December-January Cycle Buddy's Our New beginnings

[Angie65]

Hi Aunty

Doc said "ooo you're just about there" - so assume he meant bang on 8mm -sometimes I just can't be bothered to ask him the details as he seems exasperated and I figure if I'm good to go, I'm good to go. Have a bit of a love/hate relationship with him - wish his communication skills were a bit more fine tuned - but then DH says I shd make more effort with the doc too! Expect I'll creep up a mm or so over the next few days but I liked your earlier post about measurements so I'm drawing on that!

AXX

[sassynlv]

Hi ladies...
Hope you don't mind me crashing your thread...sounds like you have been enjoying yourselves together the last few months!

As for me... I am 35, ttc4yr.
#1 IVF/ICSI/PGD: 7 retrieved, 4 fert, none grew to blast (all were complex abnl per PGD) .
#2 IVF/ICSI: Respiratory arrest in recovery room after ER, sick for a few days. 5 retrieved, 4 fert, 2 midgrade blasts w/ ET Nov 7. BFN official Nov 17 .
#3 IVF/ICSI: scheduled stim 11/27. RE recommending 3 stim cycles w/ER in a row, freezing all ferts with FET at end. (protocol change to microdose lupron flare)

So, as it appears i will have ERs both in Dec and Jan, would love to be able to stay on one thread throughout! Will take me a while to get caught up w/everyone, but i will do my best.

Loads of hope for everyone!!!...

[AuntyPebbles]

TWW
"I've sat an angel by your side..she will guard you day and night...she'll bless your embies growing strong...now the TWW wont seem so long"

STIMMING
CarolynB...IVF...24th November... Follie Scan
Angie65...FET...27th November... Transfer
SSalgado...FET...20th November... on E2 patch

HAVING WARM MOMENTS
Sokru8...IVF...16th November....... warming up (27th Start stimming)
Becleo...IVF...16th November....... warming up (28th Start stimming)
Sanny...IVF...22nd November....... Taking BC
TCBalgord...IVF...22nd November....... Taking BC

COUNT DOWN
Sassynlv...IVF...27th November....... Start Stimming
Jordan...FET...21st December....... Transfer(start Lupron 27th)
Vickie...IVF...5th December....... NP Meeting
BabyBlue...IVF...5th December....... NP Meeting
JackieG...IVF...8th December....... Start BCP
Julie2039...IVF...12th December....... Start? injections
Shantala...IVF...13th December....... Open Day at clinic (pma)
Haylie...FET...21st December....... Start Downregging
Ems1971...IVF...21st December....... start Buserelin
Lara312...FET...28th December....... Start Downregging
Aunty...IVF...2nd January....... Baseline
Paula...FET...10th January....... Possible Transfer?

...
FET LADY'S

Emma27.....?? November....... thinking of you hope its going well
HelloKitty.....Dec/Jan ....... FET

FRESH IVF CYCLE

Fed7281.....29th November....... Follow up after OP
Mrs M.......??? November ......waiting for app from new clinic
Welshgirl.....??th November.....Still waiting to hear from clinic
ArizonaKiwi....13th December ..Planning Appointment at clinic
Lori.....Dec/Jan .......waiting to Ovulate
Sully.....8th January....... Meeting with Dr
Mom20.....?? January....... New Cycle
Jemima.....?? January.......New Cycle start
Charity.....?? January.......New Cycle start
Michela.....?? January.......1st Cycle start
Nimble.....Jan/Feb....... Start new Cycle

MIA/On Time out
Macca in our thoughts and prayers

Birthday Count Down

Charity...25th November
JackieG..??December
Lori...??December
Aunty....8th February
Nimble.....7th March
Shantala.....9th March
Angie.....20th March
Becleo.....3rd April

[AuntyPebbles]

Sassy...a very big to you i think your in the right place it's looking like we are going to be here maybe into march you ahve been through an awful lot so praying really hard for you that this new fresh approach brings you your little one/s in the new year we will be here every step of the way ...

Angie im so pleased everything is going perfectly i hope you dont mind me saying this but Dr's like yours make me so mad i really want to give him a slap i think im spoilt i love my Dr we have such a laugh there is one Dr at my clinic a new guy i dont like he kinda forgets there is a person with hormones at the other end of that probe and questions just interfer with his rushing on to the next person...i was so excited your going for twins i will start knitting now (erm not very good at it) .

love to all...happy turkey eating tomorrow....oh yeah and im thankful for having all of you in my life...Aunty

[Haylie]

Rachel - how was your birthday? Hope you had a good day.

