Awaiting Treatment

[wishfull27]

Have said it all all the other threads but sabi ... huge congratulations on theat stonking beta

traci - have done a scan countdown ticker specially for you !!!! Hope they fixed the aircon for you now ??? another scorching day here yesterday - like 90 degrees way too hot when your not use to it - I love that temerature but only when lying on the beach or by the pool and don't have either at home unfortuantely !!!!

Rachel - not long for you now honey - are yoiu all organised ??? who will have Ruby whilst your in labour ?? thinking of you especially in this heat xx

lee/Angel - your working too hard!!

Becky - happy jabbing - hope the side effects stay well clear !!!

Got appointment with midwife this morning to check in - am worried thiough as in local doctors and they announce appointments on digital screen - hope no one i| know in there or they will know straight away when it says carolyn for midwife

will let you know how I get on .. have decided to work from home again today - can;'t be arsed .. bad attitiude - appointments at 11.30 so not enough time to do anything before or after .. good excuse and am sticking to it xxx

[wishfull27]

oh and forgot to say now with my two tickers these pages will soon get filled .. blame Traci for that one !!!! xxx

[Angel505]

Well hello all!

Are we all enjoying the sunshine and the scorching heat? Must say it certainly lifts one's spirits (note the use of one's language here…………)

I've been very busy at work and will probably be like this for another few weeks at least. And then I don't want to spend a single minute on the computer and want to make the most of the sunshine. So its been difficult to log on here.

Woooah……Sabi is pregnant? Wow….I didn't realise that you had cycled. Congratulations lady! Bet you can't stop grinning today. How wonderful that you and Carolyn will be belly buddies. And that is a fab beta too.

Becky - Waayy to go. 16lbs is amazing **cheering**. Its good that you're not suffering from the down reg medication. As for work, you'd better look for a temp what with the little one on the way soon. With all the baby dust sprinkled in the air recently, its going to work for you.

Miracle - Poor you, you seem to be suffering from so many things all at once. Do they suspect you have arthritis? Take care of yourself sweetie. By the way, 30 degrees is like your 88 degrees. But remember that a lot of the offices here don't have air cons. The houses and offices are equiped for winter and not summer, so regardless of the temperature, it actually feels a lot hotter than it is, especially when you are indoors.

Sara - hello buddy. Glad to hear you had a good break. And another one coming up!!!! Hope things start moving for you on the adoption front.

Carolyn, how are you? Still eating and peeing for England???? LOL.

Sophie - hello! Will view Jeremie's pics later, but I'm sure he's as gorgeous as everyone is saying.

Beachbaby - Lovely to hear from you. How are the boys doing? Are you still supermom, with your work and babies and all?

Will have to chat to you later if I can, but will be thinking about you.

[Miracle08]

Whoops...double post...

[Miracle08]

Hello loves!

Well, no sunshine here. Rainy all day! Which i love! Nope the A/C is STILL not fixed. I can't believe how long it is taking them. Just ridiculous!!!

Angel: Hi lovey! So glad to see you. I understand what you mean about not wanting to get on the computer once you are home. But I miss my Angel... Yeah, I am trying not to get overwhelmed with my "you might have this or that"...I start class tonight. Algebra and legal technology... I hope these classes arent to hard. Enjoy the sun love!!!

Wishfull: WHOO HOO...a ticker just for me!! I love it. For some reason I cant see your preggo ticker but I can see your countdown ticker. I can see it from home, just not here at work. Very cute though. So, you are working from home again!! Does that mean you will be around to play? GOOD LUCK at the appointment. Cant wait to here all about it!!!

Becky: You have lost 16pounds...GOOD GOD woman!! That is great!!! I know you are looking hot!!!!!! How is the poking going, you know Angel is right...with all the BFP's, you are just bound to get a nice healthy one!!!

Sophie: thinking of you and your sweet baby and furbabies!!!

Rachel: not long now...and you will be a Mummy of two...take it easy!!!

Sabi: Is it sinking it yet??? xxxxx

Baby dust to all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[PMApsy]

Hello girlies!

So great to see the thread active again! :D Thank you so much for all your nice comments about Jérémie, you're very kind! Most people say he looks like DH, some said that he has the shape of my eyes and eyebrows... anyway, as long as we see a bit of ourselves in him, it's all good, because you never know... LOL during the last few miles I actually worried that the clinic had mixed the embryos and that I might be carrying someone else's child... crazy, I know, but... So it's good to see bits and pieces of our genes in that little boy!

Carolyn: Those are great numbers! Woohoo! Oh boy, that wait until the first scan is the hardest of them all! Remember it well, though, because you'll have a shock at the 13 weeks us, if you do one... on THAT one, you see a baby that looks like... a baby! And it moves!!!

Becky,
Congrats on losing all that weight, wow, you must look even sexier in that boudoir bedroom of yours! Like Carolyn said, happy stabbing, and I hope the side effects are veeeery discreet! Good luck on the job hunting; keep us posted!

