LTTTC #1 - Support Group *Please share your story

[Myshelsong]

It is Thursday!
Good luck on Egg transfer day, my fingers and toes are crossed for you.

Week One of Fertility Yoga and Cleanse.
https://books.google.ca/books/about/Fully_Fertile.html?id=hABmTenB2lMC&redir_esc=y
This is the link to the book I purchased in case anyone else is interested in doing something different while waiting for everything else to line up.

The book I purchase starts me off slow, week one is just yoga every day and sip hot lemon water. This sounds acheivable right?
Next week will probably be different, may have to look at acupuncture .... not sure if I like that idea but have decided to give this a real shot.

How is everyones week going? I know some are preparing for IVF so that must be exciting and terrifying at the same time. Anything you are struggling with?

 

[flou]

Good luck dovkav with the egg transfer today!

 

[dovkav123]

I am not alone anymore!
Embryo transfer was little bit complicated dr. couldn't get into my cervix to my womb, she let this perform to another dr. and she did it great!
We saw a photo of embryo 8cell A grade 3 days old. He is perfect!
WE saw a follicle first last week, today an embryo. We are so blessed to experience live growing. A reward for all dark days and dissapoinments.
Sept 30th is a blood test.
Dr. orders: no baths and sex for 4 days, no heavy lifting and exercise. Stay warm and rest.
2 years of infirtility, pages of BBT, $$ spent on preg tests, 3 times painful needle pokes through vaginal wall, countless tears and emotional breakdowns.
I asked all my close friends and relatives to pray and ask God for blessings. My grandma went to church. I pray every day. I Thanked God for giving us a chance to be parents.(adead of time)

Don't give up! Don't ever give up. Don't you ever ever give up!

Call your doctors every day and demand ultrasounds, hormone testings, IUI, IVF.

 

[LornaMJ]

Hi everyone, sorry I disappeared for a while but wanted to update you.

We started on the IVF road three weeks ago, yesterday I had a scan to be told I had 18 follicles all at a great size and looking good. I find out today if I am for EC on Monday or Wednesday. It has been ten LONG years TTC and I feel we are so close to finally having our dream come true. I wish everyone their beans on here lots of baby dust

 

[dovkav123]

Lorna, good luck for your EC. You are so close to finish line!
Myshel, thanks for the info. Yoga is so relaxing and lemon water is so healthy it cleanses your liver, detoxes and removes access of hormones. Keep doing it! Shut your worries down; open love and peace!

 

[pbl_ge]

Dovkav, that's wonderful news! Congratulations on being PUPO! Will you be testing or waiting for blood test?

Lorna, 18 follies sounds great! I hope that everything continues to go smoothly. Let us know what happens with EC!

Myshel, I just started acupuncture recently. It definitely seems weird, but I remind myself that this is a practice that's been in existence for 5,000 years or so. There's also lots of Western research lit supporting its use, including in some infertility patients. I can't lie and say it doesn't hurt at all, but it's really not painful in the way you expect. Sometimes there's a little aching at first, but it mostly goes away quickly, and you just get to relax. Since you got kinda screwed by the system, that seems like a great potential avenue to pursue while you have to wait. There's also some really good books on Chinese medicine and infertility. I'll have to see if I can find the one my acupunturist friend relies on.

What's new with everyone else?

Day 7 of BCP here. 17 days until I start Lupron shots.

 

[StorkStalker]

Hello everyone... Sorry to disappear, I wasn´t coping... Had to cancel the IVF... Crazy stuff... Hormones all over the place and I´m losing my hair and I´m freaking out... I cry day and night... I wish all of this could go away...

Good luck to the ones with embryo transfers and frozen embys... I sure love to see when some of us get a graduation from LTTTC... Fingers crossed for all of you...

Fb and baby envy!! Grrrrr!! I´m like a mouse going into an electric fence.. I know it will hurt and I can´t help myself...

Will try to stick around this thread to get to know you... It seems like most of the girls I met 2 years ago have graduated which is great!!

Lots of hugs and baby dust..

 

[pipilotta]

I'm sorry for your cancelled ivf storkstalker. Take good care of yourself, losing hair can also be a sign of high stress. Can you change the meds, or try a natural ivf cycle like dovkav? I'm so sorry, hope you fell better soon.

Lorna, wow, so many follies, awesome. Good luck for the egg collection, keep us updated. I'm so happy for you, 10 years, such a long time, you really deserve this!

Pbl_ge, days are going by, you are getting closer to the next step, not too long and you will be there.

I'm working ot at the moment. Another few weeks, than back to my normal schedule, can't wait, I'm exhausted from working so much. A great weekend for everyone.

 

[dovkav123]

pbl_g, I am testing at home around Wednesday 9 days post retrieval. I want to rule out a chemical preg. So far I had headache, and cramping for 2 days some action on my ovaries,and needles on my uterus yesterday. I think it is a good sign.

Storkstalker, sorry for your disapoinment. Please take lots of selenium and zinc to improve your hair health.
Sending you blessings

pipi,take care of yourself, relax this weekend!

 

[LornaMJ]

Hi ladies hope you are well and hope to see some BFPs on here soon. We are away now ready for a huge week ahead. Our FS is 6 hrs drive from us so staying close by in an alpine village just sooo relaxing. Going for scan tomorrow to see how the follies are and for EC Wednesday will keep you updated x

 

[pipilotta]

Sounds like the perfect retreat for ivf Lorna. Hope you having a great time relaxing. Good luck for the EC on wednesday!

 

[dovkav123]

It is Wednesday!
Good luck Lorna, this is your big day!

 

[pbl_ge]

Lorna, come give us the update when you can!

