hi ladies.we are starting an iui cycle today.i start taking letrazol today til monday and see FS 650am tuesday morning an should start fsh injections then.he doesnt expect that iui will work for us but willing to try it while we get money organized to do ivf
LittleMiss - I totally hear you about how painful Clexane injections are. I posted a comment in a different forum about it recently. They are sooooo blunt, hey? And man do they hurt. I've done FSH injections and they are a walk in the park comparatively speaking.
I starting taking Clexane last Saturday - daily injections like you. They leave a bright red round bruise where I've pushed the needle into my stomach. A few days ago, though, I must have pushed too hard and too quick and oh my god the pain and you should see the bruising! I don't know how long I need to be on them either, but next time I see my FS I am going to ask about other brands to see if their needles might be sharper :doh:
The brand I'm using is Clexane. What are you using? Do any other ladies use a different brand, perhaps with finer needles? ;)
Hi Ladies,
Just a quick one again today.....as you all know i only had 1 left...by day 2 transfer it was a Grade A 6 cell embie (normally day 2 they are 2 -4 cells) that we put back...still bummed that i never get any to freeze in any of my attempts....i hope this one sticks..but i don't feel confident with day 2 or day 3 transfers....research shows that blasties have approx. 20% more chance of success...at my age i need all the percentages i can get....i have made an appointment with FS for IVF #4 early January 2010..here's hoping i don't need it...
Good Luck EmeraldStar - My thought & prayers are with you. Everything is crossed that you get your little Christmas miracle. mitf xo
Emerald star - GL with your 2ww! Fingers and toes crossed for you hunny!
J76 - hope things are going well for you, no xmas drinks for you this year :)
Brunette & littlemissmoo - I also have to take Clexane in my stim cycles and I hear you - so painful! I also bruise really easily normally so doing up to 50 injections (yep, I counted!) per cycle was horrendous. My tips are try to relax, put on some music for background noise, a few deep breaths and then breathe out and wiggle your toes while you insert the needle. Helps keep you distracted! Also remember not to rub the injection site afterwards as that makes it bruise more, so do your FSH injections first.
I am going insane in my 2ww, 4 sleeps til BT and I really want to POAS. Badly. Am 10 days post transfer of a blastie.... Argh! Give me some willpower not to POAS!!
EmStar - Excellent news on your transfer. Sounds like you've got a good-quality embie there. Don't give up yet! Let's hope you can soon cancel that FS appointment for next year, hey? I know what you mean about higher odds with blasties v earlier transfers but I would take heart from one of the ladies on this site who is currently pregnant. I think I read she had a day 2/3 3-cell and 4-cell (with fragmentation) transferred. And you've got yourself a top-of-the-line embie :D
Trubabe - good luck for your cycle.
Mrs P - Thanks for your tips. I will try wiggling the toes this morning LOL! I have taken Clexane injections for 6 days now and I can see the various success or otherwise of my needles. Yesterday was the best yet, and I think I now have a system - breathe out, slowly and gently insert the needle, and as little pressure as possible! You say you're 10days post blastie transfer. When is your BT? I am only 2 days post blast. Aaaaagh!
Hi all
EmStar - will have F and TX that this one sticks and you can cancel the appointment in Jan. Sounds like a very good quality embie. If it doesnt eventuate then we will be doing an IVF cycle together again. I hope it happens this time for you though :pray: GL in TWW
Littlemiss and Brunette ~ GL with the Clexane - sounds yuk! All the best with your cycles!!
MrsP ~ Stay away from the POAS!! All the best, hoping you get your BFP!! FX
GL to everyone waiting, jabbing etc :grouphug::bluedust::pink-babydust:
AFM ~ In a natural TWW, just finished o'ing. We have been on some tablets for the last month from my uncle who is a naturopath so hopefully they will have helped us already and we might have better chances! FX
Brunette & Miss P - It is the claxine brand that i've been prescribed, I think it must be the only one available as I remember asking my FS if there was any others I could take & the answer was no! I'm hoping I won't have to do them for too long, I think from memory I done them for a week last time. Also, I had to have a C/Section for my daughter & I only had to have them whilst I was in hospital which was 5 days.
