Assisted Conception (and the bits in between) Volume 6

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Hi all,
I just went to post on the old thread and noticed it had been locked, so here is a new one!
Come on in!

Welcome shirleycat1.

Hope everyone is well.

I am quite tired now, the whole not sleeping well thing is catching up with me!

Hi all! Quick update...

Smiley face on my OPK this morning! YAY!

Now off to chiropractor.

Have a great day....

Hi all,
Shirley good luck at the meeting. Let us know how you get on!

Italian you poor old thing, do you want me to come round and hit you on a head with a book - that used to work for me when my mum did it!

Lissy cool smiley face. I hope your back improves soon.

As for me, I'm still practising walking in my Joan of Artic boots. We may have snow tomorrow so I should have a chance to wear them.
Finding them a bit peculiar to walk in though, kind of clumpy. Is there a knack to it, or do they soften after being worn for a while?

Italian - massive sympathies on the sleep front. I am sleeping really badly. Stress and hormones (cyclogest) are my main culprits I presume.

Shirely - welcome! The ladies on here are lovely, insightful and above all supportive! I have had acupuncture from just before down regging and am continuing now. I have it weekly. It is expensive, but it is a great stress relief and my therapist is the nicest lady ever so it is a real acupuncture/counselling session! I helps to relax me too.

Lissy - 18 vials, I salute you!

LAW - hope the down regging continues to plod along for you...not long now until stimming?

I had a bit of a stress. When my stomach finally started to deflat from all the EC/ET proding and swelling I noticed that my left side was noticably more swollen and hard (when lying very flat of course...) Got myself quite worked up about ectoptic pregnancy, especially with no real PG symptoms. Of course this was on NYD so stressed, a lot. Clinic saw me on 2 Jan and did a scan which was inconclusive (only 5 weeks that day) and a HCG test - which came back on the low side. HCG repeated on 4th and was said to be 'satisfactory' so nothing now until a repeat scan on 10th (6 weeks) I have quite sore boobs now and some nausesia (but I think mainly due to knackeredness!) Oh and my constipation, which had improved, is back with a vengence. Look about 6 months PG...Any way fingers crossed....

Val sorry, hope it will be OK.

Thinking of you all.

Rowing any news?

Well my periods have now mysteriously well and truely stopped it's approaching 6 months since my last one! So I am not really trying and just waiting until we get a donor and get my final chance!

In the meantime I am keen to lose weight!

Ladies on the froties thread keep talking about weight loss but I think you young 'birds' are slimmer! If any of you are trying to lose weight, which I doubt, but if you are why not watch this about a man who was about 55 stone (not 70 stone as they said in the article - which just goes to show they did not actually watch the documentary when they wrote the article!). It is very sad and moving, yes, you feel frustrated watching it but he was addicted to food and it really does make you think I wonder how it can happen

Watch it: here

Read about it: news.bbc.co.uk/local/suffolk/hi/people_and_places/newsid_9341000/9341368.stm

It is actually quite interesting and although sad and upsetting it does make you realise there is a much bigger picture (if you excuse the pun!).

Thanks everyone.

Appointment today went OK. My doctor was on leave so I saw someone I didn't know which was a bit annoying. She basically said there was no obvious reason why it didn't work and I responded OK to all the drugs and for the next time they'd keep everything pretty much the same. Booked in for a nurse consultation on 7th Feb. Off to Lanzarote between now and then which will be nice to get away and chill. My friend reckons spring is a good time to start. I still feel pretty shit about it not working, so I hope by that time I've got a grip and my head in in the right place again. I've also got an acupuncture appointment on 25th Jan and will start having treatments regularly from then.

I'm terrified of it not working and this being our last chance (financhially) and always wanting more children and I'm worried that my little boy will think he's not enough, whcih is totally not the case at all as he is brilliant.

Vanilla - I've got everything crossed for you. The waiting and uncertainty is a nightmare, but overall it sounds positive.

Italian - not sleeping is rubbish. Poor you.

I'm trying to catch up with everyone and everything that is going on with people. I've kind of read the old posts, but it feels weird, like I'm listening in on someone else's conversation.

Hi all

Shirley I kind of thought they would say no obvious reason. I think the chances of it working at your age are around 50 - 60% so there is a reasonable chance of it just not working 'this time' for no suspicious reason.
I'm sure you will go on to have a successful cycle, especially as it worked the first time.
Lucky you going off to Lanzarote!
I've got a son as well and he is brilliant (aren't they all ), but it doesn't dispel the longing.

Italian this is not the best time of the year to be worrying too much about weight. I think everyone is carrying an extra tyre about now. If you managed to only gain a stone instead of two, congratulate yourself on a job well done (that's what I am doing).
What I find annoying is that weight doesn't usually come off quickly and it is a long-term kind of thing, especially if you have a more than a stone to lose.
I don't really have the patience to lose weight. It's horrible, the prospect of months of starvation ahead isn't it! [wah face]
There isn't really much left in the house now, of the chocolatey variety (except a tiny selection pack).

