Anyone starting IVF cycle in April/May?

[star25]

Hope the migraines better today lizzie?

Ahh that makes sense now about the embryoscope twinkle

How are you today mowat? Keep busy and time will fly by!

 

[lizzie78]

Horrid thing still here. I think I really need to go to bed but I can't take the day of sick as there is too much urgent work that I need to deal with. Trying to push through so that I can crawl into bed early tonight. I'm on leave tomorrow so a few days away from a computer screen should see it off.

hope everyone else is ok?

xxx

 

[star25]

Hi, does sound like the sooner you get some rest the better, how long are you on leave for?
I'm ok thanks but feel af coming so the cramps aren't good, CD35 today so not too late for me, just hope the next 2 cycles come quick!

 

[lizzie78]

Just the day Star but I need it. I'm still covering for my manager so stress levels are sky high

A bit of positive news for you. My AF is normally terrible, I take codeine and still end up barely able to walk however, after 3 weeks on IVF meds I am barely feeling it, just 'normal' cramps

 

[mowat]

Hope you feel better soon Lizzie.

I'm on vacation for the next couple of weeks so I'm thinking time is going to pass rather quickly. Loading up on beer and seafood. Yum!

 

[star25]

I feel for you lizzie,I was awake most of last night in agony, can't bear it!

 

[emz1200]

Hiya,

Star, Lizzie I hope you are both feeling better today.

Twinkle - I think we will be doing our next fresh cycles around the same time again as we are aiming for Sept/Oct.

I received my letter from the Clinic yesterday just detailing what happened etc, we have got 1 frostie but we have decided to do another fresh cycle as there is a chance that the frostie won't defrost properly so we are going to see if we can get a few more to freeze this time round.
They are going to up my meds on the next go because I had such a poor amount of eggs collected (only 4) so hopefully we will get a better result next time.

xx

 

[star25]

Hi emz, I might be cycling at the same time too as planning to start on my Sept cycle, be good if we're at the same time and twinkle and we all get bfps!
What meds were you on before emz?

 

[emz1200]

Star - I was on a nasal spray that I can't remember what it was called for the down regs & Gonal F injections for the stims.
It would be good if we were all doing our cycle at about the same time, I just wish the time would go quicker

 

[twinklemama]

Hi girls, hope you are all well!

Lizzie, hope ur feeling ok now and the headaches are not still troubling u. Are u using the gonal-f pens? I used them on my second cycle, so muh easier than syringes!

Star, Emz, it would be great if we're all together next time. The support here is fantastic.

Emz, you're brave to be doing another fresh cycle, but I can say we'd do exactly the same thing. Means u don't have to worry about ur frostie not making it through the thaw.

Mowat, enjoy ur few weeks holiday! Sounds fab!

AFM, went to the open day at Sims in Dublin yesterday, got talking to a consultant briefly and gave him a bit of a rundown on our journey so far. He reckons I need steroids and clexane next cycle, would need more immune testing to see if intralipids/IVIg needed. My current clinic really are not convinced by all of this stuff, so we don't know what to do! Don't want to burn bridges at my clinic as they've been fantastic and I also don't fancy a 5 hour round trip for every scan, but they might just be able to get me to stay pregnant! Any thoughts??

 

[star25]

Hi twinkle, I'm not sure what everything is yiu mentionned but if I think you should do all you can so you can be satisfied that you have tried everything that may be needed, I dont think you will burn your bridges as the clinic you are currently with will understand you may wish to look into things further. The travel does have to be considered though because of the expense as you dont need added stress, what does your dh think?