Traci,
I was shocked my Michael Jackson's passing too. He was an incredible dancer, performer, and composer. I feel quite sad for him about the way he shaped his personal life. He seemed deeply unhappy, and really disconnected from reality. But all I want to remember is his great songs and his incredible shows! My father and I could sit for 2 hours watching him perform on TV and we never got bored! What bad news about your forearms... wow, you must be looking forward to seeing that other specialist. I really hope he'll have better answers to give you, some encouragement! Either way, it might be a good idea to get info on chronic pain clinics... they really do miracles in pain management.

Sabi,
CONGRATS on being preggo lady!! Oh, that's so great, you predicted it long ago, didn't you? That we'd get lots of BFPs on this thread in 2009!!! Well, you were right, and I'm overjoyed that you were!!! Enjoy the next months sweetie, and keep us posted of course!!! Those numbers are fab, and it really looks like you're expecting more than one sweetie! When will you have your scan?

Angel,
Hang in there during those busy weeks! The sun will still be there when you re-emerge! Take care!

Okay, gotta go... I'm on a cleaning and organizing spree right now... all my free time is going into it. I spent hours cleaning and reorganizing my closets... as a result, I have three boxes of clothes to either sell in a second-hand store or give to Salvation Army. All this began when I was waiting at the drugstore for Jérémie's meds (he has heartburn). And I saw that cute book about the art of simplicity. It was written by a French woman who's been living in Japan for the past 26 years. The book talks about minimalism and zen and applies its principles to everything, from your wardrobe to the way you eat and live. I think she gives crazy recommendations when it comes to food, and her psychology chapter is way too oversimplified. But the shock between my occidental attitude and the oriental way of life was a real eye-opener. I've made changes to my lifestyle right away, and I'm really enjoying it!

Okay, gotta go... time to clean and purge my... computer! Take care ladies!

Sophie xxox

[PMApsy]

oh, and I almost forgot!

I STILL belong to this thread officially... because I've started planning my next FET! SO I'm also awaiting tmt!

I talked about it with DH... he doesn't want us to wait too long before we try again (and I'm all for it) because he'll turn 40 next year. I think it's a psychological milestone for him when it comes to having children. He said he doesn't want to be forced to push his retirement further away because, for example, he'd have to pay for the children's college. LOL I think he forgot that I'm 8 years younger and will, therefore, work for about 8 more years! But anyway. Right now he's a bit unsure about doing another fresh cycle, because of the costs. But this year, the government passed a new law, and we get a bigger refund for IVF treatments. I forgot to remind him of that. But either way, I wouldn't feel at peace with myself if we did an FET with our last embies and then gave up if it doesn't work. Just one attempt for a kid? Mmmh... I'd bleed my account to its last cent and pay for it alone if I have to (he wouldn't let me, though!)

But given that I'm breastfeeding Jérémie, and given that both of FETs worked in the past, I have to be strategic. I called a fertility pharmacist and she checked... baby aspirin is okay, estrace and prometrium (estrogen and progesterone) are also okay with breastfeeding, but they might decrease my milk supply. No biggie; Jérémie will be on solid foods almost exclusively by then. She wasn't sure about Suprefact though (nasal spray used in downregging). I've called my clinic and I'm waiting for their answer.

I've made a deal with DH that we'd stop trying after dec. 2010. He seemed okay with that. That gives us lots of time to do an FET, a fresh cycle and FETs IF we have extras (I'm down to only 1 ovary now, and it's the one that always produced less). I'm really, really tempted to give it a go as soon as next January. That means I could be pregnant in Feb or March... which also means that I would still not be back at work (April 5th), and could spend some of the tiring weeks at home. Plus, hehe, I would only work until Nov or Dec lol!

If Suprefact forces me to wane Jérémie, however, I might wait until he's 12 months old. I don't know why, but I'd like to keep breastfeeding him until then if I can, it's my instinctive milestone. He'll be 11 months when I start working again, and I'd like to breastfeed him in the morning and evening, just to have that close contact with him despite my being away during the day. IVF might never work again for me, who knows, and I don't want to rush waning my child, knowing I might never experience breastfeeding again in the rest of my lifetime...

So, no definite plan right now, in terms of dates... but you can be sure that when I have that call from the clinic, and speak to DH, I might create another ticker...

Take care ladies, and have fun!

Sophie xxox

[wishfull27]

Happy friday !!!!

Where is everyone ????

Sophie - giving birth cannot have been that bad if you are already planning no2 !!!! Sounds like you are having a real declutter at home as well - whilst we are having building work done I have been exactly the same except obv i can't lift anything so every 2 minutes i am calling DH for assistance !!!! Hugs to jeremie xxx

Traci - hows you - did i mss something about problem with your arm ??? Is the AC fixed yet - no surprise summer is over here now - raining today !!!

Angel -stop working so hard !!! - have you been watching wimbledon - boughts strawberries specially to much while I laze on the couch 'workingfrom home' this afternoon watching it !!!

