December-January Cycle Buddy's Our New beginnings

[beachbaby]

Hi ladoes,
AG i am so sorry, i hope you will feel better in a couple of days.

Sophie, i hope you are feeling better today, personally i have no experience of what you are going through but i hope it is nothing. the wait is nearly over.

I hope everyone else is doing ok, i amabout to leave for a wedding and will be away till Sun evening, so ladies i probably won't be around until my results are in.

Take care one and all.

[tcbalgord]

good morning my dears!

Sophie sweetie this is the only thing I can give you..... It's for luck. Now I don't know much about the side effects from all these meds but is it possible that the headaches are stress induced? I get migraines A LOT but when I have been really stressed then I get headaches that are just like you described. I am praying for you honey....(and may I just say damn that resident)

Ange, good luck on your ET today!

Aunty, how ya doing sweetie? Are those 3 being good?

Well, I hear Abby is up so better get going on my nurse duties! Have a great day and hugs to everyone.

[mom20]

sophie - I dont really now what to say except hang in there and give you a big cyber hug i felt exactly the same during my 2ww i started spotting at the beginging of the second week and it was boxing day we were round DH sisters house i went to the loo and i to had light brownish spotting i didnt know what to do the whole family were there in the next room there was no way i want to go in and say so i had to keep it to myself. It was awful i just wanted to cry and for DH to hold me i thought it was all over. But i had to put on a brave face and go back in the room to make matters worse my nephew was there only 2mth old and everyone was fussing over him never again do i want to go through that . So i really understand what your going through glad your trying to stay positive
((((((((((((((((((((((((((((HUGS TO YOU))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))

Anita- im so sorry your finding it hard tc is right try to celebrate DH bday another day. You need time to grieve together. It takes time to get over this you still have all the drugs in your system so that will be making you even more emotional to. hugs to you hope you feel better soon

Auty hope your well

TC hope Abby and DH are feeling better

Shantala hows the sniffing going not long now

hi to everyone ive missed
congrats to all BFPS

mom20

[PMApsy]

Hello guys,

Still an hour before the last participants show up and keep me busy till 5:30, bored to tears! But at least I have the forum!



Aunty: Thanks for your kind words! And thanks for your prayers; I need good vibes around me right now! *hugs* How are you doing? And about the thread we have a difficult time with... well, aren't there any moderators in here that could remove it? Or should we be as bold as going there and hint them that it wasn't the best idea to put it here?

beachbaby: thanks for your post. Feeling better indeed.

tcbalgord tee hee hee, cyber hugs always feel good! Thanks!! As for the headaches... I did think at some point that they might be psychosomatic, but there is also the fact I have a cold... and it might just be my sinuses (nose is not that stuffed, but as I said with the crying...) and for two days I've felt as if I had a fever, even though it's not the case. And of course I think about becleo, I think, who didn't have morning sickness but terrible headaches during her early pregnancy... Either way, it comes and goes, and Tylenol makes it better. The rest is just taking it easy. As for the resident, yes, you can say whatever you want dear!

Ange Thinking of you real hard right now; you must be at the clinic or very close to it... maybe in the prep room... I'm praying that you get good news and come back home with seeds of hope in your belly! *HUGS*

mom20 Thanks for the cyberhug! thanks for sharing your story, I remember you telling us about it at the time... *hug* Thanks for your understanding, and yes, I'm trying to stay positive, through cautiously as becleo said! Take care my friend.

Okay! Time to grab a book and be lazy for a few minutes before the interviews start (bleeeeeh!)

Take care ladies! Hope you're having a lovely Saturday!

Sophie

[shantala]

ange - any news yet???? cant wait to hear....

ladies...i'm really cross. as you will have all probably seen, i posted this link about the petition about funding...as you all probably also read i wrote about the UK...clearly i cannot write for the US (in any case i cant do anything very unfortunately for you ladies in the US)....so anyway, i posted this on other websites including the yahoo.com ivf group website and i just got a really snotty email from someone saying how we;re not the only ones that cant get funding and that there are ladies in the us that cant get insurance too...i've replied saying that i cant possibly speak for the us (especially with all the different states) and that i'm sorry if ive offended her/him but i only put the uk's position across so people understand what they are signing.... anyway, really peed off...sorry for my rant!!

xx

[tcbalgord]

Shantala,

I completely understand your feelings. I would never be able to speak for the UK. Sometimes people just plain suck, I am going to work on the US side of things this week.

Ladies, I hope you don't mind, but I went out for a beer with my friends last night and one of them told me that she can't have kids, and so of course I said what about IVF. She said that it was hopeless. I told that I have met so many wonderful ladies whom I am sure have the same thing and yet here they are trying, and succeding! I told about the issues that so many of us are having, reguarding money and all that B.S. and then I told her Aunty's idea. She is going to come over this week and help us to rid the WORLD of this pain!

