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Bluebell it will be nice to have someone to share things with, we can spur each other on! xx

Minno, I read that about the water I am sitting here forcing my 3rd pint down with dinner and feel fit to burst!!! Lol xxx
 
Macca, good for you trying to drink all that water. I thought I would cut out my tea drinking and stick to water once the injections start. I really struggle to drink water. I don't know whether I should have started earlier but hey ho! I thought I was being good saying no to a glass of wine with our Chinese takeaway last night!! Felt a bit upset last night as a close male friend just told me his wife is pregnant. It seems as if all our friends have had or are having babies at present.
 
Bluebell bun said:
Macca, good for you trying to drink all that water. I thought I would cut out my tea drinking and stick to water once the injections start. I really struggle to drink water. I don't know whether I should have started earlier but hey ho! I thought I was being good saying no to a glass of wine with our Chinese takeaway last night!! Felt a bit upset last night as a close male friend just told me his wife is pregnant. It seems as if all our friends have had or are having babies at present.
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Hey Bluebell, I'm finding drinking the water really tough, I usually only have one small bottle a day! I had a glass of wine earlier in the week when I was out with work but I regretted it afterwards! I just thought what's the point in even having a glass!

I'm sorry to hear you were upset at hearing that news, I know how tough it can be! The timing couldnt be worse either when your about to go through a cycle of treatment!! I have had 9 announcements in the last 3 months all within my inner circle of friends and family. I'm at the point where I actually now feel relieved that there are no announcements left to be made! I've also taken myself off Facebook whilst we go through the ivf.

I hope that you get your bfp from this cycle, I will be keeping everything crossed for you!!! Hopefully we will both be celebrating in October!!! Xxxx
 
Hi ladies :hi:
Im looking forward to reading through this whole thread. Im in Northern Ireland and have had one failed ICSI cycle. We're looking at doing a cycle soon at GCRM using the Belfast satellite service. So we would get our consultations, scans and drugs in Belfast but EC/ET in Glasgow. Really keen to learn about everyone elses expereinces there and if there are any other NI ladies who have gone to GRCM. I'm in the older age group, nearly 40 and have low ovarian reserve, low AMH and high FSH. There probably isnt much hope but we really want to know we have tried our best. Good luck to you all.

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Three birds, hi and welcome to the thread. So far our experience has been very positive. The staff all seem very nice and helpful. We are just waiting for AF to arrive to start stimming. This is our first cycle so can't offer you any comparisons. Good luck to you, hope you have a positive result.
 
Threebirds, you'll not go wrong with GCRM they are great and good luck.

Well I had planned in trying my frostie this cycle but I'm not mentally ready for it yet. After 4 failed Cycles I just feel this one may be my last try, so I want to get healthier with my eating and be mentally ready for whatever the outcome will be.

It's hard going just now, I'm not the happiest. I so want a family but I'm now scared to try again of what it will mean if it fails.

Around about now last year I had 5 friends giving birth and of course now is their 1st birthdays. Just makes me realise we are still no further forward in getting our family. People don't know how lucky they are...
 
Hi Wallie, hi ladies :wave:

Macca, Bluebell - it sounds like things are moving along well - exciting times! I hope you are both still necking the water he he - what is next for both of you?

Wallie, lovely to have the chance to chat to you again. You will see I've come over from Dundee to GCRM - couldn't bear them any longer - soooo slow and disorganised. Much prefer GCRM. I tihnk you are very brave and getting yourself prepared is exactly the right thing to do -give it your best shot, its all any of us can do. At least you will know you did all you could. When do you think you might go for it?

Ladies, I had my consents appt today. Went very well. We have our donor list to choose from (!) and so, once we have decided whose eggs we want its basically all systems go. I have to start probably the GnRH antagonist protocol (Cetrotide rahter than Prostap) on CD1 (likely middle of October) and then its progynova, scans and thawing of the eggs and hopefully fertilisation and transfer. Some of the choices are only a few eggs - 5 or 6 - I hope that is going to be enough to give us a chance of fertilisation and maybe, hopefully, one frostie. What do you think? Has anyone been on cetrotide? How are you all doing on Prostap (I could have that but they think the other one give better control as my cycles are a bit erratic).

Much love and baby dust to us all girls :) :hugs:
 
Thanks for the welcome ladies. GRCM has higher success rates than either of the NI options.

Bluebell - fx for you on this cycle, v exciting :hugs::dust:
Wallie, thank you for you're kind message, especially when you are finding things hard at the moment. It is a sad and lonely rd. :hugs: we've been ttc #1 for over 2.5yrs. We had a loss last yr & failed icsi this summer. I think you are right to prepare yourself physically & mentally. Take care of yourself & find time for fun things hun :hugs:

Now im away to start at p1 :)
 
Hi three birds. I'm at the pre contemplative stage. Attended a fertility assessment at gcrm in may. Staff were great and we have an appt to discuss treatment in October. Best of luck. I'm sure your prob sick of hearing these type of stories but my dh's mum was having babies well into her forties (naturally) and she always says she coped better in her forties than twenties (mentally and physically).*

Hi wallie sending a huge hug to you. I really hope the next cycle works for you. Thats good your focusing on getting yourself healthy. What are you doing health wise as in need of some inspiration xx
 
Hi girls, hope you are all well. Dh and I just got back from our holiday in Mexico so I've been trying to catch up with everyone's news! (I'm also all over the place cos of the time difference which is why I'm on here at 3am!!)

