LT TTC & Assisted Conception Jan-Feb 2011

Yep. Triggered last night. In exactly 24 hours I will be feet in the stirrups (or however they do it!) fingers crossed they get at least a few good ones that are in the mood to party with dp's sperm!
Have a good day everyone

N2L x

Forgot to say good luck today oneday! I look forward to reading some good news from you tonight. Fx

Yay I've finished the Synarel. I'm taking the trigger inj tonight.

N2L Funny you should mention the stirrups because during the 2 EPUs I've had there was a male nurse attaching one stirrup just before I pass out. Where are you being treated? Monash or MelbIVF or other? I'm at Monash and I find out if the new hospital in Hawthorn is ready to do EPUs otherwise we have to trek over to Clayton. Good news about the extra follie.
Anyway I hope it all goes well tomorrow. :goodluck:

Melissa I was given the option of using the pessaries but when the FS said you had to take 3 a day without an applicator I decided to stay with Crinone. This is the only cycle where I've felt my ovaries, maybe it's because of the higher dose. Yes I know what driving yourself crazy on the internet feels like. During my last cycles I've always been studying and now it's finished so I don't know what I'll do to distract me during the 2ww. Happy jabbing and when do you have your scan?

Oneday A BFP - that's excellent news. I'll be checking in here to see your results.

Take care everyone else.

xxHB

Thanks for the birthday messages ladies, means a lot!! :grouphug: xoxo

Oneday ~ can't wait to hear some great BFP news, need some at the moment. :pray:

Katones ~ Sorry for your negative test - hoping and :pray: that is was just too early

Hi all and hope you're well.
Hoping to see lots of BFP's, :crossfingers:

Happy baby - I am with Melbourne ivf which operates out of the Freemasons in east Melbourne. I am pretty sure the new monash clinic in hawthorn isn't open yet. I go past it a couple times a day and it looks under construction still.

N2l

Just popping in for a quick wee stalk to see is Oneday has popped in. Hoping for some awesome news from you hun, everything is crossed that this is the one for you :)

N2L - woohoo for EPU tomorrow. Def quality over quantity, hope all goes well

HappyBaby - oooh exciting, EPU for you too!!! I go for my first scan on Friday so hoping like mad that I'm growing me lots of little follies. Glad to hear that studying is a good distraction as I just wrote out a nasty big cheque today to start a bit of post grad study. Still don't know if I want to do it or not but I am so bored at work. SO, EPU Thursday for you? Good luck :)

First BT tomorrow, yay!! So much looking forward to knowing whats going on down there. I must be the most impatient person out.

hi ladies got results my HCG was 43 and prog is 43.3, should i be excited? the nurse said these results are good as the test was done early but im so scared xxx

Oneday - I think those numbers are freaking awesome, considering you are, what, four days early for your BT? CONGRATS sweetie, and sending you millions of sticky vibes!!!

Thanks so much melissa, will keep you all posted as to how thursday goes xxxx

Hi ladies,
I am officially joining this thread. I hope to get to know you all. I have been reading your posts to try and learn something, but nothing could get me ready for this day......cd1 - Call made to nursing team - left work early - 1st BT - Results in - perfect baseline test results - first injection tomorrow eve.

I promised myself I would be calm, but as soon as I made that call.......calm went out the window.

So I start 225 (whatevers) of gonal F tomorrow......has anyone got any tips for the newbie?

oneday - Good luck Thursday!
xx

Oneday :happyforyou: Congratulations on the good numbers. I'm sure they'll start doubling.

Melissa Yes studying was a good distraction. I did an online Grad Dip at CPIT in Christchurch. What have you enrolled in? Good luck with the BT.

N2L The new Monash Clinic is open. I had my BT and scan there on Monday and yesterday I got the news that my EPU is going to be there. Relieved I don't have to go to Clayton. Good luck today.

Williever Welcome and good luck with your first injection. I've always taken Puregon so not sure is Gonal F is different. The first one is nerve wracking but you'll get used to it pretty fast.

AFM Trigger last night and have a very swollen tummy today. All excited for tomorrow, this is going to be a long day.

