MARCH-CYCLE BUDDIES

[shantala]

nimble - ooohh, forgot to say, how exciting you picked up your meds today!!! yippeee!! cant believe its only 3 days for you to go!! whats PCT??

xx

[nimble]

nicki, I'm so excited, (plus I can be nutty at work and have a good excuse) hee hee

I worked out today that if it works that I will be having a very large xmas present !!

shantala - oh my god, possibility for next weekend, that means that you may be getting your babies back around yr birthday what a fab present!!

xx

[shantala]

nimble - i know i thought the same about my b'day! omg, its so close! before you know it, you'll be getting your BFP right after mine!

xx

[nicolamark]

Nimble have sent u email ok!! thanks!!

x x

[nimble]

shantala -

whats PCT?

sorry its mean Primary Care Trust - those that make the decisions on NHS funding and all that x

[shantala]

ah ok...well the best of luck with that!!

xx

[vicky77]

Hi ladies!!!, sorry have been MIA!!!. But since my cycle was cancelled I don't have too many news, you can tell I don't have much going on by my ticker
Now I am just waiting for AF (yes again, it seems lately that is all I do), it shoud be here in about 2 weeks, and after that I will finally start downregging with BCP's and Lupron.

Shantala.....good luck with your stimming, I read there that you had some questions about the pen, but they were answered already, hope everything goes ok!!!!!..happy stimming

Nicky....can't believe everything that has been going on, the house, the insurance, your work, you need a break girl!!!!!!, should have come to the cruise with me

Nerms....wow you are in Dubai????, I heard it is amazing!!, let us know!!!

Rae....glad your scan went well, keep us posted on your progress!!!, hope no more scares for you!!

Anna...wow already at work, that is amazing!!!, glad your surgery went well, you are ready to go I guess!!!!! woohoooo!!

Sorry, I know I am missing tons of people, but am kind of busy right now, will catch up later!!!!!

[nicolamark]

Just to let you girls know we have a 'LIST TEAM!!'

Me, Sonia (Sokru) and Jackie (Nimble)

We will be updating between us!!

Love to all, and catch you laters.

Have an insurance guy round later, to assess damage, and hopfully get things sorted!!!

Still not got chromosome blood results back! Trying not to stress!!

At work, on sat. but i have a nice day planned with SIL on sunday!! xx

[Mrs B]

wow thats pretty scary being one of the first on the 2ww, im so up and down at the moment, i agree with what you were saying about men and dishes mine never does them i nearly took his head of this morning, we have got a scan on the 2nd of march to check all is going well and lining is thickeng up. On the accupucter i have had one go and found it really good, I get alot of stomach pains due to all my scarring and had been having quite a few bad ones but after my first go i have had no major pains im having another go next week my gp does it for free which is really helpful. Good news today my husband claimed all his bank charges bank and got them today so we now have enough for another go straight away if it dosn't work..

[shantala]

mrs b - do you live in reading in the UK????

xxx

[kandice]

not sure if this is the place for me or not.... 6 more days (est) until ec. hopefully I go sooner. I'm tired of being a pin cushion! shots in- blood out, every time!!

I've been on lupron since the 11th of feb and stims- follistim and repronex since 2/20/07. I went in for an us today and I have 17 >5cm, with the biggest one being 9cm. looking good they all said.

dh has 1 child- ds who turns 14 on 2/26 and we have full custody and he had vasectomy after that. we haven't tried vrev because seems like a lot of money for only a chance. so decided to do ivf/icsi. (that way I don't have to worry about bc after either... )

so my calendar would be 3/1 er, 3/4 or 3/6 et.
3/5 is our 2nd wedding anniversary! (we were supposed to originally get er done on that day- would have been neat to have our babies made on that day- oh well.)

[pep23]

Happy Friday all!!

Nicki- Glad you are getting some help with the list sweetie. You have a lot on your plate right now!! Good luck with the insurance appointment and I hope you have a relaxing STRESS FREE weekend!!!

Vicky- Welcome back from your cruise. I'm loving your ticker!! I myself have two little dachshunds who never went to puppy training but definitely should have. They are little terrors!! But too cute to ever scold. DH gets mad because all I do is baby them. I say it's good practice for my Christmas bundle-to-be right?!

Shantala- Congrats on successful stimming!! That is so exciting that you may already trigger next weekend. WOW!! That is so quick! Now you really are an overachiever Miss Smarty Socks. Go to the head of the class!

