September Hope's and Dream's

Ems1971 · Post by **Ems1971** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 9:48 am

Good morning everyone.
Hope you are all well.

Well, the results are in. Estradiol level is way down so I am all set to start stimms on Wednesday with planned EC on 30th August! Its all becoming very real now and I am slightly nervous but excited. Thank you so much for all your good wishes, PMA and prayers, they have obviously paid off!!

So, I've added my stimm start date to the list and after the scans next Weds and Fri I hope to add my EC date.

Good luck to everyone else on this journey. Everything is crossed for you all.

Love Emma xxx

Macca.........14th August Egg Collection
Souris .......??? August Start Down Reg
Lauralou ....... 10th August ? Baseline
Mia.........12th August Starting stimms
Emma ....... 16th August Start stimming
Jemima.........17th August Baseline
Kvgsmom.........17th August Start Nasal spray
Suzette .....18th August Starting Nasal Spray
Michelle .....21st August Start Nasal Spray
Angela .......23rd August Scan Date
Paula .........23rd August Baseline
IslaCraig .......24th August Start Down Reg
Eileen .......28th August Start Down Reg
Aunty .........29th August Baseline
Amy............October FET
Jeck .......Start date tbp
Jackie .......Start date tbp
Niffie .........Start date tbp
Jemma........Start date tbp
Bella...........Start date tbp
Bobbi..........Start date tbp
Saxony..........Start date tbp
Zirly..........Start date tbp

AuntyPebbles · Post by **AuntyPebbles** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 12:08 pm

Yeah!!!! Emma thats fantastic news

what will you be stimming on ? im so excited for you please come and tell us how your little follies are doing.

lots of love and hugs Debz

Ems1971 · Post by **Ems1971** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 12:12 pm

Hi Aunty
I'll be stimming on Menopur - a little apprehensive about the mixing process but am sure I'll get used to it!

Any advice for me from here on in? Being new to this I'm a little anxious

Emma x

Macca8 · Post by **Macca8** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 12:40 pm

Hiya ladies,

I made it to EC today and this time under sedation not general (much better recovery). They retrieved 12 top grades eggs too. My consultant is absolutely delighted with this. They are all going for ICSI now and I will hear in the morning how many fertilised.

My E2 levels are high at 20,000 but consultant was happy to keep going as I have no fluid retention on my ovaries and they are fine. Every day at a time now. Potentially I am having a 3 day transfer on Thursday unless I get sick in the meantime due to E2 or OHSS.

Hope everyone else is very well. Great to see loads starting the stims.

Love Lisa XXX

Macca.........14th August EC, 12 good eggs were collected..wey hey!!!
Souris .......??? August Start Down Reg
Lauralou ....... 10th August ? Baseline
Mia.........12th August Starting stimms
Emma ....... 16th August Start stimming
Jemima.........17th August Baseline
Kvgsmom.........17th August Start Nasal spray
Suzette .....18th August Starting Nasal Spray
Michelle .....21st August Start Nasal Spray
Angela .......23rd August Scan Date
Paula .........23rd August Baseline
IslaCraig .......24th August Start Down Reg
Eileen .......28th August Start Down Reg
Aunty .........29th August Baseline
Amy............October FET
Jeck .......Start date tbp
Jackie .......Start date tbp
Niffie .........Start date tbp
Jemma........Start date tbp
Bella...........Start date tbp
Bobbi..........Start date tbp
Saxony..........Start date tbp
Zirly..........Start date tbp

AuntyPebbles · Post by **AuntyPebbles** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 12:42 pm

Good Morning,

Tony its good to see you, i hope that the meeting with your dr gives you some hope for the future i know how hard it must be to recover from all you have been through, if you do end up trying again (and i hope you do) it would be great if we could share this with you i know its hard but maybe looking forward will help heal the past ... i will be praying for you both..

Zirly hey good to see you (is it ok to keep you on the thread?) us late starters could really use your BFP to keep our minds focused... i never had a problem with Lupron a few power surges (hot flashes) but nothing else then when you start your stimms it gets so exciting going to see how your follies are doing it helps you over the hormones...

