MARCH-CYCLE BUDDIES

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pep23
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Post by pep23 »

Thanks for the good luck wishes Shantala and Kandice! I will be using Follistim for stimming. But I also continue taking Lupron (which I've been taking for downregging) and add in a low-dose HCG.

So lucky me will be doing three shots every night. :shock: Well, at least DH is a pro so I can just close my eyes and grit my teeth and he will tell me when he's done! That plus my acu and I really am starting to feel like a pin cushion. :roll:

My first follie scan will be on Wednesday the 7th. I'm so nervous because I want it all to be perfect but I'm also soooo excited!!

Have a great night girls!!

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Hi girlies..I'm back...really missed you girls! reading all the pages it feels like i've been away for ages!!! Dubai was lovely..so nice and warm and it was great fun meeting my friend and catching up on all the goss! :wink: We spent most of our time on beach or eating nice food so it was lovely...but then before our return..we were actually at the airport when we got a call informing us that one of my family friend's husband passed away..he's only 49! He had a stoke on thursday out of nowhere, and passed away on sunday! He has left behind his loving wife and a 16 yr old daughter and ten yr old son..it's just so sad. The funeral will take place on friday, can't believe just over a week later it's all over...sorry to be so morbid. All the news together with the really crappy weather in london and of course the meds has left me feeling really miserable..my only ray of sunshine is DH who is looking after me so well!

Anyway girls i'm really sorry but i can't do personals..i don't know where to start :oops: ..so many of you seem to have written...but please know i have read each and every post and am thinking of all of you!

Shantala did you have a scan today? By the way i would really love to meet you, mrs b and nimble too...as i'm not too far from all of you i think..i think it would be pretty cool..keep me posted! :)
Steph I'm so excited for you...start stimming so soon....only two days to go!

Anna if AF is arriving i reckon you might actually be infront of me...i'll be using your dates instead!! :wink: My cylce is just a bit long...but i'm sure i'm suffering with pmt so in the next week or so it should be here!

Rae hope the 7 days pass for you super quick!

Nimble hope the air between you and dh has totally defrosted...how are you?

Welcome to all the new ladies.

Ok girls...gonna keep this short for now!

nerms
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Post by smattison »

Good luck Steph....the next 3 weeks are going to be so long for me, but hopefully it will be here before I know it.

I am really hoping that March and April will be big BFP Months!!!!
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Post by shantala »

pep - ooohhh, that is so exciting!! you're not far behind me!!

nerms - hey hunny, lovely to hear from you!! i was just thinking about you!! yes, it would be lovely if you come down as well....dont know if you saw but i suggested a weekend (either the 10th or 11th march???) as that is probably easier work wise. but evenings would be cool too...dont know what hours nimble works. what would be best for you?? so glad you had a good time...it sounded lovely! but so sorry you had to come back to such sad news. its so scary how quickly all this can end. the poor family! my thoughts are with them!!

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Shantala - you've definitely earned your couch&telly time! Indulge yourself!

Little one is giving me regular nausea so I hope that means s/he is doing well. Otherwise it's all just waiting - still :) And yes there will definitely be a bump pic once I've got one - my uterus is supposedly tilted forward so I might show fairly early.

Steph, fab news!! Congratulations. Only a week until your first follie scan - that's really exciting.

Nerms, good to hear from you! Your vacation sounds just perfect for winding down before the big days. I'm sorry about the sad news though - I'm sure that put a damper on your returning home. Hope you'll feel better in the coming days...
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Post by kandice »

oooh steph! I do 2 a night- follistem and repronex 1cc combined in 1 shot and 5 units lupron still. so I really feel for you- don't know how the hcg feels, but my 2cents- do the lupron first- it's so small and goes quicker than the follistem! and ice! and of course let us know how it goes!
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shantala wrote:pep - ooohhh, that is so exciting!! you're not far behind me!!

nerms - hey hunny, lovely to hear from you!! i was just thinking about you!! yes, it would be lovely if you come down as well....dont know if you saw but i suggested a weekend (either the 10th or 11th march???) as that is probably easier work wise. but evenings would be cool too...dont know what hours nimble works. what would be best for you?? so glad you had a good time...it sounded lovely! but so sorry you had to come back to such sad news. its so scary how quickly all this can end. the poor family! my thoughts are with them!!

