Calling any August Cycle buddies

[Sand]

Oh girls .... I'm realy pi**ed off. Not with the IVF, but with this bloody machine. When we got back from the hospital yesterday, I sat down and caught up on all the posts, then did a really long post.... with my news and to everyone on this thread ..... then one of my cats then jumped on the keyboard and I lost everything I was really tired by that point, and couldn't drum up the energy to retype it all. So, first thing this morning, I again sat down and typed it again.... pressed submit, and the damn thing disappeared ... message that said couldn't find server ... So I gave up and went back to bed.

I am now going to try for the third time ... but before I use up tons of energy, I'm just going to submit this message and see if it works ..!

Sandra x

[Sand]

Hoorah, it worked !

Well ! ... EC went fine yesterday. 19 eggs collected. I phoned the hospital this morning and they've injected 14 of them, 11 have fertilised, 7 have been frozen (already ?! - is this good or bad ?) and 4 have been left to continue to divide. They'll put the best 2 back tomorrow, and maybe be able to freeze the other 2. So, that's me.

Candy - are you having a General too ? If so, obviously you won't know anything about the actual op ... I'm always fine until I get the needle in the back of the hand, then I'm petrified .... I was hanging onto the nearest nurse for dear life - what a wimp ! I'm pretty sore and bloated today, but noticably better than yesterday.... I reckon it'll be a good few days before I can stand up straight though. It was a full 7 days last time... Not trying to frighten you, and everyone is so different... just so you know, if it does happen, that it's pretty normal ... Re the stims : I think they reduce them to stim less eggs, but to try to ensure better quality and even size...

Staci .. I'm so pleased for you that AF has turned up at last. All the worry was obviously keeping it off longer....I saw your post on the other thread and you seemed so down. At last can now get going !

Hope - I'm so glad to see your levels still rising ... just keep visualising the embi(es) implanting !! Good luck for Friday.

...... I'm going to submit this now, then carry on on another post as I couldn't bear to have to start again ....

[Sand]

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Alicia - Yes, my hospital let me see the embryos on a screen before they put them back. It's kinda nice, although they do just look like a few circles/blobs ! I was drinking my breakfast coffee this morning, when I read your post. I shamefully threw it away, and got a glass of water instead. I think I'm now on glass number 11 or 12. Will pop soon !

Dolly - EC under Sedation ! OMG ! You are so brave Also, I wouldn't like to think what I'd be droning on about ..!

Wendy ... I'm pleased that your ET went well yesterday, and you have 2 beauties !! I think that taking time off work is the thing to do, even if it's just what you believe therefore psychologically it must do you good. You take it real easy...

Angela ... has AF started yet ? Come on AF !!


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[Sand]

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Jaye .... I'm glad to hear that your downregging is going okay and that AF comes along tomorrow.... exciting that things will now start happening ...!

Chubbs - pls don't be too disappointed that the stimming isn't going as well as it could at the moment. They've given you 'till Friday .. ? THAT'S 3 WHOLE DAYS. Honestly, anything can happen in 3 days, that's why they keep dragging you back for bloods and scans. Pls keep thinking +ve, and imagine those follies getting bigger as we speak !

Caroline .... EC on Monday !! On dh's birthday. Gosh - that'll be one he won't forget !! My dp's the same in that he was so worried about the sample ... poor thing - he's seen me go through so much, and all he has to do is produce this little sample, and he was so worried he just wouldn't be able to do it ... Like Alicia's clinic though, we have a frozen backup just in case it doesn't go to plan on the day .. !


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[Sand]

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Jeanie - not toooo long now 'till EC on Mon !! Hope you're managing to hang on in there. I know, the meds make sure it's a very emotional ride .. I found myself crying for no reason a couple of time last week, and I know it'll only get worse before it gets better !

Paige ... not too long now until test on Fri You've done so well, not testing, and the agony is nearly over ... Alicia will happily be adding a big to the test list.

Ellie - Really good news that your 6 eggs are still hanging in there I hope ET goes well, be it today or Saturday. Let us know !!

Mia, JaneM, Barny, Janine .... I do hope 2ww is making you too nutty (although I know this is impossible !!). Keep up those positive thoughts please.

Where's Trace with her lucky candles when we need her .... Where are you Trace ? Don't tell me you're packing for Mexico already ?

Good luck to everyone else .... lots of PMA please !!

