Long Term TTC & Assisted Conception - August/September 2006

Hello all!

New month and a new beginning! Here's to many BFPs this month! Remember, every new cycle is a chance at achieving your dream...

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State -
My Previous Cycle Length -
Cycle Type -
FF Link -
Months of TTC -
Medications -
Important Dates -

Current from 28/04/06

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Name - Cazzoom
State - VIC
My Previous Cycle Length - 31 - 54 - 31 - 32 - 80ish
Cycle type - Natural hoping for a miracle cycle
Months of TTC - 108 - 9 years almost 1 month
Medications - None
Important Dates - None

Name - DJ (Deb)
State - QLD
My Previous Cycle Length -
Cycle Type - Long Stim - IVF
FF Link -
Months of TTC - too long to remember
Medications - Synarel
Important Dates - BT 27/8/06

Name - firemansgirl (Leisa)
State - NSW
My Previous Cycle Length - 28 days
Cycle Type - natural
FF Link -
Months of TTC - 23
Medications - folic acid, zinc, evening primrose, herbal formula
Important Dates - 12th April appointment with Dr Morgan, 17th May removal of endo from L ovary and lower sigmoid colon (bowel resec)
Reasons for infertility - Adhesions (endo type)....

Name - FunMumma (Bridget)
State - NSW
My Previous Cycle Length - Irregular PCOS
Cycle Type - ICSI Round 2 ( 1st cancelled due to hyperstimulation)
FF Link -
Months of TTC - 15 months
Medications - synarel, puregon, folate, elevit
Important Dates - 1st May, DH Zona Binding test
NAME : friday 7th (ultrasound to say egg pick up monday or cancel)

Name - jchab (Jade)
State - Vic
My Previous Cycle Length -
Cycle Type - 1st IVf Cycle (Down reg)
FF Link - http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/51820
Months of TTC - 23
Medications - Synarel, FSH
Important Dates -

Name: Janee
State: WA
My Previous Cycle Length: 34
Cycle Type: 1st IVF failed May 06, now natural, FET to come
FF Link:
Months of TTC: 2+ years
Medications: none presently
Important Dates: Follow up appt from failed IVF 3/7/06

Name: ~Jane~
State: VIC
My Previous Cycle Length: 32
Cycle Type:
FF Link:
Months of TTC: 2 years off and on
Medications: Clomid
Important Dates: 18/7/06 see new FS

Name - KBaby06 (Kate)
State - WA
My Previous Cycle Length - 29, 27, 30
Cycle Type - natural
FF Link - http://www.fertilityfriend.com/ticker/12321e/ttc.png
Months of TTC - 25
Medications - Clomid 50mg Day 2-6
Important Dates - 27 March Gyn Apt

Name: lil_chookie
State: VIC
My Previous Cycle Length: 34 - 33 - 36 - 28
Cycle Type:
FF Link:
Months of TTC: a very long time
Medications: All natural - multivitamins, folate & inner health only. Try to stick to the Candida diet as much as possible.
Important Dates:

Name - Megan
State - VIC
My Previous Cycle Length - 28 - 29 - 32 - 30 - 27 - 30 - 34 - 30 - 28 - 32 - 27 - 31 - 27 - 27 - 30 - 32 - 29
Cycle Type - Natural
FF Link - http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/9a9f8
Months of TTC - 17 months
Medications - None
Important Dates - Unexplained infertility. Getting ready to undergo IVF within the next couple of months.

Name - Mel
State - WA
My Previous Cycle Length - 28 days
Cycle Type - FET
FF Link -
Months of TTC - 144
Medications - None at the moment
Important Dates

Name - Monnie
State - WA
My Previous Cycle Length – around 28 days
Cycle Type - natural
FF Link -
Months of TTC – 30 months
Medications - nil
Important Dates – 6.9.06 FS appointment

Name: Mrs Maloo (Jen)
State: NSW
My Previous Cycle Length: 30
Cycle Type: IUI
FF Link:
Months of TTC: 18
Medications: Puregon/ Pregnyl
Important Dates: Insemination 24/01/06
Reasons for Infertility:

Name - Mrs Timms
State - VIC
My Previous Cycle Length - 32-78 days
Cycle Type -
FF Link - http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/f85cb
Months of TTC - 9
Medications - Clomid (round 2)
Important Dates - next FS appointment on 4 September if this cycle isn't successful.

Name - Nic
State - Qld
My Previous Cycle Length - 28
Cycle Type -
FF Link - http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/4dc6e
Months of TTC - 54
Medications -
Important Dates -

Name - Rose
State - NSW
My Previous Cycle Length - 30
Cycle Type - IVF#2 (ICSI #1)
FF Link -
Months of TTC - 49
Medications - lucrin, puregon, pregnyl
Important Dates - ET 3/1/06
Reasons for Infertility - endo, blocked left tube.

