I'd be delighted - you can race me!!
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I'd be delighted - you can race me!!
Hi Moonflower, welcome. I have just finished my 2ww as AF arrived today :crying:
Regarding IVF you have to decide how much time you can handle waiting before you jump into it. I had been ttc for 12-13mth before seeing fertility docs to get options. I had all my tests done plus more, and was found fertile, but my DH was found to have poor morphology which they later told him he'd been born like that and could do nothing to improve!! We are now up to month 15 or 16 of ttc...Ive lost count.
They told us we could still fall pregnant naturally but it was a waiting game, and we couldnt take it anymore. I did lots of research (internet reading of course:D) and decided IUI's were useless for us.So we told the doc we wanted to go straight to ivf/icsi as that was our best and fastest route. The doc agreed. And I have to say that Im glad we did, because I'm still not pregnant, and anything else wouldve taken longer.
My best advice is to read as many medical reports and people's personal experiences as you can find, and decide whats best for you.You may still obviously fall pregnant naturally,it just depends on how long you are willing to wait. And Ive heard of people signing up for ivf then falling pregnant before they start!
My personal experience wasnt that great on my 1st stim cycle, but I dont ever regret trying as I always look at the big picture, and I would do anything to have my own healthy baby. Its a very emotional trip... and now I tell myself its only another few weeks to try again. Luckily I still have frozen eggs so I can go on a natural cycle again this month, I assume. But I know that someday I will have to do a stim cycle again and Im ok with that.
Im also glad to have found some support on this site as well, and will report back after docs visit this week with updates. I hope someone has some good fortune soon with a bfp...sending :stickyvibesboy:
Me 32 fertile
DH 37 4% morphology
1st ivf/ICSI antagonist stim cycle-26 eggs, 19 fertilised, 10 survived,4xd2 frozen, 6xd5 frozen
NO ET due to OHSS
2nd cycle- natural FET with d5 blastie - (1 out of 4 survived thaw) :bfn:today
hi girls.
I'm back for more punishment. had FET last weds, and feeling OK. BT is due next monday, but going to ring the nurse and ask if i can have it on friday, which she let me do last time. Will still be 14 dpo. Cant stand the though of a weekend of torture. If AF is going to arrive she will be here before then anyway as i am pretty regular.
I am sure when i call the clinic they type my number into the computer and the screen starts flashing with "EMOTIONALLY UNSTABLE. DO NOT UPSET!!" after the last cycle when i called them and burst into tears. They even ask me how i am now all the time, which they never used to do! He he. I might work it a bit!;)
Had some spotting yesterday which was 9 dpo, it wasnt really blood, more like brown discharge (sorry TMI) and only enough to say, cover a twenty cent piece. I dont think i would have even noticed it if i hadnt been wearing white knickers. So i'm hopeful it's implantation, but who knows. Never assume anything in this game!!
So, good luck to all :pray::pray:
I was naughty this morning, the waiting was sending me batty so I did a HPT, it was negative and I know that there are many reasons for this but I am feeling a bit down. It is only 6dpt so I don't know why I did it.
JayeJaye - I had a ET on Wed too, my first stim cycle. My BT was set for Monday as well but I rang my nurse and begged her to change it to Friday as it is my sister's Hen's Party on Saturday night and if it is a negative at least I can have a drink or two with her.
Baby dust to all
Sonia
Hey everyone,
I'm really sorry this cycle didn't work out for you Goodvibes. YOu sounded like you are coping well, I hope you are still feeling ok.
Hey JayeJaye I had FET the same day as you, cunning trick to bring the BT forward. I had some spotting yesterday too.
Sonia, Moonflower, Londmiss, hope you guys are travelling well too.
I wish I could eat yummy things like chocolate. My diarrhea is still really bad so am on a diet of rice, steamed fish, crackers and all things bland. yuk! :shakehead:
If you had a 5 day blastocyst transferred do you assume that ovulation was 5 days prior?
Good evening ladies.
