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Excellent (or should that be eggcellent?) egg buddies! Anyone having IVF/ICSI in April/May/June 2013 come and join us!

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EuroShaggleton · 31/03/2013 15:35

We've almost filled the second thread so here is a new one, so we can carry on chatting! Threads #1 and #2 saw some stunning successes and some sad outcomes. We'll have more of the former and less of the latter on thread #3 please!

All comers welcome. I found it very useful to be with people going through the same thing when I did my first cycle, so if you would like to join us, please come on in!

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keepitgoing · 09/05/2013 12:50

jewcy they'd have been pg before starting the DR, just too early to know.

Good luck buzzy, all sounds good

Nokkie73 · 09/05/2013 12:52

buzz sounds as though you are making good progress. They are taking them to day 5 blasts then ? Wtf has decided to fall out with you now ? Honestly, I bet you need that like a hole in the head.

Are you still managing to have a nice time in Brno ? Xx

Jewcy · 09/05/2013 12:56

Thank you, Saint Nokktius

Shazzamattazzerly · 09/05/2013 14:28

Noks I just popped in cause I hadn't heard from you and thought I'd check if you are ok and then........

Oh my goodness. I'm so happy for you. This is absobloodylutely fuckity fuck fuck amazing news. GrinGrinGrinGrinGrinGrinGrinGrinGrin My day just got a whole load better. Many many congrats to you and Mr Noks. Another miracle. I'm really thrilled. In fact I'm abit choked.

Massive hello to everyone else.

I don't know many people over here but I wish you all loads of luck on your journeys.

Loads of love
Shazzamattazza x

Nokkie73 · 09/05/2013 14:51

shaz good bit of swearing there. I am strangely proud. I PM'd you earlier - didn't you get it ? Yeah, it hasn't quite sunk in yet and there's a long old way to go. I have just snaffled the biggest piece of carrot cake in Surrey to celebrate. I shall be a proper biffer, whatever happens, if I keep this up. Wink. Thanks though for your message, it's super sweet !

Everyone, this is shazza . You know, that shazza she of DR fame.

Dildals · 09/05/2013 14:52

OOOoooh, Shazza just told me.

I am so shocked Noks YOU HAD SEX!?! How dare you! ;-)

Congratulations!!!!

I have missed your swearing ... lots ... when you're ready, pop in to our thread and drop some classics such as 'in the old days a Saturday night wasn't a good night out unless you'd snogged a stranger, had a fight with the minicab driver and passed out in the gutter'. Grin

Nokkie73 · 09/05/2013 14:57

dilly yes, I played hunt the squirty sausage once or twice over the past six weeks. Blush.

Everyone, this is dildals. She exaggerates and tells massive porkers. I have no idea what you're talking about as I only ever drink sherry and have my driver take me everywhere. Wink

Shazzamattazzerly · 09/05/2013 14:58

I did it for you Noks. I read the post back and added the fuckity fuck fuck for emphasis. I think the occasion warranted it. Smile I'll check my pm's. tbh I've been obsessively checking since Tuesday for news but didn't check today. Do join us for a spot of frantic worrying when you get the chance.

I'm afraid I posted the news to tell our lot. I knew they'd be thrilled for you too. I hope that was ok?

xxx

Nokkie73 · 09/05/2013 15:03

Oh shaz I could hug you. You know how I just LOVE swearing. Of course it's ok that they know. I shall pop over in a bit to say hell-fucking-lo bitches, or something similar.

Jewcy · 09/05/2013 16:34

Shazz, can you explain how you got preggo whilst downregging, pliz? I, too, am DR but have gone right off sex, although I am allowing th'usband to whazz on me tits.

Jewcy · 09/05/2013 16:35
Nokkie73 · 09/05/2013 16:40

You northerners are just so wild.

Jewcy · 09/05/2013 17:21

Roar.

