Hi Lisa
Thank you so much for replying to my post. It means a lot. As you know I am going through a lot of negativity at the moment and sometimes the more I read on these websites the more I think it may never work!!
I have gathered myself together a bit now and I am going to my clinic this morning to try and sort out a future date.
Just one thing, was there anything extra you did to help....eg. Reflexology, any dietry things, acupunture, no alcohol??
Thank you so much again...........It is nice to know it works!! Enjoy your pregnancy Lisa.
Love
JenFx
NEw thread for DI pals!
hi jen sorry to hear you got a negitive
i also had to leave my job when i was having the treatment due to boss being a ***** and moaning when i had to go to clinic the hard thing is waiting for your lh surge so you never no when you have to go to hosp
anyway i was a lot more relaxed after that
mine worked on my 3rd go had to neg and one canceled cause it was bank holiday, after my 3rd attempt i went to turkey for 2 weeks just a cheap hol of the internet and hosp told me to carry on as normal drinking eating, just to avoid raw eggs and fresh mayo and it worked
so i think the best thing you can do is try to relax i no its hard but even if you and your dh could get away for a few days might help
best of luck to you and your dh
love di
34w4d
i also had to leave my job when i was having the treatment due to boss being a ***** and moaning when i had to go to clinic the hard thing is waiting for your lh surge so you never no when you have to go to hosp
anyway i was a lot more relaxed after that
mine worked on my 3rd go had to neg and one canceled cause it was bank holiday, after my 3rd attempt i went to turkey for 2 weeks just a cheap hol of the internet and hosp told me to carry on as normal drinking eating, just to avoid raw eggs and fresh mayo and it worked
so i think the best thing you can do is try to relax i no its hard but even if you and your dh could get away for a few days might help
best of luck to you and your dh
love di
34w4d
Hi everyone, so glad you are doing well Lisa, have you been feeling exhausted?
Jen - so sorry to hear you have been feeling so down. I certainly know what you mean about your job, it really adds to the stress of it all, I was only thinking yesterday that I don't know how I have managed to hold onto my job - and I only work 2 days/week as I have my little girl - i have had to have so much time over the last few months with my two IVFs. Think its a really good idea to talk to your consultant about whether IVF would be quicker. We did this, but because I had already had my daughter he said it would be a much better idea to continue with the DIUI (even though I had had four previous failed cycles just with Clomid). He suggested a few goes with superovulation and then IVF. His words to me were 'we would definitely get you pregnant with IVF'. He is a lovely man but I really didn't think he was able to give me any guarantees! As it worked out IVF really wasn't for me as my eggs don't like being manhandled, hence the return to DIUI, locally as I simply cannot deal with the long distance travelling into London (about 2 hr drive from where we are!) and with scans on every other day, its far too much to cope with. Lisa's lovely success story gives us hope and I am also a success story as I have my little girl from my first DIUI over four years ago so this does work! I know its easy to lose hope but just hang in there. Let us know what your consultant advises and when you are due to start again. Also, I carried on normal on my successful 2WW, I just didn't lift anything heavy and avoided alcohol. Other than that I did everything normally.
Caz - totally LOVED I'm a celeb too! Completely hooked, just wish Johnny Rotten had stayed in!! I liked Kerry though and thought she deserved to win! I am totally convinced, as Jen said, all will fall into place for your DH when a baby arrives, he would love it so much, the rest wouldn't be such an issue for him. When its a real little person that you are talking about, then all this will look very different to him - I really belive that.
I have received an appointment from our local consultant (together with a price list which has depressed me no end!!!! Really can't think about how much we have spent so far!!) and it is Thursday 27th Feb so will see what he has to say then. It would appear that for the actual insemination only I have to go to the London Fertility Centre as because its donor sperm it cannot be done locally. Does anyone have any knowledge of the LFC? Can't remember what clinics you are all at. ANyway, all scans etc. are done about 10 minutes down the road from me so think I can handle one trip to london! Where are you on your countdown?
