Tiggerlinda - I didn't realise you had a successful IVF pregnancy with your number one child. Congrats! It's nice to hear of success stories. It gives us all hope How old are they?
Junipar - Did you stock up on the powerade? What I did when I had OHSS is I bought a container of powered Gatorade. It's exactly the same thing, but you just need to mix the powder with water. It works out heaps cheaper and lasts longer.
Mrs Zeg - Go crazy with the BD'ing. Hopefully that will cheer you up!!!
AFM - I can't seem to keep my posts short! Sorry guys, but I can't help it! Well, its now 6 more sleeps to BT. I have no symptoms or anything to make me lean either way. I know it's too early to expect symptoms but it would be nice to feel atleast something. Do you reckon if I do a POAS on Monday it would give me a fair indication? My last booster was Wed and I am still using progesterone pessaries.
Miss K - Wow! 30kg gained during OHSS! I thought mine was bad! You poor thing! The things we go through
To everyone else, have a good weekend and best of luck to where you are all at in your cycles or preparations.
Miss C is 7 weeks now and beacuse it took some time to get a bfp we thiugh we would return as soon as we could and try for a bfp b4 the end of 2010 otherwise dh will be getting too old and even then it will be 4 years to ivf
welcome back tiggerlinda. it seems not that long ago you were in here, i can remember when i found out about your BFP.
we will prob be doing the whole thing at a similar time. good luck.
Hi Girls,
I've been MIA for a few days. Trying to catch up with work.
Juniper- on no about the appointment. This synarel stuff is crazy.
Spring- Glad to hear things have cleared up. You're DH is so sweet.
B2B- Can I ask, What is a day 21 app for? I'm a little behind you. On synarel, waiting for AF to arrive.
Miss K- those follies are growing. Do you think you have oed yet?
Loops12- Welcome back & GL for your 1st IVF.
Misty- I'm sorry you didn't get as many eggs as you would have like. that one of those is the magical one. Have you heard how they are going?
JBM- I'm sorry you have to wait so long for your next cycle.
tiggerlinda- Welcome back.
Esperan- Thinking of you. GL for Monday. Whatever they decide.
mrszeg- It must be very hard living away from family & friends.
AFM- still sniffing and still have the synarel fog. I am due for AF tomorrow. Is it true that the synarel can make it come a little later? I think I recall the nurse telling me but not 100%.
Hey girls
Sorry been without internet for over a week (argh!) so here's a big long catch-up!
Miss K - glad you're recovered nicely from the lap! My scan went well, see below! Your FS appt will be here before you know it.
Misty77 - I can't believe you had a 130am trigger! Eek! What a crazy time. Is it normal for them to be at such odd times? Glad your EPU went well.
Mellmell - GL with the 2WW!
Baby2bee - woo hoo! Glad AF arrived! How's the jabbing going? Can?t believe you have so many follies - how awesome! I am jealous Have you had any side effects yet? Brusing etc from the jabs?
Spring - not sure about the pessaries but I'll be on them soon enough and it doesn't sound too pleasant! Not long til your BT - good luck!
Mrs zeg - welcome! Sorry you are not sleeping - have you thought of trying acupuncture? I had weekly treatments while finishing my PhD and it was the only thing that kept me sane and helped me sleep. I was totally stressed out and not sleeping and the acu was great at fixing that.
Loops12 - welcome back! I hate moving house - hope it wasn't too stressful. I found all the IVF info and paperwork quite overwhelming at first but I'm slowly getting used to it.
Juniper76 - you can buy Gatorade powder in bulk from supermarkets. It's about $10 and makes 8L worth. Waaaay cheaper than buying it premade.
Tiggerlinda - welcome back!
Esperan - goodluck with the decision on Monday.
Hello to anyone else I have missed.
AFM - I'm on Day 8 now. First BT and scan was Monday, all went well and I was still baseline (yay!). They said I had lots of little follicles. So started on 100u of puregon (plus a clexane shot) on Monday night then switched to morning jabs after that.
Second BT and scan on Friday and there were only 2 measurable follies and 4 smaller ones. I was a bit bummed at first - only 6? I had hoped for at least 10. But after a few hours I realised how great it was that my body was responding at all (after being baseline hormonally for 3 years!!) and now I'm focussed on getting 6 great follies! My lining was also a little thin but it's still early so they're hoping it will thicken up nicely.
There's a long weekend coming up in WA so because of that I think the clinic is aiming for my EPU on the Friday before (they can't open on weekends/pub hols) - that's Friday of this coming week - so they rang me on Friday arvo and said double my dose to 200u! Eeek. Am a bit scared by that but I'm sure it will be fine.
Am back for a BT and scan on Monday morning. They said I'll probably start the Orgalutron jab on Monday too. So three jabs a day!
My stomach looks like a dot-to-dot drawing already
Emotionally I'm doing ok. Am skipping a friend's baby shower tomorrow - she knows about the IVF but others in the same circle don't, and I just don't want to put myself in a situation surrounded by baby talk and the "so when are you having a baby?" questions (I've been married longer than all of them). Luckily my friend is awesome about it and we're going to catch up one-on-one next week.
Happy weekend to all!!
Last edited by Mrs P; May 23rd, 2009 at 07:43 PM.
: wierd typos!
MissK, wow, 30kg! The nurse at my clinic also mentioned sustagen so I start taking that from when I start the puregon. Nuts are also good to nibble on for the protein - I did that last time (had a pack of "gourmet" mixed nuts left from Christmas, actually had no peanuts in it, very nice).
Spring, last time I drank the sugar-free powerade because I'm very overweight and have been trying to lose some, but now I'm worried about the artificial sweetner so maybe the powdered gatorade is a good idea. Stuff the calories?
MrsP, sounds like we're both aiming for EPU the same day. GL with yours. This is my third and I've gotten 6 eggs both other times. Like you I keep hoping for more like 10.
Afm, E2 on Friday was 1180. Same time last cycle (day 7 of puregon) it was 1820. I really hope that doesn't mean we're getting fewer eggs this time. Still no scan (FS was on holidays last week) but we finally get to see what's happening on Wednesday. If all is good we'll trigger that night and EPU will be Friday.
hi girls,
well this morning AF arrived along with a flood of emotions and tears. at first finger crossed it was only spotting but an hour later pretty sure there was too much and now it hasn't stopped. Very sad, was a lot more positive this time around. Stayed in bed until 2pm feeling rotten, and most of all hating my body for letting us down again. BT is not until Thursday, but whats the point. :BFN: DH and i to have a talk this afternoon to see where to from here. For sure we will try again, but i think perhaps one more go and then a bit of a break to recover, mostly psychologically.
thanks for listening and good luck to you all. wish you all the very best, such a tough time for us all.
j.
How old are they?
those follies are growing. Do you think you have oed yet?
Have you had any side effects yet? Brusing etc from the jabs? 
This is my third and I've gotten 6 eggs both other times. Like you I keep hoping for more like 10.
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