Long Term TTC & Assisted Conception - July/August 09

Hi girls,

EPU was this morning and from the original 7 follicles came 4 eggs which the scientist said were really good, "textbook" eggs. FS called it a "modest" amount of eggs but then backed it up with the whole quality over quantity spiel.

Actual EPU wasn't overly comfortable and had bad cramping afterwards - I really feel for you girls with lots of follies because everytime he went in for one of mine, that's when the pain was the worst. But then on the other hand, i'm envious because I didn't have many! You can't have it both ways I guess.

Andrology came back to us whilst in recovery and told us DH's specimen was good too.

So now for the wait for the phone tomorrow to see how many have fertilised. Then a shot of Pregnyl on Sunday and another call on Monday for further update from embryologist. The pain and discomfort isn't too bad - they gave me Panadeine Forte in recovery and I have just been using heat packs all day whilst taking it easy and lying on the couch.

Mitf - Hope your EPU went well. :crossfingers: you didn't find it too painful.

Emerald Star - Have been thinking about you lots and hope your BT went well today:hug:

jasminstar - hope your embies are coming along nicely

Accidentally posted this one before finishing! TBC

Sorry about cutting off post - must be the narcotics from this mornings procedure!

Jasminstar - also hope the OHSS has stayed away

Miss K - how did your scan go today?

wishes - hope your FET went well and that you're taking care of yourself.:crossfingers:

juniper76 - Thanks for the good wishes - hoping you're well.

BTB - Welcome to you! Can't say I had your problem. Instead, I was exhausted on my injections at the start (from Puregon, not the Lucrin). Be kind to yourself during this tough time on your body. You've come to a great place with great women with great info!

Baby2Bee - I hope your discomfort is easing. I would say that a cyst could definitely come up between cycles. If a follicle can grow on average 2mm a day, surely a cyst could do the same? One of my follies grew 4mm in 24hrs between scans! I have a history of ovarian cysts and need frequent u/s to keep on top of them. I'm not an expert though- hope you get the answers you're after.

Hi Loops12, Bubbless, Seph and apologies to others I have missed.

xxTaurean78

Hi Ladies,

Baby2Bee, I had two cysts on my original scan when I was having abdominal pain. This was last year when my PCOS was discovered. They have not shown on scans since but I get intermittent pain and I think it may be related as FS cannot explain it. I would try not to worry and see what they say after the scan. GL.

BTB, :welcome: Lack of sleep is a nightmare and I think like Baby2Bee said it can be down to all the stress but also like Taurean I was exhausted on the Puregon and slept a lot. What shots are you on? Are you down regulating or shorter cycle?

Mitf, Hope all went well today and you are not too uncorfortable. Hope you got lots of little eggs and that they are all doing well too. FX for fertilisation and strong embies.

Emerald Star, Hope the BT went well today. Please let us know how you got on. FX!!!

Taurean, Sorry you had pain with EPU (I was out for the count). I know you are concerned about having 4 eggs but as I was told today when you produce a lot they are more likely to be lower quality so your FS is right. I have already lost 7 and most of the ones left are going slow. I'm staying positive but just letting you know that I got lots and my FS said that to me so they are not saying it just to make you feel better - it's true. Good luck with fertilisation and developement.

Miss K, Hope the scan went well today and you are resting well. FX you keep that OHSS at bay. Try not to worry, and look after yourself.

Wishes, I hope your two blasties thawed out well and ET was ok today. Get plenty of rest now and sending you lots of :stickyvibesgirl::stickyvibesboy:

Bubbless, Hope you're doing well and having been resting up since ET.

Juniper, Loops, Vira and Seph, Hope you're doing well; sorry if I missed anyone.

AFM: Well of my 18 eggs, 12 fertilised and 11 were still there today (day 2). I have been in a lot of pain since Wednesday and am not passing all the fluid I'm drinking (Not passing the other way either even after lots of prunes! TMI :redface:). Anyway, most of my little embies are a bit slow - I blame DH for that ;) Only kidding. But there are two doing really well so fingers are crossed that they pick up a bit cos otherwise my FX does not want to wait till blasties stage but freeze in case I lose too many. Bloods came back good today and Est is down so even though I'm bloated and in a fair bit of pain it looks like I have avoided the OHSS at this stage (though the nurse told me they still wanted to monitor it) but YAHHHH for now I will hopefully transfer this cycle. Tommorow if FS thinks most of my sleepy embies are at risk of being lost it we wait and Monday if they catch up over night and she feels it's safe to wait and still have a back-up. I like the back-up plan as I will not be first in line to repeat this whole cycle very soon! Bit of a long one, sorry. And as always GL to us all :crossfingers:

Hi ladies

Congrats Taurean on your healthy eggs, it's a scarey feeling not knowing how they will develop when you don't have so many but must be reassuring to know they are top quality. Are you planning to go to blast? I am visualizing my emby developing and hopefully tomorrow he will be a blast. Wish I had a microscopic camera in my uterus to keep an eye on him... Praying that all 4 of yours fertilize beautifully.

