MARCH-CYCLE BUDDIES

[kia1973]

Steph – Fantastic news 10 embies waiting to come back home woooooooo hooooooooo. Good luck for ET tomorrow will be thinking of you. The dreaded 2ww now honey. Bring on that BFP.

Smattison – wish I could go skiing, bet it was so nice to just get away from it all, now its back to the nutty train

Jill – good luck with starting your stimms tomorrow. Welcome aboard the nutty train. My emotions have been all over the place since I started to down reg, think DH has got use to them now as that’s all I get from him is “YES DEAR” or “NO DEAR” “WHAT WAS IT YOU WANTED DEAR” and even him being nice is getting to me now


Anna – you go girl 15 embies that’s fantastic; it will be good that Steph is on the 2ww with you. Hope ET goes well. Thinking of you honey

Mrs. B / Shantala / katt / BJ – how are our 2ww group doing?? Hope all is well for you. Thinking of you all.

Kandice – ONE MORE DAY HONEY, REALLY PRAYING HARD FOR YOU

Nimble – How’s the stimming going?? Still acting like the B*tch from hell
Good luck for your scan on Monday.

Nerms – how you doing honey, are those follies growing for you??

I know I have missed loads out and I’m sorry, off to work tonight and then DH is taking me away for the weekend after our scan tomorrow. He wont tell me where yet so I haven’t got a clue what to pack that’s all I know is that we don’t need a passport.( its nowhere sunny )
So ladies I hope you have a lovely weekend, will try and keep an eye on you all over the weekend.
Got to go and pack.

Sha xx

[smattison]

Rae- Hope the FYI helped…I know it scared the sh** out of me. Skiing was great and just was my Doc DH ordered…LOL

Kia- Boy you said it NUTTY TRAIN!!!

Kandice-Just think this time tomorrow you will get the official BFP! Baby dust!!!

Anna/Steph-Hang in there the 2WW will be here and over before you know it and the BFP’s will be coming out of the wood work.

Jill-Good luck stimming tomorrow!!!

Yarnista- Congrats 15 embies that is great! Good Luck!

Welcome Natalie!!!

Anna- 26 WOW…I hope I get that many! I would love to have some to freeze.

Marcia & Sonya – So how are my cycle buddies!

Wow we have 4 so far in the 2WW - Mrs. B & Shantala & Katt & BJ

Pep23-Congrats 13 eggies w/10- Fertilized Good Luck with the ET!

I hope everyone is well and I am wishing everyone BFP!!!!

[kandice]

sha- enjoy your get away! I'm so jealous!

24 hours! btw- I'm not giving out any "official" word tomorrow- I'm sure I can hint it though--SMILEY FACE OR FROWN , When I go home I talk to DH about you all and he made me promise him that coworkers wouldn't know and that "webpeople"(<--- HIS WORD FOR YOU) wouldn't know before him. and he didn't want a phone call- he wanted it in person. and I live 45 minutes from work, so I'll leave work early- probably either way- positive and want to go home and share it- negative, upset and not want to be at work....

I hope it's not my last day of special treatment- most everyone at work knows, the chef (I'm an accountant at a country club) is one of my best coworker friends and before dh and I had a couple dinners with him and his DW about adoption- they adopted and are going through it again. but anyways- today I went into the kitchen and said I didn't feel like what was on the buffet today- could I have a fruit salad- sure thing- looks good! pears, catelope, honeydew, pineapples, strawberries, and apples! mmmmm! ** when ** we get our BFP tomorrow, I can go back on monday and say "the baby wants......" LOL!

[nimble]

THIS IS OUR GROUP





AMANDA: Missouri, US (age25)
ANNA: Ohio, US (age33)
BIG WHITE DOG (Janice): Virginia, US (40)
BRIDGET JONES: Surrey, UK (age45)
CARBEV aka Caroline: Singapore
CHVONNE: Essex, UK
COCO: Winter wonderland, US (age37)
COOKHOLMES: California, US (25)
HOLLY: The Netherlands.
IDONVITO aka Lisa: New York, US
JENN: Toronto (age28)
JILL (jstandlund): Minnesota, US (29)
KANDICE: (26)
KAREN (moonk): Connecticut, US (28.)
KARIA:
KARINA: Northern Ireland
KARINA1: Aberdeen, Scotland
KARMA_K: San Francisco Bay (age35)
KAT: Tallinn,Estonia (age 30)
KIA aka SHA: Portsmouth UK (age33)
MAMACARDENS (Natalie) California (age 22)
MANDEEQ: London, UK
MARCIA: Coventry, UK (age33)
MRS B: Reading, UK (age25)
NERMS: Middlesex, UK (age32)
NIMBLE (Jackie): Surrey, UK (age38.)
NICKI: Suffolk, UK (age31)
PEP23 (Steph): Indianapolis, US (age28.)
RAE: Dallas, US (age30)
REACH AEJ: Charlotte, NC (Age 35)
SHANTALA: Berkshire, UK (age21)
SHER8: Pennsylvania, US (38.)
SMATTISON: Texas
SOKRU (Sonya): N.Carolina, US (33)
VICKY: Florida, US (age29)
Yarnista: Connecticut (32)


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



24 Mar—Nicki and DH -- wedd.Anni (6yrs)
April—Karen -- 29th birthday this month
01 Aug Sonya—B’Day
02 Oct—Nicki -- B’day!!!

