NOV/DEC 2009 -- Cycle Group

[jandm]

Hi Ladies,
Well today is my first acupuncture appointment for this cycle. I had acupuncture continuously through cycles 1&2 but did not last time, not really sure why I didn't the last round. I'm not convinced hat it has helped but I do find it to be relaxing which is definitely a good thing through this craziness.

I also just received the call that the big box of meds will be delivered tomorrow. I guess it is just starting to hit me that this is really happening (first Lupron shot is next Weds). I have so much hope and excitement that this cycle is the one and that next year at this time I will have a little baby at home with me.

Anyway, time to go to work - hope that it everyone has a great day!

Take care,
Jen

[to_have_fun08]

Hey everyone, just dropped by to say "HI" and to see how everyone is doing. I lurk every once in a while. I finally got my calender the other day. Start stims on the 26th. Yey!!!!

Good Luck to all and hope you all have a good weekend.

Chris

[2010]

hello ladies, i thought i should join you. just had my first shot (prostap) today so i officially started ! i am on the sept/oct thread but think my timeline is closer to yours... i am relatively new to this website but already recognise some of you... i wish you all good luck!

[basilsage]

Hi this is the first forum I have ever joined and hope I am doing this right. My DH is 29 and I'm 33 -small with PCOS, Metformin X 15 months, failed clomid, failed gonadotropins with IUI x 4.

I will start stimming for IVF mid Nov after stopping my pill.

[cheekyone]

Hey guys

We'll I am definately a sucker for punishment this will be my 4th go this year 2 fresh 1 fet and now this one which is a fresh cycle. I also had 1 fet nov last year so it's definately been a long arduous journey for me. This thread will be the lucky thread for all of us because xmas is just round the corner So i am wishing us all heaps of good luck and fingers crossed our xmas baby bonus cheer comes our way

[starwishes]

Hello ladies!

Am joining your happy cycling group! Katie99, think I may have cycled with you June/July?
Been a little down since my m/c in august but feeling positive now and hoping all will go well 2nd time round! Am on the pill for the next 3 weeks before I begin puregon and buserelin injections.
Here we go again...!

[jenice]

Hi, I'll probably be doing FET @ the end of Oct/Nov cycle. Recently had failed cycle IVF in September I have 2 little frosties left only, so I hope they stick like glue !!!!!!! Hoping that would be my christmas gift, lol !!! Looking forward to some great cycle buddies to chat with

[teacher2bmom]

Hey everyone,
I'm new to the boards. My husband and I have been TTC for 3 years now. We just went through our first IVF cycle in June and it was sadly a BFN. They say that the first one is the hardest. Better be because it was pretty bad.
Anyways, right now I am waiting for AF and will start BCPs, not a lot happening except my anxiety is starting to surface and I don't want to go through the pain again.
That's why I'm joining the boards. Hope to have some support.
One experience I had this last week...
A coworker was about to go on maternity leave and everyone thought it would be SO FUNNY to stuff our shirts with balloons or pillows etc to create baby bellies and go to her classroom on her last day for pictures and good byes. I found out about it last minute and didn't think much about it, except that it was funny and that I would miss her.
Right when it was time to go, I put the balloon under my shirt and looked down--and just started bawling. It hit me right then that I couldn't do it. I could not walk down the hall with my fake belly. It was too sad to see it and think "will this ever happen for us?" So I just sat in my room and cried.

Anything ever happen like this to anyone else?

[sharishu]

Hey all-
Glad I found you guys! DH and I decided to start IVF again now, and are looking forward to our first appt. with the RE on Nov. 17th. I'm done with most of the preliminary tests required to begin the next round of IVF (glucose, blood count, US, etc.), so it's all starting to feel real. I went into my first pregnancy overweight, and felt soooo heavy towards the end. I'm determined to go into this one at least a bit lighter. I have lost 12 pounds recently, so I'm off to a good start. I figure I have about 2 more months to lose about 12-15 more so I can share my body with a new little bean more comfortably than last time around.

It'll be a fresh cycle for me, no frozen embies. Anyone else getting as excited as I am? The nerves haven't hit me yet, just the happy anticipation of pregnancy (please G-d!)

