Long Term TTC & Assisted Conception August 2014

Sunday 7 September 2014 :grouphug:

Waiting for EPU/O/IUI/FET or just something to happen!
Kel82 - taking a break
PositivelyGTC - taking a break
CatyO - taking a break
1 More Please - taking a break - Oct FET
Jo_white - saving for IVF
Bestrong - waiting for AF
Amy_jellybean - waiting for September IVF
Jane - waiting for Oct/Nov FET
Emma09 - ???
Spoons - CD6
Nothing2lose - CD10
Juniper76 - CD16
PlanetSasha - CD19
Miss.B - CD23
Pholi - CD25
Twollamas - CD27


Waiting for Transfer
Chellico - CD6


Hanging out in the TWW (Stalk them here... https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...14-5-a-197228/)


Got their BFP in September :pray:


M.I.A. - We'd love to hear from you!
Glorious, Joski


If you would like to be added to The List or have your entry amended, please ask (and provide the applicable details).

Had my 1st IVF acupuncture treatment yesterday it was interesting... I've got 2 tiny metal ball bearings in my ears which is weird... But I felt relaxed after & am excited about my next appt... 😊

Monday 8 September 2014 :grouphug:

Waiting for EPU/O/IUI/FET or just something to happen!
Kel82 - taking a break
PositivelyGTC - taking a break
CatyO - taking a break
1 More Please - taking a break - Oct FET
Jo_white - saving for IVF
Bestrong - waiting for AF
Amy_jellybean - waiting for September IVF
Jane - waiting for Oct/Nov FET
Emma09 - ???
Spoons - CD7
Nothing2lose - CD11
Juniper76 - CD17
PlanetSasha - CD20
Miss.B - CD24
Pholi - CD26
Twollamas - CD28


Waiting for Transfer
Chellico - CD7


Hanging out in the TWW (Stalk them here... https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...14-5-a-197228/)


Got their BFP in September :pray:


M.I.A. - We'd love to hear from you!
Glorious, Joski


If you would like to be added to The List or have your entry amended, please ask (and provide the applicable details).

Tuesday 9 September 2014 :grouphug:

Waiting for EPU/O/IUI/FET or just something to happen!
Kel82 - taking a break
PositivelyGTC - taking a break
CatyO - taking a break
1 More Please - taking a break - Oct FET
Jo_white - saving for IVF
Bestrong - waiting for AF
Amy_jellybean - waiting for September IVF
Jane - waiting for Oct/Nov FET
Emma09 - ???
Spoons - CD8
Chellico - CD8
Nothing2lose - CD12
Juniper76 - CD18
PlanetSasha - CD21
Miss.B - CD25
Pholi - CD27 ??
Twollamas - CD29


Waiting for Transfer


Hanging out in the TWW (Stalk them here... https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...14-5-a-197228/)


Got their BFP in September :pray:


M.I.A. - We'd love to hear from you!
Glorious, Joski


If you would like to be added to The List or have your entry amended, please ask (and provide the applicable details).

Our FET got cancelled this month because the douche in admin forgot to send out our consent forms & I can't have tests done tomorrow because we can't find a JP to witness our signatures before my 7am appt... I'm so angry I could punch something! 😡

Chellico im so sorry, I would feel the same xxx

Oh chellico, that's awful! I really don't know what to say :( how disappointing!

Oh no! That's just terrible, chellico! :angry:

Gosh that's a tough choice to make 1MP... They say weight is a big issue for some not others but having surgery you would need to give yourself time to be well enough physically & emotionally for transfer... The clinic has been text in me all day apologizing but it doesn't give me back a month of cycle does it? 😕

Oh chellico thats awful! A lot of pharmacists are jps, could you get to a 24 hour chemist?

