Anyone attending ACU ninewells hospital Dundee??

[wishingalways]

It doesnt sound like dundee is a very good place to go, makes me wish it didnt take so long to get to spires in edinburgh, I wonder if it would delay the process or if because they are a private hospital it would be quicker to get started. It just feels very impersonal in dundee. What do you think. X

 

[Wallie]

It totally up to you. The girl I work with had IVF and she's got two gorgeous girls now who are two and a half. It worked first time for her. I wouldn't dislike it as much if they just managed to get me pregnant!

 

[wishingalways]

It totally up to you. The girl I work with had IVF and she's got two gorgeous girls now who are two and a half. It worked first time for her. I wouldn't dislike it as much if they just managed to get me pregnant!

I know, im going to stay positive, its the omly thing I know how. X

 

[girlydreamer]

I know how you feel trying to concieve first child and every day waiting feels like a month I phoned dundee to ask when i should get appointment and also how long waiting list is for private iui ( cant afford ivf) and she told me 8 months i know this may sound stupid to some of you ladies but even that feels too long im so impatient. Im now thinking about trying to get lap from gyno and clomid as when i went to doctors he told me one blocked tube and dont ovulate but as soon as he found out my partner had really low sperm he just referred us. I really want a lap and then clomid as im hopeful it will happen while on the waiting list if it didnt i honestly think i would crack up.

 

[Wallie]

That is a long time waiting on a private IUI. The only reason I can think why there's such a wait as they closed down for about 4 months last year, so the waiting list will be longer but they have to get the same amount of patients through this year to make up for it, so they'll be super busy.

I think I had to wait from April until about June/July in 2010 for my IUI. Missed a month due to a cyst and then tried again the following cycle.

Every cycle to me is a missed cycle!

 

[Fifer77]

I think once you know that fertility treatment is the only way forward you naturally want to just do it. You've already spend months, years, on opk, temping, soy, etc...the list goes on. It's only natural to be frustrated with more obstacles. We didn't get to start right away at spire, there was a few months wait before we finally got going.

Only you can decide what the right way forward is. Knowing how long some appointments are (some days you can be in and out in 20 mins) and how frequently you are there I would always look to doing your treatment as close to home as possible. I remember after my egg collection being so relieved I was only 15 mins away from my own bed.

Girlydreamer, hope you can get your doctor to help. Ive never taken clomid, we were told at ERI it was straight to ICSI for us. Can't believe it's an 8 month wait for IUI as well, although I guess if they do medicated rounds (I've no idea about this) I guess they still have to monitor and of course time it perfectly. Nothing about infertility is straightforward is it!

Fifer x

 

[wishingalways]

Girlydreamer, thaat is such a long wait I feel for you, if they told me I had to wait 8 months I tbnink I would crack up. You need to find a project, thats what has always got me through, focusing on something else and the time seems to go much quicker, as I have over indulged hughley over the last few months I am going to go back to the gym and try to get really fit in preparation for pregnancy. I put on over 5 stone in my lastpregnancy and vow that will not happen this time. I know its noteasy but keep taking the vitamins and def worth giving soy a try if they wont give you clomid as its meant to mirror what clomid does I think. Also for sperm the doctor told us yesterday that vitamin c helps alot, new studies been done apparently with good evidence. X x let us know how you get on. X

 

[WoodvilleGirl]

Hi Ladies

It's a late night post for me - we're leaving at 2am to drive to Edinburgh for our flight, so I decided there was no point in going to bed. DH is upstairs sound asleep and I'm just pottering around getting everything tidied up before we leave.

Wishingalways, sorry to hear you're feeling deflated after your appointment. It's the continual waiting from one appointment to the next that gets to you, I sometimes wonder how many hurdles you have to get over. Keep positive though, we all want the same thing on here and it's good to be able to read everyone else's posts. I think the appt we have on the 27th Feb will be the same as the one you had on Thursday. We're still waiting on the results of DH's first sample, so don't know if there are any issues there (they weren't able to tell us last time we were there, even although he had handed in the sample about 3 weeks before. He's back on 9th Feb to give another one, so fingers crossed those results will be ready for our appt. I've not had my AMH levels checked yet and we've still to get the other standard blood checks, so I'm hoping they will do all of that when we're there, but I do worry how long those results will take. Having spoken to the GCRM this week, it's amazing the difference in how quickly the results of the tests they take are ready.

I hope you all have a positive next couple of weeks. I'm hoping I'll be around from time to time to catch up, as we'll have wifi access when we're away. I went to see my acupuncturist today and he told me just to enjoy myself over the next couple of weeks, relax and try not to worry!! Easier said than done

Speak soon xx

 

[girlydreamer]

Thanks Ladies for all your advice and positive words think im going to try soy and vitamin c . I will keep you all posted on how it goes. Wishing always i also need to hit the gym as have piled on the weight in the last few months. I just need to look at chocolate and i put on weight lol and the last thing i need is to go to dundee and be told to lose weight i hope you dont have to wait too long for your treatment and hope you keep us updated on how it goes.
woodville girl I hope you enjoy your holiday

fifer 77 we have also been referred for icsi but three year waiting list my friend went to spire after getting icsi at dundee and it worked second time. shes now pregnant again naturally after buying a fertility spell off ebay which is quite a strange one.

