Long Term TTC & Assisted Conception - February/March 2009

[xx Rob xx]

Hi Jodes,

to the thread. I am incountry SA and also using Repromed.

They are great, as you can see we do have some children but wanted more and I had looked into two places here and they didn't judge us on the fact we were seeking IVF even though we had kids already which was nice but the other place were basically like aren';t you happy with what you've got.

I am going for EPU (Egg Pick Up) this Friday and then will transfer hopefully next Wed. This is only my 2nd cycle. My first failed and none of our embies thawed for the frozen transfer so here we go again. All I can say is some advice I was given is don't expect anything.

Both my cycles have been very different so if you have no expectation you won't fall as far. I hope that makes sense. It's hard not to get excited I am cronic for it but we will just see.

Who knows maybe we can catch up one day in town.

You are in the right place, everyone here is just great. You can ask anything and everyone will all do our best to help answer and even when you think you are on your own you really aren't.

Take care and lot's of luck.

[Buggirl]

Hi Jodes,

I am also in Adelaide at Repromed. I didnt know what to expect - no matter how much literature you read or what people tell you I find the experience of living through something is always different. The staff are really good at the clinic and do everything to make you feel relaxed - The stim cycle is pretty straight forward, blood tests and ultrasounds up until ovulation. The injections I also found ok (I am not the least bit sqeamish). I was a bit achy on the day of egg collection but ok to go back to work the following day. Embryo transfer first time was a little tricky as my cervix was tight and made it difficult to put the catheter in. The only thing I would say is - say no to taking home a picture of your embryo! I found this very distressing the first time I had an ET as I attached a lot of emotion to this picture and when the embryo didnt take I was very very upset. The second transfer I refused the picture, but in general coped much better the second time (natural FET cycle). I came very close the second time (chemical pregnancy) so was very buoyed by the result. The FS says I had a very good result (despite the fact of not falling pregnant!) and responded well to the drugs. I hope you have a great result too!

The worse thing I found with the first stim cycle was the crinone (progesterone cream) I think I was so PMS for the full 2 weeks after! Again the 2ww is the worse - you KNOW there is an embryo in there and you cant but help obsess about its attachment!

Good luck! I am either going to have a another FET (if it survives the thaw) or going to go through another stim cycle soon too, so let us know how you go!

cheers
BG

[BOC]

Morning peoples!

Thanks to those who have made me feel very re-welcomed! Am doing a name change as I know someone who may be joining the thread soon and will recognise my ID. Don't know if they've processed it yet or not. BTW anyone know how to edit the mood tab? Can't seem to get it working.

Miss Magpie: FANTASTIC news! wishng you a H&H 9mths!

To those doing their EPUs and generally being poked, prodded and tested this week

To any TWWers

AFM Day 4 of pill popping and at about 3am this morning reality hit me like a ton of bricks about the hugeness of what we are undertaking. I have been awake since and I am so nervous/anxious I could climb the walls and it's only Day 4! God help me when we get to the big stuff!

FS seems to think I will OHSS first few times due to the PCOS & just basically being newbies. Any tips on how to avoid this one?

Hope everyone has a great day. I'm off to pick up my Synarel and some footy tickets for DH. Catch you all later!

[xx Rob xx]

Jodes - I totally agree with buggirl. Don't take the photo. I kept looking at it thinking will it or won't it. Is it a girl or boy. I could clearly see where a baby should have formed and it does make it harder when you can physically see it. I don't think I will be taking the photo this time round, it's just too hard. Like I said you need to keep it simple and minimise expectation it just makes it easier to cope.

[cp77]

Sorry to hear your news Jaxi. I completed my 1st IVF cycle this month. I found out during one of the scans that I have polycystic ovaries (not PCOS) meaning I needed to go on a low dose of puregon. The result was 22 eggs developing after only a week.

