Brooking NO ARGUMENT that those BFPs are on the way

[SweetieTime]

Not started a new Fred before but hope it is successful for us as we are going to get our BFPs, either by traditional rat smacking activities or using the power of medical science.

Ladies I do declare WE WILL GET THERE - FACT !!!

I've heard of it sweetie but don't know much. I suppose it could help choose the best emby if they were at the same stage, but it's not actually going to help it stick. Maybe if you had lots of embys? I don't know...

Do you find out much about the donor? Will you be able to get a message to her? I used to work in kidney/pancreas transplants and the recipient could send a message to the donor's family. I agree, what a lovely, lovely woman. I hope she makes a good crop of eggs.

Am so excited for you both, sweetie and maybe

Sweetie that is great news about your meeting! No idea about the procedure but Googling about it seems like a good idea. You'll be shouting diffed before you know it..

Keep if DH's bloods are not good then we can't cycle with them so no point in starting the monitoring cycle until all ok, I'm going to chase on Monday as the guy who took the bloods said they should be ready next day. I think we may wait a couple of weeks for DH's repeat SA as the clinic think it may be due to an infection he didn't mention soapgate to them hence the 4-6 weeks and we can get it done during my monitored cycle anyway.

Maybe so excited for you too for next Tuesday. You'll be shouting diffed too! I'm baking ginger sponge cake and cooking lamb chop curry tonight.

I think it's the pmt which is why I'm overly emotional about it all at the moment. I'm trying not to be too upset about things especially as DH said 'its all my fault isn't it' last night :( we did have a laugh at soapgate though, thanks Sweetie I may use that when it comes up again.

Oh Solars I'm totally with you on the PMT making it worse. It's just another kick in the soapy goolies isn't it. Cake and curry sounds amazing. I'm sure things will be a million times better by Monday.

Sounds like a plan Sweetie. I agree what an amazing lady your donor is.

I bet you can't wait for transfer Keep. Bloody exciting times

Solars pmt is such a bummer it makes everything seem so much worse a bit like being hungover Your baking and cooking sounds awesome. I have stupidly agreed to cook Sunday lunch for my parents tomorrow. I am rubbish in the kitchen and we live off ready meals so not sure how successful tomorrow will be. I have bought some premade desserts and plenty of wine so if main course is rubbish at least I can not fail on dessert or they will be too squiffy to notice

keep we get a pen profile from the donor although they have already read it out to me over the phone and she sounds proper amazing. That is why I got emotional yesterday cos I asked if I could write a note for the donor too. I can I just have to keep it anonymous. I really want her to know how much we appreciate the potential opportunity she is giving us. I know she will know but I hope it will bring a personal touch to it too.

sweetie I have no idea about the embrywhassit stuff, sounds a bit like an oversell to me but I am a cynic who's worked in Sales for too long

maybe I'm excited for Tuesday for you as well! you have lots of experience here too for support, we're IVF experts now!

keep I've asked puppydog to do the emby developing dance as I feel poo, it seems to involve a lot of tail chasing and occasional bum lick so I hope it is working! The first thing I did this morning was check here to see how many fertilised, am chuffed to bits for you, 7 is my lucky number

solars soap? WTAF was he doing??? Actually I don't want to know I'm sure it will all come good love, it's just another hurdle, you'll be past it before you know it...

AFM I'm going to have a bit of a moan... My boobs feel like they've gone 10 rounds in the ring, I look and feel like I am already diffed, with a watermelon, I feel sick and starving all the time but I can't eat mired than half a usual plate of food because my stomach has clearly been squished out of place and I feel totally exhausted. Ho hum, trigger at 2230 then that's me jabbed out thank goodness. Am also mentalling like mad, convinced there will either be a) no eggs in the follies or b) if there is none of them will fertilise. OH has offered to go get nandos takeaway for tea do hopefully that will cheer me up.., sorry for voice of doom

Ps geek hope you're having a nice weekend!

keep, fantastic news. It's all happening here right now, isn't it!

