I am day 9 of my first (short) cycle of IVF. Weird symptoms everyday. One question I wanted to ask was, is it normal to still get te stringy discharge and low temps you would normally see around ovulation time? Because that's what I have and I have begun to worry that perhaps the Synarel might not be doing it's job.
Laniwantsababy - I live in Bris now, but had an awesome FS in Sydney when I lived there who I would love to recommend to you. Can I email his name to you?
Twomums - sorry to hear about another IUI for you both. Say positive.
I'm crossing my fingers that my body is not trying to ovulate right now before my EPU next week.
Lani I live in Sydney and am REALLY happy with my FS so far. I'll PM you his details.
Well I just came back from my first ultrasound since starting the puregon and was amazed to find that after only 4 days of injecting 150ml I have around 30 follicles (about 15 on each side) that already range between 8-11mm so they're reducing my dosage to 100ml and will get me back in for another scan on Friday. They've also now diagnosed me with PCOS which had never been diagnosed before. They said it's the only explanation for what's happened so quickly and I guess I'm now at risk of OHSS (that is what it's called right??). Interestingly, TwoMums, I've read about a few studies where they've shown they are able to obtain much better quality eggs where the follicle number is low so now I'm concerned about the quality of my eggs with so many. I would be interested to hear about anyone else with a similar experience and the outcome. Should I be nervous or excited. I don't know whether this is a good or bad start!?!
well i am back from camping now. so say hi to
WLB: how r u going? hope all is well
MELLMELL: how u going also, anytning exciting happening?
BDT: love your new avvy, so cute. count down to ET. good luck, cross fingers.
sazz: sounds a bit ouchy!, hope it goes away, good luck
jaxi: hope all is well, wow 30 follies, that's amazing, do take care, good luck
busy: hugs 4 u, horrible AF, we do hate her.
twomums: good luck maybe new sperm donor might make the difference, good luck, fingers crossed and all that.
lani: so sorry, maybe good news on fri, good luck
brisvega: IGNORE ALL SYMTOMS is all i can say they just make you more crazy, well o.k they make me crazy, i overanalyse evereything, good luck to you , fingers crossed.
if i forgot to say hi sorry, been away for a few days and so much happening.
AFM: well all seems well, i had my FET on friday and now i am in the TWW. we took off up the coast for 4 nights camping, was fun, had very relaxing time. except i got sea sick on last day then had to drive back home 3 hrs feeling yuk all way,wasn't nice.
i'm taking the day off school today as i have a big head ache, i feel wasted, DH said it is early morning sickness ( i wish !)
i am taking pregnyl, i had to do one on sat morn, then tue morn and again i'll have to do one on fri morn, OUCH !.
i don't even think of testing as i know pregnyl gives a false pos reading. so prob earliest i could test would be on next tue (17th march).
this will be day 31 and usually pregnly would be out of system aft 3 - 4 days.
don't have any symtoms yet? but have learnt to ignore them anyway. i've got everything crossed and lots of prayers too.
Hi Jaxi,
I too have slight PCOS tendencies, my first cycle produced 20+ follies on FSH 225, (I started off on a higher dose as my baseline FSH level at Day 3 was 12, which is very high). My E2 levels at Day 8 of injections were 26,000. This cycle was cancelled. My second cycle at 125 FSH by Day 8 I again had 20+ follies, by Day 12 my E2 was 22,500, I went to EPU but no ET due to fear of OHSS. 19 eggs were retrieved and 15 fertilised, all were frozen at Day 1. In hindsight I wish I had have know enough to have them all grown to blastocyst and frozen, as I fully believe that the very high E2 levels at EPU compromised the quality of the embies, they were all very slow growing, only 5 or 6 cell by Day 3, and all had moderate fragmentation. I did 3 FETs with these embies all BFN.
However please keep in mind I have done 2 following stim cycles with lower follie numbers and had 3 and 4 great blasties respectively by Day 5, all of good quality, but still another 2 BFNs (so maybe it is me, not my follies). I have 3 in the freezer.
