Thank you Lani. I just so want AF to come now so I can start my next IUI
All the very best to you. x
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Thank you Lani. I just so want AF to come now so I can start my next IUI
All the very best to you. x
Afternoon Everyone,
Well change of plans. EPU is going to be Friday which will mean T/F next Wed.
I feel like I am going to explode so it will be interesting to see how many eggs we get this time. Although I do hope that this is better.
How did everyone else go with their BT & U/S today ???
FC just called. They want me to do one last puregon injection tonight (25ml only) and come back in tomorrow for a BT and U/S and they are almost definite they'll get me to trigger tomorrow.
Can anyone tell me what to expect for the EPU? Will I be sore afterwards? I guess it differs for everyone but I'm still interested in everyone's experiences.
Jaxi - I have only had 1 previous cycle. Mine was a light anaesthetic so I was a little tired for the next couple of days. As for soreness not too much, a little discomfort but panadol was all i needed. I am still more uncomfortable this time so also have no idea what to expect.
We will just have to compare notes.
Hi Jaxi, for my past 3 EPUs I have always had a general, I normally have at least 2 days off afterwards to recover, I find the more follies you have the more tender you are, as they are piercing the wall of the vagina and each individual follie to retrieve the egg, the more follies, the more piercings. The most I had was 19 follies, I was sorest then, bleed a little for a day or two, but found the pain very managable with Panadol, and just felt tenderness when sneezing, laughing or moving quickly. But everyone is different. You will be fine, best of luck, x
Hi everyone,
Just had my second day of jabbing! I called the FC to let them know AF had arrived on Sat and to book in for my first B/T and U/S. It should be CD9 but that falls on a Sun so it will be Sat but instead of being able to go to my clinic (it's closed on a Sat as well - which i didn't know!) i have to go ages away to another one - not a major issue but it's a longer drive and i will see one of their nurses not the one i have already built up rapport with - anyway i don't have a choice so i best suck it up and get over it!!!
Jaxi - how exciting you are so close! - will love to hear your experience with EPU - being my first cycle also i'm a little nervous about that bit!
Rob - your getting there! Hope you don't burst :lol: take care.
Loops - still no AF :doh:, i'm praying for you - it's frustrating isn't it!!
Twomums - great your triggering tonight :dance: GL for EPU XX
Missmagpie - WOW CONGRATS - WISHING YOU ALL THE BEST XX
Bride of chucky - GL starting your cycle hope you get that BFP - no fluvax -
Babydream - congrats on your transfer - :pray::pray::pray:
Loula - Yes just a short antagonist cycle for me - very glad no syneral this time! Hope you are resting and detoxing!
Hello to everyone else - thinking and :pray: for you all!
I have worked a morning shift this morning about to have a sleep and go back for night shift :doh:
Take care
Bella
Hi girls. It's me - BrisvegasEndo. since my endo is under control I wanted my name to be more reflective.
No wonder I woke up really sore this morning! All 16 of my follicles contained matured eggs. Man, I was walking like a pregnant woman! At EPU this morning they said they were all good enough to keep and didn't discard any. So now we wait with baited breath to see how they fertilise overnight and following that if they make it to Blastocyst.
That's the good the news!
The bad news is that because I produced so many they don't want to risk implanting even one due to possibility of OHSS. I'm good with that. They also don't want to risk my next cycle either, so now we wait till May for FET. I am going to use the time to get my system back to normal and spend some well overdue time at the gym strengthening my core.
Bella55 - good luck with your cycle. Everytime I get cranky with the IVF process I just think of the possibilities of a precious little baby and then it all fades away.
Jaxi - I'm just hours out of my first EPU as we speak. There is tenderness and spotting. Plus I'm constipated, so trying a little pear juice to help out there. As for the Ovidrel trigger try this..........take the injection out of the fridge about half an hour before administering, and instead of using a frozen 50 cent piece to numb the site of injection, go for a freezer brick (like the ones used in esky's, or something of similar size) and use for 1 minute. I did both of these and didn't feel the needle or the solution. It was great! Nothing to fear. Good luck with it.
Babydreamtime - I'm thinking of you and hoping for BFP. My husband and I are currently house hunting down on the Goldy. Perhaps when we move down you and I can hook up for a coffee?
MissMagpie - such amazing news. Huge congratulations. Hopefully the rest of us are not far behind you......
