As for me ill keep hanging around TTC naturally for the next couple of months whilst i settle in to the new job.. and then hit the IVF ride again in Oct/Nov and I hope and pray you have all graduated to the pregnancy threads!
Hey Rols...what breed ...and how old? We're dog freaks ...we have four..but...funny story...two of your girls are first generation Australian...and the original breeder in the USA want us to do artificial insemination with our red girl (very rare) to keep the blood line going...how funny would that be...me and my pup doing IVF together!!!! Each time we have got a pup I've been pregnant withon a month or so...think it has something to do with the nuturing thing...not allowed anymore so I don't know what I'm going to do now!!!!
hehehe - dogs going through AI while you do IVF - very cute!!
we're also big dog fans - we have four now too (had 6 for a while, but lost 2 due to old age) - plus two cats, and a bunny rabbit that isn't technically ours - belongs to my brothers kidlets - they got him for easter two yeasrs ago, they ran out of grass for him about 8 weeks later, so he came to visit to keep the grass short at my old house, then moved out here with us - somehow i don't think he'll ever go "home"!
THAW SUCCESSFUL!!!! I've been hanging on that phone call all morning!
One thawed, it survived, so there's still 3 in the freezer. 10:50 tomorrow morning I go in for transfer... I feel so much more relaxed about it now that I know the caterpillar has survived. I think I'd have been ok if we lost one along the way, but this is good!
Awesome BW. That's great news. All the best for tomorrow and the next couple of weeks.
BG, I have no idea how you managed with all of those animals. No idea at all.
Ellie, she (Bella) is a 10wk old Border Collie. We were going to buy from the RSPCA again like we did with out cat, but during my soccer match yesterday, DW saw a sign out the front of a house in a neighbouring town for the remaining pups from the litter. We were interested in Border Collies before, but weren't too fussy, but with all the circumstances seeming to tie in together we just decided to do it.
Now attempting to toilet train, and train in general. She's a little bit scatterbrain and bit edgy so slowly slowly.
Fantastic news BW...everything crossed for you xxx
Rols...our dogs are all trained using the "dog Whisperer" training method...works really well...we introduced two pups to two older dogs so it was important we got it right...so that they all lived ...our big boy could have chosen to eat them!!!! You can buy the 30 day training manual from ABC shop online...
Rols - it's easy to cope with all the animals - little dogs get fed in the morning when they first go outside - get snacks at night when DH is organising the food for the big dogs. Big dogs get fed at night just before dinner - fresh lamb most nights, table scraps, dry food (there's NEVER wasted food around here). Cats get fed at bed time. little dogs have a yard to themselves, cats inside, big dogs in two seperate "runs" out the back - it's interesting, but i wouldn't change most of it for the world (the little dogs can be yappy if too excited, so have to keep that under control - and one of the big dogs used to be a working dog with DH when he drove livestock trucks, so gets upset every morning when he doesn't get to go to work - so 6 am every morning he barks as DH leaves in the ute, then howls for 5 minutes while i yell out the window for him to be quiet...)
Oh wow BW, that's excellent news. That must have made you feel so good!! Now you'll get to see him tomorrow in his little petrie dish, and then you get to take him home with you!!!
Good Luck!!
Keep in touch with us all Shannon.
Holly - when do you have your Antonia visit? Excited for you!
I'm very jealous of all you with your animals. That's what i hate about renting right now - we had to leave our kitty-cat (with my parent's who treat her like a princess) and our landlord won't let us get a dog. I would love a dog right now, so we are on the look out for another place to rent.
I have been off-line for a few days now - busy studying for my Uni exam that I had on Friday morning and then the usual running around like a mad thing in the afternoon doing jobs because I had the day off work.
Time for some personals - it seems I have a lot to catch up on so here goes...
BW - A Big Congrats to you on your successful thaw. Good luck and lots of for you on Monday with your transfer!
BG - sorry to hear about AF. :hugs: Next time will be your time!
Ellie - glad to hear that all went well with you and hope that you are feeling better soon, and good luck with your job plan. Sometimes deciding on the plan is the hardest part!
Shannon - Congratulations on your job and pay rise! Well done! And good luck with TTC naturally. I recently heard about a lady who had tried IVF for 5 years without luck and now has fallen pg naturally at the age of 44 - so there is hope out there for all of us!
Rols - My DP has been with me for every visit to the FS. He wasn't invited into the cubicle to do my first u/s and he felt quite left out but the room was tiny. Hopefully he will be able to squeeze in for the next u/s in about a week. It is so nice having him there with me.
To everyone else, hi and good luck with wherever you are at!
Not much going on with me at the moment. Started the Synarel last Tuesday and am not enjoying it at all. I always want to sneeze about 2 or 3 mins after having taken it and with these cold mornings, my nose has been running so much! Yucchh! And I think it is the cause of my constant (now 2 day old) headache. I can't believe I have to keep doing this for more than 2 weeks. Now I find myself looking foward to the injections - am I crazy?
Yes, the stress has had me a little quiet... but the relief of hearing that we had thawed well has me feeling so much better!
Jo, I hear you on the no pets thing - we also rent so we can't have pets... it does leave a hole in your life.
I'm really not sure how I feel about the transfer... being as mathematical as I am I have deliberately not asked about chances of success... I don't know if this will work, I want to believe it will, but I also feel like I need to protect myself from negative outcomes by believing it won't work... and then don't want to go into it feeling negative about things... I'm sure you all understand what I'm talking about!
YAY for your caterpillar BW, will be thinking of you tomorrow.
Rols, a border collie sound beautiful. Friends of my parents had one when we were kids and I remember visiting them and their mischevious sp? dog..
BIg HEllo to everyone. we are having an ultra lazy day here, perfect thing to do on an overcast day! I have been trying to think of a list of question for our 1st FS visit, but cannot come up with anything other than asking about possible scarring from my c/s?
I'm at a complete blank. DH has gone out to do another weight workout, so I can't ask him his thoughts. Will endeavour to chat to him about it tonight or in the morning.
Just wanted to give you a quick BW. Gosh it seems like forever since you had your EPU. Hope you manage to get some sleep tonight - and good luck for tomorrow!!!
From memory my EPU was the 2nd of April... so it really does feel like forever here too!
I'm feeling much, much calmer about things with the good thaw result today... I think I've found some confidence in the IVF process - it will give me a baby! Maybe not this cycle, but it WILL work!
Got to get work organised for my students for tomorrow (leaving everything to the last minute, what sort of example am I?! )
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Just think one step closer!
And there's some more stress which has gone away!
for you on Monday with your transfer!
but the room was tiny. Hopefully he will be able to squeeze in for the next u/s in about a week. It is so nice having him there with me.
and good luck with wherever you are at!
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