The Over 40 Crowd

[BevT]

I'm sisualizing them with their hard hats, picks, shovels, jackhammers, tent spikes.....whatever it takes to dig in for 8.5 months. I'm so ecstatic.....but still must be cautious.

Lisa

Hi Hoooooooooooo - sorry, just couldn't resist.

Lots love

Bev

[teachertam]

Hello Girls:

Lisa: Wonderful news! We will all be thinking of you. Just keep yourself busy and those 8 days will fly by.

Take care all,
Tammy

[taylorjools]

Hi Ladies (we are all ladies in public at least... )

just popping in to see how you are. Crawled off the sofa still very nauseaous, can't even drive at the momet, too woozy, but should start easing off a bit...
Randa - you are funny, 15 mins late for your jab what are we going to do with you???? Thinking of you honey bun..
Lisa - well done you, testing 30/01 with your bumper babes on board! I am sure you will be lucky with time you deserve it sweetie..
Kat - glad things are moving on for you, I hope you get good results for the genetic meiotic study in Spain, believe me I know what you are going through, most of the summer I thought we were going to have to do donor sperm as wells as donor eggs..and why us and should we carry on and all that, it's very very hard time for you pm me if you want to chat.
Caroline - have thought of you often, lets pray that this will be a better time for you {{{{hugs}}}}}
Bev- if you want some ideas on various clinics abroad feel free to PM me. There are other sites where you can rsearch this quite well.

LOve to all of you, it's so wonderful to see this thread so busy, at one point it was just me and Randa and Caroline.....left (quite a few were on the other side who have now had their babies...so there is hope).

So far so good, next scan tomorrow and next thyroid and immune status results tomorrow pm too. I have to start stopping the drugs next week and am TERRIFIED also feeling evry lonely as I can't go out much cos of sickness and tiredness..ah well I guess it's a lovey problem to have, I just wish sometimes I hadn't had that bl;oody international career and moved around so much...thank God for you girls

hugs to veryone, sorry for not being around more, should get better soon

love and kisses bigJ


BigJ (Jules) - BFP 9/12/05 praying every day,scan 24/01 (11 weeks)
Randa - Start stims Sat 21st Jan, EC Feb 1st
Anna - appointment 24th Jan to discuss next step
Kat - Going to Spain 2nd March for testicular biopsy & then hope to start DE tmt again soon
Jen - meeting with consultant 27th Jan
Lisa - 20th Jan flight to Vegas to begin IVF cycle
Lara - planning IVF in Feb/March
Tammy- IVF cycle 2 Feb 06
Caroline - natural FET in February (prob around 10th - current best guess)
Robyn - 2nd IVF cycle in March
Bev- waiting for egg donor, considering abroad
Amfy - FET March/April
Jane- visit to Spain 24th Jan to decide next step

[Kat]

Hi all,
Well it all seems to be happening here - I am starting to feel left behind now! Must mean I'm ready to go again...

Jane - Viva Espana & all that - if you're going to IM in Barcelona say hi to Victoria & Lurdana from me (you have my true identity on email!) but good luck and hope you get some answers wherever you are going and who knows - a few months down the line you could be pg!

Lisa - all sounds v positive, will keep everything crossed. Thanks to Bev I now have an image of your embies in my head dressed as two of the seven dwarves

Jules - nice to hear from you and glad all is still well, albeit a bit vomity (is that a word?)

Hi to everyone else too
3 weeks until I go on holiday!

speak soon
Lots of love
Kat xx

[Jeni Babes]

Hi all

Jules- good to hear from you even though you are feeling so sick still... Sweetie is doing well!!! You are right this thread is so busy now..it's taking me ages to catch up with you all

Lisa- that is some good news hope the embies are bedding down as we speak... test date on the 30th, woo hoo!!!! Sending loads of BABY DUST your way.

Randa how are your stimming inj doing ? Grow follies, grow!!

I am excited about all the new tmts starting soon ....
caroline- good luck wth your FET and Lara you too in Feb
Tammy you are going in Feb 2nd for IVF You must all be getting excited...

anna good luck with your appointment tomorrrow...i am looking forward to hearing your latest news!!!!

jane hope are you still going to Spain 24th Jan and get some answers to your questions Please let us know how you get on!

A big hi to everyone else...

