Any Oct/Nov cycle buddies?

julesg · Post by **julesg** » Tue Oct 12, 2004 9:05 pm

Toni

welcome - sounds like we are in a very similar boat - trying to be optimistic and realistic at the same time

I am all new to this too so don't have any advice but it would really help to have someone to go through things at the same time with

Jill - hope you are coping today someone else I know said the sniffing had very little effect on her - good to know thanks

Sophie/valpas and londgel hope things are ok with you

Anyone else for October/November club!!

Love to all
Julie

jill dickens · Post by **jill dickens** » Tue Oct 12, 2004 10:14 pm

Hi Toni and welcome you will find this site a huge support. I am 5 days into my 2ww so should be in bed. Take care you will get loads of support and advice here love Jill x

londongel · Post by **londongel** » Tue Oct 12, 2004 10:39 pm

Hi Toni
welcome to oct cycle buddies
like you i can't believe i'm actually sniffing and had no side-effects
can't believe its only 2 WEEKS to my EC-can't wait

Julie thanxs for asking i feel great
Soph-maybe its a bit different because you're injecting and on a different drug'i'm on synarel
cor i'm getting a bit worried its not working due to lack of side-effects

i'll know next wed when i have my baseline assessment,fingers crossed it all looks as it should(what ever that is

)
Tricia aka londongel

Susan L · Post by **Susan L** » Wed Oct 13, 2004 1:48 pm

Hi to you All

I see the crowd is growing
i am doing a medicated FET and have started my injections of buserelin so far the injections are going well apart from me being woken up by this man at 6am with a needle in hand good old DP he loves it

sophiejane we were both FCB's and we both had terrible side effect from the buserelin then so im sure i will be joining you as a raving lunatic

very soon not sure my DP is looking forward to that though

wishing everyone loads of luck

sue

sophiejane · Post by **sophiejane** » Wed Oct 13, 2004 6:00 pm

Hi Susan,
Lovely to be cycling with you again (although both of us would obviously prefer not to be but to be over the other side instead). I am finding injecting buserelin much better than sniffing it 3 x a day. Because you can do it in the morning then forget it for the rest of the day. I am however very flat and miserable. Dp doesn't help as just ignores me instead of pampering to me. This happened last time so I know it will pass.
The worst things are my headaches/migraines. Again this happened last time, and they stop as soon as I start stims.
But all in all I am again very excited ... it must be 3rd time lucky this time surely. I have imagined getting the positive result so many times that I really do hope it comes true this time.
Just want to start the stimms - should be 21st Oct. At least I know I respond well to the drugs - had 12 fertilised embies last time so again hoping for a bumper crop.
Susan - how many frosties have you got?
Julie, Toni, Valli - I feel like an old timer compared to you three!!!! Even though I've been in the ivf game for only a year. Hope you are all doing well. I've just bought an orange scarf - does that count?
Tricia (aka Londongel) - we start stims the same time so should also be on our 2ww together too. Stimms is the exciting bit as you get to see the follicles growing in size and number. We can also discuss the socks on or socks off for the scans debate!!!
Jill - how are you doing. You're going to be the first one of the buddies to get a positive.
Bye for now.
From Soph

jill dickens · Post by **jill dickens** » Wed Oct 13, 2004 9:43 pm

Hi Buddies,
Well its day 6 of 2ww now oh the videos I have sat through!!!
I am feeling ok just nervous I guess as this is my first and only attempt due to age (40) and lack of egg donors, I had a donor on behalf of this time which put me at the top of the list yeh right it still took so long.
Sophie
Good to hear from you yes I would have preferred to be on injections as well as down regging didn't work too well with the spray but did 7 weeks later. Roll on the end of your megraines and stims starting!!!!x
Tricia
How is it going again you are getting on to the stims stage good for youx
Susan
I am sorry you have bad side effects with down reg lets hope it goes smoothly for youx
Hope all other buddies are ok love Jill x

Susan L · Post by **Susan L** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 12:55 pm

hi all

feeling terrible today feel so yuk and drained with terrible head ache i dont have stims to look forward to so not sure when feeling yuk will stop.

jill
you are the first on the 2ww how are you feeling?
you will be the first of the bunch to bring in a BFP
hope its not draging to slow for you.

sophiejane
i have 8 little frosties so hoping to get a couple of goes as they only thaw 2 at a time. not to long for you to wait before you start stims i hope it goes past quick for you so you can start to feel better, hopefully it will be 3rd time lucky for us both i no what it feels like to get that positive and i want to feel it again.

