Long Term TTC & Assisted Conception - February/March 2009

WOW, theres so much happening in here, having trouble keeping up now as i just don't get very often time to get on here. ahhhhh

smithy:here we come march FET, sending you some good luck vibes. :goodluck:
kahlan: hi, hope all is well with you
jaxi: hope you get some answers soon and the new drugs work for you. got fingers crossed.
loops: not long to go til IUI cycle
toby: good results, hope all goes to plan and you get a BFP. :dance:. yeah it's only about 35% for healthy woman and man for natural conception.

saph: sounds a bit drastic , drugs and a diet. but at least your new fs has some answers as to why you've had trouble in the past. hope you get some answers and praying for it to work out for you soon. sending you some good luck vibes. :thumbsup:

trueblue: fs? what. hope it works out for you. good luck

tania: 4 eggs is good, good luck with ET. see you in TWW soon

rob:so sorry, next cycle is the one for you. know how you are feeling, what does your dh say about it all ? my dh says i get one chance, one cycle and thats it. bit scared about it as only one bubsicle left in freezer

sara: 3rd time lucky. :crossfingers:

afm: well looks like a pos ov test sunday as got the faintest of 2nd line today.
that means ov on mon & FET on wed now, a bit of a pain as i already booked my acupuncture on tue, and i've got school all day on wed. arrggg.

but i'm going to see if i can do an acupuncture or shiatsu massage on wed and just take a bit longer lunch, i'm ahead with work anyway so shouldn't matter.

i am excited, scared, aprehensive, worried, trying to think positive all at the same time,:leap::wall:
yes i do know this probably means i am crazy but i think this is a fact as i am going thru all this and another TWW, and that drives us all mad at some point.

i am so glad to have you guys as support to me and i couldn't do it without it. thanks :loveshower:

Hi JBM,

Yep this place definitely has it going on that's for sure.

Hubby was devistated actually. We drove 2 hours just arrived in the city when they rang. WHen nurse called later I asked her why can't we put 2 back this time. FS orginally said they wait til 3 attempts first but we lost 5 embies, you know I hope she understands that. I would rather risk a twin pregnancy than freeze them and lose them again. I guess I will see Wed. You never know maybe the reversal worked and we just don't know and a miracle will happen.

My dh and I haven't set a budget or time limit although after this round he might. It was alot to lose both financially and emotionally. When I got off the phone and told him all he could say was we didn't even name them. You see the first one was "George" Dh felt it was a living thing already and should be named accordingly not that we would have used that name at all, he just felt we couldn't call the emby an it.

I must admit I was looking forward to an FET and not stim but will go through it again if I need to, which I do.

Good luck with your FET hun, do you think your hubby would really say no more and that's that?

To everyone else good luck with your cycles and lots of :stickyvibesboy::stickyvibesgirl:

Awww rob that brought a tear to my eye about dh that's so sweet. Good luck with whatever happens next.

AFM: This month I guess it's back to trying naturally still hoping naturally will happen but we have a game plan now

Hi Girls

Jaxi - I'm so sorry about the Synarel not working. It didnt work for kim either, hence the lucrin injections this time. At least you didnt get to egg pick up stage and ovulate early like kim did. I gather your FS is keen on doing a down reg cycle. I asked our FS about why one would do that kind of cycle rather than a flare cycle (starting lucrin on day 1) and he said he just does what works for him best. But he also said that he thinks other doctors do it so they can try and control EVERYTHING about the timing of your cycle to avoid egg pick ups on the weekends etc.... maybe ask your FS about having a flare cycle instead of a down reg cycle so you will have less time on lucrin.

Baby2Bee - LOL yes kim has a little tummy padding too. 3 years of fertility drugs kinda does that to ya huh. We are doing better with the needles now i think...i dont know as i'm not on the receiving end.

Smithy - how much longer until your FET??

Saph - My poor neice has a specialist in Cairns doing the same thing to her. She is about 90 kgs, so not too bad and she is only 25. Their problems are with sperm issues anyway, but the receptionist told her not to bother making another appointment until she gets serious and loses some weight. So glad our FS doesnt care. He says fat women have babies all the time. Kim is about 82kg so a little overweight for her, I am really overweight now, but started out normal weight 3 years ago. I blame Clomid man that stuff is bad...

Rob - So sorry for your loss, but glad to see you get right back on the horse and rearing to head in for another cycle.

JBM - Good luck and fingers crossed for this cycle!

Tania - How was your EPU?? Hope you are ok!

As for us, Kim is on CD 7, Day 7 of Lucrin, Day 4 of Gonal F 225iu. We go for our first scan and bloods on tuesday morning. She has been having killer headaches and she is having the appropriate amount of ovarian niggling and pains. So SOMETHING is definately happening in there! Can't wait until Tuesday to find out!! Until then, we are just plodding along.

Take care everyone, checking in on you everyday, even if i dont write. Hugs...

