Calling any August Cycle buddies

[ANGELA]

Hiya girls

dont take this the wrong way but im so glad others are in the same position as me
it makes me feel as tho im not alone

love ya alls
Ang xxx

[AMITHIS]

Alicia,

You're so right about it being extremely difficult to plan things in life with this going on. We actually went ahead and bought a 5 bedroom house when we moved (at the time we still didn't know what the problem was so had no idea IVF was our only hope). So, in addition to a guest room and an office, I now have my own private exercise room as well as a video game room. It was getting kind of depressing just leaving the rooms completely empty! I am just really thankful that I'm not presently working as I have no idea how I'd manage it.

Sandra,

"BCP's" is just my abbreviation for birth control pills. They had me use them last time prior to starting to downreg. Anyway, I guess it's just a matter of waiting now for AF to show up and just hoping these cysts go away.

Jane,

I can't believe you are also stalled! What a sad lot we all are. I guess that it's better to get all of our bad luck out of the way now though.

Angela,

I know what you mean about not feeling alone. Well, at least we might end up all being perfectly synchronized to be on the 2 ww together.

Hope everyone is having a good night (actually those of you in the UK are probably all asleep by now)!

Staci

[Dolly]

Hi Girls,

Staci, I am like you - I have to have my socks on - I somehow don't feel so naked with them on!! It is a pain when things don't go to plan - hopefully it will work out for you. It must be lovely to have your own exercise room at home - beats going to a gym and having to queue to get on the machines like you do at the place I go to.

Angela, welcome to the ACBs. You seem so calm about things being delayed. The same thing happened to me last time - and you're right stressing about it isn't going to change things.

My baseline scan is on 10th as well - so hopefully we (Staci, Angela and Jane) can all move on to stims at the same time and then face the dreaded 2ww together!

Hope everyone is well and enjoying the sunshine.

Dolly

[ANGELA]

hiya girls

Dolly your from london what clinic are you at ?

yes i am quite calm but i thinki somehow knew that i wouldnt be ready
to start stims i had all the side effects from the drugs and stuff but deep down i think i knew i just prey that the 10th brings good news for us all will be great if we are all on the dreaded 2ww all together
love ya all Ang xxxx

[Dolly]

Hi Angela,

I'm at Guys - I live in Surrey Quays so it is very handy for us - 10 minutes in the car - or 2 stops on the Jubilee line.

Where are you having your treatment?

Dolly

[janem]

Hi everyone
I'm a July / August cycler (1st time)....can I join in? I'm day 8 on the 2ww and test on Aug 6th AAAGGGHHHHHH I can't wait any longer
Good luck with all your tmts.
Janem

[AMITHIS]

Hi Janem,

Just wanted to welcome you and congratulate you for making it through 8 days of the 2 ww without losing your mind yet. It looks like you will be the first to test in August so hopefully will start us all of with a +ive!

Staci

[alicia]

Hi Janem,

Welcome to the August Cycle Buddies! Best of luck - for a BFP and for sanity during the 2ww. Hope you have some good books, mags and movies to occupy you. I wish for you the hope and comfort I have found on this board. It is a great group.

Update on me:

AF FINALLY came today, so this is the official start of my unmedicated FET cycle. We have 5 embies and hope at least 3 make it through thawing. Hoping for ET around Aug 11 with test Aug 28-ish.

Alicia

[jaye]

Hi there - I was wondering if I could join in?
After my first long drawn out failure with IVF in April/May, we took a holiday (highly recommended!) and now feel as ready as we'll ever be to try again. Started down-regging last night (injections) - no frosties, so have to start from scratch. I remember some of you from that time - particularly Staci and Dagny (Dagny, I was so sorry to hear about you last round. I was following you - even from internet cafes in Cambodia! Once again, I'm so sorry it hasn't worked out - YET) This site is such a god-send. It got me through so much.
Our special little challenge this time is that we are supposed to be going away with DH's family for a week in the middle of all this - Because of this, I know it was just ridiculous for us to start again now. But I don't know, I just couldn't wait and figured we'd work something out. If we have to, I guess we'll just tell them. This thing just makes you crazy, doesn't it....
Looking forward to getting to know you all!
Jaye.

[cmg]

Hi everyone and welcome to the new people (sorry can't recall all the names but you all seemed to start with J!)

I've lost track a bit because for the last 3 days I couldn't get into the message board - I just got an error message and assumed it was a general problem with the board. But now I've finally got back in I see that everyone else has been here all along. Still I did have quite a lot of work to fit round the train trips to London so maybe it's just as well! I'm doing ok with the stimming, though they seem to have increased my dose (I'm on Gonal F and am up to 450ml a day but have no idea how this compares with others). It mainly bothers me because it's so expensive and the greater the dose the greater the cost.

Still at least I am stimming - I really feel for those of you (and there seem to be a few now) who keep getting it delayed. It must be so frustrating. Hope you get the go ahead soon. I had a few weepy days early in the week and poor DH could not do a thing right and bore the brunt of it. To be honest I think that was more the stress of the situation than the actual hormones, and I seem to have got my balance back now and am feeling ok. Apart from the travelling, the injections, the 3 litres of water and the milk (which admittedly is quite a lot) I don't feel like there's that much happening yet. I think all that will change when they start scanning to see how many follicles I'm growing. Then it'll probably seem more real.

