MARCH-CYCLE BUDDIES

[nimble]

hi guys, do you mind if I join in !!

Was on the dec/jan thread and then the Feb thread but think I will def be a Mar cycler!!

Waiting for AF to start any day now and spoke to the clinic earlier and apparently they have had an influx of ladies for Feb/Mar so they started of saying that I couldn't start this month and most were pre-booked.... how can you pre-booked when you dont know when AF starts!!! Anyway said that we did that it would be this month and that I am spotting but AF not totally here so she tentatively put me down for day 1 on Tues 6th and 'pre-booked' me for EC on 26th Mar! So lets hope AF doesn't let me down and shows up now as I'm all set to go!

I know this is going to sound strange, but does anyone else have problems knowning when day 1 is of AF. I experience lots of heavy spotting before hand and they said to wait until I have fresh red blood (sorry tmi ). Last month I waited 34 days for that and then had 'ovulation symptons' on day 10 which is a bit early for me and now I'm getting spotting on day 22 which again seems early so I'm wondering if I got my dates wrong last month...... anyway enough of me....

Congratulations Rae - your christmas wish is on its way woohooo!!

Shantala - way to go girl - got yr email and pleased that you are kicking it all off tomorrow.

Nerms - I've had acc before to bring on AF and worked for me too....which makes me think I should go back to sort out my body!!

Still trying to catch up on pgs 1-13! So more personals later

Jackie xx
(going to use my name so no confusion between me and nerms!)

[nicolamark]

THIS IS OUR GROUP



AMANDA
ANNA
CARBEV
HOLLY
JENN
JILL
KAREN
KARINA
KARMA_K
LUCY
NERMS
NICKI
RAE
SHANTALA
VICKY


WELCOME!




Welcome to the March thread, BIG WHITE HAPPY DOG!!!Also Welcome to NIMBLE!!!!



FUN STUFF……




01 Feb—Jill—On holiday in Florida!!! (for 2weeks)
03 Feb—Nicki—going to London for w-end.
11 Feb—Nicki—going out with God son, to the Zoo!!




WAITING FOR AF…..



NOW--Vicky - AF due
NOW—Nimble—AF due
01 Feb – Anna- AF due
14 feb--Nicki-AF due
04 Mar – Holly – AF due



APPOINTMENTS, BLOOD TESTS AND SCANS




01 Feb—anna- 1st accupunture appt
01 Feb – anna--Baseline scan
06 Feb—Nicki-- seaweed wrap
08 Feb—Vicky -- Acupuncture
09 Feb--Nicki- Blood test for egg share
13 Feb—Nerms—Receiving IVF schedule
16 Feb-- Nicki - IVF appt for cycle plan
19 Feb—Jill--Saline Sonogram
27 feb—Amanda- Trial transfer
28 feb—Karen – appt about IVF…


DOWN REGGING, STIMS, DRUGS and BCP’s




2 Feb – shantala—Down regging
20 Feb—Shantala—down reg test
22 Feb—Shantala-- Stimms
16 Feb—Amanda—Lupron
Feb—Anna-- BCP’s
Feb—Vicky—BCP’s
1 Mar—Big happy Dog-starting IVF… (5th Time lucky)
1 Mar-- Nerms- Stimming
2 Mar-- Shantala- down regging
4 Mar—Jill- Stimms
6 Mar-- Nicki- Down regging (TBC)
MAR—Jenn—starting IVF
9 Mar—Amanda—Stimms
APRIL—Karina- Starting IVF in April now…..

EGG COLLECTION


5 Mar (ish) – Shantala—EC
18 mar—Amanda—EC
26 Mar—Nimble—EC
27 Mar (ish) -- Nicki- EC (TBC)




EMBRYO TRANSFER



8 Mar (ish) —Shantala—ET
Mid- end Mar—Vicky—ET
21 Mar—Amanda—ET
29 Mar—Nimble—ET
30 Mar-- Nicki – ET (TBC)


FET


End Feb—Vicky-- FET
1st Mar—Karen—FET
End Mar—Carbev-- FET[/color





CONGRATULATION!!!!!!!!BFP!!!!!!!!!




30th Jan= RAE!!!! Natural BFP…… Congratulations Babe!!!

[nicolamark]

Hiya Nimble!!!

