LTTTC Two Week Wait - Feb 2008 #3

ATT - if its 15d since iui then you should have had AF by now so that seems really, really promising!! I don't know how you can hold out on POAS but good on you if you can. I must admit, I preferrred to be prepared for BFN (or BFP) prior to BT but thats just me.

Mon - oooh the temptation of POAS. So hard to hold out eh. If you are going to then I would say wait till tomorrow am to give it the best chance.

Deni - thats a great rise in HCG. very reassuring.
I am having another one on friday. I pushed them to do it early due to my history. I just really need some reassurance.

Hoping to see some more BFPs very soon

Hi girls

It's all over. AF has just arrived. Thanks for all your support and best wishes. I wish all the TWW'ers lots of luck and I'll be keeping my fingers crossed for all of you.


Mon
xxx

Mon I'm so sorry to hear AF has arrived. I know that nothing anyone says can help with the way you are feeling at the moment, but I send you lots of love and the best wishes for your next cycle. You have been a great support to us TWWers and know that we are here for you at this time.

Salt I know what you are going through with your SIL. My younger sister announced to me about 4 weeks ago (when I was going through the last cycle), that she had fallen pregnant without actively trying (she is now around 8-9 weeks so still very early on). Although I am so happy for her and know that she deserves this and will be an amazing Mum, it brings home to me how hard this is for us. I cried a lot around that time and when that cycle did not work I was devastated (I think all the more because she was pregnant). I too am not on IVF at present, I am undergoing OI. I think that if you are feeling that it is time to take that next step then you should talk to your FS, they should be able to advise you what is best.

Meredith that is fantastic news about your BFP. Here are lots of :stickyvibesgirl: Here's hoping that more of us will join you.

ATT Just remember that a lot of those AF feelings are the feelings that you get when in early pregnancy. I will be :pray: for you.

Deni it is fantastic news about your levels! All the best for an enjoyable pregnancy.

All the best Miss C and Scooby... I hope the TWW goes quickly.

Me, I am still chugging along. My BB are definately sorer today, but that could be the dreaded AF... we will see.

xxx

Mon

:hugs: so sorry AF showed up - know how you feel only to well - just want to wish you truck loads of luck for next cycle.

Collo4,

I have the same symptoms, however my BB's have been sore prior to transfer - the pessaries can make your BB's sore. I also have been having headaches, had them since i started on the est tablets, but day after transfer they have been far more intense which is really starting to get to me. I have had these funny little feeling i would not call them cramps but just strange really don't know how to explain it. Sometimes i think when we do IVF we start imagining things!:doh:
To all the other TWW girls,
Hope you are all well and not stressing too much over the wait - easier said than don i know - i really don't want to POAS and will try not to - i just don't trust them.
Spreading some :bluedust: around so roll around in it girls.

Oh Mon Im so so so sorry this wasnt the one!! Im thinking of you honey and praying that next time will be your time.. Love heaps Nikki:grouphug:

Morning Ladies

Mon - So sorry that this wasn't the month, my thoughts are with you :hugs:. Best of luck with the next cycle - hope it's the one.

Well I caved this morning and tested a day early - I am only supposed to be POAS anyway, so I figured that one day wouldn't hurt (I used one I already had, leaving the one the clinic supplied to use tomorrow) - I got two lines!!!
Now I don't know whether to ring the clinic and tell them, or wait and do the other one tomorrow morning and then ring - I'm assuming I will need to have bloods done at some stage too.
I really thought that AF was about to arrive, so I got the shock of my life this morning to see a :bfp: staring back at me.
I will hang around in here until I have had some comfirmation, and also to see the last of my TWW buddies get their BFP's!
Thankyou all so much for just being here over the last 16 days, it has made the wait that much more bearable.