DOWN REGGING, SCANS,INJECTIONS etc…..



Karia – waiting for AF


14 Mar – Vicky – start BCPs
16 Mar – Jill – due to start stimming
16 Mar – Cookholmes – ultrasound – lining check
16 Mar – Mamacardenas - scan
19 Mar – Sokru – due to start stimming (blood work & scan)
19 Mar - Marcia—Baseline Scan
19 Mar – Vicky – saline ultrasound
19/21/23 Mar—Jill – Scans
20 Mar - Marcia— due to start stimming
21 Mar - Smattison – due to start Stimming
27 Mar - Nicki- Baseline
27 Mar - Marcia—Folly Scan
28 Mar – Nicki – due to start stimming
30 Mar - Jackie – due to start stimming
30 Mar - Marcia—Folly Scan
1 Apr - Karia—Starts sniffing
2 Apr – BWHD – baseline scan
4 Apr – BWHD – start Lupron
4 Apr – Nicki - Folly Scan
5 Apr – Vicky – scan and bw – start estrogen patches
6 Apr - Nicki – Folly scan
9 Apr – Nicki - Folly scan & trigger shot


STIMMING & FOLLICLE COUNT


Amanda follie count?
Nerms – 14 follies and counting…..
Sha - 1st scan 16th
Nimble - 1st scan 19th
Holly - 1st scan 23rd

EGG COLLECTION/ RETRIEVAL




12 Mar – Yarnista - 15 beautiful embies in waiting…
13 Mar —Steph – 13 beautiful eggies collected – 10 wonderful embies
13 Mar—anna – 26 beautiful eggies collected – 15 wonderful embies
14 Mar—Chvonne – 16 beautiful eggies collected
16 or 19 Mar—Nerms
18 mar —Amanda
23 Mar—Holly
26 Mar —Nimble
26 Mar - Mamacardenas
26 Mar —Kia
30 Mar- Sonya
2nd Apr—Smattison
2 nd Apr– Marcia
11 april - Nicki



EMBRYO TRANSFER


13 Mar – Katrina1
16 Mar—Steph
16 Mar—anna
17 Mar - Chvonne
17 Mar – Yarnista
17 or 20 Mar—Nerms-- ET
21 Mar—Amanda—ET
28 Mar—Nimble—ET
29 Mar - Mamacardenas
29 Mar—Kia—ET
29/30 Mar—Blastocyst transfer
4 April—Marcia—ET
4 April- Sonya- Blasto transfer
5 April - Smattison
16 April -- Nicki – Blastocyst transfer
24Apr – Vicky (est.)


FET




13 Mar—Katrina1--FET
23 Mar —Cookholmes—FET
End Mar—Karen—FET
End Mar—sher—FET
End Apr—Vicky --FET


On the 2WW

Kandice – 2 little ones snuggling in – testing 16th March
Bridget Jones – little ones snuggling in – testing 17th March!
Shantala- 2 little ones snuggling in – testing 22nd March
Mrs B – 2 little ones snuggling in – testing 21st March
Katt: 2 little ones snuggling in – testing 23rd March


Test Dates Coming Up....


Anna ....??
Steph – 25 & 27 March
Jill—9th April
Nimble— 11 April
Marcia—18 April
Nicki—27 April


CONGRATULATIONS!!!! BFP!!!


30th Jan= RAE!!!! Natural BFP…… Congratulations Babe!!!
Carbev- Natural BFP WOO HOO

PREGNANT MARCH CYCLERS- DUE DATES


RAE- 8th October 07
Carbev- Nov 07

IN WAITING …..

Mandeeq: postponed waitng for linning test results
Lucy – not starting til May/June

[rae76]

KANDICE:

BEST OF LUCK TO YOU FOR TOMORROW. AND BABY DUST GALORE!!!!

And Bridget Jones, your test date is coming up too. Hoping for a BFP!!!!!

[nimble]

Woo hoo Anna fantastic news – 15 embies in waiting …..

Well tomorrow is a big day – our first 2ww (well 1ww) is testing – Kandice, I’m praying hard for a strong BPF for you – let us know when you’re ready and I will be stalking the site all day for news…. I assume yr in the US so we have to wait longer to hear

Anna & Steph – good luck on your ET – will be thinking of you both tomorrow and hope that you get many too freeze for some bruv & sisters!! Here comes the 2ww....

