Long Term TTC & Assisted Conception - August 2008

[Nixon]

BeiBei - I'll see you in TWW on Thursday. I hope it all goes well for you tomorrow. I'm with Dr Lok - I'm loving his work so far.

Hugs.
Nic
x

[Kahlan]

Great news Nic.... can't wait to join you.... We need lots of BFP!

[Aleenta]

Kahlan and Kelly D - great to see you girls on track, Kelly I hope your cold disappears fast, and fingers crossed we are all in the TWW together in the not too distant future.
Nic - you star glad to hear your embies are doing so well, very encouraging. I am having a general for EPU, and I have another US tomorrow morning to see how I am going and when EPU may be, today I have started to feel a bit of discomfort for the first time this cycle so I think those follies are coming on strong, let's just hope they don't go too crazy.
Bei Bei and Mindy good luck for your transfers
Ciao for now

[Marsha]

Nixon - for u dearie

Aleenta - good luck for your US tom

Beibei - :goodluck2: FET, another TWW buddy on the way

KellyD - im sure you cant wait for your transfer......

Dusty - i too got pics of my 3 embies, those 3 and 4 cell embies....oh whr have they gone to


my IUI is ok, FS told us to DTD sunday n monday jus to increase e chances.
i feel yucky with the inserted progesterone. BT on sat to measure my progesterone level. Gotta eat more protein for e

[Neptune]

Good luck to everyone and

AFM I'm doing okay. Will go to see the nurses next Wednesday (27th) to have a blood test and possibly start Synarel. I'm feeling very very anxious though, as my DH has wokem up this morning with a massive lump on teh side of his neck - a very swollen lymph gland!!! I'm hoping that it's not the mumps which can cause stertility in men - his SA'a have been very poor anyway without thsi knid of problem. Anyway, he is off to the doc at 3pm.

Nic - thank you for your message, but call me stupid, I can't work out how to reply????? Maybe I haven't done enough posts yet to be able to use that feature????

[JBM]

well so much is happening in here!!
smithy: good luck, ivf # 3 is the one for you
BEE:lots of eggs wow!! good luck
Nixon:glad EPU went well hope tfer goes well too
aleenta: great job with follies
MINDY: hope EPU went well
KAHLAN: hope you start to get back to normal soon with cycle
KELLY: good luck this cycle
BEIBEI: hope bubsicle tfer goes well, fingers crossed
MARSHA:well i am sure dtd 2 times will be great fun. good luck!

ANYONE ELSE: hope you're well.
AFM: well had scan on monday and fs says i am behind a couple of days with cycle so now i am doing the ov test everyday til i get a pos test.
then i have blood tests and bubsicle tfer will be a couple of days after that. so if all goes to plan then early next week for my bubsicle tfer.
i am continuing with acupuncture also.
will keep you all updated.

[kateB]

Hi everyone,

Have been out of action for a bit with just waiting and not really thinking whilst waiting for my AF to turn up - it still hasn't and now is two weeks overdue. I keep getting cramps and feeling irritable...grrrr....

I hope everyone is doing well - I'm not going to try to catch up as there have been three pages since my last visit...!! Just to say 'hi' and thinking of you all as always...

I usually write poetry regularly, but for some reason I have not written anything on IVF, but last night a poem turned up that I want to share with you all...I can't be there with everyone but this is a part of my heart and soul for you wonderful, warm women.

The Cradle

This cradle of mine
Can not hold the dream

With the drawing down
Of the moon
The whisper passes through
And death arrives again

There is no ceremony
No funeral pyre
No burial stone
The tears empty
To a world
That can not know

Where life is created
Life celebrated
All faith is placed
In the fertile grounds

Where then
Do I belong?

The hallowed land
Within me
Can not grow the one
So dearly grieved

That feminine essence
Is stripped
Refined
Denuded

That earthly mystery
Is stolen
Denied
Gone

Yet my cradle lies empty
Ruby sheets replaced
With each full moon
Waiting for
The dream of all dreams
Our child

Kate Bettison
19th August 2008

[Neptune]

Kate, that is heart wrenchingly beautiful. It is beautifully written, so spot on, and it really epitomises the reality of this roller coaster journey. Thank you for sharing that with us

[mindy80]

Hi everyone well i had my collection done today was a bit scared but all went well, i still have some mild pain but its bearable. I had the Number 11 on my hand but found out they found an extra one when they got back to the Lab so i had 12 collected in total but only 11 were injected so i find out tomorrow how many have fertilised so will be back tomorrow to fill u guys in.