Vallin good to here your hormones levels are rising and your tum has gone down.
I had a lot of twinges in my abdomen after my first IVF and the nurses said it would take a while for my ovaries to return to a normal size after the hormones. I wonder if your super ovaries are just feeling the pressure of producing all those eggs and now a baby. I had ovarian cysts when I was pg, but as part of the pregnancy and was always told they would go after, which they did.
Quite right to get it checked though, but it sounds as if you are both healthy.

I still haven't calculated when I am supposed to have treatment. Difficult without knowing how long this cycle will be.
I think I may have ovulated four or five days ago. [shrugs]

evening all. had my hysto this morning under GA. then had to hot foot it back into town for more bloods. (was asked at the hospital if anyone was collecting me so i had to lie and says yes...oops) started stimming last night and managed to spill a whole container thingy of drugs over my suit. fab.

boots...rowing they are super comfy on snow. feels like you are wearing slippers but a bit clompy compared to my normal shoes. they were hmmm almost too HOT today! but maybe thats cause i was almost running everywhere AND i have these hot flush things happening. humph.

shirley interesting meeting with the clinic. i expect its quite a bit to digest too.

vallin am terribly excited about your results... and have fingers crossed for uneventful pregnancy.. oh and try prunes and lots of fruit for the c thingy... i normally find a shot of coffee works but am guessing you probably dont want to indulge right now..

rowing are you aiming for feb treatment? do you do the check the sick thigy for ovulation?

hmmm and weight... i lost far too much until about feb this year (not deliberately but working full time, breastfeeding and being single mum with partner working away 90% of the time means i forgot to eat...) but following MC in feb, i ate my way to happiness and have put on 8kg. i am not worried in the slightest as i now have a normal bmi. but would like to get fit. would be absolutely fine if the 8kg stays where it is. (well actually i would like it to move closer to my breast area, away from my backside and no where near my ankles... but thats just me being picky now...) we are joining the gym sunday. treadmill here i come !!(i actually am looking forward to it...)

of course i meant 'stick thingy' rowing

Late--I would like to have that problem...losing too much weight. I wish! But I'm back to the gym for the first time in three weeks. Back a bit sore, but not too bad, so hopefully I'm back on the wagon.

Val--TBH, the 18 vials wasn't bad at all. I drank an orange juice box right before, and had some raisins after, and didn't feel any ill effects. Hope the bloat is starting to go down and you're feeling good.

Italian--Sorry the AF has vacated. How's your sleeping? Mine has been absolute crap this week, so it's insomnia on top of insomnia!

rowing--I do feel like I'm clomping around in my boots, but I think it's a question of getting used to them. I agree they are warm and super comfy. I really want it to snow some more so I can wear them! I feel about silly wearing snowboots without any snow...

AFM, I'm repeating myself, but had a smiley face on OPK on Wed, so going to the clinic for post-surge bloods on Monday. Spoke to nurse about hysteroscopy, getting it covered by private insurance, what I have to say, etc. As soon as next AF arrives I will schedule it, and I should be D/R by the end of the month, if all goes well with immunes results.

Have a happy Saturday everyone!

Argh, don't know why my messages have lines through them!!

Lissy At the bottom of the page it says "To strike out a word, surround it with two hyphens either side, so dog gives dog" could you be doing that by accident?? Unlikely!

Rowing all the best for treatment whenever it will be.

Late all the best.

Val are things OK?

Hello to Shirley* and all the best.

My sleep is better and I feel OK, had lots of exercise this week, been for a swim, a keep fit session and two walks since Tuesday. My aim is one thing per day but not quite up to it yet.

All the best to all.

Hi all,

Lissy, I thought that was a mad computer thing when there were lines through your posts. Either that or you had changed your mind about what you had written, but the backspace didn't work.
We had a bit of snow last night so put on my boots today. They are absolutely gorgeous, but I'm not finding them very comfortable. However, in the interests of looking good I will just pass out from the pain every so often, but continue to wear them.
Good that you are back at the gym, it will be no time before you can feel the toned bits. In my case it is under a layer of fat, but still keep patting them.
I am back on the exercise bike on quite a tough setting and managed 30 minutes on Thursday and Friday nights. No time tonight though, but back on tomorrow to watch Eastenders.

Eastenders, I know there is a thread, but I'm annoyed about the cot death story line. Poor woman isn't allowed to have any happiness!

Vallin how's tricks?

Italian, we are all getting fitter aren't we? That one thing a day thing sounds ambitious. As long as the one thing could be a bit of a walk or something you should be able to manage. I must warn against overly ambitions plans though, every other day is good as well. Let's face it twice a week at the gym is a lot better than nothing.
{Rowing has very low expectations for self, please do not let this put you off )

LAW I should use an OPK shouldn't I! [moronic face] Think I would know that wouldn't you! Although I did think about it, but forgot, does that count?

Hope your 'procedure' was OK and you are feeling alright. What was it you spilt?
As long as it wasn't the last one of something it's not the end of the world, you just might have triplets that's all!

I don't know what's happening AF-wise, but as I started this cycle on the 23rd December I guess AF should be here around....the 18th to the 20th or something, but not holding my breath.

