Long Term TTC & Assisted Conception - February/March 2009

Thanks for the info. Tania! how long were u in hospital? and did u need more time to recover at home?

one of the probs is that my ovaries are stuck to my bowel. all the pain ive had even just going to the loo or not going (iykwim) i thourght believe it or not was normal. thank god i have some answers now = about my health in general (sorry if tmi)

Im seeing the surgeon on Thurs.

Tania - im waiting for my boss to say something to me as well because we are not ment to have med app during day. Cant help that when the FS finishing at 12.


good luck with everything!

everyone - thoughts become things...pick the good ones.:dance:

Hi All
Good luck to all this month. I am on Day 10 of taking Synarel and CD 31, waiting for AF to start injections. Husband has premature testiclular failure so we have frozen sperm.
Anyway, just wanted to introduce myself as i am new and wish all luck.

Hi all sorry i have been MIA, you know how it is life and all. Well we see new FS on
Thursday and have begun writing our list of questions. Hope everyone is doing well where ever you are in your cycles.

True Blue - Hi, how are you? Glad to see you in this forum so we can chat in here but at the same time sad for you that you couldnt get a BFP naturally. Don't worry about all the acrynyms, I don't know half of them either especially to do with IVF as I havent been down that road.
Hope to catch up with you soon.

EmmaPengiun - welcome and goodluck. Hope you are not in here long.

:hello: to everyone and all the best xo

hey girls,:hello: and :welcome: newbies,
i hope you all well and things are going ok,have a great week .
good luk with..synaral sniffing,jabbing,bt,epu,et,fet,scans and all them nice things i hope they all lead into some bfps for all of us :pray:

Hi Girls,

Sara - glad all has worked out for you and you have a plan. Take time to relax and prepare for next month. Good luck :D

Toby - I was in hospital for 7 days the 1st time round, that was due to getting pneamonia! Because they didnt do much inside, I was back at work 3.5 weeks after coming out of hospital. They told me recovery was 4 weeks. The 2nd op was alot more involved and I struggled. Again in hospital for 7 days and I was back at work 4.5 weeks after coming out of hospital. They told me recovery was 6 weeks all up. The cut was bigger 2nd time round since they had to do more inside. Im lucky that Ive been at my work for 19yrs (yes a LONGGGGG time, lol) so I had lots of sick leave owing to me. That makes it hard if work dont allow you to have apps during the day cause as you said, you cant tell the FS what hours to work!!!! Im glad you have some answers now that explains why you are having pain. I was shattered to find out how extensive my endo was but Im now relieved that Ive had the op and am painfree for the time being and that I now have a better chance of getting pg. I hope it all works out for you. :D

Emmapenguin - Hello and WELCOME! :D Good luck and hope AF arrives soon so you can start injections.

Saph - hope your appointment goes well on Thursday. Writing a list of questions is a great idea. That way you dont go home and say, oops I forgot to ask that question!

:hello: to Loops, smithy and everyone else :D

AFM, just waiting on a call from the clinic to advise me of the trigger time for tonight and time of EPU. Im not holding onto much hope since I have 2 maybe 3 eggs. The quality of my previous eggs werent good so feeling pretty down especially since I was on such a high doseage this cycle. Can anyone tell me how you can improve egg quality? Im been doing acu since early Jan and been having the chinese herbs too. Was hoping that would improve things but its only been worse.

Thanks again,

Tania

thanks loops am feeling a little over my head. I'll just be glad on thursday when the FS is going to tell us exactly what is happening and hw things are going to happen am still anxious and just want it to be here already we have worked it out that if we start IUI next cycle we should find out of it has work on easter monday how cool would that be am not religeous at all but it'd be cool anywho better scoot have been keeping myself busy still having trouble sleeping we must catch up soon maybe we could have u guys over for a bbq when you have some time off when do you finish milking for good?
big hugs catch up soon
Goodluck with everyone and what they are doin I am sorry if I have no idea what you are talking about half the time lol

hi all
Sara69: have fun relaxing. :nahnah:
missmagpie: hope trigger and epu gets some good results. fingers crossed
emmaP: welcome to our group, these guys are fantastic and i certiainly couldn't have come this far without them. good luck sniffing. :goodluck:

saph: hope it's a good big list for the FS. good luck to you my friend

hi everyone else::loveshower:

afm: well scan went well and fs said prob a normal cycle this time. guessing sun for ov so FET looks like tue next week. i already booked acupuncture for tue ready to help this one to stick.
i am feeling great , just busy. come on tue.

