IVF/ICSI Hand holding

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The old thread seems to have run out of room... I'm hoping this works as a continuation...

Hi All, I'm back at home after a very long morning in the hospital. In for 8am but not in the surgery until 12.20. Very thirsty!
They only got 8 eggs so I'm feeling a little disappointed. They're talking ICSI which in my view isn't great, but I don't know all that much about it. Everything is crossed now that a good number fertilise tomorrow....
blacktreacle have you called your nurses? You may just be having a reaction to the drugs, but it's worth checking to find out.
I'm off to bond with the sofa & an episode of Glee before DH returns with DS.
x

Good Luck zeebee you've nearly made it!!!
My consultant called me today and we're still on stand-by for our test-tube-triplets. They still want to give them some assistance in breaking their shells. Having taken the call in the dino-exhibit I couldn't help but have images of little embryos with razor-sharp teeth gnawing their way out...
Meanwhile my abdomen is really achy- was this the norm for others?
I'm now on so many meds I can't keep track- I forgot my Clexane last night and had to take it this morning, only 12 hours late. I'm still waiting for a nurse to call me back to check if it's okay to take it again tonight...Given that it's almost 6pm perhaps I should resign myself to making that decision on my tod.
Happy weekends to all...x

Good Luck Zeebee for tomorrow.
Well I am happy AF arrived how mad is that!! appt for inj 31/10/11, start DR 10/11/10 just need to find all the forms that have been moved from here to there several times over the last few months. Oh and start being good again. please remind me what I should be doing as have wallowed a little bit too much in lazy, red wine and lardy food what did people find the most relaxing??

Hello hello, lost you all, and was worried! Wonderful news Polly, really happy for you. And lovely to hear back from everyone else, am sending big happy vibes to you all.

So, I start my first jag tomorrow. I had my last G&T last night (not a drinker at all anyway, but thought we'd mark the night out with an old friend), had accupuncture today, bought lots of nice things to eat from M&S including SPROUTS, veg, other healthy things teacakes. Got my Zita West cd downloaded onto iTunes! What else should I do if anything for tomorrow other than get some sleep tonight and have a nice day tomorrow with DH and puppy?! We are away for a week happily on holiday up north, which is great as takes off some pressure.

V excited about it all actually, but being realistic about it all too. Trying to be positive and visualise myself preggers. Eek .

Waves and teacakes for all,

x

Morning all!
Well, news from this end is.... BFP!
We did 2 tests this morning at 8.30am and we are so happy - I just pray it all carries on well and that the next stage with the scan is OK and not bad news... sorry - Miss Positive (not) should really be my name!
anway going to have glass of today for sure with alcohol in it - just the one, mind!!
Waves to everyone and thank you to you lovely people for sending me good vibes - means so much
zB! x

Congratulations zeebee sticky healthy vibes

Congratulations zeebee! I'm sure you will be fine :) it seems like quite a lucky thread here so fingers crossed your scan will show everything growing nicely.

I have one more stimm injection to take at lunchtime then my trigger at 9pm. Already feel like I'm carrying around a bag a marbles, so will be nice not to stimm anymore tomorrow. Wierd not to have any injections for a day though.

What is EC like? I've never had an anaesthetic so not sure what to expect. Can you feel anything?

blacktreacle and Cloclo thank you! We are delighted. So happy to have got this far - i'm even going to let myself read the bit in Zita's book on being pregnant! Have stopped myself so far and only read the negative bits!!

Anyway Clo - great re your final jab tonight. Enjoy your drug free day!

I too had never had anesthetic before so was v aprehensive - even up until being in the theatre - i could feel my legs shaking uncontrollablly! HOWEVER all that said it was fine - they put a stent (?) into your hand which is fine (needles are a doddle after everything we've been through eh?) and then there really is a nice feeling when you "Go under" it's like a wave going through your body, and you feel sleepy. The anethetist was asking me what i'd normally be doing on a Thursday and then as I was telling him, I could feel myself not being bothered to talk, and the neext thing was I was waking up with DH standing over me saying - "you've done it" ! Coming out of the anesthetic was amazing - you have your blood pressure taken automaticlaly ever 15 mins and you lie in the recovery area and have cups of and 's - it's amazing how normal you begin to feel. They suggest you take it easy the rest of that day and then you might have a bit of cramping in the stomache area - so just take some paracetamol - they really work.
Are you taking a few days off work afterwards? It's nice to jsut chill and be lazy in front of COme Dine with me re runs etc

anyway thinking of you for Monday morning Clo it will all be FINE.

