June Cycle Buddies

[Dagny]

Hi girls

Debra - You do make me laugh

Aly - Glad AF has reared her ugly head I knew a bit of nookie would get things moving I have a cunning plan as far as going on the rides are concerned, you could tell them you have got siatica (spelling?) and that you are on anti biotics. Debra came up with some gooduns too. Hope you manage to fool them.

I got my blood results back and everything is fine and back to normal. I am just waiting to hear if it will be funded now. I really hope they hurry up and find out. It's been over a month since we had the consultation and I don't think they have done anything to find out which has really annoyed me. I can only wait now. The puppy I am looking after has just lacerated my toe with her razor sharp teeth and it is killing me She is so cute though it's hard to tell her off

Hope everyone else is doing OK today.

Love Dagny xkx

[DebraP]

Dagny, that's really good news. I'm so glad you got the results before the weekend and so at least don't have that on your mind. Coco sounds....well like my idea of a bad timel! She wees everywhere, bites and lacerates?? and you still think she's cute?? this is why I know I could never become a dog person

Fingers crossed re. the funding. I'm so old it was never an option

love
Debra.

[Kel]

Yeah, great news on your results Dagny!

[alypraying]

Hi girls
great news Dagny! how is everyone else?? Thanks for the tips re-Alton Towers I think I can deal with it although I'm sure one or two will suspect something. I'm not very happy today the clinic have just sent an invoice for the egg share and it's £5,500!!!! plus drugs. They told me it would be £5,000 and they said that the £300 we paid for finding the donor would come off this, they now say that that isn't so a the fee for finding the donor is in addition to this cost, I can't belive it they know we will have to pay it as we are half way through but I'm so angry this is deffinately the last time we use this clinic. So for all you girls out there DO NOT GO TO CRM LONDON they rip you off! right rant over I'm going to lay on the couch with my hot water bottle,
big hugs to everyone
Aly
xx

[DebraP]

Hi Aly, sorry to hear the clinic misled you (at best) about the money. Despite us being pleased about tmt costing less than in 2002, last night I couldn't sleep for 2 money-related reasons. 1. I'd rashly bid on BEA-U-TIFUL pair of shoes on eBay and immediately realised DF would kill me if another pair of high mules entered the house and 2. much more seriously, DF is on strike (along with all other newpapers journalists) so we've just 30 quid a day coming in from him plus I'm self-employed and work part time. It's well paid when I do work but it dries up over the summer and so I expect to earn zero between late June and mid-August. I suddenly got really panicked about how we'll cope if the strike continues when we've got the clinic's bill sitting waiting to be paid on the 12th.

Luckily with someone outbid me so I'm rid of one worry, now just the major headache to deal with........

Watched the Spanish royal wedding a bit today. Perhaps uncharitably, I thought the bride looks like she'll turn into a Nancy-Regan-alike before too long. I find that extreme bony/skinny thing really rather unattractive - no points for guessing that's not what I look like

keep well and I hope the hot water bottle works Aly.

Debra.

[loopylou57uk]

hello girls,hope your all fine today,whats your weather like,its a scorcher here,not much getting done today as i will have to sunbathe all day,
well we had some friends visit last night and they have a 6 month old baby,whuch they conceived on the 1st month of trying just as my ivf failed,and she told us last night that she is 9 weeks pregnant by accident,i cant believe her luck,heres me going through all these mad cycles and she is popping them out no problem,i just hope this one works,it is getting so hard.
have any of you girls given up smoking for ivf?i gave up a few weeks before last time,but as soon as i got the bad news i started again,i dont smoke a lot maybe 4 a day,and i am determined to stop now before my injections start on tues,the thing is that sometimes i find the whole thing stressful and just need a cig,but if i want to be preg i must stop,
sorry for rambling ,take care girls,love loopy.

[DebraP]

Hi Loopy (although you're probably sunbathing right now). Well you asked about the weather here....it SNOWED yesterday! WTF? We had 26 degrees a fortnight ago and 1 degree yesterday. Better today at c. 9c but still a very, very long way from being sunbathing weather, which is just as well as I don't like the sun and end up covered in a hat + long sleeves at the first glimse of the rays.

Your friend is pg again? hard though it seems, don't envy her. Having 2 so young will be really, really hard work. At least with twins they're doing pretty much the same stuff at the same time....Doesn't seem fair though. I'm guessing they don't know about your tmt?