Diane - when is your baby due? Hope you are feeling well.
Love to you all
Millie x
Jen - so sorry to hear you have been feeling so down. I certainly know what you mean about your job, it really adds to the stress of it all, I was only thinking yesterday that I don't know how I have managed to hold onto my job - and I only work 2 days/week as I have my little girl - i have had to have so much time over the last few months with my two IVFs. Think its a really good idea to talk to your consultant about whether IVF would be quicker. We did this, but because I had already had my daughter he said it would be a much better idea to continue with the DIUI (even though I had had four previous failed cycles just with Clomid). He suggested a few goes with superovulation and then IVF. His words to me were 'we would definitely get you pregnant with IVF'. He is a lovely man but I really didn't think he was able to give me any guarantees! As it worked out IVF really wasn't for me as my eggs don't like being manhandled, hence the return to DIUI, locally as I simply cannot deal with the long distance travelling into London (about 2 hr drive from where we are!) and with scans on every other day, its far too much to cope with. Lisa's lovely success story gives us hope and I am also a success story as I have my little girl from my first DIUI over four years ago so this does work! I know its easy to lose hope but just hang in there. Let us know what your consultant advises and when you are due to start again. Also, I carried on normal on my successful 2WW, I just didn't lift anything heavy and avoided alcohol. Other than that I did everything normally.
Caz - totally LOVED I'm a celeb too! Completely hooked, just wish Johnny Rotten had stayed in!! I liked Kerry though and thought she deserved to win! I am totally convinced, as Jen said, all will fall into place for your DH when a baby arrives, he would love it so much, the rest wouldn't be such an issue for him. When its a real little person that you are talking about, then all this will look very different to him - I really belive that.
I have received an appointment from our local consultant (together with a price list which has depressed me no end!!!! Really can't think about how much we have spent so far!!) and it is Thursday 27th Feb so will see what he has to say then. It would appear that for the actual insemination only I have to go to the London Fertility Centre as because its donor sperm it cannot be done locally. Does anyone have any knowledge of the LFC? Can't remember what clinics you are all at. ANyway, all scans etc. are done about 10 minutes down the road from me so think I can handle one trip to london! Where are you on your countdown?
Diane - when is your baby due? Hope you are feeling well.
Love to you all
Millie x
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Hi Diane, Millie, Caz
Things are looking up!! I am in a more positive frame of mind after seeing the consultant at the clinic yesterday........she answered a lot of questions for me and I feel really happy about being at that clinic. I guess I was just looking for someone to blame before.
She said they were all very positive about my IVF and were very disappointed with the result too and felt that the embies they put back perished like the ones that were left on day four........she felt that it may be to my advantage doing DIUI as it is a more natural environment where the eggs won't perish..........i don't know!!
Millie - I am next door to the London Fertility Clinic at the London Womens Clinic (we ended up there because my DH was referred to the andrologist who is based there). I did some research on the LFC and Prof Ian Craft is based there and he is supposed to be brilliant.
I can't thank you guys enough for all your help and support, you are all wee stars!
By the way, lets start a new thread... DI pals 2
See you there!!
JenFxx
PS. Can you guys give me any views of the benefits or not of Reflexology and Acupuncture????
Things are looking up!! I am in a more positive frame of mind after seeing the consultant at the clinic yesterday........she answered a lot of questions for me and I feel really happy about being at that clinic. I guess I was just looking for someone to blame before.
She said they were all very positive about my IVF and were very disappointed with the result too and felt that the embies they put back perished like the ones that were left on day four........she felt that it may be to my advantage doing DIUI as it is a more natural environment where the eggs won't perish..........i don't know!!
Millie - I am next door to the London Fertility Clinic at the London Womens Clinic (we ended up there because my DH was referred to the andrologist who is based there). I did some research on the LFC and Prof Ian Craft is based there and he is supposed to be brilliant.
