JUNE/JULY CYCLE

cmg · Post by **cmg** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 4:34 pm

Hi girls

Just back from the clinic and the acupuncturist and the news seems to be good. I've got about 10 follies in one ovary and 6 - 8 in the other, which (if i say it myself) ain't bad for an old lady of 43. There's a bit of concern about whether I'm over responding and therefore at OHSS risk but my blood test was ok so I think it's alright so far. Have to have another scan on Friday and EC is likely to be Mon or Tues, unless they need to coast me if my hormones get too high. ET is likely to be towards the end of next week, so we could be on the same kind of schedule, Lumi.

The acupuncturist thought everything seemed to be going well from checking my pulse and tongue and she just did a bit of tweaking of things. DH did another sample to see if the last one with the very high percentage of abnormal forms was a one off, but we haven't had the results yet. So it'll probably be tomorrow before we know if it's IVF or ICSI.

Yesterday DH took me for a surprise day out, no idea where I was going, had lunch in a lovely old pub and then went to visit a castle with the most beautiful gardens I've seen in ages (he knows I love gardens). Thing is though, I was completely wicked and had a glass of wine. Just one, honest. God it was lovely. Am I doomed?!

I've completely lost track of who is where with everything now, but Yvee I really hope your IUI works out and you don't have to go through all this hassle. Jamato, well done on all those embies and good luck for ET later in the week. Michelle, hope FET goes well on Friday and Heather, hope you get some sleep before Friday. Friday seems to be a big day on here, doesn't it.

hope everyone else is doing ok

Caroline

Ellie · Post by **Ellie** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 6:20 pm

Caroline
A glassof wine! How could you . You may as well give up now there is now way this tmt can work now!!!!!
Actually I say good for you, it probably did you the world of good,what a lovely DH you have.
Glad the follies are growing nicely and your bloods are doing well.
Take care

lumi · Post by **lumi** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 6:54 pm

I have had quick read of posts - thanks fo rmessages! Caroline - hope I am with you!!!

Why arent tickers working?? I have a new one and cant see it!!?!

good luck to all. I am having an early night - 30 degrees all day and we have been on school trip argghhhhhhhh...

Love Lumi xxxxxxxxxxx

gailp · Post by **gailp** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 7:39 pm

Poor you Kagome 4 blood tests that’s awful. Hope you can start the downreg next week, im hoping to start on the 10th July.

Lumi hope you get a date for your ET, the worst part always seems to be the waiting. Good luck with the school trip

Faith you must be feeling so frustrated, why is it that when we want AF to arrive it doesn’t and when we don’t want it to it does. Hope it arrives very soon.

Ellie what does Humira do? Sorry im new at IVF. Hope your FSH has come down.

Michelle good luck with ET, that’s great news that you have now surged. Hope you caught your Bus

Jamato 14 lovely embies you must be so excited, Good luck Friday or Sunday.

Caroline do you find acupuncture relaxing? I cant sem to relax when I have mine, I lay there as stiff as a bored, the only time I relax is when I get off the bed. Good for you on the glass of wine

Sorry if I have missed anyone off, missing over two weeks on here im very confused

cmg · Post by **cmg** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 8:08 am

Gail,
I don't find acupuncture relaxing at all! Having had a really bad IVF experience last year, I'm quite tense about having things "done" to me and I flinch when the acupuncturist puts the needle in. In fact, now she's start using this little electronic machine to stimulate points instead, which isn't so bad. I'm not doing it to relax though, I'm doing it to make sure things are in balance and build up reserves (or something). I'm also using the acupuncturist as a kind of dress rehearsal for EC and ET as I'm quite scared of those, so if I can get used to people doing things to me, it might help. I do always feel better afterwards though.

I can't remember where you are in your treatment (there are just too many of us to keep track of now, aren't there?). How is it going?