Scarlett moan away!! Your poor ovaries. Role on egg collection!! Your cooking will be fine tomorrow I'm sure. But I am liking the wine ploy

Scarlett poor you, I was happy to get the eggs out and you've had an extra three days and much higher doses! My boobs are crazy sore. Enjoy your drug-free day today.

Also sweetie that's such a lovely thing to do for your donor. She'll love it. Have s good lunch today with your parents, do they know what's going on?

I've found myself avoiding talking to family and friends the last few weeks as they don't know what's happening. If they ask what we've been up to - drugs, dildo cams, masterbatorium, eggs/zygotes/embryos.... But will man up and phone my mum later.

I want to know what's going on with the Seven! But not till tomorrow...

Scarlett lovely that's what we're here for, so moan away. I remember my boobs hurting lots especially after the trigger shot, must have been the HCG. I'm brooking you will get top quality eggs, don't you worry. How are you feeling today? What time is EC?

Sweetie your lunch sounds lovely, I'm sure it will be perfect.

Keep it's so difficult isn't it in terms of what info to divulge to everyone. Most of my immediate family knew we were going through ivf and a couple of friends and a couple of cousins but only my sister really knew the details. Does your clinic not work over the weekend? Grow embies grow!

Hope everyone is having a good day x

1030 solars so this time tomorrow it'll all be over and out of my hands

So much luck for tomorrow, Scarlett! We all panic about empty follies etc etc, but we're all brooking like crazy.

My clinic do work weekends, solars, but they say they just update us on day 1 and 3 and 5... I want Sweetie's emby-cam!! Grow embies, GROW.

I've had a nice weekend, it's quite relaxing having it all go on outside my body. Nothing to do with me, no need to stress if I do yoga, lie on my ovaries etc. It's just occurred to me this is what it's like for the men all the time!

Scarlett good luck for tomorrow. Hope those golden eggs are getting themselves ready for the dance of love with MrS swimmers. Dim the lights, soften the music, get the champers cooling. Scene set nothing more can be done.

keep can not wait for the embies progress review. Did your clinic give you an idea of the stats you could expect from you excellent crop of embies?

Mother's Day lunch was a success, we had roast chicken, potatoes roast in duck fat, sage &onion stuffing, root mash, broccoli, curly kale, green beans and gravey, all made from scratch by me which is amazing cos I never cook anything Followed by Black Forest dessert and a 2 bottles of wine plus a full wine box rose wine. Talk about stuffed now. My mum loved it that is the most important, DH is snoring his head off on the sofa now!!!

Scarlet good luck tomorrow.

Keep when will we you get an emby update?

Brooking for you all!! Sorry not name checked everyone, you're all so busy I can't keep up!!

solars sorry it's been so hard for you, would they really have to cancel the cycle because of the bloods, given the other clinic went ahead anyway? Brooking that it was just an anomaly, and also that soapgate was the sole cause of the dead swimmers.

scarlett exciting days! Well done on finishing your jabs. Brooking for your EC now.

keep grow embies grow! Looking forward to your update - if only we could have emby-cam!

SFF turned into SWI over the weekend, ov was either today or will happen tomorrow, so I get to join in the 2ww with the Assisted Ladies :) Forecast of snow for tomorrow, but I can't imagine it will stop us getting to work.

Good luck on the collection tomorrow Scarlett will be thinking of you!

Still continuing the grow embies grow dance for you Keep

Sweetie your lunch sounds yummy, yummy!

Maybe how's MrM's recovery going?

Geek hope you're doing ok too!

Waves to everyone else x

X-post Geek well done on the swi, great timing! Yes they will cancel, which is all the more confusing for us. We'll just have to see what they say when we get the results. DH thinks it will be fine and they're just being overly cautious.

geek well done on well-timed rat smacking!

solars good luck on chasing dh's blood tests up today. Has AF arrived at yours yet?

sweetie your lunch sounds so good, especially the roast potatoes! I miss potatoes, they hardly eat them here...

