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Taking No Nonsense and Brooking No Argument We Get Our BFP's, with or without assistance!

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Solars · 15/05/2013 10:13

So who's next in line for that BFP???

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ControlGeek · 22/05/2013 18:31

Oh scarlett I'm so sorry :( A month off sounds like a great idea though. I'm brooking that MrS was just having a blip, like we all do, and that you will both come back all guns blazing.

Smegs I was taking implantation (ha!) As being the huge temp dip on 7dpo (in cloud cuckoo land). Seriously, testing early and often is my coping mechanism.

If anybody would like to see an evap line for themselves I am more than happy to ship my faulty batch (unused of course) to all and sundry - evap lines guaranteed, even for blokes!

BlindKitty · 22/05/2013 19:23

scarlett oh hon I'm so sorry, I really am Sad will you try another iui? Think mine is starting in aug now. Massive hugs xxxx

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Solars · 22/05/2013 21:17

Oh Scarlett I'm so sorry to hear that, I had such high hopes this month for you. I can't understand about the clinic rule of only doing an iui cycle if your AF lands on a friday, Saturday or Sunday?? Hope you have a lovely month off though big hugs.

Geek are you sure you're not diffed?! You can't have that many evap lines surely?

Glad stabbing went well for you Beedle the 5am injection is cetrocide which blocks your natural production of LH so you don't ovulate prematurely, I think the sniffer drug you take does the same. I'm not sure why it has to be taken at 5 am in the morning though.

On that note, I'm off to bed for another early start, big wave to you all x

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BlindKitty · 23/05/2013 07:02

solars ha read your last post as 'sniffer dog'!

BeedlesPineNeedles · 23/05/2013 07:12

Its no laughing matter kitty, you try putting a sniffer dog up your nose 3 times a day :o

geek how are the peesticks looking this morning?

solars hope you're not too tired after your early start again this morning. Has it just been blood tests so far or have you had any scans?

I think my ovaries have come to life as I can definately I'm imagining that I can feel them

ControlGeek · 23/05/2013 07:47

Just a quickie this morning as am running late - AF arrived overnight. Took a test to be sure and it was BFN (Morrisons' own, CBA with the ICs this morning). Will call the clinic today to get booked in for scan and teach session. Yay! It begins :)

Will do a proper post at work. (((Hugs))) to all

SweetieTime · 23/05/2013 07:56

Geek so sorry af has arrived. I was so hopeful for an ironic bfp for you. at least you can get started now.

EverythingIsTicketyBoo · 23/05/2013 08:14

Oh Geek I wanted that to be your BFP so much, but yay for you starting now!!!

BeedlesPineNeedles · 23/05/2013 08:49

Sorry its not an ironic BFP geek but woohoo for starting

ControlGeek · 23/05/2013 09:18

beedle well done on your first injection! You must find it a lot easier than having to sniff a whole dog so frequently. I hope they gave you something small - would hate to think of you trying to inhale something like a tibetan mastiff Grin

solars I'll be on cetrotide too, my instructions say nothing about 5am jabs, just that it has to be done at the same time every day. Perhaps they are waiting to hook me on menopur before springing that little surprise on me. How many days left do you have?

Dammit I can't get through to the clinic, it keeps ringing out

What would be the latest that I could start the stim drugs in my cycle? Would having an appointment after the bank holiday make it too late to start?

NoMaybeAboutIt · 23/05/2013 10:12

Oh Geek I was so hoping for an ironic BFP for you!

I think (but I really don't know) that stim drugs start around day 5 of your natural cycle? Though I am sure Solars and Keep will be able to correct me on that one

ControlGeek · 23/05/2013 14:37

Ok ladies, I am officially en route to joining the Assisted Brooking team - teach session and ultrasound are booked in for 2.20pm tomorrow afternoon (OMG This is really happening...)

cups I really wish you were able to come to my clinic. They apologised for not being able to offer me much in the way of choice for my appointment - they could only offer me a choice of 5 (all at various times tomorrow). It's so unfair that the treatment and processes are different across the country.

BeedlesPineNeedles · 23/05/2013 14:52

Oh fab news geek :o :o

We've got a real run on assisted brooking at the moment haven't we. maybe starts next week doesn't she? No-one will need to go to the gym as we'll all be keeping fit with our grow-follies, fertilise-eggs and sticky embryoes dances

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Solars · 23/05/2013 14:57

Omg Geek how are you feeling about it all? When do you start stabbing, tmrw? I started on day 2. Still not sure how many days left, will see how the follies are tmrw.

