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Hey Janie,
Yes I've realised we are lucky - I didn't realise there were 'types' of IVF before we started. I didn't really know much about IVF at all really - maybe I even thought we just went to a clinic and got a baby all gurgling and cute and wrapped up in a bunny rug! :think: But guess not!
Hey Ladies,
Just a quick Update on myself.. I got my results back HCG is 22 at the moment I am only 12DPO so can I assume thats good? I am soooo sick at the moment with this OHSS aswell nothing seems to be helping I am going to get some panadeine forte and then see if that helps if it does not then I will have to be admitted into hospital :( I am soo scared I keep getting hot and cold flushes too and really bad stomach pains ...
Thanks to you all for listening to me and sorry about being slack on personals!
Hey Miss K - I don't know much about levels so can't help out there. Please don't apologise for anything - you need to take care of yourself number one priority! I hope you feel so much better soon. Will be :pray: for you!
paula: good luck with injections, i'm glad for weekend too.
kate: good to practice jabbing, don't forget to pull out epipen before you jab yourself, like i did and had to do it 2 times first go. ouch. not too bad after that. i just pinched fat bit of tummy real hard before injecting, think it helped me? good luck
janie: hope your acu goes well tommorrow, good luck
missk: hoping you feel better soon, when do you know for sure if you preg or not? i don't understand the numbers for tests?,
good luck to you
angelbabies: hi, how are you feeling? hope you ok
possums: hi, you are not alone and bb is great, i could not have survived without the support i get in here.
hi to everyone.
HI ladies. Hope everyone having nice weekend.
Possums - Hoping your 3 little embies are strong ones and make it all the way. Are you having day5 transfer?
Tiggerlinda - How are you going darl? Have you had follie scan yet?
KateB - welcome and best of luck on your journey. I am hoping you are not with us very long before you move on to a pg thread (not that we wouldn't enjoy your company here!)
MissK - Did you have a pregnyl trigger? If not, then 22 at 12dpo sounds like a BFP to me - Yay, yay!!
Hoping the OHSS settles very soon so you can start to enjoy it
Saph - praying you get a natural miracle this month
Janie - Hoping the extra progynova is doing the trick for you and there is a nice thick lining by Mon
Bel - rest up darl. Hoping a good "clean out" does the trick for next cycle
JBM - acupuncture is great eh? Hope it does the trick for you
Paula - yep, the news frustrates me too. Lately there has been so many stories of child neglect. It breaks my heart to think so many babies are so unappreciated, yet their parents just keep breeding like rabbits! Best of luck for this cycle. Hopefully it is your last for a long, long time
AFM - Had scan yesterday. Follies still very slow. 14mm on left ovary and 11mm on right. Lining slightly better at 4.5mm which I am ok with since at least better and still more time to improve. Thought they would get me back for another scan on Mon but FN has decided just to do IUI on Tues assuming follies will be ready. Would have preferred to go a,little longer for lining to thicken but can't really argue. I think they are worried I might suddenly develop to many follies and have to cancel. Just praying everything grows well in the next few days. This has been such a looong and weird cycle. I usually stim so much better.
Hi, just online quickly so sorry no replies at length. MIss K..hope you feel better soon! good luck.
Just wanted to report in that so far the three embies are still growing...two look strong and one is growing a bit slowly. We are happy with that news and believe we'll have at least one strong one come Day 5. Transfer Day 5, on Monday morning, so we will drive down and stay overnight tomorrow night and then won't know for sure if there is one to transfer until mon morn. We are thinking positive and sending energy to our little embryos. Still VERY nervous though. But glad at least the three are still hanging in there today.
All the best to everyone. :)
Hello Girls,
Well i worked out what was causing my stitch today, at my first ultrasound it showed i had 25-30 follicles developing on each side which is putting some pressure on my other organs. Not sure whats going to happen next but its such a rollercoaster ride. Well girls sorry to be short and sweet but my nephew wants soemone to play monopoly with.
Will talk soon until then try to stay be positive, im praying for us all.