Caroline

Vickyp · Post by **Vickyp** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 1:55 pm

Hello everyone

I haven't had a chance to read through who everyone is and how things are going yet but good luck to all. Just come back from holiday so haven't been on for a while. I'm going to be doing a FET starting injections in 3 wks ish. Hope it's okay to join in - although I won't really fit in to June/July more July/Aug. Anyway that's all for now. Must work though very sleepy due to lack of air conditioned office - Oh well. Love Vicky

lumi · Post by **lumi** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 5:44 pm

Vicky

I know how you feel. DH is in an air con office and doesnt understand why I am so exhausted by the end of the day! This heat is too much! Stuffy rooms and sweaty kids at school. Yuk.

I too am losing track but hope all is going well for everyone.

Caroline, let us know what happens at clinic. You are nearly there!

Yvee, hope you are getting lots of rest - fingers crossed!

Jamato - good luck with transfer!

Debra - have a good time away. We'll save you a space!

Michelle - how are your frosties doing? Good luck with the transfer.

Heather and kagome - hope you are well

Faith -AF???!!!!

Sorry if missed any of you lovely JujU jelly babes

Love Lumi xxxx

gailp · Post by **gailp** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 7:27 pm

Ive just had another accupcture session Caroline, im doing it for the same reasons you are I think

I start my first IVF on Day 19 of my cycle, which will be 10th July, i have had IUI 3 times before but this will be my 1st go at IVF. I have an appointment on 28th June to run through with the clinic exactly what will be happening and when.

Vicky I have just got back from a couple of weeks away and I am still trying to read through to see where everyone is at, but im not doing very well

michelle_in_scotland · Thu Jun 23, 2005 7:31 pm

Hi girls,
I got absolutely excellent news when i phoned the clinic this afternoon.
They said they thawed 6 embies this morning and all 6 were doing really well this afternoon, we are over the moon.
I have to go in for my transfer tomorrow afternoon at 2.45pm. My dad just phoned, he said he's been in the pub and told his mates and been celebrating, you'd think i'd just given birth the way he was, lol. It was kinda sweet though.

I haven't really had a chance to read up on where everyone is at so i'm afraid there's only a couple of personals.

Faith - i hope your AF has shown up, mine has always been late when i want it, i was 8 days late this month, thought it would never show.

Lumi - hope all is going well and you get a date for et

Gail - I'm glad you had a great wedding and honeymoon, yeah i caught my bus yesterday, but only just made it, it took off as soon as i sat down, good luck with waiting to start d/r

Caroline - well done on the scan, hope e/c next week goes well for you, good luck

Jamato - Good luck with your e/t, if it is tomorrow we will be going through it together

Heather - how you holding up? wishing you all the luck in the world for a bfp

Debra - thanx for your message, hope you have a nice time away and i also hope to see a

next to my name

Good luck to everyone i missed.
Take care all and i'll report on how mt transfer goes when i get the chance.
Lotsa love

Michelle
xxxx

Leanne · Post by **Leanne** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 7:39 pm

Great news Michelle,

Your Dad should be well practised for when the champagne comes out xx

Good luck everyone else xx

gailp · Post by **gailp** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 7:40 pm

Thats great news Michelle

Thats so sweet of you Dad, that made me laugh

I will be thinking of you at 2.45, good luck

heather14 · Post by **heather14** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 9:47 pm

Michelle thanks for making me laugh, cute story. I am holding up pretty well. I am anxious for tomorrow but also scared at the same time. I do not think I will be able to sleep, I can't get negative thoughts out of me head right now. I will be thinking about you also tomorrow and those
embies.

Leanne two more nights for you!!

Heather

Joanne104 · Post by **Joanne104** » Fri Jun 24, 2005 7:39 am

Hi all

Hope you are all doing ok?

My tmt seems to be going ok at the minute (just downregging at minute but hormones seem to be

already

), hope to start stimming end of next week, EC planned for w/c 18th July which means test date either end of July or beginning of August

Looking forward to catching up and hearing how you are all doing

Joanne

Vickyp · Post by **Vickyp** » Fri Jun 24, 2005 9:02 am

Hello all again

I've just had a read through the last few pages.....

Lumi - So your doing FET with drugs. Sounds like it is not straight forward in terms of knowing when transfer will be. How did you find the drugs? I am just waiting for AF now to start counting to day 21.

Gail - You just got married - it is you isn't it? Congratulations! How exciting. What a way to follow up after your honeymoon - perfect timing after a romantic break away! Is your house full of new things?

