LT TTC & Assisted Conception Feb- Mar 2010

Hello Ladies,
Firstly I have been reading your posts and I can hear some negativity...:shakehead:...I REFUSE to be the only one on the List for February....C'mon Ladies...I am sending out lots and lots of :stickyvibesgirl: :stickyvibesboy:

For those of you who are ready for ET please remind me to add you to the list!
I wanna see more BFP's!!!

2WW'ers AWAITING BT RESULTS :pray:
lairdoz - 20th February
Melissal - 23rd February
Loops12 - 25th February

The :pregnant: Hall Of Fame for 2010:
January - NIL
February - Emerald Star,

Lairdoz - Thankyou :) p.s 3 more sleeps

Emerald can you please put me on the 2ww BT on the 1st of March thanks :)

2WW'ers AWAITING BT RESULTS :pray:
lairdoz - 20th February
Melissal - 23rd February
Loops12 - 25th February
Miss K - 1st March



The :pregnant: Hall Of Fame for 2010:
January - NIL
February - Emerald Star,

Em Star - Big congratulations to you hunny, So happy for you!!Take care of yourself ok xxx

Loops - Happy anniversary! Hope you guys had a lovely day.... even if it was a poor one. Hang in there ok, just try to stay positive. I know it's hard but you can do it :hug:

Renee - Congrats on a great result, that is such a fantastic number. :crossfingers: that everything keeps going along smoothly. I am doing ok, had an absolutely amazing acupuncture appointment last night and got so much stuff off my chest...so I've decided to go for the frozen cycle! Have an appointment with FS to tomorrow arvo so we'll see what he says. I haven't seen him since my ET and haven't talked to him properly since my disastrous EPU so I'm looking forward to getting alot more off my chest!! Been storing this stuff up for weeks!

littlegem - That is so sweet, I feel exactly the same way! Its good to have people who REALLY understand. All the best for Friday hunny :)

Miss K - Your so right. I think I would have kicked myself in a few weeks if I had decided to wait...its just really nerve racking as this is our one and only frozen emby, eeeek! But we'll see how it goes. But OMG Thats such a great result for you! G'luck with your TWW.

Lairdoz - Yeah I am doing a bit better every day thanks. Hoping for some fantastic news from you....Only 3 days to go! Hang in there ok.

Sorry to everyone I have missed, hope you are all well :)

Will let you know how I go with my FS appointment tomorrow......

Hi ladies! Sorry for being MIA. I've been in Sydney since Friday night and had some problems getting my mobile internet up and running...

Em Star, OMG, what fantastic results!! I'm so thrilled you are on the list!! Congratulations!! :confetti:

I know it's late, but I wanted to chip in on the crinone and constipation issues. Whenever I've done IVF during summer I've stored my crinone in the fridge and just take it out 15-30 mins before use. On the constipation front, when I asked about it after one of my transfers, the nurse suggested eating prunes or dried apricots and drinking pear juice. I've also had someone suggest prune juice for after my lap, so presumably that would help too. I'm not a big prune fan, so I'll be stocking up on apricots and pear juice in a couple of weeks.

I'm pretty busy with the wedding lead up here, so it'll be a while between check ins for the next week and a bit. I've got my FX for all of you cycling at the moment. :pray:

BJ - It is always good to get everything off your chest and get some answers as well. I don't know about you but i always tend to have lots of questions that i never ask, quite often googling the answer which only makes things worse i think. I have never had acupuncture done before but have heard that it is a great way to relax. Is that why you do it, to relax? Hope everything goes well with your FS.

Hi to everyone else :hello:

I have rung the lab again and we still have all 7 doing what they should be:leap:We have 5 @ 8-10 cells and 2 @ 6 cells, but none have fragmented yet, which they pretty much all had done by this stage last time. So am getting a little bit excitied for ET on Sat.

Bj - Good Luck with your appointment today :)

Renee - that sounds good Saturday will be here before you know it :)

hi all!!

Renee - that is really exciting!! and as Miss K said - Saturday will be here before you know it!! My thoughts and :pray: are with you!!

Miss K - hope the TWW is treating you kindly!! I'd like to hear any antics you get up too!!

Juniper 76 - wedding planning is sooo exciting!! I remember being at university at the time and looking stuff up on the internet during a lecture - I still don't know how I passed the subjects!! Where are you having your wedding?

