Long Term TTC & Assisted Conception - Oct 2007

[arielle]

Hi all!
JoeS - that's great news. Well done! Hope your tww flies.
Carla - well done to you 2. What a great result.
Nellie - fingers crossed for you for Friday. I too put on a bit of weight in the lead up to EPU. I'm sure a lot of it is fluid. Hope you're not too uncomfortable. GL!!
BecD and Nic - hope the scans went well
Sparkles - congrats! Wishing you a v.healthy Pg. All the best.
Mursla - thanks for that! Hearing people say things like that has really helped me keep my chin up. Didn't you atleast have sore bb's 'though?? Mine were last week, but they're really not this week.
Shannon - thinking of you and hoping all is Ok with Dh's results. Have a lovely relaxing weekend away.
As for me - still no real symptoms, unless you can claim a very sore coccyx bone (just out of the blue) as a Pg symptom??? Just grasping at straws - LOL!! Not too sure how it happened, but I am REALLY sore. So wierd!
5 days to go 'til BT! Bring it on!
Arielle

[NellieW]

JoeS - how exciting you how have a little blastie on board
BecD - good luck for your scan. I hope you have some good news for us
Carla - thanks for your reassuring words. It is so nice to be able to get advice and comfort from you guys
arielle - hope that your TWW isn't going slow. I can't imagine what is would be like.

Well, I have the time for my EPU now. I have to be there at 7am Friday morning, for an 8am EPU. Trigger at 6pm tonight. And I say a big yay to no more Synarel.

[tiggerlinda]

Nellie Best of luck with the trigger and Egg Pick up I will be thinking of you

[arielle]

Oh yay Nellie! No more Synarel. Definitely something to celebrate. GL with your trigger. I found it barely hurt at all. I made a conscious effort to really relax and not anticipate it, and barely felt a thing. You will be fine. Thinking pos thoughts for you for Friday --> v.exciting!!

Arielle

[dusty]

hi gals and rols

thought i might join you in here as i start my 4th stim cycle (flare) when AF decides to turn up in the next week sometime. we think it will be our last cycle with my eggs and if things don't go to plan (), we may progress down the donor egg route (my sister - what a darling).

look forward to sharing your journeys in here.

xx dusty

[murlsa]

Nellie - I hope the trigger went well!!

Dusty - All the best for you upcoming cycle!

Arielle - My bbs weren't really sore until about 4w3d.

Joe - I hope your TWW goes quickly!

[tiggerlinda]

Dusty - good to see your here this thread is really good

[arielle]

Thanks Mursla!! After hearing so many similar stories like this in the last few days, I am feeling much more pos about everything. There's still hope, and I'm going to cling to it.

Heya Dusty! Nice to bump into you over here too. I will be cheering loudly for you this cycle. Wishing you LOADS and HEAPS of luck!

TL - also is nice to see you here. I've everything crossed for you babe!

Arielle

[~BecD~]

Had my scan this morning and only one follicle has grown, its 15mm while the rest are still less than 8mm. Got the call from the nurse this afternoon and they have decided to cancel my cycle.

I'm devastated, I didn't even consider that as an option. Have an appointment with the FS on 5th Nov to discuss treatment options for next time. Wont be able to go again until February probably because of safety net + holiday in Jan. PHI kicks in in May, so we will probably need to wait until then to try again.

[nic]

Oh Bec, I'm so sorry that your cycle has been cancelled.
Nellie, best of luck with EPU on Friday.

Will update tomorrow with u/s results

Nic

[tiggerlinda]

Oh Bec sorry to hear that hun thinking of you and hugs for you

[Shannon22]

Beck really sorry to hear about cancelling your cycle, look after yourself

Nic - Good luck with scan today!

Nellie - Hope trigger was ok last night!

And welcome Dusty!!

[Hollybolly]

Just checking in to see how everyone is doing!

Bec, I'm so sorry to hear of your cancelled cycle xxx
It will be interesting to see how they decide to change things for the next one.
The first one is always such a touch & go situation - Don't lose the faith that it won't happen - Just stay determined for next time (That will be here before you know it )

Nellie - Good luck for EPU!!!!