Twomums - good luck triggering. Thinking of you both. There were 2 mums at EPU today which made me think of you. They were honestly beaming from ear to ear. Their positivity was very contagious.
BrideofChucky - welcome back!
Hears hoping for a nice night for us all with painless triggers and not much tenderness around the abdomens.
Take care
Hi girls
I am having epu on wed with 16 follies .. trigger tonight so I am excited .. Jaxi, my first epu I didnt feel a thing, and went back to work the next day, my second I felt sore and had the rest of the week off, it is so hard to tell hon, wishing you luck for this week
Two mums best of luck fo ryou too
Hi to all you loverllly ladies xx
Hi Girls,
Im hoping that i can join your thread. I've been chatting on belly belly on and off for about a year..joined in on the 6month and less TTC, then it was the 6month+ TTC and now im into the Longterm TTC. I've kind of bounced from one thread to another.
My partner and i have have been trying now for about 18 months. No pregnancy, no miscarriages, no nothing. We had our first cycle of IUI last month on a natural cycle with a BFN. We have now decided to jump straight into IVF.
I can see most of you are going through IVF treatments at the moment. We are starting cycle #1 IVF in April..im really nervous as i dont know what to expect. Can anymore share their stories and give me some piece of mind.
I live in Adelaide and we are going through Repromed. They have been really great. Anyone else dealing with Repromed?
Cheers
xo
Hi Jodes,
:welcome: 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. :rolleyes:
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
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! :leap: wishng you a H&H 9mths!
To those doing their EPUs and generally being poked, prodded and tested this week :crossfingers:
To any TWWers :stickyvibesgirl:
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!
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.
Mind Hugs !! - Just wanted to say what an excellent tip you made with the icebrick from the freezer. We had to do two injections for the trigger last night, both the Pregnyl and the Ovidrel. Kim tried your method and she didnt feel a thing with either needle!!!!! Well done!
Selfish post alert - just had a call from the FC. My cycle has been cancelled only two days before the scheduled epu. Apparently my estrogen levels have now plummeted to the lowest low and they do not want to proceed with the pickup. They said now that they see how my body reacts to the drugs they will approach the next cycle very differently - starting me on a lower dosage of puregon and slowly building me up if required. This time they started me on 150ml and within 4 days I had 30 follicles fighting eachother for space and felt so sick with E2 levels exceeding 7000 but then they took me down to 25ml the last few days and my levels just plummeted at an alarming rate. Happy to trade my body for one that does what it's supposed to do!!!!!!!!! Feeling pretty bummed right now...bring on AF and let's start the whole thing again!
Jaxi - I am so sorry sweety. It's a hard thing to have your cycle cancelled. I guess the only positive is it shouldn't happen again as they will know what went wrong and approach it differently.
Try to stay positive and look forward to the next cycle hun, it will get better I promise.
Jaxi - I'm so sorry to hear that. They say the first cycle is trial and error. I feel lucky that I got as many eggs as I did this week on my first cycle given my age and my endo. I was so sick with it all though. But now I'm an OHSS timebomb waiting to happen and can't do implant until mid May, that's hoping that whatever embies make it to Blastocyst this Saturday actually survive the thawing process too. It's such a complex thing IVF - and can take a long time. You will be strong and fresh for your 2nd attempt which is a good thing. Chin up sweety pie.
Twomums - how good is that freezer brick! I thought, stuff the frozen coin, I'm going for something bigger. It just works so well. I hope other people in this forum get relief from it too. Good luck with EPU tomorrow.
We got news that 11 of my 16 eggs fertilised overnight, so now waiting to see which ones make it to Blastie phase. Survival of the fittest. I think the stats are at 40% success rate.
Take care everyone :stickyvibesgirl::stickyvibesboy:
Oh Jaxi - i'm so sorry to hear. Take care of yourself - I had a cancelled IUI cycle (which initially we thought was going really well) - I was deverstated almost more than the BFN just knowing your body isn't doing what it should - i know not quite as big as an IVF cycle but i can sympathise. :hug::hug::hug::hug::hug:
WLAB - Yay! GL for Wed xx
Mindhugs - 11 out of 16 is great news i have a really good feeling about this cycle for you - even if it will continue til May!
Welcome Jodes - There a few of us first timers in here!
Hello to everyone else :)
AFM - on night shift again tonight had a lovely sleep today though have just got back from a nice long walk with the dog - 3rd injection given gotta go and eat some dinner and relax.
