30 something and TTC #1 for a year

[brassy]

Hello ladies...

Hope everyone is having a nice weekend.
MrsP those scan pics are great. I can't believe it that it looks already like a little person. I admire you for not wanting to find out the sex! I think that I couldn't do it...

Snowflakes, I hope that the timing was right..but if your RE thinks you ovulate about a day after the Ovidrel why did they schedule the iui for thursday morning and not Wednesday everning? I am wondering...Your DH has great nos..

Broody I hope your follies are steadily growing!

Aleja, do you have any possible dates for the FET?

MrsP, I have a dominant ovary, but I have a feeling that the polyp was from the other side. I have read though that they believe that they might release some substances, proteins I think, which reduces the receptivity of the uterus. But we'll see. My medication is over, for which my stomach and I are really happy about, and I am starting to take the estrogen today. I think this is going to be the longest cycle I have ever had.

I hope everyone else is doing well!

 

[GettingBroody]

Brassy, I hope af doesn't stay away for too long and that you'll be on the road to your bfp really soon!

Afm, triggering in 35 mins! Going in for egg collection first thing Tuesday morning... Looking forward to the day off from injections tomor!

 

[brassy]

Good luck Broody! Hope they retrieve many healthy eggies!!! It's so exciting!

 

[aleja]

Hi gals
Broody OMG it's happening!!! GL with the egg pick up and make sure you keep hydrated x

Brassy I think I have a dominant ovary too I seem to ovulate a lot from the right one.. Or so the scans show.
How long are you taking the estrogen for ?
Yes I am having another FET on Saturday .. Can't believe it as its been such an easy cycle so far. I had one BT and scan which showed I was surging so OV today (thank you clomid!) 5 days later it's transfer time. The wierd thing is that I am not taking any meds so it really feels like a nothing cycle

MrsP I have a feeling you are having a little Miss P

Snowflakes I see your dilemma about early surge but I think you should take the OPKs and BBT with a grain of salt . I think you should trust the FS. Were your being monitored with bloods too?

Mk and mrsG and anyone else I missed hope you are well x

Cupcakes I hope your IUI is going well

 

[GettingBroody]

Hi girls,
So ER went well this morning. They got 8 eggs which is about what we were expecting (although before this whole process started I'd have been hoping for closer to 15 but it's all about the quality right?!) Was very sick after the anaesthetic but have just woken up now after a good sleep at home and feeling much better. Even managed to have the tea and toast that dh brought me up. Gonna snuggle down with a book now or maybe get some more sleep. Talk to you all later!

 

[MrsPTTC]

Pleased everything went well broody! Fxd!

Aleja GL with the FET sat!

Thanks brassy I'm quite proud of myself for not finding out, though we could change our minds on the day (24th oct) I doubt it & am determined not to!

x

 

[cupcakesarah]

Broody glad the egg retrieval went well, poor you being poorly after, as if we need anything to make the process worse. Aleja, good luck for Saturday, fingers crossed for you.

IUI this month seems to be taking ages, they doubled my menopur and the follicles are still not how they want so had another 2 days of injections when I went to clinic on Monday. Hopefully by the end of the week they'll have done the IUI. Got to go back tomorrow for another blood test and scan. On Monday I had 2 follicles that looked like they were becoming dominant, one at 13mm and one at 15mm. Had a bit of an incident on Monday on the way home from the clinic, the blood tests have been getting in top of me as well as all the needles, I nearly fainted in the car on the way home, had to pull off the motorway. I'm terrified of needles and have been coping so far quite well but I think I've had enough. Dreading tomorrows blood test, fingers crossed I won't be such a baby.

Good luck ladies with everything that's going on.

 

[mk8]

Hello ladies!

I'm sorry that I havent been around but I've been trying to keep myself occupied with other things and decided to take some time out from TTC obsessing.

How are you all today?

Mrs g- I totally understand your frustrations with regards to money. I'm in the uk and in my area we have to pay for all our own treatment. Like you, I have a pessimistic nature and go into things thinking it won't work. Dh tells me to stop thinking that way, it's hard but you have to try right? The mind is v powerful and watching the Paralympics recently really drums in the fact that if you want to do something mentally, you can!

Brassy- So pleased to hear the op went well, but sorry you felt sick after- hopefully that's you "fixed" and you get your bfp as soon as you TTC again!

Cupcake- good luck with the iui This cycle Hun. Sorry you had an incident. I can imagine how stressful these things are. Stay strong and focus on that bfp. Good luck with your next test.

Aleja- Hi Aleja- good luck with your fet this month. Whilst the protocol is the same, sometimes it can "just happen" and I hope it happens for you.

Snowflake- Good luck with iui! Hope you manage to find a way to relax during the tww. Sorry to hear the nurse was so useless- I've found my clinic to be the same! Yay to your mans superman swimmers though! Sorry you thought timing was off but hopefully it was a nice fresh egg with v long shelf life!

