Eggsellent Egg buddies! For those having ivf during April, May and June and any others still around :-)

Sounds very like mine! In fact I thought the clots may have been my poor cervix. After one attempt she deemed my uterus 'mobile' and had to clamp my cervix

This was my second scratch and I had previously had 3 ETs so maybe it was just trying to leave the building!

My scratch was hideous this time. Not painful, just uncomfy but I kept passing huge clots with my period. It freaked me out enough to call the clinic. Still...we know where I ended up so the 'clear out' must have done me good.

Stars must be the old age making you forget

Cups got it all crossed for you for Monday!! I wish I had a fucker free day my arse is finally numbing up to the Gestone, which is more painful than pleasant. At least I am bruising less with Clexane!

Scan on Tuesday, if I am not in the nut house by then...

I also took about 4-5 days to recover from EC. Bloating was my main problem. Keep drinking plenty of water.

Well I've got 6 follies at 20mm and 4 at 16 mm so I'll be triggering tonight at 11pm. EC will be Monday. Can't wait for a little fucker free day tomorrow.

Val when is your scan? ((Hugs))

Res and Tame thinking of you x

Hi Bear. I had borderline OHSS (22 eggs collected iirc!) too and it took me a good 10 days or so to recover. Drink plenty of water and take it easy. I was very constipated too, one of the amazing egg buddies told me to drink a teaspoon of bicarb in a glass of water which did the trick.

Welcome Jodie, Bear and Cheap!

Mainly de-lurking to give Res a huge squeeze and say I am, and have been, thinking of you lots.

I have had 3 ECs. The first was absolutely fine, in fact I went running between it and ET (3dt), which makes me a bit now! I was boarder line OHSS too...My second one took a lot longer. A week or so, maybe more. Extremely bloated and uncomfy. In fact they were very concerned about OHSS but despite looking 6 months pregnant there was no free fluid! The third on was somewhere between the two. I wasn't going out running but I didn't feel and look quite so horrendous. I think I get quite bloated, gassy and constipated from the pain relief suppositories they give you

I am still really anxious Been really crampy the last few days

Hi Bear.
I hope you are feeling okay from the EC.
I had my EC on the Monday, it was the Thursday/Friday before I felt completely fine again. I found it really quite sore for those days.

Hope everyone is okay

Hello, just wondering how long it takes everyone to get over EC? I know everyone is different, but just wondered. I'm still aware of it, IYSWIM, but I only get the occasional twinge. It doesn't really hurt though. Hoping it will go soon.

Ridiculous moment of today was when I was watching Coast Australia with OH and they were harvesting pearls and they showed the biggest one in the world which was 22mm and I announced it was the size of my biggest follie. It looked pretty big on screen! Oh well . . .

Hello! So glad it's Friday. Good luck with the scan nobeer.

Stars thanks for that info, if this cycle doesn't work I will ask about it as I got lots of immature eggs last time due to my follies being a wind range of sizes.

Nobeer wow exciting stuff, I can imagine how nervous you are but I'm sure it will be ok. You've got lots of promising symptoms

Bear hello and welcome, I've just sent a reply on your thread before I realised you had come over here

Turq I'm back on Saturday for scan and bloods.

Yes stars, in about 2.5 weeks. Nervous, in spite of reassuring gagging/vomitting.

Hello, can I join? I shamelessly followed nocupcakes and turquoise here. Been Ttc since August 2011 and just completed our first failed cycle with no eggs collected. Other half has slightly lower than normal sperm count and morphology, but has a varicocele so we were referred back in October 2012. Wondered if I could hang out here for a while with other lovely IVFers?

Turquoise- I know what you mean about the scans. I got a card this am from friends who got married in December telling us baby is due in Nov. At first I welled up, then I felt meh, then I felt really bloody angry at how unfair it all is. God, I need some counselling!

Good luck to everyone on a cycle at the mo. Cheering you on!

stars I'm 9 weeks 3 days! But still lurking here (and hopefully offering helpful support) cos I love you all. I want you all to come over to Beetle's thread too. I really hope you can be there soon res, I've still got everything crossed for you. And you're not stupid.

Stars I'm 5 days past transfer. They put a 5 day blastocyst in on Saturday.

It's a nerve wracking business to be in!

Hello Stars try and think of what that drug was called. It sounds useful!

I'm feeling a bit better. Had a few glasses of wine and a takeaway with my mam and brother. And tomorrow is my day off.

Anyone else just feel like they are in limbo though? I can't fully enjoy my mostly lovely life without another baby. I wish I could be hypnotised into being happy with one.

Not long til my next cycle next month. Then there will be no wine allowed.

Res, have you decided what you're going to do about testing?

Cups, when do you get scanned again to check your follies?

Ps I really want to join the post IVF thread too!

Oh Res i just want to give you a hug too. It's so hard isn't it. You test whenever you feel ready. I really hope you are wrong. I've only been pregnant once and I really thought my test was going to be negative. I've heard a lot of people say that they have felt different with each pregnancy so I really hope that's the case with you x

Turq hugs for you too, I hate seeing other peoples scan photos (well instadiffers in particular). I have 8 nephews, 6 of them conceived whole we have been ttc and it really bloody hurts. I love all of them but it makes me ache for what I don't have.

Apparently if you have a couple of lead follies a good few days before trigger you tend to 'lose' them. I don't know if they disappear but the doctor I've spoken to says they are too mature and the eggs from those follies would not fertilise. A similar thing happened on my last cycle. Well Res I think you probably have the best idea, ignorance is bliss as they say. If I do this again maybe I shouldn't ask about the follicles. I've heard from the clinic, the doctor said he would have hoped for more follies at this stage and he thinks I needed a lower dose of menopur to start with. He is still hoping for 6 mature eggs. I feel a bit better now and I've just had acupuncture which has helped. I'm trying to keep positive.