Hi Girls,

thanks so much for asking after me and apologies I have been so absent. I have hit the really really busy time of the year at work where I am working 12 hour days mininum plus weekends so I am sorry I have not been around.

Just to give you an indication of my schedule - had a transfer yesterday followed by acupuncture - just made it to the transfer with 2 mins to spare running late from a meeting - went to acupuncture and made it back to work 1 minute late for my next meeting! My boss was laughing at me (in a good way - he knows what is going on and is very supportive) he was saying - hope all goes well at 'transfers r us'.

So I have 2 embies on board - 1 had divided from 2 to 4 cell the other from 4 to 5 so they don't sound like world beaters but hey if they survived the thaw they are in with a chance I guess. These are my last 2 frosties so in a way I am really glad I am so so busy as it doesn't give me much time to dwell on what will happen if it doesn't work out this time. I also have my in-laws arriving for a week on Thursday so pretending nothing is happening and I am just on a health kick (not drinking) will kind of make it not seem real as well.

I sincerely hope everyone is doing OK - I will make more on an effort to post every few days if I can and try and catch up on personals too, but know I am always thinking of my buddies :hello:
love and hugs
x

Hi Girls,

Aleenta: sending lot sof sticky vibes your way.

Miss Magpie: thanks for your support through this, lots of luck for EPU. I was given Pregnyl throgh my last antagonies cycle which is supposed to improve Egg qaulity, otherwise I only know about the DHEA which I've now started taking.

JBM: have to send a funny one back to you :juggle:
You're sounding really upbeat that is great. Wishing you all this best for this cycle.

:hello: to everyone else

Have a great day

Sara

Hi Ladies, I hope you don't mind if I join you. I'm kind of in limbo between threads as I'm not exactly LTTTC (this is my 10th month of trying) but have just started IVF/ICSI due to complications and after reading through several threads I think I'll feel right at home here.

I'm currently on day 9 of using synarel (CD31) and have just begun spotting (usually how AF starts around this time of the cycle). I have a BT booked for tomorrow morning where they decide if I'm ready to begin the fun of injections (which I must honestly say I can't wait for as it makes me feel like I'll be doing something to really achieve my goal).

I have read most of your posts and know I'll be quite the novice here but look forward to your advice and offering my advice and support back wherever I can (being so new to IVF and ICSI).

First question I have after reading through your posts - what exactly is FSH? I guess I will learn soon enough for myself?

Wishing everyone the best of luck. I look forward to seeing lots of BFPs here. I know I have found it very hard coming this far and admire the strenth and endurance of all of you have shown in your posts.

Hi girls,

Just a quick post so sorry no personals. My EPU is at 7.20am tomorrow morning, VERY early! Im :pray: we get an embie this time so I can have a transfer on Saturday.

Take care and will be back online on Friday to catch up on personals.

Cheers

Tania :D

best of luk tania for your epu hun i hope you do get a embie :crossfingers:

Hi Tania, good luck for your epu, I hope all goes well. :pray:

:hello: everyone else!

Tania
Good luck tomorrow for your epu. Wishing you the best
Rest up and take it easy tomorrow

Also adding my best wishes for tomorrow for you Tania

Lots of fingers crossed for you Tania, let us know how things go...

Big hi to everyone. I hope we all do well this month and get our longed for sticky BFP!!

Kim is on CD4 now so Day 4 of Lucrin and Day 1 of Gonal F. She is on 225iu of Gonal F and starting a day early because she is normally a slow grower. Last time she was only on 150iu of Gonal F, so hopefully she will get more than 7 follies. She is on Lucrin this time instead of Synarel, because the sniffing didn't work for her, she ovulated before egg pick up last time. So we went with the Lucrin because it will work for sure according to our Dr...

So every morning I have to give her 2 injections. One small syringe for the Lucrin and the Gonal F pen injector. The first day she said the Lucrin injection was painless. But every needle since then she says has hurt. Maybe i am rusty with giving the needles, so do you guys have a method so it doesnt hurt so much??

Hopeing you guys have some handy hints on injecting issues...going to post this as a thread as well so everyone can see my post, i really hate hurting her with the needles.

TwoMums, what perfect timing with that question! I was just handed my first lot of pugeron drugs with the epipen this morning and am supposed to start tonight once they call my with today's blood test results ensuring my levels are suppressed. I'd be interested to hear any injecting tips too. As keen as I am to start injecting so that I can feel like I'm really doing something to make things happen I know my first time wont be easy!!!!