July Cycle Buddies......continued!

Jo Radley · Post by **Jo Radley** » Sun Jul 20, 2003 12:13 pm

Hi Everyone, Just wanted you all to know that I'm thinking of you all and wishing you the best of luck with the 2WW. I hope there's lots of positive news coming your way soon! Lots of love, Jo xx

Dolly · Post by **Dolly** » Mon Jul 21, 2003 8:09 am

Hi everyone, Excellent that everyone's ET's went well on Friday. ++++++ thoughts for all of you. Kathryn, I really laughed when I read you EC story! Dawn, congratulations on your 7th anniversary. It was my 7th anniversary yesterday as well! Becky - I know you won't read this before you go in - but I'm thinking of you this morning. I am going in for EC tomorrow morning. I can't believe it has come round so fast... I was pleased to have my last injection last night - I won't miss having those! Love to all of you Dolly

Jo Locker · Post by **Jo Locker** » Mon Jul 21, 2003 8:58 am

Hi July girls, hope you dont mind me butting in. Just wanted to say to those on the 2ww not to worry about period-like pains. I had them from about 3 days after ET right up until day 14 - and I mean proper, intense, low-down kind of pains. I know its easy for me to say, and I had trouble believing that you could have period pains and be pregnant but, take it from me - YOU CAN, so put them out of your mind and rest. Will be looking out for your postings and I wish you all the best with your test-days - it's nerve wracking stuff! Lots of love - Jo.XX

kathryn · Post by **kathryn** » Mon Jul 21, 2003 11:16 am

Hi JCB's! Becky, you will have had ec by now! I hope it all went well and you dont feel too rough. Remember to drink plenty of water. Ho[e you got some good eggs out of all those follies! Dolly, good luck for tomorrow, will be thinking of you. Are you both due for et 2 days later? Dawn, did you get any autographs??!!! souns like you're in for a lovely week, hopefully that will make the time go a bit quicker. How come you and Alison are both able to test on sat? Is that a blood test? So Alison and Kat, youre both off to work today, I know you will, but take it easy wont you! Like you say Kat, theres nothing proven that we do which will have a positive or a negative effect. After all people manage to get pg and do all sorts of things not knowing theyre pg and carry through a full pg. Couldnt believe your story Kat about your dh breaking his neck. How awful for you both, just glad to hear he made a full recovery. kat, Im also testing 1st August! Jo, hope youve managed to de-stress a little. Look at Jo L! Ive got pains that feel afish but to be honest ever since ec it has felt like they pulled my insides out, tied it in a knot and squished it like play dough then, before shoving it all back in, putting a kniting needle through it all to hold it together! I still cant walk straight and I cant wear any normal clothes as my belly is too swollen. Yesterday I had the dreaded nauseas and thought I was going to be sick, thankfully it lifted by the afternoon. Keep feeling sick after I eat though. putting it down to my huge ovaries taking over the space for my tum! Thanks everyone els for thinking of us 2ww'ers! love to all, kathryn x

jo mortimer · Post by **jo mortimer** » Mon Jul 21, 2003 11:31 am

Hi Jo Thanks for your mail. I had to ring the hospital up this morning I was so worried, couldn't stop crying! (What an idiot!) They said exactly the same as you so I can relax now! Congratulations on your preganancy! Kathryn - I hope you stop feeling sick soon. Becky - hope your EC went well. Lots of love Jo M x

Susi · Post by **Susi** » Mon Jul 21, 2003 12:49 pm

Hi, I have been reading your thread and would like to join, if that's ok ? Had ET on Friday 18th and had 3 embies put back in ! DH was looking very worried as I teased him we could have 3plets or twins! I'm 39, he's 55 so you can imagine ! We had a funny moment when the nurse knocked over some sperm collection cups and DH said he was glad they were empty ones other wise she would have to go and tell some poor man that after 20 minutes to get his donation, he would have to do it again . Can you imagine if that had really happened? We could only laugh since that part was over ! Am feeling ok , some twinges that feel like AF and some nausea over the weekend which has settled. I've put it down to post ET nerves . We are about to move house just after testing so this is going to be a really interesting few weeks Well, JCBs lets do it !

Dolly · Post by **Dolly** » Mon Jul 21, 2003 1:38 pm

Hi Susi, welcome to the July cycle buddies - I only just hooked up with them all last week. Is this your first time? I am having EC tomorrow and this is my first IVF cycle. I think up until now it didn't seem real - but all of a sudden it feels very real - especially the thought of possible twins (never mind triplets!). Good luck and take it easy. Love Dolly

kathryn · Post by **kathryn** » Mon Jul 21, 2003 4:51 pm

hi susi and welcome to the JCB 2WW! wow another 3 embie lady! Alison has had 3 popped back too! when are you testing susi? I hope your embies are nice and snug now and settling down for the next 9 months! take care kathryn x

