for you both
Hi guys, hahaha, thanks for sharing your EPU stories, certainly a lot different than mine... No matter what happens now, i def wont be going back there because we are moving anyway, and to be honest, even if we werent moving, i dont know what i would do... The whole experience upset me, and i didnt need to be all teary and upset BEFORE i went in for collection. Gee guys, you should have seen where DH had to give his sample. Was dark cold room with a spongy yukky bed. It was blowing freezing cold air in, dont know what the deal with that was, but i did get to go with him though.
Mumof5- i also have a big mouth, and i was a bit loud about it- just a little bit! Said ew and this is disgusting a couple times. Haha, think the nurse might have got the point a little bit.... she was sort of nicer after. The main thing is that i was having cramping, and i needed to lie down. I know some people have really bad pains after and i just couldnt see what sort of solution there would be for those people. I feel sad and angered that other people going through IVF, especially new people (and there was one new couple there), had to see IVF in this way. Its hard enough as it is, and its personal. Grrr, enough!!
Ellie, im glad your MIL and family are being very supportive, thats great. It makes it so much easier when they try to understand.
Sonya, thanks for sharing too, i hope AF arrives soon so you can join us. I hope we have lots of good news really soon in here!!
Rols- hope things are going well.
Hi to Smithy and BG and everyone else.
Me- i started crinone last night. Yuk. I hate that stuff. Update from scientist tomorrow, very excited but very very nervous
Hope everyone has great day!!
Mel
Rols, just wanted to stick my head in and say good luck with EPU. took my trigger shot last night, and yeah, the needle didn't hurt but that feeling of the liquid squirting inside is too weird.
Ellie - glad things are all looking good, hopefully by Wednesday I'll be in that TWW!
Mel - that is so great about your eggs! But so sorry that the experience was not so great at the clinic. This is a sucky way to have to go about babymaking. I keep telling my friends to remind me years down the track when I am picking my sixteen year old up from the police station - the effort I went through to get them in the first place!!!
Holly - I am very interested to see how the herbal option goes. We have decided we are giving this maybe 6 goes and then trying Sharkey's fertility clinic on the Gold Coast, they have had a lot of success with herbs and women who have been unsuccessful with IVF
EPU for me tomorrow, can't wait I am feeling a bit bloated and ready to get it over and done with. Friends have been occupying me this weekend so i don't have to think too much about it. they are taking me for a drive in the Hunter Valley Wineries today...come to think of it, that's not so nice. All that beautiful wine that i can only look at....may be they want me to drive.......
Anyway If I am feeling up to it tomorrow I will let you all know how EPU went.
Oh Shelly good luck for tomorrow, i hope you get some great eggs
Lots and lots of
So much is happening in this thread, lets hope that there is lots of good news to go around!!
Mel
hope all goes great today Rols. and best of luck for tomorrow shelli
Mel - good to hear you feeling happier (as your name suggests!)
ME - no inkling of Af, but after an early M/C and no ovulation i dont expect her to be on time and because it seems such a long time since my last cycle ( but it hasnt!) im just keen to get the ball rolling again.
MO5 - hope your hanging in there ok.
take care everybody and a quick special hello to BG and BW. i hope you are both feeling happier soon.
hi to eveyone i hope your all haveing a nice weekend its raining here in nambucca heads nsw so we can have a lazy dvd day..
SHELLY i just want to wish you all the very best for tomorrow hun,and i hope you have a nice day in the hunter valley today even if you cant drink that yummy wine lol..
ROLS AND DW thinking of you today good luk
First of all I wanted to thank all of you for your interest and concern in our progress. It's so lovely and makes both of us really happy.
Well it's all done and it wasn't the most joyous experience that's for sure. DW had 26 eggs collected and the procedure took a fair while because there was so many. She had a far bit of pain to start with because of the fact that her ovaries are super huge at the moment; FS reckons anything over 15 eggs is cause for concern as far as OHSS goes so obviously there's a risk there plus her levels are quite high. She has to drink 3 litres of water per day now. They started off with a low dose of the sedation because of her size, but had to upgrade it because of the pain. She was crying a fair bit and it wasn't nice. Then there was a communication error between the FS and the new nurse and they gave her too much. They didn't announce that it had happened, but it was pretty clear from the conversation that there was a **** up, and then they put her on oxygen as some kind of precaution I think. That said, the staff were all fantastic and we couldn't speak more highly of any of them.
So she was pretty zonked out for a while and I spent a lot of time just sitting and talking to her and holding her hand during the procedure to keep her distracted. I talked utter crap but it seemed to work and the nurses and scientists were all saying how great I was which made me feel like I'd been useful. I was doing various things to help DW and the nurses like helping with the oxygen and stuff like that so it was good to be involved. They also had trouble finding a vein for the sedation so she got a double whammy of needles. It just seemed to take a long time, but again, that's because of the volume of eggs.
As for the eggs, they said that as per the norm with high volume collections, some were over mature and some immature, but there would still be more than enough of the good stuff to get the job done. Plus there is a chance that transfer wont go ahead on Friday because DW's levels may be too high. We're not worried, if the eggs fertilise they can freeze them and then we go from there next month. We probably wont know until tomorrow afternoon whether there has been fert. because they have 6 more couples to sort out tomorrow morning before they can take calls.
Because of where we live, everything is pretty slow paced and laid back, so it was cool to be able to hang around in the scientist's lab while she showed us all about what she does and how it works. Everyone was pretty chatty and nothing was rushed. The scientist is very casual and nice and we ended up talking about a heap of other things besides IVF.
I was a bit uncomfortable about my sample. I had to go upstairs next to where they have their workplace functions (obviously no-one was there), into the little room and do my business. I thought the porn in the room thing was a myth, and I spent the first 2 minutes PMSL as for some reason I thought it was hysterical. Then I had to walk right back through the reception area past all and sundry with my jar, so I felt a bit stupid. Plus the receptionist had had her husband and young kid in there a few minutes previous just having a casual chat so things like that can make you a bit self conscious under the circumstances. Didn't bother us, but I imagine it might bother others.
Anyway, that's about it. I'll check back in later to do a few personals as I can't be stuffed at the moment.
They pushed me in bed back to room and i had to get up and stand up and get into a chair. I had really bad cramps- like ouchies. Really sore. Have had more pain this time than last. So i had to try and draw my legs up whilst i ly in this silly chair. Hey, im sure my bum was hanging out in the theatre- afterwards anyway!! Could feel a cold breeze!! I asked for pain relief- she gave me 1 panadeine, then i had to ask for more. I hate to think if i had excruciating pain....
i really feel excited now ive actually started even if it is just the pill..
to everyone!
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