Take care evry one and good luck with all the jabbing, pill popping, snifing etc etc.......
xxBella
Hello lovely ladies.
Damn computer got a virus and i was out of action for a couple of days. :dance:to you MM, gotta love that BFP!!! To the ladies with not so great news, hang in there, I'm :pray: for you. Im still just waiting, and waiting...........What are the benefits of a long down reg cycle as opposed to a flare cycle. I was day one with wouldloveabubba and my EPU is still weeks away. On the up side i have passed the one week mark without smoking, although i think DP was about ready to move into the spare room! Just a tad grizzly...Got my synarel and consent p'work in the mail and have Dr appt tomorrow....just gotta keep on waiting....Mel...
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.
hUn thinking of you. sorry that it has ended your cycle this way. x:
Hi Everyone,
Rob, BG, Bella55 thankyou for your warm welcomes..its good to hear some more positive feedback about Repromed Adelaide.
I had another appointment today with the FS and was going in to sign the consents for IVF. I walked out of there having done a blood test and booked on for another round of IUI. After chatting with my FS we decided that it would be worth it to give IUI another couple of shots..3 in all is what she recommended but i was happy to go 4.
Im working on a natural cycle so we anticipate the IUI for this saturday. I know its only a 20% chance that it would work but i guess it would be good to know that we gave IUI a good try before going any further.
I am also very concerned about OHSS if we have to do IVF as i have cystic ovaries..not pcos..but they have a cystic appearance with lots of follicles..that is my biggest fear about IVF!
Well i wish everyone luck over the next few days for whatever is coming up in your cycles..im sorry i cant give anyone much support or should i say advice yet as i've only just started FS treatment. I am definitely here if anyone wants to have a chat and i can empathise with you :grouphug:
Thanks again for listening everyone - xo
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
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.
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.:hug: 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 :D
TwoMums - hope everything is going well for you both.:hello:
BrideofChucky - Hi and :goodluck: with everything
Jodes - Hi and good luck with your IUI
WLAB - Hope all goes well today
Rob - :goodluck: on Fri
Mel - GL with the waiting and the Dr Appoint.
Sorry if I have missed anyone and :hello:
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:cold:
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!!:
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.
Sorry girls just dropping in to make you aware of this thread - we need to do something otherwise the Safety net will be taken away from us.
https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...y-net-ivf.html
Hi everyone,
I to have written to all the PM's re: means tested safety net.... As Jaxi said i to usually leave the letter writing and the campaining up to others but this time i felt i had to do something!
xxBella
I too have never written a letter to any government official - but I had to for this one. Also, I probably could have named the thread better - it really should be "IVF to be taken out of Safety Net?" because it's not just means testing that is on the table but even having IVF covered by the safety net at all.
Hi Girls,
re: the saftey net!! OMG!!!
I am definitely writing my letter tonight!! I cant believe it! We would definitely be screwed if it wasn't for the safety net. First cycle of IUI has cost $1650 (natural cycle) each cycle after this is going to cost us $393 because of the safety net. If the safety net is gone and we have to move forward with IVF then i just dont think we would be able to afford it for more than one cycle at $8k!!
Jaxi - sorry about your cancelled cycle :( dont know much about IVF yet but my FS said she would start me on atagonist cycle because of cystic ovaries and this reduces risk of OHSS?? :dunno:
Loops - are you doing IUI on natural cycle or stim?
Jodes xx
Hi Everyone,
Just heard from clinic, EPU Friday morning. T/F of Tues.
Hi Everyone
Jaxi - I'm so sorry that your cycle got cancelled, I hope your FS will have so much information now that your next cycle will be perfect!!!
Rob - Great News, good luck on your EPU!!
Mindhugs - Excellent fertilisation rates!!
Bella - Great going with the injections, hopefully you wont be stimming for long!
MellMell - Congrats on the not smoking, i know how hard it is!!
Jodes - Good luck with the IUI's. My friends fell pregnant on their 5th IUI. I think it is worth trying if you are patient enough. We did 11 IUI's before we gave up!
Big hugs to everyone else!!