Beedle I have scans every other day so had 1 yesterday and having another tmrw. When is your next scan? So far I only have between 4 & 6 follicles, I had this issue last time, I seem to have quite a few antral follicles but when it comes to stimming not many seem to grow, so I'm hoping quality is good though! It only takes one is my mantra at the moment!

Maybe not long to go!

It was another long morning at the clinic, I had to have an intralipids drip, like you Face as my repeat NK cell tests still showed high levels this morning and I'm also on steroids, clexane and aspirin.

How is everyone else doing?

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NoMaybeAboutIt · 23/05/2013 15:06

Geek that's amazing news!! How exciting! How are you feeling about it?

Solars you poor thing. How are you feeling?

Beedle howarethe ovaries? Grin

NoMaybeAboutIt · 23/05/2013 15:07

Oh, and yes Beedle first jab is Tuesday morning at an unearthly hour due to airport run

ControlGeek · 23/05/2013 15:49

beedle I'm banking on all that dancing to get rid of the crap I've been eating for the last couple of weeks!

solars it's brilliant that they are able to do so much for you this time, but it must be so exhausting for you, you poor love. Just remember, sweetie got 6 eggs and has ended up with octuplets twins! Brooking that the quality of your eggs means that you already have all you need.

I was a bit worried earlier as AF went AWOL for the morning Confused tis all alright now though, she found her way back to me just after lunchtime, in time to take the phone call. To be honest I'd psyched myself up for them saying that the bank holiday made it too inconvenient to do it this month, so I am over the moon that they could offer me an appointment tomorrow.

I have no idea when I will be starting the stim injections, presumably I will be picking up my drugs tomorrow as part of my teach session. Bit nervous and jittery as I've already seen the size of the needle and it's twice the size of MrG's diabetic needles but then it does go in a very well padded different part of the body so hopefully it won't be too bad Grin

MrG has gone from being a nervous wreck to scarily excited about the whole thing. It's starting to feel a lot more real now. My main worry is that I'm already convinced that it won't work - that we'll get a perfect blasto but that my body will reject it. I just can't understand why I've not even had so much as a CP in all these years.

Sorry, I've gone into babble mode Grin

ControlGeek · 23/05/2013 15:49

meant to say, good luck for Tuesday, maybe!!!

NoMaybeAboutIt · 23/05/2013 16:06

Oh Geek I know exactly how you are feeling. But don't you worry,we are brookers and we will simply not accept that it won't work. Fact.

SweetieTime · 23/05/2013 16:45

Come on Brookers, not like you lot to be down. You are well on the assisted route and look how many ladies have success with IVF. It doesn't matter how those Brooking babies get in there just so long as they do.

Solars it is quality over quantity every time. As Geek says I only had 5 eggs, 4 of which fertilised and now on with twins. At the time I wouldn't have thought it possible. Good luck my dear, stick with it and keep your eyes on the prize.

Maybe good luck for Tuesday, the jabbing becomes quite methodical. It wasn't as hard as I expected it to be. You will be fine, just get yourself in a routine.

Geek your clinic sounds lovely, very accommodating. Hope it all goes well at the lesson and scan.

BlindKitty · 23/05/2013 21:25

Go Geek go geek (in the style of the Ricky lake show if anyone remembers that). THIS is your time!!!!' X

BeedlesPineNeedles · 24/05/2013 07:07

On my way into work this morning a car stopped to let me cross the road, it had the letters BFP on its numberplate, so I'm taking this as a very very early sign :o :o

Good luck with the appointment today geek Should we consider this as day 1 of your pregnancy?

So far the stabbing is going OK but I have been feeling rather tired and headachy since I started.

EverythingIsTicketyBoo · 24/05/2013 07:11

Good luck today Geek

BeedlesPineNeedles · 24/05/2013 07:21

ooh hello boo how are you?

ControlGeek · 24/05/2013 07:55

maybe you're absolutely right, of course. This time next month, we will all be grads Grin

sweetie how many weeks are you now lovely? Has the ms kicked in yet? I don't think it's so much that we are down, just voicing thoughts/concerns/worries that we can't necessarily voice IRL.

kitty OMG I remember that show Blush

beedle wow that is a sign and a half! This has got to be it for you, surely! Hope the stabbing continues to go well, and that tired and headachey passes soon for you.

thank you boo mmm delicious

when's your next scan?

Deffo considering this as day 1 (day 2?) of my pregnancy. Had a lovely long chat with my mum yesterday. She knows of a lot of people where she worked who have been struggling to get pg for a while, some are undergoing the same investigations/operations that I've had. It helps to hear things like that, rather than 'ohh so and so's pg again, and yet another different father!'