Thanks, Sammi.
I read it while I was at work, but had forgotten about it when I got home. I will look up the phone numbers and give them to DH when he gets here. Thanks so much for all you've done on this for us.
BW
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Thanks, Sammi.
I read it while I was at work, but had forgotten about it when I got home. I will look up the phone numbers and give them to DH when he gets here. Thanks so much for all you've done on this for us.
BW
hi girls
BG i too saw boy from oz with my BF. she and i were stuck to our seats drooling!!!! we were 3 rows back from the centre... his muscles and body are awesome!!! and he really is convincing!!!My DH got lucky when i got home too? (shh dont tell him i had some "eye candy stimulation")
all the girls who had transfers lately congratulations, sticky vibes and crossed fingers
i saw my FS today for follow up. he said i can do a natural FET as my hormones levels were amazing! superb actually was his words. i think from what i could read they were 155? apparently when clinic said my levels he said 'oh good, so she is pregnant!' but as we all know i wasnt. FS says everything went beautifully, drugs worked well, eggs and embryos behaved and my body thought i was pregnant - its just my embie didnt stick. so i am thinking positive for the FET around this time next month.
no drugs!!!!!!!yay!! i just have BT on day 1 and then BT on day 12 to see if my body is doing its LH surge, then 3-5 days later they pop a blastocyst back in.. now heres hoping one of my embies survive the big thaw!!!
yay Sonya - natural cycle sounds great hun!
and yes - seeing Hugh that close was definitely worth it! mmmmmmm, good memories!! he played the part really well.
Warning: self-absorbed vent ahead...
Last Thursday I was involved in an incident at school where one teacher punched another. I was the only other person present in the room at the time. This has resulted in a bunch of stress. On Friday, the colleague that was punched went to the police to ask questions - he did not lay charges. However, the principal of my school has got irate with my colleague for doing so. I left work on Friday with the knowledge that the principal was going to meet with everyone in my staff area to discuss the incident.
Monday came and I was off sick with a sinus infection. Today I went back to work... :wall: Seems this meeting on Monday resulted in those present being yelled at and told that we have no right to support/advise our colleague. Despite my story and the punchee's story matching up, the puncher denied everything and the school is effectively taking no action. The statement has been made that the puncher is "a good christian man and would not lie". I really resent the implications of that statement! There's been a whole lot of other stuff about the puncher making a great contribution to the school (through being paid to tutor the subject both me and the punchee teach), and a few other things that have basically said to me and the punchee that we are not valued in that hell-hole of a school at all!
The stress headaches today have been unbelievable. Stress headaches, sinus headaches, still feeling rather ill and being back at work (kids were feral as well, I'd been away for two days and the people covering my classes had allowed them to run riot it seems) and it has made for a very, very unpleasant day.
Add to this the fact that for the foreseeable future I'm up at 5am to have blood tests before work for the FET... consider my FS's comments about stress and how it can make it harder for me to get pregnant... and I'm almost feeling like the FET is over before it has begun! And to think that my GP commented on Monday that I seemed so much calmer than last time he saw me!!!
I'm feeling so discouraged and down about this... I know the stress levels don't necessarily mean doom and gloom, but I also do know that I'm not exactly going into this cycle with the best frame of mind... :wall::cry:
I hope things improve a lot in the next week or so, otherwise I'm going to be begging my GP for some time off over the transfer just so I'm not stressed out of my brain!
BW
aw hun - i can't believe the way the school are handling this situation! it seems like they're just being awful to the people that do the grunt work, and supporting a person who doesn't deserve it - i so wish they'd open their eyes and see the big picture!!! and no matter what happened, they have NO RIGHT to tell you whether you can provide evidence - that's total BS! i really wish that your colleague would lay charges so that it becomes obvious that he's not just making up stories and that he's serious - how bloody rude to imply that you're not a good christian for supporting this man!!! ok, supportive vent over!
hope that this all calms down very soon hun - i know from other posts that stress and anxiety are high in your life at the best of times, and after the way they've treated you at school over the past few months - well, to hell with them!! - take the time off - i'm more than positive your GP will see what stress you're feeling and support the break - i wouldn't be surprised if the infection at the moment is cos your immune system is down at the moment because of this whole fiasco anyway! and then while you're off - start looking for another job! they don't deserve a kind compassionate, person like yourself at that school - they treat you like cr@p and you're better than that!
