Hi ladies

Serena I'm so pleased to hear your feeling better! I think your outlook on this is admirable! Glad things are busy for you right now, will help pass the time till your cycle can be underway! When do u think cd1 will be?

I think it's a great Idea to move house and set up home for your family.

Tinkerbell, I don't no where I'd be without this forum too so nice to be able to talk to people in the same boat. Don't be disheartened about what your dr said, sperm counts go up and down all the time look at my oh 5 million, 12.8 million then 22 million in the pace of a year!

Get oh on the vits, no hot baths and less alcohol and smoking had a massive affect on my oh! I'm not ure about your dates, I had to call guys on cd1 meds ordered, start down regging cd21 then you get a period and Stimming starts shortly after.

Key, looking forward to your update, how have you been feeling ? Did you put one r two back I've forgot.

Monkeyfeet, how are you xxx

Thanks Monkeyfeet, hopefully then I can start the minute we get back all though I really wanted to delay that period anyway just by a couple of days, it's the last thing you want on honeymoon isn't it.

Did your OH have to do a SA at your first appointment, our letter says we MAY be asked to do bloods, him a SA and myself a scan

He is on vitamins, doesn't have baths (he does wash haha he is a shower person), doesn't drink and hasn't touched a cigarette since the day he got the letter to say his count was low but even before then he was only smoking now and then. We still think the fact he missed the pot with the 'first bit' didn't help the results. Did your oh do another test at your first appointment? It just says he may be asked, I know he would really want to do one though.

Is down Regina the sniffers that I've seen you ladies refer to? Whats the point of them at CD21? I've read you have a scan at the beginning of your cycle, it's not while you actually are bleeding is it? I can't imagine that's a nice experience at all
Sorry for all the questions that I will no doubt find the answers to on Wednesday at the info evening.

Hi Tinkerbell, I just spent ages writing a message and then got logged out. So annoying!
Anyway, yes you ring the ACU on CD1, you will then be sent the appropriate drugs (sniffing down regulating drugs and the gonal f injections). Kazza and I have PCOS so went on to the birth control pill between CD1 and CD21 but if you have regular periods you wont need to do this. On day 21 you start the sniffing drugs. They down regulate your system which means they basically stop your body producing the hormones it normally would in a natural cycle. It puts you into a temporary state of menopause. You have a scan before starting the sniffing drugs where they check your follicles, but you don’t have your period at this point. Then after about 2 weeks (it was longer for Key as they were too busy to begin her on the injections) you start the gonal f injections which start your follicles growing and producing the eggs. They monitor you during this process with blood tests and scans, and when they feel your follicles are ready you take the trigger injection which I think matures your eggs in preparation to be collected.

I’ll attach the long protocol timeline they gave me which might help make it clearer. let me know if you can see it.

My OH was asked to give a SA at the first appt at the ACU, but doesn’t need to give another one for this round of ICSI. Hope this helps!

Hiya,

My Oh also did a sample on our first appt too!

I have nothing to add to Serenas post, she covered it all!!

Grr what a pain, I always write long posts and my stupid iPad closes the page down so I loose it all

Thank you for explaining all that, really helpful. Glad there is no scan during period and fingers crossed then I'll be starting the cycle that is due to start on/around the day we get home from our honeymoon no, I'm pretty much as regular as clockwork so I guess no need for the pill for me.

That attachment was a great help to read, thanks for sharing it.


Sounds promising he will get to do one then, he'll be pleased with that as he wants to see of these vitamins have helped at all

Excited for the information evening tomorrow although I bet I'll know it all now thanks to you lovely ladies x

Hello, - how are you all today?

Key - any news? i'm hoping no news is good news x

Kazza - how are you feeling now? I realised you'd messaged me below - yes I think it'd be a good idea to spend the money and move house - I think my husband pretty much feels the same. I just heard back from one adoption agency (TACT) that require you wait 1 year after IVF before you can even go to an information night! How rude is that? It's really insulting that because you've had IVF they think you must be having some kind of nervous breakdown. don't think we'll be going with them!
I think my CD1 should be between 19th and 29th March, but not sure if my cycles will be normal after the ICSI or if they might be a bit messed up.

Monkeyfeet - how are you getting on?

sorry all for the radio silence -I'm away with work for a couple of days so it's been really hectic.

Decided to not test in the end and am going to wait until the 10th - maybe my patience will be rewarded with good news!! Have to say am still feeling positive, but am not feeling at all pregnant. Don't have any symtoms of pregancy or AF - just feel completely normal (which is actually quite nice after all drugs)

Serena - can't believe you have to wait 1yr for one of the adoption agencies that seems crazy!
Tinkerbell- i think the ladies have covered everything - what a great wedding present to hopefully come back from honeymoon and then get BFP!!

Kazza & Monkeyfeet hope you're both good

k xx

Hi Key - you have amazing will power I'm very impressed. I'm not going to test next time either, and just have to hope I don't get my period early again!

You must be so excited about tomorrow. I have a very positive feeling about it for you too x

Tinkerbell - how did you find the info evening?

Sx