IVF/ISCI starting May 2010, anyone?

[HeresHoping]

Hi MummyIwanabe and Brumbar,

I also Down reg'ed with Gonapeptyl but just one injection (Depot 3.75mg x 1) at the clinic.

That worked great so now I have just started Stimulation and thats Menopur 6 amps 1 - 6 days, 4 amps 7 - 12 days. Followed by
Maturation: Day 12 Saturday 1st May - hCG 500IU
Support: Day 13+ Sunday 2nd May - Cyclogest Pessories

There is also a flygyl pessorie and I think that is antibiotic for egg collection but who knows - at this stage I am leave the clinic just about knowing what happens at home till my next visit!

I didn't get any preg. test but it looks like I got enough sticks to set up a needle exchange and they gave me 2 sharps boxes - maybe I got yours....


Any idea why the clinics do things so differently - I am in the UK and going private because DH has chlildren from a previous marriage.

DH is away this week so feeling a little lost and confused on my own .

I soooooo want this to work (as we all do ).

 

[MummyIwanabe]

Hi Hereshoping,

Its so weird how they all use diff drugs etc Really interesting! Not a clue why they do it differently though. I wonder how that affects the success rate?

I think you did get my sharps box! hehe!

I bet you are feeling lost make sure you come on here lots, I'm an addict lol and even tho I'm supposed to be working from home I can't help looking every 5 seconds

xxx

 

[HeresHoping]

Hmm I work from home too (when not travelling) - it has its advantages

Many thanks for the invite - DH and I haven't told anyone (apart from our Personal trainer - I know sounds posh but really it was for us to get fit(ish) and healthy(ish) enough to try and get pregnant - I managed to lose over 40kg) if we do manage to produce a I think he will take most of the credit!

But in all honesty I really appreciate being included in this thread - I think it may just keep me sane...

 

[MummyIwanabe]

We haven't told anyone either apart from my parents. Haha your personal trainer prob will take most of the credit!

I need to get fit! :S

 

[HeresHoping]

can I ask how everyone keeps DH feeling involved (apart from the obvious..).
In my case DH is travelling this week and possibly next week but yesterday was baseline scan and first injections and accupuncture etc. etc. and DH was so busy he ignored (well ok didn't get back to me ) my texts and calls with each update. I was grumped with him (even though I know how difficult it can be when we travel to even get away from the Client to visit the loo!) and he was grumped because he felt removed from it all.

 

[MummyIwanabe]

Hmmm tricky, Well my DH has been good with his vitiamins etc but he also forgot when I was due to take my drugs which annoyed me a bit because i wanted him to be interested and I'd be chanting day 19 for weeks so when he forgot I was miffed! haha

I've not had any scans yet so duno about that but he can't get the time off work all the time anyway so he won't see those, only the EC and ET maybe.

I am feeling a bit more distant from DH in terms of discussing the treatment as last night I was talking about how I could feel something going on down there and he said I had a powerful mind! I could have bopped him one! haha he then changed his wording and said he meant I'm in touch with my body lol even so it got me in a bit of a rage teehee

I phone him at work everyday to tell him I've done my injection so I guess I inform him like that. Bit tricky for you if DH is really busy with clients. Hopefully when he gets a mo in future perhaps before bed he can clock in and get back into being involved.

Its so hard on both parties, I think just keep trying and find a way which works for you both xx

 

[brumbar]

hey ladies! yeah...this is quite tricky! My DH feels guilty - he thinks me having to go through this is all his fault (BS, if you ask me!!!) , so he's been really good with the vitamins and stuff. We're also going private - NHS list too long. As we're on the short protocol, I've not had any down regs, so no expirience with needles at all.
DH is field based and travels a lot, lotsv of customer meetings too , but he makes his own appointments so he will be attending everything (i hope!)!IHeresHoping, I totally understand why your DH can't sometimes answer/return calls, mine is the same sometimes and I've been with him in the car quite often and his phone never stops ringing, often not even time for lunch!!!!! DH never even attended the NHS appointmens with me ( except the last one, he turned up as a surprise, just as I was told I was being discharged from the NHS and I should wait on the IVF list), although this time ( perhaps because we are paying ) he said he wants to attend the scans and do the injections ( I bet he's really looking forward to it - payback for all my evil outbirsts!!!!!), not sure why, I guess this is his way of saying he wants to support me...

can't wait to start!!!!!
each day is one step closer to our BFPs!

