Milo - Great news on the haul. FX for great fert rates. Rest up, drink lots of water, eat lots of protein. Is transfer still an option or are they freezing them all?
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Milo - Great news on the haul. FX for great fert rates. Rest up, drink lots of water, eat lots of protein. Is transfer still an option or are they freezing them all?
Hi thanks for welcoming me I'm just trying to work out how to use this forum and am a bit confused with the abbreviations so any help would be great and u can add me I would love to speak to as many people as possible thank u again :-)
Arohanui, it's a bit of a steep learning curve when you start out, isn't it? It took me a while to learn them and I still encounter new ones at times (after almost 5 years on the forums). If there are any particular ones tripping you up, just post them here and we'll explain them. I'll see if I can find a webpage that has a more comprehensive list for you though.
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Here's the list from the BB forum:
https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...s-amp-Acronyms
You'll find others on other websites and you can sometimes even google any abbreviations you don't know, but feel free to just ask us. We've all been where you are and are happy to help.
I agree Emma, we are all here because we are ltttc and going through assisted conception. No frauds exist here no matter how long the break between cycles.
Aro, the abbreviations can be tough so just ask if you are not sure. Here are a couple of common ones: bfp - big fat positive (pregnancy test); bfn - big fat negative; BT - blood test; epu -egg pick up; et-embryo transfer; fet -frozen embryo transfer
Afm, feeling a little more human after a nice long sleep in my own bed. I woke up to find my fur baby Amy curled up in dh's spot and fur baby jack between my legs. Both like to snuggle in close but gave me some space, guess they knew I wanted them near but needed some room too.
I'm so delighted with the haul. I guess we know why my E2 levels were so high when the scan only showed 12 follies. Other good news was that dh's sample looked good so they went for straight IVF, not icsi. Fx I never have to do stim again (wishful thinking). I find out the fert rate tomorrow. Vic, definitely no chance of transfer, the risk of ohss is something they don't want to chance. The doc did say we can probably go straight into a fet cycle though so just have to wait for AF now.
Ladies who have done multiple stim cycles, you have my utmost respect and admiration. I was finding this all ok, but when I woke up from surgery I was so emotional, I'm not sure how I could do that again. Much love to everyone.
thank u so much !!!! I am going to be starting the pill on monday we have been told this is good so my cycle can be monitored. then I pick up injections and looks like hopefully my first egg pick up will be 5 th november. It is all happening very quickly which is good. Does anyone have any symptoms they could tell me about the injections? also i am just having gas and air and valium and pain relief for the egg collection and the fertilized egg return any one else had this the same way? ;-)
miloro, I was so emotional when I woke up from my first EPU that I burst into tears (lol, it was my first general anaesthetic and I was terrified, so I was overwhelmingly relieved to actually wake up!! I think it was also a lot of pent up stress about doing IVF doing our first IVF). The nurses didn't know what to do, so they called DH up. It was the only time he was ever allowed to see me in recovery. The others were much easier, I promise! If it makes you feel better, I read an article recently that said that frozen cycles can sometimes be more successful than fresh cycles because the stims put a lot of stress on our bodies in the fresh cycles, whereas our bodies are more calm for a FET. FX for a great fertilisation rate! Lol, it's funny, my SIL said exactly the same thing to me (about the multiple IVF) recently after it took her 2 cycles to get a BFP.
Arohanui, the FSH injections are usually pretty good - the only s/e (side effect) I've ever had from them was fatigue and that was only for one of my cycles. All my EPUs (egg pick-ups) have been done under a light general anaesthetic, so can't help you there. I've never had any meds for the embryo transfer, but I know some (mostly American, I think?) clinics prescribe valium.
Getting dhea and hgh tomorrow in prep for next epu in nov .... Anyone tried/used it?
I have been taking DHEA for just over two months. Haven't tried hgh though.
You need to take the DHEA for four months before a stim for it to have any benefit.
