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Hi Ladies,
Just wanted to pop in and wish BG every best wish for today!!!!
You must be so excited to what seems like forever to get to this point!!!
I hope you've bought yourself a few good books or dvds so you can come home and do absolutely nothing for the rest of the weekend!!!
All of my thoughts are with you today!!!
Sonya - Glad to hear you are ready to go ahead again!!! Keep positive sweetie xxx
Lou - Fantastic news!!! You sound so full of life again!!! You never know, that baby may just make it in there by June, hey???!!!;)
With the water - I used to have a problem drinking a lot ,too. (They say 2 Lt, but 2 - 3 Lt per day when on cycle!!!)
My NP advised me to drink it at room temperature (took me a little while to do this, but I've found its much easier).
According to ancient chinese beliefs, a baby can't be conceived or doesn't want to be anywhere that isn't warm, ie the womb, so room temp water is better for this reason anyway (This is what I've read from a few Chinese Medicine books anyway!)
BW - I'm sure you've got my email, but your tea is on its way!!!
Ellie - Still thinking of you sweetie, I hope its getting easier for you (If thats possible) xxx
Jo - Your first cycle sounds like my first 2!
My eggs were apparently not that great quality because of my endo, too.
I know you said you weren't that big on natural therapies, but the reason we started seeing the NP & had acupuncture was to increase the quality of our embies.
Both DH & I are taking stuff now (me more so than him) - and on the last cycle our eggs & my lining were much much better.
Our 2 blasts were hatching, which is the best they can be before going back in.
We couldn't even get embies past the 8 cell stage in previous cycles.
I also bought a book recommended to me about the benefits of acupuncture & herbs whilst doing AC... it also just has advice on different foods to increase in your diet to help boost egg & sperm quality.
Its called Fertility & Conception by ZIta West - about $40 but well worth it.
To everyone else - :hello:
Will prob pop back in today at some point - Its a lazy day for me!!!
Talk Soon,
Love Holly
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BG - thinking of you and we are all very excited - let's get some more good news. GL
Yay Lou - you and me UTD by the end of June!! No, naughty me, i said i wouldn't get too excited - i have to wait to see FS (not DFS yet!) for his final word. A short cycle seems so good, in so many ways!! Hope that we get to do this one together, although you can go a few days before me - then you can prepare me. Hehe.
Sonya - lucky you seeing FS so soon. Bring on June for you too!
Holly - i know what you are saying. I have a lifetime of people telling me to do this or that to help with my chronic migraines, and i am unfairly prejudiced. My mum spent her life pumping herself full of whatever her naturopath told her too, and we always thought it was a con. I have spent the last 5 or so years just saying bring on the powerful chemicals. However, in saying that, i did decide to swap my PHI to 'natural therapies', and the wait is 2 months. Then i am going to take the plunge and join the 'acupuncture' brigade. It comes so highly recommended, and is a remedy for migraines too. My bitter cynical stage might be over!! I guess anything that helps is worth it. I am taking elevit and Omega 3 (I don't eat seafood - yukk!), and DH is taking a men's multi and i give him evil eyes when he goes for a second beer!!! Poor DH. Now i'll be forcing teas into him too.
I upped my water intake to 2 litres a day about 3 months ago, and honestly you get used to it. I drink the first litre before about 11am, and then the second litre before 3. Then i don't have to pee all night! Some days i even find i drink a glass more because i get a bit thirsty.
Have a good weekend everyone!!
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good luck for today BG.... i am sooo excited for you! to finally reach this day is so thrilling. fingers crossed for awesome results in the future.
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Just wanted to crash and wish BG all the best for today....sending you lots of stickyvibes hun.
And Lou, I'm loving your news about your next cycle, that's fantastic! Bring on the end of June I say!