Megan

Thanks guys for the support, I am still reeling a little from the new FS, but I guess he cares. He spoke about being here to see my son grow up and to see him have children so he is not the big Ogre really. Anyway have eaten my way through a years worth of crap this weekend and start both the drugs and the new diet and exercise tomorrow. My aim is to lose 20kg in the next 6 months which will bring my BMI below 30. 16kg will put me back to the weight I was when I fell preg with DS. Should have an april start now but may put it off to May as I am going to Melb to see Billy Elliot with some girls from work in april so very excited about that. Anyway What I was really doing on here was to tell everyone I am ok, It is all worth it and Thankyou so very much for the support.

:hello:hello beautifuls i hope you all hade a good weekend ..
JBM... good luk this week my friend i have every thing possible crossed for you ...go get that embie hun

TWOMUMS..hey there you pair,ive been thinking of you both latley so its good to hear from you ,i hope kims headaches **** off soon and thoses injections do there job but by the sounds of things there already are :clap: best of luk with your scan and bt woohoo its getting close now

EVERYONE ELSE PLEASE KNOW IM THINKING OF ALL MY FRIEND BUT THERES SO DAM MANY OF US WE REALLY NEED TO START CLEANING THIS THREAD OUT :clap: SO COME ON GIRLS START WITH THE BFPS OK heheheh...

AFM... well crusing along but AF isnt due till around the 10th march so im still really hopeing to chuck these embies back in around the end of march:pray: OH AND I JUST CANT WAIT FOR ONCE IN MY LIFE
I DO WANT AF
any way girls have a great week and best of luk with every thing this week
love smithy girl xxoo

Good afternoon girls,

Hope you all have a good weekend :D

Well I have 1 embie on board, am very happy with that. I only got the 1 from 4 eggs. I didnt expect anything more. I was just VERY thankful to get 1. I was sitting there waiting for the phone to ring to say, sorry no ET but that didnt come, thankfully. Of 10 eggs they have collected so far, I have only had 2 embies. I really hope this works.

Trueblue - have fun DTD this month! A game plan is always good :D

Twomums - Kim, good luck with your scan and bloods tomorrow.

Smithy - Bring on AF!

Rob - Sorry to hear that none of your embies survived the thaw. Fingers crossed your able to start a cycle straight away. I have the daunting task of doing yet another stim cycle if this one doesnt work so know how your feeling.

JBM - sounds like all is going to plan. Good luck! Hope to see you in TWW soon :D

:hello: to Sara, Saph, Toby and everyone else.

Cheers,
Tania

Hi lovely ladies,

Tania, that is wonderful, congrats on having one on board, I hope your embie is snuggling in nice and tight and good luck in your TWW.

Smithy, yeehaa for FET in March, you and me buddy. Not long to go now.

Saph, GL with your weight loss goals, it will all be worth it. Hope the time speeds by until you next cycle.

TwoMums, GL to Kim with her jabbing, I hope your scan and bloods are on track tomorrow. We will be in the TWW together! I hope this cycle is the one for you both.

Trueblue, GL DTD naturally this month, and if it is not meant to be, DL with your coming IUI.

Rob, sorry to hear your news re your embies. I agree with you, and ever since my first ET I have always pushed for 2 embies, it is just better chances I think. Good luck with your next stim cycle, I hope you can get into it right away.

JBM, yay, your FET is so close. Sending you the best of luck for thawing and ET on Wednesday, I hope it is the one and praying you get your BFP. If I am not too far behind you, I will see you in the TWW.

Toby, I agree, thinking positive is the way to go. I think a 20% chance is fabulous. I hope it happens for you soon.

Sara, hope you had a great weekend sailing, sounds like you have some lovely relaxing times coming up. GL for your next cycle.

Busy, hi, hope you are doing ok in your TWW.

Jaxi, sorry to hear your news. I think I mentioned previously, sometimes your first cycle is a bit of trail and error, so they know how your body responds. It took me 3 stim cycles to get my dose right. Good luck, I hope they didn't have to cancel.

Loops, GL for your IUI this month.

Baby2Bee, bring on the 13th March, I hope you get your BFP. Sending your sticky vibes for the TWW.

Dutchie, hope you are doing well and the new FS makes all the difference.

If I have missed anyone, so sorry, good luck to you where ever you are in your cycle.

AFM, I am CD11 today, I have an appointment for a scan tomorrow with my new FS, am hoping and praying all is on track and I have a lovely follie growing and ready to O soon for my first natural FET, yay! I am super excited. I have 3 frozen blasties and am praying that I will have two thaw perfect for ET. So now I am just hanging out to find out what my dates will be and what happens next. This is a cycle of firsts for me, first time natural FET, first time with a new FS, first time on baby aspirin and prednisone the entire cycle. I am hoping that makes all the difference. Though I have not tested + for any blood clotting, I have always had a clotty AF, some times large clots the size of a 50 cent piece or bigger, (sorry TMI) which can?t be good, so I will be asking my FS (she had mentioned something about Clexane injections after getting a BFP) if this may be a problem re implantation, and whether I can start the Clexane earlier. I am hoping it is my turn. God I have waited long enough.

Hugs to everyone. xx

Tania, that's brilliant, really happy for you, was thinking about you on the weekend. Sending lots of :stickyvibesgirl: :stickyvibesboy: your way.