Anyway, hope you're all staying sane and enjoying some sunshine. I've had another day off from the clinic today and it was fabulous to have a Saturday morning lie in.

By the way, Ellie you must be getting near to EC (or maybe even had it by now) - how is it going? good luck

Caroline

[AMITHIS]

Jaye,

Glad to see you are back and trying again! I was thinking that I remembered you from April/May as soon as I saw your post. Here's hoping this month will be the one for both of us. I'm doing a medicated FET so have been downregging as well.

I can sympathize with you regarding the problem of going away with DH's family during this. I almost had to pass on this month as well due to a huge birthday celebration my husband's family was planning for his father....at our house! It could have potentially fallen on ET day or during the early part of the 2 ww. When I told DH that I'd have to hold off as a result, he bailed out of it for us. He did have to tell them why when I had kind of hoped not to tell anyone this time. At what point do you think you'll be at in things when you're supposed to go away? I mean if you are stimming, surely you can't go out of town?

Staci

[candy]

Hi everyone! I just started my stims yesterday. I am on 150 Gonal F twice a day. I am amazed that the injections as so easy. Talk to me when the PIO start though. Those needles look pretty scarey. I will be going for bloodwork and US on Monday. I cannot beleive how fast everything is moving. My clinic states procedures will probably be the week of August 8th if everything goes as planned.

Alicia & Tracey S - thank you so much for your replies to my questions under the other thread.

Amithis - I also carry socks in my purse when I am going for US. I am glad to hear that I'm not alone.

Good luck to everyone!

TTC 1.5 yrs = Me 34 DH 36
MF (born w/o Vas Deferens)
1st IVF attempt with cryopreserved sperm in progress

[Mia]

Hey,
I just wanted to join in. I trnasfered yesterday. Only one, and now I wished I had transfered more, even through I know one was the best decision to keep my risk of OHSS down. I will be testing Aug 9 whaich of course seems centuries away.
I know this seems unbelievable but I had 10 embyros go to blast. At least this gives me some hope if this little emmbies does not implant I can still do a FET cycle soon.
This wait is unbelievable, but I still sympathize with all of you who are just begining your stims. I am unsure if there is anything I like about IVF apart from the fact that I get extra attention from the DH.
I hope everything is going well for all the August buddies and I will try my darnest to start this month off with a BFP!
How early can do you think I can test before the scheduled Beta? DH's birthday is the 5th and what an awesome suprise would a positive HPT be for him then.
Mia

[ANGELA]

Hiya girls

dolly i am at kings college hospital i know guys very well my mum works there on the orthapeadic ward.

just popped in to check on you all and all seems well which is good
welcome jayem to the august cycle buddies

mia its probably for the best that they only put 1 back as you were at risk of ohss not a very pleasent thing to have from what i hear and remember it only takes 1 embie to make your dream come true
and if this time it fails wow you have a lot of frozen embies i will be looking out for your post on or around the 9th i wish you all the luck in the world

ok the drinking water thing i know is very important i started drinking the first day i started sniffing got to get my bladder stronger hehe
but how much during stims are you advised to drink at the moment i spose i average on about 3/4 litres a day think im gonna hit 5 by the end of today but it has been very hot today so i need some extra and also i spose when your doing stims you have to stay out of the sun as the sun will dehydrat you all the more wow im gonna have to get my bladder very strong looks like its going to hot here for a while yet never wished for the cold weather but mayb it would make life a little easier whilst going thro stims

mmmm i have gone on a bit here soz girls
need a wee now hehe

lots of love to you all
Ang xxx

[AMITHIS]

Caroline,

I've been starting with the crying spells as well. Last night was terrible. I told DH to go ahead and go out with some friends without me. Then, I sat around at home crying and feeling sorry for myself. When he got home I blew up at him for actually going out even though I had told him I wanted to be left alone! Poor guy. Today is his birthday so I really have to try my best to keep it together at least for the day.

Candy,

The PIO injections aren't as bad as you think they will be....although I would strongly recommend asking your clinic for a prescription for EMLA cream. It will completely numb the area so you won't feel anything.

Mia,

I can't say I recommend testing before the official test. I fell into that trap last time and started testing on Day 4 after transfer. It was negative and then I felt compelled to test every single day (sometimes twice a day) in the hopes it would turn to a +tive. Finally AF showed up and put an end to that. If you are set on testing early though, my clinic told me around nine days after ET would be the earliest I'd be able to pick up a +tive on a HPT...although I have seen other people post who have gotten a +tive even earlier than that.

Hope everyone else is doing okay and having a nice weekend. I'm on Day 33 now of my cycle and Day 13 of the max. dose of Lupron injections to downreg and still no AF. The nurse said I have to have it before I can go back in for another scan to see if the cysts have resolved and if my estrogen has gone down. I really just want to get on with things.


Staci