MARCH-CYCLE BUDDIES

[kia1973]

Hi ladies,

firstly sorry not posted sooner but i have been working nights for the last 10 days, thank god now got 5 days off.

nicki- good news about AF, lets hope she can hold out until Tue for you.

shantala- you must be so pleased now that Dh is home

nimble- yes our date's are very close, when do you start stims?

coco- big warm welcome to you.

everyone else HI ALL hope you all have had a lovely weekend.

A bit about myself, me 33 and DH 37, i'm a A&E nurse and have been for the past 10yrs, DH is in the Army, so our treatment was put on hold for a while as he went away for 6 months
we both love our fitness so spend most of out free time in the gym (sad i know)

well ladies hope you have a good evening
xx

[nicolamark]

How would it affect me if I have Fsh, Lh and Ostrial done on day 5???

They usually do it on day 2-4, but what if i have it done on day5, would that really matter???

Kia, hiya, you do a great job, I hear that A&E nurses are far and few between now. I feel so bad for whinging about my 8.30 til 5.30 job when some of you do amzing jobs!!

And its good you visit the gym, I dont. Hate getting sweating!!!

[nicolamark]

THIS IS OUR GROUP



AMANDA…….. Missouri, US (age25)
ANNA……. Ohio, US (age33) PA in Cardiac Surgery
BIG WHITE HAPPY DOG…….. Virginia, US
BRIDGET JONES…….. Surrey, UK (age45)
CARBEV aka Caroline……..Singapore
COCO…..Winter wonderland, US (age37)
HOLLY…….. Holland
IDONVITO aka Lisa…….. New York, US
JENN…….. Toronto (age28)
JILL aka jstandlund…….. Minnesota, US (age29)
KAREN (moonk) Connecticut, US (28) Education Consultant
KARINA........ Northern Ireland
KARMA_K………….San Francisco Bay (age35)
KIA aka SHA…….. Portsmouth UK (age33) A&E Nurse
LUCY …….. West Yorkshire, UK (age26)
MANDEEQ……...London, UK
NERMS……..Middlesex, UK (age32)
NIMBLE aka Jackie…….. Surrey, UK (age38)
NICKI……..East Anglia, UK (age31) Finance Advisor
PEP23(steph)…Indianapolis, US(28)FinanceAnalyst @RollsRoyce
RAE…….. Dallas, US (age30) PA in Heart Surgery
SHANTALA……..Berkshire, UK (age21)
VICKY…….. Florida, US (age29) Own business in real estate.




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





NOW—Jill—On holiday in Florida!!! (returns mid Feb)
NOW-- Karma-k -- New Job offer!!!
NOW —Vicky on Cruise (returns 18th feb)
13 Feb—Karina—Birthday.
14 Feb—Valentines day.
17 Feb—Holly- Skiing holiday
24 Feb—Karma K -- B’day
24 Mar—Nicki and DH wedd.Anni (6yrs)
April—Karen—29th birthday this month
02 Oct—Nicki B’day!!!



WAITING FOR AF…..





NOW-Vicky - AF due
14 feb-Nicki-AF due(had brown smudges, it’s coming!)



APOINTMENTS, BLOOD TESTS AND SCANS




11 Feb—Anna—Saline Sonogram( How did it go anna??)
12 Feb—Karma-K -- HSG
13 Feb—Nerms—Receiving IVF schedule
16 Feb-- Nicki - IVF appt for cycle plan
19 Feb—Jill--Saline Sonogram
21 Feb—Karma-k – injection class
27 feb—Amanda- Trial transfer
28 feb—Karen – appt about IVF…
28 feb—Nicki—Blood results back!!!
12 Mar—Nimble—Scan
21 Mar—Nimble—Scan
23 Mar—Nimble--Scan
25 Mar—Nimble—Scan