I was trying to do my needle this morning whilst Abbey slept & half way through there was a knock on the door, my parents in law, so there I was answering the door with a needle hanging half way out my stomach!!
The clinic rang this morning to advise that of the 11 that had fertalised, we now have 8 looking good. As I mentioned this is our best result yet, so I hope we a few for the freezer. Hope you're all keeping as sane as possible!!
Good Luck xxx
Hi Ladies,
It has been an awfully long time since I posted, I have popped in to check on a few of you now and then. Emerald - love your wall of fame and you can add me to the :2ww: - My BT is on 18/12/09 - FX for a great Xmas pressie! I see you are BT 2 days earlier - FX for you too.
I've just completed another down reg cycle, from about 9 follies all about 22mm (2 days prior to ET) we got 7 eggs (ET was on Wednesday) 5 fert, 1 back today and hopefully the 4 for freeze. So I am pretty happy.
My FS said the emby we put back today was "as good as it gets" and this being my 3rd transfer and the first time he actually did it - I am hoping he brings me some good luck! (he has been unavail the last 2 times)
I tell you tho - I am in a lot of pain this time round. Was very bloated and sore before EPU and bit tender yesterday but even worse today. Nurse says maybe a mild case of OHSS - I tell you I feel sorry for the ladies that have more than 10 eggs - and full blown OHSS. I just can not imagine the pain. I can barely walk and don;t ask me about what it feels like to cough or sneeze. Whooaaa :jawdrop:
I see a few newbies in here - :hello: to you all... nice to meet you! I won't say welcome cos a few of you have been in here way more than me of late so I feel more like the newbie! I hope your time here is short - you know what I mean!
So this is just a quick post to update on where I am at. I will lurk around and try keep up - but good luck to all of you for whereever you are at! :goodluck:
Hi again Ladies!!!
ThanKyou all for your positive support......:grouphug:
Nix76 - I have added you on the list...GL
Not writing any personals as i have dinner guests in an hour an need to organise myself...has anyone heard any news that i might have missed with Terry and Leabie...I hope there are some BFP's there!!
THE :pregnant: HALL OF FAME
JULY - springvalley
AUGUST - Krikkit, Taurean78, Muppity, Jasminstar and williamsemma59
SEPTEMBER - Cass180, Persephone1, JayJaye
OCTOBER - Lise, Mitf and Emstar
NOVEMBER - Coral73, Airline, Belle333, Wishes, LondonMiss, Sonyalouise, Motherhood here i come, Rob,
Awaiting results: :pray:
Terry - BT 3rd December
Leabie - BT 4th December
Brunette - BT 16th December
Emerald Star - BT 16th December
Nix76 - BT 18th December
Just a super-quick pop-in
Emstar - I'm out of the running, AF arrived in full force yesterday :shakehead:
Hope everyone is well, will post more when I get a chance
LittleMiss - God you made me laugh going to the door to greet your in-laws with a needle hanging out your stomach! I hope they knew about IVF beforehand or they might think you're a druggie :lol: Great results, too!
Emerald star - please add me to your list - my BT is 7th Dec :)
Leabie - sorry you are out of the running, take care hun.
Loops - I didn't read your message in time and I did POAS today ha ha. I'm so bad.
Anyway girls - now I'm freaking out because it was a strong positive. I can't believe it though, like I honestly just don't think it's real. It's going to be an even longer wait until Monday now. The reason I POAS was that I didn't think it would be positive, so I thought well at least if it's a BFN then I'm more prepared for Monday. But, as with every other time I have POAS, it has made things more difficult. Argh.
Hope everyone has a nice weekend.
Leabie - so sorry hun, I have gone through quiet a few of those BFN's and it doesn't get any easier...hang in there...and have hope that the next one might be the one! :hug:
Mrs P - Keeping everything crossed that this is the one...hopefully you can be the first for our December....can't wait till the 7th...GL
Terry - what are you holding out on us??? hopefully its a BFP!!