Nokkie73 · 09/05/2013 17:42

A your age as well. I am impressed. Shock

Apart from not playing hunt the sausage, how are you finding DR'ing ?

fairypangolin · 09/05/2013 17:53

nokkie I'm no good at swearing but just wanted to say big congrats on your surprise BP! So so wonderful. Come over to our thread when you feel ready (it may take some time to sink in). Flowers

Nokkie73 · 09/05/2013 17:57

Oh thanks fairy ! That's so lovely. It will take a while I think.....

buzzybee123 · 09/05/2013 21:02

jewcy have just had dinner at Vyntopna the train restaurant, there was a man there with an anorak and a man bag Hmm and no it wasn't my husband, I am staying at hotel Cyro which is quite central

Shazzamattazzerly · 09/05/2013 21:07

Hello Jewcy Lovely to meet you. I'm blushing. I fear that Noks has very kindly bigged me up!
I'm not sure if it is still the case, but when I was young, whazzing on your tits couldn't get you pregnant. Maybe times have changed Wink!
How far into the dreaded DRing are you? I got 9 days in. I know what you mean about not wanting to have sex. It couldn't have been further from my mind once I started treatment. For one thing I was really sore and it hurt! I think that the truth of the matter is that I was very very lucky. We had a last ditch attempt around day 14 when I usually ovulate. I reckon I must have ovulated that day or the next and then by the time I was starting downregging on day 21 the deed was already done. The day before my period was due I took a test and it was negative. But then my period became 2 days late so I took another test (and another and another!!!) and they were positive.

I don't know why I got lucky that month. Like Noks I had been preparing for treatment for ages. I'd been having weekly acupuncture for nearly a year. I took lots of supps, Omega 3, vitamin d, pregnacare conception, royal jelly (but then stopped cause it made me feel sick) and anti-oxidents (they also made me feel sick after a while). I stopped drinking alcohol for about a year, coffee and all caffeine including chocolate for about 5 months and really upped my protein to 70g per day before treatment. Hummous and carrot sticks became my best friends! I had seen a nutritionist at Zita West and she helped me a lot.

I'm essentially lazy and don't exercise except for weekly ballroom dancing. and I try to meditate to combat stress.

The only things I did differently that month was I had hypnotherapy to try to help me relax before treatment as I was very very anxious and was convinced that it wasn't going to work before I even started. I had also started a strict elimination diet for a skin condition that I have and I think that that might have reduced some of the inflammation that was obviously in my body and was coming out through my skin.

So thats about it. As you can see, some things are the same as Noks and some are different. I guess the point is that it is all very personal and what worked for me may or may not work for someone else. Like you, I scoured the net for success stories and tried to copy them.

Finally, just to say that I'm 42 now, will be 43 when Shazlett is born (fingers crossed that all goes well). I was starting to believe that it was never going to happen. They gave me a 5% chance on my own and 15-20% chance with IVF. I thought that time had run out for me and then at the very last minute, properly the last possible day that it could have happened, it did.

As Keep said, yesterday another Mumsnetter joined our thread, she had also got a BFP 3 days into Dring and now our Noks has another miracle BFP. So it can happen but sadly we don't know why. I still don't believe that it is true even though I've had some reassuring scans. Part of me still thinks that it is a dream and someone is going to wake me up and tell me that it was a joke.

Tomorrow I have the nuchal scan so I'm abit apprehensive. There is a milestone to pass at every turn. but bit by bit I'm getting there.

I really really hope that you are successful with your treatment. That you are all successful. We want to have you over with us worriers! I wish you all loads of luck. We have all been through so much to get this far and everyone here knows what that precious BFP means to each and everyone of us.

Much love
Shazzamattazerly x

Jewcy · 09/05/2013 21:15

Oi! Nokstrel! You sayin' I'm owd? Erm..downregging: I thought I'd be raging like a loon and stuff but I don't feel anything Only five days in though. Found some more snot in me knick-knacks tonight but daren't jump on th'usband as he's already had to spaff this morning for a SA.

I must say I was shell-shocked when I found out today that the drugs are going to cost nigh on £300 Shock

buzzy! I don't believe it, a train restaurant? Do elaborate so I can get DH aroused tomorrow night Grin What's your hotel like? Would you recommend it? Is there plenty to do in Brno?

