Long Term TTC & Assisted Conception - Feb 2008 #2

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The old thread is here

[tiggerlinda]

Lets start with some

Deni yay and well done

[Baby Bliss]

TL - Your spell sounds beautiful, I hope it has filled you with hope and happiness. Your timeline sounds good, lap not too far off now.

Scooby I hope things go ok, cancellations suck the big one.

Meredith, hope the wait flies by for you with a great end result!

SP - All the best for your 2ww.

Bec - Thinking of you as always, lovely.

Saph, hope the scan went well.


I am all confirmed and ready to go. Clomid 5 days from Thurs, 200iu puregon for 5 days from Friday and scan Wed morning.

What time does everyone take meds and does it matter? I was doing morning, thinking it gave an extra 12 hours for effects to show at scan... but night is more convenient really.

[saph204]

Deni that is fantastic newsi bet you feel real clever and so you should.

Well i went for the scan and still no change am very disappointed as the whole trip took three hours to get in there and home again for a big fat zero no lead follicles.

Scooby i feel for you now i am worried that they will cancel my cycle as well.

Any one in perth going through fertility north. I am thinking i might have to change clinics as i cant keep going with three hour trips for scans.

Anyway will keep you posted to what the clinic say now.

to everyone

[tiggerlinda]

Go Kell Go BFPs for all this yeat

Saph - I do hope that all happens to grow when my numbers were low my Natropath suggested heat pack for 5 mins on 20 mins off as and idea. I ended up getting 4 eggs

Hi to all and lots of good luck

[Pookiegirlba]

I don't know if many of you will remember me, but I began posting late last year when DH and I started our first round of IVF. That cycle was cancelled due to poor response to stims and we were just devastated. I stopped posting because it just seemed easier not to deal with it and I found it hard reading about the BFPs that happened around Xmas. I continued to log-on and keep up to date with everyone's news, but I found I was just too sad to contribute.

Anyway, DH and I started our 2nd IVF cycle last month and this time we made it to EPU. At this stage (Day 4) we have one super good quality morula, and 4 good ones (early stage morulae) and one little slowpoke that they haven't given up on yet. My ET is tomorrow afternoon. Very exciting!

I just wanted to post and say thank you to all of you who post all the time, and how incredibly wonderful you all are for sharing your stories day in day out. I wish I had that courage. Your stories keep me going.

Vicki

[saph204]

Well hi;

So excited got the call to trigger today. Knew i would as the follicle was at 19mm. Think DH is more excited then me. So now i join all those in the dreaded TWW but i am over the moon at not having to go to the clinic for scans ( lets hope ever again) It took me two hours to get to the clinic today the traffic was so bad with the storms, only just made it in time for the cut off time.

Bee - if you are not comfortable with the FS suggested course of treatment then get a second opinion. See in my case both my husband and i are against IVF and will not be going down that avenue if suggested. So if our FS had not suggested less invasive course of action we would not have begun treatment. Clomid often doesn't work for PCOS, i had one cycle then straight to puregon. It may be more your DH problem that has caused them to suggest IVF. What you need to do is ask questions so you are fully informed.

Sandi - sorry about the results keep you chin up.

Minnie - well i ended up with 25 days of puregon i look like i have some hideous disease that causes you to turn yellow with red spots.

Tigger - hope the interview went well. I dont know why i bother with cleaning it only takes five minutes for it to be a mess again.

Well hoping everyone has a great weekend.

[sandiandandrew]

Thanks to you all for your reassuring words... I will never give up!
I'm looking forward to the next time.
Good luck everyone
I will be checking in to see how you all are going hope there are some BFP's SOON!

[Bee83]

Hi Girls,
Thanks for the advice everyone, the first doctor said OI but changed to ICSI once they got DH's results. I guess the hard thing for me is i work in the IVF and ultrasound field in fact i may have even scanned some people here from Perth, i see everything about IVF the ups, downs and sometimes too much knowledge is a bad thing. We will probably try IVF when we get back from our honeymoon at the end of April...i'm just so nervous.

As for all those girls trying i send you my love and best wishes. If anyone has any technical questions i would be happy to answer them to the best of my ability.

Bee

[numa]

Hi fellow LTTTCers

This is my first post on here, although I have been reading for a long time! I'm not sure exactly how it works but I thought this thread seemed relevant and I finally feel the need to "talk" to others who may understand.

My husband and I have been TTC since July 2006, and miraculously got pregnant on the third go. However I miscarried at 6 weeks, I guess they call that a chemical pregnancy.

Since then we have tried faithfully with naturopaths, good diet, supplements and doing all the tests including sperm and lap/hyst/dye studies - all normal. Then chlomid - nothing. After a year we decided it was time to move on to IVF (I never thought that would be me!). We were meant to start in January 2008 but my father sadly passed away on Dec 30th...I was devastated. We then started in February, and 2 weeks later my grandmother (mothers side) passed away. More sadness, but we continued with our stim cycle.

Things seemed to be going well and last Wednesday they collected 19 eggs. By the next day however we found out the news that only 1 had fertilized - 10 were immature, and the other 9 "failed to bind". Our transfer date was brought forward and we were getting ready to go in on Friday when we got a call - our 1 embryo was not suitable to transfer.

We were lucky enought to speak with the embryologist who explained everything - our 1 fertilised egg was not developing normally. Despite the shock and sadness, I'm glad we were saved a pointless 2ww.

It seems our other 9 eggs and sperm didn't like each other, or couldn't communicate. It seems strange that sometimes science cannot give a more technical answer! Although the embryologist gave us a great deal of information and encouraged our questions, I still find myself wondering why our eggs and sperm don't seem to get on?? We were a case of unexplained infertility, I guess now we have found our explanation. And our "cure" (hopefully) - ICSI.

I'd love to here any comments or feedback about our situation. Its hard not to wonder if we are not "meant" to have babies and is ICSI forcing the fact. It doesn't mean I won't do it - I'm not ready to give up yet - I just have to comes to terms with our new situation.

Thanks for reading....

xo

Me 36
Husband 33

[MsPink]

Numa - welcome!! You have been going thru a really hard time you poor thing. My deepest sympathies on your Dad and Grandmother, I am sure you are heartbroken. That in itself is so hard to go thru without doing IVF as well...
I am so sorry about your failed IVF cycle - it is so hard to deal with after going thru all the needles, stress etc. My first cycle also failed. Am also sure after being told you had 19 eggs - an amazing number by the way, that none were successful, you just didnt know what to think.
I also have ICSI because as you get older your eggs get harder and makes it much more difficult for the sperm to enter on its own. With ICSI - that actually put the little swimmer into the egg so he doesnt have to break thru the wall - so to speak.
I am sure it will help you when you are ready to go for the next round.
Stay positive and dont give up...