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Sarams - thinking of you today. I hope that your EPU goes to plan. Let us know how you got on.
Lil chookie - I've always thought kinesiology sounds interesting. I don't know if there are any practitioners that are around my local area though. So you can actually feel the energy moving? I've studied aromatherapy, and we use a massage technique that was designed by a french woman called Micheline Arcier. It's an energetic massage, but hands on, so that the essential oils are applied, as well as the benefits of the massage. There are some incredible moves in it where you can feel this vibration and radiance of your body's energy. Wonderful stuff!
Jane - so sorry to hear that you're not happy with your FS. Is there any chance that you could get a referral to someone else - I think that it's so important to feel comfortable with your doctor, and to feel that you can trust them, particularly with something that's so emotionally heart-wrenching.
Meredith - glad things are still looking great for you :bluestick: How exciting if there were two beautiful heartbeats :twinboy:
I'm 6DPO at the moment - I took my last dose of Clomid today, and will hopefully O in about 10 days, if my last clomid cycles are anything to go by. And then in 9 days, I have my first IVF appt, which I'm all of a sudden feeling very very nervous about. I know this will sound completely stupid, but I've always had female doctors (GP and OB), had never slept with anyone before my DH. So I've never had a male (except DH) look at my girly bits before 8-[ :oops: I guess there's a first time for everything LOL.
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Cherie - yes, I can feel the energy it's amazing. The first session I could feel him pushing all the bad energy out of me (at one point as I lay there it felt almost like I was being tipped upside down and having the negative energy tipped out of me!!) and then second session was a lot calming and I could feel him just working on what was in me. He said I am responding really well. I feel so calm since Monday (that when I went last), so if this doesn't help in achieving pregnancy at least it seems to be settling my out of control hormones!!!!!
Only 9 days until your appointment, that has gone quickly!! I understand what you are saying with having another man see your bits. To be honest I actually feel more comfortable with a male, not sure why. Good luck with it, I am sure it will all be fine.
Hi :smt039 to everyone else.
xox
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Hi lil_chookie, just had to say that i agree with you about being more comfortable with a male. I think it comes down to the whole thing about having another woman 'checking you out' down there and then maybe 'comparing' :cryinglaugh: I don't know, it hard to explain. I think i'll stop now before i get myself confused. ROFLMAO
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Mrs Mac - I get what you mean LOL. I went to a female gyno once and did not feel at all comfortable with her looking down there. I did not go back for a second appointment, she freaked me out!!! LOL
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Good morning ladies
Cherie, you'll be fine with a male doctor, they see so many girly bits and you'll just be another ;) IYKWIM. You've brought back a funny memory for me. I know I posted it somewhere else a while back but thought you may enjoy it.
My clinic has two gynos, one of which had his own practice and did my first lap in 1988 - we had no IVF clinics here then. I changed gynos in 1990 as I found sitting in a room with pg women a bit hard to take and the new one had separate days for different things. I hadn't seen gyno #1 for 15 years when I turned up for a follie scan in July last year. His treatment room is one of those with an entry door for the patient and a separate one for the doc from his adjoining office. So, after the nurse showed me in and 'prepared' me, there I was in all my glory with legs up in the air and pointed toward his entry door. He came in, nodded and smiled then got straight down to business adjusting the special chair so my bits were at his eye level. He had a bit of a poke then looked up from between my legs and said "have we met?". I like to feel flattered that after all those years he remembered my girly bits but, in reality, I think he realised while he was down there that he hadn't actually asked before he started fiddling. Try not to worry Cherie, you'll be over this nervousness before you know it.
Sue
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lil_chookie - kinesiology kinda sounds like reiki in a way. I am glad it is working so well for you. I think that I need something like that.
Cherie - I am sure you will find the male FS to be fine. I am a bit like chookie I much prefer a male gynea. Call me naive, but I honestly never notice my gynea "looking", I think he must have a good technique for want of a better word. I guess then there is also a difference between in internal vs. a pap smear where they all but have the flood lights going. Mind you I went to a gynea long before I ever had any boyfriends so I may be imune to it now.
Speaking of gyneas, I have made an appointment with a new FS. I am not 100% happy with the current guy and although I know that he would probably get us the desired outcome in the end, I need to have someone who has a style I can work with. He's an older guy and I think he is used to just telling girls what to do. It turns out a friend of mine also sees him and finds him to be the same. So now we wait until July :rolleyes: but hopefully the wait will be worth it, or we get a BFP in the mean time.
Sararms, how did EPU go? Sending you lots of positive vibes for Monday :crossfingers:
I hope everyone is well, its 2 years today since I had my miscarriage so I am feeling a little sad, but not too bad. DH was surprised I remembered the date which I thought was odd. I guess men and women are different.
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ROFLMAO at MYSELF. :chairfall:
I was just reading the last few post re. Male v Female FS, and it has only just occured to me that although i have always had male GP's and my FS is Male, the majority of my internals to check for follies have been done by the female ivf nurses at his clinic. I didn't even realise this when i made my post this morning (and to tell the truth it doesnt' bother me)
God i'm an idiot....what is going on with my brain at the moment. I too am obviously in need of afternoon naps.... LOL :sleeping:
I guess because i'm so used to the girls there, that i'm fine with them, but i think my inital thoughts came generally with GP's and Ob/Gyno's
I can't even blame a pregnancy brain ....... Der..
