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woo hoo sonya!
:confetti: Sonya, that's so exciting! Will be keeping everything crossed that it all works out this time!
BW
oh wow SONYA that is awsom good on you i wish you all the luk in the world for testing again wednesday but all sounds great;)
MEGAN..hun i wish you all the very best for wednesday hun ill be thinking of you and saying a little:pray:for you,and thanks for thinking of me to hun xxoo
Wow Megan, Only 2 more sleeps till EPU! and a big yay for your perfect scan and b/t's.
BW, Can't believe how close it is until your appointments.
sonya, woohoo for your faint bfp! Hope the lines get a whole lot darker over the next few days :)
Nic
Helllo ... I'm back!!!!! Finally got my laptop back this arvo - infection free and have been busting to jump back on and see how everyone is doing!
Thanks for thinking of me over the few days I havent been around! It means a lot. I wish I had access on the days I was at home couch bound as my emotions were travelling on a pretty intense roller coaster.
Day of EPU they retrieved 25 eggs! I was in shock - I couldnt believe my luck! the next day I was told that 14 fertilised. I was still pretty happy with that as didnt expect a huge number to make it! My DH and I had a fun time coming up with names for all 14.
Friday day of ET, we were informed that only 1 made it. It was a good 4 cell embie. We saw it on the screen and took a pic! the news of the other 13 not making it just flat lined my emotions. I couldnt even get excited about the one on board! Had a good cry - and I dont know why it happened. Didnt expect to cry so early in the piece - shouldnt that happen when you get a BFN? HAd to keep trying to tell myself I still had one. The ET was so clinical and didnt feel it (well in comparison to EPU) and it just didnt feel real! Cant believe am now in 2WW ... I want to get excited and positive again, but havent had the strength too.
Megan I truly feel for you and what happened to you. Am praying that this EPU / cycle brings great results!
Kazza truly sorry to hear about your BFN! Not fair! I hope you fall naturally ... how good would that be!
Smithy / Arielle ,,, cant believe you are now injecting! Gotta love the junkie part of the cycle ehh?
Shannon great news on your 2 embies transferring! We can keep each other entertained in 2WW.
Nic, Loula and to everyone else ... hope you are all travelling well! Want to send you all round lots of baby dust and sticky vibes!!!
Mon :)
YAY Sonya!!!!!
Good luck for tomorrow Kell.
Im really tired today, dealing with a lot of emotional crap with my brother at the moment, he is having issues with his gf (They are both 18 and she's pg with her 3rd child). Its all too raw, but I need to be there for him, I cant just abandon him. blegh blegh blegh.
Sonya, really hope it is the real deal!
Mon, congrats on your embie. Did they have any idea why the other 13 didn't progress? I know in our case, DW had 26 eggs but about half weren't of much use as they were either immature or too mature - apparently common in high egg yields and nothing to worry about. In the end we had 10 fertilise I think so the numbers at that stage are quite similar.
Hi to everyone else.
Hi Everyone
I haven't been posting much as I am trying not to focus on TTC so the time pasts quickly but to be honest it hasn't. I have been keeping up to date with you all
Sonya - My fingers are crossed for you, sounds pretty good though!!!
Ellie - How you doing? Have you started the synarel yet?
Rols - How are you and DW going?
Well I am counting down the days till I start the lovely synarel on Friday. I was wondering does anyone know of any really good books on IVF. I remember someone recommending a book but I can't remember the name
Nat, Have you read Swimming Upstream?
Nic
Hi Nic
No I haven't. Is it a good book? Who is the author?
Nat, here is a link to the thread started by Kelly in December last year :)
Book: Swimming Upstream - BellyBelly Forums ~ Pregnancy, Birth & Baby
Hope it's helpful for you. I still pick the book up and read bits of it here and there, especially when I'm having a bad day. I like to read it and reassure myself that I'm not weird for feeling the way I do sometimes :)
Nic
thanks Nic I will have a look
Hi Nat ... a few books that can recommend:
Getting Pregnant the Hard Way. It's written from a male perspective who has been diagnosed with poor sperm. It was a practical yet enternating read. Cant remember author name - but can check it out as have it at home.
