Long Term TTC & Assisted Conception - November 2008

just a quick note. i did a test, i know prob too early. i am on day 23 of cycle and embie would be day 8. day 28 is sunday and you'd think if there was a change i'd at least have a slight 2nd line by now ?

anyway i think we will go onto another cycle and ask for our last 2 to be thawed and if only 1 survives at least i could get one?

i just don't know as this will be it as dh has said he not doing it again. and they had to take his little friends out with a needle ( ouch).

i just can't imagine giving up on this. so sad

Way too early JBM, Try and hold out a bit longer xxx

JCM, Bec is right, probably the earliest you will detect HCG with super sensitive HPT is 10dpt (of a blastocyst). Also urine is a pretty bad detector of early HCG, blood is much better. Don't give up!

Glad you found the thread Hayley, great result and good luck!
xx

jbm, don't lose hope. sunday is a long way off still. i know we are only new to this but i find it helpful not to think too far ahead, to look at the next goal and focus on that without worrying too much about what's down the track because as well all know, no matter what you think is going to happen, it never does turn out that way! and hubby may feel differently in a few weeks or months. i'm not sure what the emoticon hug is but i'm sending you one, plus some super sticking power.

bec d , kaydee 78, sara 69 and kahlan thanks for the welcomes and votes of confidence.

We just rang the clinic, out of the 11 googley-eggs collected, 8 were mature and fertilised. We have to go to blasto stage and we had ICSI done. I'm 27, dh is 28 (only by a month). I have PCOS but am good otherwise and he has boys that as our specialist put it "are happy sitting around on the sunlounge drinking ****tails''. lol.

as this is our first cycle our real main goal is to get some embryos to day 5. If by a miracle we get pregs that would be the absolute icing on the cake. but i'm really am just going to make friday/sat our party day - if we have any eggies that is! we have a saturday transfer then i hav two horrendously busy weeks at work while i'm relieving my boss so i think the Dec 1 BT will suddenly arrive on my doorstop without too much dillydallying around.
:bluedust::bluedust::pink-babydust::pink-babydust::pray:
ps found the emoticons. lol. those are for all.

Hayley, congrats with the great EPU and 8 embies, fingers crossed they power along growing to blastie, does that make your ET Fri? And the 1st seems just around the corner already

Dusty, hope you are holding up ok in the TWW, we are all praying for you

JBM, it is way to early to test, though I too can never resist, hang in there, sending you lots of baby dust and sticky vibes

Mrs M, not too long to go now til you see the Dr, hope time is speeding by

BecD, how are you going with this FET cycle, does that make ET end of next week? Hope you are well

Kaydee, bring on the LH surge!

Sara, hope all is going well with your cycle, how exciting, grow follies grow

Wouldloveabubba, sending you lots of positive vibes for your IUI this cycle

21, looks like there will be plenty of us kicking off Jan 09 with a bang (or rather an O), fingers crossed for you and all of us

KellyD, good luck in the TWW, we will be praying for you

Buliej, I hope you are ok, our thoughts are with you and we are here if you need us

Possums, you are sounding much more positive, I hope you are having a relaxing break, praying for a natural BFP for you, and if not, Jan 09 is just around the corner

AFM, my temps say I have ovulated, YAY, 10dpo today, just because I am crazy with hope and you never know your luck, I will POAS tomorrow morning, if by some wild streak of fate I got a BFP, well it can happen, what a dream come true that would be! If not, at least my cycle length will be a respectable length this month, only 31 days (much better than my last natural cycle post stim cycle of 44 days, yuk).

If all goes to plan AF will arrive on Sat, I start the pill on Sun for min 28 days, wait for AF again, start stims Xmas day (HOHOHO), EPU 7 Jan, ET 12 Jan and BT 23 Jan. OMG, control freak or what? LOL. So now just praying all goes to plan, how exciting!!

Hope you are all having a great week, sorry if I have missed anyone, sending you all positive vibes! Hugs, xx

hello all you beautiful ladies
how are we all on this fine afternoon?
yes the time is starting to go by quick before i know we will be see DR SOO
i am booked in for my u/s on the 11/12 that is the only time they could get me as the person that does it isnt there very offen and i will get the resuts on the friday then we leave to go and pick mum up
getting bloods done on friday and so is hubby.

sarahxxxx

bec: thanks so much for your encouragement. you're a truly lovly person. xxoo
dusty: thanks to you too. how old is a blasty?, i had day 2 embie put in 6 days ago. good luck for your babies.

hayley: thanks so much for the hug, it means a lot. good job with eggs. :egg: glad you found the smilies.

babydreamtime: hope you get some good results. good luck
mrsm: everyday is getting closer to your fs appointment and scan . yeah.

i am slighlt less insane this afternoon. i just find it so hard. anyway i am making a promise to you all. " no pregancy testing until sunday" ok !!! :noaf: and maybe theres still a chance.

trying not to go insane. it's hard but i am trying. :2ww:

Hi girls...

