october cycle buddies needed

Dolly · Post by **Dolly** » Thu Sep 18, 2003 4:05 pm

Hi there, I did give in and do a test - but of course it was -ve. But, she finally turned up today.... HOORAY - just in time for my followup appointment tomorrow - so now I am very excited because hopefully we will be given the all clear to start again! Traci, Kathryn, any sign on your AF's? Why do they go walk-about when you want them!! I never thought I would be so excited when she finally turned up - I feel like dancing in the streets! Alison, How exciting... 5th October will come round really fast. I'm looking forward to getting started as well. I was getting bored of all the waiting! It's a good idea to book the time off. I think I might think about it... Love to all Dolly

Traci · Post by **Traci** » Thu Sep 18, 2003 5:42 pm

Well Dolly Dont know wether to congratulate your AF or not but she needs a good telling off for being late HOW RUDE!!!! Mine is still not here , god knows where she is but Im not convinced untill Im 5 days late to concider a SHHHHHH Test!! Alison Well done another hurdle over , do the tablets have any side effects? I will be on those. and how long did you down regg for ? Kathryn Do you think our Afs are away together? they are probably out partying and wont come home till they are ready!!! Lorraine G Hows the injections going are you on 5 iu or 0.5 which is which Im not sure but all I know is that there is alot of liquid to get into the leg and not particlary looking forward to it as gonal F you can use an injecter pen and there isnt very much liquid,

Traci · Post by **Traci** » Fri Sep 19, 2003 7:34 am

She's Here YYYYYYYIIIIIIIIIIIIIPPPPPEEEEEEEEEEE arrived at 9pm , gave her a good telling off but it was better that she was late cause my cousin will be expecting her AF today , gosh we have timed that well, cause we both have to downregg and reach baseline together, if we were 2 weeks apart one of us would have had to go longer. That makes it 8th October to start downregging for me and 9th for Mandy, The only thing is my cycle is around 23-25 days so I will only be downregging for 2-4 days when af shows and I have to have a blood test and scan on day 2 where as Mandy is usually 30 days , oh well wont worry about that I will asve my nerves!!! so Dolly we are on the same track!!!!! Kathryn has your Af turned up yet? Have a good day Trace x

kathryn · Post by **kathryn** » Fri Sep 19, 2003 7:58 am

shes here for me too!!!!!!!!!!!!! never have I been so excited to see her!!! the clinic mest have thought i was mad! have first scan next friday. we seem to have a bad omen though.... every time we gothrough tmt, a family member dies. the first time was horrendous as it was my very special little aunt. since then its been uncles and again yesterday, I phone the clinic to say we can start and then hubbies uncle died. really weird! I feel we are cursed!! anyway getting excited now! congrats for us all in the showing of the witch!!!! kathryn x

Helen G · Post by **Helen G** » Fri Sep 19, 2003 8:45 am

Well done girls - glad to hear AFs arrived!! On countdown for sniffing now - oh the things we look forward to in life!!!!!

Good luck to you all. Helen xx PS - sorry to hear about your family's loss Kathryn.

LORRAINE G · Post by **LORRAINE G** » Sat Sep 20, 2003 3:33 pm

Glad to hear all of the AF's have arrived! Isn't it wierd to actually LOOK FORWARD to AF!!!!!! Sorry to hear of the sad news within your Family Katherine, try to see it as a very sad part of life and NOT as a sign that things will not go well for you when you need them to. Traci I am on 5iu of Buserelin and go for my first scan on Oct 7th. After that (subject to my being ready) it will be Gonal F (I was extremely lucky that my GP funded the drugs!) I am not sure of the dose, will check it all on Oct 7th. I have found that the jabs hurt less in the stomach than they do in the rear end (so to speak!). I am amazed that I have found the nerve to stick a needle in myself but so far so good... Will keep you all updated when I have more news GOOD LUCK TO ALL Lorraine G

beckym · Post by **beckym** » Sun Sep 21, 2003 8:43 pm

Oh my god Traci! First time I have hit this site in 6th months and can't believe we are going to be cycle buddies. I remember following your progress in Jan/Feb with the two embie business (I think you pracically held a gun to their heads to make them put them back in - you were so gutsy!!!). Then of course i had my own little drama with the OHSS hospital stay in March and you were so supportive. How is the card making going? Seems strange to think that last time I was typing away at the start of a cycle there were snow drifts outside and we were all chatting about how we were worried we wouldn't be able to get to the hospital for EC!!! Lorraine G, you were cycling too in March weren't you? I started sniffing yesterday and I tell you it was a real shock because my hormone profiles have been all over the place over the past two months and Taranissi (I have transferred to the ARGC- anyone else there?) has been shaking his head and saying he won't start me until I am right - so I thought I had at least another month's wait, particularly as he'd booked me in for a hysteroscopy this Saturday- so I went in at the start of AF on Friday and got a phonecall that afternoon to say all systems go - I don't feel ready!! Haven't psyched myself up yet. This time round have to sniff every 8 hours. Still having the hysteroscopy on saturday. Traci, I'm so pleased that you are about to have another go as I know what you have been through and am glad that you have found a donor within the family. Everyone else, good luck and keep posting. Beckym xxxx

Traci · Post by **Traci** » Mon Sep 22, 2003 8:01 am

Becky Wow its so good to here from you , isnt it strange when you are on a cycle and you loose touch with everyone cause they are on the other side , I felt right out of it and alone untill I started a new thread and when people like you from "THE OLD GANG " come on to join the cycle you somehow feel safe again . Does that make sence.!!Well I have made loads of cards in fact just driving for an hour today just to get to a craft shop and I am so excieted sad I know but its a good fix! After I held a gun to the heads of the John Radcliff and got a negitive I changed clinics to The Three Shires in Northampton and they were going to do me a short Protocol so I spent £1100 on drugs waiting for an FSH of 10 or under but NO it went from 10 to 12 to 12.3 then bloody 16 so I decided that time was right for a donor egg , and my cousin is donating to me and the good thing is she is moving to Australia. I sold my drugs to some one on the internet , met up with them for the afternoon had a great chat and a few drinks and did the deal in the back of my Multipla yes I have one of those funny looking cars and its orange !!! we bought it cause it has 6 full seats ready for my quads!!! I chose to sell the drugs cause I had bought so many boxs of Menopur and Mandy would never have needed to use all them in fact our last bill for both of us was £525.00 better eh , her FSH is 6.4 so she doesnt need so many . and if I used half I might not have been able to sell them also Id only had them for 2 months . anyway glad to here from you , good luck for sat Trace x

beckym · Post by **beckym** » Mon Sep 22, 2003 11:40 am

Wow you sound really sorted, Trace. I have some Gonal-F left over but not sure whether to use it as it wasn't refrigerated during the summer and temperatures were well above 25 - don't want to risk it really. Re the art - I have gone back to drawing for the first time in about 18 years - I find it's really relaxing - keeps the mind off worrying! Am also learning French and teaching myself to type plus doing some volunteer work at the blind school down the road. We decided that I should give my job up for this attempt (and the next one if necessary) as they said I was going to have to be monitored virtually every day because of the OHSS and take two weeks off for e/c week and the first week of 2ww and I didn't see how I could fit that in with work plus work has been very stressful anyway in the past couple of months which is not what I need at the moment - guess I am lucky to be in the position to be able to give up for a bit though I must say that we are having to cut down completely on expenditure which takes a bit of getting used to - no more dinners out or new clothes! I do feel guilty about it though - it's like I've got no kids therefore I should be working kind of self-pressure. Anyone else taken the same decision? Anyone else going up to the ARGC at the moment and fancy meeting up for coffee after scans next week? My baseline scan is on Monday 29th. beckym

alisonb · Post by **alisonb** » Mon Sep 22, 2003 2:13 pm

Hiya Girls, Just checking in on everybody. Had the weekend away from the computer as it was my birthday yesterday so decided i'd have lots 2 drink this weekend seeing as i'll be on the wagon in 2 weeks when my little embies come 2 stay !! Traci, im having FET so i had a period on 11th Aug then went for day 21 injection of Zoladex to shut everything down then waited for AF to arrive again which was 12th Sept so then had to wait for my baseline scan which was 18th Sept, where everything is not working nicely apparently?? so having another scan on 2nd Oct and all being well will have FET on the 5th Oct !! as for the Progynova i've not really had any side effects they said i might get a few hot flushes but ive been fine im just giddy cos i want to get started !! Which i know you can relate to im keeping everything crossed for you and to all the rest of us OCB !! Lots of +++++++ vibes Alisonb xx

Grace · Post by **Grace** » Mon Sep 22, 2003 3:25 pm

Hello Girls Another "oldie" to join the October gang!! Started down regging again on Friday. I am doing the 21 day protocol so wait for AF and then go in for a base line early next week. Feeling okay but scared too. I am trying to focus on just on day at a time to coin the old cliche. This will be my sixth go!! - pretty mad I suppose!! I am still at the Lister. I am working part time which means cand fit the appointments in with work pretty easily. My last cycle was in Feb time around the same as Traci and Becky so here we are again!!! Anyway, just thought I would let you know that I am on board!! Love Gracexx

kathryn · Post by **kathryn** » Mon Sep 22, 2003 3:42 pm

thers a few in the october gang then! happy birthday for yesterday alison! kathryn x

Traci · Post by **Traci** » Mon Sep 22, 2003 4:18 pm

Alison HAPPY BIRTHDAY Grace HI girl another oldie , I feel lucky for all of us this time . I start downregging on the 8th October Cant wait

To all the other ocb's Hi , I ve been to the craft shop today and spent a bloody fortune £100 I think oh well , and the weather is going to be pants all week so I will be card making every moment I can , What hobbies do you have Trace x

Kate W · Post by **Kate W** » Tue Sep 23, 2003 7:44 am

Hi all happy birthday Alison. I am not sure whether I fit in in the October gang but I started out with the SCB's and I am too late for them now as I was delayed a few weeks because I developed a couple of cysts which have now gone away. I am injecting at the moment and probably will have EC Wednesday of next week. My clinic grows the embryos for 5 days rather than 2 so I probably will have the ET around October 6, then the dreaded 2ww. Alison - looks like we will be on that at the same time. This is my first IVF cycle but I feel like I have been doing this forever given that I started it in the middle of August and still haven't got anywhere!!! My body is completely unrecognisable it is so bloated! I have followed a few of you on previous threads so i almost feel like I know some of you, particularly you Kathryn as I followed what you went through in July. I am so glad you are able to have another attempt so soon. By the way, I am sorry to hear about your family's loss. Becky - it is amazing that you have brought up the work issue today as I have just posted with the SCBs asked about exactly the same thing. I am at a new job so I didn't want to say anything to them but I finally decided to do something as I have been working so hard and under so much stress I am sure it was going to effect the cycle. So, today I told my boss that I was on IVF and that I thought I should resign. We are still to-ing and fro-ing about it so not sure how it will turn out. I just feel like I want to do everything I possibly can to make this as easy and stress free as possible. I am glad to know other people have had to do the same thing although I do feel guilty as most of you waited a while before you got to that stage and I am jumping straight to it on my first cycle. I think I am a bit surprised at how all consuming it is and how much the drugs effect you. Traci - your card making sounds like a great hobby. Maybe now I am going to have some free time to do something like that! Love Kate

beckym · Post by **beckym** » Tue Sep 23, 2003 9:58 am

Hi everyone. How are we all today? It's a beautiful day down here in the weald of kent. I'm still sniffing away - this Suprecur (buserelin) seems to make me much more tired than the Synargel did last time. Anyone else found this? Grace - hi- welcome back - re the 6th go, have you read Di got pregnant after nine goes so you are in no way mad - just optimistic which is what we all need to be. Kate W - don't feel guilty at all - I went to p/t working for my first stage and even that was going to be difficult to fit in for this cycle so gave it up. Think it's a matter of prioritising what's important and everyone at work agreed on that one - commuting to and from cities can be very stressful in itself without th work on top of it at the moment - maybe you can offer to work from home a couple of days a week or something if that's possible - mine offered me that for the second cycle but I decided I didn't want any external pressure at all (I knew they'd be phoning me up the whole time) so opted for this route. Dh was 100% behind it which helped. I think he quite enjoys coming home to a home cooked dinner actually!! Was a bit scary taking the plunge to half the income we used to be on, but hey, we have survived. I'm really good on the economy shopping now!!! good luck with your decision. beckymxxx

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