The LTTTC thread for everyone.

[crystal443]

Ready- I thought that too I really don't think they can stop you if you already have the kid or baby in the house with you and you get pregant, surely they couldn't. I don't think anyway, there's some wierd laws here. Egg donors have to be a known donor and have to be finished having kids..which puts most women willing to donate in their 30's, which if i'm paying for a donor cycle I'd like young eggs thanks what if I don't want a known donor? and just want to have the eggs and move on? Sperm is the same thing, known donor..very strange and very uncomfortabe if you don't want to know your donor.

I think the States has a great setup for egg donation and sperm donation

 

[crystal443]

I get hungry at ovulation but I've been struggling because of the steriods all I think about is food but I have to ask myself if I really want it before I eat it. or I'll try and eat something with low fat/ no sugar so I'm at least not gaining weight Its rough

 

[CaliDreaming]

crystal, I think that is insane that TTC couples in your country can't adopt. It seems like they could just do a thorough job in evaluating adoptive parents to be sure they have come to terms with their infertility and have a realistic idea of what adoption entails. I hate rules that are too overbroad, because it seems like they are unnecessarily keeping children away from people who would be excellent parents.

readyformore, I get an increase in appetite around ovulation. Also I get it before AF. Sometimes it seems like I need a lot of extra calories to get AF to start.

 

[readyformore]

I get hungry at ovulation but I've been struggling because of the steriods all I think about is food but I have to ask myself if I really want it before I eat it. or I'll try and eat something with low fat/ no sugar so I'm at least not gaining weight Its rough

Yep........I'm moving on to fruit today. Clementines, bananas, and apples. I figure I can't get fat from fruit! Maybe the cheese I'm eating with the fruit isn't the best options......but damn I'm hungry.

 

[Milty]

Being hungry is one of the first signs I've have with Ovulation.

Well you have to have a full medical done during the process so they would probably find out then.

A lot of people in the US adopt because they want to not because they are infertile. Infact I was the only one technically infertile in my group classes.

 

[readyformore]

I think our egg donation over here is nice too!

One of my closest friends used an unknown egg donor. She got a color photo and about 10 pages worth of her background information, (which is really nice and brought me around to wondering if I could fill out 10 pages of info from my own husband ). The woman was in her late 20s and already had 2 kids. She had been a donor for 2 other women and those 2 women conceived on their first cycle (which is why my friend choose her. She went for the best track record as opposed to closest physical match. Unfortunately her fresh cycle failed, but she has a 4 year old from the DE FET).

Anyway, my friend is considering another cycle of DE IVF, but wants to use this same donor if possible. Apparently the donor is not participating currently because she wants to have another child.

How in the world do you get eggs from a person that you know?!?!?! Just walk up and say, "Hey! How's it going? So you know that I want a baby right? And I know that you're done having kids. You think maybe I could get an egg or two from you?"

 

[readyformore]

I just glanced at another thread. A woman posted that her child is 20 months old and she's hopeful she'll be pregnant quickly because she was just recently pregnant and didn't have difficulty conceiving.

Yep, my daughter was 20 months old too when I started to ttc. And she was an easy conception.

She'll be 4 years old in 2 weeks.

 

[crystal443]

Yes I know, so bloody uncomfortable to ask someone for eggs and I don't want eggs from somone in my age group..why on earth would I want to go through this again with someone else's eggs

Our best option is to go to Cape Town South Africa, we can have a donor that we've chosen it costs the same to fly to south africa, have the donor cycle and pay the donor as on cycle here. This is probably the route we'll take this July coming if no sticky bean

I read an article that women are happy to pay to leave the Australia to adopt or do donor cycles, surrogocy etc. shouldn't have to leave the country to do any of it but that's the way it is

 

[crystal443]

I wish I had the self confidence to say right, I'll be pregnant in a few months and it happen...ooooohhhh I'd give anything for that

 

[Milty]

Well I got my results

4.2

 

[readyformore]

No, you shouldn't have to leave the country. But since you have too, may as well make a vacation out of it. Go for a couple of weeks and leave the kids at home.

South Africa? I just can't imagine ever going there, although I'd love to. It just sounds dreamy.

 

[readyformore]

Well I got my results

4.2

What did they say?

 

[crystal443]

Milty, so its negative?

 

[Milty]

They don't count you positive until it hits 10....

They don't have you do a second test if it's below 5

 

[crystal443]

Milty, that just sucks At least you know now

 

[Milty]

The nurse said to keep testing it could still double ...she said I might have my days wrong ...blah blah

 

[crystal443]

I think FRERS are a little too sensitive, they seem to pick up the tiniest amount of HCG which ends up with confusion and heartache. I'm skipping the FRERS next cycle and going to try a different brand.

 

[readyformore]

I think FRERS are a little too sensitive, they seem to pick up the tiniest amount of HCG which ends up with confusion and heartache. I'm skipping the FRERS next cycle and going to try a different brand.

I was thinking the same thing. They do seem too sensitive. Then you get your hopes up.......

Sorry Milty.

 

[Milty]

Thanks guys ...I guess I now know what to do with my egg problem now I just have an implantation issue to figure out...

 

[More4mom]

Milty- We've looked into the adoption process and we can not be TTC, no IVF, nothing if we want to adopt so we pretty much left it at that. I do kind of understand why its like that but its a lot to ask of someone to give up on having a baby.

I've heard you say that before and I still find it so surprising.

Maybe you could just lie? If you happen to get pregnant just claim that your pill didn't work!

LOL... Ready!! I agree!... How would they know? I guess they could find out about IVF...