:confetti::confetti::happyforyou::happyforyou: That is fantasic Hope you get that blood testr soon. As for me still sore boobies they feel really bruised. 7 more sleeps:pray:

ATT - YIPEEEEEE!! So happy to hear of your BFP. I had a good feeling for you.
I reckon you could call the clinic today and let them know. Two lines is two lines so you are defnitely pg! Hoping to share the pg journey with you for a full 9mths. Guess we would be due about the same time

SP - I totally understand how you feel about your sister. hearing about how easily others fall pg whilst you are going through hell trying, is just the pits. Two of my sisters are pg atm plus countless friends. Every failed cycle, I just heard about more and more pregnancies. I also understand your desire to swap to IVF. Hopefully you won't need to even think about it coc you are going to get BFP but worst case,have a good chat with your FS about it. If they think its the best next step then they might be able to convince DH.If I had not got a BFP this cycle, I was certainly going to have similar chat with my FS

Mon - I am soo, so sorry. Nothing much is going to make you feel any better but I hope you have a good shoulder to cry on. Be easy on yourself.

janie - have you POAS yet? We are all dying to know!

Hi everyone,

ATT that is wonderful news! Well done you!!! :clap: :clap: I send you lots of best wishes. I think also that you should ring the clinic. I doubt that one day will change the outcome of your POAS.

I haven't been able to bring myself to POAS since I did that one on Sunday. As I am doing OI I don't have a BT, I just wait to see if AF shows up, and if she doesn't I POAS. From my past cycles, AF shows up like clock work exactly 7 days from my last 1500iu Pregnyl shot. This time that would be this Saturday the 8th. It's just so hard to know if it has worked this time or not. Every cycle I have symptoms that could mean pregnancy or AF. Why oh why is nature so cruel! Why couldn't the symptoms of pregnancy be totally different to AF. It is just so confusing! My BB are even sorer today up into my arm pits. My DH and I keep talking every day to our "Maybe Baby" hoping and praying that they have decided that this cycle is their time to make an appearance.

Wishing all the very best and hope that you are not all going as insane as me!

Salt, sorry I pressed the button too soon! You are not being whingey at all... I am with you 100% (see my whinge above). Wait and see what happens in 5 days. If things do not work, then do what your heart tells you to do. I am at the point where over the past couple of months I have been thinking about IVF and my FS has also advised me to keep up with OI for a few more months. If this cycle doesn't work, I will be having another chat with him.

Best of luck hon and I will have my :crossfingers: for you x

Thanks ladies for your well wishes

I rang the clinic and I will go in tomorrow to have a BT.

Will let you know how it goes.

Salt - I had no other signs, just felt like AF was on her way.

:crossfingers: for all of you still waiting and lots of :bluedust: too

Hi girls
Sorry its been awhile and thanks for all the kind words, im feelin abit gulity as i am working a few extra days at the mo and also studying, which seems to leave no time to catch up on BB, so know that im thinkin of you all and lookin out for all the BFP when i check my email, i guess its good in a way as i am really distracted !
Meredith and TT: that is just awesome, congrats girls wishing you both H&H pregnancies :happyforyou:
Nikki: sore BB and cramps sound really +ive, the wait gets worse i rckon the closer you get to BT, hang in there
Mon: I am the POAS junkie so i wont give advise on that one :lol:
Deni: awesome result !!!!!!
SP: how ya goin girl, it is such a tough journey and knowing what is best is soooo hard, if iui works then great, but there is that whole feelin that if it doesnt yoouve wasted all those monthes :wall: i really feel for you and know what your going through, when my FS said he wanted to do more iui after my ep i was like what the.....? i guess its good in a way my DH and mum were really pushing for IVF and i was kinda the one holding back, it feels like such a huge step, but it is YOUR body, is DH adamant about IVF, or can he be convinced?? Maybe show him some stats, i have been doing a research assignment for uni and came across this hope it helps http://www.rtc.org.au/reports/docs/AR2003.pdf its really full on but if you search through you can find some of the statistic for WA.
As for the family thing it is such a conflict cause your happy for them but soo sad for yourself (that really doesnt make sense but im sure you know what imean)
Janie: not insane at all those positive vibes can only help, its great that DH does the same. Good luck!
Lissie: hi, hope you are going well.
Sorry if ive missed anyone, i will try and get on again soon. Hugs to you all!!!