I just phoned the clinic, results not available for another couple of hours - Argh!!! Will have to learn some more vocab to keep my mind off it. The clinic have been reluctant all through to give us numbers for each stage, I think it varies so much. But they've not mentioned a day 3 transfer, so must be assuming at least one will make it to Wednesday...

It's so weird to think of them across town in a lab...

Scarlett will be thinking of you at... 5.30pm my time. Hope it all goes well. I managed to go home by train after, rather than sit in traffic in a taxi, but did stay two hours snoozing first. Brooking!!

Mature, eggs, mature!
Grow embies grow!

Keep what time our time will you know about the lovely embys, and when is transfer day?

Scarlet is it ec today? Wow it's getting all very exciting over here :)

Geek swi with a re conditioned womble after a lap and dye????? I'm very excited for your 2ww!! Did you get the vouchers from HQ? Where were they for?

Not much to report here, me and booby are all fine.

Brooking to see you all on grads soon :)

Hi everyone,

Sorry I have been absent for so long, I was hoping to come back all refreshed and positive. I'm afraid I had a terrible day yesterday & really need some brooking help. Firstly though I can't believe how much I've missed.

Keep and Scarlett I'm joining in the grow emby grow dance. Hope you hear from the clinic soon Keep and Scarlett I'm brooking for tomorrow's collection. Can't wait for some well deserved assisted BFPs in a few weeks time (that includes you Geek!)

Geek well done on recovering from the lap & dye and the sff & swi Thanks for thinking of me, it means a lot.

Sweetie I'm so glad to hear things are finally moving for you. I think it's lovely that you want to thank your donor. It's such a great thing for her to be helping you become a mother.

Solars sorry to hear you've got more hurdles to cross before your next cycle. Brooking for MrSolar's bloods. at the soap.

Beedle how are things going for you? Any news on appointments?

Maybe hope DH is recovering ok. Great news about icsi

Well guys as for me, I have quite a lot of news but ill start with the most recent. I had the most unexpected and worst pregnancy announcement yesterday. I went to my mums for the weekend for mothers day. I knew something was going on as DM was talking about moving by my Dsis & didn't have a card up from her. Sure enough my sister then rung to tell me her happy news in front of everyone. My Dsis has just turned 21 (she is 10 years younger than me!), she smokes, is very overweight and works a few hours a week in a bar. It's so bloody unfair, she has pcos & claims she was on the pill. I'm so mad, I don't believe her. I'm sure she wasn't using contraception. She is about 18 weeks pregnant, she had her first scan yesterday.
At first my DM said she understood I was upset, I felt so ambushed trapped without DH at her house with my step dad & my grandma. The minute I said I thought it was an awful way to tell me on Mother's Day my mum got really mad at me, telling me I'm bitter etc..
I hid in their spare room crying & waiting for my DH to come and get me where lo and behold I found the hidden Mother's Day card from my sister, her boyfriend & "baby".
We then had a 5 hour drive home with my grandma in the car so DH & I couldn't talk until we got home. I've had got pre AF spotting so I can safely say it was the worst Mother's Day ever

Oh god cup how awful for you. What a shock, and I'm sorry your mum wasn't more sensitive either. Had she known for a while?

God, its all SO unfair. I don't know what to say. My sister is also pregnant and I still can hardly stand thinking about it.

I wish I could go for a coffee with you. Xxx I missed you, was wondering if you're still reading, happy you came here when you needed brooking, and I want to hear where you are in the ivf merry go round.

BTW I think that was an awful way to tell you by them all. Do they know your issues?

First scan at 18 weeks?! Don't tell me she's one if the didn't realise I was pregnant gang!

And just to say all seven are still alive! :) four at 8 cell, two at 7, one at 6. 7-10 is normal by day three but they said the 6 could still catch up and they're pleased. We are so happy!

Transfer on Wednesday at 1.30. Keep brooking.