THE :pregnant: HALL OF FAME
JULY - springvalley
AUGUST - Krikkit, Taurean78, Muppity, Jasminstar and williamsemma59
SEPTEMBER - Cass180, Persephone1, JayJaye
OCTOBER - Lise, Mitf and Emstar
NOVEMBER - Coral73, Airline, Belle333, Wishes, LondonMiss, Sonyalouise, Motherhood here i come, Rob
DECEMBER - ???
Awaiting results: :pray:
Terry - BT 3rd December ??
Mrs P - BT 7th December
Brunette - BT 16th December
Emerald Star - BT 16th December
Nix76 - BT 18th December
Hi Mrs P - I posted you in a different forum, but that's a very positive sign for it to show so quickly. God, not long to go now. Test on Monday; how exciting. Good luck, and can't wait to hear ...
Hi Emstar
Thanks, you're right - they never get any easier... Have signed on for another round of IUI, start shooting up on Monday, here we go again!
Hope I'm not speaking out of turn, please let me know if its not the done thing - but Terry posted in the TWW thread, it was a BFN :shakehead:
Mrs P - OMG how exciting, I have my fingers, toes, & arms crossed for you. I've also got my legs crossed for you but only until tomorrow when I go in for my transfer!!!!
Thanks Brunette and Emerald star - I bought more tests today (different brands) and POAS again twice ha ha, two more positives. So still looking hopeful. But unfortunately I know that this is just the first hurdle - getting pregnant - and the next would be staying pregnant.
Littlemissmoo - thanks hun - you make sure you uncross tomorrow and GL with transfer!!
Hi ladies,
sorry I have been MIA - I don't get to the boards for a while, so don't be surprised if I am often "quiet".
So many posts to catch up on....
Good luck to Brunette, Emerald Star, and Nix76 in your 2WW.
Leabie, sorry that horrid cow AF turned up for another visit. We need to ban AF!
littlemissmoo - sorry, but I too found that image quite amusing!! Hope all was OK, and that your inlaws didn't think you were a druggie, or worse - pass out on the front porch!
Mrs P - sounds promising! I'm keeping everything crossed for you.
AFM - CD5. Clomid today. just waiting for the shag-fest to begin (usually around day 10 for me). I've been feeling unwell the last couple of days, so I hope I am not coming down with something - getting sick just doesn't fit in my schedule!
Question, does anyone else use a clearblue fertility monitor? and if so, can you change the recorded data (one month I ran out of sticks, and forgot to restart it, so one of my cycle histories is wrong).
sticky vibes & babydust to all! XX
Hi Emerald Star
Sorry I wasn't holding out but I thought I was prepared for the BFN answer as it turns out I wasn't. Friday was a nightmare AF arrived well and truly and I was so sick. I've spent the weekend trying to make myself feel better as I was struggling with the thought of not having another cycle till March next year.
Leabie sorry you didn't make it either
Hope everyone else is travelling ok
Terry, so sorry to hear that. I totally understand your frustration at having to wait till March next year. Take care of yourself.
Hello fellow ladies,
Well, I had my transfer this morning & we transferred a grade 2 blastocyst. We currently have 2 embys ready for the freezer, the embryologist advised that we have 8 currently at the stage of the 'just before turning into a blasty' so she will check overnight & see if any of the others are ready for the freezer.
I had an absolutely horrific experience the last embryo transfer we undertook, so was feeling very anxy about today. But, glad to say it couldn't have gone better. No pain, no screaming, no recreating of the exorcist on the table with legs akimbo!! I was so traumatised last time that my doctor promised me she would come in for any of the transfers & do them herself (last time was another FS), so I had my own doctor & by co-incidence my favourite nurse was working today as well. I was also a bit sneaky & bought in the icky clexane injection for the nurse to do!!
Anyway good luck & best wishes everyone, I think I'll now mosey across to the 2WW thread & hope to see you there soon xxx
LMM - Great result on the number and quality of embies to be frozen this cycle! I like the way you do business, giving the clexane injection to the nurse :) Although I have to say, I have become pretty good at giving injections and reckon I do a better job than most of the nurses! I take more care than them. I have a massive purplish/blue bruise from yesterday's shot. I think it was too close to an older injection site, and I bled a little too. It's quite scary looking at all the bruises over my stomach!