Rowing - love you are suffering for fashion

Scan this morning. I am not 6 weeks but 5+4. Mini-Pod is in a gestational sac in my uterus and has a teeny heart beating away. Much relief. It is a solo Pod so no more thread twins here There is an area of slight concern next to it which the sonographer reckons is probably a clot from implantation (I had no implantation bleeding) but they will reassess when I go back on 20th.

Because of the number of eggs retrieved my ovaries are still very swollen plus I have some other areas of fluid under my diaphragm and in the pelvic region which they need to keep an eye on.

Plus the nurse told me to stop the gym by far the hardest thing for me :( It's a realy mental wellbeing/stress relief so that is going to be tough, still reassess that on the 20th too. And it really is a small price to pay! I will (leisurely) walk the 1 hour 15 to work instead

vallinnapod wonderful news about mini pod.
Only 10 days to see that little heart beat again!! did you go to work during the 2ww? i am just trying to work out what to do over that time... and post EC...

ditto on the suffering for fashion rowing admirable!

well i havent managed to spill any more drugs. am now taking 4 injections and 2 lots of pills each day (not including vitamins...)i go in dutifully each morning for bloods and every second day for scans. oh and if this doesnt work... just working out what dramatic step i should take... was thinking of maybe just quitting my job (which I LOATHE....)

Yeah LAW - the only time I took off was EC day and the day after and ET day. Figured I was better occupied!

Val-Yay to your mini-pod! I'm so excited for you...

rowing-I am SO willing to suffer for fashion! If only it would snow down here!

late-Well done with your medications. It's going to work!! Positive vibes...

Italian-You are absolutely right, I was putting two dashes in front of what I was writing, thereby slashing it out. Not going to do that anymore...

AFM, have decided to do the responsible and sensible thing and postpone my cycle until after DH and I get back from Hawaii. If (and when) I get my BFP, it would be somewhere in the middle of March, and DH and I are off to Hawaii at the end of March. God forbid something happens while we're away, and the clinic likes to monitor you really closely in your first few weeks. So although I'm anxious to start, prudence dictates otherwise. Sigh...

Val all the very best with the pod.

Lissy if it seems right to you to postpone then I am sure it is.

waves and hugs to rowing, Horton, Choco, Keziah and Cerabina - are you still lurking? Hugs to you.

the insomnia is not as bad but have now got backache! I am falling to bits!

I had chat to DD tday, she was pretty naughty and difficult, not sure why. I wanted to get her monitor out to lend to a friend and she said that she wanted it in case we had a baby. Had to explain that that was pretty unlikely but said I was trying. She asked how to do try to make a baby!!!! I said that for me it involved the doctors because my tummy was poorly. Not sure what I will say when she asks how the rest of the population does it!

Love, blessings and arrow prayers to all.

Hi All,

I hope you don't mind me muscling in on your thread. I'm about to start down regulation in about three weeks. It's so hard to talk to 'normal' people about what this whole process is like.

Seems like I'll be getting my BFP around the same time as Lissy?

X

Hi lissy i think you are right to delay... i was chatting to someone at argc yesterday who got bfp and she was back in for bloods every second day... and scans... and other stuff... i was surprised how much monitoring they actually do (doh not sure why, i 'knew' this but didnt iyswim...)

welcome nooknook !

italian your daughter sounds really sensitive. that is very sweet.

no news from me.... except i seem i have a cough that has gone to my chest... last time this happened i ended up with pneumonia in october.. lets hope not again!

hi

can I join? Have one little ivf baby, aged 19 months, gearing up for a FET soon.

It'll take me a while to catch up with where you are all at so please bear with me,

best of luck to everyone,

Hi all and thanks for the namecheck Italian - I do still lurk in here from time to time to see how you're all doing!

Things are going very well with us, we are now 25 weeks with twins and things are starting to get busy - we have so much to organise before they come. I finish work in 5 weeks and am getting pretty big so it will be welcome to stop the commute by then for sure. We decided against finding out whether they are boys/girls/one of each so will have to pop in and let you know how it unfolds!

Best of luck to all of the gang on here who remember me and to all the newbies who don't, I hope 2011 brings you great success with your AC endeavours.

Just popping in to say I had my twin boys on Dec28th at The Portland Hospital in London, by planned c section at 36 weeks. They are both really healthy and lovely and were 6-7 and 7-1 so good sizes considering they were early. We are SO lucky and blessed - that's 3 babies from 2 cycles at ARGC. Amazed, thrilled and overwhelmed!
Love to all,
Holly x

BagofHolly fab, wonderful, so great. Lovely, lovely, you are giving me hope!

Cerabina fabbo, great, keep us posted you are giving me even more hope!

Welcome tholeon and Nooknook.

Love and hugs to all.

Feeling OK, DD behaviour being challenging and life busy. Tired, aching with backache but lost 2 pounds at Rosemary Conley and was slimmer of the week. I am OK, I guess the dream of another baby is still there but at the moment feel a bit like I am sleep walking!

love and hugs to all