MARCH-CYCLE BUDDIES

annag · Post by **annag** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 1:48 am

Hey Nicki, what a great list....so colorful and lively! Thanks for adding me! Dates for me include AF due beg of Feb and then baseline scan, day 3 FSH and start bcp's on CD #3.

Welcome Jenn1979 and Holly! Holly, we met briefly at the IUI girls site too. I did 3 IUI's late last year and sadly none worked. Hope this is the ticket for all of us.

Vicky, I'm doing acu also. My 1st appt is Jan 30th and the 1st visit is $120 and $85 for the next ones. Dr says to have 5-6 sessions prior to ET. I'll do whatever it takes to have my little bundle(s) of joy (even if it takes making myself into a pin cushion).

Shantala, glad your baseline and ET trial went fine. Does that trial feel like an IUI (during the insemination process?) I don't think my RE does that but then again they've seen enough of my cervix already

Hi Nerms, we meet here too! I hope af comes on feb 1 to be right on schedule. Before clomid I was quite irregular.

Hello Lucy, Carbev and Karina! I'm glad to meet all of you!

As for me, I turned 34 today!

Not too thrilled about it. I feel like I'm in the race for time. Dh and I celebrated with margaritas at a Mexican restaurant. I guess that should be my last alcohol hurrah for now.

Have a good evening everyone (in the US) and good morning to our friends in Europe!

Anna

annag · Post by **annag** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 1:50 am

Hi Rae, sorry didn't mean to forget you. My cat keeps walking back and forth in front of my desktop!

Take care ladies!
Anna

jstrandlund · Post by **jstrandlund** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 2:30 am

Hi everyone, I am also starting round two of IVF. I did my first IVF in October and it was a BFP. Sadly we M/C at 6 and a half weeks. We are eager to begin the process again although we are a bit more nervous now. We decided to take a break and a vacation before we start again. We are scheduled to start stims on March 4th. I am so glad that there is now a March thread. I know this site and all the wonderful people on here have been great and so supportive. I can't wait to get to know you all and offer any support I can to you all while we go through this together.

patientIVFpatient · Post by **patientIVFpatient** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 2:52 am

Hello ladies,

Please add me [Amanda] to the list.

I had a failed IVF in July and became obsessed with the boards! I won't have time for that this time--as I am back at work [teacher], but will try to visit and post as much as I can--I love these boards--and saw some familiar names!

Here are my dates---
Jan 19---started aygestin--oral med
Feb 16---start Lupron
Feb 27---Trial Transfer [yep, in USA] (I hate this--not because of pain in Cervix--but because the full bladder deal sucks!!!!)
March 9---begin stims--Repronex and Follistim
Week of March 18---retrieval and transfer!!!!

NICKI You can change your time in your PROFILE--at the bottom it asks which time zone you are in...

rae76 · Post by **rae76** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 4:53 am

Anna, happy (belated ) B-Day! I know what you're saying about the age thing and I don't wanna be one of those bores who keep telling you're still so young and blah blah --- but really, 34 is a good age. And not old! I'm glad you and DH got to do sg nice together to celebrate. I, too, am really going to enjoy my wine as long as I can with good conscience - and if I should get lucky and get a BFP, I'll be more than happy to give it up. But for now I'm enjoying my drinks, in moderation of course.

Shantala, great to hear that the scan went well. Sorry about the painful mock transfer but I guess that's why they do it - to find out the best way to do it on d-day. Also, Vicky's experience sounded reassuring.

Caroline, thanks for the vibes - they're sorely needed...

Welcome Jenn! I'm also a complete rookie but already feel at home here - everyone's so great and helpful. I'm sure we can all support each other through the known and the unknown!

Jill, sorry to hear about your m/c. Hopefully this time everything will go as planned and result in a little bundle of joy

Welcome!

And welcome Amanda, it's so great to have so many lovely ladies here. Our list is growing!

The holiday thing really sucks. I mean, of course we are probably all more than happy to give priority to IVF but it does kind of put a damper on everything else... We wanted to go skiing between AF and downregging, but in the end decided it might be a bit of a financial strain with the treatment. And of course after that there's no chance timewise even. I'm still holding onto hope of a weekend getaway or such but I don't think it's gonna happen. What bothers me is I'm long overdue a visit home (living in the US but originally from Northern Europe) and now cannot go.... but come spring, who knows

At least I have DH here.

Have a great day on the other side of the Atlantic - it's off to bed for us!

nicolamark · Post by **nicolamark** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 8:32 am

THIS IS OUR GROUP

ANNA
CARBEV
KARINA
LUCY
NERMS
NICKI
RAE
SHANTALA
VICKY
HOLLY

WELCOME!

A big hello to JENN, JILL & AMANDA!!!

WAITING FOR AF…..LETS ALL DO THE DANCE

End Jan--Vicky - AF due
End Jan-- Rae- AF due & baseline scan and pill
01 feb --Nerms--AF due
01 Feb – Anna- AF due
10 feb-- Shantala-AF due
14 feb--Nicki-AF due
04 Mar – Holly – AF due
14 Mar—Nicki AF due

APOINTMENTS, BLOOD TESTS AND SCANS

End Jan – Rae-- baseline scan and pill
30 Jan Shantala-Consultation meeting
24 Jan Lucy-IVF follow up appt @ 9am
26 Jan Nerms- Baseline Scan
01 Feb – anna baseline scan
09 Feb--Nicki- Blood test for egg share
16 Feb-- Nicky - IVF appt for cycle plan.
27 feb—Amanda- Trial transfer

DOWN REGGING, STIMS, DRUGS and BCP’s

16 Feb—Amanda—Lupron
Feb—Anna-- BCP’s
1 Mar-- Nerms- Stimming
1 Mar-- Karina - down regging
2 Mar-- Shantala- down regging
4 Mar—Karina- starting Ivf
4 Mar—Jill- Stimms
6 Mar-- Nicki- Down regging
MAR—Jenn—starting IVF
9 Mar—Amanda-- Stimms

EGG COLLECTION

18 mar—Amanda—EC
27 Mar-- Nicki- EC

EMBRYO TRANSFER

21 Mar—Amanda—EC
30 Mar-- Nicki – ET

FET

End Feb—Vicky-- FET
End Mar—Carbev-- FET

2WW

TEST DATES

Nicki- 11 April

CONGRATULATIONS!!!! BFP!!!

