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[terripeachy]

Galvan-Now you're moving to GA?! hee hee. I guess that's good. It's better to be in the states especially if you need a surgery. Hope all goes well with the move and the visa!

someday-HA!!HA!! I hope you stay out 3 weeks too. How fun. My follies have to reach >18 for me to trigger, so it won't be long now. Any number is good, but I'd rather have more so that we can freeze some if need be. If the fresh ones work, I'm happy with that too though. We'll see...

 

[Spudtastic]

Hi Everyone

How are you all?

Galvan - sorry about the BFn and the witch Fingers crossed for next time.

Fezzle - where in the South West do you live? I'm from Exmouth, Devon.

Rainshiny - congrats on dw's raise

Terri - I just want to say that the Orioles sound like something yummy with cream. Mmmmmmm, chocolate.

Kbrain - glad the scan went well.

Nikki - OMG kids are hilarious. Not that it makes us feel any better. We have a wooden budha statue in our house with a huge fat belly. The other day I got out of the shower and dd points to my stomach and says 'budha, budha'.

Someday - I am glad you are recovering now. I hope you don't get too bored.

Hi Moni, kfs and Doxi and any one else I've missed.

AFm - I know I shouldn't have but I used my last FRER to test today. BFN. I'm only 9dpo but I just felt soooooo sure that this was the month. Still not out just yet but I'm not feeling hopeful anymore.
Thanks for the alcohol drinking tips on the TWW. I think I would go crazy to not drink every TWW.
Feeling a bit down as six friends/acquaintances had a baby this last month and two others are pregnant. I'm very happy for them but I just can't help feeling slightly sad.

 

[Spudtastic]

I've also been wondering as dh went to the doctors last month for a general health check up....... he was told he's overweight, has high cholesterol and high blood pressure. He has medication for it now. His diet is pretty crap and doesn't exercise and he suffers with gout alot. He tried this sept to eat well and get to the gym and drink less so I was hopeful but slowly he's going back to the bad diet.

(We're trying to sell our business as it's too time consuming and has been very very stressful this month. Sadly, there was a tragic and fatal accident which has been hard for everyone involved. A very sad time indeed).

Does anyone have any experience or knowledge of how the man's diet affects his swimmers etc. I'm wondering since his awful drop in health it could be a part of it.

 

[Nikki1979]

Spud - Sorry about the trying times. I hope the situation gets better soon. Diet does affect sperm quantity/quality. Does your DH take any supplements? Selenium, Zinc and Vitamin C are all beneficial for men. I am not sure but I think Vitamin E helps too.

Terri - 13 sounds really good. Hoping there are more hiding in there. How many days after trigger is retrieval. I hope you get to enjoy your game.

 

[terripeachy]

I'm hoping that after retrieval I get a few 5 day embryos. Although I did 5 day last time so maybe a three day would be better. Who knows? I'll enjoy the game either way. The question is, how many beers will I be able to drink-ha ha.

Spud, they say that food and alcohol affect the swimmers but I think it all depends on the person. Sorry you're going through so much with DH and the business. Go get some FRERs and you'll feel better.

 

[GalvanBaby]

Terri, yeah we haven't been happy here since moving here 4 years ago. I miss GA and trust my Gyno 110% there.

 

[Spudtastic]

God I've turned into such a poas addict and I never thought I was that kind of person.

But I did another one this afternoon (an unopened bix of frers is like an open packet of biscuits saying eat me eat me) and I think I see a feint line.
Will do another in the morning and update. This is why I shouldn't poas still af is due because I'm all wobbly will potential excitement.

 

[Nikki1979]

Spud - Fingers crossed it gets darker tomorrow.

 

[KBrain3377]

Hi Spud - any update???? FX for you!!!! And I'm sorry for the rough time that you're having, hope your DH gets himself into better health.

Galvan - sorry the witch got you, but you have a great attitude about it.

Terri -I love your attitude too, you just ooze positivity! You seem like the kind of person everyone should have in their lives, who tries to see the good side of everything.

AFM, this last week has absolutely kicked my ass ladies. I don't remember quite this kind of debilitating fatigue with my DS, or maybe I was just so excited the first time around (plus I didn't have a 14 month old to chase around EVERY MINUTE OF THE DAY). Don't get me wrong, I love him more than life - but AHHHHHHHHHH. I spent most of the weekend in bed trying to sleep while my DH took care of our son, which was awesome except that my son kept looking for me so in reality I got very little nap time. Oh well.

 

[Taurus8484]

I have been MIA again…………busy busy busy

Nikki – I think your test results look good……nothing there I would be too concerned about……when do you see FS?? Did you have your Vitamin D checked also??

Galvan – sorry to see AF got you…..

Rain – Yay for the wifey raise……………and it seems like things are moving with the adoption as well

Fezzle – Yay for +OPK!!!!!!!!!! When is your FS appointment?? May it’s a progesterone thing the spotting until AF…??

KBrain – Great news about your scan……….

Someday – glad to hear surgery went well. Relax for the next 3 weeks and put your feet up to rest……….

