December-January Cycle Buddy's Our New beginnings

[Ange]

Jackie.... I am so sorry! There's nothing anyone can say that will make you feel better. That just totally sucks! Happened to a friend of mine too and it's just so hard to know the commitment one makes and the focus to get to ER and then you can't do it. Not fair! My thoughts are with you and hopefully they change your protocol next time around so this doesn't happen.

Thinking of you,
Ange

[mom20]

hi ladies just a quick one just to let you know im feeling a bit better now. Never been right since i had dieorea and sickness in xmas day ive had good days and bad been sleeping lots but i have managed to enrol myself on a maths course which at the end i will get an equvalant of a grade C GCSE found it really good its all done on the PC and its giving me something to do whilst looking for work.
I ve had no energy at all these past couple of days just cant be bothered and the cramps in my stomach have been terrible. Going to pay a visit to my GP on Mon as i think i should be feeling better now. I m sleeping all day then cant get to sleep on the night which is making me tired all day again. Sorry for the winge i feel better now lol im going back to bed will read all 11 pages wow and do personals tommorow
hope everyone is ok
mom20

[sassynlv]

JackieG: AHHH man, i am so sorry. That is terrible. After everything you have been through... We are all here for you.

Tans: congrats on the go-ahead. Glad to hear your lining looks fab!

Ange: all of our embs on #1 IVF (complex abnl on pgd) stopped growing by the time we had the final results. We are also pretty sure all of the embs from #2 IVF were also abnl (so the question remains in my mind... do i have ANY nl eggs???). My insurance doesn't cover pgd, in fact, doesn't cover any of the IVF stuff (read: we are hemorrhaging green!). I am just thinking of doing it, though, as we have a lot more ferts than before. I don't know how much more of this i can take, and so if pgd could help me to avoid one(or more) unnecessary disappointment that may push me further to the end... it looks pretty good to me. Will chat w/RE about it next wk.

mom20: So hoping you continue to improve... man, you have been sick for quite a while!

Had baseline us/bw today. AF hasn't arrived... but no worries... should be anytime and they say it doesn't matter as long as in the next 3-4 days. I have 20 freakin' antrals this month... too bad i am not doing another stim cycle this month....

lovely wkend to all!

[Fed7281]

Jackie, I am so sorry that things worked out the way the did. I know that you are hurting right now but I know things will get better and you will be able to start up again soon and get you BFP!!

MOM20 Sorry you have been feeling so awful. Hope you continue to get better!

Well everyone, hope you are all having a wonderful weekend.

BEC- Can you even believe how warm it is here today. It is almost 70 degrees!!!!!!!!!!!! When it should be like 30. MY son and I have been outside playing football on and off all day. I cant believe it is January! Hope you are enjoying this weather as well!!!

Erin

[lara312]

Jackie so sorry that this has happened not much i can say to you expect we are all here for you sending big hugs .
Mom hope you are really 100% soon .
Tans congrats on getting the go ahead this time time next week your babies will be snuggling in for 9 months.
Shantala you will do a great job on the list while aunty away .
Aunty its great that you will be starting soon we will have loads of BFP's this month and next .
Cook that recipie sounds great will have to go to super market tomorrow and get the ingreadients and try .
Hugs to everyone
love Rachel x x

[TansRN]

Hey any one else have any spotting on the estrogn?? Its not bad but just a little pink...just wondering. I want everything to go perfect for next friday!!! Thanks

[tcbalgord]

Hello my dears! Did you ever have to go someplace that you really didn't want to, but HAD to? Well that is me today, and so to help keep my mind off of that fact I have begun researching and so I thought I would share with all of you.
Have any of you thought of "detoxing" your bodies before beginning IVF?
I have read alot about the benefits of that today and here is a a website link that I believe is the best of what I have read today.

http://www.herbtime.com/HerbRecipes/pregnancy.htm

It has several links within the page that talk about herbal treatments for M/C, during and before pregnancy.

There is also a website that I found that has a list of foods that contain folic acid and healthy recipies to go with them

http://www.uams.edu/folic_acid/recipes.asp

I also wanted to share with you a recipe I invented that is healthy, it can be served as side dish or a main meal!

