Come on the 16th im excited and cant wait. Lol never mind how you too are feeling:hug:
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Come on the 16th im excited and cant wait. Lol never mind how you too are feeling:hug:
hey everyone, just keeping you up to date. I am looking at ivf. i have contacted the westmead, but its not looking good at the price of travelling down from nth qld. it is going to be $700 each one of us and we have to go down 3 times. I dont have the financial means to pull that money. i thought it was only the one price. anyway, sorry for venting. glad that everyone is going well. will keep you all posted.
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oh luvchildren..........that is a bummer.......yeah we sat down and worked out the sums as well, and it is looking like it is better to go local for IVF than down at Westmead also......after all the travelling and accomodation, then treatment......it is enarly the same amount to go through a local clinic.....plus even though we were goign to do ICSI, which is more than IVF, i also have to spend 3 months on clexane and the pill together because i cant take the pill on its own or i would get a blood clot.........think i better put a lotto on......hope it all works out for you.....and vent as much as you want.....cheers kiya
Hi Kiya & Luvchildren;)Yeh i can imagine how you guys are feeling it sucks when money is in the way.Um with my clinic they dont charge until the program is finish so after that you can pay it off bit by bit the charges were like $5000 but you get heaps back from medicare so it cost me $2500 in the end.Can you find a clinic that allows you to pay it off?i know i was prepared to use my credit card but thats just me because i hate waiting.You ladies will do great with IVF its now or never with this sort of thing.
Well come on Tuesday:pray:
Dearmum i agree totally,jump in feet first or you will never do it. If you want something bad enough you always seem to find the money. As you can imagine when we did ivf we already had 5 children and only one real income so theres not alot of money left over at the end of each week but i found it.
Well today i had an awesome day. I met Luvchildren and her hubby for the first time. It was lovely to finally put a face to the voice. I was so nervous on the way to the airport but she's just lovely and we talked like we had known each other for 10 years or more.
I will let her fill you in on the rest.
Take care girls!
DearMum.....i wish there was up here......that sounds like and awesome way to do it, means we could have the baby sooner rather than later......which clinic did you go through ???? The clinic we are now looking into is in Toowoomba (qld) and they have a fantastic success rate in older women......the live baby ratio to treatment in older women is actually higher than a woman a few years younger, and that is what i want.......their ICSI program also has a higher success rate in older woman, which is what we are needing to do.......so hopefully soon we can do something instead of just wishing it would happen
hi ladies i just read your post and we are thinking about ivf aswell but we have to wait because our money situation is not very good atm and until all that is sorted we can start looking into it. but until then i just have to keep trying! ok talk again soon.
Hi ladies how are you all ?
Luv - bummer about IVF and related costs, hope things turn better for you soon, you have been through enough as it is..:hug:
Kiya hope your journey can start soon too, sounds like you have a lot to deal with but it will be well worth it in the end.
Best of luck to you both.
Dearmum Im excited for you, wouldnt it be cool if we both end up having girls, both due on the same day.... oohh exciting:dance:
I cant wait till Tuesday.
Em & Luv, I bet it was great to meet face to face after chating online for so long. Wouldnt it be great if we all could meet up sometime !!!!!!
Mrsjac - money really is a pain isnt it.. I reacon the polies and the like should share a bit of there money around ( not like they`r not overpayed already!!!!!)
With a bit of luck you wont have to go down the IVF road.
Well I might go and have a shower and hit the sack.. have a good weekend and will catchup again soon
xxxx
GOSH I HATE MYSELF I JUST SPENT AGES DOING PERSONALS AND I TOUCHED A WRONG BUTTON AND DAM NOW ITS ALL GONE GRRR.
Hi Mumof6....Yeh i have to say im the type that cant wait to long for things because i feel if i dont do it now i will never end up doing it,im the one in the family that books the holidays and makes the plans and stuff if i was to leave it all up to DH i would have a heart attack by now hehe.Its good to hear you had a chance to catch up with luv,im doing the same here in perth with some IVF ladies on the 26th im looking forward to it.i wish you guys were local.
Hi Kiya....Im glad to hear you have found a good clinic for your situation,go for it you wont regret it.I go to Concept here in Perth only because they are resonable with the payment,but yep no regrets i have my bub and another 5 frozen bubs in the freezer :lol:it does sound funny having babies in the freezer hey.Keep me posted on your progress i will look forward to it.
Hi Mrsjac.....Im sorry that money is in your way,i hope your dream comes true soon for you.