Doxie – good news about your bloodwork…………. about hubby sperm…….like Moni said, there is IUI and IVF

Peachy – 13 Follies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Big YAY!!!!!!!!!! Grow follies, grow!!!!!!!! When they taking them??

Book - where are you????

Hi everyone else..........

afm - its a public holiday on Monday here so no work.......heading to beach house for the 4 days on Friday so I will be MIA again as have no internet connection over there........but I will be stalking until Thursday night........

 

[terripeachy]

Morning Taurus/Nikki! I have to go back to the office tomorrow to check on my follies. My estrogen is getting high because I have more follies than last time they said. Today it was at 3075 or something like that. Yesterday it was 2352, so it's really pumping. I will use a different trigger if it gets over 4k, but not sure what the other trigger shot does differently. Either way, I'm guessing that my retrieval may be Thursday morning. Which will be great because the baseball game is Friday. i'm just keeping my fingers crossed that tomorrow's update is a great one.

Gotta run.

 

[Nikki1979]

Morning Terri - I hope everything goes as planned today. Do you have to rest after retrieval or okay to go back to work?

 

[Fezzle]

Hi all- just popping in

Spud- I'm in Bristol so not as SW as you! Good luck with all the business stress.

Terri- hope you get your retrieval before the game so you can drink!

My appointment with the specialist is Sat. morning. I'm on CD 10 today so I'm going to start peeling on the OPKs tomorrow. Even though I didn't get a peak until CD24 last cycle, it was a particularly stressful time with the move and OH's dad, so that might have delayed things.

 

[Nikki1979]

I have been MIA again…………busy busy busy

Nikki – I think your test results look good……nothing there I would be too concerned about……when do you see FS?? Did you have your Vitamin D checked also??

Galvan – sorry to see AF got you…..

Rain – Yay for the wifey raise……………and it seems like things are moving with the adoption as well

Fezzle – Yay for +OPK!!!!!!!!!! When is your FS appointment?? May it’s a progesterone thing the spotting until AF…??

KBrain – Great news about your scan……….

Someday – glad to hear surgery went well. Relax for the next 3 weeks and put your feet up to rest……….

Doxie – good news about your bloodwork…………. about hubby sperm…….like Moni said, there is IUI and IVF

Peachy – 13 Follies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Big YAY!!!!!!!!!! Grow follies, grow!!!!!!!! When they taking them??

Book - where are you????

Hi everyone else..........

afm - its a public holiday on Monday here so no work.......heading to beach house for the 4 days on Friday so I will be MIA again as have no internet connection over there........but I will be stalking until Thursday night........

Taurus - I see my FS on November 20th..so almost 7 weeks. For some reason 2 months sounds longer than 7 weeks. According to online reviews, she is really really good but a bit rude and cold. I would rather have someone who knows what she is doing rather than friendly and not know her stuff but would have been nice if she was both. Yep I have had my vitamin d checked. Last year when I had my miscarriage, it was really low so I am taking 3000iu vitamin d daily.

Enjoy your weekend away - our next public holiday is Melbourne cup.

 

[terripeachy]

Here's my disheartening update.
The nurse reduced my medicine last night and when I went for a follicle check today, everything looked exactly like it did yesterday. The rude nurse was there, and she said 'See you tomorrow. You practically live here. We should get you a cot.' So no trigger tonight, which is terrible. I bet you I will trigger tomorrow and that means retrieval Friday. The worst part is that the game on Friday is either going to be at noon or 3pm. At this point, I have to hope for a 3pm game, or for my follicles to not grow overnight, and do a trigger on Thursday. I'm upset.

 

[moni77]

Terri, maybe the nurse didn't know how to use the machine..you mightstill be good fit Thursday, otherwise I'm feeling Saturday... .


AFM..I graduated from the RE today...Scan went great.

 

[Rainshiny]

Terri honey, the good news is the follicles are comin along, right? I'm glad you are so passionate about baseball that it eclipses the whole ivf stress---luv ya!! FX that the schedule works out.

Spud-- updates??

Fez- I love opks.

Taurus- you all are close to the beach, right?

Kbrain, hope u get some rest!

 

[Spudtastic]

Hi.

Terri - big hugs. I hope you are able to get the tests done at the right time. And if not I find chocolate cake does the trick

Thank you everyone for your kind words about the business stress. It is spring here (in , new Zealand) and the days are getting warmer and longer which helps.

Can you believe I had dud frers. Had to go wait until today to get to the supermarket for some more. I haven't been yet.

 

[Spudtastic]

Fezzle - I hope everything goes more smoothly after the house move and I'm sorry to hear about ohs dad

Moni - I'm glad the scan went great.

 

[terripeachy]

Bookwrmgal-Ok...you've been gone a while. Where are you, babe? Hope all is well.

Spud-What? Dud FRERs? Now is not the time for that!

Rain-Thanks. Both things are at the top of my brain. In addition to my schoolwork but luckily it's not that bad at this point in the semester. My work is slacking, but work will always be there, so no sweat.

My nice nurse called and said my estrogen is still on the rise, but my P is still low, which is good. My meds are decreasing again and I will most likely trigger tomorrow night and use a different trigger. I'm feeling better now. It is what it is.