You are just trying to get us intrigued 
IVF group photo's
I think I have it figured out.....she is absolutely stunning and doesn't want us to feel inferior in comparison. Very thoughtful LittleP but I think my self esteem can handle it! 
Me 39+4 DH 41
4th IVF May 06 - +ve
Natural conception Sep 07
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4th IVF May 06 - +ve
Natural conception Sep 07
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Bless ya Little P, you cant have a head-less photo!!!
How are you anyway? Hope every things doing great! x x
How are you anyway? Hope every things doing great! x x
TTC 6yrs......Have jumped off the rollercoaster for now, too many BFN's and too much heartache, to keep going....Moving on to fulfil other dreams!!!
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Hi Nicki
I'm really looking forward to Tuesday's scan - very nervous and excited at the same time. I'm starting to feel sick throughout the day, but it gets better if I eat something. Very swollen and can't fit any of my trousers, but all in all I am LOVING it
I feel really guilty bashing on about it on this forum, but I'm not confident enough to move to the other forum until I've had the scan and seen that this is really ok - I hope that's ok with everyone!!!
How are you doing?
Little P
I'm really looking forward to Tuesday's scan - very nervous and excited at the same time. I'm starting to feel sick throughout the day, but it gets better if I eat something. Very swollen and can't fit any of my trousers, but all in all I am LOVING it
I feel really guilty bashing on about it on this forum, but I'm not confident enough to move to the other forum until I've had the scan and seen that this is really ok - I hope that's ok with everyone!!!
How are you doing?
Little P
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Hi Ladies...
Took me a while to find this and it is really COOL!!! I LOVE the pics of the furry babies as well as the non furry babies..... I just have one HUGE question......
How does everyone stay so fit looking while on the fertility drugs? Amazing I say!!!!
I will have to get DH to help me put one up of me and my furry baby- Jazi!!!
Jodi
Took me a while to find this and it is really COOL!!! I LOVE the pics of the furry babies as well as the non furry babies..... I just have one HUGE question......
How does everyone stay so fit looking while on the fertility drugs? Amazing I say!!!!
I will have to get DH to help me put one up of me and my furry baby- Jazi!!!
Jodi
Brought this back to the top for all the newbies .... Pls feel free to add your photos ladies at :
www.photobucket.com
The Username is : ivfgroup
The Password is : ivfgroup
Sandra x
www.photobucket.com
The Username is : ivfgroup
The Password is : ivfgroup
Sandra x
Me 41 yrs old - dh 49 yrs old. ttc 110 yrs.
1st cycle (ICSI)....Mar 04 -ve.
2nd cycle (ICSI)....Aug 04 -ve.
3rd cycle FET........May 05 -ve.
4th cycle (ICSI) ... Feb 06 -ve
5th cycle FET ..... Feb/Mar 11
1st cycle (ICSI)....Mar 04 -ve.
2nd cycle (ICSI)....Aug 04 -ve.
3rd cycle FET........May 05 -ve.
4th cycle (ICSI) ... Feb 06 -ve
5th cycle FET ..... Feb/Mar 11
Bumped back to the top, so we don't loose this great site ...
All you new girls (and some of you oldies too !) - Heather set up a Group for us on a site where we can post photos .... So - go and have a look, and pls feel free to post your piccies too - we'd love to see them !!
The website is :
www.photobucket.com
The Username is : ivfgroup
The Password is : ivfgroup
Sandra x
All you new girls (and some of you oldies too !) - Heather set up a Group for us on a site where we can post photos .... So - go and have a look, and pls feel free to post your piccies too - we'd love to see them !!
The website is :
www.photobucket.com
The Username is : ivfgroup
The Password is : ivfgroup
Sandra x
Me 41 yrs old - dh 49 yrs old. ttc 110 yrs.
1st cycle (ICSI)....Mar 04 -ve.
2nd cycle (ICSI)....Aug 04 -ve.
3rd cycle FET........May 05 -ve.