Bec - DH loved his balloons and banners he he, I had to let everyone know how old he was, he gave me a really hard time when I hit 30 and keeps saying he is going to part-ex me in for a new model!!!! He was working nights so couldn't do alot but we are celebrating this weekend. We are going to watch the rugby in Cardiff, Wales are playing New Zealand, so am looking forward to that.

Beccy- you are so sweet, any news from the clinic

Nimble - I'm glad you had a fab weekend and that you are feeling positive from the meeting.

Carolyn - good luck for tomorrow, will be thinking of you

Welcome Michelle and Toni

Hi to Charity and Lori my old cycle buddies, how are you doing?

Happy thanks giving to all those in the US
xxx

Have a good day

[jemima]

Hi beautiful ladies...

Just quick post. I'll catch you later. I can't believe how many pages I missed. Anyway hope everything goes well. You are always in my thought n prayers.

Big welcome to ArizonaKiwi, Julie, Michele, and Tonia.

Happy Birthday Lara.

Debz, my angel. You bring my green tea n pineapple back I miss them so bad. Anyway, I don't know in big country like yours, people still doing fostering. I thought only in a country like us. Anyway I want to do fostering or adoption someday. Adoption something I always thought when I was kid. I lived near orphan house when I was kid. Whatever you will do, I know you will be doing great... Hug for you...

As for me. My test okay. I don't have diabetic. The test result was great. Sometimes I forgot that Im living in a country where the weather today more than 40 Celcius/104F. My friends laughed at me. TV shows made me crazy, I thought I was sick. I think Im unemployed too long....

Thinking of you, Sticky baby dust to all of you. GBU

Luv, Jemma

[jemima]

Sorry...

Welcome Sassynlv. Glad to have you here. Sorry what you have been through. Good luck on your iCSI. We are here praying for your dream come true.

Happy thanksgiving everybody. I don't have thanksgiving. Never been before What was the story behind thanksgiving? I would like to attend this turkey party someday. Now, I want to thanks God that i have you in my life. Hugs for you...

Luv You All,

Jemma

[becleo]

Happy Turkey day to all my fellow Americans!!! I am so glad to have a few days off. need to relax a bit! perfect timing with the next few weeks being the stimming and ER & ET!!!!

Nimble It sounds like they aree having you on the right path. I have heard awesome results frome the ICSI! we'll get yuou there! glad pamper weekend was good. can you imagine if a wrap could actually alter the body heheheh!

Jordan! welcome. I think you will find this thread is amazing! I think you will find the FET so much less stressful. especially after a fresh cycle. ahh so much sticky thoughts to you!!! how many frozen embies do you have???

Angie - 2 times the love isn't so bad at all huh. I'd love to have twins. DH starts sweating just thinking about it, but then again he just changed his first diaper last weekend... MEN!!!! I am sad that your DR is not the nicest. I am also someone who love s her doc. and I can't imagine going thru all of this with out him. but good doc/ bad doc both equal up to the same thing.. a baby!!!!!!

Sassy- Hi theree. welcome to our train!!!!! You have been thru alot! How are you holding up! back to back ET! wow. I am hoping all the best that 2007 is your year!!!!! it will all be worth it in the end huh!

Haylie- Sweet! i hope you guts have fun this weekend. today is thanksgiving and we are heading to my parents for dinner. and his for dessert. then home to CRASH!!!!! I love this holiday. but I LOVE having tomorrow off too!!!! need a break. it is freezing here, and I gotta go walk the dog ! eeek!

Jemma YEAH. so glad your test are fine. hang in there. ahh so glad for you! thanksgiving is a great holiday. We celebrate the pilgrims and Indians by having a great Turkey feast with all the fixings... the Macy's Parade is on, (which many of us aren't big fans of anyways! hehehe big balloons being stuck up in the air) but it is a chance to get together with your friends and family. to have a nice meal, let those in your life know how thankful you are o have them in your life, it is so easy to get caught up in your own day to day stuff, that today is nice just to remember how very lucky we all are. at leaast that is thanks giving to me!!!!

Babyblue- I remember my meeting to learn how to do the shots. VERY intimidating.. just ask questions about everything.. and you always have us here too!!!!

