Totally Talkative, Crazy 1st-timers (NTNP/TTC #1!) - [22+ BFP's & 18 babies born!]

[AllisMommy]

Anddddddd we saw a HB yesterday on my 2nd sono!
148bpm
Love love it!
Although I was so sick over the weekend I had to get an RX for zofran. And now I'm constipated.ughhh is it march 19 yet!?

 

[flapjack10]

Aw fab news! Apart from the sickness and constipation!

I'm guessing girl!

xxx

 

[JJsmom]

Awwww! YAY for a great heartbeat!!!

 

[AllisMommy]

FJ I'm guessing girl too! Lol poor OH is going to have a house full of estrogen.
JJ.. Yes so exciting!'

 

[Hit Girl]

Sending ALL my love to everyone here.

Alex, awesome news!

 

[magicwhisper]

how is everyone?

 

[sugarpi24]

okay...getting rid of debt before we start the process of applying for a loan for IVF. how is everyone else?

 

[nlk]

Good...off to London today to get my bloods taken again. Hopefully my thyroid is under control now, and I can get matched ready for IVF!

 

[joo]

Great to hear from you HG! Hope you & Christian are good xxx

I guess I'm in the WTT camp. We've been talking about it for a couple of months now, just trying to decide when to try. OH wants to start next month I keep changing my mind. Don't have AF back yet anyway. ho hummmm decisions decisions!

Sending lots of baby dust to all who need it this month Aurora & Annie, good luck for your upcoming tests/appointments. Everything crossed that there's a simple solution around the corner for you xxx

Hope everyone is well - so quiet in here these days. xxx

 

[joo]

Good...off to London today to get my bloods taken again. Hopefully my thyroid is under control now, and I can get matched ready for IVF!

And good luck to you too nlk!!! Hope your tests bring about good results xxx

 

[sugarpi24]

Good...off to London today to get my bloods taken again. Hopefully my thyroid is under control now, and I can get matched ready for IVF!

hope your levels are good! Thyroid issues are the worst!

 

[nlk]

I know, sugarpi it's so annoying, because they're happy they can overcome the pcos issues...so I'm not even concerned about that with IVF! It's just the thyroid. They don't want me to start ivf until it's under control, really. Just because of the risk of miscarriage :/ Do you know when you're going to be doing ivf yet?

 

[sugarpi24]

yeah we were TTC even when my thyroid was bad i didnt know it was bad until after we had already been TTC for a month or so! its like really?! but my doctor tried getting it under control...and when he couldnt i went to a specialist and FINALLY after a year of dealing with it we got it under control. so far its good and its been under control for awhile now...but i always wonder if it is out of wack and such here and there. my thyroid doctor said he doesnt need to see me until next year unless i get pregnant then he would need to see me right away. crazy how much a thyroid issue can throw off so much in your body!

we dont know when we are going to be starting the process for IVF...we are thinking maybe 6 months or the beginning of the year...we are trying to get as much debt paid off as possible and get rid of some of our credit cards to help with our credit and hopefully get a loan that can help pay for the IVF. $25,000 is a lot of money and its crazy to think that ill be paying that off for maybe 7 years of a childs life...i always fear we wont be able to afford it...but we will see.

if your thyroid is under control with this blood test will they let you go through with IVF? or are they telling you a certain time limit it has to be controlled under?

 

[nlk]

That's crazy. I managed to go through over a year of failed fertility treatments without it being recognised. The only reason I found out was through the tests for ivf...it's like, no wonder nothing else worked! They have said that they are happy for me to go ahead with it as soon as it's under control...they're saying that it's purely because of the risk of miscarriage that they want to get it under control, first.

It's crazy how much ivf costs. We are going privately for it, and I'm really glad we are - the care that we are receiving is so much better than what we would be getting through the nhs, and it's really helping to put my mind at ease. They wouldn't have tested my thyroid, and if I had a mc as a result I would have been so heartbroken. It's not as if it's difficult to test for! Do they have egg sharing schemes where you live? That's the only way that we can afford to go through with it...it means that I give half my eggs to someone who has none, so that they can also have ivf, but I essentially get a completely free cycle!