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Good luck today BG...will be thinking of you xxx
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thanks for all your well wishes girls - i think i'm still finding it surreal that we've gotten this far - and to now officially be in the TWW is really weird!
transfer was successful - apparently - although somewhat uncomfy seeing my cervix didn't want to cooperate - have had a very small amount of bleeding, but i expected that! DH has spent the morning with his chest puffed out like a proud pea**** cos the nurse gave him his results
Count 150 million (total - needed to be minimum 5 million)
Morphology - greater than 80%
Rapid progressive - 86%
the nurse even complimented him on his results - stating that it's very rare for her to compliment the men cos they do nothing!! he's ben flexing his muscles and sprouting off about how brilliant he is ever since! gotta love him!
feeling a bit sore and sorry for myself at the moment but i expected that. felt distinct O pains this morning for the first time in 18 months - definitely weird!! but at least i know i've had action on both sides so it's very possible all three follies have released an egg - very exciting news!! the antagonist injections were making me feel very unwell, and i'm starting to pick up from that a bit now, but i know i'm still not great. DH wanted to do the grocery shopping on our way home but i made him bring me home - gonna grab my blankie soon and curl up on the couch with a movie while he goes and does the shopping. apparently i still have a fair chance of developing OHSS, so have been given the info on what to look out for (as well as knowing i have BW to check in with) - and i guess it's just a case of waiting to see what happens...
i have been given the forms for a BT on June 8 - somehow i think i'll POAS before then! i can't believe my TWW is closer to three weeks!!
sorry girls - have read through the posts twice and still can't think of what to write for personals so im going to apologise for a very self involved post!
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well done BG! your DH is sooo funny. mine thinks he is a legend too with good results (but not quite as good as your DH) fingers crossed for a BFP!!!!!
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thanks sonya
i think DH is gorgeous! his last SA was borderline, and he's made a few lifestyle changes to try to improve things - so to get a compliment from the nurse just really boosted his ego - i'm just happy that the changes have helped - it's ok for him to have a puffed out chest and big head for a little while! he's being very cute today - took the shopping list and has gone to get the groceries - i've had three phone calls already just to make sure i'm ok! (very sweet - but very disruptive to the nana nap i've been trying to have!!)
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Great news BG! I'm so happy for you...take it easy and look after yourself...here's hoping the TWW is short!!!! Sticky Vibes xxx
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Yay BG. Sounds like all good news. I hope my DH can improve his SA results so we don't need ICSI next time. It's just that i'd rather not have sooo much intervention - if they could do the fertilise bit on their own then that would be good.
Your TWW is more a 3WW. I bet $10 you POAS before the 8th!!:p
Funny story - we have registered on the 'do not call' register, but we still seem to spend all weekend getting calls from foreign places trying to sell us various things. Now my new ploy is to tell them i am putting them on hold, and i set the phone down and leave them. Eventually they hang up! I hope it costs them a fortune.
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the do not call register can take up to 4 weeks to kick in! and then all the market research, pollies, charities and the like are still able to call!
i can't take that bet either hun - i know for a fact i won't be able to wait! i'll be lucky to make it to day 14, let alone the 8th!!!
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BG
Congrats to you and DH! It is a team effort and it is only fair that he make some lifestyle changes as well. My DP is making an effort, particularly in the red wine department (he doesn't drink beer). His issue might be morphology (I think that is right from memory) - there were lots of "his boys" and the volume was good, but most of them were not the right shape. The FS thinks the real problem is the binding - I think I mentioned that in a thread somewhere else, but she is not 100% sure on that. I guess that makes it hard EVEN if my body is doing all the rights things, which we are still unsure about as well.
Anyway, sounds like it is all looking up for you. Keep your feet up and make sure DH pampers you with lots of TLC. Good luck and talk to you soon.
Cheryl xx
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YAY BG - I don't think Jo will get anyone to take the bet! June 8 is way far away.
Congratulations also to your DH. Isn't he a darling :)
I went away for the weekend and have decided never to leave DP alone again. Apparently he was chatting with some friends and they all decided that "babymaking" was just like getting married. With marriage they just have to get the proposal right, listen to nagging for the next umpteen months then turn up at the right time and do and say the right things. Babymaking is pretty much the same. They have to get the first bit right, listen to nagging for 9 months then turn up at the right time and do and say the right things.
Apparently they are the funniest men in the whole world. He was still laughing about it when he told me late last night and then he told me again this morning just incase I wasn't listening because I was too tired!
I very grumpily told him that maybe the reason that our babymaking wasn't going well because he hadn't even bothered to get the marriage right! MEN!
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Holly, most definitely did get your email. Will be watching the letter box quite anxiously for the next couple of days.
