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

[africaqueen]

Maddie- Happy 17wks! x

Babies- Happy 30wks! x Ooh gonna be a baby boom in here very soon

St- Scan sounds very promising and lots of luck for next one x

Kazza- Hope your ok as can be x

Tiff- Good luck for tomorrow x

Hi to all the gang x

Still waiting here and slowly losing the plot! lol xxx

 

[Traskey]

I have Zowie on FB but she very rarely posts. Haven't heard from her in forever.

Kazza, i'm glad you have a plan for the next step.
Kelly, good luck with your scan today.
ST, sounds like you are making good progress with your lovely follies.
Hope, glad you are resting this week.
Babies and Rosa, 3rd tri for you two
AQ, sorry DH is struggling atm. I hope you get good news this week.
Maddie, hope all is well with you. Did you ever start a journal.
Doodar, hope you are enjoying life with your lovely baby girl.
Princess, hope you are having a lovely time on holiday.

Apologies if I missed anyone. All is ok here, reduced duties at work due to the twins which is helping a lot.

 

[~Hope~]

Guess what... We have real internet! I am so excited - I spend 90% of my life online so these past 20 days it's been like a bit missing! It's so nice to be able to see all the posts properly now I'm back on the big screen and I'm going to enjoy catching up with journals

ST sounds like your scan was positive - grow follies grow

AQ still no news from the PCT?

 

[africaqueen]

Trask- That's good you have lighter duties x

Hope- Yay to internet! Nope still nothing from PCT hope to of heard by fri ideally x

Hi to all the gang xxx

 

[africaqueen]

Got a call from our GP at 7pm tonight to say PCT has refused us additional funding so need to get appeal together now like we need more stress/sadness in our lives! so bloody annoyed with this goverment! they help people who wont help themselves and people like us are treated like statistics not women!! so upset but praying we win appeal. I cant image to think what we will do if we dont as no way could we afford a cycle of ICSI anytime soon and my AMH will only get worse. Feel pretty down even tho i expected as much xxx

 

[Maddie30]

AQ I'm so so sorry your application has been refused. I can understand you being angry & upset. It's so true that us woman who require infertility treatment are not seen as important. It's quite frustrating to say the least. Listen, don't give up. You have very strong grounds to appeal & I hope this goes a lot smoother. Good luck & virtual hugs xx

Hi Traskey I haven't got a journal yet. Hope your well xx

Hope I've been meaning to ask if you've settled into your new house??

Hope everyone ok xxxxxx

 

[babies7777]

Aq im so sorry that is awful makes me sooooooooooo mad they just ignore the nice guidelines when it suits them. Everything crossed for your appeal

 

[~Hope~]

Grrr that sucks! I wish every PCT would follow the NICE guidelines and let everyone have the three tries. Have you checked to see if there are any other PCTs near to yours that do offer the three? It might help your case when you appeal. I think around here the PCTs range from one try (ours) to two, and three and ironically it's my clinic that deals with all of the patients!

Oh and Maddie yes thank you we are settling in well. Still quite a bit of unpacking to do but we'll get there eventually

 

[Kelly9]

AQ sorry about the funding I hope the appeal works. I have a limited understanding of how it works there as we pay for everything out of pocket. We get a measly 400 bucks back per ICSI cycle through a tax write off, thats it.

I'm back home late monday night. Sad that vacation is almost over.

Day 2 of stimms though Next scan on tuesday.

 

[star7474]

Were having our treatment funded by PCT x 2 courses and waiting for a meeting next Thursday in their seminar room to show us what will happen. Does anyone know if that's when we sign the consent forms or do we have another apt after that? I really want the treatment to start ASAP. As we've previously tried IUI without the insemination due to poor sperm sample on the day, so they decided ICSI was for us instead.

I've heard it's a different type of medication as well, such ad nasal sprays etc is that right?