Nimble- Congrats on picking up your meds and jumping on board the nutty train!! WOOHOO here we go!!!

Sonya- Your post about DH made me laugh. Mine is the same way. Sometimes he does me a "favor" by doing the dishes except you know the male definition of clean is never quite up to par with the female definition. So I usually just end up doing them again…I guess at least he tries right?? I should be getting AF this weekend (do a jig for me please!!) as I just stopped BCPs Wednesday. So let's get that witch out of hiding together shall we??

Mrs B- Welcome!!! Sending lots of baby dust and PMA your way!!

Sha- Only one more day until you start down regging. Yippeeee!!!! What a way to kick off the weekend!

Nerms- Can you please bottle some sunshine and send it over to me? It's cold and windy here and supposed to rain all weekend.

Jill- I'm glad you have decided to have acupuncture. I just had my second session last night and found it to be even better than my first. I think at my first session I was a little nervous not knowing what to expect but this time I was able to relax. It is a really good way to clear your mind and have an hour to yourself during this crazy IVF process. One thing I will tell you is that is it hurts then he's either doing it wrong or he is in a sensitive spot. Mine has not hurt at all. There was one point he tried last night that felt uncomfortable and he could immediately tell as I tensed up so he removed that particular needle and moved on. Just speak up if you are uncomfortable at all and I'm sure you will love it!!

Speaking of acupuncture… Just curious to know for all of you ladies having acupuncture what points your acupuncturist is using? I thought it would be interesting to compare our sessions and see if they are similar at all? Mine has been focusing mostly on my back with some points on my ankles and my lower stomach. Although last night I asked him to concentrate on points for AF since I'm hoping to get mine this weekend and he did some point on my inner thigh…a bit too close for comfort if you ask me but hey, if it works than I'm game!

Well, I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!!!

Love-
Steph

[vicky77]

Hey Steph, glad you liked my new ticker!! . Sanson is my furry baby too, he is an 8 month old chocolate lab, and I totally love him!!..

About acupuncture. I don't know if I am too tense in general (being a type A personality), but I don't feel thaaaat much relaxed after the session, I mean, I feel relaxed during the session, but I guess I would feel relaxed even w/o the needles if I would be in a dark room with relaxing music... . I do have some points that hurt, one is in the hand and the other in the foot, those 2 points do hurt, but only when the needle is inserted, afterwards they don't hurt.
My acupuncturist is working mainly on the cycle and anxiety, she puts needles on my wrists, hands, feet, ankles, lower belly, forehead, top of my skull and near the knees. (pretty much everywhere )......

What are your thoughts acu ladies???

[pep23]

Vicky- Wow, your acupuncturist really goes all out!! I'm feeling slightly neglected...no needles on my head or anywhere near it!

It is interesting to read what you said about relaxing because I thought the same thing...I'd probably be relaxed either way. Dark room, scented candle, soft music...geez sounds more like a romantic rondeavous!!

I don't get that "noodle like" feeling that I've heard some people talk about but I do feel like it calms me and gives me time to clear my head which I don't do nearly enough. So I guess I figure if it helps me not worry and stress during my cycle than that's a good thing right??

Hope you have a fabulous weekend!!

Love-
Steph

[nimble]

THIS IS OUR GROUP



AMANDA: Missouri, US (age25)
ANNA: Ohio, US (age33) PA in Cardiac Surgery
BIG WHITE DOG (Janice): Virginia, US (40) Interior Designer
BRIDGET JONES: Surrey, UK (age45)
CARBEV aka Caroline: Singapore
CHVONNE: Essex, UK
COCO: Winter wonderland, US (age37)
COOKHOLME: California, US (25) HR for Insurance Co.
HOLLY: The Netherlands.
IDONVITO aka Lisa: New York, US
JENN: Toronto (age28)
JILL (jstandlund): Minnesota, US (29)Mental Health Practitioner
Kandice (26)
KAREN (moonk): Connecticut, US (28) Education Consultant
KARIA:
KARINA: Northern Ireland
KARINA1: Aberdeen, Scotland
KARMA_K: San Francisco Bay (age35)
KIA aka SHA: Portsmouth UK (age33) A&E Nurse
LUCY: West Yorkshire, UK (age26)
MANDEEQ: London, UK
MARCIA: Coventry, UK (age33)
MRS B: Reading, UK (age25)
NERMS: Middlesex, UK (age32)
NIMBLE aka Jackie: Surrey, UK (age38)
NICKI: Suffolk, UK (age31) Financal Advisor
PEP23(steph): Indianapolis, US (28)FinanceAnalyst@RollsRoyce
RAE: Dallas, US (age30) Translator
SHANTALA: Berkshire, UK (age21)
SHER8: Pennsylvania, US (38) Financial Marketing
SOKRU: N.Carolina, US (33) Real Estate Agent
VICKY: Florida, US (age29) Own business in real estate.




