IVF/ICSI @ Liverpool Womens Hospital

[africaqueen]

Lindy- Ah glad scan went well. Bet it was surreal seeing your lil baba moving about like that... its my ultimate dream to see that x

Del- Yay for starting jabs! good luck. I am ok as it goes thanks. Just waiting game x

Melbram- The 2nd half of the 2ww is torture isnt it! fingers crossed you get your bfp x

Sharkey- I am slowly losing the plot with the waiting for the decision! haha. If its a yes all would of been worth it tho. Glad your doing well x

 

[Melbram]

Hello Everyone :wave:



Melbram; hope your feeling better today!! Have you got any symptoms yet?

Im feeling much better today and I no longer look 3 months pregnant! Some mild twinges now and sore boobies and always hungry if that's even a symptom

 

[Lindylou]

AQ you will get there. Xxxxxx

Melbram- when is your test date?

 

[Melbram]

Hi Lindy - test dates next Friday...now its dragging

 

[Lindylou]

Are you in work or taking time off ?

 

[Melbram]

I've taken time off because as a lawyer stress is in my job description lol so i've got lots of books to read to keep me occupied and lunch dates with friends etc x

 

[MrsE75]

Hi all well my AF arived today but HC is closed so left a message and will call the tomorrow and see if I can get on IMSI this cycle. Wish me luck although I don't really want to be injecting but hey ho!

 

[africaqueen]

Good luck MrsE! Wishing you lots of luck and hope your 2nd time lucky xxx

 

[MrsE75]

Any news AQ on the 3rd cycle for you when is the meeting?

Melbram - this week will drag just try an keep busy! Good luck for Friday

 

[africaqueen]

The panel meeting is not till 13th Aug so earliest we will hear is around the 14th Aug. So nervous! just dont know what we will do if they say no... would take us so long to save £6000... ah well i need to think positive that they will say yes u excited about starting again? pray this one is your sticky bean xxx

 

[Joanne C]

Hello everyone...hope u r all having a nice weekend : )
Lots of luck MRSE and Melbram
AFM...we had our consultation on thurs, was so nervous! But just lots of questions really, my prolactin was high which I know about anyway so had to have it re tested ...and the nurse that saw us Jan, said she would have to write to my docs for more info about it. Hope that doesn't take too long. She also needs to speak to the doctor to find out how to start me as I bleed for 3weeks and only have one week off. So didn't really find out when we will start ...I'm not very patient unfortunately! Need to wait now for another appointment ...hope it's not too long.
She also said my Aph test was low 3.1... Does anyone know what 'normal' is? I've looked online but the numbers seem to be different. Thank you...
More waiting now i guess for the next appointment.
Nite nite J x

 

[MrsE75]

Hi Joanne C - the waiting is the worse part of the whole process once you get going though it seems to go at lightening speed so hang on in there. I think you mean your AMH test results was 3.1 well mine is 0.00 and I got pregnant but MC at 9 wks plus Sharkey on here also has 0.00 and she's now about 18 wks pregnant so I really wouldn't worry too much. That test basically gives them and indication on what dosage to put you on and if you're at risk of OHSS. Good luck.

Waiting for 9am to give the hosp a call and see if the IMSI machine has arrived and we can get on our cycle this month. I can't say I'm thrilled with having to go through this again but it's a very small price to pay for our family ��

 

[Melbram]

HI Joanne sorry to hear you have more waiting to endure that really is the worst part of it all - hoipe you get your appointment soon!

MrsE - any news on whether the IMSI machine has arrived?....and what is it? Good luck with this cycle xx

afm no change in symptoms just feel like Im due on and praying it doesnt show

 

[MrsE75]

Well I've had my call and I'm on my 2nd cycle. Injections start on 20th Aug. I'm assuming the IMSI machine is in otherwise they would have told me to wait until next cycle. IMSI is basically where normally the sperm is magnified x600 times actual size this IMSI machine magnifies them x6000 times actual size. Supposed to help see fragmentation in the sperm head which may not be seen at x600 is what they told me. Used mainly for male probs which I not have but they're view is that lets get the top of the top sperm and hope for a full term pregnancy. There is nothing they can do with my eggs other than been on DHEA for 3 months prior to EC. Last time I was only on it for 7wks due to timings so hope it will have even better effect this time.

Melbram - don't worry I didn't start symptoms until about 10 days after testing just had the pulling and twinges in the two weeks. Fx x

 

[Del xx]

Hi everyone,hope ur all well?
MrsE,good luck with this round xx imsi machine was used for the first time on Thursday! They've had very good results apparently! We are also going to be giving it a go.

Melbram,hope ur coping with the 2ww. Be positive xx

Africa,fx u will get your funding,not long to wait now.Xx

Joanne, hope u can get started soon. Xx

Hi to the rest of the gang Xx

Afm.... had my intralipid yesterday to help lower the high nk count,let's hope it works,was on the iv drip for nearly 6 hours! Stims going well,lots if follies on both sides but not big enough yet! Back on Wednesday for another scan! X

 

[Melbram]

MrsE - yey for starting the injections soon

Del:good luck with your next scan

 

[Joanne C]

Thank you all.... And good luck with IMSI, 2ww and scans etc..... I need to learn some of this lingo! X

 

[MrsE75]

Del - not heard of the treatment your having or why your having it but good luck xx how did they find out about nk cells? I'm worried in case I've got something which is going to mean multiple MC but after one MC they put it down to nature. Good luck x

 

[Melbram]

Morning everyone well I have had some brown discharge this morning which would normally indicate that the is on her way I feel so diflated and have until Friday to actually test. From transfer I havent felt as if this was going to work once I found out the embies werent good quality - I had been so positive up to that point and everything had run like clockwork and I had a good response but perhaps this isnt our time

 

[Del xx]

Hi ladies!
Melbram -Let's hope it's due to implantation, I'm keeping everything crossed for u xx

Mrs E - Thank u. As i had three failed transfers with generally good quality embryos I decided to do some reasearch. I read a lot of articles about women with raised natural killer cell in their womb that attacked the embryo and stoped implantation. Everyone has natural killer cells it's just higher in some women. A biopsy of the womb is the only way to detect it. Unfortunately this test is not available on the nhs or at the Womens, so the only way is to find a private consultant that specialises in this area and is willing to do it at a private clinic or hospital. It's very expensive!
If the results come back as high (mine was very high!) they then offer a treatment that's called intralipid. It's basically an infusion of nutrients that are high in fats and it is proven to help lower the nk count.
I'm glad that i went ahead with the biopsy, at least i now know that I have given this round all that I can. I'm not sure if the intralipid infusion will work for me as the count was so high........i'll have to just wait and see!!

Hi to everyone else! xx