sorry you're feeling so horrible, krikkit. certainly hasnt been a good couple of days for you. although you must be crushed your fresh transfer is cancelled, its a good decision as if you did get pregnant atm, your ohss symptoms would get even worse. i know its probably not a consolation for you right now though. i hope they are taking good care of you. xx
blossom - 5 /5 fertalised sounds promising! im the same as n2l - i always have 100% fertalisation (except last time where it was 10 out of 11!), embryos always look fabulous apparently... still not pregnant though. i think its true what they say, you cant really tell just by looking at them which ones are going to work or not. especially at the day 2/3 stage. fingers crossed.
Krikkit - So sorry to hear what you're going through.....rest up and get hubby to do everything for a while....i think you have beeen through enough!
Juniper - thanks for your info....i have never taken anything, but ELEVIT and FISH OIL and have never done acu....thought we will try the acu, i will probably start next week after i see FS about our next cycle.
I just want to say in general, that really, how much do we know about our eggs?? We have all had the " oh, that looks great" or "what a beautiful blast" etc..etc..etc.. I know that no matter what they show me on thaat screen they all look alike to me...could be a 6 cell, morula, blast to me they all look the same...So how do I know that they are really putting back what they say they are....Just saying.
Sneaking in...Vic, my FS had me stay on the coQ10 until my first appointment with him after the positive BT. Then he said I could stop taking them. Hi everyone else! I have everything crossed for you all, & that sometime soon you will break free from here!!!! Sneaking out...
so sorry krikket! that sucks so bad..... OHSS hurts like hell, and mine was not bad enough to get to hospital ... ... I did get the BFP as well, and it really did get worse.... so if you are in a really bad place, the last thing you want is to risk your one little embie.
so sorry hun xox
Emerald we promise not to laugh, as we were all in the same place when we started too CD1 = first day of AF (but that may be different for different people, I always did it as the first day of bleeding, no matter what time of day, but my clinic will say the first full day of bleeding, so if it starts in the evening, then the next day will be CD1...
everyone else....
AFM..... I am almost feeling like myself today... although have had a headache since monday which is not going so well, but emotionally I am in a better place for the first time since the curette..... I don't know how long it will last, and the headache doesn't help.... but I will take what I can at the moment, I am sick of feeling like crap, and not being able to concentrate. Had leaking breasts for the past three days going to try leaving my bra on as long as possible tonight, in the hope of "containing" the problem.... nothing happening on the TTC front for us at the moment, but I hope you don't mind if I hang around.... I will feel a little lost if I am not in here.... we have a follow up appointment with the OB (who is my FS) for after surgery checkup on 29th October.... so AGES away..... and in the meantime not really supposed to try, while we won't actively try, we won't stop anything either... I have little faith in a natural conception - although you never know, and a little bit of hope it always there. In the meantime, I am waiting for the bleeding to stop, and then will be "waiting for AF to arrive" ...... before anything else.....
so then it's back to square one..... but at least, I guess, I have HAD a BFP.... and enjoyed it for a little while....
Thanks for sneaking in PS. Hope things are going well for you.
myturn - Great to see you feeling better. I bled for 10 days after my d&c. AF arrived 5 weeks and 3 days after my d&c. So you have a while to go yet. I found the endless waiting bad, but well needed. It was good to ignore ttc for a while. As for a natural cycle, they say your most fertile after being pg and a curette. We missed our chance. We had given up on DTD as I thought I was never going to ovulate. I had my follow up appointment a week after my d&c and my doc said to start TTC straight away. And we have had a BFP so we can do it again!!
Emeral - Your right about the "it looks perfect" comments re our embryos. They have said that to me everytime. 1 out of 5 transfers they were right. Although to be honest looking at the pics of our embryos the last one definately looked the best. You could see the blob that was goind to be the baby and the other bit which would become the placenta. The others were just masses. Aparently my other embryo looked the same so fingers crossed it thaws and give me a BFP. Also CD1 is day 1 of AF but for me when I have done a medicated FET my AF comes and then a couple days later I start my progynova tablets and and they count the day I take my tablets as CD1.
Juniper - I am too scared to BD this cycle. I am having 2 put back in and one of them they say are dividing so could be twins. It would be ironic if we ended up with triplets Surely out of 3 possible bubs I can get 1. The dividing one has been frozen twice, so not too sure if it will thaw out. It was frozen at day 3, then thawed to grow out to day 5 and then refrozen.
Krikkit, it sounds like a smart move to rest up and focus on your recovery.
Em Star, as Joeve and my turn have said, CD1 (cycle day 1) is the first day of AF, but how that is defined varies. I personally use sunset as my cut-off, so, since AF started at 4pm Sunday and the sun was still shining, I counted that as CD1. If it had been night I'd have called Monday CD1. However, I know my FS uses 8am as a cut-off, so if you don't pretty much wake up with AF he calls the next day CD1. I didn't mention what time it started this time, or they'd have called Monday CD1 for me. At the other end of the spectrum, some women prefer to use the day AF starts, regardless of what time, so even if it starts at 11.50pm, then they still call that day CD1. If you don't have a Dr dictating how it's defined, then it's a question of personal preference. When it comes to the list, I think each woman's entry should reflect how she thinks about her own cycle.
myturn, we'd love to have your company here. I had to wait until 6 weeks for my post-d&c appt and it felt like forever! Does that date make yours about 10wks?! Hopefully we can help make the time pass more quickly.
