i am just sending some sticky pregnant vibes to all my old friends and the newbies too in the LTTC thread. please help yourself and hoping for some more BFP's in here soon.
Vic & Mel - thanks so much for your responses. I am a little confused b/c IVF seems to be more involved than IUI....
Had my u/s and I have a total of 19 follicles with most around 11mm, the two largest being 12mm. Blood test results due to come back sometime this arvo but have been told at this stage to keep at the same dosage and will most probably go back on Monday. I don't know if the amount of follies is good or not good. I feel a little let down by my body b/c I thought my response would be better?? Diet for me has been terrible but I feel I need comfort & my usual outlets of yoga and exercise are falling short so I can't help but think that I have let myself down overall. Arrg! I don't know how people can do this cycle in & out. I feel if this is not it for us then I am done. I can't live my life like this. It is not fair to me, my DH & my DD. Sorry for the vent, I think it is the meds mostly making me feel like this.
Hi Rhi - Dont give up honey. It will be worth it when you have a bub in your arms. I had 8 folicles so your better than me and I managed to get 5 eggs, 4 of which we froze. My doc said to me better to have 5 really great eggs than 20 crap ones. I think 11 is around the norm. They just need to grow a little bit more. We all feel let down by our bodies at some stage. I am sure your next scan will show they have grown heaps and you will be ready for your EPU. As for diet, I know exactly how you feel. I feel like I am constantly on a diet. I feel like my body is just getting over all the bloating from the last two weeks. Keep your chin up. You may be doing you EPU late next week. My follies had to be over 14mm, not too sure what your FS requires.
AFM - CD4. Started my clomid yesterday. Just waiting.........
I am just popping my head in here quickly to introduce myself. I have been here before and have a beautiful 2 1/2 year old DD who is the result of HRT FET. My story is that I was put on clomid back in 2007 but after about 4 tries it did not even get me ovulating. I then did OI with injectables and timed intercourse. Great thing was that it got me ovulating, bad thing was after 6 attempts we were still not pregnant. So we ended up doing our first cycle of IVF/ICSI in 2008. Our fresh cycle was a BFN but we got 7 embies to freeze from that cycle. I did a HRT FET immediately after my failed cycle as I could not bear to wait (I was so heartbroken). The first embie that they defrosted did not survive, the second embie which was 6 cells at transfer is now running around dancing, swimming and making my life just more and more awesome every day.
Anyhoo the reason I am back in here is we have made the big decision to go back for a sibling for my DD. So I have my first FS appointment mid this month. We will be looking at doing a FET, but this time we may be able to do a natural one as once I stopped full time breast feeding (so around the time my DD was 10 months old) I started getting my period. I have PCOS and have never had anything resembling a regular cycle. My cycle now is anywhere from 28-40 days, but it is there! It just amazes me to think that being pregnant has helped my body in this way. We have 5 remaining embies and are hopeful that we will get a pregnancy/birth out of them. We have decided that if they do not work we will not go back down the track of stimulated cycles. I will be at peace with TTC and I am already just so grateful for my DD.
So here we go again - I look forward to getting to know all you ladies in here, some I may already know!
Ready to hold your hands and have my hand held as I go on this crazy ride again!
Hi Vic, Thanks for your reply. I spoke to the nurse and she assured me all was going ok, albeit a little slowly but she did point out and say all women respond differently. I go back on Tuesday and she said like you that if all looks good EPU will be somewhere between Thursday & Saturday. They want the follies to be around 18 mm, so fx they keep growing. GL with your clomid cycle Vic, I hope all progresses well.
Janie - welcome back to this thread. Best of luck for your cycle, I hope you have success straight away. Sounds like a pg has helped your bodys cycle.
Rhi - I think 19 follies sounds great! You go girl! I had 13 reasonably sized ones plus some smaller ones too so tomorrow I go for more bloods. If they are ok, I trigger tomorrow night, get admitted for my goodies Sunday night and epu Monday which is a day earlier than we expected. Though I vaguely remember our fs saying something about triggering a day earlier. Any who, hope those little puppies keep growing nicely - you are doing great hon
Rhi- try not to panic hun, its not over. The follies grow 2mm a day, and they usually need to be over about 18mm, so by Tuesday you should have some at 19/20mm. My first cycle of IVf was cancelled ( and I was devastated) but my follies were smaller than you and I had less, so there is a large chance you will be good to go next week, FX for you, I know its stressful but you just need to hang in there, and yes the meds and all the pressure do make you v stressed out. xxx
Janie- welcome back, wow 5 frozen embies thats great and I"m sure you will have a bfp soon!
