Long Term TTC & Assisted Conception - November 2008

[Baby Dreamtime]

Hello ladies,

Well I thought it about time I popped back in, I haven?t been posting very much, but lurking lots and lots and lots, I think I have read every post ever posted on BB. After my last BFN I crashed emotionally, and physically too I think, I have been doing IVF on and off for the last 12 months and had reached breaking point. I had thought that I needed a break from it all, however have found that my obsession with TTC only increased because I wasn?t doing anything about it. So I have realised that I would rather be trying TTC and cycling than doing nothing and waiting waiting. If I could have squeezed in another stim cycle this year I would have, but with the Xmas break, timing just didn?t work. So, I have seen my FS, and I have a new plan.

Smithy WOOHOO congratulations, that is wonderful news, so glad 'operation give DH a BFP for Christmas' was a success. Looking forward to seeing how it all goes for you

On trak WOOHOO to you too, lucky thing first time, don?t we all wish that was the case for everyone, hope you are celebrating, you deserve it, glad your 5 week BT was great

Kelly hope your FET goes well today, sending you lots of sticky vibes and baby dust

BecD so sorry for your news, AF just stinks. Great you have two blasts, are you going straight into another FET?

Sunflowers (Lisa) good luck for your BT on the 19th, fingers crossed, and take care of yourself, hope OHSS stays away and that the TWW isn't dragging

Spring wow you are up late. So sorry to hear about your m/c and glad you are feeling optimistic. Jan is not too far away, this FET will be the one!

Babytruj I am sure you are not checking BB whilst in London, but if so Hi and hope all is well

Dee good luck with your natural cycle, and hope you stay sane in your TWW

Bub4me hope your embie is settling in nicely, when is your BT?

21andTTC#1 good luck with your tests coming up, did you decide on which IVF clinic?

Neptune how are you, sounds weird to say but hope AF has paid a visit and you can get onto your next cycle

Bel my friend, hope all is well with you, glad to hear your ultrasound went well and thanks for dropping in, praying I can join you some time soon

Ruth good luck with your Dec FET, hope you are feeling ok about it all

Wishingbaby sorry to hear your dramas about not getting hold of your FS last cycle, best of luck for this one coming and hope you get a surprise with a BFP instead

Mels glad you FET went well, fingers crossed for your BT on the 24th, 10 days to go and counting

JodieC65 hope you are doing well

Wouldluvabubba so sorry to hear your news, hope you are moving forward and good luck with TTC naturally, also look forward to cycling with you in the new year

Mrs M sorry to hear about your DH's friend, I hope all is ok

Kaydee hope your BT went well yesterday and your FET can proceed as planned

Buliej and Possums, my heart aches for both of you, I hope you are staying strong and looking after yourself and please know that all our thoughts are with you, I don?t know anything to say to make it better but please know that we are praying for you

JBM sending you lots for sticky vibes good luck for your BT on the 28th hope the TWW speeds by for you

MrsP hope you are doing ok and looking forward to the new year

Sorry if I have missed anyone, the list is very long, sending you all best wishes and praying for a BFP for us all, whether it is this month, the next or soon to come.

AFM, I am on a natural cycle now, temping and checking CM, plus OPK, it is Day 23 for me and I don?t think I have O yet, my crazy cycles. My last few natural cycles post stim cycles have been around 40 days, so I still have a while to go.

As soon as AF arrives I start a down reg pill cycle, FS has put me on the Colorado Protocol, I am very excited and hoping that this will in some way help overcome what seems to be my implantation issue. Everything else seems to go well for me, good number of follies, good fert, good blastis, but no BFP after 4 ETs. So now I am counting down the days?

Love to all!

[buliej]

Thanks Babydreamtime - it's been an awful week. I wish you all the best with this cycle - it is great that you have a new plan and are excited about TTC again.

[Me+him+bub]

Hey girls!

baby dreamtime: Hi there! We are tossing up between monash at allamanda hospital on the gold coast or city fertility clinic in brisbane, I just got a great new job with community nursing that is really awsome pay! so we are paying off our credit cards going to cancel them all and just get one with a limit of ten grand or so to start our ivf as we are hopeless with saving and it shouldnt be too hard to pay off the gap each month, its just that 1st cycle that seems to be the most expensive one and all the tests and appointments! I think we should be doing our first cycle in the new year as I want to get a few tests done at GP before going to the clinic and be financially stable and Xmas to be finished! also I think we will be doing IUI as DP still has 11percent good sperm so we will see its worth a shot I guess! I hope you finally get to hear "your pregnant" ALL I thinki about is showing my partner those 2 lines!!! I JUST WANT TO DO IT ALREADY!

