Long Term TTC & Assisted Conception June 2013

[juniper76]

juniper its cycle day 1 for me today AF just arrived:-(

Sorry, hun. That makes 3 of us...

[kerbear]

I am going to add to the mix as number 4 for cd1 today :-(
I think I might just stalk you all for a while and not be on the list anymore as there is no point I don't think, cause natural is never going to give me a miracle so might as well stop tracking it.
Juniper you can take me off list save you one more to update.
Good luck to everyone and I hope you all get your bfp's soon xoxo

[juniper76]

Juniper you can take me off list

Done. Just let me know if you change your mind. Happy to re-add you at any time. Sorry to hear another month passed without a miracle. A natural BFP is a long-shot for us too, but so are the treatment cycles...

[Jasmine00]

Wow, so much to catch up on from one night of not logging on!

Juniper, williever, Rai & Lerbear- Sorry that the witch arrived for you all! It's not fair.. Hope she is back on her broom shortly and have more success with your new cycles

Juniper- How did your FS appointment go this morning! Yikes 5.30am is early.. Hope you had a good nights sleep!

Myturn- Well done on 8 snow bubbas.. You must be pretty chuffed with that

MissB- How are you feeling? Can't wait for an update after your first follie scan! What meds are you on now?

Kel- Ypu have had a lot to process hun! All the best for your lap next Thursday.

AFM- Had my follie scan this morning (thanks to everyone who made me feel better about having my scan during AF). Was actually pretty happy with it as FS thinks I have about 9-10 follies!! Most were about 10-13mm and I think one was about 16mm? Go back for another scan on Monday to check on progress. At this stage they said I look to be on track for EPU next Wednesday.
Start 250units of Gonal F tomorrow

[kerbear]

Thanks juniper xo

[CatyO]

Kel, all the best for your lap
Juniper, Rai, Williever, Lerbear I am so sorry that AF arrived

AFM I am under the blankets hiding from the world, I guess not having any more drugs makes me feel insecure, I feel as if I dont have any sort of soport (drugs) anymore.
So, during the 2ww we dont have any scan or blood test? How do they know if my lining is not too thin or so? Do they tell you about it, because I never heard anything about my lining.

[Jasmine00]

CatyO- Don't be concerned about your lining honey.. I'm sure they would have let you know if it was too thin and they would have postponed your ET. I never had any more scans or blood tests after my ET (except obviously HCG at end of TWW). I did however use Crinone (progesterone) for the TWW but this does the same thing as the pregnal shot that you've had. Now it's just up to your little embie to get sung in there Xx

[Beau30]

So sorry Juniper, Kerbear, Rai & Williever - it's so not fair.

CatyO - your lining is important before the transfer - yours was obviously fine for them not to say anything & perform the transfer. I have never had anymore bt or scans during tww just as Jasmine said.

Jasmine - I have only done one stimulated cycle & got 8 5day embryos. We have unfortunately used 4 now but they all thawed perfectly. I'm pretty sure the rates of not thawing is pretty low these days.

My turn - I am with you girl no poas. It's not worth the extra torture.

Kel - all the best for the lap- hope it brings help for you.

As of this afternoon I am PUPO. Just trying to relax & think positive for the next 2 weeks. Bt on 25th.

[lilminion]

Wow, quite busy again. Poo on AF arriving for so many of you.

Myturn- that is exciting, 7 little snow babies is a great number. Hope this one sticks and you don't need another one until you want to add to the family.

CatyO- good luck with your TWW, hopefully it doesn't drag on to long for you.

Jasmine- good news about the follies, fingers x'd you have a few for the EPU.

Kel- hope your lap goes well, if it means you will be healthier than I think you should do what the specialist says is best.

AFM- AF is still really heavy, that is 5 days now of being ridiculously heavy and bad cramps. I actually vomited at my pt last night because of the pain from my cramps, hopefully she will slow down, and a bonus I have the next 2 days off work so get to sleep in :-)
Just a question if anyone can help and sorry in advance for tmi. My last few AF's I have had troubles with my bowl motions and especially this time they haven't been normal since I started and am a little worried that it may mean something else. I haven't really thought anything of it till this time as it has been going on so long.

Hope everyone is having a good week xx

[juniper76]

epayne, diarrhoea during AF was one of my endo symptoms. At my first lap, the endo was covering half my bowel (and has done substantial damage). It might be worth asking your FS about it because if it is endo it could be preventing you getting a BFP (and contrary to what my first and third FSs say, IVF does NOT bypass endo for everyone).