Baby Dreamtime, I love the bit about being a control freak!! I think that's something we can all relate to when we live"cycle to cycle". I know I like to know what's going to happen, and when! Here's hoping it's all not needed and your test tomorrow brings a little miracle!! ;)

Hayley, congrats on those eggies! Fingers crossed they behave themselves and keep growing!

Good luck to those girls in the tww. I know it's awful having to wait and wait...but sadly I'm looking forward to getting to the tww this cycle! Maybe that's the control freak coming out in me because I don't know what's going on in my body - today I am cd 17 and still no sign of LH surge. Back for another BT tomorrow.

LH surge, where are you????????? :hide:

good luck Babydreamtime - I hope you get your BFP!

jbm - i'm no expert, but as everyone here has said, it's very early to get a result from a HPT - I think the tests themselves tell you they only start to get results at most 2 days before AF is expected which is usually right before your BT - it is way too early to draw any conclusions

grub17 - those are good numbers

everyone else - I'm thinking positive thoughts :pink-babydust::bluedust::stickyvibesgirl: and tons of :goodluck:

All you lovely ladies I am so sorry to see you are still in here. Have had an extended break as my 10 weeks of working full time ended up being 6 months. In that time we had our lovey holiday to day dream island, but my dad also passed away. DH has asked me to start the treatment again and will probably look at starting again after christmas so I may see you all in here again, but hopefully you will all be gone by the time I get started.

hi all, i'm so happy atm but can't find my hubby on the phone. so you guys are the first to know... well i did tell the dog but she wasn't that impressed.

just rang the clinic and all of our 8 embies are doing well. we have three two cells; one three cell and four four-cell embies in the googley egg cooker! yay. i'm so relieved because i was paranoid we would have no growers.

the embroyologist said going on that growth rate a saturday transfer was a definite goer. phew. so i ring back tomoz to get the new numbers and some more details.

i know this may sound strange, but having never ever been pregnant (at least to my knowledge), just the thought of a little joint dh and me making cells is really exciting. it can be done! lol.

how did your poas go dreamtime? was it this morn?

sending these to all and to my babies: :pray::pray::pray:

Morning lovely ladies, just a quick one as have to run off to a meeting.

My POAS this morning was a BFN, for one small moment it looked like a second very very faint line, but I am kidding myself. I am 11dpo today, using Lullaby Conceptions 10iu so if there was HCG there, it would have shown up. Oh well, trying to think positive that at least we are so lucky to have IVF as a chance. So now hope AF comes quick so I can start pill popping and get into the next cycle.

Hayley, great news re your embies, hope they progress wonderfully, grow embies grow, and great to have all 8 powering along!

Saph, welcome back, hope your time back in here is very short

Buliej, hope you are doing ok today

Kaydee, anything yet?

JBM, what will power you have to wait until Sunday, hope it is so worth it with a fabulous BFP

Mrs M, good luck with your bloods on Friday, not long now

Gotta run ladies, have a great day, hugs xx

Hi,

Thanks for the welcome.

Hayley: that's brilliant, well done! Go embies go.

JBM: Keeping fingers crossed for a BFP on Sunday.

Baby Dreamtime: Sorry to hear this, but it's good that youc an think positive.

Sorry still can't keep up with everyone so just wish you good luck and lots of :bluedust:

I had my BT today and everything seems to be on track, starting FSH on Friday.

Sara

Afternoon Ladies it has been a while since I have been on here so I am going to try to do my best with personals.

Buliej: So sorry to here about your loss hope you are hanging in there.

Possums: Hope you get your miracle this cycle.

Babytruj: Hope you are having fun in London.

Mels77: Hope you are surviving the TWW Ok.

Jodie C65: hope everything is going well.

Kaydee78: Hope BT and FET go well.

JBM: Goodluck in your TWW.

Mrs M: So sorry to hear about your friends accident hope you are feeling a little better and not stressing too much.

Neptune: Hope Af arrives soon so you can start with your next cycle.

KellyD: Hope you are surviving your TWW sending lots of sticky vibes.