4th cycle (ICSI) ... Feb 06 -ve
5th cycle FET ..... Feb/Mar 11
1st cycle (ICSI)....Mar 04 -ve.
2nd cycle (ICSI)....Aug 04 -ve.
3rd cycle FET........May 05 -ve.
4th cycle (ICSI) ... Feb 06 -ve
5th cycle FET ..... Feb/Mar 11
I see what you mean Denise...maybe if they stood on their hind legs, one on top of the other they might be able to say g'day!
Just as a side issue, because there are alot of pet lovers here.....one of my cats (Monket, a psychotic siamese) has torn some ligaments in his hind leg. The vet has had to immobilise the leg by putting an enormous plaster on it which has to stay on for about 6 weeks!! Poor Monket is unable to walk because the plaster has added about 6 inches to his leg and I have no idea how to make him comfortable and provide him with access to food and water when I am not home. He sort of slides backwards and can drag himself about a bit, but he is very disoriented and extremely reluctant to move at all. Has anyone else had to keep a normally hyperactive cat still for a long time and if so, what did you do??? Also, I am not sure how to ensure that he is able to relieve himself when he needs to....I have given him a litter tray but I am not sure that he will be able to get into it!! I wish he could tell us what he needs, it would make things so much easier.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers
Heather and a very sad Monket
Just as a side issue, because there are alot of pet lovers here.....one of my cats (Monket, a psychotic siamese) has torn some ligaments in his hind leg. The vet has had to immobilise the leg by putting an enormous plaster on it which has to stay on for about 6 weeks!! Poor Monket is unable to walk because the plaster has added about 6 inches to his leg and I have no idea how to make him comfortable and provide him with access to food and water when I am not home. He sort of slides backwards and can drag himself about a bit, but he is very disoriented and extremely reluctant to move at all. Has anyone else had to keep a normally hyperactive cat still for a long time and if so, what did you do??? Also, I am not sure how to ensure that he is able to relieve himself when he needs to....I have given him a litter tray but I am not sure that he will be able to get into it!! I wish he could tell us what he needs, it would make things so much easier.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers
Heather and a very sad Monket
Me 39+4 DH 41
4th IVF May 06 - +ve
Natural conception Sep 07
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4th IVF May 06 - +ve
Natural conception Sep 07
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Emma - Holly's a babe !
Eh, Heather ... I can empathise with what you're going through .. I don't know if you've seen my recent-ish posts, but I've just been through an episode with an injured cat.
We've had 2 stray/ferral cats knocking around the grounds, where I work, for the past 12-18 months. I've been feeding them often, especially through last winter ... Anyway, when I went to Cuba in Feb I asked a colleague to feed them (they were coming every morning for food at that point). When I got back from hol mid March he said they'd stopped coming .. Anyway it got to June and I saw one of them. He was dragging he back end, and total skin and bones. To cut a looong story short (otherwise we'll be here 'til Monday), we managed to capture him and got him to the vets and he'd broken his leg in 2 places. Nasty breaks, right down the bone rather than clean, across breaks. Poor thing. So, he had a plate and pins put in, then had to spend the next 6 weeks confined in a cage in my living room. I put a little tray in, but he too found it impossible to lift his leg up to get in. I changed it for a roasting tin, which was much shallower, and he managed - although found it difficult. Monket won't have ANY leverage to bend his leg though, at all will he ? Is it possible to cut one of the side's away, so he can just walk in ? I know it'll get messy, when he starts burying, but maybe if you put the tray on lots of newspaper / bin liners at the open end, so that if (when !) he kicks littler out it can just be rolled up and chucked away ? I don't know what else to suggest Heather.
Cats are very adaptable and although it's hard for you to watch him struggling right now, I'd lay money that in a few days times he'll have sussed out the situation, and be managing to feed himself. Is he actually eating okay ? .. Just finds it hard to get to it ? I found that 'Smokey' became so fed up in the cage he lost all interest in food. I found myself on many occassion sat in front of the cage for hours trying to tempt him with all sorts.