Sara

rob: glad your dh is being so thoughtful, my dh isn't very supportive as if it was up to him we would have only had 2 kids, meanie!. he is doing this to keep me happy. i really don't know what he will do if this one doesn't work? i don't want to think about it. thanks for your support. good luck to you.

two mums: hope it's all going well and something is happening in there, ha ha. count down to tue, got everything crossed for you. xx

saph: glad u feelling better, so glad you've set some great goals for your weight loss. you're amazing. xxoo

smithy: AF is a nasty woman remember and she never does what we want. or very rarely anyway. good luck for FET in march, not long to go. hurry up AF and do what your told, ha ha. good luck and fingers crossed. hope all is fine with your flooded house.

missmagpie: glad embie is on board and hope she/ he is snuggling down for the next 9 months. see you in TWW

BDT: see you in TWW as well, glad all is going well. good luck to you and hoping for a BFP.

afm: well it seems my body is not doing as it is told either. i had my surge today so that means ov tue and should be FET on thur but FS is away so going to do it on friday morn now. just longer i have to wait. painful
but the thing is we go away for 4 nights camping again on fri so can't get much more relaxed than that.

i've got everything crossed, lots of praying and visualising. i am feeling really good. my little baby will be here in 9 months time.

please please please

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JBM...bring on friday woohoo hun :dance: im so proud and happy for you hun you have been so good waiting all this time like me ,so im praying so hard for you my friend your amazing always thinking of me GOOD LUK XXOOoh and pink vibes for you lol..

MISSMAGPIE...:dance: woohoo 1 embie on board the missmagpie train way to go hun and heaps of sticky vibes to you .

BABYDREAMTIME...bring on that scan hun and best of luk i hope O isnt to far away :dance:

AFM... goning good here and JBM tell me about it with af i really do think shell be naughty again this month its always the way hey ? but when eva shes ready so am i im rairing to go im sick of waiting ;) but so proud of my self for waiting and not jumping the gun lol like i usually do my plan was to hopefully be giving birth around xmas time BUT ITS ALL UP TO YOU AF

every one else hi to you all im thinking of every one
PLEASE GIVE US SOME BFPS SOON

Babydreamtime - GL tomorrow with your scan - hope all goes well

Babydreamtime - GL tomorrow with your scan - We are only CD 9 tomorrow, but yes we are only two days behind you. Kim is a slower grower, hence starting the FSH early and she has been on 225 Gonal F for 5 days now. We are having a scan tomorrow!!! YAY it will be so great to have a peek!

Good morning girls,

Thank you for all your thoughts and suppport :D

Babydreamtime - Good luck with your scan today. Hope all is on track :D

Twomums - happy jabbing and good luck with your scan

Smithy - glad you are travelling well. lol about the missmagpie train, all aboard!

JBM - hope all goes well on Friday. Camping does sound relax, enjoy :D

:hello: to Sara, mollygirl and eveyone else :D

AFM, am feeling quite relaxed at the moment although Ive got a bit of a head cold and sore throat, which Im not happy about. My DP was sick last week so have got it from him. I hope that doesnt affect my little embie and implantation. :crossfingers:

Take care,

Tania

Hi girls

Sorry I am at work so no personals. Just a quick one to say that we had the scan and couldnt see much of anything. Dr thought he was jumping the gun a bit having a scan on CD9 (after 5 days of stims) so I have to call at 11am to get her E2 levels and we will probably go in for another scan on Saturday which will be CD13. I think she will be on FSH for a while. Does anyone know if being on stims past day 14 or 15 is a bad sign? Hoping not. Kim was a bit upset she couldnt see any follicles yet... is this normal?

I'm normally on FSH until day 17 or 18!! Nothing wrong with it....just means I have a long cycle. GL with everything TwoMums!

Baby DT - Thanks for your support and GL with your FET

Smithy - GL with AF and embies

Twomums - GL with scan etc. Hope you get that BFP, fingers crossed for you

Rob - So sorry for your embies but glad to see your still positive about moving forward

TrueBlue - GL my great friend and have fun TTC naturally. Everything is crossed for you and Billy

JBM - thanks for your support and goodluck with FET on Wed. Thinking of you and have everything crossed for you.

Tania - Congrats having one - hope it is a BFP.

Sorry if i have missed anyone - just there are so many in here now but I really am thinking of everyone, hoping we all get :bfp: in the next few months.

AFM - Hoping that we have conceived naturally with AF due in a few days but have seen Dr Mac T yesterday and we are all set to start our next IUI and DH has to get two samples - so that will be interesting. But this may be the last IUI we do because Dr T is feeling that because DH sperm count is always so varied and up and down that perhaps we would have more chance of success with full blown IVF. Play it by ear I guess. I am in a good spot at the moment though because I suppose at least there is plans in place and moving ahead.

Hi Loops. We have exactly the same thing. DH's soldiers are up, then down. We had our 3rd IUI on Wed last week and like the nurses have said....we have 'Unexplained Infertility'. She said this is more annoying because they can't actually pinpoint why we are having trouble trying to fall pregnant! Arrrgghhhh!!!! Anyhoo GL with everything - hope you have a BFP naturally!