Long Term TTC & Assisted Conception - August 2008

[Nixon]

Smithy: How are you travelling sweets? Are you underway yet?

Oscar: What's happening with you? Where are you at these days with your plans?

Bee83: How about you Bee? Have you had more U/s & BT's yet? What is you news?

Aleenta: How are you travelling sweetheart? When is your next U/s BT? I'm keeping fingers crossed that the Over Stim doesn't occur again. It sounds like they are playing it pretty safe this time round, which is good. Are you going for general or sedative for your EPU? BTW - I still have mild general bloated feeling/very minor discomfort. There has been no bleeding even though that is fairly common.

Mel: AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!! Super excited for you. Best of luck for Wednesday. Make sure that you get pampered whilst you recover (I'm still milking it for all it's worth). Let us know how you go.

Kahlan: You sounds like you are in a pretty good headspace at the moment. Best of luck sweets for the next couple of weeks. I'll be keeping an eye on you.

Marsha: Honey, where are you? How did you get on for Saturday? I hope it went well for you babe. Just wanted to let you know that I'm thinking of you .

AFM: I couldn't help myself yesterday and I rang the SIVF and asked if I could check on my eggs. I felt a bit silly cause they did tell me on Sunday that they would call me today (Tuesday) to give me an update. But they were totally lovely and awesome and didn't make me feel stupid or silly at all.

Day 2 - between 2 & 4 cells is what is expected. We had 3 embies @ 4cells and 1 @ 2 cells. I had another injection of Pregnyl last night but only 1500 this time as apposed to the 5000 for trigger.

Now I am playing the waiting game again for the next call to let us know how my little future babies are going. Hopefully, I should get a time for the transfer today so I can book my accupuncture appoinements. I'm taking Thursday & Friday off this week because I will not be able to concentrate at work anyway.

Just something I wanted to put out there and you can call me weird I won't be offended. When I had the egg pick up done - I really wish my hubbie had brought his digital camera along. I was blown away that I got to SEE my eggs. They looked beautiful - just like a sun. Just something that the girls going for their pick up might want to consider. I would have loved to get it printed on a canvas - very abstract. Not every woman gets to see her eggs on a flat screen. Anyway - just a thought.

[dusty]

Just something I wanted to put out there and you can call me weird I won't be offended. When I had the egg pick up done - I really wish my hubbie had brought his digital camera along. I was blown away that I got to SEE my eggs. They looked beautiful - just like a sun. Just something that the girls going for their pick up might want to consider. I would have loved to get it printed on a canvas - very abstract. Not every woman gets to see her eggs on a flat screen. Anyway - just a thought.

Not weird at all hun. I think that is a wonderful idea. DH and I have done it a couple of times if they allow us to (sterile rules differ between clinics). I have some great pics of DH, my sis and I in scrubs, with funny hats and photos of the U/S when the embie was being put in. Also you can normally ask your clinic for a picture/photocopy of your embies. They should have them on your file. May help with visualisations and realising this is all very real.

Good luck to all you ladies this month. Would love to see some more BFPs!

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[Nixon]

Thanks Dusty. I'm thinking I might ask if they have any digital copies of the eggs on file. I'm sure they must for documentation purposes not to mention research data. I'm hoping that they will be able to email me a copy. SIVF have been so accomodating so far i'm sure if they have a pic they will let me have it.

One quick question - does anyone know? When they do a day 5 transfer, do they know the gender or is it still undetermined? A friend asked me on the weekend and I hadn't thought about it before and it got me curious.

[TaRhLi.]

Hi All

Nixon: Yay for you, fingers crossed they all grow some more and you get to put back some good looking emby's.

Aleenta: Hope all is going well and showing no signs of OHSS this time around.

Everyone else, I all hope your journey's this month are going well. There are so many of us in here at the moment that hopefully we get some good results at the end of it.

AFM: Yay, AF turned up yesterday so we are now on track. Start the pill on Friday for our HRT FET cycle and start Syneral on the 7th Sept. Twice a day until I'm told to stop (not looking forward to it, I much rather prefer the injections... Does that make me strange). So based on the dates now we are looking at the FET just after Grand Final Day, which is great as we are going away for the weekend and will be able to relax before the big event. We have also been confirmed that it is all o.k to have 2 transferred as I'm an old chook, so today I am sooo happy although am suffering with a head cold and managing on Panadiene only. But good news always make me feel better.

[Nixon]

Thanks KellyD - I hope you are over your headcold soon.

I got the call.

Day 3 expectations are that the cells are between 6 & 8. SIVF ratings are Good, Fair or Poor (I think).

We have 2 @ 8 cells and 2 @ 7 cells - all rated as good. I'm stoked. Still no confirmed time or anything yet. But I've pencilled in my acupuncture for 830am anyway.

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[TaRhLi.]

Nixon: Fantastic news. Are they going to transfer at day 3 or grow them to Blasty's for you???

[Nixon]

Nixon: Fantastic news. Are they going to transfer at day 3 or grow them to Blasty's for you???

We're going with our Dr.'s recommendation - day 5 Blasty. I have been very happy ith his choices and plan so far, so I'm happy to keep on trusting

I was telling Linda earlier this morning (before the call) that I was thinking that if they ended up telling me there was one Emby that wasn't travelling so well then I was considering talking to my Dr to see about transferring it earlier and freezing the rest in the hopes that the weaker one would do better inside.

But thankfully I haven't needed to make that decision and they are all right on track. Grow little future babies - Grow

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