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Mrs Mac - I think there should be a new thing called TTC brain. Because we are so focused on getting our hormones right we are suffering from the forgetfullness that pregnant women call pregnancy brain. So from now on we have earnt the right that when we forget something to just blame it on the old 'ttc brain' LOL :cryinglaugh:
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right there with you on that one lil_chookie. I think the 'TTC Brain' is definately something that all of us in here have had at one time or another. LOL :boggle:
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:wave: Another one with TTC brain here LOL.
Sue - pmsl at your story :cryinglaugh: It brought back memories of being at a pub one night, and I was introduced to this bloke who wasn't familiar to me. Anyway, during the introductions, he starts looking intently at my boobs, and then says "hey, I know you, we've met before!". Thankfully he elaborated before I decked him one, because it turns out he recognised my necklace, not my boobs LOL.
Jane - :hug: Hugs for your 2-yr miscarriage anniversary. I can understand why you would remember the date, as it's a significant event for you. I think most men just don't place the same importance on dates and anniversaries as women do. I hope your new FS is someone you feel more comfortable with. July seems like a long way off, but I'm sure it will go quickly. Hoping you get a BFP in the meantime :crossfingers:
Well, this bout of Clomid has really been my worst so far. It's the first time I've had the hot flushes as a side effect, and they're dreadful!! :oops: I get dressed in the morning, usually in a long-sleeved shirt since I'll be in air conditioning all day, and then at intermittent periods throughout the day I feel like my entire body is on fire.
I hope everybody else is well and has had a great weekend.
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hi ladies
I had egg collection on Friday. Managed to get 7 eggs, which is ok I guess. I think I'm just used to those big numbers that I can't help but feel a little bit disappointed, and I know I shouldn't.
I,m hoping for a smooth and successful transfer tomorrow. I'm pretty sure we have had fertilisation as the clinic call if fertilisation fails to stop you going down there for nothing. Tense stuff.
Anyway, I must apologise for this rather short and selfish post but I really must dash.
Jane. thinking of you. are you definitely going for the IVF?
I have only ever had the male variety of gynos. I must admit I do feel more comfy with the men, ladies are a bit bristly and dare i say, don;t seem to mind if they hurt you!! Jealousy I say.
I let you know what the embryos are like and how many are on board tomorrow. Ta ta
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Sararms - best of luck for a successful transfer tomorrow :crossfingers:
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Best of luck Sararms. Hope it all goes well for you and that you get your BFP very very soon.....
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Sararms,
best of luck with your transfer today, my sweet!
Sue, I've never heard that story from you! I was PMSLing! I know my DH reckons that my FS (now my ob) has seen more of my bits than he has in the last 2 years, and I can't deny it!
Cherie, I hope the hot flushes means it's working it's magic on you!
And as far as TTC brain, I reckon we, as women, multitask so much we just have women's brains, as every now and then, we all take on more than we can possibly handle and for a few seconds, our mental capacity turns to mush. But we don't give ourselves enough credit for how much we usually manage without breaking sweat!
love
sushee
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Sararms - thinking of you and hoping all goes well today - I know there is a bit of a time difference so I hope you read all of our thoughts before you go today. I think we will be eventually having ICS, but it certainly wont be in the first half of this year. I can tell you the only thing this experience is good for is teaching me patience. I am seeing my GP tonight about swapping over and the lack of back up from the current FS so I will see what he thinks about it all. In any case SH is having the varicocele procedure next week and we wont know for 3 months if that is a success or not (because of the amount of time new sperm take to develop) so that will take us up to July anyway.
Sushee - how are you going along, not long to go now, cant wait to hear your news
Cherie - your hot flushes sound terrible, I hope that you start to feel a bit better soon
I can totally agree with the brain freeze problem. I suffer from it on a regular basis and drive myself mad with it
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Jane - :hug: for you for the other day. I did not see that post when I popped in quickly yesterday, I'm sorry lovely. I am not surprised you remembered that date at all. Whilst males do remember these things they seem to struggle with the finer points sometimes, where we as females can remember things very very specifically.
Although thats quite the opposite from what we have been talking about in here with our forgetfulness, it's like one extreme to the other!!!!
Cherie - Hot flushes you poor thing they really are the worst.
sararms - Hope everything went well with the transfer :crossfingers:
Hello to *Shan* the artist formally known as mrs mac!!!
xox
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You beat me to it lil_chookie. I have only just read my email that my change has come through.... thanks anyways.
So guys, if you have read lil-chookies post, you will be aware that i've changed my username from Mrs Mac to *Shan*. I figured it was just easier as you all know me as shan anyway.
Now i am just waiting to have my platinum membership processed and getting my avatar. Can't wait to see what i'll look like..... At least in avatar land i can be skinny and georgeous..LOL
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Hi girls,
I'm a bust this cycle, my lovely ovaries are in need of some tlc with a proder. Booked in for another ovarian drilling :cry: just waiting on dates.
Hopefully then the FSH wont turn me into a ranting, depressed emotional girl.
Wishing you all the best with upcoming transfers and OPU's
Bec
*I got some good news about a friend that had poor stim response (2 Stim cycles no eggies) she got a PU of 9 \:D/ I'm so happy for her
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Just locking this thread, ladies. Please find the new thread for the month HERE
love
sushee
