IVF/ICSI in Aug/Sept/Oct Updates on 1st page!

[africaqueen]

Hope- I am glad your scan went well and as its only day 8 for you thats really good x

Hi to everyone else. Sorry not many personals. I am feeling bit down at the moment x

Well girls its not very good news from me im afraid Went for my scan this morning and i have had a VERY poor response on my left ovary there are 4 follies. 1 is 21mm, 2 are 10mm and 1 is 8mm. On the right side there is nothing at all
Nurse went and spoke to a Dr, came back in and said we can either cancel the cycle at this stage as chances are we would only get 2-3 eggs at most or we can go to EC. We have opted to go to EC as we would be wasting the cycle otherwise and at least we have a tiny chance then. DH and i are so upset but trying to cling onto what the nurse said which is- all we need is one decent egg and for it to fertilise and become a embryo and we have the same chance as someone who got 20 eggs. I just need to cling onto that but i am not a fool and i know our chances have dropped dramatically. So i have been given another 3 amps of menopur for tomorrow and i take the trigger shot on sunday with EC on tuesday. Nurse said she is really hoping the 3 smaller follies would of grown by then, hence the reason EC is tue and not mon. Please pray for me girls. Going to need a miracle here more than ever now. xxx

 

[loopylew2]

Morning ladies, well I had my scan again very disappointed... not sure where i want to go with this. Got 2 lead follies 18 & 16 the rest are between 12 and 4 the clinic are tentatively scheduling me in for EC tuesday depending on what consultant says this afternoon.. they are not really sure whether they may want me to continue stimming as danger of losing the 2 lead... the trouble is if they only get 2 eggs they may not even fertilise!! Which would mean this would have all been for nothing and we cannot afford to do this again..!!! I am feeling extremely tearful at the thought of this....

Hope your numbers and sizes sound brilliant...

lou

 

[loopylew2]

Oh AQ i am so feeling your pain.....xxx

lou

 

[africaqueen]

Lou- Im sorry your results were not as good as u hoped too. All we need is one embyro to have our shot at motherhood xxx

 

[princess_1991]

Aq, loopy - girls im so sorry the results were not what you wanted but as aq said all you need is one determined little eggie ill have everything crossed for you to when you got to ec

hope - congrats on your scan, im thinking the same as you, if we dont get to blast i want 2 day 3s, id lovee twins as they run in my family whats the odds of a blast splitting??

xx

 

[~Hope~]

That's the other thing I'm thinking, that some people say that single transfer is more successful than double. Hmm will have to do some research, and have a good think, it will keep me occupied while I wait for the follies to grow

 

[~Hope~]

Princess, 9% odds of a blast splitting I think I read somewhere!

Oh AQ and Lou, I am tearing up reading your posts. But you do only need one little egg to make this cycle a success. Just be strong, and remember that we have miracles in this thread, look at Chris, she nearly gave up and she is now pregnant. My thoughts are with you both and I really hope those follies produce some good eggs for you

 

[Doodar]

AQ and Lou I am so sorry for you both, but please dont give up hope just yet. Take inspiration from Chris's journey, she very nearly cancelled and if she had then she wouldn't be preggo now! Remember is quality not quantity that counts and I'm sending you both massive hugs and tons of eggy dust to your eggies!

 

[Traskey]

AQ and Lou, i'm so sorry that your scans have not gone as well as you would have liked. I am really hopeful that they will able to get some eggs for you both. It's easy to say it only takes one but it does. I had 16 and it didn't work so it's really not about the numbers.

 

[schoolteacher]

AQ-I'm so sorry its bad news for you! I really feel for you and your DH after being so far into your journey already. I absolutely believe you have made the right decision to carry on, and I pray that just like you said, as long as you get one strong embie (which you WILL!) it will be just the same as the lady with 20 eggs who has a one embie transfer. As long as you get that embie in you! you have a shot at this, you do!