Don't ask me about smoking. Like many ex-smokers, I'm now passionate about the subject so I'll discreetly bow out. GIVE UP...GIVE UP..whoops, where did that come from?

Kel, what do you buy on eBay? I'm a shoes fiend for my sins. I gaze at Manolos continually, never a thought of buying them, just window shopping


Careful in the sun,
love
Debra.

[Kel]

Afternoon Girls!
Yes, sunshine here and no snowman building luckily!!?!
Loopy - Hope you are ok? It's so hard I know... You just think how is that fair? Sending you loads of positive vibes for a BFP v.soon!
Debra - I think Ebay should be an essentail part with IVF... It should be in the notes with the 'to do's' I reckon!! Total therapy!! I am a total US ebay addict! I play basketball and can't get hold of my fav make stuff in the UK called 'AND1' so am bidding maniac..... So keep browsing those shoes!!
Hope all you June buddies are ok? Just going to get ready now for my Nans 80th Birthday meal....
Kel x

[loopylou57uk]

hi girls,debra i can`t believe its been snowing there,i love the snow at christmas ,but not now.my friend who is pregnant does know about my treatment but i don`t think she is very sensitive to the matter,i feel like she enjoys telling me her news.maybe it is just me being a witch,on my last 2 ivf,we told family and freinds but this time only my mam and sister know,i have told others that ask that we are starting around july,and hopefully i will be preg by then,but i still wont tell until i have my first scan,not after telling everyone last time,it was a total night -mare.
i have stopped smoking,im doing really well and had my last one at 2.30 this afternoon,
are any of you girls doing anything that might help treatment,i am taking pregnacare and NO SMOKING and i am cutting the alcohol,had a drink last night,but not sure whether to stop all together i dont drink alot anyway,but usually i just totally stop after ec,
i have got dh taking vit c and zinc,he doesnt have a sperm problem but i just thought that it wont harm to take it and if anything it will help.
what do you girls do about exercise as i like going walking,swimming,gym,spinning,circuit and i always do it up until ec,but i think i have read on here that you must not let your heart rate go above a certain point?also what about the no sunbathing on 2ww,what a nightmare, i love the sun,i was hoping to lay in it for 2 whole weeks,
well i think i have babbled on enough,i hope your all ok,
bye for now love loopy.

[caz1]

Hi lovelies- just thought I'd pop in to say hello and the best of luck with everything - believe me I know what a mad rollercoster the whole business is (I've been up for hours waiting to go for a scan to see if there a little heart beat - VERY VERY scared!!).....so I'm afriad it doesnt stop. But even if I get no further - I just wanted to say that several doctors gave us NO chance of getting pregnant and it would appear that we did at least do that! SO NEVER GIVE UP HOPE - there is always a way!

Cazxx

Ps Dag - so pleased you got you results - hope the funding thing comes through okay for you I feel sure it will

[Kel]

Morning Buddies...
How are we all today? I'm feeling a bit low today... Finding this long acting down regging so weird (not that I have anything to compare by as 1st go) as can't 100% tell when the side effects come along or if I'm just a horrible moody tired cow! Just finding the no exercise thing so hard and know that's not helping at all as I really need the fitness buzz... I feel so wrong to complain or cry or feel weird as I am sooooo happy that this is happening and do feel positive about the whole thing, just seems to wave over me and now I'm not doing any work at all (job is v.energetic so had to stop all work) I don't think that's helping as I like to be busy... Sorry girls I'm having a right whinge today and don't want to - poor lovely husband got it in the ear over a gas bill! A Gas bill??!! As if that bloody matters!!!!!???!!! Also I feel so paranoid/guilty about everything I eat, I cut out caffine, alcohol and chocolate as soon as this started and trying to eat a balanced diet, but what about any other sugary things?? Is that as bad as chocolate? I know that high protien is really good for lots of eggs but not sure how much should be totally cut out - what is everyone else doing generally with food throughout cycle? SORRY FOR SO MANY QUESTIONS!!!
Right enough of that!
Loopy - well done on giving up your smoking! It must be hard so fair play to you!! What I read about the exercise thing is that it draws the blood flow away from where it is needed for the meds to work their best.. Do you start your d.reg this week?
Aly - how are you? That is cheeky of your clinic.. And it will be the last time you use the clinic due to a BFP anyway!!
Hope you are ok Debra, Dagny and Dana (all the D's!) and everyone had a good weekend...!
Caz - That was lovely to read that! Good luck with your scan! How exciting!!