 

[lizzie78]

Hi Ladies,

Emz, I think you are doing the right thing going for another fresh round. There is a lady that I talk to on another forum and they had one frostie so were going for FET but it didn't defrost properly. It was heartbreaking because she was all set for transfer that day. I think it's better if you have a few so that you have a higher chance of them defrosting ok. Sods law says that if you had three then the first one would be fine but still at least this way you have better odds I would think. It would be great if they can get you responding better too

Twinkle - Gosh that's a tough one. I can only speak from my own experience but because of where I live I had the choice of quite a few clinics within and hour/hour and a half drive so really went through all the options. The reason I went with the one I'm at is because it had the higher successful pregnancy rate for my age range and also specialised in mfi. So far so good. I obviously don't know whether all of this is going to pay off and actually work for me but I had to base the decision on something. (I also preferred the staff at this clinic but that's kind of by the by). My clinic do use clexane and steroids. I have clexane in my own protocol and I think the steroids are used in cases where they suspect or know of certain immunology issues. You can't ignore the travellign issue though as that will take a toll on you mentally, physically and financially. It probably comes down to whether you think you would gain more from a different protocol approach than you would lose from the travelling. Could you maybe book an initial consultation to really talk through your options in detail before making a decision?

Star - hope you are ok hunni and the waiting isn't driving you loop the loop!?

Mowat - im still drooling at the thought of beer and seafood lol.

Afm, had my down reg scan this morning to confirm that the buserelin has done its job. It hasn't Apparently it can also encourage things to work rather than suppressing them and that's whats happened with me. Instead of everything being dormant I have three large follies. So, they have upped my dosage and I have to go back for another scan in a week. Im a bit gutted tbh, I fee rough on the stuff and desperately wanted to move onto stimms today. Im also worried in case I still don't respond and the cycle gets cancelled. At this rate I might end up cycling with you all after all

 

[star25]

Hi lizzie, sorry to hear today didnt go as planned, how long have you been on down reg meds for now? Sending you hugs and hope you move on to stimms very soon, I'm ok thank you, just counting down til I can start and looking forward to next appointment next thurs

How are you mowat? enjoying the seafood I hope for us all! I love seafood

Yearningheart, is your scan in the next couple of days?

 

[star25]

Twinkle, my consultant said I would have gonal f pen, you've made me feel better about it

 

[mowat]

Yesterday included clams, mussels and lobster. Today more clams. Tough work this holiday!

 

[star25]

Love lobster! Luckily we have a lot of seafood restaurants where I live as ive got the day off today and your tempting me, enjoy your hol!

 

[lizzie78]

Mowat I can't begin to tell you how much more unappealing my chicken salad looks now compared to the idea of clams, mussels and lobster. In my mind I have also added a lovely large glass of ice cold rose - yum! Hope you are having a fab holiday

 

[mowat]

First I'll brag about what I ate today! Fish and chips for lunch. Lobster and quahaugs for dinner!

Okay, back to reality. So I finished my 21 days of birth control a couple of days ago, and today AF started on day 24. Is that weird? I called in to the clinic and left a message. THey emailed to say everything was still on track for u/s and transfer this month. But because my cycle has been shorter this month, that means the u/s will be on day 19 and transfer day 23. If my cycle is only 24 days is this alright? Hmmm. Waiting to hear back from the clinic. So difficult when we're on the other side of the country and cell reception is spotty to say the least. Opinions?

Ice cold rose? Do describe! It's horribly hot and humid so that sounds refreshing.

 

[lizzie78]

What on earth is a quahaug????

I meant a glass of rose/pink wine. I'm a red wine drinker normally but in the summer when it's hot like it has been here for the last few days I love a glass of chilled rose.

I think that sounds ok to be honest mowat. The clinic do generally know what they are about and I guess really it's no different to women who's next period is later than expected after the bcps and I'm sur they just wait for the bleed before carrying on. Hope the clinic gets back to you to put your mind at rest though.

Do you know, I bet at the rate I'm going we will end up in the tww together, assuming I don't get ohss of course

How is everyone else?

Xxx

 

[star25]

Hi sorry I cant help mowat, not too knowledgeable on timings etc but like lizzie said I'm sure your clinic wouldnt advise anything that wouldn't be good for you, sorry I cant remember if you said but how many embryos will you have transferred?

I'm ok thank you lizzie, af only lasted 5 days which is good, meet with researcher next thurs so looking forward to that, id e mailed her to ask if the scratch would be effective still by Sept but didn't get an answer by the following day so I called and spoke to
Someone and she sent the most apologetic e mail yesterday for not replying and how she is excited about helping us through the ivf so that was nice

How are you emz, twinkle, jackdoll and yearningheart?