Also IVF & Ever After. The first 1/4 of book is about how to prepare mind and body for IVF and the psychological effect on your mind. The rest is about the pregnancy. Havent read that bit as figured will wait till am PG.
There is also another one that want to go out and buy which saw on the Morning Show. I believe it is called Making Babies: IVF Stories. Saw it at Dymocks but was in a rush so didnt get a chance to buy it.
Some of the other gals have mentioned: Spirit BAbies. I havent found that one in any books shops though.
Rols, when I asked them if it was the sperm or egg, they said it was the egg quality. They fertilised but then fragmented and didnt divide properly. At least had one! As only takes one! But still was pretty gutted!
Mon :)
Hi Everyone :D
I've been absent for a little while too - Just seem to be really busy with everything, although nothing in particular :rolleyes:
Welcome to everyone new - and I really need to go back and read the posts to catch up on where everyone is at, but just thought I'd pop back in again!
We had a quick trip to Melbourne last week - managed to see Antonia before we went to the soccer.
She said she's really happy with how my body feels - actually she said she couldn't be happier with how I've responded to everything!
She said my body is ready now, and is keeping us on the tonics just for general health, but said I'm ready so its just about waiting and trusting now.... so thats all good news!
Apart from that, nothing exciting to tell - I'm on CD 22 at the moment - had a therapy session with Antonia on CD 15, which she said was really good timing for ovulation.
After the session she said I might be a little tender as she 'worked' on my ovaries... honestly - it was a long night sitting in the uncomfortable chairs at the MCG afterwards!
About an hour after the session I felt like I had just come out of EPU!!!! At least I know whatever she did was doing something!!!
So now we wait for this cycle and see how it turns out - and then keep working on each cycle after that if we need too ;)
Will catch back up later on so I can do a few personals xxx
Love Holly
xxx :D
Hi Everyone
Thanks for the info on these books, I am going to purchase these
Megan, good luck tomorrow!
Sonya!!
Mon that result sounds so draining, all the best for the one on board.
Bec, much love to you. Its not fair.
Nat - books I have read and enjoyed are Getting Pregnant the Hard Way that was already mentioned, and Sex at 6pm: A personal journey through IVF by Annarosa Berman.
Holly, Sounds like lots is going on in there for you! All the best.
I saw my FS and worried for nothing, we are all set to start our first IVF cycle. She did a quick scan whilst I was there and my lining is perfect and now I am to start the pill tomorrow!!! A surprise, but we are excited. I feel really odd about it all. Overwhelmed and still really negative and like it won't work. I wish I felt more positive. I don't know where my mojo has gone! The reality of returning to treatment has hit I think.
Thats fantastic news Kell!!! :D We are doing our cycles together - how exciting :)
Excellent! You are just that great amount in front of me that I can watch and see how its done! ;)
Hi Nat. Both fine. Pretty relaxed and optimistic about FET when it happens. DW mega tired at the moment, just like she was on cycle. Weird!:
Good Morning
Baby - Yay im glad they listened and you feel more in control and are happy with the IVF decision :)
Rols - Glad you guys are so positive, as for DW being tired sometimes it takes a little while for the body to recover from all the hormones and get back to normal again.
Holly - Great to see you popping back in and sounds as though everything is great and Antonia is very confident about you!
Sonya- any news? did you POAS again?
Well TWW is dragging here, just trying to kick back and not get stressed and hopefully they are snuggling in tight!
Shan
Holly, great to hear from you :) glad to hear that your treatment with Antonia is going well.