Nic - Hoping everything went great with the u/s xxx

Arielle - Have posted in your journal - not long to go now, sweetie... Hope you're keeping sane!

A big hi to everyone else!

Me - CD 19 not too much happening here - sore heavy BB's, but that seems to have become a normal thing for me every time now!
Will be back on everything with my NP here & Antonia's herbs after this cycle - They both wanted me to break this one to see how my legs went.

I'm not feeling very productive not being on anything at all - It feels like I'm not trying hard enough ... Very frustrating, although I can't do anything about it!!!

Hope everyone is doing great xxx

[Carla MP]

Had my scan this morning and only one follicle has grown, its 15mm while the rest are still less than 8mm. Got the call from the nurse this afternoon and they have decided to cancel my cycle.

I'm devastated, I didn't even consider that as an option. Have an appointment with the FS on 5th Nov to discuss treatment options for next time. Wont be able to go again until February probably because of safety net + holiday in Jan. PHI kicks in in May, so we will probably need to wait until then to try again.

Hi Bec
Im so sorry to hear your news. It happened to me aswell. I was devasteated too. But..the way I saw it (inthe end after many tantrums and many 'why me's')you dont want to go through the rest of it for them to tellyou it hasnt worked becasue of that. I thought of it for me that it just wasnt our time....I have now just had my transfer and are crossing everything. It will happen for youo sweetie. They out me on a flare cycle and things went great...hang in there.......
Carla

[NellieW]

BecD - oh no!!! I am just so disappointed for you.

dusty- good luck for this cycle

Hollybolly - you must feel a little bit in limbo this cycle. Its such a waiting game at times isn't it?

Well, for me, the trigger injection was fine. I shouldn't have got myself worried about it at all. Of course it was a bit more painful than the little puregon injections, but its really wasn't too bad.

Now just waiting for EPU tomorrow. Very excited. I am glad it is at 8am, so I won't have time to get nervous. Have to bit at the hospital at 7am, and it is about a half hour drive, so I will hardly have time to think about it. I am now just talking to my tummy today, to try to entice my follies to do their best growing until then.

[nic]

Ok, ultrasound yesterday showed a total of 13 follicles. Left side had 6 at 10-12mm and the right had 2 at 14 and 5 at 10-12mm. FS was going to drop the amount of puregon, but spoke with the FS who will be performing EPU (which is now going to be Scott Salisbury as Dr DeAmbrosis is away) and he said to leave me on 150 and do another scan tomorrow. So another 400k round trip and hopefully we will have a better idea of what is going on.

Will catch up with everyone else a little later on

Nic

[Hollybolly]

Nic - Your follies sound like they are growing nicely - From experience, I think they should leave it at 150 too, but who am I to really know what I'm talking about???!!!!

Its great that your body has reacted from the 150 dose - mine didn't even budge until I got up over the 300

Hoping your scan tomorrow shows everything moving along as it should be xxx

[arielle]

Hi ladies!
BecD - I am so sorry hun. I was very nearly in the same boat, so I know how you're feeling. This is incredibly frustrating for you, but try and find some comfort in knowing that next time they will have a much better idea on how to tweek things for you to get a better result.
With the silly season about to descend upon us, you may find it goes really quickly, b/w now and when you can start again. I really hope so anyway. Take care hun!
Nellie - everything crossed for you for tomoz. Looking forward to hearing your results!!
HB - I hope this imposed break does you wonders. I must chat to you some time about Antonia. I am thinking if this cycle isn't successful, then I may suss her out. Would you know if she has had promising results with male infertility?
Nic - sounds like things are cooking nicely. Well done! GL for tomorrow.
Carla - hope you're feeling well.
Shannon - how are you doing at the moment?
Anyone I've missed - all the best to you 2. Looking forward to some BFP's gals!

Still not much to report from me. 4 days 'til BT and counting! Still not having too many symptoms apart from bloating, feeling hungry and big itchy bb's. Could just be the crinone causing this, however, but we'll see.

Arielle
Arielle