LT TTC & Assisted Conception Jan-Feb 2010

[xx Rob xx]

Waiting awaiting- i think some sonographers are a disgrace how they get people worried, one told my friend she either had an empty sack or had a m/c when she was actually quite healthily pg.
Anywho... if you were distressed by the internal im supprised they didn't offer for you to put in the probe yourself, i have had a million of them and not once has any technitian seen my hoo hoo. And with IVF i quite enjoy them cause you get to see all the follies!! Its amazing being able to see what is going on inside you!
Good luck with your fs apt.
x

Jaki I totally agre. I had an early scan to confirm pregnancy, which as I'm in the country I had done at the local hospital instead of driving 2 hours to the clinic. Anyway the sonographer said there were 2 sacs. 1 was clear and had a heart beat and the other was less defined and didn't. In the actual write up they said 1 sac 1 fetus. Whih we were still happy with.

However our clinic rang after receiving the results, asking us to have another u/s as it was too early 2 exclude twins. Which means for now it is still possible to be having twins as one develops behind the other and the heart starts beating spontaneously. We are happy with 1, we decidied to wait til the 12 week scan to find out only because I am so sick I couldn't cope with the 2 hour drive, but the point is sonographers shouldn't have said anything about the 2nd sac, then I wouldn't be wondering and going mental. We still have a 2 and 1/2 week wait and its horrible, i just want to know how many.

[JustOneMore]

xxRobxx Just wanted to say thank you for your support in this thread.
I did read your post about steps and have printed it out and put it next to my computer.

mitf: Thanks for your info on acupuncture. I am going to give it a go

[WaitingAwaiting]

Thank you all for your lovely posts.

I've had a lot of people around me get pregnant lately and I do get caught up in my "goal" and get stuck in my own head sometimes. I am very clucky and just look longingly at the happy couples with their babies and I get a bit down in the dumps about it and then I feel bad about feeling bad which makes me feel worse! lol

My dr said that next time she sees me she's sure I'm going to be all "round and happy" which made me laugh and feel slightly more positive it's just the waiting until I get to the FS...If this is what I'm like with only a one week wait the TWW will be a killer!

My dr said that the FS will probably do a PAP & schedule me for a lap. Anybody have any preparation suggestions for my initial consultation?? Any questions I should be asking or anything like that??

Thanks again everyone - I truely appreciate your support.

[fatgirlslim]

Arrgghhh... I am so, so scared of going for this second blood and scan this morning - I am petrified that they will have to cancel my cycle because my follies aren't progressing as fast as they should be... I'm reeeeaaally working myself up over it!!!



How long have your guys had to wait from FSH injections to EPU???

L x

[xx Rob xx]

Arrgghhh... I am so, so scared of going for this second blood and scan this morning - I am petrified that they will have to cancel my cycle because my follies aren't progressing as fast as they should be... I'm reeeeaaally working myself up over it!!!



How long have your guys had to wait from FSH injections to EPU???

L x

Fatgirlslim, don't get worked up. I probably sound like a broken record but take things a step at a time. evryone's body is different. The doses we all take are different. The rates are set according to your weight, the type depends on what your condition is and so on. Literature says about 7 to 14 days for injections to EPU.

The biggest killer this year I think will be finances. The prices have all gone up and for some people that will affect how much if any treatment they can have at all. I know it was going to impact us as we are still in a drought.

However Fatgirlslim, as you sit and worry just remember there is always someone worse off than you. Some people are waiting for donor eggs and some for donor embryo's. You see so just getting the green light to start your cycle is a step.

I am not saying it won't upset you by any means. I just personally found after someone explained this all to me (my awesome FS) I just felt so much more easy to cope and so much less stress.

I believe the best medicine is to remain positive and remember that there is always someone worse and every step is a step froward. xox.

Wishing everyone luck for scans and EPU's this week.

[fatgirlslim]

No luck for me

I am absolutely gutted - follies still much too small - waiting for 'the call' this afternoon to find out what's gonna happen now.

God this sucks.

[terry]

Hi Ladies

I've been reading but haven't posted in a while. Anywayt thought I too would offer some advice

fatgirlslim don't stress that your body isn't ready yet. Take that as a positive that its doing what it does normally so hopefully when you do get to have the EPU you can get some really good eggs. I remember for one of my cycles it took me 17 days to ovualte and I too thought will they miss it etc. i ended up having 3 scans and 3 BT and I really think all the stress I was putting on myself probably didn't help


WaitingAwaiting I'm sure that most of us on here have had the same thoughts about how do other people manage to do it so easily etc. Like Rob said your time will come. I remember asking my FS why isn't it happening etc and she said something to me that made a lot of sense. For years I had been conditioning my body not to get pregnant and now all of a sudden I want to have a child. It takes time for your body to readjust and do what you want it to do. When I'm feeling down I take comfort from this. She also pointed out that when I have my EPU they took out 20 eggs of which 7 fertilised. I could have been trying for well over a year to get pregnant natural and it may not have worked.

Rob it's lovely to see that you are still offering some really sound advice and words of wisdom.. Hope everything is progressing along nicely for you

AFM well I'm on a naturally TWW this month. It's funny though I don't feel any of the emotions I usually go through when we are doing and IVF cycle maybe it's because we are just leaving it to fate and also because I know that I didn't have and embryo put back

[xx Rob xx]

No luck for me

I am absolutely gutted - follies still much too small - waiting for 'the call' this afternoon to find out what's gonna happen now.

God this sucks.

atsligirl I am so sorry sweety. Just remember the next step is to find out why. It may mean different meds or increasing the dose for the next cycle. Who knows. At least you can start looking to the next cycle. Take care and keep your chin up.