Take Care
Mel

[Maruschke]

Kate that was simply stunning. Very well written and you captured the emotion and pain in a very raw and honest way.

Mindy congrats on the 11/12 eggs, sounds like a great number. Good luck now for the transfer

[Cuddlepie]

Kate, that is one beautiful poem, well done you!

Mindy, 12, that's a great number, hope you will have great fert report tomorrow, for now, just make the 'hot water bottle' and dvd your best friends...

Marsha, good luck with this weekend, this could be the one!!!

Well, about me, after everything just fall into place for this cycle, my T day started with my 'no talking, mute the mobile' until 930am. I know they will call if there is bad news and I seriously don't want to hear it rings. 'Heart-in-my throat' we got to the clinic, thanks god they didn't call. Then we found out that our blastocyst survive the thaw and ready to transfer, YAY!

Little did I know that my uterus decided to play 'hide and seek' at the moment that FS got everything set and ready to put my 'snow bub' inside..He can't get the catheter to the right angle to get in (oh, did I mention tilted uterus?), anyway, I have to empty my bladder and give my uterus a real talk in the toilet to behave, this time, it is in!
Then I had an afternoon with acupuncture and 'Friends' DVD. B/t is 31 August, so this gonna be a long 11 days.

[Neptune]

Mindy, fantastic number!

BeiBei - woohoo, That is exciting. Fingers crossed for the 31st

[Aleenta]

Hey Girls,

Marsha - have fun DTD
Neptune - here's hoping it's not mumps for your hubby
JBM - hoping your plan goes well and I also am a fan of acupunture, so many benefits
Kate - you have a wonderful gift with your writing, your poem has captured the emotions so well
Mindy - glad to here your EPU went well and fingers crossed for good fertilisation and transfer
Bei Bei - hoping your TWW flys by and you are rewarded with a BFP

AFM I had my 3rd scan and BT in a week and the follies are growing not too bad, it's a really fine balance for me between under and over stim but we are hoping they have got it right this time. I started orgalutran antagonist tonight (Did it 30 mins ago and it is still stinging ouch!) My EPU is booked for Monday, and I am just hoping like mad I make it through this stage this time. Both my FS and the nurses are trying to manage my expectations around the transfer as it is highly likely I won't be able to have a transfer this cycle because of risk of overstim. I am a bit bloated already and there were around 20 follies plus lots of smaller ones not worth sizing but nevertheless taking up space. I am working from home the next couple of days so I do as little as possible and rest as much as I can so I can try and prevent overstim (may not work but I guess you have to try). I am very lucky my boss is awesome and very supportive.
Best wishes all round

[Aleenta]

Hey Nixon,

special good wishes for you with ET tomorrow, hope all goes well, and you too have a speedy and succesful TWW,
Cheers

[barney]

best of luk nix im thinking of you and a heap of sticky vibes coming your way hun

[Marsha]

Nixon - goodluck for ur ET dearie, hope dis is the one

Smithy - Hi there, sweetie

Aleenta - Take gatorade to prevent dehydration, ive got to drink loads e last ICSI

Beibei - dis is the one dearie

Mindy - 11/12,dats a good no

KateB - e poem, make me teary.....nicely written dear

JBM - im sure u cant wait for ur transfer....

Neptune - hope its not mumps

Time seem to pass by faster dis cycle, mebbe cos of my werkload. I might have to come back on sunday again.

[Nixon]

Good Morning Everyone.

Thanks you all so much for you good wishes. I am too nervous to reply to everyone this morning - I can't sit still. I was up at 6 (even though I'm off work today and tomorrow). Cooked DH poached eggs (no pun intended) which he was very surprised about - I got the "why are you being so nice?" (suspicious eyes,suspicious eyes ).

I'm going for Acupunture at 8.30 then I thought I might get the train into the city and leave my car there as I have another session booked for 1.30.

Transfer will be done at 12 noon. I got an update yesterday afternoon....3 were at the partially compacted morula stage (10 - 30 cells) and one was at very early blastocyst stage. I hope they are doing ok today.

Anyway - I'm thinking of you all. And hopefully I will have a whole afternoon to come and catch up with everyone individually.

X

[mindy80]

Good Morning

Well i have just got off the phone to the Lab and 6 out of my 11 have fertilised and all systems go for a Saturday Morning transfer its all still a bit sureal still at the moment though.

Good Luck for your Transfer today Nixon. Thinking of you.
Mel
xoxo