IVF/ICSI at RVH??? Cycle buddy OCT/NOV xx

[wifeyw]

Thanx girls i cannot believe it maybe it will sink in when i do the test i dunno doesn't seem real. Gemma did they do a blood test to find out what your HCG levels were? about the twins my DH is a twin and theres twins in our family too so lol so could be quads lol oj i'd be happy enough with one healthy little baby and if we get more than that it would be a blessing. How are you girls? xx

 

[wifeyw]

twinkle mama - sorry i'm only getting back to you now 10 more days until you start it's going so quick, your on same protocol as i was but higher dose though. theres no harm in asking them to higher it if your concerned they should do that after your first scan anyways if they think your not responding as well and if you don't ask you will never know so i think you should the supercur is only to suppress your ovaries so you don't ovulate it closes them down basically so they can control them with the drugs. hang in there xx

babies r us - how are you missus? xx

three birds- if you want to know protocol when your there at injection training just ask the nurse and she will answer all the questions if you can't work out which one your on yourself it's alot of info to understand xx

Gemma - Do you live in belfast itself? did you go for a private scan i think i will do that between appointments if everything goes ok. how are you feeling have you started getting some things in yet? whens your next scan? xx

Hi to all the rest of girlies i've missed out xx

 

[twinklemama]

Wifey, what brilliant news!!! Sorry u had to go thru such an ordeal to find out but I bet it was worth it now!! I'm delighted for u, have u tried a home test today? The first response one should probably pick the hcg up by now. U can watch the line get darker each day!! xo

 

[threebirds]

Thanks wifey thats really good to know, will def ask lots of q's!

So thrilled for you!!! How are you feeling? Im sure it will seem more real when you see the two lines :-D

Hi to everyone, the sun is out up here.

xxx

 

[wifeyw]

Hi girls, Just back from the RFC i done a test, i couldn't sleep with pain and everything going through my head so i had pee'd on the stick and seen the 2 lines wasn't very dark but means the levels are rising so thats good. I phoned the RFc spoke with the nurse told her my concerns and she tried to palm me off i said look i'm worried i need to see a dr so they squeezed me in but she was really rude, telling me i shouldn't have done the test early i said i never it was the hospital that done one on sunday and hcg bloods that's how i found out i was pregnant. so when i got up there i can barely stand up straight and hurts when i walk i know you get cramps and you will be tender but i knew that somethin wasn't right so i got the same nurse again...

she called me in said i need you to do a sample and done temp etc.. she said everything seems fine she said who told you they went through your bladder, i couldn't believe she was doubting that i said i felt it and dr williamson warned me before she went through it she said it's just i checked and it's not down on here so you never had it done.. i am fuming i said it was when i was getting eggs collected she said away and take a seat and dr will call you.. don't like her at all and what i can't understand is why is something like that not down on my notes??? they make you feel like your going mad sometimes.

So went in seen dr explained what happened sunday and told him im still pain he said thing is that bladder situation it wouldn't be infection and it's not leaking so i don't think its that so he done internal scan and said.. see look theres your left ovary and its very very enlarged typical to OHSS ( dr on sunday told me i was ok and didn't have it and nurse said cos you only got 7 eggs oh no you wouldn't have that) he said oh my your left ovary has flipped over and is sitting on top of your right the 2 of them are really large and explained that sometimes they can twist and get untwisted he said thats prob what happened on sunday but sometimes they dont untwist and if im like that again to go back up but they are still both on my right side which explains my pain. so i've to rest take it easy drink drink drink not to brush mop work etc until it dyes down but he said i'm definately pregnant woohooo xx

 

[hopefaithcj]

Hi girls, Just back from the RFC i done a test, i couldn't sleep with pain and everything going through my head so i had pee'd on the stick and seen the 2 lines wasn't very dark but means the levels are rising so thats good. I phoned the RFc spoke with the nurse told her my concerns and she tried to palm me off i said look i'm worried i need to see a dr so they squeezed me in but she was really rude, telling me i shouldn't have done the test early i said i never it was the hospital that done one on sunday and hcg bloods that's how i found out i was pregnant. so when i got up there i can barely stand up straight and hurts when i walk i know you get cramps and you will be tender but i knew that somethin wasn't right so i got the same nurse again...

she called me in said i need you to do a sample and done temp etc.. she said everything seems fine she said who told you they went through your bladder, i couldn't believe she was doubting that i said i felt it and dr williamson warned me before she went through it she said it's just i checked and it's not down on here so you never had it done.. i am fuming i said it was when i was getting eggs collected she said away and take a seat and dr will call you.. don't like her at all and what i can't understand is why is something like that not down on my notes??? they make you feel like your going mad sometimes.

