Waiting to start IVF in January anyone else?

[amoreamy]

Aurora - I still have every faith in your results Hang in there

Lizzie- lots of luck this morning, let us know how you get on. You can do this!

Beneath- I found the pressure you're describing happened quite near the end, and I've heard others talk about it too. I think it's a great sign!

CMo and Mrs W- very good luck with the EC and fingers crossed for lots of quality eggs! I'll be thinking of you!

Jaybo- It sounds about right for a wtf appointment! But there are other avenues to follow like the low meds/antagonist etc which might suit your body better. Don't let them take the wind out your sails for that 30%! I know how hard it is to force feed vitamins to your partner (they have to go through so much!) That 30% is amazing and will make a huge difference next time x

Star - thank you How are you getting on?

Apologies if I've missed anyone

AFM - Thank you all for your well wishes. You ladies are amazing Well, yesterday was the biggest hurdle so far. Maybe 50/50 with constant sickness! I had a really bad night on Tuesday, my ovaries were so painful it felt like it did before a ruptured cyst. My dh had a fever overnight too, so couldn't drive us, so luckily my dad saved the day. I was so nervous his sample would be rubbish because he was ill They were 45 minutes late which was nerve wracking as was the second ever person in their new suite so I think they were still getting to grips with everything. I went in pretty groggy and already in pain and I was kind of hoping the meds they gave me would knock me out. OMG no such luck, I could feel the whole kit and caboodle! Beyond that, I think the weirdest thing which I've never heard anyone mention is they go straight to embryologist and so you can hear whether a follicle has an egg or not, and my first 4 didn't which makes you want to die. Apart from that, the team were incredibly caring and sweet and I was really well looked after. My tummy is painful and distended but not horrendously, and I slept last night so I feel much better this morning.

The embryologist rang me while I was typing. Out of the nine, two were immature. So out of the remaining 7, we have 4 fertilised. She said they're looking good. This is so emotional!

 

[Ilovetomatoes]

Thank you Ladies!

Aurora sorry to hear that they didn't put you asleep for the retrieval. 4 is still a good number. Make sure to eat lots of fiber and drink lots of fluid. I assumed we are now waiting for day 3 . One step closer!

Mrs W, good luck today! Super excited for you.

lizzie! Your test is definitely getting darker. especially between 14 dpo and 15 dpo!

I'll catch up with everyone a bit later...need to go back to sleep!

 

[Comfycushions]

Amy your experience at egg collection sounds really stressful and unpleasant.

Congrats and good luck to your 4 embies.

 

[Bumpsparkle]

Amore - 4 fertilised is good news and fingers crossed they keep growing for you.

Lizzie - your tests look good (stronger than my chemical looked) but understand your worrying. Can you insist your clinic does a blood test now?

Our uk clinic do them as they can provide so much info. For example they took it as a great sign that I had a chemical as it meant something happened. Without the blood test we would probably never had known

ILT - OMG I can't believe they missed it was twins! I might be getting all mixed up but weren't we all predicting twins with either your dark tests or beta results or both? I kinda remember being surprised it was only 1 LOL!

Mrs W - good luck this morning. Been to clinic myself this morning so may have seen ya!

Afm - transfer is on Tues...yay! We've been waiting since our egg collection in Oct and at last we'll be bringing one of our embies home! I'm CD10 and my lining was at 9mm so all looking good. Totally didn't expect that already! x

So sorry if I've missed anyone...this thread is moving quickly again with so much going on. Hugs all round! x

 

[lizzie78]

Amoreamy - 4 fertilised is great. Keep the faith and concentrate on getting over EC. So sorry you weren't knocked out for it. Do you know what number of day transfer you are likely to go for?

Thanks ladies it really does help that you all take the time to try and reassure me I'm going to be hanging around here to watch you all get your beautiful BFPs

Bump - no blood tests unfortunately but i'm stopping testing now unless something drastic changes and i'm going to try to just concentrate on being positive.

xxx

 

[CMo]

Hi ladies

ILT amazing news! Absolutely delighted for u!

Jaybo sorry your wtf appt was so vague. Glad DH results are looking better though

Mrs W good luck today, can't wait to hear how many eggs you get.

Lizzie your tests are still looking good. What's the next plan with your clinic? When will the test again?

Star & bump not long until transfer. I should hopefully be mon or wed aswell. Looks like there'll be 5 of us all transferring about the same time! Plenty company through tww!

Amy 4 fertilised is fab! When is transfer?
Sorry to hear collection was so traumatic for you. My nurse yesterday assured me I would be asleep through the whole thing and not remember anything. I really hope this is the case.

BMW I've been soooo tired while stimming and when I do go to bed I can't sleep! The pressure has been really bad the last few days. Don't think I've ever felt so uncomfy. I had a study day at work yesterday so was sitting up, in jeans all day. Thought I was going to die (or split in 2) couldn't wait to get in the car to undo my belt and buttons lol straight home and into pj's!!

Aurora - how's things with you?

Comfy hi! How are you?

Gosh that was a long post lol. I managed to stay awake to do trigger last night. This time tomorrow it'll be all over. Just praying I get some eggs!!

 

[lizzie78]

CMo excellent news for transfer next week. It looks like a busy week next week which is great as you will all be able to help each other through the tww.

Nothing else from my clinic now, i have scan scheduled for 23rd March gulp. Just had a rather arsey conversation with them as Its DH's birthday in a couple of weeks so we had booked flights to go out to Mallorca for a long weekend starting next Friday. I didnt really think we stood a chance of a BFP this cycle and everything i read said the only reason people recommend you dont fly in the first trimester is in case you have a m/c and are abroad. I just wanted to check that with the nurses and she was really funny with me and basically said i shouldnt fly but there again people do have to fly for work, then she told me off because obviously id need a letter from them to be able to fly with my clexane injections. I nearly cried when i got off the phone, i really havent been expecting the bfp so hadnt thought any further ahead than mallorca being a nice break away for me and dh to get over things. Now i have to tell DH that we cant go and he has paid for the flights, not looking forward to that conversation either.

 

[star25]

Bumpsparkle yay pupo together! I know how you feel, my EC was halloween such a long wait but weve made it 9mm is great! Least you didnt have to wait another week xx

 

[Aurora CHK]

Lizzie, wtf that nurse, why can't they just do the letter then if you will need one? I think the break sounds just what you guys need and deserve. I haven't heard before about not flying in early pregnancy, that sucks if that's the case. What does Dr Google say?

If you can't get the money back, don't cancel until the day before I reckon, in case you change your mind etc.

 

[amoreamy]

ilt- thank you It's either a 2 day or 5 day transfer for me, so it will probably be tomorrow

comfy- it wasn't nice but feeling much better today

bump- thank you! Yay for Tuesday! That's fabulous news!

cmo- thank you! I'm very jealous they're going to knock you out hehe! Good luck for tomorrow

Lizzie- thank you! I'm really sorry they were so difficult on the phone. There's no need to be arsey with you about it. I'm with aurora, I didn't think it was a problem

to everybody!

Just waiting to hear tomorrow morning whether it will be tomorrow or Monday. I can't believe how I feel about those little embies already!

 

[CMo]

Lizzie I can't believe how horrible the nurse is being to you! It may be an everyday occurrence for them but for us this is a life changing emotional roller coaster. I'd be seriously thinking about speaking to the charge nurse or putting in a wee letter of complaint because she really needs a wee talking too! Xx

 

[lizzie78]

thanks ladies, i'm just over emotional toady I think, silly baggage. She probably couldnt believe what an idiot I would be to risk an IVF pregnancy by flying. Have told DH who isnt best pleased with me. Suggested we go away somewhere else but he thinks we have lost the money we paid for the flights so we probably cant. hey ho, it will all be worth it if my little bean sticks with me. Thanks for putting up wioth me moaning. Im stopping now and getting ready to cheerlead you all through the next few weeks.

 

[Ilovetomatoes]

Lizzie, don't feel bad! I think that nurse needs to re-consider her occupation if she doesn't know how to be nice to patients!!! Grrr...I want to bitch slap her! Don't you worry about flying. I think as long as you put your needles and medicine in your suitcase, there shouldn't be a problem. I can ask my friend who is a flight attendant. She is currently a little over 5 weeks pregnant and an active flight attendant. What is more worrying is the food. As long as you watch your food and hopefully no food contamination, I think you and DH should enjoy yourselves. It's been a roller coaster journey and a little break will be nice. Plus, tell DH ILT said to be nice to you!!! It is not your fault that you are pregnant! Hey...guess what?? You are pregnant!!

Bump, I think all of us (the RE, DH, and I) were expecting to see fraternal twins instead of identical. I thought that my HCG was pretty high for singleton but thought that I might have lost one on the first scan. The RE looked around and wasn't able to find another sac. So on the first scan, we did see only one baby and he moved the wand around the baby and we didn't see a second one or even a hint of a second one. So he thinks what happened was that the second baby was hiding behind the first one and that was why we couldn't see baby B. Anyway, time to switch our thinking to having twins now. . Good luck on your transfer soon!!

Everyone else Hi :wave: and thank you!

 

[lizzie78]

Ha ha bitch slap ilt love it

 

[Aurora CHK]

Amoreamy, you poor sausage, that sounds really traumatic! Hope you're being well looked after now. Four embryos sounds great! Ooh so exciting!!!

And for all the forthcoming transfers for Bumpsparkle, Star, CMo and Mrs W too - whoop!! I'm really looking forward to hearing all the blow-by-blow 2ww accounts!

I'm still SO EXCITED about ILT's identical babas and of course about Lizzie's special rainbow - although NOT about unsupportive clinics (I also have my own axe to grind here of course so might be projecting my own irritation but it does seem very crappy to me!!)

Also still sending big love to Mo, Jaybo, Libby, Comfy and everyone else.

First Try, where are you up to? Sorry anyone missed, I am sneaking this out whilst at work!

 

[MoBaby]

Lizzie keep your flights. Go to the birthday. No reason why you can't fly. That nurse is crazy. Ask to speak with the dr if she is being bitchy. Fx for you.

 

[Aurora CHK]

Thinking of Mrs W having her EC - looking forward to the update! I wish we could all be actually together through all this, Big Brother House-stylee... I don't like waiting and worrying for my ladies!!!

 

[beneathmywing]

Quick update: had another scan today. 13 follies!! 9/10 are 16-18 mm and the others are 12-14. Another scan tomorrow. Eeeek!

 

[Aurora CHK]

BMW I've been soooo tired while stimming and when I do go to bed I can't sleep! The pressure has been really bad the last few days. Don't think I've ever felt so uncomfy. I had a study day at work yesterday so was sitting up, in jeans all day. Thought I was going to die (or split in 2) couldn't wait to get in the car to undo my belt and buttons lol straight home and into pj's!!

That all sounds very promising for lots of juicy eggs! I felt I had a baker's dozen in there by the end. Cluck cluck!

 

[Aurora CHK]

Quick update: had another scan today. 13 follies!! 9/10 are 16-18 mm and the others are 12-14. Another scan tomorrow. Eeeek!

That's amazing!!! Low reserve, my elbow! (Not quite the phrase but trying not to swear quite as much!)