DOWN REGGING, STIMS, DRUGS and BCP’s




NOW – shantala—Down regging
NOW—Steph—BCP’s
NOW—Coco—BCP’s
16 Feb –Bridget Jones—Down regging
17 Feb—Steph--Lupron
20 Feb—Shantala—down reg test
21 Feb—Anna—Down regging
22 Feb—Shantala—Stimms
24 Feb—Kia—Down regging
25 Feb—Nimble—Down regging
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—Steph--Stimms
4 Mar—Jill- Stimms
4 Mar-- Nicki- Down regging (TBC)
MAR —Jenn—starting IVF
9 Mar—Holly—starting IVF injections
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
23 Mar—Holly--EC
26 Mar —Nimble—EC
26 Mar —Kia – EC
26 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
28 Mar—Nimble—ET
28 Mar-- Nicki – ET (TBC)


FET



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


TEST DATES



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


CONGRATULATIONS!!!! BFP!!!




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

PREGNANT MARCH CYCLERS- DUE DATES





RAE- October 07

[Sher8]

Hello There,

DH and I were blessed to have a baby from our first attempt at ICSI and now we have one frozen blast remaining. I will cycle at the end of March and the transfer will be in mid-April.

Our daughter, Siena, is now a year old and so much fun. I wish everyone the best of luck so they too can experience the joys of motherhood. All I can say is get your sleep now!

Add me to the FET for end of March and I look forward to cycling with all you girls.

Sher8 (Pittsburgh, PA)

[bigwhitehapydog@aol.com]

Well girls, so far I'm still in the ball game for March. They took me off the progesterone. THANK GOD! I still have two cysts on my right ovary that they are hoping will go away. I have another scan this coming week. I'm keeping my fingers crossed to still cycle with you all in March. Janice

[bigwhitehapydog@aol.com]

Nicola, that's awful you can't freeze the extra embies. I've never heard of that.

[sokru8]

Hi All
I was hoping I could join in with you. I will be starting my 2nd IVF attempt on my next cycle Feb 28/March 1.

I was on the Dec/Feb Cycle group but took some time off after my last attempt.

Little About Me: After our last -ive pg test we thought we were done with IVF. My Dh and I have to pay out of pocket for everything and would not have been able to pay for another try. But because the clinic messed up our e/c by not check my blood levels to ensure I was ready for it. Unfortunatley I was not ready and they compromised one of my ovaries. We were only able to get 4 embies, 3 survived and were transfered. None survived. Long story short our Dr. has offered to do everything he does for free and try to get everything else at a reduced rate.

So here I am.. I am not sure I am ready for this emotional journey again. But am willing to give it my best shot!

Take Care All.
Sonya

[cookholmes]

Hello all! I wanted to join this thread, becasue all of a sudden it is relevant to me. I was on the Jan/Feb. thread, but since it has failed I am trying to move on. I appreciate being able to tell about myself, since I am not sure that I really introduced myself on the other board.

I have offically retired from being a stay at home wife (as of today). I am now working in Human Resources for an insurance company. My husband owns a couple of Real Estate companies and is a Real Estate Investor/ Broker. I am 25, my DH is 35 and I have a 14 year old step daughter We are now starting our FET cycle and hope to get a BFP at the end of the month/ beginning of April.

I wanted to wish everyone well with their cycles and I always love hearing about natural prgenancies, it inspires such hope in me!

As time continues on I will write more personals...

[cookholmes]

Double post, sorry.

[nicolamark]

WELCOME!



Hiya Sher, honey, we cycled together before, as you've noticed we have decided to leave the IUI route and get on the IVF route, this will bring us more chance of a +ive!!!
Great to hear from ya, and good luck with FET xx x

Cookholme, I have been reading your posts on the other months thread, but hey if i answered everyone, I would be here 24 hrs!!! Dh already complains i spend too much time typing!!!
Hope we can hold each others hands though this!!!

Sokru, honey, Good luck with your IVF and again hope we can hold hands through this journey!!............ x x x

Janice, It's becasue we are using donor sperm, and the law states not freeze them!! usually iui in better, with donor sperm but we have had enough of iui not working so i guess its just one of the things we have to accept....