So went in seen dr explained what happened sunday and told him im still pain he said thing is that bladder situation it wouldn't be infection and it's not leaking so i don't think its that so he done internal scan and said.. see look theres your left ovary and its very very enlarged typical to OHSS ( dr on sunday told me i was ok and didn't have it and nurse said cos you only got 7 eggs oh no you wouldn't have that) he said oh my your left ovary has flipped over and is sitting on top of your right the 2 of them are really large and explained that sometimes they can twist and get untwisted he said thats prob what happened on sunday but sometimes they dont untwist and if im like that again to go back up but they are still both on my right side which explains my pain. so i've to rest take it easy drink drink drink not to brush mop work etc until it dyes down but he said i'm definately pregnant woohooo xx

Congratulations wifey! I've been following your ordeal, RFC are a complete shower and ill def have the war paint on when its my go in few months! Just cos its NHS go for a lot of ppl doesn't mean it justifies a lesser standard of care! I'm sure you're delighted tho, best outcome ultimately.

If you don't mind was this your first go at IVF with ICSI? Notice your a fellow PCOSer lol and I always like to see outcomes. BMi is well below their requirement, doing Davina Ultimate Target DVD so get healthier ( she's a machine!!) supplements galore too. Just trying my best to get egg quality better. I'm 29 but will be the big 30 later this year... Just worried my eggs are old and crappy made worse by pcos!! Seeing you get a BFP gives me hope tho


Almost forgot ask, I notice the transferred 2 embryos? Just curious what reason they have you, as Dr tang said to me we'll transfer 2 ( how he made this call I don't know as I thought it was up to embryologists and consultant on the day!) I'm anxious for them to transfer 2, knowing the risks of twins but feel as its my one shot on NHs, they should do theirs utmost to make it a success, SET in my view is the opposite!! Did you get any say or was it down to embryo quality? Sorry for all the q's !!

 

[wifeyw]

hopefaithcj - Thank you we are over the moon but still early day so treading carefully.. I can't really seem to enjoy it cos of the OHSS and i think i will relax more after the scan in 3 weeks time. fingers crossed it goes ok.

You can ask my any questions u wish i'd be glad to try answer them for you it was our only every IVF with ICSI. they had me on the low dose because of OHSS. OOO i've tried that before and was nearly dead lol davina really works you doesn't she lol. I recommend taking zita west vitamins they are expensive but i really think they helps me with egg quaity and lining etc along with accupunture ( it's not for me if i wasn't doing treatment) But i thought every little helps.

Don't be discouraged there's a lot of success stories on here with girls with PCOS. I wasn't expecting them too but i was gonna ask for 2 back anyway i'm not afraid of having multiples DH is a twin anyway so if we had naturally twins run in my side to is likely we would have but also gives better chance if one didn't take the other might have.

The embrologist decided because we had 4 made it but 2 lowest had too much fragmentation so the other 2 they were a cell apart so i think it's down to quality they were graded both 2/3's so wasn't top ones but goes to show you can still get positive. But she said we're going to transfer 2 and i said 2 she said yes is that ok with you but they wouldn't freeze just one if it was left they would throw it away so makes sense. But if you only wanted one they will most prob do that for you. good luck and i hope it goes well xx

 

[mumstheword21]

Excellent news wifey. Congratulations. Thrilled for you. Hope you're feeling better soon and can start enjoying your pregnancy. Xxx

 

[GemmaG]

Thanx girls i cannot believe it maybe it will sink in when i do the test i dunno doesn't seem real. Gemma did they do a blood test to find out what your HCG levels were? about the twins my DH is a twin and theres twins in our family too so lol so could be quads lol oj i'd be happy enough with one healthy little baby and if we get more than that it would be a blessing. How are you girls? xx

