The Over 40 Crowd

[Sonix]

Hello all,

Just had my EC today and to our relief it went OK this time. One egg collected! Waiting for news tomorrow on fertilisation - it’s all down to nature now (and a bit of IVF magic).

Glad to be off the needles for a while. The nurses despaired at my thin veins again today and it took quite a while to get me rigged up with a needle for the anaesthetic. A bit tired now but otherwise I'm fine.

Hope everyone else is doing OK. Please excuse the lack of personal posts today.

Sonia
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[WISCONSINGAL]

SONIX I HOPE AND PRAY THIS IS THE ONE FOR YOU AND YOUR DH, LOTS OF PRAYERS AND GOOD VIBES TO YOU GUYS!

[jen babes]

Hi Ladies

Sonia well done on the Ec...hope you get a good 8 cell class A embie by day 3...good luck sweetie my fingers and toes are crosssed for your 2ww.

Julia good luck with Dh's sperm I thought that wa aht icsi wa for too? so why do you need donor sprm? does it come down to ammount???

Kat welcome back even with a big load of washing to do you sound in good Spirits..Good to here...hope ou get that important donor call soon!

Tammy sorry to hear youv'e been floored with a cold...Horrible at this time of year ( or anytime i suppose) but especially wewhen your carring a little one. I can't belive you are going to have a 9lb baby!!!( If measurements are correct) It would be better if he will come early...good luck with appoointment let us know how you get on...

anna- wonderful to hear that you are now shopping for bump!!! What did you buy in the end? colours etc? Are you planning on doing a nursey room as well?


Bev how are you and bump doing? take care!!

Hi to yasmina LuAnne, Kim and Randa.

i was away at aviemore at the wekend hopefully to ski. although there was enough snow it was too windy and wild to ski. they shut all the tows and railway but there was still hillwalkers going up in 60 mile and hour blizzards..Mad!!! Still sorting out bits and bobs for the wedding... but also scaning the web for ivf donor egg clinics and sifting through costs and stuff there ...It will be late summer by the time we have finacially recovered from the wedding costs before we can commit to ivf again The wait is difficult but i am sure with the wedding in March and the wedding Party in April the Spring will soon be summer Keeping my emotions in check is hard as my neighbour gave birth 2wks ago to a baby boy. He is a cute little bundle bundle of joy and my heart is aching! Ahh life eh! We will get there come hell or high water!

love to ya all
jen
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love jen
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[Sonix]

Sorry I didn’t post yesterday –I had to work late and needed a rest.

Well, we got the news that our egg fertilised and I’m already back from the transfer today! We saw the picture – wow, it’s a top class little embie - and our doctor said that conditions couldn’t be better. We’re so relieved. I had acupuncture again, before and after transfer, but felt a lot more relaxed than last time.

I’m feeling quite OK now but know the next 2 weeks are going to be reeeaaallly tough. I’ve got a whole bunch of meds to take too. Maybe I’ll have to take a bit of a break from the boards – whatever it does to keep me sane.

Thank you so much to everyone for your good wishes and for thinking of me.

Wisconsingal – how far are you on your cycle? You must be near to ER soon. Hope all is going well for you and wishing you all the luck in the world.

Take care all
Sonia
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[WISCONSINGAL]

HI SONIA

I GO IN TODAY 1/17 FOR U/S TO SEE HOW BIG THE FOLLIES GOT AND THEN TO START THE GANIRELIX SHOT. THEN I FIND OUT IF ER WILL BE SAT. OR NOT......??? I ALSO GO FOR ANOTHER ACUPUNCTURE THIS AFTERNOON......

CONGRATS ON YOUR EMBIE AND I HOPE THESE NEXT (2) WEEKS ARE RELAXING....LOTS OF PRAYERS TO YOU ALL!

[teachertam]

Hello Ladies:

Anna: I hear you on all of the choices for baby gear. We registered for my baby shower which will be next week. I took DH and he helped me pick out all of the big items (pram, car seat, etc.) Then I took my mother and she helped me remember all of the small stuff.

Sonia: I'm so glad to hear that you had a successful ET!! Take care of yourself during this 2 week wait.

Wisconsin Gal: Good luck on your appt. today. Hopefully you will have many decent size follies.

Jen: I think my baby will be between 8 and 9 lbs, if he makes it to 40 weeks. He should be around 6 lbs now. Your wedding sounds lovely! You will have plenty to keep you busy before your next cycle.

Hello to Bev, Yasmina, Kat, Kim, Julia, LuAnne and Randa.

Take care all,
Tammy

[Kat]

Well ladies, I had THE phone call today!! We have a donor!!
She is my height, my eye colour & weight (or the weight I should be!) and is an altruistic donor rather than an egg sharer. Funny thing - the nurse said 'I have to tell you she is a lesbian incase you have any issues with that' As if we would turn someone down because of that. I think she sounds perfect and now I have told DH all about her too I am calling the clinic in the morning to say yes we would like to go ahead. So I will keep you posted, could be starting meds with my next period or definitely the one after that if not. How exciting!

