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Hi Sarah,
We're in the same boat. DW starts Lucrin soon (30 July) and also had a bit of brown mucus or spotting or something. She's on a low dose pill. Anyway our clinic told her to go and get some supplementary pill to take with the normal pill.
Anyway, suggest you ring the clinic anyway. That's what they are getting paid for.
Oh wow Rols, we're only 6 days apart! Good luck to you guys :)
Couldn't get onto the nurses so will have to try again tomorrow. I'm not really worried cos I think it's from having last night's one too late ie this morning. But I will ring in the morning.
Hi Everyone :D
BW - Still can't find the right words to make you feel any better, but know that you are back in big strong arms from all of us in this thread xxx Welcome back, and lets hope you are out of here quicker than ever xxx
Nic - If you go back a few pages and read my post to Chez, have a look at all of the drugs I was on for my last 2 cycles :rolleyes:
From what I can remember from reading, they can use Pregnyl as a booster, but I have always had Ovidrel for mine. (And had HUGE amounts of Pregnyl throughout my cycle too... )
If you are an endo sufferer, this may explain why you may be going to have both... I know the Pregnyl shots after transfer are to help keep the lining in place (extra help for the crinone)... my FS made me take it because its common in ladies with endo that the lining comes away too quickly after IVF, and doesn't even give the embies time to implant (This happened on my 2nd cycle).
HTH ;)
BG - OMG You poor thing - I swear I have never known anyone that has had to wait as much as you!! I don't know how you keep your patience and stay sane!!! Hoping and praying that you have all systems go for this cycle xxx
Mummy2 - Welcome!! You will find much love and support in here. Hope you don't get to stick around for too long!!!
Sarah - What is happening with you is exactly what happened with me when I did my cycle starting with the pill.
I think the spotting is quite common when you take it before a cycle and your body is just getting used to it.
Definately check with your nurses, but it made no difference with me - They made me keep taking the damn thing and I was spotting every day whilst taking it... and it was old blood too, like you.
They told me it was nothing to worry about.. If that makes you feel any better until you can talk to a nurse!!! ;)
Sparkles... Enjoy your holiday, I'm so so jealous!!!
Will be back on later when DH turns the TV back on to the Asian Cup.... How much soccer can one man watch day after day???!!!
Love Holly
xxx :D
self absorbed post here - copied from my journal cos i'm too angry to type again
OMG - i am soooooooooo angry! i called the clinic at lunch time to find out what was happening with results, left a message and didn't get a call back until 6.10 tonight - only to be told that "oops, they forgot to send your blood off for testing" - they've sent it this arvo and should have results tomorrow - i'm sooooo not happy - i feel like we're being messed around big time - and it's p!ssing me off! i've donw really well to not let this waiting get to me the past fortnight, but tonight i can feel the tears stinging the back of my eyes...
Hey Holly, I will go back and check that post of yours :) thanks. that's interesting info about being on the Pregnyl after a transfer... I suppose that will be stuff that I will find out when we get down there.
Nic
eta: OMG BG!! I'd be absolutely livid. Grrrr..to the incompetent person who couldn't send you blood off!
There's something vaguely comforting about being back with old friends...
Today the research has begun and the plan forward is being set in place. I still can't face the phone to make the appointments I need and to cancel the ones I don't.
I suspect that I'll be back here for a while. I need to wait for hormone levels to come down (hopefully not too long!), and I'm going to insist on a heap of testing before I proceed with another transfer. Quite simply, I'm not going to go through 19 months and the hell of losing my baby to blindly walk into another transfer without the possible causes of that loss being investigated! And if it does turn out that my PCOS is the only factor increasing my likelihood of miscarriage... then regardless of how sick I end up next time, regardless of what my GP may suggest - I will NOT reduce my dose of metformin no matter what!
Sarah, just one word of warning regarding the spotting. If it gets heavier, if it turns into a major bleed and you're still taking the tablets - yell, scream, demand attention from your clinic as it can get pretty serious. Probably won't happen to you, I'm told that the big factor in it happening to me was the fact that I'd gone so long without AF when the spotting started... and the flood gates opened.
BG, ugh! posted at the same time. I'm so sorry this has happened. You don't need this. Hopefully things will get underway tomorrow. :hug:
BW
no BW - they forgot to send the sample off.
i'm slightly furious....
Hi Ladies :)
I used to be in here all the time but have been out of this thread for quite awhile. After heading down the adoption path for abit, we have put that on hold, had the holiday of a lifetime in Europe and are attempting IUI in the next few weeks. We have decided to give this ago even there is a very small chance of it working (with DH's troubled swimmers & my blocked tube), we will try for 6 months before IVF. I don't know if this seems strange to anyone, but I feel like I need to ease my way into IVF. I really hit rock bottom after TTC for 5 years, went head first into the adoption process (before realising I really do need to try IVF), re-grouped and headed OS and have now returned happier than I can remember being in years. I don't want a failed IVF cycle to interupt our happiness at the moment, IUI failing I can handle....iykwim. I also feel like we are still young, I am 30 this coming Sunday and DH the same age but 6 weeks younger. I feel like there is plenty of time for us on this new journey. We have survived the disappointment of trying ourselves for 5 years, I think we can survive anything now :)
I am nervous about giving myself injections (pick them up next Thursday), I hate needles. Please tell me it is not that bad?
lil chookie - welcome back hun!
i can so understand the "easing" yourself in thing - and can tell you, it really isn't too bad! i' waiting on the go ahead to start another IUI cycle, and will let you know that it really is fairly easy. the needles are fairly straight forward (most of them are in "pens" so you attach a needle, dial up your dose, and hey presto!) - and i found them relatively pain free. the whole process was really straight forward, and not as scary as i thought it would be! we're all here to support you through it all hun
oh, just so you know - don't use my hitory as a yard stick - i'm a difficult patient :) - now that the doc has worked my body out, we're going well! if you're picking up meds on Thursday next week, it sounds like you'll only be a week or so behind me - good luck hun!
