LT TTC & Assisted Conception July-Aug 2010

Tantee hope that the little fighter you transferred is doing wonderfully inside you. Thanks for asking about acupunture yes I too feel different depending on time of month but I have found that it also keeps my less stressed and calmer

Loops fingers crossed that you got a positive test yesterday

Porsche it must feel good to finally be on your way, My clinic also works on the weekend which makes me feel better cause I feel that they don't rush cycles to fit in on weekdays.

Tru sorry that you now have to go through the whole IVF cycle but I think that you'll come to realise that you sort of feel like you have a bit more control and poor DH sounds like my hubby he took it pretty hard when one of our cycles didn't work. I think that sometimes evn though they don't say it they belive so hard its the one that will work that they really don't know how to cope when it doesn't

AFM well AF showed up so I'm all set to go with me next FET I have my first scan next Monday so I'll see what happens from there. I've been a good girl going to gym taking my vitamins and chinese herbs I just hope that my follicles mature nicely last two times they were a bit slow so need some help. SO really just sitting around waiting now

we lost one of the little boys yesterday.and have been bottle feeding another since friday night as he will barely feed from lily.but he is improving i think.one lil girl is slightly sluggish but will feed from lily so just give her a lil boost but giving her a lil boost by giving her a bit of sugar and salt mix in water that the boy is getting to stop dehydration.my girls took it really hard losing the boy

Hi Ladies

Oh Trubabe how sad. Hows the bottle feeding going? Are you feeding every 2 hours?

Terry - Yes it's great they work on the week end all though I was prepard to go in on Friday. I wonder if they get days off lol.
I hate the sitting around waiting. I hope your not too long in the waiting.

AFM Started jabbing this morning. Not nearly as bad as I thought it would be. We'll have our scan on Friday to see how we are doing. He has me on purgeon and 116mg dose. He seems to expect me to over stim. Gosh I hope not.

Any way EPU is a tentative 6th August and ET for the 9th August. Just have to get through Friday's scan and see what we will be doing.

yeah roughly two hourly.sometimes a lil more sometimes a lil less.pretty much whenever the bottle will get taken.im hoping a couple more days of it and they will catch up to the bigger pups.good thing is they are attempting to have a feed from lily so fingers crossed the attempts increase and the bottles lessen.i can see im going to be on edge til they are bigger and stronger so prob couple more weeks lol.i have barely slept the last two nights being up with them i can barely keep eyes open but DP is out at present so dont want to risk having a snooze

Hello Ladies,

Its good to see the roll of names in here has changed a little....i can only assume that is good news!

AF arrived on Saturday so ive just started pill popping....many pills....doing Colorado Protocol with HRT for FET (still have 2 blasties on ice)....consists of progynova, antibiotics (augmentin duo), prednisolone, aspirin, clexane injections and pessaries....has anyone else done this cycle? how did you find it?

Trubabe - this is my second icsi cycle (will be my 7th transfer), i found it a little overwhelming to begin with, injections and blood tests ALL the time! I guess im used to it now, the hardest thing was trying to fit it all in around work, even though my boss is in the loop. AND the egg collection (actually egg collection is ok.....have always needed pethedine after in recovery - that injection hurts more than anything), its the recovery that is worse, both times i think ive have mild OHSS, particularly the first time (18 eggs, 12 the second time). Make sure you leave yourself at least 4 days to recouperate at home - the bloating is pretty awful.....you'll need lots of water and protein. EPU is by far the worst bit, after that the rest is a walk in the park! Goodluck!

Loops - FX for you GL

Hello ladies,

Sadly I am back again. My TWW that turned into a 3WW has ended with less that optimal results. AF has start rearing her ugly head. I am strangely calm about it. The limbo was the worst and know I can move forward. As my DH said last night this is only my first round of ICSI so now we know what happens and how my body will react so the FS will now know how better to manage it. Sometimes he is just the most amazing man.

I will catch up with perssies in the next couple of days as I am flat out at the moment.

Cheers all

WAMM so sorry that you had to join us back in this thread. Your DH sounds wonderful and understanding its great that you have his support. We all understand and know how you feel and its reallu important that you allow yourself time to think about it and be kind to yourself.

