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Charity
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Post by Charity »

Shantala...Yuppie means Young Urban (also referred to as Upwardly-mobile) Professional

Here's the definition: Yuppie is an acronym for "Young Urban Professional", a term often used pejoratively with connotations of selfishness, materialism, and superficiality. Originally the term held some positive meaning, but quickly led to backlash against those that self-identified with the term. The phrase "Die Yuppie Scum" quickly entered the public eye, particularly on bumper stickers.

So you can see why I don't want to be one of them...People would want me to die and would call me scum... :( But, the website I got them blurb from did go on to say that if you were a pregnant Yuppie you were then referred to as a Puppie...I want to be a puppie!! :lol: I'll take the scum title, as long as I could be a pregnant one...There I go being a whale penis again... :wink:

Carolyn...You take care my dear. I know 6 doesn't seem like much, but I had 15, and only 6 were good, so the number isn't what matters. It's the quality...And if anyone has quality, baby it's you! :)

Christine...Too funny about the vampires...My husband was so proud of himself when he came home after getting his blood drawn for our clinic. He said, "I was only out of it for about 20 minutes this time!". I couldn't believe a big tough guy like him could be so frightened of something. He literally had to lie down for that long before he could stand up without passing out. They didn't take as many from him, either. He cracked me up when he got home. He wouldn't even let me get near his arm where they drew the blood. I just laughed. You know, I just realized, I've been talking to him about acupuncture, and he keeps dodging me on the subject. It never occurred to me that the needles were a no-no...I'm such a whale penis sometimes... :roll: Well, he probably would go for a massage, so maybe we'll stick to that for him. Too funny...

Aunty...I only started the Feb thread cause another gal from my October thread wanted to start one, so thought that might be good. It might also cut down on some of the traffic. I do have a tendency to post very long ones...I know you probably didn't notice... :lol: I totally am getting confused with everyone though. I hate that...I really like to know everyone, and don't like it when I'm overwhelmed. I didn't mean to offend or step on any toes, if I did... :oops: :oops: I love you gals...Heck! We're all in this crazy game together. No matter which thread we're on...Right!? Could you come over to Feb and keep me company from time to time...and maybe me help out with the update posts? As I, and everyone else, has said before, you're a saint, Aunty! Not sure what we'd do without you.

Better get my butt back to work, but thought I'd take a break and catch up. Take care ladies...Later Gators!
Charity
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1st ICSI Oct-06 - No Fert
1st IUI w/Inj Jun-07 - BFPX2/MC
2nd IUI w/ Inj Mar-08 - BFN
3rd IUI w/Inj May-08 - Chem
4th IUI w/Inj Jul-08 - BFN
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Post by AuntyPebbles »

Hey Lady's
Charity nooooo you didn't offend me at all in any way or step on toes i hope i don't offend you by staying here I'm kinda comfy and i suppose technically im a Feb lady but this is my cyber family of course i will pop over and cheer you along i think you have erm 40 stalkers you cant get rid of us that easy :wink: awww your hubby is too cute how sweet i wish mine was a bit more cautious hes an ICU nurse so just jabs away at me i think he forgets im not asleep like his patients are

Shantala Gatoraid is a drink erm an energy drink and V8 is a vegetable mix drink but it really helps with OHSS if you drink it after EC before ET OHSS can be mild to very bad but even when its mild its so uncomfortable you bloat up really big and fill with fluid i looked 6 months pregnant last cycle but i didnt have it at all on my first cycle so lets hope we all skip that this time... i love your dream and to be honest have seen that happen before even with Jackie (the stalker) she was about to start went for her baseline and got a call shed cut out the middle man and was pregnant

love to all read you later Aunty
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Post by shantala »

charity - thank you for your clarification on the yuppie and now understand why you dont want to be one of those!! but i can see why you want to be a puppy!! how funny!!! hahahaha... :lol: your posts are hilarious!!

aunty- thanks for the drinks explanation. not sure if we have those over here but with a bit of luck i might not need them...thats amazing about the other lady... :D

as for me, i just finished watching the dr winston programme and i haven't cried like that for ages. i didnt cry much with the first 2 but this one really got to me. it's so happy and sad!!! :cry: :D :cry: :D

hope you US ladies can get in on the internet...