BJ - That's great you decided to go ahead with the frozen cycle. Good luck with your FS appointment today!! Hopefully you can start ASAP!!

lairdoz - not long now!! 2 more days!!

littlegem - Good luck tomorrow!! :crossfingers: that they all turn out to be health little eggies!!

AFM, nothing has changed - still thinking I'm brave doing the injections all by myself!! Feeling a little sooky lately though ... but then I pick myself up and I'm fine!! All this TCC and IVF seem to be all I can think about lately - almost obsessive!! Just one thing, did anyone's last AF hang around a little longer than usual - my normally lasts for 3-4 days, but it is now 6 days later and I'm still spotting ... getting a little worried about it...

M2B my AF is always playing up esp after an IVF cycle, if you are concerned i would talk to GP or FS.

Hi Ladies
BJ ~ thanks so much hun, im trying, feeling a bit better today but thats only probably because I had a couple of panadol this morning and dont have a headache at the moment. If I get a migraine ill pretty much know its all over red rover. All the best with your appointment today, hoping you are getting a plan together for another try xo

Juniper ~ GL with the wedding plans!

Renee ~ happy your eggies are doing well, thats better cell division than mine were. And all the best for Sat, FX this is your time!

Mum-2-be ~ Hope everything else is going well. Its probably just all the hormones, AF normally for me is about 5 days and once I had it for about 11 days around a cycle. As Loula says perhaps check with FS about it if youre really concerned. Hope those follies are frowing nicely, FX and GL.

AFM ~ I said to DH this morning if I get AF on the weekend (should come around Sun/Mon - hopefully not at all though) I might stop doing the Crinone. He wast very happy with me saying that but he doesnt have to use the stuff. I hate it - it has made me so sore and itchy and contispated its horrid. *TMI warning* to the point where I had to leave a cold wet facewasher in my knickers last night to cool and soothe it.
Feeling a little more pos today but certainly not getting my hopes up at all.

Hey girlies, sorry I've been hiding for the past few days - 2ww are CRAZY!!! I've decided I don't like them very much at all!!!

Emerald - WOOHOO!!!!! Awesome hun :happyforyou: and I am sure that you will have other Feb BFP'-ers to join you in the hall-of-fame? Has it started to sink in yet? I'm sooo excited for you, helps to keep some sense of positivity!

Loops - oh hang in there hun, no fat lady singing yet is there? I agree with the others - rampant hormones and high stress levels, not surprising you're getting killer headaches. Do you know if its def the Crinone causing your symptoms, is it poss that you've got a bit of thrush going on? Either way, hugs hun, not nice. I do head you about the constipation though, I have pretty much chalked up my huge bloatedness to being bunged up cos I finally had a massive poo and have felt SO much better since :redface:. I reckon one of the worst things about the 2ww i the not knowing, would make life so much simpler if we knew straight away if it had worked

Renee - great news about your little embies, they are doing fantastic!!! Hoping they carry on th good work - so Sat is your big day?

Miss K - WOW 20 snobubs - that is brilliant!!!! Well done you! And you have managed to stave of the OHSS? So you are an official 2ww-er now too, crazy!

Mum-2-be - oh wow , I so know what you mean about not being able to think about anything other than ttc and ivf. It is doing my head in!! V impressed that you are managing to do all you own jbs - me, way too sooky for that!!

BJ - how did the appontment go?

Lairdoz - only 2 more sleeps babe? How are you faring? Everything is crossed for you ;)

Ummmmm I know I've missed heaps of people but good luck to everyone cycling, awaiting EPU and ET and suffering through the 2ww. I am going absolutely bonkers here but I am flat out refusing to acknowledge any possible sign or symptom of pg/impending AF. Just counting down the minutes and scoffing white chocolate until Tuesday. Luckily I don't have any days off work until Tues so will be kept good and busy - phew. I WILL NOT POAS!!!

I have a strange update. I started bleeding yesterday, in a moment of madness I rang the clinic in tears and asked if I could have my beta done today as I don't do HPT's as I've never had a positive one. After no sleep last night I just rang and I have an HCG of 10 and Prog of 145. So likely I have a chemical pregnancy which I know might sound crazy but I am happy with as it means something happened. I have never been pregnant naturally so I am just happy that something might have happened. I am currently 12 dpo so guess we just have to wait and see.