Mitf hope your EPU went well and that your feeling ok

Miss K - I just noticed your question about how long after being on gonal you ovulate, I think it is different for everyone. After 7 days of stims I needed another 5 before I triggered and then 36 hours to EPU which I imagine means you don't actually ovulate as eggs are still in follicle? Correct me if I'm wrong girls. I was worried I ovulated before epu due to cm decreasing and I usually ovulate day 10, somehow I thought my body could override the drugs.

Baby2bee - hope your pain has eased up, I feel my ovaries and uterus twinge a lot in luteal phase, did you find out if there is a cyst or not yet? Sorry I forget when you said your next u/a is.

Emerald star how did your test go today? Thinking of you xxx

I should be over in 2 ww thread but trying not to dwell on it.

Hi to Juniper, jasminstar and everyone else. Looking forward to hearing how you are all doingxxx

Hi Ladies,

I hope everyone is well and looking forward to a lovely the weekend.

The EPU went well. I was actually surprised how good I felt afterwards. The FS nurse kept commenting at how well I looked; particularly compared to one of the ladies she had on Wednesday who is not doing to well.

There is a little confusion over how many eggs I got, either 9 or 10. They haven't really told us much about the embies at this stage but said they would call with a full updated report tomorrow.

Taurean - Thanks for thinking of me. I am glad things went well for you also. I must have had a higher level of sedation than you. I didn't remember anything after the first 5 minutes until I was waking up and being wheeled out of the room. Sorry to hear it was a bit painful for you. :goodluck: as your embies continue to develop wonderfully over the next few days.

JasminStar - sorry to hear you are still a bit under the weather. Fantastic news though that you have probably avoided OHSS. Sorry to hear that you have already lots some of your precious little embies. :crossfingers: that the remaining ones continue to strengthen each day.

EmeraldStar - thinking of you hon, I hope the BT went well today.

Wishes - I hope your 2 little embies thawed ok and ET went well. :goodluck: as you begin your 2WW. I hope you manage to keep your mind off things. some :stickyvibesboy::stickyvibesgirl: for you.

Miss K - I hope your scan and everything went well today.

BT - :welcome: I too have trouble sleeping at times, particularly in the TWW. Generally because I find it hard to shut my brain off and lay awake thinking about the whole process and all the 'what ifs'. GL with your treatment and you BT tomorrow.

xo

Hey Hey Ladies!!!

The scan went well thankyou all for asking and no OHSS only one little follicle there measuring 1.5cm so I keep jabbing away till monday when I need a BT to see whats to come of this follicle!

Tauren - Ouchies sounds painful hunny!! I hope the phonecall you get will be nothing but positive news!!! When will they do the transfer?

jasminstar - Aww you poor thing!!! I hope the OHSS stays well away from you and you get good news and the little emby's speed up! Its good you have the back up plan and have a good mind for it all!!

mitf - YAY for you feeling good and how annoying you have to wait till tomorrow for full report bet you'll be going to bed early so then you can wake-up to the phone call hehe!!

Hey there girls

Taurean and Mitf - congrats on your EPU today. My view is that any eggs are better than no eggs at all, so that's a great result for both of you.

By the way mitf, I saw your friend request but I am really hopeless at this online stuff. I think I accepted your request but I can't be sure. Maybe you can let me know if what I did worked? It was so exciting to get a friend request though, so thanks.

Emerald Star - I'm dying to know your BT results from today. I really hope that your hcg levels are rising. Keep us posted.

Juniper - thanks for your well wishes. It's nice to know that there are people out there who you don't even know, but who are thinking of you.

Jasminstar - I'm thinking of you and your little embies developing. Hoping that they get to blastie stage for you, and also hoping you get to ET this cycle. Sounds like you've recovered really well from that really high estrogen level before EPU. Fingers crossed for you.

Miss K - good luck with the injections, and I hope that your BT goes well.

BTB - welcome. I could probably say that I have a lack of sleep, but I don't think it has anything to do with IVF. I'm usually tired all the time and I just love sleep. Good luck with your first cycle.

AFM - had 2 x day 5 blasties transferred today. They thawed the 2 and they both survived which is great, so we still have 3 frozen blasties left. The FS was an hour late though and they told me I had to have a full bladder when I came in so that was just torture. I actually had to go to the toilet and let some out otherwise I would have burst.