I love you all, and here's to the next step in the IVF train! CHOO-CHOO

[shantala]

thanks TC - i think its great idea that you are doing something at your end...now, if you posted a thread to say what you were doing in the US then i wouldnt dream of sending you a snotty email saying "hm, well...i pay in the uk...you're not the only one"...would i?? gggrrr

anyway, keep us updated on what you are doing with your friend

hope abby is getting better

xxx

[tcbalgord]

Shantala,

As soon as type it up I will post it....I should include a disclaimer stating that those who are snotty need not sign, and that if they are in the UK you got that covered!

Thanks for asking about Abby, her bronchitis turned into pnuemonia so she had worried. But this morning after 3 doses of strong anti-biotics and narcotic laced cough med she is bouncing all over the place! Still weak and coughing, but so much better then a few days ago! Now if I can just get her to take a nap, so I can take one too! hehehehehe

[shantala]

tc - hahahahah about your disclaimer...definitely a must!!

glad to hear she's a bit better...but pneumonia! ouch! lets hope she goes to sleep soon then (for your sake )...cant you let her run round the block 10x?? or give her a glass of wine? only joking! honestly!!

xx

[tcbalgord]

HAHAHAHA well, the cough med has coedine in it so I thought that would do the trick! I'm sure she would love to go outside and run around the block....in fact she pressed up against the window right now, waving to all her friends and putting on the "pouty lip" to go out!
oh well she can wait til tomorrow when she goes by her dad for the week.

[tcbalgord]

oh guys I just found this article.....http://holdingpattern.typepad.com/in_a_ ... the_a.html
Tell me what you think......
I think she hit the nail on the head!

[shantala]

tc - very interesting and very good article!!! definitely a good basis to go on...i've saved it as it definitely has some points that are also relevant here...thanks for sharing!

xxx

[AuntyPebbles]

OH Christine i loved it....right on the head...i had a recent conversation with my MIL..who started by saying "you a bit obbsessed with babies you should try to think of other things" i let her go on for a while with all her views, then i said to her, i would expect that comment from someone who concieved easily ...she asked what i meant...i said

well you got pregnant with my hubby (im pleased about this) really easily and chose not to have anymore kids you fostered and adopted after... which is great.
But this is the only medical condition/treatment that anyone would even think of saying your obsessed with it...i said when you had to have surgery on your breast thats all we talked about for months every call started with how are you doing with a full description of your current boobs status ...when my BIL had a knee problem same thing ...i said not once in all that time did i ever say to you your getting a bit obsessed with boobs or knees never and it would never have crossed my mind to...so just because there is a baby at the end of this treatment does not mean we are obsessed it means its what our life is currently focused on.

makes me mad how we get tagged for trying to make our faimly's

loads of love to you all Aunty...sorry for the rant

oh and Shantala tell her to come see me i'll bend over so she can kiss me blubbery butt

[cookholmes]

Tcbalgord, that was a good article, at the company I work for, they are trying to get on the best 100 companies to work for list, so I am thinking about asking for fretility treatment and a day care in the building, so we shall see, but I do think this article will help when I start my reserach about the treatment.

Aunty, good for you for standing up to her!

[Ange]

Ladies...First and foremost thank you so much for all your support and well wishes today. Secondly, please forgive me for not doing personals right now as I am emotionally spent. The IVF rollercoaster continued for me today, here was my experience...

We got to the NYC office for my transfer when the nurse took us in a back room and asked if my dr who is located in a suburb in NY (does my monitoring)called me? My heart fell as I knew this couldn't be good. She told me that of the 8 embies that went for pgd testing 7 were abnormal; 1 was normal, but stopped growing. The nurse explained that it probably stopped growing because it was also abnormal, but just not part of the series of tests they did for the pgd. I can't even explain what I felt. I just looked at dh and burst into tears. The nurse and god bless her was a sweetheart. She then said my dr. recommended we transfer the 1 frozen we had from our December cycle. Here I'm thinking what are the odds that it's normal??? I knew I couldn't give up on it though. She said she would tell the embryologist to start the thawing process. My husband and I prayed and hugged like we never have before. All I could think about is that my dreams of motherhood are over, I'm too old and that's that. The nurse brought me a valium (god bless her again).

About 45 minutes later, the Dr. who was doing the procedure and the nurse came in with huge smiles. The frozen embie thawed and continued to grow AND the one normal one had a huge growth spurt with expanded cells. The dr. said he went to examine it himself and was happy with what he saw. So once again I started to cry, these were happy tears though.

So end result is I have 2 embies snuggling in, one was frozen and one fresh. The dr. gave my husband a 'thumbs up' before leaving and I laid there with my full bladder not giving a flying hoot how much it hurt.

Today's experience added a whole new dimension for me to the IVF rollercoaster.

Again all you special ladies, thanks so much for your support.

hugs,
Ange

p.s. my beta is 2/27