LTTTC Two Week Wait - June 08

Sorry, I am not the one to bring good news into this thread. Really wish I was but I am 99.5% sure I am out for this month. Only 11dpo but I am gettin g those AF feelings. I have been pg enough times to know this is NOT how I would feel if UTD. Got a BFN on a HPT tonight which just confirms what I aready suspected all day today. I know I will get a dozen people tell me they or someone they know didn't get a BFP until after AF due etc etc but I truly do know my body and I KNOW this is not going to be it for me. I am far more devastated than I expected. I think I had convinced myself It would all work out this time.
I am going to cancel my BT on MOn - can't bear to drive all the way in just for someone else to tell me the bad news. However, I will likely jump straight back into another OI/IUI cycle. Not that I really feel like goign through it all yet again, but I am just soooo desperate to be pg and have another baby. My DH would call me obsessed and maybe he is right but nothing else will make me happy.
Sorry to ramble on, I am just so, so down about it all tonight. I can't help still thinking about my twins. I should have been 20w pg by now - just want them back!

Oh Meredith.. just popped in to have a browse on how all doing and saw your posting... please hope its not AF.. but i do definitely know that awful sinking feeling. Oh... I don't know what to say, but i am thinking of you and all others in that sad place.. am still right in the middle of it myself; exhausted and feeling ill and not being able to rest properly .. just so sad for all ..

Words fail me .. what an awful reality this road is.. but there are those who get the miracle they are so hoping for, in fact most in the end. Care and comfort to all xxx

Best wishes for your BT tomorrow rach!! My fingers and toes are crossed for you.

Hi everyone,
Sadly, not a lot of BFP in here.

Rach: I hope your BT goes really well tomorrow, all the very best of luck to you. Hope that you break the trend in this thread and give us all some fantastic news!!:dance:
:pray: for you to get your :bfp:

Can't wait to hear your news :crossfingers:

AFM: I have 6 more sleeps til my BT :crossfingers: Not feeling any symptoms so not feeling very positive but AF is not here and doesn't feel like it's coming yet so that's gotta be a plus!

Hey Guys

Thanks for your wishes but I'm out too! Will now wait a while (Jan/Feb) due to uni! I'm so so close to finishing and just need to do it!!!!

Goodluck to everyone else :hug:....What a crappy month it has been hey??

Rach xx

Hi.. sorry Rach.. hope you are doing ok? :(

Tigergal.. must be you!.. the odds are so stacked against you having BFN too.. and as you dont have any AF symptoms yet.. hold your nerve and stay calm if possible! :pray::pink-babydust::crossfingers::stickyvibesgirl:

AFM still lurking here as dont know where to go next.. cant face phoning my clinic to speak to them about 'a next time' as there might not be one.. so could be end of the road.. but still thinking of you all and wishing everyone lots of baby wishes.. next month will buck the trend and see you ALL announcing your proud pregnancies!!

xxxxxxxxxx

:hug: for you Rach, Sorry to hear that. What's next for you?

I hope you are doing OK at this difficult time. :)

So quiet in here. Anyone else around to liven the place up a bit???

I will be joining the TWW tomorrow :hooray: hope there will be some lovely folk to join in with me ;)

xx

Hi Everyone

This is the first time I am writing the the 2WW forum.

This is my 2nd go at IUI and I got insemenated today so I am now officially in the 2WW.

Keeping my fingers crossed things work out otherwise we are moving to IVF in my next cycle.

I guess I have 14 days to analyse every sign my body shows, and agonise whether it is a sign of pregnancy. Fun and games again!

Looking forward to hearing from others going through the same thing, it will be nice to be able to compare notes and go crazy together :p

Hi luckystrike

Hope this is your last TWW. I to am in the TWW however we are currently not recieving treatment. Having a break until october as was sick of how crap the drugs were making me feel. As we have done 4 stim cycles back to back the clinic have told me I will be very fertile for the next couple of months. So here we are in the TWW again but not to +ve as already have AF signs and had some spoting 2-3dpo.What a miricle it would be to fall naturally after so many failed attempts. Good luck to al those in the TWW.

Hi Luckystrike, YAY Company!!!

I had my ET today. 2 embies, hoping on a frostie or two if possible - I will find out tomorrow.

