Grab your Ganeshas and collect your cats: The Elderberry Pavlovas in the Quest for the New Year clusterdiff (thread 25)

I think it mostly depends on the results of your blood tests although age may also be a factor Minx. You generally start stimming from about day 2 or 3 in short protocol but you down regulate (switch things off) before stimming in long protocol.

Loving the transfixed pets!

So I bumped into someone I know at the FC this morning. It's not a massively close friend but a couple we know quite well through DH's work. (We all used to work at this place although me and the other lady left 5-6 years ago). Both our DH's work in the same office. I'd suspected they may have been having issues but didn't feel close enough to ask. It was good to have a natter to someone in the flesh and at least I now know that DH has a bloke he can natter to about stuff if he wants to. They were at day 6 on short protocol so if all goes well for both of us we could end up with our embies going back on the same day.

Jellie we watched Winterwatch.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=96B_Q6K7GUY

Go go go hb!!! Egg collection Friday!! The very, very best of luck that things will go as swimmingly as possible for you. X x

jellie loving your interested tv watching cat!! There was a really funny cat programme on channel 5 on Tuesday, including no no no cat. If you've not seen him, I'll post a link.

Hope all is going well with all other berries, it sure is busy in here!

I give up on spelling! Durrrr

Eeep HB nearly there and your numbers look good too! Enjoy your injection free day!

Cmon Smidge! I've got the AF dance troupe in the charabanc lumbering up for you! And dance bitches!

Tiger glad the job is going well. Have you made any potential work buddies yet?

We watched a programme tonight on the secret life of pets (not sure what it was called). There was a section with kittens in it. Jasper (boy cast obvs) was so concerned when the mewed he stood right in front of the tv and out his paws on the stand! Really made us chuckle. The next but was about birds... Completely not interested and wandered off

Still no sign of AF

Good luck HB! I well remember the big jab. I recommend starting the process early. It took us quite a while to read all the instructions and get the needle set up (couldn't get damn bubble out)... so ended up getting a bit stressed and being a bit late with it!
Great to read the progress report Gill, lots going on. Good luck everyone with the appointments and drumming etc. Pip glad to hear work supportive, take it easy.

Anyone heard from Happy?

Excellent news HB, one more injection then you're done!

Any news Happy?

Not stressful just late: 2220 tonight which means I am towards the end of a very busy list....

All sounds good Lumen

Bring on the excitement HB. I always found the trigger shot stressful!

Excellent news hb I have everything crossed for you

Lumen that all seems very positive and looks like things are moving in the right direction.

All ok here and set for EC on Friday. About 5-7 at 18mm but they are hopeful that a couple more may grow as had an extra shot of Menopur this morning. Just waiting for the call from the clinic about last Buserelin dose and trigger dose based on bloods.

Bring it on!

Hope everyone with scans and bloods today went well and all self injecting berries are doing ok, I can't believe how many berries are currently having treatment.

We had our gynae appointment this morning with a very nice consultant that I have not seen before. He has agreed to do a lap and dye to check my tubes and rule out endo, on the three month waiting list now. He also agreed to run the immune bloods they usually run on people with recurrent miscarriage. Could have had them done today but was not sufficiently hydrated and couldn't wait for an hour to drink a couple of pints of water, will go back in a weeks time. He also suggested the FC in London that we have been considering as an alternative to the one we have used (where he practices), as they offer more intensive immunes testing. The last consultant we saw said it was all nonsense.

All in all a much more successful meeting with a consultant than our previous ones.

Just realised I forgot to paste the link in to my post! www.theguardian.com/society/2015/jan/21/health-ivf-babies-stillborn-births?CMP=ema_632

Good luck with your scans Happy, Barking and HB.

In for bloods again. Thought I'd got here early but am 10th in the queue and they haven't even started calling the numbers out yet!

Bored is definitely the word Beaky. Yes, my clinic say down reg til AF comes then start stimming the next day. But they have said that I can stab for additional days on top if the timing would better suit. At this stage I am hoping to start drumming on Saturday so that my day 4 scratch is on Tues (day after Aus bank holiday) and my intralipid infusion will then be on Monday 2nd Feb. This is a week later than my original plans but at least it means Sundays are missed out (when AliG doesn't usually work). Anyway, that means I have to get my period today, tomorrow or Friday. Currently no real sign other than a couple of days of spotting a few days ago.

Boring!!

MrSmidge sent me a link to an IVF article this morning. Thought the berries might be interested. It's praising single embryo transfers. Sounds as if not just for better health and birth weight vs twins, but also that the vanishing twin thing isn't good for the surviving baby (although that might only be if they have to intervene physically to remove the foetus - i'll have to read it again to check). Doesn't seem to refer to the age of the mother though, or success rates, just the health of the baby.

Right, really must go and do something constructive.

Evening ladies,

Great list gill, there's lots going on and glad you've gotten in at the FC this month too.

How long have you been downregging now beaky? Have you had af? Any side effects apart from needle marks? Where are you up to now happy?

minx how are you doing? Hope you're not feeling too bad. I remember feeling wretched the day after my lap but ok after that. Sorry to hear about the ovary issues, but hopefully they'll have a plan to get you through ivf.

pip hope you're still getting on ok at work.

hb how's your progress?

Hope everyone else is ok!

Work is going well, super busy and interesting. Also liking being in London although missing Mr T and the hound, of course. Had dinner with friends tonight, two of whom have kids, one pg with her second and the other trying for no 2. Lots of baby talk but friends I can talk frankly to about IVF etc so not too bad. On train home now, think I'll be knackered tomorrow getting up at 6am....

Lolzz Dirty Chick Jellie

Fab list Gill thanks I'm so pleased you got started finally! Fx all goes well with this cycle and you get those frosties in!

Barking if you're lurking good to hear you have started with your iui and fx for you! Let us know how you get on.

Nolly, lovely lady, are you around? How are you?

HB good luck for the scan tomorrow.

Minx how are you feeling now? I hope you managed to avoid dr google.

Smidge do you start stimming when you get AF then? I just do a full 3 weeks regardless. It seems as though all fc's just do whatever they fancy!

I am so bored of downregging now. Want to just get on with things!

I can see I will have to embrace the name change! Lol

Pip - well done you're doing really well x it WILL get easier day by day.

Hope everyone else is doing well. I'll have time to read and comment properly tomorrow. Berry hugs.

Aka : Jelliebabe