BT is on 17th Aug so the waiting begins.

Wishes xoxo

Just got the call from the clinic to say that 3 out of 4 eggs have fertilised since EPU yesterday. She said, "That's great, nearly 100%". DH laughed out loud as it was on speaker phone! Since when is 75% nearly 100%??!!

Anyway, looks like transfer will go ahead on Wednesday :pray:.

Thanks for all the well wishes. Thinking of you all.

xxTaurean78

Hi Les Girls,

Taurean78, best of luck with your three little ones. Hoping they all turn out to be strong and healthy. So you're going to blastie stage too. Are you hoping to transfer one or two?

Mitf, What news today - I'm dying to know. Hope it's all good.

Wishes, delighted both of your blasties survived the thaw. At least your TWW wait is 9 sleeps away. Sending you heaps of :stickyvibesgirl::stickyvibesboy:

Miss K, GL on Monday with the BT - keep jabbing til then ;)

EmeralD Star, Thinking of you and hoping your silence is not due to bad results. Sending a big hug to you :hug:

Hi to the rest of you ladies and good luck to all.

AFM: A day of good news. The andrology lab rang this morning to report I have 4 embies doing really well and, get this, the one that they thought was a goner split over night. They really are slow little buggers. So I'm back to 12 with 4 that they think will make it to Monday for Blastie stage and some stragglers that they are not too hopeful of but my FS also rang later and said as my EPU was so late on Wednesday they are really half a day behind as they check them in the morning. So FX I may get even more than 4. She told me that Est dropped from 23000 on Monday to 4000 on Friday so she thinks that the OHSS is unlikely at this stage - Yahhhhh. Transfer is 1:30pm on Monday - and hoping to have 2 really strong little ones for the task.

wishes - I have had to hold my bladder before with them being half an hour late and I nearly wet myself LOL!!!! Sending you lots of *sticky vibes*

Tauren YAY for 3 you must be stoked with that! wishing you all the best for transfer on Wed!

Jasminstar- Seems you have kcked OHSS out the door!! And yay for transfer on Monday I bet you cannot wait!!

AFM - Jab Jabbing away just want monday to come to see if this folli is going to allow us to O or whats happening :)

Hi Ladies,

Sorry to keep you waiting I have been out and about all day.

I received a call mid morning to confirm that it was 10 eggs that were collected. Unfortunately a couple of them were a little immature and had to be discarded. We now have 7 lovely little fertilized embies. DH is very chuffed that his little fellas did all the work and no rescue ICSI was needed. The clinic is going to call again on Monday for another update and at this stage ET is still planned for Wednesday. I am feeling very excited about the whole process as this is the closest we have ever gotten to being parents, even if it had to happen in a little dish.

We are playing parents tonight actually, babysitting my beautiful 13 month old niece for 26 hours while my sister & BIL have gone away. DH looked right at home pushing the pram and it was nice to have a little one in the back seat while we were cruising around this afternoon.

Taurean - congrats on your 3 little embies as well.

Miss K - GL for you scan on Monday. I hope your little follie has a few more friends by then.

Jasminstar - stoked for you too hon. Your so lucky that OHSS has stayed at bay. GL for your transfer on Monday - are you planning a double ET?

Wishes - fantastic news that the 2 little ones survived the thaw and ET went well. GL on your 2WW. Oh and the friend request thing did work, not entirely sure what extra features it adds but I was playing around the other day trying to figure how to get a few more things to work on my profile page.

Sorry ladies ive been mia. Been pretty busy with the Summit I had for work and the weekend, also ive been pretty upset as Im about 95% im out and have no frozen embys or money left. Ive had AF type migraines that I would normally get, back pain and did Early response HPT yestie with a neg and today ive had tiny bit of blood. I have the tiniest bit of hope that it is implantation releated but I doubt it since I am 7dpt. What does everyone else think?

Emerald STAR AND Williamsemma - A huge CONGRATS :clap: sO HAPPY for you both and all the best for H&H pregnancies. Emerald Star - i really hope you dont have to got through another m/c - sending you loads of :stickyvibesgirl::stickyvibesboy:

Hi to everyone else and I hope you are all doing well. Thanks everyone for your kind wishes and thoughts xoxo

Hi everyone,

I am new to this thread. I have been on an American website (FertileThoughts) for a couple of months and it has been great, but thought I'd try an Aussie thread as well.

I am not sure if I am on the right thread, so let me know if there is a better one for my situation ... DH and I have been TTC on and off now for about 3.5 years (we've had breaks during some other difficult times in our lives but are back in the game :) ).

