Pheonixes Rising

[Smita]

Sending the follie fairy to do her work for you Jen!
Mega hugs on starting your BFP cycle!

Lucy and Kate,
Good Luck dears!Hang in there, Not Long until your BFP's

Julie,
Flowers to make you feel better!!


Hi to all you girls there!

cheers,
smita

[MLG]

Wonderful news Jen, finally stimming! I'm so glad for you.
It's your cycle, I just know it!!!!!

xxxxx

[NickiMark]

Well, girls hope all of u are A okay as jen says!!

Jen I am over the moon that you are going for tmt this month and parhaps in the next few weeks u could be with child....Just remember PMa honey, be strong!! xx

Me, still plodding along waiting til july went I cycle, nothing much to say about much but wishing you all well wishes xxx

[luby]

Hi girls

Kate - Hope you're doing OK and this 2ww isn't too bad for you, it is getting to me a bit now. But hey only 4 more days to go..! You hang in there sweetie. Hope work has been OK and you are taking it easy?

Jen - Well it will be your 6th day stimming tomorrow - here is the follie fairy with lots of follie dust for you you are going to be just fine Jen. Let us know how your scan goes tomorrow. I'll be thinking off you. Take Care Hun.

Gail - Hope you are OK? Not long until your FUP appt. And also your birthday...... day before my test date.... let’s hope it’s a good week!

Julie - How are you hun? Hope you are feeling OK?

A big hello to MLG, Nicki, Lola, Haley, Smita and anyone else I might of missed.... This thread is quiet at min, where is everyone.?

As for me, not feeling very positive, I always get PMT 3 -5 days before AF and guess what? Yes I feel I've got PMT, also you can guarantee I will get a small spot on my chin too, and yes I’ve got one, so now I am convinced AF will be coming on due date which is 19th.... I even nearly bought an evil HPT, and I am one of the people who are dead against them, telling everyone to wait until blood test and here’s me wanting to get one......!

aaarrrgggghhhhhhh this waiting is horrible.!

Take Care everyone and speak to you all soon.

Lucy

[gailp]

Lucy naughty girl buying an HPT, hope you haven’t used it yet. 4 more days for you, its not long but I am sure it will feel like forever for you. I am crossing everything and praying that this is your time. Have you had any more chips and curry sauce

Kate hope your 2ww isn’t going to slowly and you are managing not to do too much at work, I can imagine that isn’t easy though.

Jen that’s fantastic that you have finally started treatment again, what a pain you had so many problems with the clinic though. Hope the side effects aren’t too bad. Good luck for your scan tomorrow. I love your ticker.

As for me I have a dilemma. We have one frostie left and yesterday we got a letter from the clinic saying that if we wanted to keep it after August 2006 we had to pay for 5 years storage at £500. My clinic I think only does medicated FET cycles but I thought I might see if I can persuade them to let me do an un medicated cycle next month. I cant face any more drugs at the moment and so far when we have thawed embies we have lost over 50% of them, therefore the odds aren’t great for this one so I would hate to put myself through a medicated cycle to find that it dies on the day of ET. We were planning on going for a fresh cycle in September which will be £3500 - £4000 so to pay another £500 on top seems a lot but I can’t just let it die, it could be the successful one. Honestly at the moment it feels as if there is always something to worry about

[NickiMark]

Gail, i say go for it, it could be the one that happens for ya. If your clinic says no to meds then could u visit another clinic?? not sure if that possable or not but hey honey I really think u shhould go for it, I would if I was you.....

Good Luck with what u choose, but dont stress over it, do what ur heart tells u too!!

[gailp]

Thanks Nicki. Unmedicated is what I would really like to do, so I will just have to see what the clinic says. I am seeing them on the 22nd May. I think I can go else where but not sure how easy that would be.

[Smita]

Gail,
good luck, hope you get thingssorted out soon..