Lets have fun and keep the crazy bugs at bay!
xx

Hi Girls... just thought I would drop in and say that I will be joining you on Wednesday! After much time spent trying to thicken up my lining, I am finally ready for FET :dance:

So here are lots of :stickyvibesgirl: to Dusty, Saph and Luckystrike and I will be joining you very shortly!

Janie xxx

Hi everyone...I officially join in the TWW as of today, just had my ET this morning.
Right now I feel hopeful and excited and also nervous.
The doctors say I can keep doing normal things, but I have decided to reduce the amount of exercise I do. I have been through the TWW before, but only when we were TTC naturally, before the ectopic. It's much different now!

Good luck Dusty, Saph and Luckstrike and Janie looking forward to seeing you here wednesday! :)

yay more company! :welcome:

hi saph and possums. wishing you a quick TWW.
janie good luck for wednesday - thanks for your message in my journal :hug:

how are you feeling luckystrike?

all normal here, unfortunately my two remaining embies didn't make the freeze. it would be nice just once but hey, we have two healthy embylets on board!
xx

ooohhhh its getting exciting in here! I'm so pleased that there are others going into the TWW at the same time as me. It was so quiet in here for a while.

Possums - how fantastic that you have your lovely embie on board! :pray: that it is a sticky one.

Dusty - no problems about the note, you and your sister are really inspiring. I so hope that your 2 embies are lovely sticky ones. You really deserve it :hug:

to all of you :stickyvibesgirl::stickyvibesgirl:

Can't wait to join you in here on Wednesday. Make sure you all put up your BT dates so we can start to keep track of when all the happy news will start rolling in.

Janie xxx

Am feeling impatient and distracted already!! and washing from excited and positive :dance:, to nervous. :rolleyes: Need to calm down...lol

Oh Possums... welcome to the dreaded TWW! Everything you are feeling is so normal. It is such an exciting and scary time. In the lead up to transfer you were able to control things as you were injecting and going to FS appointments etc. Then when you move into the TWW all of a sudden there is nothing to do!

In regards to exercise, I think the main thing is not to do anything that makes you too hot. I go for a lot of long walks, but at an easy pace and find that this helps my sanity. I don't know if you can knit or anything, but I am knitting our future baby a shawl and find that during the TWW in particular that this is a great way to keep my sanity and feel connected to my embie. Perhaps taking on a task that is specific for your future baby would help??? I know a lot of girls do scrap booking. Reading is also a big hobby of mine and I find it a god send in this time.

AFM Started on the progesterone pessaries last night. First time I have used them as used Crinone in Stim Cycle. So far so good, but yuck to how oily they are and having to lie down for 1/2 an hour afterwards! And they are soooooo expensive! Dusty you must be on them also... I'm on dose of 400 in the morning and 400 at night. What are you on?

Just waiting on call from nurses today to confirm transfer time for tomorrow. Have decided this time that I am going to take a sick day off work. When I did stim cycle, I went to work then transfer then straight back to work again. Just felt like I was rushing everything. This time I am also incorporating acupuncture pre and post transfer, so having the whole day to be able to do that will be great.

:stickyvibesgirl::bluedust: to Possums, Dusty, Saph and LuckyStrike. Bubbles if you read this, come on in and post in here... I believe you are in the TWW also :stickyvibesgirl:

Janie xxx

Hi everyone, I had my transfer on sunday morning and am now on day 3? of my tww. So nervous and scared as well, i didnt get to freeze any eggs so we are praying for this little one to stick :pray: We had one blastie transfered and this is my first IVF cycle.

I have been taking my 2 litres of water each day. And have done pretty much nothing the last 3 days. Cramping has gone down a bit today. I wonder how long does it takes for a blastie to implant? I heard it was the first 48hours, is that right? Would that mean mine would have implanted by now :pray: also finding a bit uncomfortable when sleeping, tummy feels weird and sore lower back and i dont know if anyone is the same but gassy as well? When will be the earliest that we can do a hpt?

My BT is 17th July so not long away. Really hope that I will have some good news to announce by then! :) Hopefully we will have many BFP!!

Hi Bubbles, welcome to this thread. I don't know yet if we have any to freeze. They were going to check on our remaining two embryos and decide today and I have to call tomorrow.