I have read your posts before on the Jan thread and Feb thread never really posted to ya before, honey i hope we get to know ya better, and we can hold hands this March!!!

about the Day 1 thing!!! Yes, day = the first full day of RED blood!
I am like u and have a couple of days before when i have smudges of browny or pinky discharge.., I take this as warning, i know then Af is coming, but it's not counted......

How do u know u ovulated on day 10??? I have been tetsing for Ov for years!!! I have the egg white cervical mucus and the ovulation pains, i also test for LH, the day after I ovulate then 14 days later full bleed happens!!! the last half of your cycle is always 12 to 16 days, depends of progestone, but mine is always with in 12-16 days after ov....

so if u know u ovulated on day 10 then AF will come between day 22 and 26!!!

Good Luck!!! sounds liek AF will be here before the 6th Feb, but surely that wont matter to the clinic, they understand that u cnat predict cycles!!!

x x

[nicolamark]

THIS IS OUR GROUP



AMANDA
ANNA
CARBEV
HOLLY
JENN
JILL
KAREN
KARINA
KARMA_K
LUCY
NERMS
NICKI
RAE
SHANTALA
VICKY


WELCOME!




Welcome to the March thread, BIG WHITE HAPPY DOG!!!
Also Welcome to NIMBLE!!!!



FUN STUFF……




01 Feb—Jill—On holiday in Florida!!! (for 2weeks)
03 Feb—Nicki—going to London for w-end.
11 Feb—Nicki—going out with God son, to the Zoo!!




WAITING FOR AF…..



NOW--Vicky - AF due
NOW—Nimble—AF due
01 Feb – Anna- AF due
14 feb--Nicki-AF due
04 Mar – Holly – AF due



APOINTMENTS, BLOOD TESTS AND SCANS




01 Feb—anna- 1st accupunture appt
01 Feb – anna--Baseline scan
06 Feb—Nicki-- seaweed wrap
08 Feb—Vicky -- Acupuncture
09 Feb--Nicki- Blood test for egg share
13 Feb—Nerms—Receiving IVF schedule
16 Feb-- Nicki - IVF appt for cycle plan
19 Feb—Jill--Saline Sonogram
27 feb—Amanda- Trial transfer
28 feb—Karen – appt about IVF…


DOWN REGGING, STIMS, DRUGS and BCP’s




2 Feb – shantala—Down regging
20 Feb—Shantala—down reg test
22 Feb—Shantala-- Stimms
16 Feb—Amanda—Lupron
Feb—Anna-- BCP’s
Feb—Vicky—BCP’s
1 Mar—Big happy Dog-starting IVF… (5th Time lucky)
1 Mar-- Nerms- Stimming
2 Mar-- Shantala- down regging
4 Mar—Jill- Stimms
6 Mar-- Nicki- Down regging (TBC)
MAR—Jenn—starting IVF
9 Mar—Amanda—Stimms
APRIL—Karina- Starting IVF in April now…..



EGG COLLECTION


5 Mar (ish) – Shantala—EC
18 mar—Amanda—EC
26 Mar—Nimble—EC
27 Mar (ish) -- Nicki- EC (TBC)




EMBRYO TRANSFER



8 Mar (ish) —Shantala—ET
Mid- end Mar—Vicky—ET
21 Mar—Amanda—ET
29 Mar—Nimble—ET
30 Mar-- Nicki – ET (TBC)


FET



End Feb—Vicky-- FET
1st Mar—Karen—FET
End Mar—Carbev-- FET






2WW





TEST DATES



Shantala 20 March (ish)
Nicki- 11 April (TBC)


CONGRATULATIONS!!!! BFP!!!




30th Jan= RAE!!!! Natural BFP…… Congratulations Babe!!!

PREGNANT MARCH CYCLERS- DUE DATES





RAE- October 07

[annag]

Hello all!

Welcome Nimble!

I, too have been spotting in the last 2 days and from the past I usually have my 1st full bleed on the 3rd day which I count as CD#1. So I'm hoping that should happen tomorrow then I get my CD3 baseline scan and bld work then start bcp's. So, here we come!!!! I'm also doing acu on 2/7 instead. Had to cancel it yesterday due to bad weather.

Nicki, the board looks great! Pretty soon it'll fill up the whole page with March cyclers! Gearing up those bellies for spring! Thanks for doing the updates!
Anna

[annag]

Hello all!

