Not good news...

AF cramps all last week, and I smeared bitty brown all weekend.

Yesterday morning I tested very, very faintly postive. The clinic said to come in and pick up another HPT. But by the time we got there, mid afternoon, I was losing a lot of big, red clots. Despite the very pale ...

Hi ladies

Huge hugs to Lara - I know exactly that feeling. I howled the hospital down when it happened to me... So, so sorry, my dear.

I went for egg collection on Friday. Christ I hate GA - for some reason it is INCREDIBLY painful when they put the stuff into my arm - something to do with me ...

Hi Yasmina

Did you have general anaesthetic? I've found that can muck up my sleep patterns, especially if it's a heavy one.

I had my second scan this morning. No wonder my right ovary is so uncomfortable it literally looks like a bunch of grapes! :?

Eight BIG follies on the right and four on the left. At least ten look like they will go to egg collection on Friday! :-)

Just waiting for a call from the clinic now to say ...

for some reason my post got posted twice!

gulp! i didn't know ovaries had to drop! yet another thing to worry about....

Hi Caz

I am on 450Iiui of GONALf a day, which they say is the top dose. I've not had Menopur.

I don't know about 'dropped' ovaries - what's all that about?

Jo

Hi Caz

I am on 450Iiui of GONALf a day, which they say is the top dose. I've not had Menopur.

I don't know about 'dropped' ovaries - what's all that about?

Jo

Hi Caz - what's BCP?

I do feel pretty pleased, but cautiously so...

I'm on the flare (short) protocol - top dose GONALf each evening, and Cetrotide each morning. I'll be having one more progress scan on Wedensday and if all going smoothly do my Pregnyl shot on Wed eve.

First progress scan last ...

Hi everyone.

Just got back from my first progress scan - and wonder of wonders I have 11 follies, all of good size or getting there! Can't believe it as last time I only produced four... and I have been really run down the last few weeks with a lingering cold - I don't usually get ill from anything ...

Hello eggy peeps

What do you make of this BBC News Report?

Acupuncture 'boosts IVF success'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/1933901.stm

Has anyone any experience of acupuncture? I had it once from my physio, some years ago, to help with back pain, and it did help - it seems to be well ...

Hi everyone!

Re follies:

according to my info, follicles have reached maturity when they are 18mm or more in size. Generally large follicles yield better quality eggs, but not all follicles that are seen on the ultrasound have a retrievable egg. If the follies get too big (not sure what size too ...

bonjour Jules, welcome, and Good Luck on your 2ww.

I'm 44 in May and have just started my second IVF cycle. Wish my clinic would give me some free samples, it's all so horrendously expensive!

Interesting that you are on baby aspirin - I posted about this a couple of weeks back after reading an ...

A quickie from me too, have massive deadline on at work. AF finally arrived Sunday (2 days late). Had baseline scan yesterday - all fine with follies-in-waiting identified. Started GONALf 450 last night. Cetrotide 250 to begin on Wednesday. First scan on 3 April, EC scheduled for 10 April ...

It's so hard to keep it all in perspective. I know I should be lucky to be alive, lucky to be living in this century, in this country, with a husband, a home, a job, no other major tragedies.

But nevertheless, I feel ...

heartbroken

devastated

furious

bitter

jealous

cheated

and many other ...

"AND YOU ARE A VERY UNFRIENDLY AND HELPFUL DOCTOR"

obviously I meant UNHELPFUL...

I didn't even ask if DH could be in egg colllection. Didn't occur to me. And they didn't offer. And I know that DH wouldn't have enjoyed it... far from it. Anyway, it's a surgical procedure, don't they have ...