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Post by Charity »

I'm so relieved Aunty...I'd been toying with the idea since I had talked to my RE a few weeks back and he clarified that I would start stims at end of January, but most of the action would be like my October cycle, and be in February primarily. I love you guys, and didn't want to seem like I was trying to be leave you, cause frankly, I'd miss you all. You on the other hand have so much to teach us all, that I wouldn't want to be without you...Sorry if I sounded like a whale penis, again?! :lol: Gotta love that new knowledge. See what happens when I learn a new word...Take care all...Later Gators!
Charity
Me 37, DH 34
1st ICSI Oct-06 - No Fert
1st IUI w/Inj Jun-07 - BFPX2/MC
2nd IUI w/ Inj Mar-08 - BFN
3rd IUI w/Inj May-08 - Chem
4th IUI w/Inj Jul-08 - BFN
Dx Homo C677T MTHFR Mutation - Aug-08
New Hope W/New Dx & New RE For Feb-08 IUI
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Post by jeck »

Hey Ladies!!

Just wanted to say hello and wish you all luck!!

Hey Aunty!! How is it going??? I hope you had a wonderful thanksgiving!!!

Charity what is all this talk about whale penis?? LOL!! :oops: :twisted: :shock:

Hope all is well!!! Good Luck!!! OH when you get your myspace up and running let me know I have one too!! I need to do some work on it but I have one!! LOL!!! :wink:
Jeck
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Hey Jeck its going ...waiting waiting waiting,...i like your ticker is that for real you have your baby ooo how exciting im still nervous about jumping into all that have no idea where to start with it but that is one of the places on our list...wishing you loads of luck with your paper work...if its anything like INS been there lol i think we need to do ins for it too dont we well that will be a breeze for us its all the other stuff

missed ya loads love Aunty
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Post by Angie65 »

Hello Carolyn - just wanted to say hope you're feeling better and it's quality not quantity my dear. Won't be long til Thursday 'til you join me and susan on the 2ww. Also I reckon news always seems worse when you coming out of the aneaethestic and feeling groggy anyway. Once you sleep on it, you end up feeling better. Don't be too hard on yourself - you body has been through alot of the last few days. PS Glad you liked my award.

Aunty - I am trying hard to think of an award for you too! - as the girls say you are our rock and deserve so many for kindness and support and also funny quirky expressions - how about "Award for the best analogyof how we ladies look after stimming" - blowfish with ankles tied on stick at a Maceys parade - classic !!! where do you get these from ?! YOu do make me laugh - there have been so many others too.

Susan - hope you are enjoying the pesssaries....? Any symptons? Zilch for me!

Well done to the new pin cushions in the group - I never in a million years thought I would be able to inject myself - so squeamish, can't even watch hospital dramas and fainted when I was little when my mum cut her finger but it's amazing what we can do when we have too. Now it's been blood tests, injections, even a couple of drips this year - no problem.

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Aunty, your blowfish comment made me laugh. Not so DH recently got rid of the porcupine puffer fish that he gave me for my b-day. i named ET and I loved him dearly! :cry: (If you have ever seen this fish and the movie ET then you can see where i got the name from!) Anyways, thnks, now i will be dreaming of humans as ballons!

Charity, that is funny about DH and needles. I feel like a real baby when I'm sitting there shaking like piglet in the cold, but oh well they get paid to suck me dry and I don't get nothing but a bruise!

Carolyn, I was trying all day to think of something to say, and Angie hit the nail on the head. It's all about quality and not quanity. I know that everything seems worse when you're coming off the sleepy meds. Relax my dear, enjoy tomorrow, and know that thursday will be here before you know it!

That's all for now ladies, DH made pancakes for dinner and I'm starving.
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Aunty: you asked about my unusual protocol. First of all, the most eggs i have had for retrieval were 6 mature, so i don't have a great response to meds. All but 2 (out of 9 ferts from 2 cycles) stopped growing, and the 2 blasts were midgrade w/no implantation. RE wants to do FET since they have better #s at our clinic. But also wants big #s as he says w/me it will be a #s game (he once called my eggs "old", I was offended on behalf of my eggs :wink: !). Anyway, so he changed me to microdose lupron flare, then all ferts will be frozen immediately. once all 3 stims/ERs done, all my little 2pn frosties (hopefully around 20, please!!!!!) will be thawed at the same time to blast, in hopes we will have a couple good quality ones and my uterine lining will be primed and ready for action. If we happen to have any left over they will be frozen as blasts. in some ways it is nice to be doing something (i.e., stim/ER), but also having a break from the dreaded 2ww. On the other hand, having to wait 3-4 mo w/o a chance to be getting pregs is hard!