Is it a tablet n2l? My clinic has said 6 weeks of both dhea and hgh for it to work for EPU
wow miloro! what a haul!! hope you get some great fert rates and plenty to freeze away to build your family with xxx
Yep, it's a tablet. Three a day. Six weeks isn't long enough because the eggs you ovulate each month are actually 'selected' by your body three months beforehand.:
This. Both my FS and my acu have said the same thing to me - anything you're doing to improve egg quality needs to be done for 4 months prior to EPU for this reason.:
:goodluck: Friday 5th October 2012 :goodluck:
Waiting for EPU/O/IUI/FET or just something to happen!
Emma - :angel: - taking a break
Kerbear - taking a break
Myturn - :angel: - FS app 29 Oct
Blossom - CD??
Vic261 - CD2
Krikkit - CD4 (break cycle)
Sarah4Kurt - CD13
Me4ever - CD14
Miloro - CD17 1dpEPU (freeze all due to OHSS risk)
Andie - CD17
Nire - CD23
Emerald Star - CD26
Murraycod - CD34 (break cycle)
Waiting for Transfer
Hanging out in the TWW (Stalk them here....https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums/...ek-Wait-2012-7)
N2L - CD23 5DPO
Wishanddream - CD21 6dpIUI
Juniper - CD27 4dp3dt
Rosemarry006 - CD?? 4dp?dt
Got Their BFP in October :confetti:
:dunno:
fert rate = 45%. 10 have fertilised. yay!
Well done Miloro. What day are you looking at transfer?
Hi guys
I am new to the forum. I am on my 2ww at present. I wrote a thread on the general page a few days ago. I have had bleeding from day 5 post transfer. But have been told by the clinic my hormone levels were ok. My progesterone was 35. I am having to wait 5 more days to have hcg blood test now after bleeding. Has anyone ever experienced bleeding then had a positive result? Also I have had major night sweats the first few nights post transfer and now the last 3 nights again. I had slight ohss as had 19 eggs collected. 17 mature, 13 fertilised icsc then 8 made it to day 5. One was transferred and 7 frozen. In the last 2 days I am starting to feel bloated again. Has anyone else experienced any of this before?
Thanks
welcome beau. sorry i can't help but i'm sure you will find lots of useful advice here.
Vic, no ET for me. Any that make it to day 5 will be frozen coz they just will not risk me getting sick due to E2 levels. Every time I talk to the clinic they remind me that no transfer will happen this cycle. Best case scenario is that they let me do a natural FET cycle once AF arrives, but most likely they will make me sit one cycle out first. So basically I will be in the waiting for something to happen category for a good six weeks to come.
Six weeks to keep saving, stay healthy, hopefully get a little fitter :) I'm just on cloud nine right now. I know there is still a long way to go, but I have never been closer to being a mum.
Gosh Miloro, how dense am I. I asked you twice about transfer duh!! So sorry about that. I knew that you had OHSS too. Please excuse my madness. So many of us in here at the moments its hard to keep track on the phone.
I had my first transfer cancelled as they found a polyp right where they would implant the embryo which I then had to have removed and a d&c the next day. It was a lot to go through in two days. I felt frustrated not to have transfer, but its good to get your body back to its peak condition. I am so glad your in a happy place. Its all very exciting :)
AFM - First jab tonight of Gonal F. I have plotted my course and was telling the nurse yesterday when it was all happening. Lol. They know me all too well by now. DH and I had a talk last night about life after IVF. He said (and I agreed) that this is our last stim and will use up what we get and thats it for us. If it hasn't happened by then its never going to happen. We know we can conceive on our own so will keep trying naturally.
We have discussed donor eggs, but its just all to hard. Not that I couldn't love a baby growing in me, but getting a donor we both agree on and then the time it takes and the massive costs just seems way too hard. We couldn't afford it anyway.
We have been talking, and have been to a seminar, about fostering. I know its definately not the same and I will miss being pg, but I dont want to not have children in my life and think we can offer a child a good stable home. I am slightly put off by the horror stories, not so much of the children, but by the treatment of carers by the social workers. Like they are just baby sitters with no rights. We would like to foster to adopt maybe.
I just want my own baby *sigh*