Nic
Rols - it took me weeks to get energy back after stim cycle... i think its coz of all the hormonal changes that have gone on in your body. take care both of you
Me have all the signs of AF, bad cramps back pain and irritability, but HPT this morning was still a faint positive. slightly darker than Sundays... so maybe its my embie snuggling right in and growing. i do have to remember im only 43kg and have a severe curvature of the spine, so my body is very sensitive to change.
fingers crossed its a positive BT on Saturday.
hope everybody is doing well, take care, chat soon...
Hi Everyone,
Went away for a long weekend which really helped us relax about life in general. It is just so easy to get caught up in the rat race, isn't it?
Saw Antonia last week before we went on our escape. Both DH and I had some Pulse Therapy. We both just love it. I guess you could say we've become addicted. Antonia is very happy with our progress. Our energy is flowing very well now she said.
We are both on the herbal tonics and though we are working quite long hours at the moment are finding we have much more energy than in the past. We are not too focussed on TTC at the moment but have decided to prepare our bodies first (Antonia's philosophy). Feeling a little guilty about my long work hours so am glad we managed to get away for a short break.
Sonya-Keeping my fingers crossed for you.
Holly - Glad you managed to come down to visit Antonia.
Hello to everyone else and sending you lots of positive vibes.
Love,
Kerri
hi to everyone hope everyone is well and having a nice week.
SONYA..i pray that your little embie is snuggeling in nicely
for me today is day 7 on the injections and i have my U/S and BT on friday to see how my little follies are going,i hope they are really nice big healthy follies .
for now take care xxoo
Hi everyone. Just a quick one from me as DH is getting dinner organised.
This morning was EPU and we got 8 eggs. I am so relieved to have had a much better result than last time. We didn't get home until nearly 3 this afternoon so it's been a long day. I am quite sore and have had a bit of bleeding which I haven't had before. So, I have really just slept and rested since we've been home. I would say I will be doing the same tomorrow.
Thank you everyone for your well wishes. :)
aww megan 8 eggs is great good on you hun ,hope your feeling a bit better tomorrow just rest so when is transfer??
Megan, so happy to hear that you have had a better result with your eggies this time. Can't wait to hear how they are going :)
Nic
Hi Megan,
Congrats on the 8 eggies! Rest up! Cant believe I had my EPU a week ago ... I can still feel the pain! I had bleeding too ... they say its normal. There was a pool of blood on the sheet when I got up after EPU (sorry if TMI), even up to a few days later old blood was coming out ... maybe it was cause I had so many eggs.
Are you on the crinone now? Man I have been getting cramps ... guessing its the crinone ... just had one now! sorry if TMI!
Smithy good luck with BT and US!
Holly ... welcome back! How great that you and Kerri are seeing Antonia ... she sounds amazing! I'd see her if I was in Melb that s for sure!
Sonya, Shannon ... how nice that our embies are snug and tucked in! Sending lots of vibes so they stick for the next 9 months!!!
Baby bliss and Bec ... goodluck on your upcoming cycles! BB I know how it easy it is to keep being negative. I have tried to counteract every negative thought with 2 positives! Was reading this article about the 'nocebo' effect (Can PM if anyone interested). Anyway its the opposite of the placebo effect ... ie studies had been done on how if you thought negative it actually eventuated. So best to squash those negative thoughts! Go the power of Positivity! To everyone! I am victim of it too and hate being so negative at times! Definitely feel better once start thinking postively though! All the best though!
Nat ... hope you've found some good books to read up on and inspire you!
All the best everyone! 9 days till BT! I am going to hold out and not do a HPT!
Take care
Mon :)
Hi Everyone,
Hi to all the new faces here. Hope you are all finding this forum helpful and informative.
Sonya - hope all is going smoothly for you and that you get a good result this time.
Rols - how are you both going? DW tired? Thats normal. Hope you are both well.
Loula - hope you are keeping well too.
Brissys Girl - hi there.
Mum of 5 - where did you go? Are you ok?
