Our IVF Blessing Has Arrived after 6 Cycles
Dusty - I am here and will be back when things settle down alittle and miss you too
Mon -I am there for you DH is the same with me
Mands - Welcome
I know I have missed people but it is very busy and I will catch up with you all soon I promise I hope Shannon is ok
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Hey Girls & Slyder!
Hope you all had lovely relaxing weekends & have got your xmas shopping under control.
Mon, I am so sorry to hear about your CR4PPY weekend and subsequent cancelled cycle. It really sucks! Take some time for yourself & DH to relax & be yourselves over christmas & then I am sure 2008 will be better.
Rach81, MW, Mands & Bec D - hello to you all. I will try to catch up a bit on each of your journeys soon.
TL & BW - hi! hope you are both doing well. I hope you are both having a break from work over christmas to relax.
Me - much to my surprise scan was "perfect" and so we are doing FET on Thursday lunch time. Woo Hoo! Well hopefully....I guess the embie may not defrost properly, but I am really stoked at the moment as I was sure this cycle would be cancelled. BT will be 02.01.08 & the clinic will be open till 2pm that day, so will be able to call and find out results. On the downside, I start the Progestrone Pessiaries tommorrow morning. YUK! Have done the crinone, but have heard these are yukky. Anyway, I guess its part of the journey.
Take care all & I will speak to you tommorrow.
Our IVF Blessing Has Arrived after 6 Cycles
Peta GL with the FET
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Just popping in
Mon, I am so sorry to hear about your cycle being cancelled xxx
Yell & cry and do whatever you need to as much as you need to to get through it
Think new year, new things... Thats what I'm thinking anyway!
Peta - Lots & lots of luck for you for Thursday... Hoping your little embies thaws fighting xxx
Bec - IVM is sounding very very interesting!!!
Can't wait to see how your cycle unfolds
Big hi to everyone else, in panic mode here with Christmas and the wedding unfolding... but getting excited!!!
Will be much more relaxed when I finish work tomorrow night!!!
Hope everyone is wonderful
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Slyder, I think with us, as both of us are fertile, and our problem being I have bad endo. Our Gyno suggested we have lap surgery again and go to IVF while we wait for a surgery date.
We made a bad assumption that because we were fertile, the IVF would just stick the embryo up there and we'd be home, so we kind of have been calling this one our little baby as its been the closest we've come to our desired baby.
This whole LTTTC really messes with your head, you become so hopeful.
Its been good in a way, that AF came. Allowed DH to open up and tell me he hasn't wanted to burden me with everything that I've been going through medically. But we talked and cried and thought, well, we got 8 more frozen. And try to look at that positive. At least I can know say that I have been pregnant, in a round about way. (Having an embryo in my womb - lol, I know, crazy thought but we have to have them to survive). My blood test will reveal if it did actually stick, so I got my fingers crossed that it did stick, even if it were for a week.
Thanks for being around.
Mon, sorry your cycle went a bit crazy. It's certainly hard when you get yourself prepared emotionally only to find the other end of the bargain doesn't hold up.
Welcome to the thread Mand.
Dusty, no doubt you're out surfing or something and wont see this but I hope you have a great time down south.
Bec, I'll be really really interested in how this IVM thing shapes up. You're our BB pioneer
Peta, all the very best with the FET. Yeah, the pessaries are annoying more than anything, especially as you're supposed to lie down for half an hour to an hour afterwards. DW used to wake up at 0530, put it in and go back to sleep.
Big hi to the rest of the gang.
DW had to have a BT today to find our where AF had gone (40 days, record for her). Typically, AF came tonight anyway. So it's back on the pill now (which means we only had one month of TTC au naturale) and then transfer in Feb all things going well.
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Hi Guys
Just a quick one to say thanks for the huge kick in the butt! DH dragged in me into hospital for the OHSS on Friday and they let me out yesterday, feeling a lot better but still far from 100%. Thanks for all the kindness and support :hugs:
Mon - really sorry to hear the cycle was cancelled, hope your feeling ok?
Will catch up on personals hopefully tomorrow. but thanks again!
Shan
Shan, so pleased to hear you're back in action (mostly!).
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Mon – Sorry about your cancelled cycle hon, I know how much that sucks
Peta – Good luck for Thursday! Hope everything goes well for you.
Slyder – Hadn’t thought of myself as a pioneer but will gladly take the title should it work!
mand – no we haven’t done iui as DH has low motility and they don’t believe it’s worthwhile. We have been quoted success rates of approx 25-30% for IVM as opposed to around 50% with IVF (for our age group) but we are happy to go with it as there are less drugs in my system, less injections, cheaper option, and no cancelled cycle – this being the number one reason as I fell into an emotional tailspin when my first IVF cycle was cancelled.