Hope everyone else is doing OK, Sonia good to see you are now nestling your little one in there so keeping everything crossed for you - when is your exact test date?

Wisconsingal - hope you have a good crop of follies

Hi to everyone else too

Lots of love
a very excited
Kat xx

[AMck]

Kat, what great news! SOOOOOO pleased for you.

Everything possible crossed for you. Keep us posted.
Hugs
Anna x

[teachertam]

Kat: That is wonderful news!!!! Keep us posted.

Regards,
Tammy

[LuAnne41]

Hello Everyone! I've been unable to post for awhile, but I took the time to read up on the posts I've missed. Wow! Where do I start?

Yasmina: I'm glad your tests results are satisfactory & you don't have gestational diabetes. Thank you for letting me know the outcome of your friend's cycle w/Advanced Fertility - Chicago. I'll get into that in a bit. Good luck w/the French.

Sonia & Wisconsin Gal: Best of Luck to both of you. I'll keep you in my prayers.

Kat: Congratulations on the news about the ED. It sounds like she is a wonderful match. Best of Luck!

Bev, Tammy, & Anna: Glad things are going so well & that you are only suffering normal discomforts of pregnancy. Tammy, did you post an U/S pic of your little one somewhere? I want to see him. Of course, from the way it sounds, we'll be able to see a real pic of him soon enough!

Jen: Like everyone else already said, I'm sure the cycle irregularities are related to the IVF. You also asked whether it would affect your DE cycle in May & it will not. After all, even postmenopausal woman are good candidates for a DE cycle, as long as they have a normal uterus & sufficient lining.

Hopeful2BPregnant: I know I'm not an expert, but I'm pretty certain ICSI can overcome pretty much anything. Dr. Silber at The Fertility Center at St. Luke's Hospital in St. Louis did a couple of programs called The Baby Lab on Discovery Health & he addresses this. He says even men with zero sperm count can father a child with ICSI. Of course, he surgically removes sperm from their testicles on the morning of the retrieval. I'd encourage you to consider a clinic w/a doctor on staff that has expertise in men's fertility issues.

Now, for an update on me: I thought we had decided upon Advanced Fertility on Chicago. I had done a telephone consultation w/Dr. Sherbahn in November & on December 28th, I went in for a hysteroscopy & U/S & check of my day 13 lining. The results were good. They said I did have a fibroid, but it was not "impinging" on my uterus & therefore did not matter. The lining was 8.3 mm, which was fine & Dr. Sherbahn said my uterus was "perfect". However, they declined me for participation in the Shared Risk program because of a history of APA. I was disappointed they had not told me this prior, as they had this information since November 20th. Also during my consult, Dr. Sherbahn had said that although there are certain APA that pose risks to IVF, I tested negative/normal for that particular type of APA. Anyway, they were very apologetic and refunded the money I paid them for the tests since I was only taking the tests in an attempt to qualify for their program, and they realized they should have notified me I was not eligible. I am not too concerned about the matter now, as the ASRM says that APA do not affect the outcome of IVF, and Advanced even has an article on their website that states the same thing. They assured me I had a very good chance of success, but that they just wouldn't put me into their program. We have not ruled them out altogether because they are good. We are also considering Shady Grove in Washington, D.C., and we went there for a consult on Monday of this week. I will consult with Pacific Fertility on Friday. We are real close to deciding something & I'll let you know. My husband and I both agree that although we don't feel as if we have any time to waste, we also don't feel as if we can waste time with the wrong clinic either, so we'll take a little more time to make what we hope is the best decision. Hopefully, I'll be doing a cycle somewhere soon though.

To everyone I misseed, hello. Hopefully, I'll write again soon.

LuAnne

[wandamorales]

Hi ladies,

I'm using donor eggs (DE) this time round. Have had a series of failed IUIs/IVF and just got tired of the heartache. Losing my DD at 37 weeks last year just destroyed me emotionally and made me terrified i would never have another child.

My FSH is good, but trying to get pregnant at 41 it is a bit of a gamble. My clinic told me that at age 30 of every 5 eggs a woman produces 4 out of the 5 will be good/viable and 1 will be bad. At 40 this is reversed, and 4 out of 5 eggs produced will not result in a viable pregnancy...............

Anyway, I could keep on trying with my own eggs, and I might get lucky - I know the considered advice is to do 3 IVFs with your own eggs before going to DE, but I just want to increase the odds a bit in my favour for a change. With DE my chances of pregnancy are dependent upon the age of the donor, not the age of the recipient. So the chances of my getting pregnant are the same as a 25 year old (age of the donor), rather than the chances of a 41 year old - my age.

I've started meds and hope to do the DE transfer in mid-March.

Randa - sorry if I missed it, is this your 2nd IVF?

Not all doctors/clinics suggest a break between treatment. You can try month after month after month if you have the energy and bank balance!

Deb P - My FSH was 4.5 two years ago and is now 5.6.

Hope you get a chocolate treat soon.