Mrs p- hello sexy mama to be! Your baby is cute!!!!

Broody- wow I've missed so much with you! Yay to 8 eggs! Wishing you lots of luck this cycle. Hope you're feeling ok today.

Something a lot if you mentioned- baby showers etc- tough! But I have actually received few- parent friends seem to have dropped me off their list and a few of them have actually turned quite catty. They don't know we r TTC and I'm trying to get on with life as much as poss and "enjoy the freedom whilst I can". They are finding it more difficult money wise as just one income coming into the home and quite frankly, when they ask what I've been up to,they make snide comments. They also expect me to work around them becayse they have kids. My other friend thinks its jealousy. Either way, I'm trying to steer clear of that bunch.

Afm- I'm joining the iui team soon too- next cycle (starts this weekend ish) - iui with injectables- gonal f low dose and double iui (two inseminations) and progesterone. Nervous, scared, pessimistic, hopeful, angry- going through all the emotions right now! Heheh

 

[aleja]

hi gals,
broody, well done 8 eggies is great. you are so right - its quality over quantity - there is plenty of women on bnb that only yeld a couple of eggs and presto they are preggers. Me on the other had did get a large number and will probably be doing another stim cycle if these FETs don't work

any news on fertilisation yet, and if you will have a 3 day or 5 day ET?

Cupcakes, the multiple BTs are not pleasant at all especially the bruising that sometimes happens depending on the nurses. Well hope you are good to go soon x

MK, reading your post about the parent club sounds so familiar to me. I have a few good friends who have had babies and they are now inseparable from them- mind you they all have husbands who I am sure could look after the bubba for a couple of hours. they will not go anywhere without the baby with then limits the types of places we can meet. This really annoys me so I too have distanced myself a little bit from this group. Its so hard feeling like the loser.
It's great news that your IUI is starting. Did your DH's medical condition get sorted?

 

[GettingBroody]

Hi mk8!! Good to hear from you! I can totally understand you taking time off from here! Good luck with your IUI - I really hope it does the trick for you!

Cupcake - good luck with your bloodtest today! Let us know how it goes

Afm, the nurse rang a while ago. Of the 8 eggs, 7 were mature but only 3 fertilised normally. Trying not to be down and stay positive but it's hard. She said we are possibly looking at a 3 day transfer now. To be honest I don't mind about that at all but worried about any of them even making it that far...

 

[cupcakesarah]

Hi MK8 nice to have you back, good luck with the IUI, it's an emotional rollercoaster this fertility treatment stuff, so i understand you going through all the emotions.

Blood test this morning was great, the nurse was lovely, chatted away at me and made me feel very at ease, few. Then i went for my scan and arghhhhhhhhhhh my follicles have all become overstimulated, i had 1 at 18, 2 17, a few 15's and 14. Basically potentially 7 eggs. The nurse talked to me about it and said the 3 options according to what the doctor says would be; cancel because of the risk of multiple pregnancies, turn into IVF cycle, but she doubted this because i've already started a LH surge or go ahead with IUI, but the doctor has to decide once he's seen the bloods. I go off to work, sceptical about what will happen. So they talk to the doctor in the morning and you call at lunch time. I was so nervous when i called. They decided to cancel, grrrrrrrr, so all those injections, blood tests, travelling 30 miles, 1 and a 1/3rd day missed pay in total because of going in late and many tears for nothing. She said we should abstain in the next couple of days, but you know what i think we may as well just have sex. I've not had much luck getting pregnant so far and the liklihood of all 7 follicles being released is slim. If i end up with multiple births then it's my own fault. At least my chances are surely increased??? You never know i could have a litter of babies!

Am i being stupid, trying to conceive when i have so many follicles? What would you ladies do?

Apparently this cycle won't count as one of our try's (we get 3 funded IUI, 2 funded IVF), but i think we'll go straight for IVF next time because of the way my body has responded to menopur.

 

[MrsG2010]

Cupcake, I'm sorry your cycle has been cancelled. My initial reaction to your question is no, I wouldn't ttc with 7 follicles. But I Would be tempted...


Broody, does that mean you have 1 for this cycle and freeze the other 2? What does day 3 transfer mean? Transfer 3 days from collection?


Snowflake, fingers crossed your timing was just right!

Mk, this is your first IUI right? You expect day 1 to be this weekend? Then I imagine you'll go in for day 3 scan and then start injectables? I know you were previously on clomid. Is that why you are on injectables now? Why prescribed
Progesterone?

MrsP, I would love to wait on the gender also but don't know if
I'd be able to! I'm guessing girl for you. Just because it's
Fun to guess. Any names picked?

Hi brassy! Aleja! anyone else I might have missed?

I am around day 21 of my second natural
Cycle since my failed IUI. Since I last posted my DH has agreed to
2 more out of pocket IUIs. I hope I don't need them but I'm relieved he's on board with essentially whatever's necessary. Hopefully next cycle (2 weeks from now approx) we can start IUI#2.