I am taking pressaries and have found that since the egg retrieval I am still bloated and have had a lot of tummy upsets and cramps and yes, lots of wind pains! I also feel very tired all the time, which I assume is a reaction to the hormones etc.

I really hope lots of BFP in the coming weeks girls!!

I am back at work today - would rather be home, but then I would probably be even worse with nerves!

HI Bubbles, good to see you here. Lots of :stickyvibesgirl: for you!

I don't know when a Blastie implants I am afraid, but in regards to the cramps and gassy feeling, I can totally understand that. I think when they do the egg retrieval that they may pump some air to separate your organs... makes it easier for them to locate everything apparently. After my EPU I felt like I had air up under my rib cage for about a week afterwards. I also suffered some pretty severe cramps early on, which I believe are from the Crinone and also from the fact that your ovaries have been pretty severely "bashed" in the collection process. Again, it took just over a week before all these symptoms started to settle for me.

In regards to the HPT, it depends on what drugs you have taken. The trigger shot can give false positives on HPT. Best thing to do would be to ask one of the nurses at the clinic as they will know. Me, I have a hate, hate relationship with HPT and have sworn off them as they do my head in more than anything.

Girls if you want to let us know when BT's are so we can keep track of them. Pretty sure that mine will be on 23rd July, but will know for positive tomorrow.

So that means so far we have:
Bubbles - Thursday 17/07/2008
Janie - Wednesday 23/07/2008

Still waiting on transfer time. Will call them at 2pm if haven't heard from them.

Janie xxx

Good luck girls,

Bubble, similarly to you I thought Blast should implant 24-48 hours later but I later learnt that depending on the quality of the embryo and whether it is a day 5 or day 6 transfer ,the embie could implant on day 7 to day 10 (some say to day 12 but my nurse said up to day 10). I will keep my fingers cross for you all. :pray:

Kahlan

Hi All,

Well I have times for tomorrow:

Pre Transfer Acupuncture is at 7:30am
FET is at 10:40am
Post Transfer Acupuncture is at 1pm

Can't wait!

Janie xxx

My BT is on Friday July 18

Janie, glad to know all the symptoms I have are not unusual!

I felt great having acupuncture after my ET. Good luck with yours!

I am having more acupuncture on monday next week.

wow! it does take quite a while! I was feeling a little grim as i thought that implantation could be sometimes like a pulling/tugging sensation around the belly button area and i dont think i have felt that yet i think. I'm trying to keep my hopes up and be positive :)
Janie: so exiting! not long now..!
Possums: hope your bubsicles make it and you will be able to freeze them both, that would be great news!
is anyone on a special diet whilst on tww, like to help increase implantation or something?

Hi Everyone and a big hello to the ones I havent met yet!

Saph - good luck on the natural cycle, that would be the best result of all!

Dusty - sorry about the embies not freazing, but with any luck you wont need them. I have my fingers crossed for you, I was reading your journal and I think your story is UNBELIEBAVLE and you are lucky to have such a great sister. I really hope it all works out for you, and you have BFP at the end of all this!

Janie - good luck for tomorrow and enjoy your day off!

Bubbles - Hopefully you wont have to rely on freazing embies, and you'll get a nice suprise on the 17th. Isnt that early for a BT? I was insemenaated on friday and my FS just said see you in a couple weeks. Its probably different to IVF, but I think its something to do with the Ovidrel I need to take on Thursday, it must give a false positive if they test me too soon.


Possums I hope your bloated tummy settles down soon, but wouldnt it all be worth it if this was "your" month!
As for special diet, I am not doing or eating anything different, I was paranoid about drinking 1-2 cups of tea/coffee a day and FS said it was nothing, so I have decided to not get worked up on all that.

ASM I was insemenated on Friday so that makes me 4 days post IUI (or do I include friday which makes it 5??) anyway, I am not feeling a THING! Not even tender breasts which I normally do (even when I am not trying to get PG) So I have to say I am not very hopefull. I wish and prey that I get a suprise at the end, but I just cant see it happening at this stage.

As for BT, I guess I'll call the nurses up in 2 weeks if there is no AF and work the rest out from there. That would be arouund the friday the 18th I guess. I think my FS said I need to wait an extra 3 days before they test me though, so I'll just wait and see!

