Any Oct/Nov cycle buddies?

[debbieed]

Hello All,
Well I went back to work today and wish I hadn't. It was a very hectic day and I have ended up getting quite stressed. At least I've been able to rearrange things a little so I'm working from home tomorrow (saves nearly an hour commute each way) - get more done at home too.

Julie - I too felt really tired while I was sniffing (well right up until EC really). It was only after all of the drugs had stopped that I realised how tired I had been feeling. Just take it easy and go to bed.

I am now getting very impatient. Test day isn't until 4th November so not even a week has passed yet. No signs of af - although I am feeling very weepy today (sometimes get like this before af) so that has made me worse Has anyone else felt like this?

Going to curl up in bed and watch rubbish on the tv all evening.

Thanks for listening

Love Debbie

[julesg]

Debbie

Hi - sorry you had a stressful day, take it easy.

Yes I am still feeling tierd - had a quite day at work though so that was good, half term is always peaceful as everyone is off and there are less cars on the road.

Hang on in there - Jill and Jen (sept thread) both had BFP today as I am sure you will have seen - that has certainly picked me up

One question - I am supposed to take the sniffs 8hrs apart and wondered if it mattered if I did it a bit early - if I wanted an early night Currently I sniff at 7.30am, 3.30pm amd 11.30pm


Enjoy the crap TV

I like without a trace 10pm C4 or after at 11pm E4 - corrie should be good tonight (sorry to all american readers)

Lots of Love
Julie

[Toni]

Hi buddies

Well I am on day three of my sniffing and so far so good i think. My side effects dont seem to be too bad, I had a bit of a headache the first day, but that could have been from any number of things. Ive been very tired like you Julie, I didnt realise that is a side effect. I feel shattered at the end of the day and dont want to do anything other than curl up on the sofa!

Also, (and this is my main side effect) i am a bit snappy and this morning i was in the foulest mood. I felt really unreasonable and horrible and although I knew it I couldn't control it!! It was a horrible feeling. I just kept my head down at work and hardly said a word for fear of what might come out of my mouth - it's quite stressful here at work right now so that doesnt help either! Does anyone else get moody and irritable on the spray - and does it differ with the different sprays.

My hubby doesnt help - last night i snapped at him a bit unreasonably, and he turned on me saying, 'dont be such a cow!' he made me feel really evil, but i can't help feeling he should be a little bit more understanding at the moment! It's not like Im doing it on purpose - am I being unreasonable expecting him to understand and take it on the chin?

I have to say Im feeling a lot more chilled out now than I did when i first woke up!

Julie - Hows the tiredness going now? Any more side effects? Keep me posted, Its nice to have someone going at the same speed as me!

Debbie - hope you are feeling better than you were - poor you. The 2ww must be sending you up the wall aswel!! Take good care of yourself.

Love and Kisses

Toni xx

[eacole]

Hi Gals, Gosh I'm writing alot today!

Toni-My god I was the b#### from Hell on the sniffing drug. I was completely out of my head sometimes with anger and depression. It is difficult for hubbies to understand. I let mine know every chance I got but it still doesn't sink through sometimes, especially because I was so awful at times-I think they have trouble unserstanding when they are constatnly onthe defensive! Come to think of it, I'm the same..

Jules-I didn't always take mine exactly 8 hours apart. In fact, I was pretyy lax about thte whole thing sometimes. It didin't make a whit of difference when I was off by an hour or two. I think you only have to worry if you completely miss a dose or the dose is significantly spread apart, like more than 3 hours. I would check with your nurseif you are not sure.

Debbie (and Kim and Kel on the sept/oct thread)-I sooo feel for you guys. I am dreading the 2ww's It really is the worst part. Keep hanging in there, not much longer to go.

All the best,
Elizabeth

[julesg]

Toni

Hello hope you are feeling better this afternoon

I am still very very very tierd and feel a bit confused and forgetful, not been in a bad mood - but I often get bad PMT so we will wait and see what happens when AF arrives

Basically I fell wiped out and generally abit down in the dumps

Elizabeth - thanks for the advice I think I will try not to worry too much about when I sniff otherwise I will go mad (er!!)

Debbie - hang on in there, hope you are ok today
Love to all
Julie

[debbieed]

Hello All,
Seems like there has been some good luck around - lets all hope it's catching

I'm still hating this 2ww - god I'm sooooo impatient. I'm also feeling tired (not been sleeping too good) and a bit weepy still, although working from home today has helped as I haven't had to be nice to people and keep cheerful etc. I keep feeling every little twinge I get and then wonder if it's af just reving up or whether it is something more positive. Still only just over a week since ER and only 6 days since ET so I now that it is far too early to know anything but desperately wishing the days away so that next Thursday will be here.