Lots of hugs to everyone, since it seems to be that type of day for most of us:
ps. Having never gotten to blast in the lab, we have definitely never gotten the "what a beautiful blast" comment!!
I think it's 8 weeks from the D&C.... Mostly because DH is away the two weeks before.... And I wanted him to be there. I figured that was heaps of time for AF to arrive as well.
Myturn, I'm glad you've popped in hun, and I'm glad you're slowly getting there. Step by step, hugs lovely
KritKrit, I'm sorry honey That sounds awful, OHSS and cancelling the cycle, big hugs sweetie
Vic, it sounds like you have a very strong dividing little embie there! To be frozen twice and to be still going, it's great. Hopefully this one will work for you. And if you end up with triplets you won't have to go again! haha
Emerald, I agree with your comments on the embies. I think that the scientists grade them and assess them by whatever processes they have in place, but a great looking embie might have a chromosomal issue and an average or a fragmented one ends up a healthy baby. I don't understand it It makes me wonder how many good embies are being thrown out and how many dodgy ones are being put back in. When I say how many good ones are being thrown out, I mean the ones that were doing great on day 3 or 4 but slowed down on day 5. Maybe if the embie was put back at day 3 it would have had a better chance in the womb...
Bloss, great fertalisation rate! GL with it all hun
Hi to everyone else out there, I'm sorry but I don't have the energy sometimes to catch up on all the posts. I hope that where ever you are in your cycle that everything is going well.
AFM, I pick up my meds this month. I feel somewhat disconnected from this cycle. I have been sick so many times this winter, I haven't been taking all my usual vitamins so I feel like I haven't prepared well this time. The only thing I've been taking has been the CoQ10. I have even been slaack with the elevit. It turns out that we will be doing our tatts and outlet training for our business in the mids of my cycle which is what I didn't want to do, but I am only half of this 'couple' and I guess I can't do a cycle on my own. Bloody men. Anyway, I hope the CoQ10 has done something...
myturn, would you believe DH didn't expect to go to the appt with me? He came home from work at the allotted time and said he'd stay home with DD instead of going with me. I almost fell apart on the spot... And worst of all his mum (who still doesn't know about the m/c) was here at the time so I couldn't even discuss it with him beyond saying I really wanted him there (which, thankfully, was enough).
Juniper I hope ur appt went well men can be so inconsiderate sometimes.
Just popping in anyway to let u know I'm going for transfer at midday today! Out of the 8 that were biopsied one is balanced and looking good for transfer 6 unbalanced and 1 is not where it should be so they will see if it's suitable for freezing. So FX this is the only one I need.
Sorry its been so long between posts. And apologies in advance for lack of personals - please know that I have been thinking about you all though and sending my every best wish your way.
Well its official. Today is CD1 and tomorrow I begin taking injections for our first IVF cycle. The last couple of weeks have been a bit of a blur, lots of appointments and last minute forms to sign - my goodness there is a lot of paperwork! I picked up my medications yesterday. Suddenly I feel like I have a pharmacy in my fridge. I am starting on Gonal-F then in a few days time I have to start Orgalutron (or something... I've dubbed it Orangutan cos its easier to say!)
First ultrasound and bloodtest will most likely be on my birthday next Friday. Oh the joy! Exactly what I wanted... haha.
Anyway I better get to work. But I will be around a lot more I'm sure.
Sorry once again for not keeping up with everyone. I'll get better I promise!
although you must be crushed your fresh transfer is cancelled, its a good decision as if you did get pregnant atm, your ohss symptoms would get even worse. i know its probably not a consolation for you right now though. i hope they are taking good care of you. xx
how do you calculate it?? CD1=first day of AF??
CD1 = first day of AF (but that may be different for different people, I always did it as the first day of bleeding, no matter what time of day, but my clinic will say the first full day of bleeding, so if it starts in the evening, then the next day will be CD1...
everyone else.... 
going to try leaving my bra on as long as possible tonight, in the hope of "containing" the problem.... nothing happening on the TTC front for us at the moment, but I hope you don't mind if I hang around.... I will feel a little lost if I am not in here.... we have a follow up appointment with the OB (who is my FS) for after surgery checkup on 29th October.... so AGES away..... and in the meantime not really supposed to try, while we won't actively try, we won't stop anything either... I have little faith in a natural conception - although you never know, and a little bit of hope it always there. In the meantime, I am waiting for the bleeding to stop, and then will be "waiting for AF to arrive" ...... before anything else.....
It makes me wonder how many good embies are being thrown out and how many dodgy ones are being put back in. When I say how many good ones are being thrown out, I mean the ones that were doing great on day 3 or 4 but slowed down on day 5. Maybe if the embie was put back at day 3 it would have had a better chance in the womb...
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