Eggcellent Egg Buddies - a thread for those IVFing in June/July/August

[EuroShaggleton]

You don't have to be crazy to be on this thread but it helps

(Ladies, I thought I would jump in and start a non-sweary titled fred. Feel free to turn the air blue now!)

Fish, it's funny you should say that, because this morning's email from Helena informing us of the embryos' progress finished with the comment: 'I am looking forward to see you tomorrow at 8:30am. Don´t forget to bring a good mood' [smiley face]!

What could she mean?

She's had a call from reprofit... Maybe she goes drinking with the receptionist.

Either way, immigration at the airport will be looking for you to ensure you fuck off out the country before you single- handedly ruin their tourist industry with your updates

Resipsa I am doing DE but have had a totally different protocol to Juicy. 6 weeks from start to (fingers crossed) pregnancy test. Start with downreg injection to inhibit own cycle, start oestrogen tablets (and aspirin due to raised risk of blood clots) two weeks later, add progesterone suppositories night before egg collection, and continue on both of those up to 12 wks into pregnancy (if you get that far).
I really don't know how this compares to OE protocols, but you obviously don't need the meds to stimulate egg production.
I felt pretty rotten on the second week of downregging, but otherwise I've been quite fine. Having said that, I've just come home from work early and have got straight into bed, as I felt overwhelmingly exhausted today, which is very unusual for me. Don't reckon it is anything to do with the meds though.
Hope that helps..

Fishy-SmellingTwat, I hate to hear you are so low but encouraged that you can see the advantages of being pumped full of drugs and feeling melancholy - there's a baby at your clinic with your name on it

You crack me up, Fish. Yep, I reckon Brno will be chuffed as fuck to see the back of me, although I have just sat uncomplainingly in the boiling hot sun with a floor-length lycra tube dress on while th'usband stripped to his kecks and swam in the beautiful lake. For. Three. Hours.

I only lost my cool when I had to use a chemical toilet nestled in some beautiful woodlands which was full to the brim with used sanitary towels, shit, full nappies, cans, used condoms and the odd syringe. Th'usband spent a very patient hour-and-a-half explaining how the toilet was not designed or built by him and that he could not possibly be blamed for the state of it and no, he did not need to go and inspect it in order to fully understand my apoplexy

life pleased your scan went well,iv had enough aswell i hope im ready tomorrow to trigger after 8 days but doubt it as everyone seems to stimm longer.i dont want to do anymore sick of pain bruises and shit nights sleep,everyday injecting is a battle now im that bruised it kills and want it all to stop after 5 weeks of this.i think most feel like this as wish has been through the ringer aswell.

juicy sounds like you have had a great time im glad and best of luck for tomorrow.

nook how you doing?

wish do you trigger tomorrow?

tam thinking of you.

karb good luck.
hello to motor buz expat euro nokkie and everyone else

mejust sending you cyber hugs. Though I think you are wrong stating that juicy had a good time! She makes Brno sound like a large scale fawlty towers! I have no words of wisdom. But just to warn you, I nearlypassed out when i saw the bloods needle this morn. IT.WAS.HUGE... Maybe 2 inches. The nurse told me -after- jabbing me that only the tip goes in .

Just had a call from the clinic, my dosage is changing. Still 112.5 of gonal-f, but this will reduce to 75 tm. I am so resigned to my carcass bein a medical experiment that I didn't even ask any questions - it must be due to my bloods.

juicy poor mrjuicy. Has anyone else got visions of mr juicy as hyacinth buckets husband and juicy playing a female victor meldrew?

juicy i think you should call the local brno health and safety, council and environmental authorities over that christ, do it after the ET - you'll get a free flight home!

Thanks for the sympathy btw. I am crying a lot, but to be honest I really think most of it is hormonal, I don't feel in control of my emotions. And I feel very, very sorry for myself.

Yet, I am still happily ambivalent about the IVF itself.

Thanks for all the info, peeps. If you can provide the donor, drugs and ET, can I just skip the clinic and pay you lot to get me that baby?

Gotta admit, Brno is never going to be on my list of must-sees after your daily dispatches (unless you come home with those twins in which case I'll book tickets the same day).

Thanks everyone, I'm very chuffed. I've also just found out at DP's parents are going to pay for me to have a second week off work to give me the best chances.

Mejust yeah I trigger tomorrow night. Then I get a day off from injections on Wednesday which will be really strange.

life I feel for you, it's really not nice when you're not in control of your emotions. It will be worth it though

Just wrote a eeally long post and it's gone! Fucking phone.

I was really witty and funny in the last post and I can't remember exactly what I wrote so I'll paraphrase:

Mejust I start stimming today so I'm a bit excited about the next phase! You are so far ahead of me lady.

Juice so excited for you! Can you make your next nickname Mingejuice or will that get you booted of mn?

Life I really feel for you. These drugs are the pits. I do the "god I'm so fucking angry and upset right now, what the hell is wrong with ..... oh" . Good though that you're still ok with the ivf bit though!

nook i thought you did what are you stimming with?

life what a massive bloody needle for a few bloods where they taking it from organs ,has your stomach bloated mine feels heavy bloated and its getting harder to do normal stuff i seem to be walking slow and im really tired.any idea on your EC?

wish i bet your happy now believe me you wont miss them injections,how you feeling are you still resting up?

mejust I actually said - wtf when i saw it. She wittered on fora but ( she was lovely btw) but then only stuck 3mm in. It really looked silly!