We decided to have fertility testing, because even though we haven't been actively trying for the whole 3.5 years, at the times we were, it still seemed to be taking a bit too long. I am 35 and DH 53 (32 and 50 respectively when we started). So I had blood work and DH had a SA. Other than DH having borderline-low motility (which FS thinks should not be a problem at all) we have no fertility issues. FS has suggested a laparoscopy for me and I am scheduled for August 20. I am hoping the lap will reveal something :rolleyes:

So depending on lap results, we will either try naturally for a couple more months, or proceed to IUI or IVF, depending on what FS recommends. I'm :pray: that I have no issues and can try naturally for a bit longer, or if possible get straight into IUI.

So am I in the right place?

Look forward to getting to know you all and giving each other support during our TTC journey.

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So am I in the right place?

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You certainly are Babycat and :welcome:to BB. There are a bunch of really supportive girls here.
Also, it should get easier to navigate around once you've been on here a lil' bit. I was the same at first but can get around with relative ease now ;)

Hi to all,

Jasminstar - Thanks so much for your support. I know I am lucky to have had 4 eggs collected. I am looking to have only 1 emby transferred. I am too nervous about two! I could be talked around but DH would hear nothing of it! My clinic generally goes to blastie stage as their benchmark so that's what we're aiming for. I guess we'll find out in the all-important andrology phone call tomorrow when they are 3 days old. That is such good news about your 4 and also how good is it that your est has dropped so much? All the best for your transfer tomorrow:goodluck:

MissK - Thanks for thinking of me. Transfer hopefully Monday:crossfingers:. Good luck with your BT.

wishes - you are totally right. Any eggs are better than none. Glad to hear your transfer went well apart from your bladder! Sending you lots of sticky vibes.

mitf - it sounds like our sedation was very different! I was awake for the whole thing and totally lucid. I didn't even sleep in recovery! So glad that yours was a relatively painless procedure. Congrats on your results. I'm excited for Wednesday too - bring it on! Hope you had fun with your niece.

BabyCat - Welcome:leap: You are in the right place and you will find so many informed, supportive women here. Good luck on your TTC journey and look forward to seeing you around here more.

Loop12 - Glad to have you back! I'm sorry to hear that you don't think you've got your BFP. It ain't over just yet though so i'm going to keep on :pray: for you. Hang in there.

AFM - I am a bloated, pimply, fat whale! And constipated to boot (sorry TMI) :boohoo:
Just feeling this way after my EPU on Friday but on the up-side, I have no pain anymore. Had a Pregnyl injection today. I didn't realise it can be used to trigger aswell as I used Ovidrel. You almost need a medical degree to work out how to break the ampules and mix it up but we managed. Back to work for 2 days before Wednesdays transfer.

:grouphug: and :bluedust::pink-babydust: to all.

xxTaurean78

Loops - welcome back. Sorry to hear that you are thinking it might be a BFN. My thoughts are with you and :crossfingers: that your little miracle does happen. x

Taurean - glad things are going well. We are also looking at a one embie transfer. It is amazing how many diffrent combos individual treatment can consist of. I haven't started on support meds yet, I start with progesterone pessaries tomorrow night.

Babycat - Welcome. BB is a great place to find support to help you on this journey which can be a mindfield at times. GL with you Lap - I hope it helps provide you and DH some answers.

Hi to everyone else - I hope you have had alovely weekend. I can't beleive it's over already!

Dutchie, Taurean & Mitf, thank you for your welcoming words. I wish you all the best of luck too and yes, I'm hoping the lap will give DH and I some much needed answers.

This site is actually very similar to FertileThoughts, but a bit stricter? Hoping they'll ease off when they can see I'm genuine and I can join as a member. I understand it's for the privacy of members. Cool :dance:

Will see you all here again soon ... but hopefully not for too long ;) because I hope to be :pregnant: very soon as do we all :)

Have a good Monday ladies.

Thanks Mitf and Taureen. All the best to you guys - I hope you obviously do better than I have. :stickyvibesgirl::bluedust:

Babycat - welcome and goodluck. I wish you all the very best.

AFM - AF has arrived today - well 99.9% sure i guess as i still have BT on Thursday which is probably going to be a bit pointless. Im probably going to be out of here for quite a while as we dont have any money to try again just yet. Im going to try some other things for DH and try naturally for a while and will be trying not to stress about anything and then I guess you never know.
Its hard to come in here when you have BFP's to see - i hope everyone undertsands but I will be thinking about you all and have FX that you do all go well.
I will pop in to see how you are going from time to time and those in TWW now or almost, I will def pop in to see how you go. Wishing you all the very best xxx