Hope you are all having a great Tuesday. It kind of feels like the start of a long weekend for me already, I am off work tomorrow for the ET, then off to Canberra on Wed night for my SIL?s wedding on the weekend. At least lots will be going on to keep me distracted. Proving all is ok with my ET tomorrow, fingers crossed, positive, positive.
Smithy, great news that you are feeling better, and glad to hear that AF is going away, the witch. I know what it is like to feel like everything is going wrong, so glad to hear that you are back on track and keeping your spirits up.
Bel, I am going great so far, I don?t think I will hear from the embryologist today, so am hanging out for tomorrow. I think my ET will be around 1.00 pm. I am trying really hard to be positive and not stress. How are you doing? 7 is amazing, sounds like everything will be fabulous for tomorrow. Will be thinking of you. Also, I have had brownish discharge since EPU, it must be the crinone mixed with the blood from the EPU. I am sure yours is nothing. I will be off line from tonight until next Monday, hope all goes well and look forward to seeing you in the TWW on Monday.
Ruth, that is wonderful news for you, congratulations, I bet you are so happy, fingers crossed that tomorrow is the start of great things for you also, you can add me to the others that are praying for you. The crinone hasn?t hit me yet, unless I am still feeling twinges from the EPU. But the sorest BB I have ever had, am sleeping in a bra and don?t even want to take one off to shower. From my last cycle, the crinone didn?t really kick in for me until about a week into taking it. The side effects are horrible. DH keeps asking me if I feel worthy. LOL. He also wants to know why they don?t invent a drug that makes you feel like s*x, or do they call that Viagra? Hope the cramps don?t last.
Possums, thanks for dropping in, I hope all is progressing for you, and your next BT gives you everything you are hoping for and the reassurance you need. Fingers crossed for you.
21, fingers crossed for you for this month. I read some of your past posts, I too know what it means to feel like your TTC seems so much longer than everyone elses. I am coming up to 4 years now, not as long as some but some much longer than a lot of others. I am consoling myself with ?what?s meant to be is meant to be? but it doesn?t help much. I guess you just have to know that you baby is out there somewhere, waiting for the right time. Good luck to you, will be thinking of you.
Mels, I hope you are holding up ok, I am so sorry to hear your news. I hope this is not totally inappropriate to say, but maybe take some positives that you are half way there. You know you can fall pregnant. There are some of us out there that have never had a BFP, myself included, and fear that it will never happen for us ever. I know that is no consolation, but maybe keep faith that it is just a matter of getting the hormones right and all the right bits in place for you etc and it will happen. If this is totally the wrong thing to say, I really apologise, and am just trying to look for some positives. I hope all goes well with you FET this month, there have been lots here lately that have been successful with their FETs. Will be praying for you.
Yvette, good luck for your EPU tomorrow, I hope all goes swimmingly. Wow, 16 ? 18 is a great number. Hope you are not too sore now and after. Look forward to joining you in the TWW. Sending you lots of sticky vibes and hope this is your month.
Wouldloveabubba, how exciting, I wish you all the luck with your first IVF cycle, a great number of eggs, lots fertilised, beautiful embies and a BFP at the end. There seems to be so many that get that BFP the first time round, I hope it works for you. Look forward to hearing how your cycle progresses.
LNB, all the best for your FET tomorrow, and hope that Wednesday is a great day for all of us. See you in the TWW and sending you lots of sticky vibes.
Kahlan, welcome back, not too long to your FET, fingers crossed for you for this month, good luck for Monday, I look forward to hearing how it went.
Milly, I am praying that AF stays away for you and glad that the spotting has stopped. Not long to go now. Take care of your self!
Helen, fingers crossed for your scan on Wed, and am praying for great eggs for you. I hope all goes well!
Curlygirl, how are you going with your cycle, I hope all is well?
AFM, still scheduled for ET tomorrow and very excited, as it will be my first blastie ET. I am going for broke and will transfer 2, providing that I have 2 to transfer. Love to all here, sorry if I missed anyone, my thoughts are with you, and see you on Monday when I am back from Canberra.
LNB : Good luck for today - rest up and wait for your good news :-)
Ruth08 : Thank you and good luck for tommorow
Mels77 : Thank you for your reply - I know exactly what you mean about wishing the last two years away - I thought the same things last month - every action my thought is . "oh wait till I get pregnant"
21&TTC - good luck with the fertility moniter - what is a fertility moniter? I did buy POAS Ovulation Tests from ebay - heaps cheaper than the chemist ...
