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A lovely new Fred for us This one will be full of fun and BFP's....well, it better be!!

Sidney if you have had all your investigations it may well be a case of getting started on your next cycle. Some clinics like to do a monitoring cycle first but mine didn't

Good luck tomorrow iwant. Sending huge growth vibes for your follies x
llw thinking of you too. Hope the scan goes well & you're doing ok. Don't forget to let us have an update xx

Blimey, it has been busy on here today!
Welcome sid When I think of the alternative , the thought of assisted conception is not all that bad. I am also unexplained and sexy time has not given a whiff of a bfp so I figure I need all the help I can get. This is not something I ever imagined I'd be doing but then again I'm grateful that ivf exists. Hope you can get your head around it all. As for clinics, my first cycle was funded. I was very lucky that my nhs cons used the fact that I only have one ovary & tube to access funding -just before my 40th. We have stayed with the same clinic . There are a few issues that are important to me - including, success rates, location , how comfortable I feel with the clinic/staff. The price was not high up the list but then I only have a couple of clinics to realistically choose from & the prices were similar. From my experience, the costs are reasonably transparent but you only get quoted for the basics. All the extra tests seem expensive

Evening val slow & steady for those follies What dose of gonal f are you currently on?

iwant good luck for your scan today. Grow follicles, grow!

fab hope you're feeling a bit better now. The glamping sounds amazing.

bugger and nobeer thanks for the input re microgynon. It's just the feeling sick that's a pain - only 11 days more and counting on it

brooker brilliant news on the follies! well done

talulah great news, how exciting for next Monday

sidney welcome! It's tough at first getting your head around needing IVF, but it will probably all become 'normal' as you get used to treatments etc. My first clinic was based on a friend recommendation and I loved it as it had relatively few patients there and you didn't just feel like a number and I got to know the nurses etc - that was a BMI clinic. For the current London clinic, we went to 2 and much preferred this one, as again, it was a smaller clinic and has more of a personal feeling. I'm not sure that you will fit in for December unless you were able to start straight away as the long protocol, for example, would take 6 weeks and clinics do close around Christmas due to scheduling. I had 1 consultation before starting treatment and we were able to start straight away pretty much. The prices we paid were pretty much as quoted and the drug costs are the only changeable element within a cycle.

mittens hope the cyst has gone

Nothing new from me, just waiting for the appointment on Nov 7th for the gonapeptyl injection and 2nd endo scratch.

Brooker - 75…so very low.

Hi all. appt today showed that I have only 2 follies that r ready. 2 minor ones which may not grow anymore and risk losing the ripe ones, so triggering tonight and EC on thurs. As only 2 eggs, if they turn into embryos will have them transferred on Saturday !!
Thx for ur support girlies, at times like this (only 2 follies after all those injections and feeling low about it all) it's lovely to have ur support. Next few days r gonna be a bit hairy I think. PMA is required to get thro this

Hi. I said hello on this thread a month or two back but it's so busy I lost my way. I'm now on day two of stimming on high doses of Menopur due to v low ovarian reserve with a poxy antral follicle count of two. I am not sure what's going to come out of this but needed to try with my eggs before moving onto donor. Want I have been reading your story over the last few days and think you might be at my clinic. I'm glad there are two eggs there that look ready and wish you all the luck in the world.

I have only had one injection (of six vials) and have a sore bruise and feel very spaced out and thirsty. It's so odd gauging what might be normal/imagined/worrying. I am also blood phobic which is generally not good if you are a woman.

Also want you are at my clinic I think.

Thanks bugger that's positive and reassuring x

wise words indeed, bugger.

immunologist has recommended we have various tests. she's sending me an email so hopefully I'll be a bit clearer when i've read that. It was mostly me saying yes and no to lots of questions about my medical history.

rabbit want to be my sort of cycle buddy?
I should be starting on the menopur tomorrow. I'm very anxious about it all and if I'm honest I wouldn't be doing it were it not for my husband. He wants to at least give it a go. We have extreme mfi so maybe he feels like we have go give it a shot since the issue seems to be him? I don't know. The closer I get to it the more it feels like a terrible mistake.

I keep telling myself it's only four or five weeks and it'll fly by. Hopefully. Basically I'll be happy if I survive!

llw thinking of you at your scan today :-)

iwant hoping they're super first class follies which will turn into lovely little embies.

Hi to everyone else walking this difficult path xx

Thank you all for your lovely messages, I can confirm lovely ladies that we have a heartbeat. I know the pain it causes when some insensitive person tells you their "happy" news when all you can feel is "why isn't it me?" So I won't go on but I just want to say that IVF does work (ICSI for us) so for you on this thread starting, finishing, stimming, waiting or just researching it can work! I wouldn't have got through the last few months without you all. I have needed to ask questions, moan and cry much more than DH and you have all been there for me more than my friends and family. I'm gonna hang around on the thread and if I can do anything for any of you let me know. I'm hoping and thinking of you all and sending all my love x

llw lovely news, hoping for a happy and healthy rest of your pregnancy xxx
I should probably know this but how many ifv / icsi cycles did you have?

Or eve Ivf!

Evening all!
choco another scratch? My hero How was your first one? Mine hurt like billyo. Hope the sick feeling wears off soon.
val That is quite low so at least they've got some way to go in tweaking your dosage to suit. Are you on the same regime as last time? I'm on 300!
Hey stabbing buddy iwant you're nearly there! Good luck with the trigger tonight. What time are you in on Thursday? Remember we are with you all the way and IOTO

Thank you mittens! Happy to confirm this was the 1st! We are very lucky but after so long getting to the ivf journey it's very welcome x

Brook and Iwant just a few more days, let me know how it goes. I will keep everything crossed x

Oh llw I am so chuffed for you & DH! What lovely news

That is fab news Llw! I'm so happy for you and your DH! Please do hang around for a bit longer, personally I'd love to hear how you're getting on.

brooker no packing has been done since last week I was away at weekend and have been working crazy hours. Friday is a bank holiday here so will crack on then!

Lovely long weekend to look forward to then nobeer. Shame you have to spend it packing - is there anything outdoors that needs sorting out . Have you still got lots of sunshine? Please indulge me, the weather is shocking here at the minute - what temperature is it there? xx

Yes, still sunny. the temp is 14 degrees C. But that's in the shade. It'll reach the mid 20s for sure by early afternoon. Sadly only outside packing is herbs on my windowsill!

Morning ladies.
Well my one & only ovary has gone into overdrive! I have double figure follies with 3 over 17mm . Need results of bloods this afternoon for decision on whether I trigger tonight or tomorrow (& possibly a further blood test to check progesterone levels)

Congratulations llw - I love a success story. This is a shitty process so it's great to know it works

Blimey Brooker 300 . It's the PCOS. Last time I don't think I responded for about 2 weeks, they then upped my dose and I went bonkers. Had to bring it back down again and narrowly avoided OHSS. DH has just christened them my 'slowvaries' as there has been little response still, lining actually appears thinner . Just have to wait and see what my E2 levels are and what the consultant has to say. Looks like going back on Saturday at this rate. Bumholes Congrats on the potential EC though! Getting closer!