Me: No AF yet, just the odd spot, so its coming, I know!!! x xx

[nicolamark]

THIS IS OUR GROUP



AMANDA…….. Missouri, US (age25)
ANNA……. Ohio, US (age33) PA in Cardiac Surgery
BIG WHITE HAPPY DOG (Janice)…….. Virginia, US
BRIDGET JONES…….. Surrey, UK (age45)
CARBEV aka Caroline……..Singapore
COCO…..Winter wonderland, US (age37)
COOKHOLME….California, US (25) HR for Insurance Co.
HOLLY…….. Holland
IDONVITO aka Lisa…….. New York, US
JENN…….. Toronto (age28)
JILL aka jstandlund…….. Minnesota, US (age29)
KAREN (moonk) Connecticut, US (28) Education Consultant
KARINA........ Northern Ireland
KARMA_K………….San Francisco Bay (age35)
KIA aka SHA…….. Portsmouth UK (age33) A&E Nurse
LUCY …….. West Yorkshire, UK (age26)
MANDEEQ……...London, UK
NERMS……..Middlesex, UK (age32)
NIMBLE aka Jackie…….. Surrey, UK (age38)
NICKI……..East Anglia, UK (age31) Finance Advisor
PEP23(steph)..Indianapolis, US (28)FinanceAnalyst@RollsRoyce
RAE…….. Dallas, US (age30) PA in Heart Surgery
SHANTALA……..Berkshire, UK (age21)
SHER8……Pennsylvania, US (38)
SOKRU…. N.Carolina, US (33)
VICKY…….. Florida, US (age29) Own business in real estate.


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





NOW—Jill—On holiday in Florida!!! (returns mid Feb)
NOW-- Karma-k -- New Job offer!!!
NOW —Vicky on Cruise (returns 18th feb)
13 Feb—Karina—Birthday.
14 Feb—Valentines day.
17 Feb—Holly- Skiing holiday
24 Feb—Karma K -- B’day
24 Mar—Nicki and DH wedd.Anni (6yrs)
April—Karen—29th birthday this month
02 Oct—Nicki B’day!!!



WAITING FOR AF…..





NOW-Vicky - AF due
14 feb-Nicki-AF due(had brown smudges, it’s coming!)



APOINTMENTS, BLOOD TESTS AND SCANS



This week some time - Big white dog--Scan
11 Feb—Anna—Saline Sonogram
12 Feb—Karma-K -- HSG
13 Feb—Nerms—Receiving IVF schedule
16 Feb-- Nicki - IVF appt for cycle plan
19 Feb—Jill--Saline Sonogram
21 Feb—Karma-k – injection class
27 feb—Amanda- Trial transfer
28 feb—Karen – appt about IVF…
28 feb—Nicki—Blood results back!!!
12 Mar—Nimble—Scan
21 Mar—Nimble—Scan
23 Mar—Nimble--Scan
25 Mar—Nimble—Scan



DOWN REGGING, STIMS, DRUGS and BCP’s




NOW – shantala—Down regging
NOW—Steph—BCP’s
NOW—Coco—BCP’s
16 Feb –Bridget Jones—Down regging
17 Feb—Steph--Lupron
20 Feb—Shantala—down reg test
21 Feb—Anna—Down regging
22 Feb—Shantala—Stimms
24 Feb—Kia—Down regging
25 Feb—Nimble—Down regging
16 Feb—Amanda—Lupron
Feb—Anna-- BCP’s
Feb—Vicky—BCP’s
1 Mar—Sokru—2nd IVF
1 Mar—Big happy Dog-starting IVF… (5th Time lucky)
1 Mar-- Nerms- Stimming
2 Mar—Steph--Stimms
4 Mar—Jill- Stimms
4 Mar-- Nicki- Down regging (TBC)
MAR —Jenn—starting IVF
9 Mar—Holly—starting IVF injections
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
23 Mar—Holly--EC
26 Mar —Nimble—EC
26 Mar —Kia – EC
26 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
28 Mar—Nimble—ET
28 Mar-- Nicki – ET (TBC)


FET



End Feb—Vicky-- FET
March—Mandeeq-- FET
March- Bridget Jones-- FET
End Mar—Carbev—FET
End Mar—Karen—FET
End Mar—sher—FET
End Mar—Cookholme--FET



TEST DATES



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


CONGRATULATIONS!!!! BFP!!!




