Pout - we did the month worth of antibiotics just before ivf. Both ROy and I were ill when we started ivf. It takes 3 months for sperm to regenerate so in theory this infection (how typical) shouldn't affect his sample....well this is how i've always thought it worked but worth checking. What a nuisance. I guess it's best to check though...Now how was the first injection?
Euro - spotting is unsettling but very normal...it's not what you need.
Doll - it sounds like you have morning sickness already..whcih is agreat sign.
oh Gin not cystitis again. What on earth causes it? can you get a dose of antibiotics to clear it up? I'm really sorry , it's not what you need at all. Bloody horrible.
Rabbit, rabbit, rabbit - I feel despair on your behalf. You have had a horrendous time and now you are going through all this. Have you had a blood test to see if yuo still have glandular fever? I have to say when I had it, I went in to a very dark hole indeed - different to what I experience with ttc but i think it's the nature of the illness. It just is debilitating. And also whn the body doesn't play ball, like all this bleeding you are having, it's going to really mess with your hormones. Poor poor you. It does annoy me that we have to watch what we say to GPs because they might take our kids away or stop us from adopting. But if it gets bad , you should try and speak to someone but it probably is illness related. In the meantime, we are here to hand hold. Come and write down how you are feeling...offload - if it helps. Have you got some things to look forward to? Big squeeze.
Well today was scan day. The doc did say 'good news, there's your baby's heartbeat' and with a lot of searching, he found another heartbeat (in fact Roy saw it first) on the other twin but it was very weak and the size of the embryo wasn't as big. But and there is a massive 'but', we discussed my beta levels. He did say levels not rising properly can be a sign of chromosomal issues with the baby/ies but to let's just wait and see what today's results bring and let's see how things progress over the next week.
Anyway we walked out of the scan kind of shocked, Roy was almost in tears of happiness. He did tick me off for having been so negative and writing it off. But by mid pm, I decided to snap out of it and think positive. I think my attitude must have been dragging him down but I have found it incedibly hard to have faith in this pregnancy...purely because of those stupid little numbers. Anyway my thought was, there were 2 hb's, that is great. Now just think this is going to work.
However, this evening I was called by the clinic with the results of my beta. It has been 3 days since my last test and they still have barely moved up. The doctor on the phone said "this isn't good news". So I went back to my desk feeling like someone had kicked me. I just want to scream. I've done research and from what I can work out, people who have seen a hb but have a very slow rising hcg don't generally have a happy ending. It can indeed be a strong indicator that there are chromosomal/developmental issues. Now not every woman in the world can fall in to the same pattern so I"m just hoping that I'm an extraordinary case with slow developing babies. I really really want to have faith that this is going to happen but I am finding it impossible. I know all I can do is wait and hope for the best and I never ever imagined to see little heartbeats but it now scares me even more of losing them especially after seeing Roy sniffling whilst looking at the scan. Seriously someone knock me out and wake me up when the outcome has been decided!