Heres hoping we are all get our bfp in 2012

 

[wishingalways]

girly dreamer i am intrigued, whats a fertility spell? Its seem to be quite common falling pregnant naturally after ivf or icsi, it must be all the hormones in your system, your meant to be very fertile after giving birth, so they say. xxx

I have worked out my cycles and looks llike my first attempt will be the cylce of april so if it works i will be due around 1st jan 2013. lol jumping the gun a bit but just playing with dates. xx

 

[girlydreamer]

This woman on ebay mia i think her name is does a fertility spell it sounds a bit weird i know but her feedbacks really good. If you dont get pregnant within three months you get a refund my friend bought one and it worked for her. To be honest i only think it works for some people because it relaxes them and then it happens naturally. I havent tried it as not really a believer but a lot of women have.

 

[wishingalways]

Hi Ladies,

Well got some good news and bad news. Couldnt believe it when after only two weeks after having my AMH blood test at the clinic, i had my results lying on the floor...... it was in about a million bits because the dog had decided to chew the letter but we still had them. Bad news is the results are not great. My AMH level came back at 5pmol/l which having done a bit of investigation is the lower end of low, and should really be alot higher for my age..... I am 32. I dont really know how to feel, im trying to stay positive and not let it get to me but it is really hard. I know this probably means that the dose of drugs i will be on will be high and that i may not produce that many eggs....... what has everyone elses results been. xx

Anyway at least we are one step closer to it all beginning, just need to wait for the invoice, pay the bill and wait for my AF to arrive to start.

How is everyone else getting on.

Oh and thank God its friday. xx

 

[Wallie]

That's good that you heard back so quickly. My dog has done the same with letters, important ones too!

My AMH level was 5 too! I've had a good response on both cycles so far. First was gonal f and the last was menopur. I think I was on the higher dose but the clinic have not said anything about being worried about the results.

I hope that puts your mind at rest...

 

[Wallie]

BTW only a week today and I have my baseline scan and find out if I get to inject stims. I hope everything goes as expected, last cycle my lining was not thin enough and I had to wait a couple of weeks extra. Anyway, what will be will be...

 

[wishingalways]

Awww thanks wallie, the flood gates have opened and i cant stop crying thinking its not going to work but that has made me feel better about it all..


How exciting only a week to go till your scan, im right behind ya. keeping it all crossed. xx

 

[Fifer77]

Hi wishing & wallie,

Wishing, as wallie says, try not to get too hung up on a number. The number helps plan your treatment to help maximise the response! You are one step closer to getting started and that can only be a good thing! I had a good AMH number (can't remember now, something like 24) and I didn't respond particularly well. Try not to let these things get you down.

Wallie, fantastic news about getting started. Everything crossed that this cycle is the one!

ATM. Had our follow up appointment this week. It was ok I guess. There appear to be no real answers as to why our first go didn't work. We are going to be doing the long protocol rather than the short this time as well as increasing our dosage on our stims slightly. My e2 levels trebled in 2 days last time my dosage was increased so our consultant was hesitant about going too far. Guess this whole process is just trial and error which isn't great when the time, emotions and money are so great. Ah well.... Probably start at begining of April so the wait begins

Fifer x

 

[Wallie]

How are you all doing ladies. Anyone else started their IVF? I just started stimming on Friday, so done two injections so far.

 

[wishingalways]

Hi Wallie, its weird i was just about to post on here today as my pack arrived on friday..... SO excited i just cant wait to get started. I start taking my spray on about the 27th March... wish it was then already.

So how are the injections going, are they sore, where do you have to put them and are you feeling any different, sorry with the 20 questions.

How is everyone else doing. xx

There is an info event at ninewells on the 5th march... is anyone going or has anyone been to one... having read so much on these forums is it worth going? I will have trouble getting childcare because its at night but im going to try.

xx

 

[Wallie]

Hi Wallie, its weird i was just about to post on here today as my pack arrived on friday..... SO excited i just cant wait to get started. I start taking my spray on about the 27th March... wish it was then already.

So how are the injections going, are they sore, where do you have to put them and are you feeling any different, sorry with the 20 questions.

How is everyone else doing. xx

There is an info event at ninewells on the 5th march... is anyone going or has anyone been to one... having read so much on these forums is it worth going? I will have trouble getting childcare because its at night but im going to try.

xx

Oh that's good that you're starting soon. It soon comes round really. I hope you're not dr'ing for long. I always seem to have to wait 3+ weeks before they get me to start stims.

I would really try and go to the info evening. It's a bit odd, no-one knows whether to speak to one another after it as you can get coffee and a biscuit but the information they give it worthwhile.

I haven't really found the injections that sore and they go in my stomach just to the left or right of my belly button. The two I've done this cycle so far have been easy peasy! I'm on menopur this cycle, same as last time, 300 iu which I have to mix. I have one water and four vials of menopur. It's a bit fiddly when you mix the first few times but I'm an expert now and quite enjoy it.

I feel I've put weight on, 3lbs or so, so I feel a frump. I tried to lose some weight at the start of the year but that came to nothing. Now I'm kicking myself. Half a stone would have made me very happy.

I don't really feel any different. I was a little weepy to start with and I had sore heads but I go to acupuncture and she sorted that out for me. I also had a few hot flushes too.

 

[wishingalways]

Wallie, thats really good that the injections are not too bad. I am a little frustrated because i have to start d/r on day 21 of my cycle but I have to wait for the beginning of a new cycle so i can phone them and tell them and I feel like i am wasting a month. Im on day 6 just now and could easily start on day 21, but they say i have to wait until the start of my next af and then wait till day 21 of that cycle... it doesnt make any sense and im totally inpatient just wanting to get it started. I am hoping to phone them and see if i can persuade them to let me start this cycle but im sure they are just going to fire me down.

I am a nurse so mixing the drugs is all ok but im really nervous about giving them to myself, it just seems so strange but im sure i will get used to it.

In 3 weeks time i will be going to my acupuncturist weekly so hopefully she will be able to help me if i have any symptoms.

xxx