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Babytruj - congratulations on your wonderful news. Wishing you a fabulous and uneventful pregnancy!!!!!!!!!
Trubeblue - great news that everything is ready, set and go for you. I'm hoping this is the only AI you need.
Dreamrise- I'm still crossing my fingers that it is just a bit of break through or implantation bleeding.
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It's going to loook a little bit muddled up but I've moved posts from tracey2010 and Yogi Bear into this thread (on page 1)
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Trueblue, sounds great!
Tracey, I used 450iu of gonal-f this cycle. It's the first time I've used that high a dose, but I only produced 5 eggs (I've had between 5-7 eggs on lower doses) so for me it didn't cause any over stimming. Good luck.
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Tracey - Just to let you know that I had bleeding on the synarel right up until 3 or 4 days after my first injection. Now I am going to be taking my trigger tomorrow night and will be collecting eggs on Friday, so a bit of bleeding is not a bad thing. I noticed that the FS and nurse kind of just dismissed me every time I mentioned it and I never really got an answer from them just a wait and see. As for the amount of your FSH drug, I'm only on 150ug of gonal f so I'm not really sure. Good luck with everything!
Dreamrise - stay positive, a little bit of bleeding might not be a bad thing... good luck for the BT.
Trueblue - good luck with the US tomorrow. I am going for my last one tomorrow too hopefully it will be a good day all around.
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Can i join you?
Hello ladies
Just wanted to introduce myself here, i am about to start another cycle in about 2 weeks. Brief history: have done 4 ivf cycles over the last few years (unfortunately a few miscarriages too). will be doing antagonist cycle next.
Hope to get to know you better over the next while, need a bit of catching up to do sorry.
have a nice day
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Hi ladies
Hope you don't mind me moving back into this thread. Unfortunatley my last FET was a BFN so I'm back in here waiting for my next go. I have my first US on the 1st of June and that's when I also start to test for my surge. So until then I'm just waiting for my body to do the right thing and get a nice follicle to grow.
To all of you going through sniffing and injections etc hope your all travelling well
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Yogi - welcome. When do you start your next cycle? I hope it won't be too long before you move out of this thread...in a very good way of course
Terry - really sorry about your BFN but great that you can focus on your FET.
AFM: The nurses at my clinic have really stuffed me around as they never did send me a letter with my dates for the medication but I've just been following along with the down reg chart and crossing the days off and using this to tell me when I start and stop medication. I have spoken to the nurses a few times and they say why are you starting this and that when you haven't got a letter. They don't say too much when I tell them I'm just following the chart. If I waited for the nurses I'm sure I wouldn't be starting anything for another month. Has this happened to anyone else?
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Hey everyone - I haven't been in here for a while. Was hard to find with the new layout. Came in the old way...
Lots of new faces. Does anyone know of news on Loops lately?
I'm coming in for another stim cycle in a couple of weeks. This time I'm in for antagonist cycle for the first time. Dreading the 2 injections. Although Synarel was so hideous.
I have some tips for how to make Synarel easier to take and the injections if anyone's interested in hearing them.
Hope you're all well and looking forward to coming in and sharing your journeys with you xxxxxx
(where did the smilies option go?? - argh this is so confusing)
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Babytruj huge CONGRATULATIONS!
Trueblue woohoo everything is great. Praying for a smooth AI and a BFP at the end of the 2WW.
Me just learning and lurking. We start IVF when AF arrives in July.
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Hi everyone,
Well I got my period yesterday... blood test today to confirm what I already knew... however I know need to have a repeat blood test in a few days because my hormone levels are elevated (but not enough to be pregnant). The nurse asked if I had any bleeding and I told her that it had come full on yesterday - really heavy. She then asked if I'd had a bit of cramping and I explained that I had really bad cramping from 2am Tuesday morning and the bleeding started around 11am. She then asked if I had any nausea (which I haven't). Anyway I asked if the higher hormone levels could be due to the hormones I have been on but she said no... so I was wondering if anyone can shed any light on this (my clinic never like answering questions). Someone suggested that maybe I had an early miscarriage and thats why the levels were elevated?
I'm still trying to decide whether I can find the courage and the finances to try another cycle (I only ended up with one embryo from my first cycle - which was transfered at day 2... so will need to start from scratch again).
