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When's the best time to get pregnant? Use our interactive ovulation calculator to work out when you're most fertile and most likely to conceive.

Looking for some support along this everlasting road of ttc? Let the brookers take control....

995 replies

BlindKitty · 22/06/2013 20:37

Hey brookers!!! Like what I've done with the place???? Come on in and get ready for some serious brooking action!!!!! Grin

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Munxx · 05/07/2013 20:09

Congrats maybe!

NoMaybeAboutIt · 05/07/2013 20:33

Thank you lovely Munx Thanks

ThedementedPenguin · 05/07/2013 20:38

Oh kitty that made me smile.

cups how far along are you?

BlindKitty · 05/07/2013 20:48
Smile

maybe how many embies will they implant on Monday?

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NoMaybeAboutIt · 05/07/2013 21:01

Just the one Kitty. I'm too young to ave more than one on my first cycle. Though twins run in my family anyway so may still get 2 for the price of one Grin.

Fox82 · 05/07/2013 21:35

Great news maybe. Brooking for Monday! And yum - love a bit of baking Smile DH arrived home with choc brownies yesterday that a lady at his work had made!

Haha kitty I'd forgotten all about Ricky Lake!! Grin

That made me smile kitty Smile

Hope everyone else has had a good week and enjoyed the sunshine today!

NoMaybeAboutIt · 05/07/2013 21:49

Thanks Fox! I love a brownie. They may have to be made next week!

EverythingIsTicketyBoo · 05/07/2013 22:04

Hey Geek I know you're lurking! Just want to wish you luck for you're appointment tomorrow. Brooking that they agree to all the testing you want!!

Cups where are you in you're treatment now?? Lost track Blush

Maybe brooking for your embys, I assume they will freeze what they don't put back?

Hey Kitty and the newbies, what's news? How you all doing?

NoMaybeAboutIt · 05/07/2013 22:49

Also brooking Geek x

Yes Boo they'll stick them in Nigella's deep freeze Grin

SweetieTime · 06/07/2013 08:40

Good luck for today geek

NoCupcakesOrCocktails · 06/07/2013 09:08

Morning Brookers,

What a bloody gorgeous day, pity I'm working until 9pm today and tomorrow. I'm off Monday so I'm hoping its still nice then.

Boo and Penguin I'm in the down regulation stage at the minute. It last about two weeks and basically it's like tricking your body into thinking its in the menopause. I'm on day 6 today so nearly half way there! After the two weeks if my body is ready (they will know from doing blood tests) I start stimulation which means another injection to grow my follicles and get as many eggs as possible.

Symptom wise I'm really tired, irritable, struggling to concentrate, having hot flushes and have had a lot of dirty dreams Shock

Maybe what where your symptoms again? DH thinks I'm just being neurotic!

NoCupcakesOrCocktails · 06/07/2013 09:09

Good luck Geek xxxx

Solars · 06/07/2013 09:28

Not long to go now Cups but boo to having to work today!

Maybe how are you feeling today?

Grin Kitty

Good luck today Geek hope you get lots of information and a firm plan in place to move forward x

Penguin & Fox you must be entering sex week now?

NoMaybeAboutIt · 06/07/2013 09:36

Morning all!

Cups I'm sure you're not being neurotic I love how auto correct changed that to erotic I was incredible tired (still am) and felt really really nervous. My heart would race and I wouldn't be able to sit still. I also had very dry eyes and a crazy thirst. But I still have the thirst. What are your symptoms? Also, my clinic didn't bother doing a blood test after dr. They could just tell by my lining. As long as you have a period, you shoud be fine to start stimming.

And it sucks you are working Sad. But Monday is meant to be gorgeous too Grin

I'm ok thanks Solars. I'm still a bit sore, but ok. I'm just so tired though! And I feel a bit sick if I don't eat every few hours. how are you?

Looking forward to eating your plan of action Geek

Am I wrong to kill MrM? He has a bt if a cold and he won't shut up about it. I knw I've moaned to you lot, but I've hardly moaned to him at all, nd I want to smack him Grin

NoCupcakesOrCocktails · 06/07/2013 11:14

Maybe I don't think any court would convict you as long as its a jury of women! I've actually been moaning to DH quite a bit, I'm trying to reign it in as I don't want to use up all my sympathy allowance before the 2ww Smile

My main symptoms are hot flushes currently sweating in front of a fan in a t shirt and knickers, dirty dreams, being snappy, tiredness, struggling to concentrate and being a bit dry down below Blush

NoMaybeAboutIt · 06/07/2013 11:47

I think that is all very normal Cups. I didn't really get snappy, but I could not tolerate noise. Very strange. As for the dryness, I didn't suffer, but just you wait till you start stimming. Without meaning to be crude who am I kidding it was literally pourin out of me Blush.

MrM has been asleep for the last hour. He only got p 2 and a half hours ago!!

Fox82 · 06/07/2013 12:08

Good luck geek

Horrible having to work at the weekend isn't it cups. I'm having to work tomorrow Sad. But making the most of today. We're going to a local music festival with sil, fil and nieces which should be fun. Littlest niece is only 20 months. She's so grumpy and doesn't seem to like us, which makes us love her even more as she's so funny Grin

On cd6 solars so AF should clear off completely today or tomorrow and dtd will commence! Bit of a question - I've bought some midstream opk's from amazon for this month just so I can check when abouts I ov and if its when I think it is. The only instructions are how to read the results, but just wondering do I do them just once a day or twice so I don't miss it? And any particular time of day? It'd be a bit awkward to do at work so would prefer to use them in the morning or evening if I can?