21andTTC#1: I know it is frustrating never knowing how long a cycle is going to be, I have PCOS so it is always happening to me, but hang in there it will sort itself out soon enough.

BecD: Hope this last attempt works for you.

Smithy: CONGRADULATIONS on your BFP

Sunflowers: Hope your BT went well

B1105: Welcome and congrates on your BFP

Babydreamtime: Hope all is going well

Grub17: Welcome, 8 fertilised is great.

Sara69: Welcome hope this IVF cycle goes well for you.

Saph 204: Hoping all is well and that you have better luck after your break.

Kahlan, Spring, Wouldloveabubba, Mrs P Hope everything is working out for you all

If I have missed anyone I am sorry but like I said before it has been a while since I was here.

AFM: Had and internal US with FS today she said my lining was looking really good, and I have a 17mm follicle in my left ovary and another follicle in my right ovary that was a little smaller, so anyway she was happy with that so I am now going to trigger tonight with Pregnyl 5000 again then another BT on Monday and Booster Pregnyl 1500 shots next tuesday and Friday so it means DP and I have to BD like crazy over the next few days. FS also said there was a possiblity of Twins which I really wouldn't mind but I will also be just as happy if we managed to get one so fingers crossed and :pray: this is the cycle for us.

Hi everyone!

WOW there are so many newbies!
just an update, my DP got his bloodwork back and everything is wonderful! perfect thyroid and testosterone and a few other things, so its just the stupid sperm! I pretty much begged the doc for a fertility specialist but he insists they will just refer us toa urologist because of DP problems but doesnt the FS deal with that? I dont get it! anyway I guess we will go and exhaust every option with the urologist first and will give us time ti save for IVF/ICSI! good luck all!

Hi Ladies,
I haven't been around for a while but I'm back on board now and keen to keep up with this thread as best I can. Just a few shout outs:
Smithy - woo hoo! Congrats on your BFP.
JBM - hope you are staying sane sister, or at least not too nutty! Not long now till testing. : )
Babydreamtime - good luck with your BD! Swim little ones!
Sara - hi! all the best with the FSH. I didn't find it too bad so I hope you go well with it.
Grub - yeah, I loved the growing embryo bit - I felt so proud and chuffed with myself! We only got two Day 5ers in the end - one back in and one in the freezer, but still.

AFM - we are expecting AF to arrive tomorrow or in the next few days when I will be starting prognova (sp) for a medicated FET in mid December. Our biggest hurrdle is telling the family that the previous cycle (our first) in October didn't work...

Big hugs to you all,
RUth

Hi all,

Just a quick one from me.. still no LH surge. :wall: I'm not good at being patient! Another BT on Friday.

:grouphug: to you all. Keep positive!

morning girls
how are we all today? im not to bad!
well i'm off to a undercover wear party at a friends house today so it should be fun lol.
i get my bloods done tomorrow then all i have to do is wait till next mth for my U/S
sarahxxx

hi girls - just popping my head in. I've been in the TWW thread - until today - AF has arrived. I'm feeling very sad and upset at the moment.

I'll catch up on personals next time. Hope you're all doing well. I'll be hoping to do a 2 x embie FET in December and looking forward to sharing the next leg of the journey with you all.

Mels x

Hi everyone,

Mrs M, hope you have a great undie party, sounds fun. GL for your BT tomorrow

Kaydee, how frustrating :wall:, hope your BT on Friday gets you closer

Ruth, glad to see you back, sometimes a time out is good. I am hoping AF arrives tomorrow too so I can start on the pill for a stim cycle in Jan. Bring it on Jan. I know how hard it is to tell the family. My first few cycles I told absolutly everyone, friends, work, event the check out chick at my local Coles. But 12 months down the track and no luck it has been really hard to answer their questions. This time round only DH parents and my partent will no, no one else. I hope your family support you, as hard as it is telling them, at least they can support you in your grief. GLwith you Dec FET, :pray:this is the one for you. Bring on Dec for you!

21, good news re DH's test, and good luck with the urologist

Wishingbaby, hope your trigger went well, good news on the follies, have fun BD, hope it brings a BFP

Sara, good news re you BT and GL starting FSH tomorrow

AFM, didn't POAS this morning, holding no hope, but very happy as expecting AF tomorrow making it a 30 day cycle (so much better than the last 44 day cycle). Which means I can start stims 2 weeks earlier than I had originally hoped. YAY.