I am excited and have also trepidation for my appointment on Friday. I am hoping that the hosp will fund for another go at IVF. We wewr promised two goes, but as i only had 5 follies i am wondering if they will use that to cancel.?

Df and i had a busy weekend with friends and their 15mth old boy thomas staying. We had a late night but took little thomas out on Sunday morning so his parents could get a lie in bed ( for a change). We had a fantastic time with him...he is a dynamite child full of curiosity and devilishness, but cute with it...DF and i we holding each of his
hands and swinging him...we couldn't keep the smiles off our faces and kept having long joyful eye meets with each other...We SO want to bring a child into this world...i hope 2006 brings us all this joy

love jen
xxx

BigJ (Jules) - BFP 9/12/05 praying every day,scan 24/01 (11 weeks)
Randa - Start stims Sat 21st Jan, EC Feb 1st
Anna - appointment 24th Jan to discuss next step
Kat - Going to Spain 2nd March for testicular biopsy & then hope to start DE tmt again soon
Jen - meeting with consultant 27th Jan
Lisa - ET 23rd jan, test 30th Jan
Lara - planning IVF in Feb/March
Tammy- IVF cycle 2 Feb 06
Caroline - natural FET in February (prob around 10th - current best guess)
Robyn - 2nd IVF cycle in March
Bev- waiting for egg donor, considering abroad
Amfy - FET March/April
Jane- visit to Spain 24th Jan to decide next step

[AMck]

Hi girls, gosh I only missed a day and have found it hard to catch up on all the news! So much going on in this thread.

Jules, good to see you post. Hope you are feeling better. Good luck with scan tomorrow.

Randa, hope the stimming is going well. Let those follies do their thing and grow grow grow!!!

Jen, not long to your appt, have you got your list of questions ready?Good to see you had a lovely weekend. Thanks for your good luck. Will let you know how I get on tomorrow. Fingers crossed for some good news this time!

Jane, hope all goes well in Spain.

Lisa, hoping the days are flying by for you. Sending you babydust!

Kat, where are you going on holiday?

Bye for now
PMA to all
Anna x

[DianeC]

Hi Lisa

This trip turned out to be very positive for you. Best of luck with your 2ww and I hope all your dreams come true.

Keeping my fingers crossed for you

Di

[erjumper]

Kat,
Hope you weren't thinking of Grumpy and Dopey. We'd really prefer any of the other 5 dwarves but will be happy with them regardless.
Jules,
So glad to hear from you. Best of luck on your scan tomorrow. Can't wait to read all about it. They should be able to tell the sex now no? Are you going to find out? Sickness should subside now in a week or 2.
Randa,
Is there such a thing as "follicle dust"? If so i'm sending it. Remember though, Quality, NOT quantity. I've always made alot of eggs but had a quality issue.
It's strange to me to read about all of you going to different countries for your treatments. Then I remember that geographically it's no different than me going to a different state. Vegas is actually a 5.5 hour flight in a 757. I've traveled extensively in this country and been to Mexico and Canada (which really don't count because they're attached to us) but aside from the Bahama and Jamaican Islands i've never really been out of the country. I dream of visiting Europe someday but if having a baby means it'll never happen, that's just fine with me!
I have noticed some differences in the protocols from here to there. Almost all of our clinics only transfer day 5 or 6 blasts now. There is a great web site where you can ask IVF questions and get rapid responses from a world renowned RE. The site is www.theafa.org (The American Fertility Association). Just go to the message boards under IVF outcomes and ask your questions of the doc.
More later,
Lisa

[BevT]

Kat,

Hope you weren't thinking of Grumpy and Dopey.

Lisa

How about Happy and Sleepy? Of course they would both share 50/50 of their personality traits - being twins!

L O Love Bev xxx

[erjumper]

Happy and Sleepy would be fantastic.

Lisa

[Kat]

Hi
Lisa - you're right - it takes less than 2 hours to fly to Barcelona, much closer than you going to Vegas. When we go for the biopsy we are only going for the day, it's so quick. Hope Happy & Sleepy are doing OK

Anna - going to Singapore with one sister to stay with my other sister who lives there, should be a laugh, it's not often we're all together. My parents are over there at the moment for a couple of weeks and we go when they get back. Will be nice to be warm. Can't wait....and I get to play with my nieces too - age nearly 6 & 4 and SO cute...

