LT TTC & Assisted Conception Jan-Feb 2010

[Loops12]

Hi ladies
Sorry once again Ive been MIA, so I'll try and do some persies but sorry if i muck them up. Work has still been very busy.

Tru-babe ~ Sorry to hear things arent improving with your your mum, hopefully after she has the treatment she will start to mend. Thinking of you and your family and will be praying xo

Murraycod ~ All the best in TWW, hope you get your BFP 1st go, very exciting for you!

Leabie ~ Sorry about your failed IUI, hang in there, you'll get there. Sometimes it just takes a few goes or more.

Em-star ~ no worries. GL with this cycle. Sounds like we are on similar cycles again. Im also sniffing and waiting for AF which is due now. All the best! Hope AF comes soon for you.

FGS ~ very happy for you that your follies started to do well and I hope you get a good collection. Remember quality not quantity! FX for you hun!

Moonflower ~all the best with your cycle, FX this is the 1 for you

AFM ~ Got my meds yestie, started sniffing Fri and start jabbing on 27th Jan for EPU around the 8th Feb - day after my 30th bday. They have increased my dosage so hopefully this time we get more eggs and have some to freeze - Im getting excited. For those that were interested I was told out of the $4,300 prepayment (Monash IVF) we would be about $2,600approx out-of pocket so not the best but better than nothing I suppose.

Hi to everyone Ive missed and GL to all

[babytruj]

Hey all

Murraycod - 6 embies is great! ET sounds great, and good luck to you. Keep positive and try not to get too anxious on your TWW.

FGS - I had FSH injections for about 10 days, and then EPU was about 2 days later. But I was on 150, as I have too many eggs. Some were too small, but some were a good size in the end. I had 38 eggs, but only had 11 frozen, so more is not necessarily better. As Rob said, we are all in different circumstances, and what meds we are all on depends on a lot of things. Try and relax and not get too stressed. That won't help you. You have to be positive and calm.
Yay for all the eggs that happened. Good luck for the EPU

WaitingAwaiting - we all know the feeling, and where better to rant than amongst people who are in the same boat as you. It is hard with other people around you having babies, getting/being pregnant, but you have to believe that your time will come. I have been TTC for just under 4 years now I guess and I have seen my best friends fall pregnant and have babies - and they have all had 2. I just found out my one friend is pregnant with her second. It is hard, but I know they want them too, and I wouldn't wish this horrible waiting game we are in on anyone. I may take my time to congratulate them (I need a few hours or days to get over the pain and disappointment that it is not me) but then I am genuinely happy for them.

Rob - Twins will be cool, but you are right, you go in this to get 1 baby, so any more is a bonus! Good luck, and I hope you are feeling well

MissK welcome to IVF

Trubabe - I am sorry to hear about your mum, but sounds like she is in good hands with lots of progress with things happening.

Leabie - sorry about the IUI. I did 4 of them. The first was positive, but with an ectopic, which is why I did the rest. BUT, IVF you have more control over. You know for sure that the eggs are fertilised. IUI you can't be positive that the eggs have even been released from the ovaries. My husband wanted to move to IVF sooner as he felt it had more control. I was petrified of IVF and the injections, but I managed with no problems, so am very proud of myself
Saying that, IUI is a lot cheaper to manage more often, whereas IVF costs a bomb. Enjoy your holiday, and good luck with the decision!

AFM, I am just waiting till my march cycle when we can do a FET, so in the meantime lurking in here every now and then.
Just something for your girls. A friend told me to drink 1 litre of milk a day (along with the 2 litres of water) during the meds. I didn't understand the whole thing, but it was something about getting rid of the side affects of the meds. I spoke to my friend who is a dietician, and she said that milk helps with hormones. I don't know if any of you suffer with PMT like symptoms while you are on the meds, but I had none. I was fairly relaxed, not moody or tearful at all. So 1 suggestion - drink milk while you are injecting Gonal F. It can't hurt, and if it helps any mood swings thats great for you!!
I don't know what the "sniffing" is about, I never got any meds to sniff. Just tablets and injections I think I'd swap an injection for sniffing something

Hope you are all staying positive and strong during this time!