I can't thank you guys enough for all your help and support, you are all wee stars!
By the way, lets start a new thread... DI pals 2
See you there!!
JenFxx
PS. Can you guys give me any views of the benefits or not of Reflexology and Acupuncture????
Hi girls!
Sorry been travelling for work a bit - gotta give that up ASAP I reckon!
Anyway -
Millie -I am at LFC - ask any Qs you want. My experience has been OK. the are V busy, very nice - but I felt it was a BIT like a factory line - but who cares if they get results eh? (Altho they didnt with us last time). I think its a good place to go tho. and after quite alot of futher research and thought we are going back there too. Craft IS meant to be good -but be warned that unless you ask specifically you prob wont see him - but to be honest not sure that matters that much. Let me know when you know who youa re seeing there. Good luck!! What the exact timing?
Lisa -PLLLLLEEEEASE dont mind joining us - it sounds like you have had success and are therefore OFFICIALLY an inspiration and must talk to us as MUCH as possible!!!!! How does you DH feel about everything (as you have probably guessed - much current OBSESSION is DHs and DI!). How do YOU feel?!
Jen - So pleased to hear you are feeling better -I remember so well how totally devasted I was when our tmt failed last summer. Even tho you tell yourself its never gonna work there just that bit of you that hoping.... take heart tho from all the success stories out there. I just keep having to tell myself that it VERY rare that it works first time.
Weirdly you know - it might also have been a BIT consoling for yr DH.....not sure if this makes any sense - but it must be a bit of a punch in the guts for a hubbie to see his wofe, to get PG no problem AT ALL with donor sperm after years of trying with with DHs sperm......this has just come off the top of my head- am I talking TOTAL bollocks?!
I have Day 21 inf week of about 15th march - and I guess will start dailies about 2 weeks after that. I am going to attempt to give up booze ("for lent") - apart from that I'm not doing anything else special. I did EVERYTHING last time and it didnt work - so I'm taking the opposite extreme this time. I think Diane story of going on hols and generally having a good time - is JUSt the jb
Anyway - big X
Cazx
Sorry been travelling for work a bit - gotta give that up ASAP I reckon!
Anyway -
Millie -I am at LFC - ask any Qs you want. My experience has been OK. the are V busy, very nice - but I felt it was a BIT like a factory line - but who cares if they get results eh? (Altho they didnt with us last time). I think its a good place to go tho. and after quite alot of futher research and thought we are going back there too. Craft IS meant to be good -but be warned that unless you ask specifically you prob wont see him - but to be honest not sure that matters that much. Let me know when you know who youa re seeing there. Good luck!! What the exact timing?
Lisa -PLLLLLEEEEASE dont mind joining us - it sounds like you have had success and are therefore OFFICIALLY an inspiration and must talk to us as MUCH as possible!!!!! How does you DH feel about everything (as you have probably guessed - much current OBSESSION is DHs and DI!). How do YOU feel?!
Jen - So pleased to hear you are feeling better -I remember so well how totally devasted I was when our tmt failed last summer. Even tho you tell yourself its never gonna work there just that bit of you that hoping.... take heart tho from all the success stories out there. I just keep having to tell myself that it VERY rare that it works first time.
Weirdly you know - it might also have been a BIT consoling for yr DH.....not sure if this makes any sense - but it must be a bit of a punch in the guts for a hubbie to see his wofe, to get PG no problem AT ALL with donor sperm after years of trying with with DHs sperm......this has just come off the top of my head- am I talking TOTAL bollocks?!
I have Day 21 inf week of about 15th march - and I guess will start dailies about 2 weeks after that. I am going to attempt to give up booze ("for lent") - apart from that I'm not doing anything else special. I did EVERYTHING last time and it didnt work - so I'm taking the opposite extreme this time. I think Diane story of going on hols and generally having a good time - is JUSt the jb
Anyway - big X
Cazx