Sorry to ramble on folks

Thanks for listening

Love

[jill dickens]

Hi Debbieed
You ramble away that is what we are all here for. I know how it drags the 2ww and the pressure is awful but you are on the way and doing so well. Take care love Jill x

[sophiejane]

Blimey guys you have been busy posting. I've only been away from the boards a few days and its taken me ages to catch up.
I have started stimms - so after all my stress of not doing the down regging injections right I had nothing to worry about. My ovaries had gone to sleep and now I just hope they wake up and do the business growing all those follicles and eggs. I was lucky last time as I had 16 eggs, and 13 fertilised. I'm hoping for another bumper crop so I can get some frosties again.
Susan - how are you doing? Hope the side effects have given way a bit ... when is your et planned for? I have my fingers ccrossed that the first 2 embies defrost fine, so that you can keep those other frosties to then have a brother or sister for the baby you are soon to have. PMA PMA .....

Valli - how's it going over in the US. What stage are you at? I'm aware this is your 2nd go but not sure whethr you have started yet? Hope all is well.

Debbie - wow did you have 3 embies put back? How did you manage that? Hope you are surviving the 2ww. It drags so much doesn't it. Stay away from hpt's. I did about 4 last cycle ... all far too early, and was so disappointed that they were negative. And then on the day I was actually meant to test I had a positive result ...... but only to get a negative later on - I think they call it a chemical pregnancy (something happened anyway but just not enough). So this time round I am not going to touch the pregnancy sticks as it does no good whatsoever.

Tricia ... we have mirror cycles as I am also due ec on 3rd Nov. My mood has lifted considerably ..... no longer a rageing bull, only a snappy jack russell!! My tummy is getting very bruised from the injections so I'm now heading south to my bum .... mmm bruises and cellulite how sexy!!!
I also can't stop eating ..... do other people have this symptom. I put on 1/2 stone last treatment and I reckon its going to happen again. Great, fat, bruised, miserable and infertile. Woops PMA I will be pregnant so the weight increase wont matter, it'll keep the baby warm!!!

Joy .... how's it going. This is your first ivf isn't it. Don't panic about the injections .. they are alot easier to do than you first think.

Anna - are you still downregging? I think you are so hope the sniffing is going well. I can rememebr thinking that I wasn't sniffing properly and getting so worked up about it (again I didn't need to worry as everything went fine). After I read the baby trail book I did think that maybe it wasn't the best book to read when my oestrogen levels were zero and even watching The X factor made me cry non stop.

Toni - are you still managing to get a peep at this site at work? If so sorry my thread is so long!!!! Your moods sound similar to mine. I want to murder DP sometimes ... he has no idea. I want him to give me a hug but he just gets miserable himself and ignores me. I just dont think they understand. DP is still smoking and drinking, eating chocolate and having cappucinos (while I'm on water and rice cakes ... well OK lots of M&S percy pigs, haribos and crisps as well!)

Julie - Sorry to be a pain but I think you do need to sniff 8 hourly on the dot. Check it out with the nurses. I did 6am, 2pm and 10pm last treatment as I didn't mind setting my alarm early and then going back to sleep. Hope the sniffing is going alright. When do you start stimms?

Well, here's to all us OCT/Nov buddies. Lets hope we follow on from Jill and all get those positives we all so deserve. Sorry for the extra long post. I'll try to pop in more often. Nice chilled bath then Location Location for me tonight. DP is out playing football so I get the bath and the remote control to myself. Yippee.

From Sophie-J

[jill dickens]

Hi Sophiejane,
So your underway with the stimms that is great I hope it all goes well take care love Jill xx

[anna.lewis]

Hi Sophie

Am glad your down regging went ok and that you've started the next bit. Hope all goes well.

I'm still going and desperately hoping period will start soon. I began turning into ***** from hell last Friday veering from snappy to tearful, am covered in spots and generally hoping this bit will be over v. soon. Was fine on the stimms last time so hoping will be this time too if I ever get there. Also, told stroppy DH at the weekend that anyone would think he was the one taking the hormones. Ooops!