Chellico I've been thinking of you and really hoping you found a JP, I would be so cranky I would definately make a big deal of it to someone like you said you've lost a month and that's not fair, I'm so sorry xxx

Wednesday 10 September 2014 :grouphug:

Waiting for EPU/O/IUI/FET or just something to happen!
Kel82 - taking a break
PositivelyGTC - taking a break
CatyO - taking a break
1 More Please - taking a break - Oct FET
Jo_white - saving for IVF
Bestrong - waiting for AF
Jane - waiting for Oct/Nov FET
Emma09 - ???
Amy_jellybean - CD1
Spoons - CD9
Chellico - CD9
Nothing2lose - CD13
Juniper76 - CD19
PlanetSasha - CD22
Miss.B - CD26
Pholi - CD28 ??
Twollamas - CD30


Waiting for Transfer


Hanging out in the TWW (Stalk them here... https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...14-5-a-197228/)


Got their BFP in September :pray:


M.I.A. - We'd love to hear from you!
Glorious, Joski


If you would like to be added to The List or have your entry amended, please ask (and provide the applicable details).

So bloody typical! I have had 32 day cycle since I was 11 and this month of all months AF comes 4 days early :( This means when I get back from Bali I will be CD16 and I normally ovulate on day 17 but given I had a short cycle this past month who knows.

The clinic has put me down as a tracking cycle and if we catch it then FET will go ahead, if we don't then I will just be charged for a tracking cycle. I know it sounds silly but I just feel gutted, we have been waiting so long for this cycle and now my body doesn't want to play the game!

Junipur would you mind changing me to CD1 when you have a sec hun x

No 24hr pharmacies where we live unfortunately and the only JP's I could find were at court house between 10am-12pm that we could both get to at the same time to sign consents together and they were by appt only so our cycle has been cancelled this month... I understand why they have consent forms but on our 1st visit with clinic they should of had us pre-sign all the consents for FET etc... I don't see why our signatures need to be witnessed by only our GP/JP there are a thousand qualified witnesses lawyers, nurses, police, etc so frustrated & feeling really defeated today... 😞

So sorry Chellico, I don't know why you had to have a JP witness and sign, all I had to have was a witness:-(

Chellico - that is beyond frustrating. Like this is not hard enough already without dumb f ups like that. I feel so angry on your behalf.

Amy - hoping your body is kind and does what you need it to do. So frustrating to have no control over our own bodies.

Chellico that is so disappointing & frustrating! I'm so sorry.

That's awful Chellico - I can't believe they don't have checks in place to stop that kind of oversight :( I can only imagine how annoyed and upset you must be! Hugs!

Amy, that's super frustrating! Finger's crossed the timing works out for you!

I haven't been able to work out my O this month, but going on previous cycles it's possible I'm in the 2ww. If I am, tomorrow would be day 10 - do I test or wait a few more days before being disappointed?!?

Ah, Chellico, that sucks.

Amy FX your cycle adapts and you can go ahead anyway.

Please put me down as CD 4 today. I saw the FS yesterday and he has prescribed testosterone and melatonin to increase egg numbers. He was pretty honest. Having no embryos grow past day 3 is not a good sign, and he thinks it point to egg quality, which there isn't much they can do about. So this cycle we try to bump up the numbers and we will use the embryoscope.

If there is slow development from day 1, and none develop beyond day 3 again, it will suggest that there might not be much point in going on.

I haven't been able to discuss this with DP yet. But if that means the end for us, I'm totally not ready to accept that. Only one more chance? How come other couples try for years before they give up? Even after 40?

What can I do about egg quality?

Thursday 11 September 2014 :grouphug:

Waiting for EPU/O/IUI/FET or just something to happen!
Kel82 - taking a break
PositivelyGTC - taking a break
CatyO - taking a break
1 More Please - taking a break - Oct FET
Jo_white - saving for IVF
Bestrong - waiting for AF
Jane - waiting for Oct/Nov FET
Emma09 - ???
Amy_jellybean - CD2
Pholi - CD4
Spoons - CD10
Chellico - CD10
Nothing2lose - CD14
Juniper76 - CD20
PlanetSasha - CD23
Miss.B - CD27
Twollamas - CD31


Waiting for Transfer


Hanging out in the TWW (Stalk them here... https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...14-5-a-197228/)


Got their BFP in September :pray:


M.I.A. - We'd love to hear from you!
Glorious, Joski


If you would like to be added to The List or have your entry amended, please ask (and provide the applicable details).

