P.S. I agree, how cute are her dimples!!

Aw Future, she is just adorable!! She looks like she's having really happy dreams in that pic, look at her little smile! Enjoy getting to know her! xx

Hi future! Thanks for remembering us gals still on the journey. Your little girl is a real cutie with her little smile:-)
Its great to hear good news stories from yourself and Delilah it makes me think there is still hope and I just gotta believe it will eventually happen for all of us xxx

Thanks for your kind words ladies i feeling better today yes I agree it's those damn hormones ....

Hey girls!

How's everyone doing today?! I'm just sitting around waiting for the FS to ring me with an apt date lol! Well, not quite but I wish they'd hurry up and ring! All this waiting is driving me crazy In the meantime, I've been looking up supplements for dh. Quite like the sound of FertilAid and Count Boost but they're a bit on the expensive side (£63 from Amazon + postage) I know in the grand scheme of things it's not really a lot of money but I feel like I should be putting every penny towards the icsi at the moment... If it worked it would be great though!

Aleja, I've been reading up more on the whole icsi process and there seems to be a lot of monitoring involved? How often do you have to go see the FS before and after ov? Is the clinic nearby? Have you managed to get apts outside your working times or if not what have you told them at work? Sorry for the 101 questions!!! Hope you're feeling positive today When is your next injection? Have you felt sick/sore from any of them? (more questions! !)

Big to MrsP, mk8, MrsG, Sarah and anyone else I've forgotten to mention!!!

Hi broody hope you are well. Don't worry about all the questions . Ask away ! There is so much to take in I am glad to give you the info that I know . In terms of monitoring - it is all done by the nurses. We saw the FS a dew weeks ago and he ran through the protocol and he decided what meds i would use but since then i have dealt with the nurses. I contact FS via email if I have a question etc. tomorrow is my first monitoring (blood test & ultrasound) on CD8. The clinic opens at 7am so it gives ladies a chance to do monitoring before work . I think I will start going in for visits every few days as hopefully the follies are growing. The clinic is not too far from home but in morning traffic
When do u think your FS will call? The waiting drives me insane .....Injections- I am feeling bloated and crampy I just want to know what's going on in there!

Good luck with your apt tomor! Let us know how everything is looking! It's good that the clinic isn't too far from you. Mine is also quite close. Maybe 10-15 mins when there's no traffic. Makes me think about people who live a couple of hours from their treatment centre though, all that driving!!

Not sure when the FS will ring. I'm guessing they should have got the referral letter by now. Hopefully I'll hear something this week...fx'd! Just splashed out and bought CountBoost and FertilAid for dh. Cost just over €70 - ouch! And thats just for one months supply!😳 I figure we'll try it for the three months and then if we've no bfp either through icsi or miraculously naturally then maybe look for another SA to see if it's making any difference... Now just gotta get him to take them! He'll have to take 5 of them at different intervals during the day, would be much easier if he could just pop them all together in the morning! There must be a reason they're split up like that though...?

Hey broody I haven't heard of fertile aid and counterboost I will google to have a look. Is it different pills at different intervals? I just give DH a whole bunch of tablets every afternoon and he takes them in one big gulp yes it may feel like they are a splurge but if it means you will be improving MrBroody's spermy then that cannot be a bad thing.

Well the injections have worked . Today was my first and only monitoring visit as it turns out. I am bloated and crampy because I have a whole lot of follicles that have grown . I am taking injections for another 2 days and then straight to the egg collection surgery on Monday. Cant believe it I was expecting another week of injections or something. Yesterday my cousin rang me to announce she is 8 wks prggers . I got off the phone and burst into tears and couldn't stop I feel so mean as her dad is very sick and she has had lots of health issues herself but I couldnt help it. I felt so sorry for myself last night . Today is much better though as I got something to look forward to

How is everyone doing ???

I understand how you feel about your cousin, sometimes it's just so hard to hear other people's news But things are happening for you now and it'll be your turn very soon! Can't believe your egg retrieval is on Monday, it's all happening very fast! Will that be under local anaesthetic or do they knock you out? Will you have to take the rest of the day off work? Happy dance for all those little follies!!!! No wonder you're feeling crampy! I get bad pains the week coming up to ov and that's only with one follicle developing!!��

Oh, forgot to answer your question bout dh's supplements. They're both made by the same company. (Have a look at http://www.fertilaid.com) As far as I can tell he'll have to take one FertilAid three times a day and one CountBoost twice a day...

Hey girls

Future- your little miracle is gorgeous. Thank you for popping in to say hi to us

Broody & Aleja- Fabulous that you ladies are moving further along in your quest for that elusive BFP! Heh heh. You're going to see those two lines very soon, you HAVE TO! Have your other halves considered other methods to try to "improve" the spermies such as acupuncture? I have tried it and the lady says she does work on men also.

Mrs P- whats your next plan of action? Are you taking any herbs or doing any complementary therapies at all (such as reflexology, acupuncture etc)?

How is everybody else doing?

As for me, my FS appointment is getting closer (just under 2 weeks away). I am hoping that they find something that is easily fixable with a couple of pills or something and that will bring me my BFP! I am going to press for an HSG as everything else seems to be OK (though my progesterone was borderline and I have a high Free Androgen Index). I just pray that my tubes are fine. But then I am wondering if they are fine, what could the problem be? Ahhhh this TTC lark is a pain.