JBM- thanks you are always a great cheerleader xx
hi everyone else, chins up girls we will get there
Aww, ladies thank-you so much. I knew it was a great decision to join this thread. So glad I can come in and voice my fears without them being glossed over. Love to you all xx
Rhi - I only had 3 follicles in one ovary and 5 in the other, and on collection only 5 had eggs -- and then 3 fertilised (well we're waiting on confirmation of that - but the Dr said on wed that there were probably 3 that looked good). So there's one in me now - hopefully sticking nicely!
19 follies is DEFINITELY heaps!!! I understand the fear though - I kept thinking of the statistics my FS told me, and was worried I'd get none to freeze (or maybe none to work at all!!) - the nurse was always really good and not letting on - but I could tell she was disappointed - and what we learnt from my first IVF cycle, is that I need the medication a little higher to get the follies going....
works out it was okay though...even though I was a little slow... implant was on day 22 - seems so much later than all the information brochures they talked me through at the beginning - I was having scans every 2nd day for 2 weeks - I reckon the nurse knew me by my nether regions better than she knew my name!! Lol...
Hi Janie - nice to hear some positive stories too - hopefully more of us will have some to share soon.
myturn, best of luck with this cycle, I truly hope this is successful for you. When will you get your blood test results for pg? I think I am a slow responder due to PCOS, even though I am not insulin resistant, I have the symptoms and I remember when I fell pg with DD, I am fairly sure I O late b/c my + pg test didn't show until CD 35...I go back Tuesday with a view of EPU on either Thurs, Fri or Sat.
I have my blood test on the 16th... seems so far away!!!
I too have PCOS - don't know if I'm insulin resistant or not - do need to get an up to date test for insulin and glucose next time I'm at the GP. Seems like there's lots of us out there. I don't have many symptoms - and only got diagnosed because we didn't get pregnant.
Good luck with the EPU - it was my first time last week and i was a bit overwhealmed before I went in, but not so bad - if this one doesn't work (and I'm aware that it's first cycle, so may not be) i think next time I will be so much more relaxed - cause it won't be so unfamiliar. I have a beauty of a bruise on my hand from the anasthetic - luckily no one seems to have noticed!
Yeah, you have to have a glucose & blood test to confirm the insulin resistant part. Pretty much like the GD test in pg.
Thanks for the luck, I am fine with going to hospital under anesthetic -I've had a few operations so not too fussed about it, just nervous that we won't have a good EPU & result.
16th does seem so far away! I wish once you were pg there was a big light on your body that told you! lol
Haven't posted in here for a while as I have been hanging out in the long term ivf thread. I finally ovulated today (it has been painful too ) So, if my embie thaws okay, my transfer will be Wednesday. DP probably won't be able to make it which sucks but, then again, he hasn't brought me luck the other times
Rhi, do you know when your pickup is?? Is your clinic doing a two or five day transfer??
N2L - Wishing you all the very best this time around. I read your other post & it looks promising FX
EPU for me will be either Thurs, Fri or Saturday but should be confirmed tomorrow. We are doing a five day t'fer, which I am a little nervous about b/c I have heard that 2 day t'fer is better???? Nurse disagreed with me..... I have been getting twingy O like pains in my ovaries but I should be Oing b/c I am using Oralugan (sp?) so is should stop O I thought, so not sure what is going on there.
Good luck Rhi and N2L. Looking forward to when you are PUPO!
Well we are one step closer with getting the referral to our FS from the GP. Got to get our Police Checks off this week as we are in VIC. This may be what holds us up, hope not, really can't believe that we have to get them done, but that is the way it is. FS appointment is next Tuesday and having some blood tests done on Monday.
please help yourself and hoping for some more BFP's in here soon.
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) So, if my embie thaws okay, my transfer will be Wednesday. DP probably won't be able to make it which sucks but, then again, he hasn't brought me luck the other times 
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