Hi everyone
BG - OMG - you must have been very upset to find out that you have been waiting needlessly for the last few days because someone didn't do their job properly! That sort of thing makes me very angry! I really hope you get the results you want tomorrow and you can get started ASAP and move past this speed bump very quickly!
BW - welcome back - I was very sorry to read of your loss... hopefully we will all move into the TWW and pg threads very, very soon!! I hope you are doing okay.
Sparkles - enjoy your holiday... how nice to get away from the cold and rain for a while!
Hi lil chookie - welcome back. Don't worry about the needles - they are no hassles really, even if you do have a phobia of needles, they are mostly such little things you will hardly notice anything. The trigger is a regular size needle but you only need one of those - some of the ladies have their DPs give the trigger. Good luck with IUI. Have you looked into any alternative therapies for yourself and DH? I have my DF on a mens multi-vit to help with his dodgy morphology, although it takes 7 weeks to have an effect on the sperm.
Holly & Nic - I finally got to ring my clinic - my Pregnyl is going to be used after the transfer along with the Crinone gel - now that is something to look foward to ;) so all is good.
Sarah - I can't really help you with the spotting - I didn't get any at all on my down reg cycle, but today I have noticed the tiniest bit. That might be because I am on a flare cycle this time? Interesting what Rols had to say about his DW needing another pill tho.
Well, I am moving along with my one day at a time philosophy. So far so good! Got the bill from MIVF for our current cycle - it has gone up by $450 as of 1st July compared with what we paid last time - and we only had a credit of $175 because we didn't go to transfer. I still don't have the medicare chq from the 1st cycle - all of the paperwork seems to take quite a while to get through the system!
Tomorrow I am off to my first acupuncture session since I had the first EPU. I am really hoping that it will help grow my little follies as I am not feeling much action going on down there at the moment!
Take care everyone.
Cherylxxx
Hi Sarah...Im CD 17 and ive been taking the pill(microgynon)for 12 days now. I havent missed any tablets and no spotting. The clinic had told me not to miss any as it might affect my cycle. I start my lucrin spray on the 24th july.
Sorry girls, I will be MIA for another few days. This morning DH's grandmother passed away. She was 87 but it wasn't really expected until the last couple of days when she started to develop a bit if a chest infection (possible pneumonia??) It is just one thing after another at the moment and I feel like I am going to snap. I was at work for an hour this morning when I got the call, so I left as DH was obviously upset and was home along still recovering from surgery. The funeral is Friday. I have a BT and nurse appt tomorrow and acupuncture Thursday. I don't know if I'm suffering from Synarel heacahces or stress headaches. Possibly a combination of both at the moment. :(
BG, I would seriously be unhappy with that too. It's not good enough.
BW, Welcome back....although I would rather you weren't here ;) YKWIM. Thinking lots of good things for you :hug:
Lil chookie, welcome back. Don't worry, the needles really aren't that bad! :)
Oh, and in my only hour at work today one of the girls I worked with announced she is 12 weeks pregnant with twins! So, the day started with a synarely headache, that cheery announcement and then the phone call from DH about is nana. What a day.
oh megan - that just sucks hun! biggest hugs to you and your DH at the moment.
hoping things are on the improve for you both very soon
take care hun
Oh Megan, you and your poor DH have been having a bad run lately haven't you? Lots of hugs for you both.
Nic
Megan, my thoughts are with you both. You've had a very rough time lately. Doesn't feel fair sometimes.
Sorry, no time for posting - DH is telling me to hurry up.
Hope you all have a great few days and i'll try to catch up when we get back on Friday. We will have our BT result by then.
:hello: Jo
Oh no Megan, what a horrible morning. I hope the day improves for you babe :hugs:
I called the clinic about the bleed & the nurse sounded a bit surprised that it was so heavy (well it is now). But she said keep going as I am & we'll just make a note of it. She's going to talk to Derek (FS) and will call if he wants me to change anything.
glad you managed to get through to the clinic Sarah - if it turns out to be nothing, well, it's noted on your file - but at least the people in the know have been made aware now - hope it settles down soon for you hun
Megan - hoping you and DH are travelling ok - there's just nothing i can say to help you at the moment...
well, FINALLY got a call back from the clinic - we're on again!!! yay!! start injuections tonight, and have an ultrasound next monday to check how we're travelling. about time!!
Woohoooo!!! Great news BG, looks like we'll be a week apart again! Let's hope it's a nice transition together for us & Rols over to the pregnancy threads at the same time.