Welcome Nimble!

I, too have been spotting in the last 2 days and from the past I usually have my 1st full bleed on the 3rd day which I count as CD#1. So I'm hoping that should happen tomorrow then I get my CD3 baseline scan and bld work then start bcp's. So, here we come!!!! I'm also doing acu on 2/7 instead. Had to cancel it yesterday due to bad weather.

Nicki, the board looks great! Pretty soon it'll fill up the whole page with March cyclers! Gearing up those bellies for spring! Thanks for doing the updates!
Anna

[annag]

Hello all!

Welcome Nimble!

I, too have been spotting in the last 2 days and from the past I usually have my 1st full bleed on the 3rd day which I count as CD#1. So I'm hoping that should happen tomorrow then I get my CD3 baseline scan and bld work then start bcp's. So, here we come!!!! I'm also doing acu on 2/7 instead. Had to cancel it yesterday due to bad weather.

Nicki, the board looks great! Pretty soon it'll fill up the whole page with March cyclers! Gearing up those bellies for spring! Thanks for doing the updates!
Anna

[vicky77]

Hello Nimble, welcome to this forum, looks like all of us Feb ladies are now moving to March!!!
I also have spotting prior to AF (not having it now though,not yet), and it is tough to know exactly the 1st day of AF. Normally they tell me I should wait to the full flow, but the last time I did that it was kind of late, so the next time I went on my 3rd day of spotting and it was ok, so I guess it depends too on how much you know your body (which I am guessing we all here know our cycles like the palm of our hands!! )

Nicky, just curious, while looking at the list, what is that in the "fun stuff" area where it says that you are going to "11 Feb—Nicki—going out with God son, to the Zoo!! ".............just curious.....

Ohh girls, can't wait enough for the weekend!!!!!!!

[nimble]

Hi nicki,

read you on other posts too so great to be cycling together.... don't get me wrong, I'm not positive that I did ov on d10, but I normally get a heavy mucus around the time I do ov. which is what happened so just assumed !! You know us girls, watch and analyse everything, but hey not literally Agree with Anna, boards looking fab.

Anna/Vicky - thanks for the warm welcome - good luck with accu, I've had a few sessions and I really enjoy them.

Starting to get nervous with this session, i was fortunate to get a +ve first go, but sadly lost it after 7wks and trying to stay positive that it can happen again on next cycle. This time we are going with ICSI plus max. dosage of drugs....oh i shall feel so great, watch out poor DH!

Night all
Jackie x

[annag]

Sorry for the triple replies....i posted while at work and the computer there is way too slow!

Anna

[rae76]

Nerms, congrats, that's great news! The wheels are turning now...

Jackie, welcome and thanks for the congratulations! I'm so sorry about your m/c, must have been hard. My miscarriage almost two years ago was the hardest thing that ever happened to me. I hope this time it'll work for you all the way!

Nicky, I noticed you had worked out my due date
That was such a strange thing to see, the whole thing seems so unreal to me. I hope I get there, I really do!

BTW you're doing such a great job with the list!

Vicky, how's the AF situation looking now?

Thanks for asking, I'm feeling fine if a little stressed and sleep-deprived... Had a scary day today, got the results for my second beta and hcg hadn't doubled. The nurse was a bit vague but said not to panic yet. I'll have to go in for a third one on Sat so that they'll be able to tell me more... OMG, I'm so praying that the results would be satisfactory!

Had a big cry after the phonecall but feel a bit better now that I found info online saying that with some women it takes up to 72 hours for HCG to double and my results would fit into that time frame if the rise continues at this pace. So maybe all's not lost yet.

[pep23]

Hey Ladies! Is it ok if I crash your party?!? I'm a regular on the Feb cycle buddy thread but I've been lurking on this one and see a few familiar faces….Hi to all my Feb buddies on here!!! Anyway, I'm on BCP right now and start Lupron on the 17th but will not start Stimms until March 2nd so I'm kind of a "tweener" My tentative dates are ER on March 12 or 13 and ET 3 days later.

When I saw the BFP - Congratulations Rae!!!! - I thought this board was off to a good start so I'm definitely ready to follow the leader!!

Steph

[vicky77]

Welcome Steph!!......yes, apparently we are moving the Feb thread to March, hehe !!....