ZB x

Oooh ohh, amazing news Zeebee really really thrilled for you! Congratulations at having pssed this hurdle and sending good wishes and more biccies for a happy healthy pregnancy!

Am off on hols up north but will check in to see how everyone is doing. Good luck all and have a lovely weekend. x

Thanks for that description zeebee, you make it all sound quite pleasant :) I have been lucky enough that my collection is falling at the start of half term (I'm a teacher) so I have the week off afterwards. My parents are coming up to stay at the end of the week so it should be quite a nice one too :)

Just been spoilt by my DH who brought me breakfast in bed, he has been a total darling through the whole thing, doing my jabs for me and cooking the dinner etc bless him, even when I went off in a mental rage at him last weekend!

Are you doing anything special to celebrate zeebee or going to hold off a little bit longer?

Hi can I join now the thread is nice and new?

I'm currently awaiting ICSI due to DHs Oligozoospermia.
We are on the waiting list with the NHS but this is moving very slowly. We're also having private treatment with egg sharing.
We've had all the test etc for egg sharing and currently waiting for a recipient match before we start treatment.

NHS wise we're waiting for another consultation at the beginning of november, we've switched hospital through patient choice as the woman who gave us our initial diagnosis was horrible and unprofessional and DH does not want to go back there.

Just seems to be a never ending wait! Not helped by me dreaming I was pregnant and then had a DD last night so woke up feeling a bit crappy.

How is everyone else?

Congrats zeebee lovely news! And belated congrats to polly I think too.

clo I'd never had anaesthetic before either, was also a but nervous but it was fine. I think the stent (?) was put in whilst I was waiting outside the theatre. So just went into the theatre, then lay down in the right place (some bottom shuffling required), the anaesthetist asked me to think of the place where I'm happiest and I said 'home' and the next thing I knew I was waking up next to DH. I was also pain free for the rest of the day and didn't need to take any painkiller.

You'll be fine xxx

clo thanks and glad that made you feel less worried .
We aren't doing much to celebrate - altho just booked us tickets to see "We Need to Talk about Kevin" - that might actually put us off having kids of our own - but i've just read the book and found it intreguing!
Teds thanks so much as well - how are you doing?
fatima welcome to our lovely thread - it's a nice safe place to vent! I hope you manage to find a good hospital - sounds like you've had a bad experience which is unfortuante. Where are you based? Good luck with it all.

hurray zeebee such lovely news! I had too to celebrate, it felt like something to be toasted! Well done! Fantastic!

Congratulations zeebee!!!!
So good to have so many BFPs! Let's keep this clean positive record going.....

clo the descriptions of anaesthetic are just like my experience- I'd just add the warning that as you come out of the drug-haze you can say all sorts of things. Thankfully I was really loving to DH. I over heard the lady opposite me say 'I hope I didn't fart'! Lots of sniggers from behind all the curtains!!

Our ET has been put off yet another day, but the triplets are doing well- one a 14 cell compaction (?), one pre-morola, the last one a morola. I've no idea what any of that means other than it's good news and hopefully there will be at least 2 blastocysts by tomorrow.
Now I just need to get myself into a positive state of mind. So difficult when feeling bloated and constipated and permanently dehydrated!!! Oh and having fearsome rows with a rather stubborn 4 year old DS. It is worth all this effort, I promise, even on the tantrum days!

Sticky wishes to all xx

Zeebee thanks
We're based in West Yorks but close to Manchester and South Yorks

Has everyone had GA for EC? THe clinic where i' having private treatment has said they'll sedate me rather than use GA and put me under

Hi Fatima and a big welcome.
I feel like one of the experienced ones now that I can say I've had EC both under light sedation and GA. In Oz I was conscious throughout and got to see all the eggs being found on a big screen- better than any cup final!
In London they said they preferred GA as some research suggests that the eggs might be sensitive to light. Though they would have kept me awake if i'd insisted apparently... The sleep was pretty good, but I have a suspicion that they're a bit rougher with you when under GA cos it's taken me a good 4 days to feel like my insides are back to normal this time. It's not a major procedure so light sedation is fine, you're just groggy for a while afterwards as with GA.
GOod luck.