Love Bee (24) DH (30)
hi girls just wanted to pop in and wish possums good luk for transfer ,i hope you go well hunny :pray:
to everyone else i just want to say HI and best of luk to you what ever stage your up to in your cycles,im still around just lurking till i save some more $$$;)
take care all
Evening All,
I've had another day of rest and relaxation. Am still very sore and am not able to get out yet. Is this normal after the lap and removal of endo? Monday will be a week since my op.
Possums- sounds good with your little ones. I'll be thinking of you on Monday morning and hoping that all goes well for you.
Bee- Look after yourself and just take it easy
All my other lovely friends...sorry for no personals. I'm at my families house while DH is away and dinner is coming out of the oven.
Have a good night
Hugs Bel
Hey everyone,
Just had to share this dream I had with you all last night - it just shows how the mind is working away in the background. I dreamt I was giving myself my first injection with the pen - I went to jab it in and it literally exploded and I couldn't then use it. I called up our IVF clinic and I could hear them, but they couldn't hear me and they were saying 'we really should mention about the exploding needles so that people wont be alarmed when it happens.'
Wierd! Though I'm sure that's one dream that wont come true! :D
Kate- I love the dream!! Isn't it weird that we dream these bizarre things. My favourite dream is that I finally have my longed for baby in my arms. Sometimes these dreams are so real that when I wake up and realise I don't have a baby, I am devastated. Am I the only crazy one to have this dream??
Please let this next cycle be the one for me..I am really in a bad place at the moment.
Night all
Hugs Bel
Hi Bel,
You're definitely not on your own with those dreams. I dreamt I had a little boy and he was about 6 months old - I was changing his diaper in the room we would use for a nursery and I was blowing raspberries on his feet. I remember in the dream telling him 'guess what I loved you even before you were born!'.
It is so hard to wake up from dreams like this - they seem so real.
:pink-babydust::bluedust:
Geez, when does this get any easier??
Hope you are all having a better day than me.
Hugs Bel
Bel.... it doesnt get easier..... we just get learn to deal with it..... some days we deal with it better than others..... The way I look at it.... for every crappy day, I m closer to a good one... and for every BFN, I m closer to a BFP. Its a journey and its just one foot infront of the other :hug:
been looking for a way to feel better about getting back into ivf cycle (bfn on first transfer in may), so happy yesterday to find an acupuncturist locally who specialises in fertility.. gotta make time for trying it! :lol: Sometimes its seems like everyone else is in control of ttc, some positive steps forward will be gr8!. To everyone else who has tried AP, hope i find the same stress release as you too
hugs to all, keep positive with your cycles and :pray: for bfp all round!
Hey girls,
Just a quick one i am in hospital with severe OHSS maybe getting drained 2morrow I have put on 15kg cause of how much fluid is in me :( ... Been in since saturday not sure when leaving boo I get all my hcg levels 2nite YAY!
Take Care
Possums good luck with ET today! Hope it all goes well.
Miss K, good luck with everything. I hope it all goes well both tonight with the HCG levels and tomorrow with the draining of the fluid. You poor thing. Ill be thinking of you! Get well.
Hello to everyone else. I hope you all had a wonderful weekend.
I started my injections on Saturday and so far so good. I am now watching my carb intake and drinking my 2 ltrs of water a day. I really dont want to get anywhere near the OHSS. I did well last time, hope this time i avoid it again.
Suffering a bit from Mondayitis today :( Hope everyone else is avoiding the monday bug!
Hi Everyone,
Just a quick note to say that my scan went well this morning, and we are looking to do FET on Wednesday. Had first acupuncture on Saturday and it was great. I feel calm for the first time in months... not to mention I have slept better over past 2 days than I have in recent times!
Hope everyone is well... I'll post personals later.
Janie xxx
Thats great Janie... How exciting!
