Long Term TTC & Assisted Conception - Sept 2007

Hi Guys

Mon - Congrats on the follie numbers its all looking fantastic and EPU on Wed is great! Are you doing a blast transfer? and 1 or 2?

Ellie - Good luck hun... its funny how we get so impatient waiting for things that taste gross!

Smithy - How is the synarel going? Not long until injections for you now! Yay

Chez - Good luck with the move and the job and i am so glad you are excited and confident about the new FS and trying something new!

Nat - Welcome!! As for back to back transfers..some clinics do them, i tried once but my body just wouldn't respond to the drugs 2 months in a row but on the 3rd time back to responding perfectly again. Sometimes it just needs time to get back to normal. Plus its very emotionally exhausting while we get obsessed and so focused on TTC at the time sometimes we don't realise we need that break. :)

Welcome Baby & Aurielle!!

Sonya - Good luck for transfer on Thurs and good luck with the thaw!!

Well weekend away was nice, except i caught a cold which is going wonderfully with the synarel NOT!! It was lovely to catch up with everyone but hard to see everyone pregnant... and giving you that look when they say... and how are you feeling Shannon? Thank goodness nobody knew we are currently doing a cycle so i just avoided the question.. damn big families! Lovely to be home though!!

FS tomorrow morning not my usual but actually my SIL ob so that should be fun, for scan and book in EPU and then back in my FS capable handle for EPU and transfer! So looking forward to no more injections!!

Gotta go to bed im exhausted! Talk soon!

Shan

Wow! Just so much happening it's really hard to keep up! I realised I'm only 2 weeks off starting again, and hopefully then I'll be checking in a bit more often and be able to keep up with who's where again.

Just wanted to let you know that I found an interesting article about IVF and the effect it has on couples. You may want to have a look at it here.

BW

thanks Shannon for that info, I am just a very impatient person
Sonya - Good luck for Thursday
Mon - You must be so excited for tomorrow

I was wondering does anyone know much about acupunture during IVF

What do you want to know, Nat? I've been having acupuncture for around 12 months - as part of that I have had treatments aimed at treating infertility and have used it in support of my IVF cycles.

BW

Hi Butterfly Warrior - I have just heard alot people swear by it and saying it helps with fertility. What are your thoughts on it? And is it very expensive? Does it interfere with IVF treatment

I find it to be extremely beneficial - even if the claims it makes towards boosting fertility are untrue, it has been invaluable in terms of keeping me calm and relaxed and coping with everything that is involved with AC.

I go to someone who specialises in infertility, IVF support and miscarriage prevention, so everything she does is with the aim of supporting and enhancing what western medicine is doing to my body. They time treatments around what's going on in your cycle. I'd be wary of going to someone who isn't necessarily trained in this area as I've seen it have a huge impact on my body - and I wouldn't want to have the acupuncture mess up the IVF.

As for expensive... what isn't in IVF? It's probably one of the cheaper things - $60 for an hour session, but it's not covered by my PHI, so I get no rebate on that cost. However, both me and my DH believe it's well worth the cost, and well worth the three hours it takes out of my week as I have to drive so far to get there.

Has that covered everything you want to know? Feel free to ask more if I've missed something.

BW

I'm not necessarily a big fan of alternative medicine, but after Prof. Norman from Repromed came out and said there was an unknown link between Acupuncture and successful IVF, I've decided to look into it for DW. The problem will be trying to find anyone around here that has specific knowledge of IVF and Acupuncture. The most exotic thing you can get around here is a dim sim and chips with chicken salt.

I don't think I'm allowed to post links in this thread, so if anyone wants to see the article with Prof. Norman's comments, let me know and I'll PM it to you.

Rols, I'd love to see the article. :)

BW

Thanks BW, that’s great. Now I know just to look for someone who specialises in infertility / IVF support.
Do I need to mention this to my FS if I do decide to do this? I live in Perth so I may need to ask around for a good acupuncture specialist as I have never done this before. Sorry for so many questions, I just want to try everything possible

Nat, I'd definitely recommend discussing it with your FS. You need to be totally open.

BW, about to send the article to you...

Hi Rols
If you could send me the article that would be great

Hi Nat,

As you don't have private messaging activated yet, I have made a new thread here so you can view it: [Link Deleted]

Sorry thanks Rols, I will set also set PM

Thanks for those articles Rols. I have forwarded these onto my DH
I am going to try and research for a recommended Acupuncture specialist for IVF / fertility within Perth. If anyone knows of any they could recommend please let me know

The link to the new thread I posted before wont work now, as it has been deleted and I have been awarded an infraction point. I have broken the rule about posting links. I assume I was supposed to quote the articles instead. I believe the no links rule has something to do with taking users away to external sites where they can potentially view advertising material, instead of BellyBelly's advertising material (BellyBelly Forums ~ Pregnancy, Birth & Baby). Neither site I linked to was commercial in nature (abc and .edu) and I therefore believed I was permitted to post the links. I wont say anything further as I believe I can be awarded further infraction points for even mentioning this. It is not the moderator's fault, just the system in my opinion.

BW, I hope that you got the article link I forwarded to you by PM. If not let me know and I'll see if there is some other way to send it to you. Same for anyone else who might be interested.

Hi Guys

When i was after an acupuncturist i actually called the fertility clinic and they knew of someone in my area. Maybe try that if you can't find anyone.

Things here are pretty crappy .. scan today only 2 good follicles and 6 others we are hoping will catch up by EPU on Friday. Pretty peeved off and dissapointed and upset etc etc etc.. will be friendly later and do personals.

Shan

Rols,

What you can do is copy and paste the body of the article in the News forum. This is the way it's usually done and that way everyone can benefit from the content without breaching the forum guidelines.

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If you have any recommendations for any useful links to post, email a moderator or myself and let us know, we may approve it for listing.

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Please do email me if you wish to post links before you post them as we may be able to get permission for it, as per the guidelines above.

Thanks Sushee. It'd be easier if I just post the body of the articles in the section you suggested. Ta.