Keep in touch August buddies!

[alicia]

Sandra and Ellie,

Glad to hear you will both be giving it another go this year. Please do keep us updated on your progress. I wish you both the best of luck for an easy and successful cycle!

Alicia

[Sand]

Hi Alicia ... Thanks for the thoughts ! I hope you are feeling well, and I'm sure you're both ready for that break in Maui. Have a lovely, relaxing time ...

Sandra x

[Paige]

Sandra and Ellie:
Good luck starting your cycles over these next couple of months. Is Staci also doing a FET this month? Maybe it's next month.
Has Mia decided to go again at all? I'm thinking that it would be very nice if all of the August buddies had bfp's in the yr 2005.
Hope everyone is well and we hear from you soon.

Paige

[Sand]

Hi there Paige ! Thanks for the +ve vibes . That's definitely what we're aiming for (lots of BFPs in 2005) !

Hope you're on the mend now, from the flu - and enjoying these last few weeks. Gosh. I can't believe you guys are nearly there already (although I'm sure it still feels a zillion light years away to you ..)

Take care
Sandra x

[Paige]

Thanks Sandra! Am definately on the mend from the flu, thank goodness. I'll have my C-Section scheduled for the 39th week, so I have about 12 weeks to go. It does feel like forever, but I'm sure it will sneak up on me with a million more things to do.
Are you cycyling in March? Forgive me if I have the wrong date, I'm not great at keeping track of everything.

Paige

[Mia]

Paige,
Oh my gosh! Only 12 more weeks!

I plan on cycling sometime in late spring/early summer.

Crazy enough. If it does work I want to time it so the baby's b-day will not be too close to Christmas or during the Summer. April is the best time to have a baby!

I have not seen any posts from Wendy who cycled around Christmas. I am hoping I just missed it and everything went okay.

Sand...I am feeling quite positive about 2005!!! WooHooo!!!!

Staci, I am counting on you to start this year off with a bang for the ACBs

I guess we are all Oldies on the site by now. But not too old!!!

Mia

[Paige]

Mia:

I'm excited for you guys. I hope everyone gets their big fat +++++'s this year.
I was laughing at your Oldies comment. Seriously, talk to my fertility Doc, I swear every sentence that came out of his mouth ended with "for someone who's 35."

Paige

[AMITHIS]

Hi Paige,

How are you?

Yes, I am actually in the middle of my cycle right now....well not quite the middle I guess but I'm on Day 5 of estradiol with 9 days of gradually increasing doses to go until they see if things look good for an end of Jan. transfer.

I'm actually not feeling too bad at the moment but will see if I'm still saying that next week when I'm taking 4 times the amount of medicine I am right now!

Hope all is going well.

Staci

[alicia]

Staci,

That is awesome! So you're doing a medicated FET? As you know, I'm a big believer in FET I hope this one continues to go smoothly, without too many mood swings, etc. Best of luck to you!

Alicia

[Sand]

Hi folks ..

Paige ... We're hoping to go again around March, although it will probably turn into April. We've a hol booked mid Feb for 3 weeks. AF's due on the day we fly back (typical !), so I can see myself ringing the hospital from the airport, trying to book in for treatment. We'll see ..

Mia ... we may well cycle together again ... March/April time ? 2005 WILL be a good year - PMA PMA

Staci ... I've everything crossed for you this time Staci. You've had your fair share of bad luck, so now it's time to see some +ve stuff pls ! Hope you continue to feel well on the meds.

Sandra x

[Ellie]

hi Staci
Just wanted to say ggo luck and I am sending you lots af positive vibes. lets hope its a bfp for you this time!!!!

[Mia]

Hello ACBs

Just for those who do not already think I am neurotic. Let me tell you what happened.

My clinic called me! They wanted to know when I was going to cycle. Oh my! I don't know when!!! Don't they know I have been postponing and postponing!

They wanted me to cycle in March, I said no---- got a conference

I am thinking April. They are not doing anything in May so my next oppurtunity would be June.

April is a good month, I think.

Geez....talked to an embryologist and feel better about by frosties.

April!!??

Mia

[Paige]

Mia:

I can't blame you for wanting some of your own life rather than the cycling life! Though everyone who I know has gone through FET, has said it's soooo much better than a full cycle. We'll have to get Staci's expert opinion on this one. You're really lucky to have some frosties. I didn't have any.....but since I'm not going to have more children after this, I'm kind of glad I don't have to deal with the whole "what to do with the embryos" situation after 2 years. Though if my cycle hadn't worked, I'd be heartbroken to not have any. Good for you that you have them!

Good luck with your decision making process. Maybe if you know this far ahead you can mentally gear up!

Paige

[AMITHIS]

Nice to hear from everyone and thanks for the good wishes

Mia,

I think you have taken the award for procrastination away from me!

Seriously, I fully understand. You know how confused I was about when to start and I was ready to jump on any excuse I possible could to hold off on things. I only decided to go ahead with this cycle kind of at the last minute because I knew that, between my AF taking so long to show up and the fact that I wanted to use bcp's first this time, that it could be months if I didn't just get moving. My other worry was who knew what else might end up coming up in the next few months that would have interfered and resulting in my having to push it off even further?! I guess the main factor behind my decision was that I was obsessing about the whole thing so much that I figured it would be better just to go ahead and see what happens. I know time off is healthy and needed at times but I knew in my mind that I would feel the exact same way about things months from now so waiting longer in my case was just not accomplishing anything....other than my getting older

At any rate, I'm happy to be able to back up what Paige has heard about frozen cycles. I have just completed my first week of estradiol tablets and feel perfectly fine. I haven't even had any bloating or weight gain or pains of any kind. My moods have been ok. The last few days of downregging and the first day or two of estradiol, I had a headache and moodiness but really very tolerable as it didn't last too long. I've also only had to go into the clinic once a week; not every other day like I did in the stim. part of my IVF. In comparison with the full IVF, this has been so much easier so far. I imagine one really great thing will be going into the transfer without all that leftover pain and discomfort from an EC. Anyway, you know I am not one to put a positive spin on things by any means but this really hasn't been bad so far. Of course, my doses increase next week so I'll let you know if anything changes but so far so good. I could even deal with working right now...if I had a job!

My unsolicited opinion is definitely don't wait any longer than April. I mean you know how these things go. If you actually get started in April, it can take at least a month to get to the transfer depending on what protocol you are on.

Sorry.... I don't mean to push you. I was just happy that some people on this board pushed me along a bit and made me see how many of my excuses were things that could actually be overcome. I am glad now that I'm just doing it intead of constantly thinking about when I'm going to do it!

Have a great weekend everyone!

Staci

[AMITHIS]

Yikes. So many typos in that message. I can actually spell....really!

Staci