Tortallini Salad

You will need...
Frozen Tortallini
shred. Mozerella cheese
1 pint of cherry tomatoes
half a head of fresh broccoli, washed
Small bottle of zesty Itallian Dressing

Cook 2-3 bags of frozen tortallini (meat or cheese)
Drain well and let cool.
In a large bowl combine tortallini with cherry tomatos, mozerella cheese, broccoli, and zesty itallian dressing( Add ressing to your own taste). Refridgerate 1 hour before serving.

I have added carrots to this and even cucumber, so be creative.

Hope you all have a great weekend!

[My2LnT]

Ange- Not long before Lupron getting excited?

Meg - Will send chocolate and jiig to help get AF your way.

Trans- Yeah!!! I had my DH read your post about being romantic and getting away _ he said wow that sounded like here. hee hee

Aunty- Do so hope you are feeling better.

Jackie- So sorry that really sucks but hope ya get to try again soon.

Mom20- Glad you are starting to feel better.

Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend.

Steph

[meg12]

Jackie--So sorry. That just plain sucks.

Aunty--I'm not sure how many they will transfer, I suppose it depends on how the "dethaw" (is that a word?) goes. I know that my doc really doesn't want to do more than 2 at a time for me since I'm 29, but I guess we'll see. I have 7 so as far as I'm concerned she can just load them all in--ha!!!! Still no AF, of course!

tcbalgord--Thanks for the links and recipe. It sounds delish and I will def try it!

Well, I'm off to bowling (I know, you are all jealous that I'm spending my Saturday night bowling---my life is one of glamour, let me tell you!)

[PMApsy]

Good evening ladies!

Ooooooh good to be home! I hate working Saturdays! And come home with the groceries... and then have to write reports! EW! BUT! My day is now well over and I'm enjoying the time off with DH! We just could NOT decide what we wanted to do tonight, a real joke! We wanted to see The Good Shepherd, but the reviews are SO bad that we decided to wait and rent it instead. We want to see Perfume, but we have to drive downtown and didn't feel like it tonight... we'll go tomorrow instead... My DH suddenly developed a craving for Chinese Fondue, so he'll go and buy what we need, rend a DVD and we'll have a nice and cosy evening at home.

Still injecting myself with Lupron fine, though the needle hurt a little bit more the last two times. I manage. I'm not having any side effects except one... TansRN, listen to that... I got AF! Ain't that just perfect? LOL The nurse had warned us that I might do severe spotting, as heavy as AF... well, started spotting on Friday and by the time I was back home in the evening, I had to wear pads. Been wearing them since yesterday.

Oh, the irony! Can't have sex between transfer and blood test... not really inclined to have sex during Lupron because you have that bleeding (and let's face it, it's an unnatural bleeding so it's not... appealing at all)...

LOL my sweet DH joked the other day about that situation. "You know sweetie, the nurse did say that we can't have sex between the transfer and the test, but she said absolutely nothing about the use of your hands and mouth. So see? There's nothing to complain about!" Tee hee hee! He's silly! Men! As long as they get their orgasms, everything's just FINE!

Other than that, I've been to my first acupuncture appointment. It went very well, and I had a good contact with the man. He was very professional. I was very surprised, however, when he put the needles in... hey, that thing hurts! I never believed it would! I thought you felt really nothing! But when he put a needle on the inside of my elbow and then put my hand back on my tummy... eeeeek! And the one in my ear? re-eeeeek! Don't get me wrong; it was not awful, I just went through it, but I thought it would be more zen than it was. Plus being 6 feet tall, my legs were longer than the table and I was not comfortable at all... more or less tense for those 20 minutes wait! Almost all the needles in my feet, ankles and calves only pinched a little when they went in and out, but that's it. And the elbow one did not hurt after a few minutes.

