Long Term TTC & Assisted Conception - October 2008

[JBM]

just a quick replt to everyone
shelbee: youre not mean , just disappointed it's not you. good luck. hoping for that BFP for you soon

smithy: not long to your scan

everyone else. hi to you, good luck to you too

afm: well i am feeling pre af today, i usually get pimples and i broke out last night on my neck and chest area !!
i am trying not to give up hope but i feel a bit flat today. :-(

[Mels77]

Morning ladies
I have just tried to go back through the last few page to work out where everyone is at, I'm infinitely sorry if I have left you off:
21 - fingers crossed this is your cycle and that you get some answers
wouldlove - bring on the follies, sounds like everything is going great so far
babytruj - good luck with your lap. i'm glad i had one. but i wish i'd moved to ivf sooner than i did (I suppose hindsight is 20/20 right?). good luck with everything.
jodiec65, nicole, janie - big hugs to you (but i can't work out where you're at in your cycle!)
JBM, Kahlan, LNB, Ruth, Bel - yay to you TWWrs. Bring on the BFP!!
Smithy - fabulous news that your EPU is getting closer
Ontrack - hope your EPU went well - did you transfer this week too? If so, good luck in your TWW too.
Sarah - hope the gp app's are progressing and you feel like you're moving fwd.
Wishingbaby - hope the jabbing is going well. Good luck for your upcoming BT.
Cuddlepie - hope you have a rest in your down-time before starting again in mid-Nov. A fresh start may be just what you need to get that BFP.
Paula - good luck for EPU TODAY! Hope you get loads of eggs!

AFM - looks like I can do a FET this month (yippee!). I'm going for a scan on Friday to work out where everything is at (have no idea what CD it is after my m/c last month and a very strange visit from AF).
As for Shelbee and others comments about pg friends etc - I know exactly how you feel. A very good friend told me a while ago that she thought she might be pg, and I can only describe my reaction as disappointment (and then guilt for having had that reaction). Then when she later told me she wasn't actually pg, my reaction was (you guessed it) relief (immediately followed again by guilt for having been happy / relieved that she wasn't pg). This is such a tough time for us all - the reality is, it is just not fair - no one deserves a baby any more or less than anyone else. But for all of us waiting patiently, life just seems to be extra unfair. But I guess that's life. Someone wrote on this thread a long time ago (can't recall who?) that these experiences make us richer / deeper women. And tho I find it damn hard to remember that when I'm in the toilet sobbing b/c of AF or another BFN or m/c or whatever, I try as hard as I can to pick myself up and to be positive. Anyway, enough of a rant from me. I hope you're all having fabulous weeks and are steps closer to the BFP we all deserve.
mels xx

[Bengal]

Sister Smithy - you make me laugh - its a shame you live in Sydney - we could have ended up having EPU the same day in the same hospital - and our 9 +++++ embies would be growing snuggly in the same incubator ... for us with our injections .. my tummy looks like I have done ten rounds with mike tyson ...

Paula: Thanks for your reply - from the threads it seems Melb and Syd are different, I think my follies still had a bit of growing to do, hence the wait for the b/t .. Good Luck for lots of eggs today in your pick up.

LNB: Thanks for your best wishes and lots of for you

[Possums]

Hi everyone....been a while since I posted in here...but sadly, after just losing our angel at 8 weeks, I will be back in here soon..ish... I had a curette yesterday and we can't resume IVF until the start of Jan....hopefully by then I will feel strong enough and positive enough to face starting again.

I just wanted to say hello in the meantime and wish you luck with wherever you are at with your cycles right now....hope some of you get a BFP for christmas.

[TaRhLi.]

Hi Ladies,

Some old & new faces in here, so sorry for no personals, but wanted to drop in and say "I'm Back".

We got a BFN at our BT on Monday, after everything felt so promising..... But fortunately because it was a definite BFN (no HCG at all) we can go straight into another FET. So for once in my life my body is playing nicely and AF arrived with a vengence yesterday. So back onto the Progynova tomorrow, with our scan scheduled for the 3rd November and hopefully 2 more FET's will be transferred on the 7th November.

It is so hard to comprehend as my last transfer was 3 months after our first transfer and now this one is in the next cycle. My head is spinning at the moment with all the emotions from the last week.......Hope, dissappointment, excitment........it is amazing what we put ourselves through..

[Possums]

Kellyd- we sure do put ourselves through a lot! at least you can get back into things

[Bengal]

hi ladies,

JBM : Keep thinking positive thoughts and a positive BFP will happen

Mels77: Thanks for your best wishes and good luck for your scan on Fri -

KellyD: Sorry to hear about your b/t results, bring on Nov for you

Possums: for you and your new year will bring new beginings

[Mels77]

Possums - just wanted to say hi and wish you luck for the next few months. I'm so sorry to hear of your loss. Thinking of you.