LondonMiss, I'm going to go out and buy some knitting needles and wool this weekend. Watch out! ;)
Goodvibes, sorry to hear about AF. You've given me some extra things to think about, thank you. I've been doing as much reading at any one time as I can handle and then I set it aside for a while. The positive thinking and attitude of all the ladies here is really helping me. Thanks everyone! :)
Ladies, I'm so glad I landed here. I've thought I was on my own for so long and here you all are, going through the same stuff (or more than me ivf'ers). Wouldn't it be great if PMS symptoms and pregnancy symptoms were different?!! I'm so impatient! I'd better work on that. :redface:
Here's to staying sane and babies for all! :pray:
hey girls, i am still hanging in there. no AF as yet, and not a sympton in sight. i rang the clinic and tried to get in friday but she was having none of it, saying she would hate to give me a false positive! So monday it is with a torturous weekend. :rolleyes::rolleyes:. If AF hasnt arrived by then its all good as she is due tomorrow and always on time.
This is the longest she has been away with a blasty transfer (12 dpo) so i am quite hopeful, although that makes me think i have a long way to come down if it doesnt work! I have decided to POAS on saturday morning, which will be 15dpo.
impish73, good luck on friday.!
jen72 - yes if you had a blasty transfer, ovulation was 5 days prior. eg. my transfer was last weds, and i ovulated the friday prior. I also had diarrhea last sat, which wasa a pain because we were at a wedding!! so many trips to the bathroom!!
moonflower - good luck with the knitting, sounds like a plan.
the very very best of luck to you all. :bluedust::bluedust:
jane.
morning all! I am getting extremely bored with TWW now. You know that advert that says "why can't Monday's be shorter?". Well I think time expands in the 2ww... I could have conquered the world in what seems like about 4 millenia.
I'm feeling so unpregnant it's untrue. I had a small glass of wine last night after working all day, then swimming, then walking the dog, doing the washing and the ironing. I decided that if MIVF say it's ok... then..... ;) and I have to say I went to bed v relaxed and happy.
Until the F-ING mouse started up... it was in the kitchen, then I bought a box plastic box to put the dog food in (having, David Attenborough style, identified this as the food source), it's now taken up home in the wall of the bedroom. I'm a v strict vegetarian and the thought of killing anything horrifies me*, but I'm afraid it's going to have to go. And I doubt I'm going to able to present it with a rational argument that it really ought to leave otherwise I will kill it, because it's a mouse. Anyway, I'm rambling. But I've had no sleep and am now v ratty.
On the upside, I'm studying today not working and the sun is shining in Melbourne. How are you all ladies?
* I should note this does not apply to ants. But I can't rationalise the morality of this...!!
Bloody hell just typed in a huge response and the ether ate it. Blast.
Anyway: highly condensed version. Hello all! I am feeling v unpregnant. I don't think it's my month. But, the sun is shining, my dog is lovely (she wants food) and today is a study day not working.
Moonflower: I've done 14 squares now mostly plain knit some patterned but they are full of holes, in sort of hippy arran wool (on v big needles) in cream, pale grey, a dark marl grey and a dark purple (hedging my bets for WHEN I have a baby - ha ha not IF).
Hey ladies,
I dont feel pregnant either.. bummer. NOt that that totally outrules the possibility.
Are you guys taking progesterone and estrogen?? Do they make you feel weird?
;)
oh ladies I'm sorry you're not all feeling 'pregnant'. Londonmiss you made me laugh with the whole mouse thing! And as for your dog being 'lovely - she wants food' SHE'S A LABBY!!!! course she does! LOL!!! just like my gorgeous dustbin.
chins up, and I hopw tojoin you soon.
Good evening Ladies.
Hope you are all travelling well today. Sorry to hear so many of are feeling decidedly unpregnant. I'm in that same boat. I was pretty hopeful on the weekend what with the unbelieveably sore bb's and nipples and then there was a very little bit of spotting over a couple of days. But they are much better (still a little sore but I can touch them) now. And I'm getting some very mild cramping. DH and I cuddled last night whilst I had a bit of a cry. Sure, I'm preempting Sunday but that's how it was for me last night. Feeling better today and back to being hopeful. Only not as much. Safer that way.