take care babe
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BW - I agree with BG's comments - take the time off, don't feel any guilt, and look for another job. I am sure you have some very marketable and transferable skills that you could look outside of the school system for employment. It sounds a bit suspect that the principal is jumping to the defence of the wrong doer - maybe there is something else going on that you aren't aware of? I worked for a few years in the TAFE system in Qld and I remember that there were some bullies there as well, but they were dealt with because the management were forced to do something when confronted with the reality of the dysfunctional work situation that was occuring. It was either they take action or they lose their job - principals have bosses too remember!
BG - re b/ts: I don't know yet what the plan is. I am going to ring the nurses this afternoon after work because I think I will need to start the nasal spray very soon and I want to make sure I don't do anything to muck up our first cycle. I am a little nervous and have already noticed that my tastes in food have changed and I have no interest in alcohol at all... maybe wishful thinking on my part that #1 will a BFP!
Take care all and :stickyvibesgirl: to all those in the TWW!
Cheryl xx
PS I wish I had seen Boy from Oz - he is dreamy in the movies so I imagine he is even hotter up close and personal!
OMG BW! What a week you've had..:hugs: I agree with BG as well. Hope the rest of the week is much smoother for you.
Big hello to everyone else. Not a lot happening here, my OPK's arrived the other day, so will give it one last good effort before visiting the FS in 2 weeks and 1 day!
Nic
:wall: Ever have one of those weeks where you think you shouldn't have bothered getting out of bed??
This morning.. freezing cold at 5am! Try to leave the house at 6am, only to discover that DH had parked me in... Eventually get to the clinic (running slightly late!) and then have to pay for the cycle... $995 this time, so we hadn't bothered with a cheque as it would fit in under our EFTPOS limit. In my sleepy, groggy state, I grab the wrong card! Confusion results and I end up having to call DH to check which account we'd transferred the money to, which card I should be using and what the PIN was. Armed with the right card... and the clinic's card reader would NOT read it no matter what! Another call to DH (I'm really freaking out by this stage!) and he jumps back into electronic banking to transfer the money to the other account where we could read the card...
Moving on to the blood test... the regular nurse had a death in the family so wasn't in. Understaffed, the clinic had called one of the people out of the lab in to collect blood. I get greeted with "Hi BW, I'm I-can't-remember-the-name, you don't know me, but I've met your blood before". Blood gets taken... forms get signed, double checked pessary was handed over... and then I remember to admit to the prednisone and the person pretty much freaks out... "I'll have to check if that's ok!" :wall: After that there was no way on earth I was admitting to the antibiotics I'm on now but will be finished before transfer.
I really, really don't need all this stress at the moment! I think I need to make another appointment with my GP and get my AD dose adjusted - I'm doing mostly ok when everything is normal, but the anxiety is getting bad when things happen that are a bit out of the ordinary.
I have acupuncture tonight, so that should help a lot. Unfortunately, my regular acupuncturist isn't working tonight (I'm not getting much of a complex, honest!) so I'm seeing someone else that I've never seen before... and I'm going to have to try to print my chart here at work.
Sorry for yet another selfish, self-absorbed vent! I really, really need to get things together here, but it appears the world is conspiring against me!
ETA: just got the phone call from the clinic... my FS has OKed the prednisone (phew!), and I don't need to go in for another blood test until Sunday. I get to sleep in!
BW
Hi BW - sounds like you need a break from the chaos. At least you don't have another bloodtest for a couple of days. At my clinic they use OPKs in the lead up to a FET. Do they do bloods for you because of PCOS? At least you will be getting nice accurate readings. And now you know the prednisone is OK - and your GP said the anti-biotics are OK, so i'm sure they are. Relax tonight and take it easy. I wish we could help ease your stress some other way. Maybe you could have a long bath? Screw the drought - it's for your health and well-being!
Sonya - you must be relieved to hear that your body is playing along with all this. Now all you need is a super-sticky emby and you'll be graduating in no time!
