Long Term TTC and Assisted Conception July/August 2012

[vic261]

I am in a boring natural cycle till AF shows up, then onto an FET.

N2L - Interesting about your NK cell biopsy results. Imagine if thats what it is all along and your old FS didn't believe in it. I think its great you went to a new one. I hope that your results improve. I will be interested in you AMH results to see if they lift. I too am on the weight loss band wagon.

AFM - I got a very, very faint second line on my OPK yesterday afternoon. Both DH and I could see it, so we are hoping over the weekend something happens. I will keep testing each day.

[Joeve]

Vic I am crossing my everything it's as boring as mine was xx

[vic261]

A girl can dream. And especially since there is nothing wrong with us. *sigh*

I have been quietly stalking you and am excited to see things progressing for you xxx

[Emma09]

I've started bleeding

Trying to be rational about the whole process, so I don't freak out.

FS not sure about another cycle so soon....
It's hard cause I need to be proactive, otherwise I'll fall on a heap!


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[vic261]

I know how you feel Emma. I have to keep going too, otherwise I go crazy. Time seems to go so slow and yet so fast at the same time. If you doing an FET you still have a week or so to convince your FS to keep going. Although my FS made me wait a cycle after being pg.

[Emma09]

If my levels are back to 0- and I feel well enough (emotionally) to do another FET, then I think I should be able to.

I never really get cramps with AF- clearly I have them today- did anyone else find the pain more manageable when moving around?
The second I sit down, I feel all achy.

my body does its thing...
Stoopid body


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[Mrs Mac]

Natural cycles suck!

I picked up all my drugs for my next cycle and just can't wait for AF to arrive. I'm feeling somewhat positive about the next cycle. I don't think I was emotionally ready last FET because I was in tears so many times during the cycle and just felt down in the dumps and like it had failed within the first few days. So I am hoping my positive vibes for the next cycle will bring me a positive.


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[Emma09]

I have been so caught up in wanting another cycle- and now FS has approved it- I'm wondering if it's a waste of time/money?
Will my body be ready for another pregnancy so soon?
My HCG is 0 and prog is 5.


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[juniper76]

Friday 10th August 2012

Waiting for EPU/O/IUI/FET or just something to happen!
Emma - CD1
N2L – CD3
Kerbear - CD6
Juniper - CD12 (lap cycle)
Andie – CD16
Vic261 - CD19

Waiting for Transfer



Hanging out in the TWW (Stalk them here....https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...ek-Wait-2012-6)
Mrs Mac - CD23 4dpo
Me4ever – CD23
Freya - CD25

Got Their BFP in August
PlanetSasha - 27/7/12 (yeah I know it was July - but it needs appreciating for a bit longer!!!)
myturn – 2/8/12 HCG = 46, 6/8/12 HCG = 196!!
Larry - 7/8/12 HCG 672!!

[myturn]

Just sneaking in to say my HCG level yesterday was 544..... Hope you are all keeping your chin up - miss you all already xox

sneaking back out again with a big left behind

[Mrs Mac]

ladies can anyone tell me if there is a cut off to how much you can claim through medicare each financial year for Fertility treatments?

[Mrs Mac]

great tot see your numbers rising Myturn

Emma if you are at all not ready I would wait, i change my mind on my FS all the time but its your body and you have to go through with it all. In saying that if the FS didn't see a medical reason for getting back onto the horse again right away they go for it.

[nothing2lose]

ladies can anyone tell me if there is a cut off to how much you can claim through medicare each financial year for Fertility treatments?

There's no cut-off as such. You just have to have been more than $2,500 out of pocket after medicare claims (double check that figure, I think for a certain income level it is more). You can get a 20% rebate.

[juniper76]

Emma, I hope you can take it easy and treat yourself a little over the weekend. I'm glad to hear your FS has approved another cycle for you. Hopefully you have a little bit of time to decide if you're ready. We TTC'd straight away after both of our losses, but neither time was it a medically-assisted cycle.

N2L, I'm joining you on the weightloss bandwagon. Time for me to give up sugar again. This is going to be a miserable couple of weeks ahead... Yay for you having a great night's sleep! My acupuncturist has suggested I should try melatonin for my insomnia, but the "harder to wake up" part of your post scares me a little. I have enough trouble with that now. FX for your cycle in December. Sometimes the best thing to do is go in all guns blazing; throw everything at it and see if it sticks. With those NK results, the Colorado protocol does seem like the way to go.

vic, I think we may be on the same plan - natural cycle this cycle and FET next one.

Mrs Mac, FX for your next cycle! Not long to go now!

myturn, yay for the great numbers!!

Afm, I'm still bleeding after the lap. Starting to get a line on the OPKs, but no positives yet, thankfully. I'm still hoping I'll stop bleeding before I O so we can TTC. I don't want to miss another cycle. I saw the GP today to request a b/t to check my vitamin D levels. It's highly likely that I'm deficient and it would be nice to know the numbers before my post-op appt with the FS on Thursday (since he'll no doubt discuss my abysmal AMH results and AMH levels can be affect by vitamin D deficiency). My prediction is that he'll say we need to do IVF ASAP, but DH is likely to be made redundant in October, so I don't know if we can even afford a stim cycle (and I know I'm still not ready, but I could probably "suck it up" and get past that particular hurdle if I had to).

[juniper76]

Mrs Mac, I think there's just the safety net caps for each individual cycle. You also have to have at least 30 days between successive EPUs (I think?), so that limits how many you can have each year.

[kerbear]

Hi all you lovely ladies, hope you are all doing well.

Yay on your number my turn ;-)

I have not been on for a few days and think I will struggle to do persie's....sorry :-(

I am feeling a bit flat, had my first scan today and looks like I only have 8 follicles and most of them are around 5-6mm in size with 2 bigger than the others by a few mm, so they have a bit more growing today. Last time we had 11 and got 6 eggs so I am worried we may not get many eggs. I walked out crying and dh couldn't understand why I was crying and I said I don't want to have to decide if we cancel if there isn't enough or they don't grow together. His answer was we are going ahead and have they money for 2 full cycles so we are doing this one all the way no matter what.

It made me feel a bit better but I feel like a failure, I have worked so hard on everything I just hoped my body might have rewarded me but it has let me down a bit. My fs said it will be ok remember we only need one good one...

I know I should be happy there are 8 there and don't get me wrong I am, just disappointed, I really want enough I might get some frosties.

To top my day off another friend has just announced she is pregnant to add to the one last week.....why isn't it my turn yet?????? I so want to be a mummy as I know you all do as well.

I want to eat a bucket of ice cream and a block of chocolate but I know that won't fix it and will only reck my hard work so strawberries it is!

[vic261]

Ker - Hugs to you. I hate how many times I feel like my body has betrayed me. Way too many times over this whole TTC journey. Just when I feel like I can like my body again it does something to make me hate it all over again. Have they upped your meds or just soldiering on? Dont eat the ice cream or the chocolate

Juniper - It would be nice to have a cycle buddy. I never seem to line up with anyone.

Myturn - Good to see your numbers are increasing. I have been stalking xxx

Em - If you can, soldier on. The sooner you get another BFP the happier you will be xxx

Hi to everyone else xxx

[kerbear]

Thanks Vic, no she didn't want to up she only goes 450 on puregon and that's what I am on.

I am not going to eat the ice cream or chocolate, good thing it's not in the house!! I have already put on a couple of kilos cause of some bad few decisions and no hard core gym to work it off for last 2 weeks. Focus Kerryn !!!!

Sorry about my me post but needed to get it out, I just looked back at how much I wrote :-o