So... I have two more appointments; one next week, one the week after. He neither agreed nor disagreed about coming to the clinic on the transfer day (not that I even insist, but I found it was a plus). He first refused categorically given his busy schedule, but then I think we had a good contact and he reconsidered. He told me his plan was to really work on my uterus (blood flow) to prepare it for the transfer/implantation, and work on stress. He also said the intervention right before transfer is essentially emotional; he said he wants to make me very "zen" for that day. Then the one after transfer will probably focus on "zenness" and on uterine blood flow as well. That means about 5 appointments total. 325$CAN... ah, well. According to the studies, it's worth it. And in addition, the guy told me he worked in collaboration with several doctors from the clinic I go to, and for several years (he said the nurse's attitude was rubbish because of that). And he's been the "on call" acupuncturist for a very famous children's hospital here for years; he is now on call for two hospitals. So he has a very good reputation, and all that info made me trust him and his judgement (and his technique) even more. And you should have seen ALL the baby pics in the corridor of his cabinet...

bec WOW! 30K for cancer research?!?! *bows* How nice of you! That's a wonderful gesture honey! You have my respect, and I'm sure you'll cheer daddy and hubby-bubby with your big belly in a couple of months! It'll be there before you know it! And well, thanks for what you said about my view of life and posts... I do my best!

shantala Ah, you reassure me! I tend to give much details but I'm glad you appreciate them! About the constipation... the ladies here had a great series of posts about constipation not so long ago. They gave many tips about it... meds... non-meds... girls? Any tips? I know that eating flax seeds helps. A friend of mine used a handful of flax seeds in her morning cereal every morning when she was pregnant... and constipated. She said it won't make you go per se, but it will help you as you go... see what I mean.

And about coke, well... two other funny facts! It can dissolve a whole T-Bone in no less than four days... a fingernail in 24 hours... and the pure coca-cola syrup, the one they later dilute to make the beverage... well, it's poisonous. The trucks that carry it are actually labelled accordingly. So please hunny, if you feel like drinking bubbles, opt for a good bottle of Perrier or San Pellegrino!

sassy you asked about my five jobs. I'm a clinical psychologist. So I do private practice in two offices I rent, plus in a clinic. That makes three. I also am the clinical psychologist of a lab at a university here (don't want to give too much personal info). Last but not least, I work as a medical psychologist in a hospital one day a week. That's the job I'm waiting for, as I wrote earlier. I should have a permanent position there, with research time as well, by June or something like that. And I'll work from 8am-3:30pm... and never worry about finding clients again... or working evenings... Oh... SWEEEEET!

tc thanks for the recipe! Sounds delicious!

jackie I'm really sorry to hear about the news... I really hope things get better soon sweetie, and that you're getting all the support you need from the people around you. *hugs*

Good evening everybody!

Sophie

[shantala]

Congratulations BFP (Becky cyber GM)
Jaby...BFP
Beta ??? ?Dp5dt...
3rd January .....First US
Becleo...BFP
Beta 141 ?Dp?dt...
26th December .....2nd Beta 194
11th January .........First US
lisag999...BFP
Beta ??? ?Dp?dt...
17th January .........First US
Jordan ...BFP
Beta # 1 at 6dpFET 3
Beta #2 at 8dpfet 5
Beta #3 at 14 dpfet 71
Beta #4 at 16 dpfet 225

TESTING TODAY

TWW
amcsmith...FET Testing 13th... 2 Perfect Embies Snuggling in

STIMMING
GROW FOLLIES GROW
Lori...IVF...2nd January...poss EC(Stimming)
Jodic...IVF...7th January....... (Stimming) US Follie Count
My2LnT...IVF...10th January....... EC (23 follies so far)
Raintree...IVF...10th January....... Poss EC(Stimming)
Vickie...IVF...12th January....... poss EC(Started Stimming)
TansRN...FET...12th January... Poss ET(Stimming)
SamB...IVF...?? January....... Poss EC (Stimming)

"Ovarian Vacation"
sassynlv...IVF...?? January...waiting on AF (On BC)
Shawn...IVF...3rd January....... (On Lupron)Baseline Scan ??
Emma27...FET...5th January....... Started Downregging
Ems1971...IVF...8th January....... (Down Reg) Start Stimms
Macca...IVF...8th January....... (Down reg)Scan Pos Start Stimming
cookholmes...IVF...10th January....... (Down reg)Start Stimming
Ange...IVF...12th January....... (On BC)Start Down Regging
FionaA...FET...13th January....... (On BC)Start Stimms
Haylie...FET...13th January....... (Down Regging)Start Stimming?
Tony...IVF...14th January....... (Down Regging)Start Stimming?
AMD...FET...16th January....... (On Lupron) Transfer
charlie78...IVF...17th January....... (Down Regging) Start Menopur (29th Poss EC)
SSalgado...IVF...17th January....... (On BC) Start Lupron
Fed...IVF...17th January....... (On Lupron) Start Stimming?
PMApsy...IVF...18th January....... (On Lupron) Surpression Check (19th start Stimms)
Hopeful-in-LV...FET...25th January....... (On Lupron) Transfer
Sanny...IVF...??.......