Miss K :hug: sweetie good luck with everything hope you are better soon
Janie: Excellent news have a great FET
Paula: Hope you are having an execllent BFP Cycle
Possums: Good Luck with your ET today
Bel: :hug: hope you are feeling better today
Me :cheer: 9 Follies today! they are 13-14mm so Wed another scan to check on size to see how these babies are growing
Hi All,
Miss K- Sorry to hear you are in hospital still and that you are having a bad time. I hope so much that your levels are great tonight. All this will be so worth it in the end. Just stay positive and strong and let us know how things are going. All the best for tomorrow.
Paula- Good luck with the injections. Physically I hate doing them, but mentally I don't mind it cause I know it means you are well and truly on the way to getting that BFP
Janie- I can't believe you are about to embark on your next TWW. I'm so happy for you. Just wish I could join you and be BT buddies again this month!! All the best for the TF. Keep going with the acupuncture...I am a strong believer.
TL- 9 follies is great. Look after yourself. Am looking forward to hearing good news from you soon
I'm doing a bit better today. Spoke to one of the nurses at my clinic this morning and she said she really wouldn't expect me to be feeling anywhere near normal for at least another week...so I'm not a freak after all- just impatient. This is all about waiting...and mind games!!
Have a good afternoon all
Hugs Bel
Tiggerlinda 9 follies sounds great.
Bel dont you just hate the crazy mind games and not to mention the dreaded WAITING games... And we then have 9 months to wait also! :doh:
Hi everyone...well after a nervous five days wondering how our three little embryos were going and if at least one would be strong and ready for transfer, we had a successful ET this morning! Very exciting and over before I knew it! DH and I are full of hope and also nervous etc. And now for the horrible wait. Will try and stay calm and also slow myself down to give this embryo a chance to stick.
I'm usually very active, but will rest more for a while I think.
I am about to head off for acupuncture...also went last week to help calm me down and get my body ready.
Our other two embryos are still going...they just weren't quite as developed...they'll check them again tomorrow and decide whether to freeze them or not.
Janie...hope your transfer goes well! any tips for the TWW? I want to be busy to distract myself, but also want to cut back on exercise (which is my usual stress release).
Bel- I hope you start to feel better physically and spiritually soon.
Kate- weird dream! :) Funny the things are minds create
Miss K- hope you are doing better soon and hope you get the positive results you are hoping for!! :)
TL- hope the follies keep growing...and you have many eggs ready
Paula- good luck with the injections.
Sorry if i have missed anyone. Gotta head out soon.
Possums- So very happy to hear that after all you have been through, your little one is on board. When I do a transfer I try to do as little as possible for the 1st 3 days til the little embie decides where it wants to live and implants. For me it just helps with the mind games. I just find it easier to have nothing to blame myself for...so I am in total agreeance with taking it easy. No need to lie in bed for 3 days, just to slow down as you say. To survive the TWW I make sure I have lots of DVD's and books for when I'm sitting round thinking about being in the TWW. And I have a beautiful TTC buddy who really helps to keep me sane. Make sure you join the TWW thread and the ladies there will offer you support too. Most of us here in this thread have been through the TWW before and we'll all be here to support you. All the very best...keep us posted
Hugs Bel
Paula- you know what..I can handle the needles, the drugs, the EPU, the pain, the op I've just had, I can find the money somehow for all this and I can manage to get all the time off work I need but it is definately the mind games I find the hardest. There are a few little things I do to try and lessen the mind games I play with myself but generally they are the killer...I often say I would love to go to sleep and wake up 9 months later with a healthy baby in my arms. Wouldn't that be fantastic!!
Hugs Bel
Hi all,
Bel and Paula, I wish we were in the TWW again all together :( You girls were such a great support to me last time. However, I know you will both be back in there in no time. Bel, I soooo know what you mean about the mind games. It is enough to drive you crazy!
TL - 9 follies is fantastic! I think that was about what I had on my first scan last time and I ended up with 20 follies and 12 eggs collected. So looking really good. Are you feeling better on this new protocol?