Jane - hope Spain went well

Hi to everyone else - v tired as have been on the road half the day

Lots of love
Kat xx

[AMck]

Hi to all
updating list
BigJ (Jules) - BFP 9/12/05 praying every day,scan 24/01 (11 weeks)
Randa - Start stims Sat 21st Jan, EC Feb 1st
Anna - Waiting for AF to start short protocol
Kat - Going to Spain 2nd March for testicular biopsy & then hope to start DE tmt again soon
Jen - meeting with consultant 27th Jan
Lisa - ET 23rd jan, test 30th Jan
Lara - planning IVF in Feb/March
Tammy- IVF cycle 2 Feb 06
Caroline - natural FET in February (prob around 10th - current best guess)
Robyn - 2nd IVF cycle in March
Bev- waiting for egg donor, considering abroad
Amfy - FET March/April
Jane- visit to Spain 24th Jan to decide next step

Jules hope the scan went well, watching for your news!

Jane, hope you trip to Spain was successful

We had an appt today and it went OK. The dr said that she didn't know what to do with me! She laughed (we didn't!) When I tried to start a short protocol a couple of weeks ago my bloods weren't right as I had two cysts.
However my FSH was 4! Which is good news. So the cysts were a nuisance giving an E2 reading of 800! The dr said that this level was due to the cysts. I got back from my appt quite relieved but have scared myself by reading Zita, who says that a high E2 could mean a poor ovarian reserve. I know I am getting on a bit. (i'm 42) The dr didn't mention this today. Any views? The bloods were done on day 3 of my cycle.
Anyway we are waiting for AF to try and start a short protocol cycle. Prob beginning of Feb.

Kat, can't believe you are going to Singapore, you lucky thing. I went there a few years ago and had a ball. You must do the touristy things like Sentosa Island and have a Gin sling in Raffles! (I still have my Raffles mug, I use it for my toothbrush!) Hope you enjoy being with family. My family sound similar . I have 2 sisters and it is rare that we are all in the same room at the same time! Enjoy

Off on a conference now until Fri eve, will catch up with the news then, bye for now, PMA to all
Anna x

[erjumper]

Anna,
I've had problems with cysts at intervals as well which caused very high E2's. My ovarian response was not affected. Hope all goes well in your upcoming cycle.
Lisa

[jojopaisley]

Hi,
I posted in the introductions a week or so ago.
I just turned 40 in December. So, I will be hanging out here with you guys.

We tried IVF for the 2nd time(this time with donor eggs) in December which resulted in a BFP (my first ever!) But I miscarried after 6 weeks. I was very distraught. I am sure you all can imagine. But I am back on board
We plan to try IVF one more time. The doctor is providing her services for free I just have to pay for the donor, the meds and the facility fee. Which will probably total almost $7000 for everything.
Here is my question that I seek advice on. There are 2 donors, A (proven-2 donations, one live birth and the other 4 mths along with twins) and B.
We originally were going to use A for the last IVF but, at the last minute decide with B because she had my features and was an artist like me.

Well, now I think enough with the similarities, I want a baby, so I am leaning toward using Donor A for the next IVF because she is proven.

What do you guys think?

We are hoping to either do the IVF in the Feb/Mar cycle or Mar/Apr cycle.
Not sure which one yet. I don't have a lot of time to decide.

[BevT]

Hi Jojo,

Nice to have you with us. Only you and DH can decide which donor to opt for this time. However, I would say that I come from a large family, 7 siblings, and we are ALL very different from each other. OK, you may be able to see the odd family likeness, but there are some very extreme differences in all of us. My eldest sister is my half-sister as my mother was married before she met my father. However, my eldest sister is the only one in the family who has my "father's nose". Odd that, as she is the only one that doesn't "belong" to Dad.

As for passing on you talent, I do believe that this will be as much a case of "nurture" as it would be biological. I have an uncle who is an artist, no-one else in the family has the talent, neither does any of his children, so it doesn't appear to have been passed on through our family genes!

I personally would choose the proven donor. You don't say whether the proven donor is vastly different to yourself and DH. Providing the skin-tone is similar and the eye colour is similar to one or both of you, I would conclude that the "similarities" are enough. Ever seen a family of 5, all with brown hair, except one that comes out totally bright auburn (or dare I say "ginger"!). Go with what has the greater likelihood of a good outcome.

Wishing you luck and sending you love from the UK

LOL Bev xxx