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!)

Can't wait to hear how your embies are getting on wish.

wish good luck to you too. I am sure they are all waiting for you like good little children.

Good luck motor and mejust!

Good luck to all those with exciting things happening today - fingers and toes are firmly crossed :) xx

Mejust: "FREEEEEEEEDOOOOOOOOOM!!!!" X

Motor, there will be lovely news from your lovely donor today X

Fish, I haven't seen 'hallo' since I read Malory Towers

Love you, Nokkie!

Wish, do you remember when I only got my call at 2.45pm on the Saturday in Brno? It means nothing when they call late, except they're monstrously unaware of our anxieties.

Choco, I love reading your posts so do please de-lurk.

Flowers, I know this thread moves fast and there's the usual 'in-joking' that goes with established threads but do join in, even if it's to tell us you're feeling blue or whatever.

Rachel, I hope you are okay.

I'm having a bit of a wobble this morning. My temps are still high but I'm starting to do doubt that they actually mean anything, but the past two days of allowing myself to believe I'm pregnant have been so gorgeous I will always be grateful for that, even if it turns out I'm not.

tame good luck with the no gluten diet - porridge for brekkie is the way forward - get a nana in there along with the seeds and nuts, you'll be full till lunchtime and super healthy too plus it is yum! First barrier - totally crushed :)

..chippy for tea tonight!

Zammo, how are you feeling? Poor you back at work

Fabuluce, I particularly would like to know what you are having for tea tonight

Ugh. Do you remember me telling you about my FF 'friend' who had double donor (egg & sperm) this time at ReproGenesis? This was her fourth attempt after Cyprus (twice) and another at ReproG. She got BFN this morning

Out of six ladies who have cycled there only two have their BFPs. I am the last out of the batch of current cyclers and..well.....can I have a hand -hold please?

We're all holding your hand juicy. The FF friend isn't you! You're strong and a fighter, only a few days to go xxx

wish we will be ET buddies tomorrow. I got a call to say that out of my 4 eggs, two have fertilised normally. The other two fertilised but abnormally (yes, I will be frantically googling that momentarily). So ET is tomorrow. I have said I want single embryo transfer (which I think surprised them, but having seen my mum almost die after a twin pregnancy miscarried and my bestie almost lose both her babies I've been firm about that since day 1), so we might end up with one for the freezer if it makes it.

I feel better today. Lots of stomach pain overnight with wind and "looseness" in the bowel dept, but it is bearable today. I was glad I managed to get a seat on the train and bus in though. I don't think I would have coped well with being thrown about.

Your comment about growing legs chimes with me. When I am anxious about something, I tend to dream about spiders (I'm terrified of them - they are my kryptonite). I told Mr euro this morning that I had dreamt about 4 giant spiders the size of dinner plates running around the room - the largest my subconscious has ever managed to create. His reaction was to point out the number - of course 4 is how many eggs we got. I think that speaks volumes.

juicy they are not you and you are hotter than the sun (I'm stealing that ). When are you planning to test?

I'm totally panicking and I'm not sure why... Well I am. Arrrrgh! The embryologist just phoned an told me to go in for 9am. I asked him how my embies were looking today, do we still have 11 and his response was:

'Ummm yep so fingers crossed for tomorrow'

Huh? Why fingers crossed? It was like he wasn't prepared for the question! I'm really stressing out!

Nice euro! It'll be nice to have an ET buddy so we can fret together! What time is yours?

Quick one before i go into station.

Bloods taken - vein had to be chased around, now got pins and needles in poor abused arm. I'd never make a good junkie.

Scan - 38 follicles over 16. Some At 26mm, highest at 28 mm. Apparently there's a risk tht some will pop but its not to be worried about.

EC may be wed/thur dep on bloods.

euro great news and I think you are making the right decision. It's practical and will keep your anxiety levels down.

juicy don't make me bitch slap you again... The other ladies are not you, your donor is different and the clinic will have been desperate to get rid of you,they may have liked the other ladies and want to see then again! Plus, as said - you are hot (nelly's 'hot inhere 'springs to mind)

Looking forward to todays news from everyone.

JESUS life! How are you still moving around? My biggest was 20mm and I was so uncomfortable.

I'm surprised they're still waiting until thurs/fri

Thanks, everyone, I've decided to look away from statistics.

