Meg - I am still lurking... hoping to see some more BFP action over the next week or so. Thanks for your wishes. Re the verification words - I used to have to do that but it stopped after a while...... I can't remember after how many posts though. I think it is only something they do for new members. Good Luck with the rest of your TWW.
Hi Mitf hope you are feeling well ATM, thanks for popping in X
Londonmiss my IUI buddie hope you are trooping along ok, another day past X
Meg76 sorry you have an insensitive sis, I have friends like that, one of them said the other day, 'I didn't even want kids now I have 2 in 2 years'. Yes she is struggling, but there is a time and a place for people like that to vent about their children, but not infront of me
Paula double the babydust and sticky vibes for you hun. As I have said earlier, welcome to the madness of the TWW....agonising, but a great supportive bunch of lassies X
Coral73 I recon the first 4 days is the worst part of TWW, the middle bit blurry and seems to plug along, the last couple days I need to admit myself in a Psych ward!!
I hope your cramping has eased for you, and that the cramping is good cramping. I have to admit I would rather not cramp, it freaks me out too X
Terry sounds like you need to snuggle on the couch for a while and have an early night X
I just had a shower and got in my PJ's, love to take a sickie tomorrow, but I might save it for next week
Airline and Trubabe, sorry if I have missed anybody X
No AFM thisevening, nothing really new to report. Cramping stopped for me today.
Murraycod...glad the cramping has gone...although you never know whether you want it ...or not!! 'you' meaning us all not 'you' 'you' YKWIM
Meg - well done for saying what you did. What did she say back? People often joke, but geez...if they're in the know, there's no excuse I reckon. Just proves they don't 'get it'
Paula - Hi...I echo someone else with 8?! wow. If karma exists hon.....it's your bloody turn! My test is on 5th...fx for us both
Coral - I hope you're still keeping a log daily...I should've done that, good idea.
Terry - ooh not long now. Have you POAS.? did I miss the result??
AFM - DH still sick so we've passed time playing cards, tv etc. We had a chat about the differences for both of us this cycle over brekky. I feel very 'flatlined' (I'm trying to describe the action where you move you hand palm down in a horizontal motion!) about it. Not up, but not down. I've had no symptoms really. Sensitive nipples...think that's the progesterone pessaries. Occasionally 'aware' of uterus area, but that's it. No news, good news... I think
Welcome to everyone who has recently joined the 2WW thread! It's great to see so many of us in here which means we should get a few BFP this month!
Terry ~ not long to go now. FX that you get that long awaited BFP on Friday!
Loops ~ Any news yet??? for you x
Paula ~ what a courageous and inspiring effort - 8 transfers! Hoping its lucky eight for you! You and I have our BT scheduled on the same day!
Coral ~ It's exhausting how we analyse every single cramp . Like you my cramps are feeling different to what I would normally experience if AF was due. I have also found that my pain is quite dull and in some cases it feels like I have a stitch. Has anyone else found that? This is my first IVF cycle and also taking crinone so I really don't know how this has affected my body and the pain I am experiencing. Strangely enough no sore boobs.
Meg, airline, londonmiss, murraycod, tracy, starbright ~ hope you are all surviving the TWW!!
Sending and to everyone!!!!
AFM ~ I was wondering if you have a 2 day transfer how many days must you wait to have a BT? The reason I ask is that I noticed a few ladies who have completed ET after me are having BT just before my date or 1 or 2 days after. The number of days between my 2 day transfer and my BT is 16 days. I think that seems so long???
Mel - I just want to punch people when they say things like that. I met up with my three girlfriends, all with kids and they spent an hour talking about how tough it was being a mother (they all either have nannies or creche places, and cleaners, I should add) which I thought was spectacularly insensitive. I hope your friend shapes up soon.
MurrayCod - yes. One down, seems like a million to go though even though it's another fourteen! How you feeling now?
Mel - yep, I'm over analysing every little cramp. The pregnyl is really kicking in now, I really want to to go to bed but DH in Sydney, and if I put the dog to bed now, she'll but up at 5am so for the sake of the neighbours, I'd better wait a bit longer. Yes - your dates seem odd. I thought it was 10 days for an ET and 14 days plus 4 for an IUI blood test.
