Long Term TTC & Assisted Conception - February/March 2009

Rightio I've just booked myself my first accupunture session for tomorrow - assuming this cycle is a BFP so it's time to kick something else into action!

Thanks ladies. I just hope Thursday's appointment wont be too late! Not sure how fast these follies will continue to grow.

Baby2Bee, enjoy your session tomorrow. Wishing you all the best!

Miss Magpie- 2 lines how exciting :dance: Looking forward to hearing the official announcement after BT confirmation :stickyvibesgirl: :stickyvibesboy:

:hello: and :goodluck::goodluck::goodluck: to everyone

Hi everyone. No interesting news. On day 3 of OCP, EPU seems soooooo long away (15/5/09). Work mate is having EPU tomorrow:pray:hope all goes well for her (2yrs TTC). I have not smoked since Monday. I was a very light smoker anyway but i need to give this my best shot. Taking my vitamins, eating well, exercising etc.........Financially it may be a long run between cycles so i have to be as good as possible. I have noticed that some people POAS before BT. When will this work? Do the drugs give false positives? People have told me that you cant get a pos prior to the BT??? Mel...

hi all,

much anticipated BT today.

BFN :wall:

so waiting to see fs after af arrives soon

Hi Mell. yes some drugs CAN give a false reading. Take me for example.....I've been testing for the past 3 days and as I've gone on, the BFP's i've have been getting lighter and lighter. I know each cycle it's going to do this but for some strange reason it helps me emotionally because I can then look at the BFP and say...'it must be the pregnyl'.......hope that helps.....

Sorry to hear the news sunflower.....I've got my BT tomorrow and am expecting the same result. Hope once AF arrives and you see FS that your cycle's are looking a little brighter :hug:

:hello: to all,

Just wanting to send :goodluck::goodluck::goodluck: to those having BT very shortly.

I have :crossfingers: for you all.

Sunflower: really sorry to hear that.

MissMagpie: HOpe you get the confirmation today, thinking of you.

Baby2Bee: Wishing you GL :goodluck:

so yesterday was bfn but we are wanting to get straight back on the horse :)

But of our 4 froz blasts,2 didn't make the thaw, 1 transferred (the bfm) so just little frotie stll on ice.
we are in two minds over whether to try our like with thawing the last one (track record not great) or just jump into another stim cycle and opt for maybe 2 transferred next time.

any opinions would be great. btw male factor infertility which is why my FS was originally being so cautious.

xo

Hi everyone,

OK in my efforts to psyche myself up for my FET tomorrow, I have come up with the following very believable reasons at to why this cycle will work, and have been repeating them to myself for days. I just had to write them down so here goes:

First cycle with new FS
New FS is Lucky Lindstrom
First natural FET (all the others have been HRT)
Recently tested + for MTHFR - first time treating this with Clexane, low dose aspirin, mega Folate, B6 and B12
Taking Prednisone in case of any NK cells
Only my third ET with blasties (past FETs were with crappy Day 3 embies)

And, I don't know if it counts or not but the last clairvoyant I saw last Oct told me that my Jan cycle wouldn't work but it would be the next one, and I would be UTD by my birthday, 30 Mar. Is this wishful thinking?

What do you guys think? Surely it is my turn. Please please please be my turn.

Bella, GL with your first IVF cycle, hope it brings you a BFP first go.

JBM, hope you are travelling ok in the TWW, fingers crossed for you.

Loops, has AF arrived yet? GL with you IUI cycle.

Jaxi, hope your next scan goes well, glad to hear your E2 levels are good. Best of luck.

TwoMums, same to you, hope your follies are looking good for your scan today, and hope you are happy with which ever choice you take.

Dutchie, how did you go with your FS appointment and getting your ANA treated? GL for your next cycle.

Tania, congrats on the POAS BFP, looking forward to getting your great news confirmed today with you BT.

Sara, hi, thinking of you and hope you are going well with your prep for next cycle. I am watching the PGD thread and checking in on you.

WLAB, ditto to above, do you have a scan today, I hope you get that magical egg.

Lani, hi to you too.

Mellmell, I think the waiting is the hardest. And I agree, this costs so much money you really have to give it your all health wise. GL and will be watching how you go.

Sunflower, so sorry to hear your news, GL for your next cycle, what ever you decide.

Baby2Bee, GL with your BT today too, I hope you get a surprise BFP.

To everyone else, GL where ever you are in your cycle. Hugs to all. xx

Morning all,

Well AF arrived last evening so I'm out this round :(, My cold has gotten worse just to compound my misery too :cold: But I'm with you Sunflower I just wanna get straight back on the horse!

B2B I have my fingers crossed for you today!!!!!!

Babydreamtime can you tell me what NK cells are? Sorry for my ignorance! I had a 5day blast transfer as the RE said they were better to use and you will more likely get one that sticks, even though mine only stuck for a very short time! Also all natural FET (with only vitamins to boost me and a bit of acupunture on the day of transfer).