NoMaybeAboutIt · 06/07/2013 12:27

I think it's best to use them in the evening Fox. But I know they can also be very unreliable so don't be too disheartened of you don't get on with them. Boo to working tomorrow. Enjoy your festival Smile

Fox82 · 06/07/2013 13:41

Thanks maybe! I'm only going to try them this month and see what happens. I'm on cycle #8 so thought it was a good time to check when I ov as been jsing up until now Smile

Solars · 06/07/2013 14:03

Yes I'd agree with Maybe Fox that doing it in the evening would be your best bet if you can't do it during the afternoon. I used to do it with the second wee of the day, I think the first is not recommended. Have a lovely day at the festival.

Slap him Maybe then blame it on the hormones... Grin

Cups you'll feel much better after you start stimming, I only got the dirty dreams until after transfer Hmm

NoMaybeAboutIt · 06/07/2013 15:53

Not to put a spanner it he works but I really didn't feel better after stimming Grin

I am making him iron instead Solars Wink

Are your cycles regular Fox?

EverythingIsTicketyBoo · 06/07/2013 16:54

Yo, Geek put down the WineWine come in from the sunshine and tell us about your appointment, pleeeeeeeeeease

ControlGeek · 06/07/2013 20:21

Sorry boo I got a little bit freaked out at the idea of maybe wanting to eat my plan, so went into hiding Grin

Sorry that the stimming didn't agree with you too well maybe, but brooking that all that is behind you now. I can't believe you haven't had daily updates on your embies! I have everything crossed and then some for Monday for you.

cups I hope the down regging isn't too bad for you, it won't be long before you're stimming.

beedle how are you doing? When are you coming to the uk? Could we coincide a brooking meet-up?

Sorry not to namecheck more, I've been keeping my distance from the fred to try and get a bit of sanity back so I'm not completely sure what everybody else is up to. Whatever stage you are at in your cycle though, I am brooking for you all.

MrG's work issues have gone as well as could be expected, we now have three months more of worry then hopefully it will all be over (as in he still has a job).

Saw the consultant this morning. He didn't like our plan :( He doesn't understand why I think my eggs are an issue (I did try to explain) and said if anything needed to be replaced it wasn't the eggs, it was the sperm. For some reason I am really quite gutted about that. Possibly because it really does draw a line under us never being able to get pg naturally. It's actually harder for me to get my head around than egg donation. MrG and I haven't really talked about it since the appointment.

The cons wants us to go ahead with our next NHS cycle with own eggs, own sperm, as we had planned. He was very negative about the immunes testing. He really doesn't believe in it. He also poo-pood the idea that testosterone replacement therapy might help MrG's swimmers.

At first he wasn't going to change anything about our protocol, because he said I'd responded pretty well. I think, in response to my concerns about egg quality, though, he had changed his mind by the end of the appointment. He now wants to down reg me for two months to try and dry up the endometriosis. He agrees my left ovary is effectively a write-off but thinks doing this will have a positive impact on my right ovary and decrease chances of a hostile environment in my womble. Stimming will then be as normal, but I will have an increased risk of OHSS due to my PCOS.

On the plus side, he doesn't want to remove my fibroid. I gave a silent cheer at that, I would have struggled to face going through full open surgery again. I did that 13 years ago and can still remember the weeks of pain that followed.

As MrG's work issues won't be fully resolved for three months, we've agreed between ourselves not to go ahead on my next cycle as that would mean we would be IVFing just at the most worrying time for MrG's job. So we are going to let the next cycle happen naturally, then start with the down regging.

Sorry, that was an awful lot of mememe. I'll maybe just get this cycle out of the way then hopefully be back in the land of brooking full time again.

Ooh sorry, I can't remember who asked - the biscuit came joint third out of about 15. I'm rather glad not to have won, the winner has to decorate a cake to enter into the county competition!

NoMaybeAboutIt · 06/07/2013 20:29

Wow Geek that all sounds so overwhelming. How are you feeling about things? Or hasn't it sunk in? Does your clinic not recommend a gap between cycles? I thought it was best to leave a few months so to get egg quality back up again. I hope you and MrG get to talk about the donor issue. It's tough though, I really feel for you there. But good news that things are moving along well with respect o MrG's work.

And well done on the biscuit!!

I've had 2 daily updates, but she said that she would've been surprised if anything very unusual happened over the weekend. That plus the weekends aren't core operating hours for the clinic Wink

ControlGeek · 06/07/2013 20:53

Overwhelming is definitely the word for it maybe. My cons was quite happy for me to start down regging at the beginning of my next cycle, so there would only have been a one cycle break but that may be because I will be down regging for the equivalent of two natural cycles so I won't be stimming until three months after my last IVF if that makes sense. I still feel like I have some coming-to-terms to do with regard to my last cycle so I am glad of the longer break.

Glad you were able to get a couple of updates on your embies, I'd have been going spare not knowing how things were going!