GL to you for this cydle. I'm posting in the TWW, too, so no doubt will talk to you there.
hi ladies.just a quick post as i am on stand by for midwife duties-our shar pei is preg and showing signs of going in to labour so hopefully either today or tomorrow we will have wrinkly little bundles :D lol
Hi ladies
Leabie and Terry ~ Im so sorry for your neg's :hug: Hang in there and hope you can both have another try soon.
Littlemiss ~ GL in TWW, will have FX!!
Mrs P ~ that ok i understand and forgive you LOL. So happy its looking like an awesome result. Can't wait to hear for sure
Milly ~ Hope you dont get sick and all the best this cycle.
Nix ~ Glad to see you back, all the best and hope the OHSS isnt too bad, doesnt stay around. GL!
Trubabe ~ GL with the pups, I know its exciting and bit stressful, been there a few times. Bet they will be gorgeous.
Hi to everyone and sorry for missing people
AFM ~ In a natural TWW and ive had some funny tummy type pains and maybe getting my hopes up but hoping they are a good sign and not just wind or something LOL
ty loops.she hasnt started labour yet.she is hardly moving seems very disoriented.i have given her a warm bath and rubbed her belly and teats just havent taken her for a walk coz its too hot,plus i dont think she would walk far at the moment.if nothing is happening by time DP gets home i might take her to the vet and see if they can help things along
Loops - tummy pains can be a good sign - GL hun :)
trubabe - puppies, how exciting!!
littlemissmoo - glad your transfer went well. My first transfer was horrible and I was so scared for the next one but thankfully it went well. GL in the 2ww!
AFM - can't quite believe it but it's a BFP! Still in shock (first BFP ever) and I am just so so scared now of the whole world of things that could go wrong. But just going to take it one day at a time, and try not to freak out too much. Hugs to everyone and thanks for your support.
littlemissmoo - great going!! when is your BT due? i want to add you to my list.
trubabe - what breed is Shar Pei?? How cute, to have some puppies around...so excited for her..wonder if i should start another list for "deliveries" and add her on. LOL
Loops12 - Hiya girl....hope those tummy pains are a good sign.FX!!
MrsP - Congrats hon!!!! :leap: wishing you a happy and healthy 9 months...YOU are on the LIST, our first for December !!!! :dance:
THE :pregnant: HALL OF FAME
JULY - springvalley
AUGUST - Krikkit, Taurean78, Muppity, Jasminstar and williamsemma59
SEPTEMBER - Cass180, Persephone1, JayJaye
OCTOBER - Lise, Mitf and Emstar
NOVEMBER - Coral73, Airline, Belle333, Wishes, LondonMiss, Sonyalouise, Motherhood here i come, Rob
DECEMBER - Mrs P,
Awaiting results: :pray:
Brunette - BT 16th December
Emerald Star - BT 16th December
Nix76 - BT 18th December
emerald shar peis are rolly dogs, the ones with all the wrinkles.took her to the vet this afternoon to have progesterone blood test to see where she was at,when their levels are low they are ready to give birth within 12 hours roughly.took her to vet just after 2 this afternoon around 230 when getting ready to leave after test she stood up i noticed she was dripping,called vet nurse back out and by then had a string of mucus across to leg.bought her home she was panting some.results from bt came back just after 4 her progesterone level was 17.9 and vet said shes ready to go.shes had a warm bath,belly rubs and walk around block and other than occasional panting nothing yet though she is breathing slightly faster at the moment.if nothing happens by morning she will probably need an oxtocin injection. I am supposed to see FS at 650 in morning for scan etc to start fsh injections but whether i am going to be able to make it depends on our little mama. i feel little paws pressing against my hand when i rub her belly,sooooo cute
Mrs P - Posted to you in another forum but WELL DONE! Woo hoo!
Trubabe - How exciting for your puppy to be having pups. Will they be totally covered in excess skin as puppies, or is it only when they're older that they produce the excess skin?