I'm sure Monket will get lots of extra special cuddles to help him recover. How did it happen Heather ?
Sandra x
Eh, Heather ... I can empathise with what you're going through .. I don't know if you've seen my recent-ish posts, but I've just been through an episode with an injured cat.
We've had 2 stray/ferral cats knocking around the grounds, where I work, for the past 12-18 months. I've been feeding them often, especially through last winter ... Anyway, when I went to Cuba in Feb I asked a colleague to feed them (they were coming every morning for food at that point). When I got back from hol mid March he said they'd stopped coming .. Anyway it got to June and I saw one of them. He was dragging he back end, and total skin and bones. To cut a looong story short (otherwise we'll be here 'til Monday), we managed to capture him and got him to the vets and he'd broken his leg in 2 places. Nasty breaks, right down the bone rather than clean, across breaks. Poor thing. So, he had a plate and pins put in, then had to spend the next 6 weeks confined in a cage in my living room. I put a little tray in, but he too found it impossible to lift his leg up to get in. I changed it for a roasting tin, which was much shallower, and he managed - although found it difficult. Monket won't have ANY leverage to bend his leg though, at all will he ? Is it possible to cut one of the side's away, so he can just walk in ? I know it'll get messy, when he starts burying, but maybe if you put the tray on lots of newspaper / bin liners at the open end, so that if (when !) he kicks littler out it can just be rolled up and chucked away ? I don't know what else to suggest Heather.
Cats are very adaptable and although it's hard for you to watch him struggling right now, I'd lay money that in a few days times he'll have sussed out the situation, and be managing to feed himself. Is he actually eating okay ? .. Just finds it hard to get to it ? I found that 'Smokey' became so fed up in the cage he lost all interest in food. I found myself on many occassion sat in front of the cage for hours trying to tempt him with all sorts.
I'm sure Monket will get lots of extra special cuddles to help him recover. How did it happen Heather ?
Sandra x
Me 41 yrs old - dh 49 yrs old. ttc 110 yrs.
1st cycle (ICSI)....Mar 04 -ve.
2nd cycle (ICSI)....Aug 04 -ve.
3rd cycle FET........May 05 -ve.
4th cycle (ICSI) ... Feb 06 -ve
5th cycle FET ..... Feb/Mar 11
1st cycle (ICSI)....Mar 04 -ve.
2nd cycle (ICSI)....Aug 04 -ve.
3rd cycle FET........May 05 -ve.
4th cycle (ICSI) ... Feb 06 -ve
5th cycle FET ..... Feb/Mar 11
Thank you so much Sandra, you are an absolute saint and full of useful information as usual. I did read about you having a feral cat in a cage but never saw the post explaining why! Great idea about cutting the side off the litter tray, DH is cutting away as I type. Monket is drinking a lot and has just polished off his dinner....I have to hold the bowls up to his mouth as he really isn't interested in moving.
We are not sure how it happened. The vet said this type of injury usually happens when the animal has been caught in something, like a fence, and has struggled to get out. He has some sizeable scratches on his back, which also seems a bit tender, but we can't figure out where this would have happened as he was inside when the injury occured. He seems quite distressed by our dogs but I am not sure if it is because one of them did something evil to him or if it is just a natural reaction given that he can't walk. The dogs have lived happily with cats for 9 years now and Monket actually prefers the company of our boxer to us.
What happened to your feral cat? Is he happily re-housed, on the prowl again or has he moved in with the rest of your clan? I would be interested to know how well his leg healed and if he was back to his oldself following his confinement.
Thank you so much for your advice, I really appreciate it and it has put my mind at rest. I am sure you are correct in saying that he will get his bearings and start moving around in the next couple of days and he will certainly get lots of attention over the next few weeks.
Thanks again. You are a star.