Paula - hooray to starting on the jabs :dance: Time will fly by now and you will be in the TWW before you know it! By the way, with the acupuncture the most important ones are the one before transfer (on the same day) and the one after transfer (within 24 hours). Those are the ones that have had research done on them and show success with helping with pregnancy rates. You might have to go in for one session prior just to discuss everything, but I don't see why they wouldn't do just the ones around transfer if that is what you want.
Abbie - I had first acupuncture on Sat and I cannot believe how good I felt afterwards.
Miss K hope you are feeling better. When do you find out for sure about BFP? I have my fingers and toes crossed for you :hug:
To everyone I have missed :hug:
Janie xxx
janie, awesome am looking forward to trying acupunture for ttc, only ever had it for sore joints so anything to get the body and mind in the right state! Will keep in mind the day b4 ET
tl, so great to hear about the follies, starting to actually look forward to my next round on the injections now!
bel and paula, :stickyvibesgirl: for your tww, dunno how anyone keeps their mind sane, thats all i could think about for 2 weeks while still trying to have a 'normal' life!
MissK, hope you get thru it all soon with a little one as a your reward
hugs to all
Have edited my original message which was a bit too emotional and I really don't want to offend anyone. Just saw on the news again another very sad story of anothers baby's life taken. I had a hard night tonight.
Hugs Bel
Bel...... I m just going to say something and you can tell me to shut up if you want.... You are being far to hard on yourself..... The best that you can do is all that you can do. Yes we all have our down days... sometimes, like for myself at the moment... it is many days in a row, but we come out the other end knowing that we are doing the best that we can. I can understand your annoyance at how people take their children for granted or how they do the wrong thing by them... ....but thats their journey hun..... and unfortunatly their childs journey. I personally decided quite some time ago that if by a certain age I had not conceived then I was going to take it as a sign to do foster care..... but in the mean time, I will do the best that I can do and thats all i can do. You are in control of your mind.. you are in control of how you react to things... and "you" is all you really have control of. Dont let that mind of yours take control in a negative manner.....Bottom line... long term TTC sucks... you know that...we all know that.... Focus on going forward each day in a positve way otherwise it will completely do your head in. :hug: and hun... I do take my own advice, its the only way I ve been able to get through this last week.... its when you dont feel like you can lift your head up anymore that you must.
My appologies to everyone else.... I ve kept to myself a bit over the last week.... EDD has not been to much fun. BUT i m getting through it, as I ve said more times than I can remember..... one day at a time. From a cycle point of view my 'high fertility' starts tonight with "o" on the 10th. I have accupunture on the 11th and then again on the 14th for implant. DH is madly swallowing all his herbs he has to take (complaining as he goes because they are so large)... :rolleyes:
Possum..... Very happy for you hun... let s hope this TWW goes by without incedent for you and that you grace this thread at the end of it with a BFP.
Again my appologies to everyone else.. I will catch up again over the next few days.... Hopefully that s it and I m out of hibernation for now.:o
My final post for the night..man it's late!! I hope I don't offend anyone with my last post. I just feel so sad to see such devastating stories on the news.
Angel Babies- I'm not going to tell you to shut up!! I listen and learn from eveyone in here. Am glad to see you back here again and back on this journey.
Night night
Hugs Bel
Bel :o :comfort:
Nite Nite:asleep:
Bel sweetie relax hun this is tough don't be hard on yourself :hug:
AB: Good Advice and :hug: this must have been a tough time sweet
Angel Babies, nice advice and I hope you are in a better place now than you have been.
Bel, hope you also pick up soon. It's a tough road. I feel for all of you who have been on it for much longer than I have and admire your strength and optimism and energy.
Any advice for the TWW wait anyone? Do you try and not do much exercise, or do easy stuff, like walking. Exercise is my usual stress release, and I have had to stop a few activities (too high impact in my opinion right now, I really want this little one to stick!) and I am finding it's leaving me with more time on my hands to think, at a time I would love to be escaping into exercise all the time! Arrghhh. I feel so out of control. I am a bit of a control freak :redface: and losing all control over so many things has been one of the toughest things. So here I am on here, instead of focussing on work, because I am sooo distracted. :doh:
Abbie, I had acupuncture yesterday, after ET and it was great. Hope you are doing well.