Have any of you gals ever had spotting without being pregnant? I'm wondering as this is the third time it's happened to me since we've been ttc but never before. Perhaps it's an age thing?
LondonMiss, good luck with that mouse. I hate getting no sleep. I feel your pain. Thanks for the knitting tips. Your colour scheme sounds great. I'm not sure what I'll go with. I think I'll pick some bold colours over pastel. Small children react well to bold colours. Or perhaps that's only for learning stuff and if it's the Wiggles!! ;)
Jen72, I'm not taking anything yet. I'm still unsure about going with any assisted stuff or ivf. Not sure I'm up to that challenge just yet. DH and I are going to make that decision in the next couple of months.
Wishing you all a happy and stress free day tomorrow.
Ni-night! :)
but I couldn't resist...
I took a HPT! I'm due for a blood test tomorrow. I've been on pregnyl, so I know that will produce a false positive. I don't even want to post about it in case I jinx it all.
Until the last couple of days, I didn't think I had a chance of being pg. I didn't feel like I was/am. I didn't have sore bbs (as often as I poked them - not sore in the slightest, and I wasn't seedy.
Then the cold I got over last week (two fully healthy, clear days) came back... what's up with that I thought?! And in the evenings, my boobs have been sore to poke. and on Friday morning, I was at the traffic lights when my mouth started watering like I was gonna be sick (which I passed off as being hungry). Periodically in the last few days, my mouth waters similarly (but without the strong 'sick' feeling), which I chalk up to various things. My tummy has been slightly crampy... which makes me think it's not going to happen. And I'm tired more than normal, and at different times.
Sooo... I argue with myself all day about not cheating & not having a hpt because I know how it feels to have a false pos. Absolutely horrifying. And I just caved...
AND IT'S A BIG SOLID PINK LINE!!! (next to the control line... of course!) :dance::clap:
My last hpt (last transfer) was a very pale squint-to-see-it line, but this is almost as good as the control line. I also know that I will have hormones from my last pregnyl injection (Sunday). My test is tomorrow, but the results won't come in until Friday, so I'll be doing another HPT on friday morning.
I have already told DH & mum that I don't think I'm pg. In fact, I still don't 'feel' it. So I'm not going to tell DH or mum until the bloods come back. I don't want all of us having broken hearts.
So please please please send me your stickiest vibes.
Londonmiss - you can get 'humane traps' that catch the mouse & don't kill it. I don't really know what you're meant to do with it afterwards because if you let it go outside, it will come back inside anyway. And I reckon you will have a bunch of mice...
Incidentally - I'm glad I'm not the only one not feeling pg. I've been day dreaming all fortnight about how there should be some kind of light, or blue dot on your skin that should tell you straight away or not, so you can stop worrying & get on with life.
I too have buckled despite earlier promises and done an HPT. Big fat lousing stinking miserable can't even manage a pale line negative. I knew it. Not my month. Pants pants pants.
entreat...that sounds positive!!!! pardon the pun. fingers crossed.
londonmiss...i'm sorry the result was negative...but not over till fat lady sings and all that. won't make you feel better I know, nothing will, but thinking of you and hugs. :hug:
HI ladies,
Congrats Entreat, thats very exciting hopefully your bloods confirm a BFP for you. :dance:
Well, as for me I think I am out of the game, AF arrived today. I shouldn't be surprised as I have been so sick with insane diarrhea, however I still had hope, as you always do...
Its very sad. Not sure if I am up to the challenge again after 3 goes at it. Might have to have a break.
I will check in on you guys and hopefully there are more BFPs to come!
Jen - so sorry to hear that. Very, very best of luck for next time.
Ladies - blood tests tomorrow/ saturday - also very best of luck. Hope all goes well and hoping for at least one BFP!!
I've forgotten who said their boobs ache, I highly recommend a sports bra. It's wonderful after a normal one!