We've started doing this 10,000 steps thing at work so I'm wearing my pedometer. Do you know, I did 250 steps just doing the ironing! I've done 5,780 and I only got it at 5pm! I have such a back ache, I'm going for a massage tomororow, my hubbie's massages are also rather short and wafty affairs started for one purpose so sometimes you need to go to a proper place!!
Hi Melttc sorry I missed you before Hope you are well X
Londonmiss traveling ok, I posted before that cramping had stopped, and when i stood up from the computer, I got the sharpest cramplike twinges on both sides of my tummy like a nasty stitch. Settled down now to a very dull ache..............And I promised to ignore any symptoms this month......yeah who was i kidding hey!
Take care babes, 10000 step thingy sounds interesting, I heard about it watching Oprah on TV. Good luck with it X
Mel- I have my BT 14 days from EPU, regardless of ET day, which is great as its not a true TWW iykwim?
Londonmiss- GL with your 10000 steps and enjoy your massage tomorrow, I am always too paranoid to have a massage in my TWW. Im sure its fine, probably even beneficial, but Im paranoid
I hope everyone else is going well
AFM- I got called into work today-er hello, I gave them a doc certificate yesterday saying I was 'unfit' for work today. Been having lots of pains, not cramps not even realy painful pains just a bit of a discomfort down very low (uterus area) I am thinking its probably psychosomatic as its probably far to early to be expecting anything yet anyways as I only had ET yesterday.
And in other news, I got a job interview coming up on Friday for my dream job..........guarenteed now if I get the job I will also get a BFP lol. Not that I wouldnt be happy about that of course
It's a lovely sunny morning in Melb so that's enough to lift anyones's spirits.
Paula hope this is your month my acupunturist told me that most women concieve with 4 to 8 tries so hopefully these odds are spot on for you this month.
I too have noticed that we all have varying days for our BT after transfers I'm guessing that this depends on the FS and clininc mine have always been 17days after IUI and ET.
AFM I have held out and not POAS don't want to face a disappointment when I am feeling so positive. This morning woke up and still no signs of AF. During this journey I have kept counting the days down and I always thought that if I made it to Thursday I should be ok as I've never come this far before without spotting etc.....So do I dare to dream with one sleep to go I keep telling myself I cant bare the disappoitment but I know that I'll pick myself up again and go another round. DH has been amazing now that he is back home last night he was surfing the net and telling me about the differnt stages of the baby's journey. I thought that was so cute but so typical that he doesn't really have a clue...Sorry to have made this more about myself but my brain has gone to mush today my thoughts are with all of you too to all
I'll dive right into some personals this morning and if I am naughty and accidently miss anyone than I am sorry in advance and hope you are doing well!
Trubabe - Hello and Good Luck with the IUI... I hope there will be no need for you to continue onto IVF due to getting a BFP!
Terry - Only 1 sleep to go - yay! You must be getting both really excited and apprehensive all at the same time! I hope there is still no sign of AF and sending you some extra for tomorrow's beta!
Paula - Welcome to the 2WW! 2 embies on board is great - yay! Sending you lots and lots of for lucky no. 8 and I hope the 2WW treats you kindly.
Meg - I wish I could say 'yes' to your question as this would give me some kind of reasoning.... Unfortunately though, things are all well in that department, he, he (sorry TMI)!
Sounds like most of us have 'that person' in our life that is great at saying the wrong thing at always the wrong time! I have a work colleague (she is 1 of the only 2 people at work who know I'm doing IVF) and she keeps telling me to stop thinking about it all so much as when I have kids they will consume your life... Arrgghh.... That is what I am hoping for!
I'm glad to hear that everything is moving along nicely for you and I'm 'ing that that luck continues for you right up till the BT and beyond!
I'm with mitf and the word verification thing just stopped one day... yay - cause it was really annoying!
murraycod - Thanks for the support (hugs). The cramps seem to have subsided today, although now I'm paranoid about that too... MMmmm, so where do I check into the mental institution, he, he! And to think, I was determined to ignore all symptoms also.... not doing a very good job am I, he, he!