Porsche glad to hear that your doing ok with the injections looks like you and I will be cycling pretty close to each other this month. I'm only doing a FET so don't have to go through all the stuff you do I guess I'll know at scan time how close I am to transfer. Judging on past cycles it should be close to the 8th or 9th

Trubabe sounds like those little pups are giving you heaps of practice for when you have your own little one with all the round the clock feeds. Hope that the rest of them all make it through strong and healthy

Hi to everyone else

Hi all,

My Hubby and i have been trying have a bub for about 2 1/2 yrs starting seeing our ivf specialist january 2009
with mild POS did all the scans every SINGLE month until Sept when i was put on Clomid for the first time
and fell pregnant, unfortunatly a week later i had a little bleeding and was told i had a miscarriage however it ended up being a ectopic pregnancy and lost our baby and a tube and my appendix, so we began the fun road of
IVF. anyway had our eggs removed in Jan 2010. 22 of them only 13 survived but i had developed ovarian
hyper stim so they wouldnt put 1 back in until the next month but i was getting married at start of feb so had to wait another month anyway long storey everyone has been or going through short we are on our 4th attempt all
have been day 2 frozen embies this time its a thawed blastocyst which hopefull will create a new life, i am 28
my hubby 32 and we have our fingers crossed
I have my blood test this friday at 7 .30am so will get results after 2pm but i do usually get AF the day before
the blood test not this time i hope, i did have pregnyl on day 4 and day 8 so my Boobs are killing me they are
sooooooo sore even to walk anyway thats my storey thank you for listening, i cant sleep at the hopefull excitement
im so sorry to read about the loss of you your baby

Hi Ladies
Just a quick one from me today - will do persies tomorrow.

Did POAS on Friday night in the end - about 8 or 9DPO and wouldnt you know it BFN. Still no AF, if she's coming I reckon she'll be here by Wed, Thursday. BB's are very sore now - very strange and Im still getting weird tummy pains and i feel very bloated. Really dont know what my body is doing. Im hoping the test was too early but not getting hopes up too much because Fri there wasnt even a hint of a 2nd line :( And Sunday I went to my friends sons 1st birthday and me and DH were the only ones our age without kids there or pregnant - it was very tuff and there were about 20kids there.

GL with the pups Trubabe, esp the sick one.

Hey Ladies,

I just wanted to pop in and say hi. I haven't been on BB much the last couple of weeks as I'm trying to get my mind off things while I wait wait wait to start my next cycle. I'm still wait wait waiting for my hcg to drop below 5 after my mc 3 weeks ago, then I'll have to sit around wait wait waiting for one month before doing another ivf cycle (natural FET this time). So..... it's not that I don't care how you are all going it's just that it's going to be at least 6 weeks before I can even start a cycle, let alone have my big BT so was just trying to stay sane.

Loops - what a horrible day you must have had on Sunday - how are you feeling now? (I always find it's the days after an event like that which can be tough - thinking of you!). Sorry about your bfn - but you know as well as I do that it aint over yet sista. FX

Wanta - so sorry mate - are you going straight into another round?

Sorry, not going to do more persies because then I'll be hooked again. Good luck ladies!!!! I hope when I'm back here you've all moved onto the pg threads

Hi Lovely Ladies
Trueblue ~ Anytime hun. I forgot you had already been on Synarel - oops. This time it wont be so bad then. Sorry to hear DH not taking it all so well - tell him I say hi and hang in there - hugs.
xo We'll have to catch up in person one of these days - its been ages. Are you gunna be going to any Ute shows when they start up?

Tantee ~ thanks for your wishes hun. Glad to hear about your little fighting embie, im sure its trying to fight in there, FX tight! Yeh with the FB advertising - I do find that. I think you only have to click on something once and it keeps coming up with the advertisements.

Terry ~ thanks! Happy you can get started again hun and good on ya with the health kick. Hoping it all goes quick and you get your BFP very very soon.

Trubabe ~ Sorry about your little pup, hope everything is ok with the others today. And how is everything else?

Porche ~ All the best for Friday's scan, hoping you have some good follies growing! GL and FX

Sarah ~ Thanks heaps! GL with your cycle. No I havent even heard of a cycle like that - hoping it works well, FX and GL

Wantaminime ~ Sorry hun you have had to come back in here and not pg threads and that it has been a bumpy couple of weeks. :hug: Glad you can look forward though hun, good on ya!

