Thankyou for your kind words. Nice to have people to share this with who know exactly how we are feeling. Will be back in January / February, hopefully with much better news.

Last update.

Had 5 eggs retrieved yesterday from 8 follies. Today i found out that 3 of them weren't even good enough to have a sperm injected into them and the other 2 didn't fertilise so i'm left with none to transfer. To say i'm absolutely gutted is an understatement :cry:

I know we can try ...

Did as you suggested and just phoned and spoke to different nurse. Told her i was just double checking that the HCG was to be taken exactly like my Menopur and not in the muscle with a larger needle like i'd read :wink: She said to take it exactly the same way, with the small needle in my thigh and ...

Hi Ladies

Just a quick update. Went for my 2nd scan today. I have now got 8 follies and some smaller ones. The one's that were counted measure - 19, 19,19, 18, 18, 17, 11 and 10. My lining is 10 (Assume this is good?) and my ER is Monday 7.30am.

So much happier today :D

Oh yes, the follie that i ...

Thank you for your reply. Still a bit concerned about the numbers but feeling a bit more positive now that i've read your reply.

Hi Ladies

Just been for my first scan to check how many follicles i've got after a week of being on Menopur. I've got 6 in total. Sizes are - 14, 14, 14, 14, 8, 6. My lining is nice and thick. Doctor said everything is looking good. Need to go on Friday for another scan and they are planning ER for ...

Thank you for your replies. Spoke to the nurse this morning who said it was fine to take Anadin. Think i'll stick to paracetamol though just incase.

Thankyou both again

Hi Ladies

Need a bit of reassurance that i haven't messed up this IVF cycle.

I'm on day 4 of stimms (Menopur). On day 2 i got an almighty headache so i took 2 Anadin Ibuprofen. Since then i've read on the internet that you should only take Paracetamol as anything else can interfere with the ...

Hi Kate.

We're having treatment in Leigh at my local hospital (NHS). From what you have said it sounds like we could actually get started this cycle, 21 days as i started my period today. Never thought i'd be so happy to see my period

You've been a big help. Thanks very much

Hi, thanks for replying.

No, she didn't give me anything and there was no mention of birth control pills. Why would i need to take them when my periods are regular? All she said was that i'd be on 2 weeks of Buserelin, followed by 2 weeks (i think) of Menopur injections. Lots of scans and blood ...

Hi. I've been told that i (we) will be on the long protocol. We've had our counciling session and last Wednesday we went for our pre treatment chat and to sign all the consent forms. We were not shown how to inject the needles but they needed to do the blood tests on us both again (HIV, Chromosone ...

Hi. I've been told that i (we) will be on the long protocol. We've had our counciling session and last Wednesday we went for our pre treatment chat and to sign all the consent forms. We were not shown how to inject the needles but they needed to do the blood tests on us both again (HIV, Chromosone ...

I think we will seriously consider going private for 1 attempt at IVF if it costs around £4,000. Even if it ends up costing abit more it has to be worth a shot.

Once again thanks for your advice. I've no doubt i'll be back on here over the next months, years for more advice.

Ang xx

Hi Nimble

Thanks for your reply. My appointment is with the hospital in Nov. I've been told by the nurse that the waiting list for IVF is 2 years which right now just feels like forever. We have discussed paying for one attempt (that's all we can afford at the moment as we're in the process of ...

Hi, just hoping someone can give me some advice. Been trying to conceive for 4 and a half years and myself (32) and my boyfriend (42) have just recently been tested to find out why we can't get pregnant. All my tests came back fine but we've just found out that my bf has a low sperm count (5m) and ...