Anyone LTTTC in Australia :) ?

[wantingbubba7]

Hi just thought I'd try find people in Australia we are rare among the BnB forum.

 

[Jillie89]

I am from Australia! (Agree that there aren't a lot of us on here). I was a LTTTC person for 3 years before we had our daughter 6 months ago. We are about to go down the IVF road again in March. For all we know it could take us just as long or longer or not even happen again for us.

 

[JessieS]

Hi Ladies

I am from Australia too, SA to be exact. My DH and I have been ttc for just shy of 3 years and are headed to our first IVF the cycle after next which should be about 5 weeks away and I am one big ball of mixed emotions

 

[Jillie89]

Hi Ladies

I am from Australia too, SA to be exact. My DH and I have been ttc for just shy of 3 years and are headed to our first IVF the cycle after next which should be about 5 weeks away and I am one big ball of mixed emotions

Good luck on your IVF cycle! It is definitely a roller coaster of emotions and quite a journey. I have done 3 rounds and going back for our FET next month I was still a wreck starting all my meds for it on the weekend. I keep looking at the calendar counting down the days til the next parts of the process (stop BCP, blood test, start estrogen, go for lining scan, etc). I thought it would get easier, and in some ways it does, but still doesn't make it any less nerve wracking as the want for it to work is still so strong.

 

[wantingbubba7]

Hi Ladies,
Glad to see there are least a couple of us on here from Australia. I'm from Brisbane to be exact
Good luck on your FET and IVF cycles, fingers crossed for BFP's.
As for me I'm not quite there yet, just had my first IUI, will doing three of those and if not successful I will move onto ICSI mid year.

Good luck and keep me posted!!!

 

[Jillie89]

I am from Rockhampton in QLD.

Fingers crossed IUI works for you!

 

[Hopeful Cat]

Hi ladies..im in Melbourne. Hope our next/current cycles bring us our miracles

 

[JessieS]

Where are all you ladies up to in your ttc rollercoaster?

 

[Hopeful Cat]

Im currently PUPO with blood test on 27th. Had two 5 day blasts put in on Tuesday

 

[Jillie89]

Currently on down reg for a FET. Been on Synarel since the 8th Feb. CD 1 will be on Sunday when I start my progynova and then lining scan on 4th March. Hopefully a transfer of one of our blastocyst frosties around the 9/10th March.

 

[JessieS]

Oh Hopeful that's great! Fx it stays that way. How long till to u can test?

Jillie I am still a bit new to the assisted conception what's down reg?

 

[Jillie89]

Switching off my hormones and taking medications to prepare my lining for my transfer.

 

[Hopeful Cat]

6dp5dt today. Got a bfn yesterday with Fmu. Too nervous to test again. Im not going to cope well if this is another failed cycle blood test is Friday.

Ive never seen a positive pregnancy test in all my years trying

 

[MissCassie]

Hi Ladies :wave:

I'm from Brisbane and have been l ttc for about 3 years now. And have an appointment on Wednesday for ivf! Hopefully will get the ball rolling in march/April can't wait

Hope you all get that precious BFP very Soon!

 

[wantingbubba7]

Hi Misscassie, I'm from Brisbane as well. We are currently doing 3 rounds of IUI and then moving onto ICSI in a few months if it doesn't work. My first IUI didnt work so I'm onto the second one at the moment.

Good luck at your appt

 

[Jillie89]

So sorry Hopeful Cat - it does suck and never gets easier staring at a blank pregnancy test. There still is some hope but you won't know for sure til your BETA.

Good luck MissCassie and wantingbubba7!

We have survived cyclone Marcia here - lost power for 4 days, entire contents of fridge/freezer ruined, garden shed obliterated - many more unexpected expenses have been thrown at us from it now, right in the midst of paying for a frozen transfer... but here I am on countdown to my lining scan next Wed!

 

[wantingbubba7]

Thanks Jillie, my second IUI will be sometime next week.
Wow 4 days with no power that must have been so painful and losing all food in the fridge a very much unwelcome stress for you at the moment.
Hope your lining scan next week goes well.
Can I ask what is like going through ICSI? I am preparing myself for this by the middle of this year.

Hopeful Cat, how are you going?

 

[Jillie89]

Thanks Jillie, my second IUI will be sometime next week.
Wow 4 days with no power that must have been so painful and losing all food in the fridge a very much unwelcome stress for you at the moment.
Hope your lining scan next week goes well.
Can I ask what is like going through ICSI? I am preparing myself for this by the middle of this year.

Hopeful Cat, how are you going?

It isn't easy... but it is worth it in the end.

Emotionally I found was the hardest part. Emotional roller coaster. Constant worry about whether everything is going ok each cycle and having no control over any of it (follicle growth, number of eggs, number that fertilize, number of embryos, quality of embryos, etc. I just went from one worry to another).

I found the injections fine. No side effects compared to clomid. Egg pick up recovery was not too bad just a bit sore.

But after my first round ended in BFN the self hate set in worse than ever and I blamed myself and my body for killing a perfectly healthy embryo. Then second round ICSI was just as emotional when we had an early miscarriage. Self hate all over again and anger we had to spend more money to try and have a baby when everyone around us got it all for free. I remember screaming at my poor fertility nurse and specialist saying 'this is bullshit! When do you step in and ask why it isn't working when I am 24 and all you have told me is I have PCOS and do not ovulate and everything else looks perfect - what is causing my body to not grow these embryos?!?!' My FS then said if next transfer failed he would order more testing. We pushed on and ended up with our daughter after a FET.

Now we are just back to 'it may work, it may not'. I cried this morning... I am petrified of this whole journey yet again. I thought it would be easier but it isn't. I just know the process too well.

Happy to answer any questions!

Good luck on your IUI!!!

 

[Hopeful Cat]

Hey Jillie, glad u made it through Marcia in one piece. Im a FNQ girl but moved to melb a couple of years ago. I know how worrying a cyclone like that can be and the difficulties it can bring. So sorry to hear how hard your journey has been...vf isnt for the faint hearted. But you are an incredibly strong woman to have gone through it andcontinued. We pick ouselves up and keep going...it isnt fair at all. But u are an inspiration!

As for me, I got my very first faint bfp in my entire life last night. Another faint one just now. So happy to have made it further than ever before even if this pregnancy doesnt develop! Just had the missed beta call from the clinic but im waiting for hubby to come home in a couple of hrs before I call back for the results. My very very first bfp...after 6 tries and ending up using donor sperm. So happy right now!

 

[wantingbubba7]

Congrats Hopeful that is awesome news. Gives me hope as I have never seen a BFP either keep me updated on your betas.

Thanks Jillie, I've found the whole ttc such an emotional roller coaster I'm so nervous to start the ICSI process for that reason. I'm up and down with just the IUI process, I think my husband is scared of me haha.
Can I ask what the egg retrieval was like? Were you awake for the procedure? Also can I ask who you are going through> I am with QFG.
Thanks for sharing its really appreciated I'm sure I may have more questions later hehe I always think/worry about something.
Good luck for this time around, hopefully its a much quicker and easier one for you.