Wow, you have a really long cycle.. mine is 31 days, but 37 - OMG! Is that your normal cycle length or just something to do with IUI? Glad to hear that there is no sign of AF and the cramping has stopped... sending you lots of !
airline - Still keeping a log and will post below... Not sure if it is a good or a bad thing though as now I am starting to compare notes from failed last cycle and am not feeling so positive bout this one anymore!
I hope DH begins to feel better soon and I agree with the no news is good news theory! Sending you lots of sticky !
melttc - I was thinking that it was along time between your ET and BT. I know with our clinic it is 10dpET for a blastie so I guess that would be 13dpET for a day 2 transfer. Lots of to you also!
LondonMiss - A massage sounds wonderful.... probably just what I need at the moment, he, he! I hope you enjoy! It's amazing to think that you managed to do 250 steps just doing the ironing! coming your way also, he, he!
Tracy - Good news about the job interview... sending you lots of positive get the job vibes (couldn't seem to find the icon for that one, he, he!).
AFM - Well, here is the current update from me below for today so far.....
0dpET - Transfer went well... No symptoms at all to report.
1dpET - Started getting twinges (kinda like a quick stabbing pain) in the one spot to the right above my pubic bone (sorry TMI) and was on and off a couple of times throughout the day.
2dpET - More of the same twinges in the same spot on and off!
3dpET - Uh oh, starting to feel some cramping - no! I started getting cramping 3dpET on both of my last 2 x ET's and they resulted in BFN's. Slight ray of hope though... I can't 100% confirm, but it was like the cramping was occurring just above my pubic bone (sorry TMI again) instead of higher up like AF although sometimes I wasn't so convinced and thought it was like AF.
4dpET - slight cramping again and secretly hoping that it might be implantation cramps although I don't know if it is too early for that!
5dpET (today) - Cramps have subsided noticeably, although I can still feel 'something' going on and I have a constant twinge on the left hand side of my lower back. # Afternoon Update (1:50pm): Cramps have returned, twinges in back getting worse, kinda bloated, little bit nauseous and getting twinges above pubic bone again(sorry TMI!). Have regained a little bit of sanity and thinking it best to just wait it out until the BT on 3 Nov, as until then, I think I will not be able to confirm either way and need to stop doing my head in! Will keep you all updated of course, he, he!
Still not feeling very 'positive' today, as with last ET cramps started on day 3 and 4 post transfer, then subsided, then bad cramps 7dpET.... then a BFN. Of course, I'm still secretly hoping that I'm totally wrong and will be able to look back on my posts and think 'if only you had of known, he, he!'
Sorry for the epic post!
Last edited by Coral73; October 29th, 2009 at 01:57 PM.
Coral73 hang in there I'm sure its your mind playing games...this is the hardest part of the TWW
AFM i'm going home to have a lovely dinner with DH hopefully our last one as family of 2 Happy to say that I'm still hanging in there and still no signs so praying it all goes ok for me tomorrow I'm now officaliiy 14dpET and 16days after ovulation..doing my very best to not get to excited so that I don't feel deflated if it comes back as a nw
Hopefully can catch up with you girls tonight if not will let you know how things go tomorrow
As for personals, I can think of nothing better to say than "hear hear" to everything Coral said!
I've been for a swim and a massage... and fell asleep and probably snored and farted through 20 mins of it! Lucky I know the lady quite well and she's quite forgiving! Tracy - I think they are quite beneficial but only if you are confident of the oil they are using. If they are using just plain oil (almond for example) it's fine. You can even use plain vegetable oil or olive oil if you like (but the latter might smell a bit wierd!!). Just no wierd additives. Following the logic of acupuncture which gets the blood circulating - which is good - I figure massage is too. And manifestly I find it relaxing!!!
hi Girls,
I think it's time I took a leap and post properly. I haven't been in here properly since my last transfer, 2 cycles ago.
I had transfer yesterday! 5 day blastie, thawed and put back on day 6.
Unfortunately, I was one of those cases where the embryo got stuck in the tube, so theoretically I had to do the procedure twice. When I logged on last night and read your posts about this I pretty much freaked out, so now I'm not feeling very hopeful at all. I am trying really hard to tell myself that if it is a strong embryo then it won't be affected my that hiccup. It's not really working though.
Also, I was booked in for BT on the 10th (13DP ET) so I questioned this and they brought it forward to the 7th (10DP ET). So that's something I guess.