Jen,
its good tosee you back hun..hope you had a good time with adam
Nicki,
Hows things sweetie?

hugs to all you phoenixes,

smita

[Jeni Babes]

HI all you Pheonixes

Gail - I'd 2nd what Nicki said....GO FOR IT!!!! it will be the one...Am glad your gonna ask them if you can go unmedicated Hope they will do that surely they must as it's no money out of their pocket really...good luck with all the info let us know was soon as poss what you'll be doing... the 22nd aint long away now. i love my ticker too, i am being as bright and cheery as i can here!!!!

Nicki- hugs to ya Honey you sound kinda down...Just seems like a long way off but it aint really you know. It's so difficult to connect to all this ivf and iui all of the time...sometimes it's just too much to deal with, and it can get ya down. Look forward to your hols that's worth a great big Smile

Lucy- hang in there honey I know it's hard...PMA PMA PMA...spots come in early preg too you know ...it's all about hormones...keep the Faith Honey...

MLG- hows the icky feeling tonight? Ta for all the pos vibes XX Take care of you and little snuggled beanie...

Kate- how's the PMA honey...are you hanging in there...

Smita thanks for the mega support, you Yummy Mummy.....

Big Hi ya'all to everyone else....

I have just driven back from Forres ( 3 half hours) and am tired but it was great tp see him...[Smita how did you cope being so far away from Hubby when you were preg????] Friends joined us on Saturday night so that was good too. Stimming going okay and although there is some swelling in ovaries is not as much as i had last cycle and feel this one is more like the 1st ivf ( that was cancelled due to no response)... I am managing to stay positivethough by saying i just gotta wait until tommorrows scan and that it took longer for the drugs to work last time ( i had 14 days stimming compared to most peoples 8-10 oj a short cycle)so i cannot jump to asssumptions i just gotta wait it all out... We will all get there ...eh!

love to ya all catch ya tomorrow after my A okay scan ( do ya like the pma ?)

love ya and leave ya
jen
xxxxx

[Smita]

Way to go Jen! Love that PMA- and that ticker!
and yep, each day away from dh was soo tough those 9 months- luckily, sonce he works with an airline, he could come visit once a month or so..

anyway, sending the follie fairy with a warning to do her job well for ya ok?
hugs,
smita

[Julie2039]

Hi Girls

Just a MEGA quick one to say hello to you all. I have been checking in on you all regularly but soooo busy at work as now work on my own after a reshuffle. No internet time! How inconsiderate!!!!!! lol

Just want to wish loadsa luck to Luc and Kate. Buckets of PMA to you both.

Jen - Hope stimming is going ok and you are not too lonely. How was the scan?

Smita - Thanks for the flowers. My mental state is on the mend (ish). Can't believe your little girl is 3 months old already!!!!!!!

Nikki/Gail - Hi to you both and ((((HUGS)))) to you too

Hi to everyone else. Lis honey - are you ok? xxxxxxxxxxxxx

[Kate21]

Hi girls,

Just a quick one - thanks for the all the PMA that you're all sending - it really helps! I'm doing ok at the moment, absolutely no signs or symptoms, so I soppose that is only a good thing! Can't really remember what the 2WW was like the last couple of times so I can't compare it to anything!

Lucy - you hang in there and keep that PMA going. Only another few days and then you'll have your BFP

Hope everyone is doing ok? Gotta dash as I have to go to netball (no not to play but to support as they keep losing and I feel bad as I'm not playing!!!)

Kate

[Lis]

Hi lovely ladies

I've just realised over a week has passed since i last posted. Had a bit of a traumatic week but will tell all in a minute

Jen how did the scan go today?? Thinking of you

Lucy/Kate - how are the lovely 2ww ladies?? Hoping your eating lots more chips and curry sauce and getting home early from work girlies. Not long to go now til your BFP's are confirmed!

Gail - how are things at work?? Getting better I hope. I agree with Nicki and Jen - think you should really push for unmedicated FET. Plead your case like your life depends on it. Good luck hun

Julie - feeling any better sweetie? I so know how you feel at the moment. Feel really cynical and unsociable when it comes to my 2 friends with new enfant on board. Just can't be bothered keeping up the pretence that I am fine etc. But I think we just have to accept we are going to go through these phases . Keep the chin up! How's the no smoking going? 2 of my friends gave up after reading Alan Carr's book on how to stop. Have you heard of it? xx

MLG how is our very own mother to be??