Thanks for the support
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Shannon, I'm glad you did the right thing by going to hospital. Believe me, I know about the not feeling 100% even though you're home again. Three weeks since EPU for me, and while I no longer have pain or bloating, I'm so far beyond exhausted it's just not funny. I still need to rest and sleep a lot - I guess it's been a big demand asking my body to deal with OHSS and pushing myself a little with end of year functions and stuff isn't helping.
Bec, I'm also watching the IVM progress with interest. I guess I've just realised that if we do get one baby out of this batch of frozen embryos, and then want to try for a second and need to do another stim cycle... OHSS and caring for a child or children is just not going to mix well at all!
BW
Antonia is a Goddess!
Hi everyone. Sorry for being absent for a while. Just wanted to pop in and share our good news.
Saw Antonia Ruhl on Monday afternoon for a followup. As soon as she saw me she started congratulating me on being pregnant. I was quite taken aback. She made me do a urine test and sure enough it was positive. Isn't it funny how you can long for something so much and yet when you get it you can't believe it?
I had to do another test to convince myself. Positive again. Antonia said she could see the little embryo. Amazing!
I was still in shock. Just had confirmation from my doctor that the blood test was positive. I guess that means I am really going to be a mum! Thank you all for your support.
Antonia has been amazing in her support of DH and myself throughout our journey with her. I know she will be a great help in the coming months as we adjust to the role of parenthood. My xmas has really come early.
Wishing everyone the very best on your own journeys TTC.
Love,
Kerri
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CONGRATULATIONS Kerri!
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Shannon, Good to see you back, sorry it happened that way, but glad you're feeling better.
Kerri - Congratulations, thats fantastic.
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*boo* anyone in here? lol
shannon, so glad you are ok and went to the hospital. 2008 will be the year hun!
kerrie, congrats! so lovely to hear when a LTer has success and am so glad Antonia helped you out. spooky (in a nice way) that she knew like you were UTD.
no surf here today, almost flat as a pancake but had a great boogie board this morning. ummm i love holidays.
xx
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Had one of those horrible days where everything at work went wrong, not to mention TWW is driving me crazy, thank god 4 days to go. Though this morning I was 80% I wasn't going to get BFP where as the past couple of days I thought YES!.. DH kinda went a little off at me and told me to stop stressing but sometimes, I just wish we could pump them with the hormones, just for a day. But then I realise he's prob just frustated that he can't help.
Anyhow, how is everyone, Im bored and need some distraction. TV sux and I really don't want to do work work.
Is this all normal, seriously?? (1st timer here) I think I have some stuff to get used to. *sigh*
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Good Morning Ladies
Kerri - Congrats thats a great surprise!!! What a wonderful Christmas present
ML - Yep definately all normal! The TWW sucks! And an interesting story my husband bought a new TV yesterday and i sat down and had a chat with him last night saying how i was upset because he got to be all excited and i had to worry about the finances and couldn't enjoy it etc etc and he said to me thats exactly how IVF is for him, everything is happening to me and i have all these feelings about it and all he does is worry about me all the time, he doesn't get to relax and get excited etc because im his first priority and all he manages to do is worry. I had never thought it if like that, and it get me more perspective on how he was experiencing IVF. Hope that makes some kind of sense
Just wanted to say Merry Christmas to everyone and wishing you all a great New Year!!
2008 has to be the one for us!!
Shan
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Hey everyone!
Thank god its the holidays!!!! We had our work xmas party last night & I am exhausted. Not so much from one late night, but a conglomeration of them over the last week.
Well just wanted to let you know FET went well -thank you for all your wishes. Unfortunately they had to thaw 5 embies to get 1 to survive, which means we are only left with 1 in the freezer. Was a bit dissappointed about that, but keep thinking we only need one to succeed. Here's hoping its the little one that's now with me! For some reason (maybe cause this time of year is so busy) I am feeling very blah about the whole process and not worrying too much about the possibilities that lie ahead. Who knows, maybe that is a good frame of mind to have?!
Shannon - very glad to see you back on deck! Hope you are recovering/have recovered well. Very interesting analogy with DH and the TV. Sometimes the only way I can understand things is by either a picture or analogy like that. Thanks!
ML - not long now. Here's hoping Monday (?) brings good news for you & a fabulous christmas pressie.
Well girls take care.
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TWW is over tomorrow, still have to go have blood test even though AF came to say hello. Will catch up later.
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