BFN

nicolamark · Post by **nicolamark** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 8:35 am

My list takes up a lot of page, thats probably why!!!

Welcome to Jenn Jill and amanda!!!

Jenn, i have spoken to else where on the borad, dont worry!!! your'll be ok!!

Shantala, hope you are feeling relax about the ET, i am not worried about that at all, its jus like iui, and ive had 9 of those, the only thing is the full blader thing!!! yuk!!!!!
My cervix is tilted back wards so always needs a bit of teasing down!!!!

Lucy, all the best for today honey!!!!

Gotta whizz, gotta get to wrk!!!

Bye and have a good day everyone!!!!

rae76 · Post by **rae76** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 2:22 pm

Nicky, you are so cool for updating our list so faithfully. Thank you!!

Lucy, how did it go today?

I'm off to my acu consultation. Have a great day all!

vicky77 · Post by **vicky77** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 2:24 pm

Welcome Amanda, Jenn and Jill !!!!!!!!!!, I am so happy with the way this thread is growing!!!!

Jen, as per your question, if you start BCP's in mid Feb, then I guess you will start stimming by mid March and ER and ET by end March I guess, so yes, you are on the right track!!!!!

Caroline, yes, I am looking forward to this seminar, to learn a bit more about accu, I will let you know how it goes.

Anna, HAPPY BIRTHDAY (with one day of delay if that is ok

), I loved the idea of celebrating with Margaritas, since, as you said, we won't be celebrating with Margaritas for a long time (I hope for a year

). The prices of your acu seem good, I called 2 more places, one told me first visit $225 and the rest $70, and the other first visit $250 and the rest $75, so will see, because the last one is specialized in women and fertility, so maybe will go to that one, or to the very first one (the expensive one) since apparently he is one of the best in the US (according to him, which is very subjective, haha

).

Jill, sorry about your m/c, the same happened to me, I had my BFP at end of Nov and m/c at 7wks, it is the worst thing that ever happened to me, but now I am looking forward for the next cycle. Good luck to you!!, are you doing FET or fresh cycle?, I am doing FET (have 4 frosties).

Amanda, I understand the being obsessed with the forum, same thing happen to me, it is terrible!!!, for example now I am at work, and have spent the last half hour writing here

, now that I think about it, better get back to work........

Well, girls, see you later!!!!

shantala · Post by **shantala** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 4:27 pm

hey ladies

vicky - thanks for reassuring me. valium??? is that what they give you? not sure they give that to us over here...

jenn - a great big welcome to you!!!! you'll love this site and feel just like one of us before you know it!

caroline - thanks for your good vibes hun!

anna - wouldnt have a clue whether the trial feels like IUI as i've never had IUI. sorry! like you said, if you've had IUI then i'm sure they know you inside out by now!

oh and happy 34th birthday!!!

jstrandlund - welcome to this thread!!!! so sorry to hear about your m/c. the best of luck with round number 2!!!

amanda - hello and welcome!!! i noticed that you have your trial ET with a full bladder?! i had mine yesterday and although they do the real ET with a full bladder they asked me to empty mine for the trial.

anyway, the best of luck!!

rae - i completely agree with you on the holiday thing!! not long and we can take our little babies with us!!

nicky - doing really well on the list! again, i havent had iui so dont know what that feels like. glad i'm not the only one with a funny cervix!

bye for now

xx

vicky77 · Post by **vicky77** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 4:42 pm

About the trial transfer, I did have IUI's in the past, it is almost the same except that the catheter is a bit bigger than the one they use for IUI's. I had a bit more discomfort, but as with the IUI's it all depends on who does it and how skilled he/she is.........

Good luck!!

shantala · Post by **shantala** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 4:45 pm

ok thanks - quick question, did you have your trial ET with a full or empty bladder??

xx

vicky77 · Post by **vicky77** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 4:48 pm

I had the trial transfer with empty bladder because they didn't use the ultrasound for it so it wasn't necessary, but the real transfer was with a full bladder because they do it guided by ultrasound. Having the bladder full also helps to push the uterus backwards so people with funky cervixes like us get corrected that way

jstrandlund · Post by **jstrandlund** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 6:30 pm

Nicky, the list looks great!! You are doing a great job with it and I know we all really appreciate it.

Vicki, I am doing a fresh cycle since we do not have any frosties. It was comforting to see your name on this thread as I recognize it from the October buddies.
Well I better get back to work now. I will try to catch up with everyone later. Have a great day!

vicky77 · Post by **vicky77** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 7:05 pm

Jill, yes I remember you too from the Nov06 thread, but did you change your nickname???, because I thought it was you due to your name and dates that you gave, but then I didn't recognize the nickname "jstrandlund", so I tought maybe it wasn't you.....

MARCH-CYCLE BUDDIES

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