Hi Onemore....Im kinda thinking it maybe a boy now,yeh i keep changing my mind.I bet you cant wait for Tuesday just like me.Have you been feeling your bub move alot now?i have and on the days that i cant i get my doppler out to hear the heart beat hehe.How many kgs have you put on so far?iv put on 5.7kgs yeh i really feel like a fatty.Im loving being pregnant i just enjoy my bump,when i was pregnant with my others i didnt take must notice of my bump or how much weight ect because i was to busy with the kids as they were small then but its been 12yrs now and my kids are all teenage im really enjoying this pregnancy how about you?
Well im off for a drink catcha all again next time.
hey everyone, thanks for that nice comment em. it was great having you down there. you were such a great help and there is no way we could have done anything without you. you are a great mate. thanks for everything. Yes we have started the process.......:dance::dance::dance::dance: we have some obstacles... well maybe you guys can tell me what you think.. has anyone had a fibroid? well they can remove them with an electrode (burns) and shaves them off leaving scar tissue. I have a very little- smaller than 1cm one and they wanted to burn it. i have disagreed saying that scar tissue would be just as irritable than the fibroid.... anyway does that make sense? how is an egg going to implant on scar tissue? anyway... i am awaiting af... stupid thing was supposed to show up today... when that shows up if the clinic can fit me in.. I will start my journey... i still don't have the money, but hopefully i can not pay rent he he he he.... and make ends meet.... will keep you all posted....
Hi Luvchildren;)Im so happy that your just going to go for it.
Hmmm fibriods i have heard of them but havnt had that problem myself,i would say go with your gut feeling if it gets worse then maybe you should burn them off but see how it goes first.With alot of the IVF price you get back from medicare i think about 80% so its not that bad.Yay so when do you start with all the drugs?its going to be a exciting time for you,one step closer to your long awaited bub.Good luck keep us posted on your progress.
Awesome news Luv......i can totally relate to the fibroids and scarring......i have endometriosis which i have already had a hysteroscopy, laparoscopy and d&c all at once....they werent able to get all of it and they dont try to get it all either...thankfully most of it was outside the uterus, not inside, but i did has some scraped off from inside....i have already found out that with endometriosis they just changed the way they do things thats all......speaking of which today i wake up with severe endo pain and was in bed most of the day......i say go with what you feel is right for you.....best of luck on your journey....kiya
Dearmum & Onemore i wish you both the very best of luck for tomorrow.
I will be here waiting:D
I can't wait to hear all the good news from the U/S.....Sitting here waiting anxiously.....cheers kiya
:babygirl::babygirl::stork-girl::stork-girl::stork-girl::cheer::cheer::girl:
chat to you all later, give you all the details
:dance:ITS A BOY YEP A BOY!!!!! im soooo happy now i have boy,girl,boy,girl and back to boy its so cute.During the scan they showed me the legs and straight away i knew it was a boy i had tears in my eyes from all the excitement and my DH and my eldest daughter were so happy as they guessed boy from the begining.I have only just got home as i went straight away shopping for little blue things :lol:im now so buggered i will sleep like a baby tonight.
Hows it going ONEMORE?we need to know what your having hehe.
Hi all,
ITS A GIRL
The scan was great, although half the time I could`nt see what the scan guy saw.. must take a while to learn all that.
She was very wrigly and just would`nt lay still for too long which made it a little hard to see if there were any dangly bits there !! but he was fairly sure it is a little girl.. never 100% though...
When I booked the apointment they told me to drink 4 glasses of water 1 hour before the scan so I did and OOOHHH boy, we got into town with 45 mins to wait and I was in soooo much pain I said to hubby I cant do this I`ve got to pee:redface: I could`nt walk so while DH was at Toyota I had to drive 50 metres to go to the loo... Hubbys like your in trouble when we get to the hospital!!! So we go in and Im feeling a lot better that 30 mins ago( and I had to stop halfway through peeing so there would be enough still in there) the Dr says to me WOW your bladder is really full, are you too uncomfortable? hubby gave me this funny grin. Then halfway through the scan I had to go out and pee AGAIN because my full bladder was in the way.
Sooo happy though, now we have 2 boys and soon a girl, hubby is relieved! our family will be complete with this little one.. no more(I promise honey)
Dearmum congrats on your little man wish you all the best for the rest of your pregnancy
:loveshower: girls....i hope the rest of your pregs go smoothly...cheers kiya
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR BABY GIRL Onemore:clap:you must be so happy to finally have a baby girl:)
Well ladies as for me im not stopping with this one im going to try again after a couple of months because i want this bub to have a close brother or sister but i bet my next one will be a girl:)yep boy,girl,boy,girl,now boy so it has to go back to girl.Yeh i went out yesterday and bought the cot bankets and stuff and lots of blue clothes warm and summery,bottles,disposible nappies hehe,bibs,singlets,dummy,yep almost everything now i just got to get myself a cot.Hmm i think i might have a look on the net for a cot.