KellyD - also very sorry about your BFN this month. But great that you can move onto a FET early Nov. A question for you though- if you don't mind - I had a mis/cge early this month (HCG 64, then gradually dropped). My FS says there is no reason to wait and that I can go straight to a FET this month. Just wondering if you had different advice? I've asked loads of times because I want to make sure it is worthwhile doing a FET, despite having miscarried last time. many thnx.
mels xx

[Kahlan]

Hi Mel,

I can answer this for you. I was told not to do FET straight in the next cycle. So when my hcg dropped (from 112) to 0 and my AF arrived a few days later, I couldn't do a FET then. I had to wait for another AF with no FET. The one after this one was our FET cycle. That's like 3 AFs in total... I still don't understand why that's the case, but then it took 2 cycles for my body to go back to normal so I guess they know what they are doing.

[Kahlan]

Hi Ladies,

We got a BFN at our BT on Monday, after everything felt so promising..... But fortunately because it was a definite BFN (no HCG at all) we can go straight into another FET. ..

Hi Kelly, I am glad you are standing tall and fight on. Just want to know whether you will try another day 3 transfer or will be using your blasts? I have been told that the success rate of frozen blasts is = to fresh day 3 embies. You might want to consider this. Also since we have a lot of day 3 frosties, have you consider thawing them and growing them to day 5 and see what your chances are. what I mean is have 2 thaw (number depending how many you will be having transfered), grow to day 5, if none of those 2 survive you can thaw your day 5 embies instead and have a day 5 transfer. Day 5 embies have a success thawing rate of 80%. Anyway, just food for thought. I am a big believer is blasts because it has bought be a BFP which the day 3 haven't.

[TaRhLi.]

Mels: From my first transfer I got a HCG of 52, then it took about a week to get the levels back to 0, but because I had the 52 at the first BT I was told to keep up the Crinone which then delayed getting AF. I ended up having to wait for AF to arrive then was put on the pill to do a HRT FET cycle. So a full cycle on the pill then AF again and finally the transfer. My fresh transfer was on the 15th July and the FET on the 7th October.

Kahlan: I would love to do Day 5's (I have 5) but because we still have so many day 3's (7) they prefer to use those first then go onto the day 5's as the second option. Although I might ask if I can as having 5 blasty's should give us a good thaw rate.....hopefully. I think it is a double edged sword having so many frosties.... yes we have lots of trys without a new stim cycle, but the negative is it will take so long to go through all the frosties to see if any of them are going to work....... Soooooo much to work out in my head.

[curlygirl]

hi everyone,

haven't been in the forum for a while, wow, look at how many we are now!!! i will read the posts but hope everyone is doing alright wherever you are.

just had one embie (8 cells) transferred yesterday. i'm officially 2ww-ing! yay!!

got 1 more embie left, fingerscrossed it will grow to blast and fit to freeze. waiting for embryologist to give me a call today or tmrw.

i started the pregnyl and puregon pressaries. not the best things in the world do you ladies also find the pregnyl injection painful?

[Brooke2550]

Hi Everyone,
sorry Possums on your news thinking of you.
Well as for me ive been in hospital for 1 week with OHSS, im actually on a gate pass atm and the first thing i did when i got home was jump on here to catch up.
been pretty sick on a drip,on morphine,(i look 9 months preg) ive put on 7kg in fluid (so uncomfortable) not sure when i get to come home but im on the decrease now so that good.
well i could wait to tell u girls my news i got my Im so excited!!!
so the wait continues to get to the 12 week mark
thinking of u all take care
prayers all round for everyone

[curlygirl]

oh, brooke this is sooooo good!!!
CONGRATULATIONS!!!

hope you are feeling well, especially now with the brilliant news!! take a good care..

[barney]

OMG BROOKE THIS IS WONDERUL NEWS HUN
GET WELL SOON HUN AND REST UP

[kasam]

Hi girls,

Well I can finally join in here. Started the syrnal yesterday....big step!!!!! Looking to hopefully have our egg retreival on 12 November 2008 and then baby transfer on 14 November 2008. Oohhh its a very scary time right now - will be good to get to know you all!

[Possums]

Brooke...congratulations! wonderful news. hope you feel better soon...take care

[LNB]

Hi Everyone -

Brooke - Yippee !!! Congratulations on your BFP -that is fantastic news.

Curlygirl - welcome to the TWW , hope your embie is snugglying in

KellyD- great to hear how positive you are and moving into a FET in Nov

Mel77 - I had a FET after a stim cycle. I read a lot on the web that said you wait at least one cycle. I asked my FS and she said as long as you ovulate, the rest of your cycle will be okay. I ovulated late but had a 22mm follie at the scan and lining was good etc. My FS said they would cancel the FET if I didn't look like I would ovulate or things didn't look right. I think it varies from FS to FS. Part of whats this process so confusing is the different approaches you hear about.

Kahlan - hope you are doing well

Smithy and WLB - sending big follie vibes to you both

So many of us to keep track off, sending good thoughts to everyone else.

AFM - a little freaked out right now. I had some spotting at 3pm today, a little more at about 5 and again at 7pm. It is small, only a few tiny splotches but I am feeling crampy . I am 10DPO so not sure if it is an early AF or what. I've never had spotting before so no idea what is going on. Apart from the cramping, I feel good, not crabby like I normally am with AF. for no AF.