Me too, me too, been reading but very much a lurker this week.
Katones - everything is crossed for you hun. Hoping that your cramping is just lil bub snuggling in tight - being off chips has gotta be a good sign. How long do you think you can hold out before testing? Or are you one of these amazing women who can just wait for the BT result? Good luck
N2L - hoping that giant Gonal F dose is gonna kick those ovaries into action. When do you have your next scan? Oh just answered my own question - hope your E2 has increased nicely when you have your BT today. Hang in there
Oneday - yay for two nice little embies on board but that is a bummer that none made it to the freezer. Here's hoping you wouldn't have needed them anyway when you get a lovely BFP from this cycle. Hope the 2ww flies by for you
Kass - glad your transfer went ok. I've had one easy peasy one but the last one - OMG that hurt. Apparently I have a retroverted ute which doesn't help, but no mention of that was made during our first cycle, just the ouchie one so dunno if I do or not. I'm guessing they don't move!!!!!! Hope you have a nice cruisy 2ww as well (though do these exist?!)
Me - day 3 of stims today - YAY!!! This time round, things seem to be moving soooooo sloooooowly. I need to learn some patience. Had a shocker of a day on Thursday. I sleep really badly during down reg cycles so had a terrible sleep (as I did all week) so was tired and grumpy, it was the three year anniversary since my Dad's death so was sad and kept bursting into tears the whole day at work. So I had nice insomnia eyes plus an ugly cry face. I am not a pretty crier - stunning! Oh well, they should be used to me bawling at work by now, there has been plenty of it in the last 18 months or so. Still a tad embarrassing though!
Happy jabbing to all my fellow jabbers, a big HI to anyone I have missed and sending out loads and loads of sticky vibes to the 2ww'ers and egg growing vibes etc etc. Have an awesome weekend, chickies
Hi ladies,
I have been queitly stalking you all.......This is a busy thread with lots of lovely helpful ladies.
I will be joining you very soon as I am just waiting for cd1. All the signs point towards it happening next week. So I will begin my ivf journey then. I am glad that there is such a supportive thread to join.
Oneday - great news that your transfer went well. Not so great having no frosties. I would definately follow it up with them, even to get an understanding of exactly what they are looking for. Fingers crossed for you hon that these will be sticky little mites.
N2L - So sorry to read that you haven't had a great start. I hope that your higher dose is doing the trick. Did you have your BT this morning, will you get your results today? GL for Monday's scan, I really hope that your results are better. Anything can happen in this game.
Katones - It's not over yet! Your aversion to food, especially something as bland as chips, is promising. Plenty of women on forums (and believe me, I've read a squillion of them) have had spotting. Sending you tonnes of sticky vibes
Kass - Congrats on a smooth tfr, it must be such a relief for you to have done considering you have had trouble in the past. How old are your frozen embryos,? Were they suggesting that they were the same grade as your unsuccessfully thawed embie? It's such a lottery.
Terrae - GL for your FS appt. Waiting is the hardest. It will be great to get a start.
MelissaI - happy jabbing. I hope it speeds up for you
Wiiliever - Bring on the AF witch so you can get a start!!
Loops, Saffy, Happybaby and anyone I've missed - a big fat HI!
AFM - had BT and scan on Thurs, lining is at 10mm which is great news as I had trouble getting there with last FET.
Transfer, if all continues well, will be on Fri. Am still tossing up the 1 v's 2 issue. Aaaaah! What to do. I change my mind about 10 times a day.
Have also booked in to see someone next week regarding my anxiety at transfer. Not sure how it will help, but hope it does some good. It gets worse with every transfer and I start to get heart palpitations and feel claustrophobic.
Tantee - thanks! My embies aren't too old - about 5 months. The one that didn't survive was grade A before freezing, so was the one they put back, but it was downgraded after the thaw. The two remaining weren't as good to start with, the embryologist said that one shouldn't have been frozen in the first place, and the other might be ok, but based on how the better two turned out, it seems unlikely. You're right - it's a lottery.
Sorry to hear your transfers are tricky too. Hopefully you'll get some good relaxation tips. Does your clinic offer any sort of sedation for transfers? I've started taking a sleeping tablet before mine, and I've found it really helps.
williever - good luck for starting next week!
Thanks Melissa - a retroverted ute doesn't sound like much fun! It's funny how they don't always tell you these things straight up. Yesterday my dr referred to my cervix as a 'corkscrew'. Nice.
Teirae - hope your appointment goes well next week
ntl - thanks! hmmm hamsters... the things we do to ourselves!
kass - he he! sorry, I meant are they 2,3 or 5 day embies. Sorry, I wasn't very clear I hope you don't think that I was insuating that they were aged (impossible at 29 anyway) I wonder why they made the call to freeze the one said shouldn't have been. I had that happen to me at my last clinic. I thought I had 6 good frosties (nothing was said otherwise) to be told by the new embryologist when we went back for round 2 that they shouldn't really have been frozen in the first place. I suppose different scientist have different views on what is viable.
Anyways, I dearly hope that this little one sticks so you won't need to worry about any other embies just now!!!
Just got back from my blood test and getting my first antagonist jab. Clinic just rang and said my levels are still nice and low - which is good but kind of irrelevant now I guess given I am starting the antagonist.
Had a chat with the nurse who was really good. She did say it is unlikely I will get more follies as usually what you start with is pretty much what you end up with but, as many of you have pointed out, she said quality is much more important than quantity. She said lots of women get 20 eggs but they are "rubbish". She said if you have a small number it is sometimes good because your body is "concentrating" on those eggs. She may have just being trying to make me feel better but I have decided to believe her
She also said my FS will almost certainly go ahead with the EPU with whatever number I have. So that's kind of good - I guess...
Oh well, nothing to do but keep injecting the chinese hamster ovaries (Does anyone else wonder why they have to be Chinese hamsters???? )
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