:hello:

happybaaby: good luck to you and tummy will go down soon i am sure or maybe not ?, but if you get a BFP that'll be a good excuse for a swollen tummy. fingers crossed. x

williever: welcome and good luck to you. it is vry scary and when i did my fist IVF/ ICSI i seemed to know nothing but it wasn't as bad as i thought.

oneday: hope those numbers are going up still. got fingers crossed.

melissai: hope all is going well for you.

nothingtolose: hope all is going well for you too, keep up the positive vibes.

anyone i forgot , sorry.

have been away on trip for step daughters wedding but i am back now and ready to get things moving. 2 weeks today til FS app . bit scared, but excited that something is happening. may have to get another referral as mine runs out at end of month.

not long to wait..... :-)

AGGGHHHHH!!

why is it so hard already?? we havent even gottent to the IVF **** yet and already EVERYTHING is giving us road blocks and making it hard to have a baby.

We have our first FS appointment first thing tomorrow morning in a city 2 hours away.
The phoned just then to confirm the appointment (was very nice of them) and then said 'bring your referrel'. I said, my husband is the one with the problems...and his referal was faxed to you guys months ago. she looks around a bit, and goes, yep its here, but we even though its his problem we wtill need one from you because i'll be recieving most of the treatment. =| WHY THE FRAK DIDNT THEY TELL ME 2 MONTHS AGO WHEN WE MADE THE APPOINTMENT, don't tell me that less that 24 hours before hand. it is IMPOSSIBLE to get a drs appointment today in time!!!!!

=( my only hope is calling the dr who did DH's (who is a urologist) and getting him to add my name to it, will he do this despite never met me???? =(


ADDIT: he is in surgery all day today...even if he did it it wouldnt be there in time...*sigh*

Teirae - not a nice surprise! Any dr should be able to fax a referral through to your clinic. If you can't get hold of your local, try a locum or an after hours service. Good luck!

Forgot - I had the same issue a few months ago - didn't realise you needed a fresh referral after a year - I couldn't get to my gp in time, but went to the appointment anyway and got my gp to backdate a referral for me the next day.

Thanks Kass.

Ok after a long stressful day it is sorted. Went to a random gp. I feel bad, such a hard place for him to be put in having to write it about me when he doesnt know me from a bar of soap... (although turns out we recognised eachother and both worked at the same hosptial for a brief period of time)...but yea, he did it (thankgod!)
so tomorrow we start the next step =)

Hi everyone

Well my day was crap. It was OPU day. All was good (apart from some nerves) until I woke up from the anaesthetic. First thing I remember is the nurse telling me they got two eggs (which was fewer than I hoped) but then she said the FS was coming to see me. She did and she told me that the transfer wasnt going to happen because they had to give me a curette/D&C because my uterus was full of thick white mucus -- WTF????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Also, she said they really had to punch my ovary to get the eggs, oh, and my right ovary actually is behind my uterus which is tilted and enlarged.
THey had to give me extra sedative too.
I just started crying and couldnt stop. Now the two eggs will be (hopefully) fertilised then frozen. I need to do a thaw cycle when I get my period.

I am gutted.
I am sore.
I am bleeding.
I am sleepy (on panadeine forte for pain)
I am angry
I am confused

Why? Why? Why?

I dont know if I will get my period in two weeks...or will it be another month now??? Will this mucus thing happen again? It has been sent to pathology for testing so knowing my luck it will be something terrible.
I have not cried this whole ttc journey but now the tears are streaming down my face.

I hate my body.

n2l

N2L - big big hugs, sweetie. Wish I had some answers for you but cry as much as you like to us, we are all here for you.

Gonna have a bit of a me post too. I've posted another thread on this in the ivf discussion but last stim cycle, after 6 days stimming with 150u Puregon, my E2 was 2275. This cycle, after 150u Puregon, after 6 days my E2 is only 289. Everything is the same - WTF is going on? Even my FS has no answers so she has stuck my Puregon up to 250. I'm so scared that this cycle will be a bust to begin with or will the increase in Puregon mean that my E2 will just start rising a bit later? I'm also worried as last time I was borderline OHSS so I am scared that if my E2 does increase, I will hyperstimulate due to the higher dosage. I go for another BT and scan on Friday but that's a whole 2 days away and I am going insane with anxiety.

Any answers? Please?