Name - SamT
State - NT
My Previous Cycle Length - 28, 28, 31
Cycle Type - Natural
FF Link -
Months of TTC - 16
Medications - Elevit
Important Dates - Laps to remove Endo 07/01 & 11/05

Name: sararms (shonagh)
State: Berkshire ~ UK
My Previous Cycle Length: 28
Cycle Type: suppressing
FF Link:
Months of TTC: 20
Medications: none
Important Dates:

Name - Sari
State - VIC
My Previous Cycle Length - 28
Cycle Type - ICSI
FF Link -
Months of TTC - 36+ (4 Clomid & IUI, 1st IVF)
Medications - Synarel
Important Dates -

Name - sammi
State - QLD
My Previous Cycle Length - 33 days
Cycle Type - 1st IVF
FF Link -
Months of TTC - 24months
Medications - Synarel and FSH
Important Dates -

Name - Starbright
State - NSW
My Previous Cycle Length - 28 - 26 - 29 - 27
Cycle Type - ICSI
FF Link -
Months of TTC - 36
Medications - nil
Important Dates -

Name - suzy
State - NSW
My Previous Cycle Length - 30
Cycle Type - IVF
Months of TTC - 24
FF Link -
Medications - blackmores pregnancy and bf formula
Important Dates - Downregging on Synarel 16/12; Appointment 03/01. 187.5 Gonal F and EC week beginning 10/01

Name - Teagan
State - NSW
My Previous Cycle Length - Irregular 31 - 27 - 44
Cycle Type - DI (Natural insemination)
Months of TTC - several naturally, 2mths AC
Medications - Elevit
Important Dates - DI 29/11; 30/11

Name - TwoMums (Megan)
State - QLD
My Previous Cycle Length - 27-26-32-27
Cycle Type - IVF with Donor Embryo
Months of TTC - 4 months assisted
Medications - Elevit
Important Dates - Embryo transfer late Sept


Name - Zap (Racheal)
State - Vic
My Previous Cycle Length - 28 - 28
Cycle Type - Natural
FF Link -
Months of TTC - 16
Medications - None
Important Dates - Late November - seeing fertility doc

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Sept TWW/ETs/BTs

Catch up on the old thread here

cmon girls, there are way too many of us listed up there :(

I am gonna be asking alot from my gods tonight for all of you Ladies, lets hope they come up with the goods for some of you..

My wishes are with you all!!!!

Hello,
Hope everyone is doing well!

How are you going Megan? What ended up being your decision? Hope it all happens for you....

Sari - Have you managed to talk to hubby about another round? Wishing you all the best for a successful round soon!

Sending lots of :stickyvibesboy: and :bluedust: to everyone.

I had my ET on Friday. All well so far - apparently if you get pregnant the likelihood of OHSS getting worse is greater. Bring it on I say...bring it on!!! I'll gladly take some time off work sick if I can have a :bfp: ....hehehe Although I am the worlds worst sick person and DH would suffer bigtime....hehehe

Thinking of everyone and seeing lots of pregnant bellybellyites everywhere.
Deb

Deb...thinking of you in your TWW and sending you heaps and heaps of sticky vibes....xxx

Hi everyone

Allie best of luck with your ET, hope everything went ok today...

Leis thank you so much for your prayers, i need every little prayer i can get i think!

I'm not sure DJ about what to do, Kim wants to put the 2 back, she thinks twins would be nice, but i would like one healthy baby, I rang Dr H and asked him and he said that if we have two top grade embryo's then to transfer one and freeze one, and if there is one really good one and one iffy one to put both in...so i think i am going to have to wait and see how they are looking tomorrow when i go for ET.

Its a public holiday here in Brisbane today, so i wonder who is looking after my embryo's?? I feel like i should be ringing up to check in on them already, its like someone is babysitting my kids and i cant even check up on them, and the thought lingers in the back of my mind "Will they still be ok by this time tommorow?", coz its like there is noone there to ring me and tell me otherwise, what if we get to tomorrow and they are both gone? i'm calm, but i'm not, i'm excited, but i'm scared.

Dr H said that the eggs that didnt fertilise werent good quality, what does that mean, i am only 34 this month????

Oh well will post tomorrow when i get back from ET, i have to work until lunchtime, then go for the ET, then i am coming home to sit upside down on the lounge for the rest of the afternoon.

Love to you all...

Good luck tomorrow Megan and Kim...we'll all be thinking of you..xxx

Hi there ladies
thought it was time to pop back in, been missing in action for a few months having a break... still no luck on the ttc journey but hoping that this month will see a positive change and the best birthday present of my life....after 9 cycles with clomid have decided to have a break this month... will see if that makes a difference.wishing everyone positive vibes for this month... hope to see some bfp here soon.
Kate
PS omg Must update my ticker... currently cd 6

Welcome Back Kate. I'm doing the whole 'taking a break' thing too, so fingers crossed we both get a little suprise at the end of our cycles.