Zammo, how thrilling to have two! May I ask why they are transferring at day two as opposed to day three?

Fish, you poor sod. The mind boggles at that amount of follies, I just hope you're okay.

Wish, absolutely pointless attempting to guage an embryologist from his tone; they're utter geeks.

Holding your hand tightly juicy.
I wish you were my donor life you're gonna have so many eggs!!
How exciting euro and wish !! Transfer tomorrow. Take it easy between now and then. How many days post collection are you both?
DH did his thing today at the clinic and all was ok sperm-wise thank goodness. He picked up the pen-portrait of the donor (written information about her, not a sketch!) and read it to me over the phone. it was lovely and made me cry - we have lots of similarities. I really shouldn't be at work as I am too emotional and distracted. Should hear from the clinic re egg numbers later today.

joos I think day 2 is pretty standard where there is a low number of embryos. The thinking is to just back them back in asap. It was day 2 for me last time too.

wish I'm in at 11.45.

motor collection was yesterday for me.

expat how are you doing?

motor EC was Thursday for me so tomorrow will be day 5. I can't wait now I just want it done

juice am taking your hand tenderly, saying a gentle 'there there' and taking you to a happy place.....and then bitchslapping you - c'mon girlfrien' get back down to funky town!! Get your mental party pants on and have a little jiggle - you're PUPO and don't forget it :)

In other news this evening I shall be mostly having pasta pesto - only the most tenderest baby leaves gently pulled from our own stock of basil, lovingly blitzed with lashings of the finest extra virginal olive oil, gently crushed garlic, crustily ancient Parmesan and dry pan fried pine nuts. This will be gentle folded around some fresh piping hot spaghetti with extra Parmesan a genorous teist of cracked black pepper, more Parmesan and some pan fried chicken.

You know your chips just don't live up to the wonder that is my cooking!!

Fuck the gods fish you are like a follie factory. When do you get your bloods back ? I really hope you are feeling ok after injection arm trauma. I had a similar experience when I had a pre-op assessment before my hysteroscopy that never was. Fucking nurse was nice but, by Christ on a unicycle, she was a right useless twat.

joos as my Norks are extremely perky and bouncy this morning, I will not only hold your hand but I shall yank you into my very own soft play area. You can take a nap, have a bounce around or just sit there and admire the view. You are going to get through this whatever happens. Whilst you cannot be delusional if the evidence suggests that nothing has happened, in the absence of anything to suggest it hasn't worked, you should keep believing. That is a terrible use of the English language but my line manager is fucking whittering on next to me and so I simply cannot be bothered to re-write it. You know what I mean. So, hope on board and tell me when you're ready to go.

motor you are so incredibly sweet. I cannot believe the day is finally here - do let us know how many eggies you get.

zammo well done on getting through this particularly traumatic part of the process. Two fertilised is absolutely bang on in terms of the stats (from what I remember) so brilliant news. Is ET tomorrow ?

wish Ffs that doesn't help, does it ? If they haven't told you that some have fallen by the wayside, then assume they haven't. Or, if you are still worried, just ring them to confirm. I think we sometimes forget that they are there to help us and so calling to clarify things is something they should expect. Don't feel as though you are a pain by ringing - it may save you a night of worrying.

mejust where are you ?

Hi to everyone else.

Noks xx

noks I think 75% fertilisation is considered good. 50% is borderline. But as that is only a difference of one egg in this case, I'm not going to dwell on it.

fish are you waddling under the weight of your giant ovaries?

im back a bit groggy still ,i got wait for it.................18 eggs but they said 3 they not sure about yet,it was ok actually,didnt hurt a bit scarey but staff were great and it was all quick,the hand needle didnt hurt much and went woozy then woke up in recovery.my husband kept calling doc doctor bob made me laugh x

Lord above Fish! What have you been eating??

Juice hand holding until our palms get really sweaty and hot and people start looking at us funny.

Mejust hope you're feeling ok.

Euro you've done brilliantly! Good luck tomorrow.

Motor you nearly made ME cry with the part about your donor. What a beautiful experience this can be at times...

I had my scan this morning and I've only got 6 follicles so I'm feeling rather sorry for myself. I'm on such massive doses of hormones and this is all I could make. The fewest I've ever produced. I can't help feeling that this is the end of my journey with my own eggs. I just feel that it's not going to work.