Pholi, the choice to stop treatments is yours, not your FS's. If you want to go ahead knowing there are lower odds of success, then you have every right to make that choice. As for improving egg quality, the most common treatments are CoQ10, melatonin and DHEA. Be careful with the testosterone - if your levels are normal (ie not low) to begin with, adding testosterone can actually make egg quality worse. You should really have your levels tested before starting, but I've found most Drs don't bother to test (and tell you it's not necessary when you ask). Acupuncture can also help to improve egg quality. Most treatments for egg quality (CoQ10, DHEA and acupuncture) are most effective when used over the full growth cycle of the egg (4 months) rather than just in the stim cycle. I think melatonin is the one exception that acts on the egg in it's final stage of growth rather than the full growth cycle, but double check that rather than taking my word for it.

Thanks Juniper.

He said that a short course of both testosterone and the melatonin can be effective over just one cycle. He did say that DHEA needs at least 3 months. But he said they improve egg numbers, by bringing primordial eggs to a stage that Gonal f can act on them, rather than improving egg quality.

I think I might be getting into the territory of less tried and tested treatments and outcomes now. :/

I had thought about acupuncture. I wonder if it was worth it. And if DS would sit in his pram and watch play school on my iPhone for the duration of a session!

How long does coQ10 take to be effective? And is there a form its best in, or a brand or dosage recommended?

Juniper, could you please put me as CD2. I'm losing the plot, AF came on CD26. My cycles are getting shorted and I'm on my way to menopause :(.

Chellico, I'm sorry about the cancelled FET. That sucks :(

Pholi, I'm so sorry to hear about your. Big hugs lovely and good luck with the melatonin and COQ10.

Hello to everyone else, I'll try and catch up a bit in here, been so slack and unmotivated. Again. Still trying to save for the very expensive and last cycle.

Pholi, I don't post in here very often but I have done the protocol you're talking about. I took coq10 (600mg ubiquonol daily) for over two years, 75mg DHEA for a year, 4mg compound melatonin for a year....along with a myriad of other things such as steroids, human growth hormone, a cancer drug called filgrastim, etc, etc, etc.....It did nada. But then, nothing worked for me. You have a miracle already so you might have more luck as your body at least knows what it's meant to do! Good luck!

Friday 12 September 2014 :grouphug:

Waiting for EPU/O/IUI/FET or just something to happen!
Kel82 - taking a break
PositivelyGTC - taking a break
CatyO - taking a break
1 More Please - taking a break - Oct FET
Jo_white - saving for IVF
Bestrong - waiting for AF
Jane - waiting for Oct/Nov FET
Emma09 - ???
Miss.B - CD2
Amy_jellybean - CD3
Pholi - CD5
Spoons - CD11
Chellico - CD11
Nothing2lose - CD15
Juniper76 - CD21
PlanetSasha - CD24
Twollamas - CD32


Waiting for Transfer


Hanging out in the TWW (Stalk them here... https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...14-5-a-197228/)


Got their BFP in September :pray:


M.I.A. - We'd love to hear from you!
Glorious, Joski


If you would like to be added to The List or have your entry amended, please ask (and provide the applicable details).

Pholi, I go to acupuncture in the evenings, after DH is home from work. I have also gone on Saturday mornings in the past. No way DD would sit still and let me relax if I took her with me...

Thanks for sharing your story, N2L. I'm sorry it didn't work for you. I have to hope that it will for me.

I've booked in to acupuncture, Juniper. After hours appointments were not going be available in time, so I'll try to get someone to look after DS while I'm there.