Toni, Julie,valli, Tricia i hope everything is going well for you

take care all

sue

valpas · Post by **valpas** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 2:42 pm

Hi sophiejane,
I had one failed IVF. I took injections for down regging. No side effects on that, other than the pain. This month going for the cycle again with same medication.
Talk to your Doctor.
Good Luck.
Valli

debbieed · Post by **debbieed** » Sun Oct 17, 2004 8:27 am

Hello All,
I'm just joining you all, took quite a long time for me to pluck up the courage to admit to myself that I needed this support. I'm due in for egg retreival on Tuesday

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Things have gone pretty well for me so far. No real side effects. I was on synarel spray and didn't really have any side effects from that so I wouldn't worry if I were you Tricia. I was a bit worried that it wasn't working too but the baseline scan showed 9 follicles (reasonable for someone my age so they said!!!
With a bit of luck I'll be joining some of you on the 2ww and will no doubt do my share of worrying.

jill dickens · Post by **jill dickens** » Sun Oct 17, 2004 1:22 pm

Hi Debbie,
welcome to the site you are in very good company and it is such a support. I too am 40 and on day10 of my 2ww. This is my first IVF cycle and we have had to use an egg donor. I have has pains like AF (period) ones since the early hours of thursday so I am pretty anxcious now. Take care and stick around it really will help. Good luck on Tuesday let us know how you get on love Jill xx

debbieed · Post by **debbieed** » Mon Oct 18, 2004 5:39 pm

Hello Jill,
You must be going through hell at the moment. I know that if I get as far as having the 2ww I'll be impossible. I'm impatient at the best of times so I guess that DH will have to put up with a lot.
My final injection really hurt so that has not helped how I'm feeling today. I just want tomorrow to come quickly - I spent a few hours in work today not really concentrating on anything except tomorrow.
I hope that your af pains turn out to be nothing and that things are great for you on Friday.
Thanks for 'listening'

jill dickens · Post by **jill dickens** » Mon Oct 18, 2004 7:10 pm

Hi Debbie,
Thanks for the lovely note. well the pains continue so I don't know. I am still resting just in case I think it is really important that you don't have anything to look back on and regret. I am sorry your injection was so painful, as I used an egg donor I didn't have any injections at all. So it's Egg collection tomorrow for you I really hope it all goes smoothly and that you have good things to tell us. Good luck Debbie let us know how it goes love Jill xx

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Oct 18, 2004 8:07 pm

Hi Debbie

Good luck for EC tomorrow!!

JenFx

sophiejane · Post by **sophiejane** » Tue Oct 19, 2004 1:13 pm

Hi Debbie,
How did ec go. Hope all was well, and that you have those two eggs that you need. Let us know how it went, and I have my fingers crossed that they will soon be top grade embryos.
How's everyone else. My headaches have eased off but I am still very flat and emotional. I read the baby trail book - it was really good (although I sobbed my heart out) in that it made me see that there is a time to stop ivf and concentrte on the future - i.e. adoption or surrogacy. My sister has told be that she will be a surrogate but my dp is not sure. He tells me off for thinking about it as we haven't finished this ivf cycle yet. I suppose I should be more positive. I jsut cry every time I think about day 14 of 2ww. I don't think I will be able to stand the wait.
I've also made a really big mess up of my buserlin injections. The nurse did not tell me that I needed to take the injection at the same time everyday, so I have been taking it when I wake up - anytime between 6:30 and 8:30. I am now so worried that I have messed up the cycle and wont get to the stims stage (after bloody down regging for 4 weeks). I have a scan on Friday so will find out then. I've also had some bleeding (light af) which I didn't have last time. I'm not religious at all but have just phoned my riend and asked her to go and light a candle for me at her church. I feel I need all the luck I can get. Going to book in a few acupuncture sessions and jsut wack the cost on my credit card.

Susan - I have such good vibes about this cycle for you. You've had a positive test result before so your body now knows what to do in excepting the embryos. This time they will stick around for sure ... if you look at the profiles on the other side so many have got pregnant again after a miscarriage. You so deserve it to happen.

All the best to you all.
Love from Sophie-J

jill dickens · Post by **jill dickens** » Tue Oct 19, 2004 2:17 pm

Hi Sophie,
me again, I have just read where you are up to. I am glad the head aches have eased I had a few when I was down regging (which I did for 7 weeks!!!) I had one AF then was given more drugs to have a second as I hadn't down regged properly. However I did in the end and treatment continued so don't worry about that. Take care love Jill xx

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