Would like to know more about it if anyone's been through it

Thanks

 

[Maddie30]

Hi Star, welcome to thread & good luck on your journey. Every clinic is different but they may get you to sign consent forms. Hopefully they do. Every protocol is different depending on your history. The ladies on here are fab. You'll get plenty of support. Xx

Happy Friday ladies. Hope your all having a blessed day xx

 

[babies7777]

Hi star

At my clinic they had a patient information evening where they gave u all the paperwork etc then explained the process through a presentation. You then had to come back for the blood tests and that varied depending on what u had already had and whether they had those results. If they had your hormone ones then you just needed the hep c, hiv, rubella etc and then once those results came back you were called in for a consultation where they took the consent forms off you and arranged your start date.

Like maddie said every clinic is different tho and i had injections only.

Tons of luck with your treatment.

 

[africaqueen]

Hope- Happy 12wks and woohoo to 2nd tri! x

Tiff- How are u doing? that sucks how much u guys pay for ivf over there x


Hi to Maddie, Tinks, Trask, ST, Babies, Princess and all the gang x

I have been worn out in work this wk so off all wkend and iv just bought the trilogy of fifty shades books so im off to bed for a good read an see what all the hype is about ;-)
Nite all and have a good wkend xxx

 

[~Hope~]

I saw someone else mention that fifty shades book so I just looked it up - not really my thing

Hope everyone is having a good weekend despite the weather!

 

[kazzab25]

Welcome to the thread star!!

My clinic you have the seminar then a few days later we had our first appt to return our forms, scan, blood tests and treatment plan!

Aq so sorry to here you pct rejected funding good luck with the appeal! I've bought that book too! Good so far!

Hi Maddie, trask, Doodar, princess hope st and all the gang xx

 

[Kelly9]

Hi star good luck!

The clinic called and more then doubled my Gonal F dose!!!!! Stupid bcp's are making me respond slower and because of it it's going to cost me another 300 dollars that I don't have for more gonal. I was taking 112.5 units like last time but last time I was lowered, to around 100 this time they put me up to 250 I just barely have enough Gonal to get me through till I get home now and I'm only 5 days into stimms, this really sucks. I'm bummed out and so much crap has been going on with my mom that I can't wait to leave and get home and try to forget about it. I just don't need the stress right now.

 

[~Hope~]

Tiff sorry that it's all getting stressful for you. The drugs for stimming are crazy expensive aren't they, I used to tell DH that it would probably be cheaper to stick me with a class A drug every night! Take a deep breath and stay positive

Hope everyone else is enjoying the weekend. I seem to have developed a stinking cold, you know the one where your throat feels like you've swallowed broken glass and your lungs are lined with sandpaper? Boo

 

[princess_1991]

ladies!!

Wow had a lot to catch up on and I'm sorryif I miss anyone!

Aq glad your back hun! But I'm so sorry your pct refused funding really hope you win your appeal

St - hope stimming is going well

Kazza - im so sorry to hear about your bfn got my fingers tightly crossed for your fet

Tiff - hope stimming is going well although I'm sorry your having a stressful time right now

Hope - for 12 weeks!!

star welcome to the thread, these girls are amazing and I really don't know where I'd be today if it wasnt for their support!

maddie, babies, trask, tinks, rosa, smile (sorry anyone I've missed! )

 

[Kelly9]

Well my nurse messed up, I wasn't suppose to take 250 of Gonal I was suppose to take 150 of gonal which is a small increase. Their mistake has cost me medication which is annoying but I won't have to buy a much now, maybe looking at 160 but still don't want to spend that. Stimming is going well, don't have my next appointment till tuesday, then I'll know how many follies and how big, must remember to ask about lining. I am hoping they'll drop my dose back down after bloodwork on tuesday.

 

[schoolteacher]

Silly nurse tiff! My next appointments Tuesday too!

Hi star!

Hope- sorry your feeling poorly, that's the worst kind of sore throat and I would be feeling very sorry for myself it it were me! X

Evening everyone else! X