ray, glad to see you back here. Do you know the name of the injection that you're on now?
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ray, glad to see you back here. Do you know the name of the injection that you're on now?
Morning Peoples
Just a quick one to wish BW all the best for her BT today!!!
Will be back later with some more personals I promise :)
Thank you!
I've got about two hours to go before I get my results.. and I'm so nervous!
BW
Good luck today BW!
I hope its a BFP!!
Fingers crossed for you..... :crossfingers:
Morning All,
Anyone heard from Kotare? Hope she is ok.
BW, fingers crossed.
Babyface, for every couple of fantastic nurses, there is always one complete cow / insensitive / blunt / unpleasant type. Try not to let one person's negativity or poor skills of communication drag you down too much.
Nic, keep us updated on your progress. Hope IUI is a goer.
Shannon, nice excuse to get a day off work :)
AliCat, it seems that where ever you are, SIVF is more expensive. We don't have any choices here, so will have to suck it up and get over it! The good thing is, you never seem to hear of an IVF clinic being bad, so with the luxury of choice you should find someone you like easily enough.
Ellie, hope you are feeling better now.
Hi to everyone else. I've read everyones posts now and am up to date.
Hi Everyone!!!
Just a quick check in - Was checking about your results BW!!!!!
Not long to go, you poor thing - the impatience would be driving me mad by now!!!
All of my greatest thoughts are with you sweetie xxx
I'm sorry I haven't got time for more personals... maybe tonight, but just wanted to send a thought to Jo.... I cannot believe your FS has even mentioned donor eggs yet.
Sweetie, you are way way way too early in this journey to even look in that direction ATM.
My first 2 cycles were terrible for egg quality - especially my first, as I didn't even have an embie make it to transfer... Don't let them start thinking in that direction yet!
I know you aren't a huge lover of natural therapies, but there are many different things that I've read about to improve your egg quality before you look at a donor.....
I hope you're ok, I couldn't believe it when I read your post - our FS said this to us after our second cycle, and even then I just thought no way, not yet... and as it turned out, 2 cycles later we had 2 hatching blasts - the "best quality" embryos the scientist said that that clinic had maybe ever seen....
I just wanted to send you some positive thoughts before you go forward with your next cycle... God knows its hard enough without adding the worry of your eggs on top of everything xxx
I hope you're doing ok.
You have my email details if you want to have a chat!!!! ;)
As for us - have started with our herbs, etc from Antonia... in DH's words after tasting them for the first time... Now thats jsut wrong!!!
Yes, they don't taste the best, but she did warn us!!! And hey, whatever works in the end!!!
I will say, though, that after having the therapy last week, all of my feeling in my c/s area is still there - so much so that I've suffered pretty badly from period pain over the last few days.
I always suffered from bad pain my whole life until having Luke, and never had it again.... I thought my pregnancy cured it (!) but its back, and like DH pointed out to me - I haven't had any feeling down there for almost 9yrs, it sprob been there the whole time, but I haven't felt it.
Its still a little weird being able to feel anything there anyway!!!
At least I know what shes done so far is working!!!!
Anyway, will be back in very very soon to check on your progress BW!!!
I have everything crossed for you & your DH right now xxx
Love Holly
xxx :D
Ray
I am on GonalF injections - one a day from end of AF for 7 to 10 days and then a trigger injection about 36hrs prior to EPU. I am on day 3 of my injections now. Hope this helps.
Cheryl
Holly, I'm glad you made that post. I agree with you completely (re Kotare's eggs) but don't have the practical experience to back up what I was saying.
Chez, are the injections difficult to give? I will be the one giving them to DW. Are they particularly painful or uncomfortable? DW is not much of a needle fan so any advice here would be great!