Coll ~ welcome. Very sorry about your ectopic. I thought I had an ectopic last IVF but it turned out just a missed m/c, I know how painful it all is - hugs.
This cycle is sounding positive for you though - FX and all the best :stickyvibesgirl::stickyvibesboy:

Kaybee ~ Completely understand hun, no need to apologise. I remember waiting for that HCG to go under 5, the whole waiting is agonising esp considering the loss etc. Feeling for you :hug:
Perhaps get out and about and keep your mind off things, have some drinks etc. Then the time will pass before you know it. Hope it goes quick hun and you get your lil miracle very soon. xo

AFM ~ Had little bit of pink spotting yestie, headache this morning, sore lower back so def think AF will arrive today or tomorrow :( Oh well just have to keep busy and hope time goes quick and before we know it we are in Sept/Oct and we have started our next IVF! Oh and at least this time AF will be right on time - back to normal since after m/c

Hi to anyone ive missed, hope everyone is doing well :grouphug:

thanks loops.they are all doing ok.got a couple that still manage to be drama queens sooking with a mouthful of teat lmao.our bottle fed bubba i think reckons he has me wrapped around his paw lol.last night i actually got to sleep in our bed again instead of lounge and he is now on a schedule feeding every three hours give or take half an hour.he likes to be a gymnast now when having bottle starting on his belly and ending up on his side or back like a turtle lol.he discovered if he head butts teat i get sprayed with formula so keeps doing it and when he needed fluids he would take bottle at any temp but now will only have it if its warmed.DP found it quite amusing last night seeing me have to burp the pup.they are nicknamed after alvin and chipmunks/chipettes and bottle fed boy is simon though DP also calls him rocky since he is a fighter after everything on weekend. as for me i am still catching up on sleep and finally got some me time last night to relax and give myself a break from puppy duties lol.had a nice long soak in bath and even got to shave my legs :) and got to snuggle up to DP last night. bought a blood glucose monitor yesterday as my last blood test my fasting glucose level was high,plus with my mum having diabetes and it being in DPs family too thought it would be a good idea.got it for $20 and once i paid for it and they were bagging it up i got a free mp3 player with it,like clip on ipod shuffle. mum starts radium here in bris two weeks from yesterday so will get to see more of her while she is down :) better run its bottle time again.

Thanks Loops 12 Im sorry to hear about the dreaded AF but at least your bod is getting back to normal not that i really think our poor bodies will ever be back to normal with all the meds and poking and proding but never the less its good that it is.
Im trying to stay hopeful, i get twinges every now and then and my hope diminishes in an instant unfortunatley but being on pregnyl is a real drag i dont know what the hec my body is doing:dunno: but i have my acupuncture thurs night if AF hasnt arrived ill feel a little bit more optimistic anyway must be off good luck to everyone
and to all of you :bluedust::pink-babydust::stickyvibesgirl::stickyvibesboy::crossfi ngers::crossfingers:

Kaybee - Yes we are hoping to go straight into a new round. Not sure of the protocol. Had to have another BT this morning but we all know the result of that.... We only ended up with one embie last round so we will have to go a full stim again.

Tantee - How is it going???? When are you going for transfer. I am sure you said but I can't remember now as I am typing. Goodluck with it all.

Trubabe. Congrats on the pups. Babies of any type are a good distraction and are always beautiful

Loops - Sorry to here about af coming Lovey. Big hugs to you. Look forward to your IVF. I know myself that I am looking forward to being drug free for at least a little while. Even tho DH says I have no right to complain as I want this. lol It is still nice not to have to do anything and to have a little winge.

AFM- AF has arrived in full now and am feeling rather sorry for myself. So much for feeling calm yesterday. So I decided to play hooky today and when shopping for a new laptop. Shopping should so have a medicare rebate as it is a therapy. Will be speaking to the clinic this arvo to be told something I already know and find out where we go from here I hope.

Have a good day all. Good luck to all you lovely ladies I have forgotten. I will endeavour to remember you next time.

Cheers

i found simon hanging off lilys teat a lil while ago sucking like there is no tomorrow lol and earlier when i checked on him i think he maybe had just been on lily then too.its made my day,after what he was like on weekend to now.will still offer bottle some over next few days just to be sure but i think its pretty safe to say i have saved his life.iafter the feed he just had i tried putting him on the kitchen scales i bought for weighing them and he wiggled and squirmed so i couldnt get a reading then decided to use it as a port a loo just before i was going to pick him up to put him back with lily

Hi girls!!!

Well we had our appointment with the FS today. They have put me on Synarel....yuck!!! I start the injections on Puregon on 4th August. Yay I finally feel like something is happening!

Amy - It is great when something starts happening. Very exciting. Hope it goes well for you.

Hi everyone
Could someone please help me with a few things
does Pregnyl delay your AF?