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!)

Yes, yes, Tortie, I would deffo consider the medical inducement way: two tablets up your vadge then another two a couple of days later and a bit of managed pain. I just have grave doubts about a strong vacuum displacing 'material' goodness-knows-where

The cramps are pretty bad so lets hope by Tuesday, its decided for me.

A couple of positive things have occurred during our stay:

1. We found a Tesco

2. We watched a superb firework show last night at the 'castle'

3. We are being 'reimbursed' somewhat for the fact that we spent last night having to bathe in darkness due to a short circuit in the hotel bathroom and the caretaker being pissed being unable to help.

4. We tried a brand new sexual position which th'usband we have never attempted before.

Silver linings and all that...

karbea 4 embies is still great. Remember I got pg with one on my natural cycle. IOTO! I understand your frustration with Mr K though, when you have to go through so much.

res that sounds like progress!

tortie my mc kicked off 4-5 days after stopping cyclogest. I went a bit crazy on Project Eviction though as I was desperate to avoid an ERPC - coffee, booze, flogging myself on really hard runs, etc. I had spotting Monday, some bleeding Tuesday, proper pain needing codeine Wednesday, passed what I think was the sac on Thursday and after that it was just like a normal period. I bled for two weeks in total. I felt a bit weak (and emotionally numb) but it wasn't too bad.

I enjoyed joos' comedy moment too. (But mostly I'm glad that she go through in the end!) We should write Carry On Down The Fertility Clinic. It'd be way funnier than the Ben Elton IVF book.

Thanks you guys x

Need to try and figure things out with work too- if it hasn't happened by Tuesday, I cant imagine waiting for all this to happen whilst at work.

Tortie, you can do it, whatever the logistics. Keep talking us through your thoughts and we'll help all we can, 'cos we love you, we do

euro I'm ready for the embies to drop off one by one, the 7 I had last time quickly became 2, but it's just so quick that were already down to 4. I know I'm being a drama queen and people on make 4 or less. I was just so confident we were in a great place. I just expected him to say 9 had fertilised I guess :/

Karbea- I felt the same. I had 5 last time and put an 8 cell back on day 5- only put it back to have a transfer.

This time we had less and put a morula back and it worked. Hasn't ended well but it worked.

keep the faith chick xxx ioto

Karbea, your disappointment is palpable, but I'm hoping for some super-duper development for your four embies x

I need to put my glasses on euro when I read your post I saw flogging myself and needing cocaine

karbea we have such high expectations of this process and so much is riding on emotionally that its normal to feel like this

tortie see what happens over the next few days, I don't think pregnancy related illness goes on your sick record so if you need time off then take it.

Any volunteers to come and sit on my puku and help me shift my trapped wind

Thanks girls, you really are lovely!

8pm on a Saturday night in the karbea household, one cyclogest and a clexane... I know how to live!

Can someone tell me why I'm still charting my temperatures? The progesterone injections are going to keep them high anyway, no? So there's nothing to be gained, right?

Why am I not on Clexane? Every IVFer in the world is on Clexane except me What is it for?

Clexane=enoxaparin=blood thinner.

If you have not tested positive for sticky blood/phospholipid blood conditions then you will not need it.

I didn't have it either. Don't worry x

And stop charting. Its useless at this stage. You will acheive 18 high temps on pred and progesterone xxx

juicy some clinics will give it to supposedly help with implantation, I didn't have it but I was on baby aspirin

Be guided by your clinic on blood thinners though juicy- if you dont need them they work against implantation.

agree with tortie

buzz that probably would have helped with Project Eviction too....

I don't take clexane either, joos. It's part of the standard protocol at my clinic but I wanted a hippy approach to IVF. I do take low dose aspirin after EC though. My hippy approach is a bit crap this time though - I just stabbed myself with some gonal f....

joos I'm an avid charter but I don't bother for IVF. As you say, the progesterone keeps your temp high, so there's really no point.

AFM, I feel crap. I think I am coming down with something. I hope it's not a fever - I don't want to boil my eggs. If it's a cold, will they do EC if I'm all snotty? Grrr. It's rubbish timing.

Euro it's great timing, your body will be focusing on killing the cold rath than doing any damage to your embies.

Euro hope you feel better soon and I guess they will just press on unless you're seriously unwell (on the basis that the uterus has no idea what's going on elsewhere).

Oh shit, did my ERPC screw my chances? Tame after first bleeding at 6 weeks but having to wait until nearly 10 weeks for them to confirm there was definitely nothing going on, I had to go for the surgical option as I was literally losing my mind but I wonder if to have gone the natural route might have been better. All the options are shit options. Hope you are doing OK.

juicy good stats. Bloody hell, you're nearly there (and so closer to convincing my DH (selfish, moi?)).

Thanks Tortie, Buzz & Euro. Now I am worried: I don't have any blood clotting issues but I am starting Fraxiparine injections the day after ET. Does this mean implantation will be jeopardised in my case?

I didn't have Clexane. Was I robbed?

Resipsa no! Clexane is the most evil painful drug ever! I'd love not to have to take it.

Resipsa, I meant to say how thrilled I am that your DH signalled an interest in DE IVF. What a good bloke

You feeling any more positive, KarbO'Hydrate?

Oh I hear ya - had Clexane after post-partum haemorrhage but the administration in those circumstances was easier to understand.