Anyway, no persies for me just yet. Will try a bit later for that.
I'm so sorry if we stressed you out about posting about embies getting stuck... . Try to not let it worry you (I know that it is easier said than done as it was always at the back of my mind) as my FS did assure me that they have had BFP's in situations where embies have gotten stuck before.
I think that it was just easier for me and DH to be able come up with a reason as to why that cycle didn't work and that's why we feel that that contributed to the BFN. To have a reason just helped me and DH move on after the BFN....
In fact, FS did actually say that at least we know we have a sticky one on our hands! I hope I have eased your mind a little!
Sending you lots and lots of and Good Luck for the 2WW!
Last edited by Coral73; October 29th, 2009 at 06:19 PM.
Thanks Coral,
I totally understand. This process is so stressful at the best of times, that we clutch on to anything that gives us some slight insight to explain our situation. If that didn't happen to me yesterday, I would find some other reason as to why it probably won't work, just to protect myself. I'm sure we all do this.
I rang the scientist today (now that my mind was a little clearer) to ask how often this happens. Her answer was; 'once every three weeks'. It just happens that it was my turn. Which doesn't surprise me. Anything crappy that can happen, tends to happen to me lately (in the last two and a half years) anyway. How many people get the likelihood of having 2 ectopic pregnancies (with both tubes removed) & then gets an embryo stuck in the catheter. There must be something my embryos like about tubes. She did reassure me that people still get pregnant when they get stuck .
Now I'm starting to rant, I must really be in the 2WW. I hope I made some sort of sense.
I'm catching up on here while DH makes Tacos for dinner - yum.
Starbright - Oh I felt bad after reading your post about the embies getting stuck. It's true though what Coral said...they're sticky which is perfect! I hope the rest of your time posting on here is more positive...we can be lighthearted sometimes!
Coral - I was talking to DH about this comparison thing yesterday. He says I'm always comparing myself and I agreed, but I've definately started to learn (albeit slowly) that you can't compare apples and pears - not that I'm trying to sound all Jamie Oliver. Each one of us has different experiences even if the problem is the same and the meds are the same. In addition, all 3 of my cycles have been different, although this one more so than first 2, which is probably the drugs being increased. What I"m trying to say by waffling is to not be too disheartened about what your feeling/not feeling this time, and don't compare too much to other experiences. Easy said I know, but in this 2ww I reckon anything is worth a try.
Terry - oooohhh I"m excited for ya.....wishing you all the luck m'dear. Enjoy your dinner and sleep as well as possible
Londonmiss - oohh massage!!! I had one last cycle....there is nothing better I swear. I love being pampered.
Mel - hey how you going!? My clinic said that regardless of 2 day or 5 day transfer the BT is 16 days post egg pick up. So my EPU was on 21st, we transferred blasty on 26th and my BT is on 5th Nov. (the test is on the 15th day, results 16th)
AFM - well I'm gonna be quick cos dinner's served....no change really. no symptoms. trying to see it as good thing, successful so far. WARNING to anyone who's fragile though. Went to see Couples Retreat at cinema...there is a couple who have fertility issues....Who would've guessed!?!
Airline, please don't feel bad. We're in the 2WW. It's is our job to analyze and obsess. I just couldn't believe the discussion topic had just happened to me. If we are tough enough to get this far through the TTC journey, then we can cope with a stuck embryo! All is good.
I want to see that movie. Did you enjoy it? Did it make you teary?
Hey starbright, film was ok. there were some funny bits, didn't make me teary at all...but the whole reason the couples go away is cos one couple has infertiliy issues. Took me by surprise and I might not've been so good if in a 'bad place'
Airline and Trubabe, sorry if I have missed anybody X
YKWIM
for you x
. Like you my cramps are feeling different to what I would normally experience if AF was due. I have also found that my pain is quite dull and in some cases it feels like I have a stitch. Has anyone else found that? This is my first IVF cycle and also taking crinone so I really don't know how this has affected my body and the pain I am experiencing. Strangely enough no sore boobs.
and 
to everyone!!!!
continues for you right up till the BT and beyond!
. Try to not let it worry you (I know that it is easier said than done as it was always at the back of my mind) as my FS did assure me that they have had BFP's in situations where embies have gotten stuck before.
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