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SHANTALA, are you guys organising a meet up? did i miss something??

NERMS!! Lovely to hear frm ya!! Glad u had fun in Dubai!! sounds lovely! sorry to hear about your friends hubby, thats awful, hope evrything goes ok ( well as ok as it can) at the funeral, sending you and your friend hugs!

GOOD NEWS, I have had blood results back and IVF goes ahead for sure!!! down reg starts 5th march!!!! sniffing here i come!!!!

Love and hugs to ya all, x x x As u can tell in a rush tonight!!! home from work late and still tonz of housey stuff to do!!!!

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Evening everyone

I apologise now, this is going to be a long one…..

Steph – so glad to see that your base scan went well, and congrats on starting stimms on Friday – I’m excited for you… :lol: :lol:

Nicky – Isn’t that so annoying when you type long posts then lose it, I now type it in word then copy and paste over – also means I have two windows open and type as read each post….

Where are you, it would be great if you could come down and meet up with us too… how far away are you from Reading??

Great news about d/regging – I bet you can’t wait to start – so pleased for you. What dates have you got for Stimms?

Welcome Smattison – sorry to hear about your BFN, this site is fantastic and really helps keeping up the PMA!! See you finally managed to sort out your ticker.. :D

Oh dear SHA, seems you and Nicky having the same problems !! Hope yr pc sorts itself out soon, does it know that it is dealing with an emotional reck !! Any more stabbins recently!!?? :o

Shantala / Mrs B – weekends are best for me and any olde excuse to come to reading for a bit of retail therapy…. I work during the week at the airport so don’t get home until late. 10th isn’t good, as we are going away for a few days to Europe and fly back on the Sat and then going to a friends 40th in London that evening. Sunday may a possibility as I won’t be drinking so not likely to have a hangover! Other than that, most other weekends in Mar are ok too. However I guess we will need to wait until you know def about your EC/ET dates. Oh no, just realised that I’m going to be away – must tell DH to book hotel with internet access

Shantala
– sorry to hear that you’re not feeling too good and I hope yr resting girl, don’t want to see you in those shops!! :lol:

Sonya – oh so jealous of yr weather – it’s not stop rain here at the mo. It sounds like she is just around the corner waiting…hope she arrives soon for you.

Anna – has she arrived yet? Still doing the jig for you!! Are you back to normal after your op last week?

Welcome AEJ – think we have met before on February thread – I moved over when I knew I was def going to be a March cycler…3rd time lucky I hope for you.

Rae – poor you with the morning sickness – hope it subsides soon…I’ve heard ginger biscuits help??

Welcome Katt to the nutty train, nice to see you here.

Kandice – sending loads of follie dust to you and hope that they spurt in the last day or so for you. My follies last time were so so slow that they had to double dosage and extend it for another week but hey, I ended up with 6 perfect ones, one of which went on to a BFP.

Nerms –so sorry to hear about yr sad news, it is never nice. It is nice to have you back though and not surprised you’re feeling crappy…sending you some big hugs. Would be lovely for you to join us too on our meet…when is best for you??

DH and I are back as one happy family – asked whether he wanted to participate in any of the down reg procedure but said he preferred to watch – didn’t want to hurt me with the needles, ah bless – more like probably scared at my reaction! Don’t feel like I have had any side effects yet, not that I have noticed anyway! The spotting has stopped so guess the drugs taking effect, oh and thank you shantala, I understood what you meant with yr earlier post!

We are going away for my birthday next week, hopefully to either Lisbon or Barcelona so something nice to look forward to.

Think I have finally finished, know that I have missed some but had so much to catch up upon – phew!

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Post by shantala »

nimble - yeah i thought weekends would be better to be honest. sunday would be fine with me....mrs b?? nerms?? glad you and dh have made up...oohh, yes it is your birthday next week isnt it? is it the 7th or something?? mine's the 9th!

nicky - yes, we're planning a meet up....how far is suffolk from reading?? sorry my geography is awful...would you be interested?? how cool if you could come too....

rae - cool about the picture...cant wait!!