Angela, wow almost half way there now, i know af can be a pain around this time on my first cycle i didnt get AF then on my second i got Two

a week off that would be great if you could time it that way lets hope it keeps going smoothly for you, as for bed rest i think you should go with whatever makes you feel comfortable i was told to think of my embies as peas in honey they arnt going anywhere just take it easy and enjoy

Emma, i have heard of Menopur i do know lots of ladys did really well with that so thats a good thing i can imagine trying to mix it

i am blessed i get Gonal f pen i just turn a dial although last time i was on three injections a day so im glad i dont have to mix those up.... im sure you will do great was it you who posted about not using the cap? i hope someone else who has used it can give you some advice....

UPDATED
Macca.........14th August Egg Collection

Souris .......??? August Start Down Reg

Lauralou ....... 10th August ? Baseline

Mia.........12th August Starting stimms

Zirly.........13th August Starting Down Regging

Emma ....... 16th August Start stimming

Jemima.........17th August Baseline

Kvgsmom.........17th August Start Nasal spray

Suzette .....18th August Starting Nasal Spray

Michelle .....21st August Start Nasal Spray

Angela .......23rd August Scan Date

Paula .........23rd August Baseline

IslaCraig .......24th August Start Down Reg

Eileen .......28th August Start Down Reg

Aunty .........29th August Baseline

Amy............October FET

Jeck .......Start date tbp

Jackie .......Start date tbp

Niffie .........Start date tbp

Jemma........Start date tbp

Bella...........Start date tbp

Bobbi..........Start date tbp

Saxony..........Start date tbp

love and hugs Debz

Ems1971 · Post by **Ems1971** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 1:38 pm

No, not me who posted about not using the cap. I am sure I will get the hang of the mixing once I've done it a couple of times

xx

zirly · Post by **zirly** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 3:06 pm

Ofcourse keep me on the thread!!! I am one of those people that will likely have lots of questions once this gets going. For now...I am just doing my injections and waiting til I get to the good parts.

Is anyone on here already a mom? I think I read that there are a few of us. Just wondering.

Keep the threads coming! And yes, again, please keep me on!

AuntyPebbles · Post by **AuntyPebbles** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 3:19 pm

Hey,
oh Zirly thats fantastic, i felt a bit guilty adding you without asking but im so pleased your going to hang around with us

Emma, oh ok i read it somewhere, im sure you will be an expert in a couple of days

Macca woohoo thats flippin fantastic (doing an embie dance for you now) i cant wait to read how they are doing

grow embies Grow

sprinkle of baby dust

UPDATED
Macca.........14th August

12 Fantastic eggs

Souris .......??? August Start Down Reg

Lauralou ....... 10th August ? Baseline

Mia.........12th August Starting stimms

Zirly.........13th August Starting Down Regging

Emma ....... 16th August Start stimming

Jemima.........17th August Baseline

Kvgsmom.........17th August Start Nasal spray

Suzette .....18th August Starting Nasal Spray

Michelle .....21st August Start Nasal Spray

Angela .......23rd August Scan Date

Paula .........23rd August Baseline

IslaCraig .......24th August Start Down Reg

Eileen .......28th August Start Down Reg

Aunty .........29th August Baseline

Amy............October FET

Jeck .......Start date tbp

Jackie .......Start date tbp

Niffie .........Start date tbp

Bella...........Start date tbp

Bobbi..........Start date tbp

Saxony..........Start date tbp

Ems1971 · Post by **Ems1971** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 3:37 pm

Being very new to this

can someone explain how many eggs is good? What's your E2 number? And any other information on the stimming/ec stage would be really helpful. I have no idea how many follies is good when I get scanned next week etc.
Thanks
Emma xx

Macca8 · Post by **Macca8** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 4:34 pm

Aunty,

Brilliant graphics. How do you do that honey???
I'm really excited about tomorrow and nervous that none of them will fertilise.

Emma,

E2 is Oestrogen. My number was very high but I think they like it to be around 10,000 (in UK) at egg collection.
With regard to the amount of follies, there's no real way to determine whats good or bad. I've had low numbers before 7, 9, 7 on first 3 IVF's and the egg quality was not that great. This time I got 12 and excellent egg quality. Each cycle is different. I've had FSH from 9.8 to 5.8, ranging cycle to cycle.
Ideally having eggs in the late teens would be perfect as it gives more chances of having loads of embryos and having some frozen for repeat visits. But it is the quality not the quantity that counts.