Bronsie - I used Sharkeys herbs for about 10 months and they really helped to regulate my cycle. My natural cycle is anywhere from 19 to 32 days, so it is really hard to pick Ov etc. I also charted my temperature for 12 months which helped with Ov (although you're always a day behind when you chart) but the herbs were great. Before I started the herbs I had a short cycle then a long ccycle then a short cycle...with the short cycles the egg doesn't have time to mature before Ov, so my chances of pg were pretty slim. On the herbs I had a regular 28 day cycle. Ov was on day 13 or 14... it was like clockwork. I ordered all herbs on their online ordering system - you don't have to go to Queensland. You answer a questionnaire and then they analyse it and put together a formula specially for you. I thought it was good...in the end though, it didn't help me with a BFP as i had endo and decided to go IVF. Hope that helps.
Hi Ladies, Thought that I would sneak in over here seeing as I'm not in 2ww anymore...another :bfn: for us. Horrible AF arrived Sunday night. One more frozen bub left so I've decided just to launch straight into it and start Clomid today so hopefully transfer will be early Jan.
Mrs P- I am so happy for you, that is fantastic news. Take care of yourself and try not to stress too much :D
Hi ladies, im also skulking over from the 2WW thread. I was having my repeat test this morning from a HCG reading of 10. AF arrived last night so now the test is just a cruel formality.
It was my first ET, and i was never told a 'bio chemical pg' was a possibility, i read on the net that there is a higher risk of it happening in PGD cases. Why did our FS not tell us that, to prepare us just incase.
I thought i would feel better once i got my period. When we had our first cycle and had no ET, when AF arrived i felt my sanity return to my head. But this time i just feel grief, i feel like ive lost something i never had. And to make things worse the blabbermouth embreologist had told me the sex of the embie just before the ET. (we can legaly know due to the PGD as i carry a sex linked disease)
Ive aslo noticed on here that ppl who have bio chem's have them repeatedly. So im really scared. Will go for our FET after the silly season. Im scared also that it wont thaw. Not sure whats involed in organising a FET, my FS hasnt even rang me.
Oh well im off for my nasty little BT.
XX
Bj- sorry it didnt work out for you either.
congrats to MrsP
xx
Jaki hun I'm so sorry, I know how hard it can be having to go for the 'formal' BT when already have AF. Sorry it didn't work out for you this time, and please dton't stress yourself about multiple chem pg, it's tough on you just one month as it is. Take one cycle at a time babe I know you have the strength to do it.
Best wishes for a new year healthy PG XXXXXX
Bj sorry AF showed hun X I hope that the new year sprinkles some babydust your way too X
MrsP congratulations darling, hope that you enjoy a H+H pregnancy X
I'd love to do more persies, but I'm just trying to get into the swing of things here and remember who everybody is! I'll have to sit down thisavo and have a bit more of a read!
Just wanted to pop in and say hello to everyone, DH and I start our first cycle of IVF this month just in time for the medicare 2009, but I'm waiting for AF to show. The longest natural cycle I've had is 34 days and the longest IUI cycle was 35 days, so not quite sure what my body is up to right now but I'm becoming very impatient. First time in over 4 yrs I'm praying AF would hurry up and she wont come!
Anyways goodluck to all those in the TWW, best wishes to all those testing in the next couple days, take care XXXXXXXXXXXXx
PuppyDust for Trubabes little girl X! (hope you make it to your scan)
trubabe, I hope you're surrounding by tiny puppies by now! I also hope you made it to your scan/etc to get your own pg started!
Jaki, I'm so sorry you had to lose your little emby. I had my first chem pg in September and all I can say is take the time to grieve. It's a loss, no matter how early. :hug: I share the same fear as you of having another one, but many women go on to have a healthy pg and there's no reason to expect otherwise.
Hi to everyone else! I may not say a lot, but I'm cheering you on from the sidelines! :bluedust::pink-babydust:
Afm, we had our scan this morning. I was a little surprised, to be honest. In the past I've needed 12 days of puregon before EPU. So, today being day 8 of stims, I'd expect to be around the size where it's time to start the orgalutran (~12mm). Imagine my surprised when my follies were between 16-21mm!!