HI to everyone else! I have to get back to studying! im procrastinating and doing my usual TTC research!

[TaRhLi.]

Hi Ladies

Well the FET has taken place and we have 2 more on board. We were very lucky again and didn't lose any in the thaw so we still have 10 in the freezer (hopefuly they won't need to be used for a long time).

So I'm going to now pop across to the TWW thread, but will keep on checking in. JBM, I'll see you in the TWW. By the way I think you should be able to test sooner if you had your ET on Wed and you BT is the 28/11. With my ET today, I'm 2 days behind you and by BT is on the 27/11, so that's a 3 day difference....

[~BecD~]

Kelly - praying that these two stick for you xxx

[Bengal]

Baby Dreamtime
Im happy you are on a path that will help you receive your BFP, thank you for your message
xx

[JBM]

sunflowers : good luck, not long to test
spring: good luck with fet in dec
mrsm: good nes about u friend
b1105:WELCOME, not sure about crinone gel. good luck though
babydreamtime: fingers crossed. you will have to ddt every day to catch egg?!
buliej: hugs, how you going, thinking of you.
21ttc: sounds like a good plan you've got.
kelly: alrady chatted to you in tww, see you there
bec: hows things going with you

is that everyone? if i missed you sorry

afm: nothing much. acupuncture on friday and massage as well. was nice. got acu again this friday and i'll be doing poas test on sunday as this is day 28 when af would have arrived,.

good luck to all

[*MRS M*]

yes i know
well dh heard from his friends sister and see said he has lost 1 eye and verbrabras(sp) and will not walk again its so sad not dh wants to go back to the highway i will be worried sick all the time it wont do me any good if i get pg next year as he starts his new job in jan sometime

sarahxxxxx

[Kahlan]

yes i know
well dh heard from his friends sister and see said he has lost 1 eye and verbrabras(sp) and will not walk again its so sad not dh wants to go back to the highway i will be worried sick all the time it wont do me any good if i get pg next year as he starts his new job in jan sometime

sarahxxxxx

Sarah, thats horrific.. hope it doesn't traumatise you too much. Take care.

It's interesting to follow everyone else's journey. as we are only starting out with ivf i do feel very ''green'' when reading what others have gone through. but i suppose all any of us can do is have hope and that is why we do this and why we keep going.

Welcome Hayley, good luck with our cycle... first timer's luck.

To everyone else. Hope you are all well. Thinking of you all.

[JBM]

just a quick hello. i'm going into week two of TWW. and feel very relaxed at this point.

chat soon

[Sara69]

Just wanted to say hi, have started Lucrin last week for first PGD IVF cycle and a bit scared about everything but also exited.

Buliej: So sorry to hear this, sending you hugs.

Kelly: Keeping fingers crossed that your two embies stick

Hayley: feeling similar - good luck with the pick-up.

Sending best wishes to all of you.

Sara

[Kaydee78]

Hi everyone, hope you've all had a good weekend.

Welcome Grub and Sara. Hope your ttc journey ends in a BFP this time round for you both. Best of luck for your EPU tomorrow Grub.

JBM and Kelly, best wishes for your tww. Hope it is a speedy one!

Baby Dreamtime, good to see you are moving forward and have a "plan of attack" Hoping the next few months brings you a miracle naturally.

Sunflowers, GL for your BT next Wednesday.

Hi to everyone else who is at the start of, in the middle of or at the end of cycles. Hope you're all travelling along well.

AFM, I had a BT on Thursday and another on saturday to monitor hormones waiting for LH surge to happen before FET can happen.. No change in hormones as yet so I'm back again tomorrow morning. Nurse thinks transfer will be end of the week. Fingers crossed!

Have a good night everyone.

[~BecD~]

Sarah - Oh my goodness hon, I am so sorry for your friend, that is absolutely horrible. I can imagine how scared you must be for your own family as well. Sending my prayers over to their family and yours xxx

Sara - Scary but exciting is the perfect description, hoping this cycle goes well for you

JBM - Good to hear you are keeping chilled out, no urge to POAS yet?!

[*MRS M*]

thanks Bec
yes it is worring to me with all the trucks having crashs all the time but of course that is all hubby has done all his life

sarahxxx