 

[ACLIO]

Ladies I've got my ICSI appointment at 4pm. I really need your advice with what questions I need to ask. My head is all over the place and it's not sunk in that I have my appointment. HELP!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[MummyIwanabe]

:wave: Aclio

Ok well I asked the following:

Whats my chances?
How many embryos will u transfer
How does the grading of embryos work
will i be sedated or knocked out for EC
What drugs will I be on
When can I start

 

[MummyIwanabe]

What the success rate of fertilising with ICSI
will we be having a blast or a 2 day/3 day?
How many eggs do you expect to get from me?

 

[MummyIwanabe]

sorry posting these quickly in case you don't get time to see them before 4pm!!!

 

[MummyIwanabe]

hmmm what else

How long do you think I'll need to down reg for
What about stim for roughly?
When would they guestimate EC to be roughly?


Hope that helps good luck hunni! post when you get back xxx

 

[tansey]

Hope it went well ACLIO!

Welcome Brumbar :wave:

HeresHoping - I don't really know what to say about your DH sorry hun. My DH is going to do the injections when he isn't working away.

MummyIwanabe - glad to see you are on here keeping the thread busy

 

[MummyIwanabe]

hehe yeh, need more banter on here I can't help it I'm so addicted!

I wouldn't trust my DH to inject me! I prefer to do it myself haha! xx

 

[MrsR32]

My DH is doing my injections, we've done 2 so far, I've not even looked - I just pinch the flab(!) and turn away while he does the injection - I'm such a wimp!

HeresHoping - when my DH is away we tend to talk before we go to bed because he's always too busy to chat during the day. I write little notes for myself during the day if there's something I want to remember to tell him and then we have a good catchup at the end of the day.

 

[HeresHoping]

Thanks everyone!

Usually I am very self sufficient and and quite capable of waiting till either of us get back to the hotel to catch up - we both work for the same company and do the same sort of job so its not as if I don't know what its like - I think yesterday was just a bit too much - but I am ok today

I am just back from my Hypnosis session and feel quite chilled!

Maybe I am expecting to be throughout it as a kind of 4play...

DH will get a go of injecting from Friday for a few days and I will report on how he does... (lucky I don't mind injections and believe me there is plenty of flab to be grabbed - its surprising I can feel the jab at all )

Is anyone else doing any 'Alternative' stuff along side the conventional medicine? Once I found out we were IVFing it I googled 'how to improve ivf success rates' and came up with accupuncture and hypnosis.

I am off to prepare my injections - catch you all later.

 

[cazd]

Ladies ! I feel like I've missed out on today's chat

Well - first off - Howdy Brumbar - I've seen you off and on round the journals so many times! and it looks like we might end up having treatment at around the same time... I'm on long protocol and my DR starts 10th may ish - so EC should be around 20th May ish...

I must be quite lucky over here in Kent - from referral from the FS at the hospital it was only about a 3 month wait before we had our first clinic appointment... so all in all about 5 months from referral to treatment....

And what's this about fridges? All my stuff is in a little purple bag upstairs - I've got buserelin and primoult (is that right? I can't remember!) and then gonal....

My man said not to ask him to do the injections if its just 'cos I want to involve him in it.
He'd rather not be involved

 

[MummyIwanabe]

I'm not having an alternative treatment. I've read accupunture and hypnosis can help but I duno if its worth doing if we have a morphology issue?

What percentage is the improved success rate?

:wave: cazd

 

[MrsR32]

I'm having acupuncture (first session tonight) and I've got a hypnotherapy cd. My acupunturist said it's meant to increase your chances by about 60% - I think the main benefit is the relaxation side of it.

 

[HeresHoping]

Allegedly it doubles the % - both Accupuncture and Hypnosis claim to double the % success rate so I'm not sure what you get when you do both!

But yet again it is more money - £35 each Accupuncture session, £60 each Hypnosis session - but I searched out individuals that 'specialised' in IVF - and it was really difficult to find - I have to drive 60 miles for the Hypnosis....