Heather
We are not sure how it happened. The vet said this type of injury usually happens when the animal has been caught in something, like a fence, and has struggled to get out. He has some sizeable scratches on his back, which also seems a bit tender, but we can't figure out where this would have happened as he was inside when the injury occured. He seems quite distressed by our dogs but I am not sure if it is because one of them did something evil to him or if it is just a natural reaction given that he can't walk. The dogs have lived happily with cats for 9 years now and Monket actually prefers the company of our boxer to us.
What happened to your feral cat? Is he happily re-housed, on the prowl again or has he moved in with the rest of your clan? I would be interested to know how well his leg healed and if he was back to his oldself following his confinement.
Thank you so much for your advice, I really appreciate it and it has put my mind at rest. I am sure you are correct in saying that he will get his bearings and start moving around in the next couple of days and he will certainly get lots of attention over the next few weeks.
Thanks again. You are a star.
Heather
Me 39+4 DH 41
4th IVF May 06 - +ve
Natural conception Sep 07
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4th IVF May 06 - +ve
Natural conception Sep 07
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Hiya Heather ... I would think Monket's feeling pretty vulnerable right now. Your dogs will know something's up (but won't be able to pin it down !), so they'll be acting strangely around him, so in turn it'll freak him out more. That's my version anyway !
It's good that Monket's eating - even if he does need a bit of persuasion. I'm sure he'll be enjoying all the attention you're giving him, even if he's not letting you know it ! I suppose the up side is that if he'd been some distance from home when it happened, he would have struggled to get back.
My Smokey did his time in his cage, then had to go back to the vets to have the pins out .. I was cr*pping it because we obv. didn't know until he'd been xrayed if it had healed enough to have the pins out, or if it had been a wasted ordeal. It had freaked both of us out (me and S), me having to grab him in the cage and get him into a carrier. Anyway .. all was well and they took the pins out. The vet then said he needed 2 weeks room confinement, rather than cage. I really didn't know what to do. Whilst he'd been in the cage, my 3 cats (2 girls, 1 lad) had spent all their time upstairs - they wouldn't come into the room. My Ed was the most unhappy and had lost weight. I thought it totally unfair to lock him in one of the bedrooms - by himself all the time .. he'd freak even more when anybody went in to feed him .. and there wasn't anywhere else to 'lock' him really. .. I knew if he saw the cat flap he'd try to escape etc .. so I decided to take him to work and shut him in my office with me for 2 week. At least that way I was with him during the day. He totally freaked at first, but then realised that he could actually move around a little and after a couple of days he took over my comfy chair .. so I was sat on a hard, crappy one ! It was a hard decision, but after about 10 days I decided that it wasn't doing him any good any longer, sitting on a chair all day .. no exercise ... his muscles wasting away etc ... I couldn't take him home because totally unfair on my cats, didn't want him to go to a sanctuary as I knew he'd be totally unhappy, having been used to a free, outdoor life (he wouldn't have been rehomed, as nobody could touch him). So, I thought the best place for him was back in the grounds where I found him. I'd been feeding his bruv throughout, to make sure he stuck around, and he was still there. So, I opened the door and it took him a while to click he was free ...
Anyway ... that was 2 weeks ago. He's really come on in leaps and bounds since then. I'm sooo pleased as I don't know what I'd have done if it hadn't worked out. The vet said that the leg would never be the same - in fact it's about 1.5 inches shorter than the other, so he has a right gait. However ...! For the first few days he limped around, quite stiffly - terrified of everything, including the flies ... then was obv. getting more flexible and agile ... then last Sunday (so only 7 days from release) he took my breath away when I saw him climb a tree. (I don't think he was showing off ! - he was sharpening his claws and I think it just overcame him !). I've just been up to work to feed both of them this morning. They've had a bird overnight ..! Now, that's what I don't like about cats ..
Sorry Heather .. that was rather indulgent of me - but it seems this is all my life has consisted of for the past 2 months !
