juniper... here's a favourite of mine.
chicken and wild rice salad
1. dice chicken and fry/grill
2. boil long grain white rice (you can make as much or little of this dish as you want)
3. separately boil wild rice (roughly 1/3 of the white)
4. allow above ingredients to cool and then mix gently with mayonnaise, adding green grapes (I cut these in half) and cashew nuts (I also split these,but you don't have to.)
5. voila! yum.
not sure if you have a hob...probably advantageous, but you could do rice in micro....and buy cooked chicken
motherhood ... I buy First Response. It's an instream one but gives you option of dipping into cup, which is my preference. Has a pink plastic cap on it that protects it for showing doctor/partner. It's a simple read...one line not preg, two lines no matter what shade of line means pregnant.
Juniper76 - How bout a nice salad!! Wait I know its gotta be baked, and yes wait for it... get some pumpkin thinly sliced, and zucchini thinly sliced, put thin slices on baking paper and tray and put in oven or grill.....when they are soft and cooked allow to cool...get some mixed salad lettuce baby beetroot (canned, its easier) slice some cucumber and tomato. Mix everything in a bowl. Now the dressing...depending on how much salad you make for 4 i guess you will need 3 tblespoon olive oil, 1 teaspoon crushed garlic (jar) 2 or 3 teaspoon seeded mustard and 6 - 8 tablespoon white wine OR red wine vinegar place all these in something with a lid and shake it vigourously or you can blend it...stir into salad and PRESTO!!! Its a beautiful summer salad, my measures might be a bit off as i usually don't measure..just do it gradually and add as you need just in case dressing is tooo much or potent..you know what i mean!!
Airline - might have to try that recipe sometime soon...sounds yum! I am a chef by trade and those ingredients together have never been brought to my attention before...ooooh starting to feel hungry.
Hi girls - wow a lot has gone on in here in the last few days, I can't keep up! So I'm just going to say hi to everyone, sorry no personals (meant to be working on a presentation for work but it's 9pm and I can't really be bothered!!).
AFM - scan on Monday was ok but lining was only 6mm, need to get it up to 8mm for transfer. Had acu today, first time in nearly 3 months so I was hanging out for it ha ha (bit of an acu addict). Next BT and scan is Monday and hopefully transfer by the end of the week. Things are a bit hectic at work and I need to do a few field visits which is gonna be interesting timing-wise but I'll make it work and of course put myself first at all times!!
It's my first time posting in the IVF/PGD forum and I'm desperate for a quick answer to help hubby & I make a decision. We find ourselves in the realm of IVF/PGD as we are proving to be a particularly "stubborn" case of "unexplained infertility". It seems that the next step for us is to try PGD to see whether that will give us any answers about why our 6 transfers have failed.
We have 4 fertilised embryos from our most recent cycle and are trying to decide whether that is enough to justify spending the $2,500 for PGD. We got 9 fertilised embies first time round so 4 is a bit of a disappointment for us. We don't suspect any genetic disorders, we're simply searching for answers for the lack of success. It is not critical that we do the PGD but we feel it is the next step.
We have the option of freezing this batch and doing another collection to make it "worth" testing. I guess we have the luxury that we can still transfer an unscreened embryo? What should we do? What is the minimum/normal number of embryos that you have had tested?
Help!
P.S. I am aware that many of you brave couples have no choice but to screen and I hope my questions don't offend you.
Have been thinking some more overnight. Maybe we can do the BT early (had sort of raised the issue with the clinic the other day and they didnt seem too worried to do it early) but then we can POAS whilst in Fiji.
Gee need to calm down, cant get ahead of myself. Need the little guys to make it through their PGD test first. Hmmmm i have never had my fingers so crossed in all my life.
thanks rob and mother...called clinic and they're gonna keep an eye out online for my results cos BT nurse said they'd def. be in this arvo.
we're both a bit nervous...ok crapping ourselves but trying not to. trying to relax and not think about it...except i''m on here!!
Mother..there was a post above about PGD...did you see it? thought you might be able to answer it. from on tra_k.
Just a post from little ole me . DH and I are currently in the process of completing PGD as DH has a genetic condition which we would rather not pass on and if we were to try naturally, its a 50/50 the baby would get it. So as you mentioned in your earlier post, were one of the ones who kind of has no choice but to screen.
Anyway, Tuesday just gone, we did our first EPU, achieving 8 Eggs and then subsequently achieving as of yesterday morning, 7 normally fertilised embryos. That said we have never been told about a minimun that they would test. Oh by the way, were with SIVF for our PGD. Im assuming that with the PGD process, they just need to get a good number of eggs to better your chances of success with a healthy embryo. I feel that yes it is a large amount of money to spend but if it gets you answers or it crosses various questions as to what might be wrong off the list so to speak then it is money well spent. I can see that it might give you peace of mind or then again, make you even more crazy with "what the hell is going on" thoughts.
If you want, PM me and I can let you know the name of our Dr etc or if you have any other questions just ask Im more than happy to share my experiences with you or anyone for that matter.
MHIC - Get BT early - I got my last one 4 days early as I had a wedding on the Sat night and BT was not due to Tuesday. 4 days is a bit early but if there is nothing happening they will know for sure and if there was a pos reading well at least you know it may be happening and you will just have to have another BT when you get back.
Mind you I think you said you leave day before BT - so 1 day early is no big deal and they will be able to tell for sure. Just tell them you are going away - they will understand & I'm sure they would expect you to do BT early. If its neg you want to be able to drown your sorrows whilst away right! And if its pos then you want to be able to sit day dreamin of names! GL anyhow!
Hi to everyone else! Sorry no personals from me today or lately - very slack but at work and bit busy anyhow! Still sending babydust to you all though!
P.S. Emerald - I am so impressed by your organisation skills of noting all the BFP's for your wall!Hopefully a lot more of us make it on there real soon!
Nix - BT is due on the 19.11.09 and we fly out bright and early on the 18.11.09 so that means I would have BT done on the 17.11.09. So..... not too bad I dont think.
AFM - Am having trouble concentrating and wished that we would get daily updates on our embies. Have to wait until tomorrow and then again till Sunday. FX though that we can ET on Sun, just depends on the PGD side of it (they are as far as I know, testing them for the gene on Sun) and how our little embies go if you know what I mean!!!!
it's a hcg is 86, they said they're happy with anything over 80 so i'll get a bt done on sat for peace of mind. progesterone over 200 and should be between 30 and 100 in first trimester, so that's good.
thank you for all the support and all the enquiries today. good luck to you all, and may you achieve your dream in the not too distant future. xxx
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Juniper i'm sure you'll cook something yum!!
&
ing for a BFP
with the Results today Airline!!!!!
. DH and I are currently in the process of completing PGD as DH has a genetic condition which we would rather not pass on and if we were to try naturally, its a 50/50 the baby would get it. So as you mentioned in your earlier post, were one of the ones who kind of has no choice but to screen.
hcg is 86, they said they're happy with anything over 80 so i'll get a bt done on sat for peace of mind. progesterone over 200 and should be between 30 and 100 in first trimester, so that's good.
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