Morning everybody! Here's to a new week, and new cycles for many! I hope you all had a good weekend, although I'm sorry for the arrival of AF for a number of lovely ladies.... Booo hisssss the baddy....
Purple-I'm so glad that you're feeling a little bit better. It sounds like a very sensible thing to go back to bed and let it take its course. Hope you feel better today!
Will change the list details pronto.
Butterfly-I bet you were busy watching the Oz Grand Prix over the weekend! Good result for the Brits! Doesn't Jenson look handsome these days (well, more than he ever did as he was always quite dishy!)? Hope you had a good one! xxx
Bellamie-welcome to this lovely band of women. You will get a lot of support here. As Purple said, there are a few of us who have battled with our OHs over sacrifices to make for infertility. Twinkle's advice is good-he has got to realise exactly how serious this situation is, and how expensive the alternative option is! My partner had variable SA results, with poor motility and low count being a typical feature. He started taking Wellman Conception tablets (a multi vit), and I also insisted on Vit C (1000mg) and zinc too, as these will help with motility. My OH REFUSED to take selenium and vit E as he said that his 'cocktail' of drugs gave him the runs, so I used to mix the tablet into his cereal
. I wouldn't specifically advise this type of behaviour but in the SA from last week, my OH's results were 56% motility and 25million sprm per mililitre (think that's right), so HUGE improvement, and proved that the vits work. Good luck hun, Axx
Frolicky-hope you enjoyed the glass of wine, you deserve it!!! new cycle, new start and another month to get yourself ready for motherhood. It will happen hun, stick with it! xxxx
HA and Asry, I have an auntie (a wicked auntie) called Dyddanwy, which rhymes with Myfanwy!!! Myfanwy is quite an old fashioned name, but I'm sure it will come back into fashion one of these fine days!
Dashka, hope you feel better today. You poor thing, that sounds like a nasty bug. Take it easy and rest up hun, A xxx Boo to hag bag!
HA-hope the appointment goes well today and you get some answers and ideas for your next cycle.
Lil-what are you up to? Hope you're feeling completely better after your bug. You do make me well jell with those amazing year round temps. Might emigrate to Florida myself. xxxx
Ipenn-in this country, you cannot apply for adoption within 6 months of a failed assisted conception treatment. It is all bollo& and makes me so angry, as it will take months, even years, to see through a whole adoption process, particularly in this country. Good luck with your application. Don't know how you manage all those locations, hats off to you! xxx
Man-when do you start the drugs?? Thinking of you, Axxxxx
Madeline-
Dr. S-when do you test? x
AFM-on Saturday night I developed a pain in my left side (ovary region) which got worse as the night wore on. Still sore yesterday and again today. It is uncomfortable to move around so I am in my favourite place (sure I don't need to tell you where that is!). My consultant thinks it's the ovary returning to normal, or a side effect of the progesterone. I think it's the first one, as it was in that area. Four days post ET and now I am starting to get scared, which, apparently, is the norm. Days 1-3 you're excited and happy, and then the doubts and worries start to creep in.
The Lovely Lyndon rang on Saturday and said that the fourth embryo didn't make it to blast (can't remember if I have told you this already), and before I'd even started to worry about what this could mean, he said that this didn't necessarily mean that the three transferred embies would start to degenerate as well. He said they were "beautiful" embryos and he had high hopes that they would continue to divide. I sooooo hope so, it is just such a dreadful alternative, that I DON'T WANT TO GO THERE! So, Mother Nature, please play ball, and let Twm, Sion and Cati thrive.....
Hope you all have a great day!
is there something going on or not? I've had thin lines come to tests before and af came anyhow. Like to CB +- tests..
arrived this morning! One day early... she didn't even let me get my FRER test in this morning.... argh... well I guess I saved some $. Only a 24 day cycle this time and 12 day LP.
(one of the perks of being on a break!).... It was great. And it made me realize I've had two good days in a row - first time that's happened since the mc. 
I'm treating her to a glass of wine & some chocolate at the mo! 
