Calling any August Cycle buddies

[alicia]

Chubbs and Candy (wow, that sounds like a rock band),

Hope you have painless, fast and successful egg retrievals tommorrow. I love the part where you get to lie in bed all day afterwards watching movies and reading magazines! Hoping for lots of good eggs (and the other bit, too )

It's so fun when the lab phones to say your eggs are fertilizing and you have embies.


Jeanie,

Have a good ET tommorrow - keep those embies comfy! At least you will have loads of company on the 2ww. I hope to join you sometime next week.

Shannon and Scott,

Thanks, you made me feel better about the 2-3 embies. Also if they all thaw well, we may get another shot at it with the remaining 2 another month. That does take the pressure off a bit.

Babydust to all on the 2ww!

Alicia

[Dolly]

Hi Guys, hope you're all well. I'm super glad that it is Friday - I feel exhausted!

Jeanie, hope ET goes well for you today.

Chubbs + Candy, Good luck with your ECs. Hope you get lots of good eggs.

Shannon, I have got to do the gestone injections - so I will be trying the ice trick. I am a bit nervous about them.... can you tell me honestly..... do they hurt?

Lots of PMA to all you 2WWers - hope its not driving you too mad.

Love

Dolly

[Ellie]

Hello everyone,

Sorry for being so negative the other day I guess I can blame the hormones!!!! Thanks for all the good advice I know it all really but it just helps to be reminded of it!! Can't wait for the weekend not long now.

Angela

Well done on the injection front this time I did most of mine,the first night I sat for 20 minutes unable to stab myself but I managed. I am still doing 2 heparin injections a day into me belly and Dp is doing the gestone ones into my bum. Dolly the gestone dont really hurt going in bit I do find I get a lump at the injection site which doesn't go away and my bum is begining to feel bruised.

Chubbs and Candy

Good luck for et today enjoy the rest afterwards and I hope you are not too sore.

Jeanie

Good luck for ET today, that it the bit I like least!! very undignified. Then welcomme to the evil 2ww.

PMA to all the other 2ww's August seems to be going so slowly I am sure I have been waiting longer than 2 weeks already!!!!!!!!

[Chubbs]

Hi everyone
Survived, egg collection, final count was five eggs from left ovary and one from the right though small. Now I have the dreaded wait to see if they were able to ISCI any of the eggs and whether they fertilised.
Went through EC with sedation but managed to cry my eyes out all the way through......... the Dr asked me 'what that was all about' or whether that was the sedation. I think it was bottled up emotion from the last week as I have gone from no hope last friday and discussions about adoption and donor eggs to my own egg collection today.
I'm now feeling exhausted and just pray I have a chance with ET.
I vowed on returned to my DH that this will be the last time as emotionally I don't think I can do this anymore
Will try to be positive and certainly reading all your posts helps
Until tomorrow..................... Thanks for all the support and good luck for the stimulators and thinking of you - the two weekers
Chubbs

[Sand]

Oh, well done Chubbs ! I can perfectly understand your emotions ... I am so pleased that you've got 6 ! eggs. That's so brill You now need to rest, drink lots of that water stuff, and get your body as well as possible for ET.

Sandra x

[alicia]

Chubbs,

Glad your EC went smoothly - looks like you have a pretty good crop of eggs to go ahead with. Everything is crossed for you that all fertilize.

I know what you mean about not wanting to go through it all again. I feel like I could do one more complete IVF cycle, but that would certainly be it for us. But it kind of depends how this FET turns out and how I feel after that.

But I really hope this is a fruitful cycle for you. It looks like this is the best response you've had so far? Definately a good sign

Alicia

[Jeanie]

Hi all! I am now officially a member of the 2ww! I was so nervous before the ET that I started laughing in theatre and the doctor told me not to as could cause bleeding - woops! 4 of the 6 eggs fertilised but 2 became fragmented and the 2 put in had only divided to 4 cells by day 3, but the nurse said they have a fair chance and may speed up back in the womb. I really hope so - I burst in to tears (not uncommon these days) but am thinking POSITIVE!!!!!

Thankyou all so much for your support and the good luck comments, they make a huge difference.

Shannon - I've started to talk to my embies too and keep rubbing my tum to let them know I'm still here! My dh was so glad to have seen them being transferred, made him feel more involved and as he got to see them he also feels a greater sense of attachment, if you know what I mean? Shame we have no frosties, but we should count our blessings we got this far. Any giving in to the hpt yet? Good luck, keep in touch x

Ellie - not long til the test now. Rooting for you. Hang on in there!!! Sending you lots of positve vibes.