I'm not having another blood test until Monday but hopefully will have calmed down enough tomorrow to write some personals :)

Renee - Acupuncture is awesome! Its great for relaxation which is really important during this crazy process but there have also been heaps of studies that show a higher success rate for women who combine acupuncture with IVF. If you google it, you will get some good info. I am hooked on it, it has been such a savior for me.

M2B - Like Loula said, this process can play havoc on our bodies and what is normal is suddenly NOT normal anymore! So as long as it doesn't drag on for too long I wouldn't be too worried.

Loops - Crinone is AWFUL!! You poor thing....I hate that stuff with every fiber of my being! But I'm glad to hear that you are feeling a bit more positive, I know our natural reaction is to protect ourselves but you have to keep some hope alive. Hang in there :D

Thanks to everyone for your well wishes.....I saw FS this arvo and let him have it, not that he could admit out loud how much he stuffed up my last full stim cycle but he did admit that maybe he needs to stop being so cautious and put me on a higher dose next time. The bad thing is that he says obviously I have an egg problem but there is no explanation for it?? Having mild PCOS, I should be making too many, not the other way around?? How can there be no explanation?? He said all the blood tests I have had previously show no reason why this is happening, so if there is no reason he can't really do anything to fix it?? So frustrating!!
But right now I am going to focus on this FET cycle.....which all looks good to go ahead, I start the dreaded blood tests tomorrow but this time they will trigger me so I don't have to have so many and have a bit more control over when ET will be. :crossfingers: That this will be the one and I wont even have to worry about my next stim cycle!! I'll keep you posted....

mum-2-be Thankyou :)!!! And as for AF I have no idea I never get it to tell whats normal or not sorry hun I would assume its from all the wonderful IVF drugs...

Loops - I can't believe it gives you that much hell!!! Are you on the progesterone pessaries aswell I mean the triangle ones wrapped in like al foil??? I would be talking to FS and seeing what other options are available!! GL and FX for you!

Melissal - 10 Snowbubs hehehe!! I am officially finally in the 2ww first time in a long time!!! GL and FX for you too are you and loops testing on the same day???

Lairdoz - I am sorry hun!!!!! So is AF in full swing or is it still an unsure??? big :hug:

Bj - I will be :pray: that this is the one!! PCOS is a b**** I have been diagnosed since I was 12!! I wish they would come up with some kind of cure I am surprised nothing has showed signs until now!!! I had my ovaries drilled last year to see if that would do anything as having them drilled can help with ovulation but it didn't in my case... I would even consider seeing another FS if you're not happy with what his reply was!! I hope your ET will come up fast so you can get on with this next cycle xxoo!!

p.s I just noticed you were from the Gold Coast which FS do you see?

Renee, sounds great so far! GL for the transfer!!

M2B, its my sister's wedding and it's on Sunday. I'm down in Sydney for the week to help her with the last of the preparations. I also find I get longer AF's after medicated cycles - sometimes for a few cycles after...

Loops, I've always stopped the crinone when AF showed up. I haven't had such a bad time with side effects, but didn't see the point in continuing with AF there.

Lairdoz, I hope you're wrong and you've just got a late implanter there. 12dpo is still early, so FX for the next test. :crossfingers:

Miss K - I see Dr Davidson at City Fertility. Are you on the Coast? My PCOS is really weird....have been diagnosed and then undiagnosed about 4 times. I have none of the symptoms that go along with it apart from not ovulating regularly, but even then, the longest I will go is 6-8 weeks. And I don't always have cysts either?? It's so annoying. I have considered going to see someone else but I don't really want to start from scratch....??

Lairdoz - Hopefully Monday you will get some more answers.....:pray: maybe it's just a slow one. But if not, like you said at least it's a step in the right direction. Will be thinking of you xxx

Ladies I'm out, it's definitely a chemical pregnancy. I will still go on Monday for the BT but I will be assuming it's so we can wait and see if my hormones have gone down to normal. Feeling OK about it, as I said it's a point in the right direction. Not sure if I will be able to do a FET now back-to-back so have to wait and see.

Hope everyone is doing well and look forward to seeing some BFP's very soon ladies!