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Post by bigwhitehapydog@aol.com »

Oh Goodness my have we grown. I promise I'll catch up with all the pages tonight. I'm really behind. It seems I've missed a lot. Hope everyone is doing well. I'm postponed until April... some of you may have seen my post on the other thread. I keep jumping up months. hee hee :-) Actually I was really really dissapointed. Becuase of my surgery they postponed me another month. Surgery went well, all polyps/fibroids removed, and I'm ready to move forward. When she called and told me no for March I just cried. I feel like I'm just sitting waiting and waiting. I did everything possible to stay in the March cycle. I just got my protocol in the mail, and ordered all my meds. Baselines are April 2nd. I guess they can't postpone me again now. Looks like April for me girls. Hope I can still stay with you all. :-) I'm in Dec/Jan thread too, cause I was supposed to start in January originally. :-)
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WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
AF is here!!!!!
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I'm sooo excited!!!
I will do personals next!
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AEJ: So glad you decided to join the March thread!!! Kandice is also from NC!!!

(AEJ and I go to the same clinic and have the same dr!)

Katt: Hey girl welcome to the group! Sorry to hear you have been home sick! Glad you bring another perspective! I hate grapefruit juice! Hope you like it!

Kandice: That pooor tech! That is tooo funny! I would love to meeeet you! AEJ is from Charlotte also! Maybe she would join us! AEJ what do you think?

Peps: Great news sweety our new lil pin cushion!!

Shantala: Thanks your right it did work!!! Roses and choclate? How sweet is your DH!! God love him!


Nerms: Glad to have you back! Glad u had a great trip... I cant imagine what your friend must be going through. Im soo sorry..
Glad to hear your dh is taking good care of you

Rae: Sorry to hear your feeling yucky. He/she will settle in and you will feel better. I also have a tipped uterus! Ahh the joy! Also I read the cutest book the other day called "The Mommy Chronicles" by Sara Ellington and Stephanie Triplett. I think you would enjoy it!

Nicola:WOO HOO how excited you must be! Way to goooo! :)

Nimble: Yes the weather is nice! Love it! I hate being cold! Did you get the email I sent you the other day?

As for me as I said I started AF and I think I will be doing bcp's for 5 days but I am not sure. I will know more tomorrow.

Love to all
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Nerms, welcome back! Your trip sounds very exotic! So sorry to hear about your friend's dh. That is awful! When do you expect af?

Steph....wooohoooo! Congrats to getting to the stims phase! Get those follies growing!

Sonya.....woooohoooo to you too! How come you're only doing 5 days of bcp's? Are you doing Lupron too?

Nicki, congrats with getting to sniff soon!!! You're getting there girl!

Welcome AEJ---we met on the Feb. thread. Like Nimble I migrated to the March thread too because most of my dates are in March.

Nimble, I'm feeling better from the op...thanks for asking! I'm a little more exhausted than normal and I think this is from the Lupron. Have fun on your trip...Lisbon or Barcelona both sound lovely!

This is a TMI question...I posted last night how I started spotting and usually by the end of today, I would get the full flow. But it still is that dark brown stuff which is a little heavier...is that af or should I wait another day? I want to get on with stimming!!!!! :lol:

Good night ladies!
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I used Lupron last time and got BFN. We start stim meds again 3/21 and EC 4/2 ET 4/5. We are trying to do PGD but we did not have enough eggs last time. This time we will attempt again but if not they are doing the 3 day transfer. It was a 4 day transfer last time due to quality of my eggs. I had 1 great and 2 good, they put in all 3... This time we are also going to try asisted hatching if we are not able to do PGD.

Anyone else not using Lupron???
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Post by shantala »

sok - woooohoooo!!!! way to go!!!!!!!! you're on your way!!

anna - sorry i cant help i'm afraid as i dont spot before my AF starts...hope someone else can though....can you phone your clinic and ask them??

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