Rols - the needles are definitely not difficult to give - i've had the puregon shots, and they're basically just in a pen - you dial up the amount you want, and inject it - so very simple
if you happen to be on meds you have to mix yourself - they're not too bad either - the first time i had to mix one myself i had to do it at work!! was so nervous - but it worked out fine and once i'd done it once, you'd have thought i'd done it a million times! easy peasy
you'll get lots of info from your clinic, and they'll show you exactly how to do the whole thing
good luck
Holly, that's interesting that you mention you had bad period pain before your DS and nothing after. I'm exactly the same!
My old GP (from my teenage years) told me when I was about 16 (yes...16!) that I could try getting pregnant to get rid of the pain for 9 months and that for some women, pregnancy changes their cycles and they don't have any pain afterwards. weird huh?
Nic
Well... my clinic wanted to see a level over 100... I've come back at 83. In limbo until Friday when we repeat the test.
Is 83 at 14DPO with a 5 day blast transferred good? :doh:
BW
i wish there was something we could say to convince you that the result you have is a good result hun! i'm so very much like you in that i like things black and white - tell me it's positive or tell me it's negative - i don't like limbo land at all! however - you and i both know that a blastie is notrious for having lower HCG levels hun - and Sushee is a perfect example of lower levels leading to a healthy baby at the end!
keep your chin up hun - and take care
I have just smsed BG about it! Lol! My levels were 73 at 13dpo, so yes 83 at 14dpo is a very respectable result, BW! It is not limbo, young lady!
Blast transfers always have a lower HCG level at 13-14dpo than natural pregnancies. And that is because where in natural pgs your embryo will implant in 5-7 days after conception, with a blast transfer, it is thought to occur 2-3 days after transfer, so 7-10 days after conception.
My clinic told me that with Day 2 transfer they want to see anything over 100 at 14dpo, and with blast transfers, it's anything over 50. When they told me my levels were 73, I asked if it was good and they said 'you're pregnant, Janice, we're all celebrating here for you!'
Ok, I hate my clinic! They said they won't say "congratulations, you're pregnant" until they see an increase (preferably a doubling) on Friday...
Oh well... I've done limbo before... I can do it again... I've just never quite done it like this before.
Sushee, you've been an absolute rock for me in this entire journey - I don't think I can thank you enough for all that you've done for me, but I have to say I really, really appreciate it... and now I think I might cry!
BW
ooh you're making me teary now! Clinics can be so clinical. They are so cautious with IVF patients, yet if this was a natural pg and you'd gone to your GP, he'd be writing you out a referral to an ob by now!
I will admit though that I also felt in limbo until I had my second BT two days after my first. When I got those results back I started to relax a little. And only then did I finally post on this forum that I'd got a good result. So I do now how you feel BW. ;)
They said that?????? OMG...I so don't like that lady.
We on the other hand know what we are talking about...your level IS GOOD!!!!
Please please enjoy this moment...you've waited so long for this!!! My biggest regret is not celebrating each little step...I know it's hard to stop worrying but even if it's just for a moment...look in the mirror and say out loud "I AM PREGNANT" ...my clinic...like Sushee's...is EXCITED by a FET Blastie level of 50+...you didn't get 51...you got 83!!!! Hang in there sweetie...you've been through so much...but this is good...and you said it beautifully...in you ticker...you need your strength...hang on tight girl we're all here for you xxxx
Thanks so much for setting me straight, Ellie.
I guess I'd just worked myself up to a yes/no answer - the maybe wasn't something I'd prepared for.
But, I guess while ever AF isn't around, there's hope. I have got extremely strong symptoms, which just get worse and worse (does the metallic taste ever go away?), so there is hope.
Ok, I'm choosing to go and quietly smile to myself because I AM PREGNANT! I have a caterpillar growing inside me!... But I'll still wait a few days before getting too overly excited and making huge official announcements...
So... any other clinic and I'd have been fine - mine is just being overly cautious, it seems.
Ok... finding it really hard to adjust to being able to say those words...
BW
it's hard to adjust to any change hun, but it's the bestest news and you WILL learn to accept them!