Well gota go and send my son to school.
Kiya - thanks for the well wishes... I still sometimes find myself amazed that we are halfway throughmy pregnancy after all that has happpened over the last 2 years.
On a sad note one of the girls in bellybudies for Feb just had her 19week scan and was told she has to have a termination as there is no amniotic fluid around her bub therefor cannot survive:( so heart renching, she mentioned how her and her DH were planing to find out the sex and tell everyone, now they have to tell them the worst news possible.... just so sad.
Dearmum, sounds like you had fun yesterday.. I hav`nt invested in much yet but my cousin gave me her change table which I had painted white so today my eldest DS and I bought some cute girly stickers and came home and decorated it, it looks so cute and I covered the top with a pretty pink blanket.
Luv - so happy for you on starting the ball rolling on IVF. Sorry cant help you with the fibroid thing, I did have a look on the net but it only said how they can cause infertility along with other things and how they remove them but nothing about concieving post removal..Im positive every thing will be fine for you and your family. Best of luck.
Hi to every one else.
Hey Girls.....at the moment i have some stuff i need to deal with so with that i'm going to lurk in the rafters for awhile....i will read the posts that are coming though, but please forgive me if i dont reply to any. best wishes to all that are currently preg and best of luck to those who are on their IVF journies...Kiya
Oh my god im so sorry i cant believe i forgot to get on to see what you were both having.
I was so excited for you both and i forgot.See! thats what kids do to you:lol:.
Im so happy for both of you how exciting you both got your wish thats awesome.
Well better go i was in the middle of cleaning the bathroom and texting Luv when i remembered you guys so back to it.
Take care Kiya im here if you need to chat.
Take care everone XX
:clap::clap::clap:congratulations onemore and dearmum. happy for both of you...
well i have started the journey and thanks to mumofsix...... she has been great. i am to start taking the pill on saturday until the 22nd october, then the injections start and then pick up 3/4 november.... thats if all goes well.................. thanks again em.
Anytime Luv Mwahh!
Dearmum how many embryos do you have frozen?
Hi girls, how are you all?
Em, dont be sorry !!! you`ve got your hands full as it is... but thanks for your well wishes.
Luv, so happy for you hun. I bet it feels great to be starting, you have been so patient you deserve it. I`ll be :pray: for you and I really hope your first go is succesful... Your in the right place as far as luck goes, and looks like you`ll be lucky # 3 in this thread to have a little baby from first attempt. Wishing you all the best for the next few months.
Kiya, you take all the time you need and I hope you come back soon. Thinking of you.
Dearmum, thanks we are really happy, hope they didnt get it wrong! because if they did he will have a girly room and lots of pink clothes:redface: I had a feeling from pretty early on that this one is a girl, pregnancy has been totaly different this time around.
Sounds like your fairly organised, have you started the nursery yet ? I have and now I just want to get it finished... still find it hard to believe we will have a little baby in there soon....
Take care everyone and will chat again soon
Hi Ladies;)I had such a scare the other day yeh i went to the toilet and found BLOOD by the time i seen the blood it was already late so doc told me to come in the next day well thankgod everything was ok with bub but i may have an infection so im still waiting for the results.I had such a fever thats only just gone so im still in bed with aching bones and headaches,well im sure in a few days things will go back to normal.
Hi Onemore....No i havnt been decorating the nursery as bub will need to sleep in our room because my kids being teenages they need there room to themself,yeh i need to build a six bedroom,i have a 5 bedroom and our youngest is 12 so its not fair to put the baby in with them.I have bought everything else like the pram,car seat,nappies hehe and lots of clothes its great now that i know what im having.Are you missing sleeping on your stomach?thats what i miss the most,also im not looking forward to breast feeding as i get cracked and bleeding nipples for a week so im dreading that.
Hi Mumof6....How have you been?sounds like you have been getting out more and enjoying yourself?Well i have 5 frozen bubs,yeh i would be going back to have the FET once bub is about 3 months.How about yours?
Hi Luvchildren....Im really happy that you have started IVF i think you will get a good result.Its a little anoying with all the BTs but if you can get over them its ok.Keep me posted on your progress its a exciting time for you i bet.