ATT,

:clap: :clap: :clap: fabulous news - so happy for you.
Hope this will bring on a wave of BFP's for everyone.

Ok Ill be honest with you girls I POAS today to see wether or not the ovidrel was still in my system and guess what its not I know its prob way to early to test but I have been really crampy this afternoon and even though its only 4 days since the transfer I thought just maybe I might get a bit of joy. If I have calculated correctly O day was 25.2.08 ( egge pick up) and today would be classed as cd21 i sthat how you work it out????? anywho at least I know ovidrel is gone and next week if I do another one which im sure I will :rolleyes: and I do get two lines I wont second guess it because of the drugs. It was to early to test wasnt it????? :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

Oh Collo,

Yes it was to early to test you silly thing!!!! I Know the waiting is torture isn't it?
I've gotten used to it over the years - and now surrender to the fact what will be will be and its all in the hands of nature - not amount of anxiety is going to change the outcome - but i still SOMETIMES get anxious but work so hard on it not to.
Your BT is on the 12th right? If i were you and you want to POAS i would do it on the 10th. I hope you get your BFP - not long to wait now.

If its any consolation Collo, I was stupid enough to POAS this morning too and it was a positive if a weak one. I am now really confused. By rights I am due for AF on Saturday as I had my last Pregnyl shot last Saturday. Could this just be the remainder of the Pregnyl leaving my system???

Why oh why couldn't I just stay away from the evil POAS! I was sort of expecting it to be negative as I woke up in the night and while I was in that half sleep/half awake stage I was convinced that AF was on her way.

Why did I do it!!!!! It hasn't brough me any peace at all.

Janie,

stop beating yourself up! Its okay - i think we have all done at one time or another. Thats why i hate HPT's but they are also very tempting to all of us. My logical brain says wait for BT as sometimes the HPT's have been wrong - but then the impatient brain says pee on that stick! You are right sometimes POAS brings no comfort sometimes they actually make things worse. My BT is next Monday and i could POAS this weekend - i have not bought one - i don't want to - but yet again i want to be prepared whilst i am at work on Monday - i don't want to be negative but if i get bad news am i going to cry all over the place again???? I can't do it at this job, i work for a Chiropractor at the front desk and only one of me no one to cover me and a waiting room full of patients - YIKES!!! This is a bit of a dilema for me - pls girls what would you do if you were in my shoes?????
Hope you all have a nice day.

Oh Lissie, I really don't know what to advise you. I guess if you feel that it would make you better prepared for the results of the BT, then I would do one. But having done one myself all it has done is confused me more, and I am sure if everything turns up negative for me this time I will be more devastated because I have now given myself hope.

Best of luck

Hi SP,

I'm on the same dose as you 1500iu. I guess I'll now have to test again over next couple of days, although if I'm not pregnant AF will show up on Saturday without a doubt. I am like you, I am swinging constantly between I am and I am not pregnant.

Here's lots of luck your way :crossfingers:

Janie and SAlt,

Thanks for your replies - after much thought i know i would burst into tears which ever way it goes - i try to think i am strong but really i am not.
Secondly its a great idea for them to call DH but i would know me i would be constantly ringing him badgering him for an answer so not an option for me.
So i talked with the other girl that does the opposite shift to me and she will work for me on Monday and i will work for her Wednesday - so hopefully problem solved.
So i just hope that the pathology i called in Coffs Harbour (1.5hrs from me) will get results same day - i used to go thru Syd IVF in Coffs and always got results same day so i hope i haven't taken the day off for no reason - if i get the BT done here in town i will not know for at least 24hrs and that would just kill me - Coff opens at 7am so i guess i will be up bright an early Monday.
Hope you are having a good day girls, how are you all feeling???