Rae, keep your chin up, HCG doubles in 48-72hs, as you said, so if it increased at least by 60% it would be ok?, what were your numbers???....anyway, have my fingers crossed for you!!, good luck tomorrow!!!!!!!, keep us posted...

No signs of AF yet...... , had another HCG drawn today, last week was 17, today it is supposed to be zero or at least less than 5...............will see what it is...

[Bridget Jones]

Hi everyone, do you think I can join you?

I don't know what to say at this stage, but have been so comforted by the information that you've all posted, that I thought I would now stick my head above the parapet.
I'm getting ready for my 3rd FET from an ED- and have been having accu and hypno to help clear my brain of negative thoughts.

My 4 FE's are arriving on a plane next week, ( from Romania where we originally had the first 2 rounds) and I hope they survive the process enough for me then to start down regging in 2 weeks.

Am I a) the oldest or b) the most non conventional member out there?
Am worried about the results of my Natual Killer cell test - which showed a borderline result- has anybody any advice re this at all?

[nicolamark]

THIS IS OUR GROUP



AMANDA
ANNA
BIG WHITE HAPPY DOG
CARBEV
HOLLY
JENN
JILL
KAREN
KARINA
KARMA_K
LUCY
NERMS
NIMBLE
NICKI
RAE
SHANTALA
VICKY




WELCOME!




Welcome to the March thread. PEP23 aka STEPH and
also Welcome to BRIDGET JONES!!!!



FUN STUFF…… NON-IVF RELATED STUFF THAT’S OCCURING!





01 Feb—Jill—On holiday in Florida!!! (for 2weeks)
03 Feb—Nicki—going to London for w-end.
11 Feb—Nicki—going out with God son, to the Zoo!!


WAITING FOR AF…..



NOW--Vicky - AF due
NOW—Nimble—AF due
03 Feb – Anna- AF due
14 feb--Nicki-AF due
04 Mar – Holly – AF due



APOINTMENTS, BLOOD TESTS AND SCANS




05 Feb – anna--Baseline scan
06 Feb—Nicki-- seaweed wrap
08 Feb—Vicky -- Acupuncture
09 Feb--Nicki- Blood test for egg share
13 Feb—Nerms—Receiving IVF schedule
16 Feb-- Nicki - IVF appt for cycle plan
19 Feb—Jill--Saline Sonogram
27 feb—Amanda- Trial transfer
28 feb—Karen – appt about IVF…


DOWN REGGING, STIMS, DRUGS and BCP’s




NOW – shantala—Down regging
NOW—Steph—BCP’s
16 Feb –Bridget Jones—Down regging
17 Feb—Steph--Lupron
20 Feb—Shantala—down reg test
22 Feb—Shantala-- Stimms
16 Feb—Amanda—Lupron
Feb—Anna-- BCP’s
Feb—Vicky—BCP’s
1 Mar—Big happy Dog-starting IVF… (5th Time lucky)
1 Mar-- Nerms- Stimming
2 Mar-- Shantala- down regging
2 Mar—Steph--Stimms
4 Mar—Jill- Stimms
6 Mar-- Nicki- Down regging (TBC)
MAR—Jenn—starting IVF
9 Mar—Amanda—Stimms
APRIL—Karina- Starting IVF in April now…..



EGG COLLECTION/ RETRIEVAL


5 Mar (ish) – Shantala—EC
12 Mar—Steph--EC
18 mar—Amanda—EC
26 Mar—Nimble—EC
27 Mar (ish) -- Nicki- EC (TBC)




EMBRYO TRANSFER



8 Mar (ish) —Shantala—ET
Mid- end Mar—Vicky—ET
15 Mar—Steph--ET
21 Mar—Amanda—ET
29 Mar—Nimble—ET
30 Mar-- Nicki – ET (TBC)


FET



End Feb—Vicky-- FET
1st Mar—Karen—FET
March- Bridget Jones-- FET
End Mar—Carbev-- FET





TEST DATES



Shantala 20 March (ish)
Nicki- 11 April (TBC)


CONGRATULATIONS!!!! BFP!!!




30th Jan= RAE!!!! Natural BFP…… Congratulations Babe!!!

PREGNANT MARCH CYCLERS- DUE DATES





RAE- October 07