BDT- Am excited for you, Ruth and myself tomorrow. Things seem to be going really well for the 3 of us this time. I hope everything goes great for you tomorrow. AND, I'm jealous you are getting away this week. I hope you have a great time at the wedding. By the time you get back you will be half way through our TWW...now that's a GREAT reason to be going on a mini break!
Smithy- Am glad that witch is slowing down. Great news!
Babydreamtime - thank you so much for your kind words. You are absolutely right and I agree with you 100%. I keep telling myself that too - that it did happen, and that's certainly a positive to focus on. Maybe next time it will stick around.
I'll be totally contorted with crossing everything for you this month that you get your BFP. Very best for your ET tmrw and enjoy your time away.
Mels
As you can see by my new glorious signature my first IVF with PGD cycle was cancelled. I did end up growing a wonderful 11 follies and had much higher estrogen after the weekend - I thought all was well. But this IVF business is a bit more complicated then I thought. I had 3 over 10mm and they wanted more. They chose to halt my FSH after just 10 injections. I am really disappointed. My clinic gave me the option to take the trigger injection last night and then we DTD tonight/tomorrow morning in a hope of catching the egg. In desperation we have chosen to do this.
But, as you know, this defeats the purpose of IVF with PGD. It is such a gamble for us. I am hoping my FS (who I am seeing on Friday) will let us try a different type of cycle using Orgulutran (spelling?) when my AF comes. Otherwise, if we do a down reg cycle, I will clash with the Christmas business hours and they will not let me do another cycle until next January. I just don't think I can hold out that long.
Hi WTH,
I just saw your post, I know you must be disappointed but will still pray for you and wish you all the luck this cycle, it can and has happened. I hope you can sort out all your timing issues, but hope more that you won't need to as you will be UTD. Thinking of you.
im still waiting for auntie flow, she should be today or tomorrow ( i hope not)
wouldloveabubba- a fertility monitor is the most advanced ovulation technology available at the moment. u pee on sticks when it tells u too and i scans it and tells u the most fertile time. Its made by clearblue easy and takes all the trouble out of temping and such. its about 200 dollars though and looks like a little computer. look it up on google its great my 2nd month using it, i think it is worth the investment u dont have to stare at a line and see whether its as dark as the control line it gives a rating out of 3 bars 2 bars is high fertility 3 bars is peak fertility and it means have sex! it stores your perosonal hormone levels in its hard drive and is unique to you. i would strongly recommend it.
baby dreamtime- thanks for the support i just get so frustrated knowing im only 21 and could be faced with all this already although im glad i didnt wait another 5 or 10 years to start trying. i feel so much older now though! and im so sorry its been so long for you! its just not fair hey. especially when u see the news and ppl putting their babies in bins and such it feally *$#!@ me off! at work the other day i was talking to a man who's daughter killed her own 2 sons aged 3 and 8 by drowning them, i was like Y! those poor little babies, she carried them for 9 months and did that! i guess we will appreciate our little ones soooo much more now. I often daydream of the day when i can take one home and see the look on my mans face when it pops out or even when i get a BFP i sit and think of ways to reveal it to him. Ive even thought of waiting the 12 weeks going to the ultrasound alone and make sure its all ok before showing him ultrasound pic just because i dont want him to suffer the pain again. But i wont know til that day comes. I truly hope u get your wish, u deserve it.
ALSO i big hello to everyone else! i cant wait til we are ALL in the pregnancy after LTTTC forum. ALSO im waiting for AF and keep checking i HATE IT! and another thing i got a blasted hemroid yesterday for no reason! i was like WHAT! ive NEVER had this, sorry if its too much info, im a nurse and forget that ppl arent used to it but hey we are all in the same boat talking about "down there" anyway i was thinking maybe preg symptom but its too early for that and ive never heard of pms having this as a symptom then i thought maybe endo cause i read the pressure from fibroids can cause this. what do u all think?
Bel, Ruth and BDT - fingers and everything else crossed for you for your ET tomorrow, I hope all those embies are still growing and will see you in the TWW.
Janet - hope your ET went well today.
Wouldloveabubba - hope day 1 of IVF has been a good start for you. I was really excited to just get started - finally felt like I was doing something.