Lisa XXX

AuntyPebbles · Post by **AuntyPebbles** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 7:13 pm

Hey,
Emma, i think the stimming fase is the most exciting and the most stressful it has the most highs and lows of a cycle... as for eggs 1 egg with lots of fragmentation can be better than 10 eggs graded 1 with no fragmentation there is just no way to know...eg: i had 4 brilliant embies put back got a BFN my friend had 4 eggs at ER 3 fertilized she was told they where very poor quality i think only 2-4 cells at day 3 and lots of fragmentation she now has twin girls, so just remember no matter what your told there is always hope... ooo plus at my scans i was told i had around 5 good follies even the final scan we expected to only get a couple of eggs we got 11, 10 of those mature so dont pay too much mind to the scan either just enjoy seeing your little one/s growing

Lisa, i get the graffix from http://www.cheesebuerger.de dont forget to look in the top right hand corner to change the language

im predicting tons of embies for you some frosties too not that you will need them with getting twins this time

Jackie hows the work week starting i hope its a good one

hugs to all...debz

jackoa21 · Post by **jackoa21** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 8:30 pm

Hello girls..
Work has been crazy busy.. work work work...

Macca my dear that is SO AMAZING

no wonder you have been feeling a little ill you had all those big beautiful follies working.. This will be your time I can just feel it..

Aunty
I love your smiley faces.. You are always so supportive and creative.. Your little one (s) are going to be so lucky to have such a creative mom.. For me I will have to have you to help me since I am not the creative type person...

Jeck
How are you doing girly.. You wont need that bank robber mask this will
be your time

Paula
Your baseline is coming up not too long now.. Are you keeping up the PMA

Emma
Ask away as many questions as you can think of but just like Aunty said you will be an expert soon...

Jemma
honey how are you doing.. Getting all excited.. I think I am as excited as you are for you to get this done.. You are going to do so great.. we are praying for you

Souris
How is your time with hubby.. Hopefully just enjoying eachother...

Anglea
My doc said 3 days of bed rest.. For me the 2ww was so hard but to be honest I was on here (talking and stalking Aunty) 3 times a day.. Whatever you do just do what will make you happy and just plan on resting since you will have a long 9 months after that..

Tony it was nice to here from you.. we are always thinking of you and your DW.. I hope your doc visit gives you some answers.. I will be praying for you...

Love and hugs to all
back to work
Jackie

AuntyPebbles · Post by **AuntyPebbles** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 9:26 pm

Hey Jackie i missed you today, have to come down tell your boss we need our stalker so cut it out with the too much work.... as for helping out ooo i cant wait just call me i will do the face painting at the birthday partys ok... do you have any idea when you will be starting your cycle? how are you doing with AF and the bloating i know mine has just gone down starting to feel normal (well as normal as i ever will be

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on reading everyones posts i notice my cycle is very different i have my basline at the very start of ivf to get my FSH levels and a scan to check my ovies and linning, then i wait for ovulation check about 15 days later i start Lupron everyone else seems to be having base lines done mid treatment... i worked out my approx dates yesterday i should be doing EC / ET around 2nd week in october so im going to be behind all of you...wait for me on the other side please

love and hugs Debz

islacraig · Post by **islacraig** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 5:47 am

Evening Ladies...

Only 8 days to go until I start Burselin injections. Getting a little freaked now.

Just a quick question. I've read a lot about baby asprin and IVF and how it can increase the chance of a BFP due to it increasing bloodflow to the ovaries and uterus. My clinic here doesn't do this but has anyone been advised to take Aspirin while doing their stims??

Hope all is well with every one.

Ange

Ems1971 · Post by **Ems1971** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 8:09 am

Thanks for your info girls - very helpful.

Macca - 12 eggs? Fantastic. I wish you the very best of luck for tomorrow, everything is crossed for you xxxxx

Isla - I was told to take baby aspirin every day from the start. The clinic told me it is great for blood flow to your womb and for getting the womb lining nice and thick.

Hope this helps.
Emma xx

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