Just hanging in there, trying to remain positive. Sending you lots of positive vibes. Hugs

Hi Mel,

Sorry I was mid post and missed you. So sorry to hear AF has arrived. That just sucks. I hope you are ok, will you still do your BT? Glad you are looking forward already to you Dec FET, it always makes me feel so much better when I have a plan. Take care of yourself. Big hugs, xx

Hi BDT - thank so much. I have to say, it really helps having you girls around for support on days like these. Not sure if I have to do the BT on Monday. I'll check with the clinic tomorrow. Good luck to you too - it sounds like a good plan to do a down-reg over Christmas (I'm sure it will go really quick for you).

Melsx

hi to all you lovely girls i thought id just pop in and say hi .
ivf # 3 was a success for us but we have since had a miscarriage and things are not to good im lost ,confused, and ever so sad but we have 5 frozen bubs left so ill think about it after xmas
for now im just here lurking round to check on all my girls so best of luk to you all

Smithy :hug::hug::hug: I'm so sorry sweetie, you poor thing. It's horrible for you. Take care of yourself, we are all thinking of you.

smithy - i'm so sorry for you. this is very sad news. i hope you & DH are ok.

mels x

Smithy I am so sorry for your loss I really thought this was the one for you.:hug:

Smithy - I'm so sorry for your loss - it's devastating...

Hi Everyone, hope that you are all well today.

Smithy - just wanted to say again, that I am so very sorry for you. Hope that you are going OK :comfort:

Mel - So sorry to hear that AF has arrived, how are you going? So glad that you are already looking ahead to December. I have always hated having to have the BT after getting AF, sometimes I used to wonder what was really the point at I knew it was a BFN, but they always used to tell me that it was just to make sure that all levels were at zero. Hang in there chicky.

Mrs M - hope you enjoy your undie party and good luck with the BT tomorrow. Not long now. :dance:

Wishing Baby - hope your trigger went well and you are DP are enjoying a little BD time. Have fun and sending you lots of positive vibes for this to be your month.

BDT - glad that you are also hanging in there and remaining positive. Sending you a big hug also.

JBM - hope that your TWW is not driving you too insane - Good Luck.

Kaydee78 - hope that you get your LH surge - fingers crossed for you.

21 - glad to hear that your DP bloodwork is OK, best of luck with his visit to the urologist.

Ruth08 - so nice to hear from you. Wishing you all the best and sending you a big hug for your FET next month. Also good luck with telling the family, sometimes that is the hardest part of all - thinking of you.

Sara69 - good luck with starting your FSH. Hope it all goes well for you.

Grub17 - good on your little embies, that is fantastic news. Keep growing little ones.

Hayley - well done to you also, hope that your little embies are growing well also.

A big hello to everyone else, thinking of you all and sending everyone lots of positive vibes for whatever it is you are doing this cycle. Take care everybody.

AFM - well AF arrived yesterday (so a 26 day cycle - a bit more like normal after the stim cycle in Sept). Just going to keep on trying naturally until the new year and then go back to FS to see if there is something else we can try.

Oh smithy, I am so sorry for you, I can't even begin to imagine and don't know what to say except that we are all thinking of you and sending our best wishes. Take care of yourself, sending big hugs :grouphug:

i had a great time at the UCW party i set myself a limit of 200.00 but i went over by 40.00 oh well
smithy im so sorry for your loss next year is your time.....
sarahxxxxx

kaydee: hope bt went well
buliej: thanks for your support
saph: welcome back:loveshower:. i was only thinking of you the other day and i was going to send you a message but i didn't. anyway i am so glad to see you back, lots of our old buddies have moved to pregnancy thread and maybe that'll be us soon. good luck in new year. xxoo

hayley:glad your embies are doing well

BDT: sorry BFN, has af arrived yet ? still any hope ?. good luck and hugs to you.

sara: 1 more day til starting. and counting down....
wishbaby: have fun with all that dtd. sure dh won't mind a bit. good luck, hope it is twins. yeah.

21ttc: good luck and hope you get going to that fs soon
ruth: come on FET in december, i'll probably be joining you.

mrsm: good luck with blood tests
mels: so sorry , i hate, no sorry most of us hate AF, she is a cow. hugs to you :grouphug:

smithy: so sorry for your loss, you must be feeling pretty down and i know how you are feeling, please take some time for yourself. don't over do it. special cyber hugs to you. :hug:

afm: nothing has changed for me, i have been going to the loo a lot last 2 days but pretty sure it's just because i've been drinking more. who knows but i am waiting til sunday so i've got 3 more nights then test. please stay away af.

i'm really sorry to hear that news smithy. hang in there.

jbm: hope the b*tch stays away from you and it all goes well with your tests and a bfp.

mels77: :wall: - that is how i imagine you feel, we all feel, during the more ''challenging'' times of this whole thing. but good to hear you are looking ahead and i'll be cheering you on come dec - which you know is only ten days away (my first bt is then, not that i'm counting down).

jodiec65 - grub 17 and hayley are both me! lol. but thanks for the double love! good luck over chrissy. new year, new plan of attack sounds good to me.

kaydee 78 - that's excellent advice, stay positive indeed.

