AUGUST BUDDIES

[Paula]

Good morning everyone,

I'm looking for a group of ladies to join who are in treatment right now. Is this the thread for that or should I be somewhere else?

I'm on a short cycle. I started Synarel yesterday and will go back to the hosp tomorrow to get injections. I'm booked for ec on Aug 31-Sep 2 and et on Sept 5 if all goes well.

I'm so nervous and scared right now. I had resigned myself to the fact that I would never get this chance. Last Dec my fsh was 80, then in Jan it was 28 and another level was 27. My dr told me he wouldn't go ahead with ivf unless I had an fsh level of below 18, and even at that my chances were not very good, but he would try.

In March I decided that I needed a break because I was driving myself mental. I think I had it in my mind that I wasn't ever going to get pregnant and was coming to terms with it. I didn't have my blood tested for months because that was to hard on me, then all of a sudden this week I was having a nap and I dreamt my fsh level was down and I needed to get tested. It was really wierd because I hadn't even considered getting tested in months. Well to make a long story short on Mon I phoned on day 1, tues I had blood taken, they phoned me to tell me my level was 15.5 and I was in the hospital yesterday starting my short cycle!!

Is there anyone here that has had success with ivf and an fsh of 15 or higher?

[Jeni Babes]

hi Paula

That sounds so good that your getting a chance at IVF after all that waiting.

I'm not sure if FSH 15.5 will be okay or not Sorry...best to ask the other more experienced girls on this site.

Also if you look back to posts on pages 36/37 of this thread Clair55 debra and Smita all helped me with info regarding FSH levels.

It's good that you managed to get your level down from 80 to 15.5... that time off in March must have helped...

Good luck with your scans Paula I'll keep my fingers crossed for you

Jen
xxx

[Sand]

Girlies ..

Hemberson - How was your EC on Mon 15th ..??? How are you ??

Jag - How was EC today ? .... Don't come rushing back - but let us know how you went on ..

Quasi - You had ET today ?? How are you Quasi ? How did it go ??

Jodi - You had FET on Mon 15 Aug .... When is your test date ???


Good luck girls !!!!

Sandra x

[Smita]

Not an Auggust buddy,
just a buddy dropping in to send you all LOTS AND LOTS OF POSITIVE THOUGHTS AND SMILES!
GOOD LUCK GIRLS

[Paula]

Hi Jen,

Thanks for your message I went to the hospital and got my injections today. I was petrified and made a complete fool of myself I'm not sure how i'm going to be able to do this to myself tomorrow.

Anyways, blood test and scan are set for next week.

Hope everyone is doing well in here. Is there anyone due for egg collection at the end of Aug, very beginning of Sept?

Paula

[Sand]

Staci - I was away at the start of the week, and in trying to catch up somehow missed your Wed post ... You must be feeling pretty grotty, and such a kick in the teeth to not get to the biopsy stage .. Got to try to look at it positively though Staci, although I now it's hard .. They aren't giving up on you, so you mustn't give up either. You go back tomorrow for your IM shot, then a nightmare wait until Tues .. I've got everything crossed that things will work out for you, and I'm sending you lots of positive thoughts, right across the Atlantic ..

Sandra x

[Vickyp]

Hi all

I don't have much time to look at boards at the moment but hope everything is going well for you all. I was just wondering if anyone has had diorhea whilst using progesterone? I seem to have it once day every morning - doesn't happen at night even though I have one pessary morn & night. Not sure if it matters other than the inconvienience obviously. Vicky

[Jeni Babes]

Good morning Girlies

How are you all doing to-day?

For a wee change i am feeling bright and breezy...The hormones are obviously working their way out. Also to-day is the day I phone the hosp to find out what and when my next ivf tmt will be. So excited....

vickyp- not nice having the runs every morn...poor you. Don't know if it's progesterone or not.sorry....Need to ask the others on the site .I just get the runs with nerves.


Paula...hey girl...what do you mean you made a fool of yourself. Goodness...it's scary and difficult going through all this putting yourself on the line for the end result of a BFP...but try look at it all in a more positive way. Yes the inj are difficult ..try counting to 6 with slow long deep breaths and by the time you reach 6 it's over. Also with each inj if you look at it as an accomplishment and one step toward maturing your eggs for EC it helps. try to stay in the moment...if you project your thoughts into the future anxiety and stress just build up and you end up in a panic.