Just a couple of hours off the trigger shot now, and I seem to be getting the onset of something like cystitis as wellas an upset stomach, trying to sip on lots of water to stop it. Anyone else had this happen?

I felt dreadful the day after trigger shot. Sensitive bladder more than cystitis. It didn't hurt to wee but needed to go all the time. Also had nausea and upset tummy and again after EC.
If things get worse or you are very concerned I would ring your clinic, there should be an out of hours number for advice.

I was terrified about EC because it was going to be sedation rather than GA. It turned out (Care Notts) to be such deep sedation I couldn't tell the difference. The only difference was with GA they have to intubate you but with deep sedation you can maintain your own airway. I would ask what drugs they use- I had a cocktail of midazolam, propofol and fentanyl and it was great!

This seems to be a very lucky thread, hope the run of bfps continues!

zeebee congratulations [hgrin] that is fantstic so pleased hope you enjoy your . I was up at stupid o' clock looking only just got back to the computer
fatima welcome hope you find you next nhs place much more suited to you, and good luck with the private one.
it is great to know peoples experiences with EC etc makes it so much less stressful. stent=cannula

enjoying relaxing watching strictly late still with a glass in hand. Harry has just danced.
lovely weekend to all

Hey there all, apologies I've not got time to read through all of the updates but huge congrats to Zeebee!

Sadly I lost out little Jackette yesterday, woke up with terrible cramps, started to bleed so the emergency doctor called us in for scans and tests. They confirmed I was miscarrying there and then. .

We are beyond gutted, I think this is worse than getting a negative pg test result in the first place - for the last week we've been so deliriously happy and now it's all come crashing down.

We're seeing the consultant again at the end of November to discuss the next steps, we're probably going to be starting all over again in the new year. Until then we're just trying to put this behind us and have a positive outlook for the next attempt, which is hard at the moment, as it felt we got there 'by the skin of our teeth' at each stage this last time.

Total mixed feelings of sadness, frustration, while trying to find a positive outlook somewhere in it all.

Sorry for (yet another) self indulgent post - you guys are the only people we told about the ins and outs of it all and the bfp (aside from parents, who are also incredibly sad).

Jumping there are no words I am so sorry for you both. Be kind to yourselves, and give yourselves some time. I really hear you that this is harder than if you had been BFN originally hugs

jumpin so very sorry and you're not being self-indulgent at all.

I know there's a chance of miscarriage with any pregnancy but somehow I wish we ivf ladies were exempt - after all of the ups and downs of the journey it seems heartbreaking that you've now had this xxx

Give your self a little bit of time to grieve and be sad - you don't have to be superwoman and be positive straight-away.

Jumping, I'm so sorry, can't imagine how you must be feeling. Please take care of yourself and give yourself time before preparing for the next round.

Less than 24 hours for EC for me, boobs are killing me and I'm sure one side of my belly is sticking out more than the other, but DH has convinced me this is all normal. Just can't wait to get all these eggs out now, it is the weirdest feeling isn't it?

jumping I'm so sorry. This journey can be so cruel and having had the euphoria of a BFP to be followed by a loss is horrendous. But there is a positive to take away from this- that you did get to see the BFP line. It is possible for you to get pg and you can hope to see it again, and hopefully all the way through to a screaming bubba next time. Meanwhile take some you time- you'll need it, and don't under-estimate how much time you'll need.

AFM- i'm on the countdown to ET... voltarol in 30mins. Downing 1.5l water in 90mins and then transfer at 1.30pm. I'm finally feeling positive about this so the timing is good. Watching the All Blacks lift the World Cup is helping!

Hugs to all x

I'm so sorry jumping. You sound like you are being very brave. It is the worst emotional pain ever but eventually you do feel a little better.
Take care
Good luck for EC cloclo and for ET pink. Do you get voltarol for it? I didn't and would have liked some!
Xx