Kat · Post by **Kat** » Mon Jul 21, 2003 5:26 pm

Hi all, and welcome to Susi. First day back at work was OK and not too stressful and I left on time which doesn't usually happen. Having mild AF type pains on and off, and a pain a bit like a stitch on right hand side, don't know if anyone else has had this aswell. The Dr said that if my embie implants it would be about day 6 (ET being day 2) so will be getting excited at every twinge tomorrow incase it means it's implanting. And will be disappointed if I don't feel anything. Is it me or does none of this seem real? It's not as if I could forget about my little embie but it's difficult to imagine it's there and difficult to imagine it'll ever be a baby. It's not that I feel really negative but I don't feel positive either. Perhaps I'm not letting myself think too far into the future incase it all goes wrong. Perhaps I need to be visualising it growing and implanting, or something. Getting a bit deep there, sorry! Becky - hope your EC was OK, and Dolly - good luck for tomorrow Lots of love, Kat xx [Edited by Kat on 21-Jul-03 18:28]

Becky28 · Post by **Becky28** » Tue Jul 22, 2003 10:25 am

Hi all, Thanks for all your good luck wishes! All is going well so far: we got 12 eggs, they injected 10, and just had the call to say 7 have fertilised! Am so thrilled as when they first took the eggs they said they looked a bit small and dark, which might mean they were immature. ET scheduled for tomorrow at 2pm, then the dreaded 2ww begins. Kathryn, your message about the sedation really made me laugh!! Rob said I was talking rubbish about 'canapes on Wednesday' and red buses, and kept saying I wanted some strawberries?! But it's all a blur really and I had a lovely sleepy afternoon with 3 glossy mags afterwards - bliss. Dolly - hope all went smoothly for you this a.m. - thinking of you! Kat - weird - I had been thinking about doing some visualisation too - I am SO not that sort of person usually but I'll try anything! Welcome Susi and lots and lots of luck to us all, as ever. Beck x

Dawn Blake · Post by **Dawn Blake** » Tue Jul 22, 2003 10:40 am

Hi Susi and all, hope everyone is OK? Becky, great news about the 7! Will think of you tomorrow afternoon, then you can rest up and enjoy the wait!! kathryn, didn't see anyone particularly famous, which is typical! But WOW! The Ivy is lovely, and the food is amazing, we had a fantastic anniversary! Dolly, wishing you lots and lots of top grade eggies today, hope you aren't too uncomfortable and look forward to hear the amount. Kat, I too have been getting lots of stitchy-like pains, and this morning has some light (bright red) bleeding, am hoping and praying it is implantation (as it is 6 days after et)but fearing the worst, so today am not going shopping as planned, but will be resting up, watching DVD's and reading. Positive thoughts and all that! Going to chill out now, but will post later, hop you are all fine and dandy! Alison, how are you today? D x

Alison · Post by **Alison** » Tue Jul 22, 2003 1:30 pm

Hi again, welcome to the JCB club Susi! Glad Becky that e/c went well - Dolly, let us know how things went for you. Dawn, hang in there with the positive thoughts. Glad you enjoyed the Ivy. Well, my day's been made with a big bunch of flowers and box of chocolates from DH delivered to me at work today! No particular reason (I hadn't told him about yesterday's blood) - SO sweet of him. The girls at work are all v jealous and not a little curious - if only they knew! I don't even want to type "no more bleeding" in case when I next go to the loo there is, but ..... I agree Kat about it seeming unreal - this whole process has become so disassociated with getting PG let alone having a baby! I think though that its partly self-protection. Anyway, have a relaxing afternoon everyone, speak soon Alison x

Alison · Post by **Alison** » Tue Jul 22, 2003 5:18 pm

Me again - after I'd posted before I saw Dawn your post on the "other side" and you sounded really down. Come on, you know that bleeding can be a positive sign. I'm hoping that you're feeling better now and that things have settled down. Take care, love Alison x

Kat · Post by **Kat** » Tue Jul 22, 2003 5:56 pm

Hi all, does everyone get implantation bleeding or pain? I know my sister had a show both times she was pg and everyone on here always says they have had it before. Should I worry if I don't have it? Am I just worrying for the sake of worrying? If I do bleed I'll worry about that too so I suppose I can't win really. I have been in a knicker-checking frenzy all day. And I've still got 10 days left to go! Becky - well done on your 7 - are you having 2 or 3 put back in? I am not a visualising sort of person either, I am more of a "think the worst and then it'll never actually be that bad" sort of person. Perhaps I have finally lost the plot. Will try and think positive though, can't do any harm can it? Dolly - hope you're OK Positive vibes to you both and everyone else, lots of love, Kat xx

kathryn · Post by **kathryn** » Tue Jul 22, 2003 8:13 pm

kat, Im feeling like you and panicking that IM NOT having a little implantation bleed! I dont think I can win, but when speaking to my friend, she said she never had implantation bleed and neither did my mum in law! but because I have had in the past, Im thinking it should happen again! today is the first day im feeling a bit negative. If you do get it, what days are the embies supposed to implant?? Anyone know? becky, glad it went well for you, so your having canapes before et are you!!!!!!!! hope it all goes well for you. how are you dolly, hope youre not feeling too bad. What did you talk about during ec!! dawn and alison, everything seems to happen the same between you two! I hope youre not worrying about your little bleeds, as I think its a 'BLOODY' good sign!!! how are you, jo and susi? susi, you must be all stresed out with moving as well! Is it helping take your mind off the 2ww or is that a stupid question! take care all I think we are going to have to start a new thread again! lots of love kathryn x

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