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

PREGNANT MARCH CYCLERS- DUE DATES





RAE- October 07

[HOLLY SANDERSON]

Hi Nicki
This is my second skiing holiday, this time its in france.
How are you getting on with cutting out all the bad stuff?
I am finding it hard with the coffee and tea I can just drink it none stop.

[nimble]

Coco, sher, cookholme, sokru - I've seen some of you on the other threads and sad that we meet again under these circumstances but this is our time - we are going to have loads of BFP's in April, after all it is spring!!

Nicki - she never behaves does she - lets hope she holds out one more day for you..... I'm glad you've come to a decision, I read yr post on Saturday but didn't get a chance to reply as I was dragged out and needed to be back in time for rugby!! It must have been a difficult decision for you and I think it easy to say what you might do if we were in yr shoes, but once in the actual position it must be heart renching to think what may lay ahead. Sending big hugs to yr DH too, I know that my DH would find it very difficult to do what you are doing and i really respect and admire couples that go down that route.

Vicky - sorry i missed you, but hoping youre some where nice and warm and chilling out on a sunny deck somewhere in the ocean.

Sokru - i think it is great that your clinic is allowing you one more go free especially since they cocked up your last go, it does restore a little faith in Dr's.

Janice - congratulations on going down a pant size thats fab but it does suck that they do it on weight....... will being off progestorone help at all? When is your scan this week - good luck.

Holly - so jealous- I've skied a couple of times and really loved it but DH is not into it at all, so never get to go. Heard the snow is really good in france at the moment so you will have a wail of a time.

shantala - hows DH doing? I hope you both relaxed this weekend.

Kia - I start stimming on the 25th - it still feels such a long time away - I just want to start NOW!!

I'm working from today as you see, being very productive. went to see my new nephew yesterday and he is only 6wks but good as gold. slept the whole time we were there!! I thought I would get really upset but actually wasn't too bad. I think its the sight of pg women that i tend to get more upset about - how wired is that! Week ahead is pretty quiet, just chomping on the bit to move on...i hate this waiting game

suspose i ought to do something......sigh!

Later nimble x

[Sher8]

Hello Nicki,

It is nice to be in good company. It seems like just yesterday we were chatting. I do think you will have much more chance at succeeding with IVF. I'm glad to hear you are still going strong.

Best of luck to you!

Sher8

[Coco]

Hello, Ladies,

Thanks for the warm welcome, Nimble, and thanks for keeping the list, Nicki. There is something strangely reassuring about seeing one's name on a long and important list of fabulous women from around the world who are in the SAME EXACT BOAT as I am. So, we are together, in a boat with good company, but on a challenging journey to be sure.

As I am new at this, I hope to learn from all of you. At the same time, I hope to generate so much good karma that your successes will be reflected back to me and we will all get to where we want to be.

Holly, skiing sounds great right about now. We have some good hills here in New England and we are about to get whacked with another massive snowstorm. Besides, isn't there something attractive about doing things that some people (i.e., "pregnant people") are not supposed to do? I tried to convince myself this after I drank too much wine Friday night. I really am lucky. ; )

I am on day 5 of BCP and awaiting the plan from the RE. I have found strange things creeping into my dreams. For instance, the other night I had a dream that I was breast-feeding a little girl. Simple as it sounds, this was a very weird and peculiar dream, not necessarily good or bad, just weird. Maybe it seemed weird because the concept of breast-feeding is so foreign to me yet part of the reality that we are trying to achieve. Maybe it was so weird because I don't have kids. Maybe it was weird because I was really breast-feeding my pug dressed in a baby gown? Who knows. Good stuff.

I see March barreling down full of promise and uncertainty. I do hope that I will be able to give myself the shots. I am lining up massage appointments, acupuncture appointments, mindfulness seminars in an effort to fill my time with things other than doctors' appointments, blood draws and visits to the ultrasound wand. ("oh, be-hayve," baby, ya!".)

You guys are a great time killer at work. Thanks.

Love,
Coco