I think with PCOS also, it is possible to have a large number of follies however they may not all contain an egg, or a mature egg. The more mature the egg, the more E2 it will produce so if your E2 levels are also high, this will likely mean that you will get more eggs. I hope this makes sense and is of some help. GL for your next scan.
TwoMums, have a look back over the last 2 months of the TWW thread, the very lovely Neptune I believe had her IVF cycle converted to IUI and is now pregnant. I have seen quite a few others where this has happened, or where they have gone to EPU with only 3 or 4 follies and ended up with a BFP. Best of luck.
Brisvegas, my temp is always low until ovulation, I think that is pretty standard, so your temps should be low until you take the trigger and introduce prog. GL
Lani, I hope your BT on Friday shows you something more.
Hi to everyone else.
I am feeling a little low today, eventhough I O'd very early Monday morning, I have only had a slight rise in temps, I am obsessive about charting, and wondering why my temps have not gone up, I am on Crinone 1 x day, I wonder if I sould up this dose just in case. Any thoughts?
JBM, hello lovely, sorry I must have posted at the same time and missed you. Glad to hear the TWW is going well for you, sorry to hear you have been feeling sick, how lovely if it was early morning sickness. Thinking of you and praying that this is your time. Hope the TWW goes by speedily and see you in there on Saturday. Big hugs, xx
Hope i can join in..... I have been lurking for a while but was waiting to start my first IVF cycle before i jumped in! Some of you may know me from the IUI thread and the 12+month thread.
Quick history...
I am waiting for AF to arrive to begin our first IVF cycle (antagonist cycle) i'm CD36 so hopefully any day now - We are very excited but also scared!
We had a BFN after a very promising down reg IUI cycle just before christmas which i took very hard - we have had a nice break and i'm now on naturopathic herbs and feel more human than i have in the past 2 yrs!!! Hoping and praying this will be it - my best friend is pregnant with her second and is due on my birthday in May so i'm being selfish and praying i'll be pregnant before she gives birth as i know i will then handle it better .
Will attempt to say hi to everyone...
JBM - GL will be praying hard for you during your TWW xx
Jaxi - Wow 30 follies - can't offer much advice but from reading this forum for a while make sure you take care xx
Lani - praying that Friday will bring you good news - i had a hcg reading of 6.8 after my last IUI but AF arrived the day after the BT but fingers crossed for you!
Two mums - when do you have another scan? - as others have said there have been plenty of people around who had only one egg or converted to II with BFP - so stay strong and positive.
Babydream - when will be your ET - good luck
Busy - sorry to hear AF arrived - if i had been told i couldn't start again til now after my BFN in Dec i would have screamed but the break has been a blessing in disguise - so look after yourself and treat yourself!
Hi to sazz and brisvegas
Look forward to getting to know you all much better. BB has been a lifesaver to me in the past!!!
Hi all
Sorry there is just so mny people in here at the moment that I don't hve time for personals
Busy - so sorry AF arrived. Thinking of you x
Lani - so sorry for your negtive. Thinking of you also
and welcome to the newbies.
AFM - On CD35 natural cycle this time and AF still hasnt come but I did do a POAS yesterday and it was BFN so just waiting now so that I can start IUI round. I think my body is all messed up though as I havent really had many symptoms that AF is coming. Probably the last Pregnyl injections have stuffed up my cycle.
Thanks for that info Baby Dreamtime. I'm actually already terrified of the prospects of a cancelled cycle. I'm feeling so bloated and crampy and am concerned that I have OHSS but I'm supposed to call the FC at 2pm to get results of my BT which will give me a better idea of what's going on. A friend at work just announced her pregnancy (first try and a BFP) and it just makes me all the more impatient!!!!!
JBM, wishing you all the best hun. Hope this is your cycle.
bella, welcome. I'm currently in the middle of my first IVF/ICSI cycle so looks like we're novices together. Wishing you all the best too!
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and welcome to the newbies. 
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