Chez - I found great comfort in my 'bit-of-paper' from my nurse with everything written down with dates and doses on it. I had it on the coffee table and DH used to look at it too, to make sure we were on top of everything. I am a control freak with a touch of OCD though - so i need to check and double check or panic sets in!!
I never saw boy from oz, but i thought Hugh Jackman was just delicious in Scoop with Scarlett Johansson. Potential serial-killer, who cares? He's lovely!
BW - you're just having a crummy week this week - i'm so glad you've managed to get some good news with the prednisone being ok'd, and not having to go back to the clinic til sunday - woo hoo - more sleep tomorrow!
Chez - good luck on getting going hun - i'd be sure to ask for reasonably close monitoring if this is your first time on the meds - would hate for you to be under or over medicated!
well i'm feeling worse again! i honestly thought that i was doing better yesterday, but i think i'm having issues with the booster shot - i feel like some big burly bloke has sucker punched me in the tum - but only on the right side! it's weird! and it's not consistent pain - just kinda sneaks in there when i'm least expecting it! i'm also feeling more queasy today - so i'm guessing that WHEN we get a BFP i'm gonna be one of those (un)lucky ladies that is really affected by the hormones and gets nasty morning sickness! oh well, it's all for a good reason... have just gotten home from work, in my jim jams within a few minutes and now sitting on the couch feeling decidedly blergh - such is life!
how am i supposed to wait another 9 days (minimum) before testing??? how is the TWW even CLOSE to fair?!?!
Hi Girls..
BW - sorry I'm so far behind in what's going on but...are you aware that under occ health and safety you can apply to be moved to a 'safer' work environment due to the fact you are undergoing IVF etc...I'm pressuming you are working in the state system...your Doc will need to write you a letter...could be worth investigating...I'm looking at it for my own situation at the moment!!!!
To everyone else...forgive me for being short...has been a horrible day...waiting for mc or D&C on wednesday...hope you're all travelling better than me today (self indulgent boo hoo...sorry) xxx
BW works in the private system.
BG Sending you the controller so you can fast forward to your test day sweetie
Ellie you dont need to apologise for anything especially considering everything, I hope everything can go well consider the situation. Sending you loads of hugs.
Im still keeping an eye on your girls even though Ive been MIA for a while. Finally updated my journal.
Good Evening
BW - So sorry to hear work is going crappy! Sounds like a load of rubbish to me what is going on and i hope the infection clears quickly and FET goes perfectly!
BG - Good luck honey hang in there!
Hi Summer good to see you popping in
Kotare - How are you going?
Ellie - Good luck honey huge hugs coming your way!
:hello: to everyone i missed!
Well full on week here.... went and saw acupuncturist on tues who told me pretty much it will be a miracle if i fall pregnant with all the stress i am under at work and i need to quit my job... hmmm i was only staying at work because i have 4 weeks Annual leave already and would make maternity leave easier and i am good at my job... so i went home and applied for a few jobs... feeling a bit angry at the world that we put life on hold hoping for this baby and then 2 failed attempts later and 3 years i am angry and decide im not putting life on hold forever what if we never get pregnant? so anyways not expecting anything i get a phone call yesterday do a telephone interview and then go in for face to face today.. and it went fantastic! less stress YAY! and 10000 more money BIG YAY! and they want me to meet one more manager but unless that goes horribly wrong i have the job..
So i know nothing to do with ttc but REALLY nice to be happy about something that has nothing to do with TTC.. i kinda feel more like Shannon again...
and i was excited and had t share with my closes BB buddies!!
Thanks for listening :)
yay shannon - sounds great hun!!! a change sounds like it is definitely on the cards - good luck!!
Finally back from acupuncture and feeling a bit less strung out, stressed and frazzled. And I have warm feet! :)
Talking things through with DH and we think a lot of my anxiety is from the letrozole. We thought back to when I was at this point last cycle, and in DH's words, I was "interesting" then. I also remember that it didn't ease until I'd ovulated, so I can look forward to being "interesting" for about another 7-10 days. Hopefully now that I'm aware of it, I can deal with it a bit better. It's not so much panic attacks, just that when something a little out of the ordinary happens, it throws me, and I don't adjust. I can then spend the rest of the day running around in circles because I can't adapt to things.
