Vasectomy reversal success??

Hurrah! good luck xx

Well at bloody last, the 13th of May is my drug appointment and I can start down reg on the 22nd - the day we go on holiday, in the UK thankfully.
Am now going to be unbearable whilst I wait lol

Hi Everyone.

Sorrento, so sorry things are dragging on for you. Just a quick question, but you said you cant start down regging til day 23 - the clinic I am going to offers a choice of day 1 or 21 for down regging??? that clinic sounds a bit poor to me. They seem to be messing you about a lot. Is it too late to consider changing to another place?

Terrier - my dh also refused point blank any suggestion of a donor...or adoption

Pixie - good luck

Hi Terrier and sunshine, thank you for your kind words, I imagine some poor woman is chomping at the bit and the hospital are like ohhh i could fit you in in 2 months time if it's not raining I got my AF today, early so am just hoping that hasn't caused more problems

Am giving it one more week and then am giving up, we haven't even got started yet and it's so upsetting waiting and waiting knowing it probably won't work anyway.

Sorrento I'm really sorry that they are being so slow, it has to be so frustrating having to wait for this women to come in and sign up. (can they not not give her a gentle nudge for you and tell her you cant start your treatment until she has been in) Don't throw the the towel in just yet. Fingers crossed all will work out ok for you.

Good luck to you also pink for your treatment

hope every one else is doing ok

Well I chased the egg donation woman today who gave me word for word the same message this week as she gave me last week.
So my recipient didn't come in and sign up last week, she's coming in this week, unless the nurse is lying wrong again.
The thing is you don't start down reg until day 23 following your period (so 27th May) and the earliest you could then be pregnant in early July and that's my deadline
I really really don't want to go beyond the 6 year gap.
You know when you just know it's not going to happen, I almost want to throw the towel in now because I have no confidence in the hospital, we started this back in November, there's no reason why I should have tried at least by now

Not had much to report over the last few weeks, everything is good here, dh is back in working order and glad to be back in work. He's feeling really positive about things as am I and he assures me that he would much rather use his brother as a donor as oppose to someone he has never met.
Been taking the ovulation tests nothing as yet but I guess we'll be looking at the end of the week. Will let you know!!
Sorrento, Pink, so pleased to hear that things are moving along! I'm sure it won't be long!
Take care xx

WAHEY! Fantastic

I would go nuts especially as my bothers cute friend offered me that opportunity nearly a year ago

ha ha! If only sorrento, if only. My GP keeps telling me to keep in mind ivf should be seen as a 3 cycle treatment as thats the average it takes

I agree, 2 is the way to go

Did you just read this

jesus christ now im scared!!!

I'm thinking I should go for 2, DH is dead against it in case we get twins, but as you say the odds are not fantastic anyway so I don't want to shorten them either.
So see you on the multiples board next year

i will put back two i think. Friend at work has just had two put back and 12 week scan only one left so i dont want to cut down my odds further. How about you?

Hello,
Yes I think everything is back and ready to start in May, tbh I was just about to give up on the idea so if it doesn't happen in May i'm just going to go ahead anyway, that's my deadline.
Am terrified there won't be enough eggs and I spoke to a lady today who had 2 failed IVF attempts and then got pregnant naturally twice so that's utterly knocked my confidence.
It's all so emotionally draining I find, but eyes on the prize and all that.
How many eggs are you going to put back do you think ?

Oh and had all blood tests inc CF about 6 weeks ago and have to ring egg share co-ordinator on monday to check where its all up to. Have you got yours back yet?

our consellor was really good, just asked us about if we'd thought about the issues, i.e. did we want to agree to 1 live birth per gamete donation or more, do we agree to lesbian/single/women up to age of 50 - if not we just have to specify this on our forms, no necessity to agree to any of above just makes finding a potential donor a bit longer process as all of those people would then not be able to be matched with you.

Asked if we would be finding out if recipient has any children...said we prob would and dshe reassured us we did not need to find out straight away as they keep the info on file for some years after, so say, we had been unsuccessfull we may not want to ask til a few years later. sked if we plan on telling our DS (or any dc's born from our ivf) said yes, she was positive about that. asked if we understood anonymity thing no longer in place and implications of that, obviously yes we do and also explained a bit further about what happens if you dont respond well to drugs and dont produce enough eggs to share and what our options are at that stage.

Was really informal friendly and helpful. reassured us a lot, offered us further assistance should we need it, only in there 30 mins as me and DH had discussed all the issues prior to appointment and were fairly relaxed about our answers/feelings about the process. Your counsellor sounds like a bt of a monster TBH!! What have you put on your donor form about you??? Im finding it really hard to fill in!! How do you get the essence of your personality down like that!

The counsellor put the fear of god up me, I hope yours is more helpful.
Have you had the blood tests for CF yet ? That's what held us up for weeks and annoyed the hell out of me.

Hey sorrento! I just got the exact same form today from the counsellor! I will fill it out tomorrow - its all a bit exciting!

Hello
I have literally filled out my egg sharing form today, you get a green form to fill out and tell the egg when it's 18 all about you and your family and give it a good luck message, so that's done.
I should be pregnant on 12th June, with a due date of the 5th March 2010, isn't it all so romantic
So I've been having acupuncture and bought a hypno IVF cd and am popping folic acid, finger crossed it's enough.
I know it's a bit daft but I am trying to visualise myself with this baby, to make it real.

Hey terrier - same reason as you - nothings happened. I am due to go back to the clinic on thursday for our counselling so hopefully things will move after that. Where are you sorrento???? Did you decide to egg share after all? Or have you gone for the full cost ivf?

Well glad to see everyone is doing ok, hopeforamiracle sorry to hear your news. Try and keep going and stay positive - easier said than done I know!
Well received all the insemination kit including syringes (not turkey baster!) ha ha, now just have to wait....I know dh is doing a very honourable thing with his brother being a donor and this isn't an easy choice for any man I guess. It's hsrd trying to remember that although I am excited he's still recovering and probably feeling really rubbish inside.
He's got everything in hand and is more aware of when I'm ovulating than I am well will keep you posted I'm sure it'll be interesting!!

I think you have to share your feelings with your DH otherwise it'll drive a wedge between you, all I can say is it took 5 years to get the message thorough to mine so I hope you don't have to wait that long but I really would go straight for ICSI because the reversals have a limited amount of success and time is of the essence.

Hi all,

Just been cathcing up on the messages....it has me all confused. My oldest son has just had his 8th birthday and I just feel so upset at the fact that life is ticking by so quickly. I cried on his birthday....my youngest is due to have his birthday in a few weeks and that will make him 5yrs old. I really want another baby soon or the age gap will be huge. After reading the logs I feel that maybe the reversal isn't going to be that successful. I really need to discuss it with DH again but I think he is sick of hearing about it now..he just gets annoyed when I talk about it. I haven't mentioned it for about 2 weeks now so I feel its soon to be the time again. I am sick of struggleing with these thoughts and feelings on my own.
Any advise on how to keep from getting hysterical about it? I know alot of people think having 3 is far hader than having 2 (I have been doing my research) but feel that my family just isn;t complete.....sorry I'm rambleing now......I have been trying not to think about it for a while and now I am letting myself again the feelings seem to be more powerful than before.

Hope everyone is ok.