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Sassy i love your Dr what an amazing approach i love it its perfect ... you made me laugh (offended on behalf of your eggs) ok i have a friend who was turned away from one clinic and tried 6 iui's and 2 ivf's she was told to give up she didnt produce many eggs at all she was also told she was a poor responder and had old eggs....on her final attempt at ivf she had 3 "very poor fragmented eggs"...she has beautiful twin girls now so it will happen i dont care what grade they give our crusty little fraggies we love em and they will stick (my Dr has asked me to stop calling my eggs crusty...LOL...well after i told the new Dr that my Dr had said they were :wink: ..LMAO)

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"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"
Special Reminder for a special lady Image Dory testing 1stImage
Gbnut...FET Testing 6thImage2 Embies Snuggling in Image
Angie65...FET Testing 11thImage2 Embies Snuggling in Image
ImageCarolynB...IVF...30th November...ETImage6 perfect eggsImage

STIMMINGImage
ImageSSalgado...FET...11th December...Image Transfer
ImageSokru8...IVF...27th November... Image Stimming(5th Dec EC)
ImageSassynlv...IVF...27th November... Image Stimming
ImageBecleo...IVF...28th November... Image Waiting for call from clinic

HAVING WARM MOMENTS
Sanny...IVF...22nd November....... Image Taking BC(8th Jan start Gonal)20th Jan pos EC)
TCBalgord...IVF...22nd NovemberImageOn BC (5th Saline sono)13th injection class)24th start stimming)
Jordan...FET...27th November....... Image On Lupron(21st Dec transfer)

COUNT DOWNImage
Vickie...IVF...5th December.......Image NP Meeting
BabyBlue...IVF...5th December.......Image NP Meeting
Julie2039...IVF...7th December.......Image Start Stimming
JackieG...IVF...8th December.......Image Start BCP
Shantala...IVF...13th December.......Image Open Day at clinic (5th collecting swimmers)
Haylie...FET...21st December.......Image Start Downregging
Ems1971...IVF...21st December.......Image start Buserelin
Lori...IVF...24th December....... Image Start Stimming
Lara312...FET...28th December....... Image Start Downregging
Mominwaiting...IVF...??th December....... Image Start Downregging
Aunty...IVF...2nd January.......Image Baseline
Paula...FET...10th January.......Image Possible Transfer?

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ImageFET LADY'S Image
HelloKitty.....Dec/Jan ....... FETImage

Image FRESH IVF CYCLE Image

Image Fed7281.....29th November.......Image Follow up after OP
Image BigWhiteHapyDog.....29th November.......Image Follow up
Mrs M.......??? November ......Imagewaiting for app from new clinic
Mom20....11th December ..ImageAppointment at clinic
ArizonaKiwi....13th December ..ImagePlanning Appointment at clinic
Sully.....8th January....... Image Meeting with Dr
Jemima.....?? January.......ImageNew Cycle start
Michela.....?? January.......Image1st Cycle start
Macca.....?? January.......ImageCycle start
Nimble.....Jan/Feb....... Image Start new Cycle

Image MIA/On Time out Image
sweet Becky (welsh bugger :wink: )
Emma27 in our thoughts and prayers
Charity in our thoughts and prayers

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JackieG..??December
Lori...28th December
Aunty....8th February
Nimble.....7th March
Shantala.....9th March
Angie.....20th March
Becleo.....3rd April
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For Wednesday......

Carolyn i will be saying an extra prayer for your little ones tonight from my lips to Gods ears...soo looking forward to your fert report i hope your feeling well and DH is taking good care of you....hugs

Bec i do hope Af shows up today for you so you can move on...

Erin wow its here its seems like ages ago now im so excited i so hope you get a plan it will be such a boost to you wishing you luck we will all be thinking of you

Bigwhitehapydog.....its here your follow up lets hope you get all the info you need and come away with a full plan of action that is such a great feeling and so exciting..we are all with you in mind mental hugs.


love to all Aunty
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hello everyone!!

i know i haven't been online but yes reading i was just feeling very sick from the estrogen patches , just want it you guys to know that my transfer will be on Dec 11 so i will need ALL the good prayers for my snowy emby hoping for the best. I seen we have new people tht isgood i will start trying to catch up. Aunt i was in NY this past wkdn for the Thanksgiving Parade like i told you :) Hi to the new ones and good luck!
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fed and bigwhitehappy - just popped in to wish you good luck with your appointments today! let us know how you got on....

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ERIN & BWHD_ Good Luck today keep us posted!!!
Got AF last night so waiting to hear back from my nurse as to the next step!!!!!!!!!!!!!! sp far behind on personals. work as been INSANE!!! but I will try to post tonight after massaging the DH. love to all and hope everyone is doing well!!!!!!!!!!!
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