Sarah - welcome, and yay on finally taking the plunge to join us over here!
Jo - hope you have a great time away hun - it's difficult to put the test back, but it's so going to be worth it to get some away time with DH and some distractions from the dreaded TWW!
Chez - best of luck with the flare cycle hun! have my fingers crossed for a great result for you
well, looks like i might be back to harrass you all more over the next couple of weeks! i've been a little quiet in this thread lately cos i've been back in a holding pattern but had a BT yesterday, and should find out tomorrow if we can start our next cycle - yay!!! i guess that means that by the end of the month we might be in the dreaded TWW again! i've hated being inactive- we want to be parents so much that i just feel this need to be pro-active - and it looks like that might start again tomorrow.
Lou, 12 blasties You're going to have your hands full girl! lol What a result, you must be over the moon.
Welcome Sarah, you have finally taken the plunge into the AC thread All the best with your upcoming cycle. Well done on your water intake, I think I need to take a leaf out of your book (or find myself a water coach )
BG, I know what you mean about needing to be proactive. I had a couple of months off AC, and although I needed to do it for my own sanity I was still frustrated that we were doing nothing. We could quite possibly be sharing a TWW.
A week on synarel and feeling ok. Have had slight headaches the last two days, but so far not too bad. Had a couple of problems this week remembering to take my dose Appt with my (fill in) nurse on Wednesday to pick up the rest of my drugs and to have a BT. According to the dates I was giving, I should be starting my FSH injections on Sunday night. DH can't wait to start injecting me again
Megan - i'll happily take on the water coach thing! grab yourself two 750ml pump bottles of water - challenge is to have them both finished by the time i get home from work (half three) - that's the starting point
after a few days, when you're used to that, add a third each day and you've met your target - easy!!!
Just thought i would pop in and say hi...
I have been stalking and reading but haven't posted because i need to try and stay strong and not go another IVF/ICSI cycle until October.. And this TTC thing can very easily become addictive and obessive!
Good Luck to you all and i hope none of you are left my the time i am back in the game and that you are all hanging out on the pregnancy threads with BW!
As for me still ttc naturally and trying to lose a couple of kilos in the next 10 weeks. Im enjoying the new job and it is a lot less stressful so my plan is working..and hopefully we will get our BFP in Oct...
Thanks BG I'll start tomorrow. I think it will be easier for me at work since I am always at my desk. Oh, and as I just realised the time I don't think I am going to get 2 bottles down in 30 seconds!
I'll report back tomorrow how I went!
surprisingly, i find it easier to hit my quota of water on days when i'm at home. as much as it's better for you to drink room temperature water (which i drink at work) i love drinking cold cold water - and we have a water cooler thingy at home - so i just grab a bottle of water, sit down to catch up on BB, and by the time i'm finished catching up on posts, i'm a bottle or two down LOL! the chat thing is brilliant too - always drink a bottle while i'm chatting on there! weird!
happy to be water coach to anyone who needs helpd/motivation/kick in the pants to get drinking!
BG- sounds like you are about to start again soon... what sort of cycle will you be doing this time?
Hi Jo - enjoy your break - I think you are amazing at being able to delay your b/t by a whole 24 hrs. Have you had any pg symptoms?
Wow Holly - that is a whole lot of drugs to be taking!! I don't have a treatment plan from my clinic yet so I think I will have to phone the nurse tomorrow and ask them to post one out to me - at the moment my brain seems to have turned to emotional custard and I have difficulty remembering stuff... I remember now what is was like last cycle - feeling down and depressed and cranky and teary... AAAHHHHHH!! I hate feeling this way!
Anyway, have just finished a hot choc and a piece of dark chocolate but it hasn't made me feel any better I know I should go and do some exercise but I am feeling so down and depressed at the moment - bloody drugs!! So I think I might just curl up with DF and watch a movie and hide from the world!
Take care all and talk you to you tomorrow,
Cherylxxx
hi chez - feeling emotional is so part and parcel of the whole AC game - it sucks big time!!! i was sooooo flat for some of it, especially the first couple of times when i had failed cycles. now i just take everything as yet another side effect of the meds, and i try not to let it affect the rest of my life - sure i'm not as sociable, but that's a small price to pay. (it's taken a lot of soul searching and fixating on being able to find the silver lining to every dark cloud to get to that midset, but it's working for me for the moment!)
cycle wise, i'm completely different to the norm! my body responds "too well" to the synarel and won't be woken from up again by the puregon, so basically my cycle is a BT yesterday, if all ok in that one, i start puregon tomorrow, an u/s around day 6-8. if all going ok at that stage with one or two dominant follies, i have to then start having "antagonist" shots every 24 hours to stop O too early, along with continuing the puregon. second u/s to see that things are ok, trigger shot then IUI next day - last time it was all of 11 days from start til i entered the TWW. i don't think i could survive the drawn out 40+ days of a full down reg IVF cycle. from what i gather, if we move to IVF, we'll basically have the same protocol, with a few more days of puregon to mature more of the smaller follies rather than just a couple of dominant ones. will be interesting to see what happens if we have to go to IVF
BG my last IVF cycle was only 9 days - thats 9 days of injections them EPU no pill no spray, but if you do need to move onto IVF then Mac may have you do a full down reg for your first cycle?? but i dont know??
i think after seeing how my body reacts to the synarel he's reluctant to go down that path again - i was on the 200IU they gave you for 10 days last cycle and got 3 dominant and 21 smaller follies - so i'm guessing my body is one of those stubborn ones - don't know if he'd try a higher dose for a better and still quick response, or drag it out more.... i think because i've basically had to do the same as an IVF patient (minus epu) for the IUI, he's already had the fun of experimenting with me!
kinda hoping it's ont of those things i don't have to find out though....