Welcome Michelle & Tonia!!!!

Auntie love the Jiggy Dance!!!!!!!!!!

Carolyn - GOOD LUCK! how is it going????

all those I didn't get a chance to say hi... HI!!!!!
love bec

[tcbalgord]

Good Morning Ladies! Why is it when we have the chance to sleep in, we can't? Must be the dreams of pumpkin pie dancing in my head! Well at least my DH and kids are still sleeping.

I just wanted to say WELCOME!!!!!!!! to the new ladies. You have found yourselves a wonderful place to laugh, cry, be happy, mad, or sad where no one will judge you for you it. Best of luck to you all!

I think that AF may be a few days early and also may be extra cruel as even walking up and down stairs is making my @@'s scream at me. LOL hate life a kicker! I don't have much today, but to all you American Ladies, Happy Turkey Day, may we all eat ourselves silly and not have any of the reprocussions of doing so! To everyone else, have a great day!

[lara312]

Happy thankgiving day to all you american ladies hope you all eat loads of food and have a good time .Thank you all for all the birthday wishes had a good day but cause i get up at 4.30 am for work could not really do anything so we will go out this weekend .
Angie not long now you will be the 1st in the 2ww and you will have to start of the BFP's for us .
Carolyn good luck tomorrow hope you have loads of eggies grow eggies grow .
Welcome to all the new ladies has you can see these ladies are fab .
Nimble glad you had a good weekend now your all refreshed and feeling good .
Bec how long do you have of for thankgiving then have a good couple of days of before the rollercaoaster starts .
Becky did you manage to get that dress for you daughter (sorry if i missed that you have) hope you doing ok .
Aunty has always the list is fab hope your ok has your always there for everyone else .
Haylie glad your dh liked his banners and ballons i had them to but only 1 on the front door all the rest inside the house also had a fab winnie the pooh cake (has i am mad about pooh) hope you have a fantastic day saturday i think its going to be a really good game .Hugs to everyone
love Rachel x x

[CarolynB]

Happy Thursday Everyone

Michelle, Tonia and Sassynlv - Welcome to you all. I read all your posts and tickers and you have all been through a lot up to this point. I hope that this thread will be as helpful for each of you as it has been for me. The ladies are fab and you can come here to laugh, rant or be sad. What ever helps each of you on the journey

Fed - Thank you for all that info. Very helpful. I hope that you are now feeling better after your op and not over doing it

Angie - I am so excited for you. Glad that you have made a decision that you are comfortable with. Twins sounds so darn cool to me. Take it easy over the weekend and hopefully it will get even cozier for your little ones on Monday

Macca - Great to hear from you & well done on completing your exams. That must be such a weight off your mind. Brean until Feb sounds great

Haylie - Glad that dh enjoyed his birthday. Have a great time at the rugby together. Sure the atmosphere will be amazing

Jemma - so pleased that all the tests came back ok for you. It is so good to get them behind you & know that they have ruled out another thing

Nimble - glad that you enjoyed your pampering. I had facial and massage on Saturday with a mate and I did not come out looking like a super model but did make me feel less stressed!!! It sounds like they are going to make lots of adjustments for your next cycle. I feel that if they do that then they are learning from what we have been through already and make changes that may help us to be successful

Bec - sounds like you are doing mad rushing around today but the good thing is that you have tomorrow to chill - sounds like you'll need it!

Charity and Aunty - Thank you so much for your words on what to do after ET. I know that there is no magic answer. Really interested to read what you wrote about the air bubble Charity. I am all for change and not doing the same things again. I laid on my back for 3 days last time so think that this time I'll get up but take it really easy.

Hugs to everyone else. Enjoy your turkey day in the US ladies.

Cannot quite believe that I am in for a follie scan tomorrow. OMG. Seems to have come around quite quickly. 7 days of stimmies done already & 3 antagonist jabs so 10 out the way!! Thank you to those who have wished me well. Means a lot. CRICKEY!!!! Sure that I don't feel as bloated as last time so worrying that there are not too many or they are v small. Scan early last time showed lots but they were all quite small. So at least I am prepared tomorrow rather than it coming as a nasty shock. Done 20 mins of hot water bottle on my tummy the last couple of days as read that is good at helping them grow although must not be done after ET. Feel so calm compared to round 1. Dh will take me to hospital tomorrow am. Then I have a mtg to do with my new business but will post as soon as I can tomorrow. Think follies/eggs for me - Please!!!!

