July 2014 IVF Buddies

[RayeAnne]

Thanks girls!!!

I'll let you know how everything goes friday

I am def NOT using Dr. Google lol I've done that for so long, I learned my lesson!

 

[Plex]

Dr google is just so damned tempting and scary lolol what times ur appointment on friday? xx

 

[lizzie78]

Ha ha ha Plex at the AF dance!!!

Emmi - I'm sure you don't look like a roly poly lol. I'm having a bit of a psycho day varying between Mary and cruella tbh. NOt too bad as I can just about reign cruella back in at the minute. I'm wondering if my hypnotherapy cd might be doing me more good than I expected because I thought I'd be a lot worse than this by now because I'm so emotional normally. Just the fuzziness and headache I could do without but onwards and upwards. Hope AF arrives soon, I can't believe it would be able to resist Plex's dance routing

Hi Rayeanne - good luck for Friday it really will all make a lot more sense after that appointment.

Xxx

 

[Plex]

have you girls told many people about your treament? xx

 

[lizzie78]

Just my sister, my boss and one friend. How about you?

 

[Plex]

I have told my two best friends our respective mothers and my boss. Telling them was hard, kinda awkward yunno? especially my boss, whos a HE by the way. Although theyve all been lovely! I do kinda get fed up about talking about it so much though, For our first we never told a soul and i kinda wish we never did this time although the support is amazing xx

 

[amy8686]

Plex - Your organization method sounds great too! Hmm, maybe I'll reorganize mine to be like yours. And if I don't like it, then I can put it back. But all of your bags are blue? I might want color-coded ones.

Emmi - I like the Humpty Dumpty image. That's kinder (or at least more humorous) than the descriptors that I came up with for myself when I was so bloated during my last IUI! I will have to remember that.

RayeAnne - I'm on birth control now. My doctor believes it gets a better response when you start the other meds, having shut things down for a while. It also helps the clinic control the timing of my cycle, which makes scheduling easier. And watching these other ladies wait impatiently for AF to show up, I suppose it's nice that we have medication deciding exactly when it'll happen!

I have to tell you girls my dream last night: I had somehow found myself in the UK. It was like a day trip, despite the 12-hour flight. And I was wandering the streets thinking "Oh, I should look up those girls from the message boards and visit them while I'm here!"

In terms of telling people, we've been pretty open. Most of my friends know. I've been giving disclaimers that we don't want to talk details when we're in thick of it, and that we won't be giving news either way for a while afterwards. I'm hoping that will let me glean the support of my friends (which has been so helpful so far) without having too much pressure on the results. We'll see if I come to regret having so many people know.

So far, one of the biggest upsides of telling people is that it's cut down on the constant questions about when we're going to have kids, and comments on my biological clock, and hints that we should "start trying." Most people are more sensitive now, and I need that.

Thankfully I'll be off from teaching, so I didn't have to tell my boss and I don't have to try to hide a bloated belly from my overly perceptive high school students.

 

[Plex]

i just thought u could bag them up them put them in the chest Ive labelled the bags lol but i would recommend the small day pouch of meds thing that makes it more discreet - i have to inject at work, so the little pouch means i can sneak into the bathroom and inject there and no-ones the wiser!

That was a long trip in your dream for a day excursion lol

Its great that your off work - i think its important to focus on yourself although some people need the constant distraction of work - i work quiet nights so prefer to be off and distracted in the day time

Anybody else like me? I want to fast forward to when im pregnant and thinking, it was all worth it and im like 30 weeks pregnant! xx

 

[Emmi]

Morning Ladies!!!

Ahhhh Amy - what a fabulous dream! I am sure that we could all show you a good time over here in your dream too though I think you may need more than a day!

For my last ivf, we told quite a few people but nothing prepares you for a fail and then to have to tell people that it didn't work was full on heartbreaking.
So this time - we have limited it to a few close friends and family. But it's no surprise that we are desperate for a family so I think most people know the journey that we are on.

How's you today Lizzie??? I have a whole load of hypnotherapy cd's but still have trouble sleeping, my mind never stops!! It is all so emotional this journey - not only the need to be a mummy but also all those damned drugs that we have to shove into us! Honestly - can you imagine if we had to swap roles with our hubbies!!! I say to my hubby many times that while I pump myself full of hormones and have the trauma of dildo cam, egg collection and transfer - all he has to do is get happy in a cup!!!! Sheeeeesh!

How are you Plex??? Well I think your bring on AF dance may have worked! Really hoping that it will get heavier so it really is the witch and I can book my down reg scan!
A sure way to get the witch flowing is a bit of rumpy pumpy so even though hubby was knackered last, I acted like he was an adonis and I needed no other man than him in my moment of pure sexual needs ;-) So I think that really helped - your terrible Muriel!!!

xxx

 

[lizzie78]

Amy - just shows how the brain works through things while we sleep. I bet you were exhausted after your night globe trotting though!