Good luck everyone, I wish everyone in this thread gets a BFP, its about time good things start to happen here :D

Sorry if I missed anyone, it wasnt intentional, havent been on for a few days there have been lots of posts!

good Luck To Everyone In The Tww, Please, Please We Need Some Bfp In Here!!!!

Janie: Hoping Your Transfer Goes Well, Prayers For You.

Hi Luckystrike!- I really do hope you get a positive surprise this time.
And yes, all my symptoms would be well worth it for a BFP!

Bubbles...sorry you didn't have any frozen embies by the way...but it only takes one, so I hope your little one sticks!
I have been wondering if there is anything special i should do too...am just trying to eat healthy and not do too much. It's hard not to second guess things and worry, but like you, trying to stay positive and not obsess on it too much (easier said than done!)

JBM and Kahlan- thanks for the well wishes.

Janie...hope tomorrow goes well :)

Hi all sorry for being a little quiet, just my way of coping with everything. I really didn't expect to be here as we are not doing a drugged cycle and I didnt expect to ovulate with out them. Janie 'i dont have a BT date so will just wait for AF to arrive or until the morning sickness kicks in. Had it so bad with DS that at birth he weighed more than what I put on through my whole pregnancy. Best I had looked in years. Hope eveyone is doing okay stick little embies we need some BFP in here after all the BFN last cycle.

saph- i hope you get good news this month!

I just had some good news...one of our remaining two embryos A(we had three eggs fertlise) has been frozen. Yay. we didn't expect that as we were relieved just to get one to transfer.

HI Everyone,

Hope you are all well and not going to crazy in the TWW. Well I have officially joined you all :clap::dance::pray:

We had a beautiful 6 cell embie transferred this morning :stickyvibesgirl::stickyvibesboy: Unfortunately we lost one embie in the thaw process, but this one transferred was only 4 cells when frozen and once thawed has continued to grow.

I have been beautifully taken care of today by my acupuncturist with both a pre-transfer and a post-transfer session. I am so pleased that I decided to take a day off this time. I really felt rushed the last time and did not want to feel like that again.

:stickyvibesgirl::pink-babydust: to everyone.

Janie xxx

We must have posted at the same time Possums... Hooray for your little frostie :dance::clap:

Janie xxx

glad it all went well today Janie! I am finding the acupuncture great too...and I am sure the little embies appreciate the extra energy flow :)

Hi all, been MIA while waiting for some TWW symptom action but have decided to move on and just get through the next week until BT (16th).

Janie, yay on your FET a lovely 6 cell sounds great. Arielle got UTD with a similar embie! Sorry about your other frostie. It must have been a dissapointment for you. AP both before and after must have been wonderful. I call AP my bliss session, so glad you gave yourself the time to experience it. Can only be helpful IMO.

Bubbles, a blastie is a great outcome. Sorry you didn't get any into the freezer but hopefully this will be the one for you. Rest up, also you can feel the after effects of EPU for quite a while sometimes. Drink lots of water too to help with any mild overstimulation.

Possums, well done on the frostie! How nice to receive good news on this journey. We need to embrace and celebrate when it does happen :cheer:. Yay on the AP too - yum!

Luckystrike, thanks for your words hun. I am very lucky to have such wonderful sisters (the other is UTD ATM). I hope they don't push your BT too far out. I have found being insistent and firm with my clinic sometimes gets them to bring BT forward so I can have peace of mind.

Saph, cheering you on quietly. Every cycle whether medicated or not brings some hope. Its tough this time but we are here cheering you on.

Janet, thanks for your cheers hun!

Kahlan, thanks for that info. It always helps to have hope when it is such an unknown time.

I am 5 days past ET. No symptoms except some little cramping from pessaries. I had a bit of a freak out the other day when I suddenly though perhaps the pessaries were supposed to be inserted like suppositories but nurse calmed me down. Janie I am only on 200mg 2xday. 6 sleeps for me....counting down...

xx

Morning all

Just popped in for a quick hello before I go to work.
How is everyone going, has anyone had any symptoms/fellings yet?

I dont have anything exciting to report. I took my shot of ovidrel this morning and still waiting for a sign of SOMETHING, but so far big fat NOTHING.

I guess if there is no AF in a week, things might start to look a little more positive.