Sandra x

[Sand]

OMG !! ha ha !!

Sorry Mia, JaneM, Barny and Janine ... I've just read through my post .... what I really meant was I hope the 2ww isn't making you too nutty ! ( again ! )

Sandra x

[AMITHIS]

Sandra,

Sounds like excellent results from your EC. Well done!

I think I might have to steal your method of sending separate posts rather than doing it all in one when typing a long one. I can't tell you how many times I've lost a long post I've written and been too frustrated to go back and retype it all.

Wendy,

Sounds like ET went well. I'm glad you're able to rest and take some time off from work. This time around I really have to force myself to at least rest for the first 48 hours after ET. Last time, I found myself doing laundry and straightening up the house as soon as I got home. I think I was back to doing light exercise 3 days afterwards since I just couldn't stand it any longer than that.

Hope everyone else is doing well. I'm at my DH's parents summer house at the moment and am sitting in the most uncomfortable chair I've ever sat in with the keyboard on a desk which is so high I'm losing circulation in my wrists so I think I'll sign off for the moment. We have to drive back home tonight (4 hours) which I'm not looking foward to.

Staci

[ANGELA]

wow sandra

i can see why you got so p***ed off having to write that post out 3 times lol

no af hasnt arrived yet damn thing i stopped taking the tablets monday so should be here any day now fingers crossed

One question tho what if it doesnt show what if i still have a cyst any one know what happens then will they just leave me till it arrives dont think i could handle that its really peeing me off now i have no energy to do anything i just want the whole thing to be over i was even lying in bed last night thinking well mayb on tuesday they will tell me that i am going to have to abandon this cycle in one way i would be so pleased that its all over but i know really after it had sunk in i would be heartbroken cos i really dont think i could do this again.

Sandra well done sounds like your ec went nice and smoothly i hope et goes just as well for you take it easy and let us all know how you get on

good luck to all you other lovely girls i find it really hard to remember where everyone is at so pls forgive me if i dont mention you personally but i do think about you all your what keeps me going knowing you are all here

love to you all

Ang xxx

[alicia]

Sandra,

Wow - so many eggs and a good number fertilized, too! I'm amazed they froze them so soon. My clinic waited until they were 5 days old and now I'm worrying that they were too old. So fun to second guess the clinic, isn't it?

Angela,

You only THINK you could not go through this again. After my early mc last IVF cycle, I could not wait to do it again. I felt like we got so close. Also, after having the tubes removed ( a fairly involved surgery and very expensive), I feel the need to give it at least a few goes.

But of course none of that really applies to you as you will surely get a BFP when you test! But one day at a time, I guess - hope AF shows soon.

Alicia

[Mon Ka]

Dear All:

I just had a failed IVF cycle in July. Everything seem to be going well. I am 32 and my husband is 34. We are both healthy and we have no history of infertility. All of our tests came back normal. We were doing IVF so that we can use PGD and Microsort. My husband has a genetic condition that we are trying to avoid. It is linked to his x chromosome. Everything seem to be going well. My body responded well and produced 19 eggs. 16 of which were mature and 15 of which fertilized. I got a call on day 3 (after the retrival) and the Dr. expressed some concerns. First, there appeared to be a problem with the Microsort procedure (which sorts sperm to have a higher rate of y or x sperm) that my husband's sperm was exposed to. The equipment malfunctioned. Second, the Dr. was also concerned about the quality of the embryos. The Dr. explained that there was no corrolation between the Microsort malfunction and the embryos not developing. Of the 15 eggs that were fertilized, none were viable. To date, we have not had any answers as to what happened. Have you heard of situations when all embrys stop developing and there is no identifiable problem? Any ideas?

My Dr. called and explained that in subsequent tests done my hormone leves looked well and suggested that, if I wanted it, I could begin an August cycle. He explained that there was no risk of proceeding with the stimulation since my ovaries were not inflamated and everything looked OK. Since I am an emotional wreck due to the last failed cycle, I decided to go ahed with the August cycle. I started Gonal F last night.Has any of you ever heard of people not skipping a month between cycles? am I taking a risk by doing this?

Thank you for letting me share my experience with you. I need the emotional support. I have found that those who have not undergone the procedure have difficulty understanding its complexitions and the toll that it takes on your emotional health.

Good luck to us all.