Yes they were checked at 4 1/2 weeks when I went to hospital with my ohss and my hcg level was in the high 100's can't remember the exact number! So either you have one very strong baby in there or it's twins huge congrats missus such an ordeal you have went through

I'm still going for twins xx

 

[wifeyw]

Yeah gemma thanks hopefully you can give me pointers since you will be due before lol scarey stuff i'm excited but so scared i think once i see heart beat i will relax more you hear so much stuff and worries you doesn't it .. Just a little question how do you tell how far on you are how do they calculate it with ivf? x

 

[wifeyw]

Forgot to say that nurse phoned me after i got home from the RFC and said they wanted me back up again on friday they done bloods which is liver and something else but not HCG and she said dr wants to see me and i'm now worried.. maybe its just close eyes because of the OHSS or prob the liver thing.

 

[twinklemama]

Hey wifey, I think they count the day of your egg collection as 2 weeks into the pregnancy, as u would ovulate roughly 2 weeks after the start of a natural cycle, and the dating of a pregnancy technically starts from the date of ur last period. I remember learning this in A-level biology and thinking its so stupid that they call it a 40week pregnancy but ur only pregnant for 38 of those weeks! And for the other 2 weeks, ur not actually pregnant! Hope this is right and makes sense! I hope ur feeling better too pet. xo

 

[GemmaG]

Yeah gemma thanks hopefully you can give me pointers since you will be due before lol scarey stuff i'm excited but so scared i think once i see heart beat i will relax more you hear so much stuff and worries you doesn't it .. Just a little question how do you tell how far on you are how do they calculate it with ivf? x

I'm so chuffed for you and hopefully everything will be okay on Friday! I don't think it will be anything to do with your pregnancy so hopefully everything will be okay..... They take your egg collection date as ovulation so count 14days back and that's were you start from so if I'm right your EC was on 21st so technically lmp was 7th feb so that makes you 4wks tomorrow and due 14th Nov xx

 

[wifeyw]

Thanks twinklemama and gemma whenever i went up to the maternity emergency when i was in pain which was 7dp3dt the dr didn't know a thing kept saying you would be 5 weeks along and i knew he was wrong thats why i didn't believe a word he said. grr i hope i don't get him if ever i need to go up again. gemma when did you recieve your scan after your BFP?x

 

[Babies r us]

Sorry ive not been in for a while girls I'm just having a rough time to say the least. I'm delighted for you wifeyw many congratulations huni. Ill hopefully pop back when I'm feeling a bit stronger! xo

 

[twinklemama]

Babiesrus, big hugs huni, I really hope u start to feel more like yourself soon, We're all thinking of u xo

 

[wifeyw]

babierus - you take all the time you need i can't imagine how you are feeling and i'm sure times a good healer xx massive hugs

 

[GemmaG]

Babies r us thinking of you I can't imagine how you must be feeling I hope time heals and hope you get some answers x

Wifeyw it was 3wks after I sent my form back around 7 1/2wks. I know it seems unless you have specialised in fertility most doctors haven't a clue about any of it!! How are you feeling?? X

Twinklemama how are you?? This time next week you will be on your way x

 

[wifeyw]

yeah gemma i thought around 7 weeks, feeling crappy today sickness and pain from my ovaries is terrible trying to force myself to eat but i've loss my appetite.. couldn't help myself and done a test there just to make sure it's getting darker and it was really dark so good sign. hospital tomarrow morning. can't believe you are 18 weeks along where has the time gone lol xx

 

[GemmaG]

Oh god love you I know the pain is soo sore and it sounds like you have it worse than what I did love that your lines are getting darker it's such an amazing feeling isn't it I tested none stop just for the reassurance.... Have you had sickness before now?? Sounds like ms might be setting in ask your doctor for cyclizine if it gets any worse it helped me!!

I know lol I still pinch myself still can't believe I am pregnant esp 18wks it has flown in..... Even seeing them during ultrasounds doesn't make it real for me it's like I'm looking at someone else but I thank my lucky stars everyday that I got here just taking it week by week but all is good can't complain x