Again good luck with all you left in the 2WW!

Baby Dreamtime, I like your positive thinking!!! I am a firm believer that we know when the time is right and when everything appears to be falling into place. Wishing you the best of luck for this cycle hun.

Lani, sorry I haven't been able to provide you with my FS's name etc yet. Due to privacy reasons I'd prefer not to post the details here but would love to give you his details :wall:

Sun_flower, you have a fantastic attitude hun. Good to see you're ready to get straight back on that horse. I hope to have your spirit if this cycle doesn't work out for me. Wishing you the best of luck for your next cycle.

Baby2Bee, wishing you the best of luck. Fingers crossed for a good result.

Had another ultrasound this morning. All is looking good. At the moment I have about 3 x 13mm follicles, a few 11s and 12s and a whole lot of 8s. Can anyone explain how it all works? I guess they go by the biggest follies but does that mean the eggs in the smaller follies wont be properly developed by the time of epu (which currently looks like it will be happening around Wed/Thur next week)? Also, I've been feeling incredibly nauseaus and they told me this is due to my high estrogen levels. Has anyone else experienced these side effects on puregon. I want it to go away!!!! The only nausea I am willing to accept is morning sickness!

thanks for the GL's everyone! Think i'm out this round though. POAS before my BT this morning and it was a BFN! Nurses have said it's time to move onto IVF however this won't start for another few months. It's a good time for me to focus on myself again for and to try and lose a bit of weight. In a few hours I'll know.......GOOD LUCK everyone!!!

BDT - I love the positive thinking. Hope it really does work. Definitely should be your turn. All the best! Nope AF still hasnt arrived, really don't know what is going on with my body. Something certainly different this cycle, but still thinking it is probably because of the Pregnyl from last IUI.

Buggirl - really sorry about AF arriving, GL with getting back on the horse.

Tania - GL today - can't wait for your news

Sun_flower - So sorry about AF. GL with your next cycle

Baby2Bee - GL today and if it is negative, hope you can get straight back into it and stay positive. Thinking of you.

:hello: to everyone else and good luck with scans, TWW's, BT etc!

AFM - CD37 and AF still hasnt arrived but I did POAS few days ago and BFN. If AF still hasnt arrived tomorrow I might do another one. I worry that doing POAS jinx's me though. Silly I know.

Hi Everyone,

Gee lots going on for us all at the mo. New year, new cycles and new chances!

Lani - I am unable to PM you. I'm trying to rack up enough posts to become a Platinum member. If you go to the website for Sydney IVF - Sydney CBD and look under doctors, my FS was Dr M L. He was amazing and well worth the wait. I think there might be some newspaper articles on him online too if you do a search.

Babydreamtime - Lucky Lindstrom hey. I go to the same clinic but see one of the other doctors. Good luck with it!

Well I just got back from my 2nd scan, and I am up to 16 follicles and borderline OHSS obviously. So I am doing a booster tomorrow sometime and if all goes well over the weekend then EPU Monday. Fingers crossed still.

Lots of eggs = good OHSS = bad

I am sending positive vibes through to the rest of you. I know that we will see more and more good news in here as the year progresses.

Thanks for all your support so far.

Hi Buggirl,
Sorry to hear AF arrived. Wishing you all the best of next cycle. NK cells are natural killer cells, they can be tested for in a BT (mine was neg) but some FSs believe that the best way to test is via an endo biopsy which I have not done, so just taking Prednisone in case (and also as a left over from the Colorado Protocol I did last cycle, my FS is ok with this). I agree with Day 5 transfers also and would always try for this.

Hi Loops, I hope you work out what is going on soon, strange AF hasn't shown, can you get a BT to check out what is happening?

Baby2Bee, GL for your coming IVF cycle, I hope the time speeds by.

Jaxi, follies sound great. As far as I can know they like to trigger you with the majority of your follies are around 18-20mm+, it may be that some of the smaller follies might have immature eggs. They try to get the majority at the right size. Hope the nausea wears off soon. What was your E2 level? GL with this cycle.

BrisVegas, great news re your follies, take care with the OHSS and all the best for your EPU. Wishing you all the luck for this cycle.

Better get back to work. :redface:

Thanks Baby Dreamtime. What is E2? I will ask them this arvo when I call for BT results. Feeling so wretched now about to leave work. Just want to rest my head in a bucket. I am not going to be looking forward to going through another stim cycle if this one doesn't work!

BrisvegasEndo, wishing you all the best over the weekend. Hoping for only good things for you.

I also appear to be at risk of OHSS so I'll be following your journey closely.

BDT - I think I will do another POAS tomorrow and then if AF still hasnt arrived perhaps later next week I might look at booking a BT. My cycles are normally long but not this long and I dont have sore BB's like I normally do before AF arrives. Hopefully the last test i did just didnt register BFP, maybe wishful thinking but I guess there is no harm in that.
Will keep you posted x