Deb - good luck in the TWW - sending heaps of :stickyvibesboy: :stickyvibesgirl: your way!!!
Megan and Kim - thinking of you - all the best with your ET....lol about sitting on the lounge upside down....what a fab idea - might try that myself next time round hee hee hee
Shan - You are stronger than I. We wanted to have a longer break initially but got soooo incredibly impatient that we are going for our FET this month. I hope that it all happens for you naturally while you are all chilled and "Reproductive Technologically" free.

Hope everyone else is keeping well. I finally have a day off today after working my butt off the last few weeks. That was really only to keep me distracted and stop me from thinking about TTC - worked a treat NOT :doh: (lol)!!! Chat soon,
Love Alex xoxo

Best wishes Megan & Kim............Now go spin upside down!!!!!!

Keep busy during the TWW it feels like a lifetime!!!!!

Hi everyone

Well we transferred 2 embryo's today!!! One 5 cell and one 4 cell, Dr H said that because one was better than the other to transfer both of them for a better chance of pregnancy, but he said things look good!!! I'm relieved that we got to this stage, so relieved...now the TWW, testing on the 31st August.. Yay!! Thank you all for your well wishes and support :)

oh megan thats great!!! im so sure you will get the bfp on the31st! :D

Oooh Megan how exciting!! I'm hoping for TWINS for you!!! :)

oooohhhh fingers crossed Megan, and i too hope for twins for you both...GL.

Alex - yeah i am pretty chilled, so we'll just wait and see what happens...

Hi Danni & Soph...xxx

Hi Megan, I shall keep everything crossed for you that you have a strong BFP at the end of the TWW. My clinic would only ever transfer one embie - so I do hope you have lots of luck with two.
I too, like Shan and some others am in a rest period from all this IVF stuff....haven't even committed myself to a restart time. I've decided to look for another job and I start acupuncture next week...and I am feeling much more relaxed than I have in the past 12 months....perhaps I am finally accepting that my one and only DS will remain that way, and that maybe that's OK too...funny though, I'm day 12 and think it's O day today....perhaps better get some BDing in tonight, just in case!
Have a fab weekend everyone.
Take care
Janee

Wow, I’ve been so busy lately that I haven’t had a chance to pop on for days. Time for an update…

We had our first ET on Wednesday, with one embie transferred. Everything went fine, but I found the process rather emotional, especially seeing the little bub on the video screen. We had four other embies at day 5, but only one was suitable to freeze. So out of 10 eggies, only two embies in the end. I was a bit disappointed with this, I had really hoped for more, considering that seven had fertilised. But I guess you can never tell what will happen.

My big problem now is that my concentration is just dreadful, especially at work. Do other people have this problem? I’ll have to get a better handle on things coz I want to still have a job at the end of the cycle, whatever happens!

Best of luck to everyone else. I am thinking about for a multi-BFP week real soon! :stickyvibesboy: :stickyvibesgirl:

It's hard for me to concentrate at the moment, so I can only imagine how hard it is for you at the moment Allie. I'm so sorry that there were only two good embies this cycle - then again, you only need 1 - and you're half way there so I am sending you HEAPS of sticky vibes hon!

Hi guys,

Well we went back to the specialist last night to get my stiches out, we spoke to him about not waiting so long to try IVF and he has agreed that if we're not pregnant by Xmas then in January we'll give it a go (we'd have been TTC for 2 years by then!) In the meantime DH and i are going to try out a natropath, hopefully something good comes from that.

There seems to be quite a few in the TWW at the moment - I'm sending you all truck load of sticky vibes & baby dust!

Good luck with the naturopath Boo. I hope it brings you some success so that you don't have the venture down the IVF path.
We have our appt with the FS on Tuesday night to get all of our test results and see where we are going from there. Unfortunately, I don't get to cancel my appointment because AF arrived this afternoon...early! :(

oh megan sorry to hear that! hope you get some good results :hug:

Megan (+ Kim) & Allie - congrats on your transfers! Lets hope you both come out with flying successes!! :stickyvibesboy: and :stickyvibesgirl: to each of you!

Boo - fingers crossed you dont have to worry abouyt going down that path, hun... :goodluck:

Megan - sorry to hear that evil witch has shown again. SO sick of hearing her showing when she is SO not wanted! All the best for your appt... :hug:

Keen, so sorry to see you on CD1.:( Big hugs to you babe. :hug: May this new cycle be the one for you. XX

Oh Keen, I was so hoping to come on here today and see your temp still up, great symptoms etc...but instead I see you're on CD1. Bugger bugger bugger. :hugs:

Danni, how are you going? Not long to go now until you start your IVF cycle..... though I am hoping you have some great news in the next few days and you don't have to.