Jewcy · 09/05/2013 21:31

Oh, Shazz, we x-posted! What a lovely detailed post, thank you. I've read the whole of this thread and was whooping when you got preggo. I must be a bit thick because I really still don't understand what happened with you: you say you were 9 days in when it happened. Do you mean you were CD9? Because then you say you started to downreg on day 21, whereas I started to downreg on CD5.

Crikey, I'm making this difficult. Try again: I'm currently on CD9 and started DR on CD5. I normally ov on CD15. Will I be fertile at the normal time? I thought these pills (HRT) closed everything down? Please forgive my confusion; this is what comes of dealing solely with a Czech bird via email Sad

Anyway, I'm chuffed to buggery for you, Shazz, I really am x

buzzy, I just googled your hotel and it's lovely but a teeny bit over the price we want to pay. DH says we can afford about £50 per night for a room Mind you...we are going for ten days

buzzybee123 · 09/05/2013 21:43

jewcy the restaurant has a train set that brings your drinks to you Smile lots of great train posters too, why are your drugs costing so much, they should be able to just email you a prescription the deceptyl or what ever is the dr drug and I paid 84 + 8 for postage, I have plenty of cyclogest I can give you for free, progynova is cheaper on private prescription than bloody nhs, i'm sure I ahve some 5mgs of pred around too.
its a nice hotel, we are up in the gods in a cheap room but it does the job, if you are on the progynova then have a shag, we did, sadly it didn't work though Sad

there is a castle here and a few churches, zoo, lake, caves near by etc lots of coffee shops, trains that go to Vienna, Prague, Budapest and Bratislava, eating and drinking is cheap, beer is a pound and dinner is around 15 to 20 for the two of us

Shazzamattazzerly · 10/05/2013 08:10

Morning jewcy

Thank you for your kind words and support. I've cried many times hearing when someone gets pg at the drop of a hat (or knickers) so I know how hard it is.

I started DRing in CD21 AF was due CD28ish but didn't arrive. I'd had loads of symptoms that week bloating, loads of cramps, weepy and generally feeling very sore inside. Of course I assumed that it was side effects of the sniffing.

So you started DRing at the beginning of your cycle? Mine was towards the end so I'd already ovulated for that month. I'm not sure if you will ovulate.

Sounds like you are ok so far so that's good. I know what you mean about the drugs I've got £900 worth sitting in my fridge at the moment. I'm hanging on to them just in case...

Buzzy Brno sounds lovely. I do like a castle and DP loves restaurants on trains! Good luck.

Expat sorry to hear about the lump I'm glad you are ok. When are you going again? Loads of best wishes for it.

Hello to everyone else. Have a lovely day despite the lack of sunshine.

Shaz x

mejust · 10/05/2013 08:48

Hi everyone i havent been here for a while.
congratulations putthecrispsdown.
how is everyone hope you all doing ok,iv just started tablets to sync cycles and due to start down reg next sat really scared of needles but more of reaction to the drugs long way to go yet the real concern is my pcos as im more at risk of ohss but im on metformin,is anyone where im at at the moment,hows the ivf been for everyone,i had some bad news the other week my 15 year old dog died just as im starting this journey iv been soo upset.

Jewcy · 10/05/2013 08:56

Shazz, thanks agin, lovely, for replying. Yes, I can see now that you got pregnant before DR began and I have no chance of a pre-IVF ironidiff

mejust, are you having donor egg IVF? Good luck, either way. I'm so sorry to hear about the death of your dog. Heartbreaking Sad

EuroShaggleton · 10/05/2013 10:31

Hello all.

Nice of you to pop back and visit, shazz. I hope all is going well.

mejust I'm slightly ahead of you - just waiting for AF to arrive and then I'll be on to my second cycle. I'm doing natural IVF, so no downregging for me, just a trigger shot around 2 weeks after AF arrives to time EC.

buzz the train restaurant sounds like geek heaven. :) I love your laid back attitude to this cycle. When is ET?

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