Loops, so sorry to hear your news tonight. What a rollercoaster ride you've been through!
Lairdoz, a belated sorry to hear your result, too. Men can be soooo very annoying at times, and then at others they completely surprise you with how wonderful they are. Thanks for your comment about your HSG. I hope mine goes as well as yours. Re your question about transferring one or two blasties, I started IVF when I was 36 and my FS has transferred two embryos each time. Unfortunately none have been succussful, but ...
KrisGray, I sympathise with you in knowing when to stop, or even when to broach the topic of when to stop. I always wanted two children. My partner has three from a previous relationship, but we've now done three stim cycles and one FET, and we're in the middle of another FET which is extremely interventionist ... and it's really difficult. I don't want to complain too much to my DH as I worry he will say to give it a rest. The way I feel now I think if I could just fall pregnant with one bub, I would be happy with that. GL to you.
Just a quick update from me for those who are following... We saw our FS this afternoon for our follow up appointment. When I asked, he said the endo was stage III. He showed me the pathology report for the 5 pieces sent away and the two largest bits were each 35mm in size! Other than that he said I should take a month to heal and then come back in 4 weeks to discuss another IVF. He also said that, now that the surgery was done, he is confident he can get us pg before the end of this year. I'd like to hold him to that.
Melissal & Murray Cod - try the True Blood series, Twilight Books were great but I've found the True Blood ones fantastic. As for the 'What to Expect' I've only read the pre-conception pages and have vowed not to read further until a BFP ;-)
Melttc - fingers crossed for the next week or so that you have coming up, and frankly it was probably good you turned down the Phillipines trip coz do you really want to see ping pong balls being shot out of someone's clacker during a seedy stage show?.. (hmm, I'm probably just speaking for myself there!)
Juniper: glad to hear you are doing fine now after your procedure (and AF came early for me too after the procedure, so it was like I had a few days break after the bleeding from the procedure and then Bam! AF!)
Lairdoz & KrisGray: hope things get better with your DH's, bloody men!
As for the posts relating to how many to transfer back in, I would love to see statistics on whether chances are increased if more than 1 is transferred back as my FS told me that it does not increase the likelihood of pregnancy. It doesn't help that I am totally in love with all the cuties on Jon & Kate plus 8!
AFM: EPU is this Friday, at my scan yesterday he said there was about 5 or 6 good follies on each side, and another scan is booked Wed morning. I'm still peeing like a racehorse and am so full of water that I've totally lost my appetite, so am getting my protein thru Sustagen. Blastie transfer, if all goes well, is next Wednesday.
Best wishes to you all, and Loops sorry again for what you must be going through, my thoughts are with you.
Wow Juniper! Hope you heal up quickly. Wouldnt' it be lovely if they really could guarantee outcomes?!
KrisGray. Your clinic's policies sound really restrictive! All the best for that tough conversation
melttc - Hope your bt brings a lovely surprise
Brunette, what kind of fet are you doing now?
Hi to everyone else - hope you're travelling well (or as well as can be expected)
Oh, and an update on me. We transferred a blasty on Friday. My bt is next thursday (April Fools!). Do other clinics make you wait so long for the bt? It'll equate to 18dpo (well, sort of...). I'm feeling absolutely exhausted. I don't know if it's the hormones or if my thyroid hormone levels are too low due to the extra estrogen.
ETA - CK77, from memory...these are some stats from my clinic (can only remember a few, mostly for my age bracket, but suggests that, yes, it does increase your odds of getting pregnant, at least statistically...)
Marcellus - thanks for those stats - totally not the impression my FS gave me (i'm not at all surprised), but lucky for me he is overseas so my EPU and ET are being done by his colleague who seems much easier to deal with, so I will broach the subject tomorrow morning at my next scan.
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Other than that he said I should take a month to heal and then come back in 4 weeks to discuss another IVF. He also said that, now that the surgery was done, he is confident he can get us pg before the end of this year. I'd like to hold him to that.
fingers crossed for the next week or so that you have coming up, and frankly it was probably good you turned down the Phillipines trip coz do you really want to see ping pong balls being shot out of someone's clacker during a seedy stage show?.. (hmm, I'm probably just speaking for myself there!)
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