Michelle - what fantastic news - I bet that doesn't happen very often must be a good sign.

I really hope I am getting right people with current happening - Head & sieve spring to mind!

Feeling really weird myself today. Just wanted to ask - has anyone had experiences of feeling other family members or friends with babies are being really quite smug or rather insensitive about their luck at having children?
I recently had my cousin & family & sister & family down to visit the same w/e - bad idea as they both have two children each. My cousin particularly kept covering up for her very badly behaved pair by constantly saying 'oh well you would'nt know - not having children'!! (as though all children were as naughty as hers). She & her husband both did this several times & when they left I was devastated by their total lack of
sensitivity. I was upset because I was shocked I supposed as she is one of the few members of my family I have actually kept up to date with what's going on & I thought she would have more sense.
My sister has also been rather smug (I felt) on occasion about her new baby. I'm sure this is just me being hormonal but I sometimes just feel like I let people get away with being insensitive to me and never point it out and am expected just to put up with it. Anyway this happened about three wks ago & this morning I was actually lying in bed thinking about all of this and actually made myself cry with anger! What is the matter with me?!
I just think one of my major fears is that if I eventually end up not having children - will I spend the rest of my life with people having forgotten how much pain we went through and have them being smug as their kids do well at school blah blah blah & pitying me? Anyway sorry about this huge moan - It's tipping down now outside - I blame the weather!

Anyway didn't actually intend to do that - don't want to bring everyone down - just wondered if anyone else had felt like that. So good luck to all - I believe there are some tests happening around this time. I am willing good things to happen.

Love Vicky

PS: I also object to people who have children thinking they are the only ones who can understand them - after all we were all children ourselves once.

Faith · Post by **Faith** » Fri Jun 24, 2005 10:57 am

Hi Everyone,

Hope you are doing Ok today.... At least it's Friday!

Well, AF finally arrived yesterday morning, so we did my first injection this morning and I have an appointment at the clinic on Tuesday for a scan and bloods....!
The injection went OK, although DH wanted to set it all up and I sat there wanting to say 'look, just give it here, Ill do it myself' while he fumbled about with it (isn't that awful of me - I put it down to nerves!) I did the actual injection myself and it wasn't too bad, stung a little bit but apart from that OK.

I'm worrying a bit about a little thing, though and this is going to be far too much information, but.... When I rang the clinic to make Tuesday's appointment, I said my period had started that morning and she said 'is it full flow?' and I said 'yes, it is'. There was red blood first thing and I usually go straight into 'full flow'. However, although the red blood continued and I'd definitely say yesterday was 'Day 1' of my period, it wasn't really what I would call 'full flow' (my periods are VERY heavy). That has only really come today. I've started worrying now that I shouldn't have done the first injection without ringing the clinic and checking, but it's too late now! Someone please tell me I've done the right thing!

But enough about me.... How's everyone else doing....?

Michelle - great news on the thaw. Wishing you loads of luck for today (and the next two weeks!).

Caroline - not long to go now to EC....How are you holding up? Good on you for having a glass of wine! I don't think anything in moderation can really be a bad thing....

Vicky - Try not to dwell on what other people do / say too much (easier said than done, I know). We've all on here come across insensitive people. I just think that those who have children without any apparent problem can not have any idea how devastating it is and how it can be the littlest things that are upsetting to us. I have five sisters who are wonderful (all have children of their own) but I don't really tell them the ins & outs of how I've felt about being 'reproductively challenged' and the whole IVF thing, because they just CANNOT understand....

Joanne - How's the down-regging going? I'm pretty glad I'm doing a short protocol and don't have to go through it!

Heather - Hope you got some sleep and everything has gone OK.

Sorry for everyone I've missed.... There really are a lot of us aren't there....

Hope everyone has a great weekend. I will be watching the Lions test against New Zealand in the morning, going to get my hair cut, going shopping (House of Fraser sale has started and they always have good bargains!) then off to our next door neighbours for a party (their daughter's 18th) but there will be no wine for me! So a busy day tomorrow.... Hopefully it will keep my mind off things. I want to carry on as much as normal (yeah, right!)

Take care everyone,

Faith xx

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