Congrats Lou - that is wonderful news...im so happy for you
Jo - glad to hear you will finally have some alone time with DH - doesn't sound like you get the chance to do that often so hope you have a great time
To everyone else...hi & hope you are all okay.
This is going to be short & sweet cause I am feeling pretty crappy today & just want to veg out on the lounge in front of the heater. AF came today, first time in close to a year that she has come without being drug induced. And she has come back with a vengeance!
Going to see FS tomorrow & hopefully we get the go ahead to start IUI...not sure how quickly we will be able to get started but I am hoping I get start the injections asap.
Hi BG -thanks for the info about how your cycle went. I am not sure what is making me so much more emotional early on this cycle - maybe the higher dose of Gonal-F right from the start (I am on 450 now but started at 300 last time) or maybe it is the apprehension of how my body will react this time around since I had such a crappy result last time. Apart from feeling emotional and irrational, I have slightly tender BBs but am not feeling any niggles or twinges in my ovaries at all!! I really hope the synarel is not shutting everything down like it did with you... I was lying in bed at about 3am this morning feeling like absolute cr@p and wondering how many more cycles I could put myself through and then Ithought about why we were doing it and told myself to stop being so selfish... but I just can't help but worry about how things will turn out this time... and we have lots of things coming up at work over the next couple of weeks that could really do with me being here, not having to take more sick leave! And my mum who lives in Nth Qld has to have surgery in about 4 weeks and she is by herself and I feel like I should go up there for a couple of weeks to look after her but then I worry about how that will affect the IVF... so many things to worry about and I am a Cancer and therefore a natural, born worrier from way back! But I am trying to keep everything in perspective and take one day at a time which is so unlike me - I am a control freak and need to know what is happening when and I need to feel completely organised for it. I think that is enough rambling for now.... Will make an extra special effort to try to see the silver lining in things today
take care all
cherylxxx
Cheryl - i'm a control freak from way back too, so i completely understand that feeling of anxiety when something is so completely out of your control! it's completely natuaral to feel apprehensive hun. not only are you facing IVF, your facing the hurdle of overcoming a bad outcome last time which makes it even more frightening. when you add to that everything you have going on in your life at the moment, you're bound to feel very nervous. every little twinge (or lack of) is likely to be analysed and compared to your last cycle and will sometimes come up wanting (been there hun and it sucks!)
one thing to remind yourself through all of this - IVF is an experimentation game - every time they try a new dosage or new protocol, the FS is trying to find the perfect "fit" for you. for some people, first go is the treat. unfortunately, for some of us, it takes a bit more jiggling. you're sure to be closely monitored through all of this, and there are still a lot of different protocols they can try. from a physical perspective, it's an annoyance we can deal with, from an emotional perspective, this is a really tough journey. please don't feel that there is anything wrong with letting the emotional side of things get to you. this is your DREAM that you're fighting for - and there is a hell of a lot of emotion tied up in taking the steps to achieve that dream. make use of every avenue available to you to help in coping emotionally - your DP, the girls (and guys) here on BB, the counsellors through the IVF clinic.... and don't ever feel like being emotional through this is wrong - i'd be worried if you didn't end up emotional hun!
My sweetheart started on Lucrin last week. I now have the pleasure of injecting her everyday, i wanted to be as much a part of the IVF process as possible, even if it means causing her a little pain everday. She is doing great, I am however struggling. I feel so helpless, we have been trying with a Donor for over 2 years and now begin the IVF journey. I just pray I can be the supportive partner that she will need. Can anyone tell me anything about the side effects she may feel from Lucrin and Puregon?? Also, am I right in saying that she is on Lucrin and then Puregon after her period. Or does she stop the Lucrin before she goes onto the Puregon. Our FS did explain but it was all very overwhelming. If anyone can explain the process a little for me that would be so great. Good luck to everyone, i have such admiration for you all.
i haven't done the lucrin/puregon combo before, but my understanding is that the lucrin continues every day until the trigger shot for IVF. good luck with it all for you and your partner
well, i'm still in limbo today - had BT to start the puregon injections on Saturday - and clinic still didn't have the results today!! thankfully i have minimal hormone fluctuation naturally, so results will still be the same - but i have to wait now until tomorrow to find out if we can start again.....
Glad to see you're back on track & hoping you geta great result this time.
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You're going to have your hands full girl! lol What a result, you must be over the moon.
you have finally taken the plunge into the AC thread
Appt with my (fill in) nurse on Wednesday to pick up the rest of my drugs and to have a BT. According to the dates I was giving, I should be starting my FSH injections on Sunday night. DH can't wait to start injecting me again
I know I should go and do some exercise but I am feeling so down and depressed at the moment - bloody drugs!! So I think I might just curl up with DF and watch a movie and hide from the world!
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