Love to you all.
Carolyn xxxx

[Welshgirl38]

Hi ladies,

Hope you are all well.

Brian (DH) and I have come to a decision about where we go next, and I’m afraid that the decision is for us not to try for a baby any longer. I’m tired and I’m still depressed after my last BFN, and I don’t think I can go through another heartbreak again. There are MANY of you, who have tried a number of times, and I stand to applaud you all – you are all very strong, brave women and I dearly hope it works out for you all. But I don’t think I’m as strong as you. Our first attempt failed and I can’t go back there. I wont allow myself to get to that dark deep place again.

I’ve been a member here since August and I have read so many happy stories – but they don’t out number the sad ones. I have met some wonderful women here, who I want to keep in touch with. I want to be able to pop in now and again to see how you are all doing. You have all been so lovely to me and have given me so much support. I can’t name you all, there are so many of you. But Aunty – I’m sorry I wont be cycling again with you, but I promise I’m going to be there all the way until you get your BFP. Im going to be here WHEN you ALL get your BFP’s. I’m not saying good bye to anyone – its just that I need time to get back to normality, and if that means sitting back and not reading or replying for a while, then this is what I am going to have to do. I’m not upset about the decision, I’m just sad that Brian will never experience having his own child to hold. I am blessed to already have 2 wonderful children and a fantastic husband who has taken them on as his own. He is a wonderful stepfather and I am proud to be his wife. I have my health (all be it a little too much flab in places there shouldn’t be lol) I have a lovely home with a family that I love dearly.

I’m proud to say that I’m a member of the IVF club, had I have not been here – I would not have met such wonderful women.

I thank you all from the bottom of my heart, and wish every single one of you all the luck and love in the world.

But for now ….. Over and out

Becky Xxxx

Email: becky@thebawn.co.uk (Should anyone want to keep in touch) xx

[sokru8]

Hey Everyone!
I asked about the spotting I have been having and they said it wasnt anything to be too concerned about.
They also scheduled me for a practise transfer on Friday! I guess the want to know exactly where to put the eggs. Im excited it seems like I have been waiting to start forever and now it is finally here. I start stiming on Monday
Have a great day
Sonya

[jordan22]

Mornin ladies... Thanks so much for the welcomes.. I am happy to be here... we will loose our INS coverage some Jan 1st soooo I am very very glad the RE could fit my FET in before the end of the year.. If this FET dose not work.. looks like I need a better paying Job to cover IVF crap.. Oh well I wont hae to worry about that will I??? ; )

Aunty... Great chart.. it is sooo nice to see where everyone is...

Angie.. great news on putting two back... we are going to do three... I would do more lol... I am desprate.. lol my thoughts to you....

Fed.. HI there so good to see you here... how are you feeling???

Carolyn.. thanks for the welcomes.. your facial and massage sound like jus what I need.. lol glad you enjoyed it... Good luck tomorrow at your scan...

Rachel..... Happy T day to you too.. and happy late B day!!!


tcbalgord.. UGH I hear ya on waking up early.... I actually woke up earlier today then I do an a work day... the pits.... I guess I can go bake my Pies then.. lol

Jemma.. you will have to attend a thanksgiving day party... it is quite yummy..... the story behind it is basicly America being found and the pilgrims (English) having a peaceful meal with the Indians (who already lived in America) did that make sense?? lol
My DH lived in Sweden for 5 or so years and held a big Thanksgiving day dinner for all of his friends there and they were all facinated at the amout of food that was prepared.. lol we Americans eat ourselves sillty today... lol


I got an email from my RE office.. I start lupron for my FET on Monday... wooohoooo seems like I just stopped sticking needles in my belly... OH wait I did just stop that... LOL I still have the bruses.. (found out IVF #2 did not work on 11/15 and now on 11/27 I start sticking myself again.. lol wooohooo this infertility crap is so fun.. (not really)

Have a great day all!!!

[tcbalgord]

Becky your post made me cry, my heart broke for you and Brian, but you have to do what is best for you. The decision you made is a hard one; I completely support you and am sending a great big hug for you.
I know how blessed you feel as I have a daughter of my own and like you I pray that all our friends here know that joy one day soon.
I truly hope that you keep in touch and that God eases your pain. You will remain in my thoughts and prayers.

Christine