Hi Kiya....We will miss having you around,please dont be long.
Hi to everyone else:)hope your all enjoying your day.
I have to go and have another dam panadol,but will chat again soon.
Evening all,
Dearmum you sure do have a house full !! Our boys are only a bit over a year apart in age so are happy to share a room. They acctualy decided themselves last month, we had family stay over for a couple of weeks and they used DS1`s room, so when they left the boys decided to stay in the one room.
I still occasionaly lay on my tummy( sort of on an angle) but have to put a pillow underneath. Backache is my bigest issue, It was bad before I fell pregnant. I`m starting swimming next week so hopefuly that helps a bit. Im really looking forward to breastfeeding although the cracked sore nipples are not at all apealing:redface:
I`ve gained 2.3kg since the 12 week booking-in appointment so am quite pleased about that as I am trying to be a bit more careful this time apart from the chocolate:lol:...
I gained about 30kg with the boys and never really lost it so Im aiming for 10-15kg this time.
Hi to everybody else
Better go or I wont get up to get the boys off to school.
hey everyone, just checkin in.... well not so good news. I have been debating with the clinic about the fact that i want to have 2 eggs put back not one. my intuition which is very strong, tells me that i will loose the first one. I have had 6 m/c and the polycystic ovaries with the fibroid and they are telling me that i can only have one egg put back.! i have said repeatitly that it is my choice because the embryos are mine and i have told them i understand the risks. They are still fighting me. This is puttin a big halt on things cause i am not sure i can go through all that and then m/c only to have to go back and pay money to get there and money to have another transfer!!!!!!:wall::wall::wall: i can't believe they are trying to tell me that i am not in a higher risk bracket for m/c!
Hi Ladies:( After all the excitement of buying the blue clothes and seeing him on the 19 week scan the outcome is no good.
Here goes:( Last week i was sick and had a bleed so i rang my doc and he said come in the next day so i went in and he checked all seemed ok so he asked me to have a BT and urine test for infection,come a few days later i called them thinking they would call me if something was wrong,well it turned out i had a infection so they asked me to take these tablets that my chemist guy said was to strong for pregnant women but i had to listen to my OB so i took them,ladies that night i had slight contractions but because they were not painful i didnt take notice,well come the next morning my waters broke yeh they b*****Y broke i was sooo shocked because this sort of things dont happen to me i have never had any problems with my other pregnancies.My DH rushed me to the hospital and the doctors said there is nothing they can do because all my water is gone and they cant help a 20 week baby he needs to be 24 weeks:(my heart just dropped i felt sad and angry at my OB,so i prayed he will survive another 4 weeks.Ladies it only got worse the tube ended up coming out of me,but he was still alive the docs were amazed but they told me to make a decision as if we keep going i will get infected and the baby is still going to die anyway.Oh gosh so now it was up to me,it was the hardest decision as how can i pull the plug on my baby boy.We had to make up our mind so i thought let him go back to god and be in heaven,and ladies after i told the docs he died.I went through labour 1.5hrs but i had my family with me,we all prayed and said our last goodbys.I will always miss him,i will always love him.I think he was to good for this world so god took him back.
Dearmum, I am very sad to hear about your loss of your son. Please take care and look after yourself. Take all the time you need. GBH to you.
Oh Dearmum im so so sad for you i really don't know what to say but im sorry you have to go threw this terrible terrible time. God look over you and your family at this time of need. I think i would be giving your OB a nice letter from your lawyer.:hug:
Seems everyone is having a tough time at the moment, it just doesn't seem to stop. I too have had a bl00dy **** weeks. It all started last friday one of my girlfriends dropped in and said sorry i havent been around but my aunty had died,she was only 47. Then i went to pick the kids up from school and my DD1 said oh mum the sadest thing happened today my best friends dad died, she got a call from her sister when we were in maths. I was thinking oh my god thats so sad. So we got home and i was tell my DF about it all and me and my big mouths says theses things happen in 3's. So on saturday we made a picnic lunch and off to cricket we went(i hate watching cricket). Half way there my mobile rings and says my DD great grandma is dying and to come asap thats was 1pm. So i went home booked some flights and a hire car and off to Queensland we went and landed at 7:30pm. We got home tuesday night late very tired and drained i only took 3 of the kids with me. When i got home my 4 year old said mum i have a sore tooth and i said its ok i'll look at it in the morning its very late. In the morning his cheek was abit swollen so i took him to the dentist who then gave me a referel to see a dental specialist that afternoon. So we went to that and she said he needed about $4000 in work done, i replied with "god are you going to gold plate them":lol:. So we booked it all in to be done next thursday the 2nd but if the swelling went into the eye area then take him to hospital. So he woke up the next day and his cheek was so so swollen so straight to westmead childrens hospital and i called the specialist on the way there. They gave him a general that night and took four teeth and did stints and what ever else so we got home late last night. So in just a week ive blown $6000 :wall:. Never ends.