Plex - I think I'm a bit odd I have a very different feeling about this whole thing to what I expected. I've spent literally years waiting to get to this point and thinking about "when" I'm pregnant and now it's like I don't even relaise what it is that I'm in the middle of. I do the injections every night but don't really think about it in context of us trying to get pregnant. I'm not really sure why I'm thinking the way I am, it's almost like when I quit smoking and I only ever thought about getting through that day and never the end result iykwim. I sound even more crazy now that I've written that down!

Emmi - Woohoo for AF Have you called to book your scan yet? Glad that the bloating is going down too. it's hard to know what is related to 'normal' hormonal body stuff and what is as a result of AF these days.

Hope everyone else is getting along ok?

xxx

 

[Emmi]

Yep - scan booked for Weds! It all seems so slow but I just break everything down into sections - so now I just hope that I have down regged okay!

Definitely not feeling so bloated so over the moon about that! The mad cravings for naughty food has stopped though I am really hoping that hubby brings me home something naughty! Love a bit of cake me ;-)

xxx

 

[lizzie78]

I'm sure you will have done hunni but know what you mean. I'm panicking a bit that I'm not down regging at all. Tmi warning but I have more cm than I have ever had before so I'm fretting a bit as it know buserlin increases your hormones before shutting everything down so maybe I'm not doing the shutting down bit....who knows!

 

[Emmi]

Ahhh Honey - just because you have CM - that really doesn't mean anything so don't read too much into that. Until dildo-cam has had a wee look at the down reg scan - you really don't know. And if you haven't down regged enough, then you just continue with the burserelin.

But I know - every day it's a bloody worry if everything is alright! Had have a piece of cake today just to celebrate that AF arrived pretty much on time!! Down regging can play havoc with the ole hormones so we just have to take it one day at a time!

xxx

 

[lizzie78]

Thanks Emmi, think I'm just a bit tired and moody today tbh but good to know as it has been bothering me a bit. Ah yes good old dildo cam lol. You have your next date on weds and I'll have to wait at least another week after that - shame

X

 

[Emmi]

If you are ever worried about anything, just phone the nurses. They are really lovely and with my last IVF - I was phoning them constantly with the most bonkers questions. Peace of mind is always a good thing in this game as we have so much stuff to worry about anyway!

Ahhh - your day for the scan will come round quickly enough and if we ever did have the same date and time - look out for the crazy woman in the corner smiling lots, drinking tea and stuffing herself with biscuits ;-)

xxx

 

[amy8686]

Hi all,

Well, today was my trial transfer and hysteroscopy... success! It was all way less traumatic than I've been fearing. The trial transfer was super easy. I have NEVER used the word easy to describe anything using a speculum, but it went smoothly and I was surprised when my doctor said it was over. The hysteroscopy was harder... I had a lot of cramping when the camera was passing through. But it was bearable, and it was over fast enough. The screen was placed so my husband and I could see the entire view from the camera, and my doctor was narrating the whole journey. I had to look away as it was going through my cervix, but it was kind of interesting to see the inside of my uterus once it was in. And the best part, of course, is that everything checked out just fine. My doctor said the inside of my uterus was "beautiful." It looked kind of icky to me! My husband kept his mouth shut, but later he told me that he'd show me the inside of his uterus too if he could.

And, as I'd hoped, my husband and I made it a really great day together since we both had the day off. He kept me calm in the morning before the appointment, which is no small feat. And once it was all done, we saw a movie, ate dinner and frozen yogurt, and took a walk. I could get used to this.

He's whined a couple of times that his arm hurts because he had blood drawn. Whined to me, who had way more blood drawn today, plus the other stuff. But other than that, he's been very supportive.

How's everyone else doing today? RayeAnne, did you have your appointment?

Amy

 

[lizzie78]

That's great news Amy, so glad it all went ok,and that you have such a 'beautiful' uterus lol. Glad that everything has checked out ok for you and that you and DH had such a nice day together. The men make me laugh sometimes they don't have to do much compared to us but sometimes I think that just be harder, just watching us do it all while they sort of stand on the sidelines.

X

 

[lizzie78]

Btw the mention of frozen yoghurt now has me drooling. My dad lives in Florida and last time I visited he took me out for yoghurt, which tbh I thought was a bit weird until I tasted it and omg it was gorgeous. We don't have anything like that over here so could you have some for me too next please?!

 

[Emmi]

Oh that's fabulous news Amy. You have a beautiful uterus and had a fabulous day with hubby - now that's really having a good day! So glad that it all went well. I find looking at our bits on the screen is really interesting - we are such complex creatures!

Hope that you are having a lovely weekend Lizzie??? And Plex and the other ladies??

We've had an early Father's day today at my family home - with my family (especially my cute little nephews) and best friends. My mum made her amazing curry - no one can make Indian food better than my mum, her recipes are from the homeland and she is a pretty awesome cook! So I have stuffed myself today - tut tut! But back to the lettuce leavees tomorrow ;-)

x

 

[lizzie78]

Lol Emmi, the food sounds amazing! Glad you've had a good start to the weekend x

Quiet day for me today. Everything has swollen up including my eyelids (not a good look!) so just been taking it easy. Hope some swelling will have gone down tomorrow x