'Nurses and doctors were saying well done - 22 eggs is great'. Well, I found out at the time of transfer that only 9 fertilised and of those 1 was transferred and only 2 frozen. Saw my FS on Monday (first time since the EPU) and he commented that this was a below average performance. Based on averages, he would have expected 14 fertilised eggs and 9 frozen embryos.

I am devastated. He recommended that should the thaw cycle not succeed, he will change things for the next stim cycle.

Point of the story is that it is trial and error....fingers crossed to both of us that the next cycle is better. I'm sure neither of us could deal with the disappointment again. Keep me posted and good luck.

[buliej]

Hi Everyone - I want to make sure you are aware of this thread - it's really important:
https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...y-net-ivf.html

[Mindhugs]

Dear All,

Please take the time to click on Buliej's link. This could stop a lot of us from being able to afford IVF going forward. Gee this government are making some very wrong moves.

I've just sent an email to the office of Nicola Roxon MP opposing this. Please make the time to get your point across also.

[Loops12]

Mindhugs - Well done on your eggies, GL

Bella55 - thanks for your support. Hope your not too buggered from work and GL with the jabbing

Jaxi - so sorry about your cycle being xcld. Thats rough but perhaps just try and do something fun to keep your mind off it. GL with next round

BDT - Hope you are going well with everything

TwoMums - hope everything is going well for you both.

BrideofChucky - Hi and with everything

Jodes - Hi and good luck with your IUI

WLAB - Hope all goes well today

Rob - on Fri

Mel - GL with the waiting and the Dr Appoint.

Sorry if I have missed anyone and

AFM - STILL waiting for AF, CD42, done two HPT's and both BFN, spoke to the nurse this morning and she said wait another week and if still no AF we will organise to get BT done. Pretty much no what the result will be but I suppose there could be the slightest bit of hope - you just never know. Won't get my hopes up too much though. Also have

[Buggirl]

Dear All,

Please take the time to click on Buliej's link. This could stop a lot of us from being able to afford IVF going forward. Gee this government are making some very wrong moves.

I've just sent an email to the office of Nicola Roxon MP opposing this. Please make the time to get your point across also.

Yep very very important girls!! I just sent a message to Kevin Rudd, Malcolm Turnbull, Nicola Roxon, Lindsay Tanner, Peter Costello, Peter Dutton and my local MP Christopher Pyne. I really want to get across that infertility is a medical issue and as such should have protection under the safety net. Otherwise is it just the infertile rich who are allowed to have babies!! No fair!! I pay taxes too!!

[Jaxi]

Hi Ladies, thank you to all of you for such thoughtful messages! I had a good cry yesterday and have now picked myself up off the ground and am ready to move on.

CP, you sitch sounds very similar to me. I also only found out I had PCOS this cycle with 30 follicles doing their stuff within 4 days of the injections. I had suspected I had mild PCOS previously but had never had it diagnosed. This just confirmed it. Now they know to start me off on a smaller dosage next time. They just jumped from 150 to 25 because I became so sick! Interesting what happened from your 20 eggs though. Just goes to show it really is trial and error and we're the lucky guinea pigs.

I also sent a good long letter to all those PMs Buggirl and have also managed to get friends and family to write letters. It is SO important. I for one will be devastated if they cut the Safety Net. It will just make fertility treatment unattainable and with it my goal of ever having children. Usually I leave the letter writing and campaigning to others but this time I thought I couldn't just sit back and hope someone else would fight for something that means so much to me.

I know a few ladies were having EPUs today. Wishing you all the best of luck ladies!!!

My FS just called me himself to offer his apologies for the way things turned out this cycle and said he wants me to wait a month before starting the next cycle as my blood work shows my body has taken quite a beating and he wants all my hormones etc to return to their normal level before starting again. He also mentioned that he would approach things differently next time by using a GHRN Antagonist Cycle whatever that means. He did mention there was a different drug involved. Off to google but if anyone has any information to assist that would be great! thanks again ladies.