As for the work situation... my colleagues in my work area have all banded together very strongly - none of us are in this alone, we have a lot of support and encouragement in this. I'm still miffed that my integrity has effectively been questioned, but everyone is working together and the union will be involved if we can't fix things ourselves. It's taking careful planning, and we are all going to sit down and write statements of what's happened, what's been said, what we recall of everything. It's basically getting to cover our backs stage. I suspect a lot of us will walk at the end of the year... hopefully for me it will be more of a waddle. :p
Summer, it's good to see you pop your head in again. You have been missed, and I'm very much looking forward to the day you come back and join us again. Enjoy the time relaxing and stress-free - as you can see, it doesn't stay that way when you get things underway!
Shannon, I guess both of us need to reduce stress! Nobody has said my stress levels are that bad just yet, but I do have a lot of people working to keep mine down. It's great to have supportive work colleagues who understand what's at stake for me! The new job sounds fantastic, though! Hope it works out for you.
Ellie, I can't believe you are still in limbo! I'm certainly praying really hard for a positive outcome for you, but I can imagine that you just want it to be over either way. uncertainty is so hard to deal with! Unfortunately, I'm in the private system so we don't have a lot of options. The actual day-to-day stuff isn't too bad, the one toe-rag student who made my life miserable has been withdrawn from the school this week (was great to go back after being off sick to discover that!), it's just the extra stuff that's going on... and hopefully we will have that resolved soon.
BG, the fact that you are getting worse with the booster shots is probably an indication that it is a bit of OHSS. I had to use half the trigger dose to keep the levels of HCG in my system down - if yours have just been raised... I hope it resolves quickly and my OHSS suspicions are unfounded.
Jo, I think the blood tests are just the way my clinic likes to do things. They say the use OPKs for cases of inconvenience, but I find they stress me out something horrid! I'd rather have the bloods done and drive for a couple of hours before work and know everything precisely than to POAS and have to guess at things myself! Seems every clinic does things differently! I've now got a progesterone pessary (just one!) in the fridge that I'm to use the night before transfer, and I've never heard of anyone else having to do this! I wonder how our FSs would feel about knowing we all get on here and compare notes...
A nice long less-stressed post from me for a change! Enjoy it while it lasts! :p
BW
Hi girls
Shannon - well done on the job interview and congrats on being successful (lots of positive thoughts coming your way). I keep telling myself I have to take control of my own destiny because no-one else will and it looks like you are living proof of that concept. Well done you!
Kotare & BG - thanks for the advice. I spoke with the nurse this afternoon and she gave me all of the info over the phone. Apparently because she has done that they will not send out a letter, but I am thinking now that maybe I should ask them to send out the letter anyway? What do you think? I am a little OCD as well and a bit of a control freak so know exactly what you mean about having something to refer to. Anyway, will think about it overnight and check in again tomorrow for opinions.
Chat again soon.
Cheryl xx
BW - yay on the less-stressed you!! i hadn't really put the letrazole thing together (your DH is a smart man) - but when you think about it, you were getting a little frazzled about this time last cycle - at least now you have a fair idea what's going on and you can be proactive about it! hope you're wrong about the OHSS (weight is fluctuating a little, but that's nothing unusual for me, and tummy girth is much the same - if anything it's a little down on a few days back) - but i'm thinking the booster shot is somehow responsible for the fact that i got worse today - oh well, such is life!!
Chez - so long as you keep a record of days and things for injections, it should be all ok - we were given a treatment sheet for every cycle - and i went home, put it in a folder - and then wrote all the dates in a diary anyway!! - take the treatment sheet to appointments (only cos it's easier to have one piece of paper) then walk out and transfer it all again!!
Thanks, BG. Usually with things like this, when I'm aware of them, I can work with it a bit better.
Ellie, I'm so sorry. This will teach me to post before I've read everything and make myself look like an insensitive clod! I'm so very, very sorry for your loss. :hugs:
Chez, I'd be asking for the letter, too. I somehow seem to stumble through with all my information on little scraps of paper all over the place... and text messages on my phone! It helps that I'm mathematical enough to calculate how much puregon I had left in each cartridge without too much thought, but I know everyone doesn't work that way. It all seems a little daunting at first, but you do pick it up very quickly.
BW