Santa Baby, Leave a BFP under the Tree for me <brook the Rat Smacketeers>

sex selection seriously!! Oh and Keep AF will NOT show up again for at least 9 months!!!! Brooking no argument!

Oh, and also meant to tell you as dh went in to do his bit they asked him if he wanted to do sex selection. Grrrrr. He said no, we just want a baby! Lots of people esp from Oz I think come here for that, usually through ivf. I don't see what they could do through iui...

It's just a normal 2ww, he said to test on the 25th, I think AF will show on the 26/27th... No drugs, as haven't been shown to have a progesterone issue.

I promise!!

well now you have said that, they have a theme tune too promise when you have a bump you play the A team theme and 'the boys are back in town' on a loop to the bump

More seriously though, what is next, do you have to take any more drugs? When can you test?

Yes, they're all clean and shiny. And only the A team allowed in!

Ooh Keep I must say when you said you had washed sperm I had a vision of a group of lads getting ready for a night out, all linx and hair gel they will find that shiny golden egg, brooking no argument!!!

at mrBoo!!

And maybe what was the ovulation story..?

geek that is so sad about all the presents, did you know? I'm so hoping for a good response for you.

I've not tested. I think I'd be sad to see a fake bfp, iykwim. I want the first time to be a real time.

Annoyingly they don't look at morphology pre-iui. That's where our issue is. But, the Dr said they need 10m to have a good chance, so we make up for poor morphology with numbers!

Am just back! I have 107million washed sperm on board, with motility of 94%. Pre wash was something like 290m and 39%.Dr said I can do normal exercise but I've decided to take it easy this afternoon

Dh was shown to the wank-room, and the lady dimmed the lights and turned on some middle eastern porn (he says he turned it off..). And the lab is right next door so you just put your sample through the hatch. We thought they must have a constant soundtrack of porn to their day.

Apparently some sperm can get along the 8cm of tube in 30 mins! I should ovulate later this afternoon/evening.

Keep I hope this catches you in time. Good luck for today - Brooking those spermies meet your golden egg.

Hahaha Boo and Geek they sound about as lured up as MrMaybe. We all remember the ovulation story don't we.....

Solars your post made me proper

Oh bless Mr G, that would be good though wouldn't it! Mr boo had a 'bless him' moment the other day, it went like this -
me have you organised your paternity leave yet?
him nope, checked the rules, needs doing 15 weeks before due date, got ages to sort it
me you do realise I'm 24 weeks
him course I do, I will get onto it when it is time
me how long exactly do you think I am pregnant for
him

I'm with sweetie - I read your post solars and thought noooo surely she couldn't have meant to type that!

MrG floored me with his innocence at lunchtime today - he thought pg tests would show positive within a couple of days of DTD if it was successful - oh if only MrG!!!

Also had a scary moment at work. I just clicked on 'empty the recycle bin' and a message popped up asking if I was sure I wanted to delete 'WINDOWS'? Ermmm much as it causes me no end of grief, I think it would be worse if I didn't have it!

Solars I am at you

...sorry only got time for a quick read and no real time to post at the moment...

Maybe I was out and about this morning and I swear my nips are only starting to defrost now!

(hugs) for you Geek and MrGeek these things are very tough to deal with.

Geek, I have missed your amazing posts!! This spreadsheet sounds immense and scary all at the same time

Is anyone else incredibly cold?

Hello ladies, how is everyone this misty, freezing day?

All is good in the Geek camp, it feels a bit weird actually - kind of like getting off a really scary fairground ride and realising you're still alive. Weird analogy but I can't think how else to put it. Thank you all for your help last night.

keep yes, he had bought birthday and christmas cards each year, and there is a box of presents, fully wrapped, that were never sent. The cards were sent for the first five or six years, but after getting no response to the notes he put in (including his phone number, since he no longer had theirs) he couldn't bear to send them anymore but couldn't bring himself not to buy them in the first place.

Congratulations on your lining keep that is brilliant! So much better than last time. And you are definitely laying a golden egg - much better to have a triple-quality egg than three ok ones Have you tested yet?? I understand from reading other forums that it can take up to 10 days for the HCG trigger to fully leave your system - are you planning on testing out your trigger so that you know any positive test you may get afterwards is a genuine one, or are you not planning on testing at all? So funny that you couldn't talk to the dr about DTD

sweetie congrats on finding a local place to test for sticky blood, I don't think for a minute that you will have it but you need to be able to go into IVF not worrying about things like that. Testing after a mc would be no good to you whatsoever. Peace of mind is everything.

keep's summary of my mat leave spreadsheet is pretty spot on, it's a spreadsheet I keep that tracks my outgoings, both actual and forecast, breaks it down into week by week expenditure and balances it against wages/SMP/KIT day payments/AL payments that I will get during mat leave and tells me how much I will need by way of savings before mat leave starts, in order to be able to fund mat leave (or alternatively, tells me how many weeks of mat leave I can afford to go on!)

cartoon I'd be happy to send a copy over to you in template form if you want?

maybe @ Sperm101 I too would be PIAPP (plastic pot)

cleo I wouldn't think light periods is too much to worry about, certainly not with you only recently having stopped taking the pill - it can take a while for your body to find its own 'normal' again. Good news about your bloods, that's excellent.

cups that is soooo frustrating

Hmmm this post is getting a bit epic even for me, so I suppose that's a clue that I really ought to go and do some work...

OMG just lost a massive post, I'm really really annoyed. Bloody iPad! Right to sum it up:

Yay to MrG

Yay to IUI tomorrow Keep

I've watched half of babymakers, need to watch the rest tonight. I love it.

Cartoon you are diffed my dear no need to check those Knicks!

As you were Brookers

oh where does one find this spreadsheet.......?

cleo I don't think that sounds anything to worry about.
sweetie I'm glad your getting the tests done. putting ur mind at rest is worth a lot and of course that's all it will be.
brilliant news keep soo excited! I think u should pee on a stick as an experiment
well I'm 4+2 today woo! glad to have got to a point where my af is actually late iyswim and so far nothing to indicate a problem, but then I never have. I was worried about having an early positive and then af coming.

Exactly Keep. It's all about the Golden Egg. Like a Faberge egg.

I also have fairly light periods. Bloody painful, but light. And I have been told there's nothing wrong with my lining too. I think there is just such huge variations between people. But I think everyone has their own 'normal'. IYKWIM.

It's great all you bloods are ok Cleo tis just a matter of time now

I have light periods too... Again have been told its not a prob. But Hmmm.

I took letrozile for five days, yes its meant to be like clomid, the idea was more eggs. But now I'm thinking its given me one extra top quality golden egg instead! :)

Cleo I have very light periods, I think Beedle does too. The tests I have had never show it as an issue. My womb lining was ok when I did my Ivf cycle, they measure it as part of monitoring. I would try not to worry about it too much. I know easier said than done. Every little thing is there to be worried about. Good news that everything else is doing what it should, you will be diffed before you know it.

Hi Guys, can you help me? I have a question, I went to the docs yesterday for my bloods results, he said everything was normal, including my progesterone levels...phew. He sees no reason why I shouldn't conceive fairly easily, he suggested using OPKs as I have slightly irregular periods normally somewhere better 26-29 days, which I started using last month. I usually have very light periods though, usually 2 - 4 days, with (sorry for TMI) very few clots, I think they seem light to me as I am used the heavy withdrawal bleeds you get when on the pill. Do any of you ladies know if light periods can be a negative sign?

Did you just have one shot of the letrozole? I thought it did the same things as clomid but with fewer side effects.

I think you should set up an experiment. Like an hour by hour testing thats what I would do, but I don't get out much

Deffo, waiting to test post m/c is too late. Go for it!! Just to put your mind at rest, of course.

I was more questioning the letrozole, maybe. I thought the idea was to make me produce mire than one egg, and if it hasn't then I'v
e had it for nothing??

So how long do you reckon from jabbing in the bum to a positive test..?