Good luck to all you ladies! Health and hugs!

Shari

[sharishu]

Teacher2B-

I just read your story. Well, I never quite experienced being asked to stuff my shirt with a pillow, but I've had several people ask me 'so how many kids do you have', WHILE I was going through the stresses of IVF. Sorry you had that experience, sounds like you felt all alone at the time. Well, you are no longer alone! May this be a successful BFP thread for us all! Amen!

Shari

[starwishes]

Teacher2b- I would definitely freak out doing that too! When you're going through this whole IVF process, sometimes you just can't predict how you're going to feel about things - even the smallest comment. I haven't quite had same experience as you, but i have 3 close colleagues who are all pregnant and got pregnant about the time of my first IVF cycle - that's not always easy. I am learning to detach myself a little more. Luckily I have a great boss who is super supportive. That helps!

Hi again, Jenice, it's great to hear you're going for FET - am thinking of you and your little frosties!

[turtle0619]

hi ladies!
can i join in over here? ive been on the sept/oct board for a long time, but my first IVF cycle was canceled in mid sept. due to understimulation. i have stayed over on the other board because i fell in love with all the wonderful supportive woman i got to know over there, but i am soooo far behind everyone, and i'm not in the same stages as them anymore so i thought i would jump over here!
i am on BCP now until nov. 10th and then i have my base check appointment on nov. 13th, and will hopefully be starting lupron/gonal-f that same day. i am doing a lupron microflare cycle this time which i am hoping will allow me to stim a whole lot better!!!
i feel a lot more prepared this time around (mostly thanks to all the support, advice and PMA from all the woman on this site)
i look forward to getting to know you all, and share all of our BFP's with each other!!!
lets get this board goin!!! wooohoo

[jenice]

starwishes- good to hear from you. Thanks I hope my frosties stick this cycle. It sounds like we may be cycle buddies. I had a buddy last cycle not through the site but someone I actually know. It was good to compare notes.Except she is pregnant and here I am, such is life. My RE feels like I have a good chance, I'm running out of confidence though.

teacher2b- The only advice I can give you is prepare yourself for situations that could upset you. Sometimes it is hard to predict if something is going to upset you.After my IVF cycle failed I was @ a b-day party and since some of people we know didn't even say anything after the cycle failed. A week later I figured they wouldn't say anything especially since we were in a public place. Well, they did like "sorry that didn't work out." I was about to bawl my eyes out. People are so insensitive, they think it is not that devastating to have a bfn with IVF. I have lost 2 early pregnancies before and some people may not agree but the feeling of loss is almost the same.Except nobody cares or understands the pain and loss you have gone through. So on top of being depressed I was extremely upset @ the lack of reaction from people.As if you are suppossed to"just try again" as if it were that easy.What made me mad was I was actually not going to go cause I thought something would happen, I should have listened to my instinct.

[me2009]

Hi to all!

I'm doing my first IVF cycle this nov. Pretty excited & very scared at the same time! So new to the board, but would like to join this post/group!

I wish everyone a safe and healthy ivf cycle! Im learning alot about IVF as i go. I am an ICU rn for the past 5plus years... But i don't know much about this baby stuff


Anyways, have another apt tomorrow to just get a last sono & some more BW!

Question for you ladies??? Has any of your doc's put you on metformin/glucophage, and baby asa 81mg?

Has the metformin been making you sick?? just wondering?

[2010]

hello, ladies, this is also my first ivf and i also "moved" from sept/oct cycle... some people don't realise what might be a very insensitive comment or question. in my office two ladies are pregnant (one is 46-47 year old and the other one might be in her mid 30's). anyway, yesterday this girl at work just found out about the second pregnancy and started shouting across the office to me that "you are next, i know! is this something you are not telling us" etc etc... i was thinking "oh, i wish" but was very very very awkward. i think i handled it well , just was smiling. this girl has no kids of her own and i know that she went through tons of treatment ages ago... i am sure she did not mean to hurt me, so what im trying to say is that people just dont think much of it when they make comments! good luck to you all this week!