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

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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!)

Copy and pastes tentatively: proteinfoods

Disclaimer - i take no responsibility for incorrect information given.

life I think im more fed up and want to get EC over with that does scare me,i was so happy last night with 2 stimms left but ill have to wait for nurse to ring.
I have to say you have a good out look and its a good attitude to have towards things.
I have 2 sharp containers full of used needles cant believe iv had that many its shocking isnt it what we have injected.
I am excited and want to jump to transfer and hubby is really looking forward to it but i have to share my eggs and hope enough make it then hope i get bfp as i would have to deal with it if the other lady did and i didnt,although i want it to work for me and her.

I didn't realise you were egg sharing. I wouldn't want to know if it was successful for the other person - do they allow for that? Fingers crossed for you both!

I'm scared of ET and waiting. It does not fill me with glee at all so I don't think about it and take each day as it comes. Its the reason why I've been so vague about EC and things like that. Half the time i've only known whats next because you keep me informed! That was definatly the truth when the stimming started!

Go easy on yourself...

life they have to tell me if they get pregnant and then let me know when there is a live birth.

I live in Spain tame so although it sounds I guess it's just the run of the mill stuff. we're at a private clinic, i'm too old for Spanish nhs

good luck with Mel B

Hummus and carrot sticks - protein and beta carotene - super good stuff. Wherever possible chuck in chickpeas and lentils in with your chicken and it's protein a-go-go :)

Yummy hot milk is super simple - measure you milk with the cup you want to use, grate a generous amount of nutmeg, a shake or two of powdered cinnamon and splosh of vanilla extract. I initially started with cinnamon sticks and vanilla pods but that just takes longer and gets pretty pricey! Basically it's a season to taste - time to get experimenting!!

And if you have time on your hands I have the most amazing recipe for a chicken and bean stew - it's spicy and lovely and people will come begging for more, including you but it's ok as it's good for the eggs of course! My husb normally has about 3 portions to my 1 when I cook it. I'll dig it out and share when I get home if anyone is interested?

Have fun with mel b and please feel free to share her advice, unless it's anything to doing with being a bit zigazig-ahhh. If she does that trick then tell her to nob off!!

A fruit smoothie is also good for protein - use berries, milk and yogurt. Organic of possible.

I switched to organic from last September as was worried about the hormones in normal meat and dairy.

I'm mega healthy so this HAS TO WORK! Right?

Too bloody right Twinks - I'm so healthy it's ridiculous.....well apart from my total lack of exercise as work has sapped my will to breathe most of the time. Stress is my prob...a fun one to deal with!

Anyhoo - I found the recipe if anyone is interested - www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2008/oct/07/foodanddrink.chicken

Thx for recipe.

I run 5-6 km twice a week and oh goes to the gym and does weights at home. Just baffled why its taken us so long.

well the nurse just phoned my E2 is 9000 and they want to scan me tomorrow and take bloods again to keep an eye on me as she said its not to high there would be a problem if it hit 20,000.little concerned now hey fish your bloods not far off mine.

Mejust, I recommend you gulp down gallons of spunk. And when your husband's penis is ragged and chaffed go to your local gym and lick the sweat off some meatheads' bodybuilders' balls.

Fabuluce, I refuse to cook from a recipe that claims borlotti beans are 'undoubtedly the most spellbindingly beautiful thing ever to have popped out of a pod.'

Tame, ask Black Spice why the fook she named two of her kids Phoenix and Angel and when is she going to get rid of that fooking shit Leeds accent?

[lilting; cherubic]: "brown paper packages tied up with string..."

[smarting from Fish slap] Fanks, lovelies, for your hen-couragement

Quick one... Ive just had a call. Bloods have gone crackers and risen to 24000 (nerner @ mejust, I'm loving the oneuomanship ). I'm to stop gonal-f completely.

Tell me, what exactly does ths mean as I am panicking slightly.

It means you were abducted by an alien as you slept last night

Fish- I think its called coasting?? They withool stims and wait for the oestradiol to drop before triggering to ensure you dont get ohss.

Don't panic chick, I think its the safest way at the mo.

What did the clinic say?

Umm, thats pretty much what was said

I'm going for a walk. Feeling a little tearful and need to get bitchslapped. I googled ivf, e2 (I didn't actually know what they were measuring, cheers mejust ) and the first fucking thing that came up was - my E2 was high so my cycle was cancelled fucking google.

That was from 2008 so I assume the docs are better trained now!

I'm worried about the egg quality, nurse said this morning that it may not be what it could be because of the lowered gonal-f. Or something like that - I seem to mentally shut down when it comes to all this. I assure you I have qualifications falling out my arse.

Yu know, thee nothing I can do bar eat loads of protein to get the best quality I can. Thanks for the recipe fab. But tonights dinner is going to be:

Herb crust pork with a tomato marscapone sauce and mozzerella topping and roast potatoes. I cannot face another egg tonight, but will dip the pork in egg white.

I've had 261g of protein since monday. I cannot drink milk in any decent quantity though. Sigh.

Oh fab, you do sound disappointed. Have faith, they know what they are doing and hopefully the e2 will drop enough so that you can trigger and get the eggs out. What dose of go-anal were you on?

I had cysts on my first 2 cycles that messed up my stimming and triggering. I had to trigger twice in one cycle??!! God knows why?? I feel your pain matey, but I think coasting is good safe management and will hopefully not mess up your chances xxxx

Fish, that Tortie is right: they do know what they're doing. Please step away from google, it's just loads of incoherent slags who read Take A Break yammering about shit they know nowt about.

Go-anal? Slaps hand to face - thats why i've not got pregnant!

I went for a walk, the heavens opened as soon as I got up the road...

Anyhow, I'm ok - theres fuck all I can do bar eat loads of protein and I've just found a protein heavy recipe for fried mozzerella balls as a starter for dinner.

In your face skinny jeans

What's everyone having for tea?

at go-anal!

My mother overheard on the phone to my Aunty Barbara trying to describe my embies:

"Well... I dunno, Barb, I can only think they're like AA batteries"