 

[sugarpi24]

That's crazy. I managed to go through over a year of failed fertility treatments without it being recognised. The only reason I found out was through the tests for ivf...it's like, no wonder nothing else worked! They have said that they are happy for me to go ahead with it as soon as it's under control...they're saying that it's purely because of the risk of miscarriage that they want to get it under control, first.

It's crazy how much ivf costs. We are going privately for it, and I'm really glad we are - the care that we are receiving is so much better than what we would be getting through the nhs, and it's really helping to put my mind at ease. They wouldn't have tested my thyroid, and if I had a mc as a result I would have been so heartbroken. It's not as if it's difficult to test for! Do they have egg sharing schemes where you live? That's the only way that we can afford to go through with it...it means that I give half my eggs to someone who has none, so that they can also have ivf, but I essentially get a completely free cycle!

the only reason why my family doctor tested me is because i felt weird and told him i was getting shaky and my heart was beating fast sometimes...and i thought it was sugar issues...he tested my thyroid and the hospital had to call me before they told my doctor because it was so bad that it was critical they said....my level was 64! its like really i feel fine! but now its like 1...so doing good so far.

i dont know if they have egg sharing options that can save $....i know you can share your eggs if you want...but i dont think we will be doing that. how do you go about doing private IVF? there is this option of getting a loan through springstone.....they included that in our binder of information. im hoping to have some money saved up to pay some of it ourselves...but we also have a house to fix up so its a lot going on right now...trying for a baby and fixing our house. but if we wait til we have everything in order we will never have a baby! thats awesome you pretty much get a free cycle for IVF!!!

so heres hoping our IVF cycles will be coming soon!

 

[nlk]

Private ivf here is slightly different, I think. You don't get insurance to cover it, so if you want to go privately for it you need to pay up front. The only reason I'm doing private is because it's costing us next to nothing...I only have to pay for ICSI, if we need it, and the freezing of any left over embryos.

My thyroid test came back today, and it's under control enough for me to go through with ivf so now all I'm waiting on is my STUPID doctor to confirm that I have no hereditary diseases, then it's go go go!

 

[disneydarling]

Private ivf here is slightly different, I think. You don't get insurance to cover it, so if you want to go privately for it you need to pay up front. The only reason I'm doing private is because it's costing us next to nothing...I only have to pay for ICSI, if we need it, and the freezing of any left over embryos.

My thyroid test came back today, and it's under control enough for me to go through with ivf so now all I'm waiting on is my STUPID doctor to confirm that I have no hereditary diseases, then it's go go go!

Exciting news!!! Yay

 

[sugarpi24]

Private ivf here is slightly different, I think. You don't get insurance to cover it, so if you want to go privately for it you need to pay up front. The only reason I'm doing private is because it's costing us next to nothing...I only have to pay for ICSI, if we need it, and the freezing of any left over embryos.

My thyroid test came back today, and it's under control enough for me to go through with ivf so now all I'm waiting on is my STUPID doctor to confirm that I have no hereditary diseases, then it's go go go!

my insurance doesnt even cover IVF so i guess it doesnt matter...either way id have to get a loan or come up with the money...but we have awhile yet til we go there. Glad your thyroid is normal! did he check you for Hashi Motos or anything?

 

[nlk]

Nope I guess they're not too bothered by what it is, as long as it's under control and not going to cause a problem with ivf. I think they must have checked it originally, because they checked all my tsh and t levels?

Sucks that insurance won't cover it. Do they have special loans for things like ivf, or is it just a generic loan from the bank?

 

[sugarpi24]

my thyroid doctor checked for hashi motos...b12 (i think) and cushings disease (i think) plus all the other thyroid levels. but hey if they arent worried about it im sure its okay. the only reason why my doctor checked for hashi motos is because my levels kept going up and down up and down...and sure enough i have it. its just an autoimmune disease. :/

they have this one place springstone that you can apply for loan...i think its a little different than a bank...but idk. she said we have to go some where else to get the money for IVF...and springstone was in our binder on just an idea where we can apply for a loan. but im not sure how much we would be able to get without applying...and we want to wait a bit til our debt is down so itll help us afford and get a bigger loan.