Bye for now,
Love whinging monday woman x

[Dagny]

Hello JCB's

Hope we are all OK??

Kel - Sorry you were having a bad day yesterday. It can all get on top of us at times so don't worry about throwing a wobbly over trivial things. I am sure your lovely DH forgives you just as mine does. My DH gets such an ear full over rediculous things like shutting a door when I want it open and when his mobile rings and I want to talk to him I just go bezerk. I am usually a laid back type person but the treatment and drugs turn me into a Cruella De Ville stroppy old b*tch!!! Just try to be strong and keep your chin up. Is your day better today? Did you have a nice time at your Nan's b'day meal?

Debra - How's the snowman building coming on? I can't believe you are in snow and we are having a heatwave!! Coco is cute but SUCH hard work. It is like having a 1 year old running round the house without a nappy on. I just can't relax. She follows me everywhere and chews any shoes lying around and wee's and poo's a lot. She was sick twice on the way to Chichester for the weekend and was sick again this morning. I am not used to puppies at all and I'm exhausted. Roll on Friday. I will miss her company during the day though when she goes.

Loopy - It is hard when friends just don't see and understand what we go through with IVF and all the garb that goes with it. Some people can be so insensitive when they tell you about being PG. Try to rise above it and don't let it get to you. It's easier said than done, I know. Well done with giving up smoking - hope you haven't relented yet?? Keep it up girlie. I have never smoked and I really hate it. I am a moaner about being in smokey enviroments and won't let ANYONE smoke in my house. It must be hard to give it up though so well done you I am cutting out alcohol and caffeine and taking folic, multi vits and having reflexology. I am making my DH take vit C. My DH is fine with sperm and like you I just think it won't do any harm making him take vits. I might get zinc for him too. He will cut out alcohol when I start treatment.

Aly - How did the scan go today?? Has your donor started yet?

Dana - How are you today?

Keep smiling girls

Love Dagny xkx

[Dagny]

Hello again girls

I spoke to my fertility nurse today (it's only taken me 5 day's to get to actually talk to her but that's another story ). and she said they were still waiting to hear whether my cycle will be funded. I told her that I don't care as long as I can start next month. Money is not the object here it's my sanity!! I think she got the message and said she will organise the drugs on prescription and as it only takes two days to ship them out from Organon homecare we can leave it till the last minute. Soooooooo...... it looks pretty promising that I will be starting in June Yippeeeee.

To be honest I am bloody petrified even though it's my 4th fresh cycle and I have been down this road more times than I care to remember but it's everything else that goes with it. The 2ww wait, the scans, the blood tests, EC, ET, etc, etc, etc. Also knowing how unpredictable the whole process is whether I will cope with a negative after going through all I've been through. Having a bit of a flap girls so just ignore me

I am quite excited too in a bizzarre sort of way too.

Off to the doctors in the morning to sort out an HIV, HepB and HepC tests

How has everyone elses day been? We are all a bit quiet today.

Love Dagny xkx

[DebraP]

Hi, so sorry for my part of the silence, Dagny. I've worked the past two days which means hours of preparation at night. I've got one day left before our long weekend in Amsterdam and what have I done? completely overbooked the day that's what....My first scan at 0820, teaching a new student for 2 hours, then rushing back home for 12.00 to feed 6 assorted English, Canadian and American friends (all but one with Norwegian men, hence being here) plus their babies in my small flat. Only then can I start to pack...when will I learn? I also start down-regging tomorrow so really know how to load up my days

Other than that....all's well. Not really thinking too much about the treatment. Seems a bit distant yet. Have failed to get fit in good time. I've had the cold from hell for over a week, only today is it beginning to shift. I went to the gym once and regretted it immediately.

The snow didn't settle so we're back to normal temps (c.10 degrees) and clear, crisp days. We've had loads of rain recently so the city is SOOOOO green, it's fabulous. I like living here. We lived 800km to the south until last April so it's still all quite new.

Enough,...more prep waiting. I really hope everyone's well and feeling positive. Loopy well done for the ciggy action. Not easy as anyone who has ever smoked knows. It will be worth it - promise!

love and smiles to us all,
Debra.

[danaatkins]

Hi girls.
Sorry I've been silent, but I've been in and out of the hospital for the past three days. I had my retrival and they got 25 good quality eggs, but only 16 fertilized as of this morning. We go in for the transfer on Thursday so hopefully I'll have good news soon. Does that sound normal?
I'm glad everyone is doing well. I'm keeping you all in my thoughts.
Dana