Ruth08- thanks, yeah, just one would be wonderful.

Sorry didn't list everyone, it's getting like a novel but know i'm reading and praying and hoping for you all.

5 of our googley eggs have started compacting (which is very good and the thing they should do), we have 1x 5-cell and 2x7 cell but one of the 7 cell ones is fragmenting. We will have a definite idea tomorrow for our sat transfer but hopefully there will be one to pop in and a couple to put on ice.

have just started the crinone gel... that's just charming stuff ey!

oxoxo

Hi Hayley,

Oops - :redface:, sorry, but hey you never know - double the blessing might just bring you good luck.

When there are so many of us in here and newbies also, I try to write everyones names down and go back through the threads and make notes. He he - it sure is like a novel, but lots of fun getting a message.

That crinone gel is gross stuff, especially when it starts coming out (sorry if TMI)....

Take care

that's what i was thinking, that extra love might just tip me over the edge to a bfp!:dance:

yeah, i tried writing down then i got confused so i scroll back through but if the post was on the page before it doesn't show up!! i'm sure i'll get the hang of it soon, ish.

i haven't had the gel returning yet, sure it will as only just started using it, but i had what i could only describe as a mild panic attack in the toilet at work - well i went to the toilet to hide as i was feeling very not well. it was most unpleasant and i'm only on day 2of the gel so quite worried about how i'll be on day 10.

:o

Smithy I am so sorry for your loss. Hope you adn DH are doing okay.

With my extended break away i had forgotten how horrible all this stuff is for everyone. Sending lots of love and support to all those out there.

Smithy - I'm sorry for your loss.

Hi to everybody ...

I'm 15dpo tonight and got a very dark a BFP!!!!! Blood test in 2 sleeps ..I feel very blessed :pray: I'm on pins and needles until confirmation via blood.

GOODLUCK GIRLS!!!!!!! keep going .. it will happen xoxoxo

LISA - QLD

Sunflower - that sounds great - can't wait to hear about the BT

smithy - Hon I am so sorry :( Sending you my love xxx

Lisa- That is brilliant news!!!!! :D Will be waiting with bated breath for your beta :)
Hayley - yep crinone is a b8tch but its better than the pessaries!!! Will keep my fingers crossed that your embies last the distance and you get some to freeze.

Have my BT and scan tomorrow and if they are okay I will have FET next Friday. Im a little conflicted -If I wait to have the transfer on the following Monday I can have my FS who I love and has been with me all the way but I will find out the results on the day of my work xmas party and wont be able to drink. If I have it on the Friday I dont have as long to wait but it will be a different doctor, possibly one I havent met before. I need to decide tomorrow, I think I will go for the Friday, just need to find out who the FS is going to be!

hi beautiful ladies
well off to get my b/t done shortly hubby isnt happy he has to do the old handjob heehee
talk to you's after
sarahxxxx

Hi girls

MrsM - Good luck with the BT and poor hubby's ...ahem....test.

BecD - Good luck with your decision, and with your FET!



Sunflowers - OMG that sounds very promising! Good luckLisa

Grub - love your name - Hope the Crinone side effects don't get any worse for you :rolleyes:

JBM - :noaf:

JodieC65 - Good luck trying naturally, and have fun!

Mel - I'm sorry it wasn't your time :comfort:

Smithy - sorry again hun, hope that you are okay

Hayley -hello! and good luck

Dusty - Hi there! hope you are doing well in the insanity of the 2WW

Hello to KayDee, Wouldloveabub, 21, Ke;;yD, Possums, Saph and Baby dreamtime!! I confused myself doing all of this, hoep I didnm't miss anyone.

AFM: I'm on day 3 of my cycle, and started puregon last night. Twas a bit stressful as I was supposed to be home by 6pm to give it then (which was the time I had planned) but I got invited to see a surgical procedure at work that took 7 hours!!!! Didn't get home until 930pm so just did it then. I'm feeling good just 'doing' something towards a future bub. :lol: