OCBS 3!!!!!

Traci · Post by **Traci** » Wed Oct 08, 2003 7:45 am

Well Ive done it THE FIRST INJECTION

I am fineally on the move 9 Months of waiting . Lorraine Thats great news for your hubby I bet thats put a spring in his step!!

Bel B I wasnt told about either the sex thing or the hot thing but I guess it makes sence not to boil them! I am a Hairdresser and have been for 22 years and all of a sudden I keep hearing that pregnant people arnt supposed to colour their hair during the first 3 months, I rang loreal and they said it is because you might suddenly become allergic, I would love to know why the docs feel that its a big NO NO , as Ive heard loads of stories that they are told it would harm the Embyo , WHAT!!! HOW !!!! I presume you are on your 2ww ENJOY and "MILK IT" for all its worth!!

Lisa I would presume this is old blood but would definately call the clinic. Aly I too suffer fom intergestion and it it very painfull and to have cystitus as well you poor thing and especially as they need to go into that region , I woulnt worry about the antibiotics as it is far better to clear it up as it could get worse then you face more complications , Drink lots and lots of water so that you flush it out , its bloody painfull and it makes you feel so down

But on a good note your IUI is looking good for friday . Vicki Its normal to bleed they like to know that you have during downregging , roll on the 16th and you can get rid of your headaches when you start Stims. Dolly Thanks for the reasurance as I own my own Salon I have heaps of staff and clients to sort out and I had booked time off as of the 15 which was whey out!!! so yesterday I spent all day in between clients ringing them all up and changing them, Jabbing wasnt so bad after I drempt about doing it all night !!!! Good luck for start off tomorrow, The Clinic want to see me on the day 1 of af which is only on the weekend . I guess they have a different protocol! Hi to everyone else sorry Ive got to go to work!!!! Trace x

kathryn · Post by **kathryn** » Wed Oct 08, 2003 3:11 pm

kate, how did it go today? I hope your embies are making themselves comfy for the next 9 months! traci, bet you cant believe youre finally at it again! aly, poor you with cystitus especially with all that probing around! lisa, did you ring your clinic? Im sure its nothing to worry about. theres alot of girls who bleed whilst down regging. grace, are yo due for another scan tomorrow or is it friday? things in our camp are not very exciting. feel really numb to the fact that our embies are in there. Have always suffered form p.i.d, and it doesnt seem to worry the consultant, but I get really bad pains , and im sure it wont let our embies stay. alison, was yours a natural fet? or assisted? Ithink this is why I feel so detatched, as on no drugs, so dont feel like I usually do. so many of us now! hope everyone else is ok kathryn x

gem · Post by **gem** » Wed Oct 08, 2003 8:13 pm

Hi Everyone Is it too late to join? I've been addicted to this site since June when we first started treatment,we started having iui but because I'd produced too many follices we switched to ivf which we got a negative on 16th July,thankfully we managed to freeze 6 embryos,so we are going to start a natural fet when af arrives around 13th Oct,getting very nervous that the embryos are not going to defrost.So I would really like to join you all. JUST A BIT ABOUT ME I'm 25,26 in November dh is 29 we have been married for 2years this August,been together 7 1/2 years tttc 4 years.had lots of bloods done with local hos all came back normal,was discharged so when I turned 25 went private at Jessops Hosp in Sheffield in Jan had a lap in Feb were they found minor endro dh samples have always come back normal. Been taking Marilyn Glenville fertility plus vit,flaxseed oil(linseed oil) and vit c since Aug not forgetting follic acid for about 4 years hopefully these will help? SORRY for rambling on you could have just read my old post from June when I 1st joined! GOODLUCK to everyone and lots of +++++++++++++ Love Gem

beckym · Post by **beckym** » Wed Oct 08, 2003 9:02 pm

Hi guys It's been a long time since I last posed as have had a bit of a dramatic couple of days. We went down to cornwall for a long weekend on friday after my d-regging was extended last week. on the way back on Mon stopped of at my in-laws for tea and my dh started getting severe stomach pains. he's been having these for the past 18 months - 2 years and an (eminent) consultant in london had diagnosed it as IBS. The pain got progressively worse and we rushed him into A&E at 4am on Tues morning. Turns out he doesn't have IBS at all - he has pancreatitis caused by gall-stones!!! He's 31, isn't a heavy drinker at all and is fairly slim so not a likely candidate, but there they were on the ultrasound. Also showed up on the bloodtest. Anyway he's been admitted to hospital and is going to be there for a week at least. I'm so glad they have discovered what is wrong with him as it has been worrying me for ages that he kept getting these severe stomach cramps. Couldn't believe it was just IBS. He is now feeling a lot better but dosed up on morphine for the pain. Not sure what we are going to do about this ICSI cycle - depends on when they decide to take the gall-bladder out I guess- I'm still down-regging and due for baseline re-check on day 6 of next af which is just about to start so guess we will see how things pan out then. Can't help thinking that this may be the cause of his low sperm count as if your stomach is not operating properly, it must send your vitamins and minerals out of kilter as well? Maybe this will all have a silver lining. Feel remarkable up-beat despite what has happened (and we broke down in the car on the way down to cornwall as well!!!). Think it's because I believe that something good must now happen!!! Friends and family have been incredibly supportive which is great. Kate - thanks for the infor re blastocyst and good luck for your embies. XXX Gayla - I too gave up work for this attempt - my whole village knows about my ICSI as last cycle I got taken away in an ambulance as had severe OHSS!!!! News travels fast in these parts. neighbours were fantastic - really looked after dh whilst I was away and cossetted me when i got back. Not sure that they are going to believe that both of us have landed up in hospital in the space of 7 months!!! Traci - excellent news that you are starting! kathryn - thanks for thinking of me! do you have a 6th sense or something? Good luck on the 2ww. gem- welcome to the site. bel - so glad you had the surge at last and crossing fingers for you in 2ww. to everyone else - good luck. I will be flitting back and forth between here and my in-laws (where dh is in hospital) so shall post on alternate nights! beckym xxxx

Lisa_P · Post by **Lisa_P** » Wed Oct 08, 2003 9:02 pm

Hi there everyone! Haven't posted for a few days, been feeling quite sh***y. The sniffing is making me feel quite sick and I'm feeling increasingly stressed at work - much too much to do and I know I being stressed isn't helping. Can I ask how many of you are working full time, or if you aren't has it been a conscious decision not to because of the treatment? Anyway, things have been alot better today. I go for my baseline scan on Wednesday and so am quite excited I just hope the down regging has worked okay. Then I'll have to psych myself up for the injections - I think I'm letting dh do it, I think ! There are so many of us now - so much for the October dozen, it's grown and grown - let's hope our bellies to as well!! Good luck to you all, hope you are all keeping well love Lisa x

fi · Post by fi » Wed Oct 08, 2003 9:10 pm

just wanted to wish you all the best of luck lots of PMA vibes to you all {{{{{{{{{{{{{{{hugs}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}} luv fi PS aly - good luck babe!

Kate W · Post by **Kate W** » Thu Oct 09, 2003 7:14 am

Hi everyone Hi Gem, welcome to the OCBs. there is always room for another. thanks very much for your good wishes. Well my embie is now safely inside so I make sure i keep talikng to it and telling him/her that it will be very much loved if it decides to make a bed in there and grow into a baby and that we would love to meet him/her. I am sure people think I am a bit nuts when they see me walking along holding my tum and talking to myself! My clinic would only let me transfer one because of my age (apparently 33 is supposed to be young!!) and because this is my firt try. In the end, apparently it had grown into a very nice blasto so the lab were very pleased and there were 3 others left to freeze. that is quite a big drop off from the 11 embies I did have but apparently that is to be expected over the 5 days. My goodness - there is so much going on at the moment but here goes: Becky - sorry to hear about your DH but I know what you mean about feeling upbeat. It is always nice when you find a reason for something as it feels as though it will be a bit easier to fix that way. Aly - all the best of luck for the IUI on Friday. You sound like have been having a very rough trot with the cystitis. Traci - That is great news that you have finally started. By the way, after Bel's note on hair dying I called my clinic as I have an apppointment on Saturday and they told me not to worry about it. It sounds as though everyone has got a different opinion on that one. Bel - great to hear the ET went well. Lisa P - I can relate to you about work. I have finally resigned from my job because it was far too stressful. It took me about 3 weeks to make them believe I was serious but I am finishing it 2 weeks. The ironic thing is that I will have the results of this cycle by then. Kathryn - good luck with the 2ww. i will post you on the other thread. Lorraine - that is fabulous news. Good luck with the injections. Dolly - sorry to hear about the cold. I know it feels like just too much on top of everything else. make sure you look after yourself and make yourself well. good luck with the sniffing. Alison - great to hear the FET went well. fingers crossed and positive vibes! vicki - can relate to the headache complaint. I drank lots of water and took lots of paracetamol. Grace - are you going in for a scan some time around now? Lisa Ch - its not too much longer to go. the weekend goes quickly then time for youre scan. Gayla - i have not told that many people but have found it very difficult explaining weird behaviour such as always being tired, vague and finding it difficult to concentrate at work. I haveonly told my boss and a few select others i am leaving work at the moment. I am dreading that when i break it to everyone generally (and I only want to say it is for health reasons) that the rumour mill will go beserk. I have put off telling anyone because of this. I have thought about just telling the truth but at this stage I feel like I don't want my business discussed by all these people I hardly know. It is very interesting that a lot of you have chosen to be very open about it. It is a tough one. Sorry to anyone i have missed. Good luck to you all. Love Kate xxx

Dolly · Post by **Dolly** » Thu Oct 09, 2003 8:27 am

Hi everyone, and we're off........ started sniffing this morning and luckily my blocked nose cleared long enough for me to be able to sniff without any problems! I had forgotten how dizzy it makes me feel... just got the headaches to look forward to now!!! Gem, welcome to the OCBs Becky, you really are having a rough time at the moment - sorry to hear your DH is poorly and hope he is feeling better. Lisa P, I am still working full time - I did wonder before my last cycle how I would find it, but luckily I have a fairly stress free job and a very supportive boss. I personally think that I am better off working - I think I would have too much time on my hands and would worry about things too much. I did struggle a bit just before EC though - I felt very tired and found the days seemed like weeks. Hope you're feeling better today. Kate, glad to hear you embie is safely on board! Now the dreaded 2ww. I have heard that there is a much higher success rate with blastos so that is probably why they only put one back. Aly, good luck for your IUI tomorrow. Kathryn, if your Consultant isn't worried about your PID you shouldn't be (easier said than done I know!). Don't forget PMA, PMA!!!!! When is your test date? Love to everyone Dolly

Di · Post by Di » Thu Oct 09, 2003 8:52 am

Hi OCB's Just wanted to wish you all the luck in the worls with your tmt's and hope that many of you will be joining the 'other side'! Take care, Di

kathryn · Post by **kathryn** » Thu Oct 09, 2003 9:34 am

hi gem! thats soooo weird! I was thinking of sending out a post to you just in case you were about, and lo and behold, here you are! I dont know if you remember (so many names) we posted a few times regarding fet, and at the time you were really worried about how well it works. Im doing a natural fet at the moment. we had to have 4 frosties thawed before they got 2 that went onto cleave. we had them put back on saturday. its odd because I feel too normal! I think the drugs and the ec in a full ivf cycle give you the pains and twinges you feel in a 2ww. so be prepared not to feel anything! glad your back and ready to try again! lots of love kathyrn x

kathryn · Post by **kathryn** » Thu Oct 09, 2003 9:53 am

becky, sorry to hear about your dh, poor you guys! so much to worry about, and hospital runs are really stressful! hope hes feeling a little better by now. Ive just spent the night on the sofa as my dh has spent the night re-creating a scene from the exorcist!!! very unpleasant! lisa p, not long now until you can pack in the sniffing....it will be worth it when you have that BFP! kate, youre sounding very positive, (even if everyone else thinks youre mad!) dizzy dolly, glad youve finally got going! hope your cold doesnt give you too much grief. hello and goodbye to all fellow ocb's! kathryn x

BelB · Post by **BelB** » Thu Oct 09, 2003 10:27 am

Hey OCB gals, Am very addicted to this site, my dh is quite shocked at my access to the internet of late (he is the boffin in this relationship, not me!). Well, we are a busy lot aren't we! Lisa - All the best with your injections. My dh injected into my tummy like a trooper, we used to marvel at the fact that if you had said to us three years ago (when we met) that we would be breakfasting a la Gonal F injections (administered by dh) we would have fallen about the place in laughter!!..We used to find new spots to inject into each morning, I found that if we tried the same spot it was harder for the needle to penetrate the skin and therefore hurt more, you guys will be so fine.. Kate - I too have been known to talk to my belly, my lovely gynae also put her hand on my tumm after the transfer and said "a message to the embryo's, grow strong to be beautiful babies for Belinda", was very touching (but I am a tad meotional at the best of times!!). Becky - Pancreatitis is supposed to be very painful. I work in a hospital, have seen a few patients wrthing about the place with this condition, but seems treatable, good thing they found it when they did hey? Aly - Cyctitis is the absolute pits, are you on cranberry juice (is fab) Traci - Thanks for your hairdressing advice, I really cannot see how dye could possible penetrate an embryo (which is what my clinic were suggesting), I mean, there's hardly a pathway between the scalp and the uterus I would have thought, and if there was, do we not use hairspray or shampoo either?? Gem - Welcome!, is lovely to have a new OCB! Gayla - I also work full time, is stressful at times, especially during clinic appointments, but I figure if I was at homes I would go barmy quite quickly, work is a good distraction at this stage (and also helps to fund our clinic bills!!) Kathryn - my FET buddy, you go girl! Dolly - Hope the cold clears up, I sniffed with a cold, was quite tricky, did some hige (non elegant) nose blows prior to the sniff attempt, so hopefully got the desired effect. Alison - My other FET buddy, fingers crossed love!! To everyone else, all the very best, lets get fat and happy together..Gotta run, "Kath and Kim" (fabulous Australian comedy) is about to start See ya! Belinda

Grace · Post by **Grace** » Thu Oct 09, 2003 11:17 am

Hello to you all I have n't been posting much but I do log in everday to see how you are all getting along. It is comforting to know that there are others out there sharing this whole mad experience. I am doing fine. I go for my scan tomorrow to check how I am progressing. I will have been on stims for six days then. Hoping there will be a few follies even if they are all tiny at this stage. It is always a bit scary because there is the fear that nothing is happening if you know what I mean? Everyone seems really upbeat and postive on here and that is great. I just wanted to say to you Kathryn I know exactly what you mean about feeling numb after the et. I think that is quite a common feeling - at least I have experienced it. It is so overwhelming and emotional to think that you have these tiny little things in there, very strange. Hope you are resting up now and taking it easy. To all the rest of you girls - thinking of you all. Gracex

alypraying · Post by **alypraying** » Thu Oct 09, 2003 12:49 pm

Hello all!!! well its green lights all the way I have had my final injection and have 3 eggs ready to go. Due for my IUI at 12.30 tomorrow then it's the dreaded 2WW. Grace nice that your dropping in from time to time how are you getting on with the injections? Lisa P when are you due for your dIUI? Fi how you doing girl will write to you via your e-mail we need to catch up! FET girls I hope your taking it easy GEM and Dolly hope your doing OK! well cystitis has nearly cleared up Bel I took your advice on the cranberry! hope everyone is thinking positive thoughts!!! One last thing the girls form the ACB group recommended Reflexology while on the 2WW so I'm off to give it a go on Saturday. Any other suggestions would be great by boss said to stand on my head for the weekend but I think I'll give this a miss! Mr.Wales hope your going to watch the rugby on Sunday! love and hugs to all Aly xx

kathryn · Post by **kathryn** » Thu Oct 09, 2003 1:41 pm

great aly, keep up the pma and that excited mood youre in! kathryn x

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