Chvonne – hi – think you’ve been here before as you already had you on the list – so welcome back. Keep us updated on how many embies you get – good luck and fingers crossed.

Mrs B – how are you doing hun, hey that’s what we are here for – let it all out, we’re not proud I know exactly how your’re feeling, as I was so positive last time and when it all went wrong I came down with such a large bump it took me ages to get over it and I’m not sure I could cope again. However, saying that keep up the PMA PMA PMA….

Sonya – hey no worries with the list - happy to help out. Last day of BCP’s – yyyeaaaahhhhhh…. Excited about Monday???

Cookholmes/Mamacardens - good luck with yr scans tomorrow.

Jill - one day to go before stimming starts - excited??

Nerms - how did your scan go?

Sha – the ***** has gone for the time being – trying to be a little more bearable at work – won’t last long I suspect Wow a weekend away – what a DH – gold stars to him Have a fantastic weekend away – you so deserve it – fill us in on Monday!! Don’t about sunshine more like snow apparently, more reason to stay in a cosy hotel room by a roasting fire !!

My hormones all over the place but worse still, getting the most outrageous headaches ever and had to have an emergency appt with acu this evening to try and get rid of it – they are right at the back of my head above the base of the spine – she said that they are ‘kidney’ headaches (Chinese medicine). She thinks its due to the large amount of follie food I’m taken – last time I started on a low dose and they increased it after the first week, this time I’m at full whack straight away so apart from those, I’m hunky dory!

TGIF tomorrow is all I say – roll on the weekend and long lie in’s!

nimble xx

[nimble]

Sha - sorry love, forgot to say to good luck with yr scan tomorrow.

Have a great weekend

nims x

[katt]

hey, thanks for asking. my 2ww is quite busy (i work as cinema manager and film distributor and there are so many things coming up in next weeks and months), so not much time for the emotional rollercoaster you are talking about. i just try not to walk too fast, try to calm down when feeling stressed, have my long hot shower every night before proge procedure and count days of course. it's a tradition reading all your posts every night and especially the posts by kandice under so many lists you really are excited i can see! send you a lot of baby dust! for all the others i wish you as easy 2ww as i have without any complaints and no big worries. the life can only get better, as worse is already there.
katt

[MarciaL-OurHope4Baby]

Hi all!!!

Marcial....YAAAAAAAAAAAAY! AF has arrived..the jourmey begins...i in contrast to you usually get no cramps or headaches before AF, but PMT/S kicks in and it is horrible...i feel like i'm not in control of my emotions..oddly this recent AF in the middle of treatment was more about cramps than emotions! weird hey! SO i guess you'll get you dates on monday...hopefully lining will be nice and skinny for you!

Will check in later

Nerms
x

Hi there

Hormones are weird aren't they? I really take my hat off to women that get PMT, I really do. I really couldn't cope if it's something I'd normally suffer from . I'll stick to my mild cramps and headaches thanks.

As for my dates, I've had them since June. When you go for your concent signing, they plot everything out on a IVF programme sheet so you know how to do all your planning with time off and just so the couple know the timeline of things. So all my dates are in the group listing, apart from my Acupuncture, Relaxation and CranioSacral therapy sessions. I've been having Acu+SC since Jan to prepare my body and it's only started having Relaxation techniques added in (at no extra cost) since the last 2 sessions I've had. I had another session on Wednesday, my baseline is at 8.15am Monday, I start stims all being well on the Tuseday, and then my next Acupuncture is on the 24th to aid my stims and lining. Then I'm having a Follicle tracking scan on Tues 27th, and another Acu session hopefully on Wednesday 28th 2 days before my Trigger all being well. That's all set for Fri 30th March, and I woulnd't mind having another session hopefully on ER day, that's set for April 2nd, and ET potentially on April 5th so I'd have another Acu session after the transfer. So it's all exciting now, and I can't believe it's so near. Two weeks from now, I couldn't had my retrieval and nervously awaiting to go back to get our eggies put back. I'm praying to the fairies to send us plenty of babydust .

I hope everything all goes well with you hun. How are you feeling mentally and emotionally about it all?

[MarciaL-OurHope4Baby]

Hey Marcia - thank god she finally showed for you and yr finally on yr way. By the way what does

CD1

mean - hence probably why I got the list wrong! sorry!


Well, boy have I had an emotional day or two - yesterday I was ***** from hell and today I just kept welling up with tears. One of my team mates thinks I'm mad with her and spoke to my boss (who thankfully knows) and made light of it - however she did say that as I was such a stronger character in my team - she sensed my colleagues were having similiar moods ie I was influencing them LOL - I said they were unconsciously coming out in sympathy but how funny - my poor boss, can you imagine, the whole team having the same mood swings as me!!!