I can't believe I'm on day 9 of my cycle and I still have spotting! I'm starting to feel like some sort of freak. I've also come down with a rotten sinus infection so I'm off work for today at least. I think I may try to wangle a medical certificate out of my GP this afternoon to get a few more days off. He's been lovely - he's fully booked until Wednesday, but is squeezing me in today because of the FET cycle. Hopefully I can have my head all cleared up before we get there.
It's so good to have BB back after so long (I'm sure it seemed much, much longer than it was!). Looking forward to sitting back and catching up on where everyone is at.
BW
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Yay for BB being back on!
Taffy - damn men - they really do think they are hilarious sometimes don't they. Where is your avatar?
BW - I have a lovely GP too - it makes such a difference doesn't it. Bummer about the spotting and the sinus. Day 9 seems a long time, but you have been putting your body through the ringer lately, so hopefully it will stop soon. Did your weekend go well - i hope so.
I got too excited too soon - i have to do another down reg cycle. Bummer. FS will need to be explaining himself on Friday. I'm not sure what's worse - the fact that i have to wait so long, or the fact that i have to take the pill.
Hope everyone had a great weekend.
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grrrrrrrrr, i just had a post almost finished and my puter lost it! grrrr - like it wasn't bad enough not being able to post yesterday!!! i've decided i must be a BB addict!!
ok, here goes again!
Taffy - isn't it funny how men think they are soooo funny, and when they find something that tickles their fancy, they'll repeat it. over. and over. and OVER!
Jo - that sucks you have to do the down reg cycle again - hopefully your FS can give you some straight answers on Friday
BW - hope you've had a long relaxing day at home and have managed to land yourself some treatment for the sinus infection that isn't going to affect the FET. hope the spotting stops soon - AF needs to start behaving - doesn't she realise you have a mattress to christen??
ok - on to the self absorbed part of the post!
i think i'm doing pretty well in surviving the tww (yeah RIGHT - thank god i'm back at work to pass the time a bit!!). have taken BW's advice and am drinking LOTS of water (at least 3L per day) and just keeping an eye on whether i develop any OHSS symtoms - am feeling pretty flat and kinda feel like AF is gonna make an appearance - not sure if it's a normal feeling or not though!! will see how i'm going tomorrow, and if still feeling ordinary, will give the clinic a call. hopefully it's nothing! having not been in the tww for - well forever - i don't know what is or isn't normal - and the symptoms they list for OHSS are so generic it could be anything!!
am gonna curl up with my new blankie and keep warm i think - have already had to deal with naughty kittens half a dozen times since i got home - can't wait for DH to get home and take responsibility so i can rest! oh yeah - i think my cats watch too much tv! you know that ad where the guy gives the tampons to the kitten to play with? my kittens weren't given them - they stole them from my work bag!! prats!
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Back from the doctor with a prescription for antibiotics and a medical certificate to take tomorrow off as well.
It's been ages since I've actually been in to see my GP, so it was funny going over all the dramas that have been my IVF journey. Then he asked how DH went with his varicocele... all I could do was laugh. He did say that he thought I was doing amazingly well considering what I was going through, and it's all well and good for the FS to say don't stress, but if he's going to mess with my hormones then that's going to mess with my mood! It was good to have a medical professional telling me I'm doing good - I always feel like I'm sort of in trouble with my FS.
The antibiotics I've been given aren't safe while TTC, but my GP says that I'm not going to be pregnant for at least another two weeks, so we're probably pretty safe. I probably should call the clinic tomorrow and check - I also forgot to mention the prednisone to them... but in some ways I really don't want to tell them! I'm scared they'll want to cancel the cycle and I've been through enough of that!
Holly, the tea has arrived! I'm not brave enough to try it just yet with everything tasting icky because of the sinus infection, but thank you so much for sending it to me. You're an amazingly kind and generous woman.
Sorry for being so self-absorbed. The sinus infection is bad enough to be making my teeth hurt and my brain is all foggy. My eyeballs feel like they are being pushed out of me head and I can't focus properly. I'm living in sinus infection hell!
BW
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rest up BW - and make the most of the time off to give yourself a chance to get better
i'm glad you've got a supportive GP - we've been telling you for ages you're doing well to keep it all together - nice that a professional is doing the same thing - and remember - the FS only looks at the fertility side of your life - you're a person with a lot more going on than just fertility treatment - and your GP is seeing that!
take care hun