I don't know how you women keep so strong to keep trying again and again... I've only had one cycle and I'm already so over it. Every cell in my body is screaming out "NO" it doesn't want to try again... but in my heart I'm still not ready to give up the dream.
Lori
Started donor search Dec 06, Started donor insemination Jan 09, Started IVF Feb 10
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gday girls to those asking about bleeding. I just on the weekend had a semi a/f was heavy for two days then has stopped the nurse said nothing to worry about. I figure it just means it'll freashen up my lining ready for transfer the nurse called and said she wanted to have another bt done which I had today and another scan tommorrow she said everything is all good she would just like the follie to be a little bigger but she said it'll most likely be trigger tommorrow night and transfer on saturday am over the moon. about to do maybe my last fsh injection woohoo
goodluck everyone else and hugs to everyone who needs them
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Dreamrise, if she said it couldn't be caused by the meds then an early m/c sounds most likely. I'm sorry to hear AF is there. I know the difficulty of having to start from scratch each time. We've only had something to freeze twice out of 5 stim cycles.
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Hi Juniper,
I'm sorry to hear you have had as bad luck as me with not having embies to freeze. Has your FS given you any suggestions as to why this might be the case? Why you haven't had more embies?
Also wondering if anyone can make suggestions of what tests etc I should be asking for? I didn't have any tests (apart from blood tests for STD's, rubella, hormone levels etc). I assumed that all the internal ultrasounds I have had to monitor ovulation would have identified if I had cysts or other problems but I am now wondering if I should be having other tests done? If I do try again it will be my last time so I want to ensure the best possible outcome.
I was also wondering about testing during the cycle. On this cycle I only had my down reg scan (which showed my hormones were playing up as I had a lining and my follicles were 9's - I was told if any had been 10's they would have cancelled it) then I started on Gonal-F 225 but had no tests or scans to see how my body was responding to that until the scan before egg pickup (it seems other clinics do a check a week in to make sure the dosage is right). I'm also wondering if I should be pushing for a higher dose?
I was on crinone during my 2ww but didn't have any tests during this time either but it seems some clinics do a test half way through this time too see if the progesterone support should be increased.
Would love any advice about what I should be asking for when I next meet with my FS
Thanks
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thanks for the feed back
Thanks girls, i think i am just worrying a lot. Hard not too. Also the reason for the huge dose of puregon coming up is I told IVF I could not afford to keep coming back.. So I think they are giving me the whole shabang straight up... As for the bleeding on the pill, the FN does not seem concerned too much... Started Lucrin last night, and will have a blood test on the 3rd of June. Fingers crossed for all.
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Dreamrise, I had blood tests for clotting disorders done after my 3rd IVF failed. This time (new doctor) I also had my progesterone level tested 7 days after EPU for the first time. My new Dr also did a lap before this IVF because I had classic symptoms of endometriosis which my previous doctor never wanted to investigate.
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gday guys woohoo just got off the phone to the nurse trigger injection tonight at 10pm then transfer at 10am on saturday was so overcome with relief and exhaustion from all the running around with bt's and u/s's and waiting we are at the last hurdle woohoo I burst into tears when I got off the phone.... hugs to everyone else
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Hello there,
I just wanted to join this thread, though my next cycle (short, antagonist, first ICSI) will start most likely next Monday or Tuesday. Not sure if perhaps it's too late.
I am pretty scared, because of our history with IVF (see my sig).
I just wanted to express my admiration for you ladies. You are all so strong for going through with multiple cycles, or even just one.
I was actually just checking my horoscope (desperate!) and it said something about a rough time around the end of June (when my BT would be) and I am seriously thinking of cancelling the cycle.
I don't know if I can do it. I mean, I know that as soon as AF shows, I'll phone, hand over the contents of my bank account and start getting excited, like an automaton. I feel so pathetic,("It's me again" ... at the EPU: "Yes, I have had this procedure before") like someone phoning a radio contest and having to sing or something, and then failing.
Also, Dreamrise, I wanted to say how sorry I am: it is horrible starting from scratch. It feels like such a long battle. BUT I think, and I'm not 100 per cent sure, so someone correct me, that your chances might be better on fresh?
All the best,
WW
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Hi and welcome worrywart! It's never too late to join us.GL with this cycle. I hope 3 is your lucky number. Right now I'm waiting to find out if 5 is our lucky number, so I know just what you mean about the "Yes, I have had this procedure before" thing.
trueblue, that's great news!
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