I have been offline too for quite some time, needed to get my head together. I cancelled our August transfer (which was so terribly hard, like another loss) and went to the Golden Door Elysia in the Hunter Valley to detox & chill for a week & a half. Prof told me to and I left DH at home. Best thing I have done for a very long time. I remembered who I was before all this started. I feel fantastic & rejuvenated and looking forward to a good transfer late this month. 40 progesterone pessaries & 3 pregnyls to do when given the go ahead.
Has anyone heard what has been going on with the couple suing their FS for her falling preg with twins & she only wanted one? My girlfriend was telling me today and I cant fathom this. I think she is blessed & I will have one if she doesnt want it! What are your views?
TraceyLee
Hi Everyone
Megan - Congrats on those eggs thats fantastic
Traceylee - I saw this on the news tonight and thought how selfish can these people be. Here we are battling to have one and they are complaining of being given the miracle of having two. And how sad for the innocent children having parents fight about not wanting them both in court.
Ok I agree the doctor did do wrong but if it was me, once I saw the childrens little faces I would be thanking god for giving me not one but two miracles.
Don't even get me started... :angry::
there is a thread about the above topic. me - i could never call my children a burden! and even with one embryo you risk it dividing into identical twins... but i could go on and on. i just hope the mothers treat both littlies equally and dont focus too much on financial retribution.
ME------ DID A CLEAR BLUE DIGITAL HPT.................................PREGNANT!!!!!! !! that was what the screen said after about 60 secs!!!! OMG OMG OMG!!!!!!!!!! can it finally be true. i know this is only one step of many, but the ball is well and truly rolling BT in two days!!!
Megan, well done on the eggs. And I read your journal where you said DH's sample was betetr so that's great. Good job.
Sonya, congratulations! I think the answer is pretty obvious now! Excellent news.
Hi to everyone else, I'm still reading all the posts and keeping up with you all.
As for the accidental double embie transfer - here is the thread - get into it, it's a good debate.
ETA: Mon, can you send me the link to that article. Thanks.
Wow Sonya! Congratulations!! :)
Nic
congratulations SONYA :dance::dance:
Sonya - That's fantastic, Congratulations!!!!
Congratulations Sonya!!! :D
Have just had a call from my nurse. We have 5 embies. Of the eight eggs collected, they were able to ICSI 6. All fertlised, but one was lost over night leaving us with 5. Transfer will be Saturday. I just hope there are still 5 when we get there on the weekend. I would love to be able to have a couple in the deep freeze! ;)
HI Everyone :D
I still can't seem to get on here long enough to read AND write at the moment!!!!!
Can I start by saying - Sonya - WOOO HOOO!!!!!!!!
Congrats sweetie, this is just fantastic news xxx
Megan - I am so so happy for you, great to hear your numbers & that DH's sperm was better this time - Wonderful news xx
I will have to read through your journal and catch up properly xxx
Smithy - Thinking of you for Friday - Everything will be perfect, I just know it xxx
A big big :hello: to everyone else - Give me a day or two to catch back up properly ;)
Me - Well, CD 24 - Feeling extremely tired and a little off today.
Have the beginnings of sore BB's, and a little eww in the tummy, but this seems to be a re occurring thing for me these days at AF time so not reading into anything!
The lumps on my legs have been coming and going - Asked Antonia about them, and my NP here, - they are both a little perplexed, a bit like the doctor.
My NP here just thinks my body has had so much tonifying in the last 12 months :rolleyes: that its mostly just a reaction to that???
They are pretty horrible today, and very sore - But I had a session of acupuncture yesterday and its alomst AF time, so I figure between all of the movement of everything inside and hormones at their peak, no wonder!
I will wait to see what happens with AF this cycle, and maybe seek a 2nd doctors opinion in a week or two.
Hope everyone is doing great - So so nice to read some positive news in here!!!
Sonya, I hope your positive vibe is contagious!!!!!
Love Holly
xxx :D
Congratulations Sonya!