COUNT DOWN
Meg12...IVF...??th January...Waiting on AF (Waiting to start E2)
Angie65...IVF...??th January....... Waiting on AF
Aunty...IVF...8th January....... NP Meeting (21st start Lupron)
Sully...IVF...8th January....... Meeting with Dr
Paula...FET...10th January....... Possible Transfer?
beachbaby...FET...10th January....... Start Down Reg (early feb transfer)
Lara312...FET...11th January....... Start Down Reg(29th Jan Baseline)
JackieG...IVF... 12th January....... US (waiting to start ?? Feb)
Shantala...IVF...16th January....... Open Day at clinic
mcmillac...FET...??th January....... Transfer
Michela.....?? January.......1st Cycle start

IN OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS AS YOU MOVE FORWARD
Dory so sorry wishing you well in the future
Gbnut in our thoughts and prayers
Angie in our thoughts and prayers
Carolyn in our thoughts and prayers
Tex in our thoughts and prayers
SSalgado in our thoughts and prayers
TCBalgord in our thoughts and prayers
Ange so sorry for your loss in our thoughts and prayers
Sokru8 in our thoughts and prayers

Prayers for a baby belly for you
Nimble cycle Jan/Feb
Souris cycle Jan/Feb
Mom20 cycle march/april
BabyBlue cycle march/april
Jemima cycle 2007
Charity cycle 2007/2008

Not sure if your still in Cycle?
Mominwaiting
Julie2039
Saxony
BigWhiteHapyDog
MrsM
HelloKitty
ArizonaKiwi

Birthday Count Down
Aunty....8th February,Nimble.....7th March,Shantala.....9th March,Angie.....20th March,Becleo.....3rd April

[hopeful-in-LV]

Hi everyone! Sorry I am so behind on everything and everyone. The holidays totally distracted me. Also I've been working on a new website for my biz. It's hard to stay focused on anything because the lupron is causing headaches. Is it ok to take tylenol or aspirin? After 2 days of pain, I took some extra strength tylenol.
I've only been able to lurk some and post brief messages lately, but I did see most of your mySpace pages and that inspired me to do something with mine, like add photos. I hope see more faces, it's so nice to be able to picture who you are. anyway here it is, http://www.myspace.com/miagm
now, all I need are some friends.

Jackie,
bummer! I'm sorry your cycle was canceled. I wish there was something I do to help. (((hugs))) I hope you will be able to restart very soon.

PMApsy,
The 1st acupucture apt is always the most awkward. I remember my 1st. After all the needles we're in she heads out saying "ok just relax". easier said than done. I still never can find a relaxed position for my hand.

tcbalgord,
Thanks for the link. I will read it. I did drink a detox tea for 2 weeks after my stim cycle in Dec. Didn't really think about if it was bad or good for transfer since my ET is at the end of Jan. I just wanted to cleanse after taking all those meds.

Aunty,
You've waited so long. I can't believe your time is near. I'm sending lot's good vibes your way.

[AuntyPebbles]

Hey Mia i just went to have a look your gonna be another hot momma i see i couldnt add you it wont let me but very cool to see you...i am soooo excited i cant tell you im a bit worried that the last mistake might bring us some problems with our ins but at least i only have to wait till monday to find out fingers crossed

hugs Aunty

[hopeful-in-LV]

Aunty, I wish you luck on Monday.

I figured out why it wouldn't let you be my friend. I had it set so you had to know my email or last name. I changed it. I'll try adding you.

[cookholmes]

Aunty, thanks for the feedback!

Jackie, I am sorry to hear that I know how frustrating waiting can be. When I am ready for something I am ready for it now!!!

Tcbalgord, Thanks for the link and the recipie!

Mom, it sounds like rest will do you well, so just relax as much as you can.

Mia, I went your MySpace page and I saw that you were married one day after my husband and I! (So congrats you are coming to your one year anniversary soon!)