Only 2 more sleeps now until my appointment. I can't believe how quickly it has come around. Does anyone else feel their lives just speeding by at the moment? It's almost Christmas again!

Hi all,

A few yaaahs and a few boohoos in here...

Keen & Megan - yuck yuck yuck I truly hope your time comes soon. :hug: to you both.

Megan - congrads to you and Kim. Will keep my fingers crossed :crossfingers: (LOL - usually at this point I reply with something about my knees being crossed or uncrossed depending on my cycle - sorry sick Deb humour!)

Well just a quick post cause my darling darling DH has cooked me dinner and I must go and supervise...hehe. Love him to death but dinner is nver the way I'd make it...hehe He does try though!

Deb

allie how much longer till your beta?
Thanks megan, waiting for af any day now!

Hi Danni, my BT isn't til next week, this 2WW is really dragging. I hope I don't go mad before the end of it. I'm trying to stay busy and not think about stuff (not really succeeding). No promising symptoms to report...hopefully too early?

I really hope AF doesn't show for you hun. It would be terrific if you have success this cycle and don't need to take the IVF path. Wishing you loads of luck. :goodluck: :goodluck: :goodluck:

Danni, how are you going? Any news??

Allie, those TWW's that drag are horrible aren't they? I see you're 11DPO so not long to go. Hope to see a BFP in a few days!

Had my FS appointment tonight. All of our test results are fine. I have a small cyst on one of my tubes but he said nothing to worry about and it's all go for IVF next cycle. I am doing a down reg IVF cycle and start the pill on Day 2 of my next cycle. So, I have a bit of a wait as I am only on day 4 at the moment! lol Timing is everything!
Off to counselling Thursday and will then make an appt to see our Nurse, pay and get up to speed with what we have to do.

Looks like it's all happening....I'm scared now!

Hi everyone,

I thought I would pop in to see how you are all going. I want to see some graduates.

Allie I wouldn't worry that you only got two embies. It only takes one and I am proof of that. I had 10 embies and 7 fertilised but I then ended up with only 3. We have two frozen and they transferred one and I am now nearly 8 weeks pregnant. We had a scan last week and we could see our little one's heart beating which was amazing. Good luck and I hope to hear some good news very soon. About not noticing any symptoms yet I wouldn't worry either. I was getting mixed symptoms due to the pressie gel so I was convinced that I was getting AF any day.

Danni I wish you so much luck for your 1st IVF cycle . I do have my fingers crossed that it works this month though.

Megan I am sorry that you didn't get the result you wanted this month but I will pray that it will be next month.

Hello and lots of Baby dust to everyone and I will pop in again soon.

Lots of Love Linda

megan, which doc for ivf and which hosp? I might run into you there!

no af yet, bit of spotting and painful bd this morning. I did however have a +ve hpt but very faint. Definitely there but i am scared its false.

I need to get a bt done because i need to let them know if im not doing ivf this cycle! :pray:

OMG Danni, i sooooo hope that this is it for you. I think that you are so deserving of a BFP and i know you would be the best mum. :pray: that this is it....:hug:

Danni :pray: that this means a BFP for you - you so deserve it!

Hi Everyone

Well one week down one more to go, can't say i have any symptoms except for side effects of the Crinone Gel, big boobs, slightly tender, tender uterus, few ovary pains, but aside from that nothing else... I had talked myself into it and convinced myself that i would never fall pregnant, like a sixth sense that i just would never have a baby, and i cant afford to have another ivf cycle for a fair while...so i think i am just preparing myself for the worst. Everyone just keeps saying think positively, but isnt that just setting yourself up for the biggest fall of all?? See...side effects of Crinone...sadness, feelings of unworthniess, don't much like this bit of the IVF journey i must say. Sorry its a bit of a down post but this is the way i'm feeling, thats why i havent posted for a while. Hope everyone else is good.

Oooo....Danni I hope that it is a good sign for you. Will keep all fingers crossed for you.

Megan don't be sorry for feeling the way you feel. We all have our anxieties even before we start the meds - so just roll with - its good to get things out of your system. That's why BB is so good. At the mo I am having all sorts of anxieties too - this time last IVF cycle I started spotting which lead to AF coming in full first. So I'm waiting...waiting...racing to the loo quite a lot...unnecessarily. doh!

Anyway thinking of you all and hoping some graduates coming through the ranks soon.
Deb

OMG Danni I really hope this is it for you. I am crossing everything for you.

Love Linda

*****top secret!!!!******

i am sitting here staring at 5 different hpts, 4 different brands.................................. all :bfp:!!!!!

:eek: wooohooo danni and DH about time hun......... keeping everything crossed for you... love and hugs leis xxx :hug:

:happyforyou: that's great news Danni

I Knew it, Dan! Told you this month was not going to be taking us both down!! YAYE!!!