Becky - hope all going ok with the jabs and still no side effects xx

Sabi - are you having another beta ?? - whens the scan ??

Our friends that we have stayed with in Prague whilst having treatemnt are coming over to UK this weekend to stay with us - so been trying to tidy up amongst the buiders mess so they don't think we live in a dump !!!! - front garden still looks like the clampits though with the skip and building materials !!

have a great weekend

Carolyn xxx

[PMApsy]

Hello ladies,

Carolyn,
Nope, giving birth wasn't that bad, and my labor lasted 19 hours! Yup, major de-clutter... and yesterday I bought a few things... yoga pants (can't believe I've lived without them) and a few useful books for my home and purse (mini phonebook, planner and notebook). Anything exciting planned for the weekend with your friends from Prague?

Well, I had a good chat with DH yesterday evening. I told him about the situation. He agreed that a year or two won't make such a huge difference, so we're no longer in a rush and it relieves the pressure on me a great deal. He also said he doesn't have any preconceived ideas about breastfeeding a toddler, as long as it doesn't last forever. I agree with him. We also agreed that self-weaning seemed like the best option for our son, as long as it doesn't take forever either. So we agreed on this cunning plan.

We'll let Jérémie grow up, introduce solids when he's ready, and see how breastfeeding goes. If, by 18 months of age, he still hasn't self-weaned from the breastfeeding, we'll wait for AF and call the clinic to launch the FET cycle. I'll rent a good pump and pump my milk morning and night during feeds and build a nice little stock in the freezer. When I start Suprefact (21 days after AF starts), I'll stop breastfeeding and switch Jérémie to the bottle with my stocked breastmilk. Depending on how long we have to wait until Suprefact has cleared my system, either Jérémie will self-wean or I'll dry out or we'll give him soy or cow's milk (by then he'll be able to digest it). I'll keep pumping to keep my production up and get him back on normal breastfeeding when I'm clear. And that will allow us to attempt FET.

Of course, if Jérémie self-weans earlier than 18 months, we'll attempt FET by then. I think this respect the whole family's personal limits.

So that's it ladies, I'm officially awaiting tmt now! Don't know for how long, it depends on Jérémie. Take care and enjoy life...and the weekend!! I'm leaving for Quebec city on Sunday with Jérémie to visit my family and I'll be back on Thursday, but I'll check on you girls!

Sophie xxox

[Miracle08]

Hi girls!

Well I was about to wish you all a Happy 4th of July...BUT most of you ladies do not celebrate it!! HAAHAA!!!

Sophie, that is great news! I cant believe you and DH are talking about baby #2...Gosh, where has the time gone...I think you two have a wonderful plan. Oh, and there is no questions IF it will work, IT WILL work!! Give sweet Jeremie hugs for me!

Carolyn, you have been on my mind all weekend love. I still cant believe you are finally preggo...I know I have said before but I am so completely happy for you. 8 more sleeps until you see your QUADS!!!! I am so excited for you and DH!!! How are you feeling?

Sabi!! Have you had any other betas...when is your U/S?

Becky, I hope you are having a great week. I am not ignoring your cycle, just trying not to add pressure to you. I hope whenever you get your scan for follies, there are MANY beautiful follies...hugs!

Angel, Hi friend...how are you? Work still super busy?

Lee, how are you?? Still being a vacation bum??

As for me, had a nice long weekend. We celebrated the 4th yesterday. Had a great time. Now, I am off to work on my homework...I am not focused today...

Love to all....

[wishfull27]

where is everyone - the weekend is over come out and play !!!!!

[Miracle08]

Hi Carolyn!!! I have been checking constantly looking for some evidence of human interaction.......

I am here!!! How are you feeling lovey...How many sleeps until you see the quads now? (sorry, at work and can't see your lovely ticker!)

Where is everyone again..................

[wishfull27]

Hi Traci

i know everyone is like ships in the night!!

Did you have a good weekend - did you do anything special ?? - hope you did not have to study - do you get a big holiday off from studies or not .. bet you have nearly done your first year now then we will have to call you her lordship and bow soon

Only 6 more sleeps - am absolutely knackered and got some cramps and little spotting all of which am told is normal .. but worries the hell out of me

have you got anything exciting planned coming up - no nce vacation or is all spare cash going into baby fund ??

xxx

[Miracle08]

Carolyn,
You are silly!! No bowing for me!!!! Yes, I am nearly finished with my first year of school!! I can't believe it. I had to work on my homework Sunday. i am taking Legal Technology and a math class. I cant wait until I finish!!!

Oh no...I can't believe you didnt mention the cramping or spotting before. I can COMPLETELY understand your uneasiness with it. But, I know it is nothing. I cant wait for you to see your babes!!! ALL FOUR of them...wow 6 more sleeps! WHOO HOO!

[Miracle08]

Oh, does anyone read for fun? I LOVE to read...right now I am absolutely enthralled with the Twighlight Series!!! OMG...."Edward" is such a hottie. He is from the UK!!! Robert Pattinson...........I am totally in love!!!! Great movie to!!