Long Term TTC & Assisted Conception July/August 2013

[juniper76]

I'm out girls. I just can't cope and do all this TTC anymore, I have officially given up I wish you all good luck. (juniper you can remove me from the list)

I'm sorry to hear that, hun. If you ever decide to try again, we're always here.

[JoeSpratt]

Sorry treenie that your journey didn't take you where you wanted...just know that we are all here for you if you need the support xx

Myturn - sorry that AF decided to rear its ugly head. FX your fet next cycle is the one!

[Bunnyfeet]

BFN for me today

[Kel82]

Really sorry Bunnyfeet

[JoeSpratt]

Bunnyfeet...big hugs for you xx

[Beau30]

So sorry Bunnyfeet - that made me sad reading it. Sending you big hug.

Treenie - sorry you feel you need to give up. As Juniper said we are always here for you.

[Bunnyfeet]

Thanks girls. The support helps. My DH is away on fifo roster so I'm glad to have support on here x

[juniper76]

Hugs to you Bunnyfeet and myturn.

[Miss.B]

Bunnyfeet, I'm so sorry hun

Myturn, boo to CD1 hun, glad the weight is coming off. You are not getting old!! Look at moi, that's getting old

Treenie, so sorry to hear that hun It must be such a hard decision to call it quits. Big hugs lovely

Bestrong, I take 600 mg daily. AMH refers to your ovarian reserve, it's basically an indication of how many eggies are in there.

[Bestrong]

Thank you so much Nothing2lose, I don't know what I am doing at the moment and I will have all my test done and go back to him again to see how he says. The problem with asking a second apinion, the doctor is more reserved. I still have one frozen embryo in Monash IVF (it is grade C+, which I don't have much confident for the quality of it). I still have one appiontment with the other doctor in Monash IVF, I will see how I go.

Bunnyfeet, Myturn- I feel really sorry for both of you, big hugs. Myturn, good luck for this FET cycle and I am waiting to hear good news from you.

Miss.B thank you, I start taking 600mg CoQ10 from today, it is expensive, isn't it? One bottle 150mg for 30caps, it is about $30.I am going to ask my nurse about AMH because I don't know what it is mine AMH level.

Juniper, I tried Acup. and TCM for about 6 months, I went every week. For those two cycles, I did have more eggs when I reviewed all my cycles. Now I am still taking some TCM, but I did not go to acup. It costs a lot of money and time to go every week. May I ask how often do you go to acupuncture?

[Miss.B]

Bestrong, interestingly enough, my FS says that most of the embryos that give a positive pg tests he's seen are grade B & C embryos, so C isn't that bad hun. With the CoQ10 tablets hun, I buy the Healthy Care brand, there is 200 caps at 50 mg. It means I have to take 12 tablets a day (I take 6 in the morning and 6 at night) but they are very small. It works out 10,000 mg per container, if you buy the 30 caps at 150 mg, it's only 4,500. Also, I wait till mine are on special, I can get them for around $20, usually they are around $39. I know you can buy some really potent stuff (ask n2l) but mine is just off the pharmacy shelf...Hope that helps

[juniper76]

Sunday 21st July 2013


Waiting for EPU/O/IUI/FET or just something to happen!
Kel82 - waiting for August cycle, repeat lap in June
Curtysgirl - taking a break
JoeSpratt - taking a break
CatyO - taking a break
Bestrong - taking a break
Myturn - CD2
Williever - CD10
Emma - CD11
Juniper - CD11
N2L - CD16
Miss B - CD21
Awesty - CD37
Ceejelz - CD58


Waiting for Transfer
Jasmine00 - CD12


Hanging out in the TWW(Stalk them here....LTTTC Two Week Wait 2013 # 3)
Glorious - CD18 2dp5dt
Beau30 - CD24 4dp5dt
Sarah4Kurt - CD?? 10dpo
Bunnyfeet - CD34 15dp5dt


Got Their BFP in July
Rai - 5/7 +HPT & hCG 19 @10dpo, 8/7 hCG 58 @13dpo, 11/7 hCG 164 @16dpo, 16/7 hCG 1130 @20dpo!!


M.I.A. - We'd love to hear from you!
Becnxavi, Shellbell, Jo_white


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[juniper76]

Bestrong, I go weekly, but I usually skip any that fall within AF (due to AF being so heavy) and I sometimes go for an extra treatment on O day.

Miss.B, my SIL is a naturopath and I had an interesting chat with her about CoQ10. She said it can be derived from a lot of different sources and there are some you would never want to take, so recommended avoiding the cheaper ones. She recommended one brand (Thompsons), but I had some issues finding a distributor. I've been taking the Blackmores instead because my MIL (a pharmacy assistant) said they were one of the few brands to have very little pulled from the shelves when that vitamin scandal hit some years back. Chemist Warehouse has them on special for $15 (30 x 150mg) every 2-3 months (at that price now) and $21 the rest of the time (RRP is around $30, I think). I just order them online when they're on special. I've dropped back to 300mg daily lately, but was taking 600mg for about 6 months.

[Jasmine00]

Grrr.. Sorry double post! Yep Beau, my iPhone is doing it too!!

[Jasmine00]

Bunny & MyTurn- So sorry you girls didn't get good news over the weekend.. It's not fair! I have everything tightly crossed that your next FET's are 'the one'.. Hang in there Xx

Treenie- I don't really know you but I'm so sorry you are moving on from TTC without the little bubba you wanted so bad! I've said it a 100 times before but life is just so unfair sometimes. Massive hugs honey and I hope you find peace in moving on Xx

MissB- When is the witch expected to arrive? I bet you are counting down the days till you can start your FET Xx

Juniper- How are you going hun? Xx

Beau- How are you going in the TWW? Xx

Beestrong- Like Miss B said I wouldn't be giving up on that grade C embryo just yet... You just never know if might be 'the one' Xx

Hi to everyone else and I hope your all traveling along ok Xx

AFM- Getting used to my Gonal injections again.. Although this cycle I am bruising really badly! I never bruise easy so don't know what is going on!! Starting to get a little anxious cause I don't really 'feel' as though anything is happening. I'm not getting even mild discomfort and I was really hoping that by now I could feel my ovaries doing something. I'm wondering if my dose of Gonal is not high enough....

[Miss.B]

Juniper, you're scaring me! lol. I didn't know there was any difference in chemist brands. Will check with my FS.

Jasmine, with my last cycle I didn't feel much at all in terms of any discomfort or feeling anything was happening 'in there'. I still ended up with heaps of follies, just not all contained eggies and not all were mature (due to my age). So even though you might not think anything is happening, there very well might be. Can you ring the FS if you're concerned?

[Miss.B]

Juniper, you're scaring me! lol. I didn't know there was any difference in chemist brands. Will check with my FS. Thanks for telling me though hun, really appreciate it

Jasmine, with my last cycle I didn't feel much at all in terms of any discomfort or feeling anything was happening 'in there'. I still ended up with heaps of follies, just not all contained eggies and not all were mature (due to my age). So even though you might not think anything is happening, there very well might be. Can you ring the FS if you're concerned?

[Beau30]

Morning ladies.

Miss B - very interesting what your fs clinic said about B & C embryos. Maybe that's my problem mine are all A embryos.

Jasmine - what dosage of gonal-f have they got you on? I was going to be on 25mg for an iui cycle that we ended up not being able to do.

I'm feeling ok. Tried to rest over the weekend. Have had some niggles but I did last cycle too. My pregnyl shot on sat really hurt.