Lola how are you honey??

Nicki - how's you lovey? Like you, just playing this awful wait for tmt game. Then once we are having tmt we'll be complaining of the 2ww!!Never ends.......You have to laugh

Hi to anyone I've missed and sorry.

Well I'm having to back to my GP practice for A 3RD LOT OF BLOODS!! Dh and I are having our blood groups checked (for donor matching purposes) - I don't understand what they are doing wrong but apparently they are not labelling the samples correctly so the lab has to keep discarding them so Wednesday will be appt no. 3 for the same thing!

Stress no. 2 is the HSG nightmare (which is almost resolved). I was told 6 mth wait on nhs or pay £600 to have it done privately. Neither option is a veryattractive one especially when I believe I should have been listed for this a few months back when we were initially seen for consultation. Luckily a friend of mine is assistant manager of the unit so she spoke to one of the senior nurses in the unit who agrees I should have been listed before now. So they have listed me from 28th Feb when dh had his (negative ) sperm retrieval done. Altho I still don't know when it'll get done exactly, there is a very good chance I might be able to get a last minute cancellation and get it done next month. I've to start phoning every Wednesday to check, from now on. Fingers crossed.

Stress 3 - still waiting to her from health board if they will pay for any of my cycles. They are taking our case to a medical meeting in June when a decison wil be made. So until that outcome + HSG is done I am going no where! If I can't get all this out the way before end June I will have to wait til end August for tmt as next AF after that arrives on day 1 of my summer hols to Italy. B****r !!

Lastly (sorry to be a bore) having friend problems. My friend with new baby is so caught upin her own world she has practically omitted to ask anything about me or dh or anything that is going on in our lives, when I have seen her since the baby arrived (and I have seen her several times) So I plucked up the courage to send her an e mail and I poured my heart out. Luckily she understood and hadn't even realised she had been like that.

Also my other friend is now not doing the 10k race with me this Sunday that we have had planned for ages as she "forgot " to apply. I was so mad with her and upset (prob as upset about everything else) esp as this is my first one. so I told her I was really miffed and angry with her. She has also apologised and is going to try and apply late. If she can't though I will have to run it on my own

Well apart from that I am fine! Have just been feeling abit sorry for myself but hopefully this week will be better. PMA, PMA,PMA, PMA, .......

Just need to go and change my ticker now fron 2 weeks til tmt .....

Love to all !! xxx

[Jeni Babes]

HI all

Bloomin h Lisa...what astressful time you are going through...like a pyramid of stress with one thing on top of the other...Hope you manage to get bloods sorted out...THIS TIME And good luck with the 10k( too much like hard work to me girl ...you go!!!!) Is that this sunday [21st]???? Keep on running and keep the PMA up girl...GOOD LUCK!

Lucy - how's your countdown going today? sending baby dust and PMA yur way x x

Kate- good to hear you are in great PMa mode...enjoy the netball
Julie- as Lis said Alan Carr's book is brill...it re-educated me enough to stop smoking ( 7th time lucky) and that was over 5 years ago. Definately worth the dosh...hugs coning your way

Hi to smita Gail nicki Lola and our preggy Mum MLG and everyone else i have forgotten to mention.

My scan went fine today i have 3 follies at the moment, the nurse said not to worry as it is early days...I replied it's better than last 6th day scan as i only had 1 folliethen!!!!! Smita and Lucy your follie fairy is working...can i be greedy and ask for more follie dust please Have next scan on wed and start cetrotide tomorrow as a down reg...hopefully more follies are bubbyling away. as long as there is 3 i can go to EC...and last tiem i had 2 eggs of top grade out of 3 follies so lets hope i get a good quality again. thanks for all the support girls x x

I am off round to my sisters now so catch ya all later

Loving hugs of tmt dust and baby dust to ya' ll

jen
xxxx

[Lis]

Jen

That's great about the follies. As you say the follie fairy is obviously doing wonders. Keeping everything crossed for your next scan when I'm sure you precious follies will have multiplied!

Hope you enjoyed your time at your sister's.

How are you keeping?? xxx