Sorry no personals today, been a little busy lateley.
Hope you all have a nice day, and :goodluck2: to all!

Morning all, hope everyone is having a great day.

LuckyStrike and Dusty - I feel nothing also. I know it is only the day after my transfer, but when I did my stim cycle, I was still recovering from EPU when I had transfer and the Crinone was giving me all sorts of cramps etc. This time I am still on Progynova and Progeterone Pessaries, but they really aren't having any effect on me so far. I guess I should be thankful that I feel so normal, but I sort of wish that I felt something.

Possums and Bubbles - I hope you are both well and keeping sane in your TWW.

Lots of :stickyvibesgirl::stickyvibesboy: to us all.

Janie xxx

Hi All, yes no action at this stage yet. Still mild cramping but thats about it. Soo tempted to do a hpt, because it just sitting on my desk, but i know it way too early. So i wont bother. I have been drinking my 2 litrs of water, and was even thinking at one stage would the egg fall out because i was going to the toilet so much! Have been doing a lot of resting as I'm a housewife so i dont need to go to work, i guess that helps a bit :) but latley dh has been doing all the housework and cooking, So i will enjoy while i can hehe ;)
Awww,, cant wait till next week...6 more days!!!

Hi all, So gladto see everyone is still positive in here.
AFM have all the same symptoms I have been getting every cycle bad ovary pain, feeling sick on and off, sore BB. TMI by gees have I had an increase in CM. Trying not to get hopes up because I have no drugs in me to make me feel this way. Went to the gym yesterday and had to slow down because my ovaries were so sore. Going away tomorrow for a much needed holiday so hopefully AF stays away.

Oohhh Saph... it sounds promising :pray::pray:

Bubbles, I know how tempting it is to HPT, but it is really early at the moment. And I can tell you from my own past history that it can do your head in more than anything. If you have any of your trigger shot remaining in you body, it can give you a false positive; and then if it comes back negative because it is too early, it will just make you sad. So try, try, try to resist the urge!

Not long now until we start getting some BFP. Starting with you Dusty! You are one week to the day before me... hmmmmm maybe we can take this as a positive BFP sign ??? Dusty and Bubbles are down to the OWW now and Possums you will be tomorrow. Next week is going to be a great week - and hopefully the week after will bring me some joy also.

:stickyvibesgirl::stickyvibesboy: to everyone.

Janie xxx

Janie, good to hear you sounding positive...and yes, yay OWW from tomrorow! I am excited/nervous/anxious/excited.... the usual rollercoaster. DH and I have been talking to our little embie...telling it to get nice and comfy because we really want to keep it!

Dusty- thanks for the positive words. I had a Day 5 blastocyst transfer and it that's also what I had frozen. Hoping the 16th is a wonderful day of celebration for you!

saph- hope you have a lovely holiday and have a chance to relax. Fingers crossed!

Bubbles...not too long to go now, nice that you can have plenty of R&R in this time. And I agree with Janie, don't give in and do the HPT..might be more stressful than anything.

Luckystrike- here's hoping for a BFP for you!! stay positive.


as for me...no real symptoms except some cramping from the pressaries....very sore breasts from them too and generally tired. But like I said, we are thinking positive and having daily chats with our little embie...may it be tucking in and getting comfy for the long haul. It's so hard to think of other things... I try to focus on work when at work, but inevitably end up looking at pregnancy/baby info online, or chatting here ..lol! We've decided to think positive and if the result isnt, well, we'll deal with the fall then.
I also have been not going out to my usual sport activities at night, to give my body a chance and give this little one the best chance of staying put. I feel a bit restless, but I don't want to take any chances.
have a good day everyone. Hurry up the 18th for me!
I really hope there's lots of good news in here soon.

Hi all you TWW ladies,

Just popping my head in to check on all my friends and see how you are all going.

ALSO to give you some advice on the POAS urge. DON'T DO IT!!! Some of you know from being in the TWW with my that I did a POAS the day before my BT a couple of cycles ago and got a BFN. I was beside myself. Cried all day. THEN, had my BT the next day and it was a BFP. Ok, I know it's easy for me to say don't do it. If you MUST give in..don't take the result as a definate. I am proof that the POAS is not always right!!

Hoping you are all doing well. You all seem quite sane at this stage...congrats!!

Hugs Bel