WELCOME!



Kandice with 17 lovely follies

FUN STUFF…… NON-IVF RELATED STUFF THAT’S OCCURING!



NOW—Nerms—In dubai!
17 Feb—Holly- -Skiing holiday in France
24 Feb—Karma K -- B’day
5th Mar – Kandice Wedding Anniversary (2nd)
7 Mar – Nimble B’day
9 Mar – Shantala B’day
24 Mar—Nicki and DH -- wedd.Anni (6yrs)
April—Karen -- 29th birthday this month
02 Oct—Nicki -- B’day!!!


WAITING FOR AF…..





NOW—Sokru—AF due
Now – Steph – AF due
11 March -Vicky - AF due

WHERE AND WHAT WE ARE DOING, DURING IVF TMT.







NOW—Coco—BCP’s
NOW —Nerms--sniffing
NOW —Anna—Down regging
NOW—Pep--Injections
23 Feb—Mandeeq—Scan to check lining
24 Feb—Kia—Down regging
25 Feb—Nimble—Down regging
27 Feb—Bridget-- Scan
27 feb—Amanda- Trial transfer
28 feb—Karen – appt about IVF…
28 feb—Nicki—Blood results back!!!
1 Mar—Sokru—2nd IVF
1 Mar—Big happy Dog-starting IVF… (5th Time lucky)
1 Mar-- Nerms- Stimming
2 Mar—Shantala—Folly Scan!!
2 Mar—Steph--Stimms
4 Mar—Jill- Lupron
5 Mar-- Nicki- Down regging (sniffing)
5 Mar—Big white Dog—Baseline scan
5 Mar—Marcia—Down regging (Buserelin)
6 Mar—Nerms—Scan to check lining’s thin
6 Mar—Nerms—Injections start
MAR —Jenn—starting IVF
9 Mar—Holly—starting IVF injections
9 Mar—Amanda—Stimms
11 Mar—Vicky -- BCP’s
12 Mar—Nimble—Scan
12 Mar—Nerms—Follicle scan
13 Mar – Jill—base line scan
14 Mar—Nerms—Follicle Scan
14 Mar—Jill—Stimms
19/21/23 Mar—Jill - Scans
21 Mar—Nimble—Scan
22 Mar—Marcia—Start injections
23 Mar—Nimble--Scan
25 Mar—Nimble—Scan
31 Mar—Marcia—follicle scan
1 Apr—Karia—Starts sniffing
APRIL—Karina- Starting IVF in April now…..

EGG COLLECTION/ RETRIEVAL



1st Mar – Kandice - EC
5 Mar (ish) – Shantala—EC
12 Mar —Steph—EC
16 or 19 Mar—Nerms--EC
18 mar —Amanda—EC
Mid Mar—Chvonne –EC
23 Mar—Holly--EC
26 Mar —Nimble—EC
26 Mar —Kia – EC
28 Mar (ish) -- Nicki- EC
4 apr (ish) – Marcia-- EC


EMBRYO TRANSFER



4th or 6th – kandice - ET
8 Mar (ish) —Shantala—ET
15 Mar—Steph—ET
17 or 20 Mar—Nerms-- ET
21 Mar—Amanda—ET
28 Mar—Nimble—ET
29 Mar—Kia—ET
29/30 Mar—Blastocyst transfer
1 April -- Nicki – Blastocyst transfer
4 April—Marcia-- ET

FET



March—Mandeeq-- FET
2 March- Bridget Jones—FET
9 Mar- MrsB—FET
13 Mar—Katrina1--FET
End Mar—Carbev—FET
End Mar—Karen—FET
End Mar—sher—FET
End Mar—Cookholme—FET
End Apr—Vicky --FET

On the 2WW




TEST DATES



Shantala 20 March (ish)
Jill—9th April
Nimble— 11 April
Nicki- 11 April
Marcia—18 April

CONGRATULATIONS!!!! BFP!!!




30th Jan= RAE!!!! Natural BFP…… Congratulations Babe!!!

PREGNANT MARCH CYCLERS- DUE DATES





RAE- 8th October 07


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