I received my letter from GCRM while I was away detailing the results of the fertility assessment. My AMH level is 8.2 which said beside it was low for my age. Anyone know how this will affect things? It freaked me out a little. Apart form that it seemed fine, it said I'm expected to respond normally to the drugs. Dh's SA was terrible as expected. It said he had very low numbers with only very occasional motile sperm seen, too low for a complete analysis. So the recommendation is for us to have ICSI. I'm excited to get started but now feeling so scared that it might not work due to Dh having so few sperm there to start with. Our consultation apt is on Monday so hopefully I'll feel better about things then.

Welcome to the new girls :wave: and I hope all those about to start are doing well! x
 
Hi everyone and welcome threebirds!

I am still waiting to start stims, I never thought I would be looking forward to my period coming after all this time dreading its arrival. My boobs are killing me at the moment, worse than normal so it must be a side effect from the prostap and perhaps a sign it's on it's way.

Wallie nice to see you back on here and sorry to hear you are feeling so down. It sounds like you are doing the right thing preparing yourself for your FET! At the end of the day at least you can go into it knowing you did everything you could. That's all anyone can do. I realise ICSI may not work for us but if that's the case I want to live with no regrets and be able to look back and know. Gave it my best shot.

Minno 5-6 eggs sounds like a decent amount to me, I have been told that if I produce 7-10 eggs then that will be. Good number for my age.

Bluebell, how are you doing, any side effects from the down regging yet? Xx
 
Wallie, sounds like a good idea to maybe give yourself a short break before doing your FET. The whole thing is just so emotionally draining, up one minute and down the next.
Minno, do you get to chose your donor? Do you get much info to go on? I'm just being curious.
Sand, good luck with your next appointment.
Macca, I'm due any day also. Feeling pretty yucky on the Metformin. It's giving me a flavour of what morning sickness must be like! Anyway, i fear there is worse to come so we just need to put up and shut up I suppose!!!!
 
Bluebell bun said:
Wallie, sounds like a good idea to maybe give yourself a short break before doing your FET. The whole thing is just so emotionally draining, up one minute and down the next.
Minno, do you get to chose your donor? Do you get much info to go on? I'm just being curious.
Sand, good luck with your next appointment.
Macca, I'm due any day also. Feeling pretty yucky on the Metformin. It's giving me a flavour of what morning sickness must be like! Anyway, i fear there is worse to come so we just need to put up and shut up I suppose!!!!
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Hey Bluebell, my period came today so have an apt on Thursday to get my baseline scan and hopefully will start stimms! Feeling a bit excited but also nervous, think the next few weeks will go in fairly quickly!!
 
Macca, good news! Exciting but nerve wracking! Were they quite flexible with the time of your appointment for thurs? I'm starting to stress about how I am going to sneak away from work for all these appointments.
 
Gosh it's all getting very exciting round here :) bluebell we do get to choose our donor - it's a very weird thing. We get a list with basic demographics on it. The ladies age, height, bmi, eye and hair colour etc and the number of eggs in the bank from that donor. Then if we like the look of one we can get a bit more info on interests hobbies etc. it's quite a surreal experience! Anyway, as soon as we decide we sign another form and then I will contact the clinic on cd 1 and then go in for my injections to down reg. I think we will be done by this time next month!
Ladies, how are you all feeling about things? Macca are you hopeful? Bluebell what are your thoughts? I am really finding it hard to imagine this working. I know the chances are reasonable at 45% but I'm still sceptical it will work!
Xxx
 
So period now here, have phoned tonight but it'll probably be tomorrow before the nurse calls me back to sort out my appointment. I actually feel a bit of a sense of relief that we are actually "doing something" this cycle. This relentless trying every month with only disappointment at the end of it is really doing my head in!!!
Minno, that all sounds encouraging. I am trying to tell myself that theoretically we should have a better chance this month than all the others but it's hard to imagine ever getting beyond this stage at present!! I find it hard to believe the end result is a baby..at present I would settle for a positive pregnancy test!!
 
Hi everyone, sorry I've been missing in action for a few weeks.
I've been feeling pretty down since the icsi with PGS didn't work..... And that someone really has it damn well in for us to be honest..... Feeling very sorry for myself....
It's almost 7 weeks since I got my period and found out the day before it hadn't worked, all this waiting about is such a killer.... Probably going to go for one last shot at icsi with PGS but as wallie says, kind of depressed at the though of it not working.......anyhow sorry to have brought my black cloud with me, it's just good to have somewhere to vent how I am feeling...
Hello to all of the new girls...xxx
 
Bluebell glad to hear things are moving for you too! The nurse was really good at booking our apt and gave us a lot of options for our apt. Some of the slots were before 9am! I'm going tomorrow morning first thing, I just want to get started!

Minno that's really interesting about choosing a donor, I didn't realise you got so much information about the lady! 45% is a really good shot! I am feeling hopeful one minute then terrified the next. It still doesn't feel real and I can't seem to visualise getting a bfp after all the months we have been disappointed. I am trying to think positively though!

Hey Mandy, sorry to hear your feeling so down! I can only imagine what you must be going through. When are you thinking of doing another cycle?

Xxxx
 
Macca I'm told I need to wait 2 cycles, still not completed my first cycle so its anyone's guess, running up to Xmas though so hope its before then....x
 
Macca, good luck for tomoro. What will be happening? Thanks for your reassurance that we have a good shot. Bluebell thank you too and for the wise words about having a better shot actually doing something instead of the constant let downs. I try to look at it this way too but we have only one shot at this so really need it to work, or at least have enough for one frostie as a backup. What a bloody emotional rollercoaster this whole things is.
Mandy, hi, sorry to hear that the icsi didn't work. It must be so hard to pick yourself back up again and I think you are a very brave and strong lady and fortune favours the brave as they say! Good luck for ur next try.

Xx
 
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