Afternoon, hope everyone is doing well.
My thoughts are with those in the last bit of the wait - it's just the pits.
Had my BT this morning and just got the results: HCG levels are 944, so we have a winner! :dance:
Booked in for my first scan on the 28th of March.
Thanks to all the lovely women in here for your support over the last 2 and a bit weeks, you really do make it easier.
I hope all of you leave here in a week (or two) with your own BFP's.
I will lurk for a bit and see how you do.
Best of luck ladies!

ATT I am just so happy for you! I send you, your DH and of course your darling little one all the very best of luck for your pregnancy. I see that you did IUI. I was thinking about asking my FS about that if this cycle of OI does not work. Obviously it has worked for you, but any advice you could give me about it (approx cost, meds etc) would be appreciated.

Lissie, I think that you have come up with a great solution for BT day. I will certainly have everything crossed for you, so make sure you let us know how you go.

Salt I am with you with the frustration you are feeling. I just am so over the disappointment already... I know that I am relatively new to this whole thing in comparison to a lot of people on this forum, but I can't change how I feel. Please, please, please let us be pregnant already. :pray:

Well it looks like I may be the next one to know one way or the other. I am not booked in for a BT, but will know on Saturday. Lissie and Salt are you both having your BT on Monday?

Hey Guys

Looks like Im out of the TWW after only 5 days. Discovered this afternoon alot of bright red blood although Im not bleeding now Im still spotting a bit so I guess AF is definately on her way....... Rang clinic and Im to wait till tomorrow to stop meds if she hits with full force which Im definately expecting her to as I have cramps already... I m ok alot better than I thought just frustrated. There is nothing more we can do we are already doing everything humanly possible to start a family and at the end of the day its up to the big fella upstairs to grant us our little miracle.........:wall::wall::wall::wall:

Collo,

I hope its just nothing and not AF - i am :pray: its just implantation for you.
You are right you are doing everything humanly possible - be strong - i know only to well how hard this journey is. BE kind to yourself - thinking of you.

Collo, I too will be :pray: for you. Lets hope it is just an implantation bleed.

I will be finding out by tomorrow how this cycle has gone... I'm trying to stay positive until that wicked witch decides to rear her ugly head! It is a long weekend here in VIC so either way it will be nice to relax and spend time with my DH. I have got AF symptoms... a bit of an achy back, slight cramping... nothing major, but then I don't feel major symptoms until the day she arrives.

I will make sure that I get on to let you all know one way or the other.

Hope everyone is feeling well today... Here is lots of :bluedust: to you all.

Janie,

Wishing you so much luck for tomorrow - i so hope you get a BFP - I will be :pray: for you. Fingers, toes and everything crossed :goodluck:

Thanks so much Lissie, your thoughts, it really means so much.

And to everyone in the LTTTC, I have so much thanks to give to all of you, because no matter the result tomorrow, I feel stronger this time knowing that U are all there with me. I am trying to be positive and remind myself that no matter what result it is, there is nothing I can do now to change it. I have done everything the right way, and it is just a matter of whether this cycle will be our time or not.

Here's hoping though!!!! This is probably TMI, but I am on "knicker watch" today. Every time I go to the toilet I say a little prayer.

Here's to all you wonderful gals... hope you are enjoying your Friday.

:bluedust:

Comgarts ATT how wonderful you must be extaacitc.

As for me not sure what is bloody going on. after yesterdays red blood incidence It stopped and didnt bleed all night then at 11 I went to the loo and there it was again bright red but just a bit and it stopped pretty much straight away. clinicn called and said because its bright red it doesnt sound good but ti increase my preogesterone levels to three pesseries a day and see how we go. if it persist I will have an early blood test on monday..... any ideas on what it might be????

Well Hi Everyone,

Inow join you inthe two week wait.

My tet is on the 24th of march easter monday, so is easter lucky for us i hope so. This has been a long and drawn out cycle.Trigger at CD 27.

To all those of you who have their tests on monday good luck,lookforward to hearing lots of BFP.

