Long Term TTC & Assisted Conception - July/August 09

[mitf]

Hi Ladies,

Yes still here - just been a little busy and trying to get on top of everything since I returned home. Unfortunately my treatment has been delayed a week. I am a little peeved but it can't be helped.... just bad timing. We had a few family issues to sort out and had to stay a little longer which meant I missed my BT on Fri. I didn't think it would be a big deal but the clinic didn't want me to start my injections a day late when I returned. I ended up having my BT yesterday and I have down regulated. I have to continue on the synarel this week and will start injections on Friday so I am now looking at EPU on 7th August. I feel like I am sitting in the slow lane and getting no where fast!!

Theresep - sorry to hear about your mc and the delay till you can start again. I hope you are felling better soon and FX that next time will be the one that stays for keeps. x

Wishes - I fell your pain also, it is a common theme for us girls. I am used to being the only childless couple amongst our friends and family and have shed many tears at the news of others BFPs. Not that I am unhappy for them but I just really though I would be having children well before the even started TTC. To be honest I think I am happier when a BFP is achieved by one of my LTTTC buddies. I know they truly understand the longing and heartache that comes with this journey.

Emerald star - glad to hear the EPU went well and hope you are not in too much discomfort. My thoughts and prayers are with you. I really hope you are one of the really lucky 1st timers.

Loops - hope you are doing well.

Daisie - GL with the injections tomorrow. I am sure you will be fine with out DH just keep the goal in sight and think it will bring you one step closer!

Taurean - I hope you and the injections are going well.

Juniper - sorry I can't help with your question but I hope everything is ok.

Vira - thanks for thinking of me. I am so sorry to here about the difficulties you have had recently. I hope you manage to resolve things quickly and get back to where you want to be. Any news on your next steps?

Jasminstar - feeling your frustrations re synarel and working around the FS. While it is not my FS fault - me being 1 day late puts me back a week to fit in with the FS schedule.

Hi to anyone else I have missed. Hope you are keeping well with your journey.

A little and more for you all.

[wishes]

Thanks for the support girls. At least I know that I'm not the only one out there feeling like this. I completely relate to mitf when she said she feels happier for LTTTC girls getting BFP's. Again, I'm not sure if this is a normal feeling, but I just feel that those girls who get pregnant so easily cannot possibly grasp the concept of how lucky they are, simply because it happened so easily for them. And usually, it is those exact same girls where it doesn't even seem to enter their mind that it's not that easy for everyone, and they find it completely acceptable to continually ask you when you're going to have a baby. This seems to be based on the assumption that it was easy for them, so it must be easy for everyone. For us LT'ers, I feel like we appreciate it more, because like anything, if you work so hard for something, you appreciate it more when you get it.

I think one of the things that really bugs the most, is the complete cluelessness of the fertile people who have no idea what we're going through. But how could they? I think you cannot possibly know what us LTTTC'ers are going through, unless you have gone through it yourself. Sometimes I feel like screaming to everyone that yes we are TTC, but no it hasn't happened yet and yes we going through IVF, so just leave us alone and stop asking questions. I'm not sure how I'd feel about telling people what we're going through, because I don't know if I could handle the "pity" looks.

Thanks for listening girls. Sorry, no time for personals, have to get to work.

Wishes xoxo

[Taurean78]

Daisie - good luck with the injections. I know you'll be fine. I decided to do my own so as not to rely on DH and to prevent the nagging of "When are you coming home to do my shot?". I do it in my stomach (I always knew my fat rolls would come in use one day ). It is an exciting time because things are finally happening.

Mitf - good to see you back. I hope things went as well as they possibly could. Sorry to hear that they have put you a week back - that's so irritating when you have things planned in your head to be happening at a certain time but unfortunately is the nature of the beast. In good news, we start our FSH on the same day so will be going down the same path at the same time.

ATM - I went for the first BT this morning and to pick up Puregon & Trigger inj. Just had a call back from the nurses to say that it's all looking good and provided AF comes by Fri, I can start my FSH injections then too. Another small bit of progress

I am in my last week of school hols now so must warn that by next week my posts will cut back a bit. The support I am getting from this website is amazing and I really feel part of a community (albeit a faceless one!).

I was sitting in the clinic this morning wondering if any of the women there were LT'ers form BB.... Something to keep the mind occupied when you're waiting around

[mitf]

Wishes - you have articulated my thoughts perfectly (I could swear you read my mind). I don't think you have anything to worry about, these feelings are perfectly normal. We all have our good and bad weeks, and some times it's just good to have a rant!. FX that we will all achieve our BFP's soon.

Taurean - I do my own shots too, the though of DH jabbing me is not appealing. And yes those lovely rolls do come in handy! I find if I pinch it just below it doesn't hurt as much. Great news that we are doing our Puregon shots from the same day. My dose has tripled from my IUI's so I will be interested to see how differently it affects me. Do you know the date for your EPU?

[Taurean78]

Great news that we are doing our Puregon shots from the same day. My dose has tripled from my IUI's so I will be interested to see how differently it affects me. Do you know the date for your EPU?

No idea of date of EPU. I go in for another blood test on Monday and they'll monitor me from there. My clinic can seem a bit blase about those things because they are so busy but I feel confident with them. I am on 150 units of Puregon and am a bit worried about how I am going to handle it. But having said that, I have been absolutely fine on the Lucrin and all I have noticed is a dry mouth sensation.

I had to laugh when I read the product info for Puregon:
"Puregon contains the active ingredient, follitropin beta rch. This is produced by a Chinese hamster ovary cell line transfected with the human FSH subunit genes"

OK....WTF? Chinese hamster ovary cells?!?!

Hi to everyone and with TTC and your cycles

[Daisie]

OMG Taurean78, I so wish I didn't just learn that - what a laugh. I'm on Puregon next week... now I"ll be thinking of hamster eggs! Just kidding... I'm going to try really hard to forget it.

My first injection went really well... no problems whatsoever. I was really psyched for it and I hope they all go so well.

HOpe everyone is doing well.

[Emerald Star]

Vira - Thanks for the
Any news on your next steps yet?

Mitf - Glad to see you back.....sorry about the delay in your cycle. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that despite these hiccups good things are on their way!

Taurean78 - daisie - Loops12 - and mitf you guys are really close together with your cycles......i am for lots of in August for all of us.

AFM - Embriologist called this morning to let me know that 3 are still fertilised and 1 is really slow with its cell division......i've given up on that one and its seems we are down to 3 Grade A embies. I'm praying they are still Grade A's by Saturday......I will ask about cell division tomorrow and see where they're at....by tomorrow according to my research they should be at at least 6 - 8 cell division. Has anyone been through this and can explain it all to me.....pleeeeeese!
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Me 40
right tube removed
DH 42
Normal
TTC #1 for 3 years

1x natural ectopic 2007
IUI #1 18 April 2009
IUI #2 19 May 2009
IVF #1 7 July 2009