Loopy-I just want to echo the above to you! you can do it, keep the pma if you can!! huge for you!
x

Quick hi to all! will be on properly later!xx

 

[africaqueen]

Thanks girls.
I am trying to stay positive but it is hard when faced with such low odds.
I am clinging onto the hope that i could still be pregnant by the end of this mth though.
My lovely mum used to have a saying that she always used 'where there is life, there is hope'. I am clinging to that and praying a LOT! lol. I have had a crappy day so off out tonight with my dh to our friends 30th party. I wont be drinking of course but be nice to get out and socialise for a few hrs before i lose my mind! ha xxx

 

[loopylew2]

Thankyou ladies for all your positive words and thoughts... trying to keep up the PMA and believe.... just got the call from the clinic. The EC has been changed to Wednesday as consultant wants to give the smaller ones a chance to catch up...

Aq enjoy your evening out...

lou

 

[Tinks85]

Lou & AQ - I am so very sorry your scans have not been as expected. All I can say is what the other ladies have and that you only need 1 good one. I will be praying hard for you both

Hope - I am glad your scan went well. 1 or 2 is a difficult one. Your mind is just were mine was a week ago. We had the choice taken from us in the end as the would replace 2 top quaility with my age. I would have gone for 2 though if allowed and if we had a few more embies. After all the debating I did I truley think you just have to go with your heart More chance of frosties with 3 day as well.

Chris for the beta. I just love your story

ST - Have you decided when to test yet????

How are you bearing up Traskey

Hi Doodar, Kelly, princess and the gang. How are you all

I am wanting to stock up on tests for OTD and was wondering what tests everyone is using? Do you have to buy the expensive ones??? Asda's own brand are 15miu and can use them 4 days early. Or has everyone used FRER or clearblue? Its not that I am being cheap its just I dont want to waste the money of the own brands are just as good.

 

[Doodar]

AQ enjoy the party hun I think maybe these follie scan are just there as a guide, I dont think they are fully accurate. You always end up with more eggs than what they predict. Chin up hun!

Lou thats good that they are allowing them to grow an extra day, it will make all the difference and same as what I said to AQ I reckon you'll have more eggies than follies

I didnt have 20 follies on my last scan but I ended up with 20 eggs .

Tinks I've been using frer and found them really good, clearblue digi are good too I have had some tesco cheapie ones but the line wasn't as dark as the frer ones, but they still do the job. I'm still testing with frer everyday though just for peace of mind. I should have shares in them

AFM Clinic have phoned with my scan date. 2 weeks today, Fri 28th Oct! I'm so scared!! Nurse was lovely, she nearly made me cry, she said she was so pleased for us and after everything we had been through we truely deserved it. Aw! so this 2 week wait is now gonna be so much harder than the 2ww for testing! What is it with these 2ww

 

[Tinks85]

Doodar - I dont even want to think what you have spent on tests lol. I have 2 of the asda one already, had them for over a year. I was just wondering what to get to add to the pile as I will need more than 2 once I get going

for your scan date, the nurse sounds so nice as well. yikes, another 2ww

 

[schoolteacher]

yay for scan date doodar!

Tinks-my clinic specifically suggest clear blue (not digi), so I have one of those and a clearblue digi as well! x

AFM-may test on sunday think will just decide on the day! I do have pma but having the niggly feeling in the back of my mind that I haven't had any symptoms.....

x

 

[Tinks85]

Thanks ST.

Thats what we are like, we dont want to comit ourselves to a date yet. We have a few maybes though.

It doesn't mean anything that you dont have symptoms. Plenty of poeple dont get any. I think each day I think a little more that this is possible but I cant shift the negitive thoughts I have in the back of my mind that think that I will never get a BFP and just cant imagine myself pregnant Maybe those thoughts are to prepare us for bad news though

Feel a little deflated tonight

 

[schoolteacher]

Ditto Tinks!

 

[Tinks85]

ST - BIG

 

[Doodar]

I didn't have any symptoms, still don't!!