WTD - I'm so sorry to hear your cycle was cancelled, it is such a complicated thing. I thought I did lots of reseach before starting IVF but quickly realised I had no idea what was going on and so much is still a miracle. Best thoughts to you.
Sorry I can't remember any other personals for today but good thoughts to everyone.
AFM - ET went great today. Our clinic does day 2 transfers not blasties so we had 2 of our 3 snowbubs thawed for today. Both thawed perfectly and one grew from 4 to 10 cells overnight and the other from 4 to 6 cells and were both in perfect condition for the transfer today. This FET felt much better than my last ET. My FS said she has worked out my cervix (whatever that means!) and thought it was a good transfer. Now the waiting starts....thinking sticky thoughts....
WTH- I really sorry for you that this has happened. I have never been in your situation having a stim cycle cancelled, but I have had 2 frozen cycles cancelled before, both the day before TF and it is just heartbreaking. The 1st cycle really is a trial they say and hopefully next time your FS will know how to stimulate your follicles perfectly. I wish for you that with lots of fun with DH over the next few days all your dreams will come true, but if not, next cycle will be better for you.
Thanks for all your positive messages! Off to acu at 8am and then ET this morning for me! Yay yay yay!
WTH - sorry to hear your cycle was cancelled... I hope you and DH have been very "productive" over night! For me - I wouldn't go under a general again for 3 eggies... but that's just me. Think of the money you've saved for the next cycle when I'm sure you will get an egg bonanza!
LNB - all the best for your sticky little ones! Argh - TWW!
Wow there is so many of us in here, I have been busy for a few days, so sorry that I haven't written any personals, but have been thinking of you all
To Bel, Ruth and BTD - best wishes (and sticky ones at that) for you all today for your ET's.
LNB - glad to hear that your ET went well yesterday.
Janet - hope that your ET went well on Monday.
I am sending you all lots of positives vibes - stick little embies.
WTH - I am sorry to hear that your cycle was cancelled. I hope that your FS gets everything worked out, so that you can get a wonderful BFP before Christmas. Hope that you and DH are enjoying DTD Have fun.
21 - the fertility monitor sounds great, I have just googled it. Did you buy yours from USA? Hope that you are doing well today and that AF is still staying away. Fingers crossed.
Smithy - how are you going today? I hope that the AF witch has slowed completely and STOPPED. Take care of yourself won't you.
To everyone else - hope that you are going great with whatever stage you are up to.
JodieC65 and Baby Dreamtime - thanks for your well wishes. It has been such a rocky week. But I am very stubborn woman and I will not give up!
LNB - thanks to you, too. Sending you lots of sticky vibes after your FET
Bel - I agree. I went into the first cycle considering it an experiment. Mainly to get an idea of how many follicles were in me, and, more importantly, to see if any "normal" eggs came out of the PGD. I just wish we had got to that point. I suppose I was either over-suppressed by the Lucrin or I needed a bigger dose of Puregon. I guess my FS will clue me up a bit more when DH and I catch up with him on Friday...
Ruth - I am sooooooooooo confused about this whole follicle number business. I had 11 growing. But after 10 days of injections, they just gave up (3 were over 10 mm). I do not understand why I couldn't have let the others cook a little longer, especially as I had such a better estrogen level response between Friday (480) and Monday (almost 2400). Surely everything was kicking into gear.
I have just had my first egg collection yesterday with sivf newcastle. Originally we
started ivf in August, but I wasn't responding well to the injections and we had to cancel the first cycle. I had 8 eggs collected yesterday and when I contacted the clinic today we
have only 2 that have fertilised.
Little disappointed, however we hope that the 2 remaining will keep growing and we can have a transfer this sunday.
I have had experienced some pain, but believe that this is normal, can anyone
give me some advice on our next step.
Hope you are all well, and well on your way to motherhood.
hey girls hope your all having a good day and your not getting rained on like us
so af has settled right down here but has not gone i have a lot of brown (tmi i know) still but the nurse has called and said to go ahead with starting injections today and hopefully this will life my oesrtegan level and bleeding will stop
so first injection today and cant wait its finally happening here so here goes 225iui im ready lol..
MEZZA best of luk to you hun i to was with sivf newcastle but have changed clinics.good luk with your 2 little embies we also got 2 the second time one to transfer and 1 to freeze but no go there and first cycle we only got 2 eggs with none fert so no transfer we should have been cancelled but oh well... best of luk hun
Have fun.
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