Don't know if anyone else has, but I have had to alter my TV viewing patterns over the last few months - no ER, Holby City or casualty. Can't bear to watch all the things that can go wrong! Gardening and house programmes have proved to be much safer bet

Thanks for all the support, Anna x

[jaye]

Hi everyone,
Mind if I join in? I just got the go ahead to start today (3rd time lucky...), but with a short protocol - so I start Puregon tonight, EC will be around 13th. I think I'm about in the middle of where you're all up to?
This was a real surprise - I was expecting to start down-regging in 21 days, like I have the last two times. So I'm a bit surprised to be here. But I guess trying something different can't be bad - I'm a really poor responder, so hopefully the short protocol will be better.
Jaye

[Toni]

Hi Buddies

Well day 5 of sniffing and the side effects are still coming. My moodiness isn't too bad at the moment. I feel very tired and headachey tho. And started on the hot flushes a bit - attractive!! I've also started getting a bigger appetite.......................oh dear! Gave my DH a big kick up the bum the other night and told him he's being very unsupportive. think I hit a nerve, he looked very sheepish - now hoping for a big bunch of flowers......yeh right!!!

Sophie - Nice to hear from you - glad its all going well so far and keep us informed on how its going!! Now I've got the sniffing sorted I'm worrying about the injections. Like my hubby says Im not happy unless Im worrying about something!! Don't worry about the thread being long. Im still managing a peep at work, but ive got into a kind of 'don't care' attitude at work at the moment - oopps!!!

Julie - how's the sniffing going? Sorry to hear you are so tired and feeling a bit down, i do know what you are going through. I hope your DH is being supportive! Hang on in there............ remember all those lovely BFP's the Sept/Oct buddies got. PMA love!

Debbie - hows the 2ww. Can't be long now till you test (when is it exactly?)?? Hope you are doing well!!!

Anna - what can I say - those darn hormones!!! I had a bad day a couple of days ago and my hubby got all the flak!! hang on in there!

Jaye - welcome! Starting today eh? good luck and keep in touch with us!

Anyone Ive missed - good luck and keep up the +ve attitudes!! I suppose I'd better get back to work...................

Love and kisses

Toni xx

[julesg]

Toni

hello glad the sniffing is going ok - I know how you feel about the injections I have all the drugs for injecting and I was looking at them the other day wondering if I will be able to do it.

I feel much less tierd today (thanks for asking), but like you I have a headache and I can not stop eating - very similar syptoms to when I get my AF!! I feel much more postive today less down in the dumps - retail therapy never fails. DH is doing his best and has his good moments

Jaye welcome hope you are ok today

Hope everyone else is ok today - can't mention you all sorry got to get back to work now - like Toni I was having a quick peek!

Julie

[anna.lewis]

Hi All
Glad am not the only one with the raging appetite. Know I shouldn't but am having a serious ginger cake phase.
Am v happy to say that following all my moaning my period started- is that what AF is? so fingers crossed they'll say I can start on the Puregon soon.

Jaye, I did the short protocol last time and it was better that I thought it would be - v. few side effects and all went smoothly. Hope it works for you.

Good luck to everyone.
Anna x

[sophiejane]

Hi all,
well had my scan this morning (aren't they just horrible!). 5 follicles on one ovary and six on the other - all about 12mm - 15mm, so everything is on track for ec on Wednesday. They need to grow up to about 20mm, and will have my next scan on Monday. I have less follicles than last time - as had about 10 on each ovary so that has made me a bit despondent but I know you only need 2 good ones. But still feel flat and tearful
At least I am over this one hurdle, just hope they continue growing. I can already feel my ovaries getting bigger, a few grumbly pains down there. I keep on forgetting to drink my 2 litres of water a day and 1 litre of milk, but I am craming myself full of protein.
Like you guys I can't stop eating. Still very miserable, especially when dp is having a nice glass of red wine and chocolate. I had a real go at him this morning as he has been in the middle of repairing the shower for weeks, and as from next week I cannot have baths but the shower is still out of order. What does he expect me to do ..... either smell or keep on having to nip to the gym for a shower. Needless to say I think he got the point, and he got ready in double quick time and ran out the door for work .
Toni ... I think we sound as moody as each other!!! My dp still hasn't got a clue about the need to be supportive, and can't see why I get so upset

Jaye, welcome. A short protocol sounds lovely ... anything to hurry up this awful procedure sounds good to me. Hope it all goes well.

Tricia ... how are your follicles getting along???
Debbie ... how's the 2ww .... when's test date???
Julie .. don't worry the injections are fine, it becomes a piece of cake doing them. First time round I used to wash my hands, put the dog in the other room and lay a little clean towel out to put everything on. Now I do it anywhere, even with the dog on my lap!!
Susan ... are you still there????
Anna - glad af arrived (it'll be one of the only times when you are pleased it has arrived!!) Let us know when you start.
Joy and Valli - hope you are both OK.
Speak to you all soon
Best wishes from Sophie-J
PMA PMA PMA - here's to a bumper crop, lots of +ive and for us all to have a little baby in our tummy's for Xmas.