Janie, good luck for transfer tomorrow!
Hi everyone else!
Hi All,
Miss K- how are things going for you? Have you had any fluid drained yet? I'm thinking of you and hoping that you are on the mend. I hope your levels last night were through the roof!
Janie- you must be SO excited today! One more sleep....hope you do sleep!
Today I'm just relaxing. DH going away for work again tomorrow so just enjoying his company. It's a great day for doing nothing in the sunshine state...not too sunshine today!
Will chat later
Hugs Bel
Possums- can't forget you..how's it all going. Keeping your mind busy?? No pickup for me next cycle I'm excited to say. Have 4 embies frozen. Little bit scared cause my new FS wants to thaw all 4 and pick the best 2 to TF. He won't refreeze...but he is the expert and we're going with his advice. He seems to think with the clean out I've just had, this will give us a good chance. So we keep our fingers crossed and :pray: this next cycle is the one.
Hugs Bel
Hi All,
Well I have times for tomorrow:
Pre Transfer Acupuncture is at 7:30am
FET is at 10:40am
Post Transfer Acupuncture is at 1pm
Thanks Bel... you are right, so excited. It feels different this time because I haven't had as much build up due to it being a FET, but can't wait to get this ball rolling again.
Janie xxx
Possums good luck in your TWW. I hope all goes well and we dont see you in here again unless its to say hello of course.
Bel yeah it would be fantastic for all this to just fly past and be holding our precious bundles in our arms. And i have to say i totally hear you on everthing you have said and i am in total agreeance :hug:
Janie thanks for the info on acupuncture. I am still in two minds about getting it done... Ill think about it over the next few days. Best of luck tomorrow. i too hope you get out of this thread and never come back... hehe!
As for me, still jabbing away and getting another bruise :( Not sure what is happening. I never bruised in my other cycles. Does the difference in dose make a difference with whether you bruise or not?
Paula- Thanks for the reply. I appreciate your words. Now...as for the bruising. I don't think the dose has much to do with it...I could be wrong. But my mum is a nurse and she said you'll get a bruise if you hit a vein or even a teeny weeny blood vessel sometimes. So whenever I do a needle I looked really close to make sure I don't see any blue tinge under the skin then jab!! Hope that helps. As for the acupunture, I was like you..not sure but I decided to go for it thinking it couldn't really harm me. Not sure if you know what's been going on with me, but I've just started seeing a new FS and he tells all his patients to get acup. The decision is totally yours though. Don't do anything if it doesn't feel right.
Janie- Yay for all the times tomorrow!! The countdown is on. I'll be snooping on you in the TWW thread.
Hugs Bel
Paula - brusing sometimes the dose can make a differnce as it hits some vessels underway I have bruised more this cycle and my FS laughed and said when he gave me the pregnal see if you cannot bruise your self on a 1ml injection
Janie :cheer: so so so excited for you heres hoping BFP is at the end of the Rainbow.
Bel: Hope you got some excellent time with DH mine used to travel and I hated it
Me Just really tierd today
wow so much is happening in here, yes i am still here. just beeen so busy lately.
angelbabies: how r you? hope you smiling, love the one day at a time, it's the only way thru. hope those large herbs for dh do the trick.
abbie: we havn't met yet so hi! acupuncture is a good idea i am doing it for next time.
missk: how r you?, hoping you feeling better
paula: how r your injections going?, hope all is well
tl: great job with follies, keep up the good work.
bel: glad your not a freak as you thought. so glad you a little better and in regards to just waking up after 9 months you don't want that you'd miss so much and being pregnant is something not to be missed. i am really hoping you are feeling better emotionally , good luck
possums: glad et went well
janie: glad your acupuncture went well,
hope tfer goes well, please stick little bub for mummy
lots of hugs for you.
afm: well my life seems so hectic at moment with packing up house. i have 2nd acu on thur and i am looking forward to it so much.
chat soon. hugs to ALL!!