:jawdrop:
So, of course, now I'm ever-so-slightly freaking out and worrying that my LH levels have already started to surge. I'm supposed to start the orgalutran tonight (any suggestions on what time? my FS didn't say) and go back on Friday. Which brings me to concern #2 - my FS still wants to do the EPU on Monday and I'm worried I'll end up with over-mature eggs.
Anyway, I'm not sure if it was the change in protocol (no suppression before FSH) or the acupuncture, but I'm responding a lot more quickly and we saw 7 decent sized follies, with possibly a few more hiding on my "hard-to-find-because-its-hiding-behind-my-uterus" left ovary. I'm just praying that we get to EPU and collect enough good eggs to do a blastocyst transfer! :pray:
Morning Ladies
Jaki80 don't feel bad no matter how prepared we think we are for the BFN it always hurts when it's confirmed. My acupunturist said that's its better to let it all out rather than carry it around bottled up cause the stress etc isn't good for your body so if you feel bad or want to cry just go ahead we have all felt the same and the pain never gets easier we just become more resilient.
Murraycod there is nothing worse than waiting for AF to arrive I too went through that last month. When we are having a cycle we pray it doesn't come when we want to start a cycle we pray it hurrys up it's a no win situation..hang in there you'll be on your way soon
Mrs P congratulations so glad that we have our first positive for the month may the trand continue.
AFM I've got 3 months off but we will conitnue to try naturally...I'm hoping with unexplained infetility that maybe it can just happen
hi ladies, yes i did make it to my scan.so far i have 2 8.2mm follies at cd9.i start fsh injections today and see FS saturday at 620am and hopefully we get the nod to do iui monday.
As for our furry little mama still no puppies yet took her back to the vet and spoke to different vet to yesterday afternoon.her progesterone was 17.9 and turns out it needs to be ten or lower for her to go into labour.they said it may drop to that by later today but didnt do another blood test.so no oxitocin for her yet.if nothing has happened by tomorrow morning maybe another prog blood test and the oxi.
Trubabe – How cute to have shar pei puppies. Gorgeous! Hope you got to your scan ok!!
Bj*81 sorry to hear BFN. GL for next transfer
Jacki80. What is PGD? I’m sorry that AF arrived... and that you lost your emby. It’s always a horrible thing when you are trying so hard. Think positive for the next cycle. Your baby is waiting for you...I am starting my first IVF cycle, and I guess you just have to be positive that a BFP will be there at the end waiting for you...
Mrs P CONRATULATIONS, and don’t stress out!
Murraycod – good luck. I am also starting my first IVF.
Juniper76 Good Luck with a blastocyst transfer.
Afm, I started Lucrin injections yesterday, which are a little painful, and I had a little rash today just after I injected, but it went away after a couple of hours. It’s very exciting to finally be on the road to IVF. Got to find an acupuncturist (we’ve moved and the old one I went to is too far away now) AF should arrive on Saturday, and then Blood Test on Day 2, and then start FSH injections...
Hi babytruj,
PGD is Preimplantation genetic diagnosis. They wait until the embie is a hatching blastie and take some cells from what will become the placenta, then test it for a disease i carrie. It makes IVF quite difficult, as you end up with alot less usable embies, if any.
Good luck with your cycle hun.
xx
Mrs P congratulations that is fantastic up-lifting news. I am very happy for you and it is great to see another success on the board.
Juniper - good to see you round and they do seem like good results. Seems like so long til EPU considering your sizes but FS knows what he is doing I am sure! If you are not feeling so pos about it maybe just ask for another scan say Thursday? Tho I think you said you were back there Friday - I am sure all is OK.
Loops - GL in your natural 2ww. How is your tractor selling going?
Terry - I didn't ride your cycle with you but my sympathy to you all the same. A lot of here know what it is like and I think you definately need to let yourself express how you feel for those first few days. Be kind to yourself and then take the positive and feel good about being able to drink & eat soft cheese once again!
Jaki - sorry to hear about your results too. Sounds like you have a few extra hurdles so Ihope next time is the time for you hun.
To all others - hiand hope you are all well.
AFM - counting down the days to BT - sort of! Actually trying not to think about it too much! Think I will be counting the sleeps to go when there is only 1 week left to go!
Nite ladies :-)