Dovkav, did you ?

How is everyone else doing?

Big hugs and dust to everyone....

 

[LornaMJ]

Hi all EC got delayed until tomorrow as the follies where not quite ripe enough. However I took the trigger last night and we have the green light for EC tomorrow at 10am. Very very excited now and nervous. I had another scan on Monday and that showed 12 really good sized follicles the other 6 too small but 12 is great!! Had acupuncture today to help with the anxiety and it worked so all good.


Will update tomorrow

 

[dovkav123]

Fingers crossed for you, Lorna!

My urine is sitting in the bathroom and looking at me, and I am looking at it I can't do it!

My hubby is not here. I want to do it with him. I guess the urine will be too old by this afternoon. I'll test tomorrow. It will be only 11 days. My little bean is only 11 days old.
Symptoms: tired all day yesterday without a reason, stressed out for no reason,nausea minimum, tingle breasts, minimum uterine contractions like before Af. Very bright and colourful dreams. Wolf apettite!
I had non of those symptoms last cycle. I was on progesterone too. I have hope. Stick baby stick!

 

[pipilotta]

Kia ora Lorna, all the best for tomorrow! 12 follies are awesome, keep relaxing and have a good time in your mountain accommodation.

 

[pbl_ge]

Dovkav, now I'm super excited for your !!!! Good luck!

Lorna, 12 is smack in the middle of what my docs told me is the ideal range. Good luck!!!!

 

[MrsImpatient]

Hello, my name is Katie, and I struggle with infertility. I wish it felt better to say it, but it doesn't...

I want to start off by thanking everyone for sharing their stories and for being so open and honest and encouraging. I have been a frequent reader of BnB, but didn't officially register until this week. This is my first post. I think I kept hoping that I would just magically beat the odds and get pregnant before I took the time to join and become an active participant in this wonderful site. But here I am...

I reached my breaking point today. I thought we did it this month. AF was late and I wasn't experiencing any of my usual symptoms. I kept telling myself she would show up any minute but with each day that passed I couldn't help but get excited. My husband left to go out of town over night for work, so I had it all planned out. I would wake up tomorrow, take a test to confirm, and then surprise him with the GREAT news when he arrived home tomorrow night. My birthday is Monday so what a wonderful birthday present, right? Well I was wrong, I went to the bathroom one last time before leaving for work and the witch had arrived. UGH! Then I get to work-after giving myself time-and my legal assistant gets off the phone and announces that a friend of hers that can't get pregnant just got to hear the heartbeat of her baby tucked inside her womb. Of course I want to be excited for someone that beat fertility problems, but REALLY?!?! Did that have to happen now? today?

So that brings me here. To vent to y'all. I hope that is alright.

Our story: My husband and I have been together 11 years and married for almost 8 years. We have no children. We actively put off children until I graduated from Law School. We figured we were doing the right thing by waiting...well had we known it would be like this, we never would have tried NOT to get preggo.

We have been actively trying to get pregnant for over two years. We did our best to be cool about it since everyone said getting pregnant is difficult but after a year of no success my Doctor said it was time to start running tests. My blood work came back normal and my HSG came back normal as well. My hubs gave two samples and both resulted in less than optimal levels. They weren't tragic but were below what is considered normal. He saw a couple more specialists but of course there were no answers. We have continued to try and conceive naturally because money is an issue. Our insurance pays ZERO dollars for anything dealing with fertility treatment. Our insurance covered the diagnosis but won't cover any treatment... My husband works in education. I was a prosecutor for the government but I started my own practice because the possibility of making more money in a shorter period of time is better in private practice. Our hope is that we will be able to get the money together for IVF faster if I am in private practice. But right now money is TIGHT.

We will be attending a free patient seminar on Saturday. It will tell us what to expect and we will be able to meet with their finance director about how to pay for treatment. I am excited about that but I still wish we didn't have to go to something like that. I guess I am just very bitter today. I am destroyed today. Just like I was last month and the month before and the month before that and...

Hopefully I will turn my attitude around in the next couple days and get back to trying again, you know, the usual cycle.

So that is me. Thank you for taking the time to read my long post.
I have a blog too. I periodically post on it. I use it to get my feelings out. Feel free to check it out. It is on blogger and it is called Our Secret Island. I can't post the link since this is my first post.
Thanks again for listening and sharing your stories.

 

[LornaMJ]

Well it went really bad today!! They drained fluid of four follicles and no eggs! There was no sign of the ovidrel in the fluid which suggests I just didn't absorb it?!? The FS said in
25 years he hasn't seen anything like it. I am to take another trigger tomorrow different type and they will rescan Monday and hope the follicles are still there and try and re collect some eggs, I haven't stopped crying!!!

Dovcav...any news???

 

[dovkav123]

Lorna, it is frustrating, that you are the first one that Ovitrel didn't get in your system! Why? How much did you administer? I did 250 mcrg, some clinic do 500mcg. They go by BMi? Lorna, the rest of the eggs are waiting for you on Monday. It takes only one. Praying for you.

Mrsimpatient, welcome, you are in the right spot in the right time. I am very sorry that you had to end up here. We are all TTC for 2 years and more. Unfortunalty none of us got preggo naturally so far. IVF is the only hope. I hope you'll be next!

BFN this morning, very sad and stressful morning. I hate testing.
I always waited for my AF.
I hope it is too early. I expect my period in 6-7 days.
Monday is a big day and I'll wait for that.
My dr. warned me, DON"T TEST AT HOME! OUR PATIENT TESTED NEGATIVE AND SHE WAS PREGNANT. IT IS VERY DANGEROUS!