Saph204,

Just wanted to wish you all the luck :goodluck: - now comes the hard part the damn 2week wait - i really think this is the most stressful part, i usually handle it pretty well up until the last few days like now!!!lol i test on Monday so thanks for the good wishes - every one helps.

Janie - calling Janie - how do you go sweetie? Sorry to be a busy body just have a good feeling for you and hoping i am right.

Hi Lissie goodluck with your test tomorrow Im having a blood test too to see what the hell is going on bleeding has stopped so now guess ill know for sure on monday...

Welcome Saph Hope you have a stress free TWW and get a BFP

Janie????? any news sweetness:stickyvibesgirl::stickyvibesboy:

Hi girls... well unfortunately mine is not good news. AF arrived with avengence yesterday. So I am now officially out of the TWW for this cycle. I am okay... upset obviously, but I'll get back on the horse again and hopefully next cycle will be my turn.

I will check in to see how you all go. I have everything crossed for SP and Lissie's results tomorrow. :crossfingers:

Thanks for all your support ladies it has meant the world to me and helped me cope so much better this time.

Janie xxx

So sorry Janie. You are so brave to take it so well.
Praying this next mth will be your last in this thread

Janie, I'm so sorry. I hope you're doing ok :hugs: We will hope with all our hearts that the next cycle is the one.

Salt, Lissie and collo - I will be thinking of you all tomorrow and sending you all the warm wishes and positive thoughts I can muster. I hope you're all hanging in there ok this weekend. :hug: Good Luck!

Saph - all the best to you in the TWW. I really hope it goes quickly for you :)

I'm up to day 7 of my TWW. I've been having some difficulties with the pessaries (get quite mentally agitated and depressed when I take them and then am fine a few hours later) which seems to have gotten a lot better in the last two or three days, so that's a relief as I was going completely nuts. FS says I have a strong sensitivity to progesterone :rolleyes: That'd be right :p

Have had light cramping here and there, which I think is just the pessaries. I have also had the tiniest, tiniest specks (like 2 or 3!!) of blood this morning, and now nothing whatsoever, so I think it may just be a bit of irritation of my cervix, but I really feel there is no way of knowing this for sure. Anyway, it was so minor, not even really worth mentioning! :)

Just toddling along, much better now the reaction to the pessaries is not so strong.

Hugs to you all,

Miss C

Hi everyone,

Just thought I'd send a quick post to let you all know that AF arrived yesterday and is in full flow (sorry for the pun) again today. So looks like I'm out :cry: I still have to go for my BT tomorrow, but I'm 99.9% sure it will be a negative. Was absolutely devastated yesterday, and still sad today, but we have one frozen embie to try next cycle, so hopefully that will be my magical BFP.

Good luck to you ladies who have your BT tomorrow - Collo, Lissie & Salt - I'll be keeping my fingers crossed for you and sending you heaps of :stickyvibesboy::stickyvibesboy:.

Vicki
x

Well thanks for all the positive vibes.

Salt, lissie, Collo - send you BFP vibes for your test tomorrow. Good Luck.

Pookie, Jannie - sorry about AF arriving. Hopefully next cycle will be your time, I can feel it.

Well for me just trying to keep busy,this has got to be the worst part of the cycle. I am feeling positive, I didn't have any ovulation pains this time. Last cycle was doubled over in pain and got a BFN so hopefully that is a positive sign. Thank goodness for you guys or I am sure the wait would send me insane.

Miss C
Hope your TWW flies by really fast ........ Hope that spotting stays away for you.

Salt and Lissie. goodluck for tomorrow I hope all of us get our little miracles:crossfingers:

PGba and Janie Im so sorry this month turned out to be a bust. Hope Af doesnt give you too much grief and your feeling better really soon. :grouphug::grouphug:

Oh Vicky, I'm sorry to hear it wasn't to be this time :hugs: You'll be glad when the BT is over - I have hated going to them when you know it's already negative because of AF. You want to keep the little spark of hope going because nothing is guaranteed until the BT, but it's hard as you trust your gut instinct about it on top of AF.

Sending you loads of hugs and comfort.

:hugs: