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IVF students! for August and Sept, come and join us and lets share the hope and prayers!!!!!

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tempi · 23/08/2007 19:09

Hello girls, just wanted you to know that there are 2 of us that are running with IVF this august and sept ... wondering if you want to join us?

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tempi · 08/09/2007 10:45

COGGY!!!!!!!!!! I thought everyone had left this thread!

So so sorry about AF!!!! Just concentrate on building up your mental strength for January!!!!

I am now in my second stage of IVF. My donor has started her stimulating injections and I have started taking lots of tablets to get my uterus ready!!! Its all a bit scary really!

Its starting to feel real!

Egg collection will be about 17th Sept... so transfer will be about 21st Sept. I am going to have 2 weeks off work to rest..... but will not tell work why as lots of employers can be funny about IVF treatment are we are not technically sick and its voluntary !

So glad you came back here.

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coggy · 03/09/2007 20:53

AF came today...right on time so that's it for a while now as this was my fourth and last IUI treatment.
I am going to be lined up for IVF in January.
I guess I'm going to have to find lots of things to do between now and then so I don't feel like I am just marking time.

I will keep lurking and sending you all positive vibes of course.
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tempi · 30/08/2007 17:40

LNO glad you are ok.... enjoy your holiday try and switch off form all this TTC stuff (it really takes it out of you as you well know!)

Coggy.... so sorry you are feeling sad. I know it is difficult... but try and stay positive. LNO is right! acupuncture is supposed to be good for implantation, so this may help.

I am having accupucture for ttc and my therapist is going to do a pre and post implantation treatment for me... so we will see if it works!

I know what you mean about feeling so 'down'.....all this is so draining! I am just not thinking about my treatment, to the point where I feel I am watching someone else have it done on the telly!.....I guess i feel cut off form it all.. I don't know if its a good or bad thing. But I just feel there are son many 'ifs' and 'buts' before I even begin to come up to the stage of testing!

THE VERY VERY VERY BEST OF LUCK.

Cedar... if you are still looking in, you are in my thoughts.

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latenightowl · 30/08/2007 08:52

Dear Coggy, nothing I can say will make you feel any better as the tww is the pits as I know too well. In a way I was relieved that they did not put back the eggs this time (although I felt really empty...) as at least I knew that we both did not need to live on a knife's edge for two weeks.

Do things that try to distract you and if you can maybe have an acupuncture session as these are supposed to aid implantation. Ive also heard brazil nuts (5 a day) or pineapple juice - the real stuff is supposed to help - the rest as they say is luck!

I am off on hols so will not catch up til end of sept so wishing you all the best and keeping my fingers x
take care
lno
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latenightowl · 30/08/2007 08:47

Dear Cedar, so sorry to hear your news - this is all so very tough isnt it? I agree you should take a break. I went to docs this week and said my tolerance levels were zero at the moment and he looked at me and said no wonder!! I think we are too tough on ourselves sometimes and forget how much this TTC malarky just wears us out. So take some time out, rest and enjoy life and who knows!
take care
LNO
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coggy · 29/08/2007 22:24

I am feeling VERY fed up about it all tonight....partly because of Cedar's news I think and partly because it has never really occured to me that it may not happen....but now...I am getting further and further down the end of the road and beginning to feel rather sad.

I am not allowed to test until 16 days post procedure which would be a week today...but my AF usually comes on 14dpo....so Monday I guess.

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tempi · 29/08/2007 22:18

coggy thanks for the explanation. When do you test this time??????

Its so unfair about cedar isn't it!!!!!!!!! THIS TTC THING IS SO SO DIFFICULT!

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tempi · 29/08/2007 18:59

arhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Cedar... I am so sorry! you did you best honey and thats the most important thing.

Having a break is a good idea... we will ALWAYS be here for you when you feel ready to come back to us.

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my1stbaby · 29/08/2007 15:27

cedar very for you. Hope you'll have a good holiday with dd and dh. Taking a break is a good idea and I hope it will re-energise. Take care and all the best for the future. x

coggy · 29/08/2007 09:43

Tempi.....IUI is Intra Utrine Insemination (although not necessarily spelt like that!)

My clinic sees it as the stage before IVF if all other fertility factors seem normal.
It involves injections to supress my hormones and others to give me hormones (??similar to IVF??) then I get several internal scans to check that things are growing....an hcg jab to release the eggs and then 40 hours later I have to have DHs sperm via a catheter (again....dodgy speling I'm afraid!)

I'm 'allowed' 3 attempts on the NHS....this is my last and I have woken up with AF pains this morning so not hopeful.

coggy · 29/08/2007 09:37

Oh Cedar....(((((hugs)))) from me.
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cedar12 · 29/08/2007 08:23

I am afraid it wasn't good news bfn Not feeling to bad It think after 3 years me and dh have both had enough. So we have decided to give ttc a break. I will not use contraception but will not actively try. I feel quite liberated no more date watching etc. We are taking dd away on holiday next week before she starts school. So I am going to concentrate on her and dh at the moment. I think I am also going to give mumnet a break for a while I think it just makes me obsess more. Good Luck everyone.

cedar12 · 29/08/2007 08:23

I am afraid it wasn't good news bfn Not feeling to bad It think after 3 years me and dh have both had enough. So we have decided to give ttc a break. I will not use contraception but will not actively try. I feel quite liberated no more date watching etc. We are taking dd away on holiday next week before she starts school. So I am going to concentrate on her and dh at the moment. I think I am also going to give mumnet a break for a while I think it just makes me obsess more. Good Luck everyone.

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tempi · 29/08/2007 07:08

I hope you are still sleeping.......or that its good news!!!!!!!

OH! cedar............I really really hope its positive!!!!!!!!!!

I will look at the thread again when I get to work.

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tempi · 28/08/2007 19:04

coggy... would you mind explaining what your IVI cycle is??????

cedar.... try not to think about the symptoms too much... you know what that old mother nature is like!!!!! All the 3 times I was pregnant, I would have given a millon pounds to say that I wasn't as I had no symptoms and all 3 times I was!!!!! so it just shows you!..... chocolatedays is very right!!!!!

It was lovely to see that people have popped in to wish you luck!..........I will check in with you tomorrow!... I hope that you sleep ok tonight!...THE VERY VERY BEST OF LUCK

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cedar12 · 28/08/2007 18:29

Thanks for all the best wishes everyone. Hello my first baby I was wondering where you had got to. How are you? Where are you at with the ivf I hope all is ok.

coggy · 28/08/2007 16:42

Cedar.....everything is crossed for you tomorrow here in the Coggy household.
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my1stbaby · 28/08/2007 14:47

hi cedar, haven't been posting on here for a while but just read that you'll be testing tomorrow. so just want to wish you best of luck and hope it's a BFP. x

Chocolatedays · 28/08/2007 14:05

Hi Cedar
All the best for tomorrow.
I have read so many stories on here and on Fertility friends about various pre test symptoms - unsure or convinced it hasn't worked who end up with a BFP - here's hoping you are one of them.
Good luck!
Cxx

cedar12 · 28/08/2007 13:11

thanks LNO

latenightowl · 28/08/2007 12:48

Hi Cedar, just popping on to wish you all the best for tomorrow...fingers crossed

cedar12 · 28/08/2007 08:41

I didnt sleep much last night to worried about tomorrow I really dont feel pg at all in fact I feel like I have got period cramps. Feeling a bit shit if this hasnt worked we would have been ttc for almost 3 years and all I achieved is 2 ectopic pg. dd starting school in 2 weeks and just feel it has all whizzed by. Sorry to be so misserable.

cedar12 · 28/08/2007 08:21

Thanks Coggy and Bobby d

coggy · 27/08/2007 22:13

Thank you BobbyD.

bobbydazzler · 27/08/2007 21:28

Just wanted to pop on to say good good good luck for weds cedar12

and coggy, hope you don't mind but i do know your story kind off, have been lurking since about april this year and have picked up on your story and really wishing you all the best too.