 

[GettingBroody]

Cupcake - aw hon, I'm so sorry this IUI had to be cancelled I can just imagine how are feeling. If I were you I'd be very tempted also but not sure if I'd be brave enough to go through with it. It is a really big risk but so tempting....

MrsG - yeah, a 3 day transfer is when they put the egg back 3 days after collection which for me would be Friday. If all the embryos are doing well then most clinics prefer to give them an extra few days to see which are the strongest. If the embryos are struggling then they usually prefer to transfer on day 3 in case none of them make it to day 5. In an ideal world, yes we'll put one back and freeze the other 2 but in real life it's not that simple. Lots of embies stop developing in the first few days or don't reach a high enough grade to survive freezing/thawing. So many hurdles. But I'm staying positive (or doing my best to!) and hoping they will all survive and keep growing happily in their little petri dishes! (or wherever they keep them!!)

 

[aleja]

Broody hang in there I am sure your embys will be fine.. All you need is 1 good emby I really believe that now x

Cupcake oh no what a disappointment
I can imagine how frustrating this is given all the hard work that has already gone into it. Your DH is the one with the super swimmers , right! If so I am not sure about BDing . Best case scenario is one or max 2 eggs meet the sperm and success .. However multiple babies increases risk . I guess one consolation is that you respond very well to meds and with closer monitoring you could yield lots of eggies if you pursue IvF
GL with whatever you decide.

Hi mrsG, that's great that your DH is on board again .

 

[MrsPTTC]

Hi ladies

Welcome back MK! How long have you been away for? It seems ages!

Broody – sorry to hear the fertilisation didn’t go as you’d have liked, but I have everything crossed that they grow and you can have your transfer Any news on how they’re doing?

Cupcake, sorry to hear your IUI was cancelled bloody typical! If I’m honest I don’t think we would have DTD, but more because DH wouldn’t have wanted to, rather than me, I’m reckless like that! But as you say the chances of them all releasing or being good enough quality I’m sure is pretty low…With both lots of follicle tracking I had one around the 14/15mm mark and they stopped growing and I only ovulated one egg.

MrsG, we have a few names but can’t agree on them! DH has rubbished almost all of my ideas and he keeps coming up with names from the 80’s and 90’s – does the man not know it’s going to be born in 2013?! The only boys name we both like is Harry, but DH thinks it’s too common cos it’s in the top 5 boys names and some lists have it #1… We both quite like Amber for a girl, I love Lily and he thinks it’s ok, I like Scarlett but he doesn’t like it and hates my other idea which was Violet! (says it’s vile – charming, a bit OTT!) Good luck with your natural cycle Mrs.

AFM, I got my NT & blood tests back and I’m low risk of downs syndrome! Low is apparently over 1 in 150 chance, and mine has come back 1 in almost 4000!!! It is a 10% error rate though..

x

 

[GettingBroody]

That's fantastic news MrsP!!!

We won't hear anything til tomor morning. Such a waiting game!

 

[mk8]

Hey ladies

Thanks for the good luck messages ladies.

Broody: 3 fertilised eggs is good hun. My friend had two and she got preggers so as the old cliche goes, it is about quality not quantity. Positive thoughts! Good luck with tomorrow!

Cupcake- sorry that your cycle had to be cancelled. I can imagine that's very disappointing but the good news is that you respond well. I guess it is a trial and error case where they see what to do next time. Were you on a relatively high dose? As for whether you should try naturally... hmmm, I would be very tempted but I don't know. They all say that there is a real danger with multiples... Good luck with whatever you decide.

MrsG- yes this will be my first IUI- scary! I was told to go in for my scan on day 2 and then yes, I will start injectables. I took clomid for 6 months before so they said no more for me! I am not sure why I am on gonal f and not something else. No idea what the difference is. I am starting on a low dose due to my age, despite my lowish amh. progesterone - not sure why but perhaps it is because my day 21 progesterone was borderline at 27nmol/l. They said if I get preggers, I should take it for 3 months!

Hopefully your natural cycle brings a miracle BFP! Otherwise- good luck with IUI 2!

How are you feeling Aleja?

Hi Mrs P! Hurrah to low risk of downs!

 

[MrsPTTC]

Thanks MK & Broody. Broody sending your embies lots of and hoping your news tomorrow is GREAT! GL with the IUI MK!

x

 

[GettingBroody]

Well, got phone call this morning to say we've two embies left. One 8 cell that's exactly where it's supposed to be and one 5 cell that slowed down overnight but might pick up again in the next few hours. So they want us to come in today at 1230. Definitely putting the 8 cell back and they'll decide later about the 5 cell. Big relief they made it today!! Just want to get them (or at least one!) back where they belong now!! Went for a lovely stroll with the dogs earlier to relax myself a bit, waiting for acu now, then transfer, more acu, collapse and relax for the evening!!!

 

[mk8]

Good luck!!!!!!!!!!