I'm not going to be around much either for the next two/three weeks. Decided I need to take a break from everything over xmas/new year. No temping, no charting, no BB. Just want a break and to start the new year afresh.
Makes it a lot easier when the majority of that time I'll be at my parents place up the coast and they don't have the net!
I might pop back in later in the week and let you know how my appt goes on Thursday with my FS (hoping to book on for an ivf cycle during my appt) but if not, I want to wish you all a very merry xmas and hope that 2007 is the year all our dreams come true!
PS woo hoo, my hair has been fixed in my avatar! Ahhh, that's better. Much more like me.
Hi girls. Thanks for all of your kind thoughts. I am now on my second day of the higher dose of injections. I have my scan booked in for 7:30am on Wed so at least it is nice and early and I don't have to wait all day for it. Now I am starting to worry that this higher dose will over stimulate and we will have to call the whole cycle of because of too many follies. Argh I am such a stress head
BeiBei- Good luck I hope that line starts to get darker How many days has it been since your pregnyl injection?
Willow- Please come back to let us know how you go at your appointment. We will miss you around here but enjoy a break I hope you are able to clear your head for a new start in 2007. If we don't see you again I hope you have a wonderful Christmas and a happy new year.
Belinda- That would be nice if we could just trade our bodies in for a new model wouldn't it lol. Also good luck dealing with your family when they arrive lol
Ktgirl,
I'm so sorry your b/t didn't go so well. I totally understand how you feel -- I also bust into tears when I didn't ovulate on my first cycle of clomid. I agree - this whole process is incredibly emotionally tolling! But, you know, you might not get your BFP tomorrow, but I'm sure it's just around the corner, and you'll get it before you know it! In the meantime, try to forget about it as much as possible and enjoy the holidays. I'm trying my best to do that myself!
Ooooh! Can I join the list for a new body for Christmas?
Looks like it's going to become very, very quiet around here, but I really hope that those of you taking breaks come back well rested and refreshed... I'll certainly be thinking of you all while you are gone! I'll disappear at some point up to Newcastle to stay with my parents for a bit... They have net access, but my mum is nosey, and I don't really want her finding out about belly belly! No idea when that will be - the plan for these holidays is no plan at all! Amazing enough for me the super-control-freak, I'm loving it!
Ktgirl, if you do overstimulate and get too many eggs, would it be possible to jump to an IVF egg pick-up so it's not completely wasted? I've read that some clinics will do that, but I don't know if all do. If I end up having to do the same, I know that they suggest using protection until after ovulation to reduce the risk of multiples, but with the state of DH's sperm, I think I'd just be very naughty! Watch that come back to bite me and see me end up with quadruplets or something silly like that!
I've had a huge hit on the Christmas shopping today - the retail therapy has helped immensely... sure, the vast majority of it was for other people, but the credit card has had a huge workout and I'm feeling much better! I'm just pretending that I didn't get that text message in the middle of the day...
i've been reading through your posts for the last few days trying to actually find the time to post my own message! With all the mish mash of activities for Christmas coming up, it's probably not the best time to join the forum cos so many of you are going to be away for a while but i figured while i had the time i'd better make myself known if i wanted to join you all in your chats.
a couple of you have read my intro message (thanks for the welcome messages ktgirl & mako ), and i figured my circumstances best matched those of some of you so i hope you don't mind me jumping in on your chat
ok - a little about me (sorry, but i guess i may as well get it out there now ). DH and I had two little angels taken to heaven last year both about 6 weeks along. decided to speak to GP just before our wedding this feb to see if something wrong. lots of tests later, diagnosed with PCOS in April, referred to Gynae who did ovarian golfballing surgery to make me more responsive to meds (also wanted to investigate cos u.s showed uterus split into "two motel rooms" as my dad put it - thankfully, u/s was wrong and all normal there). have been on metformin ever since surgery in july, and am now on third (probably unsuccessful) cycle of chlomid (currently day 20) - first two cycles at 50 and 100 mg did nothing and have still had to have AF triggered - have never had normal cycles, so i guess it doesn't surprise me
last visit to gynae he decided to refer me to FS - expected huge wait, but only 2 weeks, which shocked me. was overwhelmed with my chat with him (very dry, collected history and pretty much said he didn't think the clomid would work based on my previous test results - BW - i can understand why you were so uncomfy with your first visit to FS - it seems very confrontational!) - he basically handed me a path request that had so many tests on it i was stunned, then took me off to meet his nurse to arrange injections and IUI - they're not waiting long to get everything going - Jan 17 i have a blood test to see if i've had any luck on the clomid, otherwise we start preparation for injections and IUI - much faster than i thought, but it's great to feel like things are finally happening - to have had no response at all to clomid for three cycles is really draining - started to feel like something of a failure :frown:
looking forward to being able to share this journey with others who understand what it's like - DH is amazingly supportive, but he can't share exactly what i'm going through!
sorry to have taken so much space, but it is almost therapeutic to get it all out in writing so that not only am i sharing it with you all, but it's making the whole journey a little more clearly in my own mind - Hope all of you lucky enough to be going away for the hols have a fabulous time (and some good luck on the TTC front!)
Briggsy's girl, welcome! I'm so sorry to hear of the loss of your beautiful angels, sadly there are far too many women in here who can sympathise with you there. I'm somewhat jealous that you seem to be jumping into treatment so much quicker than me, but if I was to be completely honest I do know that I need more time to be ok with things on an emotional level.
I'm slowly coming to terms with my own FS appointment - it is extremely confrontational! I'm still amazed at how easy it is to talk about it here on the forums, but when I have to speak about it I fall apart. Probably because chatting here on the forums it is still very internal, but to speak about it and put it out there it becomes so much more real.
Well... the three-day carb-binge has ended (yay!) and I'm now through the first hour of my fast. I'm really hoping I cope ok with the GTT tomorrow morning, but I'll just be so relieved to not have to force-feed myself high-carb food any more!
Quick discussion with DH this evening when he get home... he's got gigs on Thursday and Friday - it's great that he's getting so much audio work, but I was really hoping he could have come to acupuncture with me on Friday to chat about the varicocele repair. I'll make sure I get him to write down the questions and I'll take them myself. We'll be heading up to Newcastle on Saturday... I was half inclined to leave the thermometer at home while we are away, but I suspect I may be too attached to it. Maybe the break from it might do me some good.
How many days has it been since your pregnyl injection?
). DH and I had two little angels taken to heaven last year both about 6 weeks along. decided to speak to GP just before our wedding this feb to see if something wrong. lots of tests later, diagnosed with PCOS in April, referred to Gynae who did ovarian golfballing surgery to make me more responsive to meds (also wanted to investigate cos u.s showed uterus split into "two motel rooms" as my dad put it - thankfully, u/s was wrong and all normal there). have been on metformin ever since surgery in july, and am now on third (probably unsuccessful) cycle of chlomid (currently day 20) - first two cycles at 50 and 100 mg did nothing and have still had to have AF triggered - have never had normal cycles, so i guess it doesn't surprise me
I'm so sorry to hear of the loss of your beautiful angels, sadly there are far too many women in here who can sympathise with you there. I'm somewhat jealous that you seem to be jumping into treatment so much quicker than me, but if I was to be completely honest I do know that I need more time to be ok with things on an emotional level.
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