Chubb and Candy - thanks for the pessary advice. Will try it as a suppossitory instead - hopefully save a fortune in panty liners! I cried after after my EC as well, was a relief to get 6 eggs and the whole thing is just so overwhelming we have to let it out. I bet not one woman on this hasn't shed tears at least 7 times! Cheers and good luck x

Alicia - thanks for your wishes. Look forward to you joining in the 2ww. It's only day 1 and I can't think of anything else already. When people talk to me I just don't seem to think what they say is that important and don't really take it in. Sounds mean, I know, but if a friend says something about a tv programme or a night out, a little voice is saying 'yes, and, is that such a great deal?' Awful, turning into a self centred rude 2 week waiter. Hope you're nicer...x

Wendy - I completely understand your inability to concentrate. In fact, at the moment, I don't feel like doing anything I don't have to. Best to keep busy, I know, but it is hard to finish an article even sometimes. Like I was saying above, I feel very self centred and trivial things don't seem as important. Maybe we should create an IVF game or quiz? Hmm, maybe not! All the best to you and your embies x

Well, I don't write for days and then an epic of a message. Sorry if I sound awful at moment. Do feel very concerned deep down about the slow dividing of cells but WILL NOT DWELL ON IT! My testing date is 28th August and as it's a saturday, doing it at home. Will write again soon, take care all, we're getting there.
Love and positive thoughts for us all, Jeanie x

[sfisch]

Jeanie!!

WELCOME TO THE 2WW! Congratulations! I am so happy for you! I will tell you what my doc told me when they transfered on day 3 instead of day 5 -- he said that they wanted to transfer them sooner because my "lab" is much better than their lab! So your embies are now in the best possible place!!

Hang in there on the 2ww -- it is hell! I have not broken down to the HPT thanks to the support of everyone here -- but I have to say I am tempted! I would disregard a -ive, but it would be oh so nice to see a BFP!!

Baby dust to all!

[alicia]

Jeanie,

Congratulations on your ET going smoothly. I completely agree that nobody on this list has shed tears less than 7 times. The first time I found this list, I could not read the entries without crying. I didn't come back again until 4 months later. They still make me cry often.

I totally agree also that self absorbtion comes with the 2ww. It is so hard to listen to other people, even DH at times. I have a terrible time concentrating at work during those days. I'm almost useless!

Alicia

[Chubbs]

Thanks for all the openess re tears. Woke up feeling a fool today and wondering how I can go back to theatre if I'm lucky enough to get an embi. Also woke dreading today as I'll find out if there are any embis fertilised. Its soo tough, roll on 1405 for the result!
Candy I hope your EC went well.
Until later.........
Chubbs

[Sand]

Candy ... I hope EC went well Let us know, when you feel up to it...

Jeanie ... Well done on a smooth ET You just need to relax now, and let your body do its stuff ( )

Hope everyone is okay today, and taking it easy ... !

Sandra x

[candy]

Hi, EC went well yesterday - 10 eggs. I have to say I am still pretty sore. I never got any painkillers. I was told to take 2 Tylenol if needed and boy did I need them. So now I wait for the phone call to see how they are doing. My doctor likes to do a 3 day transfer so Monday is the magic day.

Chubbs- so happy to hear they retrieved 6 eggs. Is your transfer on Monday also?

Thank you for all the kind thoughts. You ladies are truly a blessing.

One more thing - the PIO is not a big deal at all. I was very intimidated by the large needle but I didn't even ice the area and I hardly felt a thing.

Back to my heating pad.

[candy]

I just heard from the clinc. 4 out of my 10 mature eggs fertilzed. I was hoping to have enough to freeze but I am definately pleased. I haven't been told the quality of the eggs or embyos. Is this something I should have asked? The clinic will be calling back later to tell me what time to come on Mondays so maybe I can ask then. Sometimes I feel so overwhelmed.

[sfisch]

Hi Candy!! Congrats!! Four embies is a great number!! They didn't tell me the quality when they called me either. I think it is standard protocal that you find out the quality when you go for the transfer!!

You very well may end up with two to freeze! Quality, not quantity! We had 20 fertilize but only two were good enough quality to transfer and we didn't get any frosties. I will keep my fingers crossed that you have beautiful embies to transfer and two more to freeze!

This whole process is so overwhelming! Just try to relax until the transfer (and especially after the transfer when you join us in the 2ww)!

[Chubbs]

Update, 5 eggs ISCI but only one fertilised today. But Candy hopefully I'll join you on Monday for ET
Chubbs