Keep me updated with Monket's recovery plan. I'm sending him some kisses over .. xxx
Sandra x
It's good that Monket's eating - even if he does need a bit of persuasion. I'm sure he'll be enjoying all the attention you're giving him, even if he's not letting you know it ! I suppose the up side is that if he'd been some distance from home when it happened, he would have struggled to get back.
My Smokey did his time in his cage, then had to go back to the vets to have the pins out .. I was cr*pping it because we obv. didn't know until he'd been xrayed if it had healed enough to have the pins out, or if it had been a wasted ordeal. It had freaked both of us out (me and S), me having to grab him in the cage and get him into a carrier. Anyway .. all was well and they took the pins out. The vet then said he needed 2 weeks room confinement, rather than cage. I really didn't know what to do. Whilst he'd been in the cage, my 3 cats (2 girls, 1 lad) had spent all their time upstairs - they wouldn't come into the room. My Ed was the most unhappy and had lost weight. I thought it totally unfair to lock him in one of the bedrooms - by himself all the time .. he'd freak even more when anybody went in to feed him .. and there wasn't anywhere else to 'lock' him really. .. I knew if he saw the cat flap he'd try to escape etc .. so I decided to take him to work and shut him in my office with me for 2 week. At least that way I was with him during the day. He totally freaked at first, but then realised that he could actually move around a little and after a couple of days he took over my comfy chair .. so I was sat on a hard, crappy one ! It was a hard decision, but after about 10 days I decided that it wasn't doing him any good any longer, sitting on a chair all day .. no exercise ... his muscles wasting away etc ... I couldn't take him home because totally unfair on my cats, didn't want him to go to a sanctuary as I knew he'd be totally unhappy, having been used to a free, outdoor life (he wouldn't have been rehomed, as nobody could touch him). So, I thought the best place for him was back in the grounds where I found him. I'd been feeding his bruv throughout, to make sure he stuck around, and he was still there. So, I opened the door and it took him a while to click he was free ...
Anyway ... that was 2 weeks ago. He's really come on in leaps and bounds since then. I'm sooo pleased as I don't know what I'd have done if it hadn't worked out. The vet said that the leg would never be the same - in fact it's about 1.5 inches shorter than the other, so he has a right gait. However ...! For the first few days he limped around, quite stiffly - terrified of everything, including the flies ... then was obv. getting more flexible and agile ... then last Sunday (so only 7 days from release) he took my breath away when I saw him climb a tree. (I don't think he was showing off ! - he was sharpening his claws and I think it just overcame him !). I've just been up to work to feed both of them this morning. They've had a bird overnight ..! Now, that's what I don't like about cats ..
Sorry Heather .. that was rather indulgent of me - but it seems this is all my life has consisted of for the past 2 months !
Keep me updated with Monket's recovery plan. I'm sending him some kisses over .. xxx
Sandra x
Me 41 yrs old - dh 49 yrs old. ttc 110 yrs.
1st cycle (ICSI)....Mar 04 -ve.
2nd cycle (ICSI)....Aug 04 -ve.
3rd cycle FET........May 05 -ve.
4th cycle (ICSI) ... Feb 06 -ve
5th cycle FET ..... Feb/Mar 11
1st cycle (ICSI)....Mar 04 -ve.
2nd cycle (ICSI)....Aug 04 -ve.
3rd cycle FET........May 05 -ve.
4th cycle (ICSI) ... Feb 06 -ve
5th cycle FET ..... Feb/Mar 11
Ive got two very much loved cats and I can imagine just what you have been going through with yours. Its so amazing how cats seem to adapt to situations, I bet Monket surprises you Heather. When one of mine had a plastic collar round her neck and she couldnt bend to her food bowl very well my DH put her bowl on top of a dish to raise it up higher and sellotaped it there
me 38 DH 43 TTC 7.5 yrs. 1st IVF June 05 ended in severe OHSS never made it to ET. FET Nov 05 -ive. FET April 06 -ive FET June 06 OMG BFP
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