Joy

My name is Wanda I'm new to this site I am 47 DH is 46. I am doing IVF w/DE I am on day 4 of my Lupron and I pray to the Lord that I will get pregnant when the embryo transfers are done. With my own eggs my chaces were 0-2% so my husband and I decided to do DE. We were looking into adoption but the Domestic adoption for us is closed at the moment so we chose to DE.

[wandamorales]

Hi ladies,

I'm using donor eggs (DE) this time round. Have had a series of failed IUIs/IVF and just got tired of the heartache. Losing my DD at 37 weeks last year just destroyed me emotionally and made me terrified i would never have another child.

My FSH is good, but trying to get pregnant at 41 it is a bit of a gamble. My clinic told me that at age 30 of every 5 eggs a woman produces 4 out of the 5 will be good/viable and 1 will be bad. At 40 this is reversed, and 4 out of 5 eggs produced will not result in a viable pregnancy...............

Anyway, I could keep on trying with my own eggs, and I might get lucky - I know the considered advice is to do 3 IVFs with your own eggs before going to DE, but I just want to increase the odds a bit in my favour for a change. With DE my chances of pregnancy are dependent upon the age of the donor, not the age of the recipient. So the chances of my getting pregnant are the same as a 25 year old (age of the donor), rather than the chances of a 41 year old - my age.

I've started meds and hope to do the DE transfer in mid-March.

Randa - sorry if I missed it, is this your 2nd IVF?

Not all doctors/clinics suggest a break between treatment. You can try month after month after month if you have the energy and bank balance!

Deb P - My FSH was 4.5 two years ago and is now 5.6.

Hope you get a chocolate treat soon.

Joy

My name is Wanda I'm new to this site I am 47 DH is 46. I am doing IVF w/DE I am on day 4 of my Lupron and I pray to the Lord that I will get pregnant when the embryo transfers are done. With my own eggs my chaces were 0-2% so my husband and I decided to do DE. We were looking into adoption but the Domestic adoption for us is closed at the moment so we chose to DE.

[wandamorales]

Hi ladies,

I'm using donor eggs (DE) this time round. Have had a series of failed IUIs/IVF and just got tired of the heartache. Losing my DD at 37 weeks last year just destroyed me emotionally and made me terrified i would never have another child.

My FSH is good, but trying to get pregnant at 41 it is a bit of a gamble. My clinic told me that at age 30 of every 5 eggs a woman produces 4 out of the 5 will be good/viable and 1 will be bad. At 40 this is reversed, and 4 out of 5 eggs produced will not result in a viable pregnancy...............

Anyway, I could keep on trying with my own eggs, and I might get lucky - I know the considered advice is to do 3 IVFs with your own eggs before going to DE, but I just want to increase the odds a bit in my favour for a change. With DE my chances of pregnancy are dependent upon the age of the donor, not the age of the recipient. So the chances of my getting pregnant are the same as a 25 year old (age of the donor), rather than the chances of a 41 year old - my age.

I've started meds and hope to do the DE transfer in mid-March.

Randa - sorry if I missed it, is this your 2nd IVF?

Not all doctors/clinics suggest a break between treatment. You can try month after month after month if you have the energy and bank balance!

Deb P - My FSH was 4.5 two years ago and is now 5.6.

Hope you get a chocolate treat soon.

Joy

My name is Wanda I'm new to this site I am 47 DH is 46. I am doing IVF w/DE I am on day 4 of my Lupron and I pray to the Lord that I will get pregnant when the embryo transfers are done. With my own eggs my chaces were 0-2% so my husband and I decided to do DE. We were looking into adoption but the Domestic adoption for us is closed at the moment so we chose to DE.

[teachertam]

Hello Ladies:

Wanda: Welcome to our site. Good luck on your DE cycle. You will find a lot of support and information on this site.

LuAnne: Good luck on your clinic search. I posted a photo of Andrew on Photobucket.com. The login is: IVFGROUP and the password is: IVFGROUP. It is a small photo, but if you look closely, you can see his eyelid, lips, chin, nose and forehead. I am so in love with him already!

Bev and Yasmina: I hope everything is going well with you and your babies. We haven't heard from you in awhile.

Take care all,
Tammy

[jen babes]

Hi all

First of all i was wondering if we could start another UPdate List as i have a shocking memory and it helps keep me on the sane side knowing where everone is in tmt???? What does everyone think????

Wanda welcome and good luck with the De tmt....x x

Tammy- How lovely for you to put a pic of andrew on photobucket...betch ya can't wait to hold him in your arms x x bliss!!!!!!

Kat- WONDERFUL NEWS sweetheart...It sounds so promising to have such a good match...good luck x x

Sonia- baby dust for your 2ww honwy...Hope you are resting well and looking after the lentil size embie nestling inside you X x

LuAnne good luck with the clinic search...hope it all happens soon for you too! x

Wisconsingal - hope you have a bumper crop of follies and the same ammount of good eggs x xgood luck x x

Hi to everyone else Bev Anna Hopetobepreg Julia Randa and anyone else i have missed

I am off to Glasgow for the weekend as it's my sisiters Birthday. so visiting all the family then taking her out for a slap up meal... Home late sunday so i wish you all a good weekend and will catch ya all monday!
love jen
xxxx