Well Kim had her EPU today and out of 7 follies she got 6 eggs. The big one had an egg in it, but it wasnt really good. The scientist called it a brown blob really. So out of 6 we have 5 mature and ready for ICSI. We have to call tomorrow at 10am to find out fertilisation rates. We are really really pleased with the outcome. It could have been alot worse. So 7 follies down to 6 eggs down to 5 mature. Not bad going. Hopefully they will all fertilise and we have 5 embies tomorrow. The scientist said its not often that you get 100% fertilisation so we will be happy if 3 or 4 fertilise. Even happier with 5 tho!!! Kim is a little bit sore, but not sore enough for her to take panadol or anything.
Hi All,
Jaxi- Sorry to hear your cycle was cancelled all the best for your next one. Stay positive.
Mindhugs- Hope you little embryos are going strong. All the best for this cycle.
Jodes76- A big warm welcome to you, I have only been on here a short time and so far everyone has been fantastic, I wish I found this site earlier. All the best for IUI.
Bella55- Hope all is going well with your cycle.
Mellmell- Congrats on getting to the 1 week mark, keep it up, it is not easy to quit smoking with the stress of IVF, but stick with it, it does get easier.
CP77- Sorry to hear your not so great news but :crossfingers: for you.
Loops12- Hope all is going well for you.
xxRobxx That?s great that transfer will be 24th hopefully I will be just behind you. Will be thinking of you, hope all goes well.
Twomums- :crossfingers: for your little :egg:
AFM, I am in the monitoring stage for a natural FET. I have had BT's the past 2 mornings and have another one tomorrow morning. This is a little strange for me as my past 2 FET have only ever had 1 BT on day 11 and then on the embryo transfer. Clinic did not say much this afternoon other than to return in the morning. My levels from yesterdays test was LH=7 and the other reading was 700. Can anyone shed any light on these figures?
Sorry if I have missed anyone out. :hello:
:goodluck: to everyone on here.
hey guys, sorry i've been so slack with personals. will catch up soon.
AF has arrived in force, i hate her so much.
next step, wait and see. no more left in freezer for us.
good luck my friends
Hi Everyone,
I'm certain this issue of IVF and the Medicare Safety net will be all over the press shortly. There's no way it will slip under the radar!!!
JBM - fingers crossed for you.
Lani - good luck with this FET cycle. You start to feel like a pin cushion after a while. My FS told me that when we do our FET we can expect several blood tests to pinpoint ovulation.
Twomums - gosh that's all sounding great. Kim did really well. I always focus on getting big numbers. Fingers crossed for your little embies.
Jaxi - so glad to have you back. Sounds like your FS is making a good decision there. I think it's much better to have everything in good shape for a cycle.
Loops12 - I hope your AF comes soon (never thought I'd say that to anyone....wink).
Have a nice day everyone. Looks like rain up here in the Vegas.
JBM,
I am so sorry to hear that, sending a big :hug:
Sara
Hi Guys,
Just a short one. I am absolutely devastated at the news of the Safety Net. As it is WITH the SN, we don't know how we are going to afford IVF. Without it, I can kiss my dream of a family goodbye. It is just not fair, why do these things keep happening? We have NO other choice than IVF. I'm writing to all on the list and sending it out to all I know. Not that it would do any good...
Sorry guys, hate to be a downer but this has just ruined what was supposed to be a good day.
BrideofChucky - I know, it is devastating - I hope everyone realizes how important it is to express yourself to the elected officials. I read an article recently that people are used to venting online - in forums, comments to online newspapers all which has a purpose - BUT this has really been a disservice in terms of doing something that has impact because elected officials don't necessarily care about this - it's the direct letters and direct pleas that matter. I have never written a letter to a government official before, but this is just too important to say "well, others will do it" - the government needs to hear from as many people as possible. So glad you wrote a letter too.
The safety net issue could impact ANYONE seeking IVF (one of the things being considered is excluding IVF from the safety net full stop).
Please see:
https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...y-net-ivf.html
PS - don't think that we can't make a difference - if you go to the above thread, you will see where Dusty recalls other cuts to IVF being considered a few years ago and they weren't adopted because of the uproar - PLEASE EVERYONE, WRITE A LETTER - IT TAKES 15 MINUTES
Just a quick one (I'm at work) Great news everybody!!!!!!! We had 4 out of 5 eggs fertilise!! We are going for a 3 day transfer on Saturday as the scientist explained that if we transfer two, it is better to freeze the embryos on day 3 as they defrost better than frozen blasties!! YAYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!! We are so happy!!!