I will update and post the list later....

nimble xx

Nimble - I can totally relate to that, I snapped at one the bosses at work the other day, but I was strung out. The General Manager kept asking me to do this and that for Directors that came for a meeting. I felt like saying, 'I know your new, but get yourself a darn P.A. or something', but I just bit my kip, smiled and went ahead running around like a mad woman. I was supposed to be assisting an Audit that was going on by some woman sent by the council, as I am the Trading Law/Health & Safety Co-Ordinator, and I was running around making drinks . I then had to try and fit my work in and have breakfast and was running late for doing my Injection. I said, look I'm running around after the Directors, I haven't even had break and everyones in the canteen without me, I can't stop to do that right now, because I haven't done my work, I haven't eaten and I need to do that before I take my INJECTION, which should've been done at 10.30 (I like to do them same time every am & pm like when I as on injectables), and it's neary 11am and I haven't done any off my own work yet. I need to buy some drinking glasses and a water jug, so if you sign the petty cash slip, I can get out of here and get back to you'. The poor guy just stood there litterally looking like this , signed the petty cash slip, I handed him a folder to look through said thanks and dashed off again.

That night and the next day all I did was cry, and if I wasn't doing that, I felt like I was about to cry for the no particular reason .

Anyway you're other question, CD means Cycle Day... just how far in your cycle you are.

to you hun .

[MarciaL-OurHope4Baby]

Rae-
Good to hear you and the baby are AOK...Just an FYI I had and appendicitis at 11w 6d and me and the baby made it through surgery just fine he is 10 1/2 now, so don't be scared.

Sorry it is just a short one for me this morning. We just got back from Snow Skiing in Santa Fe New mexico and it was wonderful...really took the mind off. I have one week to go and it seems like this is all I think about.

I will post longer later.
Baby dust to everyone!

Hiya

Hope you had a nice time, and good luck for next week if I don't see you around. I'm going to start cutting down my PC time from next week and make sure I get an hours nap or so in the evenings when I get in from work.

[MarciaL-OurHope4Baby]

Hi girls!

Thank you all for thinking of me yesterday, I really appreciate it! I'm at work and behind of course so can't write personals. But wanted to let you know that they retrived 13 eggs and I got the call this morning that 10 fertilized!! I'm so happy and feel like that was a big step so glad to have that successfully behind us. ET will be Friday!!!!!

Xo
Steph

Fantastic numbers Steph , I'm glad it all went well.

Wishing you all the best for tomorrow .

[MarciaL-OurHope4Baby]

anna- congrats on your 15 embies! good luck tomorrow!

chvonne- welcome to the group! make sure you lets us know how many embies!

1 day! I am going crazy! this monring for some reason I felt really sad- not crying or anything, think it's just nerves, come one with 1 phone call tomorrow the rest of our lives can change- with 2 minutes of phone call- if that... I'm 26 so haven't had many "life changing" experiences yet, only a couple that really stood out- when I moved from Maine to NC by myself for a job- I left my family - they were 2 hours driving time away- I left all my friends, my routine, my "friends" at the Y that I saw every night... so much and to come down and have nothing! and then the other life changing experience was when DH and DS moved in with me- wow, instead of working all hours of the night, I used ot have nothing to come home to, I was wanting to leave at 5 pm and come home and make dinner and everything for them. and now tomorrow, that one phone call, **when** she says it's a BFP, wow, everything will change- DS is 14 now so if we leave out legos or whatever it's fine, just little silly things like that. my "office" will have to be the nursery, very anxious and nervous and excited- wish it was friday!!!!!

hi to everyone else- I am thinking of you all of course, you girls have been a great support all through this! probably get back on later today...

Kandice - I'm wishing you all the luck in the world babe. It's mad I didn't even think of 'that phone call', I've watch IVF programmes on TV before and seen when people waiting for their call, but I didn't even think that'll happen to us as well now . I can't even imagine your nerves right now, but I'll be thinking of you and good luck for you and hubby.

Here's to a for the for you both.

[MarciaL-OurHope4Baby]

Marcia & Sonya – So how are my cycle buddies!

Hi hun, been thinking about you. I'm good thanks, calmer today then Tuesday. It's probably the Acu that's kept me calmer again lol. Had any mad moments. I was ironing my trousers for work this morning and wanted to cry lol how crazy is that. Just doing it made me want to cry.

You been holding up alright? It's not long now is it? Can't believe we're so close, and that some of these ladies are so close to testing already....it's all tood excited I can't cope. Bought some Aromatherapy Relaxation bath balm to soak into tomorrow night. I'm very much looking forward to that.

What day to they have you down for Triggering? Mine is supposed to be March 30th if my scan's ok and follies look ready for it.

[MarciaL-OurHope4Baby]

How are the preggie mommas doing?

Hope you're all ok, and good luck for your scan Rae .