My stomach is the same. And walking is the same for me - I can feel my ovaries with each step. Mind you I am very heavy footed. It took me ages to walk a mile today. EC, I'm guessing next week.

Stimming dos take about 2 weeks right?

Just did some research EC roughly 10 days after stimming starts. So we are nearly there :0)

mejust I thought of you when doing my injection today. It stung like a bitch for the first time that I've experienced and Jesus did I want to punch someone square in the face after! If yours are always like that then I understand why you're so pissed.
I'm still resting as much as I can but my second in command at work (who is also my best mate) is making it difficult for me. Today she told me that me being on light duties is making her day so much harder and that her boyfriend is also going through stuff at home and it's all wearing a bit thin. She's lucky I didn't wedge a cow from the farm box right into her eye socket! I mean Jesus! How insensitive? Especially from my bestie.

Oh well, only 2 days left at work

How is everyone? It's pretty quiet on here today

wish thats not very nice when your mate knows what going through and almost at EC but people dont seem to care that much unless they have been through it take no notice and look after yourself,yeah im really bruised so the needle hurts now and the med really hurts they make me cry and i have to sleep on my back as it hurts my legs on my sides and i cant sleep on my stomach.

life i was given 12 days worth of stimms but like you said most do 10 days or so,maybe EC late weekend or early next week see what they say at scan tomorrow.did they say much to you today about it?

I'm here (with a special name change for NookNook)!

I'll have you know, FishFlaps, that th'usband is not cuckolded whatsoever, he's just learned to quietly tolerate my more annoying peccadilloes

Please can I ask for some advice? If my two embryos which are at 9 cells today become double figures tomorrow (ET) can I insist that one is also transferred along with the two blastos? I can't help noticing from other mumsnet threads that, back in the UK, transferred embryos usually consist of less cells than my two worst ones. What do we all think? If they're just going to chuck my worst two away I'm not very happy about that.

Please don't think I'm not grateful for what we have, I'm just tossing some ideas around before I'm strapped to the bed tomorrow.

Wish, tell your bestie to shut the fuck up or you'll kick her in the clunge

I hope Buzzy's okay, but I'm fearing the worst seeing as she's not come back to the thread today

Please come back, Buzzy x

Wow this thread moves so quickly, I can't keep up! Will have to do more MNetting in working hours! Juice my DP had to do some work in Brno, didn't speak highly of it so I do feel for you. Fingers crossed for you with those embryos.

mejust I didn't ask re EC and they didn't say (sorry this is part of my 1 day at a time philosophy). I asked more about how my body was reacting etc as I'm scared of all follicles waking up (apparently I have polycystic ovaries, not the syndrome just mutant ovaries!)

wish thats awful re work. I had to take a sabbatical or I'd have been sacked for gross misconduct if someone fucked with me. Its awful that she is being a bit insensitive, but the fair part of me thinks that it is seriously hard for people to understand the heartbeak and anxiety.

juice love the name changes! I'm afraid I just do not know enough to answer those sort of questions. Whats the traffic like on FF? Maybe they will have a better idea if no one does here.

Whats the danger of putting 3 back (bar the triplet or more risk of course). Weigh that up against the pros methinks.

In the uk there are limits set by the hfea. Under 40 you can only do a max of 2, over 40 you can do 3.
In my clinic they ask. So I had a choice of 1 or 2.

I don't know where you are, but if it's allowed in your country you should be able to say what you want.

Hello All,

Still here, in pain with no bleeding. Scan tomorrow. Will be asking for a little something to get things shifted

Also, I have morning sickness. What is that all about?? Fecked off.

karbea Well done on a successful transfer. Are you with aRGC? Is it really like a boot camp? Do you like it? I hope you are rooting for your embryos. I know what it feels like when your embryos arent top notch but they are on board now and still have the potential to make babies- BELIEVE x What does grainy eggs mean?

wish congrats on the follies!!! Woop woop!! cant wait to hear how many eggs...

respisa is DH totally on board with DE? Where will you have treatment- UK? or has Juicy got you sold on Brno?!!!

juicy I say throw all 4 up there. you won't know till tomorrow- all 4 may be blasties. then you can have 2 up and 2 on ice. Have faith.

That toilet sounds amazing. I hope you have had a tetanus.

fish sorry you are feeling low. Perhaps a mini break in Brno working in a call centre will be just the tonic? You could be 'Elena's PA? Seriously, not long now and the drugs will be a distant memory and you can get down to the nitty gritty.....

euro glad all seems to be good with you, you old skag shooter. Do you stim for a shorter time? Is this mild IVF you are having?

nooknook stimming today??? God, that has gone fast! We will soon have loads of eggs on here!!!! woo hoo!!!

mejust sorry you are so fed up- nearly there....

Any news from expat???

Hello to motorcycle too xxxx glad to see things are moving along for you xxx

Hello nokkie- 12 weeks scan???? must be soon.

Hello to anyone else I have missed xxx

We did have some good news today- DNA frag test referral- DONE!!! One call to the GP and the letter is on its way an hour later. Cant beat that for service. We have been looking at train fares for a saturday though and its a quarter of the price of the test???? Robdogs.

It hasn't actually occured to me but what will we do if the test comes back normal?? DH mentioned that I am talking as though its him thats the problem already, but there is a chance it may be normal.....we will see.....I'm sure it is him.....

I have also treated myself to a nutritional consultation via Skype this saturday with Melanie Brown (from Zita West). We saw her before and I really want to refresh myself with food bits.

xx love to all xx

Oh also rachel and flowers- the newbies!! Where are you both??? x