Hope all you girls are good and take care XXX
Oh Dearmum, :(so so sorry for the loss of your little boy. I can only imagine what you and your family are going through.
I just finished reading another thread from belly budies for Feb and one of the ladies there has just also lost her little boy at 20 weeks, his kidneys etc had not developed properly therefor not producing amniotic fluid and she had to be induced.
Why this happens I will never understand, it is just not fair. Then I come in here and the news just gets worse. I cant stop crying:( Take all the time you need and please look after yourselves.
Dearmum, i have you in my thoughts and prayers. i hope that lots of support comes your way. some things are so difficult in life.
i too am having to put off this cycle. I am having another ectopic pregnancy. i just don't want to go through surgery.
hope everyone else is doing okay.
OMG!!...Ladies, my heart goes out to both of you in this sad time....Wish you both a full recovery....I wish i could be there for both of you and put my arms around both of you and comfort you both......Take care and take your time with the healing process....Nikki (aka kiya)
So sorry Luvchildren to hear your bad news also:cry:i cant believe the amount of bad luck everyone is having,i swear this year has been the worst year of my life.Just bad news after bad news.
Ladies my heart is aching for another baby,i was my happiest while i was pregnant.
I dont know how quick i can try again but i need to as i cant imagine going on in life without trying again.
Its so hard being home as everything reminds me of being pregnant:cry:
Dearmum,
I could only imagine how hard it would have been having to give birth to your son name him then bury him, your a very strong lady. When i lost my bub at 8 weeks that was the sadest thing i myself had to deal with. So you lossing your bub at 20weeks must break your heart big time:hug:. I know you can never replace hime but having another baby may fill the hole in your heart. Personally i think i would do the same thing as i think it would make the healing process alot easier but everyone is different.
Give your clinic a call and see what they say it can't hurt to ask.
Take good care of yourself.XXXX
Hey Luv hows things going
dearmum, it probably wouldn't hurt to give them a ring. I know what you mean about pregnant thing. what has happened to me is no where near the pain you must have felt. i hope things look up for you real soon.
well just to let you all know, my bloods are dropping so i don't need surgery- which is a good thing. this means though that ivf will be put off for a while.:cry:. I guess that things all have their time. Hope everyone else is doing okay. Sorry for the glummness.
on a happier note....i just got off the phone with Monash IVF up here in Qld, and i have an appointment with them on Mon 27th Oct......i'm a little excited actually, but also very scared at the same time.....We were going to go with Westmead, but since Monash IVF also have a clinic 25 mins away from me in Ipswich, they are also able to to treat the endometriosis at the same time of IVF....it's going to cost a lot more, but i will have a higher success rate with them....we could be looking at beginning treatment by the end of the year and if not then, the beginning of next year.....Hope all you wonderful ladies are doing well....Luv, it is good to hear that the bloods are going down and you wont need surgery....I'm so sorry your IVF has been put on hold...I totally know what that is like....Dearmum, i agree it wouldn't hurt to call them and get their advice on how soon you can start again, and hopefully we will be hearing you cheering in the halls with babynews :-)......cheers kiya
Hi Ladies;)I have made a appt to see my FS next wednesday,i know he is the negative type but im not going to put up with negative,i will let him know what i want and hopefully i get my way and he says i can start asap:)
At first my hubby didnt want me to try again until another few yrs because he said he is worried about my health if i keep going,meh what the hell my health im healthy and always have been i think that was just a excuse coz he dosnt really want another baby,but he is coming around now because he knows i need to look forward to something and i love being pregnant.
Hi Luv....Im so glad you dont need surgery,i hope it doesnt take long until your back on track to start IVF.
Hi Kiya...Im really happy for you,at least you know what your doing now.Maybe you will be starting around the same time as me.
Hi Mumof6...Thanks for your support,yeh it really was the heart break of my life its something you can never forget.Hopefully by having another baby it can ease my pain.I will let you guys know my progress on wednesday.
Well must go and do something,Love talking.
Dearmum...thanks :-) it has been a long time coming thats for sure. Now just have to work out how we are going to come up with the money to pay for it all. It would be great to be preg or at least trying at the same time :-) talk soon....kiya