[Miss.B]

Rai and Kerbear, I'm sorry lovelies

Jasmine, yay for a great follie scan!! The numbers look great I'm back to feeling not much really, this cycle is so weird!! I tend to notice the twinges at night, suppose that's when I've slowed down for the day and not running after my DS like a chook with no head, lol. I started orgalutran yesterday and my scan in on Friday, would love to know what's going on in there.

Caty, I agree about the lining, they would not let you go ahead with the FET if it was too thin. It's just a waiting game now, GL sweets!

Beau, GL in your 2WW hun!

Epayne, big hugs hun. I'm not sure about the bowel motions, but I think maybe you could discuss it with your FS?

AFM, not much is being 'registered' in this cycle, started feeling a bit more tired than normal and I've had a headache every.single. day. Yay!! Oh, and I tend to get thrush with the IVF drugs so waiting for that, lovely..Just waiting for my scan on Friday, so bloody curious what's been going on in there. At least in my other cycles I was getting bloated and 'felt' a lot more than I do now. I read in the elonva brochure that this particular drug is meant to be 'easy' the female, as in not as much discomfort as with the other FSH. But at least I knew 'something' was growing in there!! Oh well, 2 more sleeps.

Hello to everyone else

[CatyO]

Thank you ladies, l think it was just my mind playing games...
Im feeling better, just a bit sore today, my ovaries started to hurt when l sneeze, well, not sure if its my ovaries, the pelvic area l mean... Then lm laying down in bed and stretch myself and omg l have to stop, because again that sharp pain in my ovaries, must be for all the drugs, as is the first time for me... l just told my ovaries "lm sorry ovaries for putting you through all this" lol

[juniper76]

Thursday 13th June 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
Awesty - ???
JoeSpratt - m/c cycle
Sarah4Kurt - m/c cycle
Emma - CD1
Rai - CD2
Williever - CD2
Juniper - CD2
Jasmine00 - CD8
Miss B - CD8
Bestrong (Rosemarry006) - CD10
N2L - CD18
Glorious - CD19
Ceejelz - CD20
Jo_white - CD48
Becnxavi - CD49
Shellbell - CD63


Waiting for Transfer


Hanging out in the TWW (Stalk them here....LTTTC Two Week Wait 2013 # 2)
Beau30 - CD43 1dp5dt
CatyO - CD24 6dp4dt
Myturn - CD27 8dp2dt
Treenie86 - CD34 13dpo?
Bunnyfeet - 13dpo


Got Their BFP in June
Faye* - 30/5 +HPT @15dpo, 31/5 hCG 378 @16dpo!!!
Hummingbird - 8/6 +HPT @13dpo, 10/6 hCG 323 @15dpo!!


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[juniper76]

Not great news for us today. Finally got DH's results and we get to add MFI to our list of obstacles. Apparently DH's boys are as bad as my eggs (ie high rate of chromosomally-abnormal)...

[Emma09]

That's **** news Juniper, sorry

My turn- great haul!

CD1 for me

Ill co,e back for more persies later

[Williever]

Juniper what does that mean moving forward? Probably working on a plan.... Sorry hun. Just another thing to kick you in the guts!

Afm- always feel a bit better by cd2. But am still gutted. Feel like I'm grieving my little bug......just don't understand. Great lining, great embryo, great progesterone, great transfer.... Bfn?Sucks!
Nothing wrong with me or DH now apparently so WTF?????????????? Might ask for a lap. Is it to soon for that? Just keep going and possibly wasting our precious embryos? No idea.
As of now we can't do anything due to the wonderful thing called 'money', but I need a plan!

[CatyO]

Sorry to hear that Juniper76, what about Menevit and Spermax, do they work for that sort of things? My husband had Maca tablets for a few months, and his sperm improved a lot, count, motility and morphology, but I am not sure if it would work for the chromosomally-abnormal...

[juniper76]

The FS said there's nothing that can be done and it's not because of anything he has done (I asked if it could be diet/lifestyle/etc because DH is as overweight as me), it's just how it is. The only "treatment" option is donor sperm... He thinks this might actually be a bigger obstacle than my DOR and that we could have a good shot with my eggs and donor sperm (which is a lot cheaper than going overseas for donor eggs/embryos).

I haven't told DH yet; I don't know how to. I've been blaming myself for our IF for so long and somehow that was easier than facing this...

No immediate changes to our plan - we'll keep doing the IUIs for now and take some time to think about it. I'm trying to trust that there's some grand plan behind all this, but it's hard...


*edit*
And for some reason this AF has been lighter than usual (medium, not heavy - sorry if that's TMI) so this morning's u/s showed my lining hadn't fully shed and so he's counting today as CD1 and we have to postpone starting the meds for the IUI until tomorrow (assuming today's b/w is okay, which I have to call about after lunch).