Juniper I have decided to wait till June next year to do my next FET cycle. Could you please take me off the list.
Wishing all you wonderful ladies the very best I really hope you all get your BFP. This is an amazing forum to be on the help and understanding
that I have received has been awesome. Wishing you all the very best luck on your journey xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Saturday 13 September 2014 :grouphug:

Waiting for EPU/O/IUI/FET or just something to happen!
Kel82 - taking a break
PositivelyGTC - taking a break
CatyO - taking a break
Jo_white - saving for IVF
Bestrong - waiting for AF
Jane - waiting for Oct/Nov FET
Emma09 - ???
Miss.B - CD3
Amy_jellybean - CD4
Pholi - CD6
Spoons - CD12
Chellico - CD12
Nothing2lose - CD16
Juniper76 - CD22
PlanetSasha - CD25
Twollamas - CD33


Waiting for Transfer


Hanging out in the TWW (Stalk them here... https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...14-5-a-197228/)


Got their BFP in September :pray:


M.I.A. - We'd love to hear from you!
Glorious, Joski


If you would like to be added to The List or have your entry amended, please ask (and provide the applicable details).

Wishing you all the best 1MP xxx

Take care 1mp xo

Thanks and all the best 1MP. XO

All the best, 1MP.

Sunday 14 September 2014 :grouphug:

Waiting for EPU/O/IUI/FET or just something to happen!
Kel82 - taking a break
PositivelyGTC - taking a break
CatyO - taking a break
Jo_white - saving for IVF
Bestrong - waiting for AF
Jane - waiting for Oct/Nov FET
Emma09 - ???
Miss.B - CD4
Amy_jellybean - CD5
Pholi - CD7
Spoons - CD13
Chellico - CD13
Nothing2lose - CD17
Juniper76 - CD23
PlanetSasha - CD26
Twollamas - CD34


Waiting for Transfer


Hanging out in the TWW (Stalk them here... https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...14-5-a-197228/)


Got their BFP in September :pray:


M.I.A. - We'd love to hear from you!
Glorious, Joski


If you would like to be added to The List or have your entry amended, please ask (and provide the applicable details).

Wishing you the best 1MP xx

Monday 15 September 2014 :grouphug:

Waiting for EPU/O/IUI/FET or just something to happen!
Kel82 - taking a break
PositivelyGTC - taking a break
CatyO - taking a break
Jo_white - saving for IVF
Bestrong - waiting for AF
Jane - waiting for Oct/Nov FET
Emma09 - ???
Miss.B - CD5
Amy_jellybean - CD6
Pholi - CD8
Spoons - CD14
Chellico - CD14
Nothing2lose - CD18
Juniper76 - CD24
PlanetSasha - CD27


Waiting for Transfer


Hanging out in the TWW (Stalk them here... https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...14-5-a-197228/)


Got their BFP in September :clap:
Twollamas - +HPT CD33!!!


M.I.A. - We'd love to hear from you!
Glorious, Joski


If you would like to be added to The List or have your entry amended, please ask (and provide the applicable details).

I have a little bit of hope this month! Got v faint second line on Sat, and more convincing today. I've had so many chem pregs, and it's almost exactly a year since the last mc, so I don't dare get excited. Just called my ob & found out he's on leave til 8th October, so now I'm going to have to wait til the 9th before seeing if it's ok to get excited. Going to be a looooong 3.5 weeks :(

Crossing everything for you twollamas. Sounds really hopeful. 3.5wks is a ling time to wait though. How many sticks are you likely to pee on between now and then.;)

Woo Hoo twollamas fantastic news really hope that 2nd line gets lots darker and the 3.5 week wait does not go too slow. LOL Jane exactly I would be going through those sticks like
no one's business, good luck really hope everything is ok :dance: xxx

Tuesday 16 September 2014 :grouphug:

Waiting for EPU/O/IUI/FET or just something to happen!
Kel82 - taking a break
PositivelyGTC - taking a break
CatyO - taking a break
Jo_white - saving for IVF
Bestrong - waiting for AF
Jane - waiting for Oct/Nov FET
Emma09 - ???
Miss.B - CD6
Amy_jellybean - CD7
Pholi - CD9
Spoons - CD15
Chellico - CD15
Nothing2lose - CD19
Juniper76 - CD25
PlanetSasha - CD28


Waiting for Transfer


Hanging out in the TWW (Stalk them here... https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...14-5-a-197228/)


Got their BFP in September :clap:
Twollamas - +HPT CD33!!!


M.I.A. - We'd love to hear from you!
Glorious, Joski


If you would like to be added to The List or have your entry amended, please ask (and provide the applicable details).