Each time i go to hosp they can never get blood from me I end up like a pin cushion. Usually it takes 5 attempts and 3 differant nurses when they give up and do it in the hand. I end up with bruises every time in various places. I've learned not to stress about this as it makes it all worse. I now use visualisation to see it all going smoothly in my head and this helps calm the body to give up blood easier.

try to visualise how you would like the inj to be ( easy stress and pain free) and focus on what the inj are for...you are growing big beautiful ripe eggs....

be kind to yourself...nurses all know that many people are scared when it comes to inj.
is there any way you could go for a massage/acupuncture/refexology today to relax your mind and body? let me know what you think

how are all the rest of you buddies doing?
Sandra's previous post helped me remember where you are all at. thanks sand.
Jag and Quasi Good luck hope all went well...
PMA to you all

love
Jen
xxxx

Love
jen
xx

[chanteq]

Harlow Ladies,

Jen,
Yup, I HATE having blood taken...i have deep, fine veins and it has been a torturous procedure for me my whole life.. ....I dread when the nurses have to 'fish' for my vein and eventually doing both arms... I always come out of it in PAIN, BLACK & BLUE ...Once, for a surgery, the anaesthetist had to finally administer it from the vein in my FOOT!....

Well, sooo much for needles....

Hope you ladies are having better luck with the tmts.....

Love,
Chanteq

[AMITHIS]

Sand,

Thanks...

I'm so confused about everything. My estrogen level was 1,400 before they even gave me the last IM injection. I can't imagine how high it will be by Monday....probably in the 3,000's. That's higher than it was for my IVF. Meanwhile, I've posted on the internet to several Dr.'s to get their opinion and it seems like it's very unusual for the estrogen level to rise like that but the lining not to increase as well. Normally, this happens after a D&C surgery or some other things which don't apply to me.

To top everything off, other Dr.'s don't even seem to think the biopsy will have any use at all. So, now I feel like I'm doing that for nothing. The impression I get from my clinic is that it will be useful only to determine how my body is responding to the dose of progesterone they normally give me.

Of course, my greatest fear is that something has changed in my system which is going to prevent this from ever working. I can't imagine starting the process all over again only to have this happen again. Perhaps I should hold on the FET and do a fresh IVF.....but I guess there is the same possibility for lining trouble when I do that?

Anyway, sorry everyone for the long post. I'm just nearing my wits end with this! I should have been on the 2 ww by now had all gone as planned.

Staci

[Jeni Babes]

Staci

I just want to give you a BIG hug...sorry to hear about all that you are going through... as Sand said try and keep positive till you find out more on tues...easier said than done.. but sending you some PMA and hugs .

chanteq- ... the word ' fish' just made me squirm in my chair..but you paint a truly clear picture of what i's like for me too. Glad to know I'm not the only one that the nurses draw straws for You sound brighter today! Good to hear you back with your Fanastically uplifting and catching PMA...have a good day...catch you all later

jen
xxx

[Smita]

Staci,
I just want to say that everything may look bleak right now, but things will be better soon.. I feel your despair and hope that something good comes out of all this..
When we hit rock-bottom, the only way to go next is UP!!,So hoping and praying you'll be UP soon and your tmt gets underway..
Sending positive thoughts your way..
Hugs.

[AngeWG]

Hi all

Had another scan this morning. Dr told me that I have responded a little too well. That would explain the bloating, the generally feeling horrible, the light headedness stomach pains and the bloated-ness!
I nearly fainted when they tried to take blood today. I think it was because the nurse was the same one that hurt me on wed. They sent me to the blood test dept in the end and I had 2 of them looking after me!

(Sorry for the rant)

They have not actually confirmed EC for Monday - they are waiting for the results of my blood tests and will let me know later on this afternoon. Is this usual?

Best wishes to you all

[LittleP]

Ange

Sorry about the pain you are going through.

I will keep my fingers crossed that the blood tests come back ok and you can go ahead with EC on Monday.

Big amounts of PMA

Little P

[jag]

Hi Ladies

Well we are out of it this cycle. I can' t believe it. EC was yesterday. 8 eggs, 7 good ones. We waited for the phonecall today to only be told that NONE, not one single one had fertilised. We are devastated. I can't believe it. They said that they would try again next time with ICSI. Even though they washed the sperm of the antibodies and they were swimming straight etc, plenty of sperm per egg etc but not one of them fertilised.

So next time they will try ICSI.

I am in a McCafe internet cafe in the town where the hospital is so I won't email for long. I will drive back tomorrow so I will go on the computer then.

I am just so shocked and upset that none fertilised.

I guess God didn't want it this time.

Luv JAG x