[AMITHIS]

Angela,

Sounds like you are in the same position I've been in. I was waiting for AF forever too and was worried that I'd just be stuck downregging with no end in sight. I'm willing to bet AF will show up in a day or two. Have you had cramps or anything? Mine showed up yesterday just as I was about to call the clinic and bring up the idea of canceling this cycle and starting again some other time. Now, I'm just hoping the cysts went away as a result (will find out tomorrow morning). If the cysts are still there or if they tell me my estrogen is still way too high, then I think I will cancel out on this one. I have so many things going on in Sept. that I can't have this going on at the same time and thought ET would have been done and results had by the end of August. Then again, it was hard for me to even get up the nerve to go through with this to begin with so I'm a little worried about stopping then having to get the motivation to start again. Never easy, is it?! Anyway, I really hope AF will show up tomorrow for you.

Mon Ka,

I wish I could offer some useful insight but I'm not familiar with what Microsort or PGD actually are. Maybe we call them something different over here in the U.S.? At any rate, I know most clincs here advise at least one month off between cycles but, as long as your Dr. did a scan beforehand and determined that everything looked fine and as long as you are emotionally prepared to do it again, I don't see why it would be a problem. You must be very determined to start again right away and I admire you for that. This board has really been a great help to me. As you said, it's difficult to talk with people who haven't been through it and feel like they really understand.

Wishing you the very best!

Staci

[alicia]

Mon Ka,

Welcome to the board! I've found it to be an enormous help. I also am not familiar with those procedures, but I am also in the US.

It is so frustrating when everything seems to be going so well and then you have a setback. Luckily, you are very young and have plenty of time to try again. No so for some of us

I don't know why many clinics make you wait a month between cycles. Mine did, too, but they did not give a reason. It may well be just for their own convenience in scheduling.

Alicia

[Ellie]

Hello Everyone,

Well I am officially on the dreaded 2ww now, we had et yesterday 2 of my embies were doing OK and the other 4 hadn't really changed so I was a bit dissapointed. Everything went well and I am due to test on 17th august.

Mon Ka
sorry I don't have any advice on your procedures but I have always been giuded by my consultant. As for going again do it if you feel mentally strong enough, I had 3 in one year but did wait a month or so in between just to get my head back together.

Paige and Janine
only one more day to go good luck for tommorrow fingers and toes crossed for 2 positive results.

Caroline
Have you got a date for ec yet??? the clinic do day 2 3 or 5 treanfers.Apparently they wait to see how your embies go and transfer as soon as they can tell thr 2 best or on day 5 if they are all good.

Sandra
Sounds like ec went well and you have loads of little embies do you have a date for et? Hope you are not too sore.

Hope everyone else is doing ok there are so many of us now I am sory to those i have missed.

[ANGELA]

hi staci

wow it really sounds as if me and you are very similar people af turned up this morning and dont i know it have bad stomach cramps just hoping the cyst goes with it shall find out tuesday

i to had to build myself up emotionally to begin this i always knew it was going to be a hard journey i to thought i would be testing in august
my whole body is drained of energy and enthusiasm at the mo i need a serious injection of PMA i want this to be over so much and depending on what they tell me on tuesday and what they advise if the cyst is still there i shall make a decision then its also the cost i had to get more buserelin last week luckily i have lovely docters and they again paid for this but i really dont know if they will again or if i can actually ask them again i do not want to stillbe at all this come september i really dont have the energy this is the hardest thing i have ever done in my life and def the most stressful

i will get thro it ( i hope ) one way or another but i know one thing if at the end i get a -tive im going on holiday hehe

Paige and Janine i shall be looking out for those 2 great big positive result posts love to you both xx

talk to ya all soon lots of love Ang xxx

[wendy30]

Morning Ladies

Well day 4 of the 2ww for me, knicker checking already, but pretty convinced they are still in there. Biggest stress I've got is trying to book tickets for the Edinburgh Festival online, ofcourse I could just put my shoes on and go to the ticket office but enjoying being lazy too much.

Hope everyone else is well

Ellie, hope you are feeling ok, I posted to you on the 2ww activity thread.

Angela, good luck for your scan on Tuesday.

Paige & Janine, good luck for your tests hopefully you will both be the first of us